J2SK3
,l .at t. 5. Daniels, Ed's and Prop's
I,ET ALL TUB ENDS TOOtf IftljfT Jif, 1IB flT COUMTBT'g, TOT QOD'l, AND TRUTHS',
$1.30 a Tear, cash In Advance
OLUME 20;
WILSON. WILSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 31, 1890
NUMBER 28
A
HP'S LETTER
LXXi
LOTTERY lS . r TjrjJJ
ifOHS T OA MB I INF.
The. rinit
ble
Men will Steer" CUar
of it. - '! ; ...
Time and chance happenetb
to tnem
all."
In a: thousand
hav
to take oar
IT3VH WO
chances-.
iu t u is suoi unary me,
hnt the!
rre is wo Kood reason .for
h i lottery. A man wouldent
thiuli ofsucn a mint; una oasea
lis chance on facts anangures.
His chance to draw 50 is aboat
a gioo about one in a thousand,
1 i' . (Via initol nrlra nna In
Vix-lf a million, uai ue oases
iiw hopes on good luck or fate
or destiny, ana an mis is touua
m,i ,m eouceit. He has no clear
idrs ou the subject, but Las a
'div'smy superstition that fate
has plcEea mm o.ai ior ner
favors and will give him a
Cr:23 this time. ,VJ . ,
Hut figures aoa'is ue, ana
(Lances can De caicui&ieq wnu
ai much certainty as the mo
tion? of the stars, i The best
lac-ure I ever heard in college
a r'rom Prosessor McCoy on
iej regularity of j irregular
r-m m A.
tv, ne wneei 01 ioriune
i, not annjr to dmp apprize to a
man because he needs it,: or be-
i-a of his faith or his hop
i.ir conceit. I was rumlnat-
a i - 1 ; T I. -
: :! over una, uecause a uuto
received a Utter from a good,
f ntd ytaruing mother who
wishes me to invest 5 for her
ia the Louisiana lottery. She
Had a dream that she would
rrnv a prize and this would
iiabl'd her to give her only
ihiid. a first-class education.
She is very poor, and the letter
was written with tears, but I
:new that she would (lose that
money, ana so 1 aeeiinea ner
vainest: The gooa sjunts aoni
eeud j dreams that encourage
.iot.teto, and had spirits-would
make, (id helieve a lie; -
?'fJ-.rrt ' is' a kind of gaming
ijtit
iivvcr gave me very deep
Cimc-ii:. l mean proresionai
tramiit-r where the bartlea all
Lave money ana nasi swap iv
Kr:u;il sometimes one has it
sometimes another, and
iiobodv suffers. Then there Ia
the gaming that is engaged in
by the sporting geatlemeu,
such as Clay and Webster, and
Breckinridge and Andrew Jack
eon. I never considered that a
fery heinous sin. There are
men who have a passion for
naming. Some men will throw
dice or play crack-a-loo all day
i'cr the love of it. I have known
ineu who were so fond of bet
iiiv on chance that if they saw
tw birds sitting on a telegraph
wire they would make la bet
Vu. fc.ii bird would fly a away
tirt.
Cut most of the sports like
to mis s&ill and judgment with
cs.anee. A man will bet on a
Ji!
e ractj, ana in ; this way
ck his judgment, and if he
ins lie teeis tfood in two ways
;-ne uver his judemvnt and
tht
other over his money. If
-he. bets on cards he has to do
r- uae brain work. iMind and
memory are exercised, and his
success ia a compliment to
boiii, and of course, he is
plsasad with himself. If. he
' es not succeed It is easy to
ay it on the cards. He never
lays it ou himself. 1 It takes a
ma rt man to play cards
-'niiel Webster and Clay and
-Ueck Stevens were- good play-
ers, and so are most of our
livable. statesmen. 2eb Vance
Uiey say, is a sklllfal per
1 -inner, but Joe Brown does no
play a good game. He is too
slow and deliberate. 'J hese
Kreat statesmen neverbct en
ciigu to make anybody rich . or
poor. I know gentlemen who
Pray for recreation : and never
ftake more than a;, dime at a
time. I say gentlemen, for
they are gentlemen, and cons
fluct themselves honorably in
all the relations of life. They
Mild scorn to cheat anybody
"J" to fleece a lamb. Bbmegood,
ld fashioned people have &
holy horror of cards. That is
all riKht. ,To him who thinks
tJtlrKs a sin, I reckon it is "a sin.
l'f'lVrfsor Proctor, the great
t!.)iiamer and j Christian
Ll ' t'eiLen. was very found of
, , ;r v-- He said that a game of
!;i t, with congedial friends,
hu- a rest to his mind. There
s really no 'more harm in
i Uyinjr cards for mental re
r",J' tioii than in piayiui? chess
1 ' draughts, or bacfetfainmoa
! ' dominoes. The-, schoolboy
,,H'i!s with games as soon as
!;'' 'trins alphabet. He loves
1 take his chances. He spits
. 111 a chip and tosses it upas!
"o.savs, "Wet or; dry; Me
lrows 'up a piece wof money
J'jd says, "Heads j or tails."
Vuildren draw straws for first
choice. All this SB harmless,
ut when the chaace Is a des
perate one and strains the
PTT.T
purse to take it the sin begins.
It encourages . a desire to get
something for nothing and that
is the curBe of this generation.
The 'Louisiana lotter has im
poverished thousands of j young
men and kept many a working
man , poor. It keeps their se
crets and their ' money aid
never published -their dis
appointments. It is very kind
to them., It throws a halo of
rainbow colors around the few
who are ' fortunate, ' Mid :. this
araws in nwvjciiniasijq : in-
- .ft - j : i : a . m I - 1 I
nea mo . .10 Kiura. 1
This lattery offers, millloni to
tne state for a renewal 01 us
cnater, and they say it Will De
renewed; The old price? will I
be realized. The members 6f I
the legislature are to be bought,
.... . ,.-.... .-.. ... i.,.,...y.. - 1
The lottery runs the' state and
the banks and the press and
some say, the pulpit,, There I
wonld be; no i great; harm in
this if the patrons 61 the lot-
ery could afford it but they
can't. They are in a desperate
condition or , they would not
buck against snch tiger, i Rich
folks never 'take such ohanees.
The moral of all this is that
he 'lottery is a terrible diain
upon the poor; mat lieaure-
srard and Early, know it; that
they ' have stifled conscience
and sold their honor for money
and that Louisiana is fattening
upon this inicmity.
Lotteries are a mark of low
civilization. There is nut one
eft in the United States and
not loug ago I read an Interest-
ing letter from Bra til and it
stated that - almost every thitiir
n that country .was run by
otteries. If the government
got cramped for money it Bet
up a lottery. Roads and canals
and churches and theaters! and
public charities were all kept
up by lotteries. The people
were a nation of gamblers. For
many years me urencn goy.
ernment derived a large income
rom the government lotteries,
but they have been abolished
and the very first year after
their suppression the receipts
n the saviuifs banks wre in
creased a million of dollars.
Old England tolerated them
for revenue until ihao, wnen
public sentiment abolished
them. Nearly everv state in
our union has forbidden them.
But what good does that'do,
v hile Louisiana keeps on
draining her sister states of
millions of the poor man's
money, wanamaaer may pro
hibit lottery letters going
through the mails, but they will
continue to go through under
cover of some other name. The
state may prohibit the sale of
tickets through agents.1 but
the sale will go on as long as
the Dublic press continues to
blow the lottery horn.! The
bare mention of a prize drawn
in a town excites the popula
tion and stimulates the -sale of
tickets to an alarming extent.
When thb monthly drawlDg is
published at fall length, show
ing the large amounts drawn
by the fortunate few, it sets
wild the ignorant ana j me
credulous. Half a million dol
lars goes from Georgia ttrLouis-
iana every year ama nothing
comes bade to speaa oij ine
press denounces the effort that
is being made to buy the
legis
lature, but if the press
ts op-
posed to this lottery why not
boycott Its advertisemeat. juii
let me press oe uueunuuuovor
mention tne ioery, nen an
this damage will cease. (.Why
can't the Georgia Fress Associa
tion take action on this sub
ject, and refuse their columns
to this maelstrom and then the
other states will f ollow. Is bur
press so' utterly poor that it
cannot live without this pitt
ance this sop from Dauphin
& Co. Is it so venal that it will
willingly lend Us aid to this
migh ty fraud. God forbid !
The press adverstisemeht is a
silent endorsment. Two y ears
ago, a poor man In Anniston
drew $10,000, and it got into
the Dapers, and it Is saidHhat
$5,000 went from the pay rolls
of the laborers the next montn.
I asked a young man ' last
night how much he had in
vested in lottery tickets. j-Only
?15 this year," he said. Draw
anything ?" said I. ".Sot a
cent," he said. If the j press
could get the names of the
thousands who draw nothing,
and would publish thern it
would kill that lottery dead,
very dead. It will kill it anys
how if it refuses to publish
anything. Will the press do
this? AKr
The West and the South.
The West ia the natural ally
of the South. We have long
been singing to her.
"She's my sweetheart,
' I'm her beau,' !
and the , old gal is pretty near
ready to come to our arms.
Courier Journal.
FOR THE FARM.
MATTERS Or INTEBSETTO
TILLERS OF THE 9 Oil.
Original, Borrowed. Stolen and
Communicaed Artlcea on
j Farthing. v:. -
SOUS GOOD BEADING.
; Mb: EBrroa. This part of the
World Is not behind the balance
in any thing good crops, pretty
girlt.ugly men. cider, hard
V -
Uoes, fogies and everything;
y r na i rirtfim. a 1 TAcmla
bocu. We can do more work
in leas time and rest more in
WOrk time. Have- the chance
to sro ftanihi and ca ch tnnr
irh
land eoend leaa mouev when vh
ww mm -m mm TV W aV - W fVnU) IVOi
do go. Raise more chickens
ind loose none. I Go to church
morVknd'fttot trinrA ?ntrn.r tn
dinner. Live better at home
than ever before and in fat
We are all in better spirits than
we have bean sine the war.
1 would not have your read
ers think, Mr. Editor, that we
are goipg crazy over the good
times Tior our good crops. I
have to blow off a little gas and
throw out a few hints before I
can gtt started. Bat I speak in
behalf of all the farmers of this
community that crops and
good gardens and watermelons
are in abundance. Cider is the
only thing, or the only hitch
that causes some of the faces
to 5 loofe 'downcast knd - sad.
The J apple crop is short this
year and of course cider will 6e
in demand.
: Some say we are needing
rain just now to make the
crops grdw faster and look
tetter, but I don't know that
we 'are anyways suffering. Cot
ton it a dry weather plant any
way and too much rain is not
the best and especially at this
ime.
: Cotton is fast taking the look
of maturity on it and I look
for an early fall.
. We can't do much more as
We have fought the fight and
Won the race, just about, and
now we have to wait patiently
Until housing time and then
again go forth and Bave that
which we have made.
:, This year has been one of
Work, stay at hqme, enjoy
ment and good crops with this
community. We are satisfied.
We are better neighbors, bet
ter husbands and better farm
ers. Sam Gkeen.
White Rose, July 15th, 1890.
THE FABMEB'S WIFE.
A most touching and beauti
ful tribute has been paid farm-
AM' VltAI HV 1 ATTXT 1-in.ntr. m
m m . W A m
Atbens. in a speech before the
Bethlehem Alliance. Mr.
Gautl's speech was famous for
many good things, but there
Was nothing in it truer, or
more just, than that said of
our noble couutry women. The
following is the tribute to the
farmer's Wife :
But Lwill not waste all my
symCatWon tha farmer. There
is One class even more deserv
Ingxrt pity and relief than y.ou,
my .Alliance friends. 1 refer
to tbefarmer's wife. There is
not a burden that you bear but
the little woman, who is the
light of your home, shares it
with Toh. Your
cties pierce ' lier r tender and
gympatheticlieart as 'a dagger.
bears "equally with you
TOnr feVervload: but. I say With
pain and ntet,that She is.
araa ! tCrftr dfteiidepriyed of
a share icrf y Our'ijleasures." fI)id
ve htfrnlr-banded lbrds bf cfea
tion ever "cdhsftler" thai while
tbu Sra- "working in the field
vour Wifer was - at the house
telling just as hard as yourself;
and ; that ; while you had but
one task before you, s he ha- a
host of duties to perform, feach
pressing npon her at once "and
the; "-same "time t When ; you
Htwt m io your noonday meal,
and find a "welcoming smile
and everything re?,dy to your
handas it the confusion of
the morning had been touched
I ty 'fairy's Wand "and order
prodfued frdin" chaos do you
evgl'ddnsfderv the ryast amount
t work - that these - pleasant
iirronndirigs have cost the
oor wife ?
At night, when taking your
ease, does it occur to you to
look arduhd "and see if your
wife la having ; her season of
rest ? ,You"will "find the old
c6$$Ut Veffed in her case
which says : , .-,
Mn wortiftPBt'iim fewjun,"
But woou'i work is never done."-
elrienre ail tosetfish
ahd !eIf-5oneeitea-and I am
no exception to the rule, we
Imagine that. 'Because , we are
the' bread-winners of the rlaini
iv. the woman's work is mere
child's play 'i i (
WHi t wa there a I graer
error. tThere-isnot farmer
beneath thelsound b'fmy roice
but who,' if he were made -to
exchange places with his wife,
would he begging,her to trade
back in leas' than . t wenty four
nours.
At nighty rhBll jou lock
ed in the arms of Morpheus,
and your weary framed drinking
m me .; rest ; tnat nature de
mands, the wife at.your side r is
trying to jQuiit a 'fretful ebild
lest it disturb 'ttp6ott tired
papa' The dear,' Unselfish
creature t She never thinks of
her own weary ' f ranja and
aching brow,
By the dawn of day that
poor wife Is on her feet, pre4
paring the best repast the
larder Will Afford. You irelurn
to your work in the fields while
the Wife resumes the bid tread
mill existence, that is rarely
broken by a ray of pleasure.
J You men can "go to town,
and there meet and mingle
with friends and discuss the
news of the day. How many
times duriny the year does the
poor wife cxss the threshold
of her home, except to attend
divine worship on Sunday?
An -3 even then you expect her
to look after or to prepare 'a
dinner for your friends,
f I do not believe there is a
man living who appreciates
his wife as he should. He
loves and cheerishea her; but
he 'should do even more than
this. We shouli resolve never
to take a pleasure but the Wife
equally enjoys it with hs. She
bears her lull part of our toils
and trials, and it is only just '
and right that she should also
reap the fruits of our prosperi
ty. . , . j . ...
It should be the duty - of a
good Alliance . man, when he
has lifted the mortgage from
his home, to look to the com
fort and pleasure of his wife.
Before you add another acre of
land to your , possessions; be
fore you build a new barn; be
fore you purchase an imples
ment to expedite your work, or
before -you improve your stock,
look through your home go
nto the kitchen, the wash
room and the dairy, and see if
there f is . not some utensil or
invention that von canlmy to
lessen your poor wife's labor.
Lift a part of the burden from
her ' shoulders," that She has so
long and uncomplainingly
borne, and 'see that her "remain
ing daye are - made as happy
and as comfortable as your
affairs will warrant. Atlanta
Constitution,
Mr ,
THE BEST ACTION OF THE JLLLI-
., AKCX.
The best thing the Farmer's
Alliance in North Carolina ha
done yet (and it has done
much that will be valuable to
the people of the State) is the
interest it has shown in some
counties in behalf of public
education. We published yes-
terday the resolutions passed
by the Guilford County Alli
ance in favor of doubling the
tax of public schoels. We
publish tO'day the action of the
Alliance in 'Jackson county,
asking an Increased appropria
tion.
In many dlatrUts the public
schools are worth next to
nothing. We agree in part
with a resolution of a Sub
Alliance in Pitt which declared
for better public schools or
none at all. Reforms aever go
backward. We . must make
the public schools 'more tflici
ent and it cannot be done
Without more money. In Geor
gia the Farmers' Allian6e has
secured a law by which the
terms of the. public schools
have been doubled. The result
will be seen in a few years . in
everv department of labor and
thought.
Education alone can make
a people iree. xue ahuw
m 'nt 1 I I !..
must recognize this fact which
all . history attests. The
Chronicle hopes that the State
Alliance when it meets in
Asheville next month, wll
take up the resolution of the
Alliance in Guilford and Jack-
sen counties and adopt them
and then use all Its influence
to secure the necessary legisla
tion to give us better schools
or longer terms.
Then will children of the
State be taught, not only the
rudiments of education, but
they will be taught the princi
ples of political economy and
the duties of citizenship.
Thirty-eight per cent, of the
population of the State cannot
read or write more than a
third of our people. This is
not creditable to us, and we are
glad to note that the Alliance
is looking In !the direction of
wi nincr out this page of illi
teracy.
Some say that we are too
poor to educate. The Chronicle
holds that we are too poor not
to educate. It is the only way
to effectually lift up and help
the whole people. We want
every man to think and act for
himself, and not go to another
manc for ' opinions. Then we
will nave lust "lawVand wiser
public servants. Raleigh State
Chronicle.
NEW SOFA WEEK
WBA. T i'ts lUATFUXno IN
T.UKWOB,,DiAROUITTS.
" '
Condensed Report of the News
From our Couteinporaries.
The LTDchburjr,
and; Durham
completed to
Railroad- baa beea
Darham.
A tfoit' fan- w n be held0 t: Red
Sprio', Robeson coonfy Aogust
Uth,,,l5ia'aaaa6iU. rr Vt
ltev, J. Ik Scf 02g8r6rRandleman
has beeu appointed presidinsr elder
of Trinity District, to succeed the
late Rev. P. F. W. Stamey.
Tbe Baptist chorch in Laurin-
barg was struck by lightning and
burned down. Tbe loss was about
92,500 and the insurance 91,000,
The Seveuth District Convention
at Laartnburg nominated Cant.
James D. Molver of. Moore coun
ty, for Judge, and Frank McNeill
for Solicitor.
The Graven Conntv Democratic
Convention passed a resolution
agaiQRt Democrats standing surety
on Kspabueaa bonds. Twm-fiitv
Daily.
A syndicate of Pbiladelphia
capitalists nas purchased the D.
N. Kirkpatrick lands jaafc nor h of
the city limits of Greensboro. The
price will reach eometbing in the
neighborhood of 140,000. .
Mattie Wilson, a yt nng white
girl near Charlotte, thot herself
through the heart and died instant-
on Monday. SLe ws highly
educated, beaatifu', and iutellitent.
A Greensboro man has in bis
possession a mirror which has
come down to him from tbe fifth
generation. Two hundred and
thirty years ago it was saved from
a wreck off the Virginia coast.
The Twiu City Daily says that
Rev. Elihha Holland, of Goldsboro,
is 85 years of age; and a heavy
coat of black hair is beginning to
grow on his bald head. At 80 he
cut a tooth.
A BSD who claimed to have
walked all the way from Portland,
Maine, and to be en route for
Tampa, Fla.v recently passed
through GreeuaDoro." He waa a
paralytic and what lent color to bis
utoiy was the fact that be. did not
The first bale of ne w jrop Geor
gia cotton, classed about strict
ow middhug, shipped from Alba-
uy, lia., waa koiu aC puoiic anctiou
in New York City in front of - the
Cotton Exchange on July 4th for
lOj cents per pound.
Mr. lio b Creech, who lives near
ndian Springs, got bis band caught
in a cider mill at borne Tuesday.
Hi index finger was torn to pieces
atra bad to be taken cflf. Mt. Olive
Telegram.
Capt. Lewis R. Redmond, tbe
celebrated outlaw who once served
titrm iu Siug Sing, "has again
leaped into prominence by ohootiug
James Smith, a rich saw mill man
at Walbalta, S. C. His victim will
die. Redmond is Id jail and will
offer for an excuse the fact that be
was drunk.
Tbe Durham Sun says : On
Saturday evening last at Pitts boro,
Chas. Harden, a white man, got
into a difficulty with a negro by tbe
name of Alex Moore, and killed
bim. Tbe plea of Harden is that
be did it in self defease. He has
been bound over to court in a bond
of $500.'
Mr. J. 13. Cole, living near
O'Kelly's church, in Darham conn
tv. lost his life yesterday irom an
accident. He was trimming some
tr8, standing upon ladoer, ac
cording to tbe best information we
coaid get. The ladder fell throwing
him to the ground. He wa struck
on tbe back of the head by the lad
der or a rock. Tbe accident oo
curred about 9 o'clock yesterday
morning and he died about 2
o'clock in the afternoon. Darham
Richard S. Reed, of Paw Creek,
son of John Reed, met bis death
Saturday evening by a peculiar
accident. He and bis father were
in tbe field, and Richard was
ploughing. Tbe plough ran against
a small sapling stamp, throwing
bim suddenly against one' of the
plough bandies, which injured him
so iu the stomach that be died just
24 hours after sustaining tbe in
jury. He was 17 years ohl, and
was a bright, promising boy. He
was buried jea terday . Charlotte
Cbronicie.
The editor ol tbe Jonesboio
Leader, wl). xa a native of liar
nett. county I receutlj paid a visit
to his old home. He says forty -three
colored men came to him aud
subscribed for hia paper. Fur
thermore they held a meeting and
pledged two bandred subscriptions.
Referring to this statement the
Harnett Courier says : urb
virtues of George Washington are
still flowing freely through this
country, bat that subscription list
bad a good color just the same.''
1
The Raleigh State Chronicle, tells
of a drowning which occurred last
week near the Wake and Durham
lines. Tbe sou of Mr. S. J. Ferrell
was drowned in Freeman's pond.
He was batbing, and while trying
to learn the art of swimming,
floundered into deep ' water. His
brother ud a colored man were
standing on the bauk, and saw his
straggles, bat neither could swim,
and could not therefore give any
assistance. They were compelled
to stand land see the unfortunate
young . man struggle desperately,
bat fatilely, for life.
The Ninth District Judicial Con
vention, at Elkin, nominated W.
W. Barber for Solicitor, on1 "the
eleventh Ballot.
The Daruam Globe sajs : Mr.
Lynn, a farmer of Wake connty,
fitwlized $400 from one acre : of
tnrnm. Task mar h.r f
flat Dutch variety, and were sowed
daring the dark nights in July.
; The operatives from the Blacks
well factory were at the train to
day and commenced singing, "God
be with you till we meet again ''
just ar the editors begae- to get
a boa id for Morehead. Durham
San. - k- r-t
Rev. Thomas Dixon, tha noted
young Baptist divine, has purchased
a handsome borne on Staten Island
and has carried bis family there.
His many friends over the State
will be glad to knew of bis good
fortune. HH place contains aboat
five acres and is one of tbe hand
somest on the inland. '
Dr. R. S. Young, of Concoid, Dr.
Hodges,' of Fayettevdle, and Dr.
Carr, of Durham, will represent
North Carolina in the British Medi
cal Association that meets in Bir
mingham, England, July- 2S, 1890.
Tkej are also delegates to the in
ternational rdedical Congrets which
rreet8 in Berlin, August 4, 1890.
- A gentleman remarked this
morning that, be had travelled
through Wake, Granville, Durham
and portions of several oiher coun
ties, but had not heard a single
farmer complaining about tbe crops,
so be thought they must be quite
contented with the prospects.
Durham San.
A Heudet son .county preacher,
who was roentioued as a possible
candidate for the legislature, is out
with a card, in which he say a that
the first thing he will do before be
allows his name to be uaed is to
have it proved to. him that he Las
not been called to preach.' Next
tbe people will have to convince
him that there are,: no more souls'
to save.
The Reporter r v that Jack
Hicks, a young f uiuti i.wng near
Daribury, went iuto the bushes by
the road side to cut a switch. He
stirred up a hornets' nest, and in
fighting them with the open knife
in his band, struck the blade in hisU
neck and came near h eeding to
death before assistance arrived, j
The third annual report of 1 he
bureau of labor statistics has just
been published by Mr. John C.
Scarborough, commissioner. We
find among other things that there
are 208 newspapers classified as
follows : Daily newspapers, 23;
weekly kenspapers, 158; monthly
newspapers, 18; semi monthly news
papers, 5; bi-monthly newspapers,
1. Luiubettou Rooesoniau.
At the Farmers' Rally at Greens-
borojday before yesterday, a gen
tlemau, of quiet and conservative
judgment, said of Ool. Polk's speech
that "it was demagogical to a high
degree; an incendiary appeal to
class prejudice; and, try to hide it
as he might, a bid for the farmers7
vote to succeed Senator Vance.'
Twin City Daily.
Such heavy drafts have been
made on Uxrora lately a nominee
forjudge-and one for Congress,
and the Pieident of Greensboro
Female College having been taken
from there recently that the
Concord Standard expresses the
fear that somebody will turn in
now aud carry away sister Stubbs,
of the Orphans' Friend, in matri
monial relations. Twin City Da ly
A 'etter ieceived to day at the
Department of Agriculture, states
that Mr. G. U. Shaw, of- Bladen-
boro. recently dug a well on his
Dremises fifteen feet aud failed to
find water. He bored about eigh
teen feet further when tbe water
began 10 rush ib and filled the wel
to the too it has continued to
oveirlow ever since. The water is
strongly impregnated with sul
phur. Raleigh Cor. Wilmington
Messenger.
Does aoyoody know who toe
first postmistress in the United
States was ! She was the wife 0
Col. Andrew Balfour, who ftame to
this county irom Scotland in the
tear 1782. matried Miss Elizabeth
Darton. of Newport, R. L, and
eventually settled In Randolph
county, North Carolina. During
the war for American Independ
ence. Col. Balfour attached himsel
to the colonial cause, and for this
nffftnsd he waa-murdered iu his
house, before his family, by Tories
on the 10th day of March, 1782
When tbe wife of the murdered
colonial officer applied to Presiden
George Washington Tor help, he
appointed her postmistress of tbe
town of Salisbury in the aewMaie
au(r la? e colony of North Carolina.
Salisbury Cor. Charlotte Chroni
cle.
The Wilson Mirror is enthusiasm
tic over tne nne prospects 01 me
tobacco crop in Wilson county,
mentioning especially a hundred
acre field of Capt. Calvin Barnes,
which is described as a "forest77 of
tobacco, and the field of E. S.
Toney, where much of the tobacco
was shoulder high, broader across
than a man coo Id reach and so
dnsrt that a man stooping down
nnf. 1m rppti at a distance of
twenty feet. The Wilmington Star
va this is nrettv fair tobacco for a
county where, a few years ago, but
few n'eoifle thought it could be suc-
APHsfnllv ffrown. We have read of
some fine crops and, some pretty
tall tobacco this year, but for
heighth. Franklin conuty takes tbe
Wd with stalks which measure
nine feet and from five to six feet
across. These are veritable to
bacco trees and entitle Franklin
to tbe cake. Darham Sun.
THE FOECE BILL.
Mr. Hatton. of the Washing
ton ro8t, itep., refers to the
Federal Force bill as a measure
"to galvanize imto life again the
OHumug pouilCS Ol
aeaa ana
I lhZ constructionperiod.''
That Is exactly the size of the
whole matter. Southern Dem
ocrats are not to be misled by
the cry of some Northern jour
nals that : the measure will ap
ply to every Congressional Dis
trict. In is 'intended for the
South to resurrect the "stink
ing polities of the reconstruc
tion period." It is not netded
in the .North, because they have
something infinitely better than
any force bill that the ingenui
ty or man can devise. We re-
er to the gerrymander, that
creation of the Republican
party which robs Democrats of
equal representation. Im four-
een States 3,396,309 Republi
cans elect 123 members of
Congress, while in the same
States 3,084,165 Democrats elect
49. Do they need a force bill
there? Nay, verily!
We are heping that the oppo
sition to the bill in the Kepub-
ican ranks, led by such men in
he Senate as Sherman. Ed
munds, Hoar and. Hale may
defeat it. Thesa are certainly
roublous times and it seems if
there was ever a time for Dem
ocrats to Bland together, that
ime is now.
Out in Illinois, the other day,
a census enumerator visited the
penitentiary and asked the con
victs the usual questions. The
prisoners answed freely enough,
with the exception of one man.
This fellow. asked the enumeras
or what would be the con
sequences if a man refused to
answer.y&He was told that the
penalty was $100 fine and a
term of imprisonment. When
he . heard this the prisoner
aughed outright. "I refuse to
answer a .single question, he
said. "1 am here on a life
sentence and 1-have no pro
perty. Now, go ahead with
your penalty." The enomera-
or was paralyzed, so to speak.
There he stood, armed with all
the power of the United States
Government, and confronting
him in triumphant defiance was
miserable creature in stripes.
The census man ducked his
head and walked sadly away.
He had at last run agaiust a
man who was bigger than the
Government.
A writer in the New York
Star calls attention to the fact
that under the proposed Feder-
al election law, jury-packing
would be easy. This Is part of
the thing aimed at by the law.
Wilmington Star.
WATERMELON SYKUPl
Colonel William Duncan of
Sonth Carolina suggests as the
watermelon crop of the Caro-
lians, Georgia and Florida is
rapidly getting too large for
the requiiements of the market
that syrup be manufactured
from it. He insists that it can
be more easily and generally
raised than the sugar cane and
more conveniently cultivated,
because it grows abovt ground,
than the sugar beet - He has
experimented in maklnp the
syrup aud claims that it is ex
cellent, more lise preserves,
than like cane syrup and is
likely to become popular with
all who try it. He has had no
trouble in getting a good price
for all he has made. Raleigh
Southern Farmer. ?
Brother Ennis in the last
issue of the Southern Farmers
thus expresses himself: We
would like to see exclusively
industrial exhibition held in
North Carolina a kind of
mechanical Institute. Not so
much as to show what is being
done, but that it may serve as
a stimulus. An exhibition of
this kind would arouse to men
tal action this vital energies of
our people, and would be pro
ductive of great good. As thisJ
3tate is rapidly becoming an
industrial or mechanical sec
tion, these expositions should
ha held annually ana rotate..
Incalculable would the benefits
derived if held properly and
regularly.
EEMA.RKABLB KKSUUE.
Mrs. Michael Curtian, Plain Hel l,
TIL makes the statement that sue
caught cold, which settled ou her
lungs; she was treateo ior a montn
by her family physician, but gre
worse. He told her she was a help
less victim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggeated Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption ; she
bought a bottle and to her delight
found herself benefited Irom first
dose. She continued its nse and
alter taking ten twttles, found her
self sonnd and well now does her
own housework and is as well as
she ever was- Trial bottlea ot this
Great Discovery at A; W. Row
Tand's Dfug Store, large bottles
50cents aud 91.00.
THE EDTOirSDESK
TIMELY COMMENT. ON IM
PORTA.NT B VENT a.
Short Paragraphs on Topics of
Inttrrst to Busy Readers. .
The Minnesota Alliauce met",
last week aud nominated a full
ticket for State offices.
The question
of public
question to
loves good
schools is a vital
every man who
government.
If men think the party they
have spent their, life iu fighting
against is as good as the one
they are-i fighting for, they are
curious r- specimens of houest
manhood.
There is jutt one bright
thing about the Federal Elec
tion bill; aud that is the gleam
of the - bayonet . behind it.
Dayton Times.
At the present rate of pros
gress it will not be many years
before the South, as some one
expressed it not long ago, will
be gridironed with railroads.
n the work of building she
now leads all other sections.
Wilmington Star.
That the next legislature will
give the ( people a Railroad
Commission there now appears
0 be no doubt. Tho Advance
has labored Tor yeard lor this
and we hope to see our desires
accomplised, .
We see from
our' exchanges
hat , Mr
Peter Wiisou hs
as Coinuiiaisioner of
resigned as
Agriculture. We. know of few
men so well Cited for the work
of the offico and the State will .
find it no easy task to fill the
place.
Very many Alliance men ad--
yocato-tho re-election of Sena
orV'ancb. They have a right
to their opinions; ana while
they differ with him on some
questions, they are with him
on the great fundamental prin
ciples of the Democratic party.
New Berue Journal. '.
The Progressive Farmer con-
tiuues its attack ou Senator
Vance aud tbe tone of its edi
torials this week suggests the
fable of tbe ox aud the flT. "If
I am too heavy for you," re
marked the considerate fly to
the hue ox as he alighted on
his horn, "let me know and T
will go away." "Where are
you ?" enquired the ox.
To act as if the SubTreasary
plan ia the only plan of relief
to the tax-burdened farmers,
argues two thngs a narrow
ness of conception whiph exs
eludes confidence, or base
demagoguery which ould be
promptly denounced uy every
honest man. LaUrane bpec
tator. (
We see Mr. T. C. Diggs has
become editor of the Goldsboro
Dispatch. He was Secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. of that place'
and is a youn man of character
and brains. He will be felt in
North Carolina journalism. We
extend our best wishes;
"Gen: Spinola, of New York,
when the force bill was under
discussion in the House, re
marked that Hhe people would
do as they did in years gone
by: seud your hirelings home
if they come fooling around
the ballot-box.'" Some of said
"hirelings" will be remarkably
fortunate if they ever get back
home at all. Fayetteville
Observar.
The Republicans have re-
nominated 'J. M. Brower for
Congress in the Fifth district.
He is a man utterly devoiaor.
principle or character a
typical Republican politician
and has beenl elected twice.
Biidy Williams will "do him
up" this time, though. -
An observant brother editor
properly diagnosis the cases
when he said: The Radical
organs are anxious for the far
mers to imagine that they hae .
been grossly insulted by the
Democrat press of the State In
the Press' condemnation of the
attack ou Seuator Vance, lhe
"Kads" are anxious for a chance
to halter the farmers. LOOB.
out, they will say and do any
thing to get you.
Senator Vahce is a practical
friend of tbeiarmers. He has
introduced a bill for the repeal
of the tax bf ten per cent on the
circulation of State banks, and
providing that thetax-shall be
no higher than that levied on
the circulation of National
hanks. If this bill was passed
money would become more
plentiful -and consequently,
cheaper. "