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jILL ARP'S LETTEB
mERK UK IS A IZA Y 1TBOM
CARE ANl TOIL
n.0 PhifosopJter .Talks About
Mntttrs in Gen ra I-Trie Luxu
ry of SiHH"l fFhtre Nothing
Hither a- Person. :J .
I don't want. a lode in some
Tl?t ffiMetnesa as the tired poet
0 bar it"i rood to? a man to
2et away from town and society
ouce in awhile. Get 'away from
newspapers : and politics and
business and town jtalk. Get
iffay tL' .'oin e secluded, atractive
jpot-aiul rst. A man can read
lie newspapers until he gets
jrawn in ami absorbed in poli
tics and gets excited arid becom
pin offensive partisan and get?
to abusing folks, and like Uar
iVle exclaim?: V
' 'tntTiaiHi una a yuyumuuu ui
thir; y millions mostly fools."
jjcill-" to mind theold, time
lonirii itvaxiin, "V;ox -populi
tox Doi,"."aud mutters Lis dis
ga3t by clumping is from Dei to
jiaboli & mi iuuatici ' and. other
bird words. When he gets to
that state of mind be bad better
qait the turbulent 'haunts of
jjen fir a. few days and com
puue w'th nature and nature's,
dod. Tna more politics, the
lea work. Look round the
toTO ani see who are tbe prin
tjpal foineulors of political ex
citement. They are tht gentle
men of leisure, tbe geutleinen
ibo hate nothing else to do.
Some ui them .are the genteel
neibouds of society who never
jo a lick of work, but are sup
ports.! by their kin. iOf course,
re Lave to have some of that
s.)ft to make up society, but 1
wuld uever Sbe why. i The man
who has to work all day hasent
much time or inclination for
polices, and 1 have noticed that
fo best farmers are the moat
lakewarin alliancemen. When
i maa works hard all, day he ie
too tire 1, to run about cr ride
three or four miles at niiht to
itteud a meeting. I know some
armors who have ; qiait their
!arms retcy uiach and keep on
ihe war path "hunting office.
Hid do Lope they will get it,
lor their diligence deserves suc
cess. The trouble, though.
ij that offices are scarce and the
wanters are many, and so that
gets up ytrif and contentions.
These disturbances . imitate the
body politic tor a wljile, but in
line Mine they will subside and
everything be calm andssrene.
I was ruminating about this
iliiie reclining "sub tegmino
M," which is nearly all the
Latin 1 remember. Oar tent is
pitched right at the jfoot of" a
oooataiu, and within ten feet
of a crystal spring, that gushes
ind ivy and mountaiu ferns
idorn the rocky side? jusi over
fie spring, and a grassy glade
spreads out below it and follows
"he little stream to the river,
ftitfht.iu iroiit of us looms up a
gher and darker atad steeper
mouutain that shuts ns in from
sunlight for half tbe morning.
It is covered close with pines
ad he t rees, except where an J
occasional cliff shows5 its barren
'ail aud invites von ?tn the ton
of its dizzy precipices. This
mouutdiu seems awful near, but
between us. and its "fase flows
tbe wide foaming current of the
wo wan, dashintr and. sDarkline:
fV6r the phnaU TTiraTin anr
plainintrits way with unre
ining sound, and seeming to
aintr thu r.o.v i. . f
Men may come aid men
may go, . j
"Ut 1 go on forever,
oea the water never get tils
The little stream that starts
ffcLake Itasca has 4,000 mi le8
"j betore it'reaches the gulf,
"Sit tases a year tq make the
journey a yer by day
night, and then finds no
Sfor its waters ate mingled
1h the restless sea whose wa-
7 .J.aL
up mire
and dirt and
ever
'It
ujoamnf?
to'the shore.
1S A. riCiO nckf i, 1 Invtmrr frt
ia a catap chair and sur
,y 'ae majesty of nature and
u iu uer S0.Ug; up the stream
J" uowu-and in thercaves that
J4rate these lofty iaountains,
ruins of a qnce happy
prosperous settlement. The
enae furnace stack breathes
Mis r Fe- ihe il0n'
fc... i (,t machine boos
high
machine shops and
ci t A fl ii .ill, I
i,. ""uuuuciuiu lire suii4
, "'"-standing lfi their sto
wength without floors, or
ivr, ' or uibers. Pines and
and blackberries
a up 1D3lde and ont
' Qd wild vines have cover
plice3Ue wMls, until in many
but h ruins show nothing
IV A yeQ windows,
fit,.
3 tne
ws of evening bring
scene a ilrl wnird
of
Uw tV ,solation tat calls to
ty !0ad s "Haunted House:"
, "
la
each unholsome stone
was darkly epotted
As thickly as the leopard's
dappled skin,
With leave that raukly rotted.
Over all there hung a shadow
and a fepr
A sense of mystery the spirit
daunted,
And said as plain as whisper
m the ear
"This place is haunted."
u iuo uovea anas oeiis and
along the foot-hills the humble
worfcmg people lived in wood
ou uuusea wiiu massive stone
chimneys. The firebrand of
war destroyed these humble
homes, but the chimneys are
there, secreted among the trees
and vines as if ashamed or th
work that man had done and
hiding from the light. I have
visited these ruins oiten, but
uuu many sentinels l never
found before. I found one near
thirty feet in height, and It
was i emboweleredfand. hidden
iu muscadine vines, whose au
tumn fruit attracted us to its
hiding place. ' "
Meinqry goes back thirty
years, - when the busy hum of
machinery was heard all along
tbe narrow neck that lies be
tween the foothills and the
river. Hundreds of strong arms
and cunning hands were here
earning honest money by honest
toil, when old Mark Anthony
Cooper lived near them, and
like a prince and a patriarch
cared for them and directed and
governed vthem and was proud
and happy and kiugly in his
work. He was the pioneer of
the' iron business in Georgia.
and had there been; no war.
would have left a monument
more durable than marble.
How grandly did the old man
submit to the inevitable: How
sereuoiy : did he bow to the
course of events. I looked upon
the stained marble that he erec
ted in honor of the friends who
had given him aid" and encour
agement. What a commentary
upon life! There are thirty-
eight notable Mines npou the
marble, and they are all dead.
Tbe great enterprise that their
money built up and nourished
are all iu ruLis. The wjrkmeu
are dead and their i cnildren
scattered: But the everlasting
hills are there with their min
eral treasures, and the same
beautiful river still murmuring
as it flows. v I
.Men may come and men may
go, '.
But I go X)n forever.!
When a man sits in his camp
chair and ruminates npon these
things, how perishable seem
the works of human kind. How
insignificant tbe passing excite
ment of politics. How pregnant
with vanity is man's ambition
for power and place. ! How pu
erile the contentions of political
leaders. Thirty years will find
them alt iu their silent graves,
or in the sere and yellow leaf of
old age, forgotten if not for
given, and a new'set will be in
their place, dancing to the same
music and singing the old song
for office. Verily it is better
for a man to cling to tbe small,
sweet pleasures of his home
and fireside, look after the chil
dren and the grandchildren,
work and toil and enjoy rest
and food and sleep; j seek but
few frieuds, and treasure them
when found. ; Work while the
day lasts, for the night cometh
whe-u no man can work .
Bill Arp.
THE TEST OF AN HONEST MAN-
We Have a Few Monuments to Dis-posaci-
When a plain, private, uu
ambitious citUeri whose name
has been cut off from the sub
scription book of a newspaper
for years and whose account
amounts to several j dollars,
comes up and pays it, you. may
be sure he is an honest inau or
wants an office or some : other
gift within the possession of
his fellow men. We believe in
such a case it is the severest
and best test of an honest man.
We. have been .recently boldly
approached by tour such men.
We asked for the photographs
of these men to file away" in a
collection of curiosities per
taining to the best and noblest
traits of our fellow men and
women, such' as a lock of hair
from the girl that has never
'gone back on you," a i preserv
ed cherry from the fallen tree
over which stood the ! truthful
boy with his hatchet, &3. It is
a pleasure ; to dwell upon the
noble traits of your fellow men
and mark the divinity within
them. It gives you faith and
this faith from the evidence of
things seen. A man who will
pay his subscription to a news
paper af tor the p ublisher has
forgotten it deserves a mono.
ment.Sanford Express. .
The New Beme Journal enters
a plea to have the license tax
repealed. !
ALL THE
WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
POLITICAL CHIN-CHIN.
Wnat Tha Pappers of Tne Nation
- Say of Politics-
You can't teach an old dog
new tricks. Quay has been car
rying elections so long by the
use of boodle that he is averse
to the bayonet plan. Hence he
has ordered thet the Force bill
be shelved Louisville Time?.
THE ASS IK A DILEMMA.
The poor old riddled, rent and
distraught Republican party is
now like an ass between twoi
bundles of straw. There is the
Tariff bill on one hand the force
bill on the other. The loyal
Republicans of the House have
sent both bundles to the Senate.
''You can't swallow both' says
one faction. "Oh, bnt you can,"
says another, And the belabor
ed, trembling, unhappy don
key makes no progress with
either. Chicago Times, Ind.
JACK80JSIAN DEMOCRACY.
If the principle cf construe
tive powers or. supposed advan
tages or temporary circumstan
ced snail ever oe permitted to
justify the assumption of a pow
er uot given by the constitution,
the general government will
before long absorb all the pow
ers of legislation ana you
will have in effect but one con
solidated government.
Fioin the extent of our coun
try, its diversmeo interests,
different pursuits aud different
iabits, it is too obvious for ar
gument that a single consolida
ted government would be whol-
y inadequate to watch over and
protect its instutitions should
always be prepared to maintain
unimpaired and in lull vigor
the rights aud sovereignty ' of
he State and to confine the ac
ion of the general government
strictly to the sphere of its
appropriate duties. -Andrew
Jackson.
GIVE THE PEOPLE A CHANCE.
Do away with the iestrictions
wherever ,you can justly to ves
ted interests. Untax' the nec
essaries of life. Untrammel
the trade of the country. Let
it find its way to the ocean, if
perchance a profitable trade
may there, be found. Let the
agricultural industry of the
country have aworld-wide mar
ket, and do not shut it up and
and call it "our market," with
a claim of ownership that is in
solent and arrogant as well as
unjust and oppressive. That is
the true policy of this country,
with her boundless resources,
with all her magnificent and
fertile area of agricultural lands
her mountains teeming with
minerals and rich, in silver, in
gold, in iron and coal, und a
population as brave, as intelli
gent, as enterprising and full of
resources as any in the world. -
;We want nothing but a fair
chance, a fair field for our en
deavors, free scope for our en
terprises, fair play for oar in
ventive genuis, and we will
compete with increasing snccess
with all the industries of the
world. Senator Gray.
ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS.
At the last regular meeting of
Union Hill Farmers' Alliance,
No 856. Whitakerte Township,
Nash County, the following res
olutions were unanimously
adopted :
W he re a s, the leading Ex
change apd Organ of the Far
mers'. Alliance of North Caro
lina, has unjustly criticised one
of the noblest patriots, truest
statesmen and warmest friend
of the farmers, that America
ever produoed, in the person of
our beloved and distinguisneo
leader, Zeb. Vance.
Therefore, be it resolved that
we cannot and do not concur with
the Farmers' Organ in its uns
wise and unjust criticism of
our true and tried Senator.
Resolved farther, that we re
cognize the responsible and im
portant position he now occu-
Dies. i and his ability to dis-
c bar ire t h e duties involved
therein.
That we fully appreciate his
stewardship in every official du
ty to which he has been hon
ored.
Be ! it further resolved that
,o j x i u
we ass and instruct our u-epre
sehtatives to the next General
Assembly of North Carolina to
re-elect Z. B. Vance to succeed
himself to the TJ. S. Senate.
Resolved that a copy of these
proceedings be sent to the Ar
gonaut, Progreelve Farmer and
WiLsoNADVANCE.forpublicatlon.
i W R: Mann, Pres.
B. F. Drake, Sec. v
Sept: 12th, 1890.
Cannon, the Congressman who
riiRirraaed himself tbe other day by
hi fanl nfrannes. is a native of
Guilford county.
ENDS THOU AIO'CT A5 OS
THE EDITORS DESK
Q-
TIMELY COMMENT ON JM
JP0RTjlN3MtKBNTS.
Short raro0ruph$ on. Topics of
Lively . Inter Our Halera,
The Intelligence aad ; char
acter of the State is in the
Democratic party,
"Junebog" Linnejr will be a
Republican isandidat f or some
thing in his geetlon he hasn't
yet deideLwhat.: v:
The "DenMKcatsJofc Alleghany
are wise.' ; TiiylU rtara :tL
A; DaughtotttotbifiotU6, He
is very pjojaalAftntty-Bpolcen -of
lor thecSneakersbip. '
The cause of public ednca,
tion that now agitates the pub-
lie mind because the right -solution
of ; all other questions
hinges- upon the correct . educaw
tion ot the people.
The people ol tht South
want capitalists, to come- in
their midst and help us de
velop the wondi?al resources
that God has placed in our
reach. ? - ,
The. GreenabQro .Not th ' SUte
wants more:. 'Uepjiblican; news
papers, in the words of a
r'ominenK Bepublicaa, : "what
in tbe. h 1 is theuse to publish
a newspaper tot a puty that
can't read."
The candid4leaj:or the county
offieesr in Cabairus - county,
ought to shoot the editor of the
Concord Standard - That paper
had "home-made" illustrations
of the various candidates.
A negro precbr by tbe i
name of Moore has aunouueed
himself a candidate .. tor Con
gress in Browers' district. The
negroes are becoming tired oi
Browers insolence, while he
banks" on their votes.
The Sanf ord Express speaks
of Dr. Grlssom's removal from
North 1 Carolina ea- ?. f ollows t
"Grissomgone West to prose
cute his. business" which is
denominated that of siander
ing the State he so long hum
bugged. For years we have opposed
the permitting of gamblers at
the fairs.'- We note with pleas
ure that the managers of snme
our fairs intend fiuttinga stop to
this disgraceful . custom - of
iiceusingnd protecting men
who violate the laws of - the
land. '
The Charlotte Chronicle asks
a very pertinent question when
it asks what the Republican
party is here for. It i divide
ed on every question of; nation
al interest and appears to be
absolutely with out a common
meeting ground except the
spoils of office.
The Sanford Express is four
years old. It is unsurpassed by
any newspaper in the State in
its fearless advocacy of the
right and it Is doing a work for
North Carolina that we bhould
all appreciate. Would that
every editor id the State had
the nerve and character of
Brother StClair.
We see the statement made
Lthat Col. Wm. Johnson, of Char
lotte, will probably be tJapt.
8. B. Alexanders opponent for
Congress in that district. The
Col. is in the habit of teing
beaten and he'll not mind (he
fate that is In store for him, we
suppose. .
The Tarboro Southerner sug
gests that the time for ap
pointing road overseers should
be changed from August to
February so often do the
overseers change their resi
dence after they are appolnted.
A good suggestion and we
commend it to pur representa
ives. The Rockingham Rocket and
the Wilmington Messenger are
rUsciiHHini? the Question of.
whet her. or not Senator Ransom
is an orator. :, It the ; brother of
the Rocket will hear our senior
Senator in a speech in wnicn
Xhe sets warmed up
and -does
i.rtrt-A him an
orator then we'll give it up.
The statement is made that
as Senator Vance was laving
Washington to attend the Red
Hnrints Fair. Senator Aldricb,
fluid i "Go. And I am d d glad
of it, and don't you come back
again this session." The. enes
mies of the great masses would
hA crreatlv Dleased to see
Vance's removal from the U.
a. Senate. He is doing more
vrnrlr thun ; inv man in
the Senate.
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Subscribe to THE ADVANCE.
THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S,
The Democrats of Wisconsin
have nominated Geo.' W. Peck,
Mayor of Milwank e, aud-au-thor
of "Peck's Bad - Boy," as
their candidate for Governor;
The Oxford Orphans'. Friend
( is "sweet sixteen" It is
bright, interesting and doing
much good. May it live to
grow so old that , it, like most
"fair maidens," will not care to
, .....
tell its age.
The Mississippi constitution
al convention last week con-,
sidered the advisability ; of an
educational qualification for
votes, exempting soldiers who
served Honorably in the late
war.. Its committee reported
favorably, and in all brobabili
ty this will become a - law, in
that state. Col. Lewis Haynes,
State Senator from Davidson
county in 1878, presented a bill
which died a natural death,
requiring that all voters after.
1890 be able to read and write.
THE POINT IS IN THE APPLICATION-
"Little boy, do you know who
I am ?" "Yes: your're lying
Jim Stubbs." "You must not
call me that, little boy,' that's
what the Democrats call me."
Vea Knf tha Donn l-vl i rn wa
called you that before you
turned over."
Capt. Chas. Price, of Salis
bury, who has received his
"thirty pieces of silver" in the
shape of an appointment as U.
8. Attorney for the Western
District of North Carolina and
who was nominated by the
Republican Convention fpr
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, made a big bid for the
negro votes in his speech
at Raleigh, August 28 th.,
which was also a .half hearted
DEFENSEjof the permanent Kidi-
cal party in this State.
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
A Clear Statement of Oar Condi
tion Political.
The crisis in North Carolina
politics has this year pass
ed. The contending force
inside the Democratic party
have met in the many couuty
and district conventions aud
pooled their issues. All is peace
within the party. Temporary
irritations have been allayed
and the Democracy is marching
as solidly to victory as it has
ever done in tne nistory or
ourpolitics. It is clear now
that the Farmers' Alliance will
control the Legislature abso
lutely. Except where here and
there a lawyer, favored by the
Alliance, has been nominated,
the legislatiVB nominees the
State over are, almost without
exception, membsrs of " the
Alliance So also are half
the Democratic nominees for
couuty offices from one. end of
the State to the other. Of the
eight nominees for Congress
thus far, four are members of
the Alliance and the other
four have declared themselves
in favor of its aims and "pur
poses. At the recent Democratic
State convention the: Alliance
presented Bix resolutions for
adoption by the body aud they
were inco rporated without
change in the party platform
and haye thus become a part of
the party's demands. . There
ceased since the conventions,
have been held, to be differences
between Alliance Democrats
and non-Alliance Democrats.
There have been mutual conces
sions, and where compromises
could not be agreed upon, the
issues have been fought out in
side the party. The Alliance
nominated proba bly three
fonrths of the men who have
been nominated in the State
and is therefore content. All
others are content because the
Utmost fairness has been observ
ed and the people have expresss
ed themselves through the larg
est aud most representative pr
xnaries ever held in North Car
olina the mediums' which the.
party has provided for the de
claration of the will of its mem
bers. It is too late now for any
attempted diversion to be suc
cessful As for thesenatorship,
the people themselves have de
cided it in advance of , the meet
ing or even the election ot
the Legislature. Senator Vance
will succeed himself by common
consent of all Democrats, Alli
ance and non-Alliance. There
is no cause oi friction remaining.
The party is in splendid trim,
all differences having been com
posed decntly and in accordance
with this traditional conserva-H
tism and wisdom of the North
Carolina people. S t a t e s v ille
Landmark.
Major Lewis Ginter, of ltich'x
mond, will soon move into his ele
gant mansion on West Franklin
street. This is decidedly the most
splendid residence in the State.
Tbe bailding has abonfc fifty rooms
The entire cost, including furni
ture, will probably reach $300,000.
AND TRUTHS'"
SEPT 11, 1890.
HOME CHAT.
THAT WILL DO IT. .
The only way to effectually
kill the election bill is to elect
a .Democratic majority , to the
next Congress Goldsboro Dis
patih. : - , -' .
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EDUCATION WILL TELL. "
lhe . Cleveland campaign of
education on the tariff question
is yielding its perfcet fruit.
The people are reading as they
have never done before. Hick
ory Press and Carolinian. ,
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A PREMATURE OBITUARY.
The force bill has not been
billed'Uu the Senate. Action
upon it has only been postponed
until the December session. It
is altogether premature to
speak of it adeaa. Statesville
Landmark.
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HARMONY AND PROSPERITY.
The Democratic party in
North Carolina: and the . Far
mersAlliance are now one and
the same one ana. in separable.
So mote it be. Now for better
times, and harmony ; between
the country and towns-people.
b ayetteville Observer.
THE IaX FALLS ON ALL.
No thoughtful or well-bred man
fails'to appreciate the burdens
which are imposed upon, the
farmers and all other consumers
by reason of the tariff. There
are other burdens, but the tax
by tariff is the first and the
agitation for the reduction of
this tax is the most Dartriotic
work any bet of men ever did.
Raleigh State Chronicle.
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REPUBLICANISM VS. PROSPERITY.
The country only prospers as
the -farmers prop: rr. That is
certain. Legislr.i V that opT
presses and rob.-s them id nnwise,
is absurd legislation, and unwor
thy of any party. The only
party that has wronged and
injured them in the old Radical
party, against wi icb the Dem
ocracy has been waging and is
still waging a ceaseless war.
Wilmington Messenger.
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THE ' COONS" TO THE FRONT. -
Just see what demands the
"coons'' are making and in a
Democratic c tate, at that, which
has already given them more,
in public institutions, schools,
asylums, normal achools &c,
than any Republican State has
ever given them! Great Scott !!
And "Harrison's coons" poking
their heads out of every mail
car that ruus into this city!!
Ain't the "JRads," as the Repub
lican party of the State is now
constituted, coming. Golds
boro Argus. -
Oar excellent friend John D:
Cameron, Esq, of Aeheville,-has
prepared a timely article which ap
pears iu the Democrat, of that town,
in advocacy of tbe 'Reclamation of
tbe Roanoke Lands- - He is espec
ially equipped for such discussion,
and -does his work well. We agree
wit h him iu the necessity of reclaim-J
ing there . low-grouuds. tor they
wt-re when we laet saw them, very
pi-oi.uctive. Wilmiugton Messeo
ger. ' . , .
Capt. Tom Evaus, of Reidsville.
died at his home Tuesday morning,
of lever. IIo leaves a family of
eiKht children. For years be has
been a prominent figure iu news
paper eucka in this section, having
written at vaiious times for The
Sentinel, 'Websters Weekly and tbe
Patriot atrfl iu later years acting as
Washiugtou correspondent for the
Greeusboro North Scale.' He was
a facile, original wiiter,'whogo pro
ductions were always read with
keen interest. Winston Sentinel.
Mij . J. Montgomery nas a
little mint. It is a gold mine, but
unlike most of them it is paying
splendid' profits. lie had 108
bushels of. ore ground at Reed's
mill .and be realized $127 vorth of
filthy lucre. The expense ?n its
bundling from beginning1 to end
was only $30. Concord Standard.
Uuless earlv frostcomes, , tbe
crop of tobacco will lie larger than
has been known for 'years. The
news gets better every week". It is
hxrilly ' probable that prices can
stay s the? were last year, bit
they will necessarily be high aud
our'farmeis will realize more mon
ey for their crop than they have in
a' long time. Winston Sentinel.
Wesley Whitaker, Esq. an old
renublican. -has left bis party and
become a democrat. The. color
line, drawn by the republicans
themselves, no doubt produced
what the preachers term tbe
"change of heart." .There are
likely to be many snch accessions
before tbe election Col. Olds in
Wilmington Messnger,
We have recently seen the com
mission of the first collector of the
town of Edentn after oor war of
Independence; signed by G. Wash
ingtonPresident of the United
States,. and issued to Thomas Benn
burv. Edeuton's firs s collector, wuo
bad been Commissary General of
North Carolina, dnriug tbe war, of
tne Revolution: It is tbe property
of Gen. Benbury's great-grand
Econ"
daughter. Elizabeth City
omlst. '
NEWS OF A WEEK.
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tt'ILAT IS UAEPJS.NIHO IK
IBE WOULD AJiO UD US.
Condensed Report of the Newt
lfrtm our Contemporaries.
A new farniturA f.tarw in Uinv
built iu Greensboro.
Work has eeu com me need
on
tne Honroe cotton mills.
Whiskey is not sold In Mecklen
bnrg county in Charlotte.
Tbe New Berne Journal tells of a
tomato, weignlng 1 pooads. .
Chauucey M. Depew says that
"the South is the bonanza of the
futQre." . .
Shipments of sumac from Little
ton o tar thTs season amount to
about 400,000 pouuds, '
v A furnitore faetory with a. capi
tal stock of 710,000 bas begtifr oper
ations at Greensboro ; - -
New Totk .will make another
effort to raise the, money v , for ' tht
Gran t mono memv ' ' :,
Mr. Powdeily is accused "xf using
bis position;' in the "Knights of
Labor for his private gain:
The street cam, bandied Sunday,
including trausfer, abont;. 4,200
passengers.--Winston Dail. '
It is duly . anuounoed in the
papers that ex-President Cleveland
had his hair cut in Boston last
week.
A party of Mormon converts
from Alabama, North Carolina,
and East Teuno-stu wtntto Utah
the past week. ' - -
Tne North Carolina" Steel and
Iron company have completely ' re
organized, and )the -contract lor
building has been let.
-The tobacco crop is this ction
is nearly ail cured, and - tbe growV
ersseem to' be well pleased with
the ifcsult. tkmesboro Leader.
. Winston is o have auother big
leaf factory, to be erected by Mei
sers. H. L. Rigging and Frank
Gorreli, wuo have formed a cos
partnership to deal 'in leaf tobacco.
lhe Raleigh Chronicle says: It
was remarked by an observant
gentleman, yesterday that every
nominee ou,ibe couuty democratic
ticket was a member of tbe Baptist
church, except one.
The biblical Recorder say of
the negro convention Ueld in
Raleigh last week, that "as a re
publican body, it was far tbe most
intelligent and best behaved that
ever assembled in this city."
Report say a Tom Settle came off
from tue encounter -with -Barber
with top maiumaot goue, hull scut
tled and stern missing, Haul
down your colore, Tommjt Madi
son New.
lurphy Scout: Pi of. beal has
stripped a large auJ beau. if ul bed
of talc at Marble Creek, three miles
up. the river. He says there seems
to be an inexausiibie bed of it. t
0. C. Wade, ofr'lrey,i some
Deautiful specimens-of elat tacen
Irom bis quarry, on the west bank
of tbe Pee Dee. river, abont eight
miles ea&t of Albemarle.: The quaU
ity of this slate is .: excelent. : '
Tbe Carbonton Farmers' Alliance
bas passed a resolution that it will
not mentiea iu its lodge meetings
candidates for-offices. Tbe Jklooie
couuty FarmeroLAlliauce passed a
similar lealntiou a few weeks agoJ
A young iarmer in' our immediate
neighborhood has been offered $26
round for bis crop of tobacco. He
declined tbe bid and ; will offar 16,
000 pouuds lor sale on our ware
bouse floors. $4,000 is a good sum
of money to turn dowu. Durham
Globe.
President Julian B. Carr bas
called a State convention of tbe
democratie clubs to meet in RaU
eigh on Sep 24th. Ex-President
Cleveland, Seuators Vance, - Ran
som aud other distinguished dems
ocrats are ezpetted. All clubs are
urged to send! delegates.
Curiosities are on the increase.
We have recently seen a turtle
with a beautiful and variegated
back in tints and colors. Length
wise across it are the figures 333,
surrounded by figures on tbe bor
der resembling those ot ladies.
Laurinburg Exchange.
On Holiday afternoon a convict
in tbe Osgood & Egypt railroad
feigned sick, be was sent to bis
tent, where he procured a case
knife, removed bis. shackles and
succeeded in making good his
escape. He came from Kinston
and was seen goitig in tbat direc
tion. Saufoi 1 Vxprets.
Fifty or more Granville young
men were employ id to core tobacco
this season by Tanners of eastern
North Carolina. ! A oumper re'
turned to Oxford yesterday after
noon, having finished their work.
The others will be back in a few
days. The boys say. tbe crops are
very fine in . tbat section. Oxford
1 Not long sioc lhe discovery of a
well on the premises of the Green
ville institute that contained high
medicinal . qualities, attracted . no
small attention. Since then water
from a well on tbe premises of Mr.
H. A. Sutton has been sent to tbe
State Experiment Station' and tbe
wnalTsis shows it is highly medici
nal- Dr. O'Haeansays the wells
faave very maeto the 8m? water.
j ureenvuie acuwwi.
$1.50 h Year, asli in A d van re
NUMBER 34
NEIGHPORHOOD NEWS
As told oyOnr Brother Editors
in their Papers
WeldonNews, Sept. 4.
We learn thaTthe Commission
ers of Bertie county have appointed
a committee toconfer with a simi
lar committee to be appointed from
Halifax, Northampton aud Martin
counties, to take some steps look
ing towards reclnraine the rich
i lands alons: the Roanoke river.
Ttese lands are overflowed every
vear, and to reclaim them would be
to prodnce com enough for all.
Loutsburg Times, Sept. 5.
Maj. B. F. Bulloclr announces
himself in the issue of the Times
as a candidate for the office of Su
perior Court Olerk of Franklin
county. As will be seen from the
card he simply announces himself a
candidate claiming allegiance to
no party, not even asking the en
dorsement or support of either the
Republican or Democratic party.
It is said, however, that the Repub
lican convention which meets here
to-morrow will endorse .the Major
tor this position in which case he
will be placed upon the Republic
can ticket.
Tarborough Southerner, Septh,.
Fodder wa9 damaged by tbe rains
of last week.
Paespd away Tuesday morning
L. M McCullen. of heart failure.
He was about 65 years old.
W. E. Bradley of No. 14 town
ship, has sold several barns of to.
bacco, which netted him over twen
ty cents a pound.
The farm talk now i that there
is no August crop. It is partially
true for sandy land but not for stiff.
Still there is no doubt that tbe rains
of August have damaged iLe crops
much -
Scotland Neck Domocrat, So pt. 4.
Elizabeth Medford, wife ot A. C.
Med ford, died at her borne near
Scotland Neck on Thursday, Aug,
28th, at 7 o'clock p. m. She was
about 23 years old, anil leaves a
bnsband and two c'nlilteu. Sbe
was a good wile, a tender mother,
and a kind neighbor.
Rev. Thos. Dixon, or New York,
ha been invited to speak at the
Weldon Fair. He has consented
to go t.hie and will speak on Oct
ober 30th. Ho will draw more peo
ple to hear him than any man in
the United States.
In 1889 the colored polls were
2544. In. 190 the coloied - oils
were 2022. This shows a decrease
of 38 white polls and 522 colored
po'ls. It is estimated that, the
Dumber ot colored voters in the
county is about 700 less than last
year.
Nashville Argonaut, Sept, 4th,
Rev. R. P. l'ell, of Wilson,
preached at Strickland's Chapel
the 4th Sunday in last month lie
is a man of "superior oratorical gifts
and of his fights of eloquence are
full of the fire of gen ions.
Rev. Geo. M. Duke, pastor of the
Baptist church, commenced a pro
tracted meeting in.his church on
Sunday night which in p-ressing
with good interest. Mi . h ike is a
good preacher and a u od man,
and exerts a fime inti.ue.ee iu tbe
community.
At the meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners, last Mon
day, the following registrars were
appointed: Castalla. T. A. Sills;
Nort'i Whitakei's, J. A. Whftaker;
Stony Creek. J. J. Coley; Rocky
ilouut, W. D. Joyner; Cooper's K.
W. BoDe; Nashville, J. C. llarper;
ManuiDg's, B. L. Holland; Ferreil's,
A. T. Strickland; Bailey's, J. R,
Morris; Jackson, J. M. B.iiues. v
The Board of Couuty Oommis
sionsrs have ordered an election
to be held in Griffin's township, on
tbe 15tb of October, upon a propo
sition to subscribe $25,000 to tbe
A. II. & V. railroad aud in Casa
lia township, on tbe same day, on
a proposition to subscribe $10,000
to the same road. W. 1. Aveat
was appointed registrar in Griffin's
township, aud S. W. Bartholomew,
in Castaiia township, to revise the
registration books for these elea
tions. A fatal shooting affair occured
last Satorday evening in this couu
ty, on the road, a lew miles wesc of
Rocky Mount. Two meu, Baiker
and Lone, were passing aloug the
road when some one commenced
throwing stones at ihem from a
yard or lot. They could not see
tne parties throwing tlie stones,
but Loue, fired his pistol in the di
rection Horn which the rocks came,
and told Baker to shoot also. Ba -ksr
did draw bis pistol aud shoot
and immediately Lone cried out
that be was si;ot. He died from
tks effects of Uic wound the next '
day. In his ante mortem examina
tion, he stated tbat be. did not
kuew wbo bot him, whether tbe
parties tnrowiug tbe stouies or Ba
ker, but if Baker did it, it was an
accident as they were thje best of
friends. Baker himself Idid not
knew whether it was tbe ball from
hu pistol or uot. Tbe eojiuor's ju
ry i'ouud tbat he was shot by par
ties unknown. Loue was from one
of tbe upper counties, haviug come
down here to cure tobacco. 11 is
body was sent bptne tor interment.
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North Carolina has -eaught on'
totbevalne of laud improvement
companies, and is making more
rapid progress tbau cver These
companies did wonders toward de
veloping Alabama and Virginia.
Oxford Day.