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I IK 'MAS V I.STKAV
and
W aJ. Wakken
vs. 1 . .
G r rife n B.Brantl e v
-Notice- of Sum
i 1110ns and War
j'rant of Attach
1 rrient.
The defendant. Green B. Brantly,
above named will take notice that a
summons in the above entitled action
the 6th day of December 1S90, by tl
Clerk "if said Superior Court, the actic
u.i-. iueu against sau cielen ant on
the
action
being for the nonj-payment of the sum
of Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven Dol
lars and Sixty Cents, amount paid by
plaintiffs to T. J. Hadlev upon one note
executed to him by said Green B. Brant
lay, as principal, ami Thomas Westray
and VV. M. Warren as sureties, which
said summons is .returnable to the Su
perior Court of Wilson county at lone
term 1S91.
The defendant, will also take notice
that a warrant of attachment was issued
by said SuperionCotirt on the 6th day
ot December 1S90, against the pronertv
ot said defendant, which warrant is re
turnable to said Superior Court at time
above named for return of said sum
mons, when and where the defendant
is required to appear, and answer or
demur to the complaint, or the relief
demanded will be granted. This the
7th day of April, 1S91.
F A , V DEAXS'C S C-
1'. A. Cv. b. A. OODARD.
Att'ys for Plaintiffs
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REGISTRATION.
ivgioiianuii ui me voters
embraced in the territoi y of the Wilson
the Wilson Graded School District hav
ing been ordered bs the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners of Wilson county,
and the undersigned having been ap
pointed Registrar, this is to notify the
voters of said District that the Regis
tration Books will be open at the office
of the Clerk of tqe Superior Court of
Wilson County ,',pn Monday, March 23d,
1871, and will close Saturday, April
25th, a 12 o'clock, m.
3 26-td. A J. SIMMS, Registrar.
Spring
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ever before;
EpSgh Gome and
look at them.
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Cash Racket
STOKE,
Bottled
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
SOMETHING : IS WRONG jWITH THE
PEOPLE HE SAYS.
No; -Money Made on ;CottonThis Year
What ..Has The AUiance'.Done ? Why
Cannot GeorglaSnpport Herself ?
Jt seems to me that there is some
thing radically wrong in our system
of farming. My faith in king cotton
is weakening, and yet I don't see
any remedy none that our farmers
seem willing to adopt. They have
made no money on cotton this last
year. Of course the world has been
benefitted by the low price, but the
cotton planter has suffered. There
is ilo profit in it, no margin, and we
are feeling it already. What shall
the farmer do ?
We thought that the Alliance was
going to regulate the acreage, but it
seems they are not, and this year
there is likely to be more than last,
for there are more larmers, and in
the cotton belt they won't . plant
anything else. They say that they
can't, that nothing else is a sure
money crOp, and the merchants will
not advance them supplies on any
other product. "
Well, I have recently been up in
Tennessee and Kentucky, where
there is no cotton, and I inquired
ibout these advances, and they did-
en t seem to, understand me. i ney
dident want " advances; they dident
need supplies. They raised wheat,
and oats, and corn, and .mules and
horses and hav. and a little . further
North they raise tobacco. Any
traveler can tell the difference; you
see it in the beautiful fields of wheat
along the railway in the fences and
the turnpike roads and painted cot
tages and larmhouses in the graz
ing cattle and
sheep. It is a
the large flocks of
feastto the eye to
look upon the farms of middle len
nessee, and the idea occurs to you
that this is God's country and every
body is prospering and happy why
is this difference ? Is it in the land
or the'people? Why does Georgia,
one of the old thirteen, have to pay
so much tribute to Tennessee, and
buy her grain'and hay and mules ev
ery year ? Yes, even her turkeys
and chickens and eggs ? Our farm
ers have got in the cotton groove
and can't get out.
Now, we know that North Geor
gia can raise anything that Tennes
see can, and can raise ' cotton nearly
as cheaply as the cotton belt. Geor
gia can beat the world on oats and
bennuda grass and fruit and pota
toes, and if there is any "impediment
in the way 01 raising mules and cat
tle and . sheep we don't know it.
But they are absorbed in cotton a
crop that requires about nine months
to grow and harvest and gin and
take to market; a crop that does not
improve any land, but leaves poor
land poorer every year, for it is a
well-established fact that any crop
impoverishes land that does not
shade it, from the summer's sun.
But I d- n't propose to. teach the
farmers of Georgia. I am only tell
ing what I saw on my journey, and
this causes me to remark that, com
pared with Tennessee and Kentucky,
our public roads are a disgrace . to
our civilization. Is that in the land,
or the people, or is king- cotton at
the bottom of it ? With the excep
tion of a few miles in the suburbs of
some of our cities, there is not a
turnpike in Georgia. What is the
Alliance going to do about it ? If
they have not yet gotten the power
in congress, they have absolute con
trol of our legislature.
As I traveled northward towards
Kentucky I observed something
white shining upon the ground at ev
ery farm something about twenty 5or
twenty-five feet square, and sloping
a. little towards the sun. I thought
that it was a glass, and was the cov
ering of a hotbed, but found on in
quiry that I had reached the tobacco
region, and that what I saw was the
white cloth coverings over the tobac
co plants. Not long afterwards. I
reached Clarksville, a beautiful in
land city of 10,000 or 12,000 inhabi
tants, largely white. This is said to
be the-largest tobacco market in the
United States, and the second in the
world. I saw many fanners gather
ed in the town, and they held up
their heads . and talked tobacco.
Some had already sold and some
were selling, and the money did not
go to the merchant for advances. I
inquired whether there was anything
peculiar about the soil that gave that
region an advantage, and they said
no that tobacco would grow any
where from Connecticut to Cuba. It
will grow in north Georgia, we know,
for it has been tried, but there was
no market near where they could
sell it in the leaf, and not enough
grown to supply a factory so they
quit. I don't believe that tobacco is
of any great necessity to mankind,
but it is here, and has come to stay-
I reckon, folks will use it,
matter
how filthy it is. In a great
uring town like Winston
mense buildings are occupii
A r .
ct-
1 V. V J , i I 1 1 J 111,, jj lliLL LV. HIV,
stem it and cull out the rott
s,
and throw all the reluse in pi
on
are
the long floors, and these piles
their spittoons, and when they
get
big enough and juicy enough
they
are cleaned up shipped to Durham,
where they are dried and ground up
and spread out on a floor and sprink
led with New England rum, and
then made into cigarettes for the
boys. A man from Key West told
me that there were 16,000 Cubans
there making cigars. Most of them
curl the leaf to a point and make it
stick with a little spiitie from their
mouths, but the old, fat, greasy ones
use the nice, clean perspiration that
Ms
runs down the creases in their necks
and faces. This sav es them the use
of pocket handkerchiefs. Nobody
smokes a cigar over there without
cutting off the point and using a
mouth piece.
Clarksville has a University that is
of high grade,' and turns out scholars
who are scholars. I mingled with
their young men freely and was im
pressed with their manners and their
manhood. They have self-respect
and hold themselves above the usuaH
mischief and devilment of college
boys. The faculty deem it no let
down from their dignity to make
companionship with the students just
like a good sensible father makes a
companion of his son. While I was
there, I was elected an honorary
member of one of their societies and
with appropriate humility I accepted
the honor and thought that was ah I
of it, but in a brief time I was con
ducted to a room and locked up and
made to ride a goat backwards, and
horseback, and suffer other mysteri
ous and humiliating proceedings, all
of which they said were meant for
my good, and to prepare me for the
great battle of life that they said I
had to fight. Good gracious ! I
have been fighting it for fifty years,
and thought I was most done, but
T suppose I must fight another now.
God bless the boys, and deal gently
with them.
As I journeyed home I passed the
National cemetery not far from Mur-
freesboro. This home of the federal
dead is beautiful so beautiful that
it made me sad. Not far away is a
crumbling pile of weather-stained
stones that once were in shape and
were erected into a mausoleum as a
memorial to our confederate dead.
Look on this picture and then on
that. We furnish the soil and oro-
feet tno orraves nf r-.nr northern breth-
r,M, whn ffll in hnttlf YV i-.v mr
snare 01 me tax mat Keeps mem
fresh and green and make no com
plaint, and yet our enemies are not
happy. In last week's Tribune there
is a letter from a Nashville man, de
nouncing the legislature of Tennes
see lor appropriating S2S to each
maimed confederate soldier living in
that State. He declares it a south
ern outrage upon northern men who,
ike himseli, have moved into the
State, and that, it is a tax upon , loyal
men to reward traitors who are
guilty of treason. He calls upon
northern people to come down at
once and settle in Tennessee and
wrest the government from these
Bourbons, and says that only a few
nore thousand are needed to do it.
May the good Lord help us all to
read such things and still be calm
and serene. Bill Arp..
The lic-M Result..
Ev ery ingredient employed in pro
ducing Hood's Sarsaparilla is strictly
pure, and is the best of its kind it is
possible to buy. All the roots and
herbs are carefully selected, person
ally examined, and only the best re
tained. So that from tbe time of
purehasc until Hood's 'Sursaparilla
is prepared, everything is carefully
watched with a view to attaining the
best result. Why don't you try it ?
Heaps
How much better to visit the Y.
M. C. A. Hall at night and engage
in a pleasant game ol dominoes or
checkers than to be swilling whiskey,
fighting, cursing or gambling.
Washington Gazette.
Tobacco is Kins: !
Estimates of the decrease in acre
age in cotton for this year are from
fifteen to forty per cent. Several far
mers will plant no cotton at all. To
bacco and peanuts are now rival
claimants to the agricultural throne
of Edgecombe. Tarboro Southerner.
Folk-Lore :;nl Folk-Care!
Some of the scientists who . make
a specialty of folk-lore have lately
been making inquiries about the mal
ady which the country people called
spring fever. It is a genuine mala
dy, though more disagreeable than'
serious. Yet it should be taken note
of. While the scientists are inauir-
ing about the tone of the maladv.
those who are suffering the lassitude,
nervousness and melancholia, that
are its symptoms, .should run the
disease out of their systems by
means of that more subtle scientist
and lolk-curest S. S. S. This is
particularly necessary, since spring
fever leaves the system in such a
condition that it succumbs readily to
diseases that are more dangerous
and less easily controlled. S. S. S.
is a preventive as well as a remedy.
'Mr. P. Cunoius is a bright,
breezy fellow, is he not?" said Hobb,
and Dobb replied: "I should think
he might be, he is always trying to
'raise the wind."
Happy Hoosiers
Win. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida
ville, Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad
feeling arising from Kidney and Liv
er trouble." John Leslie, farmer
and stockman, of same place, says:
"Find Electric Bitters to be the best
Kidney and Liver medicine. Made
me feel like a new man." J. W.
Gardner, hardware, same town,
says: "Electric Bitters is just the
thing for a man who is all run down
and don't care whether he lives or
dies ;" he found new strength, good
appetite and selt just like he had
new lease on hie. Only ;octs a bot
tie, at A.vV. Rowland's drug store.
WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, APRIL
BEWARE OF TRUSTS.
HUT HOW ARE WE TO G UT RID OF
. THE THINGS?
Msj. R. L. Ragland, of Hyco, Contributes an
.. Article on a'Subject of Much VubltcJIn
terest and Concern.
(special cor. the advance.)
Hvco, Va., April 18. The student'
of modern economy, especially of
American economics, as compared
with the teachings of Adam Smith,
Malthus, Ricardo, and John Stewart
Mill, recognizes a wride departure
from the old school economists, re
sulting from radical changes going on
in the existing industrial system now
pervading all business.
There is a manifest growing ten
dency to eliminate competition as the
controlling economic force, and,
far as possible, to circumscribe the
area within which its influence is ef
fectual. There is an impelling cause
behind this movement, the chief eco
nomic reason lor which is claimed to
be the concentration and conservation
of energy with the least expense and
competitive waste savings in the
wages of officers, agents, travelling
salesmen, and, above all, the expen
ses of a competitive strife. r.But the
real cause underlying the formation
of trusts and combinations is the ad
vantages and opportunities which
come through the concentration of
large amounts of capital in the hands
of their controllers, by which they are
enabled to over-reach and effectually
crush out all competition, thus giving
the'power to monopolize and control
the business for which the combines
and trusts were formed.
THEY HAVE COM E.
The trusts have come, and, while
there remains individual competition
in a rested sense, its social supremacy,
as a factor in the life work of these
later times, is gone, and with it largely
the power of the people to right them
selves. Machinery has largely taken
the place of manual labor, and the
progress of invention in all industrial
development has largely increased
profits under a pro-rata reduction of
manual labor, and thereby giving the
manufacturers commanding large cap
ital not only a more'eertain control,
but larger profits. The king of trusts,
'The Standard Oil," was formed in
1874, and since then more than three
score trusts have been formed in many
of the leading industries of the coun
try, and they are still stretching their
briarean arms "to grasp in all the
shore."
NATURAL THAT THOSE
AFFECTED
ABUSE THEM.
It is but natural that those mostly
affected by the trusts should declaim
against and abuse them : but have
not the organizers of syndicates sim
ply adjusted themselves to present
economic conditions, to avail them
selves of personal gain, made possible
under the politico-economic system
now in vogue? There is a principle
pervading all human nature, however
civilized and cultured, that invites the
indivieual to grasp all that is attaina
ble and utilize every opportunity for
personal gain not indicted by law.
Many blame the organizers of trusts
who would gladly themselves get into
them, and "on the ground floor, were
it possible.
Success in war is greatly determined
by heavy battallions skillfully handled
and the largest profits are realized
f -; concentrated capital so employed
as to crush out and defy competition.
TM : .L 1
1 uen, again, capital uie money ciass
in this country has always received
special favors and been granted special
privileges. The tendency of economic
development has for years been in the
direction of combinations and trusts,
and they have grown so powerful as
not only to menace all individual en
tefprize but the public welfare.
NO EASY PROBLEM.
To control trusts and keep them
within the bonds of ethical economy
just and fair to all trades,' industries
and classes is no easy problem,. and
is made more difficult since capital
has loaned its potency in controlling
legislation in its behalf.
I here seems but one way to suc
cessfully meet and oppose the en
croachments of trusts, combinations
and syndicates, formed and forming
to rob the people, and that is to in
crease, extend and magnify the func
tions and power of the State, or of
the Union, to deal with them. Indi
vidual effort is powerless, and the
way has not yet been opened for as
sociations and organizations 01 the
people to successfully oppose monop
olies. THE TOBACCO TRUST.
The Tobacco trust, formed and
forming, threatens the entire tobacco
industry. Its influence has already
proved so pernicious, hurtful and ob
noxious to the great mass of planters
and dealers, and so threatening to all
the manufacturers outside of the trusts,
as. to already paralyze the industry
and cause the gravest fears. Various
measures have been suggested to
thwart the purposes of trusts. One
of these, concerted or forced absten
tion from planting for a time, might
prove effectual, if forced through
taxation or otherwise so as to make
it general ; but this would hurt inno
cent manufacturers, the planter's main
customers and best friends. Boycott
ing trust goods offers a fairer, and
as some claim, a surer method. This
writer suggests a graduated tax cumu
lative with the increase of the pro
duct manufactured as likely to prove
more effectual.
j Every tobacco man outside of the
, trust, should unite and combine to
down the tobacco trust, or else the
a planters, warehousemen and dealer
- will be lorced to abandon the indust
A resolute, determined people can
accomplish much in ihe way of reform,
especially when they have right and
justice on their side and are impelled
by nature's fundamental law self
preservation. Let us start right, do
right and continue right onward, and
as f Judge Daniel once said substan
tially, "some law will surely be found
to uphold us in so doing." The to
bacco trust has already "set its coulter
so deep" as, in time to effectually
balk the whole trust team, which
means ruin to the business. It has
surely brought great damage to the
tobacco industry already, and when
the rebound comes, as.surely it will
come sooner or later, where will the
trust "be then ?
A SOCKDOLAGER.
The reader may ask,. what is meant
by a "sockdolager ? " We reply, it is
what old Tom Blackwell, the grand-
lather 01 Buck Blackwell, of Durham-,
was wont to call a knock down.
Here is a "sockdolager" knock down
for the trusts
Let the' State recognize trusts as if
has railroad corporations, and then
pass laws to effectually control them.
"Fight the devil with fire." and big
chunks of it well heaped on. Give
to them distinct public functions and
characters as distinct from private
business ; require public supervision
over them in order to rectify abuses
and to protect the citizens and Com
monwealth." .There is no necessity to
make a communistic State;, but there
is a palpable and urgent necessity to
protect private property, individual
rights and enterprise, and to promote
the industrial welfare and well being
of all the people.
IMPERATIVELY DEMANDED.
There is" a" growing inequality of
condition of the people of this great
Republic that menaces its stability
and the perpetuation of true Democ
racy. Something js imperatively de
manded to protect the evil tendency
in the aggrandizement of immense
wealth in the hands of a favored few.
taxation is the factor" needed as the
great equalizer in solving this irreg
ular social equation. Let the State
levy a graduatedincome tax, cumu
lative Ton the amount ' taxed, on all
corporations, trusts and individuals;
tax all inheritances and bequets, and
levy a special tax on the succession of
all estates over $100,000, and thus
accomplish for the next genaration
what our forefathers so wisely and
beneficently did in the inauguration
ofjthis Republic in the abolishment of
primogeniture'and entail.
Desperate diseases require heroic
remedies, and the diseased body po
litic must be treated accordingly.
The economic conscience, at its best,
is not above par, and "corporations
have no souls," and therefore the
State alone must govern them. The
autonomy of the State, so greatly en
dangered by trusts, must be preserved
at all hazzards, and everything in
conflict therewith must be suppressed
or brought in subjection of law, or we
will soon witness what is fast approach
ing an aristocracy of wealth a des
picable plutocracy that will crush
out all enterprise and thrift outside of
their favored arenas, and inaugurate
a tyrany more cruel and enslaving
than feudalism or serfdom, because of
its being innicted on a people that
have once known and enjoyed the
blessings of civil and industrial liberty.
Beware of trusts !
R. L. Ragland.
PITT COFNTY NEWS.
tu.
1 and Condensed from the Grceuvllli
Reflector.
Mr. W. R. Home, one of the pros
perous farmers of Farmville township,
told us Monday that he had tobacco
bacco plants large enough to set out
and would begin transplanting this
week. He says the tobacco acreage
in his section will be double this year
what it was last year.
There was another shooting affair
in Greenville last Wednesday night.
While approaching a house of ill-repute
near the river some one fired a
pistol at R. D. Cherry. He was
struck in the thigh, the ball fortunate
ly making only a flesh wound.
The steamer "Greenville," belong
ing to the Tar River Transportation
Company, sank Monday morajng.
The steamer was heavily laden with
fertilizers and merchandise, but we
have not learned to what extent the
cargo was damaged. When found
to be sinking the steamer was run
ashore. The water came only about
a foot above the lower deck. Steps
... . .
were taken at see to raise me
steamer.
Last Wednesday morning Mr. John
I eel was found drowned in a hole 01
water at the end of the railroad trestle
across the river from town. On Mon
day previous Teel was in town and
drinking. He remained about town
until night and started over the river
to his brother's, as he frequently did
when about Greenville. His son
went with him as far as the north end
of the bridge. The freshet was up
but had fallen enough to leave a very
narrow strip of land exposed between
two deep holes of water. It is thought
that he attempted to walk this strip of
land to the railroad embankment but
fell off and was drowned.
There was no idea but what iie had
e-one on safely to his brother's until
Tuesday afternoon when some par
ties keeping ferry saw his hat and a
bundle which he had upon leaving
town floating on the water. This led
to inquiry about him and early
Wednesday morning it was ascertain
ed that he had not been to his broth
er's. A search was instituted at once
j and his body was found in the hole.
here were no indications what ever
F oul play, hence a coroner's inquest
was deemed unnecessary.
23, 1891
OUR NEW CHIEF.
NORTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR
MAN OF MEAN'S.
The State Can Never" be Without a Head
A Sketch of Tlie;Life of GoTernorfThom
as H. Holt. '
Yesterday's Chronicle announced
that Lieutenant Governor Holt had
taken the oath of office as Governor
of die State. It is one of the best
features of our government that the
State is never .without an- official
head, and though the Chief Execu
tive may be removed by the hand of
death his successor is already desig
nated. Governor Holt is no new or un
tried man in North Carolina, and he
comes to the gubernatorial chair . as
the crowning honor of a useful and
successful life. Calledbya mysteri
ous dispensation of ; Providence" to
succeed our brilliant and progressive
chief magistrate, his position will be
delicate and difficult one to fill.
But he is not unused to large re
sponsibilities, and the Chronicle has
no fears but that his administration
will come up to the high expecta
tions of the people and be in keep
ing with his successful career in ev
ery position to wL.ch he has been
ailed.
At the close of the late - legislative
session, in printing the speeches of
the Senators complimentary to Col.
Holt for h.s ability and fairness, the
Chronicle said:
The Chronicle has had exceptiona
ble opportunities for nothing the
manner in which Gov. Holt has dis
charged the delicate and responsible
duties of his high position, and it
gives us great pleusure to add our
hearty approval of the resolutions
and commendatory remarks, which
they elicited from members of the
Senate.
Colonel Thomas M. Holt was
born July 15th, 1831, in Alamance
county, and was the second son of
Edwin M. and Emily Holt. He was
prepared for college at Caldwell In
stitute, Hillsboro, and matriculated at
the University of North Carolina in
1 849 ; but so strongly was he imbued
with the spirit Of his father, and be
ing more fond of his factory than his
college fame, he left Chapel Hill in
1 85 1, when half advanced in the ju
nior class, and addressed his time
and talents to the manufacturer of
cotton-yarns and fabrics. He was in
his father's employ until i860, when
in a brick building 36x64, with only
528 spindles (now a wing ol that im
mense factory known throughout the
Southern and Eastern States as
Granite Mills), he commenced busi
ness on his own occount.
A visitor to Haw River, his home,
standing on the railroad bridge
which spans Haw River, and looking
on the north side, would see large
cotton mills, flour mills, dwellings for
his operatives and other buildings
which have every appearance of a
large, thrifty and beautiful village;
larger indeed than some of our
towns. It is all owned by Colonel
Holt and cost him exceeding $400,
000. On the opposite of this bridge,
on an eminence, his princely resi
dence is located. It is one of the lar
gest and most elegantly finished
country homes in the South. The
erounds, covering twelve acres, are
most elegantly improved and em
bellished, and present the appear
ance in minatujre of Central Park,
New York. These grounds and im
provements cost exceeding $25,000
Col. Holt is not only one 'of the
most successlul manutacturers m
North Carolina but is as well one of
the best fanners. He owns that fa
mous plantation "Linwood" in Da
idson county, and upon it makes the
lareest yield of wheat to the acre of
any farm in the State. He loves ag
riculture, and in none of his enter
prises does he take a deeper interest
than in hi:, larming operations.
The public life of Col. Holt Is
well, known to our readers. To-day
we only mention the position he has
held. He served two terms as
Chairman Board of Commissioners
of Alamance county. In 1876 he
represented Alamance and Guilford
in the State Senate. He has twice
represented Alamance county in the
House of Representatives. In Jan
uary, 1885, he was elected Speaker
of the House. For fifteen years he
has been President of the N. C. R. R.
Company; was for eight years Presi
dent of the State Agricultural Socie
ty and contributed largely in time
and monev towards the success of
our State Fairs. In 1888, he was
nominated and elected Lieutenant
Governor by a large majority. This
is the merest outline of a life crowd
ed with usefullness and industry.
Gov. Holt believes in work and
progressive citizen, he has always
freely lent his influence to all meas
ures that had for their object the up
building and progress of the State.
As Governor he will seek to ad
vance the material interests of. the
State and push it forward on the
road to increased wealth and honor.
- State Chronicle.
La Grippe Again.
Durnig the epidemic of La Grippe
last season Dr. King's New Discov
ery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, proved to be the best reme-
dv. Reports from the many who
used it confirm this statement. They
were not only quickly relieved, but
the disease left no bad after results.
We askyou to give this remedy a
trial and we guarantee that you will
be satisfied with results,' or the pur
chase price will be refunded. It has
no equal in ,La Grippe, or any
Throat, Chest or Lung Trouble.
Trial bottles free at A. W. Rowland's
drug store. Large bottles, 5cx5ts
and $1.00.
IFTY.
Surely the happiest life for man
Is not the fevered life that brings
A storm of stubborn questionings,
And baffled ends where all began :
Hut his who neither looks behind,
Nor on the shadowy space before.
Nor swerving sidewards to explore.
Life's darkness learns that he is Mind :
Who, heedless of all vain dispute,
And weary voices of the night,
Seeks only to observe aright
The bit of path before his foot.
Messrs. Jackson & Bell, job print
ers in Wilmington, have purchased
the Messenger. They announce that
Dr. Kingsbury will be continued on
the editorial staff of the paper as a
contributor. They would make no
mistake if they gave him entire edi
torial control. Without question he
is the South's most accomplished lit
erary character, erudite, wise, a man
of conviction and character and a
scholarly gentleman of whom the
State is justly proud.
THE REMEDY.
From all over the State comes
complaints about bad roads. The
roads are bad without question. Is
the defect in the present road law?
We think not. The best minds in
the State have studied the question.
They have concluded that the pres
ent law is as near perfect as it can be
made. It is a wonderfully wise, al
though a complex one. There was
some talk of changing it at the last
session of the General Assembly.
But it was not done, because the
wise men decided the remedy lay not
in changing the present law; but in
enforcing it. This rests with the
people themselves. If a road is
criminally neglected the overseer and
supervisor should be presented to
the Grand Jury. Therein lies relief.
Such was the conclusion arrived
at, and a correct one. bo it your
road is not what it might, could or
should be, you have yourself to
blame, to a greafextent.
BAD ENOUGH.
Tuesday, when-the special train
from the South arrived here about
12 o'clock, a large number of passen
gers went into the Atlantic coast
Line Hotel for dinner. Among
tfiem were thirty or forty negroes,
who were placed at the same tables
with the white people and ate then-
dinner with them. Upon inquiry at
the hotel office we were informed that
this was done by order of T. M. Em
erson, General Freight and Passen
ger Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line.
The public would like very much mi
Mr. Emerson to explain why he
made this order, ami if he will re
scind it. We hope it will be rescind
ed at once, for the sake of Mr. Em
erson and the Atlantic Coast Line.
Negroes ought to have just as
good apartments, just as good fare
and just as good service for the
same money as white people, but for
every reason the two races should be
kept separate and distinct, and no
body recognizes this more clearly
than the negroes themselves. W el
don News.
The News of two weeks ago pub
lished the above, and severely con
demned such social equality pro
ceedings, in all of which we heartily
agree. Sunday's Richmond Times
throws the following flood f light
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upon the transaction, and shows so
cial equality was not intended by Mr
Emerson. We are triad to read
from the Times as follows:
"Major R. M. Sully, Superintend
ent of the Coast Line System, was in
the city yesterday, and he made
srarement recardinL'' the ah fir which
puts a rather different co nplexion
upon it. He says that the way in
which it occurred was this: The
Ponce de Leon hotel in Florida had
closed for the season, and a large
number of its colored waiters were
on their wav to their homes in the
North. To especially avoid a drsa
crreeahle mixture of the races, these
o . rr
waiters were sent off on a specia
train. this train was ueiayeu, aiiu
unfortunately arrived at Weldon just
as another train came in. The
waiters, to the number of about forty,
immediately rushed into the dining
room and took their seats, and as
their annearance wa"s accidental at
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that particular time, and as the com
pany was under contract to provide
them with meals, they were permit
ted to remain at the table unmolested.
Mr. Sully says that Mr. Emerson
would be the last man in the world to
countenance, anything like negro so
cial equality in .the South, and this
affair would not have been permitted
had it not occurcd under circum
stances which he was powerless to
control.
"The Times was very loth to be
lieve that a railway system so essen
tially Southern and so generally pop
ular as the Coast Line should have
countenanced anything of this sort,
uL-hirri was so certain to be regarded
in the South in the light of an out
rage. We are glad, therefore, of the
opportunity to set the management
right, and cheerfully give the com
pany's side of the story as shown by
Mr. Sully's statement."
Dyspepsia's victims are numbered
by thousands. So are the people
who have been restored to health by
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
NUMBER 14.
WINSTON HOUSE,
SELMA, N. C.
MRS. G. A. TUCK,
PROPRIETRESS.
DR. W. S. ANDERSON,
Ph sician and Surgeon,
WILSON, N. c.
Oflice in Drug Store on Tarboro St.
DR. ALBERT ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
. WILSON, N. C.
Office next door to the First National
Bank.
JOHN R. BEST'S
BARBER SHOP,
TARBORO ST., WILSON, N.C.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re
funded. Hair cut in the latest style.
DR. E. K. WRIGHTr
Surgeon Dentist,
WILSON, n. c.
Having permanently located in Wil
son, I offer my professional services to
the public.
Bf" Office in Central Hotel Building..
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
THE
Overbaugh House,
KAYETTEVILLE, N. C. .
A. B. McIVER, Proprietor.
Rooms large and well ventilated.
Centrally located and otfers special in
ducements to commercial men.
CTable first-class. 4-16-tf.
DR. R. W. JOYNER,
DENTAL SURGEON,
WILSON, N. C "
I have become permanently identi
fied with the people of Wilson ; have
practiced here for the past ten years,
and wish to return thanks to the gener
ous people of the community for the
liberal patronage they have given me.
t9CI spare no money to procure in
struments that will conduce to the com
fort of my patients. For a continuation
of the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed on me I shall feel deeply
grateful.
GASTON & RANSOM,
THE WILSON BARBERS.
When you wish an easy shave!
As good as ever barber gave,
Just call on us at our saloon,
At mornine, eve or noon.
We cut and dress the hair with grace,
To suit the contour of the face,
Our room is neat and towels clean,
Scissors sharp and razors keen,
And every thing, we think, you'll find
To suit the face and please the mind.
And all that art and skill can do,
If you 11 just call we 11 do for you.
DR.W.S.
ANDERSON
& G( ).,
WILSON, N. C.
GRASS
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Orchard Grsste.
Herds' Grass.
Clover Seed.
Garden Seed.
PATENT MEDICINES
Twenty per cent less than
advertised price.
TRUSSES AND SURGICAL
APPLIANCES.
TAKE THE
REGULAR
LIVER PILL.
THE BEST.
Twenty Cents a Box.
DR.W.S.
ANDERSON
& CO.,
WILSON, - - N. C.
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Druggists,