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The Wilson Advance. Entered in the I'ost Office at Wilson, N. C. as second class mail matter. WILSON, N. C, - - June 111S91. This Paper week, and every week in the future, as it does this week. among other features, a bright. breezy, newsy, letter irom Washington City, written spe cially for The Advance. We have contracted with the best, brightest and liveliest corres pondent in Washington for a regular weekly budget of live ly news and .entertaining gos sip concerning North Caroli nians, from this great nation's capital. Read the letter this week. Don't miss it. You should read it regularly, and now is the time to subscribe Begin your subscription with next issue. ou can 1 anuiu not to read the ADVANCE, 'SubM-ription . a War. WK AKK "IN IT. The editor oi the Advance is confined to his room this week with a case of bilious fever. H's toremrn has also been sick since Monday. Therefore if the Advance fa 's to reach you on time this week pletse excuse us. We are doing some t " kicking to be let out by next Mond n . If so, the Advance w " appear ;n it usual good shape. question, and in those questions upon which the Democratic party has not spoken officially fts record is in ac cord with the Alliance demands, though not always so radical. For instance: The Ocala platform de mands government supervision of rail roads ; the Democratic party is on record as supporting a government railroad commission. The Ocala platform demands an increase of cir culating medium by means of the sub-Treasury plan ; the record shows that the Democratic party is in favor of a currency suited to the needs of the people. In North Carolina the Democratic party has even gone 'further ; it has embodied in its platform every prin ciple it was asked to adopt by the Alliance members of the convention, and it did so without sacrificing a sin gle principle or stultifying itself in the lest. The ti uth is the Democratic party is in touch with the people because it believes ;n the people and is of the people, and its principles must be sustained if the people are to govern themselves in their own way and for their own weal. which he makes a statement, duly sworn to, of all his property, describ ing the land, and giving the value of all the personal property that he owned on the 1st day of June. Every tax paper should carefully read over this printed form, which the list-taker hands him, and then fill it up correcdy and accu rately. The valuation of his person al property, as sworn to by the tax payer, is not final or conclusive, for on the first Monday in July, the county commissioners ind the chair man of the list-takers in every township- will meet for the purpose of equalizing the valuations, "so that each tract or lot or article of personal property shall be entered on the tax list at its true value in money." It is a sad commentary on our, human nature that men will place such different valuations on their property when they offer it for sale, and when they list it for taxation ! Chatham Record. YY OUR WASHINGTON I.KTTKK. A SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCE. GOO It I'OK WILSON. The joint session- oi Justic of the Peace and Couniy Gomm:. loners at their meeting Monday of last week levied a tax of 17 cents on the S100 worth of property. Th's will be lower than'any other couni in the State, we venture to say. The AD VANCE congratulat ; the people of Wilson this morning upon the excel lent condition of their county's finances. It is a good thing to live in such a counti y. A majority of the counties in the State find it n.c -sary to levy a special tax for the ex penses of the county -government, Not so with Wilson. We have no debt. We have no bonds outstand ing. We have over $3,000 n the county treasury. This is an ex c lient showing. A MIST AKK. The question of making an appro priation for an exhibit at Southern Exposition in Raleigh next October and November, came before the joint session Monday of hist week. The sentiment of those pr ent was seem ingly against it. No action was taken further than appoint'ng a ConiHiiU to look after the matter. The Com mittee is composed of he best ti zens of the county. We propose to watch, with a lively interest, the'r future action. They c?n do much. They can see that the couiuy has a creditable exhibit, if they wM. Now it seems to jus that 5 f W:,son county is the good place Mr. 'Jva. S. Woodard says it is (ond we ?'l 1 iow his high eulogy was not at ?1 ex travagant) the outside world should be made to know it. And it fouher seems to us that there :s no better opportunity than this Exposition, which will be visited by 'housfids of strangers, capitalists and invc ;tors, to show what WUson cor ny t n do. And we submit, very mod: ;'y our opinion that five hundred doars expended in such a manner, would be a good investment, wise anil ex pedient. We agree most heartily to a VI that Mr. Woodard said about W;'son county and its generous, whole-souled people. It was the ttuth. lje said they were prosperous and we1,-to-do. They are therefore able to pay for an exhibit, such as wou'd do credit to the county. If a creditable exhibit had brought one enterprise Lo 'W'! son county, that would pay out S300 or $500 weekly, the tax on this prop erty would pay back the appropria tion in a few years. That is 'he way the Advance sees it. Last week's Progressive Farmer comes out strongly in favor of the new party. It calls upon Alliance men everywhere to go to it. The editorial utterance of the Progressive Farmer will make every man in North Carolina declare himself. Different, far different is the utterance of Mr. W. W. Hall, a prominent Alliance man of Northampton, published else where. The Progressive Farmer says: "The qu-stioii, what will the Alli an :s do with the new party? is on the lips of tens of thousands anxious peo ple to-day. Well, it ought not to take much wisdom to answer that question, the new party has adopted the Alliance demands into its platform. Does anyone suppose intelligent Alliance men will vote against -a party that adopts those demands, and in favor of a party that not only fails to adopt, but resists those demands? The western A'hance states have already gone into the new party. Will not the necessity for Alliance unity force the other Alliance States to go into the new party also? We see noway to prevent the new party frorh sweep ing the simple one of cheerfully con ceding to the people every one of their just demands. If the Alliance- men are to be blamed for giving in to rthe third party, the hungry, child can be blamed for going to some one who i .11 and will furnish him food. "Gentlemen of the old parties, if the time comes when your ranks shall be broken, your leaders overthrown and your heritage taken from you, do not blame the Alliance for your ruin The people represented by the Farm ers' Alliance have petitioned and begged and pleaded and prayed for relief a" these years; and haughty : " r 't '" minions 01 political power nave spurned both them and their petitions and prayers. Do not blame them for your overthrow, but blame your own blind and miserable self. p t AGAINST THK THIKU I'AKI . The editor of the Roanoke News, Maj. Hall, is a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his last week's issue strongly oppr. ; Jj die third party, as follows : The Alliance is well aware of the problems which confront the South, and for that reason at the ( )cala meet ing refused to endorse the third party movement. They r ,;ed ex isting conditions in the South becai se Southern men were there to present them to view ; and it must be remem bered that the Alliance had no official connection with the Cincinnati 'Con vention, nor was it officially represent ed in that body. Indeed the move ment has not even the sanction of the Alliance. Whether the Alliance will even tually be drawn into this movement depends greatly upon the ulierefrccj of the two great political parties or rather upon the records which they make We can see no reason for it. If the platforms of the Democratic party and the Alliance are read care fully it will be seen that they are in accord upon otariy eveiy public SUNK SEASON BLK SUGGESTION. The Annual season -for listing tax ables has again arrived, and during this month every tax payer in North Carolina must list under oath all his property that is liable to taxation This listing of taxables is a most im portant matter, and yet is too often improperly done. Although the law surrounds the listing of taxables with the solemn sanction of oaths, yet too frequently these oaths are disregard ed, and many men, who pride them selves on their good names and church membership, seem to feel no compunctions of conscience in trying to cheat the State out of all the taxes that they can. It is a sad and alarm ing frailty of humanity that so many persons will try to list their property greatly below its true value ! It is therefore the duty of the as sessors and list-takers to be particu larly diligent and careful in the dis charge of their duties. They should not only be careful not to 'be guilty oi any favoritism themselves, but they should also see to it that no tax payer favors himself by undervaluing h's property. A certain amount ot taxes must be raised, and every per son should be forced to pay his ap propriate part. This is but right and just, and every tax payer who hon t'y pays his taxes is interested in compelling everybody else to pay. Evei y fourth year real estate is val ued, and t'lis is one of those years, and extra assessors are appointed for that purpose. It is the duty of these as -s ;ors, in their respective town ships, to ascertain "the true value in money'' of eve. y tract or parcel of 'and or other real estate, and assess the same in accordance with said val uation. The tax payer himself is not allowed to value that species of prop erty. It must be valued by the as sessor themselves, and it their duty to "asceuain" its value by every mens in their power. The tax pay er merely swears to its quantity and describes it so that it may be identi fied. But with personal property it is different. The tax payer values that himself, and is furnished by the deoositors monev list-taker with a printed form, onjminent, and city treasurer Bardsley 1 (special cor. the advance.) Washington, D. C, June 8, 1891. Col. L. L. Polk, the would-be farm ers' Alliance candidate for the Presi dency, Jere Simpson, the sockless statesman from the north-west and their retinue, left here last night to put in operation plans for an aggres sive campaign. Col. Polk wants to be President, and perhaps he is bank ing on his "brains and finesse as op posed to Senator Stanford's big bank account. Col. Polk intends to visit every state in the Union, from the Pacific slope to Maine ; to put hun dreds of speakers in the field in forty states and fully organize the Farmers' Alliances throughout the length and breadth of the land! Jere Simpson has a more modest ambition, or at least he is willing to defer his opera tions, but he takes part also in the crusade ! Who is to pay for this cost ly experiment ? Who foots the bills of Col. Polk and his "huudreds of speakers ?" The farmers, necessarily ! What do the farmers gain by all the brass band performance this flourish of trumpets, etc ? Nothing that the democratic will not give them. Col Polk, Jere Simpson et als., do gain something. They get a temporary notoriety, But the gulled farmers pay for it ! Col. Polk is a North Car olinian whose record is so familiar to the people that I need not give it here. He has never made a financial or political success of anything he ever touched. Jere Simpson s chief claim to fame consists of two things : first, he is a new taember of Congress from the north-west; second, he does not wer socks. New Congressmen here are not rariti s. Some come here so green they blow out the gas. Others don't know the way down Pa. Ave. from the treasury to the Capitol. Others think it a waste of money to cut the grass on the Capitol terraces with a new mowiug machine ! Some don't know how to spell as well as the average twelve-year-old boy in your cultured town, others know about as much of legislative rules and the framing of a bill, as the worst dandy in Wilson knows of properly hoeing a row of corn.! But Jere Simpson gets his national reputation because he dispenses with what ordi nary people consider a neces,.ry ad junct to their toilets, viz: socks ! He reminds me of a member of the N. C. Legislature who was elected from a rural district about ten years ago. When he was victorious his wife said : "I thank God the Legislature meets in winter, for then John has to wear his shoes and stockings ! " The good woman had pictured to herself the figure "John" would cut in the Hall of the House with his bare feet com fortably ensconsed on the back of the desk in front of him, and the prospect did not please her ! Her remark got abroad, however, and at the next elec tion, "John" was opposed by a young lawyer who wore a silk hat, tight shoes, striped stockings and varie gated breeches ! This young legal light pictured in lurid colors to the voters the spectacle of their represen tative propped back with his pedal extremities thus exposed to view. He described the ladies in the galleries as his youthtul and ardent imagination painted them. He limned with con siderable ability the dignified bear ing of representative members Irom other counties, and then wound up with an apostrophe, to the long, bony, angular and (I regret to say) mud-covered feet of the gentleman from his own locality ! The farmers heard it, and decided that "John" should stay at home and the spruce looking lawyer should represent them! If Polk and Simpson don't look out they will not fare even as well as "John" did. It is no recommenda tion to a. man who pretends to be a representative American to dress in decently. No people know this bet ter than the farmers. I venture the assertion that if the unprejudiced vote of every Farrriers' Alliance man in this country, especially in the south, could be taken, the returns would be in favjjr of a New York lawyer named Grover Cleveland. This man's administration of national af fairs for four years was such as to commend itself to the honest, thinking people of the whole country. He resorted to no tricks to pet votes- his methods were straightforward and above board. The great mass of the people honor him for his manliness, his ability, his honesty and his cour age. He is a democrat of democrats- There is not a farmer in this country who can read and write who would not vote for this man in preference to a L.. L. folk, Jere Simpson or any other man of their stripe. l o-day it is thought that Postmas ter General Wanamaker, otherwise known as "St. John" of this adminis tration will testify as to what he knows about the rotten Keystone amc 01 Philadelphia. And "St. John" is supposed to know a great ueai more tnan he will be apt to tell. i ne status ot the broken Bank is this: A former president, now dead, spec ulated with and lost $1,500,000 of the A crisis was im- made the $i,500f,ooo good by depos iting that amount of money belonging to the city and State. This, too, ihas vanished and the country wants to know why the Comptroller of the Currency and the Bank Examiners knew nothing about it! It was a National Bank and it was the duty of these officials to know the condi tion of the bank. ( . T . . V. L.a,,am1 rtoire ndcl Kqc II.- Tl T l.-'o I connectea nun. joim auwu.ci a( name with the rotten Bank. I have 1 hesitated to believe it though one' naturally has little respect for a Cabi net officer who owes his place to a large amount of money contributed lor campaign purposes or for a man who leaves his desk and the duties for whose performance he is paid a large salary, that he may pose before the country as a Sunday-school teach er ! This example of arch hypocracy would nullify the effect of alt the pious teaching the Honorable John could indulge in for a term much longer than the one for which he is paid to conduct the affairs of the Postoffice Department. His alleged peculiar buiness methods are about to be in quired into and on Saturday he re ceived a letter asking him to testily under oath as to his knowledge of the affairs of the Keystone Bank. Saturday, President Harrison received the following letter bearing on some subject : OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 1891. To the President, Wsahington, D. C. Sir : I have the honor in compli ance with a resolution of the select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia passed at their meeting yesterday afternoon, to request on behalf of the city of Philadelphia, that you cause a thorough investigation to be made into the action of the United States Treasury Department with regard to its delay in closing the Keystone National Bank of Philadel delphia and its appointment of the re ceiver for the said bank; that the comptroller of the currency be instruc ted to appear before the committee of these counc Is appointed to HLllli E'S A GRAND TEN DAYS' CHANC i YY YY YY YY YY YY YY YY YY YY YY OOOO OO OO OO OO OO 00 OO UU OO UU OO UU OO UU OO UU OO UU OO UU OO UU UU NNNN UU NNNN UU NN NN UU NN NN UU NN UU NN UU NN UU - NN OOOO uuuuu NN NN GGGGGG NN GG GG NN GG . . 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YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS, YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS, $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO $IO. $IO records of the said bank. This request is made in the knowl edge that in this, as in all other cases, your sole desire is to aid to the fullest extent of pour powers justice, and in the belief that informa tion and assisstance of inestimable value to the city and citizens of Phil adelphia may thereby be obtained. I am, respectfully, Edwin S. Stuart, Maypr, spent in this popular department makes a wonderful transformation in a boy. We can't begin to de- the ends of scnDe the pretty costumes for small boys in the shape ot Kilts, nor can we begin to name the many beau tifnl fabrics and styles which com pose our truly grand stock of Short Pants Suits. When you are tired of paying the same price for poor Harrison has decided to take no clothing that we ask for a eood ar- action in the mattar until he has, had ticle bring in your boy and let us a conference wtth secretary Fortster show how we can serve you. who is expected back this afternoon, j ' I venture the prediction that the whole T n rr 11 f C 1 1 1 f O influence of this administration will be HI lUll"rllllo wjllllo used to shield Wannamaker. Lead- r ti ing democrats here do no hesitate to j our Stock is a full, complete, and talk openly about the affair, and they captivating one. The strong and seem to think that if a thorough ex- serviceable is here at $4.50 a suit aminalion should be made "Honest the styHsh and dressy fine p-rades John would not come out oi it with ! c gr . - . , a stainless a record as he assumes to Cassimeres, Worsteds, and have! Personally I have no charge ' Cheviots at $6.00, 7.50, 8.50, and to make; politically, I repeat only 1 io.OO. what rumor has circulated everywhere for a week past, and what is likely to grow more intercting as this week advances. Mr. Carter, a well-known N. C. to bacco buyer, and his bride, nee Miss Hennie Green, of Wilson, are here at the Metropolitan on a bridal trip. Naval Cadet, Robert L. Flowers, of Col. Cowles' district, was one of the graduates at the U. S. Naval Academy last week. He is in this city for a brief visit before going on on his two years cruise around the world. Col. Pat Donan, of Dakota, who used to edit the Raleigh News is in the city. A number of Washington people will leave here next week to attend the commencement exercises of Johns Hopkins University. Balttmore YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. Y O U N G B R O S YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. YOUNG BROS. WE ACCEPT .0:- your money and give you the best possible value for it obtainable any where. Our offerings are such as constantly win confidence and pat ronage. Actual value always cor respond with our advertisements. This is one of the pillars of ourw-tablishment. Furnishino; Goods. :o:- the spring The largest and best line in city. Elegant values in new styles. See our Top Shirts. Fine in quality and fine in price. Never allow the thought to get into your mind that because we sell Hatscheap therefore we sell cheap Hats. It is because we buy in such immense quantities from the makers direct that we are able to name the prices we do. Derbys in new shades at $1.90 that you pay $3.00 for at other stores the only difference is $1.10. An immense line of Straw Goods for men, boys, and children. LOOK AT OUR :o:-r OUTING SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR. HOSIERY, HANDKERCHIEFS BELTS, COLLARS, ETC., ETC Better Than Diamonds. "Diamonds are as Good as Money." Thats an old saying, and so when we announce a Diamond Sale of Suits for the next ten days you may infer that we are going to give you something evtmnrrlinarv in 1JSrt. smal'f"m of Ten Dollars we are going to give you your choice of several hundred fine W 1 7 ' . f learning. Under the terms of the will of its generous founder our state is allowed fifteen free scholarships. These are filled by the following gen tlemen: A. T. Abernethy, Rutherford Col lege, N. C; Thomas Leston Blajpck, Berea, N. C; Daniel Clifford Bran son, Greensboro, N. C; Exum Per cival Lewis, Fdgecombe County, N.C. Alexander M. Carroll, Asheville, N. C; William R. Gray, Huntersville, N. C; James R. Hankins, Carthage, N. C; Joseph R. Hunter, Apex, N. C; Franklin D. Love, Asheville, N. C; James C. Maske, Rockingham, N. C; Charles A. Smith, Greensboro, N. C; Stephen B. Weeks, Chapel Hill, N. C; Walter A. Montgomery, Warrenton, N. C In addition to these are two young medical students attending the course at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mr. Wal ter Steele, of Rockingham,. JN. C and Dr. D. M. Prince, Laurinburg, N. C or, j Suits in all materials We can give you almost any style of suit vou want, and anv col either in sacks trocks or cutaways. You'll find them equal not only in appearance, but in actual vciiuc iu me suns soia eisewnere at $ 12.00 and even at $14.00. DR E v TV 7 V 71 7 t IN WASHINGTON. (SPKC1AL TELEGRAM THE ADVANCE.) Washington, D. C, June 10. To-day a delegation of about one hundred southern men called at the the White House and invited Presi dent Harrison to attend the Exposi tion at Raleigh next fall. Until yes terday. Governor Holt was expected to present the delegation to the Pres ident. His duties made his presence impossible. He was ably represented by Senator Ransom, who made the introductions. A large number of our representative citizens were prcs eut from all parts of the State. The President said that he would accept the invitation if poslble. Granville. Washington, D. C, June nth. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM THE ADVANCE.) Judge Thomas C. Fuller has received his appointmeut to the land Court bench. Granville. Silk Mitts at cost, Young Bros. We exhibit this week exceptional offerings in Dress Goods. Plaid, striped, pin check and plain sheer muslins. We beat the town in white goods. Try us, and see if we don't. We are showing a large line of French Satines at i2z els., former price 25 fts. These goods are worth your attention. Our stock of Colored Dress Goods is just overflowing with bar gams, we have so many we cannot begin to enumerate them, but will say if you want a dress you will do yourself an injustice to buy before you look through our stock. Our assortment is L3rV'u"' west graae to the best qualities, in nearly every shade and style. ee our ttamburgs and Mouncings if you want to save 33 1-3 per cent. SHOES ! Low Quarter Shoes in Oxfords and Toe Slippers. We have just opened one of the largest lines of S ippers ever shown in Wilson. Our stock of Shoes is simply immense, you can buy anything you want in Shoes, at New York cost, as we have just opened several unes 01 sample snoes. BSQS- e are crowded, and for this week will m.,ki- soecial 1 f 1 1 -.1 . . . . r " 1 ins .1, ress oooas ana eiothmg in order to have more room. Come and see us. Very respectfully yours, Brothers, Tarboro St., Wilson. N. C.
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