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WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. BILL ARP'S LETTER. HE SENDS HIS GIRL AWAY TO SCHOOL, And He Is Sad Because She is Gone He Talks About the Agnes Scott Institute, Etc. These are solemn times now there is nobody dead or dying, but there is a lost child, and that is nearly as sad. We know where she is, for we sent her there ; but it is hard on the old folks to send their youngest child awayj especially when she is a girl and the last of the litter. It took us a few days to realize that she had gone. Sometimes she goes to spend a night with a schoolmate, and it seemed like she was there and would soon come back, but she doesn't. Her piano is closed, and its dark rosewood case looks darker now. There is a feeling of sadness around the house. The sewing machine is having a rest, for she made her own clothes, and she cleans up the house and sets the table and lights the lamps and helps her mother, and when the cook quits she can make as good a biscuit as I , can. She loves her home and loves me, and when I am grunty or sad she knows it and rubs my head with cologne and combs my back hair and cheers me up, and I get well, but I am sick right now and she is not here. 1 was in hope we could finish her schooling right here, but we can't. We have no college and the high school is limited by poverty. We are taxed enough in all good con science to have anything we want. I am paying now about one hundred dollars a year lor other people s children, and have to send off my own. There are many parents here . - a 1 doing tne same tning ano to my mind it is all wrong in principle. Our county pays $17,000 to the school fund of the State and we get back only $6,000 of it The other $10,000 scatttered all over the btate to educate white and black. Our town pays out $1,000 a year to educate the negroes in the corporation, and we get no thanks for that. All this tax. is based upon the idea that we get it all back in making good citizens out of the children as they grow up. If that is really so, we will try and be content, but the whole system is a strain upon our philanthropy. Every community would like to keep their money at home, and if it is not spent right we can make a fuss about it. Our town pays $6,000 for school tax and our county pays $17,000 more, and we can't help thinking that if we could keep the $10,000 that is sent ti " ' away, what a nome college couia we build in our own community, len thousand dollars a year for an income would give us a first-class institution, and it would save us a big lot of money, besides $2,000 a year that is going away right now from this town to other female colleges. 1 hat makes Si 2,000 a vear that we are out of pocket, and our people are not hap py. But all's well that ends well. Our Jessie has gone to the Agnes Scott, at Decatur, to finish up. We had to send her some somewhere, for she couldn't climb any higher at home. And besides, it was thought best to send her away for rest and repose. A number 01 our oest gins have been sent away recently lor repose. The boys of the town don't seem to have very much to do, and so they indulge in the delightful em ployment of visiting the school girls and this disturbs their tranquillity and distracts their susceptible minds from study and wholesome reading and meditation. By day and by night they are coming and going and get ting up parties and playing tennis and baseball and other hilarities, and as it couldn't be stopped without bad manners it was thought best to send the girls away and let them stay until their minds came back to them. heard one afflicted parent say that he was alraid his daughter s mind was clean gone. We are not troubled at Jessie on that account, but she: does need some time that she can call her own. Some time to read and study and to devote to her music, she is gone now and the boys will fre quent these parts no more, I reckon No more will we be entertained with the thrilling narratives of baseball and tennis, and the heroic achieve ments of the Cedartown nine, and the Acworth nine, and the Cartersville lawn tennis club that cost $40 for its equipment 1 heard sam Jones preach a ser mon once to the parent about these same troubles, and he stretched forth his hand and said : "Now, boys, I see you here, and I want you to hear me. I want you to keep away from my house until I tell you to come. My daughters are at school, and I don't want their minds dis tracted from their studies. I like you and I like your fathers and mothers, but there is a time for all things, and you must keep away from my house. Well, of course, if you come 1 win treat you politely and invite you into the parlor, and I'll send for Bob and Paul to come in and entertain you, and if you can make anything off of Bob and Paul your are welcome to it, but you shan't see my daughters." Well, it's right hard to drive the boys away, for they come with good intent, and I never saw a mother who was not pleased with attention to her daughter, and I saw a daughter who was offended at it, and so we just had to send the girls away. Of course, it costs money, but what is money compared with tne restoration 01 a disordered mind? I restored Mrs. Arp's mind by marrying her when she was sixteen and some of these boys want to try the same medicine. It's most astonishing how close the youngest child gets to a parent's heart the boy to his mother's heart, and the girl to her lather's. One by one the older ones marry or leave us, and we get weaned after a time and take fresh hold and cling the closer to the last The sweetest pathos in the Bible is the pleading of Judah for his little brother Benjamin. It made Joseph weep and it makes me weep everytime I read it. Our "Benjamin" hasn't got a coat of many colors, but he has a spotted cap and a red sur cing that he wears, and I'm afraid the Ishmealites will get him some of these days. The Agnes Scott is a new institu tion and has just gotten a fair start. The loved and lamented Tom Cobb named his college at Athens for his daughter Lucy, but Mr. Scott has named this one for his mother. He has already spent $80,000 on it, and keeps on spending. I predict that he will not stop as long as he lives. Just let a man get his heart tied onto some great charity or something for the good of humanity arid it seems to expand and absorb him, and be comes his life work. I believe that a wise providence designed this so that great things might be done, and he raises up men to do it. Alfred Shorter begun his great work with $10,000. That is all he thought he could spare. But after awhile he strained himself to $20,000, and then to $30,000 and $50,000, and he never stopped until he died, and he had given $125,000 to found the Shorter college at Rome, and it is there to-day as his monument. The Agnes Scott is most happily ocated. It is just far enough from the State capital to get all of its ad vantages and patronage and none of its hindrances. It is in the heart of the chinquapin region a region too poor to be sickly, and where the timber grows only large enough to be storm proof, and the hills and the hollows are just high enough and low enough for drainage and good roads. The institution is in a beautiful grove and elevated, the ground descending gendy from every side, and it is less than five minutes walk from the depot, where twelve passenger trains a day go and come from Adanta, and a dummy line besides. The lighting, and heating and ventillation seem to be as perfect as human ingenuity can make it, and the protection against fire absolutely secure. The rooms are all models 01 comiort ana are provided with the most substantial furniture. Nothing has been neg- ected that the pupils need for their health and their reasonable pleasure. Bathrooms, with hot and cold water, are on every noor, and tne entire outiook and inlook are cheerful and refining. I would like to take Mrs. Arp there and let us become inmates and stav, at least as long as Jessie is there. With a corps of the best educators that could be found in the South, this institution has already taken a high stand among the female colleges of the land. The time has come when it was wanted, and it is there. Long may Mr. Scott live to enlarge it and equip it for its great work in educa ting and refining our daughters until they shall become as the polished corners of a temple. May this insti tution loom up and become a cyno sure like the old! granite mountains' tnat is in mil view irom us turrets 1 hat same old imperishable moun tian that used to be our trysting place when Mrs. Arp and 1 were young and lived near by. Sweet are its memories. Lmce there was a loity tower upon its crest and I remember ascending its spiral stairs with my sweetheart by my side and when we reached the pinnacle we saw the fleecy clouds below us and as I look ed into her hazel eyes it seemed to me that I was a little nearer heaven than I had ever been before. De lightful memories 1 Ambition was high then and so was hope and ex pectation. The world was very lovely and I was thankful that I lived. But now the mountain's top seems bleak and cold and cheerless, and my experience is that the safest re treat and the surest happiness is found among the humble flowers that blos som at its base. Bill Arp. -v . a r. Oar Public Schools. Are the main-stay of our republic In them are being cultivated the minds which are to be our future law-makers and leaders in every walk in life. How essential is it that these minds should be united to stroug healthy bodies. So many children suffer from impurities and poisons in the blood that it is a won der that they ever grow up to be men and women. Many parents cannot find words strong enough to express their gratitude to Hood's Sarsaparilla for its good effect upon their chiidren. Scrofula, salt rheum and other diseases of the blood are effectually and permanently cured by this excellent medicine, and the whole befng is given strengh ta, resist at tacks of disease. For Over Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea, it will relieve the poor little sufferer im mediatelv. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty -five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp, and take no other kind. For bracing up the nerves, purify ing the blood and curing the head ache and dyspepsia there is nothing equaled to Hood's Sarasparllla. C, S HE STATE GUARD. STATUS UNDER THE LAW AND II CORRELATIVES (?) I the Wilmington Messenger, of Sept. 5i Col. Keenan Writes About Independent and Other Military Companies. When the Democratic Party ob tained full control of the government of North Carolina in 1876, in the elec tion of State officers and a Legislature, it was confronted with a condition of affairs very different from that which had existed prior to the War. We had suffered from Reconstruction and the Holden-Kirk War. The character of the citizenship of the State had entirely changed. There were numerous independent military companies, at different points, which, owing to defective laws, could not be required to perform service. And, in order to place at the disposal and command of the Executive an armed and disciplined force of citizen soldiery upon whom he could rely, and at all times call upon to preserve, (and when necessary enforce) law and order, this same Legislature, com posed very largely of old Confederate Soldiers, concluded that the necessity for organization was as paramount then as in 1 861, when the Confederate Army was organized. And, as it became necessary for independent companies to make sacrifices, for the purpose of organizing to defend their homes in 1 861, so, in the minds of this Legislature, it was necessary for these companies to yield ready obe dience to laws now to insure the peace of the State. Accordingly, the Act creating the State Guard was passed and ratified March 12th, 1877. This could only be done in strict accordance with the laws and pro visions of the General Government, which, not only by Congressional Acts, had made an annual appropria tion for the Militia of the different States, but, prescribed the organiza tion of the same ; which was to be similar, in all respects, to thatof the U. S. Army. Otherwise, we might have found companies throughout the South, which, for mere 'sentiment, would be insisting on the use of the Stars and Bars as Insignia of Rank ; Hardee's Tactics instead of Upton's ; and the old Enfield Muzzle-loading Rifle in place of the modern breech loadiig Springfield, which is furnished by tr e Government Se:tion 2 of the Act creating the State Guard, states that the "North Caroline State Guard shall first be callei on by the Commander-in-Chief on a l occasions for military, service." S ctions 7 reads as follows : "To each brigade, regiment, battal ion, and company there shall be the same commissioned and non-commissioned officers required by the regulations of the U. S. Army." The regulations provide for 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 5 Sergeants and 3 Corporals, as the officers of a Company. Sec. 10. "Every Commissioned Officer, before be enters upon the duties of his officer, or exercising any command, shall take and subscribe, before a Justice of the Peace, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of North Carolina." Sec. 13. "The Commander-in-Chief shall have full power and author ity, at any time hereafter to revoke any commission, or to disband any company or companies now organi ed, whenever, in his judgment, it shall be necessary or expedient for the public good, or good of the service ; and all companies now in existence in North Carolina shall immediately after the passage ol this act, be re quired to conform with its provisions. bEC i a. "ine organization 01 --. . . n. . . r the State Guard shall conform generally, with the provisions of the laws of the United States., and the system of discipline and exercise shall conform as nearly as may be, with that of the Army of the United States, excepting that the minimum standard of a Company shall be forty five rank and file." Sec. is. "If it appears to the Commander-in-Chief that a company of the State Guaisl has failed to com ply with the requirements of the law in matters of uniform, equipment, numbers and discipline, such com pany shall be disbanded by the Commander-in-Chief." Sec. 16. "All Commissioned Offic- .-m 1 rr .1 ers, non-lommissionea umcers ana Privates in the State Guard, shall provide themselves with uniforms complete, of their own choice and fashion, subject to such restriction, limitations and alterations as the Commander-in-Chief may order." Sec. 25. "All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Under the provisions of Section 13 above quoted, G. O. No. 2, Series of 1 877,' "revoking all commissions in the Volunteer Militia, which were issued prior to January 1st, 1877, and declaring them to be null and void," was issued. This law of the Legisla ture was published to the Militia as G. O. No. 3, benes 1877, and "company commanders were directed to assemble their commands, and to clearly, and distinctly read to the members thereof this act, calling special attention to Sections 3, 7. 12, 13, 14, 15, 19 and 23," so that no company could afterwards say that it had ioined the Guard without a full knowledge and understanding of, what it was doing ; as, in 186 1, when j companies were taken to Raleigh to form regiments, the men were plainly told that if they did not enlist for six months or more their services were not needed. We find that G. Wn a vrips nf t St t contained formation of the battalions, the com position of the second being .24, 1 89 1. follows : Company "A," Fayetteville Inde pendent Light Infantry. Company "B," LaFayette Light Infantry. Company "C," Wilmington Light Infantry. Company "D," Whiting Rifles. Company "E," Hornet's Nest Riflemen. Company "F," Charlotte Greys. The officers of the above companies met at Wilmington, N. C, on the 10th of April 1877, and elected Charles Haigh Lieutenant Colonel. The first order, describing and pre scribing a State regulation dress, was issued and numbered G. O. No. 1 January 1st 1884. It seems to have un.-u gcncioiiy tonipueu wnn. inerei1" mwh3 naving auempiea 10 1 were a tew exceptions however, whose excuse tor delay was generally under-1 ofl u ..i : i:i: . - r I uc "1C uiauuuy ro. pay ior i new clothing. This order was after- wards countermanded hv Gnv .lps in j. o. No. 2, Series of 1886 : but uu reuruary 12m, iooo, KjOV. scales I issued G. O. No. 2 again describing I r-i 1 . a new regulation uniform, and per - emplonly ordering its adoption andJ positive use on all occasions of State service. I his order was. in turn. I followed by a similar order, G. O. Pd was exhausted and that they No. 2, March 1st, 1890 issued by must be dismissed and the investiga Gov. Fowle. This last order was tion stopped. There's monev enough obeyed by every companr in the State Guard save one. That com pany wrote the Commander-in-Chief that this order "was not in accord with their wishes, but was exceeding ly repugnant to their tastes and feel mgs and therefore, "they would look into the matter and ascertain if the order applied td"Them," though directed to and received by their commanding officer. Think of an officer in the regular Army of the United States writing to his Superior that one of his orders "was exceedingly repugnant to his tastes and feelings, &c." The Commander-in-Chief replied that the order must be obeyed, but if the company entered the Guard under a misapprehension, then it would be allowed to honorably with draw, and resume its "independent," status which course was adopted. independent companies were never contemplated as forming a part of any regularly organized body of troops. 1 he reason thereior are so manifest that they do not require expression nor argument. They generally arm and equip themselves according to their own taste, and, while ot course liable under the general laws of the land, for military service in emergency (as is every other male citizen within a certain age; yet they are never borne on they military rolls of the state, are never ordered by the State to muster or parade, make no official reports to the State military authorities, and, as far as the State is concerned, are considered no more a part of the regular military establishment than the Knights of Pythias, Knights Templar and other private associa tions, who, lor their own purposes and. pleasure, wear a uniform dress of their own selection. To this condi tion of affairs, and so long as such oreanizations confine themselves to and are content with their purely separate and "independent exist ence, no teasonable man can possib ly object ; but when such an organiza tion voluntarily enters the State service, whose rules and regulations they obligate themselver to be govern ed by, and, while claiming all the rierhts and privileges of the State service, yet "ask to be excused from being governed by its laws and regulations." vou see at once what discord and utter subversion 'of all discipline and order are necessarily bound to ensue. Hence the rcsolu tions of the State Guard Association, passed at Camp Fowle, lose altogether the invidious semblance of fractious personality (which some have been too readv to ascribe to them) and assume their real and honest pro portions, as an expression of the de sire of this adjunct of the State Guard to secure the maintenance of discipline without partiality or discrimination. 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Harrison will return tn Wash mgton tomorrow, and -if he can get his attention away from the horde of wouid-be public pap-suckers now awaiting to pounce upon him, for a minute, he may be able to help clear away the suspicion under which the United States Treasury department hamper the investigation which it has pretended to be so anxious to have m,Jn -.f .U ": r u 1 1 I " iuaus ui uic wrecneu keystone National Bank, of Phila- delphia. It is regarded nahirallv as a suspicious circumstance that just as .Il. I U1C expert accountants ai worK on the books of the bank were getting ,nto the part of their work which promised important results, that it should be discovered at the Treasury tnat- tne lund from which thev were to pay a thousand and one unneces sary expenses for this and that, but not enough to pay for the investiga- . f 1 it uon 01 a wrecKca oanK witn which a prominent member of the adminis tration had been much mixed ud. Isn't that suspicious of itself? Treasury officials pretend to be racking their brain to discover a way to pay these men, meanwhile the men have stopped work. Perhaps when they resume, if they ever do, some of the books mav be missine. The Philadelphia people have taken ' c the matter up, and if their commit tee's stinging letter to the Secretary does not cause Mr. Harrison to take some action he is either thicker-skin ned than he has been supposed to be, or he is afraid for his friend, Mr. Wanamaker. At any rate the letter, a portion of which follows, will make Mr. Harrison do some thinking : "It is ot vital importance alike to the credit of the national banking system f111 to the cause of justice, that the investigation shall be pursued to the end and directly under the auspices of the United States government. If it be true, as stated, that the ex perts employed by the government have been dismissed for the reason that there are now no funds available for the payment of their expenses, then this committee will advance any reasonable amount required to meet such expenses. Everything may be perfectly straight about the action of the Treasury officials in this mat ter, but it certainly does not look so. Everybody will concede that the financial system of a nation should be, like Caesar's wife, above suspicion. There is now a laree and respectable body of our citizens bitterly opposed to the entire National banking system because ot its principles, but even they have never charged that there was crookedness in the administra tion of the system, and woe be unto that administration uixm which crookedness is proven. A gentleman who is very close to Representative Mills said ot the re port that Mr. Mills was hedging on the silver Question : "Those who believe such a story do not know the man. He never straddled a question in his life. I could talk to you for an hour about his position, but instead I will refer you to thesfirst speech he makes in Ohio, which will be out on the iothinst. I happen to know that he will on that occasion fully dchne his position on every question now before the public, and, 'with a wink,' that is more than some of his com petitors for the Speakership dare to 1 a. do." Your correspondent was shown to-day what purported to be a letter from an Ohio Republican to a mem ber of the same party in Washington, which, if the writer knew what he was talkinc about, contained a most important piece of political news. Following is a copy of a paragraph in the letter referred to : "Don't get worried about the newspaper ac counts of the Sherman-Foraker feud ; there is no feud between them, but on the contrary the most perfect and cordial understanding. It has been thought best to have them appear to be fiphfanc each other in order to bring out a full vote through the efforts of their respective followers, many of whom are not in the secret. If we succeed in electing a majority ol the legislature, which, between us, is far from a certainty, John bherman will be re-elected to the benate as a vindication' so to speak. He will, as may seem best at the time, either decline or before the adjournment ot the legislature resign, giving as a reason his desire to retire from the cares and troubles of public life, and Foraker will then be elected to suc ceed him. Be careful to whom you speak about this, as it might seriously I of the last will and testament of Curtis interfere with the party leaders' plans, H. Glover, deceased, all persons hav V . , . rZ-l ne c airns against said deceased are chimi n ir crpr out. uui vou iikiy uc- may pend on its being true." I have been a sufferer from catarrah for 20 years. I found 1m mediate relief in the use of fcJy s Cream Balm. Since using it I have not suffered a moment from head ache, sore throat or loss of sleep, from which I previously suffered, caused by catarrah. I consider . 1 11. 1 T your calm a vaiuaDie remeuy all G. Vassar, 50 warren or., , r r . New York. 1 Cleanse the blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and realize what poor health you have had. NUMBER 36. Castles in the Air Are daily being built But don't get in a habit of it, it don't pay! How can it? What will pay, and pay well, is Shop all vou can at the CASH RACKET STORE. Our large run of customers will tell you that such has been their experience. We want YOU on that list of cus tomers. Would vou mind mllino- and seeing for yourself some of our - vaiues. 11 wouia give us pleasure to show vou through 0 n erMWj0 u- c . T, " u,oww,t w,u posters 5even Hook Kid Gloves worth 81.2. our nriee ofirts " " r all the popular shades and every pair fully warranted. If you want them. come before they are all gone. We also offer you Silk, Jersey and Berlin Gloves in all shades and quali ties. We carrv a beautiful assort ment of Dress Trimmings in Gimps, Velvet Ribbon and Velvet bv the yard in all Shades. These goods are big bargains bought at auction. To our young gentlemen friends we ex tend a cordial invitation to examine our New Neck Wear just in, none prettier anywhere. Only three prices 19c. 25c. 28c, but amongst the latter may be found goods worth 50c. and 75C Select stock of Laundered and Unlaundered Shirts, Collars and Cuffs. Merino and all wool under wear, &c, &c. Dress Goods. You should examine our six-quar ter all wool Dress Flannels at 60c. would be very cheap at 75c. To a considerable extent we are in the Shoe Business also. Have you ever tried our values in this Line ? If not do so and our word for it you will be pleased. We opened up last week, Hats for the million. The ladies of Wilson are pretty well acquainted with the fact that we are the corset Leaders here, carry the largest stock and sell at a much lower figure. Our C. B. is the best made and can be returned if not entirely satisfactory. Come in, look around and get first pick at the bargains. CASH CATCHES THE BARGAINS. Respectfully. J. M. Leath, Manager. The Cash Racket Store, Nash and Goldsboro Sts. WINSTON HOUSE, SELMA, n. c. MRS. G. A. TUCK, PROPRIETRESS. DR. W. S. ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, n. c. Office in Drug Store onTarboroSt. DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, n. c. Office next door to the First Nationa Bank. DR. E. K. WRIGHT, Surgeon Dentist, WILSON, n. c. Having permanently located in Wil son, I oner my prolessionai services 10 the public. BTuthce in central notei mmuing. 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 tney nave given me. rarl soare no monev to procure in struments that will conduce to the com fort of my patients, ror a continuation of the liberal patronage neretoiore bestoweq on me I shall i feel deeply grateful. VTOTICE. i- Havinc Qualified as Executors hereby notified to present them to us, or-to our attorney for payment on or before the 20th day of August 1892 or this notice will be plead in bar of their "recovefy All persons indebted to said deceased are requested to make im-' mediate payment. Zilpha Glover, ) p ' W. N. Glover, ) E,xec' John E.Woodard, Atty. JOHN D. COUPER, MARBLE & GRANITE Monuments, Gravestones, &c. in, 113 and 115 Bank St., NORFOLK, VA. Designs free. Write for prices.