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' - - rrn'-n Bgh j The Wileon CLAUDIUS F. WILSON, EDITOR & PROP R. 'LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH S. $1.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE VOLUME XXII. WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, MAY 26th, 1892. NUMBER 19. Advance.' Cash CatchesThe Bargains ! , - - Don't Want The Earth. Politicians would have it that farmers want the earth, but this impression is erroneous. It is a tact, however, that they, like everybody else, want "all they can get for their money. The Cash Racket Stores realizing this fact have on sale this Spring an assortment in every department at prices even lower than ever. We would call your especial at tention this week to our stock of . - Gents and Ladies Gauze Under Shirts We are satisfied the prices are very much below the market. The Cash Racket Stores. Nash and Goldsboro Streets. THE WASHINGTON Llr1 . Insurance T T T T Co. OF NEW YORK. ASSETTS. - - - $ic,50o,oool The Policies written by the Washington are Qescribed in these general terms: f Non-Eorfeitable. i Unrestricted as to residence and I travel after two years. : Incontestable after two years. Secured by an hv ested Reserve. Solidly backed '.y bonds and mort- gages, lirst In ns on real estate. Safer than railroad securities. Not affected hv the Storlc market. Better paving investments than U. h I S. Bonds. ! L?ss expensive than assessment certificates. ! More liberal than the law requires. I Definite Contracts. T. L. AI. FRIEND, Manager, Richmond, Va. SAM'L L. ADAMS, Special Dist. Agent, Room 6, Wright Building, r-io-w. Durham, NT. C. DR. W. S. ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, N. C. Office in Drug Store onTarboroSt. DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, . WILSON, N. C. Bank0 neXl dr t0 the First Nationa DK. E. K. WRIGHT, Surgeon Dentist, WILSON, N. C. son 1 ntf PerrtlineUtly located in Wil li, 1 otter my professional services t the public. JOffice in Central Hotel Building' Scotland Neck Military School, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. SP"ng Term Begins January 25th, 1892. IDEAL To thin THE SCHOOL FOR BOYS HITS ilirtlf rl at Ur,-,UV, r 1 1 , . u. v utaiui ut uuuy For info ot mmd. Charges reasonable. filiation address. W. C. ALLEN, -v- - Supt. T UHN D, v-mA d. COUPER, J MARBLf r- r.t iviTf "ARBLE M "MHhents, Gravestones. &c. Ul' "3 and 115 Bank St., NORFOLK, VA. -Ues'gnS fr,e. Vrite for prices. 5-14-iy SAL1 ( m - 50 cents per hundred. us offi I i LillER. XPROPRIETOR v v uson M arble Works "lson, X.c. STATE CONVENTION HON. EM AS CARR NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR ON THE SIXTH BALLOKT. A Large Gathering of Reprentative Demo cratic Harmoniously Select a Winning Ticket The Work of The Body Nomina tion, Etc. Wednesday of last week at noon when Chairman, E. C. Smith walked up on the platform in Stronach's warehouse to call the State Demo cratic Convention to order he looked upon a vast assemblage. There were 1006 delegates and almost as many spectators. They were repre sentive Democrats assembled to discharge a solemn trust that of selecting leaders for the coming campaign. Order, partially restored Rev. Dr. W. S. llack led the con vention in prayer; or so much oi it as could hear. Chairman Smith .thea--advanced and said it was his pleasant duty to call together this convention of Dem ocrats. He said Democrats because he believed all wished to see Democ racy prevail. He knew that there were differences but he believed that when this convention was over all would work for the success of the Democratic party. He then presented as temporary chairman of the convention Hon. Lee S. Overman, of Rowan. Mr. Overman said: Gentlemen, we are Democrats. This a Demo cratic Convention. We are all of one faith. He said if he were to preach a sermon he would take his text from Proverbs. Better a dry morsel than a house full of strife. He trusted that there was no man here who did not love North Carolina and her institutions and who was not wil ling to sacrifice personal preferences and individual opinions for the party which has done so much for our grand old Commonwealth. He refer red to Vance, to Jarvis, to Scales and to the lamented Fowle and the patriotic, wise and conservative administration of Thos. M. Holt. Gov. Holt's name was greeted with applause. Where shall relief be found ? said Mr. Overman, shall we look to the Republican party which when we asked, for purity gave us corruption ? Here in our own house house fcis the place to get relief. Here is the place to get financial reform. He referred to Cleveland and Hili and both names were greeted with tremendous applause. v The negro problem is being dis cussed. But it has been settled in North Carolina over twenty years. Shall it come up again ? (Answers of no.) Closing with a beautiful per oration, Mr. Overman declared the convention ready for business. . The nomination 01 a temporary secretary was first declared in order. Maj. T. L. Emry nominated "the old veteran" R. M. Furman, of Bun combe, and he was elected by accla mation and took" his place upon the stand. The call of counties was then pro ceeded with to ascertain which cou i ties were represented and in whk h there were contests. Every county in the State was found to be represe n ted, and contests were reported ti several counties. The Congressional Districts w ire then called and reported the folic ing elections for-the several comn tees : CREDENTIALS. 1st 2nd Dr. K- H. Stancil of Northampton. 3rd O. F. Herring of Sa'n pson. 4th Josephus Daniels of Wake. 5th W. W. Fuller of Durham. 6th J. A. Lioekhart of Anson- i 7th M. H. Pinnix of Davidson. tth -J. W. Todd of Ashe. 9th J. H. Tucker of Buncombe. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. 1st J.J. Laugbinghouse of Pitt. 2nd C. B. Aycock of Wayne. 3rd G. W. Wilcox of Duplin. 4th Dr, J. W. Vick of Johnston. 5th R. A. Williams of Person. J flth W. E. Ardrey of Mecklenburg, 7th J. G. Hall, of Catawba. 8th S. L. Patterson of Caldwell. Uth J. L. C- Bird of McDowell. PLATFORM AND RESOLUTION. 1st Dempsy Spruell of Washington. 2nd Donald Gilliam of Edgecombe 3rd Dr. A. J. McSwain of Cumberland. 4th-J. F. Mitchell of Franklin. 6th-R. S Mitchell of CasweU. I 6th J. D. Bellamy Jr. of New Hanover 7th W, M, Bobbins of Iredell. 8th J. L. Webb of Cleveland. 8th M. E. Carter of Buncombe. The convention then at 12:35 o'clock took a recess till 3 o'clock to allow the committees to confer. Promptly at 3 o'clock Chairman Overman called the convention to order, the hall already having been filled for some time. Mr. C. B. Watson, of Forsyth, moved that a sergeant-at-arms be appointed to keep the aisles open-, and that he seject assistants. Mr. W. V. Clifton and Mr. D. R. Julian, of Rowan, were nominated. Both were unanimously elected. Mr. Holt of Guilford moved that smoking in the hall be prohibited, which prevailed. The report of the committee on credentials was called for, and on motion of Hon. T. B. Womack, of Chatham, the following committee of three was appointed to wait on the committee 'and ascertain how lontr before they would be ready to re port : Hon. T. B. Womack, Mr. C. B. Aycock, Mr. Merritt, of Chat ham. THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Tfte names of members of the State Executive Committee, as se lected by the Congressional district were then called for and reported as follows : First Distrct E. F. Lambv of Pasquotank ; W. S. Carter, of Hyde ; J. J. Laughinghouse, of Pitt ; W. P. Roberts, of Gates. Second District J. W. Grainger, of Lenoir ; W. A. Dunn, of Halifax : J. B. Martin, of Bertie ; B. F. Ay cock, of Wayne' Third District C. W. Thompson of Onslow ; C. R Thomas, of Craven ; G. H. Johnson, of Sampson ; H. A. McSwain, of Cumberland. Fourth District T. C. Neal, of Nash ; J. J. Young, of Johnstou ; sioning men who had never smelt H. A. London, of Chatham ; E. C. powder was an outrage and a dis Beddingfield, of Wake. grace. He roundly denounced the Fifth District Jno. M. Galloway, i pension system. He also pointed of Rockingham; John L. King, of , out the tariff system as an instrument Guilford : S. M. Gattis, of Orange ; ! by which the Republican party had R. W. Hobgood, of Granville. i drained money from the South. He 6th District George Bellamy, of , Brunswick ; W. S. Neal, of Rich mond ; H. B. Adams, of Union ; Sol C. Weill, of New Hanover. 1 " . 1 t v tir r 1 f eventn uistrict w. 7v. toley, 01 Davie ; W. L. Cruiup, of Rowan ; $ I. .M. scales, 01 Iredell; J E. Rein hart, ol Davidson. Eighth District W. W. Barber of Wilkes ; W. C. Erwin, of Burke ; J. L. Webb, of Cleveland ; E. B. Jones, of Forsyth. Ninth District I. A. Forney, of i Ruthrfoid; W. W. Stringfield, of Haywood; B. B. Price, of McDowell ; J. S. Grant, of Buncombe. The report ol the committee to wait on the committee on creden tials was then made, and was to eftect that the committee would be ready to report till 5 o'clock. the not EF- PERMANENT ORGANIZATION FECTED. Mr. Turner, of Iredell, moved that the report of the committee on per manent organization be received. The motion prevailed and the committee reported as follows : For permanent chairman of the Convention, Hon. Thomas J. Jarvis, ol f P ltt ; tor permanent secretaries, W G: Burkhead, Z. W. Whitehead, of the Fayetteville Observer, R. M. Furman, of the Asheville Democrat, and C. F. Wilson, -of The Wilson Advance ; for vice-presidents, W. D. Pruden, . ancey Ormond, C. C. Lyon, A. H. Merritt, V. W. Kitchen, W. H. Neal. B. C. Cobb, W. C. Newiand, R. D. Gilmer. Messrs C. B. Aycock and Thomas B. Bailey were appointed to conduct Gov. Jarvis to the chair. When Gov. Jarvis was escorted into the hall he was greeted with ap plause. Mr. Overman then presented Gov. Jarvis, who addressed the conven tion. JARVIS SPEAKS. He thank d the convention for their e: esteem. pression of confidence and did not manners wish to be by announc br office, but guilty r 01 bat ing himself a candidate he wanted to announce himself a can didate for the office of peace maker in the Democratic party, (applause.) He wished to discharge the duties impose;! upon him to-day in a way that would give no one cause to com plain or to say that he or his constit uents bad not been fairly dealt with by this convention. l ie would ask these representatives of the Demo cratic t-.uty that what was done to day should be done in a spirit of fairness; brotherly love and harmony that would bring good results. His observation was that if a man kicked against party action the. only person . hurt was himself. He assumed :nai ISSU here would be no kicking. He at every delegate here was Olultniin anci lii.u ue wouici ma here and I participate in this con ntion it he did not intend to abide it. He hoped that everything would b like way j expect at done in a cu -1, business He knew that there was hi that there would be I .- 1 ' . . 1 IT trouble am i many a ucue row. tie knew thei were a certain class ot oeoDie ncionsjinvr 10 a party mat nau a, 1 i . . . 1 . 1 . j been driven from power who were praying that we might have a row. Let us disappoint them. It cannot be concealed that we all do not think exactly alike as we once did. This is to be regretted, but we must look the condition ol" things in the face. We must talk to each other frankly and with a spirit of brotherly regard and conciliation. Gov. Jarvis referred to the time when the Democratic party was a handful of men and when the Republican party was in power, when our Stale was trodden down into the dust. He saw our party assemble with a determination to rescue .our Stn Th te from the hands of Republicans, v marched in solid column to the ballot box and they planted the ban ner of peace and' Democracy upon our capital, and for many years the people have dwelt in peace and pros perity. Here ana there new ideas have come into the ideas of our people. Now was a time when we must talk to each other in harmony and con fidence. He wished to restore the old time confidence that had existed. It is folly for us to fall out and de stroy each other. The condition of things at present require that we should trust each other. There may be minor matters about which we can not agree but there are greater and vital ejuestion about which we can agree. Let us approach these ques tions in a spirit of conciliation, let us adopt a platform upon which we can all stand and go forward to win" a victory. I will speak plainly. There is a scarcity of money. We want some legislation on this question. We are financially sick and if any one ap proaches us with a remedy we are ready to listen. One may be in favor ofthe sub-treasury, -one may favor government ownership of railroads, but before anything can be done we must dislodge from power our com mon enemy the Republican party. Is it not folly for us to swear that we will not go for anything that hasn't got the sub-treasury in it, or that hasn't got something else in it ? We have too much sense to do such a foolish thing. oov. arvis said he had been a Southern soldier, but he had no pre-1 judice against the men who had 1 foueht to preserve the Union. But it did seem that the system of pen then appealed to the Democrats to work together, act together and vote together-to accomplish a remedy tor these evils. Lay aside your profes- 1 1 , 1 rT"M i .1 sions, lay asiae tne imra party, lay ; aside the St. Louis platform and as Democrats and as North Carolinians, let us go forward shoulder to shoul der and whip this common eneni) , the Republican party. I come and appeal to you, said Gov. Jarvis, with a heart full of love for my State and her people. I have but one desire f hat is the glory of my State and the peace and pro gress of her people. I implore vou by the memories of the past and by your hopes for the future, for your love of your wives and children and for the glory of your State, to save North Carolina from the party that ruined us in 1868. The conclusion of Gov. Jarvis' speech was greeted with prolonged applause. It was announced that it would be an hour yet till the credentials com mittee would be able to report. Hon. T. B. Womack then moved that a recess of one hour be taken, which prevailed after a division and rising vote had been taken. It was 6 o'clock before the cre dentials committee was ready to re port and the convention was not re convened till that hour, at which time the committee filed into the hall and was greeted with applause. Gov. Jarvis called the convention to order and Chairman M. C. Pinnix, of the committee, then came forward and made the following report : CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE REPORT. Your committee on credentials begs leave to report : That Bertie is entitled to 1 1 dele gates instead of 9 ; Edgecombe 1 1 instead of 9 ; Northampton 12 instead of 1 1 ; Pender 7 instead ot 5 ; Person 10 instead of 9 ; Richmond 12 instead of 1 1 ; Warren 8 instead of 4 ; Car teret 8 instead of 7 , and that each of the above sounties are entitled to delegates as above indicated. There are no contests except in the counties of Cabarrus, Duplin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank and Warren. They further report that the fol- ! lowing delegates from Cabarrus, to wit : The contestants headed by Mr. Hileman, are entitled to seats in the convention. From the county ol Duplin the fol lowing : The contestants led by J. B. Oliver. The following from the county ol Onslow to wit : This delegation to be divided between the contestants and contestees, each entitled to one half vote, as both conventions were irregular. The following from the county ol Pandico, to wit : The contestants led by Mr. Brinson. The following from the county of Pasquotank, to wit : The contest ants led by Mr. Baxter. And the following from the county of Warren, to wit : The contestants led by W. A. Montgomery. All of which is respectfully sub mitted. M. H. Pinnix, Chm'n. J. H. Tucker, Secretary. The report, after it was read, was unanimously adopted. The chair man also reported that the number of votes in the Convention would, under this report, be 1,006, and the number necessary to a choice 504. The committee on platform was announced as ready to report, and a discussion arose as to whether the report should be adopted before the nominations were proceeded with. Mr. C. B. Aycock favored proceed ing at once with the nominations, and Mr. J. S. Bradshaw, of Ala mance, took the ground that the re port at this time was not in the reg ular order. Mr. John D. Bellamy, jf New Hanover, favored hearing the plat form now, and contended that it was in regular order, and that the Con vention ought to know upon what principles it proposed to nominate its candidates. A motion prevailed that the plat form be considered, and Maj. W. M. Robbins, chairman ofthe commit tee, came forward and read the re port, which was as follows : PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Resolved i. That the Democracy of North Carolina reaffirm the prin ciples ofthe Democratic party, both State and .National, and particularly favor the free coinage of silver and an increase of the currency, and the repeal ofthe internal; revenue system. And we denounce the McKinley tartiff bill as unjust to the consumers of the country, and leading to the formation of trusts, combines and monopolies which have oppressed the people ; and especially do we de nounce the unnecessary and burden some increase in the tax on cotton ties and on tin, so largely used by the poorer portion of the people. We likewise denounce the iniquitous Force bill, which is not yet abandoned by the Republican party, but is being urged as a measure to be adopted as soon as they regain control ofthe House of Representatives, the pur pose and effect of which measure will be to establish a second period of reconstruction in the Southern States, to subvert the liberties ot our people I and inflame a new race antagonism ! and sectional animosities. 2. That we demand financial re- I form, and the enactment of laws that will remove the burdens of the nen- I pie relative to the existing agricul tural depression, and do full and ample justice to the farmers and laborers of our country. 3. That we demand the abolition of national banks, and the substitu tion of leeal tender Treasury notes in lieu of national bank notes, issued I in sumcient volume to Ho the busi- j ness ol the country on a cash system, regulating the amount needed on per capita basis as the business interests of the country expand, and that all money issued by the govern ment shall legal tender in payment of ail debts, both public and private. 4. That we demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effect- 1 ually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical productions ; providing such strin gent system of procedure in trials as shall secure prompt conviction and imposing such penalties as shall secure most perfect compliance with the law. 5. That we demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. 6. That we demand the passage of laws prohibiting the alien owner ship of land, and that Congress take early steps to devise some plan to obtain all lands now owned by alien and foreign syndicates ; and that all lands now held by railroads and other corporations, in e.kess of such as is actually used and needed by them,' be reclaimed by the govern ment and held for actual settlers only. 7. Believing in the doctrine of "equal rights to all and special privi leges to none," we demand that tax ation, National or State, shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another. We be lieve that the money ofthe country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all revenue, National State or county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the gov ernment economically and honestly administered. 8 That Congress issue a sufficient amount ol Iractional paper currency to facilitate the exchange through the medium ofthe United States mail. 9. That the General Assembly pass such laws as will make the pub lic sciiool school system more effec tive that the blessings of education may be extended to all the people of the State alike. Mr. McDonald, of Cabarrus moved that the platform be adopted by ac clamation. The following amend ment was offered and accepted : Resolved, That we favor a gradu ated tax on incomes. ! A rising vote was then taken on Mr. McDonald's motion and the en tire convention arose as if with one impulse amid great shouting and chee ers. vv nei Th no sui as put 1 no one arose. It was a least and heartily eiijoye whole convention. THE NOMINATING SPE -teat I by love the The next business before- the con vention was the nomination of can didates for Governor. A motion with an amendment to limit nominating speeches to ten minutes, failed to carry. Mr. J. A. Long, of Alamance, was the first to take the stand and he at once placed in nomination Hon. Thomas H. Holt, who he pronounced a typical North Carolina Governor and a typical christian gentleman. He had already served the people in that capacity and if nominated the people already knew what kind of a governor they would have. Mr. Merritt, of Person, in a ringing speech placed in nomination Hon. S. B. Alexander, of Mecklenburg. Dr. H. F. Freeman, of Wilson, came forward to nominate a man who he pronounced the peer of any other man in the State or possibly in the Union. He alluded to Hon. G. W Sanderlin. Mr. Courts, of Rockingham, placed in nomination Hon. Elias Carr, of Edgecombe. He said that Mr. Carr did not seek the office but that the office sought him. He had been President of the Alliance and that great body had grown and flourished under his administration. Mr. H. E. Hodges, of Beaufort, sec oned the nomination of Mr. Elias Carr. Mr. John L. Bridgers, of Edgecombe, next took the stand and re-seconded Mr. Elias. Carr's noun nation. Mr. G. S. Bradshaw, of Randolph, nominated Mr. Julian S. Carr, of Durham. After a careful study ot the situation he said he was here to declare that there was a Democrat who could be elected Governor of .North Carolina and his name was Julian S. Carr, of Durham. (Ap plause.)! He could harmonize all factions and carry North Carolina. Mr. J. H. Tucker of Buncombe, seconded the nomination of Hon. G. W. Sanderlin. Hon. Swift Galloway, of Wayne, seconded the nominatiod of Hon. Thomas M. Holt. Mr. J. M. Leach seconded the nomination ot Gov. Holt. Mr. Merritt, of Wajce, seconded the nomination of G. W. Sonderlin. Hon. C. B. Watson, of Forsyth, seconded the nomination of Gov. Holt. Col. Geo. Williamson, of Caswell, placed in nomination Hon. Thomas J. Jarvis. Hon. Kope Elias, of Macon, sec onded the nomination of M. J. S. Carr. Mr. Caleb Green, of Durham, also seconded the nomination of Mr. J. S. Carr. Mr. J. S. Davis, of Haywood, sec- onded the nomination of Hon. G. W. Sanderlin. Mr. T. L. Emrv withdrew the name of Mr. Elias Carr at his re ; quest. Senator McClarty, of Union, j caused much laughter by seconding ; all nominations. Mr. Don Gilliam asserted that the 1 name of Mr. Elias Carr was still be- re tne convention. THE BALLOTING BEGINS. . 1 It 1 1 At s tne roil was about to be called Gov. arvis stated that he hoped' no arvis stated that he hop votes would be cast for him as he had bee n placed in nomination through the kindness of a friend. Result of first ballot : Holt, 407 ; J. S. Carr, 157 ; G. W. Sanderlin, ; Elias Carr, 112; T. J. Jarvis, 8 ; Alexander, 14. After the first ballot the name of Mr. Alexander was withdrawn in favor of Mr. J. S. Carr. The second ballot resulted : Holt, 402 2-10; Sanderlin, 306 8-10 ; J. S. Carr, 1 7 6-100 ; Elias Carr, 123 6-10 ; Third ballot: Holt, 385.; J. S. Carr, 157 8-10; Sanderlin, 332 4-10 ; Elias Carr, 127 ; Jarvis, 3 3-10. t ourth ballot : riolt, XI 1 S. Carr, 137; Sanderlin, 320; Elias Carr, 170 ; Jarvis, 9. Fifth ballot: Holt, 295; J. S. Carr, 227; Sanderlin, 136; E. Carr, 344- ELIAS CARR NOMINATED. Sixth ballot: Holt, 107 8-10 ; San derlin, 27 ; J. S. Carr, 243 9-10 ; Elias Carr, 627 3-10. Gov. Jarvis announced that 504 were necessary to choice and Mr. Elias Carr having recived 627 votes, he declared him the nominee of the convention for the office of Governor of North Carolina. At this an nouncement, the wildest enthusiasm reigned for awhile. Mr. Carr being notified of his nomination repaired to the hall and was greeted with continuing cheers. He said : Mr. Chairman and members of the Convention : No one knows better that yourselves that this compliment Hqc Vtppn 11 n cLrrt 7 tw n T lfV inr , home in Edtrecombe I left it with the- determination, expressed to my many friends, that I would not become a candidate for the office. You have seen fit to place the banner of the Democratic party in my hands. I accept the trust, and I will do the best in my power. I do not pose be fore you to-day as a farmer who works between the plow handle. I am a larmer. l nave tne reputation of being a successful farmer. My work has been principally that of supervising a farm. there is only two things which I claim to do ; one is supervising a farm, and the other is voting the Democratic ticket. Amid wild enthusiasm the conven- tion then adjourned to meet Thursday morning. at 9:30 Continued on second pa H.lt lOt IHOKiUT AliOlTTHlj. Will be Exempt From Taxation When Owned by the Government. Vhen the government owns the :i roads, as demanded by the Third Ml 1 1 party people, no taxes win oe coi- lected from them. .Had you thought of that ? If not, just stop and think for a moment. Of course everybody knows that government property :s not taxed at all, and therefore when the railroads become tbe property of the government they will not be taxed. The railroads now pay many millions of dollars every year as taxes to the States, counties and towns through which they run. But when the government owns them, no State, county or town will get one cent of tax from them ! Now isn't this "financial reform and relief" with a vengeance ? In order to give relief to the farm ers, in order to lighten their taxes, the Third party people propose to exempt the railroads from all taxa tion. And in order to do this Dem ocrats are urged to desert and disrupt their old party ! Of course the more property that is exempt from taxation, the higher must be the rate of taxation on the property that is taxed. And there fore when the railroads are owned by the government and are exempt from all taxation, of course a higher rate must be levied on land and personal property. What sort of relief will this give our people ? Chatham Record. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh hat Contain Mercury, as mercury will-surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de rive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot th system. In buying Hall's Catarr! Cure be sure you get the genuine, it is taken internally, and is maifle in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. "Sold by druggist, price 75c. per bottle. C A Thompson, Seymour, Indiana, Writes ; Mv sister leiinie, when she- was a young girl, suffered from white swelling, which greatiy impaired her health and made her blood very im pure. In the spring she was not able to Jo anvthine and could scarcely get about. More than a year ago she took three bottles of Botanic Blood Balm, and now she is perfectly cured." A BASELESS CHARGE THE-f INK ITALIAN HAND OF HILL IN ( 'THE TAMWANT TRADING. The "Ivife Jlowlers" Set Kljiht I ntrust worlhy M ugnainp Authority The Reams ami the Motes In Sundry Eyes-One Mighty Kftort for Supremacy. It anything in the world makes one tired, it is the continual iteration of Hill's "knifing (whatever that may mean) Cleveland in New York." It the facts substantiated such a statement, every rood Democrat every goe arms agains a his party . On tut Mr. Hill as 1 an enemy mtrary, we rord that he Assembly of onferred on nor in their st assuredly rred on a we have the to show, that Hill and his nav was that Mr. ji-ji Knaeei , iii State of New Y-ork Hill the h'.erhest power, which they tn would not, have com traitor; and above all, lacts and the figures through Tammany, Mr. friends gave Mr. Cleveland the biggest "send oft" of any similar number of voters in the Union. This hue and cry was raised by the mugwump press, by the dilettanti, kiiH-love, dude faction, who never worked a day in the Democratic ranks or made an honest fight for Democratic principles in their lives ; has been taken up by thoughtless partisans of Mr. Cleveland, and with out investigation has been echoed by them as a fact, when it is simply but the vaponngs of the enemies of Democracy apples of discord thrown into the camp. Where the success of Democracy is issue the Republican and mug wump papers will "lie like dogs," and it is surprising that any reputable man will join them in hounding down any member of his own party, even though he be the humblest worker in the ranks, much less so grand a leader and captain as Senator Hill. The conduct of such men can only be explained on one of two hypo theses : they are either knaves or fools ; they are either knowingly making common cause with our enemies against a trusted leader of a sister State, or they are such fools that they cannot recognize the facts. If the former, the sooner they go over to the enemy, body and soul, the better for our cause we have no room for traitors in the Democratic camp. If they are of the latter class, it is high time that they were learning that the doctrines of Demo cracy are not taught by the scurri lous publications of the enemy and the sooner they stop throwing mud at their own comrades and fellow soldiers, close up the ranks and make common cause against a com mon foe, just so soon will we be in position to "turn the rascals out." However, coming down to a ques tion of figures the case stands as follows : Gov. Hill city of New State. received 168,454 in the rk and 650,464 in the of Mr. Hill claim that nmany. w :h in turn iiy . this being li in th.. memorable Tammany) with 29.515 iOV ioer day of iSSis it walked uo to the not! fit ore votes for Mr. C v'eland than he gave him in '84 , n at she gave him -,7,12 more votes t. an she did Mr. Harrison; that gave aim a plura lity 01 17,452 over all candidates more than she did in 84; that she gave Mr. Hill only 5,782 votes more than she did Mr. Cleveland, which looks like a mighty small, little, in- siQTiincant Dartow to !utcner so mighty a champion especially when we come to renect tnat 11 tnese s.72 votes were taken off Harrison and added to Mr. Cleveland's 6t;.8-;5 State votes, he would yet require 1, 618 other votes to be elected by bare ly a majority of only one. Do these figures look as if Tammany traded him off? Is there any "knife" busi ness in this? If so, how so? . The great cry ofthe Mugwump, dude faction has been that Mr. Hill ran in the interest of that "corrupt machine," Tammany, that the rural districts, so pure as to be above re proach, were anti-Hill. If Tammany and Mr. Hill "knifed" him in this way, would to God that he had been "knifed" all along the line in the same ratio, and we would have had a Democratic President through these four years. If Mr. Hill's running ahead of the presidential ticket only 14,629 out of a total State vote of 1,321,147 was ' PASTURED 0011 I ywgM MB "kniiing" him, it was by a majority of only about one per cent, of the total vote ; whereas, Gov. Nichols, of Louisiana, must have used a Gatling gun when he ran ahead of the presi dential ticket 52,225 votes or about 45 per cent of the total State vote. Alabama must have used a pretty big sword herself, for she gave Governor Seay a plurality of 107,621 and Cleveland 60,123, or only a mat ter of 47,498 less ; yet we don't hear of the "knife act" down there per haps there are not as many Mug wumps "to sict the fices" on. Virginia did very nearly as bad i i 889 she gave the Governor 42, plurality and the President only 1 in 1888 ; yet we don't hear of Hill operating in that "neck of woods." How do the "knife ers" account for New Jersey -ig the Governor a plurality of 14 53 and Mr. Cleveland only 7, 149 ? Or of Connecticut giving a plurality of 1,415 to the Governor and President only 336? Or of Mississippi giving the congressional ticket a plurality of 65,012 and the presidential 55,375 ? Tammany and its influence in creased Mr. Cleveland's per cent of total vote from 58.46 per cent in 18S4 to 60.39 per cent in 1S88. Did the other sections of the country "knife" him in the same way? Not by a "long shot ;" instead of increas ing his per centage, they cut him down, as follows : Ark. from !i8.07 lr ot in IK to -V..I2 Iowa " 47 13 " " 44 70 Md. " 53.07 " " 5U.24 Mich " 4(1.70 " " 44.K2 N C " S1.24 L" " 51.81 Texas " 69,37 " 65.80 Ky " 55.43 " ' 53 30 Ind " 49.51 ' " 4M60 Conn " 48.94 " " . 48.70 Del " 56.39 " " 55.12 W Va " 50-93 " " 94 :U Va ' 51.0i " " 49.97 The "machine" that did the "knif ing" certainly went about ; rather a curious way, which many of the Democratic States would have done well to have copied : it raised his plurality from 84,623 in 1884 to 106,666 in 188S. The "line Italian hand" of Mr. Hill is dis cernible in this ; 'tis a pity that he did not get chance to do the "knife act" in some other sections that seem to be so sensitive on the question. Indiana had a spasm of virtuous indignation a few day ago ; it must have been in a spirit of contrition for having cut Mr. Cleveland's plurality from 6,5 1 2 in '84 to giving Harrison a plurality of 2,392 in '88 VOTE OF NEW YORK CITY AND COUNT V. 1888 1884. Harri- Cleve- Clove- But- St. Son land. Fisk. IH'nc land Ut. John 105,540. lt8,672. 1,126 H0.091. 133,157. 3,499. 1.031. VOTE OP STATE OF NEW YORK. 648,909 635 835 30 231 562001 563 048 17 007 25 001 Del cut his pl'rl'ty from 3 933 in 84 to 8 471 in 88 t!on cut his pl'rl'ty from 1 284 in 84 to SW in 88 Ky cut his pPri'ty from 34 8394 n 84 to 28 6tKI in 88 Md c't his pl'rl'ty fr'm 11 118 in 84 to 6 182 in 88 Mo a't his pl'ri'ty from 30 106 in 84 to 25 701 in 88 N C c't his pl'ri'ty fr'm 17 837 in 84 to 18 118 in 88 Va cut his pl'rt'ty fr'm 6 141 in 84 1 o 1 539 in 88 W Va c't his pl'ri'tv fr'm 4 221 in 84 to 506 in 88 Even South Carolina "went back" on her faith by dropping her Demo cratic vote from 69,845 in '84 to 65,825 in '88 a falling off of 4, 020 votes. It seems that one man in every 17 Democratic voters u, d..-s irisfied and jumped the ticke t. 1 a "looker on in Vienna," it d seem as if the "knife howlers" h" best remove the "beam" from t . own States before trying to get r! mote" out of Tammany's eye ; r ,rhaps it would more than fit the im sion to say, "let the State with ou: un cast the first stone." cet us trust that Democrats win poL themselves from the records, and not trust to their enemies for informa tion in regard to our leaders, and let us all of one accord join hands and hearts in one mighty effort for supre macy is the honest wish of A Simon Pure Democrat. W.E.WaS&C: FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS, (Successors to B. F. Briggs & Co.,) OFFICE OVER FIRST NAT. BANK, WILSON, N. C. We purpose giving the busi ness intrusted to us by the citi zens of Wilson and neighbor ing territory, our close and ; 1 er sonal attention. We represent some of the best companies in the world. We want your in- surance. Come to sec us. 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