THE CASH IS ADVASCL tl LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS' AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS "! BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. foLXJME XXVI. ; , ! : ' ; ; : i ' .: . i . WILSON, X. C, JULY 16, 1896. NUMBER 29. fiv feffit nf . .71 " ""I J llUvwvJvJ . 'i:':r:-;.;':. ; : I ON The "Bqy Orator of the Platte" t Named for President TEE FIFTH BALLOT. i N these days of keen and constant t competition the path to prosperity bewail Secures the Nomination 0 must be cut out by the blade of common sense,' as applied to the act of buying. To underbuy is our constant effort, And to undersell is our settled determination. . . . . ALL who appreciate the winning combination of LOW PRICES for BETTER GOODS, we offer our j ,: Drives in Notions:.,.. HE ARE SOME OF THEM. j L ad i e b U rqbre lias. leknow that -we underbought on these and are underselling 3 others. ..Don t buy till you see them, rnces start at 47c, otthat quality would be cheap at 70c hilly as good values the better grades. . - . ; i . .. for Vice President. - 1 Kibb oris ! COMPLETE KOUT OP GOLD MEN. A Convention Made Historical by the Bitter Contest Waged Between the y Advocates of Monometallism and Bi metallism On the . Ballots for Presi dent Jfevr York aud New Jersey Dele gates Kef used to Vote, as Did Many Del egates from Other States The Candi date Makes a Speech from the Verandah of :His Hotel Ex-Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Will Supdort.the Ticket. The Platform Declares for Free Silver Coinage Independent of Other Nations. Senator Jones, of Aakansa, Succeeds Mr. Harrity as Chairman of the Demo cratic National Committee The Candi dates to be Formally Notified of Their Nominations at Madison Square Garden, New York, Early in August. WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS. THe Convention was called to or- er at 10: -;o by Chairman Daniels. HAT MUST CLAIM YOUR ATTENTION. Iwavs remember that a piece of Ribbon at the Bine price as we asK is nui uib banie muuunj d . 11 TTfE claim to give you better values than others at same.j The committees not having reports 1 1 price. Test US and be convinced, t 5 ready a recess ot a few minutes was Lil. & aa ;Aa a nil Alln lvn In In Slven and eo. Hogg, "easily tne 1 Uoiuiu utJiivci j uutj piiutJ lu au igus uie iaie. lias ores, J. M. m g IN.. r. Nash and Goldsboro Streets. A REAL PUNCH JOKE. Had a Good Point, but Was Not In the I'up r. ' is 5T:s?ibIt- to find such an iagen cprlr ! ( f 'escape, from a dilemma its" vcrv inreunity shall : react on tad of the" too clever orisinator. ; fc'piclmr.h:i, ? in his "History of History 'givr-s an raiiiisiiAp: case in point. A . occasion -of the wedding of fcinc? ( f V:iIcs a '.brilliant conipa- Ktinlkri. at the pnblidiin cice of cf the-., iiiviicd sraests. arrived on the itT side :f tho way. -but was unable pss ly::; of the dense crowd. His caripLt HKh-t of him and pointed'- i -lniin.. Sothern took the Hint. w m.. through ho whispered, f. 11 e. .wav a sovereign. " I -uaidl can't," said the man re- "Ut ril try." ; fas at his Wits- eud4 ' He could not iae tliht of -losmff snch a din- - : n i rnnir.rnr TTiPn fill JoiLsid, u'cume to him.". tne sea wan at tne Dine waters 01 ! mo lake, broken here and there by lines cf white. Then he turned and surveyed the smooth expanse of the lake sliore drive and the row of stone residences along its farther side. j "Ifl were rich, " lie said, ' thought fully stroking his chin and speaking to the man on the other side cf the bench, "if I-were rich, instead of , on my last financial lens, I would buy one of those The Michigan contest had not as yet been decided. THE NIGHT SESSION. .The committee on credentials seat ed four silver delegates from Michi gan which changed the aspect from gold to silver. Alter a heated dis cussion which was joined in by most of the silver and goltiV champions a vote, was taken. It stood 558 to 368 in favor of the majority report. The committee on permanent or ganization gave the following report for chairman, Senator White, of Cali fornia, and Thos. J. Hogan, of Ohio, as Secretary. The convention ad journed until ten o'clock: Thursday. Thursday's convention. The entire morning session . was taken up in discussing; the platform. Those taking part in this discussion were Senator Tillman, of S. C, Sena tor Jones, of Arkansas, Senator Hill, of N. Y., Senator Vilas, of Wis., Gov. Russell, of Miss. , and Senator Bryan, of Neb. Alter these speeches houses and corae over here and live. Just feel the air! Fresh and cool oft j the lake and ' loaded with the' blessing ci health." - ' ! The man on the other end of the bench shook his head sadly, j "It's all right early in the mcrnint:,' lid. "But during the day them -bicvclists come along and pump it into their tires and carry it off. By night there ain't enough left to breathe.' Chicago Tribune. 1 cyoui- haiuTcuffs on me and drag . i0;S and T"ll crivo. rnn hm snv- L --"'lu ine iaca ana feotneru , J?1110 time. Ke slipped on the toils and witK o nroi.n w-0tt , 'Nullity; which before had re- izp0tir' but vllich uow parted and 40rd -tiiig the custodian of law &fir Aft 1 ler much pusiiing and some r landed at Punch's publishing at w1 fi.I1(i tIie money in my waist- mlJ not observe that after the althe- n secured the money a Pni 'otl0n.was made to it by one Psw7 fiends, who found Soth- a f igmai tnat it suggestea l further develomn pnt. ' Thft no- W JrtUddeiny disappeared in the 'reali 1 men did the c0' to mil6 a timely bribe had left the fla tn m iriends for the rest . T?1 secured in the man- uu"i 8 Comp Janion. old Him Tired. the r, maa ' rose ; painfnily . wnca and looked out over In Quarantine. "Good gracious!" ejaculated the bak ing powder drummer, who had been tilted back 011 the porch of the Squani Corners grocery store swapping yarns with the proprietor. "What has that weary looking dude from the east been guilty of, that those, men and boys should be driving him up the hill with guns and pitchforks?" . 1 "I don't s'pose he has done anything he could help, " replied the merchant. "But he's been mopin around the tav ern for a day or two, an, this mornin he confessed to the landlord that he'd got a turrible bad case of ong-wee. An so the neighbors are driving him up to a little shanty away off in the woods, where they are goin to keep him till they find out whether the disease is ketchin or not. It's pretty tough on him, but we can't afford to take any risks on that account. " New York World. The young man had accompanied the colored young woman to the shoe store, where she desired to make a purchase. ' 'What number of shoes do you wear?' ' the salesman inquired She glanced at the young man appre hensively. ; He was so near that he could not fail to hear the answer. Then she said to the clerk : "Dat soun's like er foolish question ter me." j "But it isn't, I assure you. " j "Well, den, ef yon gotter hab an answer, de number bb shoes I "wah is two, same ez anybody else. Did yon fink I hab er wooden laig?" Washing ton Star biggest man in the convention, his weight being 300 lbs, .was asked tb address the convention. Geo. Hogg's address consisted of many heated words against Repub licans and gold. , He mentioned the con-bolting precedent of the Demo cratic party and made an appeal that it be adheared to this time. He urged that the way. to prevent anoth er republican rule and a consequent converting of "the country into slaves and millionaires, was co-operation on the part of Democrats. He said, "il the Democrats would stand together that party could this year be laid on the hill side ot despair." Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, was then -asked to address the con vention. The Senator from Ken tucky stated that the object of the convention was "to correct its griev ances and right its wrongs." He said that 'A hile the cajiise of silver was slim at the beginnirjg," yet State after State had taken up trie cry, until now they stood foremost. He counseled moderation, at the same time urging them not to let the fruits of a victory so nobly won pass unused. Said he, "anew day is davving, whose efful gence will mark the return of Demo cracy to power- I beg you gentle men to make a platform that will tell the truth, and then rally as one man to vendicate its utterances." Governor Altgeld of Illinois was then induced to address the conven tion. ' The Illinoisian said that his purpose in the convention was to aid in the nomination of a president and the formulating of a platform which would again give hope to the party of the people. He described the semi-bondage in which millions were being placed by the shrinking values. The free silver element was then presented by Ex-Congressman Wil liams of Massachusetts. He claimed that the convention should not stand on sectarianism. But declared that this is a battle for the restoration of the union oi the States." This statement and indeed his entire speech was received with enthusiasm by the delegates and "visitors. The committee on credentials seat- CANDIDATE WTLIJAM J. ERYAN. . a vote was taken which resulted in a silver victory by a score of 698,10 NIGHT SESSION. The fun began - in ernest at the night session!, The convention was getting ready for the nominations. The collesium was crowded from pit to gall try when the gavel fell at 8:30. The roll of states was called and as a result the following men were put before the convention : Bland, Bryan Matthews, Boies. Blackburn and Mc Lean. After the' roll of States had been called and the speeches of nom ination were made the, convention was adjourned until Friday morning. Friday's convention. The day was taken up with the balloting for the presidential candy date. ;. The nominations had all been 219, Boies 36, Matthews 34, McLean 54, Blackburn 27, Pattison 97,. Ste- venson 9, Hill 1. Not voting 162. Fourth ballot: Bland 241, 'Bryan 280, Boies 33, Matthews 36 McLean 46, Blackburn 28, Pattison 97, Ste venson 8, Hill 1. Not voting 136. Fifth batlot: Bland 106, Bryan50O Boies 26, Turpie 1, Pattison 95, Ste venson 8 Hill r. Not voting 162. After the result was announced enough votes wrere changed to give Bryan the 'necessary 512 votes. - , ; I ! SATURDAY. .The business still before the con vention was the nominating of a man ' for the Second place. After the nom4 inating speeches the balloting began. Below in the result. of the five ballots taken : j -' " ; ' First ballot: Blackburn 20, Bland ' 62, Teller , 1 , Daniel 1 1, Harrity 21, Boies 20, Williams, of I 111. 22, White 1, Fithian 1 , Williams j of Mass. 76, .McLean 11 i , Lewis 11, Clark , Sewell 100, Sibley 1 63. Not voted 25s: ';; :;j I.' '; ::.:- Second ballot: Clark ,22, Williams, 111. 13, Pattison 1, Harrity 21, Bland 294, Williams of Mass. 16, McLean 158, Sewell; 37, Sibley. 113. Not voted- 255. ' . Third rallot: Pattison 1, Daniel 6, Bland 255,1 McLean 210, Sewell 97, rlarrity 19, Sibley 5c, Williams of Mass. 1.5, Clark 15. . Fourth ballot:; Williams of Mass. 9, Clark 46, Harrity n, Pattison 1, Daniel 54, Sewell 257, McLean 296. The names of McLean and Bland being withdrawn Sweell had an easy victory. The lesult is : Sewell 568, McLean 32, Harrity n,: Williams of 111, 22, Pattison 1, Daniel 36, not vo ted 251. ; p-! r'-;r After the usual resolutions and in strtictibns Chairman White declared, at 3 o'clock, the National Democrat ic Convention adjourned sine die. "For ..five 1. water, so to speak," V. ' weeks I lived 011 cold writes a man who suffered terribly from indigestion. He could hardly keep' anything on his stomach. S What stayed was not properls digested and gave him terrible pangs. . -?: This is not an uncommon case. Dys peptics don't get enough nourishment. They are generally thin and weak. They may eat enough, but they don't digest enough,; Much of what they eat turns into 'poison.'" If this keeps on there's no telling what disease they - '.1 i -1 - . ' may get next. ' ' .. ' . . . "; .: That's wily it is best to take Shaker 'Digestive Cordial, as soon as symp toms of indigestion appear.. It cures all the evils of indigestion, and prevents the evils which indiges tion causes. , Sold by druggists,, price 10 cents to $1.00 per bottle, j .' ' Hie I rop Outlook. w The general observation of the many visitors, including tobacco men and planters, from all parts of Vir ginia and North tobacco crop is - 1TRS. WILLIAM J. BRTAK. made on the previous night so. the balloting began early in the session. The following is the result of the bal loting for the presidential candidate': Bland 233, Boies 71, Matthews 37, McLean 54, Bryan 132, Blackburn 82 Pattison 94, Campbell 1, Russell 2, Pennoyer 8, Tillman 17. There were 185 delegates not voting. North Carolina cast her ! 2 2 votes for Bryan, of Nebraska.' Second ballot: Bland 281, Bryan 190, Matthews 35, Pattison 99, Tel ler 8 j Hill 1, Boies 35, McLean 54, Blackburn 39 Pennoyer 8, Steven son 6.. J ed silver delegates from Nebrasca. Third ballot: Bland : 291, Bryan Carolina, is that the growing irregularly" in 'the fields and has too much wet weather in some places and not enough rain in others ; but it is too clrly to make i predictions as to the final outcome. ! We gave warnings cf the wet weather reaction two weeks ago. It will take a week or two to tell results and for the plants to re adapt itself j toj any radical weather change. The sappy roots will have to harden, to get. deeper soil, and that will take time. ; v In the meantime, 'there is cutting in North Carolina and many cures already, much topping going on, many forward crops, and yet grow ing complaiuts of bad growth. -Altogether it is getting the better oi some of the new j belts so far. Tne heavy, dark belt is growing up well. ' ' '. t '. " . r- b Rugs. A new lot just in M. T Young's. I ! ! 1 i : - t i , r

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