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uh )) i ll OL. XX. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1889. NO. 37. THE CELEBRATION JrrAVETTEVH.LE WAS A OUANO SUC- tsg(10VENBN'0a FOWLE S SPEECH. J Ihc centennial celebration at Fayetto- Jilelast week was a grand success. Tlio Lrauiuie was carried out. 1 hero were 1)000 people present ami the town was ised to its utmost capacity. Governor die spoke on Wednesday and a letter n i. ...:.!.. iv..,:.. .., . 1 bm fjX-1 resiticoi ju'uvin n.in icuu. bureday Senator Ransom and on Friday nator Vance made a speech. Mr. Da- Li' letter was historical and showed the liportant part the State has always laved in the affaire or the country. "At :ry roll call tor the common defence ; answered "here." "Of her it may said that she was always the first in a nr and the last out of it." Governor Fowle inaugurated the cere lonies. lie was received ou his arrival tuoon by a military escort headed by lie Murine Band, of Washington. D. C. layer Kay welcomed lain to Fayettevillc ihieh a century ago was the State capi J and where the federal constitution . . 1 j-1 1 1 las ratineu. uovernor rowie macie a lining and patriotic speech, in the course f which he said: "I can see in line before me ranks of he State Guard of North Carolina. Brer them is flying the Stars and Stripes 1 of the Union of States. In those tanks, here and there, I see one who wentyfivc years ago was serving under neither flag and with his faith pledged b another allegiance, and yet to-day his lye becomes brighter as the flag of our iountry floats before him, reminding him jf the greatness of this Union of which Korth Carolina is part. Confederate soldier, you acted a part in the late un pleasantness at command of your nioth- Ir. North Carolina, and in your service loher you discharged a duty you oweu your State. Cherish vour recollections of your soldier life, record everv act of heroism performed by Confederatcsoldiers under the Stars and Bars, for I want to i able to show to a witnessing world, if occasion should ever arise, that you are ready to surpass the record made then under another, flag in your zeal and hero- Bi in behalf of the flag of this re-united .'mem. Cuhivate this spirit of love of ihc Union, and a century hence, instead if twenty thousand enthusiastic North Carolinians celebrating the patriotic ac tion of their ancestors, two hundred thousand will crowd these streets for the purpose of healing testimony to the wis 'lom and valor and patriotism of our an cestors who fur North Carolina ratified 'be Constitution if the United Stales." The speech was received with great applause, and at its conclusion the Gov ernor held a public reception, at which most of the leading men of the State were present. It was not until the 21st of Novem- tar, 1789, that this State ratified the ar ticles of federation The delav was sim ply and solely due rn the di inand for such provisions in the constitution as would insure and guarantee ihc rights of each State. These wurcd. North Cur lina, through her c-nv ntioti in sissieh at Fayettevillc, then the capiial of the Commonwealth, ratified the compact and became a nan of the Urim. It was a great event, for a State which "as the first settled (at Roanoke Island V'l 2.i, 1584), in whielHhe first revolt 'gainst British oppression occurred (in Alamance county in 1708), and where the first' declaration of independence was "(in Mecklenburg, May 20, 1775). A people who hud so ecrly shown their 'we of liberty, and who had in the poit f Wilmington done what was later done k the "Boston tea party," but without the least disguise, had no thought that as not patriotic and animated by a spir "at once high and pure. Please examine my stock of dress goods Wore ordering. Support your town, f Hart. ' We keep a large tock of general rchamlLj-, and sfll at l-'irest priqos. 1'. N. Suiuback & Co. FEMALE SEMINARY. THE BAPTIST CONVENTION DETEIOIIN EI) TO HAVE ONE. Raleigh Cull: During the session of the Baptist State Convention, held in Henderson last week, the matter of es tablishing a great Baptist female semina ry at some point iu the State came prom inently before the body. The proposi tion met with warm favor, and discussion resulted in the determination to begin immediate work in that direction. Tho whole matter was placed in the hands of a board of twenty-five trustees with power to act their action being sanctioned and approved of by the con vention in advance. No formulated plans were agreed upon, but it is gener ally understood that tho institution shall be on a large and scale,both as to buildings and curriculum, and that it shall have an endowment sufficiently large to enable the institution to give girls and women the advantages of higher education on 'as favorable conditions as are now obtained by the young men of the State. The first step was to appoint the board of twenty-five trustees. These are Rev. VV. R. Gwaltncy, Grecusboro; Rev. R. R. Ovcrby, Belcross; Rev. T. II. Trite-hard, D. D., Wilmington; Rev. J. D. Ilufham, D. D., Scotland Neck; Rev. R. T. Vann, Edentou; N. B. Broughton, Raleigh; Rev. R. II. Marsh, D. D., Oxford; Rev. A. G. McManaway, Charlotte; Rev. II. W. Battle, New Berne; Col. L. L. Polk, Raleigh; Rev. C. Durham, Raleigh; Rev. J. W. Carter, D. D., Raleigh; Rev. B. Cade, Louisburg; Dr. C. A, Romingcr, Reidsville; Rev. G' W. Greene, Moravian Falls; W. C. Petty, Manly; K K. l'roc tor, Jr , Lumberton; J. M. Currin, Ox ford; J. 11. Lassiter, Henderson; W. G. Upchurch, Raleigh; W. T. Faircloth, Goldsboro; Dr. R. P. Thomas, Bethle hem; D. F. Kiugs, Leaksville; Rev. Dr. Chas. E. Taylor, Wake Forest; Rev. J. L. White, Durham. This board met last Saturday and or ganized by electing Col. L L. Polk Pres ident, and Dr. C. A. Romingcr, Secreta ry. At this meeting the (pie. ten of loca tion came up, and the genera! disposition was to locate the institution in any place making the most advantageous bid or offer for it. Representatives from Dur ham stated that they were authorized by that town to offer a good site and 825,000 in cash for the location of the institu tion there. There was much talk by representatives from other places, in which possible propositions were men tioned. It is certain that Oxford, Greens boro, Charlotte and Raleigh will make good propositions. When the matter was before the convention, it was evident that the majority of that body favored Raleigh as the place, but. of course the location here will depetid on the nature of the offer made. Oue Raleigh man not a Baptist has already put himself down for 81,000. While in session, the board appointed a Proposition Committee, the members of which are Col. L. L. Pol ,-, Dr. C. A. R, mingcr, l!ev. W. R. Gwaltncy, Rev. R II. Marsh and Rev. J. L. While. This committee will, on invitation, isit auy place and examine and receive any pri 'M'iuu. The Bviud i f Trustees will hold their first meeting in Raleigh on February 1th, 181)0, at which time the Proposi tion Committee will report all offers it may have received. They will be exam ined by the board and choice of location made. It is evident that the'-brethren" are not going about this thing in a weak man ner, and it is pretty certain that there will be no dilatory foolishness about it. They want the institution and they are going to hive it somewhere, quick. Tho Baptists are a working lot of folks, and when they undertake anything they mean something. Do you suffer with catarrh? You can be cured if you take Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. Sold by all druggists. Chrisfnoa wi'! here before most people au icady for it. STOCKHOLDERS MEET. THE W. J W. H. K. CO., ELECT OEFICEUS AND RECEIVE REPORTS. From the Wilmington Sim- we get the following proceedings of the annual meeting of the W. & W. road iu that place last week: General M auager Walters says in his report: The twelve months ending September 30th, 1881), compare favorably with the preceding twelve months, except in the through passenger business, in which there was a loss of over 32,000. This however, was more than made up by the increased freight earnings and revenue from local passengers. Before the epidemic broke out in Flor ida arrangements had been made to ac commodate a larger Florida travel than the previous year. It was doomed ad visable by all the lines at interest to make no change in the arrangements agreed upon. The travel did not justify the ac commodation. The prospect, however, for the coining season is most encourag ing, and everything points to a larger travel thau ever before. The vegetable crop about Charleston was also a partial failure and the cold summer North affected injuriously the shipmeuts of watermelons, so that our total vegetable and fruit business was not as large as during the preceding year. For twelve days in the month of June li,ne3 north of Weldon were impassable, owing to freshets, which injured the bus iness of the Atlantic Coast Despatch at the height of the average vegetable sea son. Am glad, however, to record the marked increase in shipments of this kind from the local stations ou our road. The Scotland Neck Branch lias been extended during the year to the Tar river, opposite Greenville, and the bridge and the trestle to cross the river is now under contract. The extension of this brandi to Kinston or New Bern, it is hoped, will be accomplished during the coming fiscal year. Beyond that point I would not recommend any further exten sion for the present. The Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad has been extended 22 miles to Plymouth and connects at Jamesville with the Jamesville and Washington railroad which, however, I regret to record, is in such a condition that but little freight or passenger business can bo transported over it to Washington. A branch could be buiit from near Greenvtlle to Wash ington for about what it would cost to put the Jamesville and Washington rail road in proper condition, and such a loca tion would much better suit the busi ness. During tho year coal bins have been erected at Wcldou, Goldsboro and Wil iningtou at a cost of 10,875. In addition to cars repaired and re built, there were added to tho equipment of the road during the year one engine two coaches, 20 box cars and 52 flat cars. A contract has also been placed with the South' Baltimore Car Works fur 300 fruit and vegetable cars, to be equip ped with Janncv couplers and air-brakes, and to be deiivuvd la October aud N. veiuber. Ti c Atlantic Coast Line hotels have paid expense'. With ureal regret I call attention to the fact that crops iu the t rritory liibu- tary to the road are the poorest raised in many years." After regular routine business, on mo tion, Mr. James F. Post, Jr., was direc ted to cast the unanimous vote of the stockholders for B. F. Newcomer for President, and the following Board of Directors: W. T. Walters. II. Walteis, Michael Jenkins and J. P. McCoy, of Baltimore; II. B. Plant, of New Vork; Donald MacRae and A. J. Dellosset, of Wilmington; W. H. WilUrd, of Raleigl ; K B. Bordon, of Goldsboro and Hon. Geo. Howard', of Tarboro. At a subsequent meeting of the di rectors, H. Walters was elected president and general manager; Jno. R. Kenly as sistant general manager; Jas. F. Post, Jr., secretary and treasurer; J. F. Divine, general superintendent and W. A. Riach general auditor. The beads other deport raentsremain as formerly, viz: T. Emer son general fr'b'Haid pas-.ei.. , .men', and B. R. Duju engineer of loadway. TOW?2 AND COUNTRY. THEY MUST WORK TOO ETHER FOR THE . GOOD OF BOTH. Miumfiu Uirera' Record. Ill the great advances the South is mak ing every town may share in proportion, to its advantages, be they few or many. A town is a compact aggregation of in habitants, simply because the surround ing ctountry made such a nucleus of pop ulation necessary. What is for the good of the farmers around it is good for its citizens also. The relations between the scattered land workers and the villages or larger communities must necessarily be those of mutual interest. The town prosper if the agricultural country around it. does, not otherwise. There must needs, be interdependence, not inde pendence. The thing, therefore, for the citizens of every town to see to is that all opportunities are utilized to add to its industries, in order that a market may be made for whatever surplus is raised upon the adjacent farms. In other words, the more mouths there are to feed in any place the better it will be for the farmers, and the more the latter got for their products the greater the trade done by them in the town. The one thing needful for any village, town or city is concert of action. The old fable of the bunch of sticks that could be broken singly, but, that kept together could not be fractured, has its counter part in this. Harmonious action for the public good will accomplish wonders. Conflicting opinions that prevent united efforts will injure all concerned. But the selfishness that looks so closely after its own as to render it indifferent to the public interests will defeat itself. What many Southern communities need is to abandon provincialism and to become as broad and liberal as the preset t age re quires. That way lies that progress which leads to prosperity. THE COTTON SEED PLANT. A box of the matured boils of the new plant has becu recieved at the office of the Charleston NcksuiuI Courier, and an examination of tho contents of these bolls fully confirms what has been pub lished as to their peculiar characteristics. That h to say, every boll contains as many seeds as it can hold, and e very individual seed is as clean as a Boston bean or sf buckshot. There is not a vestige of lint in any of the bolls, or pods, which were received in tho condition in which they were plucked from the stalks, and were opened in the AVitw antl Courier office. TRUE GRIT. The novelest est est case on record in regard to jute bagging falls to the lot of Goldsboro and tic incident serves to show how strongly wedded the Alliance men are to their , ami jute campaign. On our streets for sale yesterday was a bale of cotton, one half of the wrapping of which was tow bagging, the other half jntc. The hale of e ttuii was owned in couiiuou by two fariuer-, cue of wh"in Ti i.? r,n Alliance mar, the other was one ( f'the few farmers in this fcciion opposed to the Alliance; but hu was "mighty" staid in his opposition, ai.d consequently, b i:i:j unall j to win o-. r his ro h'ss htroic paitncr of tlu AIIi..uce affiuii, they cum prom ised by wrapping the cot ton "half-and-half." Goldsboro Aiyus. "The Merry Wives uf Windsor" could seareely have played such fantastic planks had they beeu subject to the many ills so common among the women of to day. Dr. Pierces l'avortto Pre scription is a legitimate medicine, care fully compounded by an experienced and skillfuphysieian, and adapted to women's djlicata organization. It is purely vege table iu its composition, and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. It cures all those weakness es aud ailments peculiar to women, and it is the only medicine for women,, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfactiem in every case, or money will be refuuded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle n-nyiper, and luith iu o d tut for imny yenr?. THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE THE CONVENTION AT ST. LOUIS ON DEC, 3rd, and what it war, do. Ni!W York Herald St. I ouls Dtsjiatcli. Yes, it is only a convention of farmers the worms that plough up and turn over the soil to keep it healthy enough to produce our griddle cakes for break fast. But "even a worm will turn," and in this Farmers' Alliance that is to meet here on December 3 there are to be rep resented 2,250,1100 of these earthworms each with a vote, and if they turned they would all turn at once. Two million two hundred and fifty thousand farmer.'1, or that number of any class, united in so close an organization as that of the Farmers' Alliance, means a great deal in any country. In some countries it would mean a majority of the voting population. But first, where docs this vast army come from? Reliable statistics are un fortunately not attainable, except as to the Southern portion of the country, and the returns from that section are as fol lows: Members. Members. Louisiana, 50,000. Virginia, 25,000 Texas, 250,000. Tennessee, 1 50,000 Mississippi, 65,000. Kentucky, 20,000 Alabama. 85,000. Arkansas, 80,000 Georgia, 100,000. Indian Tcr. 4,000 Florida, 20,000. Kansas, 50,000 S.Carolina, 45.000. Missouri, 85,000 N. Carolina 00,000. Then there come the States of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis consin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Dakota. These have been organized, most of them under a separate jurisdic tion from those of the South, and their returns are not yet iu. But the move ment has gone and is going like a snow ball down a mountain side, without noise, and minding its own business. From the figures given you you will see that I rather underestimate the total of tho rank and file. This great movement had its birth at the home of Evan the Texan, otherwise Kvau Jones, of Dublin, that Sate. That was away back iu 1;J75, and it. was then but a local orgauxniou among the small farmers to proton themselves against the bit: ranchmen. The latter suejeeded in smashing the oruaniz iti'Mi into atoms, but after tho nature of other atoms these had the usual gravitation properties and again resolved themselves mtei their component parts, as it were. It took somo years, however, befbro the death- ding blizzards of the cattle kiiiir" again blew these atoms into sulli ient numeri cal cohessiveness to make a sulid block. This was in 1880. At the annual meeting that year the Farmers' Stale Alliance had represented at it regular annual meeting over 2,7H(I subordinate alliances, composed e f a member-hip then estimated at about lliO.OtlO, and rrgarti zation was j roeres.-ing so npid'y that the State secretary f-uind several assist ants necessary. In Janm-.r", 18s-7, i' was necessary to hold a called meeting ol the State Alliance iu the Scale, and the cling president having learned that tin Farmers' Union of l.oni-i iiia was an or gauizitiou ha'iug the same cihstiiuiion, ol ''yxU. purpose's and in every way i.len lical except iu nam '. s'-nt a di-h-gute IV in the Texas Alliance t- the meeting id' the Farmers' State Union with a friendly greeting and overtures tending toward a concert of actiotrand au invitation to the Union to send a delegate to the called session of the State Alliance . of Texts The delegate was ceirdially received by the State Unwn, his overtures accepted courteously'and responded to by electing a delegate to the Texas State Alliance and conferring on him full power to re p resent the Louisiana State Union in auy effort to extend the work. From this point on other States came in, and the result, so far as the Southern States are concerned, has beeu given above. The.se Farmers' Alliances in the various States bad variou tit'e- an 1 have still, but at tV f rh vog convention they will undoubtedly udbe merged into ' one organization, to be known as the Na tional larmers' Alliance and Co-operative Union of America, the strongest ag ricultural association of the weirld. The declaration of purposes of the new amalgamation of Farmers' societies to be adopted at this Convention reads ;u fol lows: Profoundly impressed that we. tho farmers of America, who are' united by the strong and faithful ties of financial aud home interests, should, when organ ized into an association, set forth our dec laration of intentions, we therefore re solve, 1. To labor for the education of the agricultural classes in the science of'cJon comic government in a strictly non-partisan spirit, aud to bring about a more per fect union of said classes. 2. That we demand equal rights to all and special favors to none. 3. That we return to the principle of letting the office seek the man, instead of the man seeking the office. 4. To indorse the motto, "In things essential unity, and iu all things chaiity. 5. To develop a better state mentally, morally, socially and financially. 0. To create a better undcrstandinK for sustaining our civil officers in main taining law and order. 7. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony and gooel will to all mankind and brotherly love among ourselves. S. To suppress personal, local, section al and national prejudices, all unheathful rivalry and selfish ambition. 1). The brightest jewels which it gar ners are tears of widows and orphans, and its imperative commands are to visit the homes where lacerated hearts are bleed ing; to assuage the sufferings of a broth er or sister; bury the dead; care for the widows and educate the orphans; to ex ercise charity toward offenders; to con strue words and deeus in their most fav orable light; granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others, and to pro tect the principles of the National Far mers' Alliance and Co-oporative Union until death. Its laws are reason and equity, its cardinal doctrines inspire purity of thought and, life, its inteution is, "Peace on earth antl good will to. man." All this gives but tho barest facts in the history of an organizatii.n as wonder ful iu the rapidity with which it has been built up, in is present vaf-t member ship, in its probability of enormous in crease of membership, as nnythii;:; that was ever recorded. Under what drum call have men ewr mustered so quietly and in such numbers before? So fur the organization has ln-n bat a loose bundle of ideal (.rgM.izaiii.hs. tatls siiek of whiuh lias wlm k d at i's own local abu-vs, and th.it is ai!. At the forthcoming Convention ibis bundle will be strongly corded with the toughest of withe bands like the bundle you see on old coins with the tormdiawk in the cen tre. aud they will l a l.mIi a i..l unit as the Uuiled States themselves. The Knights of Lube r might be used, peiiitici.lly, as a Maud-oil? Ne t at ail. The Knights arid the Farmers are at one. politically. Nay, lucre. .U tlif. same Convention there wiii, in all probability, be proposed an amalgamation of t!o-se two great bodies for all piapose in which their interests are idci.tieal. Then we 'nave as pledged loelnlni (. r vot( Is i: yell like) under one leadi r: Farmers of the A'.iiai ce 2.)iUKi!) Knights of Lilc r 2.V.ulill T tal Stupendous and ',;iiMi.(;t:l! lie lire's! artllt' (.noil Alli'e, spinning Kcsult. Iv! ward Sih'cy. t 'hieco. gives testimony: 'My wife had t'aianh rweiUV-lh. ,::;s; su tiered s verc v tor six uais h !' i" she' ig.oi to ue your ivundy. Unable to breathe except through the un.ii: li; in a most ciitnal cominion, I ro il every thing without relief, when Dr. Stree ter advised her to buy Chuke's Kxtraet of Flax (Papillon) Cataih Cur.?. Relief followed immediately. She ce ritinned to Use it until sho is entirely eured. Her health ha- not been so good in many years. Prieofl.iK). Wash the baby with Clarke's Flax Soap. 25 cents. W. M. Cohe n, druggist, uow has the Flax remedies ou baud. Tt is wond' rfu! to know how many per sons are weariug glasses. The proprietors of B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) are among the foremost business men of Atlanta, Ga. They are men of conscience men of integrity, and men of wealth. F.very tetiimmial found rrrinled in our oanor ihev guarantee te , j8 trutf and genuiu... ' uov 14-lmo,
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