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VOL. XXII.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1891.
NO. 8.
STATE PENSIONS.
CENERAL SUMNER.
DREW HER BELT
THE PEOPLE'S PARTY.
A YEAR OF STORMS.
A BIC SArE-
i
t
IMPORTANT IN FORMATION FOR THOSE
WHO WOULD AVAIL THEMSELVES OF
ITS BENEFITS.
: The law roiirdinv; pensions to disa
bled Confederate veterans, as amended
by the last General Assembly of North
Carolina, is n important legislative doc
ument of profound iuterest to all who
Come within its perview. The requisites
to entitle a man to the benefits of the peu
sion act are that "be must be a bona fide
resident of North Carolina, and must be
incapacitated for manual labor by reason
of wounds received while in the discharge
of his duties as a soldier in the service of
the State of State of North Carolina or
in the Confederate States of America
during the late or between the States, and
to the widow remaining unmarried of
any deceased officer, soldier orsailur who
lost his life while a citizen of the State
or of the Confederate States during the
late war between the States, the follow-
. lng sums, annually, according to the de
gree of disability, ascertained by the fol
lowing grade, viz.- 1st, To such as have
Jreceived a wound which renders them
totally incompetent to perform manual
tabor in the ordinary avocations of life,
l00; 2nd to such as have lost a leg
shove the knee or an arm below the el
ftow, have a leg or arm rendered utterly
taeeloss by a reason uf a wound or perma-
put injury in); .4th to sueli as have lost
e eye, and to all widows remaining tin-
arried, and all other soldiers who are
herwisc disabled to perform manual la
ir by reason of wounds received while
ID the
Confederate service, 82").
It will be necessary that ' the appli
cant must allege and prove that he, or
s!e, lias been for twelve months, immedi
ately preceding his or her application, a
bona fide resideut of North Carolina
That the soldier or sail was enlisted and
served in that capacity, cither in the ser
tice of the State of North Carolina, or in
that of some other State in the Confed
eracy, or in the Confederate States sor
Vice. The time, place antlcireumstanccs
ilj which the wound was received, and
too nature and character of the wound,
particularly its effect in disabling the ap
J plicant for manual labor, must be clearly
htkt forth. Applicants are required to
$ iiake their proofs as full and concise as
wiuiu in wieau I'tmiin, unit
if.PMtnii:in v
r I1A flnmi unrh u ftoliivir.1 ttt inn nr nutm
-rediblo witnesses, and the certificates of
I; fell known medical practitioners, as upon
j, yiese proofs will depend the amount of
IZSjio pension under the classification pro
tided by the statutes."
v f All applications for pensions must "be
r. aleil before the County Hoard of Fen
r ons on or betore the hrst Mouday in
uly 1891," to entitle the petitiou of the
pplicant to consideration duiing the
E current year.
WANTS TO MAKKY.
31
t Tlio W.LlnnUn St. 1,.,. ..k
Jishing a symposium from prominent
ieoplo on how to attain long life. Gen
lingman. of North Carolina, in giving
is opinion among other things says :
"I will be 78 years old in a few day?,
land I am in perfect mental and physical
liealth. I walk about three miles every
t3ay, aud I think I Iikvh ben growic
F'ounger during tho last three years. I
I find that my nails grow faster and tougher,
and the growth of my hair has increased.
think that tho improvement of my
health since 1885 has been largely due
to the use of an extract of tobacco, which
Stimulates tho perspiratory and other
organs and opens up the whole system.
I am a bachelor, but I have wanted to
get married all my life and first fell in
love at five. I have wanted to marry
.since then, and I want to marry now
jnore than ever, but I can't afford it.
I IK) NOTSl't'PKn ANY l.OXCKR.
I Knowing that a cough can be cheeked
in a day, and the first stages of consump
tion broken in a week, we hereby guar
antee Dr. Acker's Euglish Cough Reme
fdy, and will refund the money to all who
. buy, take it as per directions, and do not
a 'tin7 nur fitutmvmnr mwmnt
I h For sale by W. M. Cohen, Dru-rsist.
r.VleldoD,-N. C.
THE REVOLUTIONARY HEROS REMAINS
REMOVED TO (H'll.FORD RATTLE
UROl'.ND.
The remains (and precious little of
that) of General Jeihro Sumner, of Uev
lutionary fame, were taken from their
resting place, the county town of "note
some six or seven miles from Warrenton,
near Jones Springs yesterday the 19th.
The late State Legislature through
the influence of Judge Schenck, made an
appropriation for the purpose of having
the tomb and wlrt of the remains (hat
could be found of General Sumner re
moved to Guilford Court House battle
ground. Yesterday Dr. I). R. Schenck,
of Greensboro, with Hon. Charles Cook,
of our town, with several hands went to
the spot above mentioned and removed
the monument and a few soft bones, all
that was left mortal of this ouce honored
and distinguished uhieftaio,to Warrenton
where the monument was placed on the
cars and the remains in a casket, all to
be forwarded to Greensboro at once.
Gen. Sumner was quite a distinguished
man in his day. General Sumner was
sheriff, as the old record in the Registers
office of this county shows, of
the county o f Bute, which
then embraced Warren county, and sev
eral counties adjacent. He was sheriff
of Bute sometime between the years of
1 7tiS and '715. The monument over his
grave is quite a heavy massive structure,
which was made and erected accordion
to the plan, model, etc , set forth in the
will of his daughter, Mrs. Blount, uf
fit I m i - . i
larooro. I no oesign asset torth in the
will was such as was in that day ereottd
over members of Congress buried in
Washington City. The monument is in
a good state ot preservation, out is very
much discolored by the dark and nnsight
iy uies tmin natures laboratory. It is
to be polished, aud set up iu a conspicu
otis sp it on tho Guilford Rattle ground
to perpetuate the memory of this distiu
guUhcd North Carolinian.
lie died in March liob, and must
have been buried oue hundred and six
years per naps me only instance on
record iu the United States of the re
moval of a body which had been buried
so long.
There is an inscription on one side of
the square base of the tomb which reads
as follows: "To the memory of General
Jt-thro Sumner, one of the heroes of '76 "
Warrenton Letter in Xeu s and Obsi-r-
A IMISTOKFICi; DIALOGUE.
THERE WAS NOTHINll FOR ANY OF THE
FOSTERS, MECCA INCLUDED.
A quiet looking coon entered the post-
office yesterday and bawled out: "Any
mail h'ar for any of the Foster's?"
Mr. rool iu Ins usual quiet manner
said "No."
"Anything for C. C. Foster?"
"No, not anything."
"Anything for Lillie Foster?
"No!"
"Anything for Miranda Foster?"
"No, there is not!"
"Any for Pete Foster?"
"No, not a bit."
"Anything for Kvb Foster?"
"No, nor Jano Foster, Paul
King Foster, Matilda Foster,
Foster
Linda
Foster, Jim Foster, dead, living born or
unborn, native, foreign, civilized or un
civilized, savage, barbarous, male or fe
male, black or white, franchiscd or dis
franchiscd, naturalized or otherwise,
No, I positively say there is nothing for
any of the Fosters, either individually or
collectively."
The coon looked at Mr. Pool in amaze
uicnt and said; "Mister please look and
see if there aint nothing for Rccca Fos
ter?" Charlotte Chronicle.
DR. ACKKK'S UNGL1SII IMI.I.S
Are active, effective and puro. For sick
headache, disordered stomach, loss of ap
petite, bad complexion and billiousness,
they have never been equaled, either in
America or abroad
For sale at W. M. Cohens drugstore,
Weldon, N. C;.
ONE HOLE TIGHTER AND STARTED
THE RACE.
IN
Statistics are said to be dull and stu
pid. That may be true as a general
thing, but when you take an inventory
of your property and find that you are
worth just threo times as much as you
were ten years ago theu figures become
more fascinating than poetry and more
thrilling than oratory.
The South will back us up in these
statements. hen it pulled itself to
gether after the war it found that it had
nothing but bankruptcy mid pluck as
capital in trade. Its motto was, "The
past is nowhere; the future is every-
:re," and it drew its belt oue hole
tighter and started in the race.
The statistics which represent progress
are as exhilirating and cheering as old
wine. Its coal output twenty years ago
was about two million tons; now it is
nearly eighteen, million tons. Iu 1880 it
thought it was rushing along at a break
neck speed because it had erected mills
on its streams and manufactured one
hundred and eighty thousand bales of the
cotton it had raised, but in 1890, only
ten years later, it manufactured five hun
dred thousand bales and made contracts
for more mills.
Before the war the sleepy negro lay iu
the sun on top of iron mines whose value
was only suspected. Agricullure ab
sorbed the people's attention and they
let the negro sleep t n. Now the mines
are worked, the bonanza has been uncov-
red, dreams of wealth have become an
inspiration; the roar ot tbefi'g. the hum
of macbiuery ate heard everywhere, and
old Pennsylvania is beginning to tremble
in her boots as she surveys her vigorous
and daring rival.
The Soulh has rolled up its sleeves
and proposes to be rich again richer
than ever. It has all the natural re
sources which attract capital and enter
prise. Young men from the North on
the lookout for a career are making in
vestments there, helping to develop the
country, and they always receive a warm
welcome. The tides of population, kept
apart so long, are mingling their waters,
aud unless the politicians raise a row
there won t be any North or any South
tweuty years from now, and in their tead
we shall have a united, contented aud
prospirous country.
Therefore, hang the politicians and
let the good work go ou, New York
JhralU.
ini)cii:i;t.
It is not difficult to imagine that the
goddess of liberty smiled gently and in
dulgently as they made their way up the
walk to the capitol. Aud when the
entered the hall where the whispering
gallery is, the sight seers all seemed to
pause as if they had heard Cupid flap his
wings. The moment of interest didu't
seem to attract them much aud at last
they found a cozy nook behiud in a corner
where tho crowd could not jostle them
and where they were safe from even the
stare of the stairway's marble eyes.
"Darling, he whispered, "wo are at
last alone. You have told me often, but
I want to hear it again. Tell me that
you love me."
Her lips parted, but as he awaited her
reply tl.eie cuuiu the words iu a hoarse
brutish voice,
"You can bet your life I do !''
They looked once into each othcr'i
startled faces and fled They had struck
the whispering gallery and there was an
audience at the other end ot the line.
Specimen Cases.
S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis , was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was effected to an alarming degree
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh aud strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Kdward Shepherd, llarrisburg, 111,
had a running sore on his leg of eight
years' standiug. Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
len s Arnica Paive, ana ins leg is soum
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, Ohio
had five large Fever sores on his leg
doctors said he was incurable. One bot
tie Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold
at W. M. Cohen's drugstore.
Til E ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY
COM PLETEI).
l.-t That, in view of the great social,
industrial and economical revolution now
dawning on the civilized world, and the
new and living issues confronting the
American people, we believe that the
time has arrived for the crystalization of
the political reform forces of our country
and the formation of what should be
known as the People's Party of the
United States of America.
2nd. That we most heartily endorse
the demands of the platforms as adopted
at St Louis, Mo., in 1889, Ocala, Fla.,
in 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in 1891, by
industrial organizations there represented
summarized as follows: The right to
make and issue money is a sovereign
power to be maintained by tho people
for their common benefit, hence we de
mand the abolition of the National banks
as banks of issue, and as a substitute for
the National bank notes we demand that
egal tender treasury notes be issued in
sufficient volume to transact the business
uf the country on a cash basis, without
damage or especial advantage to any class
or calliii", such notes to be leal tender
in payment of all debts pub!ic and pri
vate, and such notes when demanded by
the people shall be loaned to them at no
more than 2 per cent per annum upon
uou perishable products as indicated in
the sub treatury plan and also upon real
state with proper limitation upon quan
tity of land and amount of money; We
lemand free and unlimited eoiuage of
silver; We demand the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership of land and
that Congress take prompt action to de
vise some plan to obtain all lands now
owned by alien and foreign syndicates,
and that all lands held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of such as is
actually used and needed by them be
reclaimed by tho Government and held
for actual settlers only; Believing the
doctriue of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none, we demand that taxa
tion, National, State or municipal shall
not be used to build up one interest or
class at the expense of another. We
demand that all revenues, National, State
or county shall be limited to the neces
sary expenses of the Government econom
ically and honestly administered; We de
mand a just and equitable system of grad
uated tax on income; We demand a most
rigid, honest and just national control
and supervision of the means of public
communication and transportation, and,
if this control and supervision does not
remove abuses now existing, we demand
Government ownership of such means
of communication and transportation; We
demand the election of President, Vice-
President and the United States Sena
tors by the direct vote of the people.
3rd' That we urged the attendance of
all progressive organizations on the con
ference called for February, 22nd, 1S92,
by six of the leading reform organiza
tions.
4th. That a National Central Commit
tee be appointed by this conference, to
be composed of a chairman, to be elected
by the body, and of threo members for
each State represented, to be named by
each State delegation.
at h. lhat this Central committee
shall represent this body, attend the Na
tioual conference on February 22nd,
1892, and if possible unite with that and
all other reform organizations there as
sembled. If no satisfactory arrange
ment can be effected, this committee shall
call a national convention not later than
June 1st, 1892 for the purpose of oom
inating candidates for President and
Vice-President.
Stand Your (i round.
When you make up your mind to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla, do not be iudueed to
buy some other preparation instead. Cloiks
may claim that "ours is as good as
Hood's" and all that, but the peculiar
merit uf Hood's Sarsaparilla canuot be
equalled. Therefore have nothing to do
with substitutes and insist upon having
Ho i'l's S .rs.ip.iiill.i, the best blood puri
fier and building up mcdiciac.
WEATHER SHARP FOSTERS Di.SCOrilAU
INO PREDICTION AND HIS REASONS
THEREFOR.
Beginning with the first week in May
of this year aud eudiug with the last week
in June 1892, will constitute the great
est storm period since 1 S'j2- 3:5, and it
will be at its greatest force during the
coming winter. The winter will set in
early and with its unusual cold and ercat
snows and blizzards will be what is term
ed a very hard winter. These winter
storms will begiu in tho Northern tier of
States with great severity in October, and
an early winter, very severe all over the
continent, will follow. The force of the
storms will increase very gradually, and
tho May storms will not be so marked as
those later on. We will probably have an
occasional tornado, but destructive storms
will not attract general attention till after
June 8, when the great battle of the
elements will begin in earnest, and every
month will begin its noted storms.
June is not always a month of great
storms, but it will be this year, and should
my predictions be .verified as to that
month the public will give more atten
tion to what I have said as to the eleven
months that follow it. October and No
veruber are the months that usually
bring the tropical hurricanes that are
sometimes very disastrous on the
Gulf of Mexico and occasionally do dam
age as far north as Tennessee and Arkan
sas. The great hurricanes that visited
the lower Mississippi and the coast of
the Gulf of Mexico in 1 8."J2-H will be
repeated next October and Novembet
Wherever you find an old man who fol
lowed flat-boating on the Ohio and Mis
sissippi river in 1832-3 you will find an
oracle who can reveal much history about
the hurricans of the lower Mississippi
river at that time. Portions of Florida
were greatly damaged by tho hurricanes
sixty years ago.
The causes of this period of great dis.
turbances will be the equinox of Saturn
in October and tho equinox of Jnpiti
next January. Jupiter's equinox occur
red in August and Saturn's in Octoh
1832, and hence the great stoims of that
and the year following. The equinoxes
of these planets cause great electric dis
turbances in our solar system just as do
the equinoxes of our earth in March
and September, but on a larger scale,
Electricity is the force that causes all
storms, and the sun and all the planets
throw an electric force far into space
over their equators, as does the electro
dynamo, aud consequently when any
planet passes its equinoctial the electro
tension of the suu and of that planet
are disturbed, and wmutaneously the
electric force of every planet in the solar
system is unbalanced, which effects the
eleciric currents of the earth. Daily
News.
A 1.A VICTOR 111 (.).
This is the work of a Georgia editor
in imitation of ictor Hugo. It is far
better than an editorial on tho size uud
strength of the Italian navy :
'Tis night:
In Shermantown.
The moon is overcast
Bully for tho uiuou.
Lycurgus and Opedildoc.
Two cats
Thomas cats
Appear on the woodshed roof.
Lycurgus, with tail unfurled and glar
ing eye-balls, euines on with back uplifted
and yawls portentous.
Ditto Opedildoc.
Now immortal gods look on I
They buckle to I
Spit! Spat! Spiff!
Biff!
Hark I
A window is lifted and a wild-eyed
man appears with musket in hand
Bang ! I
Scampers Lycurgus and Opedildoc
from the woodshed roof, crying:
'Savon !
"Saved !"
But the man oh! where was he?
Kicked clear across the hall into the
next room.
Musket hadn't beeu ured since the
wa
Finis.
HE 01'1'NED
IN WILSON Clil N'I V
In the North Western
.,tioo
Wilson county eight miles from
Vilsoti,
and extending into Nash, there hasv
lain
fur many years a deposit of rich iron
The deposit is ten or twelve miles hip
and varies from a hundred feet to a milt
in width. Its depth is unknown. Du
ring the civil war in 18G3-64 it was
worked by Messrs. Tappy & Lumsdi n.
of Petersburg, Va , for the Confederate
Government. The ore was used in
building iron-clad vessels, etc , and gave
entire satisfaction. On account of lack of
facilities for procuring coal it was oostly
work aud was abadoned at the close of
the war. Since that time the property
has lain idle and no attempt made to
work it. We are reliably informed that
not long since, through tho negotiations
of Mr. Colin McNair, that portion of the
the propeity known as tho Matthews
Iron Mine, was sold to a party of Pitts
burg, Pa , capitalists, for several thousand
dollars. Profs. Emmans and Kerr, State
Geologists, have examined this property
and pronounced it rich in quality and
quantity. Other experts have reudcred
a like verdict. The purchasers, we learn,
are prosecuting inquiries as to the right
way for a railroad from this place to their
property. We hope to be able to an
nounce at an early day that the mines
have been re opened, giving employment
to many of our people Wilson Alliance,
"SHALL WOMliN WOO!"
"There are few problems of special
interest to women, and therefore to all
the world (of which woman is the autocrat)
about whuh Kate Fie'd has something
to say that is worth hearing. She is now
trying to solve the problem, "Shall wo
men woo?" and here are a few of her
strokes: According to our rather curious
system it is perfectly consistent with hu
man dignity to ask another for honor,
affection, devotion all the most precious
thiugs in life but it is not permitted to
be indebted for material necessities. In
a nominal state of society man is tho
bread winner, and can ask a woman to
share his loaf without loss of self-respect.
Suppose, however, the proposal of mar
riage devolves upon the woman? She is
placed in the awkward position of a sup
pliant for material benefits. Why this
should be igoomiuious is by no means
easy to explain, but who will vcuture to
dispute the facts?
Compare the mental constitution of the
two sexes. Here it would seem for a
moment as if so de'icate an office might
be given to women. A man reaches a
decision by a process of reason, while a
women jumps to it by the simpler and
director method of intutiou. No one
pretends to urge that t ason is of any use
at all iu the direction of tho affections.
But on the other hai i, woman lacks to a
marked degree the mental quality of sin
g!e mindeduess. As she reconsiders her
answers, and so has made proverbial 'a
woman s no, Bhe might take to reconsid
ering her suit, which would lead to all
sorts of embarrassments.
HUMAN INSTINCT.
So powerful is human instinct, that
come of its suggestions become embodied
iu social and household customs. The
people know and feel that at the begin
ning of the spring seasou the system needs
an alterative and a purifying tonio and
stimulant. In all parts of the country it
is custom for the housewife to dose her
brood with sassafras tea. Among the .
simple remedies that our ancestors em
ployed, this decoctiou has continued to
hold its own. The demand for a spring
alterative aud tonic, however, is filled
more efficaciously by S. S. S, which is
itself as simple as nature's remedial med
icine should be. It purifies the blood,
cleanses and i-trengthens the system, and
prepares tho human machine to stand the
wear of the summer months.
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN'S IRON BITTER?
;aluahle iron mineu
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