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GLUME XI
WILMINGTON, NQETH CAROLIN Ay SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9-1879.
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WILMINGTON
Tost, Wilmington, N. C.
Hoi. Taos. J. JarvH
was
raujrurflt-
ed" Governor of North Ca
rolina on
Welned:yj last. , We publish below
Irsinauruil addrei?s,Jn full
two do this
oeca ne m our opinion it is wq
r.th a care.
fill purusil by our j si
ubscr
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; CrDverii ir JarvH, cirries out in full the
promises th vt he has 'made in this ad
d res v he v.iil m :ike t la " b c s G o v ef n o r
North C.irlina l.ai had i
h the past
tHirty yea'-ijand .his re-efecti
n to the
oTiie'u-'.ll l) 3 almost cert iin.
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irJACGUitAL ADDEESB.
Feij.ow Ci tizes's : -A ti
n
hou-
ored custom Tea aires tttai i
loulJ, on
assuming the datjea of (bhief
executive
e.ssion of
o.t the o;.itq, give .somq.. exp
niv views onrpubhc aftaJrs. I
h yielding
to this custom todav, Ikhall lbe as brief
us the su bjects upon which I shall touch
will permit. - As I am simuty tilling
cut the termfoi an.'admiir.strataon which
wis Ic'un and ' couiiniaed si
well, it
will not be my purpose to
(j eucral A sjse m b I y lonially,
in posse-sion of so ex'.iau stive
address a
which is
a nessage
from my predecessar.! Yet, as I speak
to-dav at their request; aud
by their
courtesy, as well as in accor
with my
.own inclinations, l will m
ike some
Suggestions it. tended .fok their special
cotisideratiau. ; !
Viovemment has its blessin
gs and its
Lijifdens. Qood laws properlyT adminis
tered constiitute its blessings.
The tax-
ation nece3ary to its suppor
dus. iluy to make its bh
its bur
stings as
great, and Its burdens iis gm:.ll as pos
'.b!, should be the earnest, constant
study of all to whom the people have
commuted their interests, either as ma
kers or ministers of the law. This study
I should embrace the substance as well
as the shadow, and if it is as searching
us. iti should
be, it will not disdain to
look
carefully after the little matters.
hi fact, the
little things should receive
care and attention of the
the speeiali
, public official,. It is here in my opin
l on, that those who really wish to prac
tice economy and lighten the burdens
of the people, can be most successful.
And yet, because of their seeming ua
: impbrtancei, these little amounts are so
often overlooked or indifferently ex-
:itjinpil. ft 'is tot nftpn said, kvhat is .1
huiidred dollars to a irreat ffokernment
ca t
like the United States jr ten dollars to
a great Stae like North Carolina or a
dollar to a great county ike f , and
yet it is the aggregate of these very
iteics that swell the disbursement ac
counts "of hese governments to their;
milliontlieir huudreds of tjliousands
and their, thousands. The lime was
when hi naking cqntrabt3 foe the gov
eminent ihe agent
exercised
the same
Care aud economy as if he was spend
ing his cwn money
true economy and thq burdens of the
ligut. Now witlj some it
has become; unfashionable to
standi on'
a ft-W dollars and undignified to look
alterjthese Jittle things and the man
who attempts it is by Tsome cilled pe
nuridua :an4 laughed at tis 'an 3ld fogy.
The people are as much interested in
how. their agents perform their duties a
they ire ihjwhat they pjay the m. iad
.he retreiicner, whose purpos e it1 is to
serve the people and not to make a little
cheap notoicty of himself, w 11 devote
.himself earnestly anil impartially to the
work! of publishing to the people how
the public ofBcial does iis work as well
what lie is paid. It he is found to De
faithl'uj' in jthe performance A' all his
dut'Cs, cautious and prudent in his cou'
'tracts and Always on the lookout to save
even doilajr lojr the people ht possibly
can "the p'cpple ought to kno w it. Ou
the other hdud if he is loliind wasteful or
extravagan orl negligent or c orrupt or
,rn any way unjit'o.r'unfaithfulMt ought
to'be knowij and publisbed. For after
all this quctibn of practical retrench
, ment and economy rests with the peo
ple. They j choose the officials. Upon
their choice turns the jwhole question.
it they choose proper men tuey stcure
practical eebnomv. Therefore it is that
.the people! are entitled to I
-whole truth what a man do
as what he: gets so that w
inow tne
js as well
ten they
come to mike their choice
servants the"v mav act ktkowin
if public
iy.
The public mind has recently become
greatly excited upon this question of
retrenchment. It is no new question
witn me. I nave ueeu
laboring for it
lor tenTvears. I have
studieid, talked
i Under its ban-
tvr it and practiced it,
t
uers I havercalled the
beopl tora!ly.
T U r wnrshinnpd at its Ahrine and I
believe it isj for my devo-tion tb its cause
for it is the people's cause that I am
to-dkv so richly rewarded- Ip will al
wayi'be one oi the cardinal principles
ot fiv political creed, and must be o
any I 'political party! with which I act.
ljut il want the substance and not the
shadow the genuine and noti the false'.
v-T-I ..." i.j i l Li.i j i. 1. :
I Cannot and will not
yield to this'cry
p Uzq economy that s
of pj'ogress.jundoes wha
to. help the farmers aid
:ops the wheels
has been done
cripples the ef
forts of thei State to ed!
ucate fthe rising
generation-1 There -are
upon which depend the
and jjlory of the State.
gread interests
... "
utu re greatness
A wise states
there, shall ba no decrease in the appro
priations for the Normal and Common
schools' It would be unwise to strike
down the Department of Agriculture or
to paralyze its energies. Tnis Departs
ment was created but two years ago. It
was the first orgauized t ffort by the
Btate to foster and aid the great agri
cultural interest." That its workings
should as yet be imperfect and its ben
efits but dimly seen is not surprising.
But when the plan of its operations is
better matured and the, farmers have
taken hold of it more cordially,1 I hope
to see vTeat benefits fl iw from it to the
(arm nig interests of the State upon
which rests every other Interest. I speak
of these matters because they have al
ready I ce attacked by this cry ot false
tcori' my. : V
l i e property of the State is tixed to
feupp-it the btate govtrumeut and tor
iht; uj'jjort of the cuuaty governments.
Ti'v u Hole amount of tax collected from
the property for Stat purposes, incluv
diug the tax for .the support of the AsyV
lucis for the Insane, for .the Deaf, the
Dumb and the Blind, and the Peniten
tiary, Avas as shown by the last Auditor's
report last year $434,732.45. The ag
gregate amount of tax collected from
the same property a3 shown by the same
report to support the several county
governments proper was $1,024,459 3D.
Add to this the county tax lor school
purposes $37 '43.04, and we have $1,
331 02,43 tax collected for county Jjur
piwc. Tnere was! $917,369.98 inure
collected fur county purposes than tor
State purposes.' The people pay annu l
aily r;e irly a milliou of dollars more to
the t oufities than to the State. Their
burdens imposed by the counties are
three times greater than those imposed
by i ho State. Where the burden is
heaviest is the place where the burdened
most rscfd helpj1 But the relief given
here cannot be' so easily shown to the
relieve.l,.and hence this broad field. for
retrenchment isj I fear., too much neg.-.
letted. Aud yet a dollar saved here is.
worth just as much to the people as if
it could be demonstrated shown ; by
palpable facts. "
- One of the chit f items of expense in
these county governments is the admin
istration of the criminal law. . The wit
ness tickets and officers' costs paid by
the counties embrace small amounts
but thfe aggregate i3 great. I will here
make three suggestions by which I think
money may be saved to the tax payer
without any detriment to the public
good : First, By simplifying the forms
of all bills of indictment. How often
is it the case that a solicitor in the hur
ry and pressure of the court fails to put
in hia bill a "not," a "said," or an
"aforesaid" with which our bills of ini
dictmj'nt bristle so frightfully. Wit
nesscs are sunpoenaed and attend from
court to court officers' fees and costs
accumulate and when tirBrtal is had
the bill is quashed or judgment arrested.
The result is a guilty man escapes and
the county has a big bill oi costs to pay.
We need a statute which enacts.
That every bill of Indictment which
charges in words sufiiciently clear with
out regard to form the Qffence foi which
the defendant is to be tried so that he
can know the charge he is to meet,'shall
be held by the courts to be good."
Second, By giving justices of the peace
power to try and determine certain peU
y cases upon proper complaint so as to
argely reduce our crowded State dock-.
et. But it ought to be expressly forbid
den for the county to pay anyxosts inW
curred in any trial before any justice of
tne peace wnere ne taxes nnai junsaic-
lon. Third, By making Jt mandatory
by statute, that, in a certain class oi
cases, the solicitor shall not send a bill
of ind'etment before the grand jury
withouo endorsing thereou a prosecutor
and that the judge shallhave the powter
in an cases ana at any time oeiore judg
ment to direct the solicitor so to'dO: r
The tendency of legislation in thl
state since the war has been to create
a larg number of mere statutory of
fences to protect private rights which
were formerly redressed by ciyil suits.
Iniurv to real estate, injury to personal
property, injury to live stocic entering
upon lands after heing forbidden to do
so. removing or destroying mortgaged
property, removing crop by tenants
bef'Jre rents and charges are paid and
the ike, are some of them. The public
is not interested in this class oi cases
aud the counties ought hoc to have the
cost o pay. Then too, when a man
resorts to the criminal law, as is olten
the case, to harass and annoy his neigh
bor, and it so appears to the court, the
taxpayer ought to be protected against
the cosis in such cases.
I think these modifications in our
system of administering the criminal
law coupleu with a rigid scrutiny ot
every bill of costs to be paid by the
county before it is allowed, ;"wi.U save
to the tax payers, an average ot one
thousand dollars to the county, per
annum.. In some counties it will be
more, in many less. If I am correct,
this will give a net saving to the people
of $94,000 every year. But if I am
too hisrh in my estimate, and it shall
be reduced one-half, then it .will
amount to $47,000. " ' i
This question of costs paid by the
counties in proceedings in criminal
cases is of much more importance than
one who has never investigated the sub
iect is likely to suppose. ' But add to
this the f no, uuu paid annuauy ijor tne
maintenance and , custody oi tne con
victs, and one may well say Mthe crime
of the country is eating up the property
ot the country." The suDject is wen
worthy of the thoughtful consideration
of the tar naver and the'ietrencher. k
It is the Drt of, wisdom aid sound
economy to make this crime contribute
as much as possible to develppe ana,
increase the yajue of that property
wnicht so" heav1! taes i
one I desire the declaration to go iorin
now to a'd;men that they will find it to
their inteiest. as well as their comlort.
to live by honest toil and labor. The
man who commits crime expecting to
live in idleness wnue in tne csoqy o
tii a law will, so tar as I am concerned
fin, htk haa made a ereat mistake.
he never knew what hard work was.the
state win teach. 1 have no patience
7ith crime or idleness, and a provision
of law to hire out, by county authori
ties, persons who commit crime and
will not voluntarily work to pay for it.l
will, in my opinion, ! tend to lessen
crime i and relieve the burdens that
rest upon honest men. ! 1 : t
We j have already I accomplish ad
enough with this convict labor to teach;
us that it properly used we can make it
an important factor in developing the'
wealth and resources of the state. With
it we have slowly but steadily climbed" :
the moiintam Mde, hlung here an im-j
mense gorge ai.d there making a huge!
excavation til) a splendid pissvay .h,tsj
been ntadc ijr .the locom tive, tvasrei
but a few years ago the: Way was .ui-i'
passable i-.ir.nian or beast. - Wi.tu it w!
have removed barrier.- that rjs uj ' in'
our way moyi.iaiu high, aud w u a in'ay
:re too lugo to bo hc-tteU w o u-U
through thuui. Witn it the uugiuetr,;
Passing uader the rery backbone of
the mighty Biue Itidge, will, "ia a few
appear on the western slope to
mate glad the hearts of thosp whose
hopes Uaye s loiig been deierred.
In adduiou to this great work, which
I wish to see pushed forward a rapid-
y as possible, there are: other enter.
prises for the development'ofthe wealth
of the state in which this labor mav
be beneficial! employed, i The railroad
from Fayette vi Ho to Ejypt, in vvmch
she has a l.irrii" iuterest, claiu-s our at '
teutionl The stale's interest in thisToad
should be secured, and theu ihe road
with thb couvict labor extended up the
eriile vaMev of the Yadkin into tue
ricti mineral deposits of the nurLb-west.
wheu tnis is completed the force may
be withdrawn aud with it extend the
road frdm. Fayetteviile to Wilmington
-thus civing railroad facilities to a
arge portion of our people, aud greatly
increasing the wealth aud prosperity of
:ne sections turotigu whisa it passes.
There are several short ; lines of pro-
ected railway on which this labor may
be profitably employed. Tnoundiids ol
acres ot lands, in ttiei'easlern coin ties
through which ib.3 hxvjt f .v i u jw
igi his we.iry fligUl, bV, neel the
cauals, j which can be cheaplv con
structed by this-labor, to malie them
contribute rich harvests to raeir own
ers, and much to the aggre.j ite -; wealth
of the state. I
Bat id the e hjloyaiat! of this labor
there are certain priniplei of business
and state policy that ought to, be ob
served, i It ousht to by firm.d out
where it will be kept ac:ual! y at work.
and never ajlowed to be i lie. The
great works upon which it is m st like
ly to be employed will not be complet
ed in years to come. In our impover
ished condition the process of con
struction and development will neces
sarily be slow. What we do now oM -hi
to be so; done that those who are to di
rect and control years hence may
wisely build upon the foundation lai'l
by us. But above all, it ought to b.
used to enrich. North (Jarolina, to
build up her cities and towns jand to
make more valuable her lands by con-'
structing lines of travel aud ways of
rransportation which tend .in that di
rection, and which conserve a North
Carolina Policy and a North Carolina
System.
I very much doubt if these ends can
best be obtained by farming out the
convicts by legislative enactment
When it is done in this way there is
no power to change it till the legisla
ture meets again, although there may
be manliest reasons why there should
be a change. A better plan, it seem to
me, is orgauize a Board of Internal In
provemeuts, which may be cmposvd
of certain state officers and certain
members of the now existing Bustrd'.
which may be gone without any ext a
costs to the state. Give this Bard
sole power to farm out the cunvic s lr
the best iuterest of the slate, under such
rules and regulations as may be pr -
scribed by law. Such a Buard Will - b
free from local innueuces, aud I nave
ho doubt, can make better contracts for
the state than are secured by the pre
sent system. This Board can also hear
and determine all complaints as to
treatment oi convicts or alleged failure
in' compliance with the terms ot the
contract. ! I
A common in interest; and a com
moo patriotism require every citizen" of
the state to contribute all he can to
the development of her resources, and
the increase of her wealth. Did I say
a common merest les. it can oe
demonstrated upon the simplest prin
ciples ot political economy that the
tanner m Curu'tuck is pecuniarily in
terested in an increase in the value of
lands. of Oherokee. Tne poorest; tax"
payer in Buncombe is interested in
seeing Kaleigh grow to be a great and
wealthy city; ttaieigh in a-ung Beau
fort and Wilmington put on a new era
of prosperity, and all in seeing CIieus
iotte, maintain her steady step to
wealth; and what is true of these sec
tions is true of every section and 'its
people. The taxable property of the
state, as shown by the last report of the
ja.uuitor, is Qip,nJ,tVd. iu raise a
enough moriey from this property for
state purposes requires a tax of twenty-
a . i . a. oil ii htm m i ' nj- A
nine and two thirds, cents on each
hundred dollars worth of property.
riow suppose, nv constructing nign
ways that lead to our own cities and
towns, by encouraging our own people
in their eflorts to develope the manu
facturing interest of ihe state, by foster
inz our own trade and commerce and
bv a iust and equi system of valuation,
we could in a lew years double the
taxable value of the property of the
Rtatft and it mav' be done. It is not
perfectly clear that any ,one individual
no matter in what Section he resides,
would only have to pay half as much
tax on the same property then as now,
for as you increase the value of the pro
pertv to be taxed, the amount of money
to be raised remaining the same, you
decrease in like proportion the amount
each hundred dollars worth c that pro
perty has to pay,
Rut this common interest and com
mon batriotism not only require the
construction of our lines of commuuica
tion so that they lead to our own cities
and towns, bnt they require that our
people shall patronize them. While
I am free to admit that ; the trade and
commerce of the state cannot b3 con
trolled by legislation without injury to
many of our best citizens, I at the same
time insist that j if the shipper in
Raleigh or Charlotte can get an outlet
on our own coa3t on a3 good terms as
he can by ag-oute that tends to build
up cities and towns of other states he ia
in duty bound to give North Carolina
th preference, i ? : ;:. V "-; l L
t5o when our people can buy at home
as cheaply' as they can abroad, they
ought to encourage their home mer
chants, thtir home mechanics, their
h ;me manufacturers and every enter
prise of their own state. All petty
jealousies and rivalries - between iu
duties and sections 'which tend to
ke- p one down because it may outstrip
another ought to cease, and as the
devoted children of . one grand old
mother, we ought to" labor together to
J help each other ao to m?X$ Her pros-
peruus and irreat.
I hope I will pardoned for an allu
sion to; myself ou this occasion.; In tny
childhood I read about the Governor
of Nortih Carolina :and invested him
with the highest honors that befall
mankind. As I toiled and labored on
the little farm by the sideof the sea, in
noble old Currituck, I wondered if it
were possible for mi eveir to reach that
high and exalted position.
The prospect then seemed gloomy,
but I said I wi'l try. Guided in all
things by the lessons of honesty and
integrity taught me by a pioui mother
and a ho y father, aided by devoted
and generous friends and iavored by a
nople and chivalrous people, !, have to
day reached the goal of my youthful
ambition, and am about to enter upon
the discharge of the duties of that of
fice which then seemed so far away out
of my reach. Now it is mine by the
free gift o the people,-but I still think
it is an honor bt which . the greatest
and best of men may b proud. Al-
though it; comes by indirection and by
what some may1 call accident, I think it
none the less great. I am aware of
the fact that while his position confers
upon me sm h great distinction it at
the same lime places upon me grave
responsibilities Now my ambition is
to so meet these responsibilities as to
merit the approval of the people. To
this end all that 1 have and am shall
be unreservedly dedicated. All that I
do shall be done with an eye single to
the public good and with entire impar
tiality. The humble and the weak
shall have the protection, in all their
Jrights, of the strong arm" ot the law.
The strong and mighty must obey its
;mandatev And in all things as far as
in me lies I will try to so discharge
iny duties that the people will feel as
little as possible heir loss of the great
jm an who to day urrejnders into my
hands the important trust they com
wilted to him.
j Yqi ds"ToBoy s
j l would keep "better hours," if I
were a boy again, that is, I would go
to bed' earlice than most boys do.
Nothing gives more mental and bodily
yigcr than sound rest when properly
appiied. Sleep is our great replenish-
er
T
and if we neglect to take it regular,
in childhood, all the Worae for us
when wc row up.
If we go
to bed
early we ripea; if we sit up late, wa
decay; ane sooner or later we" contract
a diseaese called insomnia, allowing it
tolbe permanently fixed upon us, and
liM we begin to decay, even in youth.
Lite hours are shawdowi. from the
grave. . ' r
1 If I were a boy again I would prac
tice perseverance oftener, and never
give up a thing because it was hard cr
nconvenient to do it. It we want
ig'ht we must conquer darkness.
When I think of mathematice I blush
it ;the recollection of how olten I "gave
u"j year ago. Anere is no trait more
valuable than a determination to per-
severe when the right thing is to oe
accimpli3ned. We are inclined to
give up too easily in trying, or unpleas
ant situations, and the point I would
establish with myself, if the choice was
again within ray grasp, would be never
to relinquish my hold on a possible
success if mortal strength or brains in
my case were adequate to the occasion.
That was a capital lesson which a
learned Professor taught one of; his
students in the lecture room after some
chemical experiment. The lights had
been put out in the hall, and by ac
cident, some small artilce dropped on
the floor from the rrpfessor s hand.
The Professor lingered behind, endeavoring-to
pick it up. "Never mind,"
Said the student; "it js of rp; consequ
ence to-night whether we find ltorno.r
VThat is true," replied the. Professor ;
"but it is of grave consequence to me,
as a principal, that I am not foiled in
my determination to fand it." Per
severance can sometimes equal genius
iu ua Jesuits. uu.j inu
creatureSj savs the eastern proverb,
'who oan surmount the ' pyramids-r-the
eagle and the snail" Jas, T.
Fields.
I William Lloyd Garrison has- received I
many communications irom tne ooutn
approving his recent letter declaring
the South disloyal in spirit and despotic
in purpose, and calling for a solid North
to rheet H rjy' equal solidity." AmoDg
these is one from a trustworthy Georgia
gentleman, who declares : "The South
has been made solid by ruthlessly
trampling under foot the most sacred
rights of citizenship. Freedom of speech,
and the press is not tolerated. The
sanctity of the ballot-box is not re
garded, Honest elections are unknown.
lien ure ostracised, exiled, and mur
dered on account of their political opin
ions. The mission of the Bepublican
party will not be accomplished until
these great wrongs are nguteo."
Mr. Henry E. Scott, our faithful ! Rep
resentative offered the following bill in
the House of Eepresentatives.
W-l':':.' : A ILL.
H. B. 191, Entitled an act to authorize the
commissioners of the several counties in
tbi State to refund special tax.
Tne Geneial Assembly of JSorth. Carolina
do enact.
r Sec 1. That the commiasiners of the sev
eral coon ties of the Mate of North Carolina
ue and. the same are hereby authorized, in
all cases where the pay ment. of the (special
tax, known as the privi ege tax has been
made by: merchants or tra era In this State
sipte January 1st 1879. repay the same to
Baid merchants or traders.
Sec. 2 Thai this act naU be in force from
and after its ratification.
House Kill 194, .was called from tie calen
dar, and reported on by the committee un-i
mvoraoiyv
; &EHABKS OF MS. SCOTT Oil TQR BILL.
Me. Speakek t ! '-I regret sir, exceedingly
that the committee to whih ttxm ttul was
referred, have in their wihd m seen proper
tor-portaverety tcutbu ame. And lr,
asau act of justice to a iart;e po tion of the
ba8ine3 menofihesttt'eof 'orih. Carodua,
I asfc tne jiasageif the bill.
..My reasjms t-ir, lor introducinct this bill
were nt . pariizau. I had received irm
many of tne business men of thecliy of wii
miagtun and thr seUous of this St-nt
letters stating tuat since January let 1879,
they: had. ai this unjust S'ecia tax. .And
asking as in reas 'n: iney vrl mijrnt, thai
this General Assembly pass an acuauLhO'iz-lngtbec'mmi-sio
-ers-of nevanouscoanties
in the state to refund tn mine, aud place
them on the same looting, with those who
had not paid r.he tx, arnl ever rel eved" by
the repeal tif the act requiring its pay mt ut
an act by t he w - y that should never h v
fonnd its way n the statu' e Bo-ks of this
6tatrf. Kow -Irjusuce to all demands tna
passage of ihis bill, and if w refu-r to pss
it we virtually induce taxpayt-rs in ur
state to be Vardy inithe payment of their
taes with the hope that tney will find re
lief from legisia ive ena tments. Noto ly
sir, do we do that, but we directly infli -t a
punishment on the prompt, payings tax
payers of ou- state, ana notwithstanding
he f.ctbat th t'ommittee rec mmendeti
that the bill do na pass.- I tiust. there is
sufficient sense of justice and of right upou
tnis fi or to give the bill the considera
tion it merits, to authorize the repayment
of this tax to those who had paid it prior to
the repeal if the acr. And may n law so
unjust, uneq ial and unfair ever again find
a oiace on tne statutes of the O.d Worih
Statu. 4 '
1 un motion the bill was tabled, Mr Pcott
calling the yeas aud nays, the mil Republi
can vote recorded against tabl-ing, Uemo
crat vo e for tableing, with three or four
exceptions.
Dear Post. Thus ends another chapter
in the unparleled intereest of Democracy,
iu .thei welfare oi toe citizens of vurth
Carolina. If all our members were as
faithful and so true to the interest of their
coui-iitnerts as Mr. Scott, North Carolina
wou'd behlessed.
I A WlL3tiyGTON MEECHAKT.
,1 A Wire's Faith. j
In one of the towns of England there
is a. beautiful little chapel, and a very
.touching story is told in connection
with it. ' It was built by an infidel. He
had a praying wife, bur he would not
listen to her, would not allow her pas
tor even to take dinner with them,
would hot look at the Bible, wouln nos
allow religion even to be talked of.
She made up her mind, seeing she
could not influence him by her voice,
that every day she would pray to God
at twelve o'clock for his salvation. She
said nothing to him, but every day at
that hour she told the Lord -about her
husband. At the end of twelve months
there was no change in him. But she
did not give up, Six menths more
went past. Her faith began to waver
and she said: Will I have to give
him up at last? Perhaps when I am
deadi He will-, answer my prayers."
When she had got to that point, it
seemed just as if God had got her where
he wauted her. The man came home
fo dinner one day. She was in. the dining-room
waiting for him, but he didn't
come in. She waited some time, and
fiually looked for him all through the
house.; At last she thought of going
nto the little room where she had
prayed so often. There he waarpraying
at the same bed, with agony, where
she haa praytd for so mauy months,
asking forgiveness tor his sins. Aud
this is a lesson to you wives who have
iufidel husbands. " The Lord saw that
woman's lakh and auswertd her pray
ers; Moody's Stories.
Old Thomas Lord, who raised such a.
rumpus a year ago by marrying a beau-
liui and bloomiuir widow. Airs. An net e
Hicks, is lying ' Ufu his death bed at
his home m JSew Y'rk. ills wiie is
his constant and iatlit'ul .ttleudani.
Her womanly course should disarm for
ever her critics, and shame the inierly
Sous who made 'he later years oi khe
lather lull oi trouble. , t:
Physiciaus now admit that,. "The
shield is nobler than the spear." How
much better then toshield the system
against bilious attacks, by, using JJr.
Harter's Liver Pills, than to cure
the
disease when firmly seated
2t
NE W A D VTEMENTS.
STATK OF NORTH CAROLINA,
i New Hanovee County.
In the Superior Court, before Stacy Van
Amnnge, cem or tne superior urmrt or
New Hanover County, and Judge of Pro
bate: E. Q. Mclianiel, administrator of Duff G.
McDanrei. aeceas&t, serving in Dnair or
himself, and in behuf of v. D. Koonce,
Administrator of Ann Koonce deceased,
and in behalf of all others, credito s of the
late Daniel L. Russell, deceased, who will
join in thi proceeding and contribute to(
the expenses thereof.
Against
Dr. W. 3. H. Bellamy and Thomas B. Rng-
sell, executors of Daniel -U. Russell, de
ceased. .
i NOTICE CREDITORS.
i T,Tj fjRlcD ITORS O F THB LATE DAN-
jflL 1EL It. RTJHSELIi, deceased, aoe here
by notified that the above entitled action
will be heard before Stacy VanAmringe.
Clerk of the Superior Court, and Judge o
JProbateof New tianover Juounty on. the.
20thday ofMarch, 1S79, atll o'clock a. m.
and t her are notified to appear before me
on or before that day and file evidence of
their c aim.8., and make themselves parties
thereto, 'or. they wilt.be excluded from all
participation r in the funds and. benefits
derived pursuant thereto. - :
J j , STACY VanAMRIGE.
ClerK of the Superior Court and Jud of
jrroDate aew nanoyer w)uuiy.
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