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THE PATRON AND GTjEANEB PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Aiiiw I C::t, Elite: a:l fptUr. "Entered at tUe Post Office at Lasker, NT. C, as Second (Us Matter." SUBSCRIPTION: 61.00 per year in advance. ADVERTISING RATES furnished on application. All articles intended for publication should' bo written plainly and only on out" . of the paper. t The real naniH of the contributor rnnst in ajl - cases accompany the communica tion 'as a guarantee of good faith. The editor .will' not be lieloTre3poni ble for the view entertained and ex pressed by core-ifioiidents. Address all' communications to Tub I'atuon and Glkaner, Lasker, North ampton County. N. C. LASKER, N. C, June 0; 1695. MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice T. . J. Stephenson. , J. 11. Outland I am After You., Excursion C. R. and M. R S. Odoin . ' r, j New Style Hats Buxton & Uaugham..- Jackson Female School Miss Lou Whitfield. Since our last issue we have re - ceived the following subscriptions and renewals : Severn, fN. C. J. B. Stephenson. Jackson, N. C. John L. Odom,. J. W. Boggard. Marjarettsville, N. C- S. E. Long. Woodland, X. C Mrs. Maggie Purvis. Boykins, Va. 'Miss Eurelia Stephenson. The Bertie Teachers' Association held a large, enthusiastic meeting at Windsor last week-and adopted ringing resolutions in regard to re cent school legislation. North Carolina is now behind all her sis ter states in school matters, but an intelligent discussion of the sub ject will likely bring about a change for the better in the near future. The New York World, Goldbug organ, last Friday sent telegrams to all the senators and representa tives of the next congress that it could reach enquiring how they stood on the silver question. The replies were a great surprise in goldbug circles. Of 116.. replies received 55 were unqualifiedly in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver, 14 bimetallism, while there were only 17 gold standard men and they were from New York and New England. This unexpected showing of the silver men will doubtless cause the gold men to resort to agitating the international monetary conference question iii order to delay action en the silver question. Northampton loses much in the resignation of Mr. J. G. L. Crocker as a member of the board of conn ty commissioners. His place will bo hard to fill. Mr. Crocker re signed on account of the change in the school Jaw placing so much extra work on the county commis sioners, especially on the chair man, in which capacity he has served the county faithfully for a number of rears.' When elected commissioner he reluctantly accept ed, and of him it can be truly. said that ho subordinated, personal in terests and preferences for the pub lic'good, and served his people to the best of his ability without fear, favor or affection of anyone, and his retirement is universally re tjretted. Last week there was a tramp in the eastern part of the county claiming to be a New Yorker bv birth and a student just from col lege trying to raise money by en larging photographs to return and complete his education. He was apparently 30 years old, wore glass es and a plug hat, with long black hair. We met up with him and a j Out!ano Misses Eunice Ed few minutes conversation con-lward and Lorena Vaughan sJnA vinced us that he is a person unfit to be admitted to the homes of honest, virtuous people. A more degraded character would be hard to find. His whole conversation was a, slander upon- the people whose hospitality he had been im posing upon. The country news papers should protect the people against such characters by showing them up in their true colors, and we are always ready to do our part. Bart Moore has created re newed interest in the early history of North Carolina by his article on first page. When the "Legend of the Roanoke" was published a cor respondent of the New Berne Jour nal doubted its accuracy on the grounds that there were no horses in North Carolina at that' early period, and that the Tuscaroras never dwelt on the banks of the Moratoc, now called Roanoke riv er. It was clearly proven at the time that the Tuscaroras did live on the Roanoke, and now Bart Moore offers proof that there were horses here at that time, so if the truth of the "Legend of the Roan oke" depended upon those two points its truth is now established, unless more and stronger evidence can be produced on the other side. We would be glad to have some information about the origin of Banker ponies. County Finances. According to the report of Mr. J. A. Burgwyn, County Treasur er, there was a cash balance of county funds on hand June 1st, 1895,. of $3,922.5 besides a bal ance of the special (bond) fund of G93.2 There are .1,800 of county bonds and 8, 500 of jail bonds now outstanding, which are not clue and can not be taken up unless the holders voluntarily present them for )ayment, 'which they are not likefy to do. If we de duct the money (county funds) now in th e t rea s u ry $4, 615. 73 from the amount of outstanding bonds against the county, it would leave a balance of only $5,684.27 which the county now owes for all purposes. In consideration of the cash balance now in the treasury the commissioners made no special tax levy for county bonds last Monday, and notwithstanding the State taxes were increased by the last Legislature the levy in this county is reduced, being only 70 cents on the 100 for all purposes. FROM WOODLAND. A LAWN PARTY ON J ONE 11 FOR BENEFIT OF M. E. CHURCH PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Mrs. Sue Tennile spent last Friday visiting friends in town. Airs. Eliza Garrett wassicklast week and her condition is still critical. Miss Eula Burden, of Aulander, was the guest of Mrs. Mary Whit- 4ey last week. Mr. Wiley Bryan's health has been quite feeble for some time and he is no better yet Mr. S. T. Gay, Jr., special tax collector, was in townlastFriday, circulating among the merchants. Rev. Z. T. Harrison rilled his regular adpointinent on Sunday, and as usual his sermon was very en to res ting. Miss Eliza Grant, of Jackson, was here last week the guest of Miss Eunice Edwards, and went on the excursion on' Friday. Mrs. J. P. Blanchard went on the excursion on Friday to Ports mouth and will visit a week or more 'with her sister before re turning. There will be on Tuesday even ing, the 11th of June a lawn party under the auspices of the M. E. chu rch to pay foranorgan. There will be ice cream, cake, and fruits of the season served. Thegrounds of the academy will belightedand seated for the accommodation of all. The young, especially, ex pect a nice time and want every one to come. The following are the managers for the occasion: Mrs. Bettie S. Barnes, general manager and Mrs. JosieLassite, Messrs. P. W. Edwards, J.M. A U 5 V Jacobs, J. B. G ri th n, C. R. BauglJa m Charley Griffin. L. A. Outlaid, m. j. o: Julie, 4, 1695. An Honest Dollar. For the Patron and Gleaner. J Seven years ago I purchased a tract of laud for the price of five hundred dollars on the following terms, to wit: In five annual in stalments of $100 each, all bearing six per cent interest from the day of sale until paid. With ten cent cotton I had no difficulty in meeting my two first payments when they fell due. Since, that time I have been unable to meet any of the other jaayments. My inability to meet the other pay ments was because cotton had gone down to five cents. My cred itor, being a moneyed man, told me that if I was willing to stand the interest that I could hold the cot ton until cotton rose again to ten cents. He said that the purchas ing clause of the Sherman silver bill having been repealed he felt quite sure, as Mr. Cleveland had said that the country would again become prosperous, that the old prices of cotton would be re stored. Losing, all hope that sil ver would ever be restored again by the government, I, as a matter of course, lost all hope of getting ten cents for my cotton which was still on my hands. Of course the gentleman from whom I pur chased my home retained a mort gage on the place to secure the payment of the rmrchase price. I felt very uneasy about my situa tion, for the cotton and the place would not now bring money enough to pay the remainder of my debt I went to my creditor, who was a reasonable and fair minded mac, and told him of my trouble. I told hirn that I was a poor man, with a wife and three children, and that I would be very sorry to be turned out of house and home for the balance due on the pur chase price of the land. My cred itor informed me that he had been thinking over my case as well as several other similiar cases of persons who were his debtors. He remarked that while he was fond of making inoney that he was not willing to make it by the ruin of other people and especial ly by the ruin of his own neigh bors and friends. He was willing, he said, to take my cotton at ten cents and remit all interest that had accumulated after the matur ity of the notes. That while he believed in an honest dollar that he did not believe that it was hon est to sell property to a man pay able in one kind of a dollar and then to require him to pay the. debt with a dollar moving twice the purchasing power of the dol lar, which wTas in use when he made the contract He said that the purchasing power of gold was now so great that he could take the cotton which he had received from me for the balance of his debt and purchase a better place to-day than the i place which he had sold to me. That to be an honest dollar to both parties it should be a dollar with the same purchasing power that it had at the time of the con tract That he was not any more hon est than his neighbors, but thai he would consider it nothing but robbery to Joan a man one doUar and then to) make him pay back two dollars simply because the laws of the country would allow him to q.6 so. That the closing: of the merits against the f ree coin- age Of siver having; destroved half j of the metalic circulatinsr medium that the purchasing pow er of the other half had been doubled. That he ebuld not be lieve that any man could demand a dollar thus enhanced in value in p&y nient of a ten cent cotton con tract and call it an honest dollar. If the creditor portion bf the country should decide that the purchasing power of the gold dol lar was not sufficiently great and they were to ask the government to stop the coinage of gold for a year or two why then the present purchasing power of the gold dol lar would be doubled. In a single day the man worth one million of dollars would be worth two mil lions and every debtor would be come a beggar. When we think of this sword hanging' over our heads susnended bv a single thread it makes every debtor in the land tremble with fear. This may happen at any time, for the money powers now control me national government and even the supreme court itself. What matters it if three-fourths of the voting population of the United States favor the free coinage of silver. This is no longer a gov- ernment of the people, for the people and by the people. For it is well known that the volceor the millionaire lias more potency at the national capital than the voice oi.me people. rui n is pieas- A 1 V IV A- Z A. - ing in the midst of the desolation that now covers the land to now and then find an honest man who wdl turn his back upon fraud even though it may be sanctioned by the highest official station. Kvery where you near tne cry . ' . , . , i for "an honest dollar. 1 Ins cry carries withjt the idea that there was some party who wanted a dishonesty dollar. The newspa- pers give no account of any such party. Who is it then, and why is it, mat we near mis cry xor an . . V . 1 A . A? I nones t dollar : It comes from the money kings and from them only, iney want you to pay one-nan oi your mpri- gage debt with five cent cotton and then let them sell your home n . l 1 - 1 . 1 - J I ior tne oiner naiioi me mortgage and allow them to buy in the land ana rent it w you ior a ruunu t a A . - 1 price. nonest uonar inaeea: m W A T IT livery one oi mese leuuai roo- 1 I I i I I who nve m cufcueauu pai- aces ana wear purpie ana nne nn- en and -fare sumptuously every aay claims mat ne is an nunest T 1 . Jl J.1 !i 1 i. uiau. xuii at uiiuu. wi Pom pey's pillar by the hands of Brutus bathed in his own heart s citizens of Kom Mark Antony. tion at Ca3sar's burial. In srlow- ins and thrillinsr terms he tells of Caesar's noble deeds. But he says that Brutus ajid his co-as sassins who murdered Caesar were all honorable men. The on- ly crime charged against Caosar was a vague suspicion that he was ambitious. Although three times he had refused to allow himself to be crowTned as Emper or of Rome. And to-day our senators in con gress declare that the assassins who murdered silver are not only honorable men but honest men. The only crime that silver was charged' with was that it enabled the cotton raiser to get ten cents for his cotton, whereas England as well as New England wTanted it tor five cents. O! the manners O! the times. Yes, each and every one of these assassins who helped to murder silver and who after having depreciated it all they can are nowT declaring it a debased metal are all honest men! Yes, we repeat they are about as hon est a man as ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat Shylock to exact compliance with the terms ot his bond was willing to cut his pound of flesh from the breast of the merchant of Venice. The money kings of to-day are not only willing to cut awav their pound of fiesh, but they would suck the life blood of the blue eved babv in the verv arms of its weeping motiier. Fra ce was once in the very conumon mat mis country is now in. Money was plentiful but it was all in the hands of the offici als and in the hands of an offen sive and insulting nobility. The great masses of the people had no money and were driven to the verge of starvation and financial ruin. The same struggle which existed between the i-ooie and the money powe r in France at the beginning of the French Revolu- tion exists here to-day between the debtor add creditor portions of our couutry. Every reader of history knowsliow the controver sy ended in France. Should not those who have brought about the present condi tion of things in this country take warning rrom the hisiorv of Franca They should re in em ho r. that Time at last sets all thirds even, And If yoa riU but watch tlie hour There never yet was Luiua.n power Which could evade if uElori ven The earnest search and vigil lonjr OI him who treasures up a wrouj,'." A Faiimkil. Seaboard, N. C. COUNTY' COMMISSIONERS. . proceedings of the meeting LAST phe Uounty uomujibsiuuuxo Northampton met in regular ses- sinn June 3, 1895. Present W. p. Vick. Jos. A. Garnss, Harris and E. Baugham. M. P. stance!!, cleric Maj. U. 1. v ick, was elected chairman, pro tern. r j q Crocker, chairman of th board, presented his resig- nation as member of the board rrn same was ordered spread upon me minutes xy Harris made ins repori : a of the of the poplar timber e Poor House farm, after be- . j.,' nrtvnrtised. to William n at si. 00 per cord of 180 tui- j feot to tie corat said wood tQ he lid for before it is remov- ftnd to be cut by Jau'y 1896. Tf ordered, that the clerk of the notifyall the J ustices f the Peace iu the county that this board will not iKiy . forany coffin furnished piuier unless tfa mul)er is 0 recognized and furnished. provisions by the coun tv. a . H.' Reid. Supt, made his re- showing the exienditures, &c at the Homci of the Acred and Inrirm during the month of May. Tt Ar;w nri(M.i hv the board. , t t Ricliardson, Jack Ycl- lowd Mills Tavior and Edie Pol- ' " lQck haye m.ovisions from the c . .H6 for three months k the amount of 00 each. T . , proceeded to draw the jurorg for August term f Sui,erior Court Published I - , , A few narties were allowed re- bate ou taxes whe re the same had -d twice made hig tfor Mrf which was filed. It was ordered, that notice be rriT'in iVin f tViic linn vil -vvrmlrl moot on 2nd Monday in July to hear all complaints of over or under valu ation of. property and revise the tax list according: to law. It was ordered, that W. E. Har ris bo appointed a committee of one to receive the money for the poplar" timber sold on the county farm and' pay the same over to the Treasure rand take his receipt therefor. The following accounts were approved and ordered to be paid: B. F. Davis, for makins coffins for Wyatt Mills and Rachel Chris- tian by order of E Wright J- P., 4.00. W. H. Buffaloe, Sheriff, account 1 I am after you If I am favored with done in such a way and m. ujcvt hc ,nun an Jur iuuire orueiv ill .lily line, w U -May I fix you up an order? , 1 J. H. OUTLAND, J Manager Job Printing Dept., Patron and Cleaner, i LASKER, N. C. i Trkll 1 n j i IjatlieS ailU (jeiltleniOll of This and Surrounding Vicinity You are cordially invited to see the elegant shx-k 'f goods we offer for the Spring and Summer. We have spared no pains in the selections, and Confident that our stock of Dress Fabrics, Shoes. Clothing for M n and Boys. and. the many things that to main, una r first-c!ass wiU please We Haio aiso great attractions in our Ifswest and Prettiest tilings in Ladies', Misses' and Children's Hats, B;hy Caps. Movos. Motions, Laces and Trimmings. :.l5ss Godson, late of .Baltimore, has charge of this department and will take pleasure in showing her sity Stock . and-wm .make prices as low as possible. Your iatnn- age solicited. 1 f .......... Very Respectfully, Buxton & Baugham, ? filed, 818.45. i A. H. Reid. hnln for himself and hands for rr!? i of May, 44.13. "w j A- H- -id, Supt, to k. . ana u - .v.w. Isaac Carter for buildin bridges in Roanoke towr,:. tr - across Uraha swain x and across Bear swamp, the sariiek ing let to me lowest bidd Jos. A. G arris for services mileage as commissioner to Ju" J, 1695, &J3.10. J. E. Bristow, for making for Anna Rirker by oderofc Deloatch, J. P. , si. 00. J. G. Lc Crocker, for mdse.fa,. nished jail by order of Sheriff use of J. A. Burgwyn) j -- Dr. J. F. Miller, Supt. Easterfi xVsylum for traveling e..l2N. of Burl Boone, $75. s S. J . Cal ve r t for so r vis a attorney for theboanlandexj accountant o0.00. J. G. L. Cixx;ker, sorvicisi mileage to June 1st 1M. k-H.,',, L. . Outland for exjvnses k arresting Henry Pool and convey ing iiim from Portsmouth, to Jackson, 8-1.70. W. P. Moore & Co. bill of m(i icine furnished jail and Homecf the Aged and Infirm, V',X). 1 The board next prtK'mh.Hl.io appoint school committeemen f,r the9G districts of the county. Jurors. ' The following are the ju rors for August term of Northampton Su perior Court drawn by the Coun ty Commissioners June';-!. li5: ' FIIT WEEK. Geo. Dickerson, L. 11. Ihulcs, W. J. Parker, Nel Phillips. W.A. Piland, Zac. Vaughan. B. F. Tray lor, W. p. Forbes, J. M. Balmer. Wiley Baker, P. H. Boyce, Jaims E. Bridges, B. P. Brown, M. 11 Muri)hy, Jere -Da ugh try, X. V. Britton, J. K. Revel, R. T. Steph enson, 'Thomas Nelson. W. P. Bass, John R. Futrell, W. P. Moore, S. T. Gay, Sr., J. A. Mor ris, R. D. B. Mad drey, M. D. 'Vaughan,-J: R. Martin, Cornelius Futrell, J; T. Bryant .T. W. Jeu ldns, W. C. Saules, N. T. Wall if C. Lassiter, G. W. Bowers. Jese E." Grant, R. W. Glover. SECOND WEEK. J. F: Shoulders. W. (J. Snivcr. - H." E Hoggard, T. J. Camp, AlJi , Stephenson, Win. M. Watson, J. H. Taller, Henry Cook, T. A La Lnier;- K ?sir K Ti W. Moore, W.H. Camp. IL T. Boone, Jr., J. T. Bridges, W. 1 Bowers, Bryant. Moses Faison, W. L I I i for your Job Printing your. order, your work will he f for such a price tlwt you will you in styles and irices. Millinery Department Ti id
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