BY TUB S PUBMSHmS COMPANY, RAN FORD, N. C. B. B. LINEBERRY, Editob THURSDAY, MAY 7,1891. 'GOULD, VANDE RBILT AND U. S. GOV ERNMENT. Some one says this eternal war on *Capital is monotonous, is useless, is ■disgusting and calculated to do harm by arraying class against class. II you want to do anything for the country you should strive to com bine and harmonize these apparent ly conflicting elements. They are not conflicting elements but only 'different branches of human indus try designed for man’s support. This is true; capital and labor ‘ought to harmonize for thg best re sults. They must harmonize for proper results. However, we can not afford to harmonize by giving 'capital its full sway—full length of its money power. We are not of a class who suppose it is wrong for men to own capital—one man more than anothjer, nor do we contend that one dollar of any man’s wealth which he has honestly made, no mat ter bow many millions it be, should be required to be given to another who has not been so successful or Hvho has not been so industrious. There are, though, advantages for Oppression of others made possible by combinations of capital and for this reason somewhat exacting regu lations sometimes have to be made; regulations or laws which appear to be subversive of the principles of a Bepublican government, but which, nevertheless, have become necessary to insure justice aud equality to all. Our reason for agitating is to keep the people awake to the necessity of guarding their liberty—not allow ing too great an encroachment by the money power. The Warfare is not waged on cap ital, however, but the government which legislates as though the whole country and they, the legislators, ’With it belonged to monopolists. We expect nothing but that men will make use of the power of oppression if granted them. We expect noth ing but that capital will ask for these privileges and we agitate the -matter that the people may have their eyes on the officers of the country. The manufacturer has bought up these privileges, or some vt them have obtained the privilege ■of oppressing others and now the big deal comes with a railroad com bination with Secretary Foster. It lias for some time been a custom with the farmers of the West to ship their grain from Chicago across the lakes And under the supervision of American inspectors or consular of. fleers pat it in cars and seal it for transportation across Canada and back into the United States. This ' route is much shorter than a cir cuitous rail route all on this side of the lakes, and the water transporta tion is much cheaper. Secretary Fos ter says this cannot be practiced any longer. He claims that this decision Mnot any discrimination against Canadian railroads, bat merely, a precautionary measure for tbe pro tection of onr revenue. But this —will .not explain it for official re ports show that no frand on onr rev enue has been perpetrated though this custom has been in vogue for iadia.ii routes. At shipping of grain Kansas, Illinois, 25 years. Here it is in a nutshell. Jay Gould Tanged a pool with all the ids west of Chicago and the n roads have entered into an ement to .maintain the rates of Chicago and all that was is for Secretary Foster wee transportation on these and the entire thing is In their Hence the Secretary’s ac e National Democrat puts down ante figures as to what this will the western farmers. It is thought that freight rates will be . .. Ol’ t' A1 ’ "ft An /% I, *• g grain Illinois, __ska will cost the 925,851),030 more than be The sealing arrangement was in 1875 by the mutual of the two countries and to is despicably mean* but liow about the money powet of Gould and Vanderbilt when it is Sufficient to control the whole country provided the government yvill aid them just a little aud prevent anyone going around their net. MINISTER BLAIR REJECTED. The Clines# government refuses to accept Mr. Blair as minister to thiat country. Their reason for this is his having made some very bitter speeches against them on the ques tion of Cbinoce immigration. The United States, of course, is not to consider this any insult to the na tion or its representation. & The ob jection is only to the person and in every such foreign minister there exist not only the representation of his country but the personal quali ties of the individual and these per sonal qualities constitute the objec tionable features to him. We are sorry for New Hampshire, and would have been for the Ui S. ■Senate if it had not been their good fortune that he failed of re-elec tion. He was said to be the greatest bore in Congress. He is known best in connection with the Bla:r Educational bilL This measure it was thought at one time would pass and perhaps the Republicans were pledged to its support but Mr. Blair spoke it to death. He spoke, it is said, for 12 days in succession on this bill and completely bored everybody out till the bill itself became a bore; and, disgusted with his long harangues, the Senate voted it down. The Raleigh Chronicle says he was patriotic in his defense of the Blair bill but it is a kind of patrio tism we do not appreciate much. While he was working for the edu cation, uplifting aud enlighten ment of mankind, yet he was wedded to the New England idea of a central ized government and the ever pres ent hope of living to do something to bring about social equality and thus humiliate the South by forc ing them to do something which they themselves would not do. We thought when his party went back on him and defeated bis pet measure, and his constituents went back on him and elected another Senator and Harrison picked him up for China, that that was bis last chance and this >s gone. Poor old man! Politically dead it seems. But if he was really patriotic we suppose he enjoys a quiet conscience by con templating, “It is sweet and honor able to die for one's country.” CAMPUS DAY AT HAMPDEN SIDNEY. For some time the President of Hampden Sidney has been en deavoring to secure funds for new buildings and other needed improve ments. He has succeeded well and one building—a new chapel, recita tion rooms, society halls, etc.—has already been erected. The students now have a plan on foot for beautifying the campus. They propose that each one of them work one day to be designated as campus day aud get farmers and friends to furnish teams to haul stone and sand. Some 50 wagons are expected. They also want $1,500 cash to begin the work with. A one dollar subscription is asked for. If you feel like aiding them, send $1.00, more or les3 as you feel dis posed, to Prof. Jas. R. Thornton, Hampden Sidney, Prince Edward county, Va. Mr. K. A. Campbell of Moore county is one of the committee. »T*LY MOT SATISFIED. The Italian government has sig nified its dissatisfaction with Secre tary Blaine’s lastjetter. The New Berne Journal very pertinently says, “Well what of that?” Our relations with foreign pow ers, our treaties with them or any thing e.se with them never guaran teed anything more than the same protection that our own citizens get— anything more than to protect them as though they were citizeus of theU.S. Italy sees the matter different from the way an American sees it, not altogether because Italians are the interested party, but because our government and ideas of govern ment are entirely foreign to any conception they have of such things. Ex-Secretary Thoe. F. Bayard has a very able article in the May Forum on “State Rights and Foreign Re lations.” We copy the following from the close of nw article: “The importance of. establishing a,correct principle_and the everlast ing and increasing injury of con senting to an evil principle, invest this question with gravity, for it is very evident that if the government of the United States shall admit that it is liable to indemnity indi v-iduals directly; or a foreign gov ernment acting in their behalf for injuries indicted upon citizens or subjects of such foreign govern ment within the United States and in violation of its laws, and that such claimants are absolved from all efforts to obtain redress- in the judicial courts which are as open to the foreigner as to our own citizens and where justice is administered with an equal hand to either and to both, it willereate a precedent which will not merely lie prolific of inter national dissensions but which wilt impair the structure of our govern ment, seriously disarrange the sys tem of cheeks and balances under our Slate and Federal systems, and confuse and destroy the essential boundary between executive and judicial powers which is one of the most important features in the Con stitution of our government. There is a manifest and dangerous ten dency in onr institutions toward centralization and consolidation of power. No remedy, therefore, for alleged evils or inconveniences should be accepted that increases this tendency, for it is the strict enforcement of limitations upon our power and its decentralization that the best hopes, and even the possibiiity of free institutions of human government can he found, if, therefore, the principles for law and the arrangement for their ex ercise declared bv our courts to be consonant with the provisions of the Constitution and essential to the preservation of individual liberty, cannot be peaceably possessed and enjoyed by onr eitizeus, and be ac knowledged and recognized as the basis of our government, because, of the presence within our borders of alien subjects and citizens of foreign powers whose personal wrongs may not be remedied to their satisfaction or to that of their government without impairment and disorder of our system, then the time has arrived when the unques tionable and sovereign right of the United State to determine by posi tive law who shall be permitted to enter our gates and who shall be excluded must be exercised.” Our government has ideas of e’tizenship and of judicial protection for the same and when these do not fit the European idea there is no reason why we should take up their idea of tt simply because we have a treaty with them. We cannot main tain our American citizenship if we undertake to protect our citizens by our provisions and Italy’s by their idea of it and Africa by its notion and Cannibal islands according to their taste. We guarantee certain protection Ip our citizens and this protection and, the institutions for maintaining this protection are nearer our ideal than any other or we should come to that other, and our treaties with foreign countries guarantees thp same protection to their subjects while in our domains. If this protection and ourVay of coming at it does not suit the for eign powers they had better keep their subjects on their own side of the creek.. Whenever a few Italian subjects or any other subjects want our gov ernment on account Of a treaty to lavaside our regular proceedings and adopt special interference in behalf of them, it is lime to look carefully into the immigration question. It is really dangerous to our institu tions to have a very large number ■of citizens who cannot be assimilate ed by our .Republican government, but to try to meet their ideals of government is a little too far. STATE NEWS. Wilksboro had a $10,000 fire April 29. It is said that an eleven year old boy was pot in jailindialeigb in default of $100 bail for stealing a pigeon. Capt. E. R. Stamps, of Raleigh died in Tarboro May . 1, where he was stricken with paralysis some time ago. _ _ Raleigh street ear matter has been settled and they expect electric cars to be running by August 1st, There was a big tobacco conven tion at Henderson last week com posed of tobacco growers from North Carolina and Va. The Wilmington Messenger thinks Prof. G- T. Winston is gain ing for the Presidency of the Uni versity. Col. L. L. Polk says he said noth ing about a third party ns he has been reported; The reporter’s im agination. "! There were 92 bales of cotton burned or damaged by fire last .week on the Stronaeh farm 24 miles from Raleigh. W. L. Parsley’s saw mill at Wil mington was partly destroyed by fire. Loss $8,000; insured for $3,000. We learn that Mr. Henry Taylor who shipped 105 boxes of peas Mon day, received $0.00 per box for the entire lots—New Berne Journal. The number of sub-Allianccs in the State now is 2201, the first hav ing been chartered April 20, 1887. Starting with 88 members there ure to-day 100,000. The Raleigh corresondent of the Charlotte Chronicle learns that the railroads will give free transporta tion of all exhibits for the Inter State Exposition. The prospect for the cattle fair, is said to be fine. It is e*|c ted that there will he some of the finest •took on exhibition that has ever been seen in ibis section. Much interest is: being manifested in the matter —Raleigh Chronicle. Mr. J. P. Cox, of Wayne conntv. 1 while looking over some old papers ; in search of direct land tax receipts, i found in the bundle of old papers $187.25 that hud been there fpr uti least 26 years.—Kinston Free Press. A colored wcman in Gaston coun ty, whose child was an obstacle to her forming a matrimonial alliance, administered “rough on rats" to it i with the desired result. But the lady is now a prisoner instead of be- I iug a bride.—Kinston Free Press. > Tom White, a white man, was ' bung in Spartanburg, S. 0., twelve 1 years ago for the murder of a negro. ' Dick Bird who died not long ago in this State confessed to having mur dered the negro and said White was an innocent,man. An innocent man was hung.—-Kinston Free Press. Gen. Robt. Vance is booked for ' the literary address to be delivered at Greensboro Female College May 28th, and Rev. W. W. Bays, D. D„ of the North Georgia Conference will preach £he sermon to the grad uating class.—Concord Standard. Col. Harry Skinner, of Raleigh, will deliver the literary address be fore the Jonesboro High School at the commencement the 28th of May: As we have heretofore stated, Rev. R. H. Broom, of Rockingham, will preach the annual sermon on t-hut occasion.—Jonesboro Leader. We have in Fayetteville a man who is 75 years old never smoked or chewed tobacc, never voted anything bat the Democratic ticket, never was drunk, never was a witness, juror or suitor in court—and has sat upon seven of the thrones of Europe. This is a fact.—Fayette ville Observer. The two boys arrested while mak ing preparations for counterfeiting, were remanded to jail by United States Commissioner Maxwell in de fault of $200 bond for counterfeit ing. Their trial on the charge of robbing the Newton postoffiee was postponed to May 14th.—Charlotte News. A newspaper is like a pretty girt because it is the embodiment of many type, its form is made up, is inclined to be giddy, it enjoys good press, the more rapid the better, has a weekness for gossip, talks a great deal, it can stand some praise, it is awfully fond of a new dress. It cannot be kept in a good humor, however, without the “almighty dollar.”—Concord Standard. A man named Caesar Wooten who killed Mittie Strickland ifi Wil son county in 1887, has been capt ured in Atlanta, (Ja., and has been carried to Wilson county. A re ward of $200 was offered for him by Gov. Scales soon after the murder was committed and has been out standing ever since.—Raleigh News and Observer. Mr. Vanderbilt has bought up a large lot of sheep which are here waiting shipment to Baltimore. A few more such purchases will rid this section of sheep and cause hun ger among the corn.-Monday night some one entered the store of Mr. J. P. Jones arid carried off about $35 or $40 in cash, besides a good deal of candies, snuff and to baec.—-Hickory Mercury. In 1886 only 77,550 pounds of manufactured cotton goods were shipped from Salisbury. Last year 095,283, or about thirteen times more than in 1880. This is a grati fying statement, and better still the fact that by Bext year more than two million pounds will be shipped by the several cotton mills here.— Salisbury Watchman. On the night of the 24th bur glars blew open the Newton post office safe and stole $200 and some registered letters.-Mr. Calvin A. Anderson, of Hartland, lias a little son just four years old, James Alex ander by name, who knows and re peats the names of nearly all the counties in tije State, together with their county seats.—Lenoir Topic. North Carolina lost many useful, proihinen t' and some able men in April. Its necrology shows: Col. William L. Saunders, Gov. Daniel G. Fowje, James P. Spreight, Col. John A. Cameron, Dr. James R. Ellis, Col. Julius, A. Gray, Prof. I. L. Wright, Dr. F. Scarr, Maj. Luci us XV. Faison, Robert H, Hender son, Dr. G. G. Smith, Capt John C. James, Dr. James W. Alston, Dr. Frank M. Garrett, Major William A. Hearne and John C. Haigh.— Wil. Messenger. During a thunder storm at South Mills on (Wednesday evening a young man named Willie James, while plowing in a field, was struck by lightning and killed.-We are informed that the truckers and melon growers of Powell’s Point, Popular Branch and other points in Currituck hare made more than usual prepartions this season. One man has planted 25,000 melons and will plant 100,000 potato slips. Others are at work in proportion. —Elizabeth City Carolinian. After great difficulty experienced in preparing lauds and planting crqps, the report comes now that the farmers have to stand, by and see the cotton die as it comes up. And all along we have been getting good reports from the wheat crops, but now it comes that no little wheat is full of rust. This is, indeed, very unfortunate, as the prospects have !>eeu the best in years.—Conooid •itandard-. Our people will be glad to learn that the Plymouth, Washington & Kinston railroad from Plymouth lia Washington to Kinston will Le milt at un eurlv date. The lust Jeneral Assembly granted this c«i mrsCon a charter. The* road is al ■eady constructed about one-half of .he distance from Plymouth to this ihice, and we leurn that the work -rill lie continued. The company ms purchased a depot site a Ply nou th.—Wash ington Frogress. Mr. John Livingston, a farmer ibout 65 fears old living near Au ioch church, Robeson county, ate u learly supper last Thursday night ind retired feeling well. About 11 t'clock he was beard struggling, af er which he lived but a few min ites.——-Two brothers, Thomas and lolviu Rickets, in Anson county, ;ot into a fight about two feet of lomraon trace chain last Thursday, u which Calvin struck Thomas ou .he head with aboard, knocking him lown. Their mother asked Calvin o help her get Thomas in the house, >ut he refused to do so and went on ilowing. Thomas lived only a few lours after beinghurt.—Laurinburg Exchange. Henry Taylor was tried in Surrys Superior Court last week as an ac-l jouipliee in the choking and robbing if bis old grandmother, Mrs. Samuel H. Taylor, at Mt. Airy some two or three months ago, and. was convict ed and sentenced to twenty yenrs in the penitentiary. McKnight, who was implicated^ with him in the crime, and who fled, has never been arrested, though it was reported some weeks ago.that he had been. William Baker, who is charged with having shot and killed Revenue Of ficer Barnwell, in Surry, some weeks ago, was not tried at this term of court, as had been expected. His case was continued.—Statesville j^iunumu/K. Got. Holt yesterday appointed I. R. Hayes a notary public in Chat hom conntyj.-Yesterday Mr. E. B. Euglehard and Mr. Alex. Mc Pheeters, Jr., were out on Walnut creek, and as they were walkiug along the path Mr. Engelhard dis covered a rattlesnake in the middle of the path, all coiled up and ready to strike, and within- a foot of them: Calling out to his companion to jump he jumped, and so did Mr. McPheeters, while the snake sprung his rattle. Having gotten out of the way they shot ten times and killed the reptile. It was a rattle snake, five feet and a half long. Near by they found a snake nest with eggs in it, which they destroy ed. It was a narrow escape for one of the young men at least.—Raleigh News and Observer. Mrs. John Hearne, of New Hope township, died very suddenly on last Tuesday. She was on a visit to the family of Mr. W. S. €*etty and was in her usual good health when she arose Tuesday morning but died very suddenly about breakfast time. She was nearly eighty years old. -k—Every week we hear of mad dogs, and they seem to be getting too numerous for comfort or safety. On last Saturday Mr. James Gilliam, who resides near this place, was fiercely attacked by one and narrow ly escaped being severely bitten. It was a strange dog, and ft attacked Mr. Gilliam so suddenly that he had no time to get any weapon- to de fend himself with. It sprang upon his breast three times, and each time he knpcked it down with his fist, and after being knocked down the third time it ran off, and as it passed Mrs. Gilliam it sprang at her, but she repulsed it with a hoe.—Chat ham Record. Chatanooga, Tenn., had a big fire April 20 burning over 20 acres and destroying one_quarter million dol lars worth property, Mr. W. B. Moore formerly of Globe, N. C., recently of the U. S. Army at Port Riley, Kansas com mitted suicide at the latter place last week. _ SANPORD HIGH SCHOOL, Male and Female. BUSINESS AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY. Board and tuition cheap. Special care taken with boarding «pupils, all of whom can board with the principal and be under his immediate care. W. 0. 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