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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1892. RATHER QUEER WORK HOW THE PATTON AVENUE SALOON WAS LICENSED. THE BUSINESS MEN WHO PROTESTED. MAYOR BUNTON WORKED FOR THE SALOON. To say that a majority of the business men on Patton avenue, and a much larger number of those who have to pass down that way, were displeased when they read The Citizen Tuesday after noon is putting it mildly. This state of things was brought about by the action of the board of county commissioners in granting li cense to A. G. Hallyburton to retail liquors on Patton avenue, in the building now occupied by Brown, Gudger & Co. For it ii over this avenue that the peo ple must pass on their way to the postof ficethe Y. M. C. A., the library, the opera house, and three of the most' prominent church s in Asheville. Does it seem a wonder that they are displeased? Said a gentleman yesterday : "We had hoped to keep whiskey off Patton avenue. The sale of that article should be prohibited at least on the avenue, which is now the finest business street in the city, and is continually growing in importance. It is an everlasting shame and disgrace that the bar is to be put there and that bv a body of men who have little or no interest in Asheville's welfare, and probably don't come to town oftener thaa once a month." Some History. According to a good authority the history of the thing dates from last Monday, when the magistrates held their annual election for county commis sioners. And it is said that this election, or at least, the latter part was a thor oughlydisgraceful affair. When the fifth man was voted for the contest had nar rowed down to a fight between the li quor men and the prohibitionists. There was no sort of order in the room, it is said by several who were present, and the liquor men were allowed to go inside the bar and "juggle" with, such ,qf the magistrates as they might care to. A gentleman,wbo was a close observer of the whole affair, tells The Citizen that no less than five or six of the magistrates were drunk, and their votes were cast at the dictation of the men who were lobbying. Where the liquor came from that made them drunk is not certainly known. But the drunks were known. Not only this, but it is affirmed by a gentleman on the inside that a number of the magistrates ame into the city on Sunday afternoon, and that on Sundav night a meeting was held in a building on South Main street behind locked doors, at which "noses were counted" and "water flowed like champagne." A Protesting Petition. Well, on Tuesday the petition of A, G. Hallyburton for lice.ise to run a liquor store on Patton avenue was presented to the commissioners. It was the old board, to be sure, but several of the members had received the vote of Mr. Hallyburton on Monday in the contest for the commissionership. The fact that such a petition was to be presented was not known long before the time for the presentation. Raysor & Smith, the druggists, who will have the saloon for a near neighbor, employed Jones & Webb to figbt the case. The attorneys pre sented a protesting petition w'ith the following signatures: Raysor & Smith, drugs; B. H. Cosby, jewelry; E. Coffin, auction house; Weaver & Myers, shoes; Thad W. Thash & Co., china palace; A. V. Jones & Co., books and stationery; J. W. Schartle, merchant tailor, Blair & McDowell, furniture; E. M. Spencer, opera house; J. P. Sawyer, banke-; S. R. Chedester & Son, Mer chandise; Sawyer Bros., clothing; F. E. Mitchell, men's furnishings; J. A. Porter, groceries; J. Y. Yates, groceries; Fnlenwider Bros., shoes; W. B. William son & Co., furniture; H. B. Mays, for Y. M. C. A.; H. Redwood & Co., dry goods; W. E. Barnes, barber: B. F. Arrington, dentist; Cortland Bros., real estate: A. Crawford, C. S.Jordan, M. H. Fletcher, physicians. A petition signed by a number of citi , sens not doing business on Patton avenue was also presented. Strong arguments were made against tbe granting of the license by the attor neys. They recited tbe objection that - ladies, and men, too, going to the post office, to the churches, to the Y. M. C. A. r and to tbe opera bouse would have to nnu near the ftAlonn. acta in thv laid be a strong temptation to men to leave ' the opera bouse between acta. They v made use of every argument possible in a ' case of this kind. . ; frost, Tli wva mr Chas. A. Moore, ex-judge of the crimi- y, sal court of Buncombe county, had , charge of Hallyburton's case. He told ,'K': the commissioners what he knew about aucb things here and abroad, and doubt- ' have it hit way. The question of grant , ing tbe license was called by .Chairman Rankin, and the ayes were follows : V.i KDB DO. (U QMM LIUU UUb LllBL IIC WUUitl LEVI PLEMMONS. ' - T.F.WELLS. o..v RJ , C. CLAYTON. tie w lunpfiAW - U . There was no dissenting vote. "Prohibitionists," Pbewl . Something here looks very mnch awry. One of the member. of the '. board, it is said by men who know, in order to be re-elected ort Monday, promised 'faith fully that he would never vote to license Another bar in Asheville. This tnan'.was K. C. Clayton. When the Other applica tions for license came up, ( Hallyburton's was last) the.se four cotiimi-rooners said: "IV-y.re prohibitionists, stud if we. could s , U it lay in our power to refuse license to these bars, we would do it right now !" Now sec how they kept their solemn word. They Had Discretion.' License was granted to all the bars now in operation first, and then Hally burton's application was considered. C. A. Moore, Hallyburtoj's attorney, in speaking to the question admitted to the board that they had a discretion in the matter, and could refuse the license if they thought the reasons sufficient. To have shown consistency the board should ha-ve, after that ad vice, refused to grant the license. In stead of that they voted-to allow the liquor business to go to Patton avenue. "I Am satisfied." It is stated, on good authority, that Mayor Blanton took an active iuterest in the work of electing some of the board. The particular kind of work he was doing is not known definitely, but when Commissioner Wells was elected the mayor was seen to wave his hand and remark, "I am satisfied " In addition to this work Mayor Blan ton is charged with having solicited sig natures for Hallyburton's petition, pre senting it to several people himself, although be did not sign it. It Has Been Tried Before, There has been a fight against liquor houses on Patton avenue for a long time. In 1883 W. (). Muller applied to the board for license to sell liquor on the av euue, but was refused, the commission ers giving a number of good reasons. He sued out a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioners to grant the license, Tbe case was taken to thesupreme court, and the commissioners were sustair ed. The reasons given then bv the com missioners apply now with tenfold more force than they did at that time. Well, what is the cause of all this ' Nobodv but those who are on the in side knows and it may never be made public. But it would make mighty inte; esting reading. There are uglv whispers abroad already. Some Other Business. The following business was transacted in addition to that already published: License to peddle in Buncombe county was granted Jas. M. Freeman and A. F, Morris, on account of their being dis abled ex-confederate soldiers. Ordered that notice be given of the fil ing of a petition for a public road lrom West Asheville corporate limits to the forks of the road at Inanda. Liauor license was granted Kenil- worth Inn and Hotel Belmont on condi tion that they sell only to guests of the hotels, on penalty of a revokal of the li cense, in case others than guests are sold liquor. The report of the jury laying out a road from Long Shoals bridge to J. T. Sorrells' was disapproved, afld a new jury ordered. The road from J. B. Sumner's bouse to Long Shoals ford and thence to iron bridge was discontinued. The report of the jury laying out a road from the Methodist church on Big Ivy to the school house on Sturgis branch was approved. The amended report of the jury laying out a road from Alexander bridge to the Havwood road was approved. The board adjourned to meet again on Thursday, June 23. Here's a Reason For Von. The action of the commissioners in granting license for a saloon on Patton avenue continues to be the talk. A gentleman who was present during the arguments for and against the granting of the license and the subsequent vote on the question, in a talk with The Citizen confirms the statement of yes terday that the commissioners said that if it lay in their power to refuse license to the saloons they would do so. This gentleman Hays that commissioner Clayton, in speaking of his reason for granting the Patton avenue license said he did so with the view ot arousing the people on Patton avenue and the west ern part of the city to action; that there was no concert of action on tbe part ot the anti-saloon people, who seemed not to care so long as the traffic was con fined to North and South Main street. These people have certainly been aroused. J. E. Rankin, chairman of tbe board of commissioners, says the reason he did not vote when the Patton avenue sa loon matter was reached, was that while he has a vote as chairman, he rarely votes except in case of a tie. He does not hesitate to say that if he had voted at all his vote would have been against granting the license. He was greatly surprised when the vote was taken, he says, as he believed that as there had been such a protest, the board would refuse the license. Haw Creek Prohls. A good number orthe citizens of Haw Creek neighborhood met Wednesday night at the school house to hear prohi bition talks from several gentlemen, who on account of tbe inclemency of the weather failed' to put in their appear ance. But tbe people were not daunted by the failure of their speakers to arrive, and held a meeting. Tbe meeting was presided over by W. R. West, sr. B. Hadden was made secretary. They then organized themselves into a prohibition voting club, obtaining tbe signature of every voter present, some ten or fifteen in number. Tbe club denounced in em phatic terms the action of tbe board of county commissioners in the licensing of additional barrooms in the city of Ashe ville, and declared that this is but another evidence of the necessity- of voting for avowd prohibitionists for office. Tbe club claims that the prohibitionists will carry that precinct in thecoming election. ANNIVERSARY. Tbe EulKbli ol Honor lo Cele- ' i bratc on Jane 30. The local lodge of Knights of Honor are making preparations for an elegant entertainment on tbe nineteenth anni versary, to be held in Milliard hall, South Main street, Thursday evening, June 30. ; : 'a,,- :v; ;-V ;)-.-. A meeting of the committeeof arrange ments will be held in Ililliard ball, Friday afternoon, June 10, at 8 o'clock, and lady members of the household of the Knights are requested to attend. ' . -. ;. A dose of Simmons Liver Regulator, taken daily, will relieve and prevent in-deration. W.C.T. U. LOCAL BUILDING IT WILL BE ERECTED SUMMER. THIS Already There Has Been fclab scribed About i,oo for the BulldlnK lo -o VP 'he Lot Donated by Mrs. W. M. Cocke. The members of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union are now solicit iting funds for the erection of their locil habitation on the corner of Patton ave nue and Grove street. The individual members of the W. C. T. U. bavecontrib uted several hundred dollars, and friends of the cause have generously ' supple mented until the sub? cription papers al ready foot up about $2,000. The lot was donated to the local union by Mrs. Wm. M.Cocke, hencenll fundsso licited will be used in the building, which is to be erected during the summer. The purposes for which the building is to be used will appeal to all citizens of Asheville. One room is to be appropri ated to Flower Mission uses, where their central office will be located, with the intelligence office and the mending bureau, both under the auspices of the Flower Mission. Another department ot the building is intended for a cooking school, where competent help can be found. A cheap lodging house for girls seeking employment will also be provided and a hall for public meetings in connection with woman's work. The Flower Mission, Kin dergarten Association, the W. C. T. L'., King's Daughters and the Y. W. C. T. V., have been dependent upon the Y. M. C. A. for a place co hold busi ness sessions, and though grateful for the courtesy, thev need a place ol their own. It is hoped tbac every one who is able will contribute something toward this worthy enterprise and that the building may be erected within the near future. The subscription list is daily lengthen ing, the following names having already been obtained: Mrs. H.T.Collins $ mono Mrs. T. D. Johnston 100 on Mrs. B. J. Aston 1O0 00 Mrs. J. A. Sluder lciOO ' Mrs. A. E. Pease 100 00 Miss Mnttie Johnston 1 00 Oo Mrs. vv. L. Hilliard 1000O Mrs. J. P. Sawyer 100,00 The W. Y. C. T. U .... 1 uu uu .10 00 SO 00 50 OO 00 00 f0 OO 50 OO 23 00 21 OO 25 00 "5 OI Geo. A. Shuford James Buttrick T. V. Patton Mrs. M. E. Carter Mrs. J. M. Branner J G. Martin Mrs. I. C. Spears Mrs. W. T. Aeaver Mrs J. M. Campbell D. C. Waddell Mrs. V. H. Penland OO 25 OO 25 00 25 OO 25 OO 25 OO 25 OO 10O0 10 00 101)0 10"0 10 CO 5 f'O 5 00 r 00 5 00 5 OO 5 OO 5 00 5 00 5 00 3 OO 5 00 5 OO 5 0 5 00 5 00 5 OO 5 OO 5O0 6 00 5 00 1 00 50 J. S. Adams , u. A. Moore Lewis Maddux J. A. Watson PH. A. Gudger Ballard, Rich & Boyce Miss M. 6. Browne T. B. Doe N. P. Chedister I. H. Williams J. B. Kankiu j. A. uurrougns B. H. Cosby T. Vv', Branch P. P. Mlmnaugn Redwood & Co Bostlc Bro... Sfc Wright I W. Starnes G. H. Starnes J. W. Schartle A. u. cooper J. H. Law A. Kankin A. Whitlock C. S Cooper Powell c Snider P. A. Cummings W. V. West T. A. Jones T. Alexander Mrs. W. Ward , S. Lipinsky Mr. Page , Many of the above suras were sub scribed at the time tbe lot was donated, with promise to increase the subscription when the building was begun. Some of the amounts were collected when sub cribed, while others were left until the contract was let. Any one wishing to subscribe can send name to Mrs. A. B. Pease, presi dent, or to Mrs. f . A. Sluder, treasurer of the W. C. T. U. building. WANT MO CANDIDATES. Lower Hominy Prohibitionists Pass Resolutions. At last Saturday's meeting of the Lower Hominy Prohibition club, of which A. H. Felmet is chairman, the fol lowing resolutions were adopted: "Whereas, Tbe chairman of the execu tive committe ot the prohibition party of Buncombe county issued a call for a county convention to meet at Asheville on tbe 18th inst., for tbe purpose of or ganizing said party in the county, and also for tbe purpose of nominating can didates, therefore be it "Resolved, That we, the Lower Hom iny prohibition club, respectfully ask the chairman to withdraw that part of tbe call relative to the nomination of candid ates, as we believe it to be premature and would result in an injury to the pro hibition party. "Resolved, That this club send dele gates to said convention for the purpose of organizing the county and no farther. "Resolved. That we send a coov of these resolutions to the Asheville club for their consideration and also to The Citizen for publication." jOALA WEEK, Committees Appointed and -.'v . Bet to Work ... , A meeting of the Gala Week workers was held yesterday afternoon. The fol lowing committees were appointed 1 Transportation vr, S. w. Battle. . Advertising J. p, Kerr and F. A. Sumner.-' '."'i'li Buildings and grounds J. : F. Graves and F.A, Sumner. ' ., , Soliciting contributions E. B. Atkin son, I. F. Graves and V. A. Sumner. ' r The. Gala Week will be July -11-16. There "wi.l be varied, amusement and plenty of it. Tbe project is a splendid one, and tne committees should receive the hearty encouragement of every citizen and business man. A grand stami will be erected oa the line of the W. A. & S. S, rail way, where the contests will occur. , v Jt will be a great week for Asheville and all who come here at that time. Foir Malaria, Liver Trou-. fcXo,or Indigestion, vso BltCa "3 S FROM DAVE HAKES, IR Which. He Sayathcoid Man lit Sot Vp. Eddittr Sittizen: sir U ar good anuff tii print in yo paper paws letters which i thot ide male u a fu lines an see ef u wud like a interduckshun tu mister Dave Hanks jr which i wuz bornd on Cain Crick july the foth 18 sixty uv po but crischun parence which Dave Hanks the 1st is mi pnw likewise mi maw is misses Dave Hanks, paw he got awful stuck up beoaws u printed his stuf which he tole maw he wudent wi.rk enny mo 011 his farm becaws he lowed he cud make mo money nritin which his ole farm haint wut'h 2$ a acer cept fo bul nettles an spnrrer grass. i ainajon Irtim vo paper yistiddy that yu nr expecturatin uv the proberbillity uv raisin uv sort a uv stink with yo tar iinshin biggitv shete. it ar awl about the inetin uv eommishuncrs ez war hell in yo toun a ehusedy. now mister eddi tur i seed in vo paperamundv ez how ' paw wudint rite enny mo speshly on Cttty atares nut 1 teal like sutlun ez got two be sed which pies iserl sent bob lermcn 2 gallins uv straw Burys for bis denimycrat. now sir i wil stait thet paw is 1 uv tlumcommishuners thet U aludid at when u sed they was sum uv them drunk which i am prepaired tu taik a oth thet paw never tui-k but fofingers et a sloon on Pullman strete. hit war the 1st time paw hed bin tu asht'ul senec old grover wuz thar which hit war kss ez nachul tu selibrait ez findin tut prince in the tids uv sandy Mush which heres nhoppin grovcrl git the liouiinyiiashiiu ler uressvdent. Maw lowed ez bow ide better tell 11 thet Paw wusent drunk so i rite this in 011 bodin hows hoppin it wil Fine 11 wel an sholy we wil be out uv yo Jevvrish diekshun air u bev red hit which Mnre Iilantin sez he wil run fcr marc again fer the 3ird tirm o cholly dont sackerfise yo good carrcekter jess fo a 3irr! linn uv the mare ez maw scd tu me when i run frum a polecat Dave jr u ar a loulou. iis kieshun is the best part uv valler which wud aeer tu lie good hardshel doekirin 111 a man who hed saw a darn stunk acomin torje him. Mister edditur they waraheap of lieker in town thet dav morn ive saw fer iiiennv vear. Kz fcr dark whisspers i dtfi enny man to sa Paw haiut ez white a man ez lives in Cain Crick which grace hallvburtin sez he wil sune sel beer ou the patent avenu rode. Now ez i hev eeksprent misef so ful i honp u wil put this intu yo shete tu ficks, Paw rite with mi Irens which dock Haired lows lock kraig haiut no dcllygit frum Beever Damn. Yose respeckflv, Dave Hunks, jr. Vs. haiut hit cuis bow genl Yung haiut paid no tensliuntu thepliterequess uv the sitty tu pa back theoverpa which jim Gudger sez the Commercial club is disersueckfull an thars a dewel govmt in 1 Ashiul on a count uv the skule board, j D. II.. jr. Ashful, '92 junc the ate. BISHOP HENDRIX. Splendid Sermon at the Central Church Last NlKht. t It is impossible for even a bishop to preach a well rounded sermon to a con gregation nervous and fidgety from fear of a thunder shower. This was demon strated last night at the Central M. . church, south, when Bishop E. R. Hen drix had to cut short a splendid sermon because of the flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. The congregation was not as large as might have been expected to hear so dis tinguished a divine. The text was from First Corinthians, first chapter, ninth verse: "God is faith ful by whom ye were called into the fel lowship of his Son esus Christ our Lord." The theme was man as a co-worker with God and was divided into three heads: First, the dignity of labor; second, God greatly honored man by malting him his co-worker; tbird, to be God's fel low worker man must be actuated by the same spirit that actuates God, which is love. The sermon was a magnificent effort, full of rich thought, and forcibly deliv ered. "God is the greatest worker in the uni verse," said tbe bishop "man may come in from his labor in the field, the forge, or in tbe realms of science, and say he is tired. How much greater was the worker who furrowed out the valleys, piled up the mountains, hungout the stars and spread the oceans over tbe earth. God did not make the earth perfect. He in tended that man should develope it. God made the forests, man must make it into dwellings. God filled the earth with minerals, and mm must delve for them. God made the oceans, man must narigate them. God was compelled to rely upon man for tbe physical as well as the moral development of the world he has made, and love, tbe essence of God, is the great motive power that drives it all. Love is tbe great builder. Hate tears down love builds up." It was a splendid sermon, and made a most favorable impression. , ' INTERMENTS. ' . There Were Ten Colored and ( Nine White In May.: The report of Superintendent Cornell, of Riverside cemetery, of interments dur ing the month of May, was filed with City Clerk Young todayThere were nineteen interments.' Ten were colored people and nine were white. . The causes of death were as follows: . v -, Heart disease, 3; 'consumption, 3; bronchitis, 2; gastritis, 2; cholera in fantum, 1; phthisis, 1; stillborn, 1; pul monary tuberculosis, 1; typhoid fever, 1; pneumonia, 1; remittent fever, 1; debility, 1; other causes, I.. , - Nine were paupers, and were buried in tbe Potter's field. - BU; ' -: Col. ncsrayer Better. ., The following, taken from the Shelby Aurora, will interest many Ashevillians: ;v'"Mr.r Reuben' McBrayer'sV condition has improved during the last two weeks. His brother. Dr. Evans McBrayer, re ports that bis mental condition has im proved and that his case is more hope ful."v ; '"fv r;, ' , no Hope For suite Banks. From tb CLarlotta Observer. It is a surprise to see what a poor fig ure tbe bill to repeal the 10 per cent, tax upon the circulation of state backs cut in the House Monday yc(io85, nays 177 Its friends cherished V e e pectatiott- ami it "Was a reasonal Ac one that the bill wold pitv''.i'-- . . ."..,.'...' - V' IN THE RAILROAD CIRCLES NEWS OF" INTEREST GOES AROUND. AS IT "Tam" C. HcNeely. Well Known lu Asheville Takes a Hitch Step Tralumaater Foster on the Con dition of the Murphy Branch. This item, from the Columbia. S. C. State of Thursday, will be of interest to many people in Asheville: "T. C. McNeely was today appointed superintendent of the main stem of the Central railroad system. He was chief clerk to General Manager McBee under the Terminal administration." Mr. McNeely lived in Asheville for some time, while in the employ of Capt. Mc Bee. When Capt. McBee went to the Georgia Central. Mr. McNeely accom panied bim. leaving here on Thursday. July 16, 1891. Mr. McNeely is one ot tne youngest superintendents, if not the youngest, in the country, being only 25 years of age. His railroad life began in 1880, when lie entered theoffice of . R. Macmurlo, audi tor of the Western North Carolina rail road, at a salary of $5 a month. The promotion of Mr. McNeely to this important position will gratify the many friends ot Mr. McNeely nere. wlio predicted when he left that his rise would be certain. The Nurphv Branch. Trainmaster R. P. Foster, of the West ern North Carolina division of the Rich rnomd and Danville system, in a conver sation with The Citizen in relation to the condition of the road bed of the Mur phy branch, over which line the railroad commission will soon make a trip of in spection, said he would be glad to take the commissioners over the road. Mr. Foster added that the road bed is unsafe foi a schedule of forty miles an hour, as is in effect on the main line. But the schedule on the Murphy branch is not f'ortv miles an hour or scarcely one third of that. Heconsidersthe road sale lor the present schedule. The rails, of course, are old, but. Mr. Foster says, new 70-pound steel railsare now being put down on the main line, and as fast as the 60-pound rail is taken up it will be put down on the Murphy branch. This branch cost the R. & D. last vear just $30,000 to operate it, above the gross receipts. The passenger traiu averaged 4-0 passengers each trip, count ing local and through traffic. The Earning- In March. The Columbia State prints a very in teresting table of the total earnings ot the railroads in South Carolina during the month of March, -comparing them with the earnings of the same month in 1891. The Asheville and Spartanburg road's total in 1892 was $3.57a.38, in 1891 $4,070.17, a decrease of 12.08 per cent. VANCEY RAILROADERS. Delegates Appointed to Two Rail road Mass Meetings. At the railroad meeting in Burnsville, Yancey county, on Monday. Penley Deyton was made chairman and C. E. Robertson secretary. Letters were read from Capt. Natt Atkinson and Gen. R. B. Vance. The following delegates were appointed to the Elizabcthton, Tenn., railroad meeting: G. D. Ray. Wilson Henslev, J. W. Hig gins. E. M. Honeycutt, J. F. Byrd, T. F. Roland, A.J. Burton, L. E. Briggs, W. M. Moore, M. A. Bailey, Geo. Roberson, M. C. Byrd, G. P. Deyton and J. C. Hut cbins. . The following were appointed 10 at tend the railroad mass meeting to be held in Asheville 01 Wednesday, lune 22: J. W. Young. J. R. Neill, B. S. Hensley, C. R. Byrd, Jacob Bailey. G. W. Byrd. A. A. Woody, A. B. Silver, Jason Ballew, W. W. Hutchins, S. W. Byrd, L. H. Del linger. C. W. Edwards, C. R. Bradford, Mat Whitson, D. C. Rcnfro, M. W. Pe terson, C. W. Deyton, J. 0. Griffith, J. D. Patton, E. R. Allen and B. B. Whitting ton. Funny, But In Bad Taste. From the Washington Post. - ' Rev. Justin Fulton, whose name and personality are not unknown to the pub lic, preached in Boston last Sabbath. Of course he prayed, and in the course of his petition he asked that Divine guid arce "be given President Harrison and the honored man who has just left his cabinet. Thou knowest, 0 Lord," he continued, "what to do with him we don't." Defeat Not Necessary. From the Charleston New and Courier. It would be well worth a defeat to get rid finally of Hillism, Tammany ism and Ocaliasm, if a defeat wire necessary to that end, but it is not necessary. If the party will- strip itself of them in tne convention, and go into the contest freed from their weight it will win tbe election we, believe without doubt or difficulty, and will never be hampered by them again. 'V;;' I Try parts Green and Lime, Dry. -' From the Rockingham Spirit. . ; . . .f The potato bug is proving quite a pest in this vicinity and the question is, "What can we do xabout it ?" An ex change says a "dead shot" for; the pest is three pounds of unslacked lime and two table spooufuls of concentrated lye dissolved in eight gallons of water. Sup pose yon try it. 1 , ' . Cleveland Hales m Fraud. : From the Boston Globe. - The pension fraud will continue for years- to come and why we-, admire Grover" Cleveland more than any man who has yet been president is because be had the backbone and moral stamina to veto the dependent beggar pension bill the most gigantic job ever connived to plunder a nation, ' It Will Return. . ' ' 1 ' . From the Charlotte Observer. ,- , v - 7 Sharp practice seldom pays cither a party or an individual, in the long run, and -the fact that a republican senate will nullify the action of the House noon these Arii-ona and New Mexico bills does not help the ense at all. The record .of that day will be used to plague the ma- THIS WBATBEKi With a tcady roar. The rain doth poor; In a short time, transpire thl';i : A blinding; flash, - A deafening crash. A scream from the power-house whistle! The street cars hang, The boys say dangl The public growl like blazes. As they step into the mud With a doll, dull thud And S DK Col. Martin's pra'ses. An hour goes by And from out the r, The sun shines forth in his glo-;, , And the cars speed on. For the rain's done gone; Eut tomorrow the some o'd story CLEVELAND OR ? Washington, June 7 The probable nomination of Mr. Blaine is discussed with the utmost interest by democratic leaders with reference to their own candidate. It is admitted by practically every democrat of importance in Washington, with the exception of Senator Hill, that Mr. Cleveland now has n clear stwo thirds of the delegates, allowing for those localities which are yet to select, but which are known to be for him. If the nomination could be made by letter that is, if a blank form of ballot were to be sent to each one of the 900 delegates at his home and the result could be accepicd us the verdict of the party Mr. Cleveland would receive the nomination by not less than 700 votes. The only present doubt of Mr. Cleve land's nomination at Chicago is that af ter arrival the delegates, in consulting with each other, will come to the conelu- ' sion that he is not likely to be elected, for the reason that thev will be solemnly ' assured bv the entire New York delega tion on the one hand and by the most in tluential men in Indiana on the oilier that he can carry neither of those states. The New York delegation, ns their present intention is, will say that if the convention chooses to nominate Mr. 1cve1anu 111 spiLc in Liicir piuieai 11 must do so at its Oivn risk, although thev" are prepared to promise him, if nominated, the most honest and most loyal support. Tammany, especially, will give full assurance of this on its own part, and, so far as present appear ancs go, will fulfill the promise to its utmost ability. CLEVELAND'S VULNERABLE POINTS. The New delegation, however, will point out that Mr. Cleveland is, for whatever reason, curiously obnoxious to the Irish Catholic vote of the pai ty, and for better understood reasons, more obnoxious to the soldier vote of the state TI1islattcrl10stilitytohim.it will be' urged, is verv much stronger in Indiana, whete a very considerable part of the democratic vote is made up ot veterans. Senator Voorhees says that either Pal mer or Morrison, from Illinois, or Slocum or Whitnev or Flower, from New York, can carry Indiana by a great majority against any candidate the republicans may name pacticulnrly against Presi dent Harrison. The democracy gener ally, so far as is represented here, seems perfectly willing to take either of the three candidates named from New York, provided the New York delegation will present his name. So far as the World correspondent has' been able to learn there it not in Wash ington .1 single democrat of real promi nence who believes that it will be wise to nominnte Mr. Hill. General belief teems to be that Mr. Whitney could best unite the two factions in the Empire state first, as practically representing every thing desired by Mr. Cleveland's friends and as Mr. Cleveland's present very warm and loyal supporter, and second, -as being, so far os all evidence goes en tirely a persona gram to the friends of Gov. Hill. Tbe, -Tammany representa tives here say in private conversation that lie will be more than acceptable to the organization. N. Y. World. CARD EM PtSTS. The North Carolina agricultural Ex periment station has just -published a twenty-six page bulletin (No. 84) deal- , ing with the fungous and insect enemies of garden and truck crops'. The truck ing interests has become one of the most important 'n the state. Good home gardens, are not, however, so "plentiful as they would be were it not for tbe the ravages of insects and diseases. The annual loss on this account to the truck farmers of North Carolina is not less than $50,000. while the loss to those -who grow only for home use is nearly as much more. Three-fourtbs of this large sum may be saved br takin ottableand timely precautions. This bulletin shows how to do it. Itgivet 10 different formu las for compounding insecticides and fun gicides, and explains the necessityl gar- den hygiene. The most approved forms of spraying apparatus are illustrated and described, and some trustworthy dealers in fungicidal chemicals are named. Everyone who has even a small garden is interested in the matters this bulletin -treats of. It is sent free to all residents of North Carolina, and will be sent as long as the supply lasts to residents of other states who send six cents in pos tage stamps. Address N. C. Experiment ( Station, Raleigh, N. C.Gerald McCar- , thy, Botanist. ' Practices yVnat He Preaches. Prom the Spring-field Vepublican. ' ' . Bishop Newman of the Methodist church said in a recent sermon 04' tha "gospel of weaith": "I believe in&ccu- mutated wealth. The acquisition " of property is a divine gift. To amass ' great fortunes is a special endowment." And he tries to practice what he preaches, ' as when he received $5000 or $10,000 for . preaching a funeral sermon over tbe ' body of Leland Stanford's son, which . ' was almost blasphemous in its adula-' . tion of the dead. , , ::'' ::-;i,i ' One View Of It :,::' From ths Charleston News sad Courier; -For our part we think it would be easier to beat Harrison, the impersona-. tion of republicanism in its most repel lent form, and we think it is a very bad sign for Our party that Blaine has con eluded that our chances of success have' been thrown away.
The Semi-Weekly Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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