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THE BEACON]
B; S. White
Editor and Idroprlejor.
CAMPAIGN RATES { TWENTY- FIVE
CENTS FdE TUB EE MONTH'-!,
MTBICTEY. IN' ADVANCE.
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STATE Ta XAl'lOIT AM) REPEBLI.
CAN l'LUNDEltlNGB.
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In the matter of tj neral expen
diture?.—The following is a state
ment of the general expenditures
for each fiscal year from ISON lo
1887, both included:
1868. Total amount expend d $ 001,305
77<M?C
1,117.180
553,031
m,:m
531,705
439,839
583,371
520,173
599,154
308,01 •/
.104,95-1
453,035
' 511.03.>
527
697,85h
610,9 b
875,746
033,772
703,189
1869, Total amount expended
1870. Total amount expend*?jj
1871. ToUl Amount expended
1872, Total titnour.teXprjiided
18To. Tou! am*mi. t ejfper;d<?.i
1874, Total amount ezipe-idq^
187.% Total im< wit expeidi:!
1876. Total amount exjieuded
.1877. Total amount -xp, i> i i
1878. Total amount eipeodedi
1879. Total amount fX peudu i
1880. Total amount expend#!
1881. Total amount expended
1882. Total amount exjit-nded]
1683. Total auM/unt cjgfTHl.il
IBS’.. Total amount expended
1885. Total amount expended
1886. Total amount expended
1887. Total c mount tipetided
Wit h no public cptaritius on iheii
Imnds, but the Iusaue Asjlnru a1
jBaleigh and the white asjlvm foi
jt he deaf and dum b and the blint
jat liuleigh, (the <.’up]*oi: oi Wbid
together cost Si00,000), the Ho
jpublicans required! for ti c StaU
jgoverntueut l be euoinjuvu stun oi
$1,117,100Tv|i th* year ending Sep
(ember 30, INTO,
The Democratic administration
has nearly completed the uulinisb
id StateN Peni'emiary; has emu
ipleted the Western lu sane fAsyh
uni at Morgan ton; has built the
Eastern Insane Asylum at Goub
boro for the colored rushac, and
the Colored luHt|^i{hnt^ Jot the
l)caf aud Duuih and the .Blind at
Haleigh, and lu'.s sup cijed them
all, together with the other insti
tutions in existence under Kepub
ltcaa rule, • anil to cl otheji* cuijrout
expenses of State gOvoi umeuij, at
an average annua; Cost of not ex
ceeding $520,000, or h-ss than one
half ot the expense's of the State
goverinilent unde11he 1 iepuii 11cai
in ihdy-^O.
>M)r is tins ull.j ll has made
large appropriations to the con
struotion of t-Lc Wesu ni North
Carolina iiadioad. the (Jdpb Fear
and Yadkin Valley Kailrpud. the
Oxford Orphan Asylum; paid tlu*
interest on the boijuhs for the Wes
tern North bariduija liaiIro.ul and
on the State ithbt, and, out of the
Maine fund, inaugurated apd pro-1
vided for normal frhboohs for both
white and black, aad remitted thei
rax itiyy (foij general purposes; of
25 cents ou J?i00 worth of propel ty
for one whole yeai; And all these!
things weiu tone in an annua) tost
of less than jjue-1 aif ol the expen
ma of the Sfhte govei aq eiit unuet •;
the liejiublitiaijs lc !bJUf0.
Nor in this til; The tax lovv for
general 'jatripuses. j has be^u con
Stan 11\ Ionvc. id until t ow it is ou
ly 2U cents on the S'LUO wjrnth of j
propei f,V .
ooyynri* LAliOit.
Kadicai ti :k!ers and bit,ul.. A
Writers, moan about
.the wick
ediioss- of putting penitentiary
convict labor ih
epu.petition with
honest labor and Democrat# taking
away the chance of the incqUauic
to earn an hpnekt penny ujy doing
hi! contract work with convict
lalior, and it ought uot to be.
But who it responsible for if?
How cauio there to be a pen ,
iteutiary in North Cardinal l Turn
to Article XI. bah by Constitution
of 1.S08, and read—I
•‘Section 3. Tin* General Asay in
bly shall at * its first meeting,
make provision for the Erection
ami conduct of a .Stale’s Frisoy or
Penitentiary.” ujj . ■ r.'V. 1 j
'jTne Legislature of IsjfS'^— ’(19
obeyed orders foi .1
provided for building
ry. Once filled and kc
question was what
the convicts. We c
with patience of ecu'
marvel and
a penitcntia
in not
ict lahy be
with
think
1
YOE. 1 ELIZABETHTOWN, N. O. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1888.
it
in?
NO. 36.
mg made to compete with holiest
labor in any measure; and by em
ploying it on railtoad work the
Democratic party has avoided
that competition as possible. But
why docs it ever in the Smallest
particular compete with the labor
of honest menf Turn once more1
to Article Xf, canby constitution
Of 18&>, u.d read —
‘‘Section! II. It shall he stead
dy kept iii view by tie J>gis
latute, and the Boatd of Public
charities, that ail penal and' c'arr
itable lUStlUtliouH should b*. made
'as nearly self support tug as it eon •
sis'eut with the purposes of their
creation.”
That is
Uadicals ,
the reason, and the
arb
I I ■
responsible lor it.
FRKEDOAf QR TY It AN NY lYHICtl?
We caiiuot afford to destroy or
weaken tUe
It baa 1
Democratic party,
ued iho Btate from
Iladicai misrule; it hits broken the
ulliauee that existod so , long
bet weeu pow
checkeil the
ex and cnme; it has
ay ate in of public
plunder v. biUh wa.s 'drawing:, our
people to bankruptcy and ruin
and. it Las finally ^restored the
control of the government to the
ud yiituo ot the
iiitol licence
State. " 1U
defeat it Ibid i cal
rule, and liadieal rule isoppression
I luuder, ban
gives asaura
government,
tniptcy. Its success
ice of constitutional
enforcement of law.
and maintenance of right. Barely
every day
manners, an*
progress ua*.l
prudent —for
01 thy of oar Bhprem
the cause is w
est effort s.
The improvements that we sec
around ns, in ;ueu
material affairs,bad
their rise auld have made their
ler Demoeutic rt’.lo.
Will it be wise then -will it be
us to change that
rale! Let conservative, thinking
men throughout the Btatc consider
well.
this question
IS DOCKERY
A PKOIIlljiTLOMST?.
The Uockm'jhatu Rocket.publish
ed iu Doekoiy
old Democrat
ery booau.se tli
■s own county, hav
iug been informed that a good
had announced his
purpose to vote for Col. Dock
e Colonel w as a prohi
bitiouist, raises its bauds iu holy
horror, aud says:
‘•‘Angela anti in misters c
Dockerv a
defend us !’
tioiiist! Whence springs I he je.d
f grace
proitib:
.d make j
Dockery!,
moved by i
impression, j
>l any ltepublican who -won
it appear that Colonel
a cored prohibition,
:ht bopo that such
edged in innhcent minds, would!,
1 raw votes.td him Iron: the pro:
- . j * 1
ubitiou party! or at least draw j,
rotes off the Democratic party! jT
l ichest things
t isoue of the
tmoug the lmmors of the cam
migu so far inasmuch as it is
i matter of u.story that Colonel
ioekery not only wrote a long
otter to .the Hiti/iirujton Star
.%ga»:ist prohibition, but in the* :
sauipaigu off IASI canvassed por- j ]
tious of the State against it and j j
ftetoally made bold enough to j t
haw arguments from the Bible in \t
Support of his positions, flow ]
:x»u Id Ike old gentiemaa of Jfiay !|
eltev ille have become so wofuily ! 5
misiutoriuedf We would be glad i
to kuow!‘.
The Bepub^cans of the First ^
district have" tonjinuted Elihn '
White for Congress and George
A. Sparrow for elector.
TEACH UK'S INVlITUTK
I
[ The
Bladen
If each
county
er’s
Institute of
1
opened for the
white race on Monday August
10th M38& and continued till Fri
Hi
August jtjie 24th t’$S&
lie v Janteh Kelly Sup ;rut •< i,
lent of Pubhe Instruction, ft>i
BI mien
county was President oi
he institute.
Secretary.
Aud r. M. Willis
1
Toe exercises of the two days
were coudaeted by the President,
assisted by t be First Grade Teach
era present, and consisted of ©lass
relations in mental and Written
Arithmetic, Grammar, Physiology
and Heading. On \yediiesday
in addition to the regular rebita
tions. Lectures were delivered by
Mr. Mclver. Principal of the
Cfarkton High, School, on “The1
best methods of making the differ |
eat studies interesting to pqpils, j
ah I by Prof. ^ Juo. B. Kelh,;
Superintendent of the Kaleigh
Graded School, on “School Go*’~
erntnent.;^ The lectures of this©
gentlemen were highly instruct.re
and entertaining, and were well
received and greatly appreciated
by the Institute.
Prof. John E, Kelley also {Wijr j
.ered lectures on the following I
subjects: School inauageinent.The
importance of Teachers study si g
the Classics; IIcart Culture, am in
fact,-on all subjects relating to
teachers and their work. Pho
peculiarly happy and lore- ble
•style of this gentlemen, in pre*ent
hi a plain, practical mairier
the many important subject* he
touched upon, was both entertain
mg and instructive, and the lea
sons and lectures given by'him
will be well, remembered by ; the
teachers composing this scssioii of
the Institute, and will, uudoubted
ly, be applied by them ia the
practice of their profession. 1 | I
This session of the Institute,
was eminently successful, md tjre
feeji Hire, that every teacher pree
cut, regards the time giren to
at ten dance on the Institute as
time well spent. ri ! I
.h '■ ! . i • . ■ ' ' •,j- > U \ j
hero were in attendance dur
tin e»ca«i«r:i, rte\ eu' tuaie oeach
er^ ten females ami live attending
with a view of teaching.
At the close of the Institute
Friday evening, the following
Preamble and Resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, Another sessi-.n of
the Teacher’s Institute of iladert
county is now drawing to a close,
we the teachers in afctendaine on
said. Institute, desire to givs ex
prejasion to our feelings of ippre
nation and gratitude, to
those
whi have labored so efficiently
and we trust, successfully, for o r
bet dir, Therefore be it rest* ved:
1st. That we have greatly en
ioyed the lessons and lecuires
gir cu by Prof- John B. Kelly and j
ree^ that the many practical truths
whjch he has so admirably taught
ind illustrated during this sea,ion
it our Institute, will be of v4ry
?reit| benelit ro us in our proles- 1
hob as reacher’s Resolved further,
i hat wo now tender to bun our
ouhcje thanks, for !liis efforts with
tud for. us, and assure him of our
dgU estimate ol his teachings and j
mr warm esteem for himself pcr- j
tonally. -j! . ji'
Resolved further. That as the
np Of office of our present excels
cn t an 1 effieieu t 8 u pe i i u t o u t lent,
fey; James Kelly, will expire
wd'ore another session of this ir,
Jitate, we do now Lbiebv tender
am pur earnest and hearty thanks
or his efforts in b<half cf progies
rve education iff Bladen county,
or bis earnest and patient labors
or our improvement in oar pro
lion, and for the uniform kiudn
md tourtesy he has ever ex ten
•O n$.
liifsolved fur tier. That it AS
fith deep regret, that we realize
be fact that the relation beretP
°re existing between him and
inrselves, as Superintendent and
eaeptie, will soon be severed;
>ut Jfo cssare him, that he will
•cer hold a warm place in oar
icOrp as a personal friend, a
ristian uiHirstei and gentleman.
»uil an earnest, faithful worker in
im cause of education.
Bead vcg further. That we re -
1 ‘ * ‘\4 ™
i
,-^
q».oet, that these resolution* t,t
p.’!*c«a ou the journal of bur tnsti
tHe. In connection with thb pro
oetdipgs °fp| session,and at copy
ftirnished the JiOM® Kktbepkibe
ior publication.
F. M. WliLLIS,
* 1 Secretary.
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CAUTION.
If there he any Democrats
zoho propose fa vote against Vie
amendment inreating the num
hei of Hu trireme Court Judges,or
any who propose ml Ip bote on it
ci ally let them be sure, neverthe
less. to cote far the Deywcratlc
candidates, lest it happen that
the amendment be carried and
Davis, Apery and Shepherd be
beaten. The Radicals will
mt'i for the amendment fend
their noniinees. The Democrats
must take no risks in this or any
other matter on election day.
No matterhow you ?>ote on the
aimndmehiy be snre you pote
for Davis, Avery and \ Shep. j
herd. \
-COMMCJilOATKD.
t 008 WiSHISGTOS LETTER.
[.Special Correspondence to Tirs Bzaoo.x]
Democratic mistakes during im
portant political crises have, iti the
past decade bee'i its Nemesis
more than once. At last the par
ty has found its Mascot—Cleve
land. Tberecent fisheries treaty
message has so struck tljie I Uearts
of the American people, irrespec
tive of party ties, that even the
issues of the campaign have been
the moment in the
lost sight of for
great whirlpool of American pat
riotic enthusiasm invoked bv the
ablest State paper submitted to
Congress in the last fifty. years.
Even Blaine is stricken dumb.
The jackass refuses to Iray;
Democratic mistakes seem to
ba\o become a thing of tnie past.
•Cleveland has beyond a doubt in.
?ared hi» return to the White
House for the uext four years” is
>n the lips of every ode you meet
in Washington. Democrats are
ubiluut, are proud, and well they
nay be. They have a statesman
n the highest t.ense Jof t hat very
nuch abused term for) the.trleader.
1 man rvlio has the courage to
uge his convictions, and couvic
ions that might well
ronor to even Jeffersou.
have done
our friends
“the: great'
But how about
he enemyf Blaipe
>st living ’candidate killed poiit
cally, ftrtnly refused
ild’s” 1 cwirespoiuleat
iew on the treaty
riven Jingo deems
Vud as the leader so
nen. The republicans can no
onger ignore the abtli
hey have been so fond of sneer
the ‘•ller
an inter
uiessage.
is stunned,
the bench
ty of a man
ag at.
The grand old Bomau is receiv
»g all the honors that
;au shower upon her favorite.
fifty thousand people
o listeii to the pearls
hat drop from the Ups of the sage
d baud a: i ua
if democracy. The re
i aves in every hand s hd none or
k> mean as to fail to <lj> him bon
>r. . h . 1 ,
Trusts ’tis true sUppdrt Bro.
hevi, and the Plumed Knight
enthusiasm
assembled1
qf wisdom
the oblige-;
tindly acknowledges
ions of his party by a defense of j
ho anaconda of American vital-j
ty. Blame did hotontiuu his rec
>rd in 1SS4. Wifi LLarnson and
Horton outrun his advocacy of;,
male in i$8df Tne> are worse)'
jaudicapped than wa^ the head
>f Bepubih.au fame in 1801.
Life to the friends of trusts «
uust be rat her unpleasant at just j
his moment. But why should ‘be
iepnblie&n* d-v>spi?
Dana supports tbe Maine states ii
ua«vt) in Li.- tiust «iiterances.
»r«t we had forgbttet.
Dab a wash
or
imt.
the Republican Jonah
i'lie North CoroHua E emurrata
had a rncetiug a few ago
for the put pose of helping their
brethren in the old ^urth
Eoeouraginir reports o i. , J;.
irom Lome of the grand ti^’ t die
Demooracv b making. Al? North
<-ait. ua needs ta to be airjukened.
IrfS. that bo thoroughly done t ad
the part;\ is safe. Doektry seems
to make a |H>or show even U Com
parison with York.
Aicty the Democratic shn! shine
on as brightly as how i.s tile beat
wish of Hay
-tiu. EditosL—It you «iJi allow
me space iu your wpuhy columns,
I will endeavor to write a piece
! specially to jke young. Tha ooin
inuuicaied espenetae? ot those
who have observantly performed
the voyage of life might be used
us a glass for the young to look
through; but roo often they scoru
fully reject this uufluttering glass,
and trust to the delusive vision ol
their own optics. They !amuck
out npoo a peri ions sea without
chart or compass, without exoeri
euce of their own, and ut terly in
disposed to being guided by the
expeneuee of others. In {lie sea
son of youth the imagination often
runs away with the judgment. A
j oung man gifted with a warm im
agination, but whose judgment is
immature for want of experience,
views things through a deceptive
perspective. IIis thi o'nu ug hviwl
teems with flat tering visions. Eve
ry thing that may turn to hist bwii
favor, lie takes for grouted, ami
every untoward incident, op the
contrary, that may chance to
thwart aud disappoint him, he
leaves out of his calculations. A
bold adventurer in the ioaery of
life, he feels quite sure of drawing
a priJte; and his too gieat eU.fi
dencd is the very means of turn
ing him up a blank. For aspic; bo
one laud, it proven u* that care
and circumspectionJp: business
which is necessary to success, so,
on the other hand, it leads him to
sj]narie bis expenses not to hi*real
bucuiustuuces, but to his visibbao
prospects. George, a goodly yon Mi,
took in a decent cargo oi lficascfpr
the voyage of life, but foigbt to
take with him a single idea of
meeting with adverse winds and
misadveutures. He was neither a
* mpletou nor au ignoramus. An
houest heart had he, a id a bruin
lather, fertile fcbau banco. He
weak iu one particular only;—
h® was incliued to believe ciierv
thing that he found written in the
chronicles of the imagination, 1,1
short, none was moro skilled ic
bdddijug aerial castles, Which
though it ahvay g.vos plea,ure t»
the artist, very selJoine brings him
pioFst. Thus equipped with men
tal stored, and furnished also with
some cash, George begins bits nens
ile commences or a large icjale
and naturally enough; fol wjbo
with a warm and pregnant ithbfe'U
a lion, con'd bear to be occupied
with small things? this great stock
tn trade, too most of w hich Ie had
taken onr credit, he nbw vie vs
with rapture.—All this is worth.—
and its profits from the first turn,
Will increase it to the aum of—
Well, I can tnru it seven times in
seven years; and shall then be
worth full thirty thousand dollars]
clear to my-self. George, s< rich
iu prospective feuds, feels as if be
had ttiis wealth all in baud,! Ucd
oome« quite ap to the reasonable
expenses of a hasu already wort h
thirty thousand dollars, ! a worm :
may peuetrate aud sit k a ship, m
siffectoatly as the hall of a |*on
uon.—George met with no uprom
moo gust of adversity. Nojiimig
lid he lose by fire aud by V
and not mack by bad dc*bt;ybt
jirtuastaaoeagrew mote a
it i now year m year.itili
RATES
—OF—*
advjlh Ttetxa
BViriiished
ON
APPLICATION.
than seven y«iis he became fn^l
vent to a considerable amount.
I AH this was onus; cr principally
i owing,. to oue singly outeurastanee
| living njf<xi prospects, his oalgooa
|eouatabtlv , v xccoderi hie income,
til i^Wtfiid >u ! s i«g ledaway by the
jaooewu imagination. \ he hud nil
along conformed his management
!;aud the o-Spen-es o» UU livt>.ig to
bis real eirptunaiauces, , he tuig.hr
I have had, if not wealth, at lea t
competence.—Many a promising
and Hue young man !tn hwu up
: sCt, by carrying more <Ud% tbr.u
hia bark and his ballast could bear.
And hero permit roe .{jo offer a l
'serious caution against running
rashly and deeply in debt.—.a ru
iuous un-rtudeooe, to which alt
the |mtuei oas,and, ia[ soiue poiuts
; respectable, family ofG4 vgoV.i:.v
exceedingly prone. It is no., new
remark, a: d yet not thef worse for
wear, that multitudes are undone
as to jh 'ii wor'dy affairs by View
ing things at a distance— at a dis
taoeo of time—they view it in a
l false niiitow. In the days of our
youth, and, ns to many of us, even
up to the days of our old age, wo
are apt to feel as if wo Should be
abundantly able to pay h debt six
i months dr a y ear hence. I magi n
ation furnishes us with ways and
means in abundance for the future,
though we have hone for the pres
cut. Only give us a long pay day,
and we can do this, or vra can do
that. But the wheels,of time pres
ently bring round rite sis months,
or the twelve months, or I tie yet
longer period. It vanishes like a
dream, and the dsbtor, failing' in
his calculation, if ho calculated a!
allf is quite as unable to pay us he
•*«a at the i.'./tatif the con tract
was made, tie is now ioifie hands
of his creditor, who 0|rit’spy',-a, «>r
ru.n biiupas he please.*. Banning
ill debt is a .serious buslnese, a Inch,
if proper cant;ou he.vanting, jeop
ardises not only propm ty, but
character also, and personal fine
dom.
/
Of tliow’ who have beet) advert
ruroua and rash it tills respect,
how uiauy have Leon vtterly ra
died intestate f How many have
lost t..eir credit and . luji#ration f
How ' rnauyj*li >vt* forfeited their
character for truth and Integrity,
to w lik’h they onVc hail beet) fair •
iy entitled 1 How uimnv, prompt
i*d by tun violent temptations aris
rog ou: of their ombamoHed oil*
eumstancr e have anted in a mau
uw astonishing fo all « ho knew
them in their better duya| (’red-1
it, ro invaluably to all ■! fn‘ any
roput.ib.le kind of budne**, a r
espcc ally to those who bain ‘little
else to depend upon, is d>[a Uelf
eafce and frail nature : it btifkt be
used- with moder.iiii.il,- or it lan
guisiles anil if. .a
A man iihpo?ed at all time* do
extend his credit a» far as Jie pos
sibly <in» or to take op hi I tie.
credit lie dwi get, -lias- many
ehantjea tt> one, ,of being a bank •
rupt in credit as’well as in On cum
*‘autra. A word to spirited1 young
iuou: and a word that will. app]}
fuiiy as well 10 a great, many who
»• u<* young. li credit^ iU|.g
•redit bo offered yea--pause
iwriUc ere you wallow the bait,
aloulate the thing on all sides
«id in tvII it hearings—Us
jbaricea as well as its chance*.—
Credit long credit, with fateiest
vVith interoei,! “there is the rat
his same iatemst is a devonrer.
it cats I ke a canker.
Kov.ce.
F >t Ik.)..
*0f9S* Ka
back. tide *
■rotww, uw S!»jis
ter. ■ Jhri«*r» s. /„> .*
u i>r. Ji, livir. ;i*oa ’* !>ro% ■
WLL'YOU -SC If KUK wkh
Uiver UKupuiut? Vtu-J*r
n»r-ut«ei toear^yvj. For *cde a: Dr \
a Drug &«*,.• . -T
'Wa T UACKlKO COlTtm = W »
tnKKlf cur-tj L-y SUilel**«Caft». $ « /■• .
i»tee si F t .-*»]© s*, It ,’V. U. Uu»