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A Democrat may be . dissatisfied
with some of the
doings of a por-
tion of his party, but that is no rea
it - '
son why he should quit it for,
with ill its shortco'mWs in - respect
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of a gold or silver . currency, it is
always a friend of the South
against Northern infringements
and as such is by! far the best par
ty in the' field bven although a
few self-styled Democrats in 'Con
gress Have put .themselves and
aimed to put the Administion in a
sorry plight before the country a
victim of treachery on their part.
The Democratic party proper
has done all it could, througfi the
President : and the House; . with
these' impediments to contend,
.against.- It could. not control . both
Republican and Populists hostility,
aided and abetted by traitor Demo-
cratsseverally in
addition . there-
unto',!i
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BufCleveland is as'- true I as the
- needle to the po
e, having been
tried and found faithful among ""the
faithless un-Gbrmanized, - unpur-.
chassable. UnbulldozabLe- A red
hot Democrat and
stijl a-heating,
he'll do to tie to all the time: and
as regards our President's'popuiari-
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ty, Mr. Cleveland was never so
hugged to the hearts of the masses
as he is todav. If he has! made
mistakes tney are1 not reckoned
against him. "An
honest
mnn n
the noblest work of God.'
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South and the extreme Northwest
forgives and forgetsj for the while
his financial proclivities, and the
part taken to'put down the j great
strike rebellion at Chicago is now
lost to view, since that tod has
turned out all correit. He is. the
people's president, seeking to serve
the public interest and the .wiser
but less handsome - man who ran
his countenance against the out-
work of the. mule, jhas expressed
in historic phrase ; the sensation of-
those who -sought to destroy- the
, public confidence in!him. , : ,
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It would be well j for American
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politicians of. all dimensions and
faiths to pay heed to' what has hap
pened in this notable instance, and
try to. "catch on" to a -little of Mr,
Cleveland ,s pluck.
There .sits today, in the execu
tive chair in Washington the bra-
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vest, noblest man who has occupi-
ed that position since Andrew-Jack
son "above alJ Greek; above all
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Roman fame,, and yet the
e are a
of the
few little peanut politicians
mongrel stripe prancing around and
abusing this great' leader of his par
ty and vainly trying to impugn, his
unsullied -democracy! But . the
.country be'ieves in'Mr-
Cleveland.
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as rresiuem 11c uas-uuiie ins wnuie
duty; has .done it , faithfully.' and
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3 fearlessly. There rs not enough
money in the world to buy him
There are not enough - politicians
like Gorman to scare him; and that
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so-called Democrat who assails his
political rharacter in any cegree.
places his own ' self , on record in
contrast with one who shines be
yond all comparison as high as an
eagle can soar above a june-bug!.
- A Raleigh dispatch to the New
York pvening Post says that a
great in flux of Westerners is look-.
I ed for in North jCarolina during the
next three months. ; H. H: Stod-
dard of Kearney, Neb., has just ar-
rived at Ka eicrn as tne aavance
agent of a Jarge colony of Nebrifek;
ans who intend coming in the ffall
most of whom will follow the
dairy
it is
they
they
business. These people say
too cold out there, and that
I have, become satisfied that
can do better in the bouth. Oeorge
K. Sherwood, of Kearnery, 'Neb.,
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writes to the North Carolina
missipner of agriculture:
com-
"You have no idea of the! hum-
ber of5 farmers in this section
who
wave uaiucu. iu k." ouum.
We
hnuf hnH n fniliir of rrnns nut
here
for three years in succession;
and
the failure this year is
If our Western farmers
comp
could
ete.
buy
some, of your Southern farms on
easy payments,) you would be pur
prised at the large number
hat
would go.
There are in North Carolina now
about 28,000 members of the Far
mer's Alliance, which is some 12
hundred greater than last year.
The order is not growing mu:h,
but it seems to be holding its own
Very well. There isinothing dan
gerous or wicked in ' 'the organiza
tion that we know of. Wilson Ad
vance. .
i ' "Er man kin run. inter-dcbt.'jXskid I
Uncle EbeUj but when he comes ter gittin
out he's goiter crawl. ' ' Washington Star.
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have it in Dry Goods, Shoes,
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Plain fe Fancy G-ro-
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Chikens, Eggs, Butter etc. I will pay the
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W. A. TEMPLE,
DEALER IN
HEAVY & FANCY GROCE-
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COFFEE, CANNED GOODS ETC..1
f 1 country Frod.uce taken in ex-1
change. ; Give me a call, 1 will
sell you cheap asfyou can buy any
where in the town. -. ! , ;
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. I am now receiving my JB'NKW J
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complete in all the different Departments
a large line of !
Dousles, Zeigler S Bay
State Shoes,
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which are the best Shoes on the - market.
r Goods arc lower this season than I ever
knew them. i ' ; '
Tf vnn want to save monev come i and
to save money come
examine my stock betore. buying.
All kinds of trade
taken in exchange for
goods. , ' ; . . j-
OD. MCLOAULEY.
GO TO
Mcpade Brick Building.,
A lot of Cheap but Good Pan
s.
TRY MY FLOUR, i
Flour and Shipstuff a Specialtyv
A fine stock of Groceries always
on hand.
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me on Mens,
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I can sell you if you will come sCe
them;
Goods sold for the lowest cash
prices or country trade.
Come and see me, I will treat you rig.ht
J. D. XVEBB.
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