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CLINTON, N. O., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1890.
No. 32.
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1M 10 FESSIONA L COLUMN .
VT U. ALLKN,
V V ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(Joldsboro, N. C.
Will practice in Sampson county.
IVI.27 tf
A-
m. lke, m. d.
I'll VS(IAN,SlJ liOKO.V AND DENTIST,
oiiico in life's Drug Store, je 7-lyr
I A. STEVENS, M. D.
J . I'lIYSKTAN' ANDSuIIOEOX,
(Office over Post Office.)
jaTMay be found at night at the
nMlcnc' of J. II. Stevens on College
Street. je 7-lyr
H.
KAISON,
'IT3KNEY AKI (JOUXSELL-
on at Law.
Office on Main Street,
w ill practice in courts ofSampson and
adjoining counties. Also in Supreme
Court. All business intrusted to his
cure will receive prompt and careful
attention. je 7-lyr
WS. THOMSON.
Attorney" and Counsell
or at Law.
Office over Post Office.
Will practice in Sampson and ad
joining counties. Ever attentive
rtinl faithful to the interests of all
client.. jo 7-lyr
lt V. KEUlt.
JLJ Attorney and Counsell
or at Law.
Office on Wall Street.
Will practice in Sampson, Bladen,
IVmler, Harnett and Duplin Coun
ties. Also in Supreme Court.
Prompt personal attention will be
u'ivrn to all leal business, je 7-lyr
I 71 HANK liOYETTE, D.B.S.
J Dentistry S$
Office on Main Street.fem
Oilers his services to the people of
Clinton and vicinity. Everything
in the line of Dentistry done in the
best style. Satisfaction guaranteed.
ttajrMy terms are strictly cash.
Don't ask me to vary from this rule.
je 7-lyr
$100 Reward. 100.
The readeis of The Caucasian
w ill be pleased to learn that there is
;it least ane dreaded disease that sci
ence has been able to cure in all Its
stages, und that is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only, positive
cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di
rertly on the blood and mucus sui
faces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength, by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers, that they of
fer One Hundred Dollars for any
ease that it fails to cure.
Scm? for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
teir Sold by druggists at 75 cents.
A dentist may not be considered
chicken-hearted, and yet when he
. .... A 1 !JI. ..I, . i. !...
conies in contact wim uiu uuMiuaie
toth there is a good deal ofthepull
it about him.
Is Consumption Incurable f
I lead the following Mr. C. 1 I. Mor
ris, Newark, Arkansas, says: "Was
down with Abscess of Lungs, and
ii niiu.l iiuu I'll J mvirtiio jiwiiuuiivvu
mean Incurable Consumptive. Be
gan taking Dr. King's New Discov
ery lor Consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee
the work on . yfarm. Itisthefln-
ct medicine ever made."
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says : "Had it not been tor Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion I would have died of Lung Trou
bles. Was given up by doctors. Am
now in best of health." Try it. Sam
ple bottles free at Dr. 11. II. Holli
iay's Drugstore, Clinton, N. C.
The Farmers' Alliance is letting
the administration know that it is
time to toe the Tariff Keform mark
corn or no corn.
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular us to need no
special mention. All who have used
Klectric Bitters sing the same song
of praise. A purer medicine does
not exist and it is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples,
JSoilp, Salt Kheum and other affec
tions caused b impure blood. Will
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prevent as well as cure all Malarial
feveis. For cure of Headache, Con-
siipation and indigestion try wee-
umers. XL.imrtj saiisiaLiiuii
guaranteed, or money refunded,
I'nce ',0 cents, and $1.00 per bottle
ur. k. 11. liolliday's Drugstore,
Clinton, N. C.
ALMOST A HINT. She "l saw
somebody this morning for whom
you have a great admiration." He
"You did, eh? I guess you must
have looked in the mirror." Ex.
TtiMLloii'a Aiwa koIt
The best Salve in the world lor Cuts,
cures, ulcere, can uneum, rt-
verSoreTttr ri.a,jiTa,wia
C? TTI L VI '
r V' , o, y
uiains, oorns, and all &k.u Eruption,
mm uumuveiy cures rues, or no pav
required. It is guaranteed to "ive per-
ieci Batisiacucc, or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Dr. R. II. Holliday, Clinton, and J.
U. Smith, Druggist, Mount Olive, N. C
What time the printer falls in love,
Than show his chosen lass how great
The iower of the press.
THE EDITOR'S CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUU STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Editor and the
Opinion of Others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
OUR POSITION.
The Man Whom This Paper Will Sup
port for Congress.
From time to time some de
serving reference or compliment
ban appeared in this paper con
cerning this or that man whose
name is before the people for
public position on public tiust.
This has aroused numerous en
quiries as to whom we would
support. To settle this matter,
especially with reference to Con
giess, we will state that in the
coining contest, we will be guid
ed by no personal preference.
We believe that the man whom
the people should send to repre
sent this and every other agri
cultural district should be a man
not only of undoubted integrity,
great inform. itiori and ability,
but also one who believes in and
will most earnestly and zealous
ly advocate the following mea
sures :
First, A change in the princi
ple and amount of taxation a
change that will lower taxes not
only to revenue basis, but even
lower and make up the deficien
cy by a graduated income tax.
Because a system that taxes that
what people eat, wear and use
otherwise is unjust, in that it
bears more heavily upon the
poor than rich.
Second, TI13 free and unlimi
ted coinage of silver.
Third, The removing of the
tax on State Banks.
Fourth, The abolition of the
present National Banking Sys
tem and the substitution of a
better system the establish
ment of a system that will take
the control of the money of the
country out of the hands of the
few a system that will give us
an elastic or flexible currency,
one that will contract or expand
exactly with the annual products
01 tne country, uiereoy rurmsli
Ung a just ana fixed measuie of
I "
their value. The Sub-Treasury
bill comes nearer effecting this
than any other measure yet of
fered.
The above, in brief, are the
great question s,mostnearl ycon-
cerning our prosperity and hap
piness, before the country to
day, and legislation must be had
on them or Agriculture will
continue a warring profession,
and the bulk of the country
must continue to suffer and pay
tribute to the chosen few.
Therefore we must know just
how a man stands on these great
vital questions before can con
sciously support him. If our
dearest friend or closest relative
were a candidate and did not
hold the abovo views, we" could
not and Would not support him.
HAVE YOU FORMED AND EXPRESSED
AN OPINION, &c?
In the ca?e of State against
Avery Butler, recently tried at
Sampson Superior Court, so
many persons were i ejected on
the ground that they had form-
ed Pinion3 r the newspaper
reports of the case that it caused
some to conclude that the news-
1
papers ought not to publish ac
counts of homicides and other
crimes, and even the able law-
yeis conducting the defence
blamed us in no small degree
for publishing the facts and
statements that we did before
the trial was finished ; but we
tmuK mai a newspaper W.JU1Q
ii. i- n. . i -i -i
not be a news-paper if it SUDDreSS
I - .
ei occonnfq of thfi imnnrbnt
ou founts oi iue. important
r .
eveuta ux me aay, anu iuriner
more we know that if men who
read the papers are to be exclu
ded from the jury box because
of opinions formed from read
ing accounts therein It am mnta
to excluding the intelliyenca of
"D wuu nuiu lue oi lm
J porta nt cas.es and leaves it to ig
norance and stupidity We have
time and again contended
thro these columns that it was
not in keeping with the spirit of
progress of the age to exclude
men from the jury, on grounds
that have lo3t their force and
point, and are therefore now
absurd. We intended to write
this article immediately after
the trial, and had asked a legal
friend to furnish us with the
opinions of eminent jurists on
the que3tion,who haa not done so
till just now. The following are
the extracts :
Chief Justice Agnew, of Penn
sylvania, said : 'We must either
recede and go back to the prac
tice of an age when ingnorance
of passing events constitute d a
characteristic of tie times, and
exclude every juror who has
formed an opinion, even the
slightest; or we must stand
abreast with the present atre.
when every remarkable event
of to-day is known all over the
country to-morrow, and exclude
those only whoss opinions are
so fixed as to be pre-judgments,
or have been formed upon the
known evidences of the case. It
is needless to say that the world
moves and carries us with ifc, and
it we lag behind we must commit
the trial of the most causes in
lifo to those so ignorant that
their dark minds have never
been smitten by the rays of in
telligence." (75 p. 424.)
Chief Justice Marshall, in the
trial of Aaron Burr, said : "Were
it possible to obtain a jury with
out any prepossessions whatever,
respecting the guilt or innocence
of the accused, it would be ex
tremely desirable to obtain such
a .jury : out this is perhaps im
possible and therefore will net
be required. The opinion which
has been avowed by the court is
that light impressions which
may fairly be supposed to yield
to the testimony that mav be
offered, which may leave the
mind open to a fair considera-
tion Of that testimony, COnsti-Lf
tute no sufficient objection to a
juror; put mat tnese strong and
cieey impressions wmcn will
close the mind against the testi-
inony that may bo offered in op-
position to tnein, wmcn aviii
comoat that testimony and re-
sist its force, do constitute a suf-
In 188 Chief Justice Waite
used this language in the ODiu-
ion in Reynolds v. U. S., 98 U. S.
155 : "The theory of the law is
that a luror Who has formed an
L v. . :. ,
opiuiuu uanuou oe impartial.
Every opinion which he mav
ontofhin noorl in( l.ovofJ.
enieriaui neea LOl nave that el-
feet. In these days of newspa
per enterprise and universal ed
ucation, every case of public in
terest is almost as a matter of
necessity, brought to the atten
tien of all the intelligent people
in the vicinity, and scarcely any
one can be found among those
best fitted for jurors who has
not read or heard 6f it, and who
has not some impressions or
some opinions in respect to its
merits. It is clear, therefore,
that upon the trial of the issue
of fact raised by a challenge for
such cause the court will practi
cally be called upon to deter
mine whether the nature and
nf t a
nuc"" i"u,uu
1 . i ...
i.i n 1 1 1 : i i .i. i w . i i i i
, ... , j
to raise me presumption oi par-
tiality."
in tne iamous NYeoster case,
Chief Justice Shaw, of Mass
said: "The opinion or judgment
must be something more than a
vaguo impression, formed from
casual conversation with others,
or iromreaumgimperieoi,aure-
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Viated newspaper reports. It
must be such
an opinion upon
tne merits oi tne question as
would oe liKeiy to to Dias or
pervert a candid judgment upon
a full hearing of the evidence."
In an Iowa case (State vs. Law
rence, lowa oi, a juror was
held
competent wno saia : "l
A A ,
hR'ieve the man has been innr -
dered and that the defendant
did it. It would now take some
evideuce or explanation to re-
move tne opinion troin my
inina. 1 liave no bias upon my
mind for or against th dfiffind-
ant. I know nothing about the
case except what I have heard
from rumor and newsDaper
prints. 1 Deneve 1 can sit ana
ucuiub tue oasu wuu ir.e same
iiuparuauiy aa hi uaa never
heard of the case."
Tn an English case, Lord Ten
terden said : "The ancient au
thorities show that expressions
usea dv a juryman are not a
cause of challenge, unless they
are to be referred to something
mi . i . i ,
oi ui-wiiitowara tne party cnai
lengingJ
Our own Supreme Courts have
held that, "when a juror says
he has formed and expressed!
the opiuion that the prisoner is
guilty, but states further that
his mind was fair and unbiased
and that he could hear the evi
dence and render a verdict with
out being in any degree influ
enced by what he had heard or
said, he is ompetent to serve as
a juror."
From these extracts it fully
appears that the 'public may,
with all propriety read acsounts
of the crimes aud events of the
day, provided no such ill-will
or prejudiced is formed as unfits
one for jury duty.
A Forum of Public Opinion.
TIIE OPINION OF OUR READ
ERS ON TIIE VARIOUS
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
We offer this column to our readers in
which to discuss topics of interest and profit
to mem.
AN ERROR.
(Contributed hy K. )
The reason ascribed by the oppo
nents of a Kail road Commission,
wnen, mat important subject was
before the last Legislature, wras that
a commission would be unable to ivc
cornplish any good for the people
The work done by the Aycock inves
tigating committee in forcing two
railroad corporations to pay taxes, is
the strongest possible evidence that
a Hailroad Commission could do
good and one is sadly needed in this
State. Wilson Advance.
Mr. Editor : The above clip
ping appeared in the last issue of
your paper. Ordinarily the
opponents of a Railroad C m
mission do not notice the many
unaccountable things that are
said upon the subject, but when
a paper like yours, which has
evet been fair and impartial in
its statements, copies an article
like the above from the Wilson
Advance perhaps it is fair and
due to justice and truth to call
your attention to the misstate
ments, or rather the error into
which the Advance has fallen.
No commission that has been
appointed by any State in the
Union has the power to tax rail
roads. Thfe Commission Bill
offftrpd in the lnt. T,pcislatiiiv
North Harolinn. hn nnt. tha
word "tax" in it from t,h fw
iine to the last line in the bill
if the people of North Carolina
had a. Railroad Commission it
wo jld have no nower to tax the
railroads. No commission that
-emid. be atnointed could nossi
Djv have such nower. Whv ?
uecause tne Liegisiature alone
can tax, and this must be done
at each session by a Revenue
Bill, duly passed by each House,
and must be read on three dif-
fr-r.f Anrc, o,. ,f k
- . J , . ,
passea by a vote ot yeas ann
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r"'t. Vr",. "Ti
toa uo puuusu nu iu ima uwic.
r t n ll s j.
jcii iuc uitii jruui iXLLtJiiiiun tu
a tew sections or the uonstitu-
tion of North Carolina and vou
you
will see how jealous the Con-
stitution guards tne taxing pow
er. Sue Article I, Section 23 of
the Constitution, it reads :
"The people of the State ought
not to be taxed or made subject to
the payment of any impost or duty
without the consent of themselves
or representatives in General As-
sembly freely given."
Now see Articla II, Section 14:
money on tne credit ot tne atate or
to pledge the faith ol the State, di
rectly or indirectly, lor the payment
oi any debt, or to impose any lax
icFuuFic ui me oiaic, ui tu
upon the people of the State, or
allow the counties, cities or towns to
" . v.uv, vinvo vv ij n
t cm ..niAfn -i.ii . . . . ... ......
uu ou, uuiraa mc uui iui me purpuse
snan nave Deen read three several
times in each house of the General
Assembly and passed three several
readings, which readings shall haye
been on three different days and
agreed to by each house respectively
and unless the yeas and nays on the
second and third reading of the bill
shall have been entered on the jour
nal."
Now the same rule that
ap
ni;o fn nM.a .-wi e
tno rh
llll i ft. am n I II I l I , 111 tj t trs
tions of the States, as has been
sam. "a corporation is a body
without a soul."
Now see Article V. Section 3 :
"Laws shall be passed taxing by
a uniform rule all moneys, credits.
investments in bonds, stocks, ioint
1 stock comrtanips. or nthprwUv nnd.
130 all real and personal property
roing to its true value in mon
3 K-
Up umi iniAmM-nmVM J i..t
income shall be taxed when the nro-
I --ww -- .vvJftVVJ T V
nertv from Avhirh th innnma 5a
"ved ia taxed." x
It will beobserved in the above
section that the words are "ioint
l siock companies, or otherwise."
me wvrun "or oiaerwise meaua
uii "joint siock," sucn as corpo-
rations.
To ftVftrv th
inbino-TTiiiMif mf
be apparent from what has been
said that no power exceDt the
I.effislatiir mn iinnn n. to
and this power the Legislature
cannot delegate to anv other
I nerrons. and tn trivA thia nnweT
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be to delegate to
he Commis
j sion the power to tax.
So care
ful is the O institution upon this
continued on Second Page. 1
Alliance Department
ALLIANCE NOTES, DISCUS
SIONS AND TIIE DOINGS
OF TIIE VARIOUS
LODGES.
Th Farmer'
Supt. E.
Alliance Edieatisi.
T) ... . :, I T"
1. uranson. OI tlielini? himself "Cumberland" in
Graded Schools of Atlanta, Ga.,
1U a letter 111 the FebrnAl V
uumDer oi ine ueorgia leacher
published in Atlanta made a
statement which was construed
by a correspondent of. The
School Journal, of New York
the leading educational paper
in mo united states to mean
that "the countv alliances in
vudi lug county alliances m
North Carolina weie calling
upon one another to demand
the abolition of the public
schools of the State," and the
School Journal, in a short edi
torial mentioned the statement.
Feeling that the Farmers' Alli
ance of North Carolina had
been badly misrepresented, Mr.
Edward E. Britton, the Princi
pal of the Mount Olive High
School, laid the matter before
Mrl J. B. Oliver," a prominent
member of the alliance in this
sectiou. Mr. Oliver pronounced
the statement false aid iref erred
Mr. Britton to the President
and Secretary of the State alli
ance. These gentlemen weie
written to, and pending their
reply, Mr. Britton wrote a letter
to the School Journal, which
that paper published m an
abridged form as follows:
"Upon seeing your comment
on the letter of Mr. E. C, Bran
son, in which it was stated that
"the county alliances of North
Carolina were calling upon one
another to demand the aboli-
tion of the public schools of the
State," I wrote Mr. J. B. Oliyer
a prominent "alliance man."
He declared that the "alliance
masi" were not opponents of the
public schools, and said it was
reported that a small sub-alliance
had passed a resolution
callinr attention to the short
public school term, and the
inefficiency in the management-
that they wanted
UCWCIUUK
... .1 .11
D,e.ller P 101 c s.c.noois non? at
all. lhlS- IS the action OI &
sm91 suD-aluance. Ine far-
mer9 OI ino um orm oiate
innsi noi oe dul on recora as
Lnnn nnh o mn i Tlnr
v.o.
are the staunchest sud porters
nf tum- in r,! f ntinc
' - "
them abolish an. tnnv nr askinir
i " '
"'"j v"q,w "' xxic.j.
In commenting on Mr. Brit-
In commenting on
tons etter the
SchOOl Journal
says
"This is just the mound
Mr. Branson takes. He quoted
the action of the alliance to
show the earnestness of the
feeling that the schools should
h improved. The short terms,
the poor pay, will only invite
poor teachers; hence the poor
teaching that is so generally
comDlanied of.
It is a significant
aign
of bet ter things,
when able men, like Prof. Brit
ton at the head of the fine
I. i I , . -c 1 y-v,
ill i v ii. in . .111 iiiii i a n. . i.itiii.ai. ..iiwn.
take so deep an interest in the
welfare ot the struggling public
-
schools of his State. The time
is not far distant when those
schools will take a high
rank.
There seems to ba a
tendency to find fault
with
Supt. Branson for speaking out.
N'o mora earrmst friend of the
-
exists; his earnest desire to
see them improved causes him
to speak, and we commend him
for it. He is ene of the many
who feel deeply that the short
terms and the poor pay only
bring the public school Is Into
contempt. We have a large
number of yery earnest letter,,
ail
ki: ia k
M M. ftA vWIlAUi. UU I V - W U V V
.rauao Ui i'UU1"' -
saying aiso, -xenoiu our empiy
parses,ourthre3dbaregarmeuts,
and do something for us."
Mr Elias Carr the President
j e Farmers'
AlUance in
. ,f
. kj auk. a mu. m m mm a tiii nn. w i.ri"
I i n : ! ii
PiYiug Dneny uj yours oi me
A4,b" XUB,, wujr w
l. . " 0 coniy alliances in
ortH L'-aroiina were calling
?Pou another to demand
""5 puuuu
SIU.UU13. J liC CUUbiltlUU Ui. lUO
a masses is one of the cardinal
- P1?1 of fhe order, see
- 10 enciosea uerewiia
lao not Know now sucn a
Continuett on Second Page.
FOItCOXUHKKS.
'CuIuleIaud Present a Man
and Invites the Public to Ex
amine Ills Record aud
Weigh his Act.
The Fayetteville Observer of
May 1st contains the following
card from a. mrrAonnnnt f m.
I C7 ------
which he reviews that credila-
hie record ivhiIa bv fVl
m i
lifen
in the 48th and 49th Coiurresfl
ard points out reasons why he!
should be renominated :
Editor Observer The time Is rap
idly approaching when the Uemo-
I cratie voters of the 3rd Congresgion
al district, in convention assembled,
will nominate some good true man
to represent them in the House of
oea ranv ror! Ika
the qualifications of the man who is
iohold this important trust; and,
casting my eyes around upoa the
many who aspire to this position,
and carefully weighing each in the
balances of my judgment, none
seems so well-adapted by every
statesman-liko requisite as the
gentleman whose name heads this
column. Of broad and liberal views
induced by a thorough education
and intimate contact with the out
side world, aggressive when error
is to bo cornbatted and corruption
overthrown, stubborn and unyield
ing when truth is to be viadicated
and the principles of pure govern
ment upheld, Col. Wharton J.
Green is in every way eminently
qualified to represent the intelli-
- . - . . I
gence and integrity of this District,
and in in no better way can the in
terest ol the people be subserved
than by giving him a unanimous
nomination in this convention.
Casting his lot among us con
siderably over a decade of years ago,
during which time he has won the
respect and esteem of all by his
fearless course and by his polished
and cordial demeanor, and devoting
Tv,o.,a QnA onomio. 4 v
nnhle sciencfi of am-lcnlture. thrp
fj in Vtia ltAciif o vniinAnoleA 4 V Vw I
-' j v-.. v iwpvuoi v t.aaa w i
to every amoition, impulse, sorrow
and joy of his countrymen, and he
Is emphatically of the people, with
the people and for the people in
eyery thinS that appertains to their
material interests. Having partici
pated in its dangers and hardships
most actively duing the late war,
Jil r j a
ine military prenx to ms name is
no empty title, no idly sounding
pseudonymn granted by the tongue
of njrcopimiicy or auuiation, Dut it
was welded indissolubly to his
personality by the fiery breath of a
hundred battle, and around it
cluster memories of the sabre's
flash, the cannon's roar and fields
drunk deep in patriotic blood.
tiavmg servea several terms in
Congress where his fidelity to duty
n VnT.n it n iif Jf
'intmMM vir t orfi nia TinoiiTr rt untv
h!a nnl!t;iIIDnm. mnaiinH ha
miration and plaudits of his collea-
gues, and where., as I will later
snow, ne carriea constantly Deiore
him ns "a frontlfit tnhU evs" the .
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vy w,,u.
ne represeniea, ne nas tne ,experi-
a m. x - - x
a
enceinat IS OI more avail man
jt-. T.-f j AI
I urul" j uraiua uiiu guuu inwiitiuiis.
ms associaies m me nouse anu
enate are men f national reputa-
tion a id unbounded influence, and
Uh, a Cant moana iinltmtiful atrantrih
any position that he may take
I . ... - . .
for the benefit of his constituent'
As an evidence of his influence and
the many w'se measures which he
had advocated in behalf of the peo
ple, I cite the following;
On taking his seat in the 48th
Congress he was appmted on the
Committee of Agriculture, and,
next to the Chairman, was senior
member of it in the 49th Congress.
In the 48th Congress he was a mem
ber of the Select Committee on
ventilation and acoustics, and in the
49th Congress was chairman of the
same.
Among the bills introduced by
him in the 48th Congress,
oroa r,r
I 411111 111 UIC lout vuiigiviw, v".
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io ereci. a puuuv uuuuiiig in
ettevilleand also to provide for
LH:i lAulnml uninlll ot lha atmnl
""d ZawZ nh
party being against appropriations
for public buildings where no
k..i.
ft M ' fli i- ana M -1 m ,7tLm mjm inilt.lft. wrz
of the other. Also a bill, later on
r.?1'.10;.? p.UDi? uiiair?
the outgrowth of which Is the
i in ii iiiiiMiviitii i Liicii in uisumu 1LI.I
present line structure now neanng
completion. He also int.oduced a
bill, which was passed, establishing
lights on the lower Cape t ear. A
bill lor the purpose ot securing
greater efficiency in the siar route
mail service by requiring contrac
tors to reside in the btate was ably
advocated by him and became a law.
A measure to prevent the adultera-
tion of food and drugs, which was
eloquently and ably championed by
floor of the House, secured a .favor
t 1 . A. C & . .
ATjET
iUustrates and speaks In an eloquent
tongue of his abiding interest in and
love for hi countrymen at !arge.
He also introduced a bill to encoura
gLl - r l : r T 1
obtained a three-fourths vote in the
Al IX! 4 ; 1 lft
aoriPiiUnrftl tVmimitlAA. hut flll
a of final passage on the flcor.he sub-
mittine the miioritv reoort. Also
i n uiu ivi iuc va j wcut iu uic ucuuic
nfK haf n tnh.v n..rinar
a bill for the payment to the people
the second session of the 48th Con
gress he introduced an amendment
to the inter-State commerce bill, re
quiring railroads embraced in said
bill to do their own expressage with
a view to reduced rates to shippers.
In setting forth the claims of this
ffiu11 JdfL V2jltionof freights and tariffs or
ISL:
from his most bitter, stubborn op-
portents. D ring the tame session
he delivered a speech opposing most
strenuously the retirement and
pensioning of (Jen. Grant, who was
then a private citizen.
In the first session of the i'?lh
Cocgress a bill wai introduced by
him to regulate cotuensaUon ami
mileage In contested election rases,
the object being to prevent a swindle
rn FA A t lAOim rm 1 lilMn. t t
pay both candidate for the ame
jHoat. In the second session of the
3tn congress a bill for a graduated
income tax, to compel cailtal to
hrar tii .1
u-v m I'l IIWII I II" f ' V I
dens of the tlovernment, on almost
illfltlt irul Willi 4)w irw tntota. Intn.
...... . .v wiiw law ij iituir-
iuctl l,v CiA llnwlam!- wn tir.w
posed by Wharton J. lirwn. He
also in the 49th Congrtwu supported
the olemargarine bill, which is now
a law of the land, belle vincr it to to
sanctioned by Justice and sound
iolicy and in the Interest of the
great mass of the people as against
a few extortional monopolists who,
by making and sellinK as he nest
tler a spurious artic.e composed
of vile ingredients, wcro realizing
from 100 to 200 per eent. profit for
great dairy interests of the country.
The tax so imposed- yields a hand
some and growing revenue to the
Government, although only one
fourth of that levied on manufactur
ed tobacco, and without crinnlinsr
the producer cheaiens the bogus
article almost one-half to the con
sumer y subjecting ii 10 brand or
lable. The effect of its oiieration
militates agaiost.the interests of no
one in North Carolina, and U deci
dely beneficial to the majority. In
addition to the abovo ho introduced
nnil arlvfvialail vurtnnc hillti Ctr ll.n
improvement of the rivers and
water waya in his district, many of
which were adopted. Ho also
warmly supported tho Mexican pen
qi i.n Kill HABnK a rMn r4 . .,
si on bill whereby a few old veterans,
mostly southern men, were accorded
a small fraction of the wholesale
pensions given those of tho more
favored sectiou in a later war. More
over he introduced divers and sun
dry bills of a private character,
together with petitions and motions
too numerous to mention.
In conclusion, I would ask you.
fellow countrymen, to examine
irei uiiv ins recoru, weign wen nis
11 ij i t ii f I
act" hcn h Was your servant, and
jy
interests may be entrusted. Then
if your decision be favorable and
it cannot be otherwise give him
your hearty support at the coming
convention. Cumwkklaxd.
LETTISH WRITING.
ine man wno writes agreea-
h.lo lotloru abou; mat torn
are of no consequence to any
body, is usually looked upon as
a genius; nor can it be denied
that the ability to Invest noth
ing with a tiamitory interest is
a peculiar cif t: But the elabor-
atnr of triflps i sldom crnar n t.
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anything else. Bid him descant
nn a weitrhtv snbiec.t. and
breaks down. His phrases lack
point; his arguments backbone.
ti .oi
naay sign, out ne w.u never
m,tu atnf
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wmm v v m v v w w i v i m t m .i
iuw wuiuj, "D Klt,!!C
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i ui a uiidbcr-u m iiiucu, a.iiu,iuuu uiic-uiiiu ich, j..n
tnougn continually chasing it
through a labyrinth of flowers,
he is rarely fortunate enough
f a Mif bin lint tlnAn ir
v
Our idea of a model letter
writer ia very . diffeient from
this. Give, us the cos respon
dent who' can compress mucin
thought into small compass
whose sentences, like the sledge
hammer blows delivered in
Vrdi 8 Anvil unorus, nave a
nervous ling about ihsm. The
hammer men of Thought's for
ges, the men who shape and
moiil-l great enterprises, never
wrrite long, rambling, point no
point letters. They have no
I l.
aim paper
Jl I
IIUVUI1 bUtll 1111
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were fcfiven us to dilute our
mnthr tomni. or that mental
old is all the better for be'.ng
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beaten out thin.
A letter that contains a word
more than is necessary to cm-
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vey the idea bores us and Is an
imposition on any busy man.
HON. 1$. II. IIUXX.
A Constituent Asks Him Certain
Questions Upon Public Mea
sure. taie dironick-.
Our Ilepresentative, Hon. B
II. Bunn, in an iuterv'ew put
lished in a recent issue of the
- to certain nrominent nues
I '
9 "? tmOM to .uikel11,nseU cier.
e desire to have unequi v cal
answers to each of the follow-
im? Questions :
(IA trA vnn in fivnr nf tfi
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bill intrcucod by Senator
,r t il -Sol
Vance.m me UIUM!" ouiies oen
ate, known as lha "Sub-Treaau-
sury Bill " for th- "elief of the
agriculturists ?
(2 1 Do; on oppose the prs-
ent national bankinr system ?
(3.) Are you in favor of the
free and unlimited -' uage of
silver?
(4.) Are you in favor, of a rail
road commission for th rnl.
I the railroads of North Carolina?
A plain answer to each of the
I above questions is desired by
yon. Constituents.
Children's Corner.
SOME ni I N(i I NTKIIESTING
TO OUU YOUNG UKADKIK.
The bBtrtir Uirl.
(IV A. K. M.)
The girl w love to think of,
and talk of Is the domestic girl.
In her home aud neii;hlorhfc1
bhe is a IdetMed helper and
comforter; she feel thai her
hands are none Lo white and
tender to assist in anything that
would lelieve the hand.- of
mother, or add to the well fare
of brother or ei.tor. rln tlrc
not always wait to Iw .nerved
with dinner at ten in her own
room, but is often see helping
in the rooking-room, dusting
and replacing ncattered article
of tho sitting-room and many
other duties that make her bet
ter for the world. She appeir?
as pleasant and lovely at homo
as abroad; her chief delight I
in trying to make homo pleasant
and attractive, not looking cross
and sour when there Is no tail
to attend, no pleasure trip to
take or something to call her
from homo. Her mind is not
fully absorbed by the fancier
and follies of the world, but she
endeavors to make herself use
ful at home, benevolent to tho
community ana maho u ueuer
by her having lived In it. Let
us then, the girls of Sampson
try to retain the accomplish
ments of the doirestic girl; not
yield to the fancies and follies
of tho world, but be lover- of
home benevolence, kindness and
friendship. Life will then eem
to ps and appear to oilier a
path ever level and a gareu
sweets ever fresh and green.
iewiou virove, .kj. tuav ,
x t v f., . in
PUZZLIvS.
F.aima.
What does man love more than
life,
Hate more than death or mortal
strife,
That which contented men de
sire, The poor h ive, the rich require,
The miser spends, the spend
thrift !VPX.
And all men carry to their
grave.i?'
XanifH f Prt.
Behead and curtail names of
poets and leave: 1. A resting
place. 2. Avas. :i. An Infect.
4. To partake. 5. ToHtilke.
A conjunction. 7. An inteijec
tion. An Old Problem.
Take five hundrod as tho ba
sis of the problem, add to this
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mr w . v i v r ttt w w 11 I'll HiiiiiAiiAvaa
UUC-lMiim ui -ui, u IHIII.HW.
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nave a iraction oi a man, ai
though in his opinion the nu-
merator of the fraction Is larger
than the denominator.
AoHwrrn to I'azzlrn.
A Diamond :
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W A N K I)
V A V E 11 K It
(i K N K U A T O 11
B K U A T K.l)
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It
Phonetic Charade : Co vper.
Biddies : Ten-ants. Two
calves He always has h Is back
up. The misle-toe. Because he
can't help it. lie puts an end
to your pains (panes). Because
it s ofttn hidden In the breast.
A CIIAXGK FOR Till; I HOT' Kit.
A few days ago the Chronicle
noted a rontest In Charlotte be
tween two students of Trinity
College and two students of
Davidson for a medal. We are
a figured that the hpeaking was
of a hiih order and that the
young men showed that they
had received excellent training.
One year ago the only con
tests between the col Iej.cn in
the State w.i: Wh'ch has the
mot brawn? which can push
harder and stand more hard
usage? The boys knocked each
other over, b:oke a leg, injured
a nose or two hut n.ver nuM
a decision as to which
was thn
best animal.
The change is one for the
better. If we ate to have pubic
contests between representatives
of our colleges, let the issue lie
one of brains and industry
nther than of brawn and
muscle. State Chronicle.
"Every Spris,"
Says one of the U-st house wiv- in New
England, rtV'e feel the necessity of uiu
ing a good mcriiciuo to purify the LlouI,
and we all lake flood araiarilla. It
keep the children free from humors, ray
husband say it gives him a good apa
tite, and for niysclf l aar sure I could
never do all my wort if it wa not for this
splendid medicine. It makes rae feel
strong and cheerful, and I am never trou
bled with heada;he or Utat tired feeling,
as I used to bo."
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