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I'liOFlXSlOXAL COLUMN.
W K. ALLEN,
V A'lTOKXKv-AT-LAW,
Goldsboro, N. (J.
practice in Sampson county.
1 iiT 1 1
i M. LEE, M. j).
I'll VSirlANSlUGKO.V AM) DENTIST,
')i!':c!' in I'!'s Irug Store, jo 7-Iyr
A. STEVENS, M. I).
tl I'ilV.SH IAN AM) SuitGEON,
(Office over Post Office.)
iKj-;vy lie found at night nt the
(. Mdi-ncc dl' J. If. Stevens on College
-iiv f. je 7-lyr
1 Iv FA I SOX,
1 I ATI' )i:.VKV ANI COUNSELL
OR at Law.
Ollice on Main Street,
a ill practice in courts of Sampson and
nljoinitig counlie. Also in Supreme
Ci.'irt. All tiusincss intrusted to his
'.ire will receive prompt and careful
(Mention. je 7-lyr
WS. THOMSON.
Attoknky AM) CoL'NSELL-
ou at Law.
OJlice over Post Office.
Will practice in Sampson and ad-
lining counties. Kver attentive
mil faith to tin interests of all
, I nt . je 7-lyr
1,1 V. a ERR.
I .J A "To UN ICV AM) CoiJNSKLL-
iiu at Law.
Office on Wall Street.
Will practice in Sampson, IHaden,
rentier, Harnett and Duplin Coun
ties. Also in Supreme Court.
I'rompt personal attention will he
i .mi to all legal businof-s. je 7-lyr
I 71UANK BOYETTE, D.D.S.
I Dentist ky
Oflice on Main Street. HCT
oil. is his services to the people of
(Minion and vicinity. Everything
in 1 he line of Dentistry done in the
he.t sly hi. Satisfaction guaranteed.
tray My terms are strictly cash.
Don't ask me to vary from this rule.
For Tin: Vkvcxaixs.
o, lovi:: .
ItV CAHINK.
o. I, .i' that thrills Hie silent ' heart.
And sends the litirilin!,' uloV
of -weet deliirht uliin t lie v(-ins.
I.iki- lav.t's lieree-t l!o'.
o. Iuve that eheers when sorrow teals
T he sunlight from the sky.
' 'I v'i'ief so drear luit can be liorne
When love is sinilini,' ni,i;Ti.
o. Iuve that warms the saddet heart
When blackest fortunes frown.
. invstie oi -e, that eomes like strains
Fruni Aden's liowers blown !
I " 1 1 1 1 x 1 1 ileep in nloom of direst fate,
I'.ent with v ant and care,
T he h.iplevs mortal still may elaim
T'hi taste of heaven while here.
. love, so pure, so dear, so sweet.
hair as the realms of Hjjlit !
I'hoii eomest to make the rough way smooth.
To pieree the shades of niifht.
How is This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Jle
war.l for any case of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by taking Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure.
V. .. CHEXKV CO., Props., Tole
do, O.
We, the tin Jersigned, have known
K. J. Cheney for the last 1G years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan
cially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their firm.
Wkst A. Tiutax, Wholesale Drug
gist, Toledo. O.
Wai.dim;, Kinnax & Makvix,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucus surfaces of the system.
Price 7fe. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggist.
Flowers are the grandest thing that
Cod ever made without putting an
immortal soul into them. IJecchcr.
He put souls into some of them,
and those we call women. En.
mat :
A Scran of l'aiior Saves Her Life.
It was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper, nut it saveu her
life. She was in the last stages of
consumption, told by physicians
that she was incurable and could live
only a short time; she weighed less
than seventy pounds On a piece
of wrapping paper .-he read of Dr,
ICing's New Discovery, and got a
sample bottle; it helped her, she
bought a large bottle, it helped her
more, bought another and grew bet
ter fast, continued its use and is now
string, healthy, rosy, plump, weigh
ing 1 to pounds. For fuller particu
lars send stamn to V. If. Cole. Drusr-
gist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles of
iiiis wonderful discovery lree at Jl.
W. Holliday's Drug Store.
mm
Fmi mor ( 'niiif out lierfi in thn
bars, Miss Beacon Street, want to
show mm my new Jersey calf.
Miss Beacon Street (enchanted)
h, what a lovely little cow I Now,
I suppose that is the kind that gives
uie condensed miiK, isn't it V Som
CTvillo Journal.
Enpepsy.
This is what vu ourht to have
in f; ct, you must have it, to fully
t'Ujoy life. Thniissmils nro. sen.re.h-
ing tor it daily, and mourning be
cause they find it not. Thousands
upon thousands of dollars are spent
mutually oy our people in the hope
mat iney may attain this boon. Am
yet it may be had bv all. Wn imr.
antce that Electric Bitters, if used
according to directions and the use
persisted in, will bring you Good
ijgestion ana oust the demon dys
Tiensia and install Instead Ei inrww
We rtcommed Electric Bitters for
Dyspepsia and aULdiseases of Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at 50c
wim i.uu per nottie ny K. II. Iloll
i-
uay, urugglSt,
VOL. VIII.
THE EDITOR'S OIIAIR.
now Tinxos look fkom
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Editor and the
Opinion of Others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
THE SILVER BILL PASSES THE
SENATE.
We wi.sh we hart space
to publish the hill in
full. The hill is truly a
Democratic measure, and is "a
tfre:tt victory" for the pat ty and
the people at iarge. It was
not passed oy party vote how
ever, thirteen Republican
Senators voted with the Demo
crats, realizing the financial de
pression which has become so
general throughout the South
and West since the smuggling
through Congress of a bill in
1873, demonetizing silver and
making gold only legal tender
for debts. This infamous legis
latioii has been felt more and
more eacli year since it existed
and has proven almost utter ruin
to the farming interest of. this
country, it has increased the
price of Government bonds,
made money scarcer and reduced
the price of labor. In fast, it
is a solution in part to the
universal depression in the
agricultural interest of this
country. This Silver bill which
we refer t above, and which
has recently passed the Senate
will gradually relieve this de
pression, we believe, and re
dound to the public good gene
ra 11 y. President Harrison,
Morton, Reid and Sherman are
a unit against the bill and hence
makes it harder to become a
law. Should it pass the House
the President will no doubt
veto it, but Congress has reali
zed the needs of the people, at
least the reformed element, and
will we believe endeavor to
enforce any measure to meet
them
Grand Rapids paper says
there a"e many counties in
Northern Michigan without a
single church, and thousands of
people growing up heathens."
The above stray paragraph is
taking the rounds of the paper
and is stated on good authority.
That little morality and no
respectability is to be found
outside of the Republican party
as the Northern Re publicans
teach for general enlighten
ment of the people seems to be
irrelevant to the state of Michi
gan which is decidedly a Re
publican state Perhaps our
Republican friends North may
be mistaken in their ideas of
morality and respectability or
poorly posted as to the state of
alfairs in their Republican dis
tricts. At any rate bring around
the plate for home missions
again and we will show more
liberality and genuine charity,
not that we regret that such is
the case for the sake of the
respectability of our Republi
can brethren and other friends
but we deplore that such is the
case in an enlighten country.
It the farmers do their duty
in the coming congressional
nominations and elections
there will be more men in the
next congress favorable to our
interest. The interests of mo
nopoly and agriculture are
never in harmony. Each man
elected to c.ongr9ss will be a
friend to monopoly or a friend
to agriculture. He caunot be
both. Then how important it
is that the farmers go into
polities and see that the man
who represents his district is
an honest, able and energetic
man, one favorable to his in
terests.
Sinco Speaker Reed issued
his order closing the bar in the
house of Representatives restau
rant we have heard more or less
about the early adjournment of
Congress.. That seems to be a
very pertinent example of cause
and effect. New York Star.
t '
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HE
"THE KAIEKOAI COMM1S
siox and ciiakti:ki:i
UIUHTS."
The following article appear
ed i'i the State Chronicle in the
issue of Feb. 22nd, 1889. The
argument contained in it has
never been answered and we
believe is unanswerable. In
fact the article has the endorse
ment and backing of a half a
dozen of the ablest lawyers who
are not Railroad attorneys, in
North Carolina. .Read it and
see if it doe? not brush away
all the stuff about "chartered
and vested rights" that Ra l
road attorneys harp on.
Col. Hinsdale's article publish
ed in to day's Oftronicle main
taining that certain Railroads j
in this State will not be subject j
to the supervision of a Railroad
Commission by reason of pro
visions in their charter is mora
plausible tl an sound, and will
not deter the members of the
present General Assembly,
charged with grave responsibi
lity, from performing an im
portant public duty.
It will strike the average
man as rather strange that the
argument proceed? from a
source (Co. Hinsdale is attorney
for the Raleigh and Gaston and
Raleigh and Agusta Railroads)
interested in the roads foi which
the exemption is claimed, and
which would rather have the
advantage of the other roads in
the State if the position were
well taken. It is still more
unfortunate for the writer that
the very decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States up
on which he relies the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Co., vs
Smith et al is in favor of the
Railroad Commission and a
gainst the road claiming ex
emption. And we are asked to
infer that in our own roads the
decision would be diffeient.
In the Georgia case the char
ter after granting to the Rail
road company the exclusive
right to convey and transport
persons and merchandise, pro
vides that the charge for such
transportation shall not exceed
soanuch per hundred pounds
etc. In the charter of the Wil
mington and Wei don R. R. Co.,
(the old Wilmington and Ralei
gh Road,) after granting the
same exclusive right of transpor
tation and the power to erect
toll gates etc., the company is
permitted to charge and receive
"not to exceed the following
rates" and the exact language is
as follows; "and they shall be
entitled to receive and demand
the following rates, to-wit: not
exceeding 4 cents per mile tor
transportation per ton of 2.000
pounds," a careful perusal
of the entire section will lead
any iinpar.ial mind to the con
clusion that the grant in each
case was intended to confer,
and does confer the same privi
leges and nothing more that is
the right to charge for trans
portation, and fixes the maxi
mum rates, leaving the regula
tion of charges within those-
rates subject to legislative con
trol. Now in the Georgia charter,
the Supreme court - says in the
case relied upon by Col. Hins
dale:
"It would lequire much
clearer language than this to
justify us in holding that, not
withstanding any altered con
ditions of the country in the
future, the Legislature had in
1833 contracted that the com
pany might for all time charge
rates for transportation of per
sons and property over its line
up to the limits there designat
ed. It is conceded that a rail
road corporation is a private
corporation though its uses are
public, and that a contract em
bodied in terms in its provisions
or-necessarily implied by them
is within the constitutional
clause prohibiting legislation
impairing the obligation of
contracts. If the charter in
this way provides that the
charges which the company
may make for its services in.
the transportation of persons
and property shall be subject
only to its own control up to
the limit designated, exemption
lrom legislative interference
within that limit will be main
tained. But to effect this re
sult, the exemption must ap
pear by such clear and unmis
takable language that it cannot
be reasonably construed con
sistently with the reservation
of power by the State.
In this same case the court
says that such claimed exemp
tions, "seemed to have been
framed upon the theory, which
obtained very ceneraiiy at the
date of the charter (1833,) that
a railroad was subject, like an
ordinary wagon road, to the use
j of all persons who were able to
X A i WW I V J k H XN
Pu"o Domooroy
CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1890.
' .
place the necessary conveyance
upon it. It was then generally
supposed that, while, the com
pany constructing the road was
the owner of the road bed, any
one could run cars upon it open
payment of ebtablished tolls''
This is about the truth of the
whole matter.Fif ty years ago the
Legislature granted extraordi
nary privileges to Railroads,
but they were never intended
to stand forever "notwithstand
ing any altered conditions of
the country in the future.' -
The same court has long-igo
decided that when private pro
perty is devoted to public' us
it becomes subject to public re
gulation and control, and it
would require much clearer
language than this to enable
any court to say a State had
granted away the right to pro
tect its citizens from excessive
charges.
The charter of the Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad while a
little more pronounced wduld
receive fhe same construction
and all the roads in the state
can and will be brought within
the supervision of the Commis
sion to the extent that its regu
lations are just and reasonable
and this is all that is claimed
for it and all the power that is
given it. But again: What is
this claim Col. Hinsdale makes
tor these exempted roads? It is
the right to make excessive
charges with immunity.
Now, grant it for the moment
that the Raleigh and Gaston
road is exempt. What will be
the result? This exemption is
only claimed for the road pro
per from Raleigh to Weldon, a
distance of 95 miles. But the
same road owns and operates
and controls from 250 to 300
miles of roads in this State ad
ditional to this, and which is
undoubtedly subject to the con
trol of the commission, the R
& A. Line, and the Carolina
Central Railroad, and this ad
ditional mileage is in extension
of the other and each dependant
on the other. Now if the road
from Raleigh to WeldoD, rely
ing on this pretended exemp
tion exercise the right to make
unjust or extortionate charges,
then it would he the duty of
the commission to so regulate
the charges on the extended
line as to make the entire
charges just and reasonable.
If we are met by subjections
that would be unjust to the
other roads, that is the subordi
vate roads, we reply: Let the
parent or controlling road obey
tne law, and so it will do in
fact. The only power given to
this commission is to make
j ust and reasonable rates, and
such regulations should be and
Avill be obeyed by all the roads
in the State.
We cannot do better than to
close this article bv nuotin
the language of an eminent
Judge of North Carolina, in an
opinion delivered some years
since, and calling the attention
of the General Assembly to his
words: "The rapid multiplica
tion of these bodies, their re
sources and far reaching ambi
tion, their ubiquity and rash
combinations, all mov-d and
directed by concentrated power,
and talent, constitute the n a
distinct and almost indepen
dent and overshadowing power
in our governments and in fact
the great social and political
problem of the age. Whether
they shall control government
or Governments shall control
them, are questions that are
forcing themselves upon public
attention, and vfast assuming
practical importance. They
should and will be maintained
in the exercise of all their essen
tial, and legitimate power, as
necessary and useful institu
ti ns of modern civilization.
But if in addition to the dan
geroHS power of transferring
all their property and franchises
to any body and any where, it
should also be held that their
corporate powers are such con
tracts as put tbem beyond the
reach of legislative check, or
control in the interest of society,
then the problem will have
been solved. Ihe Government,
in my opinion will have abdi
cated its sovereignty, hereto
fore supposed to be inaliena
ble, and scciety will be left
without protection to Chartered
irresponsibility.
Buefclen's Arnica Sal re.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
i;n iscs, bores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
verSores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
Olams, Corns, and all Sk:n Eruptions,
ana posiuveiy cures 1'iles, or no pay
requicea. it is guaranteed to cive per-
iect satisiacutn, or money refunded
Fnce 2a cents per box. For sale by
ur. Li. ll. LloLLiDAY, Clinton, ana J
K. bMixir, Druggist, Mount Olive, N. C.
We notice in a little tale at
hand the statement, "He Kissed
uwr under the tulips." Bad shot
Right plump on the tulips rings
the bell. Bmghampton Leader.
T71lto SupromAoy,
WOMAN'S SPHERE.
Tfc
MUftlBfStU f WtBfl-Ior it
A lady living in Norfolk, Va.,
has written to the World for
advice which the World is
wholly unable to give her. But
JJier letter suggests a great
wrong of so common and so
persistent a kind, ud one en
tailing so much of hardship
upon innocent women, that we
are moved to comment upon it.
The lady moves, as she says,
in "the best social circles" in
the Southern city in which she
lives. Her hundand's failing
health has cut off the greater
part of his income, and the
wife earnestly beseeches the
World to tell her ol some kind
of work that she can do in her
own home by which an income
of 10 or 15 a week can bo
earned.
This woman is what is con
ventionally called "educated."
That is to say, she has been
carefully trained in a more or
less superficial way in a knowl
edge of text books and in all
those "accomplishments" whic'i
are supposed to fit women for
the "best circles of society."
But her education has in no
way qualified her to take care
of herself. It has given her no
skill in the art of providing for
her own physical needs. It has
not included instruction in any
bread -winning work.
Such education is worse than
no education at all. It makes
the mind sensitive, increasing
the capacity for suffering, while
it leaves the woman helplessly
to the contemplation of beggary
or dependence as her portion
should the income fail. It
multiplies her wants, but in no
way equips her with capacity
to supply them It makes a
helpless, dependent, creature of
her, to whom wretchedness is
always an easy possibility.
The World cau point this
lady to no work that she can do
because she has never been
taught how to do any work. If
she had skill of any kink she
might employ it profitably.
But in this age there is no work
for dainty, unskilled hands to
do.
It is scarcely less than a crime
to educate women in this way,
and yet it is the usual way.
In a recent copy of the Pitts
burgh Post we read how "in
Germany a good brewer com
mands larger wager than a
Greek professor.
i Gottingen professor has
printed a statistical work on
the alarming increase in the
number of learned men in Ger
many, and shows that there are
now entered on the rolls of the
German universities 29,000
students. He shows that fullv
one-half of the.se hopeful youths
are doomed to a life of poverty
and disappointment. The vast
majority of the 29,000 are ex
pecting to becjine lawyers or
doctors, or pastors or school -masters,
or in some other way,
either in private life or as
servants of the state, to earn
their bread by means of the
education they are at present
so laboriously aquiriug."
The London Standard com
menting on the professor'
statistics, 'thinks that England
and America may well consider
this problem "Does it pay?"
Man must have clothing, food
and fire. He must earn and re
ceive money s j he may bub in
the market place. What is
called higher education need
not destroy or prevent man's
usefulness. He must prepare
to live in this world live well.
To insure this he must acquire
knowledge and skill. He must
know how to do something, and
do it so well that he draws
commands attention. He must
prepare to serve the great in
stitutions and industries of his
age. Without this knowledge
and preparation he is helpless
ine purpose or education is
to fit its lecipient for life.
r m H mm 4 . .
Education which does not in
elude training in the art of
procuring the the means of
living doe3 not fit its subject
for life. It is not education
but misguidance, whether for
man of woman, rich or poor.
This has long been our view of
our present system of education
and it was the strong point we
made in our speech at the clos
ing exercises of Clement Model
School a few weeks since.
Each day is a branch of the
Tree of Life, laden heavily with
fruit. If we lie down lazily be
neath it, we may starve; but if
we shake the branches some of
the fruit will fall for us. Long
fellow. :
Love is as old as the first mo
ment of eternity and as new as
the last moment of time. Wash
ington Star.
X
ADIlKESS TO THK DKNUCKArs.
xsiied ly the Democratic State
i:eiitiv Committee.
Rooms of tiii: DemcIiatic Statk
exk lti1: committkk,
UAI.KUill, N. C.
To the Ikhwcfatlc Vote fit of
Xorth Carolina :
A t ?. meetingof the Democratic
State Executive Comuiittle, held
In this city on the 10th inst., it
was resolved that the Democrat
ic State Convention he held in
the city of Raleigh on Wednes
day, the 2oth day of August,
1890.
It will devolve on this conven
tion to nominate for vacancies
now filled by appointment of
the Governor, a chiet justice
and one associate justice of the
Superior Court for the first,
fourth, fith, pighth and tenth
districts; also, judges of the
Superior Court for the second,
sixth, seventh and eleventh dis
tricts to succeed the present in
cumbents whosj terms expire.
Ihe convention is called to
meet later than in 1888, to suit
the convenience of tho great
masses of Democratic voters, so
that a fuller representation, ie
llecting a more general senti
ment, may be insured.
The Democratic party con
gratulates the people of the
State upon the material and
moral advancement made under
the beneficent adminstration of
affairs, and. having redeemed its
pledges in the past, presents its
claims to them for a continuance
of that confidence to which it is
justly entitled, feeling assured
that they will be recognized and
the interests of all classes thus
subserved.
The term for which Hon. Zeb
ulon IV Vance has been elected
to the Senate of the United
States will expire next March
and the Legislature to be chosen
this year will be called upon to
fill it. It behooves us to see to
it that n j Republican is elected
to the Senate from this State.
The committee most earnestly
requests a thorough early organ
ization in every township and
h cilitym the State. It is es
sential that this preliminary
work shall be done at once, so
thai we .nay b? ready for an
active, e.iergetic campaign as
soon as the convention adjourns.
It will not do to assume that our
opponents, because they are
inactive now, have no life. Thy
can organize with celerity and
stand ready to take advantage
01 any apparent lethargy on our
part, and if we wish to prevent
opposition, we must demon
strate by our organization and
strength, its futility.
In 1882 our confidence and
apathy nearly resulted in the
loss of the State and again in
1SSG, from the same causes the
control of the House of Repre
sentatives of the State was lost
to the Democrats and given to
our opponents. Such a result
must be carefully guarded
against this ye3r.
It is important that the vari
ous county conventions be called
at such times as will best suit
the masses of the party to the
end that a full and free choice
of candidates for the offices may
be had and no discontent be en
gendered. ,
The Republican party of to
day is the same as in the dark
days of reconstruction, and only
awaits the opportunity to inflict
upon our people the same dis
grace and bumiliation.
Its action in the Federal Con
gress indicates too plainly that
it is the party of force, without
respect for law or order.
The despotic usurpat ons ol
the petty tyrant who has tit en
placed by tham in the Speaker's
chair, only to dishonor it; the
deprivation of legally elected
Democrats of their seats in both
branches of Congress and the
seating of Republicans in their
stead, witl out the least vestige
of right, for partizau purposes,
and the Horts to perpetuate
themselves in power ny the
passage of a -Federal election
law, by which the control of
Congressional elections will be
transferred from the State au
thorities to the hands of irre
sponsible agents appointed at
the dictation of unscrupulous
partizans at the national capital,
inus firming a serious blow at
our cheris ed institutions and
me rignis oi me sovereign
states, the reckless appropria
tion of the public funds for ille
gal and unm ce.-sary purpose, by
which not only is the surplus,
len in tne treasury at the end
oi .air. UJeyeianas benign ad
ministration, entirely swept
away and a large defict created,
but also the opportunity of giv
ing relief from the burdens of
taxation retarded; all admonish
us that our only safety lies in a
return to Democratic rule in the
country and its continuance at
K
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No. 37.
home. Should thy ucctHvl in
their aims w might expwt
1'Vdcr.il bayonets to In station
ed at tho poll- and a re-enactment
of the scenes of 18G8 in
our own and our sister States.
Utterly indifferent to the in
terests of tho Southern farmer,
nil its legislation has been at
our expense for the benefit of
other interns and other sec
turns, and the only hopo ol the
agricultural South to throw off
tlie legislative sh.ickle that
has cripplf d our prosperity and
bound us to poverty is to move
forward on the line of ihoso
great pr.nciples of rrliaf which
the Democratic party ha stead
fastly advocated. To obtain
these ends the co operation of
all patriotic men, who have at
heart the prosperity of our ag
ricultural and industrial inter
ests, and tho national welfare
of our Southern people, In earn
estly .asked, and they are urged
to enroll themselves beneath
the Democratic banner.
Iet every Democrat realize
the responsibility that rests
upon him and meet it. There
cau be no doubt of a grand vic
tory if wo do our full duty. Un
ceasing vigilance is the j rice
which wo must pay for success,
but when we con rider what de
feat means to us, tho sacrifice
is small. Overestimate, rather
than underestimate, the enemy
and go into the fight determin
ed to win it. All must prove
equal to the emergency and
when the first Tuesday in No
vember shall havo passed tho
victory will be certain and white
supremacy, which is synonimous
with Democratic rule, will be
assvred tons forafurthsr term.
By tho Committee.
ED. CHAMBERS SMITH,
Chairman.
B. C. Beckwitii, Secretary.
NOMINATION IN THK THIUI
CONGKIWSIONAL. IIS
TUICT. Mr. Editor: The Democratic
Congressional Convention of the
3rd District is called fo meet in
Clinton on tho 2 id day of July.
As the man put forward by that
Convention will, in all probabi
lity, represent the District in
the following Congress, it is the
duty of all voters to give scri
ous attention to the matter from
this day 'till the nomination is
made.
The constituency of this di s
trict is Agricultural to a degree
unsurpassed, perhaps, by tint
of an ' other section of the
State. Nowhere else, iroroovo,
have the principles of the great
reformation that will bowrought
by the Farmers' Alliance seized
a firmer hold than her; and in
no other section the Alliance
boast of more intelligent nd
patriotic members. For if just
ly at first the charge of igno
rance was brought again! us,
the urgency and universalis
of agricultural depression on
now crowding our ranks with
the true yeomanry of the land,
men of intelligence, lovers of
peac, of country, andf liberty
as expounded in the law and tho
traditions of the father men
so thoroughly conservative that
they will attempt the re.- tora-
tion and preservation of their
lights, not by means of seeds of
revolution, but by the gentler
means by quiet and determined
reformation While-to those
who willfully or through igno
rance, misunderstand ng them,
they seem an "inconvenient
multitude," they are in fact the
thoughtful conservators of our
national welfare. Neither are
they third-p;irty enthuti.fts nor
"hay-seed anarchist';" if they
are Democrats thy will remain
Deirocrats, seeking redress of
wrongs through the organized
Democracy- Wt they are men
who Will not per.iiit this '-'earn
est to rdackenNnto play." Their
attachment to right is s roarer
than their love of maningies-i
party name. 1W their princi
ples are inbjrn, inherited of
fathers who received fixed na
tions of finance and liberty
at the hands ol that immortal
apostle and preserver of equal
rights, who, w.th strength
might er than that of He. rules,
crushed at one stroke tho bak
of the United States, tnat migh
ty lion of monopoly, which then
threatened all iibeity and pros
perity. Ihe name of Jarksou
is'dear to them, and when idiall
we find a more satisfactory ex
ponent of Democracy.
We are endeavo.iug to estab
lish ' peace on earth" upon the
just, aud therefore endaring
foundation of equal rlg'ots. and
waare isxeicising good will to
ward men." Therefore while I
would say aught in disparage
ment of any man whose name
has beeu mentioned in connec
tion with the Congressional
nomination, least of all would
I advise the rejection or accep
tance of any man solely on the
THINK J
irnirtors utimm;
j I KKATKS many it ttw eoiiM,
UK VI VKS miy JuH U;uc.
iltX. I" KStu n v 5il !?,
,Vi;Snnu afa hnj Uihr.
l'$tKUVI Br.any a lar;
Kt,llIK" in y UiU
Thru-toff ailvitllM- hi k i jubr l,r,
rtw t!w people rr anny n rnwf.
ground of his profession r
cupatloti. Yet, under tho rir
rum stance.', tho man who -dull
represent thl constituency ar-
cepubly, mut manifest certain
le tlned chaiacterist'us. He
should mU bo narrow-minded.
ai a fanatical cnthu .ot. hut
broad-xninded enough t feel
that this body politic is mwh
up of many member-, oven one
of which diould nnvlvo duo
consideration. He mid havo
liberty breauo it U the divino
right of alt men. Ho hho iM
lovo tho Constitution teeauo it
in even now, if executod an it
Wtf.i in tho beginning, tho death
warrant of all monopoly and op
pressions. He must hate op
pression. Ho iniirt Iks a Demo
crat in name and in action. If
he hat legislative experience it
is well; if lie diall have a con
troling desire to represent tho
will.of tho people, that U bet
ter; if ho caunot feel that a ser
vant is bound by tho expressed
will of hid master, hU unUtneHs
Is at once complete.
It may be possible in this dis
trict to find such a man in any
calling, but in view of tho fact
that tho constituency of this
district is so largely agricultur
al, and in view of the further
fact that of tho four hundred
Representatives and Senators
comprising tho present Con
gress hardly more than a do, mi
aro directly identified with ag
riculture, If Hiich a man can b.
found in our own ranks why
Miou'd any element of our pop
ulation neek for him elsewhere'.'
For who cau more iiitimately
know and appreciate our condi
tion than one who feels the
same oppression that wo feel,
whose intdligeuce at the siiiivj
time enables hi m to comprehend
the causes of our distress and
its remedy? Or who shall make
a more uncompromising advo
cacy of our cause than ono who
feels that h too is "tied to tho
soil. Nor would such a ono
make a less faithful representa
tive of other just and responsi
ble individual!.
From considerations such as
those I place before your road
e:s in the Third Congressional
Distri ct tho name of Dr. Cyrus
Thompson, of Onslow county,
who possesses in a striking de
gree the qualities above indi
cated. Ho is a farmer through
choice, and is thoroughly devo
ted to liia calling. Ho is a chris
tian gentleman of finished edu
cation, full of energy and posses
sing the courage of conviction.
He Is one of tho mo.t forcible
sprightly debatorn to bo found
in ICa.it Carolina. Should he bo
h uiored with tho nomination
he will reflect the highest credit
upon his constituents, and as a
member of the Fifty-Second
Congress will display not only
the ability but the intelligence
and courage u advocate tho
cause an 1 defend tho principles
of the "great reformation." Ho
has acceptably represented Ids
county in the Housu and in the
Senate and retains the full con
fidence of his people.
O.NSil.OW.
1 1 A 1 1 A I O A I I N V 1 1ST II i AT ION.
The committee to investigate
the W. fc W. railway company
adjourned its meeting in Ralei
gh on last Thursday after a
three days ne.i Jon. The object
of the investigation wi- hi
bring the company to terms in
regard to Hie taxation of their
road -bods in tho Slate. They
have claimed that by charter
their road-bed property is ex
empt from taxation, but before
the close of the meeting made
a fahly liberal proposition
which according to estimate
will amount to about $2J,00J
tax ptr amum. Tho committee
accepted this rropos'.tion. Tho
R. R. in addition to the above
proposition dtminded cliaVge.s
and further privileges tliau
they have hitherto lud which
wj.s also. as.-utwd to by the
committee and was recom
mended by them U the General
Assembly. That further privi
leges sho'iid be granted them,
to the extent that their property
should be exempt from any
further taxation, regardless of
an y. extension of their rotds
and iucreass of pr p?rty we d
not indors-j in tho least. A
railroad company should be
treated as an individual and
should be forced to pay tax as
such. The question of railroa i
taxation being again brought
before the people was one ef
the immediate demands of tho
Farmers' Alliance, and we ara
glad that tho committee has
met with morj success than
former ones. The work of the
committee is not yet done, they
adjourned to meet again on the
2nd of Dec. 1890. Their work
so far is estimated to-be worth
more than 5100,000 to tin tax
payers of the State.
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