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CLINTON, N. O., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1892.
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Alliance Directory.
NATIONAL i AI'.MKIW' ALLIANCE AND
IVDUSTJ'.IAL UNION.
President L. L. P.dk, North Cnre
liaa. Address, 3 it D Street, X. W. ,
A'af hinton, I. C.
Vice-President II. If. Clover, Cam
iridic, Kan-tiis.
fcecrclnry and Treasurer J. II. Tum
or, Georgia. Address. 22fJ Sorth Capi
:o Street, V., Washington, D. ;.
Lecturer J. II. Wdlelts, Kansas.
kxecutivk uoaki.
C. ".V. Macunc, Washington, D. C.
AlonoWardall, Huron, South Dakota.
J. P. Tiliman, Palmetto, Teunecee.
JKUICIAKY.
II. C. Dcmniin, Chairman.
Isaac McCrackeu, Ozone, Arkansas.
A E. Cole, Fowlervillc, MielsU'in.
NATIONAL LKOISLATIVK CoCNOIL.
The Presidents of all the State organ
izations with L. L. l'olk ex-ollicio Cnair
man. A'OKTII CAROTJNA FARMERS' STATE
ALI,IA'CK.
President Clarion Rullcr, Clinton,
North Carolina.
Vice-Pie; ident T. 11. Lon:r, As.be
villc, X. C.
Mrteret'iry-Trea.-tirer W. J. Barnes,
Ka!ei-.di, M. C.
Lecturer J. S. Ihdl, P,:asstowa, X.C.
Stc.-vard C. (.'. Wrihr, dl;w, X. C.
Chaplain J lev. L7sku: Pop?, Clialk
Level, X. C.
Door-Keeper W, II. Toml'aK an, I'ay
etteville, 2s. (;.
Assistant Doo -Keeper II. 1'. King,
Peanut. X. C.
ftjjreant-at-AtiriS J. o. Holt, Chalk
Level, Xr. C.
Stata Rusiness Agent YV. U. Worth.
Italeiu'h, X. C.
Trustee lousiness Agency Fiuid YV,
A. Graham, Mnohpelah, X. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS'
STATE ALLIAN'C
S. 1J. Alex-v.id,r, Charlotte, N. C,
Chairman; J. M. Mewhorne, Kin!--t'.:i,
X. C. ; J. S. J'.lm-i.uii, lluiVm, X. C.
STATE ALLrANCE JUDICIARY CO:i
MtTTEE. EliasCarr, A. Lea.er, X. M. C ul'ith,
M. (J. (in'orv, Win. Conn'.!'..
STATE AL'.IANCi: I.EC ISL A'iTVE
COMMITTEE.
R- J. Powell, Kalei-h, X. C. ; X. C.
EnlLsh,Tiinit.y Colle-e ; J. J.Youu-,
Polenta; II. A Forney, Xevton, X. C.
NORTH CAROLINA REF )RM PRESS
ASSOCIATION.
Ofiicers J. L. Uam.se . President ;
Marion Kuller, Viee-Presi lent ; W. S.
IJarnes, Secretary.
TAPERS.
Tiik Caucasian, Clinton; Pro
gressive Farmer, Italeigh ; llural
Home, Wilson ; Farmer's Advocate,
Tarboro; Salisbury Watchman, Sal
isbury; Alliance Sentinel, Golds
boro; Hickory Mercury, Hickory;
The Ilattler, Whitakers; Country
Life, Trinity College; Mountain
Home Journal, Asheville; Agricul
tural Bee Goldsbero; Cdumlus
News, Whiteville, i . C; The Busi
ness Agent, Italeigh, N. 0.
Capt. A. S. T'eace, editor of Alli
ance Department, Oxford, N. C.
Each of the above-named papers are
requested to keep the list standing on
the lirst page and add oth.TS provided
they are duly elected. Auv pap '-r fail
ing to advocate the Ueaia platform will
be dropped from the list promptly. 0-r
people can now see what papers ai! pub
lished In their interest.
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN.
W. R. ALLEN. W. T. DORTC'H.
A
LLEN & DOIiTCH,
ATTOENEYS-AT-LAYV,
Goldsboro, N. C.
Will practice in Sampson county.
Ieb27 tf
A
M. LEE, M. D.
PlIYSICIAXjSlJ RGEON AND Dr.NTlST,
rstlicH in Lee's Drutr Store, ie 7-1 yr
XT E. FA1SON,
.la Attdrney and Counsels
or at Law.
Ollice on Main Street,
vill practice in courts of Sampson and
.dioinin2 counties. Also in Supreme
Court. All business intrusted to his
care will receive prompt and caret ul
attention. .ie '-lyr
'O KERR,
Attorney and Counsellor
at Law.
Office on Wall Street.
Will practice in Sampson, Bladen,
lender, Harnett and Duplin Ccun
1 1es Also in Supreme Court.
Prompt personal attention will be
ivento an leai ousmetrs. -
T71RANK UOYETTK, D.C.5.
3 rV-TinTiiV -rr-.---"--
1 , vx noijii 4:S.'"-'-."i "
Office oil Main Street.-rJ
Offers his services to tbe people of
Jlinton and vicinity. Everything
the line of Dentistry done in the
be3t style. Satisfaction guaranteed.
B-My terms are strictly cash.
Don't ask me to vary from this rule
inro
jU liAOllUli&U.
11 AND L3 COMMERCE ST.,
NORFOLK, VA.
Owned and controled by Alliance
inen for handling farm produce.
COTTON AND PEANUTS
SPECIALTIES.
Don't sell before writing for par
ticulars. J. J. ROGERS,
Manager.J
P. O. BOX 212.S sept24 ti
The I. W. Harper is tie finest whisksj
on earth. Used in moderation, it is a
Sire specific for indigestion, for general
debility, for insomnia, for mental de
pression. It is as fragrant as ripe fruit
and if used in moderation it lengthens
life, adds to our joys and drives dull
care away. ,
The I. W. Harper whiskey is abso.ute
ly pure. It is prescribed by the ablest
physicians of the country, and by de
grees it is winning a world-wide reputa
tion. Sold by I. J. RUSSELL.
ja 14 -tf - Clinton, N. C.
THE EDITOR'S CHAIR,
HOW THINGS T.OOK VKOM
OUR STAND I'OI.VT.
The Ooinion of The Editor and the j
floinion cf Others which we j
. .....
tan tnaors-3 on me various
Topics cf the Day.
WE HAVE BEEN DIVERSIFYING.
Home of the resolutior.sbeinpahs
d by ctlon conventions make us
riht tired. The men compoainir
tlu so conventions are honest hard
working men, but so persistently and
adroitly hits the money po'.ver, aided
by the partizan press, told the farm
er that he himself was alone to
blame for the low price of products,
that it was not his laziness any long- j and persistently fight for the right
erbut his too great industry that ; wor'd without end. Yes, thrice
brought on hurd times, that lie had ; rv.itd is ho wlicse etinso is just, but
m-.ui. ninti v- !ith tfuit hn hid I If he fails to use the weapons and
in ado so mu':ii that it had made him
poor, it short that it was all caused
by over-production, but that hemu-t
not stop worh, but that it is hisdidy
to economize and to diversify his
crops, yes, they have preached this
duu" untill they luive gotten some of
our people to believing it. YVe clip
the following from a resolution pass
ed by the Augusta Cotton Conven
tion, which is :t sample of many
others that we have seen :
Whereas, Tha enormous exten
sion of cotton culture h is so cheapen
ed that product as to cause wide
spread financi-d depression seriou-' -alloc
ting all branches of industry,"
ytc. etc.
The resoiuiiun then goes on and
calls on the fanners to diversify their
crops. The passage of such resolu
tions must be highly pleasing to the
money power and the siovk gam'oleiv
and make thorn highly valuolho pa
pers that serve thorn, for the farm
ers take all blame oif of them and
modestly shoulder it themselves. In
the next place we would like to know
where the farmers are going to diver-
ify. "What can the farmer and la
borer make that will yield a fair
rofit undor the present infamous
and corrupt financial system. The
fact is thj South and West have been
liveisli'ying for the past ton ears,
The percentage of increase hi
he cereals and other crops
from 1SS0 to 1890 ha? out-stiipped
the increase per cent age in cotton.
The statistics show this. But they
say that everybody planted cotton
in 1891 instead of raising' corn and
other cereals, and that that was the
a use of the great fall in cotton. Let
us see. The following aro the figures
given by the crop statiscian to the
world :
Ti-.o cereal crop in 1801 amounted
to ueany SK3,."00,0D0, tin s exceed
ing the value of their cotton crop
(t;u0y,lG3,Gi).") by some 513,000,000 ;
moieover, altnougn Doth ci ops snow
a iarre increase over the figures of
1SD0, the increase of cereals was over
78,000,000 against 20,000,000 in cot
ton, a growth in the value and pro
duction of grain nearly four times
as great as the growth in cotton.
Their last year's corn crop alone
amounted to 540,330,000 bu-hels,
some 100,-100,000 bushels more than
in 1800, and more than douole wnat
the yield was in 1S81; oats readied
77,178,000 000 bushels, an increa-e
over 1800 of 10,000,000; nearly 49,-
000,000 bushels of wheat were raisotl,
an increase of 12,5000,000. The value
of nay produced in. 1801 was S23,500,
000, an increase of !j2,p-07,000; of po
tatoes $1S,841,000, an increase of 4,
5S1,162; of tobacco S5, 750,405 an in
crease of 1,472,000, and of IruitflO,
520,000,000, an increase oi 15,905,
500, nearly 40 per cent.
If the above is true, any fool can
see that "over-production of cotton"
is not the cause, and that diversify
ing the crops is not the remedy for
the present cause of scarce money
and low prices.
The hungry man in the city and
the hungry man in thecountry have
the same grievance. The city laborer
working half time for a pittance is
in thG same boat with the farmer
m hose products don't pay the cost of
production. The merchant fleeced
by the real estate shark, the loan
shark, the trust shark, the railroad
shark, and through them is driven
into bankruptcy is a victim of the
same evils that are transforming the
mortgage farmers into tenants- The
man who lives by speculation ; by
collecting dividends on watered
stock; by absorbing the products of
honest toil without rendering an
equivalent, are thd enemies of all
living in city or country who ask
for nothing except what they can
earn by honest effort. Stand to
gether against your common foe.
Labor Herald.
Let us have religion and 'politics
purified till it can not be sld that
they who do the most work, has the
least to eat and to w-.ar.
r- '
Asreed With Her. "Wife: "You
certainly were green when we got
married." Husband: "Yes, I muM
have been, but I've been blue ever
since.
Corn will never grow out of fash'
ion as a food crop.
sccxu l?$T.tmm A:iD
Ve soiritliuit l:ear it said that
"Jcight will win." This Is ne t rucos-
s.u'y fo by any mo.i:i?, almost every i
Ly v.i o fo wro. ir, trynnay and op -
i:t.sion trample rizht, truth and
,
justic-3 unuc-r loot. Eat there are
conditions under which rt'rht will
al .vr.ys win, V.'hat are they ? Wlien
right is ably ar.d cs pcn-Istesdly
eliaiapioned and kicked by us many
supporters a:, u-ronj?, it wiU always
win. In fact riht wid oPtC' win
when backed by Jess ability a d per
sistancy and inferior nurubers,
but when the preponde same i too
reat, riht govs down. A ?rnn's
cause may be just and yet he mny
go down because he has not the
manhood and the courage to stard
advantage which justitro gives him,
nine tunes out ot ten lie wih no the Union and as far as the demo-d-nvn
in defeat. Now hera is a j ends j-re concerned they might all
lesson for the members of the Alii- ' be "dttcd at this session of Con
Pice 1-d n"-r , ,ir(.. oC ,-, I rc- hnt UlQ republican Senators
. , ! be.ieve tnat the majority of votes in
lorm. Advance right but it j of them are democratic, and for
will not, can not win unless we light that reaso-. they have determined to
lor the cause. Then let u lei evcrv lvt "one of theja in-re'-i-nre"
k-i- 1 vn-,," r--1 -n1 j 'fhe Senate adopted a resolution
ica.r,i.c, u.iv l-.),ci in .aid . in,I0);Uf:ll(l , Senator Morgan, call-
enemy ot wrong cuc.de en Lie j hl!, o:i ihi i.resident for CopkM of
armor ol trutii and fi'ht without lull tiio corresnondence with China
O L, . - i O . ! Z
exists, u'.id lot every delay and the
appcarer.ee of every i:ew wneng be
a new insj'e ration to tho soldiers cf
reform and por'ect 'liberty.
jj.la I ,
tl a1 j A w U V i
i;otCcr.stc.:rc:
;;i -i
urv.
;!.:.
lai.; to tne
IH. r.iocraiic
or ti : t or
;r that, be
ory tc
CiTvC'; tli,
party r.i
must no
!T.U-:V' it
th
i".v(!or
nird h
this
the eastern democrats, therefore we
must not contend for what is right
and what would hem lit our sections
lest we lose their support. Why is
it that the wishes and into estsof our
section are never consulted, because
we are fools enough to submit to
what they say is necessary to party
success.
We would rather have de-
Hut than empty victory. Wlioeever
we giyo the North and the East to
understand that th party is in as
much danger of losing the support
ot our soetion.when our best interest
are not considered, then and not till
then will we deserve relief, and we
certainly will not get it till we have
the manhood io take such a position.
The Caucasian has already taken
that position and will fight on that
lino to tha last ditch.
Will any farmer or other laborer
and wealth producer who under
stands the situation and therefore
is striving tor reform think that a
newspaper that has not the room or
lime (or it may be some other de
ficiency) to fairly publish the news
and to honestly uiscuss the gieat
questions of reform about which the
pe ple are concerned, yet has the
space and thetime to report and pub
lish at length any statement against
the Alliance made by one so-called
Allianceman, is sincerely searching
for the truth and desirous of work
ing for the best interests of the peo
ple? There are several papers in
this Ste.to who make the above prac
tice a regular trade. They look up
some weak-kneeded Allianceman or
deserter and pet and cojole him in
to inakhig some statements that suit
their references, then they write it
up prominently and then all the pa
pers of that st ? mp copy it. This is
simply one of the cunning devices cf
plutocracy as manage! by the
mouth-pieces, the partisan press. But
all this fools no one unless perchance
the enemy fool themsalves by it.
The people know that for every 1L
low who talks that way, or is report
ed to talk that way, that there are
hundreds who are standing firm and
true to the princip; s of reform.
.NCll IIALLY!
Soiue Appointments In Onslow
county.
(Special Correspondent.)
Preparations have been make for
a bis: Alliance gathering and picnics
in this county during March. Every
body is invited to come.
Hon. Marion Butler, President of
State Alliance, and Mr. S. O. Wil
son, of Raleigh, will speak at
Jacksonville, Monday, March 7th.
Richlands, Tuesday, March Sth.
George Wilcox, E-q., District
Lecturer, anel Mr. S. O. Wilson, will
speak at
Tabernacle, Wednesday, March
9th; Bear Creek School House,
Thursday, March 10th ; Rocky Run
School House, Friday, March 11th.
Speaking begins atl o'clock I. M.
J. L. Nicholson,
Chairman Executive Committee.
c- w
"How to Cure all Skm Diseases.!'
Simply apply "Swayne's Oint
ment." No internal medicine re
quired. Cures tetter, cezema, itch, all
eruptions on the face, hands, nese,
&c, leave the skin clear, white and
healthy. Its great healing and cur
ative powers are possessed- by no
other remedy. Ask your druggist
for Swayne's Ointment.
Xcvs from Vashingtou
XOTES AND ITEMS FROM CON
GRESS AXDYVITAT 1 f .LS
DOING.
1
I Some VAIU Iiitroducellersoi:-
! i" ..lentloii.
Though f'ongr'iss has been in ses
sion about two months, only three
bills have pa-sed both houses. The
work may have been done, but the
public has been kept it the "Sweet
dark." Yes one thing lias been
done, and it is this, bills appropriat
ing over tweaty five million dollars
fo- public building, h ive been In
troduced, showing intentions to try
and do something if only to fquandt-r
the people's money.
Senator George's resolution for
the appointment of a committee of
five to inquire into the cause of the
existing agricultural depression in
the cotton-growing States, is being
considered by the Committee on
Agriculture to which it was referred.
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona
and Utah are all knocking at the
doors of Congress for admission to
eo;ie-;-n;ir.g the retusal of that coun
try to receive ex-Senator Bteir as
V. S. Minister. It ?s believed that
'A there is any way to get at the
trr.e iawarduess of this matter a big
; e uiva! will be uncovered with
vch lea the saintly bloody-shirt New
Y- rl; editor, Col. Elliott F. Shepard,
'.v.:; uv found mixed up. It i elates
io the Cldne.-e concessions to certain
Americans to conduct banks, Ameri
can iK-wspo.pers several years :?go.
The JLor eCouuiiitteeon Arrkul
tare will 1 . gin next Wednesday to
hear luguia- i:ts on the many anti
optici) Lilts before it. This com
mittee ha.s, iiulhori::ed a favoiable
report on thv resolution iV;r an in
vestigation into the elL-ct on prices
.f t!se ricKinley bill.
The Dcmocraiic policy with refer
ence to the tariff in this Congress
has been decided. The McKiu'.ey
law will he attacked by separate
bills aimed at a few parts of t he
measure and not by a general Tariff
Bevision bill. This conclusion vvao
reached this morning by the Demo-
j era tic members .of the Ways and
Means committee after a conference
lasting several hoi'rs. When the
vote was taken it resulted seven to
tkreo in favor ef separate bills.
The Chilians are rejoicing ovt rour
acceptance of their Government's
proposition for arbitration.
The free coinage members of the
House Committee on Coinage met
last night and decided to introduce
a Free Coinage bill at pd. early day.
The money order system is exten
ded to all ofdees wlicse postmasters
have a salary of "'200.
In answer to a resolution of the
House asking tor information Mr.
Y&rmmaker has sui mitted his esti
mate of the probable deficit in the
postal revenues for the fiscal ye.r
beginning the first of next July,
should letter postage be reduced to
one cent and postal cards to one
half cent each, lie says the deficit
would be 25,200.000; but admits
that the probable increase in the
number of letters would reduce that
amount considerably. Not a few of
the longest-headed democrats in the
House are of the opinion that it
would be good politics as well as an
act of justice to grant the people
this boon, which was promised by
the hist republican National conven
tion, but refused by the republican
Congress, which spent all of its time
legislating for the favored classes.
representative McCreary, of Ken
tucky, is entitled to the thanks of
the people for introducing the
amendment to the House rules,
which v. as promptly adopted by the
House, which compels the several
committees having them in charge
to report all of the general appro
priation bills to the House within
eighty days after the committees
are announced at the long session,
aad forty days after the beginning
j of 1, 0 short ;essjon. Tins makes it
; certain that the appropriation bills
I wid all be reported by the middle of
Larch, which will give the Hou'se
plenty of timt to carefully consider
each and every item in every cue of
them
"1 lie House Committee on Wajs
and Means has, in pursuance of its
adopted policy of reporting a num
ber of separate tariff bills, referred
the subjects of binding twine, cotton
ties, sait, lumber, wool and tin-plate
to sub-committees, with instructio s
to prepare and report to the full
committee bills dealing with each
of the articles . entioned at as early
a date as possible. As soon as the
Dills are approved by the democrats
of the full committee, they will be
one at a time, reported to the House.
The Senate committee on elections
declare that Mr. Call, of Florida, is
entitled to his seat. He was the
man the people of Florida called to
occupy it.
The House Judiciary committee
decided to favorably report a very
important bill, that providing that
a corporation shall be held to be a
ciiizen for all judicial purposes of
the State in wdiich it may carry on
its business. The big corporations
will oppose this measure.
Bncklen's Arnica Salre.
The best Salve in tne world lor Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulceus. Salt Rheum, xe
vei Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
blains. Corns, and alt. lk:n Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. It if guaranteed to give per
fect satistacticn, or money retunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Dr. II. il. Hoixiday, Clinton, and J.
K. SMITHDruggist, Mount Olive, .N. C
why ai:i: tiii:si: things?
If You Can't Answer the Ques
tion, Why Not?
The perso.i who can't think is an
Idiot.
The person who won't think is a
fool.
The iKjrson who fours to thir.k is a
coward.
The erson who dares to talk about
evils and suggests remedies is a pa
triot. five items.
3,000,0i'0 of our people are out ef
employment, ragged, hungry and
desperate.
2.00C.O00 children are toiling in
shop?, factories, and mine and 57,
00 keeping homeless on the streets.
9,000,000 homes are mortgaged
one for every seven of the popul.i
tioa. 5,000,000 of our population are
tramps and 20,000,000 ratidly becom
ing so.
Tlu mercantile frilurcs for the
1891, rs reported by the mercantile
agency of It. G. Dun & Co , are 12,
273 in the United States, against 10,
J0tJ in 1300. PV.i'urts in 191 are
greater in number than ia any pro
vious year since the ncc rd has been
koPt by this agency running back to
1857.
IS IT 1T.UE?
Henry Watttrson, in his lecture
on "Morals and Money," in AsSie
ville, is reported a t'oMows:
"Mr. Wattorson disclaimed being
a pessimist; lie was rather aa opti
mist. But it was clear to his view
tnat unless the prestige of wealth
were shaKen, unless money was val
ued more for its uses than abuses,
unless its acqasition was governed
more !'V the principles of modera
tion and recti tu'
U; unless the moral
!ense was cahed in and applied as
the. .ntlexiuie governing principle,
it was clear to him that no govern
ment could o.hIuk! tl e assault upon
tha vitality of its virtues, but must
i i
as oth.eis have done, under the
i ros;on of ii
: tent of its (
vices and the deba.--e-rruption?."
TUJC
.S A
AS ADVANv'EB.
"The National Cordage Company,"
soy the Boston Comirrorci 1 Bullet in
of Janvary 2d, "has advanced prices
a .full cent per pound on rope." This
is the secoi d advance made by this
trust since the middle of October,
when prices were advanced three
quarters of a cent a pound on manilla
and one cent a ponnd on sisal and
New Zealand rope.
The National Cordage company is
the succe-sor of tbe o'el combine
commonly known as the Binding
Twine tiust. It Is a much more
powerful combination than that
which exacted high prices for twine
from the farmers two years ago, and
it controls the manufacture of ail
kinds of rope, and other cordage as
well as the supply of bidding twine.
So L.r as binding twine is concerned,
however, its power to compel the
payment of high prices has been lor
the most part taken away by tw re
duction of the duty on such time to
seven-tenths of n cent per pound,
because so small a duty permits com
petition from abroad whenever the
liomestic manufacturers become
greedy. The duties ontheother va
rieties of cordage are much higher
aud are more scrvicable to t lie trust.
PERSONALS.
Congressman Hatch is said to have
cured himself of a strong taste for
iiouor ten years aero by adoptind Ed
mund Burke's cure-all of hot water.
He drank quantities of it, and thinks
he derived great benefit from it. It
stimulated him ..ithout any ot the
rectionary effects that follow sti.ou
tion from drinking alcoholic liquors-.
Senator Vance will lead, in the
Senate this winter when the tariff
debate opens. For years he has
been a (Jose student ot all subjects
nertiviainjr to the tariff and made
some personal investigations as to
the working" ot the tanli lawsm lor-
eign countries last summer.
Mr. Grady lias introduced a bill.
He proposes to reduce the Presi
dent's salary to 25,000 a year. Also
to reduce all other salaries, wages,
fees ant I commutations exceeding
?100 snd less than 1C7 per month
by a ten per cent, reduction, and 15
per cent, from those salaries raging
from 107 io 300, and 20 per cent,
from those exceeding 3-:J0, except
in the cese of the salary oi ths Pres
ident and other salaries forbidden
by law to be reduced.
At a ball given in Washington
one day last week Secretaty Blaine
hunted up President Mo;itt's wile
a:.d the two leel the (lance. This
looks as if the war wPIIChiiii is
over. President Moult dencedwitii
Secretary Blaine's daughter.
Chairman Springer has appointed
Nr. Reeel the minority member of
the Ways and Means sub committee
on reciprccity, thereby making a
flank movement on the Republicans.
There is a good deal of curiosity as
to what sort of a report Mr. Reed
will make.
Mrs. Vance held a crowded recep
tion last Thursday aud showed some
of her many triends a number of in
teresting souvenirs of her tsip to
Europe.
Merit Wins.
We desire to ?ay to our citizen., that
for yenrs we have been selling Br. Kinq's
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr.
King's New Life Pills, Cucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remeaies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal satis
faction We do tot hesitate to guaran
tee thera every time, and we stem'1 reaay
to refund the purchase price, if satisfac
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely on their merits. For
sale byDn. K.H.IIolliday, Dru?git,
Clinton, and Dr. J. 11. Sjiit, Mount
Olive, N. C.
There are over 100,000,000 invest
ed in electric light plants in the
Southern States. '
DIXOXIXUERSOLL.
THE PREACHER PAYS HIS COWPU
MENTS TO THE AGNOSTIC
A Srathlaf- AbIjH of th Fr!blnk
er Doctrine Tbo I'rt-Ilmlnary Talk
lis to Do willi the Ilfleroc Rtrra
the t ullvd State asd Chili.
New York, Ft b. 7. The ilev. Thomaa
Dixon. Jr., preceded his sermon ia Asso
ciation hall this morning by reviewing
tho lessons we should learn from the
Chilian cmbrcglio. The regular sermon
was a continuation of tho IngersoU
series.
Whatever may bo said of the caosea
that have led cp to the present mia
anderstandwig between the United
States and Chili, certain it ia that the
American ietpla have been profoundly
stirred. Whatever be tho outcome, al
ready thero aro outlined several Im
portant lessoiis for us.
First We have been radely awakened
to the fact tttat war ia still a horrible
possibility iu our modern world.
TII3 CRY OF WAR.
War is the blood fiend that haa
pursued man from the dawn of history
down to yesterday. Mothers' hearts
have cried ia vain for respite. The
yawning months of caimon still clamor
for food. There is no passion that
sweeps the human breast to which the
heart of man gives such wild response as
to the cry of war. Thero is a fury about
its hot breath that boils tho blood as
though touched by tho flames of hell
itself. It is curious and horriblo to see
the abandon and enthusiasm with which
men, even today, go about killing their
brethren. In sorrow wa cry, How long.
O Lord, till men shall learn tho divine
lesson of jieaea and make it the supreme
law of earth?
TWO CONTINENTS.
Second That tl) Western Hemisphere
is divided into two continents North
aud rJonth America. It is timo that we
reco.piized tha fact that thero are mil
lions of people dwelliug iu that far away
southern world whose acquaintance it is
worth our wYIlo to cultivate. We have
heretofore ignored the very existence of
South America. The peoples of the
Western World have common ambitious,
hopes and interests. Thero is not a
crowned head iu all this vast domain!
Tho daj should come when all these re
publics shoald bo bound in a federation
of fratercul progress and helpfulness,
and tins groat t'reo Christian repubbc
should lead tho way.
FAT AXD MCSCLE.
Third That a nation may grow weak
whilo it grow3 stout. That fat is one
thing, muscle another. Wo are the
richest nation on tho globe. We have
money enough to buy one-half of the
known world. In 1880, more than a dec
ade ago, we possessed $43,042,000,000;
more than enough to buy tho Russian
and Turkish empires, tho kingdoms of
Norway and Sweden, Denmark and
Italy, together with Australia, South
Africa and all South America lands,
mines, cities, palaces, factories, ships,
tiocks, herds, jewels, moneys, thrones,
scepters and diadems all! And after
paying for one-half tho known world
we would havo money enough left with
which to carve a new nation out of the
yet unexplored west. And yet our coast
defenses are so weak that we are alarmed
by a street fight in a little town in South
America. Our navy is still so weak that
it is diflicult to enforce respect in the
conduct of diplomatic relations with a
little republic of 2,700,000 people so
weak that the outcome of war with such
a nation would bo doubtfuL It is time
that we were learning that Fourth of
July orations may be formidable land ar
tillery, but they can't bo worked to ad
vantage upon a modern ironclad on tho
high seas.
Fourth-That we may project the re
wards of pothouso politics one degree
beyond the safety point when we reward
mere political henchmen with responsi
ble diplomatic positions. Mr. Egan's
appointment may cost this nation a good
deal more than his salary. .
A UNITED PEOPLE.
Fifth Chili has taught us that this
great nation is today one in spirit. In
meeting this question there has been no
party, no north, no south, no east, no
west. When American citizenship is
assailed thero is found 03,000,000 people
enrolled beneath tho flag ready with
their treasure and their blood to main
tain its honor. They believo that the
American citizen is a king. He is not
only a king within his great republic, he
represents the royal blood of universal
manhood. His cause is, therefore, the
cause of man. Let us remember this. Let
us preserve spotless the honor and in
tegrity of our flag. Dut let ns remem
ber that its silken folds speak the lan
guage universal of the rights and liber
ties of all men. We cannot allow an
other nation to insult it. Bat for us to
wrong a weaker nation would be to
wrong ourselves and put the foulest
blot of all upon those stars and stripes.
THE CRUED CF THE KITCHEN; OR,
INGERSOLL'S RELIGION.
For whosoever would save his life shall lose
It. '-Mark viii, '.
Tl;e Son of Man came not to ho nnnistered
tiuto. but to minister, anil to give his lifearan
Botc for many. Mark x, i5.
At the recent meeting of the Unita
rian club in New York, Colonel Ingersoll
was present and made a profession of
religion. He declared hi3 creed to be as
follows: He said that the man who had
religion was the man who "marries the
girl that he loves: takes good care of
her; likes the family; stays home nights,
as a general thing; pays his debts; tries
to find out what he can; gets all the
ideas and beautilnl things that his mind
will hold; turns a part of his brain into
a gallery of the hue arts; has a host of
statues there and paintings; then has
another niche devoted to music, a mag
nificent dome, filled with winged notea
that rise to glory. ( Now, the man who
does that gets all he can from tho great
ones dead; swaps all the thoughts he can
with the ones that are alive; true to the
ideal that he has got here in his brain
he is vrhat 1 call a religions man, be
cause he makes tho world better, hap
pier; he puts the dimples of joy in the
cheeks of the one he loves, and he lets
the gods run heaven to suit themselves.
That is all the religion that 1 have. It
is to make somebody else happier if I
can. I do not mean to take any great
trouble about it, but if 1 can do it easily
that, it seems to me, is all there is of
real religion."
This remarkable creed from the colo
nel is but an expansion and garajphrajg
ef wht b h prof mmsJ eWwber m hi
writings, wbori he mti: "IIappia-
hooU b the object of iif . I Ultere la
the gtwpel of gGo4 liTin. Yoa can&ot
make any rod happy by f tin:. Lrt tu
have good food and hare it well ked
I belicTe ia the gospel of good ckXhea. I
believe in the gowpel of good hotum.
THK COLONEL DtSUiZCTO.
The colonel is fond cf diawting tbe
creed of Chricteoiom. Let xa ue hia
own method in dissecting this remark
ble creed. The moment roa glaoc at it
you nicognize that it is limply the creed
of "get all yon can, ait down on it, hold
it and don't worry about it" it ia the
creed of "get it all and take it eaiy."
Take np each thought aad yon find It is
built aronnd tbe central ldes of celt
Lot ns sm
The first characteristie of thla maa'a re
ligion ia that be "marries tho girl that he
loves." Exactly. Bet he expects to get
more good out of her than she gets oat of
him. lie marries for bis own benefit, not
for the benefit of others. I never knew
a man to marry a girl because h fait like
he wanted to do the girl a good ton. II
marries tbe girl be loves of coarse he
does. A man always gets tbe best end of
that bargain.
The second principle of tins man's re
ligion is that he "takes good care of her."
Certainly. Dnt she takes better care of
him. He ooght to be banged if he doesn't
take good care of her.
Tbe third characteristio of this man's
religion is that he "pays his debts." A
man deserves no credit for paying his
debts. lie certainly shoald not expect a
chroino for being honest. If he doea not
pay his debts, he shoald land in the peni
tentiary sooner or later.
arrt get! oet!
The fourtk characteristio of this man's
religion is tkt he "gets all he can."
"Gets all the ideas and beaetifol things
that his mind will bold." Turns himself
into a general storehouse for fine arts,
wherein he gathers a host of statues and
paintings and has a niche devoted to
music, "a magnificent dome, filled with
winged notes that risetoglory." Winged
notes that rise to glory! At a first glance
we seem to find something here which
the colonel allows to escape. On look
ing closer, however, we find that he does
not allow even bis winged notes to es
caiG to glory, for they escape within a
dome. There is no hole in tho dome. lie
keeps even the notes. Get all you can
and hold it, is his idea.
BOBS THE DEAD.
Tho fifth characteristic of this man's
religion is that ho "gets all ho can from
the great ones dead." That is, he is not
satisfied with what he has been able to
accumulate on earth; he robs the dead,
still bent on getting.
The sixth characteristio of this man's
religion is that he "swaps all the
thoughts be can with the ones that are
alive." That is, if he most part with
anything he will not give, bo will swap.
He robs the dead and swaps with the
living.
The seventh characteristic of this
man's religion is that he is "true to the
ideal in his brain;" which ideal is, get all
you can, give nothing; bnt if you have
to give, swap.
NX1TBEH ONE.
The eighth characteristic is that "he
puts dimples of joy into the cheeks of
the ones ho loves." The one he loves,
however, is number one.
His next characteristic is that "he lets
the gods run heaven to suit themselves,"
while he breaks his neck to gobble up
the earth and the fullness thereof for
himself.
"That is all the religion I have," says
the colonel. "It is to make somebody
else happier if I can. I do not mean to
take any great trouble about it, bnt if 1
can do it easily that is, without taking
off my gloves or rumpling tny Bhirt or
disarranging my hair that, it seems to
me, is all there is of real religion."
RELIGION BELOW ZERO.
I have said that any religion is better
than none. 1 will have to take it back.
The colonel has professed a religion that
is certainly SO degs. below rero. It is
certainly at least 50 degs. less than noth
ing. This surely is the charity that be
gins at home and ends at the same place.
It is the religion of the Scotch parlia
mentarian whose living principle was:
"Be always asking for all -yon can think
of, be always taking all you can get.
When you have got it, be always asking
for more." Get everything yon can;
keep it If yon give, swap. This is tbe
religion that the old deacon had who
prayed tbe remarkable prayer which
embodies the characteristics of the man
here described. He prayed:
Lord, bless tae and my wife.
My non John, hia wif.
We four an5 do nort. A men.
That's as far as the colonel can go, ap
parently. This ii a very ancient sort of
religion. It has been here a good while.
It is tbe religion of tbe man who made
the famous New Year's resolution, "Re
solved, That we will love ourselves as
our neighbor loves himself, and we will
make it hot for any man who tries to
outdo us in this labor of love."
a freethinker's motto.
I read some time ago that a Christian
minister was discussing the question of
religion with a famous unbeliever, whose
admirers are fond of pointing to his good
ness, benevolence and love of humanity
as evidences of the moral power of infi
delity. The clergyman pointed with
great earnestness to the efforts made by
Christians to make tho world better, to
rescue men from the shivery of sin. The
infidel listened with considerable impa
tience, and at last burst out with the
amazing reply: "If what you say is true,
then all 1 have to say is, that Christians
are fools; the d old world isnt worth
saying." "But yon don't say that in
public," replied the clergyman. "Why
should IT said the freethinker, showing
that, after all, he is not a freethinker.
"It would only expose me to a flood of
abuse from a lot of fools. 1 propose to
get as much happiness out of life as pos
sible, and 1 couldn't do that if I were to
say what I thought of this ridiculous old
farce of a world. Every man for himself
is my motto, and it is the only motto
worth anything." Now I do not say that
this man was the colonel, but I do say
that such a creed tallies with remark
able exactness with tbe religion professed
by the colonel on this occasion.
The religion of get it all and take it
easy, rob tbe dead and swap with the
living, the, religion of good victuals and
good clothes, is the religion of the
epicure. It makes the chief end of life
simply the swiHtub of the pig. It de
clares that happiness, meaning tbe grat
ification of self, Is the only end of life
worth living for. Sorely the colonel
Continued on Second Page.
TIIK WORLDS XBWS.
SINCKI,.8TT!IUIlsrAY,r.lt
FULLY A S S O UT K I ) A X !
txNtK.sKn rou iusy
rKOPLfc.
Stat.
The Atlantic Coail Line w 113, It 1
mia.mii mncMue
Rocky Mount.
"oit at
The 1'rr.hlbMonbU hav dtvldM
to hold a State Con vpoM in In tirtvn.
boroon February 24th.
Dr. J. 8. Devane, n leading cItl
ttm of Illadon county, dl at nU
honw at Cravcrs Crtk, Tuesdiy.
Juelge Janie II. Merrhmm, nf I ho
twelfth Judicial district, hui hU res
ignation to Governor Holt a IVr
days ago.
A fljr which vm Jv.-nbv tho
ladles to tha North l roll n.t Grays
in 1861 I Io Ih returned bv MpJ r
Thoum W. Jlircmi, of Wawrfy,
Ohio.
Th KeIv Instltut
ro, for the cure ofdrunki'titu,
now twenty-five pithuiH uutttTirlnjr
treatment. nld!
ins iiiado evorv
ataj. Finirer. State Sutwrintcmfoiit
of Public instruction, h.f ma Io a
call upon the ropU of the St:t- for
(heexibit of the tilueatl.m il f. It iry
of this State at the World's Uir.
It is learned fro n (! Statu f?l iron .
icle that it h suirirttenl In n,irtut
circles in lLdtlnnTf that llv. A. C.
Dixon, a former North Carolinian,
ow pa-tor ofiUiion pltee IlvtM
.'hureh. P.rooklvn. V. v.. t in iu.
called lo suee. ti the Lite li 'V. C. II.
Spur'eon, ofliuntlon.
Tne Directors of P.hirkuvll' t.
haex'o conipfitiy unou tht n.ilf.r.
Khowin;? of President J. H. Cnrr's
rep. rt have declared u seud-inna: tl
dividend ot three er cent, upon tin
capital Mtoch. of the company, paya
ble at once. 3Ir. Carris reflected
president.
A special to the Wilmington M..
henjjer from Jamesville, N, C., suvs:
Civil Knjrineer It. K. Muntajruo was
caujrht robolnjr tho icktt of Capt.
Hlake Saturday at Washington v
C. lie con tensed to ihn ll..t..i iph.
olsor robbery of two, two cold
watches and two diamuml t.Iiw val
ue I at $.'00, just two weeks ao, be
sides several nettv then at .tt, ou
tlines. He Ktotxi hich. and fhrt.lt.
covery has treated u treat sensation.
Thero have been storle nnhlUh.!
far aud wide concernin'' tlm urr.
of the author of the Uostian'n llride
horror. Hut most of thorn ure in
correct. AccordlnztO i he Chron !!
a negro namod John Hoyd vn Im
prisoned in tho Jail at Chariot t IV.r
stealing a cow. Detective Haney,
employed by the It. A D. ri. 11 road.
went to Charlotte evtral day airo
or. tho track of lloyd, whim ho
chatges with wrecking the train.
The detective savs lie think h
the right man, and ha strong evi
dence agamm nitn. it is nakl tho
detective had another negro pet in
the cell with Boyd who obtained a
iuii coniession or t he awful crime.
Rational.
A Nebraska farmer ban horn f.
quitted of killinir a book-agent who
ijrsi.-itu in lortingnis book on him.
In the dead letter offlt fl Mr Wnnfi.
ingion are moro than 42.000 Tihntw
graphs that found their way there
during the last year.
The medical stu.lpnt. ruriui v
Harris, lias been He'iiteucttl to be ex
ecuted It New York fur the murder
of his wife.
Oen Palmer writes another Mfor
on the subject of the Confederate
i ....
nag ueiflg useu at the ceremonies of
unvelllnir tho (Jradv inonimuT nt
Atlanta.
The latest crank with a demand
for money i t.lo nni uhn !i.-r,.t.i
Mrs. Beecher and wan:tl K. tlu
i a great fall from Norcro do
maud for $1,200,000.
Tho Supreme Court of tb United
mates to-tlay decided thelioyd-Tha
yer gubernatorial case iu I aver o
of
uoyei, ti,e elected Democratic candi
date who was denied hi -t-at bv th
Supreme Court on the alleged ground
mat his lather had not '.elected Mi
naturalization papers.
Foreign.
ftir Morel! Mackenzie, the world's
meet famous physiciun, dietl unex
pectedly last week.
Horn In Au-trali are mid 1 j bo
worth only f 1.75 to SOeach. There
muit be "overproduction" Utere.
Twelve thousand sbjp-yaid help
ers at Suederland, Kng., aro on a
strike against tho reduction of wa
ges. The Polish papers announce that
the Husian government is about to
close all the Catholic churches and
convents iu the provinces of PodoIU
aud Volhyma.
Arthur Edward 6ml there, former
ly manager o. the English bank of
the Hirer Plate, who was charged
with ttealh g the un of 7,181, be
longing to the bank, was convicted
at the Old Bailey, London, and sen
tenced to four years penal (servitude.
Tho fear that tha Duche of Fife,
the eldest daughter of the Prince of
Wales uioy after all succeed to tho
throne of England continues to ex-.
cite the English people, particularly
those of the nobility and other clas
ses. Prinze George, the heir pre
sumptive, is not a strong young man.
An effort will be made to have Mm
betrothed to some princess at an ear
ly day.
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