North Carolina Newspapers

ra J? y CASI X NO GOUhSBOKO. X. ('.. TIMT.SDAY. DECEMBER '21, ISM. no. vol.. XII. V. .---1 i A H H YM)l.i,. i 1 DISi'KNSAUY LW . mi -,e5. i AND F: AS .T S. not v,M,Ms llll III. I V W V(lV , Mi -OI ll C 1 I'.OI.I N , I i (.i-i. vi i i:i - in 1 . ,,, In -l (.Kill ,, .. I n ii. ! W O b , nt III- I nil U--.-s - - t . .1 . I 1 -ill t lit' IMH I- ' i i . i ,1 i.i I" l it ---. 1 I'ie-t l I III III. I.i - IH-ol of Ihe I ' 1 ! . I 1 i l -,,,1, 1 In I !"' ' I'I "Ii 'lit '.' i!H-;i -m 'n.-i tin - . : 1 1 "I I i..it il to Jin iUiiufai'1 in .iiili air liquors i I ! r st bv ! . t ill i .oil i-lll- li- ti- wi ;i t 'n ii.l it s.-i m-i iili.nit tin to ! a! with; at, 'I it iiw ii ri U' l t snll'-Tifij a n I a ti v it I ii r a til . i'i n in ii ;iii"ii i''iiH'iti' liavi FI1 .1 II V ,,:!! t li- inot of t lii'lii iia ;! ;:.! Il Sa I " t 4-1 HI i II' . J 1. I II ! i, , 1 a 1 1 t i'X r i r 1 1 f 1 1 s in is : - that in Soul h 'a ro . ;i'l"i't ion of t ll- " I ISit-li l . Tillman siiiu 1 - -to i nlori'i- it- 'l'" i--!"ti. I,,, i- i i. in-' i'li-'l, tin' law a fa ir t rial, ami it t lu ! i ; ii it . to i t st rain in t cni pi-r- i , ha vi' t to- en Una f.xainpl'' lit: and may he , ,1. unio. it is an na , ,f i ii A ill'-l ira, 1 1i l is not i-i i : as vv w ill presciit- !. -. N'i !' A l-.V. "V K. ml plan iias l,een on t rial tor many year.--: hut f ,i, will he made later in rteat upp I. velupei! ll- uf S- i 'l a a ; n isition to tin ; a nd some of i'i. 'arolina -t its eonsti- t : may ' ..aJli 1...' l; in-'. S.. i : r. Ink. !. Ilit. I'.uf Governor Tillman I'd. d oi. to make a thor its pi o 1- on-, and w ill lie liudit utiti! the very ' 1 -,i!e of liitoxieatlUtr liquors 111 i .iioliiia is 1 xclusiv-ly under- i under the stat life, by the! . mthoiitv. After .lu'v, Is'.i.;, 111,1 m I ait 11 1 e ami saie is iiuiai ii. i is within '.lie control of ollie- 1 . : l 1 .. t . .. l "C ii ial.y luoviutti 101 o ine 1-IoNS u- TIIK I'lil'.sl'.NT LAW. . . r ; 1 1 1 ' " : ; -1" l-1 apjion.ted to in,! -. ! i 1 1 1 1 . 1 -, under such inl ; t tons us may !" ate lio.-Utl of 'olltrol. a ppoilltetl 1V the lluv- ; i:.;i. Ti.i let ! I -nir. lie iiiu-t bean aostainer troni .'.''it-aiit. and is 1. quired, in his ; ;,'-l, a-. . to e-ive p.'. t .eueeto tic liiimifa.-turers and brewcis of the Mite: and he must reside ami have .iv i.ho-e of lininess 111 t'olumbia. capita I i i holds his position 1 tw.i . ,'i !'-. i 'l! IS SUI'Jeet I" ll'llim.'ll, i'V tin- St.t'e Hoard of t ' !i c-T. He I ilriiw- a salary, ami may have as ; lu.ii.v assi.-t a ii t.- as tin- I'.o.nd may il.'iUii.'ite. He s'.l.'lh nt t -l r'o the 0";itif v di.-peiisi rs a ny I kjuoi--, ex." pt - ;.-ii a - ha '. e b. en e-tt d a m I .i.il.ir- ia : 1 par- ati i m ulnitei-: a l. inc. t'iietni-t d' u.e S -uth t'a. " ia col ic i;. ; !- .1 the law provides for ! '' ap j p"i!i' in. at of as-tsta Tif s to the State' i l.i-t. Tile plie ..I I I : I "'s sold is .. it. 'i. T' - I I V i- p.irtieu:- ' 'i' li - ii '- tl.e 1 .1..-1I1C-S ot 1 Silboi i i a'- in the sei-v .. State: 1 1 i t..t reiuiretl m-i : tails, whiea are very e i r Tin- i-ounty dispense! s at e i. -1 Intake a very searching oath o.-iore tiii-y '-an be entrusted with the busi-ui-.-s uf selling in their county. He iavs to x rforin his duty well and :, :!iyv ami li -t ,. ii md s.-ll, !.';. or I urn ish t -. t.ei'- ' any Uito cai.ts otherwi-c . tu p. ded t"f by law, and especially not ' '"'r "ii not kuowuto him, or fu 'y iden-titi'-il: nor to minors, or intoxicated l"'is"iis, or to persons in the habit of tii-i-..!!i i i, " intoxicated: and he h- i!:ir... il.'a l,fl u-ill iii.il-Mtrn,' returns. 1 which shall show montly every j s;t . - am 1 delivery of all mtoxn attng ''iU'Ts to any and every person dut tiie month. Other oaths are jiro vil'd tot and very many other de tails, for security to the State in its 'iieiifiise liquor selling business. I'eiialties for a violation of the law are provided for, and these are very stri ti-ruTit in their nature. Ti..-- ( ;,iyt-i nor has been endeavor ;r.ir to get u; a Palm-tto" brand of 'pirn's for saie outside the State. Tins is clearly beyond the intention ' t tin- State law; and the plan is to nuk'- great profits to the treasipy of e-nta Carolina, through the anp'- fthp other .iconic of the Unit- . Mutes. No one should be very rrv at the failuie of this scheme. beginning of this article was made ot similar laws re nf.R I'l.At Ks WHERE THE IT. AN HAS sL't CKEPEI'. Th- -a iotlieiiburrr Plan" has been ui Sweden and Norway, to eon " tin- -ale of stunts. No one is t !'.'. 1'crr la 'e'e'i. under the iotheuburr ' make Hiiv urofit To himself, liv Mil. "I I'.'i-.ior The nlan has work 'KV " v. ii m Sweden an. 1 Nor- V. '. tiMS i.nmnln.lil Itsi'.F to ;'V and Lave c, iv-rs of h,uirlaml. t5tronsr ;s"''tit temperance men there r" to tiie conclusion that 'I e'tU' .;.." ..1 Ml ... -i. . .. , -i aioiie will uui ruitaur .1 fit s' -Tr.iMir drink, and they think, ti -ration, that the Gothen- ier : " t-Tti I -v t 0 1107111 im ni'iii-n. Utl 11 UJ (1. I 11 lUll'l'H V. lit ui,,,., every-other pln vet tried. a ,"'.' ''' ' 'i'-ti and Norway, as here, ''i in i-verv otlier civilized country. "i-lf rt made to ri gula'e th sa le j rs, has always been m t with ot the interferetK-e of the law . i.-rv witii linetesiS'. am esoeeiat itt on. TH V. l'L'PMXd I'UOOF. THE ij''i''' show that, under the ari''1""' l''an delirium tremens if'.''i'nptiou of liquors ditnin- Ui twelve years, from 7.33 to S w e it w at i i ; h.- W '- II.. 'i'.liai V '".'-n l' ii - f i - j r - ' ii s .-. ; ' r lb" op.-ra! : 'i- of ' 1 1! I ; i 1 1 ! i ! i'i h " , , i - i.i" 1 1 1 j.-i,,-' .1 j-, , r;.i-i.'. d I N ' vi a v . it iii-r " ;- i I"" " fur tin- ' - I i , 1 1 pi i ' i I Til til' - !' T ir t lit- l.iW , ;il:i li'-i-r i! I'll l ken 1 i - i.'.' e ! n ii k i ii ir ;i' ! l-; .-, ''l'e;t' iv 1 1 1 f : ; . i i i ! i f i i- , II lefol l!l plan. a-C-1 Th: III i i -rt u na i- i f - ,! P ' ;' .rtu'i ; t'-!i'j"-r- li I I' t ( I iol in ii rg u KN !-. 1-1 I s 1 1- I I! !. -of I H A V A i I. N. 'I'd- 1 of t ', Sunt h III. IV II'" tioV aroii- )' -t-i, -;i:'v i.i v 1 : Il 1 1 1 1- 1 1 Hj.. I 'In .1 j.t- -Ij'- i i ' - ' i i - . i . , i : 1 of lik' II it Ml. II t .If t I :. - 1 i ; I' u of t a , a' i' ' i tl' litll of ti- !i- .v iio i iv 1 1 i.'i.-t! o i (I'i i . il- I .-vi. , I ii.-r- v.iW I- oo Ml A! .1 1,' I - I.i - t . I.--. ' i, uf III.- I P.' til' t : !'lit.-h'-'l. Il 'I 1' I!' .1 .v, atiioti t !i tuv.- -1-t of I' lli f to t !l 111 -if t 111- l'aii" i i.-.tu ati'l ci i up-, a1. i i' .i i i )ii i'Ul'll COII-C j Hull 1 1 V til". t rat ion of t h t til .'L'llll!'lll a ii'-, ; .- I' "'!, '.I, 'I'll' 1 f I ilCV - 1 1 M ,,i (ii' rali-m. t';i- iifop'.f arc nut w i- of 'nii,t tin- cri. ITnali -in and ,-iki i i hi r I. to If i I' i-- wit ii ! In-! r ma ri il ;.ro' -l. i- vv is.- ami rijlit t la liiirifu! iric.s, in w liatcvi-r ;u it i- ilom It i -to ?lu I'rii'-i of tin- tax-pavers, win) sits t.tltl tin- I'll I'lleliS of the Slu'f novrti . I . ill i l r . i i Ul'-Iit. 1 I WOll 111 tie V-1 1 1 1 l Hi' lino ill ,,,-th ( 'a, ,,1 i j f 1 1. v Ci)U ,t iK. 1V. lieed from ta.i ion lv a s.-'etn s'iii liar to tliat or o iili taroiina liv vvliich the expenses of overutiK-nl could he 'lid, ilili-alHV, hy those ill .1 1 .1 V Iio ) 1 1 U 11 I IT- J Utilise! e- Ml tile "f ard'-nt .-ifirits. Tin- only diilici !V Hi 1 he WUV Would he to dentl'ov the rum niHueiH f in pontics, lis -ilo'ihl he disregarded hy !'ariii-r.-, in tin- intere-t ( COllCIII v to t ll. 'Of.( I ( S. A ! I N i.i V ! il i. DM I N V l! N I- 1 1 ,1 I. -,.(1 I! C Iio!.! N A l.l-.iilsl.A'l 1 liK .vl K I N i Till-: I I'M ou i.vw r.iiMi; I'Kool--. Ttie iK-vv dispeiisarv i.t .v is en titled, bill do declare tin law in lvfereiice 1 ami reirulate the use, sale, coii- I -T I'' our I ! sumption, transportation and dispo j sittoii d' alchol'.c liquors or liquor I within i he State of Sout h .'arolina, land io police the .-aiiie. It is quite I diff-ivnt from the "Id Hw anil its ,i:o 1 -ions are very sf i ict. ii iilrom ! are prohihited from hauling liquor 1 10 indiv nluais and the latter are pnn i i.-h able for I'ecci vi n'r any such liquor, ! even for individual use. 1 tie li ml' T ie.l-tli hiil i- coii.-ide! cd bonil) proof 1 s pre.-eht . bill, but shape. It is a anions the chief i a ilVl.-lOiiS of tlie bti are the foi low- ing: That t Inrlcr or exc lie nianufiic! urc, sale, ltmu.-", rivnt, accepr- r:- e, delivery, .-'.n i a.od k epiU." po-Sv-ssioll ..t mil! Il, Villous, !e - '! her la o r ui in ii'-.' rice i. I I. i l"e IV . I V ' I e ! el') or T liquor. oth.-r (OUlpoillMl o!' l,.!"ll'e Hld'COf 1 1 . i i I whatever nani- called of known. winch contain-a coif" and is Used as a heveragt anv person, the trans- i i I t hereon is Diinisha -le by tiiirty days I inipri.iounienL or Hit) ;ri''. anil liqiu-r coniiscated. 1 lie sai try oi uieuue conimisstoner was lived at -'TOO ): l.o .L L,i,-ii.i- .-:! -'(! . Kail roads are hauliiiLT iiqi'or a i prohibited from liquor i-.- s-i.abl,. , I liv coustab.ibie.s wi-. i-.otit warrant Dispensaries can onlv he opened din ing the day tiiu The bond of the at s:,Ovo, and he dispenser is Uxci is liable tor damages t.) in.' wue, etc., to any man to w Inmi liquor is illeg i .i . : . , , ally sold. i h'-re may dee or IIMIV d i sivn saries in cacti C'.UIllty, but a majority of ten free-holders n ;iny tov n-hip fan ju'eveu t t lie esta h- lis'n.neiit of a dispensary. ln places . . " 1 1 wh.'tv liquor selling was prouioucu previous to.Iuiy 1st, 1 Slid, one-fourth of the voters can call an election, which a maj ui' v vote decides. Dry counties must pay for consta bles to enforce the law. Iu wet counties citi.e is can nave bqiioi from dispensaries -hqip d to them. Anv person can make w ine for his own us, and ct'n sell sam- through dispensaries hy paving a commission o: ten per cent. Payment of United States lax on any pi. ace unit. uli..s (that liquors are tor sale is -vn I that toe law is being vmlucei UCe f"l w hii h a jieiiai'V of slim or thirty days' imprisonm-iit is pp.viucd. Druggists can purchase through dis pensaries bv paying a commission of ten ner cent, wholesale at cost to per manufacturing uruggists. Hotels were tourists stop are exempted from the 'nuisance" provision. All pen alties are reduc-i to trial justice jur isdiction, and warrants are issuable upon oath of any person who swears that upon information and belief li quor is sold in violation of the law. If liquor is found it must be confis cated. Distillers must report quar erly to the State Dispenser as to their pro duct and its disposition. Constables can search dep.;.- without a war- prescribed for rant, and a p-nai'y receiving liquor 1 ruin a;i rai!vvavr for its deliver; bv a comni n cirr-cr. ,. t "f.-on can brinsr liouoi itit" State, under peiiahv of SI'1''' " ft,irtv in ri -lime., t, even for '. - "... . , i.,s us ui) uae. -"-n n ' 1 " "-' v S'sts any constable or onicer, or at t -opts to seize liquor illegally sold, is made guilty of a misdemeanor. A provision is made to ail nv dispensa- ries to sell beer by the lass or any other (uautity. . The bill stops the leaks in the old Jaw. e portiitioii, removal, tlie taking ironi a the depot, or other pl.u" of consign !',iiient, or the payment of freight FARMERS CONGRESS- I tnv I. T lll lk AT VN-I N.4II. .A. M -l 011; t I, n fill i I i te.1 t .. rie- I- r-r i teiel III 4 tl---il . I: i . I rt.tfl 4u-t)tu llw- Tin- f.-tr;Tii fonrcs- iti ("-rion j Savuiitmii. m., wan i-innji!"i of it-l- ) ;it apji )iiio-( l,v tin- ovrnorr' of; thf ilill'-ri-tit Niit!n-t-i Mates. Mr.: folio S. 'Htn.iiitrtia.ti, of l'-iou j fo'ihtv, n-irt-sii!-(i North ('aro'ina. I Tt.c roil of state.- ,-tnmfu tin- foi- , lowing ,v a . i - to li.tf il'lf'atf- i.i at-! tt-inlaiifi-: Aia'i.t'ii , o or'ia, Klori- 'ii. Illinoi- lii'liaiia, Iowa, Maitif, Ia--ai liu vtts, Mii-hit;:iii. Mi-i-ip-i o full of sweet melody ami s fr.-:ri:t-;, Kan-a-. N.-l.ra-ka, North ';troli-i el with possible gi as that sunir by a. N.iti, C.rolma, P.-tiH-vl vmii,,, J anls OD the first Christmas Kve 'I I -laii'l, I.i! .11.(1 t - liiH-sSi f rinoiit, j t lryiriUl. I Vi ;n. ! . I, i i --'I tiain, I'rc-'nlfllt j 'li nltiiral : "f tin- .N'W lv.'!:'nl A Socit-tv. r --oni -.1 to tin- v-k-uriif In lu-" '.,t,l,'.. C.I ih .,,1 toiii-li. i 1 upon various iiiu!tei, uncut' whirl; -.f tlin eiiuc itional i i - I I'll. II a.-o (l.flari'U thai Hi'' ti'in- was a;-- i i.i i pi'oaciiifiL' when tin.- ovriiuierst -Ii miIiI take holl of the rai!rfl cor porations and run tli'-in iii the inter . ,-t of coniniercf. After his addre.-.- Mr. 'I on j'l j r. A'ke-hei r-.'. of iVnnsvlvatiia. of ( 'o'. Nffdhani if tie Dad anv well ut lHi'il p';ui uy wliicti ttie j' -iii tin -lit was to ohtain posses.-ioti of the railroads of the country. Col. Need ham cited the Union i'jeitic. Tbf discussion grewq Mte iuterestiii? and there was a disposition to sro in fo the whole history of the Tnion Pacific- steal, which threatened to grow very 1. niztiiy. The subject prove 1 a very interest ng one, ami the iu 'inb 'i's seemed to thoroughly lur-ewith ('"I. Needham that the government should take possession of the railroads if it w;is found to its adv-itita-e to do Needha i said that in answer ft) a g-ucal ques- Hon as to whether it wouhl be pro- j per tor me government tor the government to control and operate all the railroads of the country, he said that the governmmt had an opp u tunity toi an experi- men: on mis Hue uv uimu, i'"" ; siou of th - Union Pacilic for its in- ! deoreiiness, una uiai it uaua mc- i ..,f f,. o, ,l;r ; the mm -s'-in "lent i oi .o ii'-nii . ...v. - -j and ope ration of rai' roads hy Aus tra.ia. I ien. Bnrkitt, ot Mississippi, the orator of the d iy. spoke on the "Ag ; ricultun- South and est. j The ddress took somewhat Ot a kitt noliiie.il turn when (ieu. Hurl turned on the silver uuestion, and declared that 1 resident Wevelanu j what the Babeof Bethlehem was, and ! is s-'lhlS per ton, which is the high had destroyed the Democratic party, who does not love a babe? With ababe ', est .Juriii"' the pist decade excepMn and t hilt the Chicago platform was a and a mother we have home and child- j j ss: wl:1 it rose to $y.y: the aTe. 1 mere 1 oi and was so liiretiiieu ai its atl'Ption. He appealed to the i' i ,i,ui,b ri, Smrh in great West to j u wuh the South in resist. 11 g toe great money powti 01 . 1. . 1' ,r II . ui-.. ...I t Its r IhPV (11111. 1 ue (..t-L. uv .ui, c..c. .. 1 riers5 erect and in single nie, bear the bine their forces to secure the rcmon- j graceful water jars upon their 6houl etizatiou of silver and a change of ti- j ders. The stone dwellings and simple uaucial conditions that would r.-sult furniture are as of old. in the improvement of the condition i was in a manger at birth and a ,f ik, .. ,,.; I mm I sections of t He i humble dwelling through childhood l 111', V 1 1VO lVvi-. " ' country. ON TIIK WAI.l.tIK rrilLlC CON'TKAiri. (National Watchman.) T KAITOHS. Here they are Gordon, Hunton, Kaisom, Mills, Lindsa, White, Catt'evy, Camden, Fan Ik ner, .squiie Catey. All of thtse Sciia tors re)rescii ted S'.ates that were and are (verwrjelm- in-Tiv iu tavor ot tile tree coinage or O- "' silver. Each aud every one of them will admit that fact, but they voted in obedience to Wall street. It is of uo consequence what was the con trolling motive. It may have been exalted views of finance. It may have been a bribe of gold or office. It may have been a weak, ignorant, and degraded charactei. It is of uo consequence, for their characters are now already hanging upon the wall of public contempt and will only blackeu as the days go by. ye; rr. r,. , . . r rt k ,s . 9 1 i s pr-.'.;tti e that htuuan -;ir hail in-ver In-anl a son v j diu ntxivi tiitiii aiiiini An(j what jntj surpa. thal of Clorv tn r.mt" i ami "!..m. r, r-rtl. If mortala could iicrffctly weave thive 1 fcentiments into character, each life would be a psiiun of sweetor umvif than that sung by these angels. This lunerci in ine mfaning' oi me smt.r. and of the remarkable child, ar d of Christmas. Where, also, on our recti earth, is then; a spot nmr- worthy to be the birthplace of such a l.atie than IJethlehera in Judea? This quiet v il lage hang's upon the crescent hilKide like a bird's nest among leaves, and the circling hills forma natural cra dle, sheltered from the winds, and fo cusing the eun's December rays. On almost any winter night you can stand upon their oriental housetops and see i .i ...ii. ai .i sSC1c.i:a. i y.. vr if 111 , . Potatoes on the farms Dejemher 1st the moonlight flooding this cradle val- y ;m ()f (;o (VIlt, ley yvith its silvery halo, and watch , , , , ', .. the shepherds now, as of old. tending per bushel, , c-nts and a traction their flocks of sheep and goats, and, j than at the same tin e last year. Boreal is the scene, that you can al- j The lower price is sullic'' lit ly war most hear again the angel song, and ; ranted by the difference in vield he fancy that hope is dawning anew on a tween tlie two Years, weary world as the morning dawn : TW vaue 0f corn j3 ;jrc .,t.r ,h. rises over the Moab uplands eastward. : i i . i ,i -rv, v,. a u-n i , which is 2.4c. lower than the cor- The setting of these sacred hills is not ! ' . . r. unworthy of the jewel it bore. responding price of last year. J he Now, for eighteen centuries, once a average price of wheat is 52 lc. per year, at least, men have turned their i bushel; the next lowest price iu the thoughts toward the sacred village, i 2 o vcars from IS 70 to 1KH3, inclu- tne sun ana trie manger, and, like the wise men of the East, have laid their and homage at the feet of this ; cnristmas day is tne best ot all our : holidays. There is more meaning in it ; than in anv other we eelebrate. It is cheeriest and has the most reason to be '; so. it is oy empnasisaaayoitne Heart ; and of the home. Motherhood and babe- : ..v, touchesof nature that make the whole i world kin. What is holier than moth- erhood? It subdues the warringr race of man into brotherhood by its tender memories of years long goah and it tenderer ministeringof years now pres- ent And what is sweeter than babe- j nooa Artists nave pamtea tins ! Christ-babe as the perfection of all babe loveliness. The babeof the Sistine T o -i An 11 a AvrwAcc wii Is .-v-.-. rvV. -P i iiuou. azarem, ime ueinienem, is a garden among the hills, and here was , the home and childhood of Christ.! , Here Mary's fountain flews from I . k and the women water-car- I . .1 i that the divine-human babe was intro- ; other night before the gold ring at ; duced to a life that has brought hope ' )..-! tnonieo's made tlie ollowing as ; and cheer to multitudes. , tonndincr assertion Thus Christmas speaks to man through some of the dearest relation- 6hips he sustains, and the yvords it speaks are that all men should live for the glory of God and for peace among men. Christmas is well celebrated in song, after the example of the first celebra tion. Music is the language of joy. Heart joy speaks in the 60ft murmur- in ff irmci it" f Vi cnul tutTiot n r t ia 1 -" -" " - I nwr hnm -iTT flnrlo stt-qcc't, t .Ts n),flF1, n mtn-i.t .nt, 0,t,a ' w uiiugivu i;iv,i9 aiiuuu tiiv hearthstone; a nation's joy breaks forth in martial hj mns or peans of lib- erty; universal joy demands angelic harmonies. Once the -stars sang to- g'ether for joy and the trees of the a 1aj v.j - angelic messengers sang a Christmas anthem of universal peace. Christmas is well celebrated with gifts. When Heaven gives 60 royally to men, men may well give to each other. How rich in self-forgetfulness - , . ... , . . . and how beautiful m service was that I (ft which ")ritma crl-bru. Santa Haas with his Juaai pack has alowl th eriticUm of th rear larjrlj bccauh or trie fptnt of giving which he re pre- j aent-Chriitma pift am! Christmaa I olJ v Hu bert I-rcicric&. I l liKt.MM I KM HUUlUTi. MatUtit al lirluru . the lt partmrtit uf A ifrM-niturv for liirnubrr. Wa-his,ii, I),v. luh ThetU tisrie.i' retfirtisof ttie Iej.ti tinetit of Agriculture for the tuotith of Ie i ciiiU rate principallv tleoted to the i d'c.ition of the averaije of the pri d the variou.- farm prKlta ta at tin- j-oiiit of pr.'dnctiou or in the ii'iitejt local market.-. The aw-rae I'. ii.tatioii price of cotton as ehowt, i' th- dc'artnie!it rejNrts was on il' i' iiibt r l.-t t. '.c.i c.-nts jH-r pound, as ara'iist s. i cents j r Mj!ind on the sam date last year, showing a decliue "f 1 11 c-iit.-. Nutwitii?ra!idii)i.r the M'.favoiuldc indications as to yield, as I' portfd for til current year, this 'lice is l.v cents lower than the ave rage plantation prices tor t In- set n pi'ercdinor years, during which the raiiu' was iioin s.i; c-ut-to T.- nts. average celits. Ti ' rcjiotts -how that picking is : n ori'.--i ,1 owiti to the ery favor ahlc weat her. The average jirife of loii.icco for December is returned at T.s (I'lits, which isalico.-t the same as lists.., lssSand is'.'U. Kentucky, the state of the largest product ion, re ports ?.; cents, or t w o-tenths of a 11 nt lower than 'he reneral average. sive, was b4.5c. in 1S84. The re- f nrto? t i L t li a rriiHiir"il rn nuP UM (f rve 5LSc hich is 3c. low- Irt i,..; nt ,.,.! k 1 i"k v. - jv., lower than the average during the l.ast decade. The average farm orice ,f oats as returned for December. is'i'i is S Sc per bushel which ...iJjoVer tha n last "year and 1 it 4c , . , nricn ilmiiKT ; "r'' t,1,ui. dNe Pnte au'ln? the past decade. The average farm in ice of barley as returned is the low - 1 est on record; the price is reported at 41 ).rK.. as against 47.2c. a year ago. rnlke the other cerealsthe farm . i,uekwhejlt ner iMlshe, is the ; , Qc,w. !. J-'Jiliffct since 1SSS; the average price . ls -,;'! P1 "uanei as again a 1 ,i.).-ii'. ' I -i f i-oy ! ' I1 Ya i oru rrt 1 iriu 1 vf i i 1 - , -. , ,,. -J1 '', .V1". , I he Condition of winter wheat oil the first dav of December averaged '.'1.5 against 87.4 last vear. In the . Middle and Southern States it ranges from 75 to 9!i. (aVKHNMKr CANNOT CRKATK mux kv. Secretary Carlisle in his speech th j ,.i hi, ,s a t aud poworfu) ; ,. u i .1 . 1 u v ern men 1 , out mere is one tuiug it can' MH do it cannot cieate Then the Almighty, who creates 'trough a piocess f nature, must be he coiner or creator of money. It 1'iusr. j-i'ow like fruit and vegetables A as ever such assertion made by a .. . e . u.s -...:.. I 1 1 1 1 1 0 S t C I Ot lit. ailCC UCl O I e . .vaUOIl- ! al Watchman. - If the Lord had given the people the first dollars and then allowed t hem to plant them like we do irraiu f corn ai(d raige more h, , , , . , . ' t itre would be no scareetv of u. liars to day amoug wealth producers. Those who are now the idle bond holder millionaires would be tramps audthe millions of toilers would b prosperous and happy. The Lord mil tha nonrdo urn linf "in if " hut- . uuu . 11V, IIVVI'IL Wt V UVU A I L , J A V i , ., r f., . , ' 1 ine uevu ana the oia party pets are. Jonathan ami His Coutiuent in By MAj O'RELL ! AalLor of "Jobs Bill ' . , , , . . ,, , . ; 12a ins iisasi josa oiii, jr.. Etc and JACK ALLTN i TnuHll t Mr !',,! lUxjot Oh rnsfiUM j 1 ,wu " f' -t ; pm-uki !TtitM.irtt l,r.n lit Jtnvn.-u I'm i iara'it! kju ftul HliMKt M 1 R'i 1 l r--iur !-! rvr-wr FVro'tiraaii. tj &rw RvtiT ' to tttiinntig (' Ai,i.-l.v s.i k Tv t" from Inch 'h I. 111 r.i mrr m.) u l. UuH pro. Imn !. I iiiaimii fif it (.' -frO duruiX rw-i.l n.i t.. Anicri. III-ChahaCTERISTiC lH.r. llyiunn wnat I'rotauit lill.llli i,.u iufi viml sturtek. A nation, m aret iy mur than a hun dred years oM. and cui up. of many widely diln rent h-meiiii.. cannot, in tin i nature of limits, o-v-cs.- very in.irk-.t j clianicteristtc trails. i There are AmericariM in plenty, tot the American does tn-t l exist. The inhabit;. nt uf the north. -a-t states, tht Yankee, dilTi r- a- much horn the woteru maii arid the ( iat ln-i n.-r as the Eneihm,m dilh ri from (he iin ui ur the Spaniard. For example, call a Yankee "a cad."" and ho will net out uf the room, re marking: "You say mi. Mr, hut thai proves nothing." Call a Pennsylvania man "a cad," and he knock you '.own Call a real westerner "a cad,'' and he will shoot you dead. On leaving a New- York theitre one night, rn American friend jur.'.pei into a Bro;idway car There were pii'e sixty jiersons Kicked iijum the vchi - A gentleman iined to the conductor to etop. and tried to make his way through the crowd. Piv using his ( lU.ws as pro pellers, he reached the door, when a man, indignant id having been pushed (there are jwople w ho for their "nickel" expect to travel as comfortably a in a barouche), cried: "You are a cad, The gentleman ju "You are a cad sir, a howling cad." I ind olT the car. I kiv," bellowed the indiviuti d ait- ' hi i. "a cel. do imi hearr" The gentleman turned, lifted his hat, and replied: "Ye, 1 hear, and uu, sir, area erfect gcii'.leinan." The lerfect gentleman looked very silly for a few moments. A hundred yards further on. he stopped the car and made t t T. Should a mini .tcr indulge in unortho dox theories i,i the pulpit, the eastern man will content him .elf with going to another church to w-rforin his devotions the Sunday after. The Pennsy 1 vanian will open a violent jtuleniie in the news papers. The Kansas man will wait fur the minister at the church .' .or ;nnl give him a sound thrashing. Note. 1 reiul iri a lare cast. -a i;iht under tlie bead of "Kan . .is News " "A clergyman iu Kansas Ik:s jus: I:.. I liis ii"so bitten elT l.y a rii. ru ber of liis 11 H.-U. uin tiKiU ex..s.tKiii t.j s.uio of hiss remarks in I ie pulpiL " Is there anythin; more sublime than the way in which Jonathan can combine the sacred and profane? I le is a greater adept at it than John Pull, ami that is saying not a little. On board the ste:uiier we had five Americans who passed the eight days of the voyage in playing okc-. The Kniok ing room ran:; from morning to night yvith oaths. Their stock deemed inex haustible. On Sunday, after breakfast, a young lady s..t down to the piano, and began playing hymns. What happened then? Our live poker players gathered round the lady and, for two hour9, sang psalms and holy hymns. I was dum founded. In Franco we have men who swear, and men w ho sing hymns. The Anglo-Saxon race alone can furnish men who do both with equal gusto. In what otlier country than America could such an anecdote as the fo' lowing be told? It came from Mr. Chauncey Depew. it is said. Put. for that matter, a good story i. always put down to Mr. Dopevv. Mark Twain, or the late .irtemus Ward. A new minister had lieen apjointed in a little Kentucky town. No sooner had he taken jxissessioii than he set alout ornamenting the church with htained glass windows. This aroused tin suspi cions of several parishioners, who imag ined that their new pastor was inclined to lead them to Pome. It was decided to 6end a deputation to the mini.-ter to ask him to explain bi.- conduct, and have the windows removed. The head of Ck deputation was an old man of Presbyterian proclivities. lie opened fire thus: "We have waited ujion you, sir, to beg that you will remove those paints win dows as soon as possible. We are simple folks, (fod's own light is good enough for us, and we don't want to have it shut out by those images" The minister, losing patience, thus in terrupted him: "Excuse me, you seem to be taking high ground; who are you, may 1 ask?" "Who am I?" repeated tlie spokesman; T'm a meek and humble follower of Je-la-i, that's what I am. and d n you, who are you?" Without traveling very far you will Bee a complete dilTerence in the spirit of towns alnio-t neighlmrs. In New York for instance I am not speaking now of the literary society it U 3"our money that will ojxti all doors to you; in Poston yeur learning, in Phila delphia and Virginia your genealogy. Therefore, if vou v. i-!i to 1 a 6 access, parade your dollar- in New York, your talents in Poston an I your ancestors in Philadelphia ami Ui -hmond. There is a pro.ioimeed -childish side to the chancier of all the Americans. They are astonished at their own handiwork, and. like children w ith a eplendid toy of theirown manufacture, they say: "Look, just look, is it not a beauty?" And, in deed, the achievement is simply marvel ous. The Americans have not yet got over Charles Dickens' American Notes, nor the still older criticisms of Mrs. Trollope. Scarcely has a foreigner set foot in the United States liefore they ask him what he thinks of the country. Nine ersons out of every ten you speak to put these three questions to you: (1) "Is this your first visit to America?" (2) "How long have you been over?" (3) "How do you like our country?" 1 had only just em barked at Liverpool when the purser handed me a letter from New York. I read: Deah Sir Could you, during yo;ir "voyage, write me an article on tlie United States I should be happy to have yxir irxiiieived tin! ions of America and the American, no as to publish thein in my journal as soon as you arrive I do not think I am committing tiny in discretion in saying that the letter was Bigned by the amiable and talented editor of The Critic, the tirst li'.erary paper in the United States. 1 had heard tliat ihe -.abiuan who v.ru i-u t-1 v. hi alktxl foil iim !., . v -' ,u 'h v t ii ;- '.-( t' tt. r i I the ir .vi. I li-$ urx' i''5'i'i-n of Am. nr.v' !?it to mk in in livi r I hi j i twit Hot i'l Amen, a i t ' i!! rii 4ii, tfut it- j til l assvthi:; .-I tt.. kind i da I lu-arl oo tlw? wi'-;'vl ', An t.uU-Jiiu tn or I'n tjchm-in til never a-k fil w !i it vii thu.k i-t lTjC" - Urui or I'la.v Tt .- I f. is. !. :,un .).- b. I . , 11 i J (.'ii''V V.I..I 111' --! 11 i- .- 1 "Hill j till, '(i li t- ' it H to i'. ' r ii. u ll'i' n.'.jCT't at U, ; .Li.li tin- : raiit r uj-n S conn: tO Ttie r.n. il.h!;i 111. 1 We tisvi tioi-O ov r IL It) hit pro .ki: ,!y (..i!:m luattner Ik is (-erf'-i liv i r.u.i,. . .1 th.it his r.nlAJid Li the l r-1 n vi' trv la the woilj and tiut i vViTVl.( ty; s- a iitit t i.i in, vv n s.iHri hii.( aiillii The Ann ric ui i:n i are ; . r ral'v thin Tin ir (a' s -low vtieiyv. and m li t ham. .an m---. Il i.'ti liiC!.. e an ! I .n o' !, 1-iiM.i. th. ir j i- i t mil,, ipeatitj '. ... il ..., portr.tve-J it. t'Ut a ; g J,, hue beti fenMlOtr oil iroWU mamv u ,1'v m.uiiioM.iinunl (,-n... : im-i,r i-e and douehnutii Th min U. ii.i III. d force. I i.nh, Imt li -hi i-i . . .I ...i.i l lie i .- i.i!-I 1 1 1 ; 1 up w it !i a :i .i that ri - .-a: i harmony m t i TIk- fi-atiin Straight, the pUlllied i''. I.- -mile. uu divine I ;.'' Iii It !les live ill i. an chara.'t. !. A; an U'MV tl.e for. ad lio.-e hharp. and ollen e; in Its I hilllies. At llUles, UP somet iiili ms in to i ts o.;!;ie in I he facet) uf lln- I n-.iaii t v , the tem ples indented, the chiili Itolics protlli tiellt, t he -v s s-ii ill . ke u and deep M-t. The well I I.I men, -.in i-to mv milnl a h;. pv uiii! i t !. .ii . I t.'ie l ien, iiiiiun and the I'ii li-. hm. i'i As f. ,r In,' s say th..t in I '. ci.illy , they tin for I reneh v the sitae saute jie'.i.i.o.c The Ix an! v the no i i , i- i ,i nieu. I do not hesitate to a i i New York C.-Xs !.! j- i .. Ily well lie taken i.:i 1 1 I . I he same t v w, the - line vivacity, tlie . 1 1 1 s,i : ue ami .lit tide. I the II.,! I n like that of . .ti imalii'ti'than !.. ii.-t ivmemU r to for m t i . . .1 : i.'. to have t-e. n ..-e- I.. duriit;; my sin mom th-' States. Ad. i ; i v. - i - .ei .... I ..-a a v. .. . HI lllilll! 'i'l . " i lelii they hloum out c I - . v lain v. i iiii.iii l.iinl le lln. ill. li - a. i.i II . , i i in.- I- 1 1 Wicii' ! l i a ire I. t .ul I i A . nit. so far ujoy I hat tow s also At loif m .j i ( I I. a I. .ill flout ele- beauty. It i t i n turns gray en I v tract ing from the woman's charms, itis often . liivcly an attraction. If the Ann ii-ails descend from the Cn.eli-h. (heir women have not inherited from tlnii v raiidniol h.-i s i iihcr (heir teeth, th ir hands, ur i!k ir feet. I have, seen i.i A ni' i iea I he da im ic t hi tie bands and f.'i I in t in- w a l 1. The New Y i i i s i.nd P.otonians will have it to be t1, t ( :i;u w oineii have enormous feet ;im ! Inn. is. I was willing to bt beve this ti to the day I went to Chicago. I found the ( 'hit a ;;n women, and those uf tie-west generally, pretty, with moiccoloi than 1 loir ( astt rn idsters, only, as a rule, qmtn tdi lit, not to hay thill. That which is lacking i.t the pretty America!) faces uf the cast ii color and freshness, and il is only their plumpness which conies to their rescue after thirty and prevent.-! th. in I ; Those vdiu remain I oui Ioo!;iug faded, i.ii gi ia -rally fade quickly; the complexion lcomcs the color uf white brown pa h i and wrinkles freely. If American women v cnt in for more out door exercise; if they let the outer air iK'tictrate con-tan' !y into their rooms; if they gave up hv m ; in lot houses:, they would have Mii.ie color, an I their l-'auty need jierhaps bar no ( umpctilioti in Europe. V - ALL NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS. Tliin Is I' :.'H 'l i ne in Am. ilea How Jiniiil ti.tii ,li i'. ,m - il'isliill uii.l Kjiisu. Jonathan a-'..aires all that flitters, even that !.i h is not gold. In hu c'.cs the Micee-a of a thing an swers lor its quality, and the charlatan ism that wi'-cee.lfi is snp.-rio- t i the merit that vegetates. The dol!::r is not only the unity uf the monetary -.stcin, it is also the unii, oi the metrical vstem. licfoi'e assi'-ning a man his ntandin' o Icople ask him in England. "Win in your father?" in Trance, "Who are vou?" in America, "How much have you?" The ordiPTV American judges men with a strange, scietiiilie In cilom. He admires tale'U because it is paying. A literary or artistic success n only u suc cess in his eyes, on condition that it is monetary as well He I.biI.s ujion every man ;is v. ot t'i so mtit h Such and i-uch a celebrity doc s not inspire his admira tion. I ecaiisc be ur site li.'.s produced a work of genius, but I m -cause the work if ginius has produced a fortune. It would lie quite "-t able for an ac tress to attract lai;;e audiences all through a tour from New York to San Francisco liccausc she traveled in a mag nificent palac ear of her own. 1 F.avv tiiis in tin American paper: "Minnie Palmer will wear all her dia monds in the third act." The iKKiking uiiice was Ix-siegcd all dav. and in the evening monev was re fused. An ami in ; detail was the ar rival of H good four', h of the audience at 10 o'cltM k to M-e th-- diainonds in the Vhird act. This necessity f r b iu:r ii h is the re verse side of the n;:-ial in America, where, more than anywhere i I e. talent without money is a useless toot. The country's genius, it a let; I uf conse crating all its tisne U the production of works which would tend to elevate ttie people, is obliged to think of money making. The American authors, t.io tof them, only take up the (h-ii at odd hours. Business first There are few indeed who live by tioc.-k w riling. (TO BE ( ONTINt'Kli.) CHRISTMAS PRESENTS It is not often that you can give a friend a Christmas present that you are willing to give for as small a sum as one dollar. Imt if you will make your friend a present of The Cauca&iax for one year, o i will have no cause to be ashamed of vour present, and besides your friend will be reminded of you and your present 52 times during the nest year. Try it Have you a friend or relative in another State or at a distance from you in this State. If so, why not send him The Caucasian one year as a Christmas present ? V'e proui--Be you that he will enjoy it. II IIRkC II Uilll Tt vCh v G HCS C ST F0 90SS lli U'hiltIIM WITH Ml U Ti Ml H tl l-TIO. TH K i'l.lHAM H'ANUAL hrcr-l tallK tllm- HHW III It,?..-. I lf-lig twwTf Ulrnl 4w r-r llnllrn -. ilcl.l Hwklitf l'll- ' II... I r- in 1 qi! Cut t-j.ma(l in iii.t.i i We-IUNi.ti'V, Dee, 1. - - Tl Ml loiMiiuati hotel l.ibl.y rt-mind onr wf :tout'tiration time.. The nr tdd 'ailldl.tr fnet , Mini llif pAtriotn k . ... - V.J w luthltikT l.u! nvv i ut i-iio. lot' Marvmion nei ., ,,,,,.(, (.k w. fcjrt.V and ft j Juuiib and llt uther fellfwn i ii tt rc ft iinu is over the pI omr : a ointment-, n ml the a ii.lidat r art heir .n full force. ie by one thtv I have droppe d in "jud t m- hw th t thing is eoini;," til th- .gr t j (lull liAx hwt-lh-il tntc a rromd. KaB- sun i. in difpair. He in kept 1upt J do, Icing the catididn tc . Hi com- mittte room door n (fuardrd, and it ! t about ns diffic ult to r t "a private ! w.ud" with the "litmn" an it i to gt the nppullitmc lit. i Everybody iinderstand" that hi j vote to r pc al the Sherumii law par him the disposition of the putronag in the State. As n mutter of form ality, ami fi uting, ponlily, the l.u-llit-s- end of Ills buK l ill elreli tive session, the candidate pay their .. i' e. 1 lespc ciio intice. I uty ii luicrManu I1" ,,ns n" s,,U i' ihr M,oi " " :U1,1 V Mll,'r t'' tha Mtuation. han-ulll is Itoso. NolMitly .tispntci his pov.1 r. Nnllii r ngii fn aii nr . iimlidatc una ci ly hue upieiimi j. A I,. it he fayii, guc . m d tery man vl.c is i, ti Nppiiei.tt ' . Itl.e kll.t : 1 ' 'i i ! ' b 1 1 .-. ' uiij oord ; i 1 1 .-, I . lit v In imiI I DOW t hale tlie not i I i i hi atid up and face the music. There are score s of people here at big expense who have not been ablw to ge t within n half block of him. And when they do get at him tbay approach him With hat in hand and with fear and trcfnhliug. They don't seem to appreciate that Wan no in un dertook the job of hi own motion. Hut it has dawned upon anine of tin in that the fellow who gett a job, whether it is a post office or a coimul sh'p, must swear eternal allegiance to ihe "boss." He is not tnakitifr any mistakes on this line, and while Tom Jarvis is putting in some- good work at the Methodist eonl'ereuei the "boss" is turning out a "niaebine" warranted to run without repairs un til atter next year's legislature dec tion in North Carolina. He is taking no chance s, mid every postmaster in 1 he State will bear the IOSM H ol- lar. Th.' selection of Simmon to do the dirty work of the 'machine" in tha eastern counties w is notice "to all whom it may concern." Ik it any wonder that honest Kople in their contempt for and dihtfunt at nudi juggeliy, revolt Hirnitist a party or ganization that tolerates nuch deKpie ab!e bossisni and authorizes it f A lew days in Washington would onn the e yes and kindle a revolution in public MMitimeiit against the degrad ing tendency of machine politic. lloV THE MACHINE VOKK. The objective point iu every a point incut is Hansom's re-election to the United States Senate. Every ap pointment is made with that under standing. It is a question of local "pull." Not who deserves he ap pointment; not who has won it by long and valuable party nervice; not who is the mof,t capable man; not who the people want, but who ha the strongest "pull" in fixing prima ries ihat will nominate Ransom men lor the legislature. A decision is not reached without difficulty in many ease. a cask in point. In the fight over the Winston pout oiTicc, for instance the are five cand idates, and all of tbetn show good local endorsements. One of the leading candidates was the former postmaster under Cleveland and un der both the departmental and exec utive rule he is int lligible. Yet Sen ator Hansom ugres his appointment. He is a machine politician and Kan som needs bin services. He is en dorsed by men who direct and con trol county nominations; hence his preferment over a one-legged confed erate soldier who has been a life-long loyal, ardent Democrat. The inelig ible man may not be appointed, but tl.e contention bears that aspect at this time. If made, this appoint ment will aptly illustrate the relent lessness of the "machine" and its ab solute iudifferance to common decen cy and public opinion. It can not be construed otherwise than as a re jection upon the other candidates. ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION. Is found in the Keidsville office. Ex-hheriff (ialloway and Dr. Courts are the candidates. Galloway has a splendid war record, made a popular sheriff, and all his life has been a wheel horse in the Democratic band wagon. Nobody knows that he has got on his knees and begged the Ihiss"1 for the appointment, and the men who are backing hini are not pendiug sleepless nights arranging Kansom primaries in Rockingham county. Courts, it is known, is an avowed Ransom man, has had some legislative experience and is an ally of tho defunct Democratic congress man from that district. What suits Williams suits Ransom, and notwith standing he has been an applicant for another office, the chances are that be will get the Reidsville post office without much trouble. The stamp clerk appointment at Reidsville made by Rcvenuer Sim mons, is another sample of machine work. Watt, the appointee, was a belter and went off with the John Webster independent movement in Rockingham. Like his leader, Web ster, he was maligned and abased as a traitor, but in a contest for Demo- (Coutinued on Second Paga.)