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lornrv CA CASIAN Ha the Largest Circulation ana is the I. KADI NO WEEKLY IN NOT'.TH (J A HO LIN A . W, rrtatJ over 430.000 copiwi in mUt ilarinc tl present year i l l i o 5 tones ' VOL. XI L GOLDSBOKO, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 181)4. NO. :r. THE- CAUCASUS,, at davidson commi:n(t:mkxt I.K. S I I If li I.K I A m.i: A IHHtl. . l i-i- ! il f I In- l-'gto-rt It li mii .t !'ra-tif-l isbjei't. At t In- evcrf '.-; Thursday rnorri ii iifu r a HiD.-;t fervent ;ii!i u)r-a-ir.t r liv It'-v. Dr. .J. ll iiry iniMi.of irtt'u,-h'ro, id viking ( I ,. --ii mi tin- st ii!t-rit.s, the itiati i i.!i-ni, a:,'! tin' trustees, Dr. Sh'-an r ii.!-M!'n-i ! l.'-v. Dr. Sfri;klT, of At l.i'Mu. ih !i-r the (iimti.il :ul-i!i.-- h. j'uic the i'lit htti thre.j.ic and I 'i; in -!S'-;tn Societies. II- vk for hi-, .-iihj. et, -''1'hi- Conditions. if Sucre-- in Life." (US Ul.-COUr-ie into (-IX ji-irt-;. To nil! ... -.,! .. t., . ' it o H I cr-cr-s. lir.-t, we must ;i r tin' rui n i ' r ' menial, i.I.vmcuI, in -.i-i v pursuit I I which M- eliae. Second 'l'h ' ise ch -ice of a pur--nil. 'Third-- After we have made ; ri.rht ch ii'-e ahnle in it ami devot i n ail mir powers. T . hi rt h -Afler hainr elw.sru : pni -nil we must master it. I- if I h - - haracler. Sith iakf oiir truule tic Mi We ti ir'-t t hat ,- low lis to do i ' T ice ace will not al to t lii.s most ahh and timelv ;ulihvss. 'Tin- hI n mn i a'Mn.ss was del i vcreil hv lev. i llici t V. Smith, of (Ireeus hoio, (,' , whotoik as hi.s .subject "Patriot ism and Politics," He divide I pit riot ism into two kind.-: Flint, that to protect tie fatherland from eternal thinners; Sec. -ml, the one which looked after her inner welfare. The one seek to protect; the other to develop and improve. 'The supply of the first kind is ludicrously in excess of the demand while the demand for the second is appallingly in excels of the .in pply. Ignorance ia a rent peril to Dem ocr.ii v hut indolence is the greatest evil it eiiconnterd. I ndolence anions I he cult ii n d and td ear-headed edit catt d lien. This class lias been the .salt, of the republic. "If it lose its savor where withal shall it be salted." Kverv educated man oii"ht to be a practical politician, not in the pres ent sialic sense but. every hih-mind-ed and ( I ear-headed man should be active in polities so far as his profes sion admits. 'The vulgarity of poli tics is not in the politics but in the politician. In the field of American politics is being fought the greatest problem in history, that of .self-government. I I Humility's, last crowning effort is t In- Anglo-Saon race, ami the last crowning effort of the Anglo-Saxon race is the American people. 'There an- four channels of inllueiice through which every educated man otiirht to send a good inlluence. Polls primaries, press and platform. The primary makes the nomination, the nomination the representative, and the representative the country. It is the centre of political reform. By t he time the election day has conic the held of choice has narrowed dow n to two candidates w hich nia gi .can lioiie.it man a pang to vote for. Fools select your rulers; wise men elect them. Kvery educated man ought to be an independent. Xo man should tie his bruins to the w heels of a party machine. To be a patriot rather than a blind partisan ivijuires courage of the Spartan type. "Let us love our country above our i.arty." '1 he honorary degrees of Doctor of Divinity were conferred on the fol lowing: Uev. J. II. lioytl, of Char lotte; Pev. II. I'. Campbell, of Ashe--.ille. Lev. T. P. Sampson, of Ashe ville -, and Uev. Fgbert W. Smith, of (J rectis ho ro. Among the distribution of six so ciety medals, Mr. (leo. M. Matthews, of Clinton, was the auceessful con testant for the declaimer's medal. 'I he attendance upon the graduat ing class Friday morning was esti mated to be between three and four thousand. The immense college chapel was completely tilled and scores had to stand during the entire exercises. 'This l as 1 .en a successful year for Davidson and its uianv friends iiinl alumni predict for it a bright future. (ill :KI!"llON IIN lS Hilt BOTH OI.I 1'AUI IKS. , Kin-itou r'u-e "Prcs. , Mr. Ilavemeyer, president of the sugar trust, was recently before the Senate investigating committee. Among many ipiestions lie was asked "W hy should the AjikmL'uji Sugar uel.uing Company contribute to either of the political parties of New York'." He replied: "We have large interests iu that state, and we a::t policy and jre protection. Kvery individual au'J corporation and 1 i riu , trust or whatever yoii call it, do thi se things, and we do them.'' He was then asked: "And you con l't uie t both parties wit Vv the e ptctaiion or whatever party succeeds vour interests will be guarded':'" 'The reply was: "We have a goo I deal of protection for our contribu- That confession, boldly made, speaks volumes. It is a terrible state of affairs when euough senators can be bribed to s'ee that the interests of fi iicU ari euarded, at the expense of the public. Perhaps men with more honesty would be senators were elec ted by a direct vote of the people. NOTICE. Our offer till January 1st, 1815, for only SO cents is for new subscrib ers only. I'l.ori.K's PAKTV I AH. The K. ('mii. all (iiinri'Moii are! Iftar iee ln----T he 1S form l.alnlbK Keem i t. The Peopled Party Ex. Com. of Na.-.h county tie-t pursuant to ita ad journmeiit with a full attendance from all the townships. After adjournment of the Ex. Com. a large crowd assembled to hear addresses from some converts from the democratic party until the arrival of ('apt. W. II. Kitchin, who had promised to address the meeting. Mr. P. F. Taylor, a young attorney of Na.-hiile, in a thort but forcible speech, renounced hi.s allegiance to the democratic paity which he had heretofore e.-ponsed, for the ftimple reason that it had failed to secure to the people the relief it had promised th-m if nut in full control of the government, and a: that party in the la an adocate of r. ciimpain he lei. iieide -in, I hi r le'--iL'e-i W liiC.'l U uad no iion .s to s'-e redeemed by that partv. Mr. Ta!or -poke earnestly and feelingly in I he poiu'ed remarks made and aPigmd him elf in tin future with to the Ptople's party as the only security for popular liberty and protection. lb- was warmly cheered and con--ratiilahd upon hi.s strong addre-s. 'Tin re was much enthusiasm in the people in the Populist, cause at the assemblage in Na-hville to-day, and we do not intend to allow mii voie he thrown out this time, nor will we submit to vote by the dim it miliary of t h Standard Oil Com pany, thus paying t ribute to one of i he largest, niouep ilies and trusts in I he country in a dark shed to ex clusion of the light of the brightest of all lamps which Cod was extend ing us without money and without price. 'This was done, too, in direct viola tion of the election law of North Carolina, which says the elof-tion shall be held by sun light, (Section ;sr "until sunset'') under direc tion of ollicers sworn to comply with said law. The poll there was all right to be counted in for the democrats, but in other places where the Populists had majorities, the watch of one the candidates said the "sun was down before election closed a few minutes by his time." There Populists must lose, must be counted out, as it was "gainst the law." "O, consistency thou art a jewel indeed !" At the recent election of county commissioners two l'opulists were ousted to make room for two rich democrat-;. As they are good business men and gentlemen, hope the coun ty will not lose any tiling by their election. J. C. Bellamy, Sec'y, protein, Ex. Com. Nash Co. P. P. THK A. AMI M. COMMKNCKAIKNT. 'The people of Raleigh were by no means pleased with Congressman Hatch's failure to keep his appoint ment to address the college. E. II. Busbee, Esq., of the city, delivered the address to the students in his stead, and made it in excelleut taste. President Holliday, w ho is a very earnest man, made some remarks in which he spokw of the work of the college and the stand it is taking. He said that among the new colleges it was foremost The graduates were Charles E. Corfening, David Cox, Jr., Ii. D. Patterson, Charles Pearson, Z. C Rogers, J. 11. Saunders, B. F. Wal ton, and J. AL Wilson. Each grad uate delivered an address. Governor Carr presented the prizes to the winners. U. (i. Kennedy was awarded a gold medal for excellence in agriculture ; C. K. Clark and K. F. liuffalo first and second prizes for the largest amount of money earned by work on the college farm ; E. J. Ingram, of the freshman class, won the medal for the best essay on agri culture; W. C. Jackson of the so phomore class won the medal f )r the best essay on horticulturt ; A. II. Prince, of the junior class, got the medal for the best essay, the latter medal being the gift of the State Agricultural Society. Distinctions were awarded as fol lows : First in mechanics, Charles Pearson; second, Z. G. liogers first iu agriculture, B. F; Walton ; second, Ii. D. ratteraon. The uniforms of the boys was made of cloth which was manufac tured in balem. - Lieutenant Henderson, of the Xavy, took charge of the students to drill them until late in the fall. The exhibition drill was an ex ceedingly creditable showing. At evening an entertainment was given, at which refreshments were served, and the attendance was very large. AMU IIKIi .IKFFKKSOMAN IlKMIlCKAl LK.lVr.STHE MAC'IIINK. EtUTOK Caucasian: In consi deration of the great dissatisfaction and uncertainty of purpose of the Democratic party both State and Xatioual, and in consideration that the L-eiiioCiatio party nas violated all the pledges of its platform, and! see ing that the leaders of the Democra tic party are not in sympathy with the people in their distress and need, t;.n4 'kii(wtni the fact th,t the pres ent adminislratlo i, both State and National are not in keeping with the Democratic platform of 181)2 (which no Democrat jau deny,) 1 therefore feel no longer bound by pur ty ties, and in the future 1 shall be indepen dent in politics. I am a Democrat of the Jeffersouian type, and. in the future I shall ally my feble ef forts w ith the People party. II. H.Pen y, James City, Craven Co., N. C. June 28th, 1894. OK OKli A MZATIDN F.OPLK' PAKTV. Ill THK COM MITT EES. Section 1. Each township shall be under the government of an Y. ecutive Committee of live members who shall elect their own chairman; paid committee shall be elected by the voters of said township at the lirst People's party primaries held in any year, under call of the county chairman ; provided that those town ships which are divided into pre cincts or wards, shall Lave a separ ate committee for each precinct or ward Sec. 2. Each county shall !e un der the government of the County Executive Committee, which shall consist, of the chairmen of the seve ral township, ward or precinct com mittees. 'This committee shall meet it the same time and place that the 'iret con n ty convention of the Peo ple's party of any year is held, and lect a county chairman, who mav or may not be a member of its own body. In case it shall appear at said meeting of the County Execu tive Committee that any township, ward or precinct has failed to take action in accordance with section 1, the said County Executive Commit tee shaU be empowered to appoint said committee or committees. Skc. -'5. 'The Executive Commit tees for the various congressional, judicial and senatorial districts shall consist of the Chairman of the Coun ty Executive Committee of the coun ties that compose the said congres sional, judicial and senatorial dis tricts. The congressional, judicial and senatorial committees shall meet at the same time and place that the conventions meet to nominate their respective candidates; and shall elect a chairman for said committees who may or may not be a member of their body. Sec. L The State Executive Com mittee shall consist of the Chairman of Congressional Executive Commit tees and one member elected by each congressional convention while in session, with six additional members at large. Sec. 5. The County Executive Committees, Congressional Execu tive Committees, Judicial Executive Committees shall report their action as provided for above to their re spective conventious while iu session for approval or disapproval. If not approved, then the convention, be fore adjournment, shall elect the chairman of said committee. Sec. (5, The members of the State executive committee, as pro vided above, from Congressional dis tricts, shall meet at the same time and place as the State Convention, and elect six additional members for the State at large, which body acting together shall elect the State Chair- man. l tiey shall report their action to the State Convention, while in session, for approval or disapproval. If disapproved, the State Convention shall, before adjournment, elect State Chairman, and the six members of the committee at large. Sec. 7. In case any committee fails to report to its convention while in session, as provided above, it shall be sullicient proof that there is no proper organization, and the conven tion ehall thereupon proceed to elect a chairman of the committee. Sec. 8. All executive committees shall have the power to supply all vacancies occurring therein. Sec. 'J. A quorum of the various committees shall be as follows: The county and senatorial committees a majority ; the Congressional, Judic ial and State, one-thirtl of the mem bers of said committees, Sec. 1(J. The executive commit tees of the Senatorial, Congressional and Judicial districts, respectively, shall, at the call of their respective chairmen, meet at some time and place in their respective districts designated in said call. And it shall be their duty to appoint the time and place for holding conven tions in their respective districts; and the chairmen of said respective committees shall immediately notify the chairmen of the different countv executive committees of the said ap pointment and the said county ex ecutive committees shall at once call I conventions o their respective coun ties in contormity to said notice, to send delegates to said respective dis trict conventions. Sec. 11. That in case of failure of any primary or convention to elect delegates, the executive com mittee shall htjve power to appoint, land certify the proper number of delegates. The chairman, or in his absence any member of the county, Senatorial, Judicial and Congression al committees shall call to order their respective conventions, and hold chairmanship thereof until the convention shall elect its chairman. CONVENTIONS. Section; . Kaph township, pre cinct or ward primary of the Peo ple's party shall send to the county convention three delegates, and one additional delegate for every 25 votes and majority fraction thereof cast for the people s party candidate for Covernor in 1892. Sec. 2. Each County Convention shall be entitled to send to each of the other conventions two delegates at large, und on additional delegate for every fifty votes and majority fraction thereof cast for the People's party candidate for Governor in 1892 ; provided, that every conven tion shall he entitled to send a many delegates as it may see fit ; and pro vided further, that the number of duly accredited delegates in any con vention shall cast the vote of the county. Seg. 8. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the various county conventions to certify to the list of Continued on fourth e. n.AN A WEEK'S NEWS GATHKKID I'KOM ETKKT UlAKTKK OK THK WOKLU And Hrlefiy Tol.l for Ihr K-dt-r of Hit (auraxiau. (iicanlir Hallway Coiiouliilatioit. A f-cUl from Atlanta says : It i re (lorteil here ihiit a gljrantii: eoneiil.ition of railroati interest in the South i- eonteiuf lateil. The new company, it is statftl. will eoiii ru-e t tie Hichuioni A" I'anvilie. Kast Teniie.vee, Virginia .V ieor:ia, aiel Cincin nati Southern -ieiu. The Central I!uilro:tl of k-orgia Ls a'reaily practically uii'ter con trol of the new ly organize! llichmoinl and Danville system, ainl the G-nr;U. ate! At lanta V Wes I'oint roads, w hile -ti.-iuinly under independent management, are really controlled through the Georgia Central and Louisville V Naaiiville roads. This will pile hut three road- of the ten i nterim' ei.'ita, outside ol the Southern Uaiiway Co. The time lixed for the ron-oiidat ion is short ly he fore 1 ictoher 1 t. A lloiil.lc Tragedy. Macon, ia., .Itine "Jl. News was received here to-day of a double tragedy in Crawford county yesterday. Wert Dent, a merchant, and . iMVripht. a lawyer, both of Roberts, had a dithculty in Dent's store. Wright cut Dent across Ihw abdomen. Friends inter fered, and Wright went across the street and was followed by Dent, who, with entrails protruding, plunged a pitch-fork into Wright's breast and broke the fork to pieces over his head. Itoth of the men will die. N. ('. Baptist S. S. (Tiautaiiiia. The second annual meeting of the -'North Carolina Kaptist Sunday School Cliautainj ia will be held at Mount Vernon Springs, Chatham county, on t lie Cape Fear t Yad kin Valley Uailroad.one mile from Ore Hill beginning on Tuesday, August at 4 p. m.. and continue till Sunday, Sept. 2nd, I.V.M. A Kinston I.a'ly Commit i Suicide. Mrs. Susan Co, wife of Mr. G J'. Cox, jumped head foremost in the w.cll in her yard, which contains about seven feet of water, Monday and was drowned. Doctors were called in but could not save her life. Mrs. Cox had been suffering for nearly two years with a bad case of chronic dyspepsia, w hich unbalanced her mind. Wilmington's New (tank. The National Bank of Wilmington, re cently organized with a capital of l00,tmu opened for regular business last Thtirsdy in the building formerly occupied by the Hank of New Hanover, one of the finest in State. John S. Armstrong is president and L. L. Jenkins cashier. Mrs. Hooper Dead. Mrs. Mary Hooper, great grand-daughter of Wm. Hooper, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and widow of Prof. De Berniere Hooper, died last Friday at the res idence of her daughter, Mrs. Julia C. Graves, of Chapel Hill. T. B. Vnalle Dead. Maj. Thomas Brown Venable, one of the oldest citizens and for many years one of the leading members of the Oxford bar, died last Friday after a lingering illness. He was a son of Abram Venable who was a Represen tative in Congress several years. Small-Pox on Staten 1-laml. New York, June 21. The Stae Board of Health, after examination o-day, pronounc ed the eiiideinic cm State.il sla,nd as small pox, and has fukvin charge or tiie matter. It was lirst stated to be of choleraic character. Fatal Flash of Lightning. D. K. Holder was killed and J. seriously injured by lightning al Davie county, on June 21st. . M. Crotts Advance, The Democrats of the 11th Congressional district of Georgia, in convention J vine l'Jth, re-nominat.ed I. (J. Turner for Congress, and adapted resolutions endorsing the ad ministration of (1 rover Cleveland as being "alio, wise and conservative." The. Grand bodge of the Knights of Pyth ias of North Carolina met in Winston last Thursday. During the past year thirteen new lodges have been chartered, while the gain of membership is 1,000. The King's Daughters of this State are to have an oltlcial organ. Mr. H. A. Wilkin son will be the ediior. The King's Daugh ters Messenger will be published- semi monthly. The intercollegiate contest for the associa tion medal took place at Morehead last Sat urday. Mr. Plummet thwart, -f Trinity College, was the successful contestant. George Vanderbilt, of Biltmore, (near Asheville) is to be married to a Miss Gaston, whose mother was Miss Evelyn Whitfield, of Mississippi, a near relative of the Whit fields of Wayne county. The Terauciatic Executive Committee of the Third Congressional District have called a convention to nominate a candidate for Congress to be held in Dunn, July l'Jth. The Texas l'opulists haye, nominated T. L. Nugent to head the State ticket. The planks of the platform adopted cover the same ground as the Omaha platform. The amount of gold in the Tuaasury was on the 18th reduced to 0o,ti6,44o, the low est point it has reached since the SjU.UOO.UOii bond Issue. Bishop W. Perkins, ex- Senator frc,m Kan sas, died suddenly &V iia home in Wash iHgtOii or. June 20th, from an effusion of blood to the head. President Emeritus, of William fc Mary College, died ot his home in ri;iuia near Williamsbure on the lUth of June. The seventh annual convention of th North Carolina Undertakers' Asioeiation met in Winston last week;. Jt cojsi VYet Virginia $10,000. to. keep troops in the field during the miners' strike at Ben wood and Eagle Station. The th'fteth, mni session of the N. C. Clorel Teachers' Association ia being held at Beaufort. The Kcfcin.gtQn Hotel, of Washington, D. V., was destroyed by fire on the 20th. Greensboro has gone dry. THK Ut-t tAltl x And Auinl a Hoard ujllao Crunthams, N. C Mr. Editor, Dir Sir of iianl) C om- I set- in a recent isiue uf the Anr- us, one a great Ailiatce Journal, commenting on the newly elected board of county commissioners, says they are all now democrat?-, as they ohould be. Now sir it is a well known fact that two-thirds or more of the tax-payers of this county be long to the People and Kepublicau parties, and the other one-third ot less In-lupg to the Peino-Kadical party, and as a matter of course, and according to their principle this one- third party should sekct, control ana misrepresent the entire voting Iopuia'ion oi me county: netice the meeting of the Iios$ES at the Mavor's orb--,., with i rant hum 'c little pill peddler in the chair, tw hours prior to the regular meeting board of Justice of the Peace! Oh no. nothing w rong in that meeting tiie Ixisses ltist met oer there to appoint a board of commissioners nothing more, nor notliicg less! Perhaps after the lirst of Decern i . -1 . . 1 1 i oer me countv p-iuting win cuane ollice, whereby the tax-payers will not have to pay but two hundred dollars for county printing as 'tit now they don't have to pay but about one hundred dollais. We'l now the ollicial organ of the Alli ance, the Headlightpin its comment on the new board, says the recent political alliliations of .M. K. Cox and J. .J. ivey caused their defeat.J Well, report iys Mr. Ivey voted two years ago with the People's party. Seems this was a terrible ciime. 1 have never heard any thing of Mr. Ivey, only he was a high-toned gen tleman from a good family, and good blot d, and has performed the duties of county commissioner con scienciously and creditably. Now, as to Mr. M. E. Co.v, I can truth fully say that he voted with the Demo-Kadical party two years ago, though he has always been a Demo crat, and if he hasaililiated with any party since the last election, I am not aware of it. Now don't under stand me to he offering any condol ence to the defeated commissioners, for they are not lamenting at all; besides they are financially inde pendent to any of the bosses and ballot box stu tiers of the Demo Iladical party. You may and no doubt will hear something more that will amuse you when the campaign fully opens. Pespectfully, A.'O. B. I'ON. II.AHKV SKINNKR AT riTTSBOH". We make the following extract from a report of Col. Skinner's speech at Pittsboro: "He dwelt mostly on the financial juestion, saying that while the other principles advocated by People's party were right aud proper, the money question was most important. He showed up the goldbug in true style and said it was a menace to American institutions, and an enemy to American freedom. He explained the evil results of a siugle gold standard by showing that the total debt of the world is eighteen billion dollars, while there is only three bil lion dollars of gold, her.oe only one fifth enough gold in the world to pay the indebtedness, and that trade and commerce would be paralyzed under such conditions. "He denounced in severe terms the ballot box stuffer and the election frauds. He stated that the demo cratic party had changed while he was lighting for the same principles that he fought for in the Tilden campaign of 1S7G, He urged all those of the two old parties who were in accord with us on the finan cial question to join the People's party, and showed the utter folly of ever hopiug to get relief through either democratic or republican legis lation, as both were in the clutches of Wall stree aud Knglaud. lie further stated, that there was no room for the goldbug in the Popu list party. We will not do Col. Skinner the injustice of any further attempt of a synopsis of his speech, to appreciate him you must hear him. Suffice it to say that it was a strong speech, and even some Ke foi mers were agreeably surprised at the strong advocate we have in him, for by common consent it was one of the best, if not the very best po litical speech delivered here since the war, ' A Populist. Pittsboro, X. C, June G, '94. HON. V. F. STKOI D FOU CtSiRKSS IN THEFOVKIfH iJISTKICT. (Special Cor. to The Caucasian. Realizing the fact that wha.t we ueed to make a good fight this fall is to put good men in the field, I know of no man who can show up a better and cleaner record than Buck Stroud. Neither can we find a man who will poll a larger vote, i k-arn from reliable authority that the western art of the district is solid for him. Now why not all pull to gether and make sure of the fight. What we want is a man who will be elected. Certainly we cannot find a man who we are under more obli gations to as a party. Without a doubt he has done more for the re form movement than any ether man in the district who we would think of nominating. His past fight is be fore you ; who could have done bet ter? Now friends, let us make a good and sure fight. Give ns Stroud for ( 'ongrtss. Mr. - Stroud is a good talker and can tell the f actsthat is all we need. Let' the people know what they are. f'RED. H. Williams. Eocky Mount, N. C, June 15 th, 1894- . HON. TOM WATSON GiVIo MOKt: l ittn M Ml.t Kt IKOM TIUtlllHItL ktdlHIi. Let the People kiuu ttam ti-lr Mane; I Spent. Hli.llt(... U, I'rk.i,l I'uMif i;roaiK, For the fiscal yr ar ending J tint 30. lMMf, I liud that it cxv-t you seventy-four thousand dollars to maintain and U-autifv in Wadiiiigton City t the park luring that ear. Jtesidt-s this sum you spent upwards of j-l-',Ku to Lake care of liie Vah- nioiiument. It seenir, iucixiible that it should cost you an Hxerane of twelve thous and dollars j r v car' to preserve une marble monument and to ojwrate an ck-aUr in it, but Mich i the literal fact. 10 irive vou Pome idea of the item. which require thi- jK-nditiire I will state the details, from the account of August ., lNi2: For ordinary c ite of I t Fayette Square, .l,0io; of Franklin Square, ?l,tH0; of Monument rounds, ."(; for improvement of "KVserva tion No. IT," j.Vx'U; for post-and-chain fences, i. "; for manure, .j, UOO; for painting the lodges of watch men, fem es, lamps, etc., ?5t; for the purchase of seat, 1,000; for tools, .f vim)U; for trees, plants, lime, labels, etc., "J,ono; for removing snow and ice, .l.v'OU; for lower pots baskets, etc , .l.ouil; for the care and construction of fountain?, l,.oo, for the improvement of the Smithsonian C rounds, .0o; for Judiciary Sijuaie and the Pension Uuilding C rounds, :j,(i(i(i; for other reserva tions and ground?, including wages if watchmen, etc, 1:2,000; then cotnes the Washington monument, its custodian, engineers, firemen, con ductor for elevator, its day watch men and niht watchmen, its fuel, lights, heating apparatus, reiieairs to engine, etc , etc., costing you for twelve months, the extravagant sum if eleven thousand, live hundred and twen'y dollars. A lew sight-seers w ho can go to Washington and take a ride on the elevator to the tup of the Washing ton monument, enjoy this luxury very much indeed, but th ' great mass of the tax-payers derive no benefit from it whatever. Ifeery visitor was charged twenty-live cents for the elevator privilege, this monument would pay its own way. There is no more sense in taxing ifi,0Uo,oou peo ple to afford A free tide to the favor ed few who visit Washington than there would be in taxing a thousand farmers to pay for a free 1 ail road trip for one. The list of euipoyees to look aiter tins one monument, and to operate the elevatoi, is as fol lows: One "custodian" at 100 per month; engineer, 85 per mouth; as sistant engineer, d0 per month; lire- man, o0 per month, assistant fireman, 15; conductor, 75; one at tendant on lloor, 00; ditto on top floor, t!0; three day and night watchmen at i) each -in all, 8,- 500 in salaries. Then comes the fuel, repairs, etc., at 3,000. Costly monu ment. The liotanic (Sarden is where they cultivate flowers and ornamental plants and shrubs. For the year 1802-3, you paid 5, 000 for certain renaiva to the build ings. The manure for the flowers, the tools, the fuel and thfc new plants purchased cost you 5,000. The salaries of the men who take care of the establisnient cost you 13, 893. Add up these items and you will see that.you were good euough to supply tbe favored few with flowers at the expense of nerly twenty four thousand dollars for that one JW. Add to this sum 3,000 for im provements to the buildings and grounds and 40,000 for liotanical 'Investigations and Experiments" and you will have a grand total of nearly sixty-seven thousand dollars of your taxes spent in Washing ton for flowers during ono fiscal year. The Smithsonian Institution is the National Museum iu which you keep specimens of snakes, lizards, buz- l.zaros, turkeys, terrapins, aligators. and various other dead animals, and various other curiosities. For the fiscal year 1802 3 you spent the following sums upon your appetite tor curiosities: For salaries, aud for specimeus to beexhibited - - 132,500 For glass cases to put the curiosities iu, and for some more salaries - 10,00 11,000 5O0 br bpatinor liirhfini - 6, M.bmlM,s etc For stamps and postal cards r or printiag the ."Pro ceeding" of this Insti tution .... 12,000 In connection with this Institu tion you maintain a Zoological Gar den wherein you keep a number of live animals something of a station ary menagerie. This costs you $25,000 TT year. In the same connection you main tain at an expense of 0,000 per year an "Artropnysical Observa tory." 1 wanted to tell you what "Artro- hysical" means but I am not able to uo it. The' Webster's Unabridged Dictionary which I have just con sulted does not contain the word The date of my edition is 1873. 1 guess me word nas oeen in vented since that time just for the purpose of getting your 9,000 per .year. Connected with said Smithsonian COJCTINUIJJ ON FOURTH PA OK. W MKtT lOllli.l follow icr etl!ent r tri f ! I,- U 't- l ... j rewind l-t wefk after we had con i detiMi! h r.i-.rt fr., l... . . ,,UU uic daily njrtkS. Ko. CAtVAUN. 1 The titrcisvtf uf th u .-i . Ut natmmgcW for the work of j a very Mucvfu! and satisfactory j Mt.Mon of thi gnat Institution. " Throughout the entir.-wfsiou the! ui jHiruii, ni ei trie Miob nt UhIv 1 t'n eM-ept lomtlly Bli.l the! work in all the d. jwirtment through j and well sustained. I i MMA xii.nr. Thin is the occasion of th- ela exercises. The senior clasjs number 2S reprinting New York, lYnn (jhiiina, Virginia. South Carolina, and North Carolina. The chis ora tion was deli end b Mr. J. I. l;b ert.on, the joeni was read by Mr. Ii F. Pea.sley. the history by Mr. 1L W. I Ia wood, and th" pruph'ecv h Mr. I. K. Nates'. Tbe exercises were greatly enjoyetl l.y the largest audi eiice that ever greeted a class on soi l an occasion. TL'KSOAY. At nine a. m. the Trustee nn t iu their annual meeting. In the his tory of tbe college the attendance of the Trustees was never so large, all except three of the iiicniU-rs leing present. At S p. m. the alumni ad dress was delivered by Hon. K. 11. Jones, a prominent lawyer of Win ston and an inlhiential rnemlwr of the last legislature, his subject beiug "The Hoy of the Old Field School Shapes our Destiny and Makes Our History." At the conclusion of the address the annual meeting of the alumni association was held. Prof. W. I.. Poteat of the Chair of Natural His tory, was elected as the next Alumni Orator and other routine business was transacted. W KDXESDA Y Mo It N I NO. The crowd grows larger. The spacious campus is thronged with iieautitul women and handsome men. Under the great oaks in front of the college buildings the famous liich- mond Hand oiscourses sweet music to the multitudes gathered from ev ery part of the State to talk over the scenes of their college life and renew their allegiance to their alma mater. At 11 a.m. the Literary address was delivered by Uev. F. C. McCon nell, 1). D., of Lvnchburj, Va. His subject was "No other Man has His Hand on lour Coal." An orator of wonderful power, he charmed the great audience and fully justified the reputation, already made, of lw ing one of the most eloquent men in the South. At 8 p. m. the Haccalaureate ser mon was preached by Uev. K. M. Po teat, of New Haven, Conn. Taking as his theme "Christ the only Tine Foundation," he showed that Christ must be the basis of all real individ ual, social and national growth aud achievement. Mr. Pote.it is an Al umnus of Wake Forest and the col lege may well be proud of the repu tation he is making as a profound thinker and eloquent preacher. THURSDAY. This is Commencement day pro per. Every train is crowded. The general oninion is that no such crowds ever attended Wake Forest Commencement btfore. At 11 a. m. seven members of the graduating class delivered orations. 1 he Salutatory, the secoud high est honor, was delivered by Mr. W. L. l oushee, of lioxboro, N. C. Out of a possible grade of 100 Mr. Foua- bee has made during his course the exceptional average of 08.52. The orations were delivered as follows: Mr. M. O. Cariieuter, of Lincoln county, N. C. subject, "Shifting." Mr. Ii. 1m Freeman, of South Car olina, subject, "The South Carolina Dispensary Law. Mr. H. 1. iK-asley, of Monroe, N. C, subject, "Wooing Siren3," Mr. .1. h. Yates, of Chatham Co., X. C, subject, "The Parliament of liehgions. Mr. J. D. Robertson, of Iredell Co., N. C, subject, "Vance, the N. (5. Patriot." The Valedictory address, the high est honor, was won aud delivered bv Mr. li. W. Haywood, of Jonea Co. His average grade has been 98.81 out of a possible 100. At the conclusion of the orations the Haccalaureate address was deliv ered by President Taylor who txx k as his subject the "Three Keys to Success Self-control, Self-reliant- , and Self-respect. At night the annual concert was given by the band and afterwards the usual reception was given by tin Liiieiary iocieues in meir elegant 1 : tj : . - . 1 , nans. 1 nese Societies are the prid-- of the Institution. Thev are not hampered by secret fraternities for the lrustee8 have always very wil ioruiuuen me existence 01 sucn tra- ternitie8 among the students. x ue ouuooK ior new Btuaenta is bright. A Bystem of waterworks will be added before the beginning of the next session and other needed improvements will be made. The summer Law School will open on July .ird. Jn all the history of the College it nas never bad a more pleasant or sue cessf ul Commencement than the one just ended. It may interest some of the readers of The Caucasian to know that Mr. W. P. Exum, Jr., son of Dr. W. P. Exum, is one of the leading members of the Sophomore class, and will be one of the honor men in the class of '90. B. "All run down" from weakening effects of warm weather, you need a good tonic and blood purifier like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try it. riCACIIKKS IN SKSSION. !: 4L T worn:. MRIflT. ! TWee mmi WWat IK s t roni I!.r ('i,. 1 ' nil V .t;i..,c - n,P jreiiti annual o.iosi ot O.r V.rt!, Cfoltuj, Trl.rfH- Aarmb). . J-ni h. .Id ilim f V-lwrn. iiur of K. I.ti, l.i Hri.i.firKl tt-e ue Jn- U-iiln in Itie hair the Iw .Unt.-f ll.r ,nt.r n,f y v HolJ, of 'if.r,l, tin a JUiiuvl t home on c euttnt of kum in Iu. f.ai.ly. Wedno-Ly afirnu.n. ih tiM-mWn uf the Awwtly ,xHt the ukkiH vf tl.e Umta.en t,f M..rrhea,H lty J laiif,vt u m eUii(luuei)tary Mil At Wr,luMUjf eenillK the oi- nli.,? .lJtiftlw.rml.l)r wu orl,rr.O t., Ilrtiry lil.i.int. tshu.r f u,e W ibwu M,m.r. Hi th. inr .. Tin. iiriii..li,niix of Jim 'iillirsii.ttlifrrani,,( f.aUful r,r u.M Jl wugrrvtoi will. ,r,;e au li eti.Y, that Kit -ito.urf,Tl t,y j, w.U f"t !io Ii, aaj well .k-livrmt. I resnlent Taj lor. of Vak f'rrt Vitltyt, li0 l-r"- !!! Tlon-l.y inoriiiux ' 4 J.)t ..11 -What jou ..r to your ns ihf .rorainuc autiotm.l. Jti.i ir, Jame Atkins. 1't. l.-ut of .n'ille !'. male tVillege. fmvt au r t.vll. nt .l.lt.i on What you of to vour Kirls." lr. Alklua !.H.ke without nianumrij, aiivl iua.iafav. orat.le iui.n-w.iuii. He .l.a l for an e,jual eilumtion of girl. with U.ys. liirls .lo not want the nana- L111.I of trainuiK , U Mu.ly the same Mil.j.,:,. For the m ar are litTervnt. pliVMealij alfl lueuUlly. They have .iiflerriit work U .lo in the worM tint the K'iris re thf ntrlltMual e.UU of III Ihijs. ami their e.ii. tioii shoul.l r tUii4 as fur. We nam to make not nieiiwfour irK, hut the I nin kiiil of woiiien. Woui uu'.i hiKh.-l KMiitiou ia that of wife ami mother. Aieor.lnij; to the custom of the Aasruibly utter the reuilnitf of a j.bt or delivery o un aiMrcji 011 tiie iiiorniii,;' program Hit, the sul.j.i t was on ii fur jcrtieral ilis. ussi.ui. I he short, animtU.l swhes that followeJ lr. Atkins, en hanlty lie ell a licu Mon, for they all uruisl in rinlorsing what lia.ilKvu sttiil Itemurks were mmle hy lr. K. II. Uwis, Kinston; t'at. C. K. Hiler, Holly Sprinfi, Mr. J. M. Weatherhy. High I'oint, I'rof. Ire.J IVaixs k, ireMi!i h e iiiiilu t'ollep-; ami Mr. Henry Itlount. The Aaseiulily I.k- not inert in the after noon, hut xives the mcmhers oMirt unity to p sjiilini.', mrf liatliinn, r U) take other rrc rentioli. u the Tnnr. inline fur l hurs..iy eveniiiK Mr. !. W. FUnleii, iliUir of the S hool Hul letion, Syruetine, N. Y was niiiioumiil for an "AiMresM." Jle was not present, lu stea.l, Mr. ll. ury lilomit .lcli-lit.l a lara uiitlieuee -.villi reeitnt ions from various ra uiit,s, and a nero minstrel farce. In this Mr. Itlount is a p-nius. His representations of the 1 haraeter. of a ilialogue are ierfe I, ainl he is equally pMxl in trageily ami in eoimily . The ilis. iiH.Mons of FriIuy morning were the lirt that ooul Ik' of ritetiial value to s. hool teai hers. There were alu.ul liftv live present Supt K. V. Moses, of Kah ili, read a paicr on "I'riiiiarv KeuitiiiK." He ailvo- uiteil teiuhini; lieinin rs to learn words by the phonic method, that is, by teaching I hem the sou mis-not the names of the letters. First children should In.- tnmjlil to pro- liouuee correctly. Many children, when they enter school, do not. It is absurd U teaeh them to sik-11 words they cannot utter. Ilcfore teiu'liiug them to nn;ni!te irititeu wordrf, teach tliein lo sjell Hiiuple words by calling the elementary sounds of the word not by naming the letters. Having thus learned that a word is not a ample soiuid, but is couiKMcd of two. three, r more prU, Uiu h the children the letters, i the charac ters representing these Mounds. Mr. Moses' argument for the value of phonic teachimr was convincing. It will save time iu learning to read. It lathe ra tional way to teaeh reading. This ia the method In use iu Kuroieaii schools. He ad mitted that the Kngliah ia the most irregu lar of Iiido-Kurieaii tongue. Hut no lau guage is regular, and ninety per cent, of Knglisli words are regular in their spelling, and may be learned by sound. Then teach them this way, and the remaining ten (ht cent, as exceptions, memorizing each word without rule, as all are now learned. The siieakcr quoted eminent authorities in atip sirt of his Mjsition. Kuglish can be taught thus, for in some schools it ia taught by the phonic method. The Miier was scholarly, the result of years of study upon thin sub ject, and long in investigation. Mr. Moaea' style is dire-t and earnest. The Secretary announce! that this jmper would be pub lished. Kvery teacher of young children should read it. rriiuary Arithmetic" by Miss Kate Mc Kinnon of St. Mary'f .School, lialeigh, was the next subject 011 the programme. Thia was oiuitUsl, owing to the absence of the siKiaker. Miss Kliza I'ool, I'rincipal of the Murphy liuildingof the Italeigh City (Schools, read pa-cr on ".wiellin;." She gave some good suggestions to teachers. Her paper aluo ex jswecl the inconsistencies of orthodox Eng lish siielling, mud was a strong argument for the hs:lling reform, that it advocated by the philologii al societies of Kngland and Amer ica. At the close of this reading, discussion was participated in by Mevirs. K.i. Harrell, Raleigh; L. I). Howell, Gol.lalxro ; C. F. Hiler, Holly Springs; K. . Smith, Atlanta. ia ; K. P. Moses. Raleigh ; I'r. R. II. Lew is, Kinston ; K. K. Britton, Kutherfordton. Supt. ('. S. Toms, Durham, introduced a resolution st-ting that the N. C. Teachers' sH-iiilily endorsee sjitlling reform, and that a copy ot tne resolution be sent 10 me nec- retary of the American Philological Societf. Dr. J M. Hice, of ISoslon, Masn., was on the programme for Friday evening, subject "Scientific Teaching." Dr. Rice is the au thor of the articles that appeared in the Forum aUiut a year ago criticising tbe school system of certain American cities. He, however, failed to come to Morehead C ity, and IVetsident Hobgood. who had ar rived the day before, delivered the delayed inaugural address. His subject was "The life, work, and character of Thomas Arnold, Head Master of Rugby School." Mr. Hob good was fortunate iu the selection of a sub ject, and happy in its presentation. .Saturday mornirg the Assembly hall was tilled to hear the intercollegiate debate for a told medal, offered by the Assembly. The subject was: "Resolved that Great men make circumstances, and circumstance do not make great men." There were six -leakers, two each from Trinity, Wake Fo rfait, and the Agricultural and Mechanical College. The debate was creditable to the young men, and enjoyed by the audience. Tue medal was won by a representative of Trinity College, Mr. Plummer 8tewart. of COSTINFED ON SKT03D PAGE. It li
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