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Parents are alio ! Blnme.
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We onderitand that a large
part perhaps the greater pro
portico f the Indictments
brought in by the grand jary of
the Corporation Cort are aarainst
ths proprietors of bar-rooms ;for
selling liquor to minors.
Nobody will deny not even ft
semible barkeeper himself that
it is wrong to ssll a drink to a
boy of tender year. The law
forbida it, and from the stand
point of private molality and
public policy it is too obviously
vronp to admit of diicusMon.
f Bot we with to insist that there
ia another portion of the comma-
dtv eTen more to blame than the
Xtarkperi-tae parents ot these
1 minors who permit them to go
u: from bomt at night, npon the
prtU perhaps. Qf pajK aso
cial Visit, or something eqaally
unobjectionable; bat who once
J from under the parental eye
' roam aboat the streets, and go to
tha bir-room. ooouy wi
Tanctd years can bare failed to
note the great rt laxatloa which
prevails now, as compared with
the discipline and supervision
rareots formerly exercised orer
their children. We repeat that
the parents are more to blame
than the bar-tenders, jltis often
a dksgreeable thins for the lat
tsr to refa&v to sell to a minor.
The result wonld, as tbey know,
frequently be a disturbance, and
noisy demonstration. ! To avoid
this the bar-keeper many a time,
no doubt, setts the drink to the
youth wben he woold really not
do so. We are not by what we
beretay excusing or justifying
them'in selling drinks to minors.
They.ehoald positively and per
emptorily refuse to sell to tbeta.
But we repeat that parents who
do not pat themselves to the
trouble to certainly snow where
their boys go when tbey leave
thepsrental loof at night are
most seriously to blame. Lyrw
burg Virginian
In Asbeville, recently, on San.
dsy. Ur. Percy Eobanki was or
dained by Bishop Lyman a dea
con of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. Mr. Eubanks is boy
and was the Chatham Record i
first "devil," eight years ago.
For ths past three or four years
he has has been preparing him-
eelf for the holy ministry at the
lUvencrofi Training School at
Askevllle, and the Keccrd saya
if he makes as good a pnacber
as hs wat a printer, he will bt
one of the btst ia the State.
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YOL. 3. . CLAYTON. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
"Washington Letter.
TToai oar raUr Orrposv4t
WAsnrjiOTOJf, Feb. 5, 1686.
With diScosiloDS in the 8en
ate on Art, Dakota, the Electo
ral co a at, and in the Hoass sgi
tatlon'of ths silver question, the
Pab:Electrio tin thunder and
several personal encounters
among members, it would seem
that our law-makers are baey.
Yet the.complaint is that thsy
axe only wasting time as usual.
The Hoass is always asking
for some inteitigatlon or expla
nation Its latest important de
monstration is sgainst silver. In
a teat vote oa Wednesday there
was decided opposition to the
Administration's financial policy,
and tbeBecretary of the Treasu
ry will be asked to otitliae to the
House ef Representatives his
future policy on the silver qnea
ioo. A Representative Democrat
who thought the ilouae was go
ing too far to demand the Secre
tary to state bis future intentions
aid: 4It is pretty hard on the
President. The Senate wants
to know bis reasons for every
thing he has done in the past
and everything hs la doicrg now,
and the bouse demands his in
tentions and promises for the
fature.
Threw cabinet officers, so far,
have been requested to furnish
the Senate with information
bearing on. removed officials.
The Attorney .General re fusod to
furnish them. Secretary Man
ning, or tha Trrt:ry ha draft
ed a letter of repeal which, will
have been eent to the Senate ere
this reaches you, and Secretary
Lamar, of the Interior, will
doubtless proceed in the same
way.
When Senator Beck, of Ken
tucky, what he thought would
be the outcome of the controver
sy between the, President and
the Senate, he replied: It all
depenas upon what the Republi
can majority will do. They are
in the majority and they can
delay public business by deciding
thought this course would be all
right if the Republicans wsre
satisfied with It The Democrats,
be said, womld adhere to their
present plan and ht thought it
would be for them a good enough
tune on which to appeal to the
people.
A rather singular epidemic
took place in a Senate committee.
Senator Sherman astonished the
TUnocrata in a talk aboat
appointments. Allusions were
made to the deadlock which has
taken place in the confirmation
of officers to succeed those sus
pended, and a Democratic Sana
tor asked in a seiai-jocalar way.
why the committee should not
act oq those nominations over
which there was no contest.
Whereupon Senator Sherman
re mar red that there were two
removed officials in bis own State
who had written to hia that
thsir successors wens men of
first class character and in every
way competent, and they hoped
no efforts would be made against
their confirmation.
Senators Morril, of Vermont,
and Congsr, ot Michigan, talked
about high art in connection
with suggestions for some new
monuments in Washington.
Mcaoatxjtt art proposed to
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Columbus Willism Penn and
La Fayette. Thsy talked about
eonaissance, Drt-Ripheillsm
w w -
an4 perspective. The Senator
from Michigan said he did not
know what those things were,
but he wonld discuss them all
the same. He became fanny
and witty and sarcastic, and
criticised the monuments of the
Capital, many of which merit all
the abuse that can be heaped
upon them.
Senator Logan made a long
speech in behalf of Dakota's
admission. He was expected to
speak on thia subject last Mon
day. A large crowd filled the
galleries on that day to hear him
and were disappointed He hap
pened to speak on Wednesday,
the day of the heavy snow-storm
here, and net only the galleries
were empty, but there were jut
fourteen Senators in their seaU
wben ho commenced. Ue drew
attendance by remarking that
it was aot very.' encouraging to
observe how little' interest was
taken on either side of the cham
ber on the great question ol the
admission of a new State to the
Union. In the coarae of his
speech Senator Butler, of Sooth
Carolina, asked him it he was
not at one time a Democratic
leader. "I never was a leader;
I was a follower, and I followed
so far behind that I got left,"
was his reply, which was receiv
ed with loud laughter.
Several efforts have been made
this session to have nominations
considered in! open session. . Sen
ator PlAtt, of Connecticut, has
made the; last ptvpe'ifon fthl
kind to the Senate. Uesays
secresy begets suspicion, and as
long as Senators work with
barred doors they will have im
puted to them motivss that do
not actuate them. There is a
natural aversion ia the American j
mind, to anything partaking of
the nature of star-chamber pro
ceedings in legislative and judi
cial bodies. If the question were
put to a vote of the people, it
would doubtless carry by a large
majority. Bat a Senator said
recently, "Don't, for heaven's
sake, ask to bare what takes
place in executive sessions placed
bare before the public Locked
up here from the eyes and ears
ot the world, it is all we ourselves
can do to listen to some of the
disclosures made in secret ses
sions.
One day during the recent cold
snap and freeze a party of hunt
srs In Mecklengurg county, the
Charlotte Obterver says, met with
a regular streak of good luck.
In going through a piece of woods
they saw a squirrel ran into a
hollow tree, and being. determin
ed to capture the squirrel tbey
decided to cut down the tree.
They did so, and were wsll re
paid, as they found that the tree
was a treasure trove. Thsy cap
tured five squirrels, two coons
and two gallons of honey, on
Bnlittfnnr onam the tree. The
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honey wss full of bees, all frozen
to death. The coons and squir
rels were snug! nestled together
In a bed, low down in the hollow
of the tree.
I would rather be five hundred
old maid shut op in a room by
myself than be the wife of one
drunkard. Kce. Sam Jones.
Native Africans use flint-lock
muskets made at Birmingham,
England.
WonltTIiot Drink
slaved drunkard will not do to
get his liquor. Sometimes,
however, the spectacle of one who
has lost his will and bis. fine feel
inc?, ind who has degraded him
self below the level of the brutes,
makes other men who are on the
road to the same degradation
pause and reflect.
No, I wont dnnlc with yon
to-dsv. boys', said a drummer to
sflVeral of cis companions, as
tbey settled down in the smoking
car and passed the bottle. "The
fact is boys, f "have quit drinking
I have swera off."
ne ;wss grated with shouts of
laughter by the jol!y crowd
arounci hira; they put thelxMle
under his vl&3. and indnrged ia
many . jokes it his expense, but
he refused to drink, and was
rather periotfl about it.
"W h at's the matter with you,
old boy?" an rot one. "If
you've quit drinking; something's
up ; tell us hat it is." .
"Well. Wra, I will, though I
know you'll: Jaugh at me. But
I'll tell you tdl the same. I have
been a hard drinking man all my
life ever sinc$ I was married, as
you ail know. I love whiskey
it's as sweet in my mouth as
sugar and. God only knows how
I'll quit it, 5 For seven years not
a day has passed orer my bead
that I; didn't hate at least one
drink.! But I am done."
lyesterdY I was in Chicago.
Do wn j on South Clark street a
customer of mine keeps a pawn
shop in connection with his other
.business. I called on him and
wvile I was there a young man
of not more than twenty-five,
wearing thread bare clothes, and
looking as hard as if he hadn't
seen a sober day for a month.
came in with a little package in
his Hand. Tremblingly he un
wrapped it, and banded the ar
ticle to the pawn-broker, saying
'Give me ten cents. And boy,
what do yon suppose it was? A
pair of baby's shoes little things
with the buttons only a trifle
soiled.! as if thev had Wen worn
only once or twice.
" !" 'Where did you get these?'
asked the pawnbroker.
Got 'em at home' replied the
man, who had an intelligent face
and the manner of a gentleman,
despite his sad condition. My
my wife bought them for our ba
by.. Give me ten cents for 'em ;
I want a drink.' ',
You had better' take these
shoes back to your wife. The
baby will need them said the
pawn-broker.
' No, 8 she won't because
she's dead. She's lying at home
now : died last night
j "As he-said this, the poor feK
low broke down, bowed his head
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oq the showcase, and cried like a
child." Boys, said the drum
mer. "you can laugh if you pleas,
but I I have a baby of ray own
at borne, and I declare 111 never
drink another drop." Then he
arose and went into another car.
Qis companions glanced at each
ohef in silence. No one laughed ;
the bottle 'disappeared, and soon
each one was sitting in a seat by
himself reading a newspaper.
The rouniavx.
(Cntcrei U ftu&i as tM4CM SUtwr.
10, 1886. NO. 43.
Call way Dnlldlxu: ia thm
0outb.
One does not'realize the extent of
of ths railroad work coins on in the
State until he undertakes to enumer
ate ths various lines now beigx e xten
ded in almost every direction. Work
en the Western North Carolina exten
sion Is presssdirx tru!i visor the
Spartanburg and AsheviHe road is
bein completed, the extension of the
Carolina Central westward is being
made and ths president ot the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley road' says his
road says his road will reach Mt. Airy
by the first of January. The Virginia
and Carolina company has an nnusu
tlly wcIHrraded road-bed through
Warren county, which, however, may
never be utilized, and thore is recently
tmiltaehort lias from Suffolk Va.,
to Dockland, Gates county, ths control
of which has been secured by the
Jacksonville and Washington road
and which win eventually become a
part of the certain extension of the
latter road north and south. The
Rocky IXoont and Nashville road is
beJa rapidly built by the WibnlngtoD
mad Wcldon eoppany and will be ex
tended, it is aid, to Raid. The
half ef the Wihai>oa and Florence
short-cut of the Wilmington and Wei
don road between the first named
town and Payctteville is "beifig eon
ttraed with astonishtng rapidity and
in a mancsr remarkable for exseOesoo
is every detail The Clinton and
Warsaw road is well under way and
the rails have just been purchased for
a short line from a point on the Wil
mington, Columbia and Augusta road
southward. The Pittsboro road in
rapidly bein laid and ths dtjsens of
Moore county are 'next month to vote
upon a proportion to issus beads in
aid of the construction of a rcsJ from
Joneflboro to Carthage, the J ftsalt ot
which action will undoubtedly he la
favor of hi road,, t ef
tne western j?ionn wroiiM,oi wuwu
we have spoken, has reached a point
102 miles from Asheville is well up
in the Alleghaoies. In addition to
these lines, many others, of course,
are being projected, but we have con
fined ourselves to thoso actually being
constructed or on the point of being
begun. Most of the lines we have
mentioned are short lines too, it is
true, but they are just the sort or rail
wars we need at present, that is to
say, feeders of the. main arteries, and
their number, with the prospect of a
rapid increase in that number, strikes
us an evidence of prosperity not to be
doubted. Taken in connection with
the other sizes of progress now visible
throughout the State it should serve
to encourage all of us in the hope for
better time. Lt but the farmers,
who represent the foundation of soci
ety, once get well upon their feet and
the day of an enduring prosperity will
have dawned, we firmly believe.
News-Observer.
Pass til in Round.
Dr. W. F. G. Toang, hailing
front Baltimore, located in Win
ston in October last. He claimed
to be a regular IL D., joined the
Medical Association, and in con
nection with the practice of med
icine, proposed to work Insu
rance, advertising as the Gener
al State Agent ot the lloinal
Reserve Fund Life Association,
55 Liberty Street, New York,
and of the Family Fond Society,
also of New York. In Novem
ber, he purchased the Independ
cnt. a small newspaper published
here, and enlarged it to a 7-col.
patent outside. Bought only
first-class goods, pat on style,
went to church, and in a word he
went into any and everything
and everybody where he could
do to without its costing any-
moaey So swimmingly did be
succeed that in December be
moved into one of our leading
hotels with a woman be claimed
as hia wife, bat who prored to
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be ;a common prosUiate from
Raleigh, known and recognized
as each Dy persona troca there,
as well as vettssf of our own
town the said woman being of
oixed blood, and known in Ka
eigh by the name cf Uary Boyd.
TbeDoctorV tree Inwardness
was learned here last wrek. Ufa
paramour left at once and he,
bearing the muttering a of an in
dignant and outr;cd community
tiro skipped the town last Fri
day evening, not taking with
hlo t3 oucli as a change of do
thing. The fDoctor 'is a man
of good address, but a peculiarly
sallow complexion, about 5 feet
10 inches high, and weighing
some 150 pounds. lie is report
ed to have gone towcrda Salis
bury, end we give tbesa iteoa ot
hia operations in Winston, to
that .the pcopU there and
throughout the State, nay take
warning. He is a specious ras
cal and a fraad of the first water. .
- Union Republican.
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A Hen's Imagluatioii
CTorliea Upon Tor TWo Firnja
a Our y An iCsUietle Czttxen
of IndiauapolU, Indiana
This is the age of the intense
ly practical. ' A man who used
to be given much to literary pur
suits, has now, abandoned tho
classics and taken to-hens. Be
fore November's wind bad strip
ped the trees he became posses
sed of an idea that was worth
millions, lie bad been reading
Riley's storf of hbtr Fesalerr
Fooled Ills Bees and induced
the-a to trexk all trlntcr 'Tho
Heenth ward sarnnr (41Aif b :
the way, Is known as Sycamore
Slocam) was impressed with the
thoncht that the imagination of
a hen conld be so wrought npou
that she would be persuaded to
lay an egg every day aye, twice .
a day daring the winter. He
bnilt a hennery that for pictures
quencss and ornamentation baa
never been rivalled. It is worthy
of the fabled fowl whose silvery
cackle daily announced a golden
egg. The hen house is tight and
warm. The walls are papered In
landscapes. The ceiling is of
bright sky blue paper, dotted
with lazy butterflies and begs.
In a little pool of water, kept!
a spirit-lamp concealed beneath,
grow some wrter plants among
which sport a few festiro fragleta.
To hlghten the illusion, several
large wax plants are employed
and never cid foolish old hens
stmt aboat, amin such gorgeous
snrroandings. Bat tbey pay for
it. The coop is lighted artificial'
ly and this alone results in a
profit of 200 percent, to Slocam,
Thus at high noon the sun-HgbC
oil lamp (with reflector atticb-
ment), which is tho son to the
establishment, begins to glimmer
and presently dies oat. The bid
dies girt way to sleepiness, and
tarn in for a short nap. - The re
lit lamp shortly calls them to I
nor. By thus dividing' the day
Slocam works his bens for two
eggs, and be has removed from
their silly heads the imprenion
that there Is a winter in this cli
mate when egg-laying may ba
temporarily suspended. The pro
fits of this egg factory have been
handsome. While rich people
have been paying 2&2o coots
for limed and old preserved eg is.
Slocam has been having fresh
ones whenever wanted, and is
selling a large surplus at retail
to bis celghboraat 22c. per doz
en. Indianapolis yews.
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