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Reporter and Post. A PAPER FOR THS PEOPLE fnlered at.lhe Dvnhi'itf V. C. Pos'-vf as Second C fci.-.i MuVtr. TIIUnSDAY.rEi nt Ali i 17. IS*7. I THIS PAPER nmv 1w f.Min.l nn fllr* n* ov* advert'"'' iHHitXttOUi JlkurllU iJiUi' iiu» It IN \'»il iw. mr—- ——~ TIIK UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. The report ¥ President Kemp I Battle and of the Committee of Visits tion, to the Board of Trustees of !h University of North Carolina, is b. f.>r us. It is a pamphlet of 33 pages, v.. President Butth's report, to the ct.li sideration of which we shall confine ou: remarks, is clear intelligent and foreefu throughout. He reports 'hat the alien dauce the present collegiat, year will t)i about the satno as year. He navs "Inasmuch as many of the eonntit in the State from which wo chiefly driu our patronage, hava experienced failures three-years iti succession tin fact that we have not had a considers blc diminution of numbers is a gratify ing proof of the confidence of the peo pie. Tho student? ns a body have shown i commendable degree of study and at ientiou to duty. .Their conduit has a: a rule boon remarkably go.. J. As gr.;a freedom froui vices and rowdyism hai C2istcd as can be found in any instit\:- tion in the land. This statement is confidently m i i; and investigation challenged, uolwith standing tnc deplorable killing of Jacol A. Freeze, a Htudcnt ft era Iloiran eoutv tv in a row with some negroes three o wluiiu, I'at Brewer, J.uu s Harris «' Kd. Kirby .'.re now in jail aw.aitiug tri. 1 I hare air- ady imported (he facts of thii ease to thu Executive Committee am. as the trial of the slayets wi!l alur' 1; bo held. 1 will not repeat thein. Tl .body of students, although greatly ex cited at the death of their uomrtde, be haved as goml citizens should, lrnilii.i their aid when called en, making m threats of lynch . iw, leavi.ig the •; to judicial invest.i, .tion. Notwith.-tan ding the terribh t. gedy, these eiiciiei Hbmm si. .w ewtlnnnlt their gentir* good conduct, and 'heir obedience ti authority." lie sets forth the op; >nuuiiies fm study afforded by the institution in tin following extract: "Continuous instruction offered f : four years in Latin, Greek, Kngltsh, Modern Languages art*! Mathematics. In the seicuces enlarged f-.cilitie- have been provided for work in the laboratory uud field, and in these, as a.so in Men tal and Moral Philosophy, instruction extends over a 1 pen a ...ur b -Bpccial opportunities for-study are of fered in tho branches pertaining to Ag riculture and :1. M. .-i.aijii Arty, in Engineering r.nd nN■ : i\) instruct! i> i'ost-graduate courses have been mapped out in all the departments, lead ing to the advanced degrees of Mastc: of Arts, Ma-.ter of Philosophy, Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy The Law school has aiso been put upon a surer foundation. The post-graduate courses arc opto to students frosn any college, without tuition charges. Additions have been made to the Chemical, Physical, Mineralogiciil, Zool ogical and Botani al Laboratory .•>, one or more rooms being set aside fjr each of the branches mentioned. TL.: furn ishings of those laboratories arc of the best, and superior advantages aro offer ed for careful work. Tho museum.-. au.l collections IU tho different department: nf scionoe arc receiving constant addi tions and prove valuable aids in illus trating the instruction.' Notwithstanding the fact that tlv total income of the University is bareli enough to support the institution in ii cxpandiug form an effort has boen nin.i, to oropplo its resources and impair it usefulness by the tale Farmers"' Mas- Meeting at Haicigb, which | a-sed a n : ■ olution asking the Legislature to turn over to the farmers the $ 125,000 of lami scrip now in the hands of the Uaiver&ity and bearing §7,500 interest a year, "to tho best utaintainance of an agricultural and mechanical school, liesidcs th interest derived from this fund the State has been giving the University $20,000 annually. Wo tiodorstand that the in come from these two sources, aggregat ing $-7,500, represents the total warn unnually available for conduct iug tins moat important work, excepting the receipts from tuition fees which cannot be increased uulil tho v tate becomes more prosperous. Dr. liatllo gives in tabular form tho amount twenty-sis other States of our Union ate contribut ing for higher education. Viigiaia disburse : $l3O,0 S 7, including interest on lnod grant, tu six institutions, and South Carolina to tlir'ii iusti • tutions. j We refer those who wish to inform ! iheiuselvcs as to the colleges or univor jsities that are endowed with tho Nation al Land i. runt to a very iutererting I pamphlet entitled "Industrial Kducalioii lin the United States" published by the Board ef Education at Wellington '1 he land scrip or National Land Grant was duiutcd by net of (Jonpri.- , spprov cd July "Jnd, laid, r me title '-An .Vet llonuiLvg Public Lands tothe sever al Stall's an 1 ten itorifts, which may ! provide colleges fur the boncSt of ,\gri •uiturc and l!i • Mechanic Acts " It has been charged by men who navo I never u ide any t'l'ort to acquaint j theinsi hres with what work the Univer sity of North Caroiinu is d ;ng, thai ••lie trustees .ire not applying the | interest received by the institution to ! (he lorcis of the trust. . The space ! asii.:ned to this article do» not allow u. ,to fully discus* this matter, to which President. Untile devotes tioven pag \ of his report. We can no I;, sav t!;:: | whoever leads the Condi ti-eis of t'.e act ; must be convinced that sue!. an accusa tion is without foundation. As tve |in our last the Li jtulature atid : citizens of tbe State would act n:o.-t ; wiivty in making provisions for tie j establishment i f an institution rxjressh for learning the skill of hand and prac ' tieal detail of farming, and provided nith a farm and workshop. But -in President Mat tie says iroeh institution.-, 6o'"V' r, •• in scarcely «b« suppie-i. d CM pt in populous and wealthy com •sanities." The obj.-et it tho -*ri; ■ ; aoi was merely to "pr-miote tin liberal and practical education of the industrial cUk-vs in the severs 1 pursuits ami pro fessious uf life. " To tin> use the Uu has tticily nppiicd the insere-t i derived from the law wcrip "und. Tho Wilmington S/.u t.a- a very rcldabl editoriu! .-kip it if you can" on '.he eh.'.-i. i:ing i! ; > t >f sickm-*- up. : our . pintual hetiig and neml welfare It begins I buh: If £ man owed an idea catcher or -v'ne unvhine that he could wind up as a chek und set a c ing b\ !hU bed -lie n» i'rh the thousand i! i ing thoughts that pass through the bra n ib' ihasie p and a.vaki while *a.i-r ti.e . ;s of »u1 ring aad the | jisiiar effect of opiates, tie might afterwards use . pi with satisfaction to hims>e;f, and, possi bly to nthers. Thoughts that "wundei through eternity" and breathe of im mortality, as Weil as thoughts that ate of tht 'earth earthy' "ocie and g;> li!;> prismatic lines." \S ashir.gt.u Irving was in tho habit of i from bed and dressing himself i.i udcr to,; i du;v:i any thoughts thai came into hi- mind dining sleepless •. slcping and waking hour?. Kotzebue, v> i was the most tortile and sue-' sssu! writer of plays whom Ocrmany ever produced, conceived the plot of one of his Heat known, thi' "Strai>;:c'." ( Ui'ii schet'basa unJ House), *i le he hn eonvalsoent from a severe fiver. It is a good thine to be sick It is a good thine to foci tha vital forces run ning ! w and the ten* mi nt oi clay so shaken as to stem ready for ruiiii. It chastens tho pirit,'and takes from the hi art ail bi'eruess. It turns tho thoughts lieu\ f nwartt, and the spirit soars above tliis 'dim spot which men call earth' and enables it to commune with its Maker. It gives a giirupee of those unending; vi-ttl.. mail ,vliieh the immortal soul '■ »!£•.»' u.iuujju w u*;u iut; iiuujujiui nuui shall uuo day walk in supernal joy and with beatific vision, and makes the riv alries aud heart-burnings aud honors of oarth shrivel at a poor parchment scroll in consuming fires. It ought to inuk.' man a hotter and a grander being a> ho gots nearer aud nearer to the lluly »nd Infinite One. Siekuesa wrecks the body, and its pains an i poualtios to a sensitive physical or gamzatiou are .something temhle to bear . but th'-.y can not touch the soul with their deadly, eiushuig foroe or wring from it one rebellious thought against Him who formed both soul and body. The Div.iuo chasiisouients are sut.cly for the good of man. They re mind him that here ho has no continuing city, aud that is he is wise he will not plac/ his heart's afftitious and hopes upoi) the transitory, perishable things of this earth, which is itself awaiting the renovating fires of the Dies Ircre, but he will lis them xijioo Gr.d, immortality, j heaven, the heme of the redeemed and . the glorified—upon those thiugs which , are eternal and unseen. Thus ondeth our little sermon on what sickness may do and should do for the nfHietcd. It is from a sharp but brief experience of the last week that we write and if the set moo is uncongruous you may put it down as tbc fitful expressions | nvMu r-T man of ono who is not in the cnjoyinaut of that WOK desirable of earthly blessings wbiali was the wish i f ono of the wisest of the l«r.io poci?—.V. us tuna tn cor pore ■ivno." The above is a record, us it scorns, ol what p-issod through tho mind of the editor (Mr. Frederick M. Kingsbury; during a late fte-in. though brief sick ness. lie alluded last spring to hi? tail ng health. We were very sorry v bear of it., f r he poise-scs n pcoulini combination of i|iiuliti for which w might look In vain ir. in . mi.y- - r. I'ul we hope the day may b fai distant whel be shall bo c ; Hod to lit) aside hi' poo. '■Wh it •:11-• to nsafleet'oi Is .-I: '[f l If* I I. to oni- u Isii, -.•ui f iijiu*.. \.!i. it Jh'jiu'P ..p pro* STATU NKWB. Greons ,ro U ■ The l\ P. & Y. V. R. U. Uo i. Jigging and remnv ii.* dirt, preparatory to laying thi foundation for the new d >p>t at thi place. Tho building will bu about :">• xIOO feet. Guldshoro . Irg . • It now appear reu- n.iblj • rtain that Gov. Scales wil appoint Mr. Jos ph.!. Davis, of Louis burg, to till the vacancy on the Siipreim Court Bench cuu.« 1 ir, the recent deatl •f Associate Justice Thos. S. Ashe \\ ilp. nSt It is proposed j ( nan.e tl. new mt \ sought tooenioh )Bt if a_ part v r Iredolt, Mecklci.hui, and Cabarrus after the present ven worthy ii, v. ,;iior. Moor svillc is to hi ■he c -unty ,*t. It will bo an oddli shaped county. Fayettevillo 0 ,-r:cr : A walk n round tin: vans a i l depots of the Cat i Fear A Ya-.lkitt \ illey railway Company at ibis pi ■ '.e would be u surprise tt many of our cit-? t,.- Tho subi-taotia improTer.:o:. - .lrcadv made and beiii puslud to e mpletion, having long boei needed and bcesmo a ncccsity owing t the rapid inerea-- •of business. The nen freight depot, fa ,rg Military Greet »>i ; Si ion be emnpli ted. Durham l!t w i.r The first morn ing s«>- n of the ('.invention was held to-day in St i'hillip'n church. The rui.in «». pr. aelied by llev H'. >l. I lark,'if ! hap.-l Ilill. The reverend gent..linen are in attendance Rev. 11. t! Huttun, D. I)., and llev. Robert of Raleigh; Rev. J. W. Mnrphej nt llillsboro ; Her Reany, of Vm;-an> Shops, and Rov. Wni. Walker, of i'ittaboro. Kalctgh .\'.;-Oi:.,rrr. The far mer' uf r . vvll who hav, iecn the pro ceeding.' of the convention of the 2jth in lUieigh, ir. r ':! p] ased with tho reenmim ndrtlions ma le thereat, but m»ny do not ?eo the groni i Ivantago to ;••• ueriv• t froi in igricuitiiral college so much 'ie v A meeting of the Male Heard riiarinacy *i|[ beheld in tho city of Rale gh cn Welncsdav, ?ohmary 23d, fur th« pnrposo of eiain . ing no. ii eandiilates for license to practice pharmaci as may appear. 1 harlotte C"> rrrer. Knginoer Morse i passenger engine No. 602, made a trip fruui f'harlo'.te to I'ailvillc on tho following tiioc I eft Charlotte at 5-35, with stops tt Air Line .lunction, t'on • •ord, Salisbury, Loxingt n, Thouiss ville, llith I'oint, (2). Greensboro, Brown's Summit, Henaja and Reidsville, (hup in l>anville three hours and thirty five miiiuti s distance 142 miles. (In the l«h inst. Kogiucer Morse made the return trip from Dnuvillc to Charlottj .i. three honr.s and twenty-five minutes, auJ ot thi? tnue twenty-four minutes were eons tmcd in stoppages. Jeffers. a .I}>p«h> .tn Pkih . >phtr There is a great demand for the min- i urai water of the Bromine and Arsenic Springs, at "Mr Thompsona'botcl, near ' the North Fork of New River, this ! eoui.ty, and hauling the water to the railroad ill Urge quantities has couiineu .■d. We learn that T wagons aero load | ing tbcrna; 01 e time ouc day last woe.k. i A man who has boeo stoppiug out! !-n l'hcenix Crock several weeks is aiad j to lie negotiating for the purchase of iron | ore aud luinorrl lands, and has already , bargained for $32,700 worth of iand j He is reported to he the agent fir aj company of Lousinna eapitilists, who' will probably creat 2 furnaces in this! county next summer. He is the same man who was buying up crvstals in this j county last summer. \Va arc in- ( fjrmed bj Mr. J. N. Calloway that an! übu.-al occurence for the winter happen- ! ed on Pcooix Creek in Mrs. Bower's j rnoadow. Ou Sunday, January 23, twoj blacksnakcs were killed there, 4 feet i ( and I inch long, and the other 3 feet! and 11 inches. Tlicy had awakoned! from their winter's nap and crawled out j in scareh of breakfast perhaps. The wcatlur w;i springlike. A large black snake was killed in a meadow near 1 ritatesvill-, N. 1? , the saiue day, wc learu frvui the Landmark. I VATJffETTJ S, PEPPER Wipstr-n U C P - V wn W M nzfltbl db s£«fiii s-a {un&i&s 4h» v I? vWaAij cL v. a \? * Wljoirsjiic :ui(s i » «•!; 15 1 I )«>si ! '«•« I se n GENERAL .MERCHANDISE, Arc now recen iui;" and placing in position the most desirable and varied stock of Fall and Winter goods ever ottered by any one house in thai market. Thanking their _ If n»anv friendsand customers for (lie liberal patronage given them iniltc past, we assure x % all in need thai >* is the place to get '» * Miost goods for the least monoy. jc VOlljffl fHlflfRBGIm? AXO DIARY poa 1001 V BKST KI.HAHAC a t'OMI'LKTE DIAUY f. r «rcr» la th« ymu. To t* hn« PICK!* of all fu suodiclu®, o* is*l!ort on receipt o( a*•. jkj*- VOLIHA OK JO A»D OKSMICAL COt ! BAITtMOIUf, MO., U. 8. A. GREAT BAKQAINS IN • SHOES & HATS OI FEKT-.n aT SMOAK'S 8110b! & HAT HOrSR 81 (j.N OF The Gold Hoot WINSTON N.C. AT WHOL£BJULE A.MI RETAIL A full line nf low and iiicdiuni jirier ,ihi;C) and hats in stock for families and ' merchants , TO THE FARMERS ' we offer upcoittl inducements in the way of honest ihoe* oud hats tit lc-s thau j AUCTION tIOUSK PKR ES. TO MERCHANTS i j I | Wc give Bofiton prices lesi freight. | Wo want your trade. OUR MOTTO:—TIIK bkhi GOOD KOBXIIB I,EAST MOPEY. D. E. SMOAK J IV-. f--; siuzjts ar.-swrra«os«rta» —"Jw* *«* •* WINTER MILLTN : 11 V ! ANl> ST API jK N OTIO NB. Consisting tf (•luveii, HoHlcry. /ojilijr— isml the »f*t un.t moil rella* hit I'OKSKT*. I'uiicy iiootl*itul To>s. | iti'greal turictj I' -! C'n: *i > 1 !i ■ -1. Win I . .. N i . I Mis N S Davis- j ■ Ann »"V !'"*>« : T*iv M u ukl 1 -on ilwt, | • lh»fr»'»r»l~f fr*> '" " '"jpitlo'f''in' MKtt'"m 3 Mrs Stanton & Merritt, Winston N. C. -l>KAliKltS l\-s Millinery and Fancy Goods | ■ .*■•!!. I Itrji tr:- HA ! . \( Kf KM I BU ItDEICKS 4c.. So. >T»in Str tnearly opposite the Central , Hotel. I I 1 )o Vou Waist Furniture ? j Hvekybodv DOKS 1 hen when you go io Wio.ston, clou i to oxatuinc the immense Htock cf v ou*e Furni*Ling tauo-i that Cicero Tisc has on bawl. lie at all times kc-; s in ] slue'; the lur. -t - rtuu-n'. «.f BEDSTEADS, BABX OABRIAQES,! •i:-.h,l't os, VVanlrnt.c-. l.oim ! :irlor uud Chamber Suit*. A' a£n.-1 ot of Crock fry, l«>!a«j .ure, iiromo Oil Pjiat : »» «, Dec- | I lii !• s. I ■ m j1.1.'0 nji io> -: - ">O, lliiiiii :• Ats -iroui $l v • j;;]".. • Carp t, Oil C' ami Matties A BPtCI.U.TY. | HIS PRICES DKKV COMI'KTI HON I I 1 n't take anybody's word fVr it, but' [pn and see lor yours. If. prieo bis goudi-,: jaiid you will lc convinced. TiK ).M I'SUN'S ,C O M I'o U N It' tW|{ tItSM. A MILD TOXIC | AND a imm: I IZI:U. A pure for ityfpfpsin, Indlgmion and onMipaiion. It promotes the swrotion* of '!:»* Jjivi-r and Kidneys, and is a gentle mi. to Op. •»«. UflifVis Sue*;, k 1' ■ '(ration following Protrai.d .v:inus„ i ■i't ei.l'. i '..led condition of the central »v v ••■in, HAKUF rrntn BY Dr. V. 0, THOMPSON, DRUGGIST, Winston N. C. W&NTFD -11HY Art * yt% 1,9,1 u> i rin i r.w uhv t n bor own ioimilty " X UKBMM I ll| ■ ~, —ii m ihi - :-gjcn i., n r "W J. A. ..esxktt i WINSTON MARPLE WORKS, I dealeks irv Marble and (nrauite Monuments, liradMtoneN, Tablets, Maufris, &i\ 9 Opposite Urotru's \lanhvitx-, - - Met in St., Winston H. 0. 0 1 and . | r.» !on A|}•!? NO TI CE . !!" •?' /■> /.- ( M.,/ lif .Vn* />,. t Stoi c inert to B nshuw & Ihjnwn 4\ bj ! t & : f .i& * * ii» V JJJ w y'3v ;; iyf '-s'fcim j (a'encral Merchandise IJroker.-*— — : ■ suad * rd t n4 Uttmmm 10n,v Ai '•» il- .i»*l •-.«■: K ~.i !• 1 ALSO fti-rorii OF ani.v»». »...! ! *ilr . t j.i ». H, I *»•;• •*!! w» s ul J >EAT iER IIV V 1""' u "''■■' " :,ls • 1r " 1 U ">' sn ' ,r! « luitr :o mil Hi»kiMr Uo». D - "" - T. H rnCRAM lr An Endless \ ariety of INcw Ijiiggies! JUST SeCEiVED AT •!. A liJMAO ! : WOKKN ! CN NORTM LIBERTY STREET. WINSTON N, G. Y\" t YT«" ! r. I.K'H K.N M'US.S TMAVK-.ff. ll shard «f .nlci ' f *' x '' ! ;! ' • i.d» !• i ' l»; w >,* (ItjOb WORK. \ . (Hi ■r HSrTTAU kQIJJITIi fi i i* r t fIKST I ■>> V> ( KK 1 i.j;i vcr I* i.«. V». «... i,. > .. .ito I. job run* » i*ice»i»d wc!U4 -cd mock of! ho 6 7. T. liJYDOCK BUGGIES! :: ' ' •' "• • !«■: • ■ . > ..I K ... 11l OJ- «*#*•!) ftWfr k«>* on I. ifi-l A LAKGK STOCK Of Of R OWN M ANT. rACTISRK' im ' - ' 1 •' • i ;. Hj ?\ i tug HoggV lu jxiiri hii in all v'/.v Branches! „ , , ... „,SHOP(IK LIBERTY ST., WIKSION, N. C. ■ i (. 1 1.-- 1 AI. i': hi. I« ' \|. .' i . , ! .* r ririin.- wUnI veldcUferpbytlcianauMll carrlrin , »th« marktt, will b« Mm •SC uoli.-uat pi.. ••• .1 1..« :lia- 'h in 1 ,8.J.1 lli-lj KSTAHLJSIIKI) 1871. ESTABLISUID ISIJ, J. W. SCOTT & CO. Mcrclsants GUKIOi>SH)HO C, Ait' now receiv ing their fall stock of no* lions anil tlry goods. 0 And almost daily adding to their stock oi groceries, Buyers are invited to call in person or send ordeis by mail. M e bojie to i»ui!l up a large trade with the merchants of Stokes county and all along the line of theC. F. V. X Kail road.
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