r - : . " 1 J. B. WHITAKER, Jr., 1 EditoP8' S. T. ASHE, i ta,t0rS' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Year, - - $4.00 I 1 Month, - 35 eta 3 Months, - - 1.00 I 1 Week, - - 10 tts. - RATES FOR ADVERTISING. 1 column, three months, column, six months,... ........$ 20.00 ... 35.00 ....... GO. 00 i column, one year, column, three mouths, 35.00 60.00 110.00 60.00 110.00 200.00 column, six months, . , h column, one year J column, three months, 1 column, six months, . . 1 column, one year Space to suit the advertiser in pioportion to above rates. jzarThe business office of The Plant is at the Durham Bookstore, corner Main and Corcoran streets, where subscriptions and advertisements will be received. TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 1888. THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM. The New York Herald has gotten up quite an animated discussion between thebusiness men and news papers of the country over the prop osition to make the Presidential term one of six or eight years and to make the incumbent ineligible to election for a second term. It is claimed that each Presidential elec- tion.costs the people of this country $500,000XX), by way of loss of busi ness, depreciation in value of prop erty, it'c, and the advocates of the proposition say that this drain upon the country should be prevented as far as possible, and that the excite ment and worry and turmoil of such ' election is so great that they should not occur as often as they now do. The proposition seems to be grow ing in favor at the North, especially among the business men of the cities 1 he large wholesale dealers seem to be almost unanimous, but the law yers and" politicians are somewhat divided. The former say strong argu merits can be made on both sides of the question. All agree- that there should be no second term if the term is made longer. This seems a small matter, only whether a man shall hold the office of President for four or eight years but as it has so long been the law that he shall be elected for a term of four years with the right of re-elec tion we think that a change should i . not oe made unless mere is some strong reason for it. We do nbt be lieve in making changes in the law for change sake merely. Does each Presidential election cost us $5(X),000,()00. If so, is it no an entirely unnecessary cost? Does not business become dull and trade stagnate during a Presidential year just because we have got in the habi of allowing it to become so? Is i not considered a necessary conse quence of a Presidential campaign without really being so ? What rea son is there for its being so ? If the term is lengthened to eight years, an election will, as a matter of course be of much greater consequence to the parties contending for the prize, and a party will certainly strive harder for victory, knowing it will put them in power for eight years or that defeat means waiting for. eight years before another attempt can be made. So, will not the lengthening of the term of office increase the ex citement, and consequently the de pression of business of each cam paign in proportion to the length of the term ? If this be so, what are we to gain by putting off the election to every eight years instead of as we have it now. We will have a longer time between the campaigns, but that advantage will be counter balanced by the increased excite ment of each contest. OUR MINISTERS AND THEIR CHURCHES. The ministers of Durlram are to be congratulated upon the work that has been done by them in the last few years. To any careful observer of the condition of the town moral ly, as it is now and as it was say three years ago, it is patent that a great change has taken place. We do not mean to say that Durham was an unusually immoral town three years ago but we do say that a great change has taken place in this respect in the last few years, and that now we have an unusually moral and upright class of citizens. We venture to say that the church going, Sabbath-observing people of our town bear a larger ratio to the population than of any other town in the State. The most remarkable feature of this general influence of religion is the great number of Sim day schools and the large attendance of children at them all. The work of the churches is prosperous; their membership are not only keeping pace with the growth of the town, but are going ahead of it. This was the case be fore the late visit of the Rev. Sam P. Jones, but with that eventful oc currence, the good work received an impetus which our resident minis ters are keeping up with energy and vigor. As time goes the good work that is being done for the cause of relkrion by our ministers will continue to show itself in good re sults. This healthy State of our re- ligious and moral condition is owing to the character of the ministers we now have, and for several years have had in the town. Durham should feel proud of and grateful to her ministers for the good work they have done for the cause of religion in trie last two years, ana tney should receive the hearty support of all our citizens, for they are work ing laboriously and faithfully for the good of the people of the town. As a rule few men work harder than the ministers of the gospel, and we are sorry to say that generally they are more poorly paid than any other class. Our ministers should be well paid, ftot only with worldly goods, but also with a generous out- pooring of love and gratitude from the members of their churches, for they are men whose ability com mands the former and whose love for us and christian work among us is deserving of the latter. OUR EXCHANGES. Smitlifield Herald: Jim Watson, the notorious chicken, thief -and bur glar, who was lodged - in jail a few months since I'oi- various thefts com mitted in and around Smitlifield, was this week sentenced to ten years' labor in the State Penitentiary by Judge Averv. Asheboro Courier : The Directors of the new railroad from High Point to Asheboro met in consultation with Col. Andrews at High Point last week. Propositions looking to the immediate building of the road were submitted to the company through Col. Andrews. Goldsboro Argus: The Legislative returns of this State show that, in addition to the consoling fact that the coming General Assembly will be strongly Democratic, it will also have a goodly representation of lar mers, which means that mature and wholesome legislation may be. ex pected as the result of their deliber ations. , Goldsboro Argus : Fred Eubanks, nineteen years old, was pecidently and fatally shot, near Bciaufort, yes terday by his cousin, Silas Eubanks. Thev were hunting wild cattle and Silas' gun hammer was caught by a briar and discharged, the contents burying themselves in Fred's back, killing him instantly. They were from Craven county, near New Berne Wilmington war: mere are six British steamships 'at the Compresses loading cotton for foreign ports, and the presses are running night and day. The aggregate capacity of the steamers is about 2-,0(M) bales. Messrs. L. Hansen and Andrew Smith are making arrangements with a view to engaging in the man ufacture of 'terra cotta lumber made of sawdust and clav, bv com pression. .... Raleigh Visitor: Our friends of the Christian Church, of this city, have lost the services of their pastor, the Rev. W. G. Clements, who has been called to another field which he hasaccepted. The church, however, has acted promptly and. theT have secured the services of the Rev. J. L. Foster, of Alamance-county, N. C. He is a young man of decided ability, a fine preacher, a good work er and a most pleasant and agreeable gentleman. He will enter upon his duties the first Sunday in Decem ber. Asheville Citizen : In Spring Creek, where Mr. Lusk was born and raised, Mr. Starnes received 138 votes, Lusk ol. In Lower Hominy, where Mr ; Starnes was born and. raised and ! where Mr. Lusk lived for many years, Mr. Starnes received 133, Mr. Lusk Or.- In Lastatoe township, Tran sylvania county, not a single Repub lican vote was cast at the recent elec tion, and in three other townships in the same county, only ten Republi can votes were polled.- -Another shooting scrape occurred in the city late Friday night, in which Mr. John Neighbors was severely wounded by a man supposed to be Mclnturrf, who lives on Bull creek, Madison county. The weapon used was a 38-calibre, self-cocking American bull-dog re volver, and the shot entered the right thigh of Mr. Neighbors; inflicting a very serious wound. Charlotte Chronicle: A call has been issued for conference of the State Committee and other promi nent prohibitionists to meet in Greensboro on Tuesday, November -Oth. A special engine on the C. C. &. A. Railroad yesterday demor- alized an old colored man at a cross ing near Charlotte. The darkey was seated on a wagon which was loaded with several bags of meal, and to which was attached a pair of mules. The mules wanted to stop just as the wagon was on the track, and the harder the old man -whipped them, the stiller they stoqJ, until the en trine came alonsr, and lifted the wagon into the middle of an adjoiuiug field. The old man was not hurt, but all he could find of his wagon was the tongue and one front wheel, while his scattered meal made it look like there had been a snow storm in the vieiniUv. One of the mules was crippled. ? - The Shotwell .3Iouiitiieiit. News and Observer. The beautiful granite monument erected by the Shotwell Memorial Association to Capt. Randolph A. Shotwell has just been placed in Oak wood Cemetery, where it now "stands. Although not the loftiest or most pretentious of .the- many handsome shafts which rear their heads in this beautiful spot, none are more deli cately and tastefully designed and more exquisitely finished. It is of the " cottage 'r design and stands thirteen feet in height and is surmounted with a beautifully wrougrit urn with elegant drapery. The caps are ornamented with deli cately carved oak leaves, and alto gether the shaft presents an nppear ance of massive beauty. It was erected at a cost of nearly one thou sand dollars, and is, indeed, a hand some tribute to the memory of the great and noble Shotwell. .The four sides of the monument are embellished with beautiful and appropriate inscriptions. On the first is a delicately wrought monogram consisting of the initials It.. A'. S. with the following inscrip tion underneath : "JnMemoriam Randolph Abbott Shotwell, late Captain company I, 8th regiment, Virginia volunteers, Confederate States Army; born Dec. 13th, 1843, in West Liberty, Va.; died July 31, 188; Raleitrh; N. C ?ars the , in The second side follow ing inscription : "A jjatriot whose honor and con tancy no suffering could weaken, no advantage tempt, no loss dismay, and in whom all the attributes of truegreatness were so nicely adjusted and so exactly placed that it was not until he had passed into life eternal that men saw that he had reached the full stature of a man." On the third is the following: "This monument is erected by the people of his adopted State as a trib- ute to a soiaier wnose courage was proven in sixteen srreat battles and who, in the midst of disaster, cap tivity and defeat, kept unshaken his fidelity to his cause, his country and his comrades-in-arms." The fourth bears the following: "Three years in battle, from Lees burg to Cold Harbor, with Pickett's men, and three in prison, Delaware and Albany. at P'ort 11 esurgmn.' Our Navy. Chief Contractor Wilson, of the Navy, in his annual report of the operations of his bureau during the past fiscal year, shows an expendi ture of $SSo,349 in the repair of ships, and payments on account of vessels in course of construction during the year amounting to 8o,2(U),19): The present strength of our navy, and the condition of the vessels is sum marized as follows: Five- double turretted monitors awaitiilg completion ; two belted cruisers, preparing ways ; thirteen single turreted monitors, in ordi nary; twenty-three unarmored steel andiron vessels, four ot which are in commission, eleven building, two repairing, live on station, and one in ordinary; twenty-eight wooden steam vessels, nearly all on station or undergoing repairs ; and eleven iron and wood steam tug boats. Sudden Death. Life. Kentucky Coroner uVes, the pa pers found upon the deceased prove that he was Col. Blood." Witness ''There was also a quart bottle found in one of his pockets." Coroner u Was the bottle em pty ?" Witness-'"Xo, sir, it was full hadn't been touched." Coroner "Poor fellow, he must have died without a moment's warn-' ing. Consider This. A careful calculation shows that the total aggregate income of the Church, Wesleyan, London, and Baptist missionary societies, and the British and Foreign Bible Society of Great Britain, during the fifty j'ears of Queen Victoria's reign, amounted to 20,798,100, being- equal to the sum spent on strong drink, in Great Britain in sixty days. AVhy Women Fade. Women lose their bearty because colds umltrtmne their life. Dr. Acker's English Remedy for Consumption is an absolute cure for c?lds. R. Blacknall & Son. , Do Not Sutler Any Longer. Knowing that a cough can be checked in a day, and the first stages of consumption in a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Acker's English Remedy for Consumption, and will refund the money to all who buyr take it as pec directions and do not find our statement correct. R. Blacknall & Son. THE VOTE BY COUNTIES. CoryTiF.s. . C f 1629 124.-fl 17411 1517 ;51l 51)51 41M; lS9ti 10H4, 2-24 1 ViV.t 117 14iy n-.' JftHV llj 17W If, 14- lx-ii Hit; 1511 l'4l 13o" io-5 VMl Uull lf. I'j7 V"e 14 Ufi5 VMS. tf3: A4.. 1251 420' l-to' 717 1 1 7 1 1 0t7 1 W3I CTti 1550 lfrfM! ' r " SUti v 2i'.? 75f. 241 li.7l; i-'4fi , "iirjit r.a" i4; j4f " -?Hr. ii.LLL s '41 7V2 H5 -37! " 'Sytii -K ''fi 74 1h-,7' tow; -jr.- lu 2525: 140.; 2iV.ii -47l 215i' 257,,i 222 H7H 4bii '.'7;: 4:iM Jit. 2sf, P..54 '-'"72 '201 -VfcCi 1(M.7 Uo7, -lM'- 22:i'. U74 22o.. 1J54 l.-,7'. ll'.HV, 1" 1I.17 1 U''. 2101 ls77 225'., .j-,,4 2P ; . 1 -.-, j.ui, -h.41 l:is5 :i4: 1-V4-' 12:t4 lis:l 7ol 2vs 127 271; lOi 2h 2, ,-7 J4ji..! 2i;i.i lotii bi'.U; 1"U 1072 24.H -20' 2l70j 2tU 22"'4 37"' I 1254 727! 1441 877 114 7441 I 7rJ i77j 917 i-2.il 112'.' l;!o5 11J2 102 fl7 f77; 2i79, l7os; 27-24 is97 7l:f H4. JHili 51 2 -Ml i !i20: U2I) 20y 74f 755; 64J V2u lf,2o; l.T.t'.t; 14:tf. llf.2 75:'.' i2o;j h,i To.si 4'.:i; Urjft' K5h Vtrs hi; 7nO 742 I57i'. lSU 117-v lh73 .i5l Ifis7l 1:(M) :!727j . :!o4o' j v:!5; 14! tv.ts 15;:5 5Ol! '.2C D7y 1-215 17H7 142(; ir(i-,: i84r, ls:;7 1.52; -2157! PW'.t 1751 -S7ii iHfjd! 'jsjiiV 17.M -:51 k;5'.i! l'.ntO 12x4; 4721 nM,l 4j5 1C.70 Mlil; ic,2 74s C.05 7(, Ki8 l2:W H;t2 PM7 1215 1240; 721 7?: 777 977j 14!0 bi.s2! ! 24:if. -2s5j 25'.t: -rs 440', 4slj 4:-,;. 4jfc 2044; JH2H: 2171 ! 2:i27 2:ii".l -2071 22:5 108K 2H.i !577i 2:i!)5 2M1 2f.:C. I;i72; -27:J'.i VC,C, 1517! 12:i2: 16'jo; Cf.:i 2525; l5:t 2:f70 10 If, 11(k! fdi1 jhm; sn Rttl: li2ti 145o l:s:?n 1:571 145:5 41)4. 155; 45'.t ;.i -2o 5.":t 4sh 472, :!f7 is:js; 0-20' 21 1:12 1 '.7 1155 lf,l2 i:i2 19:5f, 4772: 4-278; 4fdH 4;4:l 114Cj 2142 1225' 2:5f,7 f4s' 1072 807 1014 750 T f24 ; 271fil 25(M 27hi o'f.l i:5i)l VXll, 17015, 2252 21:55; I4:i 2159 15-21 !5i) l2f.i; 1071 1419 740 022 Alamance Alexander Aleghany Anson Ashe Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick BuiiCoUibe .. . Ktirte Cabarrus . . . .. Caldwt -II Camden C'arterrt Caswell Catawba Chatham ... . Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland . . Columbus Craven Cumberland.. . Currituek Hare 1 a vidson Davie Dui'lin .. Durham ...... Kdeeulube. . . . Ft.rsyth Franklin ...... tastou Hates Graham (iranville Greene iuiltord Halifax Harnett Haywoo'd Henderson .... Hertford II vd-; Iredell..... Jackson....... Johnston Jones Lenoir ,. Lincoln McDowell Mai-'Hi Madison Martin Mecklenburg. Mitchell Moutgomrrv . Moore Nash New Hanover. Northampton. Onslow....... Orange Pamlico Pasquotank . . Pender Perquimans. . Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson ...... Rockin&hanr. . Rowan Rutherford .. Sampson Stanly - Stokes 7 Snrry Swain Transylvania . Tyriell ... Uuiou Vance Warren ...... Washington-. . Wautauga Wayne.... ... Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey . . . Totals 14:5250 12:10401 PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Richmond & Danville R. R. Co. Condensed Schedule in tlfect October 21st. 1SSS. Trains Run by 75 Meridian Time. SOUTHBOUND. DAILY. j No. 50. No. 52. LeaveTNew Yorkl 1215AM; 1 :v) P M Leave Philadelphia, ! 7 20 " ! C 57 " Leave Baltimore, I '.) 45 " i 42 " Leave Washington. 1 11 21 " i 11 00 " Leave Charlottesville, 3 40 P M 3 (K) A M Leave Lynchburg, ' 5 45 " , 5 lo4 " Arrive Danville, s :!0 " 7 45 " Leave Richmond : 10 " ! T7uTm rr Leave Burkville, 5 12 " 4 :':' " Leave Keysville, , ." 51 " .", 11 " lave Danville, H 5o " ,s 05 Arrive Greensboro. i 10 :r " ;t 42 " Leave Goldsboro, '' 2 40 " ! fs h) PM Leave Raleigh, 4 55 ' I i 45 m Leave Durhajn, j 5 5S " j : Arrive Greensboro, ,s -25 " 7 40 " Leave Salem, ft 15 "I :!0 ' Leave Greensboro, 10 45 " iKrJr Arrive Salisbury, 12 01 A M 11 is " Arrive Statesville, ' 1 51 ' 12 12 P M Arrive Asheville, 1 7 41 " I 4 41 Arrive 1 lot Springs. 9 15 " ! tv 10 Leave Salisbury, 12 20 U2M A M Arrive Charlotte, ' 1 .v " 12 10 i ', Arrive Spartanburg, 1 10 " :7 " Arrive (ireenville, , 5 50 " 4 s " Arrive Atlanta. 11 m " '.t 40 " Leave (.'tiarlotte, : 2 lo 1 00 Arrive Columbia, i; :;o " , 5 -j:; ' Arrive Augusta,' 10 ::o " ;t l", NORTHBOUND. DAILY. No. 51. No. 53. Leave Augusta, Leave Columbia, Arrive Charlotte, Leave Atlanta. Arrive Greenville. Arrive Spartanburg, Arrive Charlotte, Arrive Salisbury, Leave Hot Springs, Leave Asheville, Leave Statesville, Arrive Salisbury, Leave Salisbury, Arrive Greensboro, 5 55 p 10 15 4 0O 4 00 " 1 06 A 2 11 ' 4 50 ' 6 22 ' M i M; ! 'i s ::o a M 12 :v p M 5 15 7 1U A .1 1 51 P M 2 52 " 5:50 '-. 7 0.5 " T2I0 ' 1 : . c 01 " is 44 7 12 r X 40 " tLT4 AM 10 50 P M ; i 05 p ! :? :;o a i4V7 i ; 27 1 s 00 ' ill 40 J iif 50 " ' 5 12 :ir P 1 55 . 4 10 4 , s (C, A ! !' 47 ' ' 12 n p 1 2t 4 3 80 ' Arrive Salem, Leave Greensloro, Arrive Durham, Arrive Raleigh, Arrive Goldsboro, Leave Greensboro, Arrive Danville, Arrive Keysville, Arrive Burkville, Arrive Riehmond, Airive Lynchburg. A r ri ve Chariot tes v i 1 le, Arrive Washington, Arrive Baltimore. Arrive Philadelphia, Arrive New York, M 4 :) A M C, 55 tll45 10 2U ' 1 44 A M 2 :v, " 5 l.S " M 12 40 " , 2 55 44 ' 7 :r. j s 50 1 :', 00 A Mj 20 " I 12 v, A (Nl ' 7 00 ' s 10 47 1 LD I' M Daily. tDaily, except Sunday. Train for Durham via ( larksville leaves Rich mond dailv, except Sundav, 3:10 P. M. : Kev.ville, f.:00 P. M ; arrives Clark-ville. 7:21 P. M.: Oxford, S::W P. M.: Henderon,9: 0P. M.; arrives Durham, 10:30 P. M. Returning leaves Durham daily, exeett Sunday, :00 A. M.; Henderson. ?.i0 A. M.; Oxfonl, lo iJ A. M.; Clarksville, ll:U"i A. M.; Keysville, 12:11 P. M.: arrives Richmond, 3:30 P. M. Nos. 51 and "3 connect at Richmond dailv ex cept for West J'oint and Baltimore. Nos. 50 and 52 from West Point has daily con nection at Richmond with No. f0 for the South. Nos. "h) and M connect at Goldboru with trains to and from Morehead City and Wilmington. No. 51 connects at Greensboro and Selma for Fayetteville. No. 53 connects at Selma for Wilson. N. C. Nos. 50 and M make close connection at I'niver sity station w ith trains to and from Chapel Hill, except Sundays. SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE. On trains, .V) and 51, Pullman Buftet Sleeper be tween Montgomery and New York, GTeensloro and Aujnista, and Greensbom, Asheviile, Hot Sprins and Morristown, Tenn. On 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet Sleeper letween Washington and New Orleans, via Montj:omen-. and between Washingtoi and Augiista, Rich mi n I and Greensloro,. tlaleigh and Greenslxro. and Pullman Parlor Cars between Salisbury and Knoxville. Through Tickets on sale at principal Stations to all i-oints. Fur rates, local and through time-tables, apply to anv a?ent of the company, or to SOL HAAS, V. A. TL RK, JAS. L. TAYLOR, Traffic Mng'r. Div. Pass. Ag't, tien. Pass. Agt. RALEIGH, N. C. BUT THOMAS BOLTON'S FINE UNSURPASSED IN STYLE, FIT AND DURABILITY C and D Widths; Common Serse,' Waukenphast and Up-i:. EVERY PAIR WARRANTED. JONES & LYON, v . t "I T t.i i . . Uomer Alain ami Aiangum oueeis. Mu; AllKN'Ti Perfectly Beantifu JOHN L. MARKHAI DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, CLOAKS, UNDERWEAR, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CARPETS, CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, BEST GOODS, Whoa ! Whoa ! Whoa ! STOP AT THE DURHAM POULTRY YARDS AND GET ONE OF THOSE Fine Langshan Cockerels ! I have a few early-hatched IngMian Cockerel for le cheai- if taken at once. C I). WHITAKER, Durham, N.C. SHOES For Ladies, Misses and Children. I 1? This is what the ladies will say when they st e tin New Stock of Millinery Now on display at tli iiul:irM neryEstahlisluut-Lt (lf fflrs.AdaM.Smit Main Street, Durham. N.G These (Ji ods wen- seU d in .1 by Mrs. Smith, and it La. been her e.Toit to procure th- m finest Line of Mil Kvor shown in Durham. ai:,l braces every thinjr usually W. in a well appointed nery Estahlishiu i t. The ladies of Durham ai..l rounding eounties are na-.lia'' vited to call and examine tie 1. some poods nnd note the l-w j: at which thev are offered. XT HARDWARE, GUI II PISTOLS, CROCKH GLASSWARE WOOD. WILLO AND TINWARE, GROCERY NISSEN WAGONS, fertilize! FARM IMPLEMENTS, CLOC LOWEST PRICES, B THE GREAT CRASH HAS CO BUT WE ARE J With h iln to lh- Ir Cco:s, Dress 2:: -1 A ch-p or chpr tLau -v-r ' i tbizewith all Lo Law l'- trti gratulate all who bav- rp- -" 4 ( ,1 I--illy do Wxt mntinr (lit ! tt.at uilvfr linintf will ' '"r . ,.i , ,i. I ... .n.I !1 r"1' ri No f friend and the K-n-ral puUu- but everything t low-t livin ' V I bring your friend. Rei-p Uli-' . Jff DovlC-lw