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11 'tent ISSUED EVEBI WEDKESDAT; W. G. BURKHEAD . Editbr, WEDNESDAY, NOV! 10, 1886L SUMMARY OF THE fJLATEST. The revenue cutter Manhattan, which Las reported lost, haa turned up all right. Judge Lea," president of the j Roanoke ;:inc nd silver mining company, sold the mi nes near Lynchburg to J. H. Bartfett, of London, for $700,000 cash. Another great strike, greater than any Chicago has yet known, has left the Chicago pork packers with clrked doors. An order from the Knights of LsJbor caused over 1 2,000 men to'quit work, when it -will end nobody can as yet determine. ue proprietors declare -they i will not y eld and have adopted a resolution! not fo emj loy aiij iiiaii ytuo is a menioer oi tne labor or ganization. (This strike has taade the '. ive stock markets of the east active, and while t'hicago is Josing the east will gain. "Am. Connian, a prominent! merchant! of Knoiville, Tenn, committed suicide Monlay morning by 'cutting his throat. Snow fell in the neighborhood of Lynchburg Sun day night, and ice formed one-quarter of an inch thick. North Carolina '6 pe"rints were quoted Monday in New 'York at $1 21 nd 4 per cents at 99 J, s-Telegranil to Wilmington ptar, from K. It. pattle, says the' majority fori Democratic judges lis not li than 10,000. The A etc 8 & Observer calculates Jhat the j majority will almost reach 18,000. -t ine election news gets rbetter for the Democrats. j -An earthquake ! shock was felt in Wilmington Monday Evening. : Col. F. A. Olds has retired from the staff f the News fc Observer, and Mr j Hal. Y Ay ?r is his successor. The Colored Industri il Association formally opened; their fair it Raleigh yesterday. Gov. Scales deliven d the opening address. On Monday 8: ,- Q00 old bonds, and $4,000 construction bond s, were received by Treasurer Bain. Si i perior Court is in session in: Wake count y Judge Phillips presiding. Japv. Scale s' - health has improved. lie carl attend to the duties of hjssoffice. A colored woman Of 2few Berne, having been caught in the act of stealing, rushed to the riyer and threw herself in. She was rescued, much against her will, as she was trying to! die- M R. X. DufTy of X ew Berne,! was knocked down and run over by a horse; and buggy last Monday.! His thigh was fractured and other painful injuries sustained. . -A protracte l meeting was begun Monday night at S:. Paul's (Methodist) church, Goldsboro. Rev. J. R. Brooks, I D, of Wilson, will preacfi there during the week. ' -Mrs. T. M Argo, wife of the new solicitor; of the.Fourt i . district, was buried from the Church of th ; Good Shepler3, Raleigh, on Sunday at 1 ) o'clock. ; !-A passenger train on the Duck - town branch of the W. !N.!c. R. R. wa; , wrecked near the mouth of the Xantahal: rjver, caused, by the spreading of the rails. . Four persons were seriously hurt, but noni : fatally. r-The Indiana legislature is a tia ( jn joint balloU 1 he labor element claims to hold the balance of power, i THE CIVIL SERVICE. It is a fact, which -hasj made itself apparent to the minds of all observe ant persons, that', the operations ofi the Civil Service laws,, as admiriis tered bv. the nre.sent National XiU Jliinistratii)n, have, had the effect jof greatly; enhancing the popularity or . the system with the people of NortU Carolina and the entire country. It is a system that must j commend itself to all thinking people, and - were the intents and purposes 'of the laws better and more generally un derstood among the masses, the sat isfaction, already so largely shared, would be almost universal The chief principle involved is the divorcing bf the subordinate officers of the government from politics and elections, and the question presented is this :; In selecting persons to per form the j mechanical, and routine clerical work i of the government, Shall we choose tnose jvyno demon strated thir-fitness for th positions they are io occupy by passing a Civil Service examination and by a record bf good behavior j or shall we appoint the political heelers of the 323 1 Congressmen and 7G Senators who, in nine cases out of ten, are not Only not specially qualified to fill fjhese clerkships, but who are noto riously! unfit mentally and morally to perform one-half the, .amount of tvork Of which the former class is capable? In the first case the busi ness of the government would be in telligently and expeditiously trans acted by the minimum, number of employes ; in the latter,; the maxi mum number of alleged clerks would be engaged in the slothful and clumsy performance of the Work, &ndthe pecuniary considerations in- yolved would be reckoned with seven igures. ; - ; No business man would hesitate a : noment in choosing between these wo classes of labor, and if the gov ernment of these United States is to be onducted on business principles and President. Cleveland and the democratic partys haV declared to that effect then the people, who Constitute the government, should show no hesitation in their endorse ment of the Civil Service laws, j There are people: who have looked Upon Uncle Samuel as the great alms-giver, and they have regarded the government departments" at Washington as a species of charity hospitals, specially designed to shel ter and support the political hacks jof thej country, but we are glad to believe that the race is rapidly be coming extinct, for never was there k more paWt case of mental -defor- Has the Civil Service law been a success during these three -jrrors? . Unquestionably the most competent persons to answer this question are the members of ' Mr. ; Cleveland's cabinet the men who ; control the great departments of the govern ment wherein fifteen thousand jer- sons are emploj'ed and their as sistants, the assistant secretaries, the commissioners of the different bu reaus, and the therein. chiefs of divisions A representative ot The Plant last week interviewed a numler of these officials in person, and he ob tained the views of many others through' 'those whom he met, and they all replied, una voce, to this question : "The operation of the law has been satisfactory from the first, and it is fast becoming a perfect success." Many of the gentlemen wercj in credulous when they first took office under the government especially the division chiefs and they were prejudiced against the law. But after a fair trial of tine svstcm thev have become converts to its wisdom and practicability. What stronger testimony could be produced? What better endorsement could be asked? When the new administration came into power, we found a large number of clerkships within the Civil Service limit filled by grossly incompetent men, and persons otherwise unfitted to hold such po sitions. These were weeded out aiid their places filled with Civil Service appointees. Deaths, dismissals and resignations have since been numer ous until now probably one-third of the six thousand clerkships covered by law are filled by those who passed their examination before appoint ment. The department officials un hesitatingly declare that these new clerks are the best in the service. During Mr. Arthur's administra tion the Republican enemies of the law were wont to exclaim : "Put none but Republicans on guard !" And now the spoilsmen in our own party are shouting : "Put none but Democrats on guard !" The expression loses all of its force when one remembers that the clerks who come within the provis sions of the Civil Service law those receiving salaries of from SiKXUX) to $1,800.00, both inclusive have noth ing whatever to do with the polie of the party in power. They merely perform certain duties under orders from their superior officers, and have absolutely no discretion in the premises-whatever. These higher officials from division chiefs up are ap pointed by the President and his cabinet officers and will, therefore, always be' politically identified with the party in power. Civil Service reform has come to stay. j The demagogues and professional politicians may tell you it is a hum bug ; that they intend to repeal it, and all that. But the p. p. and d. are in a hopeless minority, and they can't prove the assertion nor ac complish the purpose. It has been endorsed by the Democratic legisla ture before and since the election of Mr. Cleveland ; it has been incorpo rated into the platforms of both of the great political parties; it will again be endorsed by both National conventions in 1888, and no reader of this article will live to see the day when one of its enemies will be elected . President of the United States. r i The Democrats of the South are the last who should desire the repeal of this law. It is a notorious fact that four-fifths of the intelligent peo ple of this section are Democrats, and it follows as naturally and as much as a matter of course as the caudal appendage of the dog follows the canine, that the proportion of those who pass successfully compet itive examinations will be Demo cratically as great. Whether the; National, Administration is Demo cratic or Republican, the great bulk of the South 's proportion of clerks in the departmental service at Wash ington will, under the" Civil Service law, be Democratic for many years to come. ! Scoffers have said that it took "two or three University educations" to pass ; the examinations. Any knember of the infant class can de tect the falsity of such an assertion. The examinations differ as the duties Df the different clerkships vary. Any aerson possessed of an ordinary ommon-school education can pass my stated examination by previous '. y studying up and refreshing his : nemory on tlie branches most di rectly concerned. Of course a per iion who is deficient in mathematics cannot pass successfully-the exami nation for clerkshipyn the bureau of statistics, .but he might have a me chanical turn and by studying the patent laws he could readily pass in the examination of applicants for clerkships in the patent office, and. ikee versa, and so on This law is especially the friend of the humble in life. It puti the offices 4'ithin the reach of the people. It says to the lowliest dweller in the humblest hamlet: "Qualify your self to serve your country and you 4ill be rewarded according to your intellectual and moral merits. The friendship or enmity of the powerful a d rich will have no influence in vpur case. We have in our minds eye a ybung North Carolinian who was ap- pbinted under tne umi service iaw to the position of book-keeper in one of L the departments at Washington.. He stood a most creditable examina tion and received his appointment less than six months ago. He is hardly twenty years of age, and when he reported for duty the ap pointment clerk was very much sur prised at his youthful appearance. He assigned him to duty with many misgivings, but he doesn't indulge in them now. This young man has not yet completed his six months' probationary term. Nevertheless, he has proved himself so competent that he has twice been promoted, and he is now receivings salary of $l,4()C.O0 per annum. Had he been compelled to depend on political in fluence to secure -the place, the last blasfof Gabriel's trumpet would find him still an applicant, or a corpse "for 'inflooence' he had none." The commissioners have been busily engaged in the discovery ol defects in the regulations as they now exist, and the provision of rem edies. The result will be a thorough revision of the rules," which will be submitted to the President for ap proval. Mr. Cleveland will proba bly. advise some .important changes in the phraseology -of the law, also, in his forthcoming message to Con gress, which may include a recom mendation that the limitation of the age of applicants., for- appointments in the departmental five years) be stricke Before the end of service (forty- ii out. the session of ets a month Congress, whicli im; hence, we mav expect to see the Civil Service Reform jlaws virtually perfected, and it shoujld be a subject of self and mutual -gratification to every man who loves ibis country. The law is fou-ndedjupon the prin ciples of right and justice, and, as long as it shall be honestly, and con scientious! v enforced it' will receive : .-1 the earnest and constant support of Tjik Plant. A TEST OF CLEVELAND'S STKENOTlf. A Congressional election is never a test of the popularity of the con temporaneous National administra tion. It has happened every time within the last twelve years- that the party of .the administration, at a r Congressional election midwav be tween Presidential elections, has lost. As a matter of fyct, people do not vote their approval or disapproval)! the President when they vote for Congressmen. The Congressional election, therefore, proves nothing as to the popularity or the unpopular ity of Mr. Cleveland's administra tion; or, if it prove' anything, it proves that under his administra tion the Democratic party is strong enough to retain a majority in the nxt Congress although a somewhat lessened one. But it so happened that 'there was at least one State campaign into which judgment oi the National Administration entered as a direct issue. In Massachusetts the Republicans nominated a man who was in sympathy with the most mercenary and least honorable tradi tions of that party, and whose only recommendation was that he was rich and that he stood well with the dominant Republican machine. Re publicanism in Massachusetts is a sort of religion. The time has hardly yet come when it is considered re spectable by the aristocrats of Bea con Hill to be Democrats. The Democrats in Massachusetts nominated a young vigorous son of the most famous Governor that the commonwealth has had in recent years, who in the best days of the Republican party wasBimself a Re publican, but who revolted from the Blaine nomination and became a Democrat. It was a startling change for any man to make and a change lat required great courage in such State as Massachusetts. But Mr. Andrew made it and announced himself a Democrat s He announced, moreover, that he would not spend money on his own election. He an nounced that he stood 'squarely by President Cleveland. lie was a firm friend of civil service reform. On this reform he made his campaign and he appealed against the strong Republican - predjudices of the men of Massachusetts to recognize an honest President and to vote like men on present issues and not like dummies on mere tradition. The result was, the best blood, the best j . - scholarship, the best thought, in the commonwealth followed his lead, because by refusing to j follow his lead they would have had to say that they disapproved of Cleveland's administration and preferred the old Republican .machine. The result we all know. The enormous Re publican majority of Massachusetts has been so greatly reduced that an- Other such campaign wi disappear entirely. 1 make it Here was a fight made squarely on the question as to whether or not the Cleveland administration de served endorsement by the people. Such a fight was made in no other State in the Union. The result of it is the greatest Democratic gain, against the greatest odds, in the Union. There is no need to expand, and no way to emphasize such a lesson as this. If the Democratic administration' is so strong before the people of Massachusetts, it is overwhelmingly strong before the people of the whole country. There 13 nothing to which the popularity J of the Cleveland administration and its especial policy can be compared so well as to an avalanche. It gain every day upon the affections of the people. In 1888 it is bound to be irresistible. It holds, its own on its own ground, and lias gained new ground. Hjje President of Harvard college himself has been made a Democrat. CLEVELAND AND THE K IS C' EN T ELECTION. "( lood-bye, Cleveland, your goose is cooked for 1S.sK. Trot out another horse who will re ward partv iti'jn." D'ti fifiiii Jjitilif lleconler, Nov. 4. -' We are sorry Brother Hackney is so wijd. He seems entirely to have lost his rudder, and is floundering about, hoping to strike something that may help him. The same issue of the pajK'i- from which the yltovj' is clipped, has also this language: 'it is thought the State judicial ticket is defeated also. We hoje so. J.ot it all fi .together." i Doesn't that show brother Hack ney is a little flighty. How can the opinion of a r.jain with sueh a fearful fever be take n as a guide ? Is Cleve land to blame lir it all? - Did not the lltorIr of Nov. '!rd, say the prohibitionists began " scratching f in the morning, and mtirnate that that was the principal cause of de feat ? And does not this paper of Nov. .5rd and 4th say : 'The Iienioeratk- legislature will hereafter have to let t!te no-tenee jnest ion alone. This was t lie main question that defeated us." j . One of three things is certain. If no-fence was the "main question that defeated us,"' prohibition anil Cleveland- were not to blame. If Cleveland is to bWime, then no-fence and prohibition had but little to do with it. for the President hasn't inti mated how he is on;5 stock law and local option. If prohibition did it. how can no-fence be the ''main ques tion that defeated us,"' and how can Cleveland be to blame ? We give it up. We can't work it out. One thing the fit carder shoys Vonrlusively, and that is. that Cleve land is not to blame. It may be a few men .b. conn -disgruntled because Cleveland failed to appoint theiju ministers to foreign courts every time they made speeches. Even if that is so. Cleveland is not to blame for it. Il 'anybody is to blame the Dem ocratic party must be castigated, for Civil Service reform is a doctrine of the Democratic party. The platform that Tilden ran on promised CivSl Service rclorm, and the war cry of the great campaign of 1 S7C was. "'Tilden and Reform." The platform that -Hancock ran on promised Civil Service reform. The platform th$t Mr. Cleveland ran (in promised the same tl i in g. Cleveland is just caus ing the party to keep its word and do as it promised. . If Civu-1 Service reform is wrong ' the Democratic party is wrong. We believe the Democratic partv is right, and le . ' . . .i believe Civil Service reform is right, and we hoiior President Cleveland for having the backbone to keep the promises his party made for him. We do not t iink Mr. Cleveland ought to be abused, because Knights of Labor,, stock law, prohibition and other causes' knocked a large part of the bottom out of our party. The thing to do is to go to work now fo put'thejbottom in and stop growling and Crying j 'over, spilt milk and wishing things were worse than thev -? . are. : ! . AVIGGIXS AXD BLAIXE AS lKOPHETS. The public remembers how Wig gins, only a few weeks ago, dis turbed the composure of the nervous by his wild j prognostications of the dire calamities that were to happen, which, fortunately for the people and unfortunately for the reputation of Mr. Wiggins, did not happen. .Rist so, Mr. Blaine and his copartners have been for the past dozen years predicting the general downfall bf the country,' in case the Democratic party ever come into the control of the National Government. While sensible people, who did their own thinking, and were not led at will by the wild vagaries of the Blaine's, the Sherman's, jthe Logans and such like, .knowing as well then as now that their political prognostications were wholly! unreliable,- the expe rience of thcipast two years of G rover Cleveland's honest and faithful ad ministration of public affairs, strictlv upon Democratic principles, is enough to convince even the "doubt ing Thomases," that Mr. Blaine, in his wild predictions, is wholly as un reliable as Mr. Wiggins. But one thing can be said to the credit of Wiggins, that Blaine cannot lay claim to.! Wiggins, when he saw how badly "he had gqt left," seems to have gonejinto his h6le, and pulled his hole in after him, while "James Mulligan" Blaine is daily riding around through the Union attempt ing to grouse endless fears, and sec tional bitterness, with no more show of truth forj his predictions than Wiggins based his wild "will-o'-the-wisp" theories upon Now, we are no prophet, but we think we can see far enough into the political horoscope to say to Mr. Blaine, that )n 1SSS, we are going to have another Democratic shower, and that instead of the country go ing to rack and ruin, the bright trade prospect, which the country is enjoy ing in 188G, twill continue, and Mr. Blaine, like Mr. Wiggins, will stand prominentlyi before the-public as a false prophf t, in addition to the many other ins he has to bear. A TRIP TO iTIIEGOA'i'S. House aftei: avool. The result of Lyt Tuesday's elec tion clearly demonstrates that the "workingman's element," heretolore an unknown quantity in politics, has , allied itself with, the - JVp::b!:;Ln party That tlje. workingtnan shall turn aside from the Democratic party, which bv till its traditions is the ! party friendly to labor, and svnipa- j thetic with the just demands of the : laborer, is a mystery to Tiik Plant. And more especially is Tiik Plant astonished that! the workinglnan I should have thought it possible to i bettjr their condition by "pooling I issues" with the . Ret niblieans. For j if the Republican party has made j any record, and; stands before the i ! country prominently, in any one i i . -. - I connection, it is for its friendliness i and ad vocacy of monopolies and cor- ! j po rat ions. " - j Besides, the choice of the working- ' man seems unwise and ill-tinted ; i from another standpoint, in that the j Democratic' partv for the first time in twenty-live years is in charge of j the National Government. md the! i majority of the States in the Union j are uhbr Democratic rule, 'and to! I join the Republican party, which j finds it.-elf in a j boneless minority.! occurs to us, to sjiy the least of it, ill advised. How, l$y co-operating with ' the Republican minority, the work- ' mgman hopes to accomplish any- thing we fail to understand. To ; ! have made their 'power and inilu- : ! 11. j i i , i , (nee leu, tne worlcingman sltould ; hate remained ;in the Democratic ' party, which has! the disposition ami is in the position to stand by every j just demand of" labor all over the j country. To antagonize that parte, ; and trytobrCakl.it down in the in- ; terest of designing Republicans, i shows not the good judgment, but j the short sighted" policy, of the work- ingman. : j In the judgment of Tiik Plant, i the workingman, in going into j the Republican party the parly of ! the aristocrat, blo.tti d' bondholder; ' monopolist and; nionied king- for i sympathy and the righting of sup- I posed grievances, have verily gone ! to the goat's house -it'ter wool. ;md j our advice to them is, look t itthat i you you rsi Ives are no shorn. I " !- j j "WILL VOL' WALK IX ) MY 1AISL01!, SAID THE SIM- ! DElt TO THE FLY." j j Only a tew months ago, all the I Knights of Labor in the southwest, ! I under the leadership of Martin Jones, ' was at war witn the grand master ot monopolies. Jay; Gould. But last Tuesday the Knights of Labor, f : the Fourth Congressional district, under the leadership of Col. John Nichols, ranged ; themselves under the party banner of Jay Could, the! same person who, only ;t few months ago, they were proclaiming through- j out the length and breadth of the land as the, great labor oppressor.'-! Certainly, no man in this country has : had more to dx with manipula- j ting stocks, combining corporations, j wrecking small .operators, and de-j straying the bank-accounts of widows j and orphans, than Jay Gould ; and yet, strange to s;iy, the workingmen hope to find beneath the protecting ; agis of4he party, of which Gould is j largely the controlling spirit, relief from these very ills. It is largely the case of a "will you walk into my parlor." No, gentlemen, the leopard cannot change his spots, and our word for it, you have been most grossly hoodwinked and deceived. THEIR HA UPS UPON THE WILLOWS. "By the rivers;' of Babylon, there we sat down-, yea, we wept when we remembered Zioii. "We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." It is not the purpose of Tiik Plant to preach a sernron, but the condi tion of the Jews, as described by the Psalmist, after thev were carried into captivity by King Nebuchadnezzar, in our mind so clearly foreshadows the condition of the workingman, two years hence, that we are con strained to institute the comparison. Under Republican rule times will so change, taxes will so increase, public credit will so depreciate, corruption in high places j will so run riot, and man will so j lose confidence in his fellow, investments and improve ments will so fall off. that the work ingman, in sorrow, will turn ''with cherished remembrances to the "good old times,'" when the Demo cratic tarty were jn power, and they r in the bitterness: of their soul, will feel like hanging their harps upon the willows, and will sigh for the re turn of those "good old times." IF CIVIL SERVICE DID IT. If Civil Service did it, how it 1 i T 1 u nappen mat m Indiana, yfhere the spoils" has been in the Democrats lost hoyjjy' there has been an honest effort ma(e to en force Civil Service, he pemocrats " 1 1 .-I M gaineuivn ervicwad responsible? liah!- A New Stou, ywsill Brig-ade. iienry ueor;je savs . Though I will not be thef nex1f mavor of yew ork' lm Sjitified at the success of my fnenth great movement has been ijauuratc(j which por tends certafm vjctpry n the future, Brilery corruption were una vailing, l1nd the working men of the City StOOUI rrrotbr liVp a ahinp wall " T T 1 GLEANINGS lhv.'V.obt..P Pell, son of the.late Wm. IVU. has accepted a call to the Presbyterian church, ilson,-.N. - Mr. Nathan brothel of Lie A. Stcdman, Jr., it. Cov- Stca-dman, hi i .. ..?.! 1 1 1 1 e died at his home Saturday, Oct her Ml lIMOt o i...... S P Alexander, the able re-elected Senatoof Mecklenburg, took some t . 1 - nremtlim in me v o.o ii.nm. .....v. i -- , , lotti fair last week tor live sioik. 1 Col. James W. Long, the inoe- pendent in Cabarrus who Ocsuer- a law to oe p:i.sei i i- has been elected, and can now pro ceed with his reform measures. kit- R P. Rheinhards, of Catawba eountv. after taking half dozen or more premiums at the Hickory fair aiid the State lair, went to Charlotte and carried oil' a silver pitcher, silver castor and $40 in cash as premiums for his ''line display of short horn cattle. iStatesviile f.anth.narl: If Col. Ahidicld wanted to do the hand some thing, lie would bedeck with-; mfriands his Jersey bull. 'Abram S. Ilewitt, given to him by Mr. Hewitt j when they were in Congress together, i and have' him paraded through the streets in honor of the donor, who ; scooped the . New York ni tyoraltv ! Tuesday. i'Conconl Uitf't4r: The revival at j the M. L Chapel, at-Forest Hill, con- j tinues. Tlit- scenes n-ported from thei- are jientecostal. Tliv good ; wioik stil! goes on. Judge Boy-; kin and Solicitors Campbell Cald- ; well aixl I'ingliam have made the criminal docket a very clean paper thi's wei-.k. Judge Boykin makes the lawyers rUstle to business. j Scotland Neck I)yira! : Mr. J. (1 Byrd, of Rertie 'county, lost his house by lire one day last week, his hiss being - S 1 ,-; N Mr. Win. Fox, a well known citizen of Hen derson, died a few days ago, aged .'Jo. -.He was a native of Canada. H -Madam Rumor has it that the inarriage bells will merrily ring during the latter part of the month. - We have in- Scotland Neck fewer dudes, fewer boy smokers and drinkers than any other town its size in the State. - Newton K itlcriri.-c .- A student at the college has a weakness for canned oysters. He managed to eat four two pound cans, last night, with a half pound of crackers to the can, vinegar and pepper-sauce in propor tion. The latest account was. that he was looking for Dr. West. Jerome Bolick, late candidate for treasurer, some how or other couldn't vote on election day. He was old enoagh. but: he had not registered at the right place. Mr. Bolick rays that although lie was not elected, he can make just as good a buggy as he ever could. ' Piedmont '.-; The large safe for the Bank of Hickory arrived here on Tuesday last. It weighs two and adialftons, and has a double time lock on it, which burglars given vide berth. It seems that Maude Howe made (juite an impression at the State fair. We were shown a letter by Mr. IJowe, which he re ceived since his return, from parties ih Goldshoro, offering him seven hundred and fifty dollars for her, which amount he refused. Maude is a; valuable animal, and' we are re quested to state that she is not lor sale at any price. i Ncir 0!strrer : Some very im portant changes in the schedule of the Richmond it Danville rajilrpad will take etl'ect the Hth inst. i (tne of the -most important factors in Raleigh, and one of whicli she is jiroudis Wetmore's shoe factory., in an interview with Mr. Wctnioiv it was learned that in spite of the recent depression in business, the factory had steadily employed its force of thirty hands, and that the order book showed no blank da vs. Tin." capacity is noy one hundred and forty pairs of shoes a day, and till of them as soon as finished are required to make orders complete. I Charlotte Cliron 'u-L : Many mem liers of. the bar, as well as the un professional friends of Mr. J. F. Payne, of Monroe, will regret to lyarn that he has determined to re tire from the practice of law. The state of his health makes hisretire inent necessary, and it is by the ad vice of his physicians that he'gives up following a profession which he loves, and of which he is master. His course dissolves the law firm of Payne & Vann, which will be suc ceeded by Vann A:. Stevens. Mr. Payne will remove to Robeson county and give his attention to farming. The Davidson house, burned a few days ago, had the date of the building, 1777, carved in the brick. If it had remained until 1887 it was the intention of Mr. J. S. Davidson, the owner, to celebrate its centennial by having the Davidson descendents and kin within its' walls. Fyetteville Oh.erver-Gazetle .- Mr. Thoihas Ward has established an iron foundry on quite an extensive scale, in our town. Maj- J. M. Orrell has taken a deep interest in , i 1 I .iivi V7l' 'Kt' . ' the tobacco movement which Jbfig been inaugurated in this se'0'tlon jn tact, he was one of dii first to plant tobacco-, and shojj;v',lv work that his faith watn)ng. It gives us plpurejjcrtate that the Major has ffeceiygg th necessary machinery, an(l will commenci' this week the ivork of manufacturing plug tobacco. Mr. YV . P. Phillips, of upper Cumberland, gives us some facts about tile growth of Lucknow, on the Wison Sliort-Cut. This was formerly, before the completion of the Short-Cut, known as Pope's Store. At the recent sale there lots brought from 875 to 81oO. Two drug stores are in course of , erection one by Mr. Hood, of Selmaand the other by Mr, Hood, of Golds horo; there are two physicians in the place Drs. Harper and Moore ; five business houses are already in full blast, while others are in contemplation ; two hotels or boarding houses. Charlotte Ohrver : A number of citizens report having felt an earth quake shock last Sunday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock, and still another shock was felt at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. For the information of all concerned, we will state that Col. James . Ixng, the successful will -vote and wor "r -,. in the interests ol Democrat. 'llt comes before the legislature. Bagvv. Us Sunday -dtenmon l .,-tnres at the .Academy ot Mun, ItinuesCbe attended hirg, erowds, and the aud.ence S mda wi the largest ot any that Mas I. viouslv assembled to hear Mr Bag-u-ell 'The house was complete! Hllcdwith peoph a.,d there .was a hire number of ladies among he UHl.n.e: At the- ofhee ofthe. S efof police in this city is exlnb ' ted a curious old weapon.in the i ape of a pistol, that was brought i this country from London, m the vear'lTO'i, lv Mr. John Franklin Bennett. The pistol is now ownpd bv Mr. Bennett's son, of this comity, ahd-it was sent here to be exhibited at the fair, but did not arrive in time. The pistol is something after the pat tern of the traditional horse pistol, but there is not a piece ot wood about it, even the handle, which is large and bulky, being oi steel. I ne bore oi the pistol is about a .No. N, and it carries a o:ui mat--i.m i , hole through a . four inch ' plank, j The pistol is in good working order,; and at present it is guaranteed to be not loaded. However it should be . handled carefully. ' JULIEN A. SMITH, i PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, j DCKHAM, X. C. i AI.I. CALLS I-KOMITI.Y ATTK5TDEI TO. : -i W. W. FULLER, " : Attorney and Counselor at Law! DCKHAM, N. C. .1 : 1 1 N V. OKA1IAM. THOMAS IU FFIN. GRAHAM & RDFFIN, ATrORNEYS AT LAW, HILLSBOIiO, N. C. j l'ractice in the counties of Alamance. Caswell. iMirhum, tiuildlord, U.K-kiiigliuin, I'erson and. Or;me. - j Administrator's Notice! "Ilavina- oiiiilified as Adniinistratorof W.il. I.in- j .1.: . I .. 1 1 1.....)., .w.tiCv- .ill liikrvilll, ill- 1 liK( Hill. HV.Til I'l, 1 ill-n.i'? il-.i..., .... dehted tosoid estate to make immediate payment, and all iktsous lio!diiiK claims against the estate are notified to-present them duly verified to me on or before Sept. S lssT. (,r this notice will be pleaded in Harif their recovery. 1111. I.e. l.lNTUU't'.M, Administrator. ?ept. 2.", 1sn1. : Valuable Land for Sale. I will sell a valuable tract of land, located six miles xiuih of Inirhain. known as A. li. Ounter's home place, containing about 17" acres, well adapted to &he jrrouth ot' Corn. Tobacco, Wheat. Vc l'or terms and ininiculars relating to the sale, apply to the undeisiu'Heii. ! J. W. CAI'LTOX, Apent. Executor's Notice. HaviiiK ualilied as the Ilxecutors of Eiliniiuil Tilley. deceased, wc hereby notify all )ersons holdim.' claims against his estate to present them for payment to us on or be;ore November s, 1ks7, or thi-notice will be j.lcadcd in bar of javment. and all persons owini; sjtid estate niustVettle at om e or le siyd. Al.I.K.N T1I.J.KV, j" 1-ecutors. November s, lsv,. DISSOLUTION! The copartnership heretofore exfstinj.' between I W. A. Lea. .1. H. Warren, and J. W. I'ope (as ro orietors of the Olobe Warehouse i having expired by limitation, the same is this day dissolved by j mutual cansent. All unsettled business of the ! late firm of Lea. W arren A: 1'ojk- w ill be settled by Mr. J. H. Warren, who alone is authorized to si;u in liquidation of the a Hairs of aid copurtnersbip ' W. A. LKA. .1. H. WA Kit EN, .1. W. l'OI'E. Durliam, X. October , lssi. i NOTICE! j Referring to the above notice of dissolution. I bes (cave to state that I will continue tlu- ware- ' house business at the - (ilobc" in its full scojk-and import, under the firm name of J. II. Warren iV Co.. and hope to merit tt liberal share of the pat ronage of the tobacco selliut: public, promising at all times and Umder all circumstances my very j bet eitnrts in behalf ot my latrons. " " j Vi-ff respci-tfullv, j .1. H. W ARK EX. ! Durham. N. V., OctoV-r S, lssii. SHELBUBN'S i NEWEST THING OUT! i And for life-like represeiitatiou, beauty,. breadth of effect, softness of detail, elegance of finish. tone and durability, they have JfeajrOSTO EQUAL!g And take precedence of all other styles of Photo graphs. They are made only at SHELBURN'S GALLERY, Opposite Yaiuxl.an & Tenny-s Iiru;; Store, IliTrham. LUMBER! LUMBER! I AM BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER BEFORE TO F.URNISH ALL KINDS OF I make lmuso bills a specialty. N. v ., and fney shall have prompt Fertilizer on DURHAM BULL Mannlactnred Expressly lor .COMPARATIVELY NO WATER NOR SAND ! "KBi3" izpzrvv-. si:iit: sss1-- - . DURHAM BULL Stood the test on Wheat the past crop and gave the 17 BEST RESULTS. ZrandTuT hog DRY GOODS! W.H.&R.S.TUGKER& I RALEIGH, N. C. Wc tnkC I'lertMire in isniioinH-ii... ,1,,, tensive iiin-Iiuses for Full Tni.lc ai, i,.',','" ' We have jni;ile -uiiusunl eil'urt; ;., i. ' leHirlinetit of our establishment .!. ',' hoiKJ to wL-lcome the Indies of liiirLain'r -ity to this display '. -i Tiie Largest in North Carolijai STRICTLY JS'KW, SKAn ."a;1j- DESIKAIU.E DRY ,o.,is. A Combination of Elegance ar- Economy. ATTRACTIVE SHOWINGS ! IN. VELVET, PLUSH and V( a I.Vai;k;u . W( K )L 15 LEX I )J N( . S, S r 1 1 ; i i j ; , , OUINl'S and EX( l.l i i; iek;ns. ! WEAR RESISTING BLACK DRHSS SILKS. j FIXE MOI KNIN', DRESS FABRICS, IXCI.CMNi, Pit I KSTI.K Y '.S C EL K 1 i i : A I U Si 1 . K-V -1 IlKXlfiETTAS iV:e. LADIES AND MISSES' BElt-IX.AXl) I.oNI- MAHE Wraps and Cloaks! 1'iUCls' AS I) UPHOLSTERY. Portiere Draperies, &.c, -SAMPLES Oli GOODS SENT ON AITKoVa: Prompt and intelligent attention ziw-j one. 'V. IL i R . S. TLCKERiin J. SOUTHGATE & SON, INSURANCE! Northwest Main and Maugum Sts. ' BUILDERS CONTRACTOBS. A thorough trainimr. followed by years of t s;.-, rie nee. equips us for buildingof every varii-t churaeler. PROMPTNESS, ' js " We make a leading characteristic, and tn-:i contract to do a job of work we guarantee tin- Workmanship to be First Class in Every Particular and its Comple tion on Schedule Time, WE DO NO SHODDY WORK. Give us a irial and we will la? sure tn nii-y you. ) CHRISTIAN A: IIOI -'I"s . j . Imrhain. N. ' Send me vour orders to CAM Ell attention. J. R. PAGE. The Market WHEAT is Wheat from the Best Materials. Take no oUf Set the W result, f and at all principal 1 I j
The Tobacco Plant [1872-1889] (Durham, N.C.)
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