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FRIDAY, FEB. 1,; 1880.
THE MEANS BILL.
State Senator Paul I). Means, of
Cabarrus county, has introduced-in
the Legislature a bill to amend the
State Constitution in three particu
lars. First, it provides that n. member
of the Legislature creating an '-office
shall be eligible to the office during
its lirst. term. The second makes
the Commissioner of Agriculture a
constitutional officer equal in dig
nity with the other.exccutivc officers
of. the State, and, provides for his
election by the people. The third
provides that the term of office of
the (iovcrnor 'and other executive
officers shall begin uu the third
Wednesday after the first Monday in
January.
To become a part of the Constitu
tion these measures must receive a
three-fifths vote of both branches of
the Legislature and then be ratified
by the people at the general election
in November, 1800.
We hope the bill will get the re
quired three-fifths vote in the Leg
islature. We have no doubt of its
ratification by the people if it is
submitted to them, for, they are all
good and sensible measures.
As the constitution now stands
the Legislature which passes upon
the gubernatorial election meets on
the Wednesday , after the first Mon
day in January and the term of of
fice of the Governor begins? on the
first day of January, or whenever he
may qualify thereafter, his prede
cessor holding over until he does
quality, so there is really no fixed
time for his term to begin. Cnder
the provisions of this amendment
the Legislature which counts the
vote will be in session two weeks be
fore the Governor's term begins, and
can count the vote and declare the
result before the commencement of
liis term. This, it can be seen at
once, is a great improvement on
the present system.
As to the second amendment, we
think the State'Agricultunil Depart
ment should be made one of greater
dignity than it is, and by all means
the voters of the State, a majority of
whom are farmers, should have the
right to say who should be at the
head of this department, and . he
should be made directly responsible
to the people. Agriculture is the
principle industry of our State and it
should be treated with the dignity
that its importance to our people
deserves.
As to the lirst proposed amend
ment we do not attach so much im
portance, and we haven't much idea
that it will get the required vote in
the Legislature. It wili be very well
though to have it, for it will to a
great extent do away with a great
deal ot log rolling in tne legisla
ture, over creating new officers ;; but
then we are not much in favor of
disfranchising- legislation. If we
have to swallow all three amend
ments or none we will chterfully
take them all together for the sake of
getting the last two.
APPEAL FROM AX EX-COX--
FEDERATE PEXSIOXER.
We clip the following from the
Asheville Citizen:
"The editor of the Citizen yesterday
received the following letter :
Fayetteyille, N. C, Jan.. 18SH.
General Johnstone Jones:
My Dear Sir: You way be
somewhat suprised to receive a letter
. W Ml 1
irom me, but l nope you. win reaa
it carefully and see if your kind
heart will sympathize with an old
Confederate soldier who is in a suf
fering condition.
I would say to 3Tou,General, that I
entered the Confederate States army
at the age of 1G years and went direct
to the seat of war in Virginia, and
there I was in eighteen hard fought
battles and some twenty-five or
thirty severe skirmishes. i
'With-' this, and the long forced
marches and being wounded twice
badly, and then being confined in thcl
damp prison cells5 of the North, was
more than my young system could
stand ; consequently I came home a
ruined man. ; ' ' . ,
I received a wound from the con
cussion of a shell at Gettysburg that
injured my spine so badly, I will
never recover, j ;
Some five years ago I had to take
my bed and there I have been ever
since, and to-day finds me one of the
most miserable beings living. I am
perfectly helpless, terribly emaciated,
nothing but kin and bones, and now
the worst comes: the neuralgia has
attacked mv eves, and l am last
going blind. .
So you see 1 am placed in one of
the most awful conditions imagina
ble. I have been down so long that I;
have exhausted all of my means and
to-day finds me a pauper, a county
charge, and the amount they give
me ( three dollars per months) is so:
small it places me in a suffering con
dition, and I eome to you, General,
for help. Will you please help me
a little, and ask your friends to help
me ? . ! - !
General, I appeal to your sympathy-.
Don't let nie lay here and
sutler in this condition ; please help
me, 1 am actual fullering, tor tood,
and raiment i to cover my poor
wounded body, and I hope and trust
you. will do all you can for in e. If
you could see) me j you- would not
hesitate a moment to do all 'oi
could for me. j.
Vou tnay think strange of me for
writing to you. I will explain. I
live nine miles north of Fayetteville
in a thin settled, poor community;;
the people are too poor to help me,
hence 1 have to beg abroad and
among those who lias some feeling
for a poor old Confederate, and who
are able and willing to help worthy
objects of; charity. ;
General, show this letter to your
friends, if you choose, or make any
disposition you may see proper of
it, to help get me up a small contri
bution. ' - ; j
Hoping to hear from you at an
early day, I am. your obedient ser
vant, D. II. West,;
Late private in Company C, :id X. C.
State Troops, ' j
P. S. General, as we are not per
sonally acquainted!. 1 will refer you
to Maj. W. F. Campbell, of Fayette
ville, Dr. W. C. McDuffie, Dr. J. W.
McNeill, SheritF II. C. Fisher, Or
any worthy citizen of Cumberland
county as to my case, truth, respon
sibility, &c, I). II. W.
The Plant, ever- fueling great
interest in ex-Confederate soldiers,
and especially sympathizing with
those who were disabled while iper-
forminz their dutv in defence of
their State, wishes to take paH in
relieving the wants of this poor,
helpless nian. It will gladly receive
and forward to him anv contribu
tions the good hearted people of
Durham., 'my see fit to deposit with
us. We. ;hope to be able to mention
in a few :clays, that this appeal has
been liberally res ponded to. T
A LYING RASCAL.
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'"He kbows it is not true of the
cotton States. He knows it is not
true of parts of his own State. He
knows that two y ears ago the Second
Congressional District of his; State,
with a Republican majority on a
fair vote of over 5,000, was j carried
by the Democrats because the col
ored Republicans were driven from
the polls, and he knows that this
year the Republican candidate was
barely able to secure a majority of a
few hundred where he should ;have
had thousands. Any Southern man
who says the Republican blacks ofthe
cotton South have as fair antl full an
opportunity to vote as the white
Democrats of the North lies deliber
ately, and lies for the love of lying."
The above is an extract from the
the Chicago Tribune, which? we clip
from yesterday's Wilmington Sfar.
The person denounced is the editor
of the; latter, and the cause of this
tirade is the endorsing by the Slar of
the statement Of Rev. Dr.-. Mayo, that'
the elections at the South are just as
fair and free as at the North.
The Tribune is a leading paper
and jias a large circulation, and in
this denunciation of the South it rep
resents the sentiments of a great many
of its readers. This is a fair speci
men of the feeling a great many
Yankees have toward rtis. Can any
one there be surprised that the South
is solidly Democratic ? It would be
suicidal in us to consent to be ruled
over by a party, many of whose
leaders agree in sentiment with this
vile slanderous paper. It is all bosh
to talk about the nation being united
in friendship as long as such articles
as the above continue to appear in
leading Northern . papers. We do
not see why the better element ofthe
Republican party North allows men
to stay in their party who continu
ally strive to stir up bad blood be
tween the two sections.
We believe a large portion of the
Republicaha North wish to see the
old animosities forgotten, and
would be glad to see the two sec
tions on terms of perfect friendship,
but before they can see this they
must part company with such men
as the writer of the above article
anjd must, in an unmistakable man-
f. . . j ! . . ...
ner,repudiate such sentiments. They
carinot exoectus to continue to offer
friendship
and make advances to
them when we are met by such abu
sive responses.
This thing of bjeihg continually
abused by certain leading Republi
cans is getting worrying, and we
think the South has put up with it
long enough. It is time for us to
change our friendly tone and begin
to "cuss, back" at them. We have
tried long enough ; the humiliating
plan of keeping our tempers under
all - kinds of abuse and returning
cOnciliatorvi answers to the most aim
sive denunciations and false charges.
It is time for us to "speak out in
meeting" and defend ourselves with
vigor.
OUR EXCHANGES.
Greensbpro Workman : Mrs. Eliza
Brown, who was assaulted and seriously-wounded
on Saturday night,
is getting along as- well as could be
expected, j - - ;
! Alamance Ci leaner: The lumber, tor
the road between the courthouse and
railroad in Graham is arriving and
the work Will soon commence. Tush
this matter riirht ahead, gentlemen.
Lexington Di.pa Ich: The cold snap
that owners' of ice houses have been
anxiously) awaiting put in appear
ance Sunday night. The weather
was not very cold, but there is a fair
prospect for; harvesting a crop of ice.
Asheville CUizen: A piece of falling
timber from; the third story window
of a store bn Patton avenue yester
day afternoon, struck Mayor Harkins
on the nose, severely wounding that
organ, and also tearing his hat into
shreds I
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Wilmington Slar: There are fifty
three contestants for the prize to be
awarded to the prettiest baby at the
Glass-blowers exhibition at Germa
nia Hall, j and the interest grows
daily and nightly Chiel'-of-Police
Hall receiyed a telegram last night
from Norfolk, notifying him that an
otlicer wou;ld arrive here this morn
ing with arequsition for Karnes, the
alleged forger. !
Pittsboro Home: A very j distres
sing accident happened at Mr. Win
ship Goodwin's on last Monday, that
resulted in the death of his little
daughteiabout three years old. Air.
Goodwin's little son cut down a tree:
It fell in ah : opposite direction Irom
what t hey expected, struck their
little sister,! broke lour of her ribs
and fractured her skull. She died
in a few moments.
Randolph Courier : Among jthe
Dutch structures of ancient date,
stands a characteristic dwelling of
the eighteenth century. On remov
ing the brick of which the chimney
was constructed a very odd depart
ment was found six feet from the
base. Into this cavity a brick both
on the inside and outside was left
movable so as to allow the hand to
enter from either side. This place
was found : empty ; it was the old
receptacle pf precious treasures.
A Discussion.
A man, while riding along a road
in Kansas, haring a terrirtc noise
in a houge j near the road-side,
stopped anjl thus addressed an old
fellow whoj stood leaning against a
tree : -'.'' . ' ,
uAVhat means all that racket up
vonder ':
4H)h, it's
affair."'
only a sort ' of family
"A familV affair,
the traveler ex-
claimed, j X
T Yes, my sons, Bill, Dick, ob and
Ned, are wtndm' up the discussion
they had this morninV They fall
into them sort o? things once in a
while. v '! ,' -''Don't
they hurt each other ?v
"Wall, yes, sometimes. Bill had
his arm broken some time ago an'
Ned had one o' his ears chawed off
last fall. Yes. it is sorter danger-
OUS. .- j
"Yhy do you let them fight?"' ;
VWhy did Jonah let the gourd
vine wither ?" ?
"Couldn't help himself."
"Wall, then I kaint help myself.
When they poin to tight, me air my
wife jest walk away an' wait till they
get through.'
MWhere is your wife V
"Standnr under a tree over on the
other side of the road."
f'Why don't you stay together ?v
1' 'Cause j if we did we'd be in a
right in about ten minutes. Thar,
the light's over. Won't you go up
an' take dinner with us?"'
, 'Xo, thank you."
4 'Better come. You'll find the
boys nice an' polite."
The repoirt of a gun was heard.
"Thar ! exclaimed the old man,
1 'things have tuck a lively turm
Don't b'lieve I'm quite fur enougli
from the house. I must move fur
ther. So long.'?
ow To
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OUR ESTABLISHMENT j AND FOR
EVERY DOLLAR DEPOSITED
WE WILL GIVE YOU IN
GOOD HONEST
GOODS
One Dollar and Fifty Cents !
WHILE WE HAVE SOLD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' WORTH
OF GOODS OUR STOCK IS STILL UNBROKEN IN
ASSORTMENT!
Tlii'v list lie Sold
BLANKETS, FLANNELS, QUILTS, LADIES', GENTS' AND
CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR, CORSETS, WHITE
! SHIRTS, TABLE LINEN, TOWELS, IM
MENSE STOCK OF
Dress Goods, Custom Goods, Etc., Etc.
Rememter Price is No
MUSE &c SHAW,
W. S. HALLIBURTON, Trustee,
"MZain Street, - - - -
ELLIS' GREAT
BARGAINS UNHEARD OF
ARE BEING OFFERED EVERY DAY IN EVERY DEPART-
i MENT.
OUR DRESS
Embraces beautiful styles and colors,
as Plushes and Velvets,
Our Stock of Black
YOUK ATTENTION IS SPECIALLY CALLED TO OUR
Ingrain and Brussels Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths,-etc.
REMEMBER THAT EVERY DOLLAR'S WORTH OF m
ELEGANT STOCK MUST BE CLOSED UNDER AN
AO&iixJNiUiii o A.L xl,.
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. j . being offered at a perfect sacrifice. '
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