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VOL, II NO, 42. SUMMARY. r ( nke ili-cussed the Texas election ,,,,,,, bill in the Senate Saturday. A3 lt. fr, ,nf "Sitmoa represent that the Ger-,,-r liii'it-r luartial law, are in complete in:ri,l inj.l , that their. aggression are Americans as well as nations. ,.j,..rt- front I'unarna indicate that work on c-tiial will he entirely suspended about r liii'Kli' of March. The; Democratic ,,f the House of Representatives will irt to-i.iiIit to determine what course they j,ur-.ne oil the tarni question. Mr. V . Spark-, ol ronston, S.C, wants to v.v where Ins wile is.- 1 rees are now in Miicia - uy eieeirieuy. ine (vtu-vilie ()sri-n- has just completed it tfvi'.!irtli liirthflay. The iresult of the lY-t Virginia Senatorial contest now rests ,n the vo'eof one man who is a Democrat rit i; bitter against the Democratic' candi- It-urge Hughes was murdered in i mi "ia he-t week hy his nephew, a promi- i,-.,t .Republican politician. . KDiTOKIAL BRIEFS. Ki.kvkn women in New York are alin a bicycle race. The leader :h inatle a score of '.300 miles. Winston Sehliael says Judge Wal r Clark woke up several tardy wit- aessi's at Union court last week, by irni: them $40. A kivk-veau-oli) hoy, a pile of ry fodder and a match, destroy a am and a quantity of corn, peas. i .. in Craven county. - ' Mkvkr and McAuliffe fought at Jorth Judson, Indiana, for $5,000 ake, and the lightweight champion iijt, and had a draw. They fought 1 rounds, occupying 4 hours and 27 $j mutes: Is not it rather "previous" to be ilkiiig about who shall be railroad mimissjoncrs before the offices are ivatrd? Wc have all lieard of the y who hallooed before he got out .tht' woods. Thk Legislature has been in ses on thirty-eight out of its sixty- iiys. Alter March Dth if any stay l legislate for the good of their funtry, they will have to do so at " ir own .expense. 'I'm: President of the Board of '"iltli of Jacksonville,, ria., says lifiiill v": "There is no fever of any "I in the State of Florida." Every f'V' olse the office-seeking fever is 'ideiHU'. Chicago News. nii: penitentiary board to be al- Jwed to run that institution in debt 't'wut rhyme- or reason, and the "l'le called upon to make up what , r 'lotieiency thev make, without 1MW'ing the why and the wherefores? hiK Philadelphia Record says: ht l- ' , . ' "cj.uoiican jerrymander ot tne Trict now represented by Mr. lrs?ney, of Michigan, has made a strict -T) miles long and seven wide at its broadest point. fney kicks at this." r ls Said that twpnt.v-saiv Stnips P'railroad commissiohers. Most "ifin -are based upon the Massa UVtt s iaw,which is verv different VU the PYtroi . c tu. r!S '1:lVt', and from 'tbv nrP snnip FPle want in our .'State. 1 "C hinese are asking England uits influence with this country lve them i permission to immi :;itelierp 'u4- -ii"!-" t t r m uiu wui iur. narnsou e belie VP ha Vine Koon nn th; sides of the fPrfP TTp will rv straddle it most nrobablv. 1 llAT-is mother very wicked fling that lil ill IIP rmill Viotro l-kon . VVU1U 1JU 1 V fainLv elected. Jt must make leel likea onnstant nnhft in WaOm tooth to Vnnw ihnt bia ns cost him $50,000 a year with perquisites and ambition oming for another term. b.EXERAL Sherman met the maker of his shirts at a party, and started to introduce him, but he did not know his name. "I made lyour shirtjs, General." "AH right,"; says old! man Tecumseh, "now we are all right. hadies, this is my friend, Major Shurtz." A'Vuio Tim-. 1 "The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company was accused of enticing the negroes to emigrate from Goldsboro, so as to get their faresl ' In conequence of this, that companyj has: withdrawn the! spe cial rates and the negroes who Want to travel through that road, no -matter in how large a party, have to pay regular passenger fare." -' -r - Some of the tate papers are mak ing the statement that Senator Ran-; som has been in the Senate eighteen years. AVe think this a mistake. His first election was to till an un expired term to which Senator Vance was elected, but not allowed' to take his seat. Senator! Ransom! has served but two full terms since! that one. We believe that any Northern man who would give the South over to the control of j the negroes is an ig noble, mean fellow and is the enemy of his country and its highest civili zation. There is no iise in mincing words. We believe in our soul that no good, true, (honorable white man can desire in his heart to remand the South to the blighting curse of negro rule. If the white men arc resolved that this shall never be, it will never be. A man who is the enemy of his race is a base recreant to blood and lineage and all! that makes grand the nineteenth centjury civilization.- Wil mington Star. ' ' j " ! TOWN TALK. f Look out for a cold wave. ; A regular gully-washer this morning. ! I ! Do about and start some j facto ries. We need 'em. The first thunder of the'season yesterday, the second to-day. I Meeting of the Prohibition Vigi lance Committee, at 8 o'cloqk, to night. ! ''!:' ;." County Sunday School Conven tion, at the Presbyterian Church, on Friday. J See advertisement of W. J. Wy att & Co. about the C. O. P. !Cotton Seed Oil. ! The I). L. I. will meet for drill to-night; Every member is requested to be present. The New Berne Fair will open to-morrow and continue until Fri day evening. Are you going? They say those invitations are not yet out but that the balance of the statement is true. We were mis informed. Reg pardon. j --An interesting gospel meeting at tlie Y. M. C. A. rooms yesterday afternoon. The subject under con sideration was "The Christian's Light" I .) Dr. Charles Rosenbloom, optician- is at Dr. Lowe's prepared to furnish Electric Glasses to all who need them. See advertisement in The Plant. We learn that Mrs. Washington Davis, mother of our township con stable, Mr. J. T. Davis, died at her home, about two miles from Dur ham, this. morning. It is said that a prosecution for theft to-day was about to disclose evidence against the prosecutor for violating the local option law and the case was withdrawn. It is expected that good breaks of tobacco will follow this "season." Durham is a mighty good place to sell tobacco, and more might be sold here if greater efforts were made to get it. Not an advertisement of a warehouse to be found in the daily or weekly issue of The Plant. Stir yourselves, gentlemen, and let the farmers know about the demand for tobacco on the Durham market. DURHAM, N. C, MONDAY, Another Batch of Exod listers. Two more car loads of colored people Will leave to-night for Miss issippi. Mr. Chas. R. Walker, trav eling passenger agent of the West ern A: Atlantic Railroad, is here su perintending the arrangements for theit departure. It is said that Mr. J. A. Long, formerly of the Durham police force, will go along to oversee the work of ; the hands when they arrive at their destination. Resolutions of Endorsement. At a meeting of the Durham To bacco Association the following reso lution was unanimously adopted : Mexolved, That in accepting the resignation ; of Mr. It. K. Smith, its Vice-President, who for reasons sat isfactory to himself, seeks another field, the Durham Tobacco Associa tion desires! to place on record its high appreciation of the character of Mr. Smith as a gentleman in the strictest sense of the term, and one Vho has duifingltlie several years! of Iris residence in Durham, fairly earned and is fully entitled to the confidence which he hafe won from the! members of the tobacco trade. The Boot ou the Wrong- Foot. "The prohibitionists are running dangerously! near a snag. They are about to get through the Legislature a bill authorizing the search of any premises withinf a prohibition dis trict, where the presence of liquor is suspected. Whenever trip enforce ment of prohibition comesto the in vasion and search of the homes of our people, there will go up a howl that will drown the voice of prohi bition. They have submitted to the outrageous methods and villainous practices under; the internal reve nue system, because it was the Fed eral authority, and was one of the results and attendant circumstances of the war. Rut the people of North Carolina will never submit to the espionage of a set of hirelings, in formers, thieves,! runners and liars -turned loose upon them by the State authority. Wilmington JJessenger. What in the world is, the Jlcssen ge.r talking about ? It looks as if it is flying off at a tangent. Tell us, pray, who said anything about in vading and searching "the homes of our! people ?" Certainly people would object to this, if we take the common acceptation of the term "home." Surely the Messenger does not mean to call a liquor saloon a home. It is true that some men spend a good part of their time there and apparently are more attached to it than they are .to their homes, but don't don't: let's slander the sweet name of home j by applying that term to the dens of iniquity where liquid damnation is exchanged for money. No, lio ! This won't do. The object of the bill, as we under stand it and as we advocated it, is to empower officers of the law (not "hirelings, informers, thieves, run ners and iiarS,'')i to search places where it r is suspected liquor v.; mid contrary to law ! And if this bill becomes a law you are going to see the fur fly among the lawless and it does seem that an enactment to pre vent outrageous 1 violations of law she uld receive the-sanction of the law abiding! everywhere, or to say the least that it should not receive the violent opposition indicated in the paragraph from the Messenger. Rut how some of these papers doget their backs jup when you agitate prohibition of the whisky traffic ! Talk about the Prohibitionists striking a shag ! The boot is on the othjer leg, for if the right of search is given it will prove the biggest trip-up of a snag that the lawless liquor sel ler have struck yet. It will tumble them to the ground and will make the!way of the transgressor still hard en Another thing : We have a kind of suspicion that if the bill referred to is likely to prove a snag to prohi bitionists, our contemporary would be among the last to sound a warn ing It don't like prohibition. Not a bit! And we opine that it don't care a sijap how many snags the pro hibitionists strike. Ain't this so. brother ? .. A Narrow Kseape. CtjL W. K. Xelson, of Brooklyn, came lionile one evening, feeling a peculiar tight -nessjin the chest. Before retiring he tried to draw a long breath but found it almost impossible. He suffered four days from pneumonia, and the doctors gave him up. Dr. Acker's English Remedy for Consump tion (saved him and he is well to-dny. It Blacknall &. Son. - FEBRUARY 18, 1889. Plant Photographs. Capt. Leo I). Ileartt spent Sundav in Kah'igh. 1 Mr. W. J. Roylan went! down to Raleigh to aay. Mr. C. IL.Lewellin, of Oxford, was in town this morning. Mrs. .J. C. Younger is seriously ill, we. are sorry to hear. i Capt. John S. Lockhart is back from a trip to Richmond. Rishop Theo. B. Lyman was on the east-bound train to-day. Mr. Herbert Holt, of Salisbury, spent yesterday in Durham. ! "Mr. J. T. Pin nix has returned from a business trio to Richmond. Miss-Nannie Walker left to-day on a visit to New Rerne! relatives and friends anil the New Rerne Fair. Miss Minnie Bledsoe, of Raleigh, who has been visiting Misses Pearl and halhe l ates, returned home to day. : Mr. T. J. Crews spent Sunday with his familv and returned this morning to Oxford, where he is buy ing tobacco on order. Mrs. W. A. Albright was called to Mebane Saturday by the sickness of the wife and one of the children of her son, Mr. W. S. Albright. Mr. R. K. Smith has gone to Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Smith! is a very clever gentleman! and his many Durham friends part with him reluctantly. He has our best wishes for success in his new home. Mr. T. Edgar Cheek left to-day for Fayetteville, where he will be married Wednesday morning to Miss Mamie Garrason. Mr. Cheek was accompanied by Messrs. Clar ence Cheek; Robert Rigsbee and L. G. Cole. The groom will return to Durham with his bride on Wednes day evening. i University Centennial, One hundred'years ago the charter of the University was granted by the General Assembly of North Carolina. The long, useful and honorable career of the University makes it a loyal duty and a proud privilege for her sons to celebrate the Centennial An niversary of her birth. For this cele bration the Trustees and Faculty of the institution have set apart Wed nesday of commencement week, June 5th, 1880. i The programme for the day will include a reunion of all the living alumni and matriculates in Memo rial Hall, at 10 a. m. The members of each class will sit together. An address of permanent historical value will be delivered by an eminent alumnus, at the conclusion of which the roll of alumni will be called by classes and a few moments! may he occupied by speakers representing each class present. Where it is de sired for special .reasons a longer time will be allotted. The! class of 1879, for example, the first to enter the University on its revival in 1S75, has requested and been granted spe cial time to celebrate the decennial of its graduation. I It is proposed also that the mem bers of each class dine together on this day and that the class-dinners be occasions of friendly reunion and reminiscence. At night another ad dress by an eminent alumnus will be delivered, and the special class exercises will be continued, unless completed in the morning. On Thursday night, after the Commencement exercises, there will be a social reunion of all the alumni in the Library, and a reunion of the young people in the Gymnasium in costumes of the last century. A catalogue of all the students of the University since the beginning and a complete history of the I Uni sity will be published for the cele bration. It is important to know, as soon as possible, who will attend the reunion, which classes desire special time on the programme and which will provide for class dinners. In arranging for class dinners the undersigned committee, will gladly assist the special class committees, if their help be desired. The social reunion of all the alumni in the li brary will be arranged by the local committee. Special time on the pro gramme may be secured by corre spondence between the class commit tees and the Undersigned. John Manning, F. P. Tenable, ' Geo. T. Wisstox, Committee of the Faculty. 3Inns Inhumanity to' 3Ian. A colored man died in a neglected condition in a vacant shanty on Par- nsh street, Saturday night, and from what we can gather it appears that no one was. present at-the time of his death. It seems that the man, who gave his name as Fitzgerald, was hurt on the 'railroad two or three weeks ago and came to Durham and put up at a colored boarding house on Mangum street; where ' he re ceived but little attention and his condition grew worse, r He was taken from the boarding house and put in the shanty mentioned, upon a bed of straw, where he was found dead by a colored , boy Saturday night. The death was reported to the police and the body was buried at the ex pense of the county on yesterday, j; This circumstance is a sad com mentary upon the charity ! of our colored people. It shows a horrible lack of sympathy for the suffering ot their own race. They should feel heartily ashamed of it. The police inform us that it was with great dif gculty the services of a sufficient number of the unfortunate man's race were secured to make the neces sary preparations for his burial. !; If the facts are as they have been reported to us, the heartlessne.ss ol the proprietor of the boarding house is appalling. If' the colored people would not help the distressed man, then this proprietor should! have re ported the matter to the authorities and not have permitted the man to die from neglect: . For Railroad Commissioner. Editors Plant : In your issue of the lGth inst., the following arrested my attention, towit : i "Hasn't Durham a candidate for railroad commissioner? They are trotting 'em out all around and we had just as well have one or two. Of course they must be 'eminently fitted for the position.' Some politician that can't exist without public pap will do if we have such an one' 1 believe the people ' of our State want and hope the present Legisla ture will give them a railroad com mission, but, Mr. Editor, the "dear peojile" of whom 1 am one, object most seriously to the cohlmission being composed of such material as descrihed in the last paragraph of the above. What does a professional politician know, save draw his salary and talk politics ? If the commis sion is created and composed of such material, the law will soon become a dead letter or "lead a sickly exis tence." We want business men to compose the commission, men of ability and business experience, and lam pleased to be able to answer your question in the afhrmative. Yes, Durham has such a man, though not a candidate, is in every respect "eminently qualified" for the position and would wear the honors worthily if the Legislature should see fit to place him on the commis sion and he should accept the posi tion. Do you ask who he is? Need I answer Julian S. Carr, the Christian gentleman and successful business man ; so successful that he stands to dayat the head (as President) of the largest business of its kind in the world. I believe one of the strongest points in Mr. Carr's character, that "eminently qualifies him for the position, is prudence. Never would he act until every one had been heard and every circumstance fully weighed, but when h&onee reached a right andjust decision he would see it carried out if a thousand - ob stacles opposed. His integrity with his spirit of justice would be most inflexible; evenly poised would he hold the scales, knowing corporations and in dividuals both have rights, and no "motives of interest or of friend&hiD would be able to. bias his decision. He would perform the duties of the ofhee without "fear, favor or affec tion' Rex. In asking the question referred to by "Rex," we had in mind the idea that appears so prevalent : lhat the Railroad Commissioner would provide a soft snap for disappointed or worn out politicians. Of course if the Commissionefs are to be selected with reference to capability and business experience it would bedifi- cult to find m the entire fctatea gen tleman as well qualified for a place on the Commission as our esteemed $5.00 PER ANNUM. townsman, Mr. Julian S. Carr. In deed, it such men j as are indicated by "Rex" are to be chosen it would not be a burdensome task to supply a sufficient number from Durham to compose the Commission. Of the worn out sort, that can't live with out drawing upon1 the public ! treas ury, we have very few, if any. If the Commission is to be established, the best interests of the people should be consulted and the ap-. pointments confined to level-headed, practical men, who will perform their duties conscientiously and fearlessly. It is no place for the time-serving politician. . : Terrible Forewarnings. Cough in the morniiitf. hurried or difticxilt breathing; raising phlegm, tightness in the t-nest, quickened pulse, chilliness in the evening or sweats at fnicht. all or .an v of these things are the firststages of consump tion. Dr, Acker's Englsh Remedy forOm. sumption will cure these tearful symptoms, and is sold under a 'tsituv, guarantee by It. Blacknall !fc Son. BUSINESS NOTICES. Liiinbe Gorman Have just received a full line of snrinir and summer samples for suits, to measure. Also a nice line of stiff and felt hats, r' Tritnnpliant Songs Just received. Sold at publishers' prices : 3o cents each ; $:U'U per dozen. At the Durham bookstore of i J. H. Whitakku, Jr., t't Co. For Stationery Of all kinds, go to headimarters the, Dur ham bookstore of J. Ii. AVhitaker, Jr., & Co. S;liool Books - i For Public Schools,; for Graded Schools, for Private Schools, at the Durham bookstore of ! J. li. Whitaker, Jr., & Co. Rubber Stamps. ' Orders taken for ' Rubber Stamjts, "of all kinds, Seat Presses, Ribbon and Seal Stanis, etc, at thej Durham bVipkstore of j j J, B. Whitakkk, Jr.. & Co- Blank Books. Various sizes and qualities, at the Durham bookstore of J. B. Whitaker, Jfci & Co. CO. P. Cotton Seed Lard Has I all the conveniences of Hop; Lard and a number of advantages over it. It heats more readily, is less liable to burn, has very little of the disagreeable odor which is so notice able in frying fat and leaves no taste of the Lard whatever in the articles fried in ii. Bi-cuits made from it are much lighter than when Hog Lard is used; j pie-crust more delicate, and, while short and crisp, is not so greasy as that made from Hog Lard. 'Oys ters, Croquettes, Fish Balls, etc., fried in it reach the perfection to which cooks aspire in preparing these articles brown, dry, and free from grease. C. O. P. Gotten Seed Lard can be used in fine cakes instead of butter i i - where Hog Lard would injure their flavor. In fact for poses C. ,0. P. Cotto all frying pur- i Seed Lard is is more healthful than Hog Lard be ing much less greasy and consequent ly more digestible,; lit is, in short, absolutely pure, wholesome, and eco nomical j.Try it, and you will like it. For sale by W J. VYATT & CO. COAL! I COAL! We Lave purcliaHed thfcUx k of Mr. J. W. Bta-k-well and rented bU yard kad are prepared to furoinb any kind of COAL promptly and at lowest rtea by the ton or car load. Shingles, Laths and Lumber AT LOWEST PRICES. A Nice Lot of Dry pine Wood for aaie ai upst i SIDNEY SCOTT. Manager. Durham, X. C. febl2-lm ! JONES POWELL, Kaleigh. S.C. Valuable ! Town Property For Sale! bn Saturday, February 2i. 1889. t 11 30 a. m., I will offer for aale to the highest bidder. Um follow ing real estate in the town of j Durham, on Fottrr street: : J , - P HIX LOTH, 50x100 feet. Three of these lots" hare dwellings on them thai rent lor 12.50 ch, per week. TJGRSISOPBALEt One-third cash, balance In six and nine months with interest from dale at 6 per cent. Hold under . the provisions, of s deed of trust made to me by George S. BlackweU. ! I J. 8. MiKnXO, Trustee. k ThU Feb. 1, '85-td J
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