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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1889.
Till: DURHAM LIGHT IX
FANTKY. As will be seen elsewhere in this
issue of The Plant, it has. become
necessary for the Durham Light In
fantry men to provide themselves
with the State regulation uniform,
and the citizens arc- asked to con
tribute the money necessary to pur
chase it. We do not wish to be un
derstood as saying the members of
the company arc begging the citizens
to uniform them, but wo, Tiik Plant,
ask" them to do so.
This military company is not
maintained by our young men just
for their own pleasure and amuse
ment. Taking an active part in a
well drilled and well disciplined
military company is no child's play ;
it is work, real work on many occa
sions. If we are to have a company
here it should be a good one ; any
other kind would be of no use. To
have it a good one it must receive
the countenance and support ofour
citizens. TVkeep up a good com
pany requires money. The mem
bers of this company are not able to
furnish themselves with the articles
required by the State; what can it be
then but the duty, and it should also
be the pleasure of our people to sup
ply them with the money necessary
to purchase these required articles.
It will not do for this company to
go down. It is needed right here in
Durham. The bare fact of having
always on hand a well organized and
thoroughly equipped military com
pany in a town like Durham does a
great deal toward preserving order
and keeping down disturbances. We
hope our citizens will see it in this
light and will respond liberally and
cheerfully to The Plant's call.
HARRISON AND BROTHERS.
Mr. Carter P. Harrison, of Tennes
see, has found out to his great de
light that there is .something in a
name. But for ' the', fact that he
bears the name of Carter B. Harri
son, and that it was bestowed upon
him by the father of the present
President of the United States, he
would not now be the Federal Mar
shal for the middle district, of Ten
nessee. It is curious how change of cir
cumstances alter men's views on cer
tain things. When President Har
rison was elected Senator from In
diana, this brother of his from Ten
nessee was a candidate for some of
fice (we forget what now) within the
gift of the President. He had not
political support at home, so went
to Washington poorly backed. He
tried to get his Senatorial brother to
espouse his cause and use his influ
ence with the President in his be
half, believing the Senator could get
the appointment for him if he tried.
Brother Ben declined to take part
in the scuffle in behalf of so near a
relative as brother. Such conduct
on the part of a Senator did not seem
proper to him. Those were Bcnj.
F. Harrison's sentiments as a Sena
tor. Now the same Benj. F., as Presi
dent, has very different views on the
subject; or, perhaps he thinks that
circumstances so alter cases that
what he considered improper for a
Senator to ask of the President, may
be done by that Senator when he be
comes President without the least
impropriety. Anyhow, President
Harrison had not been in the dis
charge 'of his duties as President,
among which the most important
are turning out Democrats and put
ting Republicans in office, before he
appoints his Republican brother to
an important and responsible posi
tion, that, too, when he came poorly
recommended from his own State.
This appointment has caused great
dissatifaction among the Republic
ans of Tennessee, wry few of whom
favored Harrison s appointment.
The President has another brother
in Missouri, but he is a strong Dem
ocrat, so, we suppose, he will not
get anything at the hands of hi3 Re
publican brother. It is a great pity
he is not a Republican. It would be
so nice for the Presidentito place his
whole family in office. j
ELECTION GUESSING.
If a man wants to establish a rep
utation for being a good; guesser as
to how elections are going or any
other future events will happen, he
should wait until they are over and
then I say he had figured it out just
so. It won't do for men to say be
fore hand that they have figured out
this or that election and it is bound
to be just so. If they do, they will
miss l just as often as they hit, and
their; reputations as good guessers
will soon be gone.
Now, had the Asheville Citizen
taken this course, its reputation fop
good guessing would not have re
ceived such a set-back as it did on
Monday. That paper on last Satur
day said: "We have occasionally
made some close guesses as to the.
result of an approaching election."
Then it goes on to tell of its accurate
guess as to the Presidential election
last fall. It says it does not take
much; interest in the ordinary, run of
predictions scattered over a news
paper, "but we arc ready to venture
an opinion as to the probable result
of any election after taking a careful
survey of the situation.;" Il then
predicts that the citizens' or mug
wump municipal ticket will be elected
in Asheville. I
Well, the election took place two
days after the Citizen had surveyed
the field and announced its conclu
sion as to what wTould happen, and
the regular Democratic ticket was
elected by a tremendous majority.
As the Citizen of yesterday has it:
"The election resulted in ia comolete
victory for the Democratic ticket'
Now the Citizen has lost all the rep
utation it gained last fall as a good
guesser on elections. It should have
been content with the laurels it won
on that occasion and ever afterward
held its peace until after the election
was over. This is the only founda
tion a great many men have for
their reputation for greater ability
than guessing correctly the results
of elections.
Our Soldiers.
Concord Stain lard.
North Carolina has done a great
good for her soldiers in pensioning
them. But this is not ; sufficient.
There are a great many who have no
homes. They can, with the aid of
the small pension, barely eke out an
existence, with no comforts or: kind
attention. They have no family or
no kindred upon whom! they have
sufficient claim for support. It is
for this class that a well endowed
home; is needed. Some one has al
readv offered the Wilmington Jles
Kcnger 500 acres of land well situ
ated, with 1,000 acres j if needed.
Now what is to become of these he
roes? Without complaining they
have struggled on, working as best
they could, contending against the
hardships of peace, and thereby ex
hibiting a patience and heroism no
less admirable than that displayed
in war. But now time has added his
ravages to those of war, and as with
bowed frame and hoary head, they
approach the evening of life, shall
they suffer from want and poverty,
and look forward to paupers' graves?
Cider as Rati as Whiskey,
j Charlotte Chronicle.
The Maryland State Temperance
Alliance, now in session in Baltimore,
Md., spent two hours yesterday in
discussing the cider question. In
these counties of the State in which
local option prevails "cider clubs''
have been started, and to these the
temperance people objecjt. A reso
lution was therefore ollered askings
the Legislature to enact such laws
as will bring cider within the cate
gory of strong drinks. The Balti
more delegates objected to this reso
lution, on the ground that cider in
its unfermented state was a palatable
drink and entirely harmless There
upon the Rev. C II. Fitzwilliams, of
Dorchester county, said that he had
once disguised himself and visited
the places where cider was dealt out
and found that its ertects were every
bit as intoxicating as whiskey. An
other delegate said that cider was
more deadly and has done more harm
than whiskey or brandy. The reso
lution was then adopted.;
A Healthy Growth.
Acker's Blood Elixir has gained n, firm
hold on the American people and is ac
knowledged to be superior to all other prep
arations. It is a positive cure for all Blood
and Skin Diseases, The medical fraternity
indorse and prescribe it. Guaranteed and
sold by It. Blackmll & Son. i
OUR EXCHANGES.
Goldsboro Argu : The material
for the construction of the Catholic
church is being placed on the beau
tiful corner lot that the edifice is to
occupy, recently purchased from J.
J. Street, adjoining his residence, on
William street
Asheville Citizen: Catawba is get
ting to be a sporting county. New
ton is to have races on theTth and
8th inst., ?nd it is said twenty-five
horses are now on the ground in
training. On May loth and Kith
Hickory is to follow suit with two
days' trotting and running.
Wilmington Mewnger: The seven-'
ty-third annual convention of the Di
ocese of Xorth Carolina will meet in
the Church of the Holy Innocents.
Henderson, X. C , on the 15th ol
May, 1 880. I icduced rates for clergy
and delegates have been applied for
on all the railroads in the State. .
Charlotte Chronicle : The commit
tee on soliciting subscriptions for the
Lutheran Seminary reported last
night that they had, so far, secured
subscriptions to the amount of
S8,50CU This lacks only $1,500 of
being the amount required to assure
the building of the Seminary in
Charlotte, and the committee feel
confident of succeeding in getting
the required amount.
New- Berne Journal: Mr. J. M.
Franks, an enterprising farmer near
Richlahds, Onslow county, has cleared
up and planted a patch of rice on the
Quaker '.Bridge road -in the White
Oak pocosin. He is testing the pro
ducing -qualities of this land, which
has long been in doubt. If it should
prove productive, and we predict it
will, the Fast Carolina Land and
Railway Co. has a big thing in its
charter and the building of its road
will be secured.
Franklin Presn The family of
Jennings, living in this county and
Jackson,can boast of what few fami
lies can. There are seven brothers
and sisters, all living, and the
youngest is (53 years old. W. K.
Yanderbilt's land purchases near
Asheville embrace 4,000 acres, for
which he paid S-30 to 8100 an acre.
Architects have prepared plans for
a grand mansion 300 feet long with
conservatories, ball rooms and every
imaginable luxury. ; ,'
Lenoir Topic: The fruit is safe so
far, in spite of the cold, blustry spell
of weather. -Jesse Moore, Esq., of
the Globe, has two acres of land upon
which he is said to have raised 150
bushels of corn. Some time ago
thieves broke into the smokehouse
of Rev Edmund Tilly and stole a
quantity of meat. He says that
their impudence fretted him worse
than their roguery, for they scrawled
on the door of the smokehouse, with
charcoal, this inscription : "We got
thar, Eli." j
Asheville Citizen : People coming
into the city from Waynesville yes
terday afternoon, reported that the
local option election held in that
town yesterday has resulted in a vic
tory for the "wets."- K. G. Rhine
hart, a pressman in the Evening
Journal oihce,had three of the fingers
of his left hand, so badly mashed
while feeding a press in. that office
yesterday afternoon that amputation
was rendered necessary. Dr. Bur
roughs performed the operation, and
Rhinehart is doing well.
ilmington Star : The congrega
tion of Fifth Street M. E. Church
has corbpleted arrangements looking
to the erection of a new and more
commodious house of worship.
Through the generosity of Mr. John
C. Davis, an earnest and-indefatigable
member of this congregation,
Fifth Street Church has been made
the owner of valuable real estate to
the amount of 6S,000, which will
bring an j annual income to the
church of about $1,400.- -Isaac
Morgana colored boy about fourteen
years old, was knocked overboard
and drowned yesterday morning,
from the j small schooner Argyle,
Capt. John Morgan, about a mile be
low the city.
His Girl Supreme.
When Mr. Chauncey Depew tried
to awe a free American citizen in the
crowd at New York Tuesday by tell
ing him that he was keeping an ex
President of the United States away
from his place in the procession, the
brawny patriot replied : "I don't
guv a doni if he's the President of
heaven ; he shan't squeeze my girl."
The so-calied ex President was Mr.
Hayes, of Ohio, who had been try
ing to force a passage through the
crowd.
Guard Against the Strike,
And always have a bottle of Acker's Eng
lish Remedy in the Lonse. Yon cannot
tell how soon Croup may strike yonr little
one, or a cold or cough may fasten itself
upon you. One dose is a preventive and
a lew doses a positive ere. All Throat and
Lung troubles yield to its treatment. A
sample bottle is given you free and the
Remedy, guaranteed by R. Blacknall A: Son.
Great Cry for 3Iore Women
has ,beea.going up from the far west for a
good, many years. But the cry is not for
pale, haggard, debilitated women. The push
ing western men are not anxious for beautv,
.but -they; need healthy wives. A great cry j
lor health is continually going up from thou
sands of women, young and old, all overthe
earth. Countless remedies have appeared
iri answer; A few have succeeded, and none
hold a higher place than Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription, a sure cure for all those pe
culiar: "weaknesses" and distressing ailments
peculiar to the sex.
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