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VOL, II--NO, 130. SUMMARY. 1 h, .I.mik"- river nt Lynchburg was higher - tiipl iv ti:ni l ,,aH jeen sin,( 1870. i:,j,,it- f tlit desolation come from all ;t. (,n all streams from eastern Virginia ,,, Vt Pennsylvania. The accounts are i, rril.lv tli-tressing. The citizens of Pitts- j..ir..r. I'n., Saturday afternoon contributed iitiv-tive thousand dollars for the sufferers by t!ool The press dispatches can tell n, jr hut accounts of the fearful Hoods. . Mi Ilertha A. May, who took lauda- nuuuitt Panville on last Friday, died that rs i - lit-. 1'1 H.Oliver, a member of the Danville bar, died Satnrdy. The high wa t.-r has injured the pumps of the city water . vir.iks at Lynchburg, and there is danger of tin- water supply being cut off.-; Signal Ser- vi.roliii er at Harper's Ferry telegraphs the river there Iiiglor than in 1807. EDITORIAL BRIEFS. JiiM.K Hvm m will have a few more liquor cases to tackle this week. Thi: accounts of the recent flood at the North, contained in our extra thin morning and in this issue, are most appalling - Sknator Pjatt is going to Alaska the latter part of this month. 1 The President must be glad to hear this. It will give him a rest. Tiik author of Robt. Elsmere is opposed to woman suffrage. She liad better write novels against that instead of against religion. Wk hope this week will be devoted to a calm and sensible campaign. We do not want any back-biting or bad blood stirring in town. A North Carolina editor wants a Penny savings bank established for his fraternity. The newspaper bus iness must be on a paying basis in his section. North Carolina, Virginia and 'Tennessee produce three million two hundred thousand bushels of pea nuts annually, and still there is a cry for more peanuts. Thk. charge for taking a person up on the Eiffel tower in Paris is one dollar, but the Wilmington Star thinks the price, as well as the tower, will fall some day. ut iron Strayhorn informs us that he hopes, on account of the ' smallneifs of. his docket, to get through to-morrow evening. Is crime on the decrease in Durham ? . Aftkr all the abuse that the Rads heaped upon Secretary Bayard "for the course pursued by" him in the amoan question, their leaders have n tit to adopt the very measures Vitiated bv him. Iherk are said to be two hundied Witnesses to the open buying of at the last election in Rhode Islaad. This is the home of the Kad, where he thinks there is no ne?d for political reform. The way of the trangressor is hard. Widow with two small children in Kansas has been sentenced to three juntos imprisonment and to pay a of three hundred dollars for filing three glasses of beer. Carolina is a favored spot. e read of cyclones to the east and uth of USj and destructive wind SH0rms and floods to the north and tst. but our old State is exempt al ays froia these fearful disasters. HK Plant gave its readers an 2 coming in order that they lm have at as early a moment 'flool an account of the fearful UvJUS at the XnrtU TUIa ia.nnrrv. - ?.out the object of The Plant W 6've lls readers ioe veiy st news as well as to work for the ,M'8t intPKi. , . Secretary Blalyk seems to have his eyes on Hayti. He probably wants a few more negro States added to the Union. The Republicans, ever since the davs of ( rant's ad ministration, have had a hankering after West Indian possessions. The Wilmington Jlessenyr does not like the county of Stanly having the name of; Albemarle for its county seat, and advises them to change it. It does not suit the Messenger's idea of the "eternal fitness of things" for a town so far in the interior to bear that name. !' The triple alliance between Aus tria, Germany and Italy is at an end. Now is Mr. Blaine's chance to put into execution his vigorous for eign policy. ! He should form an al liance with one and whip out the other two. Of course it will make no difference how he devides them up into friends and foes. TOWN TALK. Court week. Election next Monday. Read Rev. Mr. Darnall's sermon in this issue of The Plant. . Methodist Female Seminary Concert to-morrow night, at Stokes Hall. The public is invited. . We have received no Northern papers of later date than last Friday, on account of the awful floods. Boys, it won't cost you so much to get married now. The county tax on license has been abolished. Elder Isaac Jones will preach at the Primitive Baptist church to night, at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. The moonshine railroad force worked by electric light Saturday night. The moon was too young at that time, we presume. Trinity Sunday School on yes terday donated one hundred dol lars to its protege, Rev. Charles Jones Soon, missionary to China. The Oak Ridge baseball nine passed down the road to-day to Ral eigh, where they will tackle the club of that city to-day and to-morrow. A regular meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the i. M. C. A. will meet in their rooms, to-morrow after noon, at 5 o'clock. A full atten- . 7 dance is desired. - The beautiful shade trees in front of the Hotel Claiborn have fal len under the devastating march of the railroads and town commission ers. Oh, for shame. At a joint meeting of the Boards of Commissioners and Education to day, Mr..VV. G. Vickers was elected County Superintendent or ruoiic in struction vice Rev. C. C. Newton, re signed. We are glad to learn that Mr. J. A. Gresham has decided to con duct a bakery. A first-class estab lishment of this kind is needed, and wc hone Mr. Gresham will be en couraged in his effort to supply the want. A mass meeting of the Metho dists of Durham will be held at Trinity church next Sunday morn ingin the interest of the proposition to build a church in North Durham. Tt is expected the Presiding Elder, Rev. J. T! Harris will be present and preside over the meeting. It was reported this morning that Cant. N. A. Ramsey coerced Wm. Overby, colored to sign the affidavit which appeared in Satur- drv's Plant. Capt. Ramsey author izes us to eay the report is a base falsehood. We are sorry that any body should resort to lying in the rarrmaiffn. Let anybody and every body be as earnest as they wish, but stick to the truth. wiiiit Would Have Been the Coiisemiences ? if thn Puritan Fathers cast the II vv ------- Britishers' tea into Boston Harbor nf the Stamn Act. My! Mv ! What would have been the con sequences if they had dug up tneir streets anu cut uowu uiuu jnau trees? DURHAM, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1889. Ail AntiV Far-Fetched Comlii- sions. Messrs. Editors: Were it a fact that noliouor had been sold in Dur ham, under the operation of the local option law;, and could it lie shown within the scope of remote probability that none would be sold under the further operation of said law, and were it a fact that so soon as a man connects himself with a church he must there and then, sur render all his opinions whether upon economic questions or other wise, then there might be some ar gument in the article signed "Pro." in Saturdays Plant. X One Year Old. The Daily Plant enters to-day upon the second year of its existence. We haven't the space or time m , this issue to review the year through which we have passed or to antici pate the events of the year to come. We will simply say that we are grateful for the patronage wc have received and that we will continue, with all the energy at our command, to strive for the promotion of the best interests of our plucky and enter prising town. Remember The Plant is for Durham, "first, last and all the time," and is square out for every? body and everything that stands upon this platform. Agaiust the Liquor Trailic Rev. R. F. Bum pass preached a sermon against the liquor evil, last night, at Main Street Church, to a large and attentive congregation. The text was a part of the Uth verse of the 4th chapter of Genesis : "Am I my.brother's keeper ?" Cain tried to find excuse. The text sug gested the universal fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood ot man and along these lines the preacher gave his hearers something to think about in drawing conclu sions as to their duty in the warfare that is now being waged in this community in the interest of the liquor traffic. Joint Meeting. The County Commissioners and Justices of the Peace met in joint, session to-day. M. A. Angier, Esq , was called to the chair. The following Board of Education was elected for the next term : G. A. Barbee, R. B. Blalock and Kinchen Holloway. The following taxes were elected for 1889 : County purposes, 2G 1-0 cents on the. $100 Polls, 781 cents Courthouse bonds, 4 cents on the $100 ; Railroad, 8 cents on the $100 The following' resolution war adopted : . liexolced, That the County levy the same taxes as levied by the State under Schedules B and C, except the County tax on marriage licenses, on which there shall be no County tax. The Mecklenburg road law (pre viously in force in the county) as amended by the Legislature of 188U, was adopted by a vote ot "20 to 1. The road tax was fixed at 10 cent? on the $100. Mr. Uusbee's Card. In to-dav's Plant will be found a card from Mr. Walton M. Busbee, to gether with affidavits, touching the "Hands Up" matter. Mr. Busbee is pursuing a rather peculiar line of prosecution. He made an imputa tion against the "no license leaders1' in general and Mr. Robert Holloway in particular, bated xoldy upon ichat somebody said that Wm Owby, colored, said. Overby swore he didn't eay it and now Mr. Busbee turns around and impeaches the veracity of the only wit ness he. had to m.-Jain his charges Now, after doing this, if friend Busbee had withdrawn the charges, we would be be willing to say "Hands Down." Instead of doing this, however, he declares he feels"thoroughly justified in having written the article in the manner in which it appeared." We leave it with the public to decide whether or not such testimony as that offered by Mr. Busbee is suffi cient to justify him in bringing the charge of attempted bribery against innocent citizens. The public, the jury, will bear in mind that the affidavits presented hy Mr. Busbee to-day are simply that Overby did say what he said he did not say. Only this and nothing more. None of the gentle men assert that anybody offered a bribe. Take the case, gentlemen. Plant Photographs. Master Winston Rogers the coming man. ('apt. A. Manguni, of Flat 'River. is ill town to-day. Mrs..!. L. Biackwell is quite sick, ; we are pained to learn. , Af . T . . . A Mai. Jno. .--Graham is in atten-! ance upon our Superior Court. t Prof. M. H. Holt, of Oak Ridge, ! was on the east-bound train to-day. Mr. Chas. II. Conrad, of Danville,! came to Durham on the noon train, j Prof. T. J. Simmons left to-dav on i a visit to his mother, at Wake For- est. i pinn i iiv'fPL.itt- : J 111 . 1 ; J ' I. lir'l lllljIIMIIIIIII- I V I on a visit to Durham relatives and J " . u -v ' .uAftvbbv friends. ( j . ! . i 1 innix, of Lexington. ! Hon. M. H is visiting Mr. J. T. Pinnix. en route to Chapel Hill. Mrs. CM. Hutchings left Saturday afternoon on a visit to . relatives in Washington city. Miss Irving, of Tennessee, is visit ing tne family of Mr. W. H. Rogers, on Mangum street. Miss Lipscomb, of Richmond, is visiting her sister, Mrs E. A. Lloyd, on Chapel Hill street. j Mr. Bernice Walker, of Creedmore, Granville countv, is in town, the guest of Col. W. t. Rlackwell. Mr. Ri E. Loader and daughter, formerly of Chapel Hill but now of Tennessee, are visiting Mr. Alexan der. Prof. J. S. Bassett, ;of the Graded School faculty, has gone to Golds boro to spend the vacation with his parents. ; Messrs. James Southgate, J. H. Southgate and others went over to Chapel Hill yesterday to hear the sermon of Bishop Duncan. In Justice. Messrs. Editors : Herewith, 1 hand you the affidavits of Matthew G. Markham, A. B. Matthews'and J. R. Patton, gentlemen who are well known in our city, and ask that you publish the same in justice to me. The facts therein set forth will justi fy me in the sight of every unpreju diced, umcared man in this commu nity, for having published the article in the Sun, referred to in vour Satur day s isstie, and for the opinion of others, 1 care not. I feel thoroughly justified in hav ing written the article, in the man nerin which it appeared and only regret that mv hastiness caused me to allude to my friend, Mr. Hollo way, as a "patriarchal fanatic," for which I ask pardon J Very respectfully, WALTOX M. Bl'SUKK. North Carolina, jDurham County: M. G. Markham being1 sworn, says that on the 31st day of May, lSS'J, about 4:30. 'o'clock, p m , "illiam Overby, colored, approached him as he was walking in the rear of Over by's restaurant and said that "old man Hollo way came to me this morning and ofiered me money for my vote and ! said that he would give me a good price if I would vote '?"." M. G. MAKKHAM. Sworn to and subscribed before me this June 1st, ISSil. j W. M. IJLSBEE, Notary Public. North Carolina, Durham County. A. B. Matthews Wing sworn, says that on the evening of May olst, at 10 o'clock, Wm. Overby said to" him the following words: "A certain rank prohibitionist said to me this evening that he was my friend and if I would vote the way he wanted me to vote he would give me money, and he showed me money at the time' He then said that old man Robert Hollowav was the man.1 ' AJ B. MATTHEWS. Sworn to and subscribed ; lefore me this June 1st, 18S1L ! ! W. M. BUSBEE, Notary Public. North Carolina, Durham County. J. It. Patton being sworn,! says that Wm. Overby, colored, came -irito John W. Mark ham's store on the morning of June 1st, 1889, and said to lurn, "I had a chance of making some monev yesterdav He was asked how, and said "a prohibition monev if I would vote st offered me a lot of with him." Patton asked why he didn't accept it. Overby then said he told tlie man that he could not buy his vote. , ! J. K. PATTON. Sworn to and subscribed before me this June 1st, 1889. I W. M. BUSBEE, Notary Public. Temperance Prayer-Meeting-. Let the ladies remember the tem perance prayer-meeting to morrow (Tuesday) evening, at 4:30 o'clock, in the Y. M. C. A. parlors. All felt that it was good to be at the meeting last Tuesday, conducted by Rev. Mr. Oliver. ; Graded School Commencement. The commencement exercises of the Graded School, at Stokes Hall, this morning, were attended by a ! large audience. Upon the platform were represen auves oi me lacuity, ' : ft & J 4 i I P 1- 1 ,e V"am urll.lon' me ciergy; line iu vii uuiumissiuuiT.'?, anu me ro J Tu nn,Knm t ;l int.,n Lnn(1 w nrpspnt ;nml nddH in ihi eniovment of the occasion. The fol- lowing was the order of the exercises: Song, "Ring Merry Bells," bv a number of little girls. Invocation, by ; Rev. Dr. K. A. ates- I oaiuiaioryjAiiss Jessie oouward hssay, "Roman Antiquities, Miss . " Hattie Freeland Music by the Band. Essav, "Freedom's 'oyage to a ADD IVIusic by the Band. Essay, ''FCmpress Josephine," Miss Cora! Ramsey. Music bv the Band. Oration, "Temperance," Master Winston Rogers. Music by the Band. Awarding of Certificates of Dis tinction, by Rev. .1. L. White. The certificates were awarded to pupils in the 4th, 5th, 6th 7th and 8th grades whose average in Scholarship, Attendance and Deportment did not fall below 85 any month during the year,as lollows : Misses Daisy Adams. Mittie Carlton, Lola Rogers, Bessie Battle, Eva Carlton, Blanche Mor gan, Blanche Ferrell, Annie Rawls, Lizzie Taylor, Hattie A'ickers, Master Ernest Green. j . Presentation of! Medals, by Rev. Dr. E A. Yates. Two medals were ofiered one for the 3d and 4th grades and One for the oth, bth, th and 8th oracles, lor tne nienest general aver age. I The first was secured by Miss Hattie Vickers, who made an average ot )i -j-10, which ; was closely con tested by Miss Lizzie Taylor, with an average of 97 2-10. The other medal was awarded Miss Bessie Battle, who secured the very high average of 1)8 (MOO. Honorable Mention, by the Su perintendent, Prof. E. W. Kennedy In this list were those who were in attendance every day during the year, and were not tardy a single time : Misses Hattie r reeland, Daisy Adams, Mittie Carlton, Blanche Morgan, Eva Carlton, Lucy Vickers, Minnie Happer, Blanche Ferrell, Annie Rawls, Lizzie Taylor, Rosa Freeland, Hattie Vickers, Katie Brandon, Masters Ernest Green, Mar shal! Happer, William Saunders, Hallie Holloway, Dick Happer, Harry Happer. ; valedictory, Master inston Rog ers. ''..!. Presentation of J)iplomas, by the Superintendent. I 1 he Graduating Class was composed of Misses Jessie Woodward, Hattie Freeland, Cora Ramsey and Master Winston Rog ers.; r . Maj. S. F. Tomlinson approaches to the front of the platform and pre sented to one of the teachers, Miss Alberta .Newton, who will soon leave ior a ioreign ianu, a copy o f i 1 t God's Holy Word, as a token of es teem and appreciation of the Board. these clear and acknowledged prin Miss Newton was greatly affected bvciplea settled, then I pass to the by this manifestation of regard and her tearful eyes were more expressive than words could have been of her heartfelt appreciation of the testimo nial. After a few words by the .Super intendent upon the success of the school the past y ear the exercises were closed with prayer by Hev. J. L. White. The salutatory, the essays, the ora tion, and the valedictory, were all very meritorious, reflecting credit npon the graduates, the faculty and the institution. Long live the Graded School to be a blessing to our community. Superior Court. Judge Bynum did not arrive until noon to-day and therefore the open ing of court was deferred until the afternoon. Solicitor Strayhorn is at his post The following compose the grand jury : J. F. Corbett, foreman, Norwood E. Couch, J. R. Page,Thos. J. Rigsbee, Robert T. Faucett, Tal bot B. Smith, John W. Proctor, W. H. Harris?, Jas. W. Walker, J. D. Pridgen, Thos. C. Barbee, D. C. Urn stead, T. S. Christian, R. C. Lowe, J. L. Freeman, California Massey, W P. Mangum, Jr., F. M. Norwood. $5.00 PER ANNUM. T II K C 1 1 11 1 ST I AX 'S lOS I T I O NV Timely Sermon by Kv. II. T, Darnall, at tli Presbyterian Church, Yesterday 3Iorniiijri Tf.t : Neither e partaktrs of other iiHjn's m." Timothv 5 : 1. The text is characteristic of the apostle Paul, and indeed, charaeter- stic oi tne isible in layinjr down )road principles of action rather than in detailing specific duties or lenouncing specific forms of sin. Vnd yet, it is not so general in its teachings as to leave it 'difficult to ascertain duty or to determine sin. Sin in its concrete form, indeed is expressed as transgression of the aw, but under the interpretation of Christ it is not conlincd to transgres sion itself, but to everything which eaus t Hereto, or which tempts others thereto, as when He forbids the cherishing of anger because of its being in the direction of murder. The position of the true followers of God then must be that of square, open ana unllinching resistance to sin in its beginnings, in the feelings and purposes ol the heart itself, as well as in the words and actions. He must be careful to depart from" all iniquity, and-avoid the appear-; ance of evil. Anything that is sin ful or that may lead to sin, or may tempt others thereto, must he re- i!tei, and resisted steadfastly. The principles are well understood in so tar us individual christian lite is mucerned. The text now brings n - us out to another position, which is, that we are not to be partakers ot other men'ssins. Andthisisa broad field of action. We must have no fellowship with the influential work ot darkness, but rather reprove them, whatever torm they may take, how ever common or established by the usages ot society, however plausible or fashionable or pleasing. Yet, if by the tests of God's word, they be (this, we must hot, we dare not be partakers in them. Hence idolatry, hatred, covetousness, strife, sedition, heresies, envvv drunkenness, revel- lings, quarrelling, pride, Everything that the wicked delight in, every thing that would injure ourselves or our neighbor, either in fact or in tendency, is to ; be resisted and re buked. " - II. If this high principleof action ia clear and admitted, as by every unbiased right thinking mind it must be,then the calculation of con sequences can never form the crite rion of duty. Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has al ready spoken, may we already think of the consequences of a particular action and determine how far it is likely to fulfill what duty has en joined ; but duty is above all conse quences, and often at a crisis of dif ficulty commands us to throw them overboard. It commands us to look neither to the right, nor the left, but straight onwarO, and hence every signal act of duty is an act of faith. It is performed in the assurance that God will take care of the conse quences, and whatever the immedi ate results may be, His word shall not return unto him empty. With consideration of the matter that is now beginning to absorb the atten tion of the community and which is (EXCLUDED OX FOURTH PAOE." A Child Killed. Another child killed by the ue of opi ateH given in the form of Soothing syrup. Why mothers give their children such -deadly poison-is surprising when they can relieve the child of its peculiar troubles by ueing Acker's Baby Soother . It contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold byli. Black nail &. Son. . BUSINESS NOTICES. pajprios si d$ucud)aa aqj jo yoddns nuaqif y -ijnuBrib ni 'sacs totd 'bjjoj 'pBaaq auios3oqA pooS qstainj pajedajd WE pue Xjaejj aiBijjnQ aqi pdiadj dABq j If you are looking for Gents' Furnishings at bottom prices, go to the closing out sale at Sam Lehman's. For bargains in Clothing, go to Sam Leh man's Durham Clothing Hall. Don't miss the last chance to buy Hess celebrated Shoes at down yonder prices, at ' Sam Lehman's. Triumphant Songs Just received. Sold at publishers' prices : 35 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. At the Durham bookstore of J. B. AVhitaker, Jr., A Co. oi Durham.
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