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The Drunkard's Wife, tChicago Inter-Ocean. ' In a hospital ward a woman lay Painfully gasping her .life away ; - So bruised v and beaten you scarce could trace1 ; ; , Womanhood's semblance in form or face, Yet the hair that over 1 the pillow, rolled v In a tangled mass, was like threads of gold ; .-..,", And never a sculptor in any land ; ; - Molded a daintier foot or hand. Said one who' ministered to her need, ,.. "None but coward could do this deed ; Ad what bitter hate could have nerved - the arm: ' ' v That ahelpless creature like this coald harm . Thfin thR dim eves, hazy with death's eclipse, . ' - ' Slowly unlock, and the swollen lips 1, " Murmured faintly : "He loves me well 5 My husband 'twas drink be sura you tell- When he comes to himself that I forgive; Poor fellow for him I ' would like to - live." ' ' . A fehudder, a moan, a3 the words were said g And a drunkard's wife on the couch lay , - dead. . O fathers, who your daughters rear, Somebody's daughter is lying her. O brothers of sisters, come and see i What the fate of your precious one may : O man 1 however you love your home, ? ; Be it Dalace. or cottage, neath heaven a blue dome, This demon of drink can enter in ; For law strikes hands and bargains with , sin. , You hfrve legalized crime you fcavethe gold -, Now hand them over, the sons you sold Keep pushing thenTforward. Drink, boys - drink! " " Your fathers are paid for your soulaj they think; ; ' And in the ereat mart where mammon strives .. '" " Cheapest of all things are human lives. W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT. et all hearts pray for the most bless ed convention of the series in . 1887. ' " , Union Signal. During the Xmas hollidays -; the Winston ys visited - the Alms-house, and no doubt made glad the hearts of manv of-its inmates. In a letter from one of the : W. 0. T. U. mem bers, she says a feast indeed was given the poor, but in the givmg some ot the girls declare that nothing so pleasant has occured during the hol lidays. ! " . , STATE PROHIBITION PLAT- j" . -FROM.;' f PROHIBITIC!! PARTY, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ohn B. Finch, Lincoln, Neb. Chm'n D. P. Sagendorph, Charlotte, Mich., vice Chairman. ". Al J . J utkins, Chicago, 1U.7- 3or. Secretary. - " ' ", A. 'Yah Fleet, Chicago, 111.. Rec. Secretary, - D. Hastings' Madison, Wis., Treas. N. C. State Executive Committee; D.W. C. Benbow, Ch'n, Greensboro, W. F yteelo,; Secretary, OR. El. W. TATE, , Practicing Physician, Greensboro JN. O., oners his Professional bervices to the citizans of Greensboro and surrounding country. Office at orter& Dalton s drug store- When not there can be found at his resi dence on Asheboro street, ; opposit UOi.T., Jal2tf APPREHENSIVE BREWER. i ; Greensboro, Dec. 10, 1885. , Whereas: The traffic in alcoholic liquors has grown and is growing out of all ratio to the increase of population in this country; and ,, Whereas, said 'traffic unjustly bur dens every legitimate industry, impos es grievious . taxation upon honest labor, curses social life,' begets crime, breeds j pauperism, antagonizes the church, t corrupts ? politics, nullifies law, is a' menace to good , government and a peril to State: and, ' Whereas, The policy of licensing said traffic has proved a policy of perpetuation instead of suppression, with the perpetuity of all its alarming conditions and results; and, . Whereas' We believe license not only non-restrictive in fact, but im moral in principle, debasing in prac tice, criminal in effect, and an unwor thy national law; and that such pro hibition, to be effective, must be bed ded in the organic foundation of na tion and state, and be secured through and be guaranteed ; by ' a politcs party;! 1 ' - Resolved, That as , all secondary matters are treated by " political part ies from the standpoint 1 of expedi ency. as with the two old parties of our former affiliation this question of the liquor traffic is and must remiah secondary; and as we can . no longer support either of these old parties, in North' Carolina and the nation, with out endorsing saloon influences encouraging the power of the , saloon in politics and aiding to perpetuate that power; we do hereby declare the imperative necessity for a new party, with' prohibition of the traffic its prime obiect; v we urge and will labor to secure its prompt and thorough organization everywhere, and for it we invite the votes of all who cast ballots, and the sympathy C. N. Grandison. F. W. Bradley, , T 3 J. Tail, , . -F. S. Blair, ' , W."H.. WortV,; W P. Beny,. A. J. Tomlinsor),, Sarn'l L. Trogdon, ' T. C. Worth. Edwin Shaver,! v : i nS- - -.-.vV-.i.. i Gastonia, Charlotte Summerfield ; KinBton, ' Mebane, Buah Hill, : Waddell's Worthvilje 1 Salisbury. ' : -! County Chairmen. "- ' i . "By Congressional Districts ' UstDist.' . i ', ; , D. W. Jarvis Washington. ;3rd .Dist. j - - Wayne, J. F. Miller, Goldsboro.( Uih Dist. ! Alamance, Dame! Worth,- Co.. Shops Johnson, J. C. Ellington, bmithheld ' . L .- - "5tB!Dist. f t - 1 - Guilford, J. Van Lindley, Greensboro 7th Dist. - ' ! - , ' Davidson,' V.! IT; Jloffitt, Dexirgton Randolph, M. Llammond, Bush IJu liowan, li. bhaver, tsalisburj-'. Yadkin, T. M. G-MrKe., . ; ? Cross Road? Church V The brewers are becoming anxious, as well they may, ; concerning the future of their "vested interests" in beer-making and vending. To the ; general public their talk is boastful and defiant. Among themselves, ; as in their late annual convention, they betray unmistakable anxiety. One of .their official reports, referring to the progress of prohibition in the South ? and' elsewhere said:' "Some well-informed people incline to the opinion that now, prohibition being upheld by the Democratic party in the South and the Republican party in of all others. " the NorCi East and West, there is a t Jiesolved, That, with the ; liquor irreater chance than -was ever offered traffic ; costing: over two thousand of forcing prohibitory legislature million dollars annually for liquors through Congress "The report touch- bought and drunk, for crime and ing this point adds with great signifi- pauperism growing out of their con cance: "It would be hazardous to sumption,"for judiciary and , constab- express any positive opinion in this ulary and penal and charitable-insti-respect .Thei ice is beginning to tutions,' made necessary by such crack under the elephants feet. crime and pauperism, for unproduct National Temperance Advocate. ; ive life resulting from it, for unpro The National whisky organ, Bo- ductive labor involved in it and the "or Circularsy says: "Prohibition enormous waste, inevitable under it; is proving itself a terrible power, and with political corruption its legiti the need of an active moneyed organ- niate'ejiild, public abueses its natural ization to combat it is being felt each brood, ' profitable production dis day. It will not stop short of national counted because of it, helpful con success if let alone, and the way State sumption lumted, the equitable dis after State is droppin'sc into their net tribution of wealth, and the equitable indicates tHat they . mean to .make adjustment ot public burdens made their work a short one." impossible, ' and every material and ' The W. C. T. TJ. workers of Concord moral interest enforced by its organ .wiowoVoon fnll nf -n'rf. selfishness; the issue of its pro In aletter from the Cor. Sec. she tells lblf10n' alr?dy fixed llt'cs b? of a Crusade day meeting held under tne repeatea - acnon oi rne iiquox the auspices f their Union. - deal?rs themselves, more closely in The Court Housa room in which it lve the.welfare of .all the people washeld was crowded with an 'intel- and is of far greater concern to state ligehiahd interestedaudience. - Rev. and nataom than any; other or all W: S; Creasr of 'Durham 'delivered oer J issues now politically; recog- - address. ' ' ' nized. and that as sucn ' it deserves ' - - a " ' and for it we may justly claim the SnmA inpmrvrai ot cmT I J m nn art. ' . . rf ' . acceptance ot every candid citizen hasrewtlysusbtamed a sad loss in and 0 the . couise of any ' : u man or party, or any locality or State, of their most earnest and active work- which denies the , vital relationship ers. .But we have the assurance that of pi to our nation at large, - ourloasherjgaim ' andiwhlch: proclaims it a local issue . And at Winston, Mrs. Dr. Ector's only to be settled by each locality or "umc ieuuy ueeu sauueneu y gtate in its own way; that ? as the na- tue : viwuttion w uie ueaxn angei wnicn tional government alone can prohibit . ; TU emDranerA- importation and inter-state transpor ingiixwe oangnterjime. . . -; tation, has full jurisdiction over each juay ine, Dereavea nearts una com- territory and the District of Colas lwl iaiae ougaz. -xney are not bia and claims a share in the profite iosc, oniy gone Deiore." of every liquor-seller in the Uunion, After oareful deliberation the gen-j we reiterate our demand for national eral officers,andJMra. SallieF. Chapinj sovereignty oyer tlie liquor; traffic to uetaue upon jxasnviiie, xenn. as tne pnpress it, insieaa oi iv legalize, to home of the next National W. C. T. protect and to perpetuate it. u. uonvention. Warm ereetine-si uesoivea.. xnat we recognize; m havef already reached us from leading suc? leajld the ne.w national issue I Iw", uu vtl""cu sectional bitterness, to unite JN orth- 5P1iteL6 ?f X a5de5bilf TJniTer- ernand Southern patriotic sentiment fiity, and the city of all in America and to: promote those ' conditions o that has the longest percentage of poetical 'amenity essential to jiatiou its populations in schools. 1 We had al geacf a5d rKTrl : ni T,0 HJ ,i! Resolved, That with confidence wf Inftejust of our cause, with faith VII JJXrB. X resilient XTOIK. ttte mnst n JrwH onH -nrotraT fnT nimna rmSA Burke, R. Ll Aberuetbr, j II Sihvr ford College. : Gaston; B. G. Bradloy,N Gastonia Let all Counties hold Conventions and organize at once. - B Keoffhs. v ' : , . tub , COFFEE HOlffSE AND " " Free Heading Room un West MarKet street, under tne auspices of the W. C. T. U. is open every day, except Sundaj , . and lunch served at all hours. Persons having leisure moments can spend them pleasantly in the Reading Rcom, where all; the latest leading f aners : ana. irenoaicais 'Wiii found. , - 1 V ! Subscribe for" the Pbohibitiox ist. r Unly one dollar- per year. " W. S.SM00RE,. . .- . - : - - .:- . . , . . : . . ' , lM r; GREENSBORO, N.' C. : ' ; , rjILLINEHY, fi Al- , - Motion0 DEY GOODS. - ' 10 cent counter .Goods 5 - ln'great vanet7. t X ; ORGANS from $20. to - $130, delivered J PJANOS. from $175 to $400, delivered. f the Old Reliable SHONINGER (22 sold of them since June) is 'the best for the money,' is'., my experience v of 21 years Bold on easy monthly terms, ' T. S. SHELToN, - - -PEALEB IN- LMozungei of Precious Stones.' v V- Tlie uality ot turquols Imparts pros perity in love. . " .. , Cnry!xlit was osed as an nmuiet as?a:ist . vil passions cod despon!Ai-. ."i6 opul imparts apprehension o.,d hi sir:iu3, and is the emblem of uurouiixtxi nope. , . ,. "' Conjugal . felicity 'was symbolized by the irdonyx, which It was believed to ins-.;ra. J ue' topaz was thought to promote fidelity and friendship and to calm lnter- nai rassions. i The pK-perties of the amethyst are to calm the passions of the body and pre vent drunkenness. ? , The diamond has the mystic symbol ism of Kiit and purity, faith and-uprightness pf character. v f' The bloodstone was thought by the aneients to impart courage, prudence, fortitude and' stability of character." Garnet or carbuncle represents con stancy of purpose and fidelity to duty. It is pre-eminently the soldier's gem. The moonstone was the emblem . of the j merchant prince, and signilied well-directed : Industry and , the arts of peace, ' ' . -- :-.;r.- - The ruby was thought to gnard against unfriendliness, and particularly . that form so common in antiquity poison ing.! ' - i. ; I- . , The sapphire signifies modesty and charity of opinion, and was thought to possess the power of breaking tha spells of magic . ;I . : . ' - , , The ; agate or chalcedony represents physical prosperity, and it is the stone of the athlete and physician, , and im parts longevity and health: ; . , i The emerald symbolizes truth, and was believed to seeare good faith ansl happi ness in friendship and home. PATENTs. GAVATS, TEA1XE MAEKS AND COPT rights obtained, and all business in the TJ. S. Patent . Office attended to at MODERATE FEES. . . .Our office- is opposite the .TJ.' S. Patent Office, and we , can obtain Patents in less lime than i those re mote from Washington. Send. MODEL or DRAWING. We advise as to patent ability " free of charge; and we make no charge un less we obtain patent?. . ' . '-'" We reier here to the rostmaster, the Superintendent of Money Order Div., and to officials of the TJ. S-. Patent Office., Per circular, advice, terms and - reference to actual cli ents " in your own State or county, write to 0. A. SNOW & CO., -Opposite Patent Office, Washington, Nov. 17-tf. ' . . . , D. C. , D. E. SHERWOOD, " . DEALER IN . STAPLE AND FANCY grocerieeconfetiors tobacoiy r cigars 3nn, pp., solicits a v liberal share of pubLe patronage. D. E. Thoma's Brick Bolldin?, Davie street,' - - - Greensboro, If. C. HFH'gt est market price paid for co'iu try jiTQ&u&i, -! x Dc. 10-6m. 7" PICTURES ! PICTURES ! Picks' Jrom life k ail Styles. Old Pictures Copied lo any Size. Our offiee is supplied' with best instruments and lafcegt improvements. Call and examine specimensjof our work. - : - ' hi WOBI GuARAHTEEO, Prices as Low as tlie Lowest West Market Street, 2d door from Court House, Greensooro, N. C. PRINCE, Photographer. JAS. S.EDUELL, Boot and Shoe - Maker, ! HAS opened a shop in tlie CoLxrss building, corner of Sycamore & Davie streets, where h ia prepared to do all kinds of work in his ljne. '. ' Satisfaction guaranteed. Besides he keeps constantly on hand for sale second hand boots and shoes, and will .take old boots and shoes in exchange for work- , ' y? " If you have boots or shoes to make. mend, buy or selh.do not fail to give him a can-. !. ." sept 24 3 mos :f008l?i8Sii CROCKERY, GLASSWARE .y. -. A-:" . .v , . ? ; py?. yy Wooden and Willow Ware General merchandise c apr:2: tf ' J ' "G kensbjro, N.' C. After Forty yers experience In tha preparation of more 1 nan Ona Mnndrtfwl Thonsand applicationg for patents in the United Slates and Foreign oonn tries, the pablishers of the Scientific juner is. the pablishers of the Scientific Lericiit bantiuae to act as anlicitorM ' Yiffnta. etfi for tha TTnitad StatAn. and .r ; to obtain patents in Canada. England. France, Germany, and all other countries. Their experi pnoe i un equaled and their facilities are uuaur- passeou pr dravingrs. 1o chance 1 Advice by mail free. medelf Patents nht n pr! t hmn cVi MnnnAflri.lMnAHMil ' Snthe SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, which has the largest circulation and is the most influential newspaper of its kind published in the world' ' The advantages of such a notice erery patentee ' understands. i This large andsplendidTy illnstrated newspaper toechanics, inventions," -engineering 'works, nd ptner departments of industrial progress, pubi fisbed in any conritry. It contains the names of all patentees and title of erery invention patented eacn weer. mtv it lour monuia lor one aeuac write ta JUandfeppk about patentf maile UoiaDjeji newsdealers. ... If van have an invention ta natent Mnnn k Co., publishers p Scjentifio El Broadway, A ew York. - MISSES i -CntEK. . &. WEATHERL'y have opened a';, stock of entinly New Mill rjr-ry Goods 'in the old Wilson & Shober bank building, -. Sonth Elm Street , Greens boro, C. Their stack i naiades verj--thing in tbjr line. : Prices to suit the times. Lali and examine tteir go ds before t nying oot 83 m.' ' ' ' - 1 , : v; UeV. r i f a FLORAL GUIDE TOR 188T J.ow ready, contains 2 Colored TJat(Ps, fapodreds of Il lustrations, and nearly 200 pagowSS rertjning ta Gar aenig and Flower Culture, and over U0 eotHmaa a a Illustrated List of nearly all th rr.nwrn ..a 'treiiiZ TABLE nwrn, with directions how to grow tfiera, can be procured, wUh prices of each. This book mailed free on receipt of lo attain, and the 10 cents may be de ducted from the first "ornar apnt i ested in a. eardem nr wKn'ilflriM. wri i - shonj have this work; We jfefer to the millions who naye Msaftnr seeds. Buy only-VlcVs Seeds at Head- quarteja, JAMES TICK, SEEOsAIV. nniiiABUTenuer w eon XlDlf JS8Vbe he experi ' ' " eneed or otherwise. ofthe costof advertisingr.The advertiser who f l fn Itoentaim ti8i?ft a "eheme la indicated which will ttfieffcis werjr requirement, or can be made to da to by etyhl cfranpcs easily arrived at by cot ; retpondence. jl4 4itiwn have been Issued. zS-yi '"? ny .aares9 tor 10 cent.' POMONAHILL : NURSERIES!! . : . . POMONA, -HT, '0 TIIES3 NUUSEBIES Tare located 2 mile3 west ot Greensboro,' on. th,e RichV mona &5 uauvwo &4 feftjm lif n.ch Pail roads. There yoa can find UJNJiJ A HALF MIJvWOST 0p TJKEES AJSU V1NE3 GROWING. V Parties ' wan ting Trees, &c'., are respet falJ jnvited to call- and examine stock arid learn he extent of these Nurseries. Stock consists .Ojf the leading and hew varieties of Apple, tfeath. Pear. ( Standard and Dwarf),' Plnrna AnidWii f?rara aii.iixuci-rit3, ... ieqarmes rigs, QuiP.5f- Gopseberries, Easpberries, .Cur rants, fresajLS. English ValAWs.' Japanese Persimrn,on, Strawbewfes,- Shrubs, -Roses, Eyergreens, hade Jre,s, .and in fact eeFyfrog f $ne iiaray -flas nsually SUITABLE FOB HOBTft, jElOLINA and the Southern Border States, . New Fruits of SDecial notrt n.r tha Vol low Transparent ? Apnle. ,: Ladv : Tn or.1 Peach, the Lawson, KeifEer, Lucy Duke and Beaafpt PearsJLutie, ! Niagra, and the Georgia Grap WofCcil's Winter. . jlM , . Oyer 9,000,000 won) 4urinff f, ha past Bix yeara. ' This marvolous Recess is due-r ' ; IstrTo the superiority of Coraline over aiiherpiaterials as a stiftener for porsets., -2ad.i-T9 the fuupgif fluality, shape and workroanghip of our Corsets, eonjbined with their low prices. , - - . : - t Avoid cheap imitationmade of various kinds of cord. None are genuine unless f9$! JYARNER'S CORALINE" - Is printed cnsiie eel ygr; f fOfBY-AU. LEADING MEBCJJANTS. : ' WARNER, BROTHERi, f9B4myf ?yy ypffc city. ; 7 jPiintiug Presses 4" arr Made; 6end stamp' for 'catalogue to , Baltimore, Md. KUDDer, KiDDon and steel JScamDa. i Stencils. M Checks, 'etc., etc, . - . . , uciv,ara I ;L. ; ST( Pianos And igIi.rN.,0.', ; PIANOS, Stein .- ay. -1 ORGANS,. s . ' f t Kimball BMAIE BRO'S. J-Miller,vEMERSQN ; GREAT WESTERN, . " EASTERN COTTAGE -Very -ow prices, very easiest terms. Write for uec 554ly v - ' Address, prices and catalogue.-a J, L, STONEj Raeigh, N. C THE. AMERICAN FARMER" To all who tela send us $1.30 in advance, ive will send the 2YOKTJI CAROLINA PKOIIXBITXONIST and tie AMERICAN FARMEll for one yearj ilat Fort vne T8'..5Za.he brE S,. Dackett, Agricultural Dublication of tr.T Tv rTTiJA s one -of leadhiff the Farmer, Stock Breeder', D4'JSSe nTeverr' along without it. It puts new ides intoTheirS mth prot themselvps, It makes he home happy; tbi ySS! Mk?ctrful Z growler contented, the dftwnpast happy, and the SaguVhoK . Greensboro, 2ST.. o. . . - '. MANUTACTUaEBS OF FARRAR TURBINE WATER WmiC COOK AND HEATING STOVES, Saw-Mills, Cane Mills, Horse - Powers. Plows, Straw Cutters, Andirons, I f ;r:-r Ttt-j'is4? fTttf T7r?tf PHsH: jSend fpr PrlcerLiSt. i - i- . , i . ' Surgeon Dentist, . .Teeth' extracted without pain. Of- uce, on 'Doutn: ;-.mm Rtrt. w ann CorrTxmdenci L:s uunain. ,uejJD. uuuetxiei w wrffc planters. - s 7 - Pomona, GuilfoM CoXjiV V ju!9 6mo Write to GEO. CO- P. KrtWJ'JJ. a. . - - w . . ii ! J nj (TOSpiTOeStFrtotlBBoJiseS JStew'york. J XKSttRA'NCIf AOENOY. A VAIUABLE FARM FOR Svi L Tornado, .PI11E,- UFE. Ufy CAjJJ Co.y Greensturr, N. C ,f ' 0, W, CAJ8U I , honored resident of Nashville, who sent a sisterly message to the Minn e apolis , Convention, hnt 1 her recent death at the advanced age of eightv- three, uts off that ' rare -anticipation,! ance, we win goiorwara Irom this dav. embodvinar Prohibitioii t in rtnt- ballot-box, as everywhere, in favor of sobriety and economy mgbvernment of exaltins: citizenshit). and thfl nn hie upbuilding of the State. Trinity , College and High Toiat, "Assets over 200,000,000. riAhis f'asm s enatd in Guilford Coun Xty, N, G., on Reedy Krk, on ?-thei3ine Of the B. & D. E: E ' and ennffins-Vnn,. thing over 700 aeres. It has on it a ood granite nn w a Tins growtn oi ooacco, urain or all kitds, Cotton and Grass," , It has a large frme awelling of nine " rooms, i . smoke -house, double kitchen, . ice .: house, store house, barnes, stables, cribs tenant houses " &c. There is ?$ the placei besides several old orchards, a youCjg;' orchard of some ;l50 trees of select fruit, Just figginmg ta hear The dwelling is If vmUes'fom Crown's summit a station on the'JR. ;& D. jl'.' U.. 12 miles from the city of Greensboro, atfd within half amih? of a saw.ahd "grain mill. The Jocajtion is.jpne of the most desirable in the country. ' '. 4 Calljon or address the Editor of tM Jpaper. r . - , , t - V -art . ' II:' m t I l "s i SULEIYAN HOUSE 1L OOD AjOCOMMjQD ATipNS A T 1 -:'..JjOW BATES,. Vxi:..i:i'.,r,. V.-V,J . eo. E. 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