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PCBLISHKD KVBUT FRIDAY BY i . Uev. V. T. WALKER, Editor and Proprietor, Corner E. Market and Davie Streets,) - GresnsbQrvfl. C. PUBLIC DISCUSSION invited: w. o. t. u. ooirvEmoir. FRIDAY, OCT. 14. 1887. TERMS IN ADVANCE. One year $1.C0 Six month -90 The Editor is not held -responsible for Ihe views of correspondents. tW Agents wanted. A liberal commission M27 be given... Write tor terms. The date on your label, after your name b to inform you when your subscription xpires. If your name is written a cross mark min tw nlaoed there to let you know. If you renew before the expiration of your time you will be credited Irom that time 09 you lose nothing by it. Bend fractions of dollars in, oent stamps. one and two Thk Nokth akolika Pkohjbition 1ST is entered at the post office in Greens- Mfo as second-class matter. ; jlovebtishtq sates. Cpace lmonth, 3mo. 6mo. 12mo Column $1.00 $2.50 $4.00 $7.50 " $2.00 $5.00 $S. 00 $15.00 I - $4.00 $10.00 $16.00 $30.00 1 $8.00 $20.00 $32.00 $90.00 3y Advertisements to be inserted every other week and having special position will be charged 10 per cent, extra. KlHTOItlAL NOTES. flenew vour subscription to the Prohibitionist. The North Carolina Prohibi tionist from now until after the elec tion in 1888 for'Sl. Subscribe at once. We invite special attention to the open and free debate proposed by the Trohibition Club of this City Meetings are to be held the first and third Fridays of each month. The ladies of the W. C. T. TJ. have kindly put their hall at the disposal 1 the club for its meetings, which have always been very orderly and $all for due respect for the place. We hope that large numbers will at tend and that hearty lull, frank and severe discussion may be had. The "Cranks are as willing ana anxious to be convinced of the errors of their wavs as thev are to convince others. Come talk! The Central Prohibition Club - . . .- - . .... , . meeting on the first and third Friday J nights of each month in the W. C. T. LT. hall,invjtes the public to a fre courteous discussion of some . promi nent questions. - - The following have been proposed. 1. Resolved, that all laws licensing the manufacture and sale of intoxi cating beverages are beyond the prov ince of h u man govern men t. ' 2. Resolved, that the Temperance question is a legal as well as a moral question. 3. Resolved y that the formation and domination of a Prohibitory Patty is essential to the permanence; ol our Government. - - 4. Resolved, that the complete overthrow of the liquor traffic does not require and would not justify the enfranchisement of women. 5. Resolvedt that opposition to sumptuary laws, as expressed in party platforms of the day, means opposi- ion to laws prohibiting the liquor traffic.' r 1 , 6. Resolved that the abolition' of the liquor traflic is the first step to be taken for the successful settlement of our present labor troubles. - 7. Resolved, that the ministerial office excuses no American citizen from the performance of citizenship, 8. Resolyed, that temperance enurgy can be more wisely expended than in local option movements. The officers invite the suggestion of other kindred questions. The meetings will be favored with stirring songs. ; It is hoped that the public gener ally, ladies, gentlemen and especially the youth will attend these free dis cnssions. The discussion of the first q uestion above will occur at the next meeting at 7:30 p. m. Oct 21. ; Isy order of Chairman. Will Ton Answer? ' '- i Whioh Is Your Company? The political weather clerk can m give no forecast as to the vote nex month in New York state. In a vote of half a million, Mr. Cleveland go only 1100 votes more than Mr. Blaine "in 1884. In 1886 there was a differ nee of about 8000 in favor of the Democrats. But the Republicans have lost during these last four years .30,000 Prohibition votes, and will jprobably see the number run up to 40,000 or "50,000 thisyear, and the .Democrats are shaking in their boots over the George Labor Party which draws mostly from them and may cost them 100,000 votes. Hence things are mighty lively and awfully uncer tain up there. The break is coming ! Get a safe place on which to stand. Hew lorJc democracy was as true to its whiskey convictions as the needle to the pole. In its latest li quor plank' it plainly said, Sept. 28, "We oppose all sumptuary laws need lessly interfering with the personal liberties and reasonable habits " jot any portion of our citizens." Thus the Democracy of the State which rnakes the President whistles the same tnne the Patriot does. And yet some of our goody-goody cold water Democrat flounce around and say -that the editor of the Patriot must be "bounced, if he asserts that the "fund amental principle of Democracy is to oppose prohibition. We are right sure that within one year there is going to be a good deal of "bouncing" done. But just who wil' be the bouncer, and who will be the bounced ones, is a highly inter esting question just now. j The saloon fees paid to the govern ment are not one-tenth of the expense of the government to care for the vie tims of the saloon. Says the Christian Advocate "the state is losing, money pn its saloon business. The saloouist f is a poor partner. He gets too much for his money. - He out wits our able financiers every time, and gets, rich Nobody can afford to be in busi ness with a rascally partner. It is tijne.to dissolve And not only this. , Nobody has authority to sell a man the right to do wrong, or what injurious to soci tr. Government is set to defend the elpjbgg against the vicious. The license system defends the vicious' in their oppression of" the helpless. Mighty national sins have ever been atoned for in mighty national suffer ings. If collectively and individually we support this throne of iniquity, the damnation of God will be swift and sure. It having been rumored at the New York State Prohibition Convention that that Convention of 918 regu lar delegates were mostly infidels, it was proposed to test the truth of the report by asking all who were clergy men to rise in their seats and be counted. Ninety4tco responded. All who were church officers were then requested to rise. They did so. "There are so many of you that the secretary can't count you," remarked the chairman. "A moment later, and all who were cnurcn members., were invited to stand. TJie whole Conven tion rose at the call. But out" of 61 delegates from Brooklyn to 'the N. Y. Democratic convention, only Thirteen were liquor dealtrs. With which set of meu do you think the dearest interest on earth wonld be safest? With which body would you feel at home ? Which ticket are you going to vote nex fall?! A Man Whose Beligion Ban His Business. f A Methodist livery-stable keeper in Kansas publishes the following notice ''Believing that it is not right to keep my place of business open on the Sabbath-day, I herewith give public notice that my place of business will be open at all hours, except Sundays only in the following cases ; namely, teams will be allowed to attend fun eral or Church services, or in cases ..... i; t . oi sicKness where parties wish to go for a doctor, or a doctor to visit the sick. Parties boarding horses will be allowed access to the same in taking out and returning, but I will no turn them out myself. Thanking the public for their past liberal pat ronage, and still soliciting a contin uance of the same, I will endeavor strictly to keep the above rules." - Goldsboro,: Oct. 31st Nov. 2nd Call for the Annual Convention of the Womans Chistian Temperance Union of North Carolina. -. To the Local W. J. T. Unions " -o ! of North Carolina : Our Fifth Annual Convention will be held at Gold3boro, begining 7 on Monday, Oct. 31st, and continuing until Wednesday Nov. 3nd. The Annual meeting (s composed of the President, two , Secretaries, Treas., Vice President, District Presi dent, one delegate from each District, one delegate for each Auxilairy Local Union andpne; delegate for "every twenty members thereof. Dear Sisters, let us come togetler with hearts filled with thanks giving to our: heavenly father who has so greatly blessed our . ivork tl past year, also earnestly seeking that our strength may be renewed and zeal for God and Home and Native Land increased. We desire every Union in the state to be fully -represented. i 1 1 . . . ... I, .. .. Our Superintendent of railroad rates is working faithfully to secure the lowest possible i fare from every point i where we have Locel Unions, and we hope for the attendance of a large number of visitors in addition to the regular delegates. - Good Templars, , Eefrom Clubs, Prohibition Clubs and all Tempance Societies are hereby invited to send fraternal delegaes to the Fifth Anuu-i al Convention of the W. C, T. U. Our Convention will be favored in various ways, s It will be held in the Central part of Eastern Carolina in a pleasant city, during the most delightful, sea son of the year.; It will be honored by the presence of one of the Queen! i est women of this or any - age. our beloved President Frances F.Willard. The assistants Superintendent, of "Juvinile work, Miss Anna Gordon, un efficient worker is to be in . attend ance. I Also our, own Mrs Goodale, National organizer of the W. C.T. U. will add her skill and grace to make the Convention what it should be. Names of delegates should be forwarded early to Mrs. H. L, Grant, Goldsboro, N. C; : t Mary E.: Mendenhall : 1 UecC Sec. OA advertising tpv wfcen i. Chicago, will find n : 45 to 49 Randolph St., f.f" j", it Aovwwinf Agency of LL."- present the old story in a new phase thought of self in such wise. They He was a student, and fortified did not know how a few had entered An excellant Democratic friend as-1 himself with all that could be learn bonds of faith with him to protect sures us that he favors Prohibition, ed concerning the subiect in hand, each other from the possibility of Query: How can that be when he He measured lances with the ablest nomination for high place, and had votes foremen on a platform ; which defenders liauor could find. He won solemnlv pledged each to the other distinctly "opposes prohibition"? V men from salloon support by tens of and for himself to accept no prefer He further says that he wants and thousands. As a pledge-gainer he ment which might be offered. They expects the Republican party first to had mienificent success. could not understand, perhaps these fice. on South Elm street, Wilson put it in their platform. ,;- But John B. Finch could never be who would impute selfish ambition & Sh ber Bank building. De. 25. Query. Does he with propriety hope satisfied with effort merely to save how men should willingly forego that the partv he fiarhts will be mnre fallen men. or to nersnade men from honors the most honorable to serve virtuous than his own party is at an effect back to its cause, present .'' , . struck the . cause. The Query. Should the Rf-nnblman drunkards was drink. He assailed of self-seeking purpose. The Prohi Db. GRIFFITH, Surgeon Dentist, Teeth extracted without pain. Of e men from honors ine mosi nonoraDie to serve : uii. li Wi iMlCt a. Then he most efficiently a cause beloved, and Prfccticing PhjBiciaii, lirene ' . fu 1 N. C, uflcrs hia rrofetssion&l Sen ,e cause of to spare it fiom even the appearance iQ of Gresboro Piedmont Air-Zdno 75 Meridian Tiiik. DAILY. J DO. R. 17. TATE. 1 M. ' nsDoro vices atid nurroundiosr oountrv. Office at party put Prohibition in its platform, the drint, and the place where it bition party has no more utterly an-1 For Lti& Dal ton's drug Htore. When while , bis own retains its anti sumpt- held power. He became the bitterest selfish servant than he who for three Qt mere can d touna t hia resi- uary plank, would-be nsitiv of foes against what he nlwava rallpd Wears held its banner aloft in official ie"clon3?aeD01?. 8iro PPoa9 become a Republican ? the grog shop. ' Its hutdry, its na leadership, and gave lavishly of all j.o,' e0 Query. The Presidential ' election ture, its deleterious influences he had and was and might have, been turns npon New York State. . New upon civilization, he made familiar to insure its steady growth and early York State turns upon- New York to audiences m nearly every State of triumph. - city. In the. Republican Committee this Union. As a patriot he oppos- This is not the time for any analy of New York city are no less than ed the saloon ; for the saloon tod all sis of John B. Finch's cha acter. Fifty-Theee Men who are iisteb- who allied themselves therewith, he To-day his lifeless form is being ested in the liquob business, the felt ever a superb, a superlative borne westward for burial. Analyt- CONDENSED iSCHEDULE IN EFFECT " o oumc u wio UUIUIUlbLee. . J.ne8e BW111 " - V I WM UIBBCULIUU Uk nuitl lb JULC1U, ipDJtvt p. " I ... " I .. .. I A. J A. M A men control the Republicanism of . But once m his fifteen vearsof re- allv and morally, is a task 1 may the city the state the nation- form enortdid he think of compro-1 sometime undertake, but not now, southbound DnPH nnr friPnrl iwallv Himli-" Imisinnr vifli ikom . TVn fivof -mv Inrliila vof a lioo nnoorinHiired TTlH I New York . . f. . . . w : . M. I such men will father the prohibition posed high license law he favored, work is done. Nav. not so, - he will plank to be inserted in their plat- Indeed he drafted it in some measure; not cease to labor through his exam form? , ; land to him was its adoption lareelv pie and his teachings, through the Query. From what observation he due. He was then a young Demo- inspiration of his magnetic life, has. had of the Republican leaders in orat in Nebraska. He came to be- during all the years that Prohibition this state six years ago, in Texas la&t lieve that high license would do three work must yet go on. He has month, and now in Tennessee, does things ; 1st, Lessen in great , degree wrought more grandly than any other he hope that they will enthusiastical- the amount of liquor sold and drank ; of us all; he has accomplished more ly give casting votes for the adoption 2d, Put the liquor traffic in more re- to stimulate thought, diffuse infor oi sucn a piankr spectaDie ana sater hands: 9d. re- mation. lurnisn argument, answer Query. When crowded out of the duce the number of criminals and opposition, and build foundation Republican party will they j not find paupers aud lessen the cost of pan- walls, than any other advocate Pro- shelter with their bretheren in the perism and crime. Within three, hibition has or ever had. He posess . i party which for years has plainly m- years he made honest coniession ed the statesman's insight and fore- vited them by the sign No sumpt- tnat aa to all three of these points sight, the politician's keen sagacity. uary laws";? high license was a stupendous fail- His gifts of divination were swift and He plans it that followin g the ure d "8 every pretense an sure,- He was quick to judge meaa brilliant example of the Republican unmitigated fraud. , ures and men. His mental horizon party, the Democratic party must j John gave early and careful study jecede4 in all directions, when he adopt Prohibition and thus turn tbe to tne principles, and was a warm walked out under the skies of truth. saloonists out of doors. 7 advocate of Constitutional prohibi- All narrowness was foreign -to him. ' AN ATROCIOUS SAL00IT 0SDIE. Another Certificate of Oharacter for the Bum Traffic.: . . PLUadelphia Baltimore Washington CharlottesYlle Ljncbburg " Richmond - j... "Rnvlravillo Keygville ' " Drake's Hr'ch lnv.ille . tirefnsboro " Goldaboro Kaleigh Durham- Chapel HU1 HUlsbero . Salem High Point Salisbnrr . Ar. SUtesTille. . Ashrill, " Hot Kprlngf - Lt. Concord. Charlotte. Spartanburg Green rill Ar!:Atianta No. 50. 12 15 am 7 20" . 9 45 " 1124" 335 pm 5 50" ,S10V - " K IT ' SK7 6 12 :. 8 50" . 10 44 3 30 pm. 5 50 p in 6 52 ' t8 15 : 7 25 f7 20 11 16?'; 12 37 am No. 52. 430 pm 657 " 42 " 11 W ' 3 00 a m ;;jl5 20 3 30 . 4:j 6 05 " 5 5 21 " . ,05 '." 8 10 pm fl 00 act 2 37u' " 3 32-: Query .When a party forhe sake tion when first that came to popular And stinging as was hif ttynf,tgj5 ' un- of power nvites the saloon votes, and verdict. Jfi liansas, in 1880, he bore terrible as could be his wrath, when that party has gained power by grand part for the amendment He yielding as his indomitab e will, he i. 1 i il 1-111 oa tik1 orinva i -: TAnm'a kn w rtai I A 1 3 A 1 j 1 .1 A sucu votes, ana us liquor ran KS snail wiimbuiu. m.:no v,.iii&uiyei, nau sweet cnanty ciose always av have been doubled by all the men to Iwhuh followed ; he did heroic ser- hand, and under and over all a tender, be expelled from the Republican V1C? m.Uhio in I88d; he inspired the mellowing and reverent faith. Those ranks, doe he houestlv believe that "bode inland hght, though 'when wh0 best knew himi knew how he party, with everything at stake, will fairly oh he could not have lot in it; had been ripening into - kindlier, be heroic and row erf ul enough to ne assisted the friends in Maine; and Jgentlier beliefs these recent years, spue up its maioritv its lite? UA m ptwuu iuiumguu last , oprmg, antt now- 8Weetiv be could how to' a Query. Does he think that Mr. our nation knows; .lnoroughly win, Divine ; how he coveted and oft Jefferson Davis's lateiletter discussing formed on all phases ; ot prohibition en "itsked. for Divine helti, l... I'rohioition lrom a Democratic point uwnwiuuig ccij huctuuu "- .. jfrav for me sister Marv," were of view", ;8 a sign ; of the propable r "tiatea therewith, ne stooa lor, years, his last words at parting with one of adoption of " Prohibition ; by that I Peness as us ueienaer, ana unap-our nobie Marvs whom he loved as 126- 2 25 am 528 " 6 43 " 1 20pm . No. 51. 7 00 pm 1 01 am ,-3 13 V 5 05 6 00 M 6 44 w 7 67 : 8 28 " -11 40 " 12 06 p m 12 4 " -t 15 " 2 10 435 ", 10 10 am 12 44pm 1 00 1 40 345 f SO ' - 10 !.!- - 11 23V--12.31 p m -J -5 j.. - T 35 12 01 am 1 00. p m 3 34 " 4 48 " -10 40."; -N. 53.. . , 8 40 a m 2 34 p m : 46 6.25 7 25 " ; 8 02 " ' - 9 If " 0 40 : tl2-34 m t2 44-t05 -2 .- " - Workings of Prohibitionists in Office. At Wichita, Kansas, J. A- Stew art, a clerk in a drug store, was sen tenced September 23rd. to - seventeen years and four months in the county jail aad fined $20,800, with cost of prosecution, for violation of the Pro hibition law. May the Lord aid us to elect every where men who will make and exe cute such laws, and judges who will pronouce such sentences 1 j The Devil's "Ways. In Rhode Island there is a Prohibi tion law. The natural tendency, of the enforcement of such law is to de crease cr: minal arrests. Recently in New Port there was an unusual mys terious increase in arrests for drunk enness, especially among soldiers and sailors there stationed. Upon invest igation it came out that in the unus ual number of 43 arrests in one week, liquor had been given to the men, so that the cry could be raised that Pro hibition did not Jessen crime and was a lauure. "nor ways which are dark, and ricks which are vain, : the saloonist is peculiar. - - i Frank C. Smithy living at Bridge- ton, N. J., had been informed that evidences of drinking could be seen on Bank street, evenings. On the evening of May 25 he left the house to find the place and learn the truth about it As he ; started for home, two hard looking characters he had previously noticed, passed him on the opposite side of the street. They had scarcely passed him when something struck him on the back. B e recognized it as rotten egg. The third or fourth egg struck him as he reached the corner of Myrtle street and the lane, when some one he thinks a colored man rushed in from Paarl street, jumped in front of him and hit him a terrific blow upon thr forehead. Then all three closed in upon him. They soon bore him to the ground and began to kick and beat him. One of them cried, "Kill the son ; They kicked him worst in the right side, i He " is fearfully bruised there, as is s also his right shoulder. They kicked the back of his head, raised two enormous lumps on his lorehead, and almost broke hi right arm I by . wrenching it behind him as he endeavored to shield his face with it, He tried to turn upon his face,' in i hope that when found dead he would " not be past a recognition. His cries for help aroused the neighborhood. One of the fellows said : "Git, boys, somebody's cominV, Then, as a last resort, one of then jumped with both feet upon the prostrate man's . stomach,. i He was picked up ; by firends, and taken home, where he has laid suffer ing the most excruciating agony, and only being; conscience at short intervals. The pain throws him ii to spasms, when t he writhes, and twists in wild : delirium, ' and cries : "Let me go you cowards P. "Murder!" "Help !" O God. my bowels !" "O my baby ! "My motherY 'mother!" "O will they never come V "O will they never come ?,f?"0 this is death !' "Must I die here all alone ?" - L Mr. Smith was a Prohibition party man and a grand worker. . The traffic which breeds brutal murderers is advocted and legalized by the JRrpublican and Democratic parties, for a divison of the blood money. The time is coming when men must see that God will hold each voter who supports parties that indorse the liquor traffic," responsible for the crimes which are produced by it Issue, party ? THE FIELD AT LAKGE. proachable in argument to sustain fellow-workers can ; 'I know yonal- lt . ways do."., There are some hd will 1 imt not until iz,aiu ne come nok forget how once, at. a meeting out unalterably lor Frohibition party where lis 8peech had not taken hold 1 T . .. ' 1 ' J . '1 X.I - . 1 Spartanburg " UUarlotte " Concord " Salisbury " " High Point " " Greensboro " Salem " Uillsboro "Iufham;- ' " Chapel ffill . .".Baleigh . " Goldsboro " Danville Jr- Drake's Br'ch V -Keysville . . Burkeyille i". " Richmond Lynthburg " Charlottesv'le . Washincfton " Baltimore . J125 f. Philadelphia " ' 3 00 am i2 SS'p'm "fDaily,:. tDailyj except Suadayi; jrS t5-V-.-.., ii 45," t If 29 pin- -v:-2'44 a-d-'j 3 53 " ; , 1 15 pn?J?2 00 3 4Ulv; :,v -4"l-0O4V .L;;. aa An 4 j a .j . JA A tribute to John B. Finch His Early . -w- . I .A .... .i-wmw W ' Ua : MM .r A -f - U U MX . organization, logic drove him to M ne wished; he stopped, at length, Sleeper between Atlanta and' NewTork? w t -v- - mio , tuuioo wu-iutwMi nvuiu hAvM hia hoar! onI simn V flaifl f 1-I-- - mi ai it His Lor av I a mavu-xawi at. h i n n At 1 . I w- v uvm uav w i -"- v w. , .: 6 bav kept him back. . lie had powJTiftP4i oVa thnri this mpetino- now. erful Democratic friends. He faced LJ -An. nfl if mlit TOO win " tinfi fPAtlinain Sleepers ; between BiehmonVL "X His Characters HohneksvillEj'N." Y. Oct, 6, '87. . It seems fitting that I speak a little more at length than : others may. of fol- we can nor the tender atmosphere that lowed. Yet he was not eiven to JohnB.Finch. During the past five A1 113 aonVave. D8e OI Pyer : and seldom spoke in private all the chances for political prefer ment which his party could com mand. He loved political life and years Providence brought us into close contact as Prohibition workers. saloon, yet he loved truth more. He Lf the falth which in his gecret heart and- tireensboro. and Greensboro and Raleigh. Pullman; Parlor Car between Salisbury andKBCoxville." .,' git: pUDUC stations to all poi-ts. , - :?, s t i.1 ; " . .: , or rates and information apply to any' agent oi tne Jompnj, or to I he felt. Pretense, and mere prof3- was honest, mentally. He would ac I a AitnAl n ciAn T hAnvh i r Atot r i rv I - . . n The last three years we were associat- 8" 4"w""" sion he hated and contemnea. jjranic JL. cuavrj.Aa -J. v m uuuu Uiyuvi . : m i i l' x i i t it. .w. convention ofhis old party and liquor , , v . ' . , - action was had He rose and blazed against it His fellow delegates laughed at him and had their way, His intimate friend was nominated bv therri for Governor, but loyal to JSOUM1AAS, .1 Al. or JA8.X.. TAYLOR, , z-i3g GenT Pass. Agen-, Washington. . D. C orx . , J. S. POTTS. D P. Av. Richmond. XL, or sl fsjS" just ended were in steady conference over plans for the party's propaganda. While" these plans involved his per sonality, they have so far progressed as to go torward substantially un ... w I OiVll Uw llAbvU HliU WU tvtUM vU - - 4 1 Oil M One day he sat in a Nebraska aDout m matters of life, hewas reticent as to its most sacred; thihgj To him life was intense, and the W. A. TURK; D. P, A. Raleigh, N. C. ka a.f ivi naiu ouuiiuuuviaui uu- . - ... , i j l . " changSl, let us hope, save as-and fnens though he remamed ever he noblegt heights of manline88. Life CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY., oi. A - ; hail ROAD COMPANY. Condensed Time Table. ; springs of it were deeper than many Xo take , tt 5 oo a -m . Monday Oct. nan annreciate. Mis . broad, stroncr. . o io. , s- - ' . .. . ' I masterful nature reached down to these as few can do. and up ' to the MAIM. LINE. TraIx Nokth. .Jv To the Re- went and v.uU,.v, , o yyf ""w4 morel oval to Truth how great this modification will be . , , , , t . . il ' UUUllUU . .. ... l x. in sought a pledge to recommend tern sely his personality must be left .x . out. ' When first I knew Mr. Finch he to h:m was magnificent of purpose, splended of aim . and sacrificial in Freight was quite young, and had mot long been engaged on the platform. From humble surroundings, and resources very meager, outside himself, he had drwn all he could. A country lad, in the county of Chenango, (N. Y.), born to no heritage, but gifted with great desires to be and to do he had acquired such education as a district school could afford, supplemented by a little broader range at an academy, where two or three winters were spent Even theie moderate educa tional advantages he secured to him- Lself by hard labor. Then he studied law awhile at JNorwich, taught school a year not far awy and somehow his n.itive tendenciesi-led him thence to platform servicefe; He was diffident, without much;' (confidence before an audience at first but remarkable for his .keen and untiring pursuit of facts. 'He labored: for no-license in this State, through many; counties, and startled the thinking people by presenting,; in every town I an array of local information,' about the cost of license and its fruits, thus engag ed he Jookiupon h;mselfa newspaper connection, and acted for awhile as La? Associate Editor of a modest tem perance journal rather short lived: Then he went West I think in 1877. 'There he entered upon reform in thai tremendous earnest which characterized him. He pleaded with tallen manhood, and ior the homes b(?cloudedi the smitten hearts. JNight after night, week upon week, he could stand up in the same town and perance legislation, in case said can. didate were elected, obtained .the pledge, sought his own friend on the :-. Pass .and - - Alan , - . ana irxnm. ia.v iivit .viieiuiri IV A ir O .f a V . t t.,i iMV1ifl Arrive Maiton, :: " . 11'20 4 2 5wsi;; spirit. He had a superb temple .for Lea Maxfu, . U -30, 5 a royal soul, , It was good just to look Arrive Faj(eAtville,jy k'&ip, x 8 W ; . upon him, always ; to see him glowl" ing with the fires of oratory was to Leave Sanford, 4 15 - M i P5 p Aaisri nated by an intellect, electric e . v ; .: - And now that handsome physique, is laid low, the radiant brain powr has faded For John B. Finch - is dead 1 . - . . r , Dead in his splended prime The master of surging speech I . Silent the tongue that was. strong for truth, r - Touching and tender . for Home and Youth, Pleading the cause of each. Dead in his manly grac -The leader we loved so well! - Silent this form at the battle's fore. Still are the hands that our standard bore, Bravely, 'till swift he fell I . Dead in his loyal faith The friend of our faithful trust I Silent the heart that was true and leal, Tender the touches of love to' f eel - Fading so soon, to .dust. Dead at the conflict's front " The Knight who couldnow no fear ! Tilent the forces he led, to-day ; Hushed be our hearts, as we pause to lay Garlands upon his bier I ' Orator, friend, farewell ! ; Knight of the Right, good-bye ! Willing to fall in thy splended prime, Fighting for God, and His cause sublime Death, like aneigntor nign i Tears for the Right, bereft,. And tears for the Knight gone down I Smitten and sore in the battle's brunt, He has but won, at the surginb front, Victory's fadeless crown I A. A. Hopkixs. Tmaik bOUTlt. Leave Dalton Arrixe.Greenab ro. Leave ureensbor. Arrive Sa-ford, . L-ave S nford. Arrive Fay-,t'tevillc, Leave Fayetteville, Arrive Maxton, - L- ave '-i-x-on, : ArrlvV Bennettsville, Pawi.ijnd- i;Frkighi; k Mail ahdPas.raM 8 4a pm 9 60am 0f0 i-m 12 &5 p m 12 00 H 15 " 5 25 RAK Passenger and- Mail-Dinner at ' Ssnf ord stump, and helped elect the candidate a pby8icai splendor;.. inumV-tf mvqijeiisboro : .: 7 2(L&-. f of that partv he had always opposed. Lm.i" - ; te.B. e"pV ,lt& v. 111 ! .h A .. V. . I An lMnr.n thr. I .; - . . Ill ' . . Governor's chair, Finch went to him and asked, "why did you not keep faith with me and recommend temper ance legislation as agreed And the Governor in substance zsswered : "I wanted to, but the liquor forces of our party would not permit " Then logic said to John: A party whose liquor vote is large enough to defeat it can never be relied upon for tem peranee. To get Prohibition in -this land requires a party in la or of it. Help build such a party!' To th's commission of honest logic,' John B. finch was true. He turned his back on old friends, politically, 'he for sook political chances , he incurred hate, and malice and - obliquy ; he spent of his lion physique in prodigal fashion, and not less prodigally of his great brain power, he knew but one grand object in life to carry prohibition as a fact into government through a party which alone can make it such a fact. Devoted to Good Templary as he was, it seemed in his thought secondary to this, " though ever tributary and loved the more be cause tributary. - s Men said he r was ambitious and would build an organization to serve his nv "nds. Men wondered, some- Tuncfy if h i were not looking forward to f residential nomination and cov etously seeking exec tive -i power. They did pot know' : how. little he .r.t iiyftievill? tt ii,f l8p p m 6K,V B 00 a m 10 03 44 13 45 Factobt i Branch. Freight and Pass s . Tbain Nobth. Leave'HHbprO, ; 8 05 am ; - 5 45p m Arrive tJrpensboro, 9 35 4.4 - 7 25- , i . r '- . . ' : .? Tbain South. Leave Greensboro, . 2. 00 p m ' Leave Factory Junction; 3 00 " 7 15 p' m Arrive Milboro, 3 45 8 00 . t vb4 - Passenger and Mail Train runs daily ex cept Sundays. ' ,vj;T Freight and Passenger Icon runs between Bennettsville and Fayetteville n';.,j, Mondays.VV.eanesdays an-i rriaays, ana.;, between Fayetteville and Greensboro Vn.' Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.,. Freght and. Passenger train runs be tween Greensboro and . Fayetteville on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday . and ; between Fayetteville and Bennetts on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.' The Pasenger and . Mail traih makes close connection at Maxton with Carot Una Central to Charlotte and Wilmington' Trains on Factory Branch run daily ex ept Sunday. W. .E. KYLE, Gen!-Pass; Ag ' W - FRY, Geu'l&mp't ; - , zr
The North Carolina Prohibitionist (Bush Hill, N.C.)
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Oct. 21, 1887, edition 1
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