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"Off fur ole Africa at hi,' bless de
Lamb.'7
ite "id darkey 3 rt - upo i rh
ivar pi ir.brm of the exuir-io i tr.iin
tl.ftt loft Atlanta hist Monday for
The ace-inier Unit will take tbe thirty
negroes abroul to A ruin, a .d as die
Cj.i.Ke thenars tnoHed do.vn lier
black eneeks in a way that made ner
ji ; iable, indeed.
Who. her 'those were tear-i of l.-id-li-is
because she was oig ;tway to
AtVica tj die, or wneth i i ij'-.v were
1 .irs of sorrow at a pros)) 'ct so gloomy
as
it would sevriii to the avcj'iige m aid
is not known.
To judge from i lie old woman's
words they were tears of ue.raiae
ratih'eation aad delight, and, in
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deid, wneTher it was wirstlin toVlo his country i m ahai lablo service
keep their cmrage up or not ail o!
t ne d irkie abo-ii'-.l Hie tiaia wee
loud in rejoicing at the trip ahea i. '
kSttcH a sf'igin4- and ia. king and
hhoutiUi; h 1 1 ' ! going on was nev;- wit
l) 3sed at the iroon nas enger depot.
There were ut serea hundred ue
groes ac the car sh.ed 10 see the parry
off tor t e land of the sun. T:jy h id
gathered tiiere from all rpianers of
the city. Thev came to see their
iiHenu on, some oi taem to uerio - ,
and laugh at the ex-"u rsion party and i
very ma iy out of dl curi -sifv, be
ing neither disoojed to c.aiicie or
yet to pr-aise tiie und u tak dig.
lr, was v.-ry i'unay, and yet had its
Bad side, too, for many of t he ex ur
sioniais taki ag voyage for the hot
saadi of Africa were oid-:iuie d.O'-kie-,
suoil oi;e used !o See around
the ' big i)iie" in slavery days, scra
ping 4iol bo-.YPig their courtesies to
the whifo folks.
There were just thirty of them to
leave. They luui a special c;tr re
served for t-htM, and w i 1 1 go ro Sa-
vannh on the Central,
arri v in 2
there early this morning, and will
take voyage on'a sreamer for New
York at once In Now York they
w il 1 bejoineil by others who have
been scraped together by he Gaston
Agency there and will sail for Afri
ca. They will have no stop-ing on
the way, so they declare, and wdl go
strasght across the waters blue and
land m the harbor of eteinal rest
and joy, they seem to think.
The party was made up of all
manner of negroes. Soma were voting
some were old, some big, some little.
One of the old women in the party
Was so aged she had to be lifted in
she car.
When asked whv she was iroinsr
so far away at this period ol life, sue prouucts irom nest to iast lias rap
screamed out with many grunts and idly lessened, in other words, en-
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groans that it was no use to live in j
gro
this country
any more, since '-0!e '
marster and ole mistis" had gone off
and left her.
The party was organ iz-.d by Gas
ton, the now notorious excursion
worker. Tie has had an agency at
work in New York collecting money
on the installment plan for. this trip
for some tim. Many of the darkies J
who were aboard1 'yesterday declareu
that they have been chipping in their
n ckel8 aud dimes tor more than a
year to pay for their tickets. The
money all went to New York and
not until the' agency there wired the
Central railroad here -that the tick
ets had been paid for; did .tbft' pay
set ready to go. There was a hitch
about it some way or other. They
received news day before yesterday
that the trip "was a go, however, and
GREEXVILLE, N- C
Wk I il ill flTI
one of theai wnt round and notified
i..e others to pack" no and get ready.
At laii ra CuU6tit?ifiutx
No pariv ever came into power
Willi eo ivu an opportunity, and no
one ever pat a great opportunity to
sic.t uase Uses or out-f-o poov a figuie
All is cimos, aad for the lime b.-i ig
ad 3"e ns -los-, Mr. (Jie-veland oould
Vet retriovo tho fortunes of tno day
if h. coul-l get1 nl of the terror into
wiiion i i message of 1867 threw him
when ho realiz-d its meaning, aad
won id (tut aloof from the moneyed
i iuiiueo :es which appeal ro have got
j te.i as oomp.e'.e pos.e&siou uf him as
, they h.i I oi poor Genoral Grant.
! lr is not too late f n-M r. Cleveland
i to recover Ii'in lost popularity and to
'y 'a - e.i i igu iei. d display (f some
i : a i oa .c oe lor v aicii he has
i.v;'ei'e 1 So much credit. Instead of
frittering his strong, ii a way by an un
sternly wrang o ,tii the Xe'.v York
s-'iia.ors over picK le-lien ing issues
of :Vv York o: igiu, levoitiiig tothr
goo-1 sense .t the people at larye, he
uv ; e be: : er jug ii?e i in the woi k of
uniting U e pa. ty upon the line o
the national nlatform. Top Litter
nan u. ruesner promise rem ins
e.t to be ihiiiiied. The promise as
Co tile rep- al of the tax on State
':tns s ill viands where Mi.
Cleve-
land s own fV'.c n's placed it.
Jt is n-t p oriole to call a halt up
an riu- a ;;io. oi' the J roi c i on 1st
doag ii i.icocs who mas.juerade as dem
ocrats in the senate and to iorct them
to come ba rk to the party or to get
out and take tie consequences. Cou
vicr Journal.
nr - 11 nirii mm
Tho Plies of Wneat-
c, neat
in .w selling at a lower
)iice tiian ever betore known, anil
an investigation into the causes of
its low price has been made by Sen
ator Peffer, the Populist Senator
from Iv ii:s ;s. whom the Democratic
Senate appointed chairman of the
siih-co, naiit tee on agriculture for
th.it purpose. He has just complet
ed his report and one gre.t cause t hat
he gives for the low price of wheat is
tho same that the liecord h.is fre
qnentlv suggested. He says, 'that
me enlargement of the farming area
in the Western States has brought a
new region into competition with
the older portions of the cnuntry,
and in connection with that our trans
partation system has rapidly devel-,
ooed as.'d the cost of carrying farm
t I 11' A A T-.
"-or l eaer s report corrooorates tne
Kecord's oft repeated assertion that
the low price of wheat is chiefl-y dtie
to the immense crops in the West
which are being transported by the
railroads at so sinalj a cost to the
Eastern cities, and that our farmers
cannot successful ly compete with the
whet growers of that section. : And
yet some of our farmers wish the
govern cum t to.own the railroads and
reduce the rates of transportation
still lower. "
I . . . Anoth er earns;? given "by Senator
re iter s report; tor. therJow price- of
wheat is the small cost of producing
wheat in India, which is only thir
teen cents a bushel, and since the
opening of the Suez canal it can be
laid down in Liverpool for about 50
cents a bushel. As England is the
chief foreign market for American
- MAR'H 30 th 1894.
. whoat, and the pne- ol wlieat is reg-j
uUned ami fixed at Jiiveipool, it will j
I readily be seen that the cheapness f I
f 1 1 I i i) h...i t1 iiinr o'a- n .i -fir , v . f r
price Of our wheat. An I yet, he
caube oi ineiow price oi u near, soire
fanners are cussing out Cleveland
and the Democratic- party. Atlanta
uonstituliufi.
The question as to who sh uld
j have the offices is as simple as the
i al phabet. Thy belong nat ur.d iy and
j r i, In fully to toe paiy that is in con-
trol of the government. A denial of
I that l ight is subversive of the sound
i principles of our sbtem. Those de u
ocrats who have been appointed to
olli- o have succeeded. The changes
have made ' no inconvenience a. id
nave not injured the public service.
There are a Lrivat nianv laws o.'
I nature which air. Cleveland is obiig
. ed to obey. Why 'can he not iveog-
mzs' a natural law of poj.ties and
government? tiis present position
is abnormal. He cannot establish
the policy of a non partisan distribu
Hon ot the oiiijcs" ii" -npgiir
U he
1 city
had to deal with the ahairs of j
vvnci'e poll t iCS la e i no part in t he
elections; but (he political consider
ation is present in all the aSfaiis ol'
thfc geaieiai government. Now that
the republicans have overlapped a
year oaM r. Cleveland's term, can't,
we have a return to s)iind and logi
cal practices? The people can'., he
fed long on the far de tone 1 philoso
phy of non-partisan adinmifc, rdtion
of tiie government of the United
States. Everv man who is mental
ly and morally lit or the publ.c ter
vice is a partisan on national and
state question.
Those who claim that the de;:o
cratic part can be brought up en
thusiastically to the support of lead
ers who are. constantly favoring re
publicans are fanciful theorists, in
this matter of the Offices and other
places under the federal govetnment
neither the democratic nor republi
can pwrty is 011 an ethereal plane.
All parties and all peopl are on
earth. Not even- the mugwumps are
exceptions. They preach a heavenly
state of unselfishness as to the offi
ces, and then get sour if they are
not appointed to good places them
selves. Cincinnati Enguirer.
Populists throughout the Western
Shites must not forget the rule adop
ted by the Omaha ConventioM, and
which has been recently reaffirmed
by Chairman Taubeneck and cited
as part of the instructions to Stao.
county a.d Congressional commit
tees. This rule prohibits all office
holders, State, county, municipal or
Congjessional, from holding seats in
People's party conventions, anil this
rule must be rigidly enforced during
the ensuing campaign. Denver
News. (Pop.) v
I Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained aiid all Pat-C
ent business conducted for moderate Fees. ' f
Sov Orncir is Opposite. U.S. Patent Office?
and we. can secure patent m less tune tnan tnose s
Jremetie from Washxngtotw ' - ' '
5 Send model, drawing or photo, with descrip-
tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free ofj
5 charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A Pam ph let. 44 How to Obtain Patents,1' with
5 cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries?
5 sent free. Address,
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It Oil
and I will guarantee voar
PULL VALVE
OEIVED
My stock is complete in.all lines-of
DRY GOODS.
Do you need a Uat, a pair of Shoes
a suit of Clothes, Suspender, Socks,
Drawers or a Shirt.
Do on need a Di ess, Under-Cloth
l'K.e. ii il)roi dered
nj k-iii ,x C1 111. J-liUUUI !.
Goods, Combs.
brushes, Ne ddies, Puis, Spool Coc
ton or Gloves.
ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT
I HAVE IT
-tfv goods are verv cheap.- Bought
for Cash, to be sold lor Cash, on a
narrow margin.
TO MY COUNTRY FRIENDS!
I extend a cordial invitation to
drive right into the lot, in die rear
"f my sto e where stables are i'ree.
R- L. MUNFORD,
New Store on corner two doors be
low Mc. G. Ermil Drug Store.
F.H p- 3; a W.
Carry the largest
assortment o
Gooas to be
found in our
Town or
County.
o
They keep about everything
you want and invite you to
call 011 them when yen
want your moneys
worch;
A penny saved
is a penny made and
we claim to save 'you
many pennies if you will
give us your patronage.
WE A HE H E AD QUARTERS
FOR FURNITURE IK ;
: THIS (X)UNTU " ll
CALL ON US
WHEN TO U ABE IN
NEED 0 ANYTHING IN
THE FUKNITUBE LINE.
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