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THE (jKEEWVILLE INDEX N X3 BE! W O" O YHST R Suitor & Proprietor. GUEEN'VILLE,' N. C. MAY 25 " Pl'blished Every Pkiday AT 5li A YEAR, Entered in the PostOfficetit Green ville, N. (X as Second-CJlassMUtter Getting Eight- At Kansas, Mo., efforts were made to inject an indorsement of Cleve land in the State Democratic Con vention. This failed by an over whelming majority. The platform was for An Income Tax "for the maintenance f both eilver'and rold in circulation on a ra tto that will be fair to debtors and creditors' alike, having m view the demands of the people for an ade quate circulation. " For a reform in the Tariff that is not a MeKinley or Republican aftermath. We will all get together after a while. True Democracy will yet tri umph. The South and tne West af ter turning the cold shoulder on a few lmstifcrons demagogic, office- !-' ( blighted, politicians will sueoessiiil- ! ly fight the battle f jr the people uu der the common cry of the greatest good to the greatest number and smash the combined powers of cor porate greed an 1 political oiicanery Conservatism- We notice, that the five leading dailies of the Stare, the Charlotte Observer, the Asheville Citizen, the Wiluungtou Maraud Jlussenyer. the Raleigh Observer are all now decid ed io$ the opinion, -at Mr? (21e ve iand'fc; Democracy is'uotof the kind that North Carolinians were raised on and intend to be guided by, or voted for. The Index said so bold ly and squarely three months ago and a howl went up from a few tools and more hypocrites that we had joined the Third party. We said in our first issue that there was no sense in villifyiug and abusing one another because of an honest difference of political opinion the fools and collar wearers howled again. In all the comments we have seen on Buck Kitchen's defection not one impugns the honesty of his opinion. If Mr. Kitchen and many of the newspapers had pursued that course t.vo years ago, we would not be so badly divided to day. If there is a machine in State or county poli tics, we want to say right here aud right now, that the old method of dragooning men into line, of lyiug and slander, to punish independence of thought 1 or wreak private spite, and to baptise it by the name of party fealty, is dead busted, defunct and out of date. And we want to notify a set of numbskulls and thimble riggers that when they attempt to damage us by hints as to our political integrity af ter the meeting closes, we will lash them with a whip of scorpions and pour aquafortis in the gashes, by tell ing the truth on them and their methods. There is not a respectable man however who is in the conspiracy up to date. N. C, which means, enough said. Editorial Briefs- If the people of Pitt county only know the natural advantages of the county, they would thank God for their birthright, and instead of hold big it lightly would press ou to great er educational and material activity. We are guiug to enlighten them this summer. The Washington Post one of the ablest independent papers in the Union and the most reliable politi cal newspaper we ever see has at last renounced its advocacy ot monoiuet alisui and come square our- in fayor of bi-metalism as called for in the Democratic platform and Mr. Cleve land and his eastern goldolators and republicans will bo solitary and alone after awhile. Col. Harry Skin lit i spoke to a large audience at Kiuston last Saturday. I'he Newberne Journal gave quite a full and fair report of his speech. Tne Index did the same two months ao and some ignoramuses who don't knoywhat a live newspaper is printed for,ot huffy about it, as if we cared a s.iap. The truth is this paper is edited by its editor. After a great deal of observation, varied experience xud uncommon fa cilities for research. We have come to to the deliberate conclusion that of fioe seeking and office holding be comes a disease just as dram drink ing produces after a while a fixed disease. The man who will discov er a cure will be almost as great a benefactor as Dr. Keeley or Dr. Be dal. We knot? some we would ope rate on tree of charge. The Louisville Courier Journal, A tlanta Constitution, Augustu Chroii tale, along with all the leading South eru papers aud almost all the North Carolina papers, whose editors have not been hit in the stomach with a pone of bread, are in favor of carry ing out the pledges of the Chicago pi at foam. The Ixdex is not ashamed to keep such company. It was a lit tle in advance of a great many other papers, but the South and West will all get together after awhile and in that prospect is founded the peopje's hope for financial and tariff reform. Never before were the people more alive to the importance of making the free school system a means of ac tual benefit these hard times. A great deal ot clap-trap and wind has been spent on the great benefits of free school system by demgogues and nincompoops. Times are hard now and the people are determined to have the use of the free school funds not only in Greenville, but all ovei the county. Folks who do not be lieve this and are setting on their hind legs howling party, had better get in out of the wet. The people can't be tooled that wav. They want a MAN. Rev. Mr. Greaves, the Episcopal minister here is one of the most gen erous and considerate men we. ever saw, He sent us in a notice to print, wirh the caution that if we thought people would accuse the Index of being an Episcopal paper hot to print it. Bless the good man's heart the people of Pitt county are broad minded when you give them a chance. We have often been com mended on account of the fad that since the Index starred they get news about all the churches. We were much amused at a remark of one of our most distinguished citizens that he believed the Index had been sub sidized by the preachers of the coun ty and a bar keeper in Tarboio sent us word to stop the paper as he did not have time to lead religion. POLITICAL COMMENT The County Superintendent It seems to us that the office of County Superintendent of Public In struction is a very important one, and he who holds it should be a man well qualified in many respects In the first.phtce, he should have the in terest of education at heart, and. es pecially the education of the people by the means allowed by the present sys tern of public schools, in vogue all over our State. In the next place, he should be a man, who "has the time to attend to this office as it should be attended to,'r not careless ly or indifferently as is so often the ease in a good many counties m this rttare.-In. the third place, he should be a man of a good education him self, who knows what he is doing. and understands his business. A great responsibility rests upoti a County Superintendent of Public In struction. In the last place we would urge the election of a first class Superin teiidtfiitpbecause it is a fact just at tkis time, that a great many people are not able to send their childreirto private schools. Times are hard and money is scarce. Give our people the verv best the monev can afford. Give us brainy men to manage our educati nal interests. Giye us first oia men to manage our public schools. Make our public schools strictly first-class in every respect. Toe magistrates have this matter in charge and will make the selec tion iext month, on the first Monday. They will do their duty. Tarboro Southerner. Mr. James C. Carter is easily first ariiou;' Nov York lawyers. Nobody disput ,a primacy. He was one of the speakers at the meeting in that city a few days ago of the business men of .dl kinds. In that meeting of New Yorkers, Mr. Carter declar ed that the income tax is the most fair, most just and most equitable of all taxes rnd a large majority of the business broke out mo emphat ic expressions of approval, Mr. Hill was no doubt surprised when he read the newspaper leports of Mr. Carter's declaration and of the re ception with which it met at the hands of the people. He has 'sepa rated from his party because that par ty advocates "the fairest, most lust and most equitable of all taxes." Richmond Dispatch. So Buck Kitchen has gone over bag and baggage, and is now a full fledged Thirdite, He wants to be Senator and would try a pull with Butler and Skinner. Wc doubt if these two personages receive him with open arms. The Captain used to score the Populists pretty heavy, but we presume that thev have prom ised him full absolution for his misdoings in the past. Sun. Like the High. 'Point -Enterprise, we are not- disposed to treat . Jjm ,y the defection of Capt. W. H. K.icj. en. He has been a very laborio. s worker in the Democratic ?inear i and is, as we remarked d some ua ago, a man of uiauy excellencies. He is so violeut a mail he cannot brooK disappointment, aud his exasperation that tue Democratic pvty, having been in power lor a year, should nave failed to do for him and for the con u try all that he expect d of it, h;,s ueeu so great that ne could not Ion er contain himself in its ranks. His reasoning is faulty and his step is ill-adyised, but we are more dispos ed to le charitable in considering his change than we ivould be rn con templaUng that of a more cold blood ed aud less eccentric man. Person ally the Observer likes Capt. Kitch ln very much and it hopes that lus passion will after awhile subside and that he will return to his moorings. Charlotte Observer. Gongressman Branch is serving his second term in Congress fiom this district with much eredit to himself. He is an honor to the dis trict. He has been punctual in st tending to his Congressional duty. He is not always home "on business, but rightly beOeves that e is a ser vant of the people. Will his party re-elect him -Greenville Torchlight. Colored. BOSTON BOYD- The old reliable SIGN and HOUSE PAINTER, Paper hanging a specialty. Who Buys the Best material in the South? Who employs the Best-workmen in the State? Who makes the Best Buggy in the East? Who guarantees to please in Quality and Price? J. D Williamson, Court House Square, Greenville, N. C. Staple and Fancy Groceries. NEW & FRESH. Selected wltk-care from best known brands. Meat, Flour, Lard, Sugar, Cof fee, Snuff, Tobacco, Vinegar, Syrups, Canned Goods &c. Expenses light, profits small . dealings honest, GOODS CHEAP. W.S. Leggett. MILLINERY Having made my semi-annual visit to Baltimore and New York, I have now on hand a large stock of HATS, BON NETS and all Millinery Goods which the ladies and public gen erally are invited to call and inspect; Respectfully, Mrs. Georgia Pearce.