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t Inthe World'sBroai ! yield of JJattlc, I In the conflict of real life, ADVERTISING ; 1? the Secret 1 Lives of Bici Men j All llcmind Us j ! We can. make our lives j j Miblirae ; - j j Ami by Liberal I ADVERTISING! Of achievement in the strife T' th high'st summit climb THAD R. MANKING, Publisher. cc Carot iTisr a. , CAJROi-iisrA., DE3jB-A.7rE2sr,s BLEssnsras Attend "FT-rr, 1 SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Cash. VOL. IX. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1890. NO. 33. North Carolina's Fayorite. l A1J 1 8 9 0 8 North Carolina's famous brand of PURE OLD WHISKIES Have lieen manufactured on the same plantation for the past 122 Years. 122 Sjs and Con Whiskey; iPeach aarl Apple Branfty ON HANI). New 1, 2, 3 ami 4 years old. Shipped in any quantity. Write for price list. Old Nick Whiskey Co., (Successors to Jos. Williams) I'A NTH Eli CHEEK, Yadkin Co .. N. C & Danville B. B. Co. ( ( )X 1 )ENSK1) SCHEDULE, Id IN KFFFCT MAY i8th, 1890. " DAILY. SOUTHBOUND. No. 50. No. 52. I.v. Kirhniond 00 p in 2 .'50 a in ' Hmkeville 5 0t p 111 4 .'SO a ni " Keysville 5 48pm 5 10 a 111 " Danville 8 40 p m 8 05a 111 Ar. Crecnsburo 10 27 pin 9 42 a ni I,v. (inldshoro 2 40 p ni f- 00 p ni Ar. Ualeigh 4 40 p in 9 00pm I.v. Kalpigh 4 45 in 1 00 a m " Duiham i 5 48 pin 2 55 a in Ar. (ireensboro 8 20pm 7 .M) a in I.v. Winston-Salem f 'o p m 0 15 a m I.v. ireensboro 10 37pm 9 50 a m Ar. Salisbury 12 2ii a in 11 19 a 111 Ar. States vi lie 1 49 a m 12 08 p m " Asheville 7 22 am 4 22 p m " Hot Springs 9 34 a m 6 55 p ni Lv. Salisbury 12 : a m 11 24 a m Ar. Charlotte 2 05 am 12 40 p in " Spartanburg 4 51 am 3 38 p m " Ureenville 5 5i a m 4 41) p in " Atlanta 11 00 a m 9 40 p m I.v. Charlotte 2 20 a m 1 00 p m Ar. Columbia ( :u) a in 5 10 p m " Augusta 10 30 a m 9 00 p ni ImY: . SOUTHBOUND. No. 51. No. 53. I.v. Angara t; 30 p th 8 00 a ni " Columbia lOMpra 1250 pm Ar. Charlotte 3 13 a m 5 15 p m I.v. Atlanta t 00 p m 7 10 a m Ar. (ireenville 12 35 a m 1 48 p m " Spartanburg 1 39 a m 2 52 p in ' Charlotte 4 25 a m 5 30 p m " Salisbury t 02 a m 7 05 p m I.v. Hot Springs 11 10 p m 12 24 p m " Asheville 12 40 am 2 05pm " Statesvillo 5 02am 5 58 p ni r. Salisbury 5 53 a 111 0 42 p m T.V.Salisbury t 07 a 111 7 12 p ni Ar. (ireensboro 7 45 a 111 8 40 p m Ar. Winston-Salem 11 40 a m fl2 30 a 111 I.v. (ireensboro 9 45 am 11 00 p in Ar. Durham 12 01pm 5 00 a in " lialeigh 1 05 p in 7 45 a m I.v. lialeigh 105 p m 19 00 a m Ar. (ioldsboro 2 55 p in 12 50 pm I.v. (Ireensboro 7 55 a in 8 50 p m Ar. Danville 9 32 a in 10 20 p in " Keysville 12 18 pm 155am " lhnkeville 1 00 p m 2 45am Kichmond 3 .to in 5 15 a in Between West Point, Richmond & Raleigh. Via. Keysville, Oxford and Durham. 55 and 103. C. 10 f4 35 4 30 1 45 2 00 12 58 12 47 12 30 12J0 11 r.5 11 40 11 24 11 15 10 4ti p m p m p in p 111 p m p 111 p m p m p 111 a m a m a m a in a in 10 00 a m 9 25 a m 8 55 a m 10 4o a m 10 1G a 111 10 09 a ni 9 43 a in 9 25 a m 8 33 a ni 8 15 a m t Daily except Sundav. Daily. "i Daily except Monday. Additional train leaves Oxford daily ex cept Sunday ll 00 a m., arrive Henderson 12 05 p m., returning leave Henderson 2 10 p m., daily except Sunday, arrive Oxford 3 15 p m. No. 50, leaving Goldsboro 2 20 p m and Raleigh 4 45 p m daily, makes connection at Durham with No. 19, leaving at 0 00 p m daily, except Sunday for Oxford, Hender son and all points on O. & II., O. & C. and It. & M. roads. Passenger coaches run through between West Point and lialeigh, via Keysville, on Nos. 54 and 102, and 55 and 103. Nos. 51 and 53 connect at Richmond Irom and to West Point and Baltimore daily ex cept Sunday. Nos. 50 and 51 connect at Goldsboro with trains toand from Morehead City and Wil mington, and at Selina to and from Fayette vllle. 5? connects at Greensboro for Fay ettevllle. 3 No 53 connects at Seln.a for Wilson. N.C. rni;1 aw.d.51 Inake che connection at University Station with trains to and from Chapel Hill, except Sundays. SLEEPING-CAli SERVICE. On trains 50 and 51, Pullman But- let Slppnpr lutwn Atlanta .,i -v- lork, Danville and Augusta and Greens boro, via Asheville to Morristown, Tenn. On 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet Sleeper between Washington and New Orleans via f-l nteomery. and between Washington and Birmingham, Richmond and Greens )ro, Kaleigh and Greensboro and between b. 1YIIShm an1 AuKsta, and Pullman Kuffet Sleepers between Washington and Asheville and Hot Springs. toiu?h Hckets on sale at principal stations to all points. atm7.r, Jates' local a,ul through time tables, Pply to any agent of the company, or to Trm x,b' JAS- L- i'AYLOIt, 1 rathe Manacer. Genu. Pass. Agent. W.A.TURK, Div. Pass. Agent, Raleigh, N. C. inr5T STATIONS. is no a in I.v. West Point Ar. 9 4(i a m Ar. Richmond Lv. H (ni a in Lv. Kichmond Ar. 1o pm " Burkeville 2 ."! 111 " Keysville ' -'2.'. pin " Fort Mitchell " -32pm " Finney wood " 2 44 p in Chase City " oiif, pin " Five Forks " 3 15 p m " Clarksville " 3 35 p in " Soudan " 350 pro " Bullock's " 3 58pm " Stovall 4 13 p m Ar. Oxford Lv, 4 40 p m I.v. Oxford Ar. 5 15 p in Ar. Dabney I.v. 5 45 pm " Henderson " 4 13 pm I.v. Oxford Ar. 4 45 pm " Stem's I.v. 4 55 p m " Lyon's " 5 17pm " Holloway il 5 3t p m " Durham " 39 p m " Cary " 6 57 p m Ar. Ralei'uh I.v. (KTTYSBUltG. I Tllfl following lwniltif 111 anrl niiklna I oeiii was written by Dr. Edward Warren, Surzeon General ot North Carolina. tnr. log the war. The song was written lust after the Battle of Gettysburg. Dr. War. ren who is a dlstlnjfulsded son of North of Carolina, is now residing in Paris, France. Editor Gold Leaf. From the Hills of the West to the shores of the sea. Hushed forever is the voiee of glee And a sorrowful wail aseendeth on high For the heroes who bleed, and the martyrs who die. The hearts of our with Dain. fathers are breaking And the tears of our mothers descending like rain For the loved and the lost who homewards no more Keturn from the field all red with their gore. That banner of stars whleh so proudly hath blown Where the Demon of Carnage claims all as his own. Now droops in the gloom, while the ey- press is seen Entwined with laurels on Its glittering sheen. The foemen exult as they bury the slain, Who fell in the charge o'er the terrible plain ; For Carolina's brave sons, the pride of the South, Lie covered with glory at tho dread ean nons' mouth. Oh well may they gloat o'er the work they have done, And boast of the field they so dearly have won. When the hearts of suoh heroes forever are still As fonght at Mannassas and Malvern's red hill. And at Bethel and Sharpsburg all reek le 33 of death, Came down on the foe like the hurricane's breath And scattered his legions o'er mountain and lea. As the leaves of the forest or the foam of the sea. But hark ! while we mourn for the good and the true, For Marshall. Burewvn. and the brave rewigrew, From camp and from city, from and Diain valley A wild cry of vengeance re-echoes again And the noble old State, thank God for the SlgUl 1 I burning and arming once more for the fisrht. And dashing the tears from her sorrowing eye By Jehovah hath sworn to conquer or die. 1000. Vance is a Power of Strength in North Carolina. Elizabeth City Economist. vance is a power ot strength in North Carolina. His ability, his cour age, his fidelity to the State, through every period of his life, in the most trying times of her existence, his soot less public and private life have so en- 1 . . ciearea mm to the people of the State, and so justly, that it will put in peril the very existence of the Alliance, if they attempt to supplant him to grati fy personal ambition. Protesting- Against the Force Bill. Wilmington Messenger.! Atlanta's Chamber of Commerce strongly protests against the Bayonet Dill, but makes no threats. It says the bill is against the spirit of organic law and the institutions of pur Gov ernment, it says it will oppress and humiliate a loyal people and dis turb the harmony of the sections," and therefore, "Resolved, First.that we ask the co operation of the business interests of the North and of all patriotic Ameri cans in directing their influence against such a measure: second, we rail nmn the true friends of good government everywhere to unite with us in this peaceful effort to save the government of the people from being turned into a partisan despotism." This is the better way. It appeals to the sense of justice and right of the Northern people to act. It demands that they send to the House a tariff bill drawn " in wisdom and justice," within a fortnight, and it tells them how to " meet exigences of the times, the needs of the manufacturing ele ment, promote the interests of Ameri can labor, and more firmly than, ever establish the true policy of protection. They can do this by eliminating all the monopolistic features of the Mc Kinley bill,by careful revision of the free list, and the cutting down of excessive rates on many articles of common use," But Ephraim is wedded to his idols. Let him alone. m 1 Vance Makes an Able Speech on the ' . 4 Tariff. I Wilmington Messenger. Senator Vance delivered an able speech in the Senate on the Radical tariff bill, but all the Radicals went out. He spoke to Democratic Senators alone, who were interested listeners. The New York Times says of it : "They enjoyed a speech that was full of solid argument and sharp points against the high protection policy in general and the McKinley bill in par ticular, and they listened with keen pleasure when Mr. Vance took up Blaine's recent letter, and wondered why it was a good thing to extend our trade with the Latin countries and not a good thing to have a freer trade with the Teutonic races." Vance always speaks well on the taritT,which he understands beyer than most of his brother Senators. It is said he is probably the best equipped Democrat in the Senate on that subject after Mr. Carlisle. Chief Justice Doe, of New Hamp shire, delivered a long opinion on the petition of Mariella Ricker, of Dover, tor admission to the bar. The court decided that sex is no disqualifi cation for membership. WARMLY WELCOMED. AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY JULIAN 8. CARE. MR. The Manner in Wbieh the President of the Commonwealth Club Wel comed the North Carolina Press As sociation to the City of Durham, July 23rd. President McDiarraid, of the Press Association,introduced Mr. J. S. Carr, President of the Commonwealth Club, who spoke as follows : Gentlemen : Unused as I am to public speakinir. I fullv aoDreciate the position I occupy in appearing before so intelligent a body as the Press Asso ciation 01 Worth Carolina, but know ing as I do your immeasurable sviuna thy and charity for the unfortunate, and that your criticisms are ever tem pered with mercy, 1 have consented to address to you a few words ot wel come. It has been truthfully remarked that it is the " welcome that makes the sauce," so then, gentlemen, you have every reason to feel that your trip to Durham will be highly seasoned, be cause 1 do assure you that no town in North Carolina, the Commonwealth we all love, from Currituck to Chero ree could possible give you a warmer or more cordial welcome than dnrc a Durham. You are welcome to what our ecclesi astical friend, Rev. Sam P. Jones, savs is the best "all round" town be ever saw. You are welcome to our homes and our firesides, you re welcome to the arts that have made Durham, a town that was born into existence since you and me, known more widely and extensively than Rome, when she was the reputed mistress of the world. For, gentlemen, let me tell you, Dur ham owes as much to the intelligent press of the country for what she is to day, as to any other cause, and we ap preciate that lact, and allow me to re mark by way of parenthesis, that when any community fails rightly to appre ciate, and creditably sustain the press, it argues, in my judgment, bad for that community. Nay, more, when in any community you find men who profess to live above and beyond and outside of the influence of the press of their community, that man. in olain Englishes a fool. And yettrange to say mere are in almost every community to be found those who profess to have no interest in whether their community nas a newspaper or not, nor whether it there be a newspaper in their com munity, it is properly encouraged and sustained arguing erstwhile that their investments and interests are elsewhere and their. are not concerned whether Ihe local paper lives or dies, that it is all the same to them. Poor specimens 01 tne Homo Genusit is a downright insult to a fool to sav such men are fools, but like Sam Jones says- and you must excuse me for quoting the reverend gentleman, for we are good mends and 1 take a deal of stock in what he says, Such men oueht to be 1 ... . oored ior hollow horn and bled in the hollow of the foot." My rule in life has been to live on the best terms with my wife, the pul- pu and tne local press; and.gentlemen let me assure you that a strict adher- ance to such a declaration removes many a thorn from the pillow, because there is much force in the trite but somewhat indelicate expression that the three p's, the pulpit, the press and the petticoat rule of the world. 1 am rejoiced, gentlemen, to be able 10 say to you with so much truth to night, that whatever may be said in these days of corruption in high places. of a subsidized and a muzzled press, it can be said respecting the press of dear old North Carolin, "Here dare we the people's rights main- MIII, Una wed by fear or unbribed by gain." Stand always.gentlemen.for the rights of the people, and be as brave as Mars and as wise as Minerva. Now, gentlemen, iust a word in de fence of Durham, the brightest iewel ' w j in the coronet that adorns our dear old mother State,the town that has brought to North Carolina more repute than any others within her borders. Tudas Iscariot sold his Lord for thirty pieces j ' silver, Benedict Arnold betrayed his . u t-: 1 -j j- j country, sold his honor and died in disgrace, but the lowest depths of in famy and defamation was reserved for that hybrid and disgrace to North Carolina journalism, who spewed cal umny upon a people who had suckled him, but refused to support his wild and vissionary venture in the field ot journalism. Rome had her her Caesar and England her Cromwell, but worse than either of these in raalisciousness and cowardly meanness was Durham's Oldham. It is for you to say whether you find Durham as Caius Marius sat weeping in the ruins of Carthage's former greatness, sitting in despair in the ashes of her former magnificence. but on the other hand we promise to show you a town unparalleled for her recuperative power and whose future is brighter and on a more substantial basis to-day than ever in her history. Gentlemen, I have finished. Make our home your home, enjoy what we shall set before you to the full, and before you leave our community our expectation is that you will catch our views and inspiration and come to be lieve that Durham is the biggest town of its size in the State. The wheat reserves on July 1 is es timated at 1 ,890,394 bushels. INDUSTRIAL MEXT. DEVELOP- Active Times Throughout the South. The Manufacturers' Record of last week says : Regardless of the efforts ot a few politicians to retard the South's indus trial progress, the great mass of the American people North and South are becoming more and more impressed with the wonderful activity that is seen everywhere from Maryland to Texas. Enterprises involving millions of dol lars are being pushed ahead by men who a year or two ago would not be lieve that the South possessed the ad vantages which the Manufacturers' Record had for years claimed for it ; nor would they believe that it was ever to hold the commanding position in industrial matters whirh thpv nrp now doing all in their 'power to give it. At Norfolk and at Salem. Va.. plans are being matured by outside capital ist ior extensive steel plants, the one at Norfolk to make Bessemer steel from Cuban ores and the one at Salem tor basic steel, while at Buena Vista the money has been raised for a 500,- 000 steel plant. At Tredegar. Ala.. work has been commenced upon the large steel enterprise recently reported, which is to have a daily capacity of 300 tons of finished steel, and include rolling mill, rail mill and cotton tie mill. Here are four great steel makin? enterprises which are but signs ot the times that indicate that the South is now to turn its attention to steel makins? with the same vigor that it has for sev eral years given to the increase in iron production. This is the round insr out of the South's development, and is but tne natural order ot growth from the first stages of the country's develop ment in the making of the coarser grades of goods to the finer produc tions. As in iron and steel, so will it be in the manulacture of cotton eoods. the South having gained control of the market Tor the cheaper grades of cot ton goods will now turn its attention to finer qualities, and in all other lines of industry we may look for the same evolution. The past week has been prolific of new enterprises, large and small, in addition to the four steel plants men tioned. At Charlotte Harbor. Fla large phosphate works are to be built by a, company having a paid-up capital of 400,000. At Rome, Ga.; 200,000 brick works are to be built, and at Savannah, a $60,000 wall plaster com pany has been organized. At Greens boro, N. C, Philadelphia capitalists are to puiid a 100,000 rolling mill in Maryland a 5 0,000 quarrying company nas Deen organized. At Marion, N. C, a $1,000,000 gold mining company will put m mining machinery and establish chlorination works; at Wilmington, in the same State, a $ 100,000 factory to extract oil from pine has been built; at Mon roe, a $ 1 00,000 land company has been organized, and at Marion, a $60,000 land company. Chattanooga, Tenn., is to have a new $50,000 ice factory, and Nashville will probably secure a $1,000,000 packing-house. In Virginia a $500,000 company has been organized at Staunton to build a beef packing house; a mining compa- nay has purchased near Dill won 30, 000 acres of land,and will build a new town; at Mineral City an English company with a capacity of $1,200,000 has purchased extensive gold mines, and will erect sulphuric acid .phosphate and reduction works. This is a sum mary of only a few of the big enter prises tor one week, and. taken in con sideration with the many smaller con cerns that are being established in al most every town ot the South, it gives a lair idea of what the South is doing, despite politics and the heat of mid summer. NEWS JOTTINGS. Rhode Island boasts an increase in population of 67,734 under the new census. Within a few days pearls that sold for $1,500 have been found in streams in Wisconsin. It is estimated that $1 112,000 is invested in the Delaware river sturgeon fishing industry. A reduction on the postal rates in Japan was expected to cause a deficit in tne revenue.but instead they showed an increase. It is very generaly admitted that the cost of sustaining the establishment called tho federal government is $1, 000,000 a dav. Gen. Fremont, at the time of his death, was engaged in writing a paper for the Century, to be called " Find ing Pathways to California." The Manhattan elevated railroad has acquired property in the upper wards ot New York with a view of ex tending its lines to Yonkers. Seven thousand persons were em ployed in getting out Mr. Stanley's book, and more than six hundred tons j of paper have been used in England. A mysterious explosion occured in a boarding house in Savannah last week. Three persons were killed and seven injured,two or whom will proba bly die. The manufacture of cotton goods in Ceylon has for the last few years made remarkable progress. The Island promises to become a dangerous rival to India. GREAT THE N. C, PRESS CONYENTIOK. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT W. W. JIcDAIRMlD. The Editor of the " Lumbertou Robe sonian" Reads a Practical Paper Before the Brethren. Brethren of the North Carolina Press , Association, Ladies and Gentlemen: It affords me very great pleasure to greet so many of my brethren on this occasion. Coming, as vou do. from the North and the South, the East and the West, i of our grand old commonwealth, it is pleasant for us to meet as a common brotherhood near the centre of the State. It is pleasant for us who give so much of our time and means to the promotion of every laudable enterprise, 10 assemble in this, probably our most enterprising and progressive city. It is pleasant fur us, as philanthropist, on a commensurate scale, to meet in this city, which is the home of the most noted philanthropists in North Carolina, or in our beloved Southland. It is pleasant for us, whose province it is to educate the masses, to assemble in this city, which is fast becoming one of the chief educational centers in the State. But especially is it pleasant for us, aner a year ot incessant toil, pri vation and hardships after a year of discussion of the various subjects which concern our difierent conditions and localities, discussions which may not always have been pleasant, to meet here where he can " smoke the pipe in peace," filled with the world renowned uurnam smoicing Tobacco. and realize, by union and communion with our brethren, that they are not neces sarily inferior to us in any essentinl particular, because they happen to dif fer with us as to the policy to be pur sued in tne discussion of economic questions; and to determine that, henceforth, whatever discussions we may have, that every blow shall be aimed above the belt. we meet to-day under the most auspicious circumstances. The prompt ness with which the various railroad and steamboat lines responded to the application for transportation, and the unique hospitality which greets us here, are probably the highest compliments to our service to the State that could be given. To our profession, the past year has been one ot success and prosperity, un precedented m the history of this As sociation. ine urim Monster, who is "no respecter of persons' ' has severed but few ties, while dame Fortune seems to have been unusually prodigal in her bestowments. Acrimony and bitter ness, petty rivalries, jealousies, which, in times past, may have done much to degrade our noble calling, have been conspicuous only tor their absence; for which let us devoutly thank God and take courage." Let us have done with them ; they are a disgrace to any profession. In the language of Moses to the Hebrew: Whv smitest thnn thy fellow?" If ever m the past our career has been characterized by less loyalty to our brethren, or less devotion to the noblest interests of our high calling; if we have been less inclined to promote all the interests and virtues of our brethren than to lav bare all their faults and foibles : We sav. if. in these , matters, we have been laggards amonsr the other professions, let us wipe out this reproach. Let us be true to our- selves, to each other, and to our God ; and may our lives, henceforth, be ex emplified by that " love" which "work- eth no ill to his neighbor." Brethren, modern journalism is noth ing it not practical ; so that vou must really pardon me, if, in what I shall have to say on this occasion, there should be no attempt to charm you with eloquence ; others will do that. When I stated a momftit ago that "dame Fortune" had been unusually prodigal this year, I fancied that I saw the ironic smile upon your counte nance, but it is, nevertheless, a fact. It would be interesting, as well as in structive, to know the number of old hand-presses which have left their ac customed places in the offices of this State, relicts of a past age, whose subdued and indifferent print has for ever given place to the glossy and at tractive power-press print. The num ber of old papers which have been en larged and improved, and the number of new ones which have been estah- lashed, all bear testimony, to a greater or less degree of prosperity. The reform in the character -and basis of our representation, which was inaugurated a few years ago, is having the desired effect, and has insnired confidence in our aims and determina tions. Let the line of demarkation be boldly and rigidly defined, until our Association shall have become, in deed j and in truth, an Association of earn est, practical newspaper publishers. Another unmistakable evidence of the fact that we are learning to place a proper estimate upon our business, is found in the limited number ot for eign advertisers who have gained ad- mission mto our coulmns dunng the past year. It gives me especial pleas-1 ure to note this. Let us stick to our i advertising rates, and fill our papers witn reading matter, week after week, W ' rather than with advertisements at star ration rates, and with the chances against receiving even that. To this end let every publisher formulate a i r . i... . is consistent with the circulation, age and influence of his paper, and then lei mm maintain them at all hazard. One way to compass this is to have your advertising book so arranged as to be able to show an advertiser- at a glance what other advertisers pay for 1 the same space for the same length of j time. This will he found highly sat isfactory, and will very effectually fore-1 stall badgering. But there is another kind of advertising which is more del- etenous, if possible, than even the class v,.v. nU iiwi 13 auvcrus- ing, and offering as premiums for new subscribers, etc., the large weeklies of the North and West. The idea of the publisher of a small country weekly. offering the New York World, for In stance a premium to his subscribers. All advertisers, but more especially competitors, should be required to pay for their advertisements at regular rates in cash. It is greatly to be hoped that with the era of prosperity which, apparently. seems to be dawning upon our beloved State, publishers will be able, in the matter of newspaper subscription, to adnere resolutely to the cash in ad vance" system. While in no wise re sponsible for the credit system, news paper men are its most helpless vic tims. All other trades and professions can secure themselves and obtain com pensation, in the way of interest, for deferred payments; while publishers receive no more from subscribers who pay on the last day of the year than from those who pay on the first day. This is manifestly unfair it is not Uusiness. Many of the Northern papers still adhere to the ante-bellum system of adding 25 cents for six months or 50 cents for twelve months, to the advance price, and we think they are right. If the money is not worth anything to the subscriber, let him pay it to the publisher ; if it is worth something to him, let him pay tor the use ot it during the year. r the use of it during the year. And now, brethren, having briefly touched upon a very few of the topics which will claim a portion of vour de liberations, I bid you God speed in your noble calling ; the grandest that nas ever been entrusted to mortal man Use your power and influence for " Country, God and Truth." Let us emulate the virtues of the greatest and the noblest of the living, and never al low rivalry to blight or wither well- earned laurels. Let us stimulate our brethren while living, and let us per petuate and cherish their memories when dead. Genius knows no bounds, and so we, in honoring and revering our illustrious dead, should obliterate State lines, and recognize in the late Henry W. Grady, who, apparently at one bound, reached the topmost round of the ladder of fame and destiny, a brother, who, though more highly cul tured and gifted, was not more de voted to his profession than vou While we may admire his God-given intellect, we can practice his virtues. Let us aspire to that broad and lofty patriotism which made his utterances as highly prized in the North as in the &outn. lhanK God lor such men men who conscientiously use their tal ents for God and humanity, and who, jh cut down in early manhood, can, undaunted, face the "King of Terrors." Finally, allow me to thank you sin cerely for the honor conferred uoon me a year ago. when vou called me to a the highest position in your honorable body ; the honors came alike unsolic ited and undeserved. I recognized in m ' j - it the seal of your approval of mv de votion to journalism and the best in terests of this Association, rather than my ability to preside over the deliber ations of such an intelligent assembly; and I beg to assure vou that the com- pliment was none the less highly ap preciated. Twenty of the best vears ot my tite have been devoted to jour nalism, and upon it the remaining years of my life shall be bestowed. To you ray young brethren, who are just starting out, I would say press on ! A glorious destiny awaits you. Use, but never abuse, your exalted privi leges; and never forget that your paper is an honored and confidential visitor to the purest and best homes in this highly favored land. Give the news, but never at the expense of sound morals and pure religion. The State Press and Vance. f Raleiph State Cbroniele. The response of the State Press, whose utterances were merely an echo of the sentiment of the people of the State,in response to the suggestion that Senator Vance be retired, has been prompt and united. We do not recall the name of a single paper that has not spoken decidedly and earnestly and enthusiastically in favor of Senator Vance's return. This is gratifying and shows what the Chronicle has always contended : That the Press of North Carolida is in the hands of patriotic and independent men men who know the right, and knowing dare maintain. They stand as a unit for Vance's re turn, and behind them stand nine tenths ot the Democrats in the State. The exact population of Rochester, N. Y., is 135,302, an increase in ten vears of a.arh. J -TW ' S J Eighteen newspapers have been started in San Diego, California, in the past three years, and all have proved to be rank failures. scaic 01 rates, ier mem be as low as i BT ONE WHO KNOWS. JOYS AND SORROWS OF COUNTRY EDITOR. j ' " THE A Joseph P. Caldwell, of the "Statesville Landmark," Respond to the Above Toast at the Banquet Given Compli mentary to the Press Association at the Hotel Claiborne, Durham, July 2th. Vivi lmnw tK I-,.,.-., ,k r.. his subject, Snakes in Ireland," ex- nausted it in the six words: There are no snakes in Ireland.', It is not given to me to escape so lightly, for though there be no snakes in Ireland there be joys and sorrows in the cuo editorial in Iredell. The assignment to me of the subject in hand, I take to be a compliment to a my capacity for condensation, for to a a ... be sure the oil in the cruse would run out with the patience of my hearers should I undertake to tell all that I and my fellow-bondsmen know of " The Joys and Sorrows of the Coun try Editor," especially the latter ; and moreover, what is now comedy might become tragedy, as in the case of the Roman n.mperor who dwelt with such power upon the sorrows of life that many of his hearers went out and destroyed themselves. With reference to the joys which brighten the life of the rural journalist, there are cerUin popular misapprehen sions which 1 am glad to have this op portunity to correct. To be able to "jeff" the printers Saturday evening out of a week's wages, is one peculiarly nis own, but in the main his joys are not different from those of other men To open a letter which he feels in his bones contains a dun, and to find a postal note from a subscriber who is three years in arrears, awakens a sen sation which can be compared to noth ing except the stern joy with which he nans the appearance of a load of fue - . brought in by a wood subscriber when J the snow is falling and the printers are setting type by a fire made of bound volumes ot the Congressional Record. Yet other men have found agreeable surprises in the mail and others have been cold (though not this summer) ano nave been warmed again As the strong man rejoices in his strength, so does the country editor in his influence. I, even I, have the power of control over men. No longer ago than last Saturday afternoon I at- lenaeo a primary. There were four men in it who waited to see how I voted and then they went and voted ine other way. I have in time taken my public opinion moulder from be hind my ear and advocated the claims 01 a certain man to orhce and carried every township in the county against mm. in all the range of my acquaint ance I do not know of but one other man who, I believe could beat this record. He is a country editor, too. In ancient Greece an Athenian gen eral said the victories of his rival would not permit him to sleep. I leave this branch of ray subiect lest I arouse the jealousy of my brethren. And I must condense. There is iov in the heart of the country editor when. after the church festival, the ladies come around and ask tor his bill; when the commencement season is over; when he is told of the death of the man who comes up and reads his exchanges to him. But as suggested by mv subiect. and admitted at the outset, he has his sor rows, too. There are times when the grasshopper is a burden. The first cotton bloom and the first cotton boll, the egg with the crooked neck and the man with the first strawberry of the season, demand elaborate notice; the chickens with four legs and a double back, and the calf with three legs and an eye m the top of its head, clamor for recognition. The advertising aeent who wants top ot column on the local page, with reading matter on both sides and followed by reading, and wants it at half-price less 25 per cent, bars the editor's way to a strictly re ligious life. The subscriber sometimes waits on him with a hickory stick and the sheriff is not always gracious. But the bitterness of these memories fade under the influence of Durham's j good cheer and in the company of each other and of Durham s charming people. Now gravely, my country brethren. I admonish vou to magnify vour iovs and minimize your sorrows, and to re alize the dignity of your calling. You have a mission peculiarly your own and minister to a people who weigh your words. There was never a time when your responsibilities to society were greater or when it was more nec essary for us to be steadfast, immova- U1 h. m. !.: - 1 1 . 1 1 uic. uus pcriou, wncn, as 11 wouia seem, a social revolution is upon us, when prejudice is about being en throned in the seat of reason, I com mend to you the words of Seneca's pilot : O Neptune ! you may save me if you will ; you may sink me if you ill ; but whatever happens, I shall keep my rudder true." Half of a man'ft life i anenr in find ing out who his friends are. Reidsville Review. And the other half (with some) is pent in cursing those who are not. Disease lies in ambush for the weak : a feeble constitution is ill adapted to en counter a malarious atmosphere and sud den change of temeratore, and the least robust are usually tlie easiest victims. Dr. J. H. 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Mind wanrfftrin r.r.J 1 A in nnaraoiin. T-.(imonil froraTlf prt ft ihaliibn. rrnnpectua ramr rur.K, jvnt on pili.-tl.n la rm. IJiutio. 237 VilVi Afa. Htm York. S. HAltRIS, DENTIST, IIKNUEKHOX, Jf, C. Pure x:iroii Oxide Can administered for the palnlenH extrac tion of ttclh. tsromw over E. (J. Davis' store. Main street- Jan.i-a. T. W ATKINS, Attorney and Counsellor at Lawl 1IENDEUSON, N. U. Courts Va and the Federal Court at Raleigh. i,. imcnuon Kiven to iu-trnt latin? loan. aetUenipnt. of caue. UIIU . iiK..ru IC. 1IKXKY, A.TTORNKY AT JNAWV HENDEltSOX, N. CJ.. OFFICE IN BunwELL UCILDINO. COURT! Va vllle. ITn ii s.a,' "."?r.rt'.n-.ora: Supreme Court oV " Northern E C Tuck- tfrrM. i''v: l , , u'rJf k" lion. Jumc. h'.luii.. -?"J. Ah ' uam uel r 1 ' 'nip-. .uvOI1Uur9 in. to ; p. in. inch.7 3i r M. PITT3IAN, ATTOHNEY AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. PruIDDt atffntlnn In .11 . . . . . courts. uu 'uerai Office: Uoom So. 2. Kurwell UuKdlne. uov &1 c. DUEWJ. HARRIS, ATTOHNEY AT LAW) HENDERSON, N. C. Warred anH"Vr" ..w ?. . If" w."r.aP villa Sopreme.nd W. H. PAT. a rv 7m i.irnmn AY & ZOLLICOFFKR, ATTOllNKYH AT LAW. HENDERSON, N. C. Prarllpa In th ... - nett.treet. " ""'iLS' "ar , C EDWARD, Oxford. N. C A. R. WORTHAM, lleiidenon V (' E OWAUOS & WORTHAM, ATTOUNKYH AT LAW. HENDERSON, N. C. Oder tbelr lU-rvir-ea In tk u...l.. . r r county. Col. Edwa'rd. "n 'all th" Court, of Vance county, and will come tS Henderwm at any and all tlma when lUp altance may Im needed by nia partner. JJR. C. S. 1JOYD, Dental Surgeon, HEXDEOW,l. 0 Satisfaction guaranteed as to work and prlt . Offle over Parker A Closa' store a!n atrsef fD 4 yy r. oitKKN, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, IIENDEIWOX, .V. C, Offora liia tarv!iM In thA i Plana and estimates famished, and good work rtt vviaa.1 r t... . : - t ir M. Dor&ey, Henderson, and Mr. James I. batterwhite, Vance county. J W.COCririLL,, ' CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, HENDERSON, N. C. Estimates for the erection of buldlinp"., aad orders for lumber solicited. I will ell all kinds of lumber at Vines Wood priees, with freight added. feb. 91 c. till I Q T A PVD nay 1m foand on ffi at Qol asTattWac PuhmW Sprue ItA wtwr adwti?i ILV2IrW
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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Aug. 7, 1890, edition 1
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