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A Clean, Attractive Paper That is mid all over nccures hnsi ims for those ho use its advertising columns. Such a paper is the Hen derson (Soi.n Lkak. Tlio proof of tin claim h in tho tost thereof. Column. ojH-n to both Wlievcr and skeptic, o Are You One of Them? HAD R. MANNING, Publisher. cc OZROILIIISr, C-A.S.OX.I2Sr-A., jEiEA-VEISr's "RT ."RSSJJSTQ-S TTttr " I SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Cash. VOL. XI V. HEXDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1895. XO. 18. Good Advertisement ;i i-, jro"xeHivc paper, tharJ ,- ;rj--, i liar.i' t'T, eirculation, influ , f)ti.J t In- rfsp'- t of i t h radern, j , ii'-.ii'T jiniihirln'i rexulta than . ni h'-r method. It i.s worth your tn :On.--iiliT the Gol.0 Lkak When You Want Results. Hew Dscsption wL'i ' tlio people of the South arc r'-enting, is the efforts of -,.:! to Bfll ihcra imitations for !' ' r;al Simmons Liver lccaue they make more liHii'y ly the imitation; and i;iy rare little that they swindle the jx-ople in wiling them an inferior arti'le. 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What a boy rtadt In this ttSol become so lnleilbly faapraijel upoa nil nature that It becomtl a pert of hi vtty Chtracter. Thli li a tlm. when a parent' responsibility la peatest. It s not enoujh to tall th boy what he ought to tecoD. Mott boy art tot evarly jusceptlble to filJaetld teactln j You can usually leal him a mil taller Uian you Can drive blm a rol. See that h has the proper iurroundlnc, ani y lltt.'e encouragement, and It Is lurprlsltif ho ftaiily he Jevelops a taste for the bst Is lltrture. Let that taste be developed. e-.J there Is little danjef as to hi future. I; was Dr. Philips Brooks Who aaM; " Show mt what books a boy real, and I will real yau hi destiny. ' low Important It It. then, that your hotoa iliould be provided with book of th hljbart Charicter. Ft Iry ta'.ea. and even, perhaps. "Buffalo H i:" stories. hv th!r blace a devetopr cf a tartt for rcadinf, a iort f Uurary milk. tt it rr, but unlas the boy soon ahmri a ' r'f'sn: for th tronger meat of practice" knowledge, hljtory, travel, ic, you raiy bw jo that be It ctaully unsound, or that C e.-e btsVeea (cmethln; radically wtoig la b i education, Tte EneycUpa6la Drltannlca bas r lastly beer, -nr.ea tb concentrated essence qt t.t vrhe'e world' wldom." Let yoor toy rii tts laureslE( pa;, and be will sooa bck with disdain upon 'flashy" literature We are eofrtlaually underestlmattno; bOye Ctraclty tir !ar;e Ideas. Thar I tsO&lcf o attractive as truth. Give him the materiel oat of wi!cii to construct large Idea. Put D-:c4rm!c la the boo, where he (fan consa It CosUriually. and a be attains manbood be wilt fin4 no place In literary or professional l.f to which be say not aspire. Sana the preient opportunity to provide prefer library for your hoeae. It require! a l.-.vitin -i:t of but Ten Cents a day. If yOti - : r-. The Charlotte Obsebvbr !. i t:jv bo haJ at Introductory prices. U U VOI R TABLE n lc supplied with the t t m il tilings to at ot the finest jn;ility ami low est pricv. it i Xl-W croci:ry Oj.puMtv Tank f Hi-iiilerson. crything in the line of staple and i;rvcrie, canned goods, teas, s. sugars, syrups, llour, meal, . i.ir!. hams, cakes, crackers, 1.'.; . evaporated trims, iirunes, xc. i :v ir Silver Hell and " Round Silver Hell" and IS .tent llour. inoncv. i s;L ialtv No better article l'ure home made We keen this on :1 tunes. '.1 kind. Also country pro- such as chickens, eggs, potatoes, cab- Gutter :n,:ps. vVc. t:as an. very reasonable. A ! our patronage ;s solicited, attention to filling family W.A. BRITT. ALFA. 1. BABSES, Indertaker&Embalmer, I'KAI.Kli IX M2 Meta Grafle Fnrnitnre, &c.f Tl't'KtK HI ILDINO, -rut 1 1 1 X I )I.RSOT, N. C. WIDETlIiES. THEY ARE MUCH PREFERRED TO NARROW ONES. Kvery Vehicle for Hauling Purposes Ought to Have Wide Tires They Make Better Roads and Can be Drawn With Less Power Facts for Farmers and Others to Consider. The Raleigh Daily Press publishes the following views ot Superintendent McMackin, of Wake county, on the subject of wide tires and better high ways, a question that is of vital interest to our people whether they lie in town our country : Our htandaiil of width of tires for vehicles is altogether wrong. In Aimtria the laws require that the tires of two-horse wagons he at least four inches wide. In Great Uiitain, Helgunn, Germany, Switzerland and France all freighting and market wagons have tires from four to six and eight inches wide. The tires in this country were made as narrow as thev are now when iron and steel were scarce and expensive. It was a matter of economy. IJut this reason no longer exists. Steel is now so cheap that making tires of the proper width costs only a trifle more, and greater strength and durability are gained. Under fair conditions, the traction is much less when wide tires are used. Roughly speaking, the traction is in proportion to the depth to which the wheels of the wagon sink in the roadway. Other things being equal, the power required to move a load will be in a ratio to the depth the wheels sink in the roadway. Therefore, it is not far from the truth to say that if a wagon bearing a ton load sinks into the roadbed to the depth of an inch, to move a wagon having a load of the same weight, but that sinks a depth of two inches, will require a force twice as great. That is, as the wheels sink an inclined plane is constantly presented before it, to surmount or beat down, and the power required will be in proportion to the height of the inclined plane. While the power applied to the wagon is exerted to pull the wagon along, it must also lift the wagon up the inclined plane presented before the wheels or push out of the way the earth that forms the iucline plane. When the roads are soft and sticky, the wheels sink so deep that in lifting it up the plane and pulling it forward it will be necessary to lift a considerable weight of much that adheres to the wheel, and also to overcome the suction. Certainly, there will be less weight of mud and less suction to overcome with wide than with narrow tires. Suppose a certain tire will sink to a depth of four inches; a tire twice as wide will only sink to a depth of two inches. If the tire must sink to a depth of one inch before mud is lifted and there is suction, the wide tire will incur only about one-third as much reaisteuee as the tire one-half as wide. It will be seen that the resistance di minishes faster than the width of the tire is increased. While the ratio stated is not exactly mathematically correct, yet it is a fair illustration, and the ratio will always be in favor of the wide tire. Wide tires reduce the traction. In support of this, evidence has been derived from carefully and scien tifically conducted practical experi ments. See report of Prof. I W. San born when he was dean of the Mis souri State Agricultural College and director of the experiment station ; l'rof. Sanborn as a practical experi menter in the agricultural field, lias no superior and is the best authority, un less l'rof. Henry, of Wisconsin, stands above. It is a pity that wide tires are not used altogether, we would have so much better highways. Wide tires, instead of cutting the road-bed into ruts, as the narrow tires do, they roll it down and keep it smooth and solid. It is certain that we can never have good roads in this country until we have wide tires on all our heavy ve hicles. Narrow tires remind me of a disk harrow, designed specially to de stroy highways. Wide tires will reduce the cost of hauling loads twenty per cent. Think of this. Onr better halves say they could not keep ouse without Chamberlain's Cousrh Rcine dv. It in usi-d ill more than hall the homes in Leeds. SIMS P.KOS.. I.veds, Iowa. This shows the esteem in rt liich that remedy is held where it has been sold for years and is well known. Mothers have " learned that there is nothing so ood for colds, croup and vlioi"mr couch, that it cures these ailments quickly that it is pleasant take. '2'y and 50 and permanently, ana and safe for children to . .,1 cent iMittles for sale bv Mellville lorsev, dniiruist. In 1SS5 there were six bicycle manufactories in the United States, which turned out 11,000 bicycles ; in 1S90 there were seventeen, which turned out 40,000. Now there are one hundred and twenty-six which it is estimated will turn out about half a million this year. ALL OYER THE GLOBE Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets are known. They are far more effective in arousing: the liver to action than the old-fash ioned cathartic pills, calo mel or other preparations. and are purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in any con dition of the system. Io car is required while using them. They cure biliousness, sick headache, cos tiveness, sour stomach, windy belchings, " heart-burn," pain and distress after eating, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. Montgomery. Orange Co., X. Y. Dr. Pierce: Ixar Sir1 suffered untold misery with bleeding piles. I could got no relief nijrht or dav. until I commenced using your "Pleasant tellets." and now for two vcars or more, I have not been troubled with the piles: if mv bowels prt in a constipated condition. I take a dose of Pr. Pierce s Pleas ant Pellets, and the trouble is all dispelled by next day. r 1 u v-k M 1 v lj. wm 1 pfi miggi pin puis ston Headache. OUTCAST. I.OL.V M. UAGWELL. Unsoujrht, unloved, unnamed, unknown. Not a joy, not a hope, not a home, nor friend. From t he world and its artifice, none defend. So weak, so frail ami all alone. Nobody heeds tin; pleading tone Of a pitiful wanderer, weak and frail; Stony faces and lips, stony hearts unveil, The earth itself seems turned to stone. A sea fowl, dropt, with broken wing. To the heedless caprice of the ocean's will, To he stained by its dregs, bv its waves to chill Its quivering notes of anguish ring. An outcast, looked upon with scorn ; To le STli'.nned, to be crushed, to be cursed, reviled ; To be loled, to be lured, to be snared, defiled ; With bosom trampled, bruised and torn. My soul, a plaything, bought and sold. To amuse the conceit of the fickle buyer, To condemn the deep guilt of the reck less crier, Its fatal, hopeless docm foretold. In Heaven no bond, on earth no tie. To the mercy of man, or of God, no claim, Just a wandering thing, with no home, no name, My bed the earth, my roof the sky. Alone, beneath the cold, hard sky ; Not a bird, not a beast, not a thing to care, Doomed to wander in misery, vice despair. Unloved to live, unmourned to die. BRIGHT TOBACCO. There is Big Money in it Although Not What There Once Was. There is not a revival in the price of the fine grades of North Carolina gold leaf. The prices for some years as compared with former years have ruled low. Rut in spite of scarcity of mon ey and low prices generally now and tben we see some good sales of tobacco reported. At Oxford, Henderson, and other points remunerative sales are made. In fact at the prevailing low rales, there is much more money in tobacco than in cotton. There are farmers who still make from Sioo to $250 per acre or even more. Not many do this now, it is true, but it is some times done. Take this we find in a State newspaper as the product ot one farm in upper Halifax: Mr. C. A. Williams, of Ringwood, writes that on 23 acres be netted 6,500, which is an average of $282. 46 to the acre. That is excellent now, and beats cotton "clean out of sight." As we have published often we know that many years ago be tween 186S and 1875, the Granviile farmers several of them averaged per acre from $400 to S500 or more. But not now, and by a great deal. Mr. Williams gives this: Sold 800 lbs. at 550 per 100 lbs. Sold 700 lbs. at $55 per 100 lbs. Sold 100 lbs. at $75 per 100 lbs. In 1870, Dennis Tilley, of Gran villle, sold nineteen tierces in Rich mond, Va., averaging over $100 per 100 pounds. His lowest pme was 87 per hundred and his highest $131. The sales were published at the time in the Richmond Enquirer. Hill and Sk inker made the sale. Other farmers from the same county did nearly as well on the same day. The Oxford Ledger gave this item in its last issue: One of Mr. D. G. Ilobgood's ten ants brought to town on Tuesday 90 pounds of tobacco iu his buggy aud sold it at Wilkiuson's warehouse, pocketing $55. Recently Mr. 1). A. Malone, a Wake farmer, sjld a load of tobacco averaging $Sl-13 per hundred pounds. One lot is reported in the Arezes and Observer as fetching $110 per hun dred. That reads like old time prices, but we suppose that the lot was very small, perhaps only ten or twenty pounds. Ordered 011 Trial. Oakland, Cal. " About two years ago I ordered from J. II. Gates & Co . S.tn Francisco, a bottle of Simmons Liver Regulator on trial, and so satisfactory lias been its use in expellinji bile from the system, that from an order of one at a time the order has risen to a dozen bottles at once "13. V. Lawrence. THE H ASTY WORD. To think befor you speak is so wise an axiom that cue would hardly think it needful toemphasize it by repetition. And yet in how many cases the hasty temper flashes out in the hasty word, and the latter does the work with the pain and the precision of the swift stiletto ! Singularly enough, the hasty word oftenest wounds those who love one another dearly, and very closeness of their intimacy affords them opportunity lor the sudden thrust. We know the weak points in the armor of our kinsman and friend ; we are aware of his caprices, and ordinarily are tender and compassion ate even of his vanities and his small fancies and whims ; but there dawns a day when it is written in the book of fate that we snail oe as cruel as we arc .... loving. We are cold, or tired, or l,nOT, UV arP snvinns over unnaid r bills, or our expected letters have not arrived, or one of the children is ailing, and we dread the outcome of the malady. So politeness fails us, fortitude is vanquished, philosophy is in obevance, and we say that which we rrMvnt in sackcloth and ashes. But though the hasty word may be forgiven, it is not at once forgotten. It has Hawed me crystal 01 our irienomp , the place may be cemented, but there is a shadowy scar on the gleaming surface. Oh, if the word of haste had iven tr-fr unsnoken : if the strone hand of patience had but held back the sword as it was about to strike! All drneeists puarantee Dr. Miles' Tain Prixs to stop Headache. "One cent a dose." WRITING HISTORY. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS To be Perpetuated in Story They Made History Which Should be Written and Preserved Let Those Who Undertake the Task Have the Aid and Co-operation Needed. The following is the " List of Historians of the North Carolina Regiments," as published iu the Xeics ami Observer. We are gratified that Judge Clark has undertaken this work and hope he will have the necessary aid in making it full, comprehensive aud altogether creditable, as we are quite sure it will be. It is the of the Confederate Veterans' association to reach the surviving veterans to get the aid of their recollcctious and suggestions in making these sketches accurate. Judge Clark has been at great expense iu time and postage, and his labors may be lightened and the work greatly facilitated if the press of the State will publish this article and surviving veterans give the matter the prompt attention it deserves. At the last meeting of the Confeder ate Veterans' association a resolution was passed requesting Judge Walter Clark to procure the best man iu each of the North Carolina Regiments in the Civil War to write a history of the Regiment in which he served. It was contemplated that the sketch of each Regiment, averaging, say, ten paires or more, would make a volume of 750 to 1,000 pages. Written by the pens ot the men whose swords bad made that history it will bo au enduring and authentic monument to the generation who sacrificed themselves for their State in the great Civil War. Judge Avery, General Hoke and Colonel Wharton J. Green were appoiuted a committee to memorialize the Legisla ture to print the volume. After consultation, as far as possible, with the survivors of each Regiment, the following historians for the respec tive Regiments have accepted and are at work. Many of these excellent sketches have already been completed and sent him. j The following is the list of historians which will be read with interest. The survivors of each Regiment are re quested to furnish any data they may have to the historian of their Regiment below named : ORGANIZATION. HISTORIANS. Medical staff, Dr. P. E. Uines Chaplain service, Rev. A. 1). Betts Engineer service. Capt. C. B. Denson Adjutant-General office, Maj. A. Gordon Quartermaster department, Commissary department, Conscripts bureau. Junior &Sen. Re'sN. C. Col. J. W. Hinsdale Navy of North Carolina, Blockade running from Wilmington, Jas. Sprunt. Steamer Advance, Capt. James Maglenn "Bethel" regiment, Capt. E. J. Hale lit Regiment, Col. II. A. Brown 2nd Gen. W. R. Cox 3rd 4th Sth Gtli 7th 8th 'Jth 10th 11th 12th 13th Hth 15th 17th Wth 19th 2ith 21st 22nd 2:ml 24th 2Mh 20th 27th 28th 2ilth 3(th 31t 32nd ;;:trd 34th 3.",th 3(ith 38th 39 th 40th Col. W. L. DeKossett, Col. E. A. Osborne Lt. C. M. Busbee and Mai. (Judge) Jas. C. MacRae. Capt. Neill W. Kay Ma. J. S. Harris (Gov.) Thos. J. Jarvis (1st cav'ry) Gen. Kuf us Barringer (1st artil'y) Et. Col. W. J. Saun ders Col. W. J. Martin Lt. (Judge) W. A. Montgomery Col. E. B. Withers Col. (Judge) lt. T. Bennett Col. W. F. Green Capt. Wilson G. Lamb Lt. Thos. II. button (2nd cavalry) Ma. W.A. Graham Gen. Thos. F. Toon Gen. W. W. Kirkland Maj. Graham Daves Capt. H. Clay Wall Capt. E. A. Thorne Capt. G. b. Gerguson Surgeon Geo. C. Underwood Capt. Jas. A. Graham Gen. Jas. II. Lane Gen. II. B. Vance Col. F. M. Parker Col. J. V. Jordan Lt. Henry A. London Maj. .1. A. Weston Capt. Thos. I). Lattiniore Capt. W. U.S. Burgwyn (2nd altillery) Col. Wm. Laiiib Col. Geo. W. Flowers Adjt. Theo F. Davidson Capt. T. C. Davis Col. Thos. S. Kenan Maj. C. M. bredman Cyrus B. Watson Capt. O. W. Can Capt. John 11. Thorne Capt. W. II. H. Lawhon Adjt. (Judge) Thos. K. Roulhac Capt. J. C. Ellington Maj. A. A. MeKeithan Capt. .1. H. Kobinson Col. Jas. T. Morehead Capt. C. M. Cooke Maj. John W. Graham Col. Ham C. Jones Col. Isaac If. Bailey (4th cavalrv) Cant. li. B. Gaddy Capt. rI hos. W. Patton Capt. N. A. Ramsay Col. G. M. Clavton (5th cav'ry) Col. J. M. Galloway Capt. Melvin E. Carter (0th cavalry) Capt. M. V. Moore 43rd 44th 1 4.-.th 4Hh 47th 4Sth 4!th Sotli 51st 52nd 53 rd 551 h 5i Uh 57th 58th 5'.tll 00th 01 st 02nd 0:".rd 04th 05th 0'itli 07th O'.ith Adjt. (reo. M. I lose 1 Col. li. W. Wharton ('1strhi,"fiel(f 81010 Majr W" W" ! Britons turned to the world at (1st Junior Reserves) Col. W. C. large they would find the case much Broadfoot and Capt. T. L. Lea j stronger. To consider home inter (3rd Junior Reserves) Lt. Fab. i . , , II. Busbee I ests alone in framing a currency, 70th 72lld 75th (7th cavalry) Lt. W. F. Parker F. Parker j 1st battalion, ! 2nd " j 5th " , 0th " 8th Col. II. W. Wharton Col. Wharton J. (ireen Lt. (Judge) Thos. C. Fuller Adjt. M. P. Taylor Capt. Woodbury Wheeler 1st artillery. 1A. I . A. Jioeiu 1 Thomas' Cavalry, battalion, Ma W. W. j btnngtield. 1 Avery's Battalion, Major (Judge) A. C. 1 Avery. j Eath of the above has actepteJ tbe ; "assignment to duty" and has either j written the sketch of his regiment or j will have it ready by July 1st. It is a , splendid list uf soldiers aud writers, e oesi possioie now alter tne gaps the , made bJ tne thlrtJ 3"" made by the thirty years siuce the s war. Une ot the writers (Geu. Bar ringer) has died siuce filling this last dutv to his comrades. Five other geiiera!s are in the list as historians of teT former regiments. Two of the regiments, 73rd and 74th, were beuior ; Reserves and naturally no survivor of; , them has been found who could write the sketches of those regimeuts. : Neither has any historian yet been found to write the sketches of the fol- 1 lowiu iraliaut regiments, though sand pounds has already been private cflort have been made, i e., lv subscribed. great enort have been made, 1 16th, 37th, 41st, (3rd cavalry); 42nd, 54th, 08th, 71st, (2nd Junior Reserves); aud following Battallions 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th. It would be a subject of rerret if the volumes shall appear with those regi- j ments omitted. Any survivors of those j commands who may see this will do j well to write to Judge Walter Clark, Raleigh, N. C, suggestiug a suitable man to write the history of his regi ment. FOR A DOUBLE STANDARD. Annual Meeting- of the Bimetallie Leaffue in London Honorable A. J. Balfour's Strong Speech. London, April 13. The annual meeting of the Bimetallic League was held to-day at the Mansion House, ! tVia t T"i 1 rrjii, J n a C 1 Ua 1 -.4 "iim 01 ionnon. bir osenn Lmnsdale Dre- j sided. The Right Hon. A. J. Bal j four, conservative leader in the House , of Commons made a strong speech in I favor of a double standard. He said : that the belief in bimetallism was grow -I ing, not only in London and else- where in Great Britian, but through ! out the civilized world. One great j change was noticeable. It was seldom j now asserted that bimetallism was in I trinsically impossible. Formerly a 1 bimetallisl was regarded as a danger j ous faddist. Economists who placed i value on the lessons of experience ; had before them the irrefutable fact mat wime the Latin nations main tained the bimetallic system the par of exchange of gold and silver was preserved for the whole world, despite wars, industrial revolutions and dis coveries of the precials. Some persons admitted that monometallism in a large portion of the world had depre ciated prices and put a bounty on im ports. Thus, for instance, Great Britian brought from India and other countries wheat at a price below its legitimate value, and these persons de clared that this was an advantage to the consumers and therefore benefited the mass of the community. Mr. Balfour declared, however, that he was convinced that nobody in the city was so foolish as to suppose that the interests of Great Britian were benefited generally by an unlimited fall in prices, nor that any large body of city men was so unscrupulous as to desire that the debts owed them by foreign nations should be artificially augmented by a change in the value of the currency in which they were paid. London's banking supremacy. Another argument was that the banking supremacy of London would be threatened by a currency change, but no monometallist was ever able to explain how. He contended that London, as the financial centre of the world, would gain rather than lose by anything placing the currency of the world on a sounder basis. The argu ment was very absurd. This was that a change would depreciate gold and that, therefore, persons having deposits in banks payable in gold would with draw them instantly. The change threatened thus to cause such a com mercial crisis as the world had never seen. This argument was supported by Mr. Gladstone and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Though a panic was proverbially unreasonable, there appeared to him no ground to suppose that people would do anything so inor dinately silly as withdraw their depos its because the world's currency was going to be put on a stable basis, which, except in particular international transactions, they have never discov ered, and which, except for its slow effect on the great movements of com merce, would have no effect on pri vate individual convenience. TRIPLE SYSTEM RIDICULOUS. The fourth and strongest argument was "let well enough alone," but bi metallists asked was it well enough. People talked of the excellence of the British system, but they find, although the gold standard obtanied in Great Britian, that silver is the currency of Hong Kong and the Straits settle ments, while in India debts are paid in something which is neither silver nor gold, but the strangest product of monometallic ingenuity the world has ever seen and as arbitrary as any forced paper currency and as expen sive as any metallic currency the world has ever heard of a standard varying according to the arbitrary will of the finance minister of India. This triple system was manifestly ridiculous. Some alteration of this system was impera- i tively repuired. 1 while Great Britian was connected j while Great Britian was with foreign countries by every com mercial tie, was a violation of the com mon sense of every practical business man. When the country depended for its very bread on foreign nations, and, if it were cut off, could not live a day and would have ruin staring it in the face, it was the height of folly to attempt isolation respecting the cur rency medium. He did not believe the common seuse of the nation would long tolerate such a state of things. In view os what was proceeding in Amer ica, Germany and France, and even in Great Britian, he was convinced that men of all classes would soon combine to end the reproach to our civilization. The meeting adopted a report of progress. The league has decided to raise a guarantee fund of jQi 00,000 to be devoted to the Drooasation of the bimetallic movement. Fifty thou- SOUND CURRENCY. THE PRESIDENT WRITES A LETTER, In Which He Talks About a Sound Financial Policy His Reply to the Invitation to Address the Chicago Business Men Fight Between a Safe Currency and Silver Monometallism. Chicago, April 14. Mr. Henry Robbins received from President Cleveland this evening a letter de clining the invitation of a number of business men of Chicago to attend a public reception here to himself and Mrs. Cleveland. On April 6th one hundred of the most prominent citizens of Chicago, both Democrats and Republicans, sent an invitation to the President stating that they were anxious to ex press their deep sense of appreciation of his statesmanlike and courageous action in maintaining the financial credit of our nation, and his attitude in favor of the preservation of sound national currency. There was much disappointment at Mr. Cleveland's re fusal to come here, but his excuse is well received. Mr. Robbins says that while he is sorry that the Presi dent was unable to accept the invi tation, as the ovation which would have been given him would have given great impetus to the honest money sentiment throughout the West, still he is glad the invitation was sent, as in his reply Mr. Cleveland takes occasion to speak on the topic, and he believes his words will have great weight. president Cleveland's letter. The following is the text of Presi dent Cleveland's reply to the Chicago committee: Executive Mansion, Washington, April, 13, 1895. To Messrs. W. T. Baker, Geo. W. Smith, Johu A. Roche, T. W. Har vey, David Kelly and Henry S. Rob bins. Gentlemen: I'ftni much gratified by the exceedingly kind aud compli mentary invitation you have tendered me on behalf of many citizens of Chi cago to be their guest at a gathering in the interest of sound money and wholesome financial doctrine. My attachment to this cause is so great and I kuow so well the hospital ity and kindness of the people of Chi cago, that my personal inclination is strongly in favor of accepting your flat tering invitation ; but my judgment and my estimation of the proprieties of my official place oblige me to forego the enjoyment of participating in the occasion you contemplate. I. hope, however the event will mark the beginning of an aggressive effort I to disseminate among the people safe and prudent financial ideas. Nothiug more important can eugage the atten tion of patriotic citizens, because noth ing is so vital to the welfare of our fel low countrymen, and to the strength, prosperity and honor of our nation. The situation that we are confront ing demands that those who appreciate the importance of this subject and those who ought to be the first to see impending danger should no longer remain indifferent or over confident. If the sound money sentiment abroad in tbe land is to save us from mis chief and disaster it must be crystal ized and combined and made immedi ately active. It is dangerous to over look the fact that a vast number of our people, with scant opportunity thus far to examine the question in all its aspects have nevertheless been inge niously pressed with specious sug gestions, which, in this time of mis fortune and depression, find willing listeners prepared to give credence to to any scheme, which is plausibly pre sented as a remed' for their unfortu nate condition. THE NEED OF THE HOUR. What is now more needed than 1 flnn airnnlo anything else is a plain and simple presentation of the argument in favor 01 sounu money, in other words it is a time for the American people to rea son together as members of a great nation, which can promise them a ' on ly so long as its solvency is unsus- pected, its honor unsullied and the soundness of its money unquestioned. These things are in exchange for the illusions nf si rlpbatptl fiirrArwu nnl groundless hope of advantages to be gained by a disregard of our financial credit aud commercial standing among the nations of the world. If our people were isolated from all others, and if the question of our cur- rency could be treated without regard to our relations to other countries, its character would be a matter of com- paratively little importance. If thc American people were only concerned iu the maintenance of their precious life among themselves they might return to the old days of barter, aud in this primitive manner acquire from each other the materials to supply the wants of their existence. But, if American civilization was satisfied with this, it would abjectly fail in its high and noble mission. In these restless days the farmer is tempted by the assurance that though our currency may be debased, redun dant and uncertain, such a situation would improve the price of his products. Let us remind him that he must buy a ft wen as sen ; vuai ms ureams 01 pieniy are shaded by the certainty that if the price 01 me imngs ne nas 10 sen is,, - nominally enhanced, the most of the ben put ,nto North Caro .na resources things he must buy will not remain ! many investors would be better off and stationary; that the best prices which j our State would be richer. Outside cheap money proclaims are unsubstan-i capital will not come in until it be tial aud elusive ; and even if they were j comes known that North Carolinians real and palpable, he must necessarily j are successfully investing in the State. b left f ir behind in the race for their ! The development of North Carol i eujoy.i;.it. It ou-ht not to be difficult 1 na is lhe opportunity and the duty of t c-.nvim.-e the wa-e earner that if ; vnnn Mn rif v,.rth raTrV,n. degenerated currency, they would reach liiiu least ot ait ana last ot all. in au unhealthy .t:ir.u!.ttio;i of prices and mcreaei cost o; an tne needs 01 nis home must belong his portion, while he is it the same time vexed with vaui.8b.iug visions of increased wages and an easier lot. The pages of history and experience are full of this lesson, j PREJUDICE AQAIXST CONSERVATIVES, i 1 create a prejudice against the advocates of a safe and souud currency by the insinuation, more or lees directly made, that they belong to financial aud business classes and are therefore not only out of sympathy with the common people of the laud, but for selfish and wicked purposes are willing to sacrifice the interests of those outside of their circle. I believe that capital aud wealth, through combiuation and other means, sometimes gain an undue advantage ; aud it must be conceded that the main tenance of a sound currency may, iu a seuse, be invested with a greater or less importance to iudividuals accord- j nig to their condition aud circum stances. It is, however, only a dif- j ference iu degree, since it is utterly 1 impossible that any one in our broad ; land, rich or poor, whatever may be j his occupation, aud whether dwelling I in the center of fiuance and commerce, or iu a remote corner of our domain, can be really benefited by a financial scheme not alike beneficial to all our people, or that any oue should be ex cluded from a common and universal iuterest in the safe character and stable value of the currency of the country. In our relation to this question we are all in business, for we all buy and sell; so we all have to do with financial operations, for we all earn money aud spend it. We cannot escape our inter-dependence. Merchants and deal ers are in every neighborhood, and each has its shops and manufactories. Wherever the wants of man exist, business and fiuance iu some degree are found, related in one direction to those whose wauts they supply, and in another to the more extensive business and finance to which they are tributar. A fluctuation in prices at the seaboard is kuown the same day or hour in the remotest hamlet. The discredit or depreciation in financial centres of any form of money in the hands of the people is a signal of immediate loss everywhere. A SOLEMN WARNING. If reckless discontent and wild experiment should sweep our curreucy from its safe support, the most defeuse less of all who in that time of distress and national discredit will be the people, as they reckon the loss iu their scanty support, aud the laborer and workingmau, as he sees the money he has received for his toil shrink and shrivel in his hand, when he tenders it for the 1 eeesssaries to supply his humble. Lome. Disguise it as we may, the line of battle is drawn between the forces of safe currency and those of silver mon ometallism. I will not believe that if our people are afforded an intelligent opportuni ty lor sober second thought they will sanction schemes that, however cloaked, mean disaster and confusion, nor that they will consent by under miuing the foundation of a safe cur rency, to endanger the beneficent character and purposes of their govern ment. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland. NORTH CAROLINA. Her Rapid Growth and Development Industrially and Otherwise. Biblical Recorder. Industrially North Ca rolina is grow ing faster than any other State. Every week we hear of new cotton factories and enlargement of others. The fact is that this growth is not ac companied with a sudden influx ot miscellaneous immigrants is encourag ing. Our factories will probably be manned with native labor. It will not be so hard to educate the children nf wnrlrer! a; it would, were thev fiir- Qr eyen from other Sutes c In the opinion of many the time is not far distant when the State will be thetheatreof great mining enterprises. More gold than has been taken from California is in our western hills, but it cannot be mined because it can be separated from our pyrites only at rrat cos, Men are workint, now fo - - o get a method of lessening the cost of ! this process; and the announcement tnat lney have succeened is hopelully looked forward to. ; When the State becomes thickly j populated, the market for our farm I products will be near to the farms, tnUs making prices better. When there are enough factories in North Carolina lo consume our cotton, . , , ! enough people to consume our meal, flour' and meat' th,s W,H lne richest ; State in the South, and farms will be ; worth fortunes. And it may come 'true, if half our water power is utilized I and only a beginning is made toward :; getting the mineral wealth from our njjjc j ems that the State is certain . ... ,, ... . to bcco,n; ' PPula,etdi and i niore thick,y tran any other State in the South, since it has more to grow on. With all these things the State will not go far forward unless native North Carolinians take the first steps. If . the Norlh Carol na money lhal j - hed yireinia "boom towns' van had Makes pure blood. These three words ttrll the whole -tory of the wonderful cures bv Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is the 1 oei iuow purmer uu wcuwiuc Itsvul'u Pillc hn Kim hieh rraisf for tbeir prompt and efficient yet easy action. The Only Great r.nd thoroughly re liable building-up medicine, nerve tonic, vitalizer and Blood Purifier Before the people today, and which stands preeminently above all other medicines, is HOOD'S Sarsaparilla It has won its hold upon the hearts of the people by its own absolute intrinsic merit. It is not what we saw but what Hood's Sarsaparilla does that tells the story : Hood's Cures Even when all other prepar ations and prescriptions fail. "I had running sores on one of my limbs for a long time. I befran taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and now they are nearly well. 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