VOLUME 2.
HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1892;
NUMBER 25.
North Carolina fteform Press
sociation.
Officers J. Jj. Ramsey Pres
ident; Marion Butler, Vice-President;
W.S. Barnes, Secretary.
1 PAPERS.
Progressive Farmer, 8tate Organ, Raleigh, 3?. C.
Caucasian, ?i. Clinton, N. C.
Bnral Home, Wiluon, N.C.
Watchman, Salibnry,N. C
Farmers' Adrocat, Tarboro N C
Mountain Home Journal, Aaheville, Nl CY
Alliance 8entinel, Goldboro, N. C.
Country Life, . Trinity College, N. C.
?2?UJ Hickory, N. C.
. ' Whitakew N. C.
Agricultural Bee, Goldaboro, N. C.
Colnmbua Newe, Whiterille, N. C.
Each of the above named papers,
is requested to keep the list
standing on the first page and add
others provided they are duly
elected Any paper failing to ad
vocatejhe Ocala plaiformjwill be
dropped from the list' promptly.
Our people can now see what
papers are published in their
interest. .
STATE MEWS.
Morgan ton has a military com
pany, with Ii. A. Bristol captain.
The Horner School, of Oxford,
N. C, begins the fall term with
flattering prospects.
Died in Morgan ton, on the 8th
inst.. Mr. "Walter Alexander,
aged about 20 years.
Caldwell Association begins
.this week. I It will be held with
Yadkin Baptist church.
Died, in Morganton, on the 7th
inst., Mrs. Mary Mooney, widow
of the late Jacob Mooney.
-- J-l. V, OOA O LA Lll V O KU f l 11 V-. 11 t Wl
mM -a a. va. aj muii f v 4. ia y iv-x u iixiu
week to enter Wake Forest Col-'
lege. ; v . ' j
L. W. Scoville, of Danville, Va.,
has been elected manager" of Ho
tel Zinzenborf , of Winston, to
succeed Et S. Boswell,! resigned.
The secretary of State has just
finished sending out the election
laws tot each county in the State,
to be distributed in each precinct
in the State.
Gov. : Holt and the board of
internal improvement j started on
the 8th on a tour - of inspection
over the Atlantic and North Caro
lina railroad,
The State board of education
has ordered General Lewis, its
engineer, to survey 30,000 acres of
swamp land in Craven county
which are to be sold, f
We learn from Our Country
that the Superior Court docket of
Burke couoty, tried this week, is
a meagre jone and composed of
unimportant cases. This speaks
well fv;r the: community.
.'Fire "on the 9th inst, destroyed
five "dwelling houses owned by
Winston colored citizens. One
was a handsome hotel, the proper-
tv ot Kevi v. . Jjetuei. iuc
building was only partially in
sured.
f A. A. Hinton, republican can
didate for ithe legislature from
Guilford, sdys openly that he
opposed to the State appropria
tion for tUe normal land indus-
trial school
I agricultural and me-
chanical co
lege for colored peo
ple, and tjie. university. State
Chronicle.
A striking coincidence in con
nection with the respective nomi
nees for Superintendent of Public
Instruction in North Carolina is
the fact that three of them, of
republican prohibition and third
party persuasions, respectively,
are from the faculty of Guilford
College. Prof. Root is the prohibi
tion candidate; Prof. Woody,
the third party, and "the republi
can State convention Wednesday
nominated j Parisho, of the same
instituttion.
For the Merccrt. 1 'H
The Enterprise's Republican Testi
mony. '
The Newton Enterprise of Sept.
2nd contains a letter from Mr. C.
D. Long of Texas to Vfr. J. W.
Black welder, explaining the status
of affairs between Mr. Cleveland
and ;the drouth -stricken citizens
of Texas, it being charged and ad
mitted that Cleveland vetoed the
bill passed, by Congress making
appropriation of government funds
for relief of the sufferers. Be this
as it may, Mr. Long admits that
he was not in the stricken district,
but gives quite an elaborate de
scription of his own loyalty to
Cleveland and Democracy, boast
ing that his first vote was cast for
Grover and is proud of the fact
that he is a son of the grand old
banner Democratic county of Ca?
tawba and wishes much success to
Mr. M. O. Sherrill and the whole
Democratic cause.
Now to some of us native Ca
tawbians who have not forgotten
the past,- this from Mr. Long has
a peculiar sound. We believe
that justice to the cause sought to
be injured by the publication of
Mr. " Long's letter demands that
the truth of said Long's Democra
cy as manifested in his native
county be made public; not that
we would in the least injure his
prospects in his adopted State,
but that the truth may be known
Those who are familiar with the
history of parties and people in
this section of Catawba county
well remember that for Mr. Lone
to occupy
claims he
the attitude he now
has certainly had to
undergo considerable change, for
we well remember that before 'Mr.
Lone had attained, bis i majority
he was so well established in the
ranks of Republicanism that he
held a ixsltion in the revenue de
partment, and scarcely have we
ever saw any one work more per
sistently in any cause than did the
said Long on electionoccasions. j
When his brother, J. W. C.
Long, was a candidate for clerk in
this county on the Republican
ticket, or rather as an independent
Republican, Charley made him
self so obnoxious to some of his
brother's friends that they actually
refused to vote for him. and said
that even were Pomp's chances
ever so good, that ladical brother
of his would work his defeat.
Now, as stated in , the outset, we
would not injure Mr. Long, and
we do believe that his brother-in-law,
Mr. Black welder, has done
him a great injustice by having
his letter published.
It is useless to- say more along
this line. Let every citizen of the
banner county do his duty and
the very essence of true Democrat
ic -principles .will be indorsed
through an indorsement of the
principles set forth in the Peo
ple's St. Louis-Oeala platform!,
which has been pronounced, by
some of the brightest lights in the
Democratic firmament as purely
Democratic, and Mr. Z. B. Vance
said it would be but justice to the
people to grant what they ask for;
uLet us have peace.'"
1 Fair Play.
Boiled Down.
Mr. Powderly says the old parly
platforms boiled down would read
about like this:
At Minneapo
are in office
W
nereas, we
Resolved; That we want to stay
in.
At Chicago: Whereas, we are not
in office
Resolved; That we want to get;
in. St. Louis Monitor.
Speaking at Xtincolnton.
u Last Saturday a large crowd met
in the court-house, in Lincolnton.
to hear Dr. Exum and Marion But
ler speak. The Bourbons, as usual,
had three men 4here o speak, viz :
John S. Henclerson; Justice, of
Rutherford ton, and J. S. Bell, of
Clay cttmy . Their friends asked
for a division of tinre for at least
two of their speakers. Mr. Butler
told them to select one of their
number and he would divide time
with him. The lot fell on Mr. Bell.
Dr. Exum led off in a 20 minutes'
speech, merely announcing his can
didacy. Mr. Bell followed in an
hour and a half's speech. He was
very scattering and jumped from
State to National politics several
times. Mr. Bell had bten in the
Alliance and 1mew too much about
the reforms needed to make -a first
class Bourbon speech . His speech
was a good People's party speech
with a Democratic label.
Mr. Butler followed and utterly
demolished the arguments of his
opponent, and showed conclusively
why the people should vote for Mr.
Weaver instead of Mr. Cleveland.
His reasoning was overwhelming
and convincing. Even his politi
cal enemies could not help but see
that-he had 'the truth and was on
the side of justice.
The crowd was about equally
divided between the Democrats
and People's party. The reform
ers paid good attention to what
Mr. Bell had to say. They were
willing for a fair and respectful
hearing of the issues discussed.
But the'Democrats evidently we're
afraid of an impartial heaving.
From the first to the last they
treated Messrs,'Exuin and Butler
V-:'-
would hiss and make all sorts ot
noise. ,To sensible men, this showed
their case to be a desperate one.
Why the good men in these one
horse towns can't see that such is
not only disgusting but damaging
to their cause is a mystery. Such
behavior does not indicate neither
brains nor good breeding. ' It. is
hoped that time will come yet
when great political issues even
can be discussed in a humane
spirit.
Little Fred Merritt, of Wake,
Democratic candidate for the Leg-
islature, was on hand as a reporter
for the North Carolinian. He
seemed anxious for the speaking
to begin so he could report it all
and leave on the first train. He
took a good report of Mr. Bell's
speech, but when Mr. Butler be
gan he was so overwhelmed that
he doubtless "thought it would be
better for "Wis side to trust his own
guessing apparatus than to take it
down as spoken; hence he did not
pencil much of it down. So when
it comes out in that paper one
must make all due allowances for
it.
Too Brave.
The Democratic national plat
form says:
We deroance the republican
leiiislation known as the Sherman
j
act of 1S90 as a cowardly make
shift, fraught with possibilities of
danger in the future, which should
make all of its supporters, like its
author, auxious for its speedy re
peal. This is a pretty time for the
democrats to call republican legis
lation "cowardly." Whatever else
they are the republicans are not
cowards. They go ahead with
their cutthroat deviltry with the
courage of the corsair. If the
democrats are honest let theni go
back to the house of representa
tives and pass a bill repealing the
act of 1890. Nonconformist.
C0RBETT IS THE CHAMPION.
Sullivan Knocked Out in the Tirenty
firpt Round, tj; (
Excitement! ran high even in
Hickory over the Corbett-Sullivan
prize fight at jSew Orleans. ; jSome
of them were eo interested as to bet.
Most of them were glad that Sul
livan got licked. I j
There were9,000 people present
at 9 o'clock, vhen the tug of war
began. Sullivan weighed 212, Cor
bett 189. Cofbett.won the! choice
or corners, i j f
Twenty-one; rounds were fcught.
The last, whih marks tlie !c own
fall of the greatest prize fighter of
the age, is as follows: i 1
"Sullivan Iqd .with left, tut every
blow was weak, sparring for wind.
Both exchanged lefts ;Corbett land
ed left on SullivanTs stomachy Cor
bett rushes Sullivan to thej ropes,
knocking him around the ring.
Corbett knocked Sullivan down
with a terrible right handed! dIow;
Sullivan triedjto respond, buj; could
not get up. j Sullivan was then
counted out uiid Corbett given the
fight. Corhett came out pi ! 'the
fight without a scratch. The! crowd
has gone wildi Sullivan is badly
punished an ! is bleeding like a
beef. The ovation that Corbett
received was something tremend
ous. James -E. Corbett jj was de
clared winner? in the twenty -first
round and declared champion of
the world." ' j
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i People's Party Speaking.
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Dii. W. P. $xum. and Hcjxj
Ma-
pjon Butler, Eleetors-at-laiige, will
speak at the folio winir timies; and
places
i : i
Reidsville, Mcfuday. September 19.
!.ceA-ville.Jaisda y". Sep'tL 0,-
Statesviile. Tursday. sJi4 :f
Mocksville, Friday. Sept. 23. .
Morganton. Sit.urday. Sept. 24.
Marion. "Monday. Sept. 26. j
Marshall. Tuesday. Septj;27. ,
Wayncsvillc. Wednesdays Sept. 28.
A.slnviller Thursday. Sept.;2 ,
Salisbury, Friday, Sept. 30j. -Durham,
Saturday, October 1
Notice Gen. James B. Weaver
will speak ir North Cs.rolir a as
follows: '
Raleigh, Thursday, Sept. 29.
Rocky Mount Friday, Sept, 30. '
Gen. Jas. (f. Field will speak
at Asheville, September 2), and at
Salisbury, September 30. j
We ask thdt the citizens turn
out! and give the speakers a res
pectful hearing.. Other jappoint-
ments will follow these and other
speakers. I S. Otiio Wilson.
Ch'n Pelples P. S.
Com.
A. Happy Meeting,
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when the Peofjle's mrtvireihforce
ments stand lip to be. 'cpimtid in
the Fiftv-thilrd Congress. Com
ing from the Vest and the South
to fit down ii tin? seats of nation
al power, the will take Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob of the
cf:s:l. and the Irolden calfl of Wall
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striet and thilust them into outer
darkness wiii're there j w
weeping. and Iwailing and dnash
ing of ieerh.Ex.
Ho-wi NominatedL
Taking' the jvbte by vfhicl: Mr.
Cleveland wa nominated, hv had
more delegates from republican
states than irom lcliaUy c emo-
cratic states.-- Inter Ocean.
The twins Ijave so many, points
in common that the devl wot't be
able to , distinguish them. Both
Harrison and Cleveland secured
the nominatibh by th votfs of
stages that, itfis well knOwrl, will
n'oi irive them an electoral vote.
'Nonconformist.
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GENERAL NEWS.
An Oregon murderer while
marching to the gallows was
showered with bouquets thrown
by women.
London has the largest tele
graph offiice in the world, where
more than 3,000 operators are con
stantly employed.
London, Sept.-10 Louis Kos-pr
suth will be 90 years old next
Saturday, and all Hungary pre
pares to do him honor.
' ' . r -
ran s
uv wot iuil JiCOiD
there have been on the British
coasts 66,377 wrecks, with- the
fearful loss of 22,312 lives., ?
According to the census bulletin
just issued there are only 67,000
female persons to every 100,000
males in the United States.
There are 138 American students
attending Berlin university "and
only 24 English. Of the 3,788
students 3,181 are Prussians.
Miss Dora Miller, a teacher in
New Orleans, has patented a
blackboard eraser for the right
of which she had an offer of
$5,000.
Allen Milton Browning, of
Huntingdon, West Virginia, is
sixty years old, has been married
six times and has sixty-seven
children.
Labor Day was never so gene
rally celebrated in this country as
on Monday last. In a number of
southern towns and cities it was
observed for the first time. .
The Reading railroad, of which
Anarchist McLeod is president,
has been quietly sorting but and
discharging men whose only
crime is that the(y ably manage -
the ajtairs ot locau iapfororg?rjVju-
lions. , ; j ,v 4
The Republicans of 3Taine elect
all four Congressmen, carry 14 of
the 1) counties, have two-thirds of
the members of the legislature,
and elect their Governor by
11,000 majority over the Demo
cratic candidate.
Portsmouth, O., Sept. 8. Be
tween 7.000,000-and 8,000,000 feet
of lumber at the yards of the
T -l 4-4-1 v TTonowlio lnmVoi ziAmnonw
at New Boston, three miles above
this city, was comsumed by fire
yesterday afternoon.
Washington, Sept. 8. James
C. Kellogg, of La.j U. S. consul
at Stettin, Germany, was to-day
suspended from duty by secretary
Foster of the State department
for negligence in performing his
duties during the cholera inspec
lion. (
The People's party nominee for
attorney general in Montana, Miss
Ella L. Knowles, is a political
hustler. She addressed public
meetingsat different points in the
state nearly every weekiday- in
August and will keep it up ". ivntil
election. V X V
One of the most po fen tN forces
made use of hy capital to crush
organized labor is the state mil
itia. It has ever been a menace
to organized labor in the asser
tion of its rightful demands. It
is the defender of scab labor, and
has been made the tool of cap
italism. 5
That strange freak of nature
known as "the Siamese twins"
has, it appears, been repeated in
Orissa. The "Orissa twins' are
described as two little Uriya girls
of about five years old. Wher
last heard of, says the Londoi
News, tjiey were leaving by steam
er for this country on their way V.
the Worlds Fair at Chicagou
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