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HIOKOBT PRESS: APRIL 8, 1897. JTt 3C 1 X vl Tm"2 TjfS 1 r THE HICK O BY PRESS ! lMsed every Thursday by tbe Hkkory Printing Company. TEBMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: ' CAtU I ADYAWCE. Ob Tear ft x Montbn . Tbi Moatbs SI 00 W ,25 Every other local in the Times of last week had a direct or indi rect reference to the coming mu i xrr i ,i ; nicipaingui. eu tniB justification of our devoting more space Wl, uail ?uttU erwisesnouia in mis issue. Arkansas and Geora have been handsomely .recognized by o.0;f nririi0Tr ol f tv.n two States haven't sent even . one a. a nniucu fti 1LL1.1U1V T UUU T wW WU Ww I Rflnnhlican member to Congress, On the other hand North Caroli t . na has sent three Republicans to Consrress and a United States Senator besides, and North Caro lina is still out in the cold. - SENATOR PKITCHARD A5 WORKER. a practical The Baleigh Tribune of the 5th inst. contains the following dis- patch from its special correspond- ent at Washington: "Senator Pritchard gave notice today that he would offer the following amendment to the Dingley tariff bill: Removing from the free list ore as pyrites or sulphuret of iron in its natural state, and making it dutiable at . I $2 25 ner ton removing emervore from the free list and making it dutiable at lj cents per pound; also imposing a similar duty on emery grain, making all logs dutiable at the rate of $2 per 1,000 feet: imposing a dutv df 2 I cents per pound on raw cotton; fiTino- a snftfiifin rlntv nf fi ppnta per pouna on monazito, atia iu- steaa oi tne aa valorem, as now provided, increasing the duty on kaolin from $2 to $3 per ton. The amendments were referred to the Finance Committee, and Senator Pritchard is confident that they will be adopted by the committee." The senior Senator from North Carolina is looking after the in- terests of his state in a practical way. instead ot posing as a -.-. . i great reformer liko Mr. Butler he is seeing to it that North Carolina srets all the benefit she nossiblv t -r 1 can from an increase in the tariff rates. Such work as this is worth something to the South. It is in- finitely more valuable than all the oratory of all the Populist orators combined. i Senator Pritchard is a broad man, too. The reader will ol serve that the protection which the Senator favors-means some thing to a great many other Southern States as well as North Carolina. The South properly speaking has but one Republican Senator and it is fitting that he should show a desire to care for the interests of the entire section as well as the interests of his own State. Some time ago Mr. Butler publicly that he was in favor of protection for Southern raw materials. Why does he not now show a disposition to stand by Senator Pritchard in this most important matter? He has an opportunity to show a little grat itude to the Republicans who elected him, and now is the time for him to do it. Perhaps he prefers to let Senator Pritchard Ijave all the honor in this matter. If such is the case we do not be lieve that our senior Senator will seriously object. Nothing would please Senator Pritchard better than to get the entire credits for doing something of practical benefit to our own section of the country, and from present indica tions it looks as if all the glory would be for him alone. We congratulate him. tub city election. i Oar municipal election is al- J wftVK an occasion of aborbinsr in- terest to our people. And it .is well that it is so; for it shows that the heart of this people is con cerned for the welfare, peace and prosperity of our fair city. We all love our town and we doubt if there is a citizen in it who would Jmowingly and deliberately raise his. hand to do her injury. This being true, let ua, who are of op- nnaita tt tixv-u rtn tViA nnPfiftnn flf. n frH:lfc t.u nthr rnctfnl- aQj deal hoDest men wjth wwww, I honest men. Let us not, after 4, - u.;0f i . . i 1 I new io j'juruaimm, preieiiu. iu bave mni-science at our pen's ena ana pnansaicaiiy aeciare mat a11 virtue, all morality and all re- I "gion are found on one side alone, ana mac oniy me aevn ana uis 1.1. .1 1 '1 1 I emissaries are on the other. Let us see if we can't avoid the case of "Big I and little u," or the odi- ous comparison of ourselves to the vestibule and our opponents to the local freierht. .Let us acknowledge that there are good honest, sincere men on both sides men Wki reany wisn 10 see tbeir town prosper "in every good word and work." Let us realize the fact that there is no need of going into hysterics; that neither side has a monopoly of the chris- tian graces. We have here simp not go to him. It is a false, sick ly a difference or opinion on a ly, sentimental policy te pet and mfttter of policy to be settled as ll . il Tl CDe consciences or me voters ai rect - At 13 admitted even by the learned barrister of the "Times," no law has a right to say "what a citizen shall eat or what ne shal1 drink." And yet it is iust in these matters that the p-o- hibitory law interferes. It pro- hibits the sal of liquors and wines d if a person is to get them he is compelled to violate r evade the law. The churches cannot m even get wane lor sacramental purposes without evading it. It is the confessed object of pro hibition to stop the use of these things. And the reason why li cense for the sale of intoxicants is desired, if the "Times' wants to know, is because they cannot be I l-i IJ ! -il . I. uuugut or aoiu in any omer way. e hold, and we think that most i i :n i :i l i "i i jousuuuuio meu wm miirni, max, it 13 tue abuse and not the use of tnese things that is wrong. If fchis is the case, then they consti- . - tate a legitimate article of com- merce and there can be no valid reason for prohibiting their man- uiacture and sale. Intoxicants nave been used as beverages from the earliest ages till now and have boen one of the principal articles . 01 commerce. Ihey were highly -- .... i honored by Israel, the chosen people ot Uod, and constituted one of the most prominent tempo- ral blessings which He vouchsafed policy, and see if we cannot in to them. They were used in His vigorate her with new life and worship and approved by Him lhere was no intimation that the use of them was wrong but only the abuse, lhe whole tenor of Biblical teaching on the subject is expressed in this text, "Be not drunken with wine wherein is ex cess. Manv a crood thinf hns - C5 ' been abused and will be abused till the end of time but that is no argument against the thing it i . .... self. On the srround of Ch ristiftn charity it is perfectly proper for one to abstain from the use of these things, but this should not be done out of legul compulsion, but out of voluntary actiou. Let no man judge you in meat or in drink. iso one can on this ground of chanty advocate apro- nioitory law; tor that would be to entangle us again in the yoke Of bondage. It is urged again that in votin for license we are KPttin Ution before some unbalanced m- dmduals who cannot, or rather wm not govern themselves in the use of these drinks, i But IM . . same argument can he mn? against anv of the Decennaries or luxuries of life. On the same nrniuid tnpnh:nts should be pro hibited from displaying their wares along the Mile walks, for it is a temptation for some evil dinposed person to 8tal They should be kept from selling tire arms; for it is a temptation to some persons of a vicious disposition to kill;aud the same argument can be made against almost everything with which we come in contact in this wicked world of ours. This argu monf nrnvMii trio mnnli. Thft H dealer is nok a roari lion coin g about seeking whom u. iQ , . i mi man 10 enter uis suup. xuereure laws restraining and regulating nis ousmess. ne cannot sen 10 a habitual drunkard or to one al ready under the influence of liquor it is not nis ooject to mate peo- T . .' .. pie drunk. Bv action of our last legislature minors are not even allowed to enter his building, and under no circumstances is he al- lowed to sell to them. Ample Rafe - enards are thrown around. . C3 - This eroes to show, too, that "the law" does not make-drunkards, as is iaiseiy ciaimea oy zeaious pro- hibition advocates. On the con- trary, it guards against that wher ever it allows intoxicants to be sold. Let a man who knows his weakness but keep away," it will excuse the diunkard, the real ! it , I'll criminal in tne ease wno ioousniy allows his appetite to get the bet- ter of his reason, and to visit the punishment upon the dealer who is at most but the innocent occa- sion of his down fall. With equal propriety you might hold the grocery merchant responsible for the gluttony of his customers, or the clothier for the vanity of his patrons. The evil is with the of fender, who should be ''temperate in all thingS.,r Helmay, like Adam, try to shift it but the guilt is his. The truth of the matter is that there is rually no moral issue in volved. Relisrion is something: more than meats and drinks, which belong to the things indif ferent. And now since the mat- ter stands as it aoes, let us take a i 1 . . common sense view of it, laying i ii l , i . asiae au wrangnngs ana Ditter- ness, and let us vote for what we believe to be the best interests of our town. For four years now the town has been dry, and what has been the condition ? Not a new street has been opened: no public im provements have been made; the streets have been but poorly w worked; business has been bad; and the town has been on a dead stand still with no money in her coffers. Let us try a change of administration and a change of new hope for the future. C. H. L. A DONATION TO GUILFORD COLLEGE. Mesr. Duke Give SI 0,000 fo a Science Hall and Auditorium. (iUILFORD COLLKGK, April 1 The generous contribution to the cause of eUucatiou which have' been marie by air. Washington Duke and cons, of Durham, have endeared them .for all time to come, to the friends of educa tion in oui beloved State. I rejoice to report another proof ot their liberality and devotion to the education of the leople, in the recent donation by tne brokers, IS. 2. and J. 13. Dnke, of $10,000, to erect a science ball and auditorium at Guilford College, These gentlemen, with their sister, the late Mrs. Mary D. Lyon, received their den school, being students there in 1871 and 1972. They have al wavs en tert&ined a high regard for the insti tution, and have rejoiced to see its growth and ProK the change wn,cu waa mae m IKS? Irom rni we Trthiri win prosperity and better equipment of tbe college this splendid gift of science M11 ! a lutin t"r. The col I lege has lor number of years felt the I naA. r ..i r , Drs. Maybe Ton choose Xht cl4 doctor before the jvunz one. Wfcjt hecinse yoa donn want to entrust your life In Inexperienced hinds. True, Ue youn doctor max tc experienced. But the old doctor must be. Ton Uxe no ctiancc with fcr. Hajbc, when Dr. Mustbe Is In reach. Same with medicines as with medicine makers the lonf-trled remedjr has your confldecce. Ton prefer experience to experiment when joa are concerned. The new remedy may be food bat let somebody else prove It. The old remedy mast be rood Jnded on Its record of cares. Just one more reason for choosing AVER'S Sarsi parllla in preference to any other. It has been the stanoard household sarsaparllla for half a ccnturj. Its record inspires confidence CO years of cures. If cthcrj may be rJ, Aycr's Sarsaparilla must 5c To taie no crjnccs when jou take AVER'S SarsaparlUa. ment, and the gift is therefore felt to be most timely. It will render the college work more efflcleut in every way, beside providing an ample audi torium for commencement and other public exercises. The alumni and friends of the col lege feel and desire to express most cordial gratitude for the great bene faction, and will be aroused to greater zeal in their efforts to strengthen the educational force of the institution in every respect. On Saturday night a public meeting will be held In King Hall, in which studeuts, alumni, fac ulty, and others, will take part in celebrating the good fortune of the college. Correspondent of Charlotte Observer. Neglected Heroes. During the Revolution, seven men, from the immediate vicinity where Newton stauds,under the command of Mathias Barriuger, were ordered in the direction of Uld Fort, to the de fense of the western frontier of North Carolina, against ttie marauding Cherokees. Believing that they had driven the Indians over the Blue Ridge, they were leisurly returning. when a band of the savages, who had eluded them, tired on them from am bush ou John's River near Morganton, and killed all but Phillip Fry. While the Indians were scalping the mur- dered men Fry ebcaped, but tbe In dians were soon on his track and gain iugonhim. A sharp knoll hid him for a moment. He secreted himself under a large tree blown across his path while the foremost Indiau crossed over his body. He then made his lone ly way home, to tell the mournful story. The bodies of his comrades were never buried. Doubtless the mountain vultures devoured them. The men fell in the defense of their country no less than those who fell at King's Mountain or Guilford Court House. Written history has made no record of their valor. Shall we of this generation allow their services and their names to perisn from the memory of men? It is due to them, that a suitable mounment be erected in their honor. We shall not be guiltless if we neglect this duty. The dust of Mathias Barringer's widow, and of her second husband. Conrad Tippong, one of Layfayett's men, rests in the Tipp's Grave Yard three miles East of Newton. Here also were buried many of the decend ants of Mathias Barring r. Thi seems to be the most appropriate placa for a a monument to commemorate this thrilling incident in our Revolutionary and Indian warfare. Here on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July 1S97, appropriate memorial services, patriotic- and religious, will be held, and a monument unveiled. The dignity of the monument, will depeud ou the liberality and number of those who may contribute to it. Surely the character of these heroes, and their services togetherwith the great num ber of decendantsof Mathias Barringer and Phillip Fry, "will not permit It to be a mean one. The defendants of John Paul Barringer, Mathias brother will no doubt contribute to make the monument a worthy one. An earnest and patriotic appeal is pressed upon all whose hearts may be reached by the claims of these noble men. Let contributions be sent to Mr. Geo. W. Rabb, former Treasurer of Catawba County, N. C. Let the amount reach at least $500. Eminent gentlemen are engaged to deliver orations and bands of music will be there to furnish music for the unveiling. Lt as make the occasion memorable. Let the multitude to honor these brave men swell to 10,000. Friday and Saturday wi'i be given to Patriotism and Sunday to Religion. Q. A. SETZER.. J. C. CLAPP, Secretary. Chairman Com. on Hon. and Speakers. and Mustbe. s Washington Gazette: Cora Lee, th 19 year old daughter of Mr. Sam Reld. has been confined to her .room for ft) days. Daring this time she has not tasted food of any kind, with the ex ception of the Juice of a lemon occas ionally. All efforts to induce her to eat are of no avail. Her physicians say she is suffering with a tumor on the brain. Agents of the Southern syndicate are said to be traveling in Wayne, Lenoir, Jones and Onslow counties, securing options on land, with ostensi ble object of building a logging rail road from Goldsbaro to Jacksonville, but really, the Wilmington corres pondent of the Raleigh Tribune thinks to secure an eastern outlet for the Southern railway. This, the corres pondent thinks, could be done "if the Southern buys W. N & N. road, and by building a road as above stated. The Southern would then have a through line from Ashevilln to Wil inintrton and be lnderndent of the A. & N. C. and W. Si W. roads. WEAKWWEARY Women Men Are peculiarly benefited by P. P. P., Lippman's Great Remedy, the most wonderful Tonie and lilood Cleanser la the world. P. P. P. restores shattered nerve, glTes strength and tone to the entire system, revives the worn O3t,nerrous and debilitated You cannot Lut be nervous If your blood is impure. P. P. P. gives the proper nourishment to the blood, and cures nervous pros tration, debility and nervous head ache. P. P. P. cures that tired, languid, "all gone "feeling, cures dyspepsia, in digestion, and that awful distress of tl.i stomach. P P. P. cures that weak, Xierrous con dition, that dreadful J uroping of the iteart, followed by dizziness and sink ing spells. 2J&ke your blood pure by Uking P. P. p., Li pr man's Great Rem edy, and you will be well and happy. Women are benefited, their organiza tion regulated, and their weakness and latitude cured by P. P. P WEAK, TIRED PEOPLE should take P. P. P., Lippman's Great Remedy, without delay. While not actually sick, you feel weak and tired, ready to get sick, and what you need Is strength to drive out of your svstem that which Is the caue ofSpring t'ever. P. P. P. is needed at once, Mrs. TTattie My 11 as, of 70 East SCth street. New York, says that she was la poor health, and that her case devel oped into nervous prostration. She suffered from nervous headaches, and at times was unable to do any work at alL She could not sleep, and was so nervous that she would have tn get up at all hours of the night and walk the floor, and the opening of a door would startle her. liat her weaVnesa and nervousness is all pone. P. P. P. waa what saved her. Her appetite Improved, her nervousness U a this; of the past, and she thanks P. P. P., Lippman's Great Remedy, for her com plete restoration to health. UPTHAH BXtOU. Oa, Sold by Henxlei 6 Harris.
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