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The Lincoln Dkmckat run. Co
Chas. L. Coon, EJitor.
which have not hail a calamity in- con n cl-l uiili litis ptjH-r in ;my
spirsition ' 8in cottnn went t 9 ca parity. V rn ih:t h will
L-ruts, have gonf to r slvii." sttrtup-mi p;osiliiii p-iT if
ahnul th lease as vigorously a Lii.'olii!on. WhHhur Him ii Iru
tlipy once tl id ahoiitthe sub-Tiva- or not, we oniu it siv. lJ.il.
nry or "some! hing batter." Wo gsta m re vim in him than durni' .1 pepl-. Ami epci..lly should
w..ml.r Smvp DemoiraiH can a on I. is cmm ctin Willi tn uejiocbat. we rrinmlr. s cili7.i). i nr r
ll.t citizuu of tho cumio!iwtaIth,
i ill the p-Hpl. limihl avail lh-?n.-s-lv,
a thov did vetTl.rt -f
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net. JLJutler s paper has niaae u sugnu
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Entered at the Postofflce at Lincoln
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Sept. 27, 1896.
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LINCQLNTON, N. C, NOV. 29, 1895.
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HOW WE GET
TOGETHER.
The Morgan ton Herald tninks it
bad policy to talk about silver and
gold, for such talk divides the
Democratic party. The Herald
aayi it believes in getting together
on "essentials." Well, suppose
the Herald tells us what those "es
sentials" are. But evidently the
Herald does not think the Demo
cratic doctrine concerning money
an essential one, else it would not
talk as it does. But we believe
the Democratic party has a Dosi
tion on the question of finance as
well as on the tariff, and we believe
it is just as essential to hold the
' one as the other tin order to be a
good Democrat. ; If the Herald
will read its United States Histo
ry, it will find that Thos. Jefferson
stoutly opposed all financial doc
trines which could give increased
power to the general government.
He opposed the Charter of , the
United States Bank, and said that
t ie government should have no
s ich power. At the present day,
v o have people claiming to be
Democrats who believe the gov
e nment has the power to stamp
imprint on 50 cents worth of
s ! ver bullion and call it 100 cents.
logical conclusion is that the
f vernment creates Ihe missing
' i cejits in the original silver bul-
i. To this we say no. We do
, l believe it. The credit of toe
rnment may be suflicient to !
. : ' "the 50 cents liat silver thus
Thf. printers made us. in last
to be discrtdited in Democratic weV ppr say some ridiculous
councils. He should be watched, things. Among them the senti
The Caucasian is a mighty poor ment was expressed that we should
medium through which to reach have more schools where Populists.
Democrats. ' The man who uow Socialists and Anarchists were
helps Populists to raise nn issue nurtured. Nothing was larger
which .will, no doubt, divide Dem- from our purpose. We meant to
ocrats some more, ought to be say that we did not want any more
asked out of the house. The whole of suchSchools and such teachings,
fight of the Alliance against the
lease is hypocritical. They want Tiik suggestion that the election
to raise a smoke to hide Fusion was a Particular repudiation of
,.A T : . , . . , Senator Bnce, Hill and Smith, be
rascality. Let the old issues stand. rfttlfl f. . R f wnt rki:
Let Democrats show how the Fu-cail Beems to be a non-sequitur, I civil authorities, wa not unusual
sion crowd tailed to reduce taxes. I for so did all the other State at 1 tn Europe, and such a day was ob
failed to restore local self-govern- the North and West. But, any-
ment, failed to pass an honest ,hw. thow nators, .wh
... . ... I . j i Gorman and many others who
election law, failed to reduce sala- we defeatedi wereJall opposed
ries, and the like; all of which they ree coinage. Raleigh State.
promised. Let us see that the Fu- Gen. P. Watt Hardin got a "non-
Why is it tnat we have come lo
celebrate one dY of tha whole
year for a -day of thankigiviog?"
This it a qoestiou which has often
been asked by many people whose
curious minds impel them to such
interrogation. Thanksgiving Dav
is older than our uwn couutrv, bo
fore it existed even as a colony of
Great Britain. The occasional
observance ol a day of thanksgiv
ing, formally recommended by the
served it Leyden, Holland, on Oc
tober 3, 1575, the first anniversary
of the deliverance of that city from
siege
In 1G0S the Pilgrim church, ex-
eionistsare put on the defensive Loquitur" out in Kentucky also. I Jocl from England, went to Hoi-
in lyb so far as Mate issues arem rar tn n that fra ailvAr I land and remained there until lo-
concerned. Let us see that free l.h 120. when it sent off the Mayflower
vv M- w v f m mj tm w m w w I
silver and the lease are laid aside uore jn North Carolina did notcolony Jn0 ew World. After
enough to discuss the record of produce in some localities any of I the first harvest of the colonisU at
rusion ruie m ixonn uaraiiua. the effects commonly attributed to rtymouin in 101, uov. iraaioru
We do not want any more issues Iq jeft njn(i ft ot a graveyard wnt four men out fowling, -that
oy way oi xiaieinna especially rabbit. tney migm aiier a more special
by way of the Caucasian. We do manner rejoice together." In
not want any supreme judges who the article in the Charlotte July. 1623 a day of prayer and
will write articles in the Caucasian! observer last Sunday, advocating I fasting was appointed on account
either. I ti.of h 1 of a creat droueht. While these
Republican party put a 10 tax humbie pilgrims prayed rain fell
SERVERS DE- Ion the issue of Slate banks, and
-A-XJXvT. I thna tjiTftl thtir rirr.nl tinn nnt nf
abundantly, and the governor thon
appointed a day of thanksgiving,
which thoy observed with religious
services
There are records also of days
appointed by other governors of
The public will take notice, if it I existence. This abuse of the tax
pleases,that this paper has charged Mug power is truly Republican.
the News and Observer with pub-1 Suppose Judge Schenck writes an
lishmg and approving gold stand- other letter to the Caucasian and
ard literature as late as 1892. Up tells us why free silver would be colonies, as in Charlestown, and
to this writing, the .Observer has better than State banks. As som Massachusetts Bay Colony, and It
been content to assert that the ar- people never get done talking is known of the official appoint-
ticles in question did not discuss about the good times we once had ment of thanksgiving days in 1633
the silver question nor advocate we suggest that they enlargo our 1634, 1037, 1638, ar.d 1039. Occa
the single.gold standard, but were information on tho btato bank sional thanksgiving days wero ap
directed against fiat money ideas, matter, and do it from history and poiuted by the Dutch governors in
We showed two weeks ago by quo- facts. No Fourth of July talk New Netherlaud, and by the Eng-
h i ig, in the light of the rrlunis
trom the rKiit elections, that th
frr Coinage of rilver U A drad li-
oue. Kren the Richmond li
ib- iKitcli, a pajwr which lias cccupicsl
i ui excHnlingly coaMtvatiru pc-
I tiilioa upon this quition says:
The free silver movement ti
dead, and will soon show that it U J
dead. So large and rwpectabit a
lirty as the free, silverites mill not ,
die in a day, we may be sure; ytt
we may be confident that it has
received its death wound. The
field may be considered as upen to
the national Democratic party and
closed to the men who would have
the coinage ratio at 10 to 1 with
out co-operation with other coun
tries. Campbell, Whitney, Hill,
Carlisle, and all the txmI of the
Democratic aspirants to the presi
dency will steer clear of a dtad
issue. The silverites may show
some signs of life, but their career
is practically ended.
In no State or locality where
the ground waa contested on this
question Tuesday did frt silver
black the board. Even in
Nebraska, supposedly a free silver
State, and whore the Democratic
party divided on the issue, each
faction running a ticket, the sound
money Democrats polled nearly
two votes for every one Qcast by
the cheap moneyite. The cause
is yet alive and active in North
and South Carolina and Mississip
pi but it is to be hoped that this
will not be so long. We call upon
the free silver Democrats of North
Carolina to abandon this dis
credited fad, this hopeless and dy
ing cause, and put themselves in
lino with the national Democracy
and with the enlightened senti
ment of the country. Charlotte
Observer.
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FRUITS AND NUTS OK
SELECT QUALITY.
A full lint fef Cnriifit 7
for the Bors and Girl
B. F. G1UGG. V'1'
tations from one of the articles I will be accepted !
that the single gold standard was
. i x i ,i i .i . .
nuvocaieu auu Biiver resaroea a Anenr. tlie Armenian maspacrns
fiat money. We repeated the! we observe that th "unspeakable
charge, too, and asked that the Turk" is not tho only "unspeak
)bserver show from the articles ir
"barged. until the Observer
::-PfL but, thnt, flna nnt. imnnir
. ahmmpnt Tf .vint fUt I elears itself f thl9 cnarSe we re
' credit Of the vP.rnnt iS not. 1 Pl 6ubmifc to
.imitP' Kn..H.n.Vf i criticise those who may have taken
i. v . -i ; its "gold cure" iD 1S92.
v :is?ert that nnv mnn who snv : x-..
- Government an crt mnnlr I ;isk for JudSent against the Ob-
v ';,( Democrat. The Democratic j
arty has never put a law on tho j
vilute books in all its historv
erver for allowing its case to go b
(.lefault.
' JiieHcan be construed as an at
; inpt to create money. The Re
publican party! in 1862 passed a
Jx'gal Tender Act which puts them
record as advocates 61' the idea
Uiat the government ha9 unlimited
power in this matter. Oh, yes,the
1 democratic idea of how much pow
er the government has over the cur
rency is an "essential doctrine, and
very essential. It is just here that
we differ from' Populists and Re
jpublicans. The idea so prevalent
that the 16 to 1 business is orig
inal Democracy is false from facts
and history. It is false because
Democrats cannot believe that the
government has the power to give
any value to the commodities it
stamps as money. Democrats
must believe that the sole function
of government as regards money is
to certify to its weight and fine
ness. More than this it cannot do.
Therefore, it is not Democratic
doctrine to believe, that the gov
ernment can say 371$ Rrains of
silver is 100 cents, any more than
it is Democratic doctrine to be
lieve that a Protective Tariff is
i Constitutional. Yes, we can get
together on essentials 1 1
II. J . STOCKARD'S
POEMS.
We do not wish to write a criti
cism of Mr. StockardVpoem. We
only .wish to call the attention of
the public, especially that part of
it which is literarily inclined, to
tuts met uiai inr. otocKara win is
sue a volume of his poems when a
suflicient number of advanced sub
ecribersare received to warrant the
venture. Mr. Stockard is a North
Carolina poet and a good one, too.
Those who love North Carolina and
take pride in her sons should sub
scribe for Stockard's poems. We
suggest to the Book Club of Lin
colnton that they subscribe at
once. Mr. Stockard's address is
Monroe. Give your name to the
editor of this paper. He will take
pleasure in attending to the mat
ter for you. We wish to see Mr.
btockard meet with success. Let
us all work more for North Caro
lina and home, and fewer young
men will leave our borders.
abie" thine in Eurone. We learn
from a German Lutheran church
paper that there are human sacri
fices offered in Hua3ia within 200
miles of one or her University
towns. Would it not be well for
Russia to attend to this instead of
?uding orders to Turkey? Tho
4 Powers' are a law unto them-
lves. We have never believed
Uussia was any better coverned
han Turkey. Those who read
Jeorgo Kenan's articles ou Russia
m a lew xork Magazine a few
years ago will agree with us. we
A BAD FALL,
Ttsl appllr oolj to the trre. a&4 the
victim Utirsth It. Thl- fall it a ft!
ooe with farmer, and tbe roat-rqaroce
U. money U more abundant, competi
tion la rrttu-r and we know It. We
art tbtrrfor ready lo mtml all books
In ocr line, in price, atyle, roodi ana
Tcrytnlnr eU. It will arluaHj pT
oar Lincoln frlendt to take the train
and com art our larrt and tarloui
lock of
CLOTHING,
HEAD, NECK and
UnUJQftHAlUl. I hTO idded lo tay costliu
ila potalble joq cant tpart Ibt time lo
calf la proa. If ao, write ua what too
want, and If unknown to u txnd rvf
encee, and we will tend jou fvoda pr
ciprrat from which you can makt a
4 lection. Wa pay xprrtt ctar(ra oca
J
Lb.
Crockery-Craceries
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D.
All
Lb.
CI
Now tfila merUall wanUezActlj.
LONG, TATE, & Co.
Crockery.
Lamps.
Lamp
Chimneys dc
Ask to sco thro goods.
I
One Price clothiers, iN GROCERIES U
Charlotte, . C, i kcf u-Be,t OooJ. i -
D - " buy. If jou want the to: ;
1 jr jfnr rTcrCteino Oil CtcA Krt
XHtJIkllPXlVGr TJI
ISSUE. .
Ex-Judge Schenck, of Greens
boro, said not long ago that silver
and the lease of the N. C. R. R. to
the Southern Railway should be
made the issues in the next State
and National Campaign. We were
charmed with, the "unity'' of these
issues at once, and began to exam
ine them. But that ia not to the
point
We have since noticed that ex-
Judg$ Sohenck has written a letter
to the Caucasian against the lease.
In the meantime, we have observed
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. L. D. Miller has charge of
the Democrat office now.- We
trust the public will treat him
kindly and help the Democrat to
get the news. Mr. Miller is an
accommodating gentleman and
i
will serve you well. He will be
around to see you.
If ei-Jddqk Schenck: does not
mean - to go over to the Populists,
he should mind the company he
keeps. Our impression is that, he
has about fcone and only needs a
think.
Illinois has a school law which
requires every school in the state
to float the United Stains flag over
its building during school hours.
The Republican legislature of 1805,
which eat in that 6 Into, is respon
sible for this law. Tho law effects
c'lUrch schools as well as public
schools. This is noted here in
order to show how much n1i-
vidual liberty the Republican
party believes in. We do not be
lieve in making patriots by stat
ute. Tho sentimentality which
destroys individual lilerty under
the guise of patriotism, for and in
the name of "Americanism." is
not Democratic We suggest that
the Illinois legislature pass a law
now to clothe the urchins in stars
and stripes, and make it misde
meanor to wear any but American
manufacture of su:h clothes, pro
tected, of course by a McKmley
tariff!
Senator Lindsay of Rocking
ham county, who said in the. Leg-
1 - i rinr ....
lBiamre oi icjj tnat no law no
reason to observe Thanksgiving
Day, may have lomo followers.
We hardly think, however, that
very many people could dare to
give expression tq .Lindsay's senti
ments. The day is generally ob
served in this section, and we con.
little "coaxing" in order to make ' fitu,ate the PPle on having
him complete his purpos3. We
are sorry to. see such an able man
going over to that gang. All his
had occasion to celebrate another
annual holiday of this kind, in
spite of those who who axe of Mr.
education, his instincts, and his , Lindsay 'a way of thinking.
sympathies should be with the While we do not believe the gov
lish governors of New York in 17
55 and 1TG0.
During the Revolution a thanks
giving day was appointed by tho
ougr?a or constitutional conven
tion as a regular national institu
tion, and was annually celebrated
by th people; but aftjr the gen
eral thanksgiving dav for peace in
ITS 4. thwre wa no national nt
pointment ot n day until 1769,
when 1'msi'lnnt Washington, by
r-'quost of congress, recmmendvd
a day for praiso and thanksgiving
for the adoption of tho new con
stitution. Washington issued a
itcot.d proclamation for thanks
giving in 1795. and President Mad
ison ia 1615 after the closo ot the
.var with Ureat Britain in 1812.
Hut tue official recommendation of
such a day was confined t New
Kngland, where the governors an
nually isu-d a thanksgiving day
proclamation, and the day was ob
served almost universally by reli
gious services, ad was the priLci-
pal home and social festival of tho
vear.
From 1315 to 1664 thero was no
national proclamations by the
president ot the United States, but
in many of the states the day was
observed being regularly recom
mended by too governors, In 13
62 and 1S63, duriug the civil war,
President Lincolo issued procla
mations recommending special
thaukigivingXor .vifltory- andin
1SC4 a national proclamation of
the annual thanksgiving day.
Since that time such a proclama
tion has boon iisued annually by
the president, as well as by the
governors of the states and the
mayors of the principal citiss ; and
custom has fixed upon the last
Thursday in November.
It is a day st apart for praise
to Qod for bit goodness, for his
mercy, for his kindne&s to us in
bestowing upon us all our bless
ings, for his care, and for the rich
and blessed privilege of being
cnildren ot his and under hit fath
erly band. We all have some
thing to be thankful for, and we
ahSuld be happy that God has given
us health and strength tc pralso
him with the many other millions
of Christian people in the land.
Our Churcn Paper.
Imnento Terrestrial (JUbr.
Four leading Frnch scientist
Villard, Cotard, Syrig and Tb
sandier hav succeeded in mak
iug a wonderful model of the earth.
It is a huge sphere, 42 ftut t:i di
ameter, and ha painttU upjn it
outnidtf all detail of th ttorld's
sreographv. At Pari. whis the
pygmy world i hoing oxhibit.. . J
iron und glana dunn hi I:; j
ortctfd vr the glol-. T!.
building i ight-idrl, and i wth
pmvidM with rlevtUr r.i.d Um:- '
a a
way. A llien inar.tf :t an ay r k
for tht visitor to extinii.j "j : i
part if th! world.'' T'.r rk '
'.Vfighrt eiglitrwi tni. tr.t! it ii u i
nicely ImlniHNil that it ri:itn n s
iv rutntinl by a small ha:.d wl.
Tlie fittir.f urfao; nrii ".v n-.. ;
which 14 iufliiiint to !ii'm nil i
tht iiiountriiH, rivtr. bkmii ad
citiiM, n to th piii.jii i
thoroughfar4 of the lattt-r.
Store.
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Shots. Hal. Ca,p. Oren
Guod, N-tiont Tiu are,
Crl;rr. Ladi t" and
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Come to sec rue.
Raiprctfully,
J. B. RA3ISAUR.
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Mary K. Wilkin has done ouie- 1
thing new It) thy pice of work jut ' place fur ii
completed und given bv hertoThjr UoniU iu3):.nir taloe.
Ladle Horn? Journal for public- NotlOIl DcnartniOTlt
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tion. It is a mriea of righbor
hood Type." Thej tyrjM arv
thp rnpat unique characters, and
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gland villiage; to the portrayal of
each "type" Mia Wilkins devotes
a separate sketch. Thus ahe pict
ures a striking male character in
"The WU Man of the Viliiage" ;
one of the most natural of children
in "Tho Villiage Runaway;" a
familiar figure in "Tht Neat
Woman of the Town," with threv
other characters equally distinct.
Thero are six "types," and all ire
illustrated.
Whnt tm In a IVnmo?
Our English cousins poke a grat
deal of fun at us for our national
trick of separating "given" name
from surname by inserting an ap
parently irrelevant initial between
them driving it In aa a wedge, to
split the two name apart. t .U is
not a,prtty .practice ;.butithr
is it pretty to overload a child, as
our cousins sometime do, with a
doxen name that are never meant
to be used. The Rev. Ralph Wil
liam Lyonel .Tollemache-Tolle-macbe,
who died the other day, is
aid to have christened one of his
daughters Lyona Decima Veronica
Esyth Undine Cyssa Hylda Rowe
naAdelo Thyre Ursula Yaabei
Blanche Lelia Dysart plantagnst
Tollemache -Tollemache. The
Critic.
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A, HOUSER,
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