K 1 I ( 1 1 P lllLplll VOL IV. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25. 1S90. NO. 12 IS LIFE WORTH LI VINO ? Not if you go through the workl a dys peptic. Dr. Af kf-r's Pyppepsia T.nb-lets are a jiiuivo i uro for the worst forms of Dys4 pepsin, i iid i'-rt I'-n , xlatulf-ncy wd Con fcumptu-n. (iuaran'eed and sold Ly Dr. J M Lawfnj; )ru?it. Subscribe lor the Lincoln Cotj icier, l.f0 a j ear. I-L'TV 1" Vt I'HHtl F. It is urpiisiii that people will use a com mon, ordinary jail when they can secure a valuahle Knlh one for the s'une money. Dr. A'-kt-r's hngiish iiln ar a 'ositict cure l.ir sick houdif -he anda.ll Liver Trou Lies. They ar- small, -sweet, easily takn, and do not trrij.t . 1'or sale liy Dr. J M Lawin, Di iiL't-'i-t. Apveutlje in the Cgukikk. Rates re reasonable. Try it one year aud tee it' it docs not pay. ' a run. i) killed. Another child killed hy tue uso of opiates given in the. f'..riri ot S.othini Syrup. Why mothers L;ive their children uch deadly poivu is eurpii-iing whr-n they can relieve the chili of it-J peculiar troubles hy uainjr l)r. Acker's Ua'oy Soother. It contains no opium or morphine. ij-old by Dr. J il Law Drusrvi'-t. CAN'T -LKEl NIOUTS Is the cu.ii plaint of thousands suffering from Asthma, Consum; t'on, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try Dr. Acker's Kmlish Ke mcdy ? It i.s the. be3t preparation known tor all Luotf Trouble. Sold on a positive guarantee at 2f cents and 50 cents. For aalc by Dr. J M Lawiuy, .Druggist. avk Can and do "Guarantee Dr. Acker's Blood Elixir, for it hue been fully demonstrated to the people of this country timt it is superior to all other preparation tor blood diseases. It is v positive cure for syphilitic poise ning, Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purities the whoto syste'ii and thoroughly builds vp the constitution. For sale by Dy J. M Lawing, Druggist. E. M. ANDREWS, URNlTURE, PIANO AND ORGAN DEALER. 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For particular! send for our new Illustrated-Circular with samples of stitch ing. Our Illustrated Circular bhows every part of the Machine perfectly, and ia Worth sending foi even if vou Aure a Machine. Ki use a- Murphy "Mfg. Co.. kii aud 457 West "Joth St., N. Y. City. ill wMl Log,LumberVard a GitV Trucks Hf-ilriG DO NOT SUFFEii ANY LONGFR. '.Knowing that a cough can be checked in a tiny j ond the stages of consumption bro ken in .1 week, wo hereby guarantee Dr. Ac'cer'R English Cough Remedy, and will ref and tite money to all who buy, take it as j,er directions, and do nt find our Mate n; ent correct. Dr. J M Lawing, Druggi3 The Lincoln ourieu is .ronr county paper.' Subscribe at once. 1R. ACKER S EXGLIsH PlI.T.q Ar. active, effective and pure.' For tock he: idarbe, disordered stomach, lo?3 of ap pet,'!, hsol complexion and biliousness, they iiHte rieve.r benn ef4iialed, either in America or abroad. Dr. J M Lawing, Dru; rgi.st. TJiis ia cami4n year ! Subscribe for your county paper. THE HR'T aYMpTOMs OK T-KATIT. i ,Tea leenng, dull headache, pains in varinus parts of the body, einkiDg at the pit oi the ftomach, lo.s ot appetite, fever l-jhness pimples or sores, are all positive evidence of poisoned blood.' No matter how it became poisoned il rnnt lw purified to avoid death. Dr. Acker's Englisn Blood Klixir has nectr failed to remove scrofulous or syphilitic poisons. Sold under positive guarantee by Dr. J il Lawing, Druggist OI R VERY BEST PEOPLE Confirm our statement when wo say that Ur. Acker h imtrlirh neinedy is in every way superior to any and all other prepar fctions 1. r the Throat and Lunns. In Wfiooping Cough and Croup, it is magic tula relieves at once, we oner you a sam pie" Jbottle free. Reoicmber, ihia remedy is sold n a positive guarantee. Dr. J. M. Lawi'ng, Druggist. that tsrriule cough In the jnarung, hurried or difficult breath ing, raising phlegm, tightness in the chest, quickemed pulse, chilliness in the evening or swoata at nignt, all or any of these things axe the hrst stages of oonaumption Dr. Ackr's English Cough Remedy will euro these? fearful symptoms, and is sold under a. positive guarantee by Dr J M Law ing, Druggist. PIEDMONT SEMINARY, MALE AND FEMALE. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Au English, Classical, Mathematical aud Commercial School. It is thorough and practical in its work and methods. It doe not assume to itself the claims of a Col lege, but is thoroughly Academic Location healthy, and ot easy access by railroad. Fall tertn of 1890 be gins Wednesday, August, 27. For Circulars, wtV., send to D. MATT. THOMPSON, Principal, Lincolnton, AT. C: July 4, 1890. WrtuOflStf fLL STYLES. pATENT T Ladies Chaise. RACLNET,WIS Mil. IIIM)i:itSO TO MR. IIOLJIAN The FarmerH' Vllianoe ile maiiclH Our ConrcNismRu Does Hot Sign Them The IIlHforyot the Democratle Party Invoked to Miow That It is the CoiiMliitent Friend of the FarmerM. lion. Jno. S. Henderson has writ ten a loDg letter to J. 11. Holman, President Iredell County Farmers' Alliance, in reply to the demands made by the Alliance with reference to Subtreasury Bill, &c. The letter is repleto with patriotic sentiments and wise suggestions and should be read by every farmer. The Cou rier, however, only has space for the following extracts : Washington, D. C, July 14, 1S90. John B Holman, Esq., President Ire dell County Farmers' Alliance : MY Dear Sir : I have the hon or to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the lilstult. I would have replied to it immediately if duties in Congress of extreme urs gency had not constantly demand ed my earnest and undivided atten tion. Besides, I wished to give your letter the most thoughtful consider! ation. I did not wish to speak has tily or unadvisedly. In a time of gseat public peril like the present, I felt that I needed to weigh my words, lest in the hurry of tbe mo ment I might say something calcu lated to cause division among our people, when It was my duty to do everything I eould to unite them. What I witness in the halls of Cons gress every day thoroughly convins ces me that unless the patriotic and good men of the South will stand together in an unbroken phalanx to resist the assaults ot their en ex mies and to defend the liberties and honor ef the Southern people, it will be but a shoit time before the same tyranuical and corrupt party, which cursed the Southern people in the days of reconstruction, will again put the yoke upon our necks. The carpet bag governments were forced upon tbe Southern States by Fed eral bayonets, but the new recon struction which is now threatened will be the inevitable result of uu happy divisions among our own people. Nothing can prevent such a calamity but the united resistance of our people. I cannot sign my nauie to the card of demands which you sent me, and I don't suppose that you would wish me to do so, but in response to the inquiries contained in your letter, I will say that upon every subject relating to public matters connected with my duty and con. duct as a representative of ihe peo ple, I am ready at all times to give to every one of my constitaents that asketh me, the reason of the faith and hope that is in me." In this letter I shall speak unreserv edly. My record in Congress fur- j nishes the best evidence of my po- j eition upon nearly every question embraced in the resolutions or de-j mauds of the National Farmers'! Alliance and Industrial Union, which you havo sent me for my con sideratiou. 1. The resolution in reference to national bauks is substantially au embodiment of Democratic doctrine. These institutions were established against the votes and remonstrans ces of the Democracy. Tbe Deinne. cratic party has never favored them. You will search in vaiu for any ens dorsement of national banks in the historic platforms and utterances of the Democratic party. One of the demands in the Democratic nation-. al platform, adopted iu the year 1852, was expressed in the follow" ing true and prophetic words : "That Congress has no right to establish a national bank ; that we believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best inter ests of the country, daugerous to our republican institutions and the liberties ot tbe people, and calcula ted to place the business of the country within the control of a com centrated money power, and above the laws and will of the people." The votes which I have given in Congress have been in accordance with these ideas; I have opposed extending the privileges of the nat- louiti ujukk, ana i ..ivor their abo ... . . iiuon as soon it can bo done ... ... ... , v ",luuul ,uJur LU UJU Popie. i am uppuseu iu tuo ui3cummation which trials m mvor oi me national oanks over otate DauKs, ana i nave intro- auceu in this and the preceding ouKiess a uiu ror tuo repeal or the tax oi iu per cent, on trie circula- uon or tue tate uauKs. this tax when first. inni')feil trnt7 nnt -.I ' existence in an increuioiy snort pe- riouoiume every state oauK ot nirnnlatinn in tlix TTtilf.l C3r.f. " fcU" -.C4 umiw. The taxing power of the Federal guiciumcuii wcio unjuauy usea to destroy State bankinar associations ana to promote the -veaitn auu pros, peiity of the banks created by tbe i euerai government. it tu.s tax conld be lepealed the several States ot tue union couia supplement the currency now in circulation through the medium of State banks of issue. ill : i woum oe h Sreai convenience to me people. This money would remain in the States and would not ilow to the mouey centres, there to be J i. i. i i i .i i... uumicu,ci iauutiui.1 wLinani uy the money power. No good reason can now be given why carrency notes should be received and issued -vir national honlf i nn hnnda nf 1ia J government deposited in tbe United States Treasury. This system was devised during the war to build up w.t f T-or- not , , , ' , . . it is no longer needed and ought to ne atiousnen. ine retirement oi the national bauk currency which is constantly going on is productive of great injury to the people. The " ' J r i uouuttcuuii ui luis uuncuuy, icfjuia- u.; i ted by no law but the will of the bankers, works great hardship to the people. This is all wronc. For every dollar of sncb currency here- tofore or hereafter redesmrd or de- stroved a new lel tender Treasu- rv note should be issued by the government iu it s place. The Com p. troller of the Currency, in his re port to the Fifty-first Congress, dated December 2, 1889, says that, "Notwithstanding the accession of j new banks to the system and the consequent deposit of bonds and issue of notes the outstanding cir culatiou steadily decreases from year to year, the chief cause being the surrender of circulation by banks desii .ug to reduce and regain nossession of their bonds." No wonder the people complain of a .Po.nitr nf mm.Ar icl.Ali filSli 812.?l8i 4 I J J I of national bank notes were retired .inrinatbAfiivrPrRPndinaOpfoher 31, 1889, the aunual average rate of lecreaseiu the circulation beiugr $30,9GS.831. 2. 1 favor the passage by Con gress of such laws as will effectually nra.nf f.if nra cnfiniatinn n.l (IaiI- ings in agricultural ana mechanical Annna Titif w;n i,0 r I sary for the several States to act m the matter. The jurisdiction ot j Congress over this subject is mainly l...,l. t.,.i,,nm.0 .Anfarra1 ri m upuu n L.y tun WutL,uu. Jiutterworth hill pending in me House, if favorably acted on by Congress, will, it is hoped, go very r. .cf... t . . , ,. ... I ,.Cv,u.ai.. uwi.ufs, to the agricultural interests. j 3. I am strongly in favor of the free and unlimited eoinasre of silver, Every effort has been made by the Democrats in Congress to secure the enactmont of legislation which will restore silver coin to its riht ful constitutional position as the 1 equal of gold. All the power of the Speaker of the House and all the machinery of the Republican party caucus has been used to defeat the proposition and to substitute for free coinage a measure which de I monetzes silver. Silver coinage will soon be permanently suspended under the operation of such a law, and the Secretary of the Treasury also has the power to expand or contract the currency at his pleas- ure, within the limits of the law. There will be no real expansion, however, for if $4,500,000 is issued monthly, as contemplated, that am ount need not be an actual addition to the volume of the currency and will not be sufficient to supply the These counties were Anson, Ldge business needs of the country ; and combe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, the probability ia that the bill as 1 Mecklenburg, Nash, Northampton, passed will not nniP nnt. .,.n 4 v. i w nun iu l ne vnlnm. n. " "4 l,JC uiicnuy as much new money as the P.lan.l Silr of 1878 has done aud is doi ng but will causa a permanent a,i ,lr ous contraction 5. The resolution in legard to the doctrine af "equal rights to all men and special privileges to none" is pait of the I . m. creeu. ine nronoa tion ia hn stated in the Dpmnnri ,,,h?.oi platform of the year 188 : I . "All taxation shall ho limits tn the requirements of economical gov- eminent. V .lpmnrt bhaf v.it i , ... , niiH x. ciioiai LiAHiiou suaii pe ex olusivelv for ni,n- Uh.-ui not excewl the needs of th government economically admini. tered. We hold that it. i the duty of the government ia its j dealings with the people to mete out e(3nal aml exact justice to all ' 1 I ' I17A1IC 1. . "miiirawM i i ne pva rnat a i n n -.nr,r,. .... taxation is unjust taxation, and j that taxes not needed by the gov- eminent, whether federal. State, co1n.nt? iF mui,lciPRl shou,l1 not : b" I eolueteil from th nannl.. i i' " i "in I ch nn bi h loft- in tUu ,,ftf.U people. Outside of the protected f classes, no citizen and certainly no UUeTr ot tne ?ou galn8 any advanN I ' .. . ation: jjy the favoritism of an unequal .system of taxation the cost I of the necessaries of life is certainly increased to all the people: ood government and a happy I and contented condition ot society can only be maintained in any country by garanfeemg qual laws and equal privileges to all classes aiul to a11 men with apecia favors a,s befu vitat an 1 savinpr nrinemZn of t m i : " ' democratic party from the Decas j ration of Independence unti this I very hour. 4The "Sub-Treasury bill," num- bered S: 280c introduced in the aenat0 DV Hon- eouion 15. Vance, UB ""l1" w' uvei 1 4- i :n 'gress ana unless it is improved oy amenumeiPs nouoay can sup. port it. But I am uot opposed to the principle and purposes of the measure. It may not be improper for mo to say that the bill as in troduced in many respects does not command the approval of its tra iners. Everybody admits that the bill cannot pass OoucreBs in its present form and without amend meoim many important, parncu.ars, Ul i ,UBH I),UV,8IU" ,"1 stf,ra-e of cottou' eco, wheat, rpi. t n corn and oats onlg, while it is ad " illlLIIwiM LU ill me. pnil- -i i : . n. it . t. .i . . . .-. r;n i .....1 4UVUlvr,t Jl,;" a like recognition tor all products of labor. Dr. C. W. Macuue, who is the ablest expounder of the bill, and who is thoroughly familiar with its provision?, admitted in his speech before the Senate committee on agricnture that the pi ices of cram anUcotton in AmeiiCi are fixed ty tue prices at liverpooi, an tnat me nUMI.Ug Ul lUW ClOJ.H in vare hnnflPR 111 tlie iJ. S. W not tend to mako pri(,efl aI)Y igiieTt it is a curious fact, too, that under fhe provisions of f he bill, as inrro- dUCO'l. DOT Olie OI IUO COUIli ICS- in wouM be oinued tQ a sut).Treaur.y uuidiog or warehouse, for it can- not bo shown that the average gross amount of coZton, wheat, corn, oars and tobacco produced and sold in anv couniV of said disfricffor the iafcW(l years exceeds rue sum ot UVe hundred Thousand do7ar.s per annum af currenr prices. And Hi is is true of a arge majority ot fhe couufies in fhe Uuifed tfares. 1 merev meufion fhese diflicnfies, bnf nof in any confenfious npirif. If is obvious, however, fhaf fhey will he insuperable obsfacfes fo fhe adopfion of fhe biff in ifs presenf fz-.-r.'. 1 antii f'li fr hrt lioifpil artipe8 hch ,hfl wl osf.a to piozecf againsf fow prices ore fiunfed fo 0vj produefs, whie fhere are many ofher aificles which will equally demand fhe same pro fecfion ui idcwcoudumiu juuup oliua the Cotton and tobacco crops are the only ones whicfi wouia enable auy of them to take ad van- tage ot tne bill, ana mere were, u8 shown by the . census of 18s0, only fifteen that, under any circumstan ces, could cloim warehouses. There were twelve counties which pro duced above 10,00) bales ot cotton each; and at $50 per bale, they would claim ihe benefits of the bill. I'iV, Richmond, Wake aud Wilson. And there were only three tobacco counties, at a higk range of prices lor tobaceo.that could have claimed the right to store their products in warehouses: Those were Caswell, Granville and Rockingham. The other 81 counties, though suffering more, peihaps, than these 15 which produce larger crops of the stifle piirum-i, wuuia oe, as tuey say, "lefc out in tlm cold." The first practicable step iu the way of restoring prosperity to tbe farmers, and to all classes of the people, is to overthrow the Repub lican party, with its unjust tariff laws and class legislation, its de monetization of silver and its in famous force bill. The farmers need the widest market of the world for their grain crops, their cotton and tobacco, and whatever elso they produce for sale. Tiiev need a voN ume of currency adequate to the vast business of the count ry, and they need above all things home rule, with liee.md fair elections, conducted by themselves, in imr- suance of tho Ihw.s of their own States. The people of the United States have nothing to expect from the Republican party. There is no bad law on the statute book that was not put there by the Republican party. The people are demanding financial reform- Tney cannot have it unless the. financial bystom es tablished by the Republican party is overthrown. The people are d manding the free 'and unlimited coinage of s lver. And the Repub lican party has passed a law which after one year will stop the coinage of the silver dollar. Silver coins constitute, moie than one-half of the current money of the world but while it is good nough tor th people it irf not go ui rniii'i tor the Kepnt!i;an miilioiMires and bondholders. The purpose of the Republican party is to make mon-'y scarce ami dear and to mate public debts and private debts heavy and hard to pay. All th s was foreseen and planned hy the Republican crxiprators who fraudulently de monetized silver in 1873, and all this has boon accomplished. 1 im not Mil aUrrnisf, but I c tn not. conclude this letter without say ing to you and to si! my rouMitu.. ent", that this is no time tor stuf and division among brethren o! the same political household. Republi can institutions aio in peril in this country. The defeat of the bill for the bee aud nnlimited coinage of silver in the House of Repiesenta tives was immediately followed by a resolution offered by the Repub lican leaders to teke up and con aider the Federal election bill in troduced by Mr. Lodge, of Massa chnpetts. This is a hateful, sectional, revolutionary and infamous in cast nre. It proposes to deprive the States of all power over the elec tion of Representatives in Con gress. Federal opi-rrs are to virtu ally control the registration of voters. Federal poll holders aud supervisors will receive the votes and count them, and will make the returns of election. There will be a Federal board of auvas--rs to can vass the returns and issue certti cafes to the members elect. The commission of the Governor will b'i disregarded. There is not a shadow of authority in the constitution lor this high-handed measure. '"Coc gress may at any time make or a' ter" the regulations made by the State Legislatures but the5' are to be enforced by State authority. No scheme so fatal to the tight of the States, so destrnctive of free con stitutional government and civil liberty has ever been devised or attempted before by any party or any faction in this country. The motive for forciug through Congress at this time a moestrous bill like thi, is the hope expressed by the Republican leeaders, that it will enable the Republican party to captures a majority of the Rep. resentatives iu the next House. Our liberties, our society and our civili zation itself are all imperilled. This bill has passed the House, only two Republicans voting in the negative. Every Democrat recorded his rote against it. Not many years ago the Republican party attempted to iru- pose upon the South a civil rirht bill. The bill Ierarne n. Kiw hut thu Supreme Court decided it to be ddi constitutional. The Democrats were also united in their opposition to this civil rights bill. The Demo cratic party, to which you and I belong, is the only hope ot the peo ple at this crisis. It is the parry of the people ot the I'nited States. Its voters outnumber the Repuhlicjiis more than 100,000, anil if uu hve out the negroes the Democratic majority of the popnlar vote is over a million. Do not bo deceived. This is no time for division in the rank of the friends of constitutional lib, erty in the South. The issue is upon ns. It" tho Republicans in Centres: shall pass a Federal election law, the honors of reeonst mot w.n mill have returned, and wo may soon expect to Hee Federal troops at the polls with bayonets in their bauds! to drive lieo American citizen away from the ballot box. The IVderal election bill passed fhe House by a vote of irf to 149, a majority of six. Fnough seats were stolen from the Democrats by admitting Republican contestants to give the Republican paity tbir majority, to which were udded five Representatives of four new States North and South Dakota, Montana aud Wa.-hingtou. Tho present ad miuistration and the Republican majority -in both houses ot Con gress are the representatives of conspiracy and fraud. Their pio proposal to keep themselves iu power by surrounding the ballot boxes with troops, supervisors aud deputy marshala.in order to iutimi dato the electors, is an insult to tbe people, and will destroy our gov nernnient itself. The day of teck oiutig may be postponed, but if we are united and true to ourselves, it is sure to come, ud when it does, the Republic :iii piily, the author of all our woes, ivni he buried beneath the ft dlots of an indignant people, beyond nil hope et resurrection. God speed the day ! .UK KIT WINS. We dire to My to our citizens, that for year w l,He li-en ellintr lr. KiBg't New lliv-ovry 'or Consumption, Uo Dr KinV X.-iv Life Pills, liucklen's Armc Sulvr ami Klectric Hitters, and bav never handl.-d remain- that .sell as Well, or that havo e iveu s.i.-h univerrnl satisfaction. V do not hesitate to truarantee them everv tide-, aiio ui- ;taud rady to refund th pun h i n. f, if fatisfnotory reeHults do not f, H w theii use. These rmedie Lara won their irr.-at popularity purely on their ne-rit-. At .1 .M I. iwirit's l'h ;si ian and Pharmacist. .mv Hay to Applout Coiigres men. We d not wonder that a the people begin to understand mure and more of the election bill no under consideration in Congress tin excitement iu legard to it is on the increase. Ir is a revolutionary scheme beyond question. If adopt ed it. virtually places in the hands of a politick party the entire con trol of the majority oi the repre.etn tattves in Congress. We do not oppose it because it hsis been in troduced aud urged by the Repub lican party. We think the leade: of that organization are more de posed than their rivals to rule with a strong hand, antl that they are like'y to exercise any power placed in their control to perpetuate their hold of the Administration, without much regard to the means, so long as the end is attained. We hava no more faith in the unimpeachable virtue of the Democrats than of the Republicans, but the former have never gone to such extremes as the latter for mere party aggraudiaei ment, and we do not believe they could be success'ul iu such measures if the situation was reversed: Tbe Republican is more radical and less conservative in thought and action than his political opponent, and that pjarty would not have accepted peaceably the treatment it has be btowed upon the opposition since the last presidential election. If the Federal judges, as a rule, were Democrats, aud this party was in control of Congress, and proposed to enact an election law exactly sim ilar to the one now uuder discussion i ICJontinued to Fourth Paqe.