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LINUULNTON, X. O. DEC. 1J, 1890
ALLUNCK PIUXCIPI.ES.
'1 he brightest jewels which il
garners are the teara of widows anC
orphans add its imperative com
mands are to visit the homes where
lacerated hearts are bleeding ; te
assuage the sufferings of a brother
or a 8itT ; bury the dead ; care toi
the widows and educate the orphaus;
to exercise charity towards offend
ers ; to consti ue words aud deeds in
ihe r most favorable light, grauting
honesty of purpose aud good inten
tions to others ; aud to protect the
pnuciples of the Alliance uoto
death. Ita laws are reason aud
equity, its cardinal doctrines iuspire
purity ot thought and life, its iu
tentioris are 'peace on earth aud
good will toward men.'"
The above is the 7th aud last
principle laid down iu the constitu
tion ot the Farmers1 Alliance, and il fi
is a gem. The pen that wrote out
tbosH! lines must have been guided
by dictation of Divine inspiration.
These are words that must com
mend themselves to every true cit
lzeu, and if the great. Order ot tht
farmers will hold tast to these grand
principles and practice them there
is no human power that can over
throw their organization.
Hen a tor Vance Pouutls Tlie
Force BUI,
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. I u
the Senate to-day Mr. Colquitt and
Mr. Vance addressed the Senate on
the Federal election bill
Mr. Colquitt characterized thf
bill as a comp'icaled and mischief
maKinj system ot political machins
ery. It created au irresponsible
power; confounded all the depart
ments of the government; converted
iiieiely ministerial powers into
executive and judicial functions.
It created swarms of pretty offices ;
appropriated millious out of the
treasury for the erection of a con
iuption, and io the form of large
fees and salaries, aud was a tcheme
to take possession of the Southern
States and to subject them by indi
rection aud false pretences and die-,
guises, to nero ascendency and
party despotism.
Mr. Vanse said that the people ot
North Caaohua had a right to look
with suspicion on this measure tie
cause it proposed to have the laws
for the electiou of their representa
tives executed at the dictation ot
others. Speakiug of the efforts ol
the Kepublicau party to prove that
through it alone was a state of
political purity to be reached, Mr-Vauce-said
the history of the party
should be quoted to prove its exalt
ed qualifications. This was the
party which had inaugurated re
construction, a carnival of cormpi
tiou aud fraud. A committee of
Congress had estimated the plunder
under carpet-bag rule, iu five short
years at 3300,000,000 iu the shape
of iucreased debt alone. He spoke
of the recent election as a warning
which should be suflieieut for any
one. The bill was intended, if pos
sible, to resurrect the moribund
carcass of the Republican party.
It was framed for taking possession
of all the political machinery in the
Democratic States so that the Re
publican Heuts might commit
frauds to inure to the benefit of
Heir party.
A long and interesting discussion
took place aud had not come to a
close whe.i the Senate proceeded to
executive business, aud at 5.30 ads
journed till tc-morrow at 10 A. M.
Very few ol the Republican Sen-
ators remain iu the Senate to hear !
the Democratic Senators discuss!
the Force bill. It makes them feel
nncomfortable. Even old Codfish I
it .u t ir 4. ,1
Hoar gathers himself together and
shambles out when the oratorical ,
racket begius. IV il. Sfar, !
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Advertise in the Pourier. Ratts
are reasonable. Try it one year and
seeif itdoes not pay. j
King'M mountain Letter
En. Courier: The holidays are
fast approaching. Christmas is near
at hand. Already the hearts of the
children leaji wiih joy in anticipa
tion of what Santa Claus will bring
them. Santa Clans is a faithful
Uh'iwtmas visitor and always comee
laden with dainties and toys for the
children. Let us all see that he
does not fail to visit every home to
gladden and make happy e.vary ex.
pectant childish heart. For a child
to be disappointed in the coming of
Santa Claus and miss getting all
the looked for ideal gifts is a woeful
calamity Indeed. But if Santa
Claus should bo as selfish and par
tisan iu bestowing his Christmas
gifts as was President Harrison iu
his late message to Congress then
i-idness instead of joy will fill the
hearts of many children on Christ
mas morn. Could Santa be so par
tisan and selfish as the chief exec
utive officer of these United States
has just proven himself to be ? No;
but he will surely visit at least evs
ery home w here father and mother
and childreu are in sympathy with
him and work with him in inakiue
all happy around them. Ou the
anniversary of our Savior's birth let
asoeer tail to fill with joy the
hearts of the dear innocent children.
Iu this connection I will take occa
sion to put in a protest against the
custom in some localities ot having
luring Christmas holidays, dancing
parties, or, as called iu my youthful
days, "frolics.'' The latter term 1
think more appropriate, but then I
suppose it is not in keeping with
the present youthful idea of an ad
vanced civilization; hence the change
to the more dignified term "party''
or "dancing party." I am no great
historian but think this new name
must have been suggested by Beel
zebub, or one of his ageuts, a dude,
in order to catch the more scrupu
lous and conscientious youths of
our country.
Social gatherings for the inno
cent amusement of the young or old,
of course, are not to be condemned;
but let all forsake the dancing pars
r.y, or frolic.
Our citizens are delighted with
i he establishment of a newspaper
.ere. It is styled The King's Maun
tain News, and will be issued every
Mr. L. J. Turner, appears very hope
ful iu this enterprise.
The cotton factory at this place
is paying handsomely and the prob
ability is that the present capacity
wiil be doubled in the near future.
The worthy aud efficient president,
W. A. Mauuev, Esq., is in favor ot
adding extensively to tue King's
Mountain Factory, which, by the
way, already has no mean propor
tions. The iron ore interests of this sec
tiou are coming to the front. Messrs.
White Bros,, of Pniladelphia, are
shipping irou ore by the hundred
tous. Tuey complain of not being
able to procure cars from the 11. 11.
company sufficient to meet their ca
pacity for r aising ore.
Wishing you and your readers a
merry Christmas and a happy New
Year, I am,
Yours very lespect fully, K.
King's Mtn., N. 0., Dec. 15, 1890.
John Franklin Goodsou.
Died at his home near Kiddaville
Dec. 10, 1890, aged 66 years, 10
months and 21 days, and his re
mains were laid to rest iu the spot
selected bv himself beneath the
oaks iu the quiet cemetery ot Mars
vin church. He never married aud
when failing health compelled his
retirement from active life be re
turned to the old faaiily homestead
where he passed his declining years
'mid every attentiou kind frieud
aud sympathizing hands could ad
minister. Aware of the approach
of death he met the grim monster
with that firm resolution with which
he faced all the trials aud difficul
ties of lile. Peculiar in some re
spects, of marked characteristics
aud strong convictions, his life pre
sents many points worthy of con
sideration anJ emulation. He uev
er sought public favor but as a fars
tner boy, a clerk, a miner in the
gold fields ot California, a Conted
erate soldier, a merchant, an hum
ble citizeti, he discharged the du
ties ot life with hu honesty of pur
,)OBe aD(i unrjincuing integrity that
well entitled him to the encomium
accorded bv all who knew him that
a hcnestt man
He believed that the laborer is
worlLv of his hjre aud paid
man full valne lor wbat he received
in many instances more than was
asked, accounting according to his
t-stirnate of value ever scrupulous
not to allow even small services
rendered him without adequate
;mpeusatior. Living closely up to
tuj golden rule he required of oth
ers what ho accorded them and by
a life of industry, sobriety and at
tention to business saw the labor of
his hands prosper. The world is
better by his having lived in it.
Ah a mason lie exhibited many of
the virtues of the mystic fraternity.
His work tried by the plumb level
and square presents a finished ap
pearance. Silent as to his prepara
tion for the future, but with a moral
constitution perfect on every side
and a faith auchored in the . God
whom masons are taught to revers
ence and serve, let us nope that his
spirit was prepared as a living stone
for the temple not made with bands
eternal in the heavens.
A. N.
J?ulpft Keview of Current
Events, By Rev. rI?liouias
Dixon, Jr. Delivered
wunday December
7. 1890, In New
York.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr. Pastor
of the Twenty third Street Baptist
Ohurcb, was greeted this morning
oy the usual crowded house iu As
sociation Hall. The sermon was
the beginning of a new series for
December, on the subject "What is
Religion ?" The Sermon was pre
eded by the rollowing review of
Cuneut Eveuts.
The real seusation ot the year
1890 is the advent of the National
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Uniou. It is no mushroom growth.
It is here to stay. It is the resist'
less movement of millions under the
oppression ot centuries. Its motive
power is social, economic, religons
and political. The advent of these
embattled hostsis the most pregnant
event of this generation. It is the
beginning of a revolution that will
ibake this contineut aud move the
world.
The first time they gathered
arouud the ballot box was the 4th
day of last November. They polled
between two aud three milliou votes,
elected the Governors of three
States, sent forty men to Congress
aud scared the life out ot hundreds
they did not send. What is the
moral meaning of this great move
ment ?
1. It is the protest of the patient
burden bcaroro of tb world, W LlO
have toiled through weary years,
economic and political superstin
tious. In America the farmers
have literally become the beasts of
burden ot the nation. Their busiuess
is to feed over 65,000,000 people
together with the hosts of the old
world, with the products of the
year's work, and then through the
winter eke out a miserable existence
wrestling with the mortgages, cy?
clones and fioods.
While they are doing this, we
laugh and grow fat, dance and make
merry in the city, aud bei how
much they will make next year, buy
and sell their crops hfty times m
tore they are planted and charge
old "Hayseeds'1 with all our losses.
The question is whither these
men, the freest of the free, the au
thors of this couutry's liberty, shall
assert their rights aud obtain jus
tice, or degenerate inte the condi
tion of tenauts and serfs. The con
dition of labor in all other industries
have undergone marvelous dsvelopi
ment aud changes iu the past hun
dred years. The farmer works un
der the same stern conditions, pers
iahed in the roidat of boundless
prosperity, for others. He has de
termined to effect a change iu these
conditions, and re-adjust himself on
a liviug basis to the new civiliza
tion. 2. This movemeut means the
education of the masses, as masses
of the farmer as a farmer. It
means the assertion of the Nation.
This is real education. Tne accent
of our education has hitherto been
to get ou "to rise-" We have been
taught to climb out of the humble
sphere in whic'i we were born into
some so-called higher sphere. The
smith learns to despise his auvil,
aud the clodchopper to look with
contempt upon the plow. They
rise to "higher" things. They be
come lawyers, and doctors, and
preachers, aud bankers, railroad
Juien and politicians. We now have
fully eight million men iu this coun
try educated to be President of the
United States, We only need about
a dozen Presidents in a hundred
years an awful waste of raw ma
terial. The farmers arc learning and
teaching it to their children, iu this
organization, that the work of the
farm is as sacred as noble, as hon
orable as that of any sphere in life.
Women too are admitted to the On
der. Well they may. There are
more farmers' wives iu the insane
asylums of America than any other
class. They have aotuaily recog
nizod the fact that woman is a hu
man being.
A reporter ouce asked au old
farmer in the West what he thought
of the question "Is marriage a fail
ure !" He replied, "What marriage?
Well let's see. There's Luciudy
gits -ip ia the morn in', kiudlos the
fire, milks si cows, starts four
childreu off to school, tends to three
others, skims twenty pans o' milk,
feeds the hens, likwiee the hogs,
looks after some motherless sheep,
gits breakfast, washes up the dishes,
gits dinner; et cetera why mon,do
you think I could hire any to do ad
that for what she gits f Not much?
It's a great success, sir !" Ah !
ihese patient, sad-laced, ve.tiy
millious of women ! The pathos of
their lives ! They have entered the
organization with cheeks flushed
with hope, many of them for the
first time in life. May God lead
and bless tbein !
3 This movement means co-op
eration as against competition. It
is iu this principle of Socialism that
the Order has its strongest founda
tion. They are pledged to eoope
rate with each other in the prrduc
tion ot economic goods aud not only
so, but to coioperate in the distri
bution of these goods. The Alliance
stores for supplies are a prominent
feature of their work. These stores
contain the germ idea of the great
Industrial Co-operative Societies of
Workiugmen in Great Britian.
They are asserting iu lite the priris
ciple, that it is better ?or men to
flaht for each other than against
one another. They are learning the
secret of associated power that in
uniou there is strength. It is the
light of this fact that we solve the
apparent paradox, that while they
cry out against trusts aud monopo
lies, in the same breath they
demand that the Government press
its functions to the very verge of
State Socialism. These cries are
not inconsistent. Th y are the as
sertit ri nt fundamental principle.
They reooguize the importaut fact
that government is ru.c, something
seperaie from the people, but when
normally administered, is simply the
people governing themselves that
it is not a power to forced, but a
power to be utilized for the happi ness
of all.
4. The Organization means
Brotherhood. It is a fraternal and
benevolent 0 der with the princi
ples of love and f'aternity, wide as
the world, universal as the rose.
The 5th and 6th Articles in their
St. Louis Declaration of Purposes, a
second Declaration of Indepeudence
read thus.:
"5. To coustautly strive to se
cure entire harmony aud good will
to all mankiud aud brotherly love
among ourselves.
"6. To suppress personal, local,
sectional and natioual prejndices,all
unhealthful rivalry, and all selfish
ambition.''
An idea as high as heaven an
echo of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
They have determined to "bear one
another's burdens and so fulfil the
law ot Christ." They pledge them
selves to alleviate suffering and
pain, to care for the widows aud ed
ucate the orphans ot their dead.
Tnis is pure religion, uudefiled.
They have gone into politics not
because they are a political organ
ization. They have beeu advised to
go into politics because their prin
ciples were social, economic and re
ligious. All social ana economic
questions have become political
questions,and all are religious The
political arena is where all the great
questions of tosday and tosmorrow
must be fought aud settled. Let
no man decieve himself by believ
ing that this organization is but a
passing episode in politics. Re
member its foundation is not pri
marily political, but social aud econ
omic It is the embodiment of
grand moral ideas it is the moves
merit of a revolution. It will not
go backward. May God give its
leaders wisdom.
Near ly all colds are slight at first,
but their teudeuey is to so lower
the system that the sufferer be
comes a ready victim to any preva
lent disease. The use of Ayer's
Cherry pectoral, in the beginning
ot a cold, would uard against the
clanger.
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All business put into our
bands will be promptly atten
ded to.
April 18, 1890. If.
Did yon ever boy a horse aud not
have some misgivings as to his
points till they wero fully tested 1
Not bo with Ayer'8 Sarsaparilla ;
you may be snre of it at the start.
Il never disappoiuts those who give
it a fair and persistent trial.
Furniture
Factory
o
Flouring & Grist
MILLS!
ED. JAMES, Proprietor,
Lincolnton, N. C.
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS,
WARDROBES,
LOUNGES,
TABLE -J,
WASflSTANDS.Ac.
JlJfkouRiNG Grist Mills are
jlS now ready for grinding and
will be run several days each
week till after the first of Jan
uary. After that time they
will be kept running regularly
every day in the week. Ar
rangements have been made
with D. T Dotv to deliver the
flour to an part of town. Fur
ther announcements will be
made after the holidays.
RESPECTFULLY,
ED. JAMES
December 19, 1S90.
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As neglect or delay may result seriously,
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STATEMENT-
North Carolina,
Lincoln Connty. )
Statement of amounts paid to the
members of the Board of county
commissioners of Lincoln county
for the year ending Dec. 1, 1890
J. A. Robinson, 15 days as
commissioner 330.00
5 days as commitlea 10.50
840.50
$23.06
1.00
15 60
344.60
128.00
8 40
$36.40
$30.00
8.45
$38 45
$30.00
J. W. A. Paine, 14 days as
commissioner
1 day as committee
312 miles travel
L. B Camp, 14 days as com
missioner 168 miles travel,
P. A. Reep, 15 days as com
missioner,
169 miles travel,
W. M. Hall, 15 days as com.
missioner,
1 day as committee,
312 miles travel,
1.00
15.60
$46 60
82.00
1.60
A. Lee Cherry, 1 day as
commissioner
32 miles trayel,
$3.60
I, B. C. Wood, clerk of the board
of commissioners, do hereby certify
that the foregoing statement is true
as same appeared on the minutes.
Witness my hand and seal of said
Board in office LiacolntOD, this 2nd
day of Dec, 1890
Vn B. C, Wood.
l.s. c,erk-
Dec. 5, 4t
BRONCHITIS
o-
jS fit anM (ton.
At the Racket store
you can find any
thing for a Xiuas
present from
A Set. DOLL to a
$10 Toilet case
DON'T FAIL
To see our Christmas goods before
you bay as we have no old stock
to dus' up and show you
for new. Our stock is
as new and as blight
as a pin.
Don't fail to see
Our Walking
It is the eoinpletest toy that will
be on this market this Christmas.
We have the finest lot of
Dressed Dolls
that has ever been brought to this
marker, and at prices so that every
can eet one, rich or poor.
LOOK OUT FOR
our Christmas
tree on the
day before
Xmas.
THE RACKET WILL BE
a tuc giauuoi uuiieiiuas dice
that has ever been in the
P'are. Don't fail to come to
the Racket ou that day. Ev
erybody come and bring the cbilds
ren. VVe ate prepared to wait on
yon, no matter bow many come.
Come one, come all, and DON'T
FORGET THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
A merry Christmas at
the Racket for every
body.
VERY RESPECTFULLY,
J. L. KISTLER.
Sell yum- cotton to J-, Etf
J. B- Kanisaur aud buy from
them
STOVES
T cooking T
O and O
V heaf- V
E iog e
STOVES
If .ou iuienJ trying a Stov it
will D fo your itiUrtsi t . examin
our stock beforo buyiug. W bay
Stoves direct from actory, aud
now have o i La.J H e best Assort
ment that 1ms been in Lincolnton
for years. We call peci l atten
tion to the extia large bakera which
oar Siyvks have, also to the low
price.
I
i
NONE BETTER
Nor Cheaper.
1 thai, out Handmade Haiuenw,Sad'
die.-, Collars, Bridle, Halter c
anything iu the Harness and aad
dlery line, and aa to
Buggies, Wagons,
Carts, Phaetons,
Spring wagons,
e4c. etc
We are in the lead iu price, itjle
and qualif .
In addition to the above good
we carry the largest and but
assorted stock of general hard
ware in town.
BE SP EOT FULL Y,
H. E. & J. B. Ramsaur
P. S. We can be found mjtdm
!he street from the Post Ofiioa.
DO NOT FAIL
To Examine
OTJR.
Complete stock of
lotion
HATS,. CAPS,
BOOTS, SHOES,
HARDWARE,
CHa ss ware Tinware
CROCKERY &Cm
As we think it will be
to your advantage to
come to see us before
buying elsewhere, as
wE BUY FOR CASH
and
SELL FOR SAME.
Respectfully
HOKE AND MICH AL.