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11 IE UMIEIE :ltncolw courier J. M. ROBERTS. EDITOR AND MANAGER Entered in the Post Office at llnculmon as second class jiaii, MAT 1 Eh' bubscriptivn Cash in Advance. 1 year SI. 50 6 months 7-r 3 months 50 Hates of Advertising. Queinch, one time. $1.00 ; 25c ioreich suosequeu insertion. Two inches, oue time, 1.50; 50 ent tor each -nbsequent insertion Three inches, one time, 2.00 76 cents for each subsequent ioser t'.ou. Four inches; one time, $2.50 81.00 for each subsequent, insertion. Special rates tor one-half and one-fourth column ; also, for any advertisement continued longer than two months. LINUO LNTON, N. C MAY 29, 1891 "Stonewall" Jackson as a CLarlotte News. Tiie anuouncemeut that the wid ow of "Stonewall ' Jackson will soon publish the memoirs of her disting uished hnsbaud, recalls to mind the fact that the stem soldier was as gentle as a child in Lis every day life and most devoted to home and family. The following poem was published in the papers in 1802, and contained in the Richmond Exami ner of Nov. 8th of that year with this introduction : Doubtless it will surprise mauy to learn that wobtrusive and hardy warrior. Stonewall Jackson, was a poet of no little ability, and that among the busy scenes and arduous duties of camp life found leisure ro gratify his taste for the beautiful in literature. The following iines were written while Jackson was au artiL cryotticer in Mexico, during the war between the United States and that country : MY WIFE AND CHILD The tattoo beats the lights are gone, The cauip around in slumber lies, The night with solemn peace moves on, The shadows thicken o'er the skies ; But sloej my weary eyes halh llown, And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. 1 think of th?e, oh ! dearest one, Whos love my early Jife hath blest Ot the? and him our baby son Who slumbers on thy gentle breast. tiou of the tender, frail and lone, Oh ! guard the tender sleeper's rest ! And hover, gently hover near, J To her whos1? watchful eye is wet To mother, wife the doubly dear, In whoe young heart have ireely met Two streams of love, so deep and clear, And cheer her drooping spirit; yet. Now while, she kneels before Thy throne, Uli ! teach her, Ruler of the skies, That, while by Thy behest alone Earth's might'Ct Towers fall or rise, No tear is wept to Tnce unknown, No hair is lost, no sparrow dies ! That Thou canst stay the ruthless hands, Ot dark disease, and soothe its pain ; That oiity by Thy stern commands The hatih-'s lost, the soldier's slain That from the distant sea or lani Thou bring'st the wanderer home again. And when upon the pillow lone Her tear-wet cheek is sadly prest, May happier visions beam upon The brightening current of her breast. No frowning look nor angry lone Disturb the Sabbath of her rest. "Whatever fate those forma may show, Loved with a passion almost wild By day by night in joy or woe By fears oppressed, or hopes beguiled, From every danger, every foe, Ob, God ! protect my wife and child- Seuator Vance, while in Europe, proposes to look into the political and financial institutions of foreign countries. He will find some odd things according to the crude no tions of our people. Iu France, for instance, he will nnd that, more than a milliou people are interested in the National debt. He will find that the buildiDgs are taxed separately from the laud, and that there are direct taxes and also ''special1' direct taxes ; that there are ''assimilated'' diiect taxes; that one ot the greatest soarces of revenue is the "Registry" tax j that the "internal revenue.'' yields fight times as much as the custom dutiee. Th custom bouses collect about $75,000,000, and internal taxation nearly 8000,000,000. He will find that the people invest so generally in the public debt that their busi ness enterprise is checked and sleeps in abeyance. The government pays interest at the rate of 3 per cent, on the last loans it made, and when it ottered to sell $150,000,000 of new bonds, not long ago, ihe people sub scribed for nearly twenty times the amount. France is the country that has so much money the people don't know what to do with it. Thsy sunk several hundred millions try ing to cut a big canal across the isthmus, and still they have more. Ncics it- Observer. K'C Your Children olTllie Streets, The writer has studied no ques tion more seriously than that of iais-in- children. Added to all the weijjht'er reasons for such a course he has been impelled as he believes by a more than ordinary love of children. During his entire aci quaiutance with Gastonia, he has felt the force of the charges made by visitors aud citizens that the child ren of Gastonia are extraordinarily bad. He is not prepared to make comparison between Gastonia's chil dren and those ot other localities and does not do so. It is a growing conviction with him that the child ren of our whole country of this gen eration are exceptionally bad. Ot oae ihirii; he has no doubt, and that is that the children of Gastouia would be easily convicted of many things which ought to make child ru and parents blush with shame. It may be true of children elsewhere Tuat is not the question. Our ehil dren are bad indeed. Who i3 to blame tor it ? Why, the parents of course that is primarily, and mainly. How do you know that I Iu the first place, we conclude his from general principles. It would be very easy to prove that no child ever went to jail, to the peni tentiary, to the gallows, to hell, who didn't tp'ash the stain of his ruin upon the skirts of his parents. Not to the extent of involving the par ent in guilt of his crime iu any now accepted legal sense. It must be admitted that honest parenis somes times have dishonest children and so of all other crimes. But these parents are guilty of the crimes of their children in a different sense tiom that oi setting the example of commit riug crime. It isn't nece9sa. ry that a pareut should steal in or der to raise the child to be a thief. There are many ways in which par e its involve themselves in the crime and ruin of their children. It is not the purpose of this article to point out ail these. One of these ways, only, is de s gned to be pointed out here, viz.: the influence under which children ate allowed to bring themselves out side of home. It is not possible, nor is it desira l le, that a child should be the prod uct exclusively ot home influence But it is possible, aud certainly very desirable that a child should be the product of influences not worse thaa those of its home. Who 's responsible tor the influ ence brought to bear on the child while away from home? Those that exert that influence. Yet, but how about those who al low that influence to be exerted ? How about the parent who has the rigiit aud the power to prevent that influence Surely they are guilty. And the magnitude ot their crime is in pro portion to their natural love for their children. If then the parent is responsible for the influences affectiDg their children away from home as well as at home, surely they ought to know what those influences are. How can they know ? By know ing the people, old and young, with whom their children associate-. But, how can a parent know all the people on the street? Alas! Alasl How How ! How ? Well what ? Keep your children off the streets I But some parents won't keep their childreu off the streets. Some parents are no manner account aud can't keep their children off the streets, nor away from other peo ple's houses, nor can they do any thing else with them. What must be done with those patents and those children ? That is the most tremendous question of our day. The sub treas ury, the silver coinage, the tariff the prohibition and all the other qaestious are not so gieat nor so pertineut. In Michigan, if the pars euts are exclusively immoral the state takes the children from them and puts them man asylum. A law which would put all vicious parents in the penitentiary, and their child ren in an orphan asylum would be one of the greatest blessings this country could enjoy. But those no account parents who cau't control their children, what must be done with them ? Those unnatural parents who don't love their children well enough to enjoy their company or to be troubled with them, those brutes, called mothers and fathers (if it were not for my fondness for horses I would say these dams and sires) who just want to get rid of their children and encourage them to rove the streets and to live anywhere, so that they get rid of being troubled with them, what, must be done with them I Ti ese children who are allowed to collect in droves and roam our forests, fields, gardens aud streets what must be done with thera ! People of Gastonia, is it not time for us to begin to study this ques tion ! Suppose we have a dozen answers to this question. The edh tor, I am sure, will be glad to give space for all serious discussion along this line. F. C. Ilickson in Gastonia Gazette. Jno. 1Z. Williamson on Lin coln ion. Those who heard the colored ora tor, Jno. H. Williamson, who spoke here a few weeks ago, will read with pleasure the following extracts from an article written by him to his pa per, the Gazette, published at Ral eigh: At nitiht we had the pleasure of addressing the largest and most in telligent audience it has been my pleasure to meet since I left the City of Oaks. The court house was tilled with ladies and gentlemen The business men of the city weie out in lull The ladis were out all neatly dressed and denied eager to push this great enttrpiisK to success. Mr. Heniy Taylor, the leading ronsorialist of I he city, did yeoman service iu benalf of the exposition and the Gazette. Every mark of courtesy was showu u by the citi zens of both races, and we were in vited to come again. Lincolnton is a most lovely piace, situated upon an emiuence over looking the surrounding country for miies away. The health ot the place is good and much improvement is going on. The colored people are doing well here. Many ot them own valuable property. At this place our ladies turned out more general ly than at most other places. After we had fiuished speaking a large number subscribed for the Gazette, and tne following named persons were elected for Lincoln county to work up an exhibit : E. W. Hoke, President ; Miss Lizzie McBee, Secretary, aud Mr. Hniy Taylor. Financial Agent. These are moat worthy selections and much good is expected from them, lor I was assured that the colored peon pie would do themselves credit in the way of exhibits from old Lincoln county. Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin. Central Office, Raleigh, N. O. The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin issued by the North Caiobua Ex periment Station and State Weath er Service, for the week ending Fri day, May 22, 1891, show the weatn er conditions during the pa-t week have been very favorable, and that crops have genei ally improved some what as well as the spirits of the farmers. Occasional showers fell during the wek, which were very beneficial, but the rainfall was below the average and more rain is need ed, especially in the HJistern 'Dis trict. The temperature has been below the average, the nights par ttcularly being too cool. The defi ciency in temperature for the State during the week amounts to over 20 degrees. As regards the condition of crops, it will be seen that reports are unanimous as to the poor stand of cottoD, and generally also ot corn. Many farmers have had to replant cotton, and some are doing it now; others are plowing up land and plantiug corn or peas instead of eot. ton. Iu fact, farmers are suffering from undue haste in planting on soil not fully prepared. The week was very favorable for transplanting to bacco, in which rapid progress has been made. There are no com plaints about scarcity of plants. The wheat and oat crops are reported in fair condition Warm weather, cs. pecially warm ii'gbts, are greatly needed, with occasional showers. Western District. Lincolnton, Lincoln county Wheat fair, oats not good. Rain having fiae effect on all crops. Cleveland, Rowan conn ty Cotton not a stand. Some far mers planting corn instead of cots ton. Spring crops ten to two weeks late. Shelby, Cleveland county Plenty of rain. All crops doing well. Pineville, Mecklenburg coun ty Poorest stand of cotton I have seen in several years. FarmeT8 gen erally looking rather gloomy. Ruth erfordton, Rutherford county Sev eral good rains have had favorable effect. Catawba, Catawba couuty S'and of cotton poor. Numbers planting over; others replanting with pea3. Asheviile, Buncombe county Good growing weather. Tobacco late. Prospects for corn and wheat fair. Hickory, Catawba county Cotton did not come up very well. Clover doing well. Sea son was very tine during last week. China Grove, Rowan couuty Cool weather has hindered sproutiug and growth of cotton: Bad stand. Some planting over. Others plowing up and planting iu corn. Three last days sunshine greatly improved prospect !". Lodo, Mecklenburg couu ty Generous raiiis 19th. Too cool for cotton. Fully one-half cotton planted over in consequence ot the damage by the recent bail and the cool weather. Dallas, Gaston coun ty An excellent tveek,aud all ciops have improved very much, except the wheat aud com in the path of the bail storm of the 12th, some two or three miles wide. Cottou that hid not corao up that d-tte is com ing plentifully. The people gener ally are in good apmtsand wot king with ail their ability. King's Alt., Cleveland county Weather favoia. b!e. Ooilou will be late, cool nights keeping it back, just bginn'ng to ome up in uiay fields. Wbat oat- aud corn doing well. Iron Sta tion, Lincoln couuty Wry pooi stand of cotton mj tar. Wheat con sidered tine. Statesville, Iredell county Wheat and rats looking tine. Cotton and corn ueediujr warmer weather. H. B. BATTLE, Ph.. D., Director. The Industrial Alliance, whose headquarters are iu Boston, has re cenliy addressed to the members o the incoming Congress the follow ing questions, with the request for categorical answers, and any com ment tbey may choose to make : "1. Do you favor government owners ship of the telegraphs throughout the country ? 2 Do yoa favor Gov ernment ownership of the railroad?? 3. Do you favor the establishment of postal savings banks f 4. Do you favor the restoration of silver to the position it occupied befote 1873, viz,, on au equality witn gold as a monetary standard of value V 5. Iu your opiuion, what should be the volume of currency per capita iu the couutry for the proper couduct ot its business V1 To these ques tions 32 Democrats responded, of whom IS answered no to the first four, and the other 14 yes. Their estimate on the fifth question rang es from $30 to 850. Tne 12 Repub licans who responded were evenly divided between the affirmative and negative. Nine Farmers' Alliance ineu all answered yes to the ques tions, and their estimate of the pro per per capita circulation ranged from $40 to 6100 -Nat. Democrat. A3 we go to press the laboring men of the country are gathering in Cincinnati to discuss the feasibil ity of forming a third party. What the outcome ot the meetioc will be, we canuor foiecast, but we shall not be kept leug in doubt about it. We hope the members of the conference will have the wisdom to look the whole Seld careftlly over, aud take only such action as will secure to the people all the ends of good and economical government. This is a critical time in the history of poli tics iu this ountry, and a false step may bring untold harm to the coun try. Whatever may be the outcome of the meeting at Cincionati, let every citizen do his plaiu duty, and the country will be safe Proqresives Farmer. The misrepresentations r.y the gold men in relation to the free coinage of silver continues without abatement. We want oar friends to understand the exact point of the contention. The friends of silver demand that the white metal shall be made a full legal tender for all debts, publu: aud private, aud shall be put uj on exactly the same foot ing as to coinage with gold. This is the point of our contention, and nothing else. If any one asks what is meant by free coinage of silver, tell him that it means doing for sil ver by law exactly what the govern roent now does for gold, and let him sweat over the conclusion. Progressive Farmer. Queen Victoria's 73rd Birlb-day. LONDON, May 23, The Qaeen's birthday will be officially celebrat ed on Monday, although the usual loval services will be held in the churches to morrow. Her Majesty who will begin on Snuday her 73rd year, and about a month later the fifty-fifth year of her reign. She is in excellent condition. Her stay at Grease was of considerable benefit to her, although she was in good health when she went there, and she is as active in State affairs as ever In determining what crops to grow upon Ihe farm, or what es pecial crop to grow upon a re-tain portion of it, the value of the land should be taken iuto consideration. The prospective crop should be one that is expected to have sufficient value to repay the interest on the aud plus tne cost of production, and to leave a margin for profit besides. If it cannot reasonably be expected to do tbi, it would be the part of wisdom to do one of these three things either to ccltivate a crop of greater intrinsic value, to build up the land so that it may become more productive, or sell and invest the proceeds so that the interest at least will be assured. Noue would have to go far from home the-e days to tiud fields and farms that do r.ot repay the interest and cost of cultis vatiou. Death of I lie OriIe. Nashville, May 12. A chatta nooga special says : Ask result of the recent white 'ip visit tiou neat Ducktowu Twin , tle ouug biide who was w?i p d by woman white ctp, Ins since diid alter the ttiii beiijiiuf'. Ihe thiee men b were fiivd oi will dm of tleir wounds. Editor Craig Miles of the DucUro ti lisp iter va clb-d on t three armed tueu aud ordered tc leave on account of h;s pi.blic-h? vc-itjiou of i lie fl'ir. He e zi ni gun and heid the for'. He r- litre but tys he will return to Duck towu. The wo. iieu wh id t e whipping are uudt-r arrest, but their friends aay ihev shall never go t jail, and a fight is immint-nr betw eei the mob and the officers. Ihe oat come will be more aiurder as the in habitants of that section are toub and drunk. T-vo veara ago fiuanciers were worried .ibout the surplus; now they are tleotini their ingenuity to ahoAiiij: bow the (iovvrnmeut may nupa.e : meet its obligations with out dis uibing the reserve fun is. 1 Phil. Ledger, Ind. Ohio R"pubbcau are scowl. ug ar B-n Bntterwortli (or insisting that the Huckeye campaign should not be mule upon the high tariff idea, which has already beeu repudiated by the people. The p!onounce ii an attempt on Butterworth's part to injur McKinley's candidacy for Governor. Louisville Courier-Journal. Yes, chf ap sugar is good and de sirable, and we aie glad to have it ; but why isn't it just as good and de suab'e to have cheap clothing, blan kets and farm implements i Clinton Caueasiar. Mr. Iwr, the inventor of the Ken Ba Machine, has sold his plant in Concord to lecal capitalists for 50 000. He retains a good share of the stcck tor himself. Mr. Kerr has gone to Boston to perfect some new improvements to his iuveution. In respect to puttting baby to sleep, I forgot lo say that after you have caielull.v laid him down aud crawled away from the cradle on your handn aud knees so as not to awake him, you ate paralized by a loud and d'Stinct "Ya! ya ! ya !' aud you have to do it all over ngaiD, Detroit Free Press. Landlady Have some of this butter, Mr. Bordaine. Mr. B. No, thank you. Landlady Ab, yoa dou't love butter. Mr. B. Wei!, I cau't say that 1 love that butter ; but, my dear mad ame, I assure you that its age com mands my respect. Wash. Star. Nested in Greenbacks, Uuited States 3ubtreasurer Bai'ey received a call yesterday from a lady who presented a rat's nest for which she wauted 8525. The nest was composed of bank bills to that amount, which the rodent had torn into small fragments. She was advised to made an affidavit to the fact and forward it, together with her very valuable rat domicile, to the Treasury Department at Wash ington. A a recent meetiug of the South ern Press Association at Memphis a committee of three was appointed to co-operate with Gen. John B. Gordon, Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Veterau Association, in raising a fund for erecting a monu ment in the memory of Jefferson Davis. Tbey have, therefore, pres pared an address to ihe people; eu-; logising Mr. Davis and asking that! subscriptions be sent to Capt. J. L. I Webber, Charleston, S. C.Charlotte Neves. ! Subscribe for the Lincoln CoU bier, $1:50 a year The Liver "When out of order, Involves every organ of the rody. Remedies for some other derange ment are frequently taken wiUiout the least effect, because It Is the liver which Is the real source of the trouble, and until that Is set right there can Ik) no healUi, strength, or comfort iu any part of the system. Mercury, In some form, is a common specific for a slug gish liver; but a far safer and more effective medicine Is Ayer's Pills. 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Fall Session begins last Wed nesday in August, 1890. TUITION KATES MODERATE. Prepares young men fer any of the North Carolina Colleges. Ancient and modem languages and literature are taught. Instruction is thorough in all departments. For full particulars address, CHAS. L. COON, A. B , Principal, Denver, N. C. Aug. 1, 1890. ly. jFleming Knnisaiir, Confectioner. Dealer m Fruits, Cakes, Crackers Ice Cream, Soda Water, Milk Shake, and other Iced Drinks. Fine CV gars, Cigarettes and Tobacco. The finest line of PIPES iu town. I have spared no expense in mak ing my store neat aud attractive, an 1 w.!l keep it so. Parlor Reserved Especially for LADIES AND THEIR EsCORTs. RESPECTFULLY, FLEMING RAMSAUU. April 3rd 1891 ly JOB PRINTING. The Job Printing Offices of J. M. Roberts and Thos. C. Wetmore have been consolidated and the present firm, Roberts & Wetmore, rei spectfully solicits a abate of the public patronage. If you need to have Job Printing of any kind done, it will pay yoa to send onr orders to us. We have a completely equiped office, and will be sure to please you. We do not wi$h you to give us your patronage simply because this is a home enterprise, bat slso be cause we will do your work as well and as cheaply as it can be done, and we use good material, too. Try us and you will see that this is true. All order promptly executed. Below we give a few of our prices. Estimate of ail other work furnished promptly on application. Price Hit t. Per 1,000. Note Heads,. $2.25 to $2 50 Letter Heads, 2,50 to 2.75 Envelopes, 6 in., 2.50 to 3,00 Bill Hds Gline 2 25 to 2.50 " 14 " 2.50 to 2.75 4t " 36 " 3.50 to 4 00 Handbills .2 25 to 4.50 Per 500. Note Heads, $1.25 to $1.50 Letter Heads, 1.50 to 1-75 Envelopes, 6 in.,. 1.50 to 1.75 Bill Hds, C lines, 1,25 to 1.50 " " 14 1.50 to 1.75 " 44 36 " 2.25 to 2.50 Handbills, 1.25 to 3 00 VER YRESPECTFULL Y, ROBERTS & WETMORE, Lincolnton, N.C, STOVES. CM are m a position uow to Htl suit everybody wanting a ' stove. We have just bought direct from the manu facturer A CAR LOAD of StOVea. There is no one between us and the maucfactorer to make a profit. By having a solid car shipptd at one time our freights ate gu-atly ie duced, and by buying a car load at one time, we get the pi ice reduced. So it is very easy to ace that we have bought our d LOVES cheap. Therefore we can and intend to sell Stoves an low if uot lower thau they can be bought, in Chailotte or any of the hurrounding towns. In a few days we will have in stock elav. eu differeut stylrc or about 100 Stoves, from wuu h our friends and customers can make a satisfactory selection. O.ir stoves are all otthe Best Quality. Owiug to the wav we have bonght, we can bell A GOOD No. 7 COOK ING STOVE, WAliE aud PIPE for Only 9.00. This SO 00 stove is a good size for h small family. JLargr stoves and Ranges will be sold proportionately low. Iu this lot we will have a stove with warming closet and porcelain lined reservoir. We still make Harness and have a nice stock ot Hand-made harness, Q saddles, collars, bridles, &c. Remember we carry the most comple stock of iu the county. Always have on hand extra stove pipe, pots, kettles, hoN low ware, &c. We have a few carts, baggies, and spriug wagons which we will sell regardless of cost, as we have no suitable house to store them. Will sell a GOOD OPEN BTJGGT for $35.00. A TWO -SEATED SUR RY for $30 00. Thanking the public for their lib eral patronage in the past, and so liciting a continuance of the same, we are, RESPECTF ULL Y9 H. E. & J. B. Ramsaur. DO NOT FAIL To Examine OTCJIFBL Complete Stock of KTotions hats, caps, BOOTS, SHOES HARDWARE, Glassware Tinware CROCKERY &C. 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 fillCHAL.