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LINUOLNTON, N. C., OUT. '.), 1891
1 VUEUE TIIK TltOUHLH
jii;s.
We give below some real food for
thought. Tt is an extract from a
speech made in Ohio by Mills of
Texas. Ilia arguments are incon
trivertible and the people cannol
afford to disregard them. The fol
lowing are the arguments :
A JUST DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY
NEEDED.
It i3 not the small circulation, it
is the small distribution that plagues
us. The Director of the Mint tells
us that on the first day ot October,
1870, there were $770,312,000 m
circulation in the United States, and
know that 1870 was one of the
most prosperous j ears the country
has ever had. From 1SG1 to 18GG
the Government had been pacing to
soldiers and for array supplies on
oimous sums of money. It was dis'
tributed all over the land in every
home and in every pocket. In that
year the per capita amount was
81S.U7. On the first day of October,
1880, the circulation was $1,022,
083,085. It was theu $20.37 per
head. On the first day of October.
1800, it was $1,108,072,700, nm tbe
per capita amount was $23.90. If
the per capita circulation is an in
dex of prosperity, we ouht to have
been more prosperous in 1800 than
wo were m 1870, but we are iu the
depths of distress now, and we were
standing on tip-toe on the mountain
tops of prosperity then. It is not, I
teg you to understand, more money
in the country that determines
whether the country shall be pros'
porous or not, but it is the amount
of money in the pockets of the peo
pie who earn it by tht-ir labor. To
look at the per capita circulation of
this or other countries is to chase
Jane bugs. Do not let us make that
mistake. The situatiou is too seii
o js, and the consequences too lull
f disaster for us il we allow our
bolves to be led away from the real
taueo of our distress aud the proper
and only remedy we may apply.
The amouut of circulation per
head is shown by the whole amount
of money in the country and divid
ing it by the whole number of the
people. This shows that each er
hou has in his pocket $23.90, but
millions have got none, other mil
lions Lave not hall of it. A lew
hundred thousands, in fact, have the
lion's share. The absurdity of de
tcrmiuing the prosperity of the
country by such licuiing is too pat
cut to deceive any one. What theu
is the scourgo that is tormenting
the land and diiving contentment
out of so many homes?
It is excessive taxation, remorse
less, conceiting taxation, indirect,
concealed, hypocritica', exhaustive
aud blighting taxatiou, Not your
Stato taxation that is levied on
wealth and requires from yon less
than $1 on every $100 on your pro,
pertv, not your county or ether lo
cal taxation that is levied iu the
sight of your eyes, and is imposed,
too, ou wealth. But it is that other
taxation that comes over the wall
like a thief iu the night, that muf
lies its feet and gloves its hands
with Hottest kid, that conceals its
features with the mask or patriot
ism ; that taxation which tells you
it is making you rich, when it is
robbing the mouth ot labor of the
bread it has earned ; that taxation
that like a vampire Inns your cheeks
with cooling airs aud soothes you
to sleep, aud while you are slumber
ing buries its beak in your veins and
draws your life away ; that taxation
that by jugglery decreases the pri
ces of what you have to seli, and
increases the prices of what you
buy ; that taxation that passes by
accumulated wealth and lays all its
remorseless exactions upon articles
which men, women and ci;i d trar
compelled to buy in ord r to bv ;
that taxation that concentrates and
increases the power ot wealth, re
dices the wages of labor, shuts the
laborer out trorn emplo ment, par
.iyzes production, restricts con
sumption, and plunges the country
into the depths of distress this is
the cause of all our troubles, and to
this we should direct a'l our thouaht
and use all the power with which
we are invested to remove if. Be
cause the people do not count down
the dollars they pay to the tax col
ector and see and kuow just how
much they pay, the supporters of
this iniquitous system, relying upon
the ignorance of the people, make
bold to fray that duties levied en
imported goods are not taxes. Last
year we imported $480,000,000 of
taxable goods, which paid at the
custom bouses $220,000,000 which
is now in the United States Treasn
ry ; does not that look like taxation?
The Government did not borrow
this money, it did not obtain it by
a sale of public lands, it was a tax
paid on the imported goods by
somebody, either the purchaser, the
middleman or the consumer. The
foreign producer did not pay itfcr
it cost him more than $400,000,000
for labor and material to make them
His profit on them was less than
$S0,000,000, and he certainly could
not pay $220,000,000 to make $80,-000,000.
10 NOT I5E LE1 ASTRAY,
From one who was present and
heard Gen. Weaver's and Col, Polk's
speeches at the Newton Fair the
other week, we learn that they were
ull of braggadocio, wholesale abuse
of those who disagreed with them,
and ridicule and sneer at the Dem
ocratic party. While they had not
the manhood to come out squarely
iu favor of the third party, and fight
the opponents of that abortion open
ly and fairly, yet the whole tenor ot
their speeches was in the direction
cf the third party and tended to
undermine the Democratic party.
They intimated that unless the
Democratic party should stultify
itself by swallowing the Ocala plat-
form tooth and toe nail, that the
t hird party will come and don't you
forget it. They lit heavily upon the
poor country Democratic editors
those ''subsidized" editors of the
partisan prees" of whom yoa read
to much in tbe papers which are
now engaged in crying down Dems
ecracy, the old standby of the
Southern people, and are bowling
for what they are pleased to term
"reform." These men who pose as
martyrs to abuse by the the "parti
san and subsidized press'' of North
Carolino, than whom no truer, bra
ver men ever lived, as "red-headed,
lick spittle editors," and denounce
the politicians who hold office as
"little Jack-leg politicians.'' And
when they are attacked by brave
men, sincere ana true, for leading
the people astray from the green
pistures and living waters which
flow through the Democratic fold
and where they were at peace, into
t-ie thorny and wild wilderness of
third-partyism, where they should
encounter misery and woe and deg
radation and dishonor, and where
they would be continually at strife
these noble (?) heroes sueakmgly
aud cowardly hide behind the Alius
anco and cry out from behind, 'JYou
are attacking the Alliance; You are
au enemy to the farmers and a foe
to the agricultural interests. You
are opposed to the reform moves
ment."
Aud yet they know all the while
that this U au ignominious false
hood. Tbey know, too, that the
Democratic party has always been
for reform from llepublican misrule.
They kuow that, from time imme
morial, it has been in favor of abo
lit ion of national banks, of free coin
ago of silver, of state's rights, of
home rnle, and, last but not least,
of tariff reform. It has been in favor
of every demand of the farmers,save
the sab-Treasury bill audits accom.
paniwents, government ownership
ot railroads and telegraph lines and
land Joan, and yet Col. Polk and
Gen. Weaver sneer at and deride it
in their speeches and denounce it
as an enemy to the people. But we
believe in the Bobor second thought
of the people. They will eventually
see these demagogues in their true
light and then they will declare in
thunderous tones that the tariff is
no "side issue" as Col. Polk has
called it. It it is a ''side issue" they
are willing to be side-tracked by it.
They remember free sugar. Sooner
or later, too, they will fiud out that
this sub-Treasury business was
hatched op by these demagogical
j'iad;s' uti.i f.r I hem; that by ii
j they Lai i. ped to break up the
i iiia:-d old D. mocratic party and
;:..tjj for themselves political prefer
'neat. Ijl i he Alliance be alert,
j there are many faitors in the canir
Uo. Polk, the great Cataline, and
j bis co-conspirators are at work. Let
not the Alliance be led astray bui
( let it keep ita eyes open ; for many
i broken down politicians there be,
I who will endeavor to me It to grat
ify their own insatiable ambition
, Partisan politics killed the Grange,
j let the Alliance profit by its exam
ple.
IIIS IIOXOR'S CHARGE TO
THE GRAND JURY,
Judge Graves is not unknown to
our people. He has ridden this
circuit before and has gained for
himself the reputation of an impar
tial and just Judge. When our peo
ple learned thai they would not have
the pleasure of seeing Judee Hoke
preside, they were gratified to learn
that so fair and good a Judge was
to take his place.
Judge Graves' charge to the grand
jury was able, interesting and im
pressive. He went into details and
minutely and clearly defined the
principles cf law. He dwelt at con
siderable length npon homicide, ex
plaining the different grades and
degrees thereof, and also laid spe
cial stress upon burglary aud arson
la this connection he declared that
there was no race of people upon
the earth that were such land-loving
people and that threw so many
safe-guards around the home of the
citizen as the Anglo-Saxons, who
inhabit North Carolina, ne said
that if a man broke into your court
house and stole all the moneys from
the clerk, he would be guilty of a
heinous ciime but would not be
punishable by death ; b"t if a man
were to enter the home of the hum
blest citizen in North Carolina, in
the night time, for the purpose of
committing a crime, he would be
punished by death- And in the
same way the law protected the
home ot the citizen from the incen
diary. While it would be a high
crime to burn any public or private
house, not used as a dwelling, yet
the perpetrator of the deed would
not be punishable by death, but
that he who burned tbe home of one
of the least of our citizens, would be
punished by death. He also defined
assaults and showed how diligent
the law was to protect the persons
of its citizens. And next be ex
plained the crime of larceny, shows
ing how the law was equally desir
ous of protecting the property of
the citizens, and so on through the
whole catalogue of crimes. His
Honor's charge lasted about two
hours aud may have been tedious
but it was nevertheless a good, old
fashioned charge.
WHAT kind ot a Flower is the
Democratic candidate for Governor
ot New York ? He is a sonsFiower.
Solicitor Osborne prosecuted
with his usual vigor in the Lincoln
court this week. He is undoubted
ly a brilliant lawyer and a vigorous
vindicator of the "peace and digni
ty of the State."
TriE Alliance agitators are ma
king a great hobby of the fact that
the only difference between the Re
publican tariff and the Democratic
tariff bill was the difference between
47 per cent, and 42 per cent. This
they do to belittle I he tariff issue.
They fail to tell the people, that he
Democrat's were in favor of a mu.;h
greater reduction but that owing to
the fact that they were in a minori
ty in the Senate, they had to offr a
compromise bill such as they had
reason to believe would pass the
Senate, believing that it woald be
better to do a little than to fail in at
tempting to do a great deal. There
is another thing these agitators do
not tell their hearers, and that is
that the Democratic party in tbe
Mills bill made its reductions on tbe
necessaries of life which are in daily
use by the poorer classes of people,
while under the Radical tariff law,
the luxuries of life aud the goods of
the rich paid the least tax. So that
the 5 per cent, reduction between
the Mills bill aud the former law am
ounted to a great deal as far as the
laboring man ''a concerned. Again,
they do not tell their hearers that
the difference between the Mills bill
and the present tariff, the infamous
McKiniey Uw, is not 5 per tent, but
is 25 per cent, which shows a con
siderable difference, don't you think?
And yet Marion Butler and some of
the other Alliance leaders in this
State attempt to shove tbe tariff as
a "back number,'' and even question
the sincerity of the Democratic para
ty on this great question;
Teiicli Tiitt Agitator a Salu-
At the Catawba F.-ir C !. Polk is
reported, by correspondent of the
State Chronicle, to have said : "That
f the haders of the two parties hd
aot betrayed their promise, had
not violated their pledges, had not
deceived us. before, there would
have been no question about a
third party No onennght to know
better than Col. Polk that, so far a-
he means to apply the above allega
tion to the men who have repres
ented tbe Democratic party in Fed
eral and State legislation, it is not
supported by a single fact.
It woold be far more manly in
him to open I v declare in faver of a
third party, than to attempt to con
ceal such a declaration by assign,
ing a false reason for one.
. If he wants a third party and is
ambitious to lead it, let him put on
its armour and raise its standard
in open day, and have no false pres
tenses about it.
Col. Polk knows that the Demo
cratic party has never betrayed a
promise, never violated a pledge,
never deceived anyone.
He well knows that the Democrat
ic party has been powerless in Fed
eral legislation since the war ; that
it no time since the war has it been
ble to legislate for the people on
the line of reform advocated in
its platform's ; that every move in
that direction has been defeated by
the Republican party which has,
during all that period, dominated
Federal legislation.
Why does he not tell the people
this simple truth 1 He knows it,
and yet he withholds it from the
people. He does more. He is not
satisfied with bringing charges
against the Democratic party that
oaunot be substantiated, bnt he
would hold it equally responsible,
with the Republican party for, all the
bad legislation with which the
country has been afflicted during
the past twentysfive years, when it
is known to all who will tell the
truth that the Republican party
alone is the author of It.
Col. Polk makes the mistake in
assuming that Alliancemen of North
Carolina are ready to accept his
dictum as infallible, that be is nev
er mistaken and can do no wrong.
We invite attention to the ad
ministration of the affairs of bis own
State by the Democratic party. Can
he find hera any betrayal of prom
ises, any violation of pledges, any
deceptions T And the National
Democratic party, when it obtains
jontrol of the Federal government,
will purify it by wholesome and
just legislation as did the State
Democracy when it drove the Re
publicans from power in North Car
olina, and inaugurated honest gov
ernment. Another fact that Col.
Polk might well bear in mind while
engaged in trying to prejudice AU
liancemen against their own party ;
so well pleased were the represent
tatives of the Alliance at the Ocala
Convention with the policy of tbe
Democratic party tint it adopted
Lhe principles of the Democratic
platform, only adding one or two
provis'ous.
Can there bo any doubt of a
friendly aud honorable adjustment
of a mere difference of opinion be
tween men whose interests are the
same, and who have heretofore
thought and voted alike ? We ens
tertain no fears because we have
confidence in the conservative char
acter and wisdom of our people.
Trash the disturbers in our house
hold a prompt aDd salutary lesson.
News ii' Observer.
A Girl's First Offer.
BY A GRANDMOTHER.
TheTe are two deplorable exn
tremes, into one of which a young
girl usually falls on receiving her
'first offer."
The worse and more frequent of
these is that of fancying berselt in
iove, when, in reality, she doesn't
care a fig for her lover. The other
ionsit-ts in a coquettish pride which
leads her, against the dictates of
her heart, to reject a suitor, how
iver worthy:
When an honest man offers a
woman his hand, with all the ac
companiments of heart and name
aud fortune whether thesj btj ex
alted , or Jowly, be pays her the
highest complement in his power.
Undeniably, the has a right to leei
complimented, aud she must bo nn-i
true to htr womanhood does she
not iu some measure feel so, even
though her suitor be beneath her
regard : and the compliment will be
valued very much in proportion to
1 her estimation ot iuh man.
Bt take a young girl whoso im
agination is colored with the hu 8
of a summer's eun-rising; whose
dove like goul is walling on quiver
ing wing lor love's first message ;
whose gentle heart pulsates in anti
cipation of love's ecstasy. " When, f
it her May-morn, one comes offer j
ing her tbe sweetest and brighte-t
of life's fragrance and beauty does j
she pan so to cee whether there be j
any dost on his garments, any stain ;
on his band, any film on bis eyes,
any baseness in his heart ? '
No ! Intoxicated with the per
fume and bewildered with tbe bean
ty, she stands in the radiant of her
rising bud, and sees her lover be
neath in the golden light.
Many a woman has blighted her
own life and that of the mau she
loved, by indulging a passion for
coquety. Having charms of which
she is fully conscious; enlowed,
perhaps, with the advantages Of
wealth, position aud accomplish
ment", she proudly measures her
power and says to herself :
"I am equal to great conquests ;
aid shall I, thus early, submit to
conquored ? I have cords with
which to lead many captive ; and
shall I y ield my hands to be manac
led f I have power to bring the
proud bead low to melt tbe heart
(f stone 10 w ing the nerve of
steel ; and hall I put my head on
tne block :ny own heart iu the
crucible my own nerves in the
vise ? ; No I When I have had a
surfeit ot these delight? then "
Bnt tbe time referred to in the
I)ng futurity of the little word
Hhen" seldom comes to the co
quette. It will always be "iheb."
The "accepted time" is never near
when once we have let the opportu
nity pass. At eighteen the coquette
tisks : "Who is he ?'' at t.weuty-eignt:
t;Wbere is he I"
Assuredly, to be loved implies
some degree of loveliness, and sh"
may be pardoned for feeling grati
fied with this h ghest of all compli
ments this subtlest of all flattery.
But why should she unhesitatingly
throw herself iuto aims that may
be extended only to ensnare her !
On the other hand, why does she
turn proud v (ri the. em'iaceof
one who may be fi ied to meet every
want of l:er worn inbood ?
Young girl, answer thef-e ques-.
tion8 to jour own heart, and when
you receive your "first offer" be not
so flattered or se!fdeceived as
either to accept or reject without
careful deliberation.
Don's imagine that this is the last
"chance'' you will ever have ; neith
er, for the bake of flirting, throw it
away.
Go the Racket for your fall
and winter goods, where you
can get the most for the least
money.
Clothing Department.
The Racket has the largest stock
of men's and boys' pants that is in
the place, and a nice line of full
suits in men's, boys' and children's,
85c and up; men's suits $4.25 and up
SHOE DEPARTMENT,
Our shoe department is full un in
every respect and at rock bottom
j prices. You should examine our
j stock before you buy your fall aud
j winter shoes. We sell ladies' over
shoes at 20e per pair, and misses'
; lor idc No such bargain ever offer.
1 , r
3U UClUIf,
MILLINER Y DEP T.
This department is complete in
every respect. Styles the best and
prices the lowest.
We also c-irry a large line of dry
goods, notions of all kinds, station
ery, tinware, glass ware, crockery,
sugar, coffee, soda, aud a big lot ot
tobacco always on hand at the low?
est prices.
All that have wool arjdwant ir
flpun into yam or worked into blan
kets or jean, if you will bring it to
the Racket, we will have ir. oiktd
for you. - hare on hands at ail
times a full line, of w. ol- yarn", both
fiingK 'aud doubfo I and twisted.
When you conn to town come iu
to see us whether you want to rinl
-pr:aot. Ve will r glad; v , ehow you
througn our tck $hat a' jus'
what we'are here for. :
T?perfpf PhIitt
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J. L. KISTLER, Propr. 1
Sept. 18, 1891 I
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PUBLIC SAFETY
DEMANDS
That only honest and reliable niTVtn
should be placed upon the market It can
not, therefore, be stated too emphatically,
nor repeated too often, that all who are in
need of a genuine Blood porUUr ahould
be sure and ask f or
Ayer's
8arsaparllla. Your life, or that of some one
near and dear to you, may depend on the
use of this weU-approred remedy In prefer
ence to any other preparation of similar
name. It is compounded of Honduras sar
aaparilla (the variety most rich Incuratrro
properties), stillingia, mandrake, yellow
dock, and the iodides. The process of man
ufacture Is original, skilful, scrupulously
clean, and such as to secure the very best
medicinal qualities of each Ingredient. This
medicine is not boiled nor heated, and is,
therefore, not a decoction ; but it is a com
pound extract, obtained by a method ex
clusively our own, of the best and most
powerful alteratives, tonics, and diuretics
known to pharmacy. For the last forty,
years, Ayer's
Sarsaparilla
has been the standard blood-purifier ot tbe
World no other approaching it in popular
confidence or universal demand. Its form
ula is approved by the leading physicians
and druggists. Being pure and highly con
centrated, it is the most economical of any
possible blood medicine. Every purchaser
of Sarsaparilla should insist uion having
this preparation and see that each bottle
bears the well-known name of
J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
In every quarter of the globe Ayer's Sar
saparilla is proved to be the best remedy for
all diseases of the blood. Lowell drnggbts
unite Id testifying to the superior exceUence
of this medicine and to its great popularity,
in the city of its manufacture.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver ft Co., Lowell. Mam.
8old by all Druggist. Price tl ; ix bottles, SS.
Cures others, willcure you
MUSIC
MUSIC
Anything from a $1000
Piano to a lc Jew's harp
1 have perfected arrangement
whereoy I can get yoa anything it
th music line. Prices guaranteed
taw as the lowest. Call and see mj
sampler and prices. Sheet music,
song and dance folios, sacred: song
books for churches, Sunday and day
schools, etc.
I am still ia the lead with fresh
confections, fruits, etc. Fine ci
gars and tobaccos. Closing out one
box tobacco at cost.
JUST RECEIVED a fresh lot of
bananas aud Italian oranges, very
fine, i
RESPECTFULLY,
FLEMING RAMSAUR,
Blaek Front, E. Maiu Sr.
April 3rd 1891
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LinOOIjilXr
COURIER
PUBISHED and EDITED
BY
J M. ROBERTS,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
A family newspaper devoted to
the interests ol Lincoln and sur
roauding counties and to the State
of North Carolina.
Subscription, 1 year, $1.50.
C months, 75 cents.
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HAVING purchased the Btock ot
E. & J. R. Ramsaur, we will
'jontioue to carry the same lint of
goods.
If yon want a STOVE or RANGE
or tbe vessels, or pipe, call and ex
amine our stock.
We keep on hand Baggies &&&
Wagons, Harness, Saddles and Col
lars, "Handmade," also the beit
sole and Harness Leather.
Large stock cat soles.
Old Hickory and Piedmont Wago
ons kept iu stock.
GIa8 Frait Jars, Flower Potsu
Glass Ware, Tin Ware, Jug Town
Ware, Iron ot all kinds, Nails, 'cut"
wiro and horseshoe, Horse and Mul
shoes, one and two horse Roland
and Steel Plows and repairs. The
largest stock of Hardware in town.
Buckets, Tabs, Churns, wheel bar
rows, fence wire, in fact EVERY
THING kept in Hardware and
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The thanks of the old hxm are
hereby tendered the public lor their
liberal patronage aud encourage
ment. Tbe new firm will endeavor
to merit a continuance of same.
Come to see us whether you want
goods or not. All questions cheer,
fully answered, except as to weath
er forecast.
Substitute for Sash
weights.
The "Common Sense" Sash
Balances.
They can be used where il ja impoibJ
to use weights or other fixtures. Ther
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The most perfect Curtain Fixture madd.
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