f II ICiI K CO ILK COUHIBI.
LINCOLN COURIER
J. M, ROBERTS,
EDITOK AND PROPRI TOIt.
LI N CO LN TON , X. C, MAR. 11,1892
imMHtTAST NOTICE.
The time for the Dollar propo
sition has expired. Everybody
was jriven an opportunity to act-opt
it. Many have done so.
.Many Lave not. We want to do
the best we can for our subscrib
ers and still receive enough funds
to keep our own "heads above
v ater."'
The Courier is now in a pros
perous condition.
The regular subscription hereaf
ter will be $1.25 per annum strict
ly cHsli'in advance. For mo., 8.75.
In trade or on time the price is
l..,o. This rule will bo strictly
adliered to.
'(! an; thankful for the encour-;i-eiuent
the Courier is receiving
hum all classes and we shall en
deavor to merit it.
THK DISCUSSION ON TU.E SUB
JECT ot Carolina's name has grown
tr. b.i a very interesting one. The
Courier's correspondence is being
read with a great deal of interest,
Sumo are making it a part of their
fecrap books. Dr. Battle ' the able
hisroiUu of the N, O. University has
a strong article io another colonon.
We learn that at an Alliauce
inciting over in Gaston, the ques
tion was put aa to how raauy would
go with the Third Party u organiz
ed. About a dozen, we are told,
aroso and among the number was
"Jjittltt" Moses Stroup, Democrat
ic (?) representative to the last Leg
jslature. The death of V. W. Holden
occurred at his home in Raleigh iast
week. He was Governor of North
Carolina in Ku Klux times. His
treatment of certain citizens about
Thoe times caused him to be im
peached. He since gained the es
teem ot his neighbors by his good
moral character and died respected
by the citizens of Raleigh,
Ouu Attention has been called
to a clipping in the Shelby Aurora,
taken from the Reidsville Review.
In speaking of the Seaboard Airline
R K. System it says "the progress
of the system bas been mostly ac
complished under the able adminis
tration of Maj. Winder" &rc. The
facts are that the building of tDis
system is due mostly to the able and
efficient work of Gen. R. F, Hoke,
of Raleigh, formerly a citizen of
Lin coin ton.
We publish in this issue the St.
Louis Third Party platform, taken
fiom the Progressive Farmer. We
;ire of the opinion that the Alliance
of tliis conn'y is going to be hlow to
follow after this new movement.
We know that the president of the
Lincoln Farmers' Alliance has em
phatically said that he was snarely
lor the Democratic party. This
platform i.s nearly the same as the
Ocala, except the 12th plank which
will prevent the people from follow
i ng the"8tr;inge gods" that have sent
forth their new decree. But this is
a f:ce country and every citizeo has
a right to act according to his own
political and religious convic
uons. If any one desires to
desert his old political faith
iud stand upon l his new plat
form he has a light to do so, Tne
Courier cannot go with this new
piety. We believe that the Demo
cratic p;irty, if placed in power, will
bring to the people the needed re
form THfc UIMSTEITS SALARY.
We publish elsewhere an article
from Pine Grove, Colo. We are not
per? mally acquainted wiih the wri
ter, hut the ait;c!es neatly written
and being on an important subject,
we til idly give place to it- We do
no however, by any means, agree
w:th him in all he sayt. We admit
there is a great deal of poor preach
loir done in ail chinches. But the
ministers are not to bear all the
blame for the meagre salaries paid
them. The fact ts, they have to
preach and leach, preach and farm,
or j;each and do something else in
or lr to live. If they were given
sutlicit-nt salaries so that they could
iv- all their attentiou to their min.
work', there wonld be a
) 1 '! doal less "poor preaching."
Another fault with the people is
tu.it ihey are often too much given
o 'itching ears-" There if, we
hiDk, danger of putting too nincli
stress on this idea of "keeping op
with the litnep," when it is applied
to matters of religion. It might be
better it the ministers of all our de
nominations could go back of the
"times" and preach the old doctrines
ot "Christ and Him crucified," more
after the order of Paul and the
preachers of bis day. Bjt we shall
not discass this point further.
One thing we do know aud that
ia the fact that in many instances
the minister's salary is a disgrace to
members of the church ; and we
know further that this salary is not
regulated by the quality of the
preaching nor the ability of the
preacher, so much as the lack of
i he spirit ot ''liberal Christian giv
ing" ; for in mo.st instances so far as
we are acquainted with the system
of the different denomination, the
salary is made np fiefore the minis
ter enters upon the duties of his
charge, or at the beginning of each
j ear. Many persons have a certain
amount (and often it is a pitiful
sum) which they "subscribe" every
year, without reference to who the
preacher is. There are facts to
which, we dare say, the officers of
almost any church can testify.
We have written what we have
said on this subject because we bes
lieve the people need to wake up on
the subject of giving ministers a
more liberal sopport and becanse
we believe that by so doing the
churches will receive better preach
ing and accomplish more good-
TnE MERCURY ATV1 ITS
DILEMMA.
How a man can plant himself
fjpon a platform of Governmental
principles which has been adopted
y an organized body of citizens
and declare himself for that plat1
iorm "first last and all the time''
Lnd still not belong to any political
party is beyond our comprehension.
Yet the editor of the Hickory Mer
cury has declared himself just such
being.
Hear what the Mercury says:
"The Mercury belongs to no politi
cal party, and never expects to. It
expects, politically to be free, and to
vote for men, regardless of party,
that will endeavor to carry out Alli
ance principles."
Let us reason about this thing a
ittle. Something over a year ago
;lie cry with such men as the editor
of the Mercury and euch papers as
TAi& Progressive Farmer was "we pro--pose
to support measures and not
wen." Now the Murcury seems to
a little more for men.
We suppose that if a citizen goes
A'ith the class that is for the Repub
Mean platform he belongs to a polit
ical party, and if another places him
uelf upon the Democratic platform
io also is a member of apolitical
party ; but if he comes out and de
clares himself for tnoe who stand
upon the Ocala platform, and votes
for candidates who belong to that
class, he at once ceases to be a
member of any political party I
Let us get to the bottom of this
matter. If the "Alliance principles"
which the Mercury talks about have
any reference to matters of over
rnent, they are political unless the
Mercury ia "wiping out" the "pob
itical parties" has also "wiped
out ' the meaning of the English
lauguage and if there are others
holding these principles besides the
editor of the Mercury, those holding
them constitutes a prty : therefore
the "Mercury either belongs to a pol
itical party or else he is the only
man in the United States who will
vote for the "Alliance principles."
If he occupies such a position of
extreme lonliness he is to be pitied
and not censured.
Alt this talk of not belonging to
'any political party'' is mere non
sense, unless you do not vote at all
The Mercury prints the following:
"The brother is surprised to think
the Alliance would dare to dictate
the policy ot the party and think
others should be asked even to ac
cept it. An Alliance, smaller than
the Farmers Alliauce have been do
nifT that very thing. Does the Cou
RIER not know that the bosses and
editors have allied themselves with
the cooit-h6use rings, and have
been doing thts very thing for
twenty-five years V1
We do not know any such thing.
Xo such thing is true Through
primaries aod county conventions
the people of all classes and condi
tions have a voice in selecting can.
didates for their representatives and
officials, and in "dictating", through
t leir chosen delegates, the "policv"
of the party. The truth i3 very few
pipers take sides with candidates
for county and State offices until
they are formally nominated by the
county Convention. Such has been
the pvlicy of the C'OUEIek.
Now let's see about that "dilem
ma''. The Mercury thiuks it has
the Courier, in a "dilemma" be
cause we sa d we were for the Dem
ocratic nominees and could not sup
port the Ocala platform intoto. Hete
goes the Mercury:
"But the brother Ed Courier
puts himself on record by saying he
will vote for the Dnnocratic nomi
nee; but, in the same sentence says,
he cannot support a man who en
dorses r-e Cvala demands in toto.
tiro n- r, suppose the party was to
endorse tboe demands, wonld yoa
ot have to vote for a man that en
dorsed them in toto !"
We hav9 no intention toiday of
crossing the South Fork river ; but
"suppose'"' it should leave its channel
and become transferred to the C. C.
railroad bed and flow where the
railroad now is ; then we should
have to cross it in order to reach our
home. Bat there is no more danger
of the Democratic party's adopting
the Ocala platform in toto than
theie is of the South Fork's leaving
its present channel. The majority
of the Ocala principles are Demo
cratic but not in toto.
"Suppose1'? "suppose" the sun
should become the moon! "Sup
pose" the earth should revolve
backwards! "Suppose" anything.
But now let's see if somebody is
not in a "dilemma" sure enough. The
Mercury says it "belongs to no polit
hal par'y aod never expects to
"Suppose" as it says, the Democratic
party should adopt the Ocala plat,
form in toto, would the Mercury res
fuse to vote with the supporters of
the Ocala demands because in sg
doing he would be voting with a
"political party" ! Again in an
other breath the Mercury says the
' Democratic party in this State has
adopted the Alliance demands" ; but
the Mercury cannot sopport these
principles with the Democrats, be
oauso then it would be going with
the Democaatic party and would
therefore belong to a political party
. thing it "never expects to" do!
"Democratic 1'apers Please
Copy."
Capt. S. B. Alexander savs of the
St. Louis platform : "It is one that
all true Alliancemen can and will
heartily support.." Progressive Farm
er. The Minister's Salary,
Pine Grove, Oolo., 2, 29, '92.
Mr. Editor : In your issue of
Feb'y 26tb, I notice an article head
ed "Minister's Salary." "Of all
classes of people who receive sa'a
nes, the minister, as a genet al
thing, is paid tee least." Why?
Surely there must be some cause for
this. Again yoa say "When the ev
angelists come along they can give
them from $500 to 2000 for one
week." Is it not the quality of the
food they receive and iot the quan
tity ! Who of yoa who go to church
regularly and hear the same sermon
and prayer each Sabbath (probably
different in words to a certain de
gree) do not go away as hungry as
when they nst entered the church
door 1 And why is it? Are they
greedy ? Is it not comparatively
the same as a party going to a table
tilled with all anyone could wish
for, they go once aud are relieve!
of their hunger for a time, . twice
and the same table setting just as
they left it the day before. They
keep ou going and very soon they
go away huugry. Can aoyone tell
hyf The table is empty to them,
the tood they received has been di
gested. Who will blame them for
not wanting to pay for, what they
do not get! Is there any cause
without an effect or vice versa 1 II
so, what, when and where? Give
your congregation a change of diet,
give them the food they crave and
need, ard I will venture to gay that
standing room will be at a premium,
and your contribution box will be
somewhat heavier tor it- Try it.
You may say "How ?" Simply by
keeping pace with the times and
people's needs. Get out of the old
aud time-worn mt. Do not let old
creeds (ormed years aod years ago
bind you down to any one line of
thought. Your creed may be as
wrong as the next. Creede differ
widely, (you may say hnwwe will
leave that for another time,) and
sorely some one cr more must be
wrong. Give us a scientific lecture
and do not ponnd some little verse
in the Bible to pieces and at the
same time put your congregation to
sleep. Look earnestly for light.
search aH creeds, doctrines and the
beliefs of different people, and not
sneer at and make light of any one'a
religion or belief just becanse you
have hal friends that belonged to
such and such a church, etc., or
that you have investigated snd it ia
therefore oseless for anyone of this
community to investigate for him
or herself. Let all be free to nse
their own judgment. I would like
to hear from others on the same
subject. I am, very truly,
A. Belmer.
The Platform.
The following is the platform pre
sented by the committee and adopt
ed by the conference, taken from
the Progressive Farmer :
We do ordain and establish the
following platform of principles:
I. We declare the union forces of
the United States this day accom
plished, permanent and perpetual.
May its spirit enter into all the
hearts for the salvation of the Re-
public and the uplifting of mankind.
2 Wealth belongs to him who
created it. Every dollar taken from
industry without an equivalent is
robbery. "If any will not work,nei
ther shall he eat." The interests of
rural and urban labor are the same,
and their enemies are identical.
3. We demand a national curren
cy safe, sound and flexible, issued
by the general government, only a
full legal tender for all debts, pub
lic and private, and withoot the use
of banking corporations, just and
equitable means of circulation, at a
tax not to exceed two per cent., as
set forth in the Sub-Treasury plan
of the Farmers1 Alliance, or some
better system; also by payments in
discharge of its obligation for pub
lic improvements.
4. We demand the free and un
limited coinage of silverj
5. We demand that the amount ot
circulation medium to be speedily
increased to not less than $50 per
capita.
6. We demand the graduated in
come tax.
7. We believe that the money of
the country should be kept as much
-is possible in the hands ol the peo
ple, and hence we demand all Na
tional and State revenues shall be
limited to necessary expenses and
the government economically and
Qonestly administered.
S. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the Govern
ment for the safe deposit of the
earnings of the people and to facilis
tate exchange.
9. Your subcommittee upon the
laud plank be to submit to yoor
approval the following: That the
laud, including all natural resources
of wealth, is the heritage of all the
people, aud should not be monopo
lized for speculative purposes, and
the alien ownership of land should
be prohibited. That all land now
held by railroads aod other corpor
ations in excess ot their actual needs
and all lands now owned by aliens
should be reclaimed by the Govern
ment and held for actual settlers
ouly.
10. Transportation being a means
of exchange and a poblic necessity,
the Government should own and
operate the rotds in the interest of
the people.
II. The telejraph and telephone,
like the postal system, being a ne
cessity tor the transmission ot news,
should be owned and operated by
the Government in the interest of
the people.
12, We demand that the Govern
ment issue legal tender notes, and
pay Union soldiers the difference
oetween "the price of depreciated
money in which he was paid, aud
gold.
A ROMANCE,
NOT OF FICTION BUT OF
FACT.
The Rlaine Divorce.
(Continued from first page.)
Mrs. Blaine had strongly disap
proved of her departure, and had
earnestly urged her to remain. She
did not then dream that our son
would not follow his wife or thas
the imminent final seperation would
come so soon, but hhe deprecated
the angry and to us, at least, sud
den departure and the journey to
New York alone with the infant and
nurse. She did r or, however, sus
pect that the joung woman left with
any leas friendly feelings toward
herself than toward every other
member of the family except my eon
James.
Finding the young woman deter
mined to go, and foreseeing the dif
ficulties in their path since my
daughter tin-law utterly declined
the provision I made for their sup
port.Mrs. Bla ne repeateply bade
her remember that .-he would at any
moment receive th- child for any
length of time for one. two, or
three years, or ten years or for life ;
that be should receive as all who
i know my wife will believethe verv
best care and attention ; that she
would put his mother under no con
ditions whatever, and that whenever
she wished the child to be returned
to her be should be sent. Tbe offer
was not accepted, but it was not
declined. It appeared to be re
ceived io the same friendly spirit in
which it was given. Thus my daugh
ter-in-law left my home the only
home which my son could provide
for her. She left behind her for my
son a note whose temper and tone
are sufficiently indicated by a sin
gle extract:
You know wheu yoa lett what the
conseqnence of your trip to Bar Har
bor (would be) what business had
you at Bar Harbcr ? Why did yon
not telegraph me and not let me lie
awake till nearly four o'clock? You
shall live to regret all this. You
have broken the greater part of
your promises thus far, and until
yoa learn to be truthful you need
not come near me. 1 am not here
to have my affairs discussed among
the neighbors If you desire to have
any communication with me yoa
can address New York Hotel.
Signed simply, maby Nhvtks Blaine.
On reading this note my sou de
clared: "I will not follow her, and
I told her I would not when sh-3
made the threat.'' Just forty.four
days after this wilful departure sha
returned to my house, accompanied
by her mother; Mrs. Nevins, my
graudson aud his nurse. At tha
moment of their arrival there were
in the house only Mrs. Blaine, who
was ill, and the servants. Mrs.
Blaine at once arose, dressed and
went down stairs, having previous
ly instructed her maid to do every
thing required for their comfort.
This was the only time she ever
met Mrs. Nevins. Neither lady ad
vanced to greet her. No hand was
extended to her, but from Mrs. Nev
ins, seconded by her daughter came
charges against her son aod beiself
so insulting and so violent that a
8ervent was called in for the frank
ly expressed purpose of acting as a
restraint opon tbe elder visitor.
On this brief stay of two weeks
with us and on this one last visit of
two horns rest all the substantia
tions of the statements of the Judge
at Dead wood. Before leaving for
the West I bad advised with Mrs.
Blaine in tbe event of the return of
her daughterm-iavr, aod she acted
upon my advice. Not a word since
the separation has been written by
her, nor has she seen my son's
wife except ou the street in New
York when not a work was ex
changed between them.
My sou was entirely free. No
restiaint was attempted or desired
or needed to insure separation.
On the day of his wife's departure
he was as strongly determined as
on the day of her divorce not to re
same his relations with her. Far
be it from mo to bold my son blame
less, though when his youth, his
uncompleted education, his separa
tion from the influences of a'home,
the exchange of a life fall of hopes
and anticipations for premature
cares and uncongenial compauion
ship are considered I bold him more
sinned against than sinning. But
his mother at no time io thought or
deed attempted to separate this
man and hit wife. Qa the contrary
she did not U by libeialiu, by
consideration aud by extenuation il
foster in every practical way their
happiness if hupjiuess to them
had been possible.
James G. Blajne.
The other side will appear next
week.
FORCAsH
In Advance
You can get the
LlNOOLN
CGU11IEK
ONE YEAR FOR
$1.25-6 M 75 CTS.
If paid in trade or
if not paid in ad
vance, the price is
strictly $1.50.
Subscribe
JSlT once.
STOHB
Lamps, Seeds, To
baccoes and Cigars.
OUR endeavor has been and will
be fo surpass any Drug Store
in Western North Carolina for puri
ty of Drugs and accurate Pharma
cy. Wecrrytbe mosS exquisite
hue of perfanies. Also garden seeds
from the most reliable growers, to
baccoes to suit everybody, dve stuffs
aod paints, lamps end lamp fixtures
m fact in anything in our line we
are and propose to be in the lead
W- L. CROUSE&CO,
Feb 12 92 ,tf W
LAND SALE.
Geo n KUtler et al. vs. D M K is tier et al.
Special Proceeding before the Clerk of
Lanculn county, Feb'y 23, 1893.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior
Court of Li o coin county made in tbe above
entitled action on the 23rd ol Feb'y. 1892,
I will on Mondy, 11th of April 1892 sell
at public auction t the hifhef t bidJer the
l&Dd described in tbe complaint in said act
ion, being lortvsix and one-naif acres of
good land, (excepting a graveyard of ones
fourth of one acre), on which is situated a
good twostory house and goid stables, ly
ing in Howard's Creek township, Lincoln
county, and adjo nin? lands of Pinkney
Hoover et al. Said laud was the dowery
intent of the late Susannah Kistler, deed.
Said sale will take place at 12 hi. o'clock
on the above day on the premises, the pur
chaser to pay oneiourth of purchase price
in cash and the balance in equal pay meat?
on 6 and 12 months time, to be secured by
notes bearing interest, litle reserved until
purchase price is paid in full.
A. IsIXON, Commissioner.
Police.
We are offering for sale, six or
the best brands of Fertilizer, fo
cash or on time, a9 cheap as any one.
Give as a call. Very respectfully.
S. S. Mattney & Bros.
Cherry ville, N. G. Mar 4, 1892. 2t
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Two Wolves Near ClierryTille
On the 13th inst, some one from
tbe neigh boi hood of J. H. Roberts
came to town aud said there were
two wolves in that section killing
8heep,pigf,dogs,cat8, and everything
that came in their way. The mer
chants and citizens mouuted their
steeds, and with gnns in hand sal
lied forth to meet the foe.
All bnt CARPENTER & LEON
ItARDT, who did not have time to
leave, as they have jast pat np a
Bran New Stock
of goods consisting of j
Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Flour, Ba
con, Lard, Pepper, Spice, Nut
meg, Ginger, Oatmeal, and a
General Line of CAN GOODS,
such as is kept in a First Class
GROCERY STORE.
Our stand is in the l. h. Long
building, near the depot.
We invite the citizens of the town
and surrounding conutry to call aud
examine our stock before buyiDg
elsewhere as we are determined not
to Ife undersold.
We buy all kinds of country prod
ace and pay tbe highest price for it.
Gome and see us and be convinced.
RESPECT If DLL Y,
CARPENTER & LEONHARDT.
Jan 22 92 2m
For the Next
THIRTY DAYS
THE RACKET expects to
make a clean sweeD of all its
heavy winter goods and odd
tZ TTT 1
unes. ye nave a lew ladies7
and misses' hats that will go for
half cost; hats that were $1 will
go for 35c and 50c ; hats that
were 50c will go for 20- md
2,5c Yfe also have a few men's
and boys' heavy winter pants
that will go for cost. m this
line thero are some good bar
gains. The earliest buyers will
get the pick of the lot. If you
get left it will not be my fault,
so come while they last and
don't wait till the last pair is
gone.
We extend our thanks and
best wishes to our many custo
mers and friends for their lib
eral patronage in the past, and
solicit a continuance of the same
and promise you in the future
to serve you at 11 times with
best goods at lowest prices pos
sible. Wishing you all a pros
perous year, we remain,
Very Respectfully,
J. L. KISTLER, Propr.
Sept. 18 1891
MSta
RAMSAUR AND BURTOli
HAVING purchased the stock of
1L E. & J. B. Ramsaur, we will
continue to carry the same li&t of
goods.
If yon want a STOVE or RANGE
or the vessels, or pipe, call and ex
amine our stock.
We keep on band Baggies and
Wagons, Harness, Saddles and Col
lars, -Handmade," also the beit
sole and Harness Leather.
Large stock cut soles.
Old Hickory aud Piedmont Wg
OD8 kept in stock.
Glass Fruit Jars, Flower Pots
Glass Ware, Tin Vare, Jug Towa
SVare, lrou ot all kinds, NaiU, "cut"
wire and horseshoe, Horse and Mula
shoes, oue aud two horse Roland
and Steel PIOWH mid mnaira
" a uo
j Urgest stock of Hardwaie in town.
uuefcets, Tubs, Ghurns, wheel bar
rows, fence wire, in fact EVERY
THING kept in Hardware and
Leather goods line.
The thauks of the old firm are
hereby tendered the public tor their
liberal patronage aud enoourage
rnent. The new firm will endeavor
io merit a continuauce of same.
Come to see us whether you waut
goods or not. All questions cheer-,
fully answered, except as to weath
er forecast.
Substitute for Sash
weights.
The Common Sense Sash Balances :
They caa be used where it is impowibl
to use weight or other fixtures. Tke
are especially valuable for repairing oil
buildings, and are us easily put in oKi
buildings as Dew ones.
Couumou Sense Curtain Fixtare :
The most perfect Curtain Fixture made.
Tbe curtain can be let down from tbe top
to any desired point, giving light or venti
lation withont exposing tbe room or iu
occupants, answering the double purpose
of an inside blind and a window curtain.
Automatic Centre Rail Sash Lock;
The only automatic centre rail sash lock,
made. Ho bolts, springs, or rivets are used;
We will take pleasure in showing,
these improved goods.
RESPECTFULL Y,
Ramsaur & Burton.
DO NOT FAIL
To Examine
COMPLETE STOCK OF
DRY GOODS,
KTotions
HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS, SHOES,
HARDWARE,
Glassware, Tinware,
CROCKERY &Cm
As we think itwillllbe
to your ad vantage to
come to see us before
buying elsewhere, as
wE BUYJFOR CASH
and
SELL FOR SAME
Respectfully
HOKE AND MICHAL.