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1l I! If 14 I 'OL. IX. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1895. NO 12. v n u-.-. iff Cpiiii i nj' i Hint rti n for Infante and grainitTY yara' otaerration of Caatorla with tha patronage of mixtions of persons, permit m to apeak of it without gnaaatug It 1 ttngnectjonahly the best remedy for Infants and Children the world has ever known. It la harmless. Children like it. It ' driven them health. It will tave their lives. In it Mothers have ' Homcthlag which is aholately afe and practically perfect as a i child's medicine. Catoria deatroys Worms. Cantorla allays Feverlshness. Castor! a, prevents vomiting Sonr Curd. ... Cattoria enrew Dlarrhcoa and Wind Colic Castoria relieves Teething Tronhles. Qftstoria cures Constipation and Flatnlency. Cattorla ncntralizeB the effects of carbonic acid gas or poisonous air. Cattoria does not contain morphine, opinm, or other narcotic property. Csstoria asfcimilates tfca food, regnlates the stomach and towels, , giving healthy and natural sleep. C t orla Is pnt np in one-aia bottles only. It Is not sold in bulk. Don't allow any one to sell yon anything else on the plea or promise that It lsjnst as good " and will answer every parpose.' See that yon yet C-A-S-T-O-R-I-A. The fao-simlle I slgnatnre of f Children Cry for Pitcher's Cactorla, 4 AikXAaAAAAfiAAbAAAAXP-AAAm.AMJlAKAtk.Atlfl till LLx USES AND ENDORSES THE i 1 S pet TRAOK 'Cures when North rarnlinu Supreme Court. w.u.ter clark, associate justice. KaLeioh, N. C. Jan. 25, ls94. We havf found the Electropolse vry valuable tape- 4 cldl'.y for children. I got one last May, and I am sure I i I h&ve gaveii three time Its coet already In doctors and . dniR tore liliU. From my experience with It, and ob- 4 Rurvntlon, I can safely recommend It. I Yours truly. Walter Clark. 4, Bo YOU SMOKE? HAVEvou SmOKED? "Old Red House" SmOKING TOBACCO MILD & SWEET- Try it cuce. Ask for it. THEN YOU WILL DEMAND IT. Nice pipe aod beut stem iveo with each "Z oz. sack for 5 cents. Merchants Do you vnsh a quick seller I If so write for sample of "OLD RED HOUSE" Sciokiug Tobacco Mauufaciureii by HILLSBOKO N- C We also have a good line of chew Jdk tobacco. Write for samples and faitory prjeea. 3m. DENTAL NOTICE- Dr. A. W, Alexander will be a fcta office at LincolntOD, June, Au Knit, October, December, Feb ruary and April. Will be in Mt. Uolly, jUyt September, November, January, March and May. Patronage solicited. Terms cash and moderate Fertilizers for Fall Crops should contain a high percentage of Potash to ji me sou. Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a 142-page illustrated book. It is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, and will make and save you money. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. I Al Children. is on every wrapper; E 13 ARK. all else f fills." Investigation Invited. BOOK FREE. Electrolibration Co., 345 FOURTH AVCNUC, NEW YORK. 83 C W U Nelson, who is in the drag business at Kiogville, Mo., has so much confidence in Chamberlain's Oolic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy that he warrants every bottle and offers to refund the money to any customer who is not satisfied alter using it Mr, Nelson takes no risk in doing this because the rem edy is a certain cure for the diseas es for which it is intended and he knows it. It is for sale by Dr. W L Orou8e, Druggist. Always Cures, f Botanie Blood Balm. The Great Remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Scrofula. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Ulcers. Eczema, Eating and Spreading Sores, Eruptions, and ail 5KIN AND BLOOD DISEASES. Made from the prescription of an eminent physician who used it with marvelous success for 40 years, and Its continued use for fifteen years by thou sands of grateful people has demonstrated that it is by far the best building up Tonic and Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It makes new rich blood, and possesses almost miraculous healing properties. WRITE FOR BOOK OF WONDERFUL CURES, sent free on application. If not kept by your local druggist, send $1.00 for a large bottle, or $5.00 far six bottlas, and medicine will be sent freight paid by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, (fo k Chamberlain's is the best of all. Vincent J Barki, of Danbnty, Iowa, has ased Chamberlain's Coagh Bern edy whenever in need of a medicine for conghs and colds, for the past five years and says : 'It always helps me ont. It anyone asks me what kind of cough medicine I nse, I reply, Chamberlain'H that is the best o-t all. 25 and 50c bottles for sale by Dr W LCrouse Druggist. ForMalaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigestiorvuse BROWN'S IRON BITTERS F r the Courier. Keply to "Wilvcsr Dem-oerut." Mh. Editor: In the issue of the Courier of July 5, 1695 I find an article signed by "Silver Dem ocrat." "Silver Democrat'' takes the trouble to tell the public that he has been h life-long Democrat and a friend of the free coinage of silver. Whether or not he has been a life long advocate of Free Silver or not, I shall not undertake to eay. But I should leave -'Silver Democrat" and his errors alone did he not in his opening sentence "ask for space in yonr valuable paper to state the position of the party" on the silver question. "Silver Democrat" assumes to state the position of the Democrat ic party on this question by begin ning in this wise : "From the formation of our government under Washingtou,till 1873, we had what is known as the double standard of value. Silver and gold were both coined tree at the ratio of 16 to 1 and were on a perfect equality." On page 83 ot "Coinage Laws of U. S. 1894" issued by the govern ment printing office at Washing ton "Silver Democrat" will read as follows : "Provision was made under the act of April 2, 1792, for the coin age of gold, silver, and copper coins of full W3ight to have full debt-paying power. Individuals were given the right to have gold or silver coined at the mint with out charge, provided, however,that a deduction be made of one-half of one per cent from the weight of pure pold or silver contained in said bullion in case of immediate payment in coin. The gold coins were to contain 24.75 grains of pure gold, and the silver coins 371.25 grains of pure silver, to the dollar, The relative value of the twd metals in coinage was fixed at 15 to 1 that is to say, 15 pounds weight of pure silver was to be of equal value in all payments with 1 pound weight of pure gold, and so in proportion as to any greater or less quantities of the respective metals." How does this statement that the original ratio was 15 to 1 har monize with "Silver Democrat's" assertion that the ratio had always been 16 to 1 up to 1873 ? "Silver Democrat" either wanted to mislead thoee who do not know that the ratio has several times been changed, or he did not know what he was talking about, or he was careless with the tacts ! I seems, Mr. Editor, to be one of the favorite arguments with some ad vocates ot Fr6e Coinage at 16 to 1 to make this bold and unwarrant ed statement. It is simply not true, that is all. But let us see further as to this change of ratio. By the act of June 28, 1834, Con gress reduced the gold in the gold dollar from 24.75 grains to 23.20, making the ratio 16.002 to 1. By act of Jan. 18, 1837, Congress a gam changed the amount of gold in the gold dollar from 23.20 gr. to 23.22 grains. By the act of March 3, 1849, Congress provided that a gold dollar should contain 25.8 gr of gold and that the $20. gold piece should contain 5.16 grains of gold. At this ratio the $3 gold piece authorized by the Act of 18- 53 contained 77.4 grains of gold. It might be interesting to "Silver Democrat" to know that the Act of 1853 withdrew from individuals the right to have silver pieces of less than $1 in value coined on in dividual account, the coinage of the silyer dollar, however, remain ed free to individuals provided ;they paid cost ot mintage. Now let us see abont that per fect equality which existed be tween. g ld andjsilver prior to 1S 73 ! I quote from page 84, "Coin age Laws 179-1894: "As th bullion value of the gold coins au thorized under the Act of April 2 1792, was greater than their face value, they were exported. There fore in order to maintain gold coins in circulation iu the U. S., it be came necessary to change the weight and fiu6ness thereof." This was dene by the Coinage Act of 1834, as already indicated. I quote again from the same au thority: No issue of silver dollar was made from the mint trom 1805 to 1836, the coinage having been sus pended by the direction of Presi dent Jefferson, owing to the fact that their bullion value being greater than their face value, they were purchased for export." The order of suspension is dated May 1, 1806 and can be found on page 84 of "Coinage Laws of U. S. 1792 -1894." All the silver coins of U. S. were full legal tender up to 1853, when the fractional parts of a dollar were made subsidiary and the wts. of these coins reduced. Then the legal tender quality of these coins were limited to $5. The silver dollar was abolished in 1873 as everybody knows, but the trade dollar was coined instead This coin was to contain 420 grains of silver of the fineness of 900 and was to be legal tender for $5 only. The Act of Feb, 28, 1878 provid ed for the coinage of standard sil ver dollars and restored their full legal tender quality. And to this day all the standard silver dollars in circulation have full iegal ten der quality. But how will the above facts bear out the statement that prior to 1873 there was per fect equality between silver and gold? These instances cited cer tainly prove that the force of law was not sufficient at any time prior to 1873 to maintain the "perfect equality" of the two metals. New how will the statement that wo had a double otan4rd pri or to 1873 bear the test ? I shall not say that there is no 6uch thing as a double standard, but I will say that if "Silver Democrat'' means by double standard that we had it from 1892 to 1873, he is simply shutting his eyes to the truth. There was no period of the time referred to when there was an equality or parity between gold and silver, except that established by law, which was ineffective, as I have shown. According to the rec ords 1 have cited the case stood thus : Gold was undervalued and hence sought markets where it could command, its full value. This remained the case up to 1834. From 1805 to 1836 the silver in the dollar was undervalued in the coinage and hence it was exported. It is not necessary to say more on this point. The conclusion is evi dent. The dearer money leaves the country when a cheaper mon ey is put into circulation, and no force of law could prevent it prior to 1873, as I have tried to show. The commercial value of the bullion contained in the gold and silver coins ot U. during the period from 1792 to 1873 changed very often. This is why the coin age value of 15 pounds of silver in actual fact was more at one time than at another, though the legal ratio re-established by law re mained the same and the 15 lbs made just the same number of $1. pieces, though in the commercial world this 6ame 15 pounds of sil ver would buy more in its hullion state than in its coined state. There seems' to me nothing plain er than this simple fact of our coinage history. This fact that it is the commercial value of silver or gold that controls its movement has led me to doubt the ability of any nation or nations to control the value of either metal in its coinage state if thereis not abso lute commercial parity between the metals, or as nearly so as can be. Rut I am getting away from my purpose. I would now like to in quire whether "Silver Democrat"' will sav that the democratic party haseapoused Ills errors in the above quoted paragraph of his late arti cle, and whether his errors of tact and history a"? sow the position of the democratic party on the money question. I think 1 have shown that the ratio from 1792 to lb73 was not al ways 16 to 1, as "Silver Democrat" asserts. I think I have shown that there never was during this time, except perhaps during the years 1792 and 1793, absolute parity or "perfect equality" between goid and silver. As to whether there was a "double standard," how could there have been a "double standard" during those times sil ver was hurrying out ot the U. S. to eeek the markets in which it could command its true value as money ? I would like to ask the same question as to gold. Now, as to the "Crime of 1873," I would like to call ''Silver Demo crat's attention to several facts of history. Do you know that Senator Stew art ot Nevada, now the high priest of free silver men, voted for that crime of 1873 and gloried with his vote at least one year after wards? Stewart certainly had time to find out about the crime in hat time. It is not necessary to quote the records of 1873 the re cords of the Congress which changed the standard of value from silver to gold. If there was any dark and mysterious work about that act I haue never been able to find it. I do find that the bill was printed many times and laid on the desks of Senators and Con gressmen. I find that many Sen ators and Congiessmeu who voted for the bill in 1873 and afterwards rejoiced over the fact and pointed with pride to their records, now go before the ''dear people" and tell them of the crime of 1S73. From such nypocricy, please ex cuse us. I want to ask "Silver Democrat" whether he ever sat down and looked up the history of that crime of 1873 and arrived at his present conclusion in rhat way or whether he is taking the word of men like Stewart and Marion Butler for his authority. On this silver question (as well as on all questions), there is much error to be removed before any intelligent conclusion can be arrived at. I have a supreme contempt for any man or men who will go about this state in the guise of leaders of do litical thought, trying to get into power by talking of the ''crime of 1873," of "Wall Street," "mony devils," and the like. If "Silver Democrat" is a real Democrat, let him quit talking like a Populist and go to preaching Democracy. Do not circulate Populist errors and mistake facts and then claim that they (the errors) are the sen timents of the democratic party. I have no war to make on any true democrat who honestly believes in free silver. The only thing wrong with such a man is that he needs the grace of conversion. And, on the other band, when 1 cannot honestly believe in free silver I do not want to be read out of the democratic party and put into company of John Sherman and Wall Street. This kind of busi ness has gone just about far enough. This prascriptive spirit manifested by some silver men is the same spirit which came into this coun try with the Farmers' Alliance and whicn spirit later resulted in Pop ulism nnd its attendant evils. The free silver man who, like "Silver Democrat." says, "But a North Carolina Democrat who is follow ing the lead of Cleveland and Car lisle etc.has departed from the time honored principles of Democracy," needs to stop and think a minute before he writes newspaper articles parading other people's inconsis trncies. Let me ask "Silver Dem ocrat," if he has been a life long democrat, who he voted for in 18S0 for president and whether the Na tional Democratic Platform & that year denounced the "crime of 1S73? I would like to inquire whether "Silver Democratic" did not vote for Cleveland iu 1884 and iu 1SSS and in 1892 and whether either one of the three platforms of 18S4,16S8 or 1892, on which Cleveland ran denounced the crime of 1S73 or demanded the tree and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 1 I hav taken the trouble lately to bxk into this matter and I do not find that such is the case at all. Then, what becomes of that "the Demo, cratic party has been denouueiug that action ever 9ince that crime was committed" ? What is the democratic party ? Let us hayn a definition, or we shall rule out the above quoted statement of "Silver Democrat" is being erroneous. It is amusing to see the Popu lists and some quasi-democrats go ing about the country claiming that they are engaged in a great battle tor the remouetization of silver! Why, bless your life,'Sil ver Democrat," the Greenbackers in their national platform of lfcSl claimed that they had remonetized silver and wanted people to vote for them because their agitation had led to its remonetization in 1878. You people are some years behind! But this only shows us how much we need to get back t the good old democratic doctrines and let the populists alone in their error, if we cannot convert them by preaching democracv. Another thing"Silver Democrat" needs to study if he believes what he says, and that, is, if he believes what he says, and that is, that this silver fight is sectional. We do not need any more sectional issues. Let him who could propoxate sec tionalism be accursed. The inter est of North, East. W est and South are identical so far as the func tions of this government are con cerned, and he who preaches any other doctrine is an enemy of the section in which he lives, whether he realizes it now or not. There is no doubt that those politicians who are leading this fight for 50ct. dollars would like to make it sec tional. Did you ever hear the sec tional talk from the early organiz ers of the Farmers Alliance? You know they were going to unite the South and West against Wall utreet! These same men also came along with the next breath and claimed that the Alliance had don more to abolish sectionalism than anything that had arisen since Lee surrendered. But some of U3 wondered how both these things" could be, and when we questioned the statements we wtre told about little one-horse law yers AND SCHOOL TEACHERS WORK ING against the former ! Oh, dear me I Now, "Silver Democrat,'' don't do that thing, too. If you have been a lifp-long Democrat you should be too proud ot your record to talk about sectional par ties now, or about uniting South and West on silver, tor that means that ycu and Marion Butler and his crowd and Coxey's army and Senator Stewart, and all of that ilk, will be found marching to the tune of 16 to 1 1 Then, let me ask you, where will be ycur boasted Democracy, and where will be your Democratic party with a position on the silver question? I shall nave more to say later on. Very truly yours, Chas. L. Coo.v. Conover, N. C, July 9, 1895. Just TCbats Needed. Exclaims thousands ot people who have taken Hood's Sardaparilla at this season of the year, aDd who have noted the aoccefs ot the medl. cine in giving them relief from that tired feeling, wanning appetite and state ot extreme exbanstiou alter ihe clone confinement of a long win ter season, the busy time attendant upon a larg and pressing busine dming tbn spring months and with vacation time ye t ome wtek din rant. It is then thnt th building od Dowers ot Hood'n Sftrsnpariila ie tally appreciated. It r ems pifectlv adapted to oi-r come that prostration cauned by change ol reason, climae ot life, aud while it tuno and Houtaiuf! the svstm, it porities and vitalizes the blcol. If you reel weak; and all worn out take BROW'S IRON BITTERS Kvcry Town Has A liar. A sponger. A blatherskite. A Smart Aleck. its richest man. Some pretty girls. A girl who giggles. A weather prophet. A neighborhood fued. A womau who Utiles. Half a dozeu luuatics. A man-who-knows-it-air. A justice ot the puaoe. One Jacksonian Democrat. M ore loafers than it neeJs. Men who see every dog tight- A boy who cuts up in church. A few meddlesome old women. A "thing" that stares at wo men. A stocK law that is not enforc ed. A widower who is too srav for his age. Some men who make remarks about women. A preacher who thinks he ought to run the town. A few who kniw how to run tht? affairs of country. A grown young mm who laughs evry time he says anything. A girl who goes to the postollioe eytty time the mail comes in. A horsn k ck?.d U a Shater. t,w Ficeiu.iar House, Mlddlelturg, N Y mi IL'' kiiHn whirti laid h m id bed Hiid caused the kuet joint to become si iff. A f i lend recommended him to use. t'httuilurUiii'M Pain lialm,whict he did, and In tvu luyn whh mi1h lo ho arouud. Mr Shaler ho recom mended it to many othera and Hay l is excellent tor ait) kiLd ol a biui-M or npraiii. Tins bitiue, tt uie y in alo famous tor itn caret of rheuiuatifm. For Mule b) Dt W L Clonne, Drutfglpt. tli Sun find Moon. The Kaleigh Press of a few days ago said : The sun and moon have appear.: ed hazy for the past few day?, hard ly reflecting a shadow. Old timers say that the sun is like it was at the time of the Chicago fire. A gentleman trom the country bays that the superstitious ara clearing the dust from their Bibles.'' 'Squire Jamison called the Statesville Landmark's attention a few days ago, to ihe redness of the sun late in ihe afternoons. lie said he remembered its looking that way once when he was a-boy and he didn't recall that it had since presented that peculiar ap pearance until now. However, the superstitious can rest easy. The 'squire says no disastrous re sults followed tho phenomena in his boyhood and he apprehends none now." A Bad Ntale of Affair. The people of the South are be- . ing deceived iu the purcbwro imitation melicines. It's poor coo solatiou to a sick tnau to be told that the medicine oftered him cer tainly wont do bun any turn Wrong; it will do ' great barm. It allows the disease to progress in stead of stopping it, and this ii most dangerous because the dUeas will soon be beyond cure. This it the test reaaou why you should be sore to get the right medicine. Doat risk yonr health la trying any of the many Liver Medicines which have spiung up in the South to be sold in place of Simmons Liver Regulator put np by J H Zellio & Co , with the Ued Z on every package, this was tte medicine of 3 oar fathers, and they lived long. Hare nothing to do with an j thing else, or any diag git o. dealer who would persuade you that the many imitations under iluferent names are just as good It's not true. Tbe people who bo? iht-m heap U their miseries. ware 1 A MILLION F1UEND6. A fi lend n need U a irieud indettl, and not lea than one million pfoopki hT Xoundi ?u4t such a friend in LV. King' New Dis covery for Consumption, Lougb And CuU-. If yf'U Lave nejer usel ibU Great Coub Meokine, ou trial wid convicc you hl it h w jn.Jerfui curatiTe puwer ID all diser ot Thrunt Cheet. and Lu&gs. acrt borne i-i t;uKriDtci to do that 1- cUui.eJ r rij:.ri-v ri 1 r-f jodei. Tria iioitle- irej at J 1 Lnwintr' ln-n sn ' Lare Unli. a0. LJ t oU
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