y. Rockiigham Rocket. dotr:; Printinn- W0m0Jm - 4 C. WALL, Editor ahd Proprietor. Office: EVJSRETT, WALL bVKR A COMPANY'S. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: tone vear,.... . i.ou Six months, ,.75 j Three months.i..... w..... .40 tea All subscriptions accounts must be jpatd in advance. Advertising rates furnished ohp- blication. ;, Death of Prof. J. C. Mclntyre. From the Lumberton Robesonian, 21st. We are pained to learn at the hour of going to press this (Tuesday), morning of the death of this distin guished gentleman, which occurred at his home in Back Swamp town ship at 71 p. nr. last Monday (19th inst.) of typho-malarial fever. His brother-in-law, Mr. W.' : J, t Smith, gives us the foUowmgg'raiifying par ticulars: ' .. y- ' , ; He bore up cheerfully under Iris affliction as long as consciousness re mained with him. He became speech less before, death came upon him, but his words, while conscious, were these: "I trust Jesus fully." He was about 32 vears of ace. Came home f just one week before his death. I John Calvin Mclntyre possessed I one of the brightest intellects in this or science he won encomiums from some of the leading minds in this State. He was not specially gifted in the "art of oratory," but that he was master of his profession the best judges bad no doubt. fProfessor Mclntyre spent several days in -Rockingham only about three weeks before his death. By his courteous and gentlemanly de- meanor he made many warm friends amone our Deoole, who sincerely re gret to hear of hisl death. Editor ROCKET.J Warth Knowing, Mr. W, Morgan, merchant, Lake Citv. r la., was taken with a severe cold, attended with a distressing Cough and running into Consump tion in Us hrst stages, lie tried many so-called popular cough remedies and steadily grew worse. Was re breathing and was unable to sleep. Finallr tried Dr. King's ftew -Dis coveryfor Consjimption and found immedJrte relief, and alter using about a half a dozen bottles found himself well and has no return of the disease. No other remedy can show so grand a recora ot cures, as Dr. King's Ne n Discovery for Con sumption Guaranteed to "do just what is claimed for it. Trial bottle free at Dr. W. M. Fowlkes & Co's Drugstore. Having in our official capacity as members of the Ply mouth, Pa., Hos pital Committee, been asked- to test and prove the effectiveness of many ainereni articles useu as aiBiuieck ants in sick rooms and as prevent ives of infectious fe'ers, report that Darby's Prophylactic Fluid has been thoroughly tested during the recent Typhoid epidemic in this place. It proved most efficacious in staying the spread of the if ever. F. H. Abmstrong, S. M. Davenport, J. A. Opp, O. M. Lance, Thos. Kerr, James Lee, Jr. Committee. Abool utely Pure. This nowder never varies. A marvel of purityf strength and wholesomeness; More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competitioawith the mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bakiho Powder Co.. 106 Wall st., N. Y. BOOKS for SALE! The 1 'Prayer and Praise" is by far the most Donular Song Book now in. use among our people. I constantly) Jteep it on hand following prices : d can furnish it. at the Single copy, (shaped or round notes), .75 Per dozen " " " $8.00 Per half dozen, " , " " 4.25 Ieep on hand, and m continually re ceiving, an elegant line of GOOD BOOKS, BOTH REUUlOtti and LITERARY, which I can fufnisTi "at verv low nrices. BIBLES and HYMN BOOKS a specialty. v.an iret vou any desired book Jonj3hort no- tico, at publisher's prices. " f. L. TOWNSEND IT. C. WALL , Editor and Proprietor. Vol. V. The Mountain Creek Farmers.'. Correspondence of The Rocket. - Bostick's Mills, N. C, ) Sept. 13th, 1887. j " At the usual meeting of the Club, held on Saturday, 3rd, there was a large attendance, many ladies being present. The members had been in vited to bring with them specimens of their. farm and garden produce, and, though comparatively few. re sponded, we trust a beginning has been made which mar result in a larger and more varied result in fu ture years. Cotton was represented by W. H. Smith with two stalks, one with 87 grown bolls on it and another grow ing within three inches of it with 49 on it ; J. Chappell had a fine stalk with a large number of grown bolls; Calvin .Bobbins one with 60, and Jno. B. Covington one with 55 and another witn ou: .Leonard v ebb a nne staiK ; Jr. w. a . rsennett one with 70 grown bolls, and Jas.-Ai In gram showed a stalk of cotton over six feet high which originally had very few either bolls or squares, and some losing member' caretullv re moved all trace- of-, both : and the judges unanimously awarded him the premium. New kind of cotton, seed very scarce : those wanting any had better apply early. Corn was shown by J. Chappell with a stalk having 6-moderate sized ears on it which, later in the4 day, was found to have no one eat like Its neighbor. Question, was this a freak of nature or streak of fuii?-pLebnard Webb showed, , some:' vety "large,- fine ears with". deep": grains, " and' John Bragg Covington some yearly .as fine and J. H. Forbis 3 stalks ofcorn 16 feet-high, each having 2 ears ; W. H.' Smith and M. G-McAsk ill. also showed good specimens of coyn ; and Peter E. Nicholsoni showed a large fine ear of -the Jeut Mellborn Con science corn. .-";; 5 In the way of garden f nd other produce, J. A. Ingram had a beet weighing 9 lbs. 10 o, 'and R head of yellowKmillomaiztjJ.; Chappell, a beet which weighed 4 lbs. 15 oz, and some fine sweet potatoes. L. Webbf a peck of very large. fine Norton yams and a head of cabbage; weighing 8 lbs. John Gardiner, some fine Peer less potatoes- and a Mammoth Chili squash which weighed 19 lbs 5also a fine bunch of Teosnite 10 feet high ; Calvin Bobbins showed a stalk of Amber cane 13 feet high, and a cab bage 5 lbs. W.' D Townsend, some very fine turnips. H. F. Walter, a beet weighing 5 lbs. 12 bz. J. J isennett, a very large squasn and a fine tomato which was so tempting that - it got eaten before it could be weighed. Joseph Galleway two Bloomsdale early" Pearl onions 5 in ches in diameter and weighed li lbs. each also specimens of Kaffa corn atid'yellow millomaize i7;." This is the first attempt at show ing tne produce or our rarms, ana . 1 it'-'1' 1 though the display was small, we think we shall do better next year. as many allowed they, had as good truck at home. The members compared notes about crops and came to tne con clusion that in cotton the sandy land would do better than the stiff land, though there would not be near a full crop on eitneri uorn was tnougnt to - be not .nearly so good a crop as was at first expected. ? Yours truly, ' ' i-SEfcRETARY. ' In Brief, and to the Point. ' ''Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disorder' ed liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. . ri The human digestive apparatus is one of tbei most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, arid many other things which ought not to be,' have made the American peo ple a nation of dyspeptics, i But Greenrs August Flower has donej a wonderful work in reforming this sad . business and making the American people so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. - .. Remember : No happiness with out health. But Green's August Flower brings health, and happiness to the dyspeptic. Ask your drug gist for a bottle, Seventyifive cents llocKiNOHAM, Richmond County, N. C, September 29, 1887.. THROUGH SUFFERING, i ; What law is that which brines to us .Lilie s purest ana its Dest, But at the cost of bitter tears, And years of sad unrest? : What unseen hand oft tunes the heart .- To catch earth's sweetest strain , From broken strings; whose key-note lies in oeptlis of voiceless pain? Is it that sorrow has the power " 1 io make tne soul sublime, As water-lilies bloom snow-white From beds of foulest slime ? We cannot tell, yet while we know ' The flowers crushed, in death ' Lift ujj their hearts in ihoon-lit dusks, And yield their sweetest breath. v ' : . c Musa Dunn; THE NARROWS OF THE YAJKIN And the Rellgrion olSoathern Rovm Coanty. From the Statesville Landmark. From the springs my next' point is the Narrows, which are 25 or 30 miles right across Stanly county. It seems that nobody can tell me tho way and as I go on I do not wonder at it, for the roads fork about every 300 yards and it is just my luck tjJ take the wrong one every time, al- though I stop at every house I pass' for instructions. Sometimes I am in a public road and sometimes in a dim country road and. occasionally out of any road at all. I pass churches at a rate of somewhat less than 3 to a mile. If the religion of those peo ple may be judged by the number of their churches they must be "aw ful" religious. Most of them after I get in Stanly are methodists and Baptists, so I would feel perfectly at home if I could only keep in the road I wanted to go. And, by the way, Stanly is a bet ter county than it has the reputation in some sections of being. After a long, tedious drive I finally reach Palmerville, a little village that was named' after enme of the near rela tives of thoiPalmers -of Statesville. It is right close to the Narrows. At the Narrows the whole volume of the Yadkin river is condensed in to a channel about 75 feet wide and only 60 at the narrowest point, wherr a point, or rather a big rock, projects inward form either side. This narrow part is about a half a mile long and the water rushes through it with tremendous velocity and is indescribably rough and un even..- If we have any cranks that want to kill themselves by going through the rapids, in a barrel or otherwise, I think they can be ac commodated there without incurring the expense of a trip to Niagara. Between the river and the hill on each side is a flat from ten steps to 30 yards , wide that is covered with very large stones that look like they might have come there by the con slant washing away of the earth from the sides; It looks just like the mountain had in time past extended all. across the river and the river ran under it till it finally broke down and opened a cap, all the earth be ing washed; away and the rocks o course remaining, lhey are worn smooth by the water. Some smal ones that get in between the large ones and cannot eet out, but are continually washed by the water, very much resemble cannon balls When 1 tound the hrst one l ? was sure I had found a large cannon ball and began to wonder how came thera. - - Having seen all: I desired of the Narrows and the fidls some distance below, I began to retrace my steps and got along" much better than did going down. , After a long, lone some drive I get to Cabarrus and southern Rowan and fall in among the Lutherans and - German Reform s,"with a Methodist now and then ; but such a thing as a Baptis is riot known. Why, I tell you, ok old people here never saw a person bap tised by immersion and some them" don't believe that Such a thing is actually done. They tbink a child should be train ed up in . 'the way he should go in stead of being allowed to go on in all sorts of deviltry until he is 25 or 30 years old and then upon a profession take him into full fellowship at once. ,They will take communion withjust any denomination calling themselves Christians just so they are in good standing in their own church. How strange 1 They think a Christian of any otber denomination can go to heaven as well as they can. ; . -They think that to be immersed, whether in a clear; running river or stagnant mud hole or even the mod ern baptistery is ridiculous, but that is the way they; were raised aud af-i ter all they are a good peoplo ' to be says that "the House of Representa among. " " " "r : ' " l tives shall be composed of members They don't take much stock in re- viVal meetings; in fact tbey don't know what they are. They never saw even 25-or 30 people shouting at onetime. They don't shout jat their meetings.; Their religion would ap- pear Tather cold and their big meet ings mighty dull to me. V Here is a good opening for some enterprising evangelist two or three revivalists that I could name with a corps of 25 or 30 to act the part of the congrega- tion, could draw a full house, at 50 cerits ' per head, if they would go through the'eountry and hold such revivals as I have seen and have a I baptising occasionally and be doing atgooa.worK .oesiaes. x wouia sug- gest that some of our home mission-lei anes organize such an outht and ote the proceeds over and above ex- J penses to the benefit of the orphans and the cause of missions. In the southern part of Rowan hese Lutherans and Verm an : Ke- brms have two large stone churches built nearly a hundred -years ago. I he stone is not split granite but I ust such rocks as could be picked up. unc aonj is cauea organ church from the fact .that an organ! r ' n II J was put in it so far back that nobody knows whn. The other (Grace) is I known as Lower Stone, it being two miles i belowihe other. 1 hey , are both lue buiidirigs but the interior j of V eacft. - has been overhauled and jxeb(jiiiQt'15 yaraioi)';! Mtleihe ocl pV pit, which Tthibk ought to be pre- servea as a renc, lying quisiue oi me i i.!J.l:.L" church. Its shape is just like an 8 1 square goblet. : The stem is about 6J high and the box 3 or 4 feet across nd about-that high, with a) great deal of moulding and ornamental work on it. When it was used the minister literally occupied ari exalt- ed position. It would certainly not be taken for a pulpit at this day. When these churches were built the I Dutch language waa spoken exclu- sivf-ly in the neighlorhood arid even I to this day il is spoken by "the old people in some families . when con-j stables, gin houses or any other out versing among themselves. I house. Build always on the south Over each of the three dooTs of Lower Stone there is a slate f stone about two feet square covered with letters. Here is a part of what is on one, which I suppose, to most of your readers will be as good' as the whole ZUR-EHRE GOTTES-IST. KIRCH WEICHE : IHR-AN-SAUT : VON- EINEM. VOLCK-SO-GOTT-ER, KENDT. UND-SICH- NACH-IE SOM. . CHRICTUM. ' NEND-TIE. Four or five miles below Salisbury I pass near by a two-story stone dwelliug house, 48 ft. by 30 ft., built as shown on the wall, by "Michael Uiaiu lAtuntsr a . w -. a.m.. l.n RinIrn in 17CftJi.n Ktin.' d red and twenty-orie years ago-and has been in possession of the family ever since and is now occupied bv iL. CAl. .i!.n .ro.. , XT'.. " V. . .. .. . ery nail used in ouuaing it was snop made, including those with which the shingles and plasterhig lathes were put on. TMr. R. L. Steele, of our town, vis ited this house last spring and his description of it corroborates the above. Ed. Rocket, Women and the Ciut!tatton. The accounts of the reception held by the President in Philadelphia mentioned the fact that Lillie Dever- eaux Blake had placed in the Presi dent's hand a document from the National Woman Suffrage Associa- ciation. . It was "a protest against the unjust interpretation of the Con stitution." and reminds the Presi dent, the Governors and other Fed eral and State officials, that one-half the people who obey the Jaws of the! United States are unjustly denied all place or part in the body politic "In the midst of the pomps and glo ries of this; celebration," says the protest, "women are only onlookers, voiceless and unrepresented." r The officers of the association find that;, the Constitution has been vio lated because it claims to have been "ordained by ; the people," whereas one - half of the people the women- have no voice under it because it chosen by the people," whereas one- half of the people am women and yet they have never been permitted to vote for Congressmen ; because it declares "that the citizens of each State shall be entitled, to all the priv- ileges and immunities of citizens of the several States," and yet women, whom the United States Supreme Court has decided to be citizens, are denied the privilege of the ballot; and because,: although it is declared that the government shall be repub- lican in form, the very principle on which a republic is founded the election of its governors by its citi- Izens is not followed when women are not aiioweu to vote, "ihe re- tal of these facts," the petitioners de-Isay, "is the summary of a century of injustice." Now la the Time. From the Scotland Neck Democrat. rJow is tho time to fill 3our sta Jbles aud lots full of pine straw, oak leaves or any kind of straw or litter. If you do not do this now, you wilt not do it at all. Now is the time, 11" 1 ' tl tne accepiea ume.-to prepare your stables and shelters to protect your mules, oxen and cattle from the win ter winds, snows and sleets. If you do not do it now, you will not do it at all. And if you fail to protect your stock from the winter winds and snows you ought to be indicted for cruelty to laws will not p animals, and if the punish you for such a crime we feel sure the King of Kings Cf.M!i a. I . . l -l win. oeii interest ougnt to ieaa you to build warm sheds to protect your cattle. It will not take half the feed to winter stocK in warm sneds or stables that it will out of doors. Be sides, how can we be so cruel, wick ed and inhuman as to leave our stock out all winter in the weather? A cow that stands out all winter, will take all next summer to get her flesh back, if perchance she should live through the winter; It does not cost much to build these sh'eds. You can build them all around your barns, side if possible. If you can do no better, put up a plank fence nailed Ion perpendicularly, eight feet high, and break the joints with narrow strips, and have the fence in the shape of a half moon. Iet the fence face the south. A cow will give three times as much milk in the win ter kept in a warm stable as she will exposed to the cold winds. The same is true as to mules, horses and Other cattle so far as feed is concern ed and keeping fat. Half feed and warm " stables is much better than whole' feed and no stables. We know from experience, and life is too short and you are too old to try experiments. Better take our word and follow our advice in this matter. 1 Une JNortnern paper at least is nonest and outspoken about the negro question social equality among the races and how it is regard ed North and South. The Chicago Herald says: "The difference between the North and the South in this regard is here the negro enjoys pereel equality in theory and no equality in fart, while at the South both fact and theory agree in denying him equality and relega ting him to a sphere by himself. This he knows and understands, and ex pects nothing else. Asa consequence the Northern negro, being actually barred out of any actual socialcom merce with the Northern white, and not being specially encouraged to improve himself en his own account and by his own means, does nothing. He is an outcast and know it. At the South, on the contrary, he has his own society, and wishing or expect ing no other, he has improved itand improves himself in consequence. Northern sentiment is vitiated by a moral color-blindness which amounts to hypocrisy that does no one any s ood and does the uegroes much arm. ;.;" .' ' Subscribe for The Rocket. all TJM$iOYeaTm Advance: No. 39. - ; Hot m Fol--A Frotectloniat. 4 From the Cincinnati Enquirer, v V' - ,.- I witnessed anamusinpisode on the station platform at ; Niler the ot hey, evening Awhile waiting for , a train. A dozen citfeens, Ui& most of them, a pparently workingmerr from; the mills, VweTestandirie 'arourid; when a Yankee drummer, put in.au, appearance arid said :, t -", 'v'V.i. "I should like to know if. .there are any Jim Blaine men arounijeret;. :; "Certainly we are all J(pr Jim Blaine 1" came.bak.m&ohsv "Glad to hear iU ou are the kiri(T of bovs I like to meet,"-.said the, drummer and he shqolg, Jiaods with: "We are for Blaise ofiMairieRd protection," said, one, and then trirpt mg to a siranger.wnqrseemeupao sorbed in his cigar, he irigmreCi' 'Aren't you . lor jJiaine and pro tection?" - . .- : : ..;v.r "I suppose so. Protection insures everybody high wages and plenty of monev, doesn t it i "That's it." , . "Then I'm for protection, and d n a man who says it doesn't make us - all rich, happy and con tented." "Now you're talking," said a half a dozen. "You never have any strikes here, do you?" "Oh yes, very frequently. One of our biggest mills is closed now on account of the coke strike." . "Strikes are all wrong." -"Not much, they are all right." "But what makes you strike ?" ".Because tney try to put us on starvation wages. "Who?" "The mill owners." "But they-can't do that." "Why jcan't they?" "Because protection won't le them." "The mischief it won t. You work in the mills awhile and you'll find out differently. If all the manufac turing establishments in this country were run to their full capacity for 1 year it would take three years to consume the product. As soon as a big stock is made up they begin to grind down our wages and we have to strike to prevent be ing pufcat the starvation point." "You must be mistaken,". said the cynic. "How mistaken? Don't I know what my own experience is? Tell me how I am mistaken." "Why, wages are high high all the time." , "You must be crazy." "Perhaps I am, but then I am a thorough protectionist and believe in it. Now, doesn't the protective tariff secure the best wages for the workingman?" "Yes." "And don't we have protection right along?" "Yes." "Well then, I must' be right when I tell you that wages are good good all the time, and there can't be any thing else while theprotection lasts ?" "Do you know what I tkink you are?' "I do not," responded the cynical stranger. "You are a d d fool." "Oh, no 1 I'm a protectionist 1" Come by all Mesne. - From the Wilmington Messenger. It is understood that Gov. Fitz- hugh Lee, of Virginia, has been in vited to attend the State Fair at Raleieh and to deliver an address It is hoped. that the distinguished Vireinian may be able to come. . Governor Fitzhugh Lee is a man of the people, and has about as much Sturdy common sense as any man in this country. He is no fancy farmer who makes crops on paper. He has had hisownband to the plow at times, and he knows how to rurt a straight furrow as well as the next. North Carolinians would be glad to welcome the Governor to their State. He is one i of the unterrified Democrats in" whom our souls de lisht He is as-true as steel to the South and to the party, and he will find plenty of friends if he honors us with a visit. If you are not a subscriber tcxTuz Rock ET, send us your name at once: Haying recently puba firs class outfit, we are . prepare4 to do;$ kinds of , PLAIK AND, FACY nWe'cIioSe:foflongclerit tide from the itoriajf col unii ; thataiuSlO'Mterflcfpri rial i:el3&rm; cohfjriieridlt8: truths to the difefdl -oT.our readers : ; ifF6r ten years past thc piargin bc-y tween ;the market, vaiue of most : " . , kinds, of farm produce and . its cqstv.i ; tr.qwing-;,;ihe price ot tarm lands in, : the" middle and eastern States ' has . , been at a stand-stillj or decreasing, ' arid the time lias come , when farm-. ers -everywhere arc crying "there's-: nothing in farming 1" thus ' Jntensi- v . -fyirigy their influence the spirit of , iiri rest 'which is driving the brightest p '' -: ,; of our youDg men from the farm-and ' r lpto5 the already overcrowded pro- fissions, arid thetime is liot faris- v i thri" judging by present indications ' V wh.ert the country at large will pass through New England's .. experience vr. fi in the transfer of a large proportion vg ; of its farms into the hands of c for ;: eigners, and the further depreciation " in value of the remainder.. - V. ; ; ; v iNow, we believe there is one way y and only one way by which this con-'; ;. -sOmmation may be -ayoided,r' and ' tliat is . by" the better education of farmers, both as farmers and as citi- ' , ..... ...,. - . . - sens. That legislation is largely ma- -nipulated in the interests of other classes and against the interests of farmers is a fact too patent for de-? ' .." nial ; but there-is no one so much y to blame for this as the farmer. Let . 'Z--fariners obtain that broad knowledge of human affairs which shall enable- 'yj' them to understand and appreciate the relative importance of their call- ing among dtber human industries ,: ' and its just and equitable rights ; . let them unitedly assert and main- . ; y tain these rights at the-ballot-box and agriculture will have taken the' grandest upward step its history has. ever known. But before farmers can. act effectively in this matter they " must act intelligently. We have al ready had too much bungling by half-educated legislators ; too much. , hoodwinking of sucb by sharpers, who had their special axes to grind . too much throwing of sops to the farmer to keep him. still while acts of vital importance to his business were being quietly passed ; aud, too i much of that practice by which dem agogues have managed to keep the farmer vote divided by raking over the ashes of dead issues.- How long will we be missed when we are gone? Not long. The best v and most useful of us will sooirbe forgotten. Those who are to-day filling a large place in the world's regard will pass away from the re membrance of man in a few months or, at the furthest, in' a few years, aftervtbe grave is covered over our remains. We are shedding tears over a new made grave, and wildly cry-, ing out in our grief that the loss is irreparable ; yet in a short time tho tendrils of love have entwined around other supports and we no longer . miss the one who is gone. So passes the world. But there are those to whom a loss is beyond a .repair,: There are men from whose memories no woman's smile can chase the re collections of the sweet face which, has given up all its beauty at deatba icy touch. There'a re women whose plighted faith extends beyond. the grave, and drives away as profane those who would entice them from' a worship of their buried love. Such loyalty, however, is hidden away from the public gaze. The, world sweeps on beside and around them, and cares not to look upon unqb truding grief. It carves a line and v rears a stone over the dead, and hat tens affay to offer Horn age to the. . living. Wilson Mirror! "Lay thy sweet hands in mine,". V !, he said but she only" temarked that " r she had neuralglariifrid mustvjfiold her head He gaveibeSalvatiOaPil 4 2 and. now he holds Her sweet bodsf by the hour... ;' '.. r.'-V' ; From almost every section-vqf he-VV V'., State come reports of 'a generat iriP .;J v: provemeni oi tne neann oi our peon pie due no doubt to" the influence of Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup wbifih CQStfc oniv zo cents, , - . 1 .'. .. . : I V:'-' A l:4 -. -

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