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Hi !d . P ... I in ii I . - vi ill ti 's.-v i 4-1 y - vvv in iti if i ill i i . -ill ii i i r i i r i iii i & a f 7 r ; sy.,.v VOL. VII. L-"w mii -r.rrrz . . . .ji?j.ir--'7jji.iA.Tri i HIT '"l"h7W-' ":' ""- f , M I "i r,.'n ,,T ... PRO EESSIONAECARDS. : J. W. HARRIS, M D. Physician, Surgeon and Obstetrician.. Offtrs his professional services t ft the cia ol Kuiherfordmti ntid vicinity. A.p cases 'entrusted to his care will-deceive ' ttvnipt attention. . ;- He may l found at his Office or Residence when not woe.sicu;51y 'absent. 1 ly OLIVER HICKS, M. D., liUTITEIiFOKDTON, ' N; C. Continues the prac tics of Medicine, gnrgery and Midwifery," in Ittither fordton, and the surrounding conn try. oO-ly. SL G.4ITHKK. GAlTIIElt J NO. GRAY BVXUM. & BYNUM, AXTOaNKVS AT LAW, - MtlRU 4NTON, N". C Practice in the Federal X'ourts, Supreme Court I't XoU'1 (,J' ,'li";, "lid in the ('ouniifs otC;itrtwbH, '!a!dwel!. Kuliierlord, MeDowell, IUn.li-iSun, .Mitchell .ml Variety. CoIli-ciii'iiJ made iii any part of the State. ". ' :;8:1y COX, SURGEON AND Dentist. RUTIIEHFORDTOX, N. DR. J. A. IIAGU Physician and Surgeon Bavin ta-afod at "lluthcrfordton. N. C, re iioctfnlly Vciid is hi-t Proiesnioitnl ifi vtcij to iW citizens of the Vil!;ire ;uid jrirroniidinr country,. ;iad uooe- to merit a puft f their 1HL J. L. UUCKEK, . ; P.'fYintAN ANT) SUUPiPiOX, ' r(!il kr. ho lit .era 1 itiovViire IhvoIo Joi rtNiSxi), ?.) hs. ly pjimipl JtUnlion to Vi'mlK to merit a conthiuiujct of tLe .same: . ti J. B. CAUI'KKTERf . atto'rnky AT 'LAW, Kc 'THERFORpfOX, N. f. C'ilfc' if ns j romj try attf itded lo. J ii- M. TI. JUSTICE, " ATTOUXF.Y At LAW, Wil! r;)c1'v in the a ttd 1 Ith .iu tieia'l Fnperior Courts of the Districts, in the .u- j.U'ai.-u!t it Nrth .Carolina, .'uid in the Fnlt-nd Court."", at SluW-sulle and Ashevillf. . G-i HOTELS. XL c. ;! CHIMNEY KOCK HOTEL. f The under signed hnvinsr iokM OdLeoirrol i- r f tliij old and favralily known I! till -e. on llwe Hickory Nut Gap Turnpike. 17 niih-s k ' t' Hothr rf .rdthii and 2:J in rex east of Asheyille. ri-spwi iu.lv H't.iiie !eajtuie seek is. and Hie ' trstvflhii' pniillc UUt he: 'R fully t. V'P"1!0 to irec an:i-odat Uiern. ' 3t i un!Hre- rj lo 'ute thai t Ids pl..ce". in the iiiidstol tin ; . linwl ictiery"iu ?Htern o: ih O iroMin. and - pirnoii CHirinx vtlifr heaM or pleasuie. will tiisd no bet ft r place to ', .while way ihe mnincr moutlii My tortiin slialt reason- ; ble. and no ptiun will ie sp trud to make ftutut eoiuloria bis. Give we a caH. ' ': IC-it J. M. JUSTICK. ; ' CHARLOTTE HOTEL, t; ClLAKLOTTK, K. C. i v W. M. Matthews & Son. ;; y ' I THE RURNETT HOUSE, 1' RUTHERFORDTON, K C. i J Ih iopeu lor ihe tic onmiodntitM: of the L'i'avtjiiiip public, and with co d fare, atten- .? 3 t'vicrvMiit. und crixitl jptablea and teed tor i . i'ij . or8vii the proprietor as-ks a share of patron If .,ire. ;l- C. LUHXKTT. if ' U-iy Ft rittcir. BUCK HOTEL , ! AS'IKVILI.E, X. O., . R..M. DEAVER, Proprietor. ,'roakd se.oo rrji da v. lCtf HI WIIWI li !! BUSINESS CARDS. FASHIONABLE TAtLOR, Main St, Oiyctsitt; Vie Bvi nttt Iluute, LcTiiLitFOtanox, X. 0. - All york ct aiul made warranted to Fit. jCleaiUn a4 reiriiiir ioc' at hort. notice. A-atest Sljle Fasnton Tltes always on hand. tST" fJrders Iroui a distance promptly at- ndcd to. 44-ly, SIDES ! HIDES! ! IDEsYT! lli hiv'hent inarkel pr'ces p;dd Ar Green Dry Hides i ." 28-u. y. D. M kY A CO. WESTERN STA R L 0DGE No. Ol- A- F. 1J.. Met reeularlv ou the lnt JMonchiv tiaht n eachjmonih. Tutsditys oftiperioc Courts, i'd on the Fesiivala-ot tle St. John. . t 1 G. M. 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Agents procuring advertise ments, will be allowed a reasonable commission. ' 7 Special arrangements, when electrotypes are furnished. ; " : 1 . ObjeGtionable adyertusements, such as will injure onr readers, or tbe character of the paperas a high toned journal," will not be inserted. X" Any further information will be given on application to the pub Jishers - - ' - -". . ' ; IVoiri the Lincoln Progr ess. T m CoIHsis f n ii T his ::.'! iss izauiioaK in io!iiical SSifory. Teacher Well -Tonimv, my nov, I want von to come un here- and tell the voters .of the '9th "Ju dicial District, not wliat you know about farming,"4 -but what k 1 , , . -..inl- V.TTC I 1 tl ICC has 'taught y(u in the political field: Tom Well sir, in 18G1 there whs roat coinjolHui iii the laud about,. Recession and anti-feces-sion ; and many violent spirits w ere ? uoi 1 i u'g fo r a 11 k'l it w hen as vet no" enemy could be f'ouudi At.d I do not know whether it was because thar 41 they were a Jit! lo hifne: that thev Kail started so earlv," or whetlier they became short-winded and blew out betnre the South'!rn soil was actually in- i . i. 1)... (. . if j.i tli vauea or nor. uui u u:- n i nun., sime of them after fighting all ti e women and children in the land with their blood and thuu dor blasts, anJ threatening to u rai?e a company of boys from the foot of K'hilt's Mountain, and l ! el 1 1 to vl tip North 1 rolina.out of the Union if she did not se c do," suddenly subsided," and nevci more donned a martial air, except as assistant in, the Com missary 'department of X. C, un der -Col. Wm. Johnston for a short time in the year I8C1. . Teacher Well . Thomas, can yon remember the vmne of any one so valiant at that time, as you have above stated ? Tom Yes sir, I s'nould pay my memory a very poor compliment to sav that I could everforget the fiery' zeal displayed by. Dadd Sche.nf'k iirnnrsua linir every 1 ody to the front "to meet the enemy whnni he had been so lately rro- yoking upon us. Teacher Well, David march ed out as his'namesake of old, in front of the soldiers he had pur sua led mto.it? Did he not ? rp;ni I rather think not, but some how it occurs to methar there was some ditierenceof opin ion between David and the Mili tary Board which had two milita ry organizations in charge, as to he piopi iety of risking his car cass in the field, or remaining in a nice Iwml) proof commissary's place hi lialeigh, where tlvere was no danger of a stray UvnJ bullet deiirivinir the camns 'of instruction his valuable services in -dealing out rations of bacon. . Teacher Well, how did this contixrwrsy between him and the military board termiuate? I sup pose of course he succeedejd in prevading upon them to let him go i Tom I do not understand what jou mean by let him gaJ' BE SURE YOU ABE RIGHT AND IERFORDTON, ror mv recolleetinn 1 io in Aj .Aia line wise that Coi. Wm. Johnston appointed him at the instance of his friends and submitted to the board, and they declined to con firm the appointment, upon the ground that it would be paying a very poor tribute to his "recent gallant and patriotic speeches, and that the policy of the State should be not to hold back its chicafrif from glory, but to allow all the 44 bloods" a chance to distin guish themselves by deeds in the tield as well as by so much shoot ing off ,of their mouths at their tardy neighbors. ' ' Teacher What! vou do not mean to state this fiery David's ardor had so soon cooled down that he was willingio allow Col. Johnston to hidehim behind a si tie of bacon and a poke of flour. Tom I do' not knew w liether he was willing or not ; but history bus it that Col. Johnston through the influence of himself and other personal friends succeeded in get ting the appointment confirmed, and the Colonel says he did not hesitate to serve when lie notified him ofihe boards action. MintWe dictu ! Alter this Not drum did he hear, nor a bugle's note While he bravely , defended the .- nation, , Rut his little was won 'like picking a mote, -v "While deahng cut bacon by ration. X Teacher Wei f, did lie fight it out on this line during the whole war ? . To hi Xo sir, this department was abolished sifter awhile, v I Teacher Well, then I knoioMa went to the front ? Lmn vance on his own 'people as some kind of confiscation conmrisxioiier to collect debts 'dire by Southern ."'to North.ern nien - for the Confeder ate States. Merchants and all kinds of business men have a lively recollection of this collec tion. ; . ' To u-her Ah. well ! ves. his fovr had not come Cyou know Thomas,- as is said ' there is a ti'tie for all. tlnngs, that was all right. He did at some time propose to go, did tic not? . Tom- I do not know, but have heard that General Hoke said that ?,t one time some of these ofii c e rs (I believe, they were cal led conseri pt ofii ccrs) got to moving ahou t here rat he r regardless, and David the cx-commissionary took it into his liead that it might he well for Gen end Hoke to prepare him a so ft place iu caie one of these offi cers shoti Id think it meant tliat he should take a turn at eating as well as dealing rations. Teacher Did General Hoke do anything for him ? Tom I presunm not, and that with his usual' adroitness David managed not to need any a?sis tanve of this kind any more dur ing that terrible struggle which c st so manv of our best men their lives. ' . ' ... . ., , Teacher Well, well, well, and von sav lie never was in a battle '.'during the whole war, after all. his abuse ot those, who tooc .a utile time to deliberate' before" taking so serious a step, calling more prudent men, who when they did make up their minds Went in. ami fought it out to the bitter end, or fell in defence of the principles they had espoused, "submission-1 ists.1' ;.'.-;-u;''-v.-'.:: Tom ITes sir, " 'tis true, 'tis pity, and pity ?tis true." Teacher Well since the "late unpleasantness" do you think that lie is still imbued with the belief that 44 the post of honor is the private station ?" t Tom It appears far otherwise, and he torgets that Gen. Hill used to say almut f u rlou ghs, " shooters before tootenj." and has been upon al I occasions since the war blow ing his own trumpet, much to the disgust of the tr ue soltMe rs Teacher Have you always vo ted with the Democratic Conser vative party? Tom Dat ish dekinds o man I ish. THEX Oft AWBA-n"TW N. Political History. TOM COLLINS OX RECITATIOX- 2. Teacher When was the Demo cratic Conservative party ofo-an-ized? ' X ' Tom It was organized, David Schenck informs rrte, on the 5th day of April 1868. - , Teacher What election ; was held about that time, arid which side did this ' party es pouse ? Tom The adoption or rejec tion of the present abomimable constitution. And the party was much exercised in trying to pre- veur me auopuon. Teaeher Have you heard of any one, and who was it, who did not come out against the consti tution until after the Republicans had made' all their nominations ? Tom Yes sir, I heard it was David Schench, Teacher Did a general election take place in Augutt oMSGS? Tom Yes sir. Teacher Of whom is it report ed that he inquired of a prominent Republican, if his party would support him, if lie should run for solicitor ? Tom David Schenck. Teaeher -Who, wTas the Dctno cartie Conservation imminecior Cpn gress in this district in 1870? Tom Frank Shober. - Teacher Who voted'' against Shober on a irittai-1kfiet,'-and'iio. against Iviueaid fiiCytConservqtiye candidate for theLcgisature ? Tom David Schenck. Teacher Who in 1871 in structed Gov. Caldwell to call a convention to pass upon the above mention -constitution,, and strike out its obnoxious and oppressi ye rp yyi ' i j.tin -xne ivuiiativuuvu i leg islature). ? Sr Teacher Who wrote to Gov. Caldwell, atter he had refused to issue his proclamation calling this convention and approved of his course. Tom David Schenck. Teacher Are you sure this is the same constitution which Mr. Schenck is saul to vhave ' had his speech written out to take the stump in defence of in 1808? Tom -A very prominent Re publican so informs me. Teaeher Who declared to Col. Jno. E. Brown that he would not vote for. Judge Shipp if he got the nomination, but that he might vote for J. II. Wilson if ho got iu fairly ? Tom David Schenck. " Teacher Who asked Col. Brown why he had made this statement? - Tom David Schenck. Teacher Whom did Col. Brown tell that he had made it aecordiiisr'to"' wdiat David Schenck told him ? ; Tom-r-Da rid Schenck. Teacher What reply did Da vid make ? Tom He said, 44 Col. Brown vou misunderstood me. ; I meant r would not vote for him for the nomination." Teaeher What was Col. Brown's reply ? Tom He" said, why Mr Schenck you certainly didnqlmcan that, for he was y nrr only promi nent opponent, and it would have been idle till k in us to have been speaking of your supporting him for the nominaton. - Teacher How could he have voted for him for the nomination? Was he a delegate from any town ship in the district ? member in anv manner whatever f 111 jt. . sir. lie was not a of the conventimi, consequently had no more support to give Judge Shipp 'th-jre than T ; had, who was not a member either. Teacher How do you define Ins position here? - Tom I understand, the un compromising Union Editor of the Southern Home, (and I believe he is quoted as the beat of au thority in matters of this kind) denominates him a "bolter by an ticipation" and I do not think I can improve on the definition. Teacher What do he, and bis r - X triendly newspap"er3 caH those who vote aginst him? Tom Since the ring master has applied the party lash so hea vily to no purpose, I have heard of thei r being cal led "bolters" Teacher -Do you consider that these gentlemen have gone out of the party, or are, they willing to support any other man thamtkis "boiler by anticipation." ; Tom No, not. at all, they stand ready to fall into the support of any otlier man. Teacher Do they think that David Schenck " favrbj1 as he said about Mr. J Ii. Wilson, got the nomination ? - Tom They do not, and at said about Judge Shipp they 'Will not support him under any circum stances." Teacher Do von think the newspapers so-called Conserva five are 44 toteing fiiir." Tom I do not r-they " itru try ing to stifle public sentiment by pretending tlrat David has hut a small opposition in the district Teacher Do you think the people will be deceived by them ? I Tom Not to any great extent. Our people" are becoming bolder and more ' independent, and go ing to try the experiment of thinking a little themselves in stead ot being used altogether for personal pretermcnt of a few self styled leaders. It ; is high time that the honest yeomanrv of the 'country were asserting their in alienable rights of free thought and free action and1 adopting the noble sentiment of Mr. William J; Yates in the Charlotte Demo crat some time since Where he -AneiTTneT-TjrTmyTrr silently submits to what he knows to -be.wrong.is a party slave, un worthy the name of man. JJooN lickers and selfish creatucrs who are dependent on party for sup port, or who want to carry favor with olhce holders ana pretcnaea leaders, may submit to the party lash, but honest men never will. Teaeher hat do you think of this charge, which" some of the naiiers have brought againts Col. John F.TIoke, of taking advan tage of thissquabble in the party to nush iiis own selfish interests Tom There is no truth in that whatever. Col. Hoke is known to be a high-toned gentlendy. and a true Conservative. He did not consent to run nntil URGED by man y of the 1 eadi n g Conserva tive v many of them delegates to t ho J a h col n to n co nven t i on . He sa vs. to-day be will- wi thd raw whenever his fliexds think he should do so. Teacher When do you think h i s f ri ends w il I advise him to withdraw? ;. Tom Not so long as Schenck tries to for.ee himself upon the peorde claiming to be their nom inee ! ' iTeatrher Have V o u r can Sehenek's card in the 4-01iarlotte Observer" detending hU claim to the nomination, and what do you think of it ? , Tout I have read it, and read it entirely too ' caref idly for him, if yon tnmiv tne auuieuce win ocai with me a littb while I will ex pose some of its fallacies. Tach e vVn ceel. A a.uy () f the people sayjthis is the first time they have haofanl opportunity of hearing an ythir.'u on this siJe o! the question. Tlie papers only five them the Partial Schenck View, of it. 'y : . Tom. Taking the statements in Sehenek's f card" fortheVrtith, lone would easily arrive the con clusion "that he " wis fairly nomi nated according to any method-of calcubUion, carrying a majority of the representative cotes, 5, t 3 Tor Judge Shipp a majority of Itte lTer rimon rote, a majority f the town ships and a majority of the counties." This is pretty nearly the same l.mVfii.T-k in t.bir Ii ScniPlii'k him. lannuajre in which Sclienck him self sum 8 up his plausable conclu sion in his own favor in his late " card " and if the facts would justify his figures, the case would be a strong one. But unfortun- NO. Si; : ..... ately for the self-styled " nornU. nee of the partj-," his parade of iciLO iirvo llio otUlVIIlCllln ill geil f era I mnst be taken figuratively, or i as more hypothetic claim laekinsr the essential foundation of truth. ' And I, will now proceed to givo" yon a fair exposition of this card, and I hope you will note careful ly the points made. Schenck as oj io uKiimo nuniniiiiiuu WHS fC gu Iar," because made fn accord. nace with 44 all of. the precedents of the Conservative party.' That party, he adds was first organized in April 1868. So, his search for precedent extends backward bare ly six 'years ! How little weight can be claimed for a precedent devised from the unsettled and shitting political manoonvcrs of the past six years! Why not ad mit the truth, that the Conservn five party is merely the, Whig' aind old Democratic party associat. 4(Mt4cir-tbxiauie orcornserva tivc for important patriotic purr poses ; and that if we would as certain the party precedent, we mnst examine the records of those parties, not the undetermined ac tion of the temporary coalition, the so-colled Conservative party. The truth is that since the war the counties have been in the ha; bit of instructing-their deletrates to district conventions ; therefore liiu priiuaoiu cnoico or mo con vention bemg known weeks be- fpre hand, the del elates consider ed it not worthwhile to insist on. the old party rule of a two-thirds vote. In cases where thero is gpea t n .n an i m i ty , the two-thirds, rule is of course superfluous einc thje object in establishing that rule! was to Rftciirfi a f-nnflirlntr Tvhrtt party. 'Will any one unvthat it is a good rule: mat it ls.tne best rule to preserve partv harmo ny? That if it had been adopted at Lmcolnton we should nave harmony in this Judicial District;, We will sav further or this sub- ject that both Col. -Hoke and t I a Jndfre Shipp instructed their friends to advocate that rule though it would lay them both on the. shelf alone with Schenck. But $chcnck was hot so self-sacrifie ing. No, nor so Conservative. He (Teclared to more than one per son that he would neither give way, nor vote for. Judge Shipp or , TT T I." 1.1-- rl K,v.,l.l VOI. xlOKe ir eiiiiei oi iiicru ouiu be nominated. Now, whose con duct looks the fairest under thin light that of Mr. Schenck or of Mr. Sliipp and Hoke. Schenck'a newspaper organs and peripatetic hofii-blowers clamor very loudly for "harmony" and talk of sur rendering private feelings to par ty fealty; bat when fold .in the Liucolnton convention that they would disrupt the party by forcing ; i . .i ..j.i.. an onnoxious imu unwunay can- Aitlntr iirri ?f x1ijtn o nnno 1 trl tb, surrender private feelings and unite upon Hon. J. Harrey WiK son, Hon. II. W. Guion, Maj. Dowd, or any other .competent man (the Shipp andHoke men. freely offered to support any wory thy candidate) they refused to yield an inch, and were for 4!Sehetfek or disruption of the party." Iut let us proceed wita Sehenck's card." He claims ft majoritvof the numerical strength of the district and figvires op 1076 votes over Judge Shipp. To get j this majority he claims every XJon- j sejwatjve vote in PoTk J every: Censer art ve in Cleaveland ! eve- j Conservative vote in Lmcoml ery Conservative votein Gas w I eveiy Conservative vote in j ev toi Cabarrus! -- I v-; '';---r.-;- 1 Will tlie people of these coun- j ilea pnTlorse a.nian utiiltv of as I sorting such a chiimis th w ? That f Ive does assert it may be seen in S his V Card." When he claims i the full conservative strength of the five counties, and summing up: claims a majority of 107G over Judge Shipp. Let us ponctnre this pretty bladder of arrogance he has blown up. He claims all of polk county -224 conservative votes. Now, Hoke's popularity: in Polk has been admitted for years, and it Was confidently be. - continued on joueth page. "