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, DEVOTED TO THE UTTEBESTS OF, COUTHPOUT AIID BBTOST7ICIT COTJIITY. 4 VOL- 20; SOUTH POUT, X C, TIIUILSDAY. JUL V ! 1 0, 1 800. PlllCE FIVK CENT. TO CLOSE OUT. In order to close out some lines of goods, we arc offering them, low down. Some at Wholesale Prices and some at Cost. We also call the Ladies attention to the Open-WoA Corset. Just the thing for summer wear.! a new lot of STOVES TO ARRIVE. PACKAGE OF BONETA. The Great Insect Nihilist. Fresh G roceries nKg?JZKii a TIIKIi: A: IU AIMv. DO YOU WANT of uny kind, or ; 't V Iv 1 J J J If O In ull the LATEST STYLES, if so, call ou DOSHER, ST. GE0RG3E & CO,. Tley nls liitve a i'ulL Soe.k of. CiriiOKil UIercliaiiIL;e Ship -Cluwidlery, HARD WARE. ETC.,1 -;i TRY hi CELERY TONIC' BITTERS. -:o:- SIKS. S. C. WEST; of firand Itoobls, Mirli., Says. 1 ush1 youn Celery Tonic Bittrs for Sick and Xt-rvous Headache.: It has relieve!, me of. both., n-LHRV TAHI.irrS for the nerves and breath. ;i:iJRV IMLLS for the nerves. For Sale, at the DRUG HTORK '4 l. I. WATSVN; 31. 1 Prop. M. FARdl SS0N, Civil Engineer and Contractor. SOt Til POUT. NV t?. STIAllT HOUSE S0UTHP0ET, N. C. OPKX ALL THE EAR K0PN1. A. 1-1 PE'rmtsox. 0USE MOVER f C0NT11 ACTOR. SOUTH POUT, X. C. ; - - - I PYTHAGORAS LODGE, No. 249 l M j icatitm '(Li rrnoJ 1 1 2 f I M " - alwavs welcoiri A. F. uud A. 31. Beirular Com muuk-ation 'iav m every iiu4itlu Visiting iirethren s. M. kouui.s, W.,1L v. R. ihisiikk swr PURE GROCERIES r n.. 1 WHY GO ELSEWHERE ; i whojii vou can buv at 'S JUST WHAT YOU WANT? THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. CALL. AND - BE t'OXVLNCED CHOICE GROCERIES, i : ' I ''.! : " ' : - ' 1 . . ' i ! (BOOTS AX1) SHOES f ' : i . i' I and the, Urgent assortment of. j ! i l ' ': 1 ' " 1' ' !' CIGARS AND TOBACCO are to lx found at ; JOET BELL'S NEW STOEE. ! J J ; i 4 1 ' ' 4 - ; R A C K ET ST 0 H E VNNOUXCEMEXT ? WJUIEKKBY -VNXOlTxbK TOf tW public that we haye,n hand ; iit additioitoour line ass. rted stck of hl)' ftil C -i At'piV wo ! cijw'l ijip v w tf i: GLASSWARE I and. HARDWARE. ! : ' ' a nice line o FAMILY GROCERIES tt Ivest Cash Priee.v We receive a fri'sli snpply off gKM;s evry week bv X. Y steamer, dirert ! froin the Hargain:IIo4ise. aud can givd tinparelleled indiieements in prii-vs. ! ! '-',:'- I ' v on vi nee vourseii ov iriyintr us h11. We -sell; fr siot casli and: t here- j I fore can give you but. bargains.! T. .T. Vi:SCOTT. -r t MIANK1NS & MITCH HLI. 1'eAlers in ! (iEXKRAL MKIU ltANDISK: ' also a.largt-st(H-k of. j n, 1 m . 4f ! I :UIgl'S, I OOaCCO, Mmil,; A:C. j 1 (irders Iheiv:sl hi"'..- ! : Tor Trash Meats " j r " I i " Pailtrv, Eggs, 'Etc.; Ice in' largo quan itipH. I 3UUTIIPORT ACAIEMY Rjy. Ih A. Dl'HOC. .V.M., PItLN:CilAI Mrs. IFWIF C DL'HOC J' 1 , J i PKKC KIT I tlCSS. :o:- ENGLISH BBANCHESr CLASSICS, SCIENCES, : M0DEEN LANGUAGES. S4Mil for Circular!. REAL ESTATE AXt FIRE IXSUlt AX OE. J j j ICeal KjjtatoKought and Sia u CnirtiijUii.! : j ' a J i Inanition j f fumA Tvpxtmz 1 nUiiwrtf aa4 UlrtV" . . crrinTr i ' WEEKS & SUITH. Corner Howe and Mwr Street. JOEY BELL OUR JGALA DAY. -:o j SOUTHPORT CELEBBATES INDE- PENDEKCE DAY. With the fUmdlnz f th UrcUrattota f Ilpr.l-ier An Orallua by PrC Ihiboe, t- M lUiwlnjc, MsJllnff , ml Hatrim lUtt-ra Kirr Work. Ma!r. Ktel July Fou rth was a ml letter day in the records of Southport's history. Every! nJy enjoyed! it. Every one had wmie iart in the various exercises ! of theday, therefore the great success, j The earlv laornini? was warm and clear I The fire cracker was .t dav hrei .So was the small boy, also the country! Here under the spreading branches cousin whojcaine to.', see how "old"uf !tJ,esV venerable joaks some of .Smithyille" would, act and if what the Lkadkh said would letrue. Ah usual i: ; the Lhadkk proved a true prophet. The first ilumljer- on. the program, the boat race rowinir. took wlaee j promptly at U a. m. In another col- uinn will be found details of the regatta j With the exception, of the races noth- inu in wa-v of a rtn,ar program took place until afternoon. Un Franklin .Jpiare was . erectetl a !arg rlHtf"n,- T1 s ornament.Hl I with hunting, flags and evergreens. 111 iroilt f tint IHIMr. TilMtform vvn si i .smaller ami lower one for the band. Shortly afterjl2.no p:. m. people la-gan ! to gather in the Square. Tiie old and j the young, the big and littlethe voting man 'with his tnr and tlm viiimtr mnn , t. out to sh? the sights and enjoy the tK'casion. X o one was missing. came. Visitors from tht ronntrv i v. r.. , i i " Visitors In 1 I U linnirtim nnrl iii-i n tr morewantetl tocome butwereuuable.it Howerer that may be. in this place j uom and prosjK.rity ot t he same .wer How mauv wi.e inhered in Franklin l'nd at this hour wa are brought face neigh lxr that. pervade tlm. fcne Square? A' fair estimate would prob- ably place the lrel. At 1 number atr eight hun- ochck. the aje Fcari s Silver Cornet Hand took their places. otN'mnir tilt? exfrcists Iwith u rriirnl . . . T7 i JT .1. Zi. 1. i . i march, ih triunipjial array, two by two, ' came fortv-tv6 voiniir liiiliiv- iirr. . si-ntmg the States of the Union. The M procession formed- at . the Academv i . . ;l. r o I Uuilding. about a llK-k f rom the stand in Frauklin Siuare, iuht to the accom- paninient of the inspiring music of the teband, marcluHl through, the crowd in tiie Spiare and took their plHuvs- on ! the high platform. On the samu plat form,, in front of the rotmg ladies were the speakers of the day. With a few. well chosen remarks Mnvor Watsn. (enel the xercises. at the j h.ncs Juid of the si tiosxs taSlcJ utlr. W, U. Fergurson4p.iple at yario.is te to offer prayer. Columbia," sung by the forty-two voung ladies, assisted bv Mr. V. S. Doslier'? organ" accompani- J ment, which wa!s well givenUnd the t'-ffet fine. T1h; leading of the Declara - tion ot JndetHMidence by . Mr. M. -. (V . . : . Uuthne. clearly heard by all, was en- thnsiasticallv i-ivmv-.h1 Tl.' iLn.l playetl "America.. J after which . the orator of the day; 1'rof. II. A. DuIkk- was imrolucel and gave the, oration,, Prof. 'Duljoc spoke as' lollows It is a glorious occasion which calls lis toii'I her to-dnv jiml it in r in;tlil.j 1 .', -I urn n uivii l IJ1 lH'IUC ill Ills w 1M1UI II ...... tr. . . ! j has seen fit to give us, refrhing the ,Hrt'iyc,stt,n'1- iwithgnitefulshowersjexMMisiveMl'by tluir impoyir-j 'iand &U this - moment tempering the j ished countrymen, or in! work worticj j ardor of the midday sun bv a genial cloud as meet in the interests of III artv We are here to commemorate the ! adoption by the fathers of the republic j of tli&t irnyit charter of our lili.T-fi.K ! to which you. have listened, which oc - , . r : - - " - - cunvd 1U years ago amid the ring ingof WIls. the bHniing of cannon, and thehtartyreioicingri of theiieonle. l By a hajniy coincidence, I have the ihoiior of addressing you at the very j J htur when that unaniimms vote was! I Uken and out flew the messenger 'boy I shouting, --King, ring! aud the Ull - jhian in the tower, grasping the rojn? Hirew lorth louder peals than he lial ever done leforej fulfilling the I Prophetic motto I which had so apUyJthiugs. jit 1 1 , - ..v... ajui !'Ivfi insi-rilMH iitir.i th.. l-.ll -,..,, u . -t "J " " " i. I was cast, Pruclaim liberty throughout the .land, and unto ail the" inhabitants 4" Th vric Ml rtiU Utt teMP1 of t,,e oM " Philadelphia.,. It was my privih-re to to se anl handle it, and; although. with the long crack- hich time hi made in it; it is no longer in ringing J order, it is a noble national relic. ' How appropriate and tniggestive is the spot which has been selfcted fort our celebration ! this Franklin Park, I dedicated to the .memory of ' that mighty genius, whasoihtmght - em - bracing heaven and earth, amid sub due lightning and tyrant' Frankliu! the wise iyt;llor and staunch patriot, a member of the committee of five lappointcd to draw up the declaration, j and oriicv whose influence both, at home - U ntri U iestaoiishment and to the '". recognition !of American independence. whicd doubtless witiiessed the events of I77C we. are carried liaek in thought! to revolutionary times. D.m't take that as a wild exaggeration. The live oak is ! of very slow growth, 1 Willi kt: 1 " t 1) fi i tritlt no ttio n t skirts of that crowd a ! irentleman who remembers climbing these trees ,50 years ago and he tells i me that, even then, their branches extended w.ll up towards the sky. Here, too, in sight of yonder insti - tution where the rising generation is I V . ' 1 t . . . ... . . f ...... ............ V ......C.l...... ...1 mg its humble appearance, that build ing gathcfrs within its walls an aspiring and ambitious youth, the future citizens of our country, from . whose rank may ansv. for aught we know, some states - men. in pliilosopliers, whose names jj i history shall proudly record, perha-ps ! States which helptnl to make a rejub j one. of our future l'iesideuts, or a lady! lie of Mexico and. of most of the States j of the White; House. I u Hii! il wlthi U,tx t,,B Lt a,ul in luu,re ot VuL unlr'' VIVll memoriis of theono and pleasant au- 1 tieijiatiuii of the other, crowd iqioii Lvf. iuos. , 1 ! 'i' i'Jie Declaration of Ajnerican Inde- i iwiidf.ncn :inirk( n nw Jiiiil fuiiiMV nr:i 1 i , . . ! in the history of the world, the era of Itiie advent f the tn'onle. Before that I time the tK-onle were made but verv 'littl le of. They made but little of part did themselves. Scarcely any they take,! or were they allowed, in the affairs of nations.. In history, they are seldom mentioned, the achieve ments ami fortunes of kings and nobles overshAdtw everything else. In spite of. the efforts of individual ? struggles of certa in noils of the world's historyt the, progress of lilierty -.has i lM.n n-iinfiillv slow and uncertain. The condition of . the great masses of the iieo'plej loth in ancient aud molern 1 times has always Ix-euJ ami atnonir i - . I j most of the presnt nations of Europe, j is still to a considerable extent, a sub- ..-.1: LJ ... ...at . J .'t , uMiiiiiiuuu i nit: win Ui . tiijuiiu "i o; - j ruling fauiily who cousider the nation ; as existing" for their sakes, made to le j ruled or taxel to supiMrt them and ad their relations in luxury and splen- .. . .' . . . . dor. i ! ! 1 j Vast, j num.KTs of the subjivt (l ! tlus' innii;iriliies art fnri-iL tn -tlttnin i f .1.1. , I i i ! i . . I- i'ni mtr.Fi uiv iri.inr iu l m-...uua V' 'f nation, and must ! supprtiHl in ' ithan idhnes.i the slaughtering of their j fellowmcn.. whenever king or ,. ' peror,: hi.SA; to indulge a love jof military glry, a ch-sire i.l r 'Veiiet;.r ! a iiassioii. for eidai-Lril dominions. As 1 ; - r : --- - -r - 1 tlw ' yi;iig Eins-nr of thrntaiiyv I whose own' active tl imposition U a con - f iant nienace to the eace of Enrol, ! remarket! with surprising candor afew days ago, fllow majiy ht fellows,' to whom mihiary service is j a drudgery, are compelled to sjcnd aSgreat'iartof their lives in it and have to be slaught- leretl in eauss for which they tl liot ! cart a button!" ; It seems strange that the world oid not mor4 quickly tim of j ihw u. .... . I . , iimigf. iu wruis iucreiiiie uiai mjch wi,.;.. ' i ...... tii - . . I . . . . . ; Wl j;' iliajvill(l PIKII4IU lVliilW ! themselves ( to 1; tvranuuu-d over by (such a' small ininontyl It seenwas if nd ftr, low-citizetw, let me I UiWmiglit-iiave realized their strength j Utt;.wtth all the vigor that I can tand asertI ilir rightL But what- j IV into tf rtrang j ide tliat tji fever may U the rauxs ti'hirh ltrdrr!,1y Vlf C-!ehrml Ilon;5ionly toa ti e i!iaficjit ion of tht inat!'ai of Uai.khid. it All u trne oi ererv period of the world's history tliat j liWrty has existed far more extensively tn the hearts and adjuration of the people than in their actual cuudition. It wasahappy da then, for America 5 and for the world, 'when cutting hnsei ! f rum the parent monarchy it became! free to '"work out iu ownnational des- tinv, to establish a free goveniment and to cultivate the arts of mao No other nation ever had such an original purjjofse. No other nation ever enjoyed such an ipiartirnitv of duveloping it pursuing it t n' own career without interference. I Sepa. rated from the rest of the world bv broad W-ans, wc a re not ob!ij-j-d to jtnv.nta'n large standing armiestomcet it te constant exinWure to attacks by ; neighboriug nations, or.t take part in con,;licts alnmt the balantv ot power, f 'j But if we would rightly estimate the ! j results of American indejieudentie, we j I ti f 1 1 1 kj - lukis 1 t inl eantu frtkj 1 ; C ircnl to our. own. country. IL j glance at the influence which this ,,a" j tion has exerttnl and is eXerting!on a constantly increasing scale in the inter- iests of liberty. It was largely the ex- j ample of America! which stimulated France to retlt against the long-en- tlureil tyranny of the l$ourlons, and to j j " 1 i - i j tear the feudal svstem,root and branch j rom her constitution. A mei ican! pre- j cedent ami American sympathy nerved i j mKlern (Jreece ti rise against! her j Turkisli oppressjrs, and the resultj was by laW paid III ' ; the recgniticiii of her ..independence.'' i It was the influence of the United , 1 of Snith Atnencii. It was the f ree- P' of . t,WJ last. of republics oi kmiii .America wiui iiuas oi popu lar government, that a few mouths !ago the people quietly j discharged t their "uionarch, and stablished a republic. And, although por;Iom IVnlro was a very respectable ruler, hand iersonally has.our sincere regrets, the Brazilians certainly have ourj sympathies and con gratulations in finding out, as wejlid in 1770, that the people. can just as well be their ownsovercijrns. .1 And lesides the actual establish ment of Republics, has not American influence been greatlv felt-in modera tiiig the temper ot European numarch ics? Vjnerican. ideaii hav! largely leavened old England,, and, without going into jarticulars, the England of to-lay, is according to leinir so extensively icr own. writers, Americanizel 1 like a popular that it is already inore iwveruinent under i the form of a 1 1:1 I monarchy, and the Inild prelicton bids fair to lx? one day realms that 1 i.il... : ---Ill .l... 1. 1 . ... I ' Hm r4n ' I nC" " i j a fn' 01 .vinenca ' shall 1x5 the-, laws iukI cusUmw of (Jri-at Britain." Ijook at even that most aI)solit and despotic of the monarchies of Eu I .1 I' f ropiMue nmpire 01 unssia. is u jin - UlilTerentto Americaa ripinion,. when 4 I only a short time g tTie i'z&r In' I qmstHl that Americans come and x- 1. : . -.'' i 'I - 1 i aini ior iiitiiim-iew me . jvuwiaii exile sA'stem in SiN'ria, to h- whether it really is the harsh and tvrann;ral system it is nirtsented. And tliis I 'nyitatin is U-ing accepts! hy the ret jpresemame 01 ynooi .mr -menn- in;fc Ilrs. This is, fellow-ci ti aiw, but a scant survey of tll3 f th? grand work tliat was ; , - - i i i j started at the time to 'which we look 1 to-lay. It was a mighty triumph j fr tiie liberty of mankind. It laiil tne foundation of a stately and u.wer- j i"g edifice, which the first builder if j thy cuuld lie amjmg 11s U-Iay, th'U j h4iorwI reTolnttonary fathers carr4y recognbs and as we run f!rk p" Me full enjoyment of tl, blewiig of liberty and prosjierity, l-t u honor the memorr and emulate the fjaril virtues of tlw who l,y tr wW Ulnin anil dfir if irn uriirt-j1 i!. i.l. ? -.'.. . . " . -. " . .. . . . . .... . f II rw- i i j Uimable benefiu fr theriw-lves ttd j I""1-? ! tion of our cwuntrr. Was th dt-ria COVTIXl'KO VS FOL'KTII rACIL S0UTHP0RT LAND ami IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. ;: t It 111 'i.S ?UV3Ta AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100,000. I it r I f Win 11 17ml llllllU" lVPlll j 1 M .VUll-ai U llUtl lAlcll CllcHtCr (ifcllltCCl l)V the State of North Carolina. $2 6; 000 i Subscribed. lUld amount rffiulrod OFFICE : Cor. Bay and Potts St. - FAYIMOX BUILDING. KOUTllPOltT, jf. C, . - For further imrtlctihini upply At tlii ofllce of the Comituur. W. 0. CURTIS,, Treasurer. .1 1 i . THE SOL'TUIMHtT ,: ... . ; -.... ' . Land iuhI r Iiuprovcnicnt COMPANY. OPFi:i VXHt KALK or LKAKK HOTEL BRUNSWICK i : E-" . 1 ' - Pleasantly situated on Itay struK, overlooking the harlor and in' right of the. Atlantic Ocean. Tli is Hotel is often! as equally well Jllitwj for Mimmer or winter Hotel. riaimrs leave uuuugion leave for Southirt twux'iach day. Vttr irtu-uUrs m to terms, ouf as aliove. THE SOUTIIFOIIT V' LAXD& I.M I'KOVliM li'.NT COMPAXY. 1 Have for sale desirable Lots in the city at reasonable prices. Also several tracts of land adjoining the city which wc con recommend to capitalists as bargains. ITon-residcnto chonld write for particulars. . Property managed tzr ncn residenta upon application Correspondence Solicited 1
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