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TUO-Y MAll'L DIRECTORY.
ails leave ad arrive &
place as follow: t
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Tom LlL8T3LLi;
eaves daily.,Suadaysexcepted,7 ara
-Arrive do
f Tor
do do
6. p. m.
lAsnBBono. '
"Lea res Tuesdays and Fridays 8 a m
-Ar. Wednesnay s ao Saturdays 6.20 dm
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Yoa TiAGGTOW.
Leaves Saturday ' 12, m.
Arrives Saturday 11,30, & m
Fob Bostick Mills.
-Leaves Mondays Wednesdays and
Friday-. -j . -" ' 1 ip.-ro.
fArrirea) do do-ao 11, a, m.
, 7";.;' 'r W C a"eth a era "T
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;Leav Mondays abd Thur.
.Arrives Wednes. and Tri. - 11. m.
Foe Colcmbia Factoet.
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leaves Wednesdays and Sat.l p,.
Arrives do j do .' 12,, p, hi.
Fok Albkrmiili. r
Leaves Tuesdays k Saturdays 7 atua.
Arrives do.j do. 4p, m.
F. M. Wakxbb, P. M.
OUR TIMBERS. J
The Winston P.cA 'e&tive Fat-
ner
truthfully -says t
mt "North
Caroljna is one of the best limber
ed States in America,
, 1 lie almndaucej but in
liol piiry in
the variety
f its growth. Nearly every tree
that grows in the Nortli American
forests is found! within her limits.
all f which flourish. f iFrora the
liaiidsof the scale ven to the summits
of her loftiest mountains tlie trav
eller may ride day after day
through a ynrigated foliago4such as
is seen noaherp upon the face of
t lie earth within the, same area.
And there is none of this wood
without its coniimercial value, some
Mof it very high. The white oak,
(,bickorj cypress, walnut, maple,
niittlvltrtlTft'ir'wQrUi wufe rep
utaiiou,and are shiped in large
quantities to meet' the demand in
our
own aim loreign couoirie.
There is doubtless great wealth
in North Carolina mines and beds
of ore,' valuable as they are ; Vut
there is vastly more in the forests
if properly cared for and guarded
as they -should Jbe. The tree that
el!s for a noniinal price to-day
will sell for thrpe or four times as
much a few years hence, if owners
have but the patience, to wait, and
the good senco not to give away
what they have or , needlessly de
siroy it to clearj new ground rath
er titan improve and cultivate the
old Better double the work on
the acres already nnder cultivation,
t:iid redeem the old fields than cut
lown trees to make new oiies.
"Until within a few years tast
M'paratively buffTittle value was
iput "tipdin)urTrest growth because
.f the lack of transportation, for
timber ; but additional railroad
liies, reaching in different drrec-
tions. have opened up new markets
nd made the timber much sought
rafter by mauufactureTS aind spi50-
lators, who are
getting pissessi
reaching out and
u of all they can,
onetime8 purchasing under con
wLrtctSj, giviiig them a long lerse of
'years in which to fell and remove
mix. They thus iiave ample time to
tit i I "ze or ijm cl u late u.in 1 heir
juu chase, as they choose, in either
event with fair! prosjieet of profit,
as the outlay by them is generally
mall. A ne vr lines of railroad
are built so will new, regions of
1 1 n ber be opened p and brought
iw i t h i iiSvach of market a nd ur-
chisers and speculators will turn
i ktbat direction. Our timber own-ah-ould
not be in a l irry tosell
at leasti&riule they, get a rea-
in able price. lit will pay to Jiold
1 tn..tttb. 3 wiW 1 C ay j Ijw'i.
k.w' i f ft oo i i 4ooT Ye oo . -y ' ' ' '
8 30 I 4.50 .! Ifl.lW W . .
3 75 COO : ASO-V 50 VArk.T
5.00 ; 7TV0 12.00 15.00 VAajrl." '" "
I BM 1000 I KM 1 2 00
10W 150 2a..10 1 37J ,
I a a: ru i f 'mi iwi I 4;vaa fl rr: ui I
1 ' stvoji-mrr
i i
Tbejn
,1 it, for thera is4io danger of tl
'r nitrket being overstocked, and 4io
iliijjf that aiercluui table timber,
5 1 ;ts is wanted, will not Iwing
&)4y' 'iHoe moueyj two, five,
or Ui years heuca than it dots new.
r 8 l 'V J Int i to holtl on to,
v it ir.il wis i
j?ts:i a jr de
mm
is i I i j
will take pretty coot I
of itself anrtil -a buyer conic
along who nll "offer a fair Drict
i ir it. - i
The "Hand Book of North Car
oriua' published ty tins Stuti
Agricultural Dqiartment in the
early part of the present year,
shows that our eotmty contains an
immense area of valuable timber
lands. We have oak- maid, wni-
nut and pine, the Iatler Wedomi-
natjng aud of the vtry bH for
building purposes. It is certain JoJ
ur. m nut that larein (lice : Mvnt
gomeryTa greatt wealth. All that
Ls need to develop "U and rapidly
1P-?apbuihl uj our county b a railrottd.
11 m I . ' - I -
Can we get it ? , ,
COMiHNICATIONS.
For the Vioetie
Jin Infant Criticism
Messrs. Editvt ft :
Iudeetl. this is a fat time ! Not
only can young men who know
aothing of the lilerary world fry P'e nd droffnd. Farmers, mer
thelr hand in the columns of our;cnantsV every body is gloomy. The
iR'Wspapors on reports of" "so-called ! croP of canditates and blackberries,
Commencementr ' 1T hurli whon!..
but even those whov have robbed
the topmost round f literary fame
condescend to come down h us in
ferior ; people, and comniMnicute
with us thitough mir cca ity1 paper.
If there is any thing that makesa
poor man proud it "w for a iHillion-
aire to step dowii from his 'mansion j
and come into bis humble cot r
tagc awd cimiuuiiicate witl,i him.
ooitja'witii us. We are trim toioels -di
j have j these great literati speak
j from their pintle of honor and
give us weet ; uoss ; of .. rttet- r
through the newnaMers. We're n-hid
to fee these revereiid critics J But j
i. :..!: 4 . mm . .
this is not common. There are not
many who have the -bravery io cri
ticise an unpolishM yuuih who is as
piring to literary famethey say he
will die soon eunugli without ttrL
iiHi. iutu.ereaiesome,anu oiieias
.? i i a. :i : ..... .i i .
sirucK me i inienuonai or uuimen
tioual I don't know which; but any
way, 1 iu struck, and I do not know
whether I'll--survive the blow or
not.
As long as "Shad," -whether it
is he, she or it, has talven this,
pnbjic occasion to criticise those
whom he terms - Bombastic young
writers, youn literary aspirants,
my young irienas, ami .me line,
would you allow aie a short space
for an answer,- in order ,to refute
some of thee criticisms.
He tells us "yoHng writers" nev
er to attach Professor" to the
teachers in our high schools with
whom "we have the honor of occa
sionally meeting. Must we wait
until he tells irs to do it, or shall
we ask him? He should have told
us these things. He says wait un
til yon have the authority Who
gives the authority ?
Our critic does ; not onlv criticise
us, but gxs out of -boumteawt telfei
us that' a great many men who are :
training the minds of our young
men and maidens, in the capacity ;
of high school teachers, have nev
er been sheltered through a single
rainstorm under, the roof of any.
oollege. To my mind this is" not
true. 'How mauy high ."school
teachers do you know in Mont
gomery county who have , never
attended; college? A nil yet, people
say it is the most ignorant county
in tire btate.
He tells us that he .'loves plain,
simple expressions; and yet he
soucbt tire whole citohu?e of
woixls in search of - Webster chok
ers. Our old wise s;ivsc 'I must
-a- mr
tell my young friends that coloring
beyoird the natural and real, fades
long before the type wili which it
iset." I tk thoe vvho witncss'ed
these exercises whether or not the
rejiorts which the YiDtrrrE cn
coutainetl exagerated lUeni ? When
ever "Shad" -says they do, he is
very unjust, ami the jniblx will
tell him so as quick as wv pen
does. Jf niy riling fades and. tiie
paper on which U is iulel decays,
there is one thing at 1eat that is
iaejibly written uon the mind of
oue living "Shad ;
He tells us, as rogs -can't lay
the Atlantic -cale so we, young
fools, can t pass jadgmcnl on a
man hs an tea tori i hi old "Sha
is j.'alons lec;ise the frogs cin ytll'or f ur appliciitions, it is Kaid, will
a little lmuler than he can.
- J I ouly expiejsed a rivale ouu
RaI
TROT, N. C,
on in regard to tle roan who de
iivere1aii .address,- and said that
4ie could -not i sarjnts-ietl as an
orator by any man in ihe State.
I haw iceii to piidlic atteririg8,
rtiramcuccmonts, &c,i Iv'e 1eard
North Carolina orators,7' eays he.
So have I, and tlicreAre I fay Vial
gemleinan is aa oratw.
I have written more than I ex
cehd but these are some things I
wanted Umuy to "Shad "and thoe
If an lM nUe.rmp wrote the
criticisnv I t haak hiru ; if a young
-tripling-. Which I prc-sume it was.
I say,
G it, my Uuby l Go it J"
f Oscar.
For tho Tidette.
TROU MECJCLEXJiURG.
JJkffiniws, N. C.
July 1st lfc.
Ifessrs. Editor:
I write to It t your readers know
that our wheat and oats crop is al
most a failure, and the -present pros
pect for corn and cotton is very gloomy.
Cotton in the smallest I erer saw itt
this time, and bottom corn is nowhere.
tnd stiHjt rains even the grass look's
owevrt is large.
It amuses and hurts me to meet
with a candidate who wants toSbe
"T1" ana aon K1107 noT: 7t
r ' 1 i 1 m a Ij
wawu v d v v aao w i m iiuvisi
gr'ins, and. it hurts me when he
ffqueeees my hand out of all shape. f
course if J was even a prospective
camdidate TM Ratfr inn irl if
woutM hurt so bad but having rather
an antipathy" to the office-seeking dis-'
position which some of our biggist
splay with so much zeal, 1
cant squeeze, from my heart, unless
I do it in self defence for I am begin-
, n,nS learn tnat a rascal. can grip as
I'tigatlyawd smile as gracefully as an
bonest man nd tht an honest man
is nearly as "hard in find n rv erf
w mm mm vu a-a W a X m
nan we ought not to stop at a mere
grip-of t1w hand, or "its a nice-day"
grin, we ought to hug h ira and kiss
him and icarry hen: ia our arms if
J - . " "
better than the miser loves his gold;
care for him better than the mother
does her child, and honor him more
Hian we4King and Presidents; for
I say we might do this. aud. then not
lose much time from our daily vaca
tions. Capt -Robert W.. Andrews, a notive
oTiJumpter, S C , paaed'thrDugh our
county this week on his way to Bos
ton. Me takes it foot-back, but as he
is only ninety six years old and has
already made the trip via New Orleans
and back rne, averagmg 21 miles a
day, it is to be hoped that the old man
will be successful on a second jourr
aev. He carries with, him nething
tmt a -cheap satchel -a walking cane
and a fice dog. llis little dog seems
content, and is very devoted to his
aged master. The old man takes
with iii iu a geod recommendation and
expects to rrite the history of his
life and travels when he gets to the
""hubt cityi' llis love of quietude,
in his o!d age, is probably one reason
he fooks t. and he may be short of
- - "V"" 't"wu
Kkd Rtjut.
An Indian Boy1 8 Logic. !
A teacher in one of the Indian
schools relates the following inci
dent of an Indian boy's quick)
thougliU'He had askel the mean
ing of the word ""mis'." To miss, I
told him, is the same as to fail.
""You -shoot at a bird or a mark,
and do not Jut it, you miss iu You
go to a tailor's for a coat, and'yotir
c at fits badly, it is a miss fit. You
hoHe to enter the middleIass next i
i year but you caunot ftass lle ex
a mi nation, and so you iuiss the
promotion, - .
Ii is, face wore a pn riled air, aixl
he siiook his head.
"Then," aid I, "there isani4ler
meaning f missv We call a mar
ried woman madam, but an uu
married woinau miss."
His face brightenld. He smiled
aud nodded.
Ah, I see," he said.
"Sue inu,
mis d her man."
A stauding cure r Xkison by
poisn-oak, ivy, ete, is t take a
handful of quick lira4, dissolve iu
water, let it stand half au hour,
then junnt the parts with iu Tiitet
1 cuie .the no t uggiiivalcd ouees.
- A. Y. llcrald.
JULY 15, 18S0.
A Harmonious Vurty,
Jew York World. .
The esu emed Tribune seems to
ie exercised about the want of
barniony in the Democratic partv. i
"Turn where .one will," says i he
great lilune organ, j,e discovers ;t
a Democratic rawr a-fl ying throneh
the air, iilmed by a Democrat at a
Democrat." ,
Ther certainly have lcen a few
tricing domestic : mrsumlerstand
ings in tle Democny inly re
cently. But Mr. Uandall drsposotl
of them iu a very Mtisfartory man-i-er
veslrdy ",wen alhiMon w;ia
made joUe fxrt-rliat his'wing"
of.tliv party 'seemed to have the
bst of one of llte fiiirily ij-irs.
Candor compels the couAssion
that we cauiHit tiirn about on our
Republican friends and twit them
with a lack -of accord on some mat
ters, at least, at the present time.!
The Republican Senators are found
shoulder to siinuhW in entire har
mony inopp n Mr. B-.'ck's pro
position if prinbit members of
Congress frotif accepting retainers
as attorneys' fcr wealtliy iibidiz d
railroads which are seeking by
every cimeeivable tlerice to cheat
and rob the government, after en
joying large amounts of the peo
ple's money ami enormous ' grants
i
of the public I a mi$.
The Republican me.nbers oil
1 vjvMJzress. wun vej v inniu? exceiv-
tion$Kare seliillyl united in favtr
of allowing 'the. Pacific Railroa.ds,
which have been for years evading
the law, to makea ntial settlement
with the Government, which means
a clear gaiu to them of -me S75,
000,000 midcr the Debt Extension
bill.. . '
There is r.o dissension in the
harmonious Republican party in
. mm
relation to its opposition to the jn-t,
fur and uu!lke proposition j
to impose a 'jriduated tax on in
comes of 5,000 or ?10,000 a year
and upward to meet the .'expenses
of increased prions, for Union
sohliers and ?;aiiirs
The Repuhlieao party is as solid
as n rock iiV favor of ut earned sub
udie? to favored 8t-eaship lines,
aud ofvery i)roposition to squan
der the public money on i lis of
W mw
doubtful oomtitu!ioaality and un
doubted inexpeiiieney.
rouchin.tlie' ura-tter of rrohrln-
tibn, Biaine'b eondideev, Woman
&uUiige, b roe i rado ail the Son-
day -laws, there is home lack of
harmony in the Republican party,
but il is fair to presume that tiie
Tribune will be ahje, aa usual, to
rec mcilc all difieretevs before the
campaign of 18ii8 ulriy opens. .
III 11433.
Traveler's Msazine.
The following is a hi-tory of a
I r?lrM-wl h'Ki which, if tnit is
V v gobd o its kind. Wl,,. Mr.'
......
Li. Is. ltice. who was afierwarusi
President of the Michigan Central
Rni! road$ wa the General Mana
ger of the New 'York Central, he
received by mail an expired pass,
acnis the back of which the hold
er had written, in red ink:
4t,Rla mv'elrsil no more on th trt -rm
v4r? hne.? II" z4'.::. ,bJvJ -
wuiva 4 m si iiwv sjvw- w n v ui i au"
vice, -
And end me a pass by the raail..
Without a iiiomcui's lusiiation
Mr. II ce turned the p:t.ss over and
. I ? . 1 ?. I. . . ?. C i
inu-eii iii rfu iiik uii 4i luce lliei
fallowing
,kThe conductor will pass this bun
dle of g8
F.om J uly to the nod lie of Lent,
Like any dead-Lead, without pajing
a red.
Let him rioe to his heart's content.'1
1 he pa-s was never taken up,
nd is lo-day kept iu the family ot
the holder.
The New Orieaof limes-Df mi-
ornt says it needs Uit a short tiiji
thrtmii the S"Uth "to siiow one
on what solid foundatioi rests t ie
newi 4rospTity of th'e Sitb."
Such a. trip, it continue, wifl con
viure tiie int skptical that
"Southern prgre-s is ikj n.ere
boom, Uit genuine and homst.V
Ti:e Timvs Democrat is correct.
No section of the omp.try hi driv
ing ahead as rapidly as i the
tkiuth.
That is the lcs;iuionv
iu-ariv every iiun- mat, iias visii
.h1 this sect...... Nrly ewerv dav
we Ke articles in NilUrrn pajHitv
cltiig forth the advantage i f thr
South as a field fr tuvetmeiir.
AH li Smtii ha t do i to at
tend vtrictly to lu-iie.-v If on-
Iu 4.. !..- Il'li-lll U nil.. ... II
if ijviva jug I I
havr. aril the capital she neciU.
NO. 28,
Turtt the Rascal Oil.
Xew YorkUB.
At a. meeting of th cxfctitire
coramittee of the IhihrrlioKl of
Iilway Poetal Clerks last week,
it was d cMed to send a telegram
Postmaster-Gcm ral Vira?, ask-
ing him if he would receive a com
mittee authorized to present the
grievauoes f the brotherhood. The
tehgrnm was pent, but an answer
-aKti't,-aw!-)!!!!! will
make an'afiort V 'jWutcrriew
It is liih timcftir tliese Rcilllh-,
Hcau jKtal railway clerks' to learn
that the. railway mail service can
be carriel on Without them, and
that the Post master-General is not
to be hulhhtzed into keeping Re
publicans in in .fiico. These inso
lent fellows should not be allowed
to resign, as they threaten to do if
the Postmaster-General, doe not
comply with their demands. They
should be kicked out btfore'tljv
get a .hance to -rcvign- The idea
that Republican ofHceholders have
a preMripti'-e right to ome nerds
to be knocked in" the head. They
are tenants by sufTernnce only, and
the sooner they an ale leave tin
lietter They are kt-eping
men out.
bet l
ir
Suloribe fur thc'VlPKTTK:. It
will co-1 but $1 for 12 months.
Tkor, K. C. June 1,
This is to certify that I purchased
a Pelton k Co. Urgau of Mr. W. It.
Jottuson. which has given entire sat
isfaction in every resnect. and I b-
Iiev it to bw a first-claaH instrument
tTOffi'Xuld KJIK
WW I AW . A.
biiu.
A. It. Coving Jox.
This paper ia none of your go-back-ward
sort Send in your $1 aubscrip
tion and the Vidbttb will tell you
whrt in going on in your county, I
your State, and the wbolet:ounlry .
OUrt AGEN'IU
For the convenience of all who;
may -desire, to take this paper we
name the following gentlemen as
agents tortceiveaud receipt for sub
Kjripttons, vix :
Dr. J. G. Christian, at .11 Gilead.
Thos. C. Ingram, K. ic Jfills.
G. W. Joutgonicry, Scarbnro.
Cant. S. T. Ut her, Sulphur Springa.
H E. Shamburger, Candor.
Je.ssr8. Angus Leach aud P. L.
Shamburg'T, Hunsuck-er' tStore.
J. W. Steed, Auman'sHilu'
J.G.Cotton, Urhnrricj.
. , . r .
yy'' uVl yji UT'
iN. . 1 hayer, h. D.rad.
Col. John F. C.tlon and V. F.
Harris, Eq , F'apj;low,,
Geo. L. Unsrsell, Girnbrwok.
Jno. A. Jv l tetter, Fdinb iro.
rs. . A. Smith, Nails.
J'is.V. Kwiii, Pei.i.i.
It. T. Rush, Harriviile. -
i j." d. Hr,.t.,.,,,ovii.
Encc.unige th ViDBTTEhy
endiH a venr's subscription j
I .1.. A "1 -....I m 1. trrtll !
-tiniv - unu iv n u" w
VALUABLE
LAND FOR ShVA
Upwards of GOO Acres on Rocky;
Creek, 4 mile from Troy on the Vlt.J
4tead road. A thVee-hore farm, and 1
nVentv of valuable timber. There i a
god corn mill on Hie pmparty. Also
a blttm engine of -"O hore pov-er, with
a cc
jeon
a corn mid attached. Both in good
condition. A targam ror particu
lar confer with the -Vidrth
Taor, C.
lOts.
TO DEBTOHS AND CltKOlTOnS
The undernffued havmg tni ir
qualified a admiautratora of the
of by ffive uotire t a!l preon indebt-
?
- i
ed to said late
a n-av imme nvTe
PVTnient;. ar,4 a:l Per,n
havlnr
clairna apa'nst the lti5 estate wi'I
.recent the- duly aulhen'.iraUd
the unHerirnd i-n or- trfnre the -u
day of May, iT, or 1 ti notice will
S be pleatrd m har f th T rectrvery
This Uy .7. a
A: li, Ilaati Adror,.
of ti.vt-i llarrii lUc'd
IHQUCD 110 015
LIFE & PROPERTY
The vndcrtgnrd is authorised an
redr to rereWa prHeation for In
urance of Life ir Prupexty in anj
-Uompanv,' turojin or American
and will -with pi earn re -explain Hid
plans and show the coiof inturaac
in an? of tb ysriaa paaia hcj
represents :
- W.K.BKACIIAM,
oarburo, N. C
K.tf
HALUBCkT. X. C.
MANUFACTURER AND X
Kf REPAIRER Tf STtLLS-fdU
All Xl4 wr
4 l;n wuK: norsK uoerrxo. oxrr k
ilk. AUa rWleri4j U tmr ll4 4 i f
U- He elU priirnl'T iitwtt ie Jfh
.G J
JV"1- l"-r btrl mJ thrr km ljl!
l ' mat tlurbl vvum
Ifrail.v. and cni
1L 't?-l WILL TAKK IX XX..
x . Wwftu. Sim! .! tiM mmA m Ulr
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11 Hl
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
DRUGGISTS,
Main Str't, Salisbury, "N.
SOLICITS
t 'ha Trad ' of Country Mcr
ch an A Iwa js ca rrln a
full ami complete line of
Proprietor or,
KluttzN Tobacco
Iil nl men t,
CT'Prifes current at Tit on appH
linn, it nen iu ftaiiburv call on m.
Dee- 2i, lSfc.. . , ,
FOK 8AL.IS
11 Y
e Va AWWi-'
AL STATE AW l
FARMS. MILTj, TOWN I)IS,
l J. It. ISciivflj Kiorv. UMrr.-li:fj,
'Wholesale Denier Iu
II K A V T OROCEHIES.
S.illml Onlry TrmAm. imm l.-l-
civil &26t:iin&t
J. A. RAMSAY, Saliabary, !t. C;
ATTENTION (HTt
f 1U1 F.UM- Mtrjngf Tr mm i m irit!t
tuA ytlrat of V.Mf Tit Vr-rm
AC tfevfiov kf 41 ill PUhh. 4m, mm 4 mi nl
to tS arrM llmcnlmrry, BUdm Uf(-rl. 4e.
DOUGLASS&SHAW,
Attorneys Rirf Ounsdors at Liwr.
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