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ri(j;tian - ■ a; . tit /• fi :a KlJi r ' u K>l . » ■ "V* r II k'.rr. N«r*\ - - r, . r • (T ' T» n:sj>AV .i vNt \j:v •"*>. i^> tli Internal Inl« rii.»! Itt* \ - C'll II c*. Willi i 'he lirst i- -ii'' >f the ,„.W \;11■ |vni">.' til" nM ci \ ;i-;iin>l tli 4 * 1 iitern;ll Rcv i-nue. W" ;11.1 no hnlfdoal. (,|- j , jeo -nie;ll a boll tll . W c Wa P t' !' V. 1 1 >'• l !aW repealed a rii i !«>re v«t a 1 >ol i -lied f roni 111 ii ■ code oII;i ws. W hen, ill t i 111«• | w i>t. we read t lie delib i.r;11«-1 v [ »r«'j»:i r*•* 1 J »l«i 11>1*111 ot I]| • j h'Hiof l';l tjc J»; 11*1 V. f0110W ,.,1. endorsed ; 11111 eulogized b\ labored editorials in its leading journals, and listen-J ~) tot Im* «'lo jUf'Ut nlid {Kit ri ot ir denuncia t ions ol t hesys-, 11-iii. we w'f'' 11»;i«1«• t» 1 M'lii-vt.- it \\ ;|> llll(l«'lll(>crat ir. Uti-! ;i merit aii am! inopiit ous. j ;i in 1 t In* more we read and , See ;in 1 111 ill k a 1 ion t it. tile . Jim »re •mlirmed we utow in t hat belief. 11 corrupts and a I ieli: 11 es tll e (e; 111 Y o| the cit izt >ii fr mi t lie govern iim-ii t. * ; impoverishes tin' niassesanil eti i*ielies ;i t. l VOl'ed lew, whose e >rruj»t ions in >llire. nnd op }» ri ll s »!' the j»e >j tie in t lie name of the no v eminent, day aflci: day, widens and • •111 hi t ters 111'' leelin-het V\ 11 thf >\ ernineiit and the gov erned. It i> true, as the President says, t hat •• none of 1 lie t hint's subjected to thi> tax are necessaries, and 1 here is nothing so well able !(i bear Ihe burden wit liout hardships to the {people, and if il were als> t rue, as he says, t hat " t here is no , just cause (> 1 complaint by 1 the consumers of the arti cles,' yet the overpow ering fact remains, that t lie \st em is obnoxious to the p->ple. and a menace t> tlie riuhl s of t lie St atcs —t he fun daincni al |irim iple> ot" t lie IIH *•• * V t> 1 r\ Ir;1 \;! i\H rt * _ .« 1 . » i! | 1\ ♦ v * end ; p i 1, * }.' .dran • • o ; ' * P;" ; t.« op ie t |n ti : ■ i v- • -. ion the 5.; i to I'« 11 iO;i o ; 4 '-T ' !"» t . .till (, • .I s. . t i Hi' r P 1 c ;> Oi ; i : i ; Siin - . . • .11 . Pis I - i 'il* Oi l ie ta I'lli as I iti \(•(.)!!- e r. aii! , "■ tartVlor i > i t. £ 1 d'-ri lie j- obstacle in ''tlie progress of the teui]»er ance reform. While nood citizen?—-church m en —a r o blinded into a toleration of this in.'juity by the small amount of tax it pays, the dealers are amassing fort unes troia t heir impoverished • and doomed customers. The liquor t;ix lias not a b«>t a blessing to the liquor • dealers. Instead of its it lias been the source of profit. W'hiskey was sold at wholesale in at 25 cents a gallon, and retail fi ;it from three t j five To-dav it sells ut wholesale for 1f1.13. This includes the tax of 1)0 cents, leaving -3 cents as the price of the whiskey; while the retail price is from tiv« to 15 ctnts a jjlass, fully twice the retail price of the same article before the tax. As there is j no other reason for the increased ! retail price, the tax must be accepted as doubling the cost of the liquor. i Consequently, one-half of the present expenditure for whiskey is represented by the tax, one half of the sum paid by the drinker bein^ r taken by the dealer to pay it. The total cost of the drinks purchased is variously estimated, i but the best rerified figures place it at £950,000,000 annually. Then one-half this sum, £475,000,000, is taken from the drinkers to pay the tux. The tax is, in round numbers, ' £100,000,000, which leaves a net annual profit of $375,000,000, in the j hands of the 200,000 retail liquor dealers—an average annual profit for #»ach of 5i, 875. It is this profit that has U'iven the people the gilded Lrin palaces that line everv • • 'I avenue in t he cities and larg er villages of the country,, and it profit which is , •^"ivin«2T the liquor traffic a power in politics that cannot |be for u*ood. Remove the ; tax from this monster evil , and il will stand boh>ro the i world in all its naked urli-|> ness. and men will then de- , nouuee it who are now bribed \ into silence. We repeat we j want nohalf-loaf inthisniat- v ter. Let the whole system t with all its evils and its rev- j enues be forever abolished. , 1 1 f all the railroad autliori- x ties would- keep cjrunken ' men oft* their trains,, much 1 trouble and many deaths would b » availed, 1 11i>• law is enforced «>n the X. (•. road bv ( apt. Waddeil to the let- v ter. A lot of drunken roughs a t (>ll e )t" t lie st at it >llS' the other 11 ilv ht swore till i y wo uI d . riiie, but apt. Waddeil met t hem at t lie steps and irive the foremost one a slight pu> i i back, when 11 e (e 1 i against the next one kicking aim «11»w ii. and the otliers stuml>iesl and fell until all were d w n in a conius mI i In ap. kicking and cursinii" 1 lie « pt a in. the la w ami t lie off-moving train. The ap ta iu had K ) more troiib e , rom drunkards durini *he }.('Tula v-. I Lice n.ei.il •i s of the 1 Lavt died since the .r elec tion. a comfinTo*wCT?rTc»^llJr^B' Several \(K »iinrnewspapcTs Ma readH-aiin«rsuchaclia^ue win the constitution and lavs as will make the Homy* a CO lit illlK >IIS 1 »od \* ]ik*- 11 if* Senate. ;i i i«] rite. with much force, tli' k loss of ti111♦» and Hie delay of needed le«^*i>la r ion in f;i vor of the change. Many important hills were passed by the Senate last onirre>s. 1 >ut to uet through the Home will have ■ to he re- j II t rod U red a li d passed in the Senate bv the «■ present ( ongr»'ss entirely new propositions. To renie dy this and other named | evils, two con st itut i on a 1 amendments are suirirested. >ne oi these provides for the termination >f the J-'jfti ♦»111 on the*i(Mhdav of April. 1 N.sj), and the com mencement of the President's official term on tlie same date. The other provides that the House, like the Senate, shall he a eontiniiinj»- hod v. and that its Members shall he divided into two classes, so that half may he chosen every year, their official term to heir in on the first Monday of December of thesanieyear in which they are chosen. I nder this system theorem izat'on of the House would he perpetuated as in the! Senate without lapse. The amendment then provides: ' To o-Jve effect to this artic- ' ] lt v , 1 lie House of Represents-' ] tives in hein.Li' at the time of, 1 its ratification shall divide ; the Representatives of the ] next ( into two class- ; es. apportioning between! them as equally as may be j 1 the Represent a t'i ves ot each 1 State. When the two class- 1 es are thus formed, it shall 1 be determined by lot which shall hold t heir seats for two years, and which shall hold their seats for three years, in the first instance. The successors of each class shall! l herea It er he chosen in a Iter- j natc years. The terijis of of lice of all Senators and j Represent at i ves which ot lier wise would expire on t he 4th ! of March, shall continue un- 1 til the first Monday in 1 )e --i-einl»er folh>\\ inii'. t !•".x-Swere*til r> Manning 1■» Dead: 1 Hon. Daniel Manning:. Kx- t Secretary of the Treasury ' died in Albany N. V. 1 >♦*•. 2s 1 1 Ss 7. X> man has ever M i »e,»ll so lit I'e in public lift'. * ind so uni versa iiy ivspeeted lor all that u*oe> t;> make a * i ruly ii'reat man as Mr. Man- ■ 11i11.li. lie ii"»'er Idled but one «' >;; i •'—S '»■ r • 111 r_\ i>i' .i •' i rea >- nr \ in >ir. i i-veland s «*; i: >I - \ let. but h ' tilled t hat so well ■ i 11a taii j' ir u "■* a«• kii >ui e ] j»• ; iii:• l a lire it man. He w \ iman . v 11_ .10. 1 ,1. and v. ; ,s " lie. »i c u .as .»11 hy ■ :J'. 1 : e I I**S 1 * . 1;. >' iii ■ • *;•> »>! 1. • ■ ' 11 1 . .and o 111 e r l rea i ■ ■ trvua urn ■ h *>t • 1 olle. i. the ii r*'i • • it.en. Kire Cracker*. >1 Theil°'th section of our .town ordinances makes the . explosion of fi re-f-rn ck er s within 1 m> yards*>f anv pub lic road street or dwelling witliin the limitsof the town, .subject to a tine of S2.~>, im- I prisomnent or work on the j streets .'io days. The law is a wise one. made for the pro tection of 1 if*» and property, and yet it was entirely ig nored. The sidewalks were so thronged with hoys and tire that it was both difficult and dangerous for ladies to pass them. Two ladies, we have heard from, had t he crackers strike them in the face, leav ing Ihi rus that give pain for some hours. Horses were' frightened almost to cause runaways. They weret hrown down in the wells and under the feet of people, and made a general nuisance to the J general public. A still more | serious question connected with this nuisance is; where; do the boys get the money to buy the crackers? Of j course some, we hope most of them, get it honestly, but we have fears that all are j not so fortunate. When some boys have a thing of this kind others want it and will have it by fair means or foul. They will beg. borrow, or steal if it can be obtained in no other way. We re- 1 peat, the la w forbidding t heir use in the town is a good one. and wehopethe town officers next year, and forever here after will enforce it. It should be made the law over the whoi() state and the whole South. It would save us thousands of dollars and much loss by fires. Hliootiii}; ;t 'Brother-in-law. The Wilson Advance savs: * 1 1 —Mr. Theodore Hobgood, formely editor of the Ashe- 1 ville Advance, shot Mr. Win. C. (iorham. at the residence j of Mrs. F. A.(iorham. moth- ! er of Mr. (iorham and moth- ( er-in-law of I lobgood. It appears that Mr. (ior ham had invited Mr. and Mrs. i Hobgood to take tea at his house, a.id. being somewhat , under the influence of lienor, ] became insulted at some thing Mr. Hobgood said, and ' ordered him to leave his i house. After Mr. and Mrs. . Hobgood went to her moth ers In>use (iorham came to tle> house and inquired if his wife was there, and was in- - formed t hat .-*iie wa> not. ' •ad Mr. Hoi'irood a.!ded. \ 1 >].) t 11eJ'e. \ \ 1. -jt'- j upon (ioi ii.nn aske» 1 him - with an oath, v ha.* lie hid i«> i«» wit h it. and immeoi- j ;; * y adv. n-*d upon him ] with a pi>'. >l, with wliieh he 1 «,! I tl' k;.i 1 ! e; th• * 1: 1. ill- ( f li i • T itill' a '\ re -• ih> w . iii . 1 i H i •'.'!* • . > . i 1 '»li' ot 1 i i i; t , .1, \* i, i '»,, ..i , 1 i t 11 * .. . t(i i. >h o t (M • i i.. 1111 5 >■> j ••. 4 H — «ul>ertiatc •! v-t Wen. .TS. Hem -■ 1 ■ f • ? -i f\-»ut | 111:111 \o |un },v the- 1 jtv for ii>r. F rate in fwor «> . ah uninab'i*int*-rii il r anl a i^vir»n rd aj Wt> i\ . >ll I « -'jppor* .1 ; :« !ai ll '•x inii-'r. M i SfedimJ ! mer, >r 1 '«>' 11 >li, j e!e ted. John HtJ make a spVndid mnke a r o d I >T-rn • - I'Tfl n1 r> --ir }»ri til. We arc f>r tli lie elected 'liarlotte So ar-j we. Ail •I >1:11 1 It-inl'Tson IS'i j i»ut we wa it li'in to \> (I ivernoj not hl n g toward** ahominalV iniurn ! ? ty, hut a> a memb t ,in iv ]i» a L r ' H>, l ■ it*:il tin 1 noniinati »n of f«'r jinv oj'jn>-itiin t w > oppose a precea ! illflnencc I to ■ j with pol'i-y. The e the State claims th I the ticket, and the i'a j that has not been rep j I'iXecntive oHie" in ! >r more, lier (lis ! honorahle son. Maj. ( at present. Lient. (I the line of ppunotioi mirahlv tjnaliiied in e the Governor's otH( the State and ereditfl Stedman ha> an nnsiil would make a farmers will demand a ami so far ns we hav Alexander i-i theii Siedman and Alexand moni/e ftinl unite tl forces to the tune of tv. and so let it lie St exander. Wlial Am I ifl The symptoms of unhappily lmt too well differ in different ■ some extent. A Jiill doin a breakfast efl (pientlv, alas, 1 e has ■ petite for liquids but! ids of a morning, il hardly bear inspectinM if it is not white anl rough, at all events. The digestive out of jonUr and I>i ■ may be a syH two may alternate. V Hemorrlioids or nvenl T Lie re may be giddu® headache and and tcijileriK'ss in tl stomach. To correctH efl'«- t a cure try /■'/>,r, r. it cost but a I sands attest its cllic^B llnrpi-r'N Mana/lmg IHHH. B Contents: "The one to another, Let H unto Isetnlehem." I 1 iie Adoration of Van 1 >vke. I> I > W ifl tratioiih. The Deputies. —J. S. ■ Twenty Pol traits. \ r M. K. M. il of Virginia. A ■ Hives. With S.x 11. I Ik l-'rost. J'roju 1 :■ Poem. —Nora Perry, j 9 j| "I 1 J jfl AN■ > . ■ -J A m i:«»> .tl iifl-^™fjpP|i!Kp i - ' • '.l ' ' :t: ; J..
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
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