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Arrive Madison. . . . . 6 50 am .. 8 40 am . 9 25 am . 9 40 am .10 53 art . 1 1 50 am SOUTH BOUND NO. is Leave Madison. Leave Stokesdale. Arrive Greensboro 1-eave Greensboro. , . , Leave. Climax. Arrive Ramseur 12 30 pm I 25 pm 2 35 pm . 3 00 pm 3 55 pm 5 35 pm Alt trains mixed and run daily except Sunday. -Connections North bound, with' the Seaboard Air Line at Sanford; Richmond & Danville R. R. at Greensboro; Norfolk & Western R. R. at Madisoa.' . Connections South bound, with the Nor folk fc Western R, R. at Madison; Richmond & Danville, Railroad , at Greensboro; Seaboard Air Line at San ford; Atlantic Coast Line at Fayetteville. W.E.KYLE, General fafisenger Ageat J. .W. FRY; Ctenersl AUnager. . THK COJTyUERED BANKER. '. T FATHiB ITAIf. Farl that bannej-; for 'tis weary; Round its staff, 'tis drooping dreary : FarIir,foldlt.ltl8lbeat; For there'4 not a man to wave It. And there's not a sword to jga it. And there's not one left to lave it In t he blood which heroes gave It ; And Its foes now scorn and brave it ; Farl it. hide it let It rest Taketfeat banner down. 'Us tattered, Broken is its staff and shattered. And the yali nt hosts are scattered. Over whom it floated high :' Oh! 'tis hard for as to told it, ' Hard to thluk there's none to bold It, 1 Hard that those who once unrolled it, Mow must furl it with a sigh. Farl that bannfer f url It sadly- And ten. thoaaudu wilrllr mi1l ' Swore it should forever wave Pwore that foeman's sword could never Hearts like theirs entwined dissever. Till thai, flax should float forever . O'er their freedom or their grave. Farl it, fer the hands tht grasped it. And the hearts that fondly clasped it. Cold and dead are lying low ; And tne banner, it la trailing While around it sounds the walling Of its people In their woe ;j For though conquered, they adore it. Love the cold, dead hands that bore it. Weep for those that fell before It, r'ardon those who trailed and tore it, But, ohl wildly they deplore it. Now who furl and fold tso. Furl that banner, true 'tis gorjrj Ye . 'tis wreathed around with; glory, And 'twill live In song and story. Tnough its folds are in the dust; For its fame on brightest pages. Penned by l oets and by sages,) 6hall go sounding down the ages Furl Its folds though now we must. Furl that banner, softly, alow! '. Tre at it gently it is holy ' For it droops above the dead ; . Touch it not unfj Jd it never, : Let It droop there furled forever. For ItsDeople's hopes art dead. ANSWER TO THB CONQUERED BANNER, "Touch it not. unfold tt never. Let it droop there, furled lcirever. For its people's hopes are dead." j The Conquered Banner. No, fold It not away forever, j ! Keep it in oui hearts depths dver, love it. hreep It for its past; Take It out sometimes and wf it. Think Of thosft who rllorl tr a -6 a If Glory In the blood we ave it, j man it wnn our neartatrlngs fast. Take It out sometimes and show It. Let your children early know iti , Know its glory not Its shame. . Teach them early ta adore it. Let them-honor those that bore it. Scorn forever these that tore it Tell them how It won a name, That will mock Time's crumbling finger. And in future ages linger 1 On the brightest rolls of fame, j Yes 'tis true, 'tis worn and tattered And with brave heart's blood 'Us spattered And its staff is broke and shattered, But it is a precious sight. J TIs a witness how secession j Threw the glove down to oppression. ncruiug at ine last, concession, uivuig mo uioou ior me rignt. Oh we canneLcannot lose it. In future years we vet mav naa ii. (Oh host could the world refuse it?i Can we let the foe abuse it I Or its history bright ? .5 No. in our heart's deep, deep recesses Its memory linger yet. and blesses Those who tor it fought and died. And we pray the Qod of Heaven Who our darling idol's given And who to ns this hope has given Tijls prayer be not denied In future years some band may take it From its resting place and shake it O'er the young and brave , And the old spirit (till undaunted In their young hearts by God implanted. Will tlHllmnh Vaw fnaa .-1 And freedom to the South be granted. xuuugu mow mere s none to save. Though folded now away so sadly. iu lumiejfcura we 11 wave It giauiy. And thousands yet unborn shall hall It, Tens of thousands never fail it. Forgotten be the men who wail it Hated those that now can traU it Oh. Can onr hnwi ho rtaart 9 Written by Sarah H. Tillinghast. at Fay- SAFE MIDDLE GROUND FOR DEMOCRATS, LET THEM INDORSE ALL MB. CLEVE LAND HAS DONE THAT CAN BE CONSISTENTLY APPROVED. Clark Howell, of Atlanta ia New York Her ald. ' Yrhe recently announced abandon ment of the effort engineered from Washington to secure from Southern democratic State conventions specific and direct indorsements of the fiaaa cial policy of the administration ma terially changes the situation in this section, and will greatly modify the interest which would naturally be taken in the proceedings of these con ventions if it were known that they were to be urged to perform this re markably supple and contradictory feat of political gymnastics. A few weeks ago in one of these let ters to the Herald I made the state ment that In not a single State conven tion in tire South would the policy which has prevailed in Washington as regards the nation's financial affairs be indorsed. A few democratic organs, ready to indorse everything and any thing reached by the limit of the patronage tether by which they are tied, booted at the idea, while others, i misconstruing the purpose of the state ment, argued, ' in an attempt to dis prove it, that the democratic conven tions of the Southern States would pass some kind of resolutions of in dorsement of the administration, just as they have been in the habit of dffing. In this connection, and before fur ther commenting upon the recent de velopment which seems to have paved the way for harmonious settlement, let me again define the position taken in 1 the letter above referred to,! that there J may be no further misunderstanding. I did not in that letter question, nor have I, the advisability of passing gen eral resolutions of indorsement con cerning the administration. On the other hand, it would be ex ceedingly wise and impolitic for the party in open convention to withhold such expressions of general indorse ment and; of confidence in the honesty, and integrity of the admlnistratlon,and so forth, as it has been eastotaary to bestow. . I While the people have by! no means gotten what they expected from the present administration, we hare much to be thankful for in many of the things which have been done, and that we are under a democratic and not ret publican administration. Hence we should be duly tbankfulf for these things which we have received and are about to receive; nor should we be re seotful for the things which, though promised, we have not received: It, would be the supreme! height of folly for a democratic convention to conJeran in any wise a democratic ad. ministration. It would Bimply be a plea of guilty to the charge of the ehemy. At the same Um4. the party must maintain Its honor and self-respect, which It cannot do by stultify ing itself by an action .which not only wipes out but reverses, ite j life record and indorses la specific term thit la which it does not believe. if ' There is safe middle groaad-which, while offering no comfort to the enemy will enable the party toj reopen it fight in Congress, under other eirenm st&nces and at another time, fpr the DilnciDle for which it has been-con tending since its beginning The course suggested' by conserva tism, and insisted upon by those who do not wish to be put in the position of Indorsing that which thev have for yean been contending agaltst, U tor approve ail that has been done by Mr. Cleveland and the administration con sistent with the pledges of the party and the expectations of the people,and to refrain from approving ia specific terms such acts as conflict with the sentiment of the people whose expres sions go te make the record of this year's State conventions. Admit Mr. Cleveland's honesty, his sincerity and emphatic belief that he is right; Indorse all that he has done that can be consistently iudorsed, call for the ' redemption of every pledge of the platform, and stop right there . There Is not a Southern State that wiir go further th.'.-tb.ls,,for the people ful ly realize tWC for the party ia the&e States to take up and" make as Its own the financial policy which Mr. Cleve land has applied to the administration is to court annihilation and invoke open rebellion against the party which offers the only safe course for relief, security and national prosperity. These conditions would have been fulfilled today had the pledges of the democratio platform been redeemed. They have net, and the result Is that the bettered condition promised with the success of the democracy two years ago Is In the eclipse of business depres sion and general stagnation. The re lief is in ttie platform, and if its declar ations are followed the wisdom of its mandates will at once become appar ent. f ' - ; The party in every Southern State will be exceedingly careful to avoid specific indorsement of these measures. Mark my word f?rlt, none of these acta will be Indorsed In the South, and even tne probability of such a course has disappeared in the abandonment of the effort. Mr. Cleveland as a man will receive in the expressions of the Southern democrats the usual recogni tion accorded to any man of courage and honesty of purpose. Thus there will be harmony in . the South, and everybody will be satisfied. and they are rapidly increasing in number, and If the populists or the re publicans make any inroads into the normal strength of the democratic vote in any of the Southern States it will be for no other earthly reason than that the party has not as yet lived up to its campaign pledges. There are two more years ahead, though, and many things can be done, a3 well as undone,"tn that period. Clark Howell. Atlanta, June 9, 1894. BRIGHTEIlfG SKIES. StatesvUie I and mark. The reports from all parts, of the States. touching the condition of politi cal affairs are cheering. Chairman Simmons says the Den-era tic party is in better shape than it was at this time in 1392. We have lately met gentle men from every section of the State and the-news they give us Is uniform; the Populist party is not growing, dissatis tied Democrats are becoming better satisfied, and there is an awakening all along the line. It is a good time now, while the blood is cool, for men to look at facts as the 3 are and to consider the prob able advantage of a change of admin istration In either nation or State. It is quite true that the national Demo cratic administration has not been able to check the panic, with its atten dant loss in values which began in the winter of 1S93 '91 and from the conse quences of which, though it has passed the acute stage, the country continues to suffer. " It needs however, to be borne constantly in mind that this pan ic really began under 'a Republican ad ministration, that the ' Treasury was depleted under a Republican adminis tration, and that the last recommenda tion to Congress of the last Republican Secretary (of the Treasury was that au thority be given him to issue gold bonds thev were not issued for the reason it was desired to shove this load off en the Democratic party, which had at that time been voted Into power but had not taken possession, and make it bear the odium of It. It is also true that Congress and the President have brought disappointment to the people in more matters than one. But what have they to hope from the Republi can party and why should they want it back in power? Surely we have had enough Republicanism to last ft r a life time and the choice, when we come to select a governing power lies between these two parties, the Democratic and the Republican. Besides all this, Con gress Is still in session ; its work 13 not yet before the country; we may in reason hope that when it is, affairs will take on a different aspect. As to. our.State matters there is no room for argument. The solid white men of the State, country and town, the taX'payers, already have them in hand and there is no reason why they shoald surrender control. We could not have better government in the State and counties than we now have, or if we could, the Democratic party is the one to make the improvement. Certainly no other party eould Improve upon It. The sway of Republicanism in North Carolina is not a fragrant memory; Populism has brought noth lug but trouble to the States which have toyed with it; and there is no ground for the expectation that this combination would bring ns anything but misery. The interest of the people is plain. They have but to meet together this year, as heretofore, In their primary and higher conventions, and nominate for office the men of their choice, and then elect them. The Democratic party ha shown its capacity to govern North Carolina and no other party ever has. It has the confidence ! the people because it deserves to have it, and It has but to pursue Its usual policy of nominating good and acceptable men for the offices and the voters will, as heretofore, do the rest. There U nothing wroag with the Democratic party and the people never yet dis lodged 'from power a party which meant to do right by them. Let not faint beatedness possess any Demo crat. The Democratic lion is even now awaking and stretching himself. In due time he will pounce upon his prey. GUARANTEED CURE. We authorize our druggist to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Col is, upon this con dition. It you are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or Cbedt trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving It a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may re'a"1 the bottle and your money refunded. We eoold not make this offer did we not knew that Dr. Klrtg'a New Discov ery could not be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at.Ii Vin & Pflrcell,Drog Store. Large size 50c and $1.00. . v Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report AESCUlYELY PURE WHAT THE WAR COST IN MON EY. New Tort Sun; The interesting questions, often! ask- eu ana neyer satisfactorily answered, comes before us once more. A con -ventibnal formula frequently employed by loose speakers and writers is that the war of the. rebellion cost the North a million lives and a billion of treasure. The statement Is grossly inaccurrate at Both ends. The estimate of mortality is excessive, while the estimate of mon ey expenditure . Is ; ridlculouly inade quate. I ; ?' Tk m It....' Mil , .mo pupuiai iue tuttu a minion sol diers of the Union lost their livea dnr lag the war, or directly in consequence ef the war. is enconraeed' bv manv persons who Know . Detter, because it . . j suggests such exaggerated notions of the magnitude of the struggle and of ihe number of men: actually engaged in military operations in the Northern armies as to afford an argument or ex cuse for a pension system in which ex travagance and dishonesty find plenty of room. The number of offiiers and men actually killed in battle in all of the Union armies during the four years of war barely exceeds ;CO,000. The number of those who. died of wounds during the war is less than 35,000. The number that died of diseases, either resulting from the hardships and j ex po.ure of warfare, or the incident of natural mortality in a great body of men,is about 18o,lKX) for the four years. Adding even the 21,000 cases of disap pearance, conveniently charged in the records to deaths , "from unknown causes," the total mortality among the Union troops duriug the war is 504,000 or less than a third of the million gup posed by many people to have perished on the battle-field. ' j The purpose of the present art'ele is to put together some of the items of expenditure and loss clearly and di rectly chargeable to the war account; in other words, to establish a miiiimum estimate of the money cost of preserv ing the Union. If I were to go Into the matter of consequential damages, such as the paralysis of certain branches of .business, the suspension ef trade with the Southern States, the extinction of a large part of our maritime commerce, the enormous loss resulting irom tne arrest of normal increase of population and the peaceful development of the nation's resources, we should pass at once from the domain ot precise arith metic to thatuf vague conjecture and eriverified speeulv-ion. That Is not our intention. The figures presented below are only such as are afforded by the official records; or, where jin the nature of things the amounts set down are mere estimates the fact is stated and care is taken that the estimates shall be manifestly woll within the bounds. The several classes bt ex penditure or direct loss to be considers ed are: j 1 The current war expenses paid during the four years by the United States Government with money raised by taxation or borrowed upon the na tions credit. ' j 2. The bounties paid to thej volun teers during the war by the States, or from other sources than the Federal Goyernment. ! 3. The money raised and expended by organizations of citizens for the al leviation of the soldiers' condition. 4. The direet loss to the nation's wealth, resulting from the employment in military service of citizens who otherwise have been producer. 5. The war claims, paidj by act of Congress since the war, for the de struction of property, or for other rea sons. C.'The interest on the war debt since 18G5 up to the present time. 7. The expenditure ior pansioas to i date. ' i ' ' ' The actual current war expenditures during, the four fiscal years from June 30, 1861, to June 30, 1865, is , eas ly as certained. The netordinaryexpendi ture of the Government during tnat period was as follows: Fiscal year 1862... $459,570,241 718.734,276 .......1864,969,098 ....... Ij293,0?9,28! . . i $3,343,972,904 Fiscal year ISM... Fiscal year 1864... Fiscal year 1805.. Total But this includes what the GovernH ment would have spent If there had been no war. To separate the two items we have only to deduct as mucb a3 was actually spent for all purpose of government during tne penou oi four years Immediately preceding the war. It is said that under norui&l cir cumstances the country's growth would haye increased the ordinary expendi ture for 1862-1865 oyer 1 that tor the 1853-1862 period, it must be remember ed that this possible increase waa more than balanced Dy tne restriction oi we field of administration during the sec odd period to the Northern and border States ( Fiscal year 1858. Fiscal year I85. Fiscal year 1860. $73,982,493 63.993,600 . 61200,875 . 66,050,213 Fiscal year 1861. Total ...$272,827,181 Deduct this from the total for the war period as above, and add the total paid by the Gavernment in premiums for loans, an Item not included In the gtatement of aanul expeniitare: Expenditure for war pe- riod 1802-1865.... $3,343,372,904 Less allowance for peace expenditure 272,827,181 $3,073,545,723 Premiums o n Govern, ment war leans.---., 69.429,364 Total--. ......$3,144,975,087 The totals of local bounties paid to the several States to fill their quotas naJr the calls oi 13J3. 1861 and 1863 irp rhrmeil from the report for 1S5G of Provost Marshal General and tatis twi historvot Ue War of the Rebel linn ; a.r of inestimable valut. ve omit from consideration any account of the monev Daid by States or towna or individuals over and aoove the amount refunded from th United StatfJJ treaa nrr. for the creditable equipment of the trooos sent to the front. The total wnul.i be vrv lam. but it is' practi cal! v indeterminable. , Much of "abrlo, el boantv monev was wasted o ecoaft drelsbutit was expended, Tertbe- tera. and it belong to this account. On detrjerate character who was coa icted and sentenced to the Albany trv no n Penitentiary, confessed that he had drawn and i raped the bounty not less than thirty-two times. The amouat thus paid from the beginning to the end of the war in the loyal Seated or groups pf States u shown In the' fol lowing table: . ! The New England States New Yark, j2,67,602 86,629,27 23.8G3.966 43,131 CSS New Jersey Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland and District of Columbia..... West Virginia and Keutul-y Ohio....:. Indiana. .... . .t. 7,52,6 1 1,557,3:4 23.537,373 9,18 .354 17,293,203 9,GG4,855 10,810,640 Illinois. ( " 1 Michigan I Wi?jo9in,lowa, Minnesota Missouri and Kausns Total..... $285,941,128- Throughout the North during the war there were not less than J.OOO local associations of patriotic men and wo JaeJ contributing money, time and ar tides of every description to promote the well-being of the soldiers lighting at the front r to add to their comfort: Besides these local societies, there were such organizations as the Sani tary Commission and the . Christian Commission, operating on a large scale and in the general field. The Sanitary Commission aloae raised and expended more that $20,000,000.. The aggregate of these contributions of as sociated or individual patriotism, from tho society of little girl who sold their gdld rings and lockets for -the benefit ofj the wounded soldier, to the capital ists who equipped a regimeut at his own expense or c-ave a steamshm to Lincoln's Government, can- never be cotaaputed. i When we set down at $50, C0J.O00 for the purposes of this Inqury we are making a very low estimate. A large item prooeriv beioncini? to the cost of the war is the loss to pro ductive industry of the time and labor of the citizens who enlisted in toe army. This Item is approximately as certainable. The number of volun teers in service at the various times designated Is shown by this table : January 1, 1862 613,8t8 January 1, 1863 ..892,728 January 1, 18G4 836,101 January 1, 1865 937,441 May, 1, 1865 958,417 Average. ... ...... . .847,701 i .- If we take 847,701 as the averasre uuuiwr uimeoin cne Union Armies aanng tne war and estimate the earn ing capacity of the average seldier at $300 a year above the cost of bis own subsistence, the direct loss occasioned by the diversion froms productive to unprouuctive labor would amount to 2o-M 10,300 a, year, or for the four years of the war perlad, to $1,017,341, 200. it would be the work of a lifetime to cipher out the whole amount paid since the war, under general or special acts of Congress, in compensatieu for the' real or alleged destruction of propertv, or for war supplies seized or furnished, or for indemnity for loss of personal effects, or for back pay or bounty of volunteers, or for horses or mules lost, or for the reimbursement of States or minor civil divisions for expenditures necessitated by the war,or in any other of the countless ways in which the war still draws upon the Treasury. For thirty years the investigation of tber war claims preliminary to the appro priation of money for their payment, has constituted a large and exacting pU of the labors of Congress and. In the later years, of the Court of Claims. I be items, great and small, which would haye to be considered one by one in any attempt at exact ascertain ment of the total are almost infinite in number.- They are scattered through the Treasury books la multirudinou shapes. They are contained lo the army and uavy appropriation b'lbj'n the sundry, civil, iu the; miscellaneous in the deficiency, and elsevhere. Ou estimate of the grand aggregate of these appropriations is entirely arbitra- i ry. Supposing that the war claims aU lowed and paid by the government since 1SG5 have averaged only $ ,Q00, 000 a year, the total would be $140,- 000,000. That is the sum which we charge to this item; if it were doubled, we should consider 4bat we were still well within the bounds of probability. The interest paid on war debt can be stated accurately. The gradually de creasing annual pay menu on this ac count before the lucal year 1366 are included in the net ordinary expenses as shown above. Since 1865 they have been as follows: -Fiscal year. ; 19C6.. ......UM,ut,iKo 1SC7. 143,781,032 186ft........ - 140.424,046 1809.... ....... ....... 1870..: 125,230,498 1871 .............. 12-V7nVW 1872 " " . 117,357.840 1373. ".;.:; y. '...."."...: : ; 104,750,683 g74 107,119,813 1875'!'!' ..... 103.093,515 1876 100,243.371 1877 ; ; ;; ; ; . ;. . . 1 97,1 24,512 1873 102,500,87 1379 , Zl'Zl 183 95,757.5 5 1881 . j.... 82,508,741 1832..... Jl.077,207 1833 89,160,131 IS84... 54,673,373 1835. 1836.... 18i7.... 1883-.., 1839 ... 1890 1S91-... 1892-- - 1803- 51,388,256 50,580,1 46 47,741.577 44.716,007 41,001,434 36,009,231 37,M7,135 23,37S,UG .(estimated)-... 20,000,000 1 Total since the war $2,355,829,103 The peniioa expenditure on account of the war ot the Rebellion baa been increasing u steadily as the interest charge has diminished. The annual totals, as stated below, include pen sions paid on accoant of the Mexican war and the earlier ware, and we have therefore, made a deduction for the time. As Mexican war veterans and veterans of th civil war. were for years enrolled oo tho lists aoder the eoeaeat n head of army loval?, the allowance LinTIe for pensions paid on ae- "WU ber war idsq um reoeuioa wit matter ot estimate.. We have assumed an average of $4,000,000 ,an nnallv. - and have deducted from the grand total count: $112,00(V00 on tins iae fiM3V i race IV Fiscal sear. ' 1 --. -559 rasee... 15,605,332 20,036,552 23,78i 287 28,477,6 28.340,202 34,443,895 28.533,403 29,359.427 29,038,415 29,456,210 23,257.896 27,963,752 8,I37,019 ,121,482 M.777,174 60,059,210 61,345,194 65,012.571 53,429.228 56,102.267 63 404.SS4 75,029.102- 1867 isos 18CSM 1870.- 1871'i....--: 1S7- : 1873- 1874,.-. 1875.' 1876. 1877 -. 1878- 1879..-.... 18S0-- 1831 ,- 18S2 18S3 ............. is..; 18S5 18S6...... . lass... 18S9.. 1890..:..- 1891 1892 ; 80,28S,509 87.624.779 106,930,855 124 410.!S1 ,134.513,053 146,737,350 ,51, 193,500 118,000,000 1893 Tofal since the wir......$i Les allow ance for oifa r pension-- j. JmJU98 500 KvCip'tulatillg'tiieSt' M'VfMhl if.-nn 'f expenditure and otuilting u m e r. -id- rrauon any of the other tiij hid sources of i-xpeh-V i,r lo.-?; propeijy, fut it- s -iiin-cf.y ehareeable to the c v. I ,r. ,. obuin a fair '.aifiitnum tvtinjite of v. bat it cost the North to irtfrervo tie L'u- tOIT Current war expense...; $3Ll4 1,973,087 uuu.-uies Ouiicr man r eu cral .- ,i Estimated p iv te contri butions Los of soldier' nrodun- 285,941,128 50,000,000 ' tive labor.. 1,017,241,200 War claims of various sorts 140,000 000 Interest on war debt...... . 2,355,829,102 Pensions on account of civil war... 1,431,198,500 Total .. , $8,425,185,01 7 ' lhese figures stagger the imagina tion. Like all symbols for quantities so stupendous as to be far beyond the accustomed range of thought, they go from the eye to the brain without pro daclng Immediately an effect adequate to their mathematical Importance. Ono million conveys the Idea of vastness; one billion or a thousand million con veys the Idea of something vastly vas ter; but the difference between one bill Hon tnd eight billions Is appreciated ; slowly and only by an indirect process. What does it really mean, then, when we say that the money cost of the war to the North alone was' nearly eight and a half billions of dollars ? To raise money enougu to pay the bill In one lump, sum eyery voter In the ? United States would have to contribute : more than $600. If the burden were distributed among" the whole earth's population, every human being, man, woman or child, civilized or savage, iiviBg anywhere today on the face of the globe, would be taxed about IV If every gold or silver coin or rlee nf paper money now in circulation among among the 400,000,000 people of thU country and of England, France, Ger many, Austria, Holland, Italy, Spain and Russia should be gathered in an 1 eounted, the total value reduced to United States money, would cover only three-quarters of our war co9t. The amount of money Indicated by the i figures, $8,425,185,017, is more than five times the aggregate of the deposits in tb'er 3677 national banks of the United States; more than five times the aggregate f deposits in allot the sav ings banks of the United State.-; more than eight times the aggregate of de posits ia all the State banks, trust companies and private banking con panies and private banking coneerm in the United State?; almoat double the aggregate of deposits in all of these in stitutions combined. But there is a simpler and still more striking method of arriving at the sig nificance of these figures. It cost the North $3,425,185,017 to keep the South ern btates id the Union. By the cen sus of 1860 the estimated valu&tlou rue valuation, uot ajsessed of all pro- Dertv. real and oersorial. in thefte eleven States, was as follows: Virginia 1. ...... ' $793,249,681 358 739,399 sst.ns.7-t 645,895,2:7 73 101, '0J 4!-.237 073 Gi 7 .m :ni 612.1 !3,iCS 305 200 614 North Carolina... --iuth Carolina... Georgii Florida..... Alabama .. Mn9i9irp! . ......... L iuu.ani. Texas w Arkansas 219 256,4 7J Tennessee - 493 903 b9-' Total wealth of the elf v- cq Sta es. ..ft5,2u2,166 207 Ton, it appear? that, In orler ro Lcep these eleven States und:r th lliir. the nation has pVnl at leact $3.233. 1H 81't more than the entire valuation ol a.i property in thos-; eleven States at the time when- the war was f.titgut. Cut the war for ibe Un'on was fought for an-Idea, and the idea was worth, all it has cost. . ; KNOWLEDGE j Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with fxa expenditure, by more promptly adapting the-world's best-products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pare liquid laxative principles embraced in tho remedy, Syrnp of Figs. Iti excellence is doe to its presenting in tiie form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling cold, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and aoet with the. approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak-ening-them and it ia perfectly free from everr objectionable substance. i Syrnp of Figs is for sale by all drag- gists in 60c and $1 bottles, bat it-is man-1 ufac tared by the California Jr lg fcsyrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Byropof Figs, and being well informed, yon will not accept any fobstitate if ouered -r . '"MMjim'.'i The 5ttkkinsMtbateFits Doesn't distort he toei. v " The toes retain their natural peaitloaa Outwears the. old style. The big toe.havrng room enouksUrs butde Young men. ifvou want ia' avmk. and at the same time ham th i- ocks vou ever n writ . ..r Shoe Store, Danville, Va., and gets half dozen pairs of the above named celebra ted sock. No one has ever .used then who cnuld be Bersuaded ta hn nth -nciwarus. a iuii supply for Ladies and Boys always on hand, . . .? A full snpply of the latest an i most pop ular shapes and styles of Iat, Shoha,&c, tor .young and old men and children now la stock.: . W. P. AVERETT, Opposite Masonic Temple, - D1HYILLI, Ti. mm TO LEND. We ftre rpar-. ed to make LOANS ON REAL ESTATE at Spercont. intertst. MEBANE & SCOTT, Reidaville. Mar. S3. IMli"0'' S WOTICE THE ReidsYille Fertilizer Co.v-s Ia prepared to furniih GRAI-N and TOBACO -at an LOW PRICES ah any company oq the mar k(t. ; Ve have only to Eerof'to thosfl Who Haie Osedjt',. to convince anyoneof ite mer it. Orders Solicited. -Rcspoctfully, SPRING OPENING ; li ,. Beautiful New Goods ;. at ... j, ' MRS. J. A. ROACH & SONS. , Sold only for cash. Our stock of 1CILLI1TB217 embraces the newest . and prettiest French and American patterns and U cheaper than ever before. Our display of T Cadies dress goods all thby la the extreae and cootalu seasoe newest lines and wares tor tte Ren. . ."": - . : monmember onr prices will save you speeey and no mistake. A call lire Holly solicited. Our opening days wQl be KjrlJsj a&4 Saturday, SOtb, and fist. . . t ' Truly your friend ete.; ' " Mrs. J. A. ROACD 4 S02T, Betdavllle, N. C, Mar. J7, m FERTILIZER -a (

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