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Vol. II. No 42. TATLORSVILLE, ALEXANDER COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1887. 1$1 Per YiAR. r 5 . LOCAL DIRECTORY: CHURCHES. ' Presbyterian. Rev. A.W. YhlteJ pastor. Preaching every second and fourth Sunday, at 11 a.m. and at nig ;ht. Praver-meeting every Wednesday night Sunday school every Sunday at a a.m., A. C. Mcintosh superintendent. . . METHODiST.-Kev. W.. T. Nelson, naVror Preaching every third Sunday, at 11 a m! and at night; every fifth Sunday at H a.m. and at night; every first Sunday ai uiut. every Sunday at 3 p.m.; W. T. Nelson superintendent. Baptist. Rev. J: B. Marsh, pastor. Preaching every Saturday before the first Sunday' at 7:30 p.m. and at 11 am. on first Sunday. SOCIETY MEETINGS. A. F, Sb A. M. Tee Lodge No. 253 meet the first Saturday of each month, at 1 o'clock p.m. - 4 . - COUNTY OFFIECRS. R. M. Sharpe, Sheriff; J. T. Mcin tosh, C.S.C.; J. M. Oxford.R. of D.; C. J. Carson. Treasurer; J. B. Pool, W. R. Sloan, V. W. Teague, Commissioners; A. C. Mcintosh, A. T. Marsh, W. W. Teague, Board of Education; J. J. Hen dren, School Superintendent; Z. P. Deal, Coroner. CORPORATION OFFICERS. A. A. Hill, Mayor; W. B. Matheson, E. L, Hedriok, J. M. Matheson, Com missioners; E.I.' Hedrick, Town Clerk. THE MAILS. Statesville and Wilkesboro, daily. Matter for either of these mails should be in the office by 12 ni. Lenoir Leaves Tuesdays and Fri days at -1 p.m. and arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Newton Arrives Tuesdays, Thurs days and Sar-nrdays at 12 ui. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. Boomer Arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 m. aud leaves same days at 1 p.m. " Bently Arrives Tuesdays and Satur days at 12 m. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. 1 1 am ptonvillo Arrives Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. and leaves Wednes day and Saturna) at b a.m. - , . Rock Cut Leave's Fridays at S a.m. and arrives Saturdays at 4 p.m. Brushy Mountain Arrives Wednes days and Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. RAILROADS. Q & W. R. R." . . x O. Schedule in ElTect Oct. 16. southward; stations, j nobthw'd. a.m he Tavlorsville 10:20 p.m arv :43 .Hiddenite.. ....Sloan..... 9:57 9:37 9:10 S:40 S-.H0 6:35 4. t lve arv lve :30 Iredell u it It 8:J'0 , ' arv;..Statesville. '8 :.".. " lve!-.Sr;ite,sv:lIe. 10:30 s arv- Charlotte- PROFESSIONAL CARDS. KASTUS B. JONES, Attorney-at-Law, Practices in the courts of -Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell. Iredell and Wilkes-. Promptattention given to the collection of claims and afl other business entrusted to him. . HOTELS. ALLHEALIKG SFiiliXG, ALEXANDEE COUNTY, N. C. This famous Medicinal Spring is now greatly improved and fitted up for a Health Resort and Ple;isuie Retreat. And the Invalid will here lind rest, quiet and health. The water from this Spring is - 1 NATUEE'S GREAT llEMEDY ' for alt-diseases resulting from impuri ties of the Mood such as Cancer, Rheu matism, As-thuui, I-iver and 'Kidney . .disease. 'Dysjiepia, Blood and Skiir dis eases. Secondary Syphilis, &c. Hun dreds of testimonials can be had of the curative properties of the water. The Spring is easy of access, as conveyance can be had at anjT surrounding railway station. Tkf bis: Board $1 per day for a less time than a month (2$ days to coimt as a month); 820 per month. Special ar rangements and terms for families. The best of attention given guesls. Water will be shipped to anyone de. siring it ai 10c. per gallon, vessel and carriage extra. The following is an analysis of this water as made by State Chemist Dab ney: Total mineral matter in solution and suspension, 14.60 grains per Impe rial gallon, consisting of Silica Very large amount. Carbonate of Iron Little. Carbonate of Lime Some. Sulphate of Lime Small amount. Chloride of So!a Small amount. Chloride of Potash Small amount. Send for circular. I. R. WILBAR, Prop'r, Ellendale P.O.. Alexander Co. $100 T(f $30 A MONTH CAN V i VJ VJ be made worki ug for us. Agents preferred who can furnish their own houses and give their whole time to thebiisiness. A few vacancies- in towns aud cities. B. F. Johnson&C-O., 1013 Main st., Richmond, Va. SPECIAL NOTICE. IF YOU DE re anything in the Millinerv line, call on Mrs. A. W. Sower. No extra charge for trimming hats. SSTlt you want to keep posted in your county affairs, subscribe for the Journal only $1 a vear. Mr. Linney's Recent Manifesto Dis cussed by Jeffersoniaii," Inter spersed with Some Sound Dem ocracy. ' From the Charlotte Chronicle. I have read the article of Etou. R. Z. Liuney which appeared in the Statesville '--Mail wherein he shows conclusively that he is not a Democrat, and that the Eepub- lican party is the party for him. I noticed later a very uninst at tack on Mr. Linuey by the editor. of the Newton Enterprise, who takes exceptions to some of Mr. Linnev's arenments. But I take pleasure in deuoucing the attack as base and declaring to the world that the position of Mr. Linney is uuimijeachable. In the first place, I concur with Mr. Linuey in his bellicose atti tude towards the LcndmarlCyWhich paper exposed to the public in a very hum ilatirig manner the essay of Mr. Linuey on "Hard Tinies." I 'honestly don't blame Mr. Linuey for deciding that he was subscrib ing for too many papers. More over, everybody knows that Jo seph Caldwell had. the audacity to stick to his iarty after it had actually made a law which he op posed. A man who will stick to his party uuder such circumstan ces is certainly a bad man. Mr Caldwell should immediately have turned to the Republican party, although that party had passed a thousand laws which he opposed. Then he would have carried out the true idea of patriotism and loyalty, sucli as, perhaps, would have rivaled the patriotism and loyalty of Liuney himself. Likewise, Mr. Liuney shows con clusively that the assessors of Sharped township of his county have valued that property high Lr than the assessors of Iredell val ued some of the township of Ire dell. It is, therefore, a disgrace, to the Legislature of 1S8C that the assessors of Sharpens township failed to execute the law justly. Second. Mr. Linney shows that North Carolina is about to die on account ot the internal revenue taxation. In 1S0G, according to Mr. Linuey himself, 200 articles bore internal revenue tax- At that time the South was impover: ished bv a war to such au extent that no statistics would give an idea of the prevailing povejty. With all this heavy burden of tax ation the South lived and flour ished. Every kind of industry has been promoted. In the last eight years our own State has in creased in wealth fifty millions. It is, therefore, evident that our our country is going to pieces under the yoke of internal taxation and to use Mr. -Linney's conclusion "it is demonstrated to a mathemati cal certainty that we canuot bear the burden." Admireable I ;gie! Hurrah for Mr. Liuney! Yes, fellow-citizens, the unjust revenue ought to be abolished. Just think of it; the poor South has to pay 20 millions to the North's 97 millions; Illinois alone pays more tax thau all the South ern States together which shows how the poor South is imposed upon. It has been the popular impres sion of statesmen for some centu ries that taxible articles are paid by consumer.' Ignorant statesmen contend that the dealer or seller who pays a tax adds it to the price of his article and gets the tax back. But the statesman of Tay Iorsville has e"xpolded that idea. Dealers in whiskey in this State have, been un-der the impression that the spirits they -ship to South Carolina, Virginia, and other States, are paid for including the tax by their customers in the e States. But Mr. Linney has de monstrated that the money other States pay for our whiskey, bur dens us and tne money we pay other States for their whiskey, makes them poor indeed. Alas for poor Illinois.' Lovers of whis ky from all parts of the country send their cost to that State to help them to tax-pay their spirits amounting to 24 millions a rer. over burdening that State. It is a wonder she does not scry out for succor. And the people np there are ignorant. They are trying to pay tax on all whisky they can make. ..Mr. Morrisson of that State is fool enough to oppose the abolition of the tax. If Mr. Mor rison sees this article, he is in formed that Mr. Linney's address is Taylorsville, Alexander county, N. C, via. Junebug Railroad, where he can get new ideas about taxes. O yes, abolish the internal rev- enue; turn tne uoj lector omoe into a saturatis of intoxicating liquor to gladden the hearts of all poor men and womeut. In the union soldiers want any more pensions, or the Republican jlarty wants a millions to protect the poor inouufacturers of the North why we will be delighted to see the money raised by incres ing the tax on sugar, wool, and such luxuries. Some people imagine that the dislike of the revenue system by the Democrats was executed un der Republican rules.' But not so. We now have a decent Collector who and administers the law with as much mildness as is compati ble with respect for it. One half his officers are old Confederate soldiers. The office distribute among the people about twelve thousand dollars a month on ac cent of salaries, which would be sadly missed if taken away. But let us abolish the system. Let us get red of all the - money we can. It is not the abuse of the law which has prejudiced Democrats against the system, but it is the fact we cannot bear to pay tax on whisky. . Mr. Linney and myself want to see the taxes levied on necssaries exclusively. I will draw a picture of a plotfrom so there can be no mistake about ti: Free List. Tax List Actual Tax. Whisky Lager beer Tobacco Snuff Sugar, 80 Per cent. Rice, 113 Salt, 83 Wool, 71 Common coth 91 Shawls 87 Cotton bagging54 u If the whisky tax can be abol ished the people of Alexander ueed not fear losing the privilege of paying double value on all ne cessaries as long as they live. Now fellow citizens, it is plain that the tax on whisky should go. Then we would have no more rev enue officers, but everybody could have his own distilery and make and drink under his own viue and fig trree. Let us pay all our taxes on ne cessaries so that onr money will emigrate North to help out the poor manufacturers of that sec tion. I glory in Mr. Linney's spunk. Shays he, "1 deem it a duty I owe to the fifty-one souls living on my lands" to shake off the oppressive yoke of internal revenue taxation (of which not a dollar is paid by a distiller or manufacturer in Mr. Linney's county, so I am infor med.) Wl en I coutemplate the joy of those fifty-one souls to be relieved of this heavy burden, my patriotic heat swells in my bosom. Those oppressed fifty-one souls should hold a mass meeting and nomi nate their chief for some office coinmeusueate with his great love for them. Of course, if there are any ob jectionable features of the inter nal. revenue to be modified or wiped awayf the Republican party is the remedy. We all remember how that noble band of Carpet Baggers reformed North Carolina a few years sin cej spreading sun shine and peace, building public schools, railroads, issuing boflds and reducing taxation generally. We remember how the Republi- can party reformed the Star Route service, how by close economy they built the first Navy in the world, and taught benighted man kind the blessedness of Kleptoc racy. . . The Republican party has al ways favored repealing the inter nal revenue, while the Democrats have labored to perpetuate it. It is true, the Congressional Record shows that . nearly all the votes for abolishing the internal reve nue since the war were by South ern Democrats. But the Congres sional Eecorjd is not reliable. Mr. Linney has the latest edition of "Blum's Almanac" which contains the only Vrue accouut of politics and besides he reads the States ville Mail. To father, prove Mr. Linney's familiarity with standard works, be states that Thomas Jefferson favored national aid to public schools. Now the letter to Con gress in which Mr. Jefferson men tions about that subiect which statesmen read and study, states that an amendment to the Con stitution would have to be made in order1 to inaugurate such a measure. He was not in favor of over-ridiug the present Constitu tion with any such humbug or ro tation of its articles. Yet Mr. Liuney?s edition of the latter is quite different. Besides a man is foolish to think that Mr. Linuey had not a right to misrepresent Mr. Jefferson if he liked. There was no law made by the pets of 1887, or any other Legislature, against such misrepresentation or -display of ignorance. Thirdly. It is shown that Mr. Craig shchlmve turned out one of his clerks and put iu Linney' friend, even in doing so (as I am informed) the man would have to be discharged that Mr. Liuney re commended to a former Collector (before he turned Republican.) Finally, fellow citizens, who can doubt the patriotism of Mr. Lin ney iu joining the Republican par ty. Many a time and oft has he climbed upon a dry goods box to pour out his vocabulary of vulgar ity and barnyard yenacular over the heads of the meu he now folds his doting aims about his kisses. Is not that truly patriot ism? It is uot forj office that Mr. Lin ney turns bis coat. No! Neither is it due to any changes of the moon. ' But pure love of country. If he had ever exerted himself or intriuged to be a Legislator, So licitor, Judge or Congressman or ever run as a bolting Democrat or Independent, his patriotism might be questioned. But we know he has had a self-sacrificing life on the sunny glades of the Brushy mouutains, peacefully plowing his favorite steer as he meditated on the principles of taxation and the blessedness of true patriotism. It is beailtiful to contemplate the evolution and progress of his political ideas. Firsf a bolting Democrat again Mcintosh, the unanimous nominee his part, then Democrat straight, then independ ent, then Republican then Anar chist. (O, excuse me, not Aran chist.) .He has not yet risen to that height and I must congratu late him ou drawing the line at present, at; Republicanism, for i notice in Chicago they have a fouduess for hanging anarchists. However, at the present rate of evolution he may hope to envolve himself into the highest type of awarchism. But as I remark, the Republican party is the place at present. In its- camp he will be free from the vulgar and obscene herea::er will be composed of ladies suited to his refined Eng lish and polished manners.Blaine and Sherman (as we all know) are ! especial friends of the South and the Confederate soldiers and are jin favor of repealing the tax on whisky. Mr. Linney can tell them about taxation principles, Jeffer son politics aud other matters and they will immediately get up a bill to relieve the 51 souls on Mr. Linney's land from the oppressive revenue tax and to pension the Confederate soldiers. In conclusion, fellow citizens let us rejoic that Mr. Linney has spread his broad protecting wings over the human race and given the world a true exaple of patriot ism. , How I Came to North Carolina. B. A. Goodridge, editor of the Pine Knot, Southern Pine, writes to the News and Observer asfol- lows: One morning during the winter of 1885 I said to myself: "I'm not an Esquimaux or a polar bear,and I don't know why I should contin ue to live where the murcury goes to 25 degrees below zero and my hand sticks to the frosty door latch." :. My wife's health was failing un der the continued stress of New England weather, and the neces sity of seeking a home beneath some milder sky was every day forcing itself upon me with more and more insistence. But I didn't know where to go. Florida, with its low lands, swamps and dengue fever was not attractive. Califor nia was too far away. The place for me must be high and dry,with a mild climate and not hopelessly distant from New York and Bos ton. Such condition of atuosphere were absolutely essential to my wife, to whom a moist- air would have been fatal. I was sure that the right place could be found somewhere in the South, and In order to determine where I set about reading up the descriptive articles on the Southern States in the Encyclopeadia Brittannica for which I had just subscribed. Rather a round-about way, it would seem, to gelb information concerning a not very distant sec tion of my own country; but it was the best I could devise, for I had neither friend or acquaintance in any Southern State. The next dayafter Volume XVII of the Encyclopeadia arrived I left my wife cutting the leaves and making what discoveries she could among its contents, while I went to my school duties. When I came in at lunch time she was so exci ted as to be almost c omfortably warm,a thing unknown for months and said decidedly, "I am going to North Carolina. Meekly I re plied "All right; can I go too?" The description of North Caro lina by the lamented Prof. W. C. Kerr was what had fired her heart. She-who-must-bs-obeyed insisted that I should write to Prof. Kerr at once. I addressed him at Washington, asking for informa tion about North Caroling with especial reference to a mild cli mate and heathful location. While waiting for his reply, something quoted from the News and Olzerver caught my eye, and knowing that a newspaper is gen erally the sorest index of the char acter of the community ie which it is published, I sent for a sample copy. I remember that the papers came prom ptly ( t wo,I thin k,though I only paid for one,) and that I read every word in them, adver tisements and all, and formed a very favorable impression of Rf! eigh, which I have never been able to overcome. After a little delay I got a letter from Prof. Kerr at Thomasville, Ga., whither he had gone in a hopeless quest for health. He recommended me to Moore countyfor a climate adap ted to the cure of lung troubles, and advise me to write to Mr. J.T. Patrick, commissioner of immi gration, and Mr. Edward Fasnach, 'well known in your city, for further information and advice. These gentlemen gave me much valuable information and I srot pretty well acquainted with Mr. Fasnach before leaving my home in Massachusetts. The latter part of March I got the trustees of the school over which 1 presided to release me from the completion of a five ear contract, sent away my wife and baby, and, with the assistance of a stoutjlrish woman,broke up house keeping and packed up and stored away the fragmen ts On the 3rd of April, 1885, 1 left the corner where three States met (Massachuetts, Vermont and New Hampshire) to go to Raleigh. Mother earth still had on her win ter blanket, good eight , inches thick, but there were holes in it, indicating that it might in time become "a thing of shreds and patehes." At New York, the blan ket was gone, and in its place ap peared faint streaks of green, that promised to become grass, but as yet served only to aggravate the i i x i- 1 j. xi i : : j f uurues oi uuugry goais tuau maue ineffectual nibbles at it. Norfolk was just putting on the freshness and tender glow of early spring, and I well remember the half-sad, but altogether pleasant hour I spent that Sabbath evening in strolling about St. Paul'? church yard and listening to the chirp of innumerable birds among thevines that clambered over that vener able church. The night found rne comfortably horizontal in one of the cars of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, heels pointing northeast, toward New, England, bead sonthwest,direct fogaleigh, where I arrived Monday morning, bright and early. That was in the time before horse cars had made their appear ance at our State capital, and I was a good deal dismayed at the extraordinary grandeur in which I was obliged to appear on Fay etteville street. I don't know what the vehicle that bore me is rightly called, but judging by the dust it kicked up, I should say it was a brougham (prondunced broom)' ETow, thanks to the horse cars, a modest stranger can make his first appearance in your lovely city without such laceration of his feelings as. a ride in one of those open carriages entails. ; This tells how I came to North Carolina, which ;is all the story that I started to tell. I will only add that my wife has regained her health, and. that we are both ex ceedingly well pleased with the Tar Heel State and its good people. ' "I'm thinking of buildiug me a house," said Brown, last evening. "Good idea; how much money have yon?" "About three thousand dol lars."' "Three thousand dollars; well, that will build a very peat twenty-two hundred dollar house -with economy' In Brief, and to the Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Diso rdered liver te misery Indigestion is a foe to goodnature. The human digesttive apparatus is one ol the most complicated and won derful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, regular habits, and rrany other things ;hich ought not to be, have made the American peop a nation of dyspeptics. Bnt Green's August Flower lias done a wonderful work in reforming this sad business s . d making the American peo ple so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. Remember: No happiness without h ilth. But Green's August Flower Ings health and happiness to. t e dys- pcic. Ask your druggist for a bottle, eventy-five cents. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in jthc world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands. chilblain-' corns, and all skin eruptions and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price, 25c. per box. For sale by all druggists. jS-Mrs. A. W. Sowerr is selling Tri enra Comets at 1. I The best corset on iLho uaikviv A new lot just received. i t t - i --
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