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'' ' e Vol. II. No. 47. J- tatloksville; Alexander county, n;;c., Thursday, November 24, i887. -J $1 Per Year. j LOCAL DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. PREsfeyTERiAN. Rev. A.W. White, pastor. Preaching every second ana .fourth Sunday, atll a.m. andat night. prayer-meetingevery Wednesday night Sunday school every Sunday at 9 a.m., A. C. Mcintosh superintendent. METUODIST.-Rev. W T. Xelwn, . .. ... i...t.;n.y pvorv third Sunday, Snranr u d''at nht; every fifth : Imiday a" 11 5-3 i first Sunday at mgm. w J , everv Sunday at 3 p.m.; VY. i kelson , superintendent. ' Baptist! Rev. J. B. Marsh, pastor. Preaching every first Sund iy utll a.m. and ar 7:30 p.m. S'.nd.iy School every 'Sittiday at 10'a.ni.- E. A. Womble Su perintendent. SOCIETY MEETINGS. A. F- vt A. M. Lee Lodge No. 253 meets the. first Saturday of each month, at 1 o'clock p.m. -' COUVry OFFIECRS. R. M. Sharpe. Sheritf; J. T. Mcin tosh. C.S.C; J. M. Oxford,!?, of !.; C. J.Cirsnn. Treasurer; J. B. Pool. W. R. Sloan, V. W. Teague. Commissioners; A. C. Mcintosh, A. T. Marsh, W. W, Teague, Board f Education; J. J. lleti dren, School Superintendent; Z. P. Deal, Coroner. CORPORATION OFFICERS. A. A. Hill. Mayor; .W. B: Matheson, E. L. I led rick, J. M. Matheson, Com missioners; E.L. Iledrick, Town Clerk. THE MAILS. Statesville and 'WHkesboro, daily. Matter f r either of tliese mails shouid be in the office by 12 m. Lenoir Leaves Tm'sdays and Fri- days -at 1 p.nu u?d arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Newton Arrives Tuesdays,. Thnrs ti ay sand Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves same days at 1 p. in. Boomer Arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at .12 an. and leaves same clays at 1 p.m. Bently Arrives Tuesdays and Satur . days at 12 in. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. llamptomille Arrives Tiiesdaj'S and Fridays at G p.m. and leaves Wednes days and Saturdays at G a.m. Rock CutLeaves Fridays at 8 a.m. and arrives taturdays at 4 p.m. Brush' Mountain Arrives Wednes days and Saturdays at J2 m. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. RAILROADS. J V , R. O. Schedule iii EiYect Oct. 15. No. 13,nr.Y-r . x ;Ne.l7, mis. ed. Daily, j e..l. D ili v. SOUTH WA RDi STATIONS! NORTH W' I). G:2 a.m he Tavlorvillei 10:20 p. in arv G:43 ". ..Hiddeiiiie..! 9:57 ' 7:M3 .....S1-)hh.... 9:37 " 7:3J '. " 'k ... Iredell ..J 9:10 u " 8:00 44 arv -Siatesv ll'J 8:40 ' lve 8:35 " Ive ..Statesvilii? . S:M arv 10:.i() 14 arvl-:'h:irhtt'..! G-.3.V u hv Trains on the Western North Caro lina road pa?-s Statesville for the t atat 6:23 p.m ; for the west at 12:20 p.m. J AS. L. TAYLOR, G. P. G., Richmond, Va. D CARD WELL, D. P. A., Col nubia, S.C PROFESSIONAL CARDS. IRASTUS B. JONES, Attoiney-at-Law, Practices in the courts of Alexander, CatauKa, Caldwell, Iredell ana Wiike. Paoiuc attention given to the collection f claims and ail other business entrusted to him. HOTELS. ALUiilALttG SPRING, ALEXANDER C0U1-ITY. N. 0. This famous Mcdicii.alSprin- is now greatly improved and fitted up for a Health Resort and Pleasure 'Retreat. And the Invalid will here find rest, quiet and health. The water from this Spring is KAT.UKE'S GKEAT REMEDY for all disease resulting' from impuri ties of the blood.' fueli as Cancer. Rheu matkm, Athina, Liver and Kidney disease, l)ysp psi;i, li()d and Skin dis eases, Secondary Syphilis, &a. Hun dreds of testimonials can be had of th; curative properties of the water. The Spring is easy of access, as conveyance can be had at any sun'ouiidinr railway station. TKhMS: Board $1 per day for a less tune than a month (is davs to count as .a month); $20 per month. Special ar rangements and terms for families. The bet of s.ttenti- n iven gu-'M s. .'Water will be shipped to anyone de. nu,s jt a, 10c. per ganoni veel and CJirriage extra. - ; The foijowin is an analysis of this ater -as made by State Clu-mUt Dab "ey: Total mineral matter in solmivn and suspension, 14.G0 grains per Impe r iralhin, consisting of i111 very large amount. irboiiateof iron Little. Carbonate f,f Lime Se me. 7.', . re f Lime Stnaii amount. Ui onde of So(a-Sn.all amount. Uilonde of J'otas.h Small amount. bend for eireular. x 1. R. U'lLBAR, Prop'r, r Lllendale P.O., Alexander Co. OPLCLAL POLICE. -IF YOU DE KJ s.te anything in the Miilinery line, call ou Mrs. A. W. Sowkr. No extra cnure for ti tuimisi: hata. Temperance. We commend to the thoughtful consideration of every reader the following selection on temperance, taken from Itopkins' Lectures on Moral Science. The positions of the distinguished author are well taken. The author uses the word "end" as being of tho same mean ing with design or intention. The same word is so used in the ques tion in the Westminster Shorter Catechism, "What is the chief end of maul"; To illustrate: The end of hunger and thirst is to cause us to provide for the wants of the body, lest it perish; the end of pain is to warn us that an agency is at work that will destroy our bodies if not arrested. The limit to any desire or appetite the point at which we must cease to gratify is this: our appetites must not pe indulged in that de-. gree in which it will hinder the development of a higher power. The only desires or powers of the mind, or, rather, of the person,not limited, are love to God and to man. These may be should he indulged without limit. The la ws of our physical Well-being are dic tated by iniiuite wisdom and be nevolence. It is our highest w;is dom to observe those luwci. B. "At no point do the dictates of virtue and enlightened self-love more clearly coincide than in the regulation of the appetites. The proper notion of temperance with reference to them is not an absti ii e nee frorni auy particular thing, but such a control of all the ap petites as will result in the 'great est -power ant activity both of body and of mind, and as shall subjectT them most ..-fully to our control. Anything short of this is criminal, and infallibly perni cious; and any use or enjoyments of the appetites compatible with this may be allowed. "From the above account it is moist plain that the law of the ap petites is to be found in their end. That end we have the capacity to see. e can also see the tituess of the aipetites for its accom plishment, so that wheu we yield ourselves to the gcidaiice of an unperverted apjietite ve are still governed by reason. It is reason committing the accomplishment of an end to a trustworthy servant, that can do it better than she. Let that end the end indicated by the constitution of the appe tites in their relative positions -be accomplished, no more, no less, and both reason and con science are satisfied.- "But besides the natural appe tites, there are those termed arti ficial, or,rnore properly,unnatural, as that for intoxicating drinks,for tobacco, and for opium. In all these the principle is the same. An unnatural stimulus is given to the nerves, followed by a corres ponding depression, and an unea siness which' causes a desire of repetition, and which often be comes a cra ving so importunate as to overmaster and control every other principle of actio;i. "Between these artifci d appe tites and those that are natural there are four important differ ences. "The first is,that in the natural appetite the craving is an original part of the constitution, created .by "God with reference to an end intended by him. In the artifi cial appetite,the craving is wholly superinduced by inan, and with reference to an end which God no more intended than he did mur der. - "The second difference is, that the objects of the aitificial appe tites are all violent poisons. They are incapable of assimilation with the system. Except as medicines they can contribute nothing to its health or well being, and taken in any considerable quantity they cause death. "The third difference is, that the pleasure connected with the artificial appetites is purely and utterly selfish. It has uo relation to the ulterior good of the man himself, or any other being. On the contrary, it lowers the tone of the system and the capacity for good; whereas the pleasure con nected with the natural appetites has relation to the vigor which wields the axe and guides the plow, and even to the highest in tellectual exertion. 1 : "The fourth difference is, that the artificial appetites have a ten dency to increase. As the stim ulus is continued, the quantity necessary to produce the desired effect becomes greater. It is this insidious tendency, this 'facilis descensus averm,' that has brought many gifted men to the verge of destruction before they j were aware of it, and has preven- ted their return. The natural ap petites have no such tendency. "Let uo one, therefore, suppose that God has not g:ven as many appetites as are for his best good, or that he shall be a gainer on the whole by attempting to reap where nature did not sow. "The wretchedness there is in the world from the amise of the natural appetites, and from the expense and tyranny of the arti ficial ones, is so great that the purpose of God with reference to this part of.' the constitution is worthy of careful study." Tobacco Factories In the Country. Of the 971 tobacco factories in the country nearly one-half are in the two -States of North Caro lina and Virginia, the former hav ing 211 and the latter 100. The Virginia factories, however, use up nearly twice as - much tobacco as those of North Carolina. "The tobacco factories of Virginia con sumed in the last calender year 45,707,838 pounds of leaf tobacco and 2,32 7,391 pounds of sugar. Maryland has 11 factories, which in the snje period used up 0,070, 318 pounds of leaf tobacco, about 978,000 pounds of scrap, stems and licorice, and 278,589 pounds of sugar. The Maryland factories are principally engaged in the manufacture of -smoking tobocco, of which they turned out 6,301,131 pounds,- with 445,120 pounds of chewing tobacco and 399,087 pounds. of snuff. It will be sur prising to know that Deleware and New Jersey made nearly three-fourths of all the snuff in the last calander year. Deleware with only two factories, made 2, 284,132 pounds of snuff. New Jersey made 2,476,355 pounds. Virginia turned out plug tobacco to the enormous amont of 38,238, 003 pounds, and only 903,353 pounds of smoking- tobacco. With the exception of New York only Maryland made more smoking to bacco than any other State. Five States, Virginia, Missouri, Ken tucky, New Jersey and North Car olina, made more than if 0,000,000 pound of plug tobacco, while all the other States made only about 20,000,000 pounds. Excitement in Texas. Gieat excitement has been caused in the vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the re markable recovery of J. E. Corley,who was so helpless he could not turn iti bed or raise his head; everybody said he was dyinijof consumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery was sent liiui. Finding relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills; -by the time he had taken two boxes of pills and two bottles of the discovery, he was well aud had . gained in fle thirtj'-six pounds. Trial bottles of this great discovery for consumption free at any ding store: larre bottles $1. Wonderful Cures. W. D. IToyt & Co., wholesale and re tail druggists of Rome, Ga., say: We have been selling Dr. King's New Dis covery, Eh'ct re Bitters, and Ruekleii's Ainica Salve for four years: Have nev er handled remedies that sell as well or give such universal satisfaction. There have been some wonderful cures ejec ted by these medicines in this ciiy. sev eral cases of pronounced consumption hae been entirely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Diseov- ery, taken in connection with Electric Hitters. We guarantee them always. sold y all druists. Interesting Crop Report. The Department of Agriculture has compiled a statement from re ports received from correspond ents throughout the State, show ing the average yield of various crops in the State for the past year, present condition and indi cation of others, &c. The report contains interesting general infor mation. The substance, with ref erence to some of the crops, is as follows: ; With a view to ascertaining data in relation to t he yield of certain, crops and to learn the ex ac condition of the preparations for the proposed crops of the next season, a specially prepared form was distributed to the correspond ents throughout the State. The information thus gained is of an encouraging nature, and shows that , there has been great im- provement in the preparation of soil for the reception of seed. It is also noticeable that the desire for new and improved methods is widespread. There seems an un mistakable awakening among the farmers of the State which por tends, better things in the future. Cotton.- It was ascertained that the average estimated yield of lint cotton per acre in the State at large was 375 pounds. In a great many sections the figures were greatly in excess of these, and in other parts of the State much less. It is also learned that there is now iii the field 22 per cent ; of the crop unpicked. ' Tobacco. Special enquiry was made as to the estimated average yield of tobacco in pounds per acre. It is found that the average of the counties growing tobacco is 493 j pouuds to the acre. En quirjl to the average price lor this product shows it to have been 10 J cents per pound. This aver age is made from reports received. Some counties did not make a re port. Sorghum. Reports from all the counties in which sorghum cane is grown, except one, shows that this crop is a profitable one. The' production of sorghum per acre appears to be from 20 to 150 gal lons; the average being 77 gal lons. Yheat. It is shown that prep arations for the next wheat crop, have been far better than usual in mot parts of the State. Early indications pointed to an increas ed acreage, but general heavy rains for the past four weeks have been a great impediment to get ting ground in order for sowing and have caused a reduction in the acreage intended for wheat. Notwithstanding this, the major ity of 'the reports show some' in crease in acreage with about one third of the crop of winter sowing in the ground. This applies spe cially to the Piedmont section of the State. Oats. About the same reports of the wheat crop apply to the oat crop, with whatever advantage there may -be in favor of oats. Grasses and Clover. There are general reports of a proposed increase of acreage in these crops throughout the State. There could be no better indication of a growing progressive spirit among the farmers. Turnips. This crop is reported as a success from every section of the State. Winter Apples. Reports of the late apple crop, with few excep tions, are not very favorable. There has been a failure in the State generally, while a few re ports from the west are satisfac tory. ; , 1 ., ;' : :' ; The Speed of Heat and Cold. It h is been asked which travels fast est, heat or cold; and answered heat. Because any one can catch a cold. It therefore follows that every one should keep Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein, which will cure coughs, eoids and consumption. SSgrTavior'a Premium Cologne at i th Millinerj Store. Golden Words of Gen. Lee. Col. Marshall in his oration in Richmond at the laying'of the corner-stone of the propose Lee monument, qrioted these words as written by Gen. Lee soon after the surrender of the Confederate army. V "My experience of men has neither disposed me to' think worse of them, nor indisposed me to serve them; nor in spite of failures, which I lament, or errors, which I now see and acknowledge or of tho present aspect of affirs, do I despair of the future. The truth is this. The march of Prov dence is so slow and our desire so impatient, the work of press is so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble, the life of humanity so long and that of the individuals so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope." U. S. Pensioners in JSorth Carolina. From the Shelby Aurora. From an examination of the re port of the United States Com missioner of Pensions, recently is sued, we find that North Carolina receives $30,000 from the United States treasury each year in pen sions. Cleveland county has six claimants who receive $234; Ruth erford has four who receive $90; Burke's fourteen get $407; Gas ton's solitary man gets $30, and Catawba's six pensioners get $150. The mountain counties receive more. Mitchell leads off with seven tj-se ven on the list, getting $1,731; Madison's sixty have $1, 809; Cherokee has fifty-one, re ceiving $1,500, with Buncombe about the same money and nam- hor --Wilb-a Hiirf.r.fnnr o-Af SKOS and Polk's eleven receive $294. Trade Review. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Trade Review of last week says: More than a third of all the wheat which will leave the farms throughout the country during the entire year was sold in this one city during the past six days. Wheat advanced 3 cents, while cotton declined 1-10. Cotton has reacted from the great advance caused by the bureau re port, but the receipts continue larsre bevoud precedent. If the bureau estimate of 3,000,000 bales is correct, the quantity which has come forward already is 2,500,000. It is not strange that some are in doubt about it. Failures for the United States and Canada during the past seven days number 224 against 242 for the corresponding week of last year. The Supreme Court has ren dered a decision affirming the right of the Governor to appoint magistrates in place of those ap pointed by the Legislature and who failed to qualify in the time prescribed by law. The Republi can Clerk of Guilford county re fused to swear in the magistrates in that county whom the Govern or appointed, and a suit : was brought to compel him to obey the law. ' Don't Experiment. . You cannot afford to waste time in experimenting when your lungs are in danger. Consumption always seems, at first, only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose upon - you with some cheap imitation of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. couffhs and colds, but be sure to get the gen nine. Because he can make more profit he may tell you he has something just as good, or just the same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon getting Dr. King's New Discovery, which is guar n teed to give relief in all throat, lung, and chest affections. Trial bottles free at any drug store. Large bottles, $1. Greatly Excited. Not a few of the citizens of Taylors ville have recently become greatly ex cited over the astouuding facts rhat several of their friends who had been pronounced by their physicians as in curable and beyond all hope sniferipg with that dreaded mouMer, Consumb tion have been completely cured by Dr.King's New Discovery for consump tion, the only remedy that does posi tively cure all throat and lung diseases, coughs, colds, asthma and bronchitis; Trial bottles free at any drug store. large bottles, $1. Jfortfi Carolina ff ew& Notes, n' Swannanoa tttnnel,on the West ern North Carolina raiJroad,keep- caving in. Trees are sinking down from the top through a regular funnel. A party of English capitalists are in Morganton with a view cf erecting machinery to saw white' oak lumber. The lumber will be shipped direct to Europe. Thus far 74 of the 96 counties of the State have made reports to the Auditor of the taxable values of their property. In about thre out of five an increase is shown "su compared with last year. In Meckleuburg county two col ored children were locked in tho house by their parents, who wevt to work. A few , hours later house was in flames and both chil dren were burned to death. Among seven colored convicts received at' the penitentiary froei Wilson county, was one convicted of highway robbery and sentence;! to ten years. He was captured in Virginia and brought to this Sta'te on a requisition. The report of the condition of the Raleigh savings bank for the first six months of its existence has been made, and the showing is a fine one. The deposits amount to oyer $25,000 and the total busi ness to over $30,000 The Weather continues remark ably unsettled. Fine days and. unpleasant ones alternate. This season is usually specially fine. The delay of all kinds of farm work continues. Wheat seediiig has been seriously interfered with in some sections of the State. Mr. Branard "Foster, of Fartn ington .township, Davie county, counts a thumb and forefinger le&s on his left hand. He was staying in the store of JMr.Harrisou Sparks and found a dynamite cartridge, and, not knowing what it was, be gan picking into the end of it with his knife. The floods have now all abated . but there are scenes of devastr? tion on miles and miles of lov. lands. An estimate has been mad by careful men that over 75,000 acres of farming lands inthe coun ty of Edgecomb were submerged entirely, and that on 10,000 acres of these the crops were -stand in. r mainly corn. This will givear, idea of the general destruction in the section of the State east of Raleigh. E. L. Audrews, the New York lawyer who was in Raleigh a few days ago to see if he could not "stir the waters" about the special tax bouds, failed to accomplish anything. He desired Governor Scales to "consider" the matter. The Governor informed him thst there was nothing for him to con sider, and that he would not put pen to paper about the bonds. As to these special tax bonds tl o whole people " of North Carolina stand in line against them. The Constitution, voted on by all the people, forbids even their recog nition, and the people of all par ties are a unit in ignoring them. So Mr. Andrews and the people he represents have what may bo said to be no showing at all, liter ally and figuratively. They want to get up a boom on the bonds. If they could get Governor Scales to say, "I will take the matter under consideration," they would expect to see the bonds stiffen in price, and then they would uuload at the right moment. Mr. Andrews actually wished the Governor to consider the plan of calling the Legislature together to act in the premises in fact he asked that that body be so called in special session. The whole business is really laughable. Governor Scales is too true a man and too true a North Carolinian to pay any at tention to. such matters as Mr. Andrews presented. SggTlf you want to keep posted in your county aftai i s, subscribe lor ho
The Alexander County Journal (Taylorsville, N.C.)
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