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TAYLORSILLE, ALEXANDER COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1888.
$1 Per Tear.
LOCAL DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
PRESBYTER iA.
nr Pivachinsj every second and
?a rth 'Su'Hl:iy. at 11 a. in, and at night.
Prier-iii' tiMST evrry fif"i')'
r. ht Sunday -school every Sunday ar
' , A. C. Mcintosh superin-
YF-iH"riST. Rev. T. J. ,'Dailey.
Vitor. Preaching every third Sunday
Ba1t1ST. Rev. b. P. Gwaltney.pas
Pivuehinff every fourth Sunday
t i'W P-,n- Sunday School every Sun
Jv"at li) a.m. E. A. Womble, Super
inteiKleiit .
SOCIETY' MEETINGS.
A. F. A. -U.-i.ee ';'" -
meet--1."1 111 1 '-i,"'v". "v -at1
o'clock p. in.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
gherift'. S!ri'-p. Clerk of Court,
fr Mcltit-!'",; ii- of D. J. M. .Oxford;"
Tn-i-iuvr, C Ji' Uar-on: County Coin-
iUion -.s. -J- H. P..ol. YV. R. Sloan,
fiv T.m !; A..C. Mclurosu A. P.
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COUl'OHATlOX OFFICERS.
A. A. Rill. Mayor: V. II. Mathi-on,"
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JgRAS.TUS B. JONES,
ATTORN l-.Y-AT-LAW.
Practices in the courts of Alexander,
Catawba, Caldwell, Iredell and Wilkes.
Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims and ail other business entrusted
to him. ."".
T B. BURKE,
XV. ATTORNKT-AT-LAW.
Having been granted license by the
Supreme Court, I have located at Taj
lorsville for the
PRACTICE.- OF LAW.
and bespeak a share of the public pat
ronage. Twill attend the Courts of ad
joining counties.
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N. C,
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
CONTRACTS .FOR FINE HOUSES
A SPECIALTY.
Will fit'.ni-h p'aos -and estimates fie.-
on v(rk t iitrii-ti il to u. All work ;v
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eitiier of .b-!iC.bs or wttg-oiis. A weli
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ways on hand. We 'guarantee prices
ou "any and si I work entrusted to ns.
We lo tirst-elass work, and ask a trial
trout ;)11 in nee 1 of anything in our line.
.Our shot..- a -e on the hid ahove the de-j
T)M. where we can be found at anv time.
H(inr to have von call and see us, we
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Highland Buggy and Wagn Works,
Taylorsville, N. C.
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; The Public Schools.
By S. M. Finger. Sup't of Public In
struction. According to the last returns
the whole number of white and
colored children between the ages
of 6 and 21 years was 5G6,270.The
white children, during the last 4
years, increased from 321,501 to
353,481; total in four years 31,920
or 9.92 per cent. Din ing the same
time the colored children increased
from 103,843 to 212,789; total 18.
946 or 9.77 oer cent. Thus it will
be seen .that the rate of iucrease
is very nearly the same for both
races, the whites having increas
ed only .15 per ceut faster or 15
in 10,000.
Last year there were enrolled
in the white schools 57.2 per cent
or 202,134 out of 353,481 children;
in the colored schools 57.8 per
cent or 123,145 out of 512,781. The
average daily attendance' in the
white schools was 35.2 per cent,
and in the colored schools 33.5
percent.- Looking back over four
years the figures show that their
is a .small increase in both enroll ,
men t and average attendance of
the whites and a small decrease
of the colored. I. state this be
cause it is somet me-s iid that the
colored people attend the schools
bctter.-t.huii the whites. This may
be true lor some communities, hut
it is. not -so tor the State according
to the returns made fo my ottice.'
ie.-idcs, the whites hae a much
l it get; proport ion'al attend nice in
private sclmols than the negroes
have. -:I.ec.iuse there are enrolled
in our 'public schools only 57 or
5S -children out of every : 100 there
i an opinion among, many peo
ple that t lie remaining 42 or 43
do !iot a t tend , t all. Tii is is not
.the tact. Our school" age is from
0 to" 21 ears, a period ol 15ears.
During any one session a large
number of small children withiu
school age will not be enrolled
.who at some subseiunt time will
be; and also a great many, say
from 10 to 21, drop onto! the pub
lic schools lo engage in work or
pass, into piivate schools or col
leges and aie not enrolled in the
public. schools.
The tact is that during the
slcrt time our schools are in ses
sion we have enrolled in them a
larger per cent of population than
Massachusetts, Contietictit,or Xew
York. YVe have enrolled 20.03
per cent of the whole population
nii ludiiig men, women, and chil
dren, of all ages, or one person in
live, while Massachusetts has
only 18 per cent, Connecticut .18.
71 per cent, and New York 19.28
per cent. These figures are taken
tioui the last leport of the Com
missioner of Education and are
based' on the United States cen
sus of LS60 and the latest school
ce i.i siis (if the St ates com pared .An d
further, our daily average attend
ance in proportion to the whole
population is better than in New
York or Connecticut.
1 am free to say that quite a
large number of our children do
not avail themselves of the facili
ties they have, .but the greatest
diflerenee between the education
al status of our State and those 1
have named above, and .other
Northern States, consists in the
length of annual school terms.
North Carolina has 00 days per
annum, (just about the same for
both races) Massachusetts 172,
Connecticut 179, and New York
178. V i t h u ea rly t i e sa in e rate
of enrollment and average attend
ance ami, say, three timo as long
terms, the public educational for
ces in these three Stares are three
times as great; as are those of our
State, granting t ha' our teachers
are as well prepared for their
work. We are indeed far behind
in the educational race, but still
our 'public schools are improving
in efficiency and attendance, aud
and our many private schools are
giving valuable help both in the
instruction of children who are
not included in the public school
enrollment,and in providing high
er education to those young per
sons who have passed beyond the
public school course.
In estimating our educational
facilities I have taken the average
for the State, We must not lose
vsight of the fact that, while the
average school term is 00 days or
3 mouths, some counties have 2
mouths,and others have 4 months
or more. This results from sever
al causes: .1 A difference in valu
ation of property in the different
counties. 2 Closer collections of
school funds by officers of some
counties than of others. 3 Re
ceipt's from license of retail liquor
dealers, which are large in some
counties and.small or nothing in
others. 4 Special levies for schools
by some County Commissioners
and npne by others.
North Carolina Crop Report.
The crop report for March cov
ers all the State, being made up
of reports from a hundred corres
pondents. It states that there is
a decided advancement in the
matter of clover and grasses.
More will be seeded and the culti
vation is becoming more general
all Over the State. Great strides
are being made in the production
and use of home made manures.
The eotiditiou of live stock is bet
ter this year than for several
past. The average for horses is
95; lor mules, 90; cattle 90; sheep
81, swine 88. The highest esti
mates for all live stock come from
transmontatie counties, and the
lowest from the extreme eastern
counties. There is less complaint
of labor than last year. Labor is
reported to oev,fairfy Efficient in 8
per cent of the replies. As to
wheat it is shown that over 18
per cent of the old crop is yet in
the hands of farmers. There is
complaint from about one fourth
of the area of the State of damage
from either excessive rain or cold.
This is indicative of very slight
damage to total of the crops. The
amount of wheat sown is normal.
The condition of plant is 95. The
oat crop will be in excess of that
of last year. Its condition is 96.
1 hat of rye is 92. Nothing defi
nite is stated in regard to the cot
ton crop, but the tenor of the re
port is that it will not be larger
than last year's. As to the tobac
co crop there are no definite state
ments, but it appears that it will
be a full one. The rice crop will
be as large as usual. Much sor
ghum will be .planted as the re
sult of last year's succesful work
in its cultivation.
Don't
let that cold of yours run on. You
think it is a light thing. But it
mav run into catarrh. Or into
pneumonia. Or consumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneu
monia is dangerous. Consump
tion is death itself.
The breathing apparatus must
be kept healthy and clear of all
obstructions and offensive matter.
Otherwise there is trouble ahead.
All t he diseases of these parts
head, nose, throat, bronchial
tubes and lungs can be delight
iiilly cured by the use of Jipsh.ee' 8
German Syrup. If you don't know
this already, thousands and thou
sands of people can tell you. They
have been cured bv it, and "know
how it is themselves." Bottle
only 75c. Ask any druggist.
There are no more deserving
public officers than the Judiciary,
and none whose arduous duties
should meet with more liberal com
pensation. A comparison between
the amount of work annually. per
formed by a Congressman and a
United States Judge is alone suf
ficient to sustain the position.-
St. Paul Globe. .
The great Senator Ingalls, with
all his brilliancy, would not be
sure of carrying a single State in
the Union if he ran for President
to-morrow. Utica Observer
Hon. W. D. Kelley on North Caro
lina. North Carolina is the most beau
tiful and richest portion of God's
earth upon which my vision or
feet have ever rested. You know
that she produces cotton, rice, in
digo, tar, pitch, turpentine, and
superior timber. You know that
her soil and climate are adapted
to the cereals, wheat, corn, rye,
buckwheat and oats, but yoa pro
bably do not know that that State,
long known as the Rip Tan Win
kle of the Union, from which more
than . fifty thousand free white
people fled to the two States of
Indiana and Illinois, is the land
of wine and honey, the apple and
peach, the fig and pomegranate,all
of which I saw prospering in open
fields and under the most artless
culture. Its native vines made
the fortune of Longworth, who
carried -cuttings thence. The wine
producing vineyards of Western
Pennsylvania and around the
borders and on the islands of Lake
Erie, and those scattered through
Missouri, are from cuttings taken
from the native vines of North
Caiolina. The Catawba the Lin
coln, the Isaoella, and richer than
all the scuppernong, of which, as
it has not yet been successfully
transplanted, Eastern North Car
oliua has the monopoly. There it
grows spontaneously as a weed.
The woods and hillsides teem
with the richest honey bearing
flowers, and the bees invite you to
put iip a rude box that they may
reward your kindness with the
sweetest treasure. There is not a
vegetable that we produce that
will not grow in North Carolina.
Wealth and honor are- in the
pathway of the New South. Her
impulses are those which are im
pelling the advance of civilization
and the progress of wealth and
refinement throughout Christen
dom; and as her resources, includ
ing geographical position and cli
mate, are more diversified than
those in the possession of any
other people of equal numbers,she
must at no distant day resume
her once proud position in the van
of civilization's advancing columu.
She is the coming EI Dorado of
American adventure. May the
Almighty speed and guide her on
ward progress.
An Inundation of Wisdom.
Here is another wise man who
knows so much about sleeping
that it hurts him to carry it around,
so he unloads some of his kuowl
edge upon our general ignorance.
The wise man says: Hunters,
scouts, children, wild men, and
all animals sleep with the spine
upward. Every creature does this
except civilized man. It is the
natural and right way.
Sleeping on the face protects
the vital organs in case of a shot
from the enemy, So it does when
we bear in mind that it is a poor
gun these days that can't send a
half .ounce ball crushing through
a railroad tie,. 'and that Garfield
was killed by a shot square in the
baek. We ought to get right down
on our faces and stay there, not
merely to protect our vital organs
from chance cannon shots, but to
express our profound reverence
for a man who knows so much.
Tell you, my son, this-world is so
chock lull of wisdom and knowl
edge and information aud instruc
tion and erudition that it is a
great wonder some of it desen't
escape and leak into the schools.
Burdette.
Cousnmption Surely Cured.
To the Editor: Please inform
your readers that I have a. posi
tive remedy for the above named
disease. By its timely use thou
sands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. I shall be
glad to send two bottle? of iny
remedy free to any of your readers
who have consumption, if they
will send me their express and
postoffico address. T. A. Slocum,
181 Pearl st., F. Y.
North Carolina News Notes.
Wilmington is taking prelimin
ary steps for an industrial school.
The Newbern fish, oyster and
game fair was a financial success.
At Durham the other morning
a negro woman was burned to
death by her clothes taking fire.
Several members of the Salva
tion Army recently arrived in
Asheville, and have located for a
season.
In New Hanover county the en
gineer of a locomotive which killed
a man has been indicted for man
slaughter. A colored man was so badly
crushed by a landslide at a rock r
quarry in Forsyth county that ha
shortly died.
The work of placing in position
the granite boundary stones which:
mark the line between southeast
Virginia and northeast North Car
olina is yet in progress.
The Richmond and Danville
railroad has given a contract for
a new depot at Asheville. It will
be one of the best and most con
venient depots in the South.
A capitalist from New ' J ersey
has purchased the Long Island
factory, in Catawba county, an$
will establish a hosiery manufac-
torvi giving employment to 150
persons.
A negro was killed last week
near Mt. Holly by a falling tree.
Two men were felling the tree
when the negro came walking by
and was struck by a limb of the
tree, shattering his skull.
Rev. R. T. Vanrf, the Baptist
Bishop of Wake Forest,will preach
the commencement sermon and
deliver, the annual address for
Thomasville female college this
year. The sermon will be preached
on the last Sunday in May and
the address delivered the follow
ing Tuesday.
Last week at the Phcenix mine
a white man by the name of Lifus
George came very near meeting
with a horrible death. He was
working in a drift near the edge
of the deepest shaft, which s
something over 300 feet deep, and
by accident he slipped and fell
nearly fifty feet, breaking his leg
and otherwise badly bruising him
self. Tobacco Flies.
An exchange offers the follow
ing advice in regard to destroy
ing the troublesome tobacco flies:
"Use plenty of cobalt dissolved in
water and sweetened with sugar
or honey. Drive stakes all around
the tobacco patch, fifty or sixty
yards apart. Get strips of shin
gles or laths and bore holes in
them. Nail these on top of-tho
stakes and every evening about;
sundown go with a basket of jim
sou flowers and put one in each,
hole in each shingle, drawing in
down tight enough to prevent the
wind blowing it out, and then put
in three drops of cobalt, and bo
sure to commence this as soon as
the first flies come. It will pay
you to grow some early jimsoii
plauts in your hot bed or with,
your tomato plants, so as to have
your jiinson blossoms in time.
Don't put any in the patch; around
the edge will be enough."
Didn't Know His Destination.
From the Epoch.
St.Peter (to applicant): You say
vou were an editorial writer on a
newspaper?
Applicant: Yes, sir.
St. Peter: Step into the eleva
tor, please.
Applicant (stepping into eleva
tor): How soou does it go upf
St. Peter: It doesn't go up; ifc
goes down.
Bueklen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cut?,
bruises, sore--, ulcers, salt rhemu, fever
sore?, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and "all skin eruptions, and poi
tivelv cures piles, or no pay ivquired.
Tr. is "guaranteed to irive perfect satisfuc-
jtion, or money refunded. Price, 35i,
1 per box. For sale by all druggists.
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