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' ' " .. - - - - .- .: - 5 V I'.'.. . . , ft HilP" INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Ternx S2.00 For VtXk VEW BliRNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY IS), 1888. NO. 42. ... ... , .11 V k!i 1 ; ; h ! - 7 4. jn.ys.o?KSSD AND ' glow: W advftTor to keep only GOOD GOODS, and wiD at all times sell at REASONABLE TERMS. WV Offer at wholesale, P. .Lorillard k Co Snuff, -t: Axmoar & Co.'t Provisions, Haifa But Lje , ZiagW Broa. Fina Shoes, The Bay 8UU Shoa and Leather Co.'a bhoes and Boots, The Celebrated Pearl Sbirta, Harrey'a Old Tuokahoe Tobacco, Hob. Thoa. M. Holt's Alamance Plaids, Ard a fall line of General Merchandise at Lowest Market Prices. TKET5EST WAY TO 13 TO SAVK YOUR MONEY BY Buyrng fit F T T.TTDTILT2 STREET STORES. THEN A BOOM la ths richt dirseiioo will bs iosaararated by making tour purchases at the above liwiit rUstta.-irhtim jth will find bsrxaina m OeUmn' Parnisbinx Qond. Qlmi.llktr Shirts. vUbbsI UadsrwMT, Hats. Osps. .Boo a. Shoee, Um krcUss, Trssks, Taiises mm Eabber Ooods. . :fi ndilrcsd lo Wilmington via Onslow Is JwSt aw aiirnlsg tbs pwblio mind, waii eoooomy te the order of the day. sa4 r. T. Pstwraoa s stores srs the pUes to practice tru ecoaoaty. multm m Bis his not to crsst deal for a Uuis Way down prices in Calico, as, Bloschinr". Brown Dcwneetics. Shawla. Table Cortra. Qnilu. sod s f nchsr itoods. A fall Ime st BoySvYootbs sad Gentlemen Resdy Made Clothing at Sock . AoUocsarices. KiltiesjatTSsawits for a trifl-so to epeak. Thee enode wrs not toads fo lbs CROWS PXINCE OT OEEMANY OB ANY OTHER rOTEN TATS, bat lor oar sw market. . ..... ' Bs tars to iti-rs as oaU sa4 tow will find tow prices sod good qaalitiea. .Botan . tt Bptoasy Com mow Sense 8hMe nar Specialty LI A'X . SCHWERIW, -..THE LEADER TR LOV PSIC MtraBtdinary li'Meis, Youths, Boys and Children's Tis Urfttk Soek of fins and cheap, well fitting od wearing and best made Cbtldaj U ! Citj, in all about laSOifferent Styles f fjrsetvf DuXOBal Wonted, "Bearer and Caasimere Suits, ranging from V amft sad Boy' OrerooaU, BeTeraible Coats 'and Ulstcrettes. A If fclk aat roppUed : Ttt tke largest line of Children's Knee Pants Suits 4 BOYS' '8UTTS trer brongkt here, juat the very thing for city trade. jAtatt &tjlea xm soft aai stiff brim Bat, at reaaooable vrieea. Bests end Shoes in Endless Variety. Laie -Button Shoes aa low aa &5e. a parr. 13 BaUon Skating Boota at 11.00. I AM SOLE AGENT FOB THE 1 1 JATTLK' ES'X CALF SEWEB $2.50 SHOES - XTKRT FAIR WABRiMTID. . Dry Goda, Dreas Goods, Wonted Poplins, Caaaimerea, Kentucky Jeans, bleached, brown ad eaeked Domestios, very cheap. '(Jood Calicoes at 4c. a Yard. Don't fall toJU.cala out Stock of Wallhsr Jackets, Shawls "and Jerseys, sold at astonishing low figures. - Ilea's Fmaahigoda,Wel Orerahirta, White Shirts, Red and White l7adrw,JCsiga"aku, lower tkan ever- Artonl Dxady' tAiif-J54lwar, latest shspes and patterns, handsome Unwf UrtrfjTddjSiBt; Can dVereblels. JWwtifi'8aortrtt cf rJuspetderi ; a pair of fine nobby Silk Suspenders for wnJy 7&W '-. - ,V- , ' MAX SCHWEBIN, 4 1 cf' ' Middle Street, Sign of Flag. MB -SAX- R-BaXL will be glad io meet his old friends and acquaintances. , ,JJji SAM.' E5QLAH0ES will show you the Elephant. 11 II Duffy, , AND. DEALER. IN ALL KINDS OF 'Surgical Appliances, Druggists' Sundries, &c, TGUINJTS PIONEER BLOOD BENE WEB invaluable for the are of Bbennjatwrn. rpP Largeer, best selected and cheapest line of FINE CIGABS m thaltj -40,000 just received. The wholesale trade especially looked - BT Make specialty of BUPEBIOB LIQUOBS for medicina purpose c . ; , py 1 rescriptioas compounded with care and dispatch. 0DXM. 80I.IC1TXD. R. N DUFKY, wit dw Sortb-west cor. Middle and Pollock sts.. New Berne, N C. LlSEY Qifls and Young Ladies r-Tyrttrifor trai to jznl5 Jirtf iv-; BROS., -f OFFER FOR SvLE TUEIK s,Boots,Sboes, dLLlKTGr. cfi?o- mad Pouch, BUILD A BRIDGE PATTERSONS OFPS THIS FALL Bargains Newmarkets. Ladies' and Children's SCHOOL, ff Druggist, New Building. Ample accommodations; for JOSEPH KIHSEY, . -. r ,'. . -piiiirciPAL. UR1L'.ABBAC. THE CAHDID TUTH A yoath ul niientod klone, Nor . -oed be the enll. Nor jo.ned he to the mirth of those Wh rev led to tb bll. Wt (' ihe youth dlecocaolate rill trath til. not dtsoiM fi teM bin oa costard pie. An i i ddm daxa sot riee. BEIATUS BROWN ON THE RF.FEAL OF THE IMERXaL RETlNUE LAWS. I Senator Brown of Georgia, intro daced a reaolation iu tbe Senate 4th of January, declaring that the practice of the government lor the first three quarters of a centary of its existence was correct in collect ing the revenues by tariff on imports and declaring that the internal rerenne laws ought to be repealed. On Monday last he supported this resolution in a speech, an ab stract of which is given in the press dispatches aa follows: Ihe Constitution of the United States clothes Congress with full power to collect the revenues ol this government by duties or im posts on imports, by excise laws called internal revenue laws and by direct tax, and Congress has ased all three methods. There is no constitutional question involved, bat it is purely a matter of policy or interest, with reeard to local I State Interest and ihe welfare of the whole people. The first in - ternal revenue act was passed in 1792, and subsequent revenue acts were passed in 1813 and 1801, all during war periods and intended to supplement the ordinary reve- nues by tariff, and meet the de mand for extraordinary resources called for by war. In both of the earner cases immediately upon toe cessation of war these revenue laws were repealed. lJresdent Jefferson in hut nrst annual message recom mended the abolition of the inter nal revenue system, and discued the principles involved with mas terly aoility. This father of de mocracy urged repeal because there was no emergency to justify a continuance of internal taxes or to warrant taxation of industries to accummulate in the treasury. Congress promptly repealed these laws and did away with the arm ot untiecHSsarj officers. Jefferson, com (flea tine upon the 8stem, said that there '-bad al ready begun that process of domi ciliary vexation which once enter tained is scarcely to be restrained liom reachiug successively every article ot produce and profit " The internal ar revenue measure of 1813 during the presidency of Madi son was repealed three years after peiCe, and twfu'e the war debt pitid or tbe solaiers pensions were i yid. Aud until the civil war of 1861 over 45 years all parties uuiled in restiug npon tbe tariff for raising revenue to support the government. The internal revenue system of 1861 was a war measure ud adopted to raise money in a great strait, but unlike tbe first two. examples tbe system has been continued beyond the emergency and is now in existence twenty three years after the war has closed. We are still collecting, in round numbers, $117,000,000 a year nnder tbe internal revenue system and at a time when there is a heavy sur plus of revenue in the treasury and the effort of statesmen is to get rid of the surplus and not to ' increase the revenue. Declaring the in ternal revenue system an outrage ous system of injustice and wrong that ought to have been abolished long ago, and with a surplus in tbe treasury almost equivalent to the amount collected under the revenue system, which is not needed and which should not be continued, Senator Brown thus concluded : "Let us therefore return to the practice of tbe great men who formed this government and of tbe great men who administered it for many yearf., who, as soon as the emergency had passed which called forth the enactment of such laws, swep; them away from the statute book, and let us,"without delay, get rid of internal taxation by the Federal government ; all its trivial prosecutions, Us oppressions, its outrages and iu wrongs. A return to the old familiar practice of tbe fathers of the better days of the republic will at once relieve us of the surplus in tbe treasury and re lieve Congress and the administra tion of all further embarrassment on the subject." Modern Riches. The most striking feature in modern wealth is the rapid increase in personal property. In old times this was hardly known. For many years this city had but a half-dozen bauks, and the railroad system had not been dreamed of. Now, however, we have a class of capitalists whose preference is for personal property. Jay Gould has 180,000,000 thus in vested, and the Yanderbilt estare la of thrice that amonnt. Bussell Sage's millions are in the same nhape, aud the record might be almost indefinitely extended. Those who become interested in personal wealth avoid real estate, because of its inevitable vexations. They prefer to have their property in a shape that will yield dividends without tbe trouble of paviue taxes and running after rents. Ot course they run the risk of defalcation aud other contingency ot loss, out tne appellation of the "horny the find compensating advantages. I handed son of toil," but his rights Tbe Vanderbilts, lor iustance, have WOuld be disregarded in the in wealth enough to own 7,000 houses, terests of those who might be dis but what a burden such an estate ' posed to take advantage of his would be to men who are are ac-J ignorance. If he sells and buys customed to receive dividend checks without a just understanding of j without any greater labor than ) what constitutes fair pi ices, he j writiug their names. Troy Times. J does it at his financial peril. He I : - -- votes aud then pays taxes in ac "WHY do you keep up a revival . all the time in your church!'' was! asked of an Arkansaw negro preacher. "Baa ter do it sab," he replied. "What de land boom ia ter de smalltown de'vivalis ter de church. n' ef yer let it go down de cause gwine ter suffer. Tell yer what's er fack, ef I dida't keep dese niggers shoutin' all de time da'd let me starre tefdef. Ef er Digger preacher leta Hte rope lack he's gone," EDUCATION. The following is the report of tut ! committee on education, adopted at the meeting of the N. C. State , Grange, held in Tarboro in Decern I ber, 1887, W. S. Bird, .1. Bryan Grimes and J. A. Davis cous'.itu i tiug the c mmittee: j Worthy Master and Pat ; EONS: Your committee on educa j tion beg leave to submit tbe follow 1 ing report : I The subject oT education becomes I more and more interesting as we : advance in knowledge. Each day it becomes more and more appar ent that the success of men in every . occupation depends upon their in . telleccual qualifications as much so as it does upon the skill with which they manipulate the tools connected ; with their respective industries. (The intelligent mechanic works ! with advantages in his favor that are unknown to his less fortunate colaborer. The intelligent mer chant has many things favoring his success that are bidden from his less favored competitor. Similarly !in all the trades and prolessions, it lis true almost without exception that the best educated, the most 'studious and the most widely in ; formed have advantages at their 'command that are unknown to I those Vho have not been favored with an education, and who fail to study the progress of events and . . i ine cnauges cousaamiy going on iu the natural, commercial, political Other classifications of men find 1 . ,t necessary to educate in order! j that their occupations and profes 8jona may command respect, andi wield an influence powerful for! accomplishing good as those classes ' ; 8ee it, what other classifications of Lon ro ilnin? in this rnsnect the! farmer should not fail to do. The farmer should not fail to educate his children should he fai aud by no means to inform himself. It requires knowledge of a peculiar j and rehned kind to cultivate the soil aud harvest products in ac : cordauce with tbe principals of an ! unvarying natural law. There are natural laws pertaining to the growth of plants. The opera tion of tuo:-e laws should not be strange to the farmer who has most use for understanding them. The preparation of the soil, the planting of the seeds, the cultivation of the plant and the harvesting of the grain ought to be performed intel ligently to be enjoyed. To plow, to sow,-to hoe, to reap, to mow, to do all these intelligently, fully com prehending the reasons for each operation would be to create new iutere.t in farming and elevate the occupation to the lofty position of a science, the position to wnicn it! of right belongs. 1 Tbe scieuce of agriculture, then.j should form a part of a farmer's; daily study. He should accustom '. himself to making notes of tbe' various stages of plant growth,; particularly noting the favorable1 aud unfarontbV circumstances. 1 The habit of wi::ing down the j causes favorirjg or not favoring the highest development of plants rould cultivate the faculty of ob- i irvation. A habit of close obser ation once formed would be in it-: ell a strong educating power, lilt ing tne farmer from tne dull routine practised by his ancestors to the higher plane to which the science; of agriculture should rise as the country begins to put off its primi tive costume for that of a higher civilization. But the studying of the natural laws pertaining to the farm is not all that deserves the attention of farmers. Selling and buying .'ire. as much the duties ot tarmers as are planting and cultivating. rru.. i -LUe paying of taxes is just as essential as the gathering of grain. Hence to do these things intelligently farmers should study the principals underlying trade and commerce. They should make a close 6tudy of the principles of economic science. They can not remain ignorant of these objects without loss to them selves, therefore to study them should be a businest just as much so as to study any other subject relating to their prosperity. As the farmers become more in telligent the impositions they had to endure pass away one after another. When our noble Order first came into existence the cause of agricul ture was suffering from tbe weight of heavy burdens brought to bear upon it by other departments and classes in their scramble for money getting. The education of the farmer through the Grange has opened his eyes to the evils that beset him. And now as he has become more intelligent the forces that were arrayed against are be ginning to break. It is to education that we must look for emancipation lrom the chains by which the ignorant alone are "ever bouud. It is education that will enable us to see our wants and to apply tbe remedy for the ills with which the cause of agri culture is afflicted. It becomes us therefore, to pay increased atten tion to the matter of education, Wherever there is a Grange let there be a school. The Grange and the school should grow to gether. The farmer should be an intelligent citizen and his children should be prepared intellectually to succeed him. Without education there would be no hope lor the larmer. He wouu continue to be nattered by cordance with the principles which he supported at the ballot box. It he votes ignorantly he may cast his ballot in opposition to what constitutes his rights as well as interests. By bis own actions he may bring burdens upon himself which, do not of nght belong to htm, and will find his business suffering without seeing or know ing the cause and applying the remedy. The age is one of pro eminent in- tellec.ual activity. Each class into which our population is divided is more or less interested in gaining intellectual bupremacy. Toe far mer must not retire irom the con tent. If he does his occupation will 6ink in the scales of respecta bility, iu which case, the cause of agriculture will be attended by a fc slavery as galling as that of the feudal ages. The farmer mast be educated. He cannot afford to be ignorant. The Grange must use every honor able moans within its power to bring about the desired result. i If the organization (ails i:i this it will prove itself wuith- - j work, less. The circulation and reading of literature and books on every important subject pertaining to the farm, the home, the community, the State, the government should be recommended and encouraged. Every Grange ought to be a social, reading, debating and business organization all combined. When a people begin to read, they begin to thifik. When they begin to think, r they -begin to reason. Hence, the Grange should be particularly interested in carry ing on the work of education. We as Patrons of Husbandry should i encourage a more thorough and diffused education among all : classes. A Husbandman needs, education, most thorough andi u i, -.; i t , , euciiii, no uusiueoo iciaLiuus i-viii J most diversified. What we want is to place everv larmer on a higher plane. COL. A K. McCLURE'S VIEWS. WHAT HE THINKS OF THE POLITICAL SITU ATION AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. Philadelphia, Pa., Jacuary 10 The Evening: Ca'l publishes today an inter-j view with Col. A. K McClure of the; Times on the political situation, of! which the following is a summary: "Did President Cleveland's recent j message strengthen him before the country?" the Colonel was asked, "I think ic will strengthen him. Il I was disappointing to many because it did not, either by suggestion or recom- mendation, favor the reduction of both tariff and intornal revenuo taxes. The emphatic and unqualified approval of the message by such representative Re publican journals as the Chicago Tribune, the St. Paul Press, the Boston Advertiser, the Providence Journal, the New York Commercial Advertiser phould admonish the Republican lead ers that our prereat oppressive tariff policy cannot bo maintained, and that i the party attempting to maintain it will be defeated." "Doysu approve of free wool, and what would be its effect .' "I am not entirely free from doubts aa to free wool. It enters vtry largely into the necessaries of life, and we lay about S150 0C0 000 of taxes to protect 50 000.000 of wool, and the tax falls very largely upon those who can leaBt afford pay it. "What would be the result of free coal?" "We should have free coal with Canada and not free coal with England. We have a reciprocity coal tariff with Canada, and their duty is regulated ab solutely by ours. With Canada coal free, we would have a free market for coal in Canada, and we would 6ell them a million tons annually for everv hun dred thousand tons they would S'll us." "What's the effect of free iron V" "Iron cannot be made free, and no body proposes it that I know of." 'What's the effect of free lumber ?" "I know of no good reason why lum ber should not be free. Everybody uses it, and the less rapidly we denude our forests the better it will be for the whole country.' "What should be done with the sur plus?" "The taxes should be reduced from sixty to seventy millions, and the pres ent Burplua should be applied to coast defences and judicious improvements." "Are you in favor of the reduction of internal revenue V" "I would reduce the internal taxes by abolishing the tobacco tax and li cense entirely, repealing the fruit brandy tax. and giviug a rebate on all . . . i 1 ;; nal, and scientific purposes." "What effect will Randall's appoint ment as chairman of Appropriations! have on the Democratic legislation V" ! Randall's appointment will have no 1 material effect on legislation." "Is Cleveland the strongest candidate of the Democracy ?" I "If Cleveland cannot be re eleited no other Democrat can come within Bight of success.' ' "Is Cleveland as - strong .vith his party as in 1S34 V" "Cleveland is decidedly stronger with his party and the country now than he was when he was nominated in 1884 " I Brother Creecy Wants to Know How i It is With the Lawyers. There are two conditions that indicate prosperity among the lawyers, great ! prosperity in business and great depres ! sion in business. They prosper in a j dead calm or a violent storm. The law i profession is one of the unerring barom , eters of business in the community. I When gentle zephyrs fan the heated cheek and scarcely fill the flagging sails ' of commerce then lawyers look askance ; and sad for fees that come not. When . there ia a tempest of prosperity and i men seek employment for accumulat ing gains then the law profession is in demand, then the cool head' the far -reaching eye and the balanced judg . ment are needed, and then liberal fees i seek professional pockets. When the oalm of tbe business depression comes, , when men are perplexed and the great strain of life is how to make buckle and tongue come together and how to make the two ends meet, then the lawyers smile, for it is their harvest time, then men seek counsel in adversity, then they most eagerly seek those long headB that have 'served them in the day of their prosperity. But there is this difference. Then fees are reluctant, but counsel is aiore valuable. Then is the time to cling closer to a tried and faithful coun sellor, for your business life is in his hands. But be ye sure of your man. The rule of qualification that Mr. Jeffer son laid do n in politics is true also in the law: "Is he honest, is he capable, is he faithful :" and the greatest of these is the first. Lawyers are up when busi netis men are down, or when business men are up: but when 'tis neither up nor down lawyers are down. So we would like to know how it ia with the lawyers. For their visage is to us a barometer from which we can calcu late the tides and currents of business. Elizabeth City Economist. Ihe Bey Pianist. WAeiiLsuTON, D. C. Jan. 10. The towD is agog today over Josef Hofmann, the boy pianist, who made his first ap pearance in Washington last night ac the Congregational Church. The local papers give columns of eulogies about the boy 'e marvelous and masterful per- fermance, and note! cornaor groups make the affair the topic of the day. In spite of one of the stormiest nights of the season the nurcn last nignt was packed with an audience notable and i ion totheMidlund Railway, and the distinguished, including Mrs. Cieve-1 road was built from Goldsboro to that land, who was in the escort of Secre- point. The effect on the town was tary and Mrs. Whitney, and who gave j magical. Smithfield immediately be evidence of her appreciation of the came one of the live market towns of young artist's abilities by joining in the I North Carolina. Ic contested with Ral- demonstrative applause. EAST CAROLINA IMPROVEMENT. A ( or.st Line (if Railway. Number 9. Editor Jcubnai.: County pubscrip tionatonew railroads are quite com mon in portions of this and other States, and they are generally made upon the I deliberate judgment of the people, that . ...... piys I out mat uiey are Due donation, to ! secure railroad conveniences, i If Onslow. Jones and Craven were ' to suLtcribe each 630. COO to the New ! Bt ; ne and Ne v Hiver Railroad project, acd thereby s-. the buildinc; of such , roiid, it would 1 t wise investment on the part of each anil .ill of them, if they : Bhould never receive one dcliar from their stock. Three thousand dollars a year would be a very small sum for each of these counties to pay for the benefit of a line 1 of railroad connecting them with New I Berne or Wilmington, and opening up j to development outlying portions of , their present inaccessible territory. I The increasse io value of their lands, j the increase in population it would pro- mote, the new men of capital and enter prises it would bring into tij.seneigh j borhoods would more than make up the j tax of S3. 000 to meet interest on their county railroad bonds. Such has been the experience of other communities of our State, of less re sources, and the eame can be safely . assumed for our sections. Communities already iu the enjoy ment of good railroad facilities and still in detit for their subscriptions to such enterprises, do not hesitate to vote liberal subscriptions for new r ulroads i- K'te mem auuutuiitw i:ci liies. a . thing thcy wou!J bard!v ,io if they ' were not feeling the ben-:'::? of such action. Greenville county. South Carolina, bv over tv o thousand maioritv, December : as, voted a subscription of 200.000 to j the etock of the Knoxville, Carolina ! and Western Riilroads. This completes the sum required to finish the road I from Knoxville. Tenn .to Port Roval. South Carolina, i Greenville was a very insignificant 'country town. UDtil the Charlotte and ! Atlanta Air-Line was built in 1S72. j though it hadenjiyed railroad com i munication with Charleston foi some time. Although served by the Atlantic Coast Line on the one hand, and the Piedmont Air-Line ( Richmond and Dan ville System) on tha other, it appears that the people of the town and county 'are sufficiently live to the importance of another road connecting them with the coast to vote a subscription of two hun dred thousand dollars, to the Knoville. Carolina and Western Railroad, which is another enterprise tapping Western North Carolina. There is eomething in thi ? matter that should serionsly address itself to the consideration of the people of Craven county and of Eastern Carolina. That Greenville, in South Carolina Bhould vote to tax herself $12,000 to 514,000 a ' year, for railroad facilities, in addition to the superior ones she already has. and in behalf of which ehe is already paying a heavy tax, ind icates that some thing, in the nature of enterprise and public spirit, energy and activity, has struck that people, to which we of this part of the world are strangers. Greenville county comprises 700 square miles of territory, and in 1870 and a population of 22.262: real estate and personal value $3,362,333. Craven county comprised at that time (including what ia now Pamlico) 900 square miies. and had a population of 20,516; personal and real estate value S4. 182.033. In 1S80, Greenville county had a popu lation of 37,494; while Craven anl Pamlico together, had a population of 20,863. Thus, while, according to the United States Census Report, Greenville coun ty gained from 1270 to 1830, 15.232 in population. Craven county, including the territory of Pamlico, had lt3 souls lessin 1880 than in 1870. We have never known a county or a town to make a subscription to a rail road that it did not benefit by it, and no mat ter how apparently adverse at some period, tho time was sure to comet, vindicate the subscription. Carteret has had about the woret ex perience with her subscription, and she managed it about the worst. But the (treat benefit is coming after a lonpc time. Her large fishing population i have long felt what the road was to I them. And now Moreheal City is tak j ing a start, and is bound to grow to a place of great importance. It is to be come a great winter place as well as a leading Atlantic summer resort. More head has a great future, and the dawn is breaking. Lenoir has been paid LBck many times for her subscription to the Atlan tic road. She has wisely paid the dobt, got rid of it, and now has only to enjoy its benefits. Look at Kinston and L3 Grange. What they are, the y owe to the railroad. In these two towns alone Lenoir is many times compensated for her railroad subscription, to say nothing of the ever present benefit, and advan tages of the road in a thousand ways. Craven was not a3 fortunate in the management of her county debt, when the time came for readjustment after the war, not having in local authority i such men as Richard W. King. Anthony Davis et al, and tbe benefits of the road are not so strikingly apparent as in the case of Lenoir, but no one would like to have had Craven county entirely with out railroad and telegraphic communi cation for all these yeara since the road was opened. Without the road it is very likely Craven and New Berne would be worse off than they are in the same proportion as Lenoir, Kinston and LaGrange have been bettered. In many ways the road has repaid the county for her subscription. It is not the fault of the road that the county has struggled under the full weight of a debt con tracted under circumstances so d iff erenC from those attending its maturity, that only the cupidity of men entrusted with the local public affairs stood in the way of such a readjustment as to have re lieved the people of the pressure of the county debt; It is not the fault of the road that the county did not bridge Neuse river and thus retain the territory she lost to Pamlico, to say nothing of better development on the north side of the Neuse, the trade of South creek, &c. The road ia not responsible for its own management, the discriminations of, other roads agaiDst it to the detriment and ereat damage of Eastern Carolina: 1 nor for any failure of our people iu I enterprise and improvement. It has ; lain for 30 years ready for any ue its owners choose to make of it, and its i capacities for the public accommodation and use have always been found equal ' to the demands made upon it, and it is ; unfortunate that in every enterprise or i proposition, looking to the improvement of this section, thj Atlantic railroad 1 should be held up as a fatal example against all further effort or action in behalf of progress. It is probable that in so doing our : people are not entirely candid with themselves, or wise in their day and generation. Smitbfield, the county town of John ston, resisted the building of the North Carolina railroad, and was the only county seat from Wayne to siecKien burg, through which the road did not pass. Though but three or four milts off the line, the town dwindled to no- j thing and saw Selma, Princeton, WU and j 80n,s Mills and Clayton spring up some of them threatening to take the court house. In 1891 Smithfield made a subscrip- eigh and Goldsboro as a cotton market, and in every respect has become one of our important trade centres. Mecklenburg county is the lares: patron of railroads of any county in the State. She has subscribed more to rail roads, and has more railroads than any other county. Her county debt is 1 lrge and ehe is the most prosperous county east of the Blue Kidge. : -ianoue naa paid large sums ul I m nnou rnrrQilrnaHa an1 a the ur.ct ! railroad centre of North Carolina. She i is a live, progressive town, and perhaps the leading business city of the State. It was not so a few years ago, when she only had one through line. But it is useless to multiply examples. We all know what railroads do for counties, and we know what sections are that have done without them. And we know that any section that does not put itself in the line of march, and on the line of some live railroad, is doomed. Any country not in the line of im provement will decrease in population. We are losing ?ome of our best labor every year. Craven. Jones and Onslow are losing population, and neceesarilv growing pooror, for no country on earth can stand the loss of population. Decreasing population means dec:y, Increase of population means new life, young vigor, progress and prosperity. Contrast Craven and Greenville coun ties as set out in this article, and t e reader is inevitably d riven to but one concupian. Mom: Anon. Onslow Railroad Food for Reflection. The present taxable values in Onslow county in round numbers is.... ,000.000 Add 50 miles of S".000 a mile .... railroad at :30.000 Total. 350.000 Tax at I j cents on .9100.00 of property on the above basis .93.325.00 1,500 polls '75 0 The railroad proDertv will no only be taxed on the special lac. as above, but must pay as any other property the general, county and school tax, which, say 40c. in Ons low, this being a clear gain to the county and good to reduce the railroad tax, and so much therefore is added to this cslumn OoO.CO Total -SI. 000.' Interest on 60,000 bonds. S3 ,000. According to this the tax must be '. than 15c, without allowing ons c-tr.t for increase in values of private prop, r ty. If that is increased as it ought to be, the county will pay nothing, tut gain. The question of taxation in this mat ter, if looked upon in its true light, is uot sufficient to alarm anyone, and it should not be used as a scarccrou-; that will not do. Let any one make the cal culations and then refute them if lie can. Railroads never bankrupt a commu nity: they are civih'zrs as rreii a wealth producers Onslow is a virgin countv: it vast timber, fish and oyster interests, to say nothing of other interests and indus tries, has only to be tapped by a rail- road to make it one cf the richest as it is now one of the most in the State. behind counties The people ought to think and ponder over this. Look for yourselves, think for yourselves, and you can never regret your vote forsubscriptlon for the railroad. O. WILLIAJ1 UREEX ISRYAN. Died at his residence in New Bktd, N. C., on Wednesday morning, 11th January, 1888, after a short illness. Mr. Bryan was born in New Bern on 12th January, 1807, and would have been this day 81 yeara old. Nearly the whole of this long life has been passed in this city of his birth. At sixteen years of age he began active life as a clerk for a merchant in Kinston, N. C. Mr. Washington, with whom he lived several years. He then returned to New Bern, and established himself here in mercantile business, which ho con tinued many years. WThen he was twenty-one years old, or soon after at taining bis majority, he was made a magistrate of Craven county. For a long time he was the postmaster of New Bern. He served Craven county as its Clerk for a series of terra?, end also held the responsible office of Clerk and Master in Equity. In more recent years hi3 tall, manly form and gray bead have been familiar on the Cotton Exchange in hiscfliL-iai relations there. So Mr. Bryan has for many decades of years occupied prominent positions in this community, and he has filled his various offices and trust3 with ability and popularity. He was a staunch Dem ocrat of the old school, and was firm and intelligent in his political senti ments, and ready to battle for his cretd with unflagging zeal. Ho was a kind hearted and benevolent gentleman of the old school ; always full of harmless but entertaining jest and anecdote and olden reminiscence; and so cheerful in old age that his presence in both com munity and family was like a sweet breath of genial spring in snowy win ter. Honored by his fellow citizens, amongst whom he moved as a vision from a past age of historic fame; modest in his courte is bearing, and retiring in hi8 disposiUjn , he had no enemies. In December, 1830, he married Miss Sarah Ann King, also a native of New Bern, and who died in 1876. He reared a large family of sons and daughters, eleven of whom, with their children, remain useful members cf their social and businese circles in their various homes in this State and elsewhere, and perpetuate the virtues cf their parents. Mr. Bryan never made a public pro fession of religion, though be thought much and seriously, especially in his later years, on God's Word, and hi6 soul's immortal interests. Until his deafness increased so as to prevent his hearing the services, he was a regular attendant with his fami!3' on divine worship in the Presbyterian church. He was a member of the board of trus tees of this church. To his pistor he expressed his thoughtful concern in his supreme spiritual condition and his eternal relations to God: and paid he hoped hs was reposing his confidence solely on the atoning sacrifice of the Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Thus has passed away another of the old landmarks of our social life, and a blank is letc in this community. M ;nv hearts are bowed in heavy gri ef un de'r the shadow of a great bereavement May the Divine hand touch the s n it ten household with soothing tilicacy of heavenly relief ! May Divine grace and power fit one and all, through an in finite and applied redemption, f -r an honorable life here, and for a happy passage from transitory earth to eternal light and eongful rest. I. C. V. January 12, 18SS. Hanircd. but Escapcu Deal It. Gaissville, Ga.. Jar. 10. It is al leged here that Tillman C. Justice, the moonshiner who was hanged in Novem ber for the murder of an informer, was cut down while still breathing and al lowed to escape, and that he is now alive and well. The execution took place in a county where the moonshin ers are very strong, and where there is muoh collusion between them and local officials. The story is believed to be true. Senator Beck Has Another Xiiii;. LOCISVILLE, Jan. 10. The Kentucky Legislature voted today for Caned States Senator. In the Hou?e the ballot resulted: Mr. James B. Beck (Dem.l, 66: Mr. W. O. Bradley (Rep.), 24; A. S. Cardin (Labor), 1. In the Senate, Beck, i 28; Bradley, 7. Tomorrow at noon a 1 joint ballot will be taken and the form i of making Mr. James B. Beck, Senator for another term of six years will be completed. THE MASONS. Animal .Hiding of tlie Grand Lodge of North Carolina. . The Grand Lodge convened in its one hundred and first annual communication at Masonic Hall at 7:.)0 o'clock p. n Tuesday, and was opened in ample lorm at 8 o'clock, it appearing that a constitutional number ol louges were represented. Prayer was offered by the acting Grand Chaplain. Grand officers present M. W., Charles H. Bobinson, Grand Mas ter: II. W.f Samuel H. Smith, Deputy Grand Master ; B. W., H. A. Gudger, Senior Grand Warden ; B. W., John W. Cotton, Junior Grand Warden: B. W., Wm. E. Anderson, Grand Treasurer; It. W., Donald W. Bain, Grand Treasnrer; Wright G. 'ampbell Grand Chap lain : M. Noble, Urand Deacon; Samuel Northrop, Junior DeaconJ Francis M. Mayo, Grand Marshal; Albeit 1. Daughtrey, Grand Sword Bearer; Chas. F. Gilbert, Grand Pursuivant ; Ara O. Edson, Grand Steward; Bobert II. Bradley, Grand Tiler : and the tollowing Past Grand oOicers: George H. Blount and Fa bins II. Busbee, P. G. M's ; Bu gene Grissoui and ThomasS. Kenan, P. 1). (i. M's: Samuel H. Bouutree, Past J. G. W. ! Ihe committee on credentials, through C. B. Edwards, submitted ! its report, which was read and re- committed to complete tho same as representatives appeared. j The Grand Master delivered his j address, which was relerred to a committee announced by the Dep- ut Grand Master as follows: George ' W. lllouur. I'. G. M.; F. II. Busbee, i P G . g. : . M. Kit: i i-som, i I). Hi uih ! -iioi: s to t lie f raternal ' his Grand Jurisdiction ili-r and appropriate. ilea ! of t were ten A ui''Mg ot !i to keeping i suggestions in regard ; up a proper Masonic ' sii:t i !::.- recommended joint meet- ; lodge s and sociabfes under 1 mgs ol .uasonu: auspice. that anarchists would overthrow and man should 1 Ie well defined ami those who the laws of God have no place in .uaPonry. Ir. 13. F. Dixon, superintendent of Oxford Orpham Asylum, deliv ered a report setting forth in a very satisfactory manner the workings of that great charitable institution. There are now in the asylum 221 -y. children being provided for during the year. The receipts, in cluding the State's appropriation, were '?19,072.!)1 , expenditures ?1S, 428.27: leaving a balance on hand of 044.04. The shoe shop con nected with the institution, oper ated by six bovs, showed a return of?C39.G5. From the able report of Grand Secretary I. W. Bain, the total number of affiliated Masons is re ported at (J, GOG ; number of lodges reported 222, the returns showing a i gratifying gain of membership. I Dispensations for six new lodges were issued during the. Masonic : year, as follows:' Kockville, at ! Stanhope, Nash county; Maxton, at tMaxtou, Bobeson county; Ashe ville, at Asbeville, Buncombe coun I ty ; Liberty Grove, at Liberty Grove ; ; Church, vV ilkes county, University, i at Chapel Hill, Orange county; Bula, at Lurlington, Alamance county. The revenue of the Grand Lodge for the year was 3,343.28. Standing committees on charters and dispensations Xo. 1, S. H. Bountree, Donald Williams, T. B. Boushall. No. 2, J. I. Macks, A. J. Blair, W. H. Mitchell. On Grand Secretary's books aud reports Exum Lewis Geo. William son, T. A. Waller. On accounts and claims .John W. Thompson, .1. B. Bedtord, Xeill I S. Stewart. j Oa unfinished Draughon, ('. I). Winston. ( )n proceedings 1 S. M. Parish, Blias Lose: No. business B. A. Btl wards, M. L. anil returns, No. A. B. Slaughter, 2 J. Wakefield Cortland, W. 11. Stephenson, W.A. Moore: No. 3 B. T. Stephenson, A. '. Campbell, S. I. Sutton. Special committee on appeals C. E. Parish. E. !'. Lamb, . mice Walker. Jurisprudence Geo. W. Blount, in place of 11. H. Munson, absent. ' The Grand Lodge resumed its! sessions yesterday morning, being oalled from refreshment to labor at 10 o'clock, the Grand Master pre siding. The spacious Masonic j Hall was well filled with delegates! attendants, composing one of the finest and most intelligent looking ' body of men ever seen in this city. ! The receiption of reports wasj bejruu : Grand Treasurer William iv ; Anderson's report gave a detailed account of tho receipts and expen- j ditures ot the Grand Lodge. The excellence of this report shows the j wisdom of the Grand Lodge in its! selection of a Treasurer. j Alpheus W. Wood, Senior Grand Deacon, appeared ana occupied his 1 seat. Tho following appointments were ! made upon committees: W. 1'. Williams in place of II. W. Beinhart on committee No. 1 , , on suspensions and expulsions. E. F. Lamb iu place of W. P.. Pod on committee Xo. 2, on sus pensions and expulsions. A. IL A. Williams presented a; memorial Irom Oxford Lodge, 2vo. . "JO, in the town of Oxford, pray ing lor ;t change of place of hold-1 ing the annual communicationp j from llalcigh to Oxford. On mo-i tion the matter was referred to a committee with instiuctions to re ; I oit at the next annual commuui- cation u; n :he dvisabilitv of a change. The lo! uiiniittees were appointed : On the Orphan Asxlum E. S. Martin, 1). A. Vulbreth, A. 15. Daughtrcv, C 11. Edwards and N. 11. Henry. On Fraternal Dead W. G. Campbell, W. P. Williams and A. 11. Stu'bbs. i The remainder of the morning session and the whole of the after noon session were taken up with j the reports of the various com mittees. ; At the evening session the fob j lowing officers were elected for the ; ' ensniug vear : : M. VV., Charles H. BobiasoD, Wilmington, Grand Master; B, W., Samuel H. Smith, Winston, N. C Denutv Grand Master: B. W., Hezekiah A. Gudger, Senior Grand Warden; B. W. John "W, Cotten, Tarboro, Jnnior Grand Warden; William Anderson,Qranfl Treasurer; Donald W. Bain, Grand 1 Secretary. Thomas A.Green waav re-elected a director of the Oxford '; - Orphan Asylum for a period of fire years. Eleven o'clock this morning was set apart for the installation of v Grand Officers and Geo. W. Blount, P. G. M., was invited to perform ' . the services. " . . The following representatives of sister Grand Lodges were accorded '2 a fraternal welcome: Alabama, Donald W. Bain; Arkansas. P. H. ' Busbee; Canada, Geo. W. Blount; District of Columbia, Charles H. ' Boblnson ; Georgia, D. W. Bain j , . Iowa, C. H. Bobinson; Kansas, B. S. Martin; Maryland, EL M. Cowan; Minnesota, Eugene Gris- ' som ; Nova Scotia, Thos. S. Kenan . ' fc Ohio, A. M. Noble; Oregon, John W, Gotten ; Vermont, S a mnel v Northrop ; Virginia, ' William E. ' Anderson. An invitation from Mr. J, B. Burwell to visit the Peace Institute tomorrow afternoon was received 1 ' aud accepted with thanks by tho Grand Lodge. After exemplification of the work iu the Master's degree by W. P. Williams, Bernice Walker, Dudley Peed, W. P. Oldham and A. J. Blair, Ihe Grand Lodge was called off until tomorrow morniDg at 10 o'clock. News & Observer. Absolutely Pure. Thl powder never Tsxies. A marvel rf purity, strength, and wholeiomenesa. 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