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COM9IONWEAL 1 II j Thursday. June 7, 1883. E. E. HILLI ARO. Editor. ESTEUEU AT THE l'OST OFFICE AT SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTEft. The evil eye of the Republican party is gazing on North Carolina, and that party is eager and anxious to lay violent hands upon her. The Northern and Western States havf grown weary of its sway and its en ercohments upon the liberty of the people, and, to perpetuate a rule that has already survived its usefulness, it must needs look to the South for aid in the Electoral College. Tins party has nothing to boast of ,-r. thi State its Dast history is in- in a v glorious, and its every page is blur red and blotted with misdeeds and flagrant violations of law. Having no regard for right and justice, not even the Constitution was a barrier to its illegal designs. Whenever the liberty ot the most distinguished of our State's noble sons was an obsta cle to the accomplishment of the un holy purposes of this party, it was wrested from them and they were crushed and imprisoned. Uu ler its malignant domination evil flout ished and vice was propagated. Years of peace and prosperity have not been equal to the complete and effectual eradication of the multitude of invet erate eviis inflicted upon us by this enemy of progress, morality and peace.and friend of wrong.oppression and injustice. Wishing to envelop the "State by the darkness of ignorance, it locked its University and drove therefrom educators who were an honor to any land ; opposed to progress and the development of the State's material interest, it drove capital and immigra tion from our borders ; a party of greed and avarice, it bankrupted the State and pocketed its money. When the shackles that prejudice had forged and envy had bound were loosed from our people, peace was restored, prosperity returned, immigration was invited and encourage.d, mining inter ests were developed, magnificent en terprises never dreamed of by a gen eration back were carried to success, ful completion, institutions of learn ing were born and reared to sturdy manhood. And now all is peace and quiet and happiness the races are friendly. Schools for both races are scattered all over the land. A more desirable prospect could not be wish ed. This is the situation now. God, onir, Knows wuat it will oe, it we allow the Republican party to again take control of the State. If the Republican leaders in the State appealed to an intelligent constituency, they would be hissed from the hustings ; but they appeal to negroes, blinded by prejudice and ignorance. . It is true the "forty acre and a mule" argument has lost its charm, but the demagogue is as fruit ful of expedients as he is of absurdi ties, so another argument, equally as powerful with the negro, is used - . T 1l A f T-v A "uoq c voce xor a jjemocrat. it you do, you can't get any whiskey to drink," is now the all-powerful argu ment. Before and since Judas betrayed the Saviour evil men have worship ped Mammon. So we may always expect to find white Republicans enough in North Carolina to filll tlie post-offices, revenue offices, and other offices, but you will never find there a native born white Republican who loves the practices and teach ings of that partj If the office was taken away, white Republicanism here would fade away as a snow be fore an April sun. We have no idea that the people of North Carolina will evei be so forgetful of the past, and so derelict in duty, a3 to permit the negroes to take charge of the State. We have powerful and ef fective weapons of defence. They are numbers, vigilance, sound judg ment, work. Many of our cotemporaries have already mentioned the names of men who would grace the gubernatorial chair. We hav no fixed choice yet. we are well satished, however, of one thing, and that i3 we muse have a strong man. We predict success, but we will have no child's play. It is bad policy to underrate the fight ing qualities of an adversar3' ; if you do, you are likely to be thrashed. It is best to fight in a harry, and to blow when you finish the job. Another thing let us remember and observe : When a man is men tioned by oae secton, don't let every other section begin to dissect him i e I ? - Deiore ue is nominated. If he has any disease, or if any of hU ances tors Drougnt any menmh with them from the Ark, his opponent in the canvass will tell the people about it Every aspirant must keep, his temper We nave any amount .of THE splendid material out of which to make Governors, but we don t want but one Governor at a time, and every man who wants the place must be dissappointed, save and excepting the nominee. Let all of the aspirants bear this apparent fact in mind, and make up their minds to support willingly, cordially, and heartily the nominee. Let their voices, pens, and purses aid him. This is the kind o support that helps. That the South is making wonder ful progress, anj' one who will take time to think is forced to admit. Thrift, energy and genius is visible everywhere. One thing that has ma terially retarded our onward course was our reluctance, or our failure rather, to adaot ourselves readily to the changes whkh revolution had wrought. As the active participants in the war on either side pass awav and their sons who only remember the great struggle as a historic fact, take their places, the less bitterness and sectional feeling will there be. There is no reason why the South should not rapidly advance. She has superior natural advantages her cli mate is unsurpassed she has mines equal to those of California she has water-power sufficient to turn the spindles of the world, and her agri cultural advantages are not equalled in any land. The South must, ot course, vary her industries; indeed, she is fast becoming a manufacturing section, but it will never, owing to natural and economic causes, ;ease to be the oreat agricultural belt of the world. The farmers must keep up with the times they must exercise common, practical, business prudence in the management of their affairs. If one crop fails to paj another must be tried. The tendency now is, if the papers of the country arc to be be lieved, to vary the crops. Varied in dustries and varied crop9 ought to enrich any country. We know that the idea now pre ils among the farmers that it is cheaper to buy meat and corn than it is to raise it. We are disposed to join issue with them here. Such might- be the case, if we cultivated none but rich lands, such as would produce a bale or more of cotton per acre, but as we often times cultivate poor land, the fact is otherwise. Complete changes cannot be made in a day, but our farmers must realize the true sit uation. Those lands that are best adapted to the production of cotton must be set apart for that purpose, and the lands of other sections better adapted to grain, grazing, fcc, must be given up to these purposes and just here it may be well to say that our farmers of North Carolina will scarcely be able to compete with Texas, and more Southern States in tne production ot cotton, it this is found to be true, our lending farmers will have to turn their attention to better paying crops. In our immedi ate section we caa produce anything Cotton, corn, tobacco, oats, wheat, ' I J . - rye, pea-nuis, ana otner things are now produced. Our Roanoke river lands would produce fine clover and grass, and stock raising could be made a good paying business. There are already some efforts being made in this direction as an evidence, we are sure that there are not less than sixty colts in this section which were foaled this spring. Some of them are thorough-bred and we sae. too. some very fine cattle on different farms. Trucking here would un doubtedly pay. Peas and potatoes flourish, and asparagus is a sponta neous production. This is a fine field for enterprise. We invite those in quest of good homes, cheap lands, healthy climate, desirable religious advantages, cheap and first-class school facilites, and remunerative incomes from limited out-lays, to visit us. We will show vou fine lands, fine timoer, good mineral springs, public and private schools in successful operation, kind neighbors, churches in every neigh borhood, peace, quiet, good govern ment, and harmony between the races. We invite citizens, not polit ical adventurers. It has been an immemorial custom of Harvard College to confer the de gree of LL. D. upon the Governor of Massachusetts. It now happens that U1 ueu ruuer, better known as "Beast." is her Governor, and he is a Democrat. So Harvard departs from her .usual custom merely be cause of a difference in politics. e wisn me in or t a would re ,ice what she preaches. She becomes eloquent in lectnring the South for ostracizing the negro. Then it is right, yes, perfectly right, for the Aorth to ostracize even her white Governor. We move to send a lec tnrer up there to learn her nennl good manners and to teach them their social duties HEBE ANO THERE. Raleigh Visitor: A new post office has been established in this county by the name of Shotwell,' in honor of Capt. R. A. Shotwell, editor of the Farmer and Mecliomc oi tais city. Daily Review : New Hanover Su- nenor uourc, duage a. a. iuun.uy residing, convened at the Court House this morning. There are 124 case3 on tne civil uockbi auu oe, cases on the summons docket The lighter Modoc, which has been moored on the opposite side of the river for several months, was sunk during the storm Saturday and now rest upon the nottora with her gun. wale just above water. Clinton Caucasian: The first ship ment of beans consisting ot 1U0 boxes was made from this place on ast Monday. Since that time about 300 boxes additional have been shipped. At last accounts of the market they were commanding $2.50 per box We congratulate our Methodist friends upon the improve ments of their Parsonage and church. nice coat of uaint recently ap plied has added greatly to the ap pearance of the former, and nicety carpted aisles and pulpit to the com fort of the church. Torboro Guide : Rev. F. R. Un derwood, of Hamilton, preached an excellent sermon in the Baptist church at this place last Sunday Miss Martha Ann Powell, aunt of Capt. R. C. i-rown, died at his resi dence on Friday of last week, aged 55 years. She was a most estimable ady An effort is being made by some of our enterprising citizens to erect a cotton seed oil factory. We lope they will succeed, as it is one of the most profitable industries in the South, and Tarboro is a most ex cellent site. Smithficld Herald : We hear of a good deal of sickness all over the county Many farmers have set out potatoes already ; that doesn't re semble a backward spring Eli Turlington lo3t a two hundred dollar mule by colic lately We earn that there arere four deaths in Elevation Township last week The Tow a Board of Commissioners lias come to the conclusion that the dogs of Smithfield must wear fi lu cent collars Mr. John Fulghum, fifty years old, near Pine Level, died on the 20th. He leaves a wife and three children and a host of friends to mourn his death. Biblical Recorder: There seems to be a bright outlook for the coming State Fair. It is predictdd it will be the best ever held here. Secretary Williams is a good officer Mr. Isaac Rogers informs us that a Ger man carp was caught below his mill on uraotree, vvase county, wuicu weighed 19 pounds Dr. Skinner gave his congregation a "stirrin& up" on the female college question. Some were considerably "stiired" and let us hope his faithful words will result in establishing an institution in our beautiful city of oaks and elms, like unto those at Murfreesboro, Oxford and Thomasville, which are a source of laudable pride to every Baptist. Economist : The Commencement exercises at Chapel Hill are expected to be unusually attractive. Tom Manning, one of Edenton's 0038, now of Louisiana, will deliver the Annual Address There was an attempt to fire the office of Dr. White on Friday night. There is evidently some evil disposed person ong us itho wants to fire the town. We .iave often asked for the employment of a night watchman. Let there be a voluntary night patrol, if a night watchmen casnot be em ployed. It will not do for us to lie down and let the iacendiary burn us up. Good for Greensboro. A mer chant from Moore county, who bought his stock of toons here last week, says he never in hi life saw as clever a st of merchants as he found here. ..The sermon preached before the .Marvin Missionary Society ofGreens boro Female College, on Sunday night last, by Rev. Mr. Guinn, of Wilson, deserves to be mentioned with commendation The man who can get up a plenty of locals here next week will be a perfect genius tie may una toe butt ends 01 some old cartridges that have "been shot afore," as Vance would say, bnt the genuine article will be scarce enough Greensboro Protestant. Leaksville Gazette : A Missionary Baptist church is in contemplation and will soon be erected in the neigh borhood of Berry For an assault upon Mr. J. R. Stephens with a dead ly weapon, Mr. J. A. Wade was bound to keep the peace last Tuesday by Justice Burton in the sum of $150.00, Judge Gilmer presided this week at Court in 'entworth, and the State was represented by Solicitor Strud- wick. Besides the local bar, Messrs, Moreheadand Staples, of Greensboro and Mr. Long, of Caswell, were among the number of visiting lawyers. The State docket was concluded on Tuesday evening, and only one party was sent to the penitentiary. Goldsboro Bulletin: One of the colored brothers returning from the Smithfield excursion last week drew a razor, and made it unpleasant for his neighbors just a little while. He wanted to whittle on somebody.. With eggs twenty cents a dozen here, and the Star Route speeches going on in Washington, the country is being plunged into bankruptcy on one hand and into lunacy on the other Mr. Hal Shannon thinks of going to Florida, but when Hal gets out tiiere and observes a swamp full ot igators smiling at hi in ou one side and a garrison of mosquitoes bowing to him on the other, a wild yearning will seize him for the ; laud of his birth. New Berne Journal : The yourg crops, except in low and stiff lands, are weathering the cool weather very successfully The Spring Term of the Superior Court convened on Monday morning, Judge Phillips presiding. The State docket will consume the entire first week, as it numbers oyer seventy cases. Mr. W. H Ernul is foreman of the Grand Jury. His Honor's charge was ex haustive and instructive Sylves ter Lawhorn, who appealed from a a judgment of eighteen months im prisonment in the county jail of Du plin county for the shooting of Her man Bryan, has jumped his appear ance bond to Spring term, 1883, of the Superior Court for that county, and taken to parts unknown. Kinston Free Press : Lenoir county boys have nearly all returned from the University. Lenoir furnished ten and seven of them were from Kinston Some fellow wonders why women are not more extensively employed as local editors. They can pick up more news in one hour than the majority of local editors can in two days. They have such fertile imagination they can always make news anyway The negroes gave a festival at the Court House last Thursday night and, we are ashamed to say it, it was patronized by the white men of the town more than by the colored. If a northernor had have gone to that festival and done as those men did they would not have been noticed on our streets. "Consistency thou art a jewel." Leg Torn Off in a Shingle Mill, On Tnursday last Mr. Ed. Stire walt, a prominent citizen of Cabarrus county, and who is well known- in Charlotte, where he does a good deal of his business, met with a distress ing accident in his new shingle mill at Mill Hill, by which be lost one of bis legs, from the knee down. He was working with the machinery, when, by some unaccountable acci dent, his foot was caught in the saw and ws torn to pieces, together with the ankle and part of the leg. Dr. G. G. Smith attended to the wounded man and found it necessary to amputate the leg below the knee. Mr. Jacob Stirewalt was in the city Thursday, and knew nothing of the accident that had occurred to his son until he reached home. Journal- Observer. Uold Jjtaj : Mr. A. J. Kivett, a well-known contractor and builder from Durham, is here this week with the plans and specifications of a very landsome ten-thousand dollar court house, which he will make a bid on for Vance county. Let us not be too sparing with the finances, but while we are about it lei us have a durable and creditable "temple of justice" for our young and prosperous county. In a difficulty last night, Alex. Hicks was severel y cut in the side and about the head by Haywood Cook. Hicks' wound in the side is of a serious nature, and it is tho.ight he may die from it. George Floyd and Stephen Cook were arrested and ueid as accessories to tne anair. aii colored The various Sunday schoolsCof the town will have a union pic nic and excursion to Oxford next Thursdays June 7th. It is expected that a large crowd will take advan tage of this opportunity to visit our sister town on a grand holiday frolic. The Sunday school children are look ing forward to a big time. Wilmington Star: We learn that our friends at Point Caswell are pre pari 112 for a Fourth of July celebra tion. Mr. Geo. M. Rose, ot layette ville, is to deliver the address Officer Everett, of the police force, showed us a pair of spectacle frames yesterday which he says are claimed to have been worn by one ot the ma ternal ancestors ot a family now re siding in this city .who came over in the Mayflower The modset but welcome sum of $12, collected at Waco, Texas, by Rev. Dr. Tayior.for a monument to Rev. Elias Dodson, was converted by the festive, frocic some types, in our last isr,ue, into the handsome sum of $1,200 to erect similar testimonial to Rev. Elias Dodge, whoever that may be Rev F. W.E Peschau. of St." Paul's Evan gelical Lutheran Church, of this city has declined the Presidency of the North Carolina College, at Mt. Pleas ant. Cabarrus county, recently ten dered him, preferring to remain witn nis present charge in Wilmington The storm of Saturday afternoon last did considerable damage. A great many fences were prostrated, and the driving ram beat through a great many houses, flooding them with wa ter and in many instances damaging furniture. Buildings that were never known to leak before succumbed to the combined assaults of the furious elements. At the County poor House, where the wind had full scope.serious apprehensions were felt that the building would be swept away. As it was, a large portion of the stock ade was prostrated. The wind was from a point which is termed north-north-west, and there fore blew nearly directly off-shore, which renders serious disasters at sea less probable than was at first sup posed. Charlotte Journal : Tne young fire men cleared $100 by their recent fes tival. Miss Julia Taylor was the best rifle shot and was presented with a silver cup as a trophy. For the laziess boy, Joe Fmory received twenty-seven votes and Leroy Perdue two, Rutherford court adjourned yes terday, but at too late an hour for Judge Shipp and Sol citor Osborne to take the train for home, the court being detained by a hung jury in a murder case. The case in question was the State vs. W. L. Ross, for the murder of bis father, about four month aeo Constable Orr yester day arrested a colored man named Andy Barnes, who anves a Gray lor Mr. R. M. White, on the charge of stealing 150 pounds of hides from the Richmond and Danville depot. The colored nan was arraigned before Justice. Davidson, but stoutly denied me cuarge, even nueu wrucssch ncmi nroduced who saw him load the hides. I school Graduates from the Greensbo-I at a T 1 T 9 A. I AH A a as I ro Female College on their way home from school. A number of the young . ... ladies spent the afternoon in the city. They stopped at the Buford House. A gentleman who arrived in the city yesterday from Lancaster county gives us the particulars of a shocking tragedy enacted in the family of Turks wlio were recently in this city with their bears. I he lurks were encamped near Lancaster, and last .Thursday the big black bear killed and partly devoured one of the chiid- ns r-w-m ft a. ren. ine xurKisn women were not noticing the child, and it got too close to the bear, when the savape animal knocked its brains out with one blow of its huge paw, and then tore its flesh off by the mouthfull before the men could beat the bear into subjec tion. The body of the child wa buried by the Turks, who then turn ed in and gave their remaining two children a good whipping each, to make them keep away from the bears. News-Observer : Next Thursday a special train will be run from this city to Chapel Hill and return, so as to afford visitors an opportunity to attend the interesting commencement exercises, that being on "commence ment day." The assessors of pro perty are busy inthii city and it will be ten days ere they finish their hard task. Some valuations have been made higher and others reduced. There has been heretofore considera ble i-regulari y in valuations here. ....To day wuat may be called the first through train from Raleigh via Salisbury. Asheville and Warm Springs to Louisville. The elegant Pullman sleepihg car "Kentucky," will be attached to ihe first train. It will be a fast freight and psssenger line with direct communication A few days since one of the gang of convicts employed at Auburn cutting wood for use at the penitentiary at tempted to escape but was caught. He was being carried to the quarters by the guard, when he made another break for liberty, wouldn't halt when told to do so, and was then shot. The bullet went through bis body near the shoulder, making a painful, though not a serious wound Lovers of the beautiful in form and color should avail themselves of the opportunity of gratifying their taste by visiting the Peace studio. The display of the young ladies work is much larger than ever before.andthe quality finer. if sueh can be. Every piece shows care in design and execution, and the exhibit covt rs quite a wide ranee as regards variety, from the noble land scape in Winter to the decorated tin dust-pan Rev. Dr. A. D. Mavo, the distinguished New England edu cator and editor of The Nationul Journal of Education, is expected at the Wilson State Normal school dur ing the last weak in June, and will deliver several of his celebrated lei t ires on school economy, etc The general health of the people of the city continues quite good. The usual disorders incidental to the time of year are prevalent, ot course, but li tie serious sickness is reported, and none of a conlagio-is character Yesterday afternoon the Oak City- Blues (Co. A.) and the East Raleigh Guards, (Co. F.) of the Fourth Battal lion (colored, N. C S. G., were inspet ed by Col. F. H. Cameron, Inspector General, the ceremony takes place in Moore square. The companies look ed fairly well but ranks were not at all full. Company A is much the better drilled and disciplined, and its marching is superior. The two com panies were in command of Maj. Geo L. Lane. NOTICE. T SHALL sell for cash in front of the JL Court House door in Halifax, on Monday the 2nd day of July, 1883. the following tracts of land to satisfy the State and county tax due for the year 1882 s One tract lying in Palmyra Township containing Fifteen Hundred and Fitly miie acres, me properly oi n. it. .tsur well. The interest of Frank Toodle in Three Hundred and Ninety acres lying in Pal myra Township and listed by William J oodle. J. T. DAWSON, Collector. B. I. Alsbrook, Deputy. June 2, 1883. 40 4t. The great superiority of DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP over all other cough remedies is attested by the immense popular demand for that old established remedy. For the Cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Croup, Asthma, Bron chitis, Whooping Cough, Incipient consumption and for the relief of consumptive persons in advanced stages of the Disease. For Sale y s.11 Druggists. Price, 25. cents. mm LUTHER DEALER IN fs SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS, Mouldings, Brackets, Stair Rails, Newels, MULDERS' HARDWARE, M Ola,,, , ana BuiMln, .Material of ef Descriptm. Nos. 16 W. Side Market Sqr. & 49 Roanoke Aye, NORFOLK, Va. mar22 29 ly. EVANS, BURWELL & TAZEWELL, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS IN FLOUR, GRAIN, &C, -GENERAL Standard Fertilizer Company, 6, 8 & 10 ROANOKE SQR., - - NORFOLK, Va. mar22 293m SEASON R. R. BR1DGERS. Pres't. . DONALD MACRAE, Treas. IMAVASSA GUANO COMPANY'S H I G H G R A D E c NAVASSA GUANO AND ACID PHOSPHATE. We beg to call the attention of Planters to the above WELL KNOWN FERTILIZERS, Which have stood in the Front Rank for the past 12 years. We manutacture the HIGHEST GRADES OF FERTILIZERS, and their Relia. bility and Uniformity have been tested in the soil, in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to the satisfaction of all who have used them. We append analyses made by Prof. White, of Georgia, and Prof. Shepard, of South Carolina: GUANO Prof. White, of Georgia State Chemist. Phosphoric Acid Soluble 2 00 itevertea m uu " " Available 11 1 " " Undecomposed 1 56 Ammonia - - - 3 03 Potash - - - - 1 78 COMMERCIAL VALUE - $45 19 For Sale Bv BRYAN ft Feb. 15, 24 3m SAVAGE, SON & CO., 30TTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 77 Water Street, NORFOLK, Va. Strictly a Commission Liberal advances on Consignments on hand. Produce held subject to order of shippers. KEEP A FULL SUPPLY OF BAGGING and TIES, PEANUT and GRAIN BAGS. Orders for Standard Fertilizer s and Chemical s filled on most favorable terms. Weekly papers with market report mailed to our patrons. CORRESPONDENCE AND M. L. T, DAVIS. KST1BIISHED 1865. IY1. L. T WHOLESALE 3-ROCERS, South East Corner Water and Commercial Streets, Norfolk, Va. Always on hand a large Stock of MEATS, FLOUR, FISH and SALT, as well ag A General Grocery Stock. SIBLEY'S of AIXPLANTg. (or Grain ana iA i e.. aii are If culture of Grains Boot '"2iF5L 5- P,y lvcxm. . several thoutand varipti. siBitrtsuM HIRAM SIBLEY TAYLOR, ELLIOTT & WATTERS, WHOLESALEDEALERS IN HARDWARE. GUNS COR. MAIN STREET & MARKET SQ'R.. NORFOLK, VA. AGENTS FOR W. F. ALLEN. J. T. BORUM. IV F ALLEN Cc CO., WHOLESALE G ROCERS, 99 Water St. & 18, 22, 26 & 30 Rothery'a Lane, NORFOLK, VA. FLOUR AND MEATS A SPECIALTY mm ni will eoatplsuly i for Fsaiala Oasulaists tkes KACH MIGHT FKC OM ORB TO TW i mm mm mm mm SHELDON, AGENTS - OF 1883. C. L GRAFL1N, Sup't. W. L. DeROSSET, Gea'l Ag't. ACID PHOSPHATE: Prof. Shepard, of S. C, State Chemist. Phosphoric Acid Soluble 5 34 " Reverted 7 72 " 44 Available 13 06 44 44 Undecomposed 3 07 Potash - 89 COMMERCIAL VALUE - - $33 71 WHITEHEAD, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. House for the sale of PATRONAGE SOLICITED. B. D. THOMAS. DAVIS ft CO., SEEDS ALL CttO AQTOJ. tewed: only mt out. Crops. Grasses, Fodder Crops Annual Catalogue and Prict tut of MBit f III. Xtnw. TWW sua. & CO. Rochester. N.Y. Chicago. III. CUTLERY, &C. HOWE'S s n j r. n s P!S for tne best bc tod mm mfi n $Jm r 1 1 mm mml u u 1 II I hfiirUIlBi ntMkiU saubMlth. if saaa uw mmym mm mmmm. nrMIIN a IS WW PTMHH mm to aakit. . m. jotow m oo-
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