V BEMOCMAT id Subscription 1.50 per year. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. W. H. Kltchin, Owne. VOL. 1. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1885. NO. 37. Xlie Arm-Clutch. 'Oh, shame ! where is thy blush?' A few evenings since, while wend ing our way toward home, it was our fate to meet a young couple affection nately joined together with the so called arni'-eluteh. We were shocked beyond measure, as we knew the par ties to be respectable. A stranger would have property thought other wise. We interviewed the young man when next we saw him and ask ed the question direct as to Jwnat nis feelings would be should he casually meet his own sister in the identical predicament. Ho indignantly ans wered that his sister had never nor would, under any circumstances, do such a thing. Much has been said by pulpit and press relative to this reprehensible and, we might add, indecent practice, and we are glad to add that but few aids in our midst have the temerity or the natural disposition to further defy the laws of propriety by a con tinuance of this indulgence. We have before commented severely .edi torially and otherwise, in regard to this shocking exhibition of female frailty ; and we had begun to con gratulate ourselves that the last ves t.ge of this gross irapropiety had van ished from our midst. But alas ! we found that our fond dreams of reform in that particular were not absolute, but only partial. We regretfully find a few 3Tet remaining utterly regardless of maidenly modesty and public opin ion, expressed through the agene' of the pulpit and press, who still wan -tonly persi&t in defying the rules of maidenly propriety by unblushingly permitting this familiarity. Young woman, do you know what you are doing? Do you know that 3-011 are tottering on the blink of a precipice from which you 11113' fall? Are jTou not aware that one familiarity, sub mitted to on your part, engenders another in an advanced degree? Are you not aware that the very identical man with whom you submit to this privelege would never ask 3-ou in sincerity 10 be his wife? Are 3011 not aware that the most precious jew els possesed by woman are modesty and virtue? Can 3'ou afford to jeo pardize either? We will now dismiss the subject by adding, in conclusion, that the waltz, racquette, and other round dances are bad enough, but the disgraceful armclutch should be forever banish cd from good societ'. And if any persist in the continuance of this disgusting practice, they should suf fer the consequences of their ioy, even to that extent of ostracism from society. Ga. Republican. NOT ENOUGH WHITE FOLK. So theylTum and Rend One Another. "I ain't gwine ter stay in uis heah country no longer den I ken he'p," remarked an old negro, whose gen eral good humor and satisfied condi tion rendered his observation signi ficant. "What's the matter, Eli?" some one asked. "Xeber mine wbnt's de matter, I kain' stay in dis country." "An3'body been abusing 3rou?" "Y:)s, sah, da is." "Infringe on 3'our rights?" "Sah?" "Trample upon your rights?" "Yas, sah, da did. Tramped on me wid bof feet." "Tell me about it." "Wall, j-er knows, sah, dat I'se er mighty han' fur chillun. I'se got some twelbe or fifteen at my house, yer know. Dis raawnin' while da wuz all out in de yard it stuck me 1 datdarwuz er powerful chance o' them, so I 'gunter count. Wall, sah, 1 counted twenty-three. 'Look heah. wife,' s'l, 'how come all dese chilun in heah?' She sorter 'vaded de sub jeck, but at las' 'knowledged dat de extra chillun 'longed ter her sister whut wuz dun run away. Now, boss, how long does 3-er reckon I had been ertoatin' dat extra load?" "I have no idea " "No, sah, I doan 'spose yer has. d been feedin' dem chillun fur two -aunt's, sah. I thought dat it tuck a powotful chance Ur eat, but I didn think, sah, dat my wife wus er stuff ni' de ballock box dat er way. Nor, sah, I ain't gwine ter stay heah." Arkunmvj Traveler. A workman by the name of Brad , while repairiug the tank at the trestle bridge over Contentnea Creek, outhe Railroad below Wilson, Mon. day. fell and seriously injured him- T,,e attending physician could in ,eClare what the result of his fall ay be, but the injured man was ta to his home in Toisnot, and we 1C 13 recovering. Advance,, LITTLETON. llaptist Union Oerer JPeoplc Fretty Oirls. There was a general mass meet ing of the Union Meeting of the Tar Iliver Baptist Association, held with the Church at Littleton, which began on the 23d nit., and continued four days. Rev. A. G. Wilcox, of Brinkleyville, was made Chairman and Mr. K. It. Owens, of Scotland Neck, was made Secretary. It was the writer's pleasure, after three weeks rest at his old home in Harnett county, to step off at Lit tleton on Friday afternoon and spend the time there during the re aiumder of the meeting. There had been planned for the occasion an interesting- programme iu the way of discussion of differ ent subjects relative to the cause of the Church genesally, and as the speakers were all present, with some few exceptions, the pro gramme was very well filled up. Rev. Mr. Woodson, of Enfield, preached on Thursday night. On Friday morning the subject of Col portage was discussed b3 Rev. J. M. MeMannaway, of Wilson, and others. On Friday afternoon the subject of Religious Literature had been assigned the writer, on which he made some remarks, followed in interesting speeches on the subject by Rev. C. T. Bailey, of the Bibli cal Recorder, and Hon. W. II. Kitchin, of the Democrat. At night, the subjects of Hin drances and Helps to the Church Growth were discussed in order, by Revs. C. A. "Woodson and J. D. Huf ham. On Saturday morning there was an hour's prayer meeting, conducted by Rev. C. L. Dowell, of Scotland Neck. Then followed in order, able discussions on ine Relation of Edu cation to the cause of Christ and Religious Enthusiasm, hy Revs. J. M. MeMannaway and It. E. Peele. In the evening the Baptist Or phanage was discussed by Dr. J. D. Huf ham and others, and there was a collection of pledges to be paid for that institution by 1st of October, amounting to something more than three hundred dollars. At night, Dr. Taylor, President of Wake Forest College, spoke briefly but pointedly on the subject of Christian Education, aud Mr. J. E. Raj-, Secretary of the Baptist Home Missions, also spoke. On Sunday morning there was a Sunday School Mass Meeting, con ducted l3- the writer, and in which all the Sunday Schools of the town were represented. There were short but interesting Sunday School speeches Ivy Messrs. Jenkins, of the Methodist Church in Littleton, J. N. Holding, and J. E. Ray, of Ral eigh, Prof. F. P. Hobgood, of Ox ford, Revs. G. M. Duke, W. B. Mor ton, C. E. Taylor and J. D. Iluf ham, At 11 o'clock Dr. Huf ham preach ed at the Methodist Church, and Rev. J. M. MeMannaway at the Baptist Church. He said that we should follow Christ in three ways, suggested by the text : 1. Jesus Christ lived as putting the highest possible value upon time. 2- Jesus Christ lived as put ting the highest possible value upon men. .'. Jesus Christ lived as putting the highest possible value upon Heaven. Iu the afternoon there was an interesting Praise Meeting con ducted by Mr. J. E. Raj-. At night Rev. G. M. Duke ..preached an in teresting sermon, elaborating the thought that the "fruit of the spirit is love, joy.77 All things considered, this was one of the most interest ing religious meetings of any kind the writer remembers ever having attended. LITTLETON AND ITS PEOPLE. Littleton is a beautiful little town which but a few jears ago was onlj a station on the railroad. It has now a number of large stores all doing a thriving business in the hands of merchants as clever as the town is beautiful and delightful. Shaw's All Healing Springs about half a mile from t he town is a lrface of rare beauty and of uictur- esque scenery nnsurpassed by any the writer lias ever seen in rue State east of the mountains. The springs are more thaw a dozen in number, bubbling up in a beautiful mountain like dale, and a sloping hill side all around, completely sha ded by great forest oaks, makes it nil that, the weary traveler or the gay pleasure seeker can wish for in the way of a 0001 anu resuiu its r.rAa.f.. - 1 ' - Then there are the noted Pana cea Springs about hve miles ironi the town, just far enough for a morning, (or evening) drive. The water of these springs is said to contain properties of great heal ing power, especialty to dyspeptics. Hon. W. H. Kitchin, with the writer and other visitors, enjoyed, in the homes of the Littleton peo ple, hospitalities unequaled if pos sible on any similar occasion any where. Among the families that opened wide their homes to the vis itors were those of Messrs Brown ing, McCraw, Shaw, Rasberrj-, Spruill, Ferguson, Perry, Johnson and others whom the writer could not have the pleasure of visiting. It was the; writer's pleasure to share, with ;Messrs. Biggs, Bailej and others, hospitalities in the well furnished hotel of Mr. Spruill. Littleton has its pretty girls in numbers and gallant young men not a few. There are line prospects before the churches and community there, with the good pastors, Mr. Bonner for the Methodists and Mr. McDuffie for the Baptists. Prof. L. W. Bagley will soon open a school for boys ami young men, also, which is quite an acquisition to the town. Littleton is the most pleasant summering place I have seen east of ihe mountains ; and the writer thought, as he bade the good peo ple, farewell, that it was a most fit ting place and time, and among the very people to end a summer's travel and a vacation's rest. E. E. IIlLLIARD. a ( iioij:ra cure. Gen. CI i 11 gin 11 11 Remedy. Glen Alpine Springs, July 25. Editor Democrat : Bj- a let ter received from one of 1113- sons I learn that a great number of hogs in the Scotland Neck section are djing with cholera. Casually men tioning this in the presence of Gen. Clingmau in Asheville, a few days ago, with much animation, he ex claimed: "Fools, why don't thej cure them bj- drenching them with tobacco juice V7 My reply was, that perhaps thej had never heard of the remedy, and if thej- had many put no faith iu it. He then asked me if I w ould send his pamphlet upon the "To bacco Remedy," to nij- nearest newspaper and request the editor to make such extracts from the tes timonials as would bring the reme-dj- to the knowledge of those who were suffering from this scourge. In accordance with this promise made to him, I send the pamphlet bj' to-da3's mail, Avithsuch parts as refer to this subject marked, which you w ill please copj- and publish. Gen. Clingmau is too well known to need any endorsement. " I am confident that what he has pub lished on this subject has been 111 the cause of suffering humanity and not for emolument. Very truly &c, Richard Smith. The handsome youug lady and the awkward man of pretended sentN ment sat on a moss-covered bank. All day he had annoyred her with attentions. "Miss Mabel, do you not like poe try?" "Yes." "I worship it ; I live on it. See the pick-nickers, out there. They shoot and romp as though thejair it self were not full of sentiment of soul breathings." What business are yon engaged in?" she asked. She knew but wanted to hear him say. "My business is perhaps more lu crative than congenial. I operate a bone mill." "What!" "Yes. I grind up bones. The pul verized bone is used upon the land. It makes the flowers brighter, the corn more luxuriant. Miss Mabel. 30U remind me of spring." "Why?" "You are so gentle" "You remind me of spring," she said. "I do?" he leaned forward to catch her word9. "Yes ; you are so green." Arkan saw Traveler. Not long since a small partridge, not much larger than one's thumb, was noticed following an old hen and chickens at Mr. Ezekil Sells', which remained several days, but the cat found it and took it for her own. The next day another came up with the hen and was also "taken in" as a breakfast for the cat While with the hen they seem to be perfectly at home Kernersville News. LABOR. Honorable In the Sight of Our Maker. written for the democrat. God has so arranged and ordered the destiny and course of the hu man family that a large majority must and ought to cultivate the surface of the earth. Therefore He has honored that profession above all others. In the beginning it was not so indispensible to culti vate the soil for a living as it is now. Then the earth belonged to the few inhabitants who would take and possess it, and the natural productions, fruits, grasses, grain, and wild game, furnished without labor more than a supply for the demands of the world. And yet while there was no immediate necessit3' for man to cultivate the lands, God decreed that from the earth he should get his living. From pastoral and plantation life God has almost invariablj- taken those he constituted his types, and shadows of things that were to be. From this same class He chose His Prophetsrand Apostles, and Disci ples principally. And even in this day of civilization, Christianity and advancement not many of his truly called and great embassadors are taken from other professions and other callings. He has time and again called man from the field to command his armies and lead them to victory. In short, His eye, His loving kindness, and His ever-lasting merc3' is on, with and around the honest hearted tiller of the soil. Therefore we say, He has honor ed and exalted the calling of the farmer above all other professions. Still we see young ambitious men, as well as indolent worthless young men, running from aud flying from the noblest, most manly, dignified, honorable, independent profession among men. Stop young man, con sider your ways. It is no more hon orable and manly to fill the chair of state, sit upon a throne, or be crowned a King in the eyes of our God and good men, than to hold the plow handles, to work with j our own hands for an honest liv ing. God decreed in the out-set, that all men shouldjlabor with their own muscles and brains for a com petency, and that it should be no disgrace but a glory to Himself and an honor to man. He also decreed that he who reaped without sowing, or he who reaped where others sowed, or gathered his substance from the toil of others, either by cheating defrauding, stealing or spong ing upon others, should receive His condemnation, and the condemna tion of good men in this life, and without repentance, a crown of eternal darkness in the life to come. From the very nature of man, and the very structure of the earth, all men of common intelligence must see and know that Providence de signed men to labor. In the sweat of his face shall he eat his v bread, said the Creator of all things. Then why trim, wiry dodge it, why not face the music like a man, and work, that j our days may be long and prosperous ? The man who labors lives longer than a man- who lives in idleness. He lives easier, happier, and more honest, and nearer to his God ; and when he de parts this life his chances for a crown in the kingdom above is ninety- and nine to one, for the in dolent, the laggard, the drone. A Close Rnn For It. Girl I will look at your ham- mocks, please. Dealer Yes, Miss. Now, there is something nice. Not expensive, and at the same time pretty and strong. Girl It doesn't look very strong. Dealer I will guarantee it to sus tain a weight of three hundred pounds Miss. Girl Let me see one hundred and twenty and one hundred and sixty-flve would be just two hundred and eighty-five very well, I will take that one. New York Times. Greensboro has had a disastrous fire. Loss about $0,000, Frank- lint on Weekly. ASTKONOMY- Astronomy is lderful, And interesting, 3; The ear 3 volves around the sun Which makes a year 4 you. The moon is dead and can't res By law of phys6 great; It's 7 where the stars alive Do nightly scintillg. If watchful Providence bett W ith good in lotions fraught Did not keep up its grand design We soon would come to O. Astronomy is wonderful, But it's S0 1 1 man 2 grasp, and thai; is why I'd better say no more . Ex. They Had Better Stay Away. -I like to know about some office under Cleveland !" he said, as he beckoned a lawyer across the street from the door of his saloon. "Well.what is it?" "I like to know if I vhas to haf some office. My blace vhas head-. quarters last fall for some Cleveland glubs, and all der 003-3 tell me I vha9 sure of something fat. "Then you are looking for some thing." "Vhell, I dunno. Vhen Cleve land vhas elected der boys begin to drop in here, One of 'em he sa3rs : What a Bostm aster 3rou vill make for Detroit. By George, I vish I vhas you !' Vhell, dottickles me, you know, und I treat der crowd to beer. Pooty soon anoder crowd comes in, und one of der poys calls oudt : "Let dis convention come to some order. We vhas now in der presence of der next boss of der gustom-house. I calls for dree cheers for Karl D under !' "Vhen he says dot I feels goot all oafer, und it seems right to set oop der peer." "See." "Vhell, almost eafery night a gang comes around to my blace to shake me by der hand und somepody he says : Hip ! hip ! hurrah ! Karl Dunder vhas solid mit der coming adminis tration ! He picks oudt der fattest offices for himself und he remembers his friends mit der lean ones !' "Vhen somepody talks like dot I feci shmily und soft, und I tap a new keg of lager, JNow, I like to ask you if I vhas right. My poy Shake says I doan' get so much as shmell of office, and my old voman says der poys make fool of me." "I guess they are right." "Don't you belief I vhas get der gustom.house?" "No sir." "Nor der bost-office?" "No, sir." "Don't I half some blace at $2,000 a 3Tear?" I doubt it." "Vasn't I even envited down to Washington to see Cleveland go mit der White House?" "Not unless you invite yourself." "Vhell Ivhell! So. Shake und der old voman vhas right, und der boys vhas putting some soft soap on uie? Say !" "Yes." 'Dot vhas all right, but I like to sa3r something, und doan' you forget him ! To-night dot same growd comes aroundt here, and somepod3T vill begin to hurrah for der next bost-master. You ought to be here ! Der dog vhill be loose, und I shall haf two glubs handy und 3-ou vhill see fifteen men in sooch a hurry to to get oudt doors dot you belief some earthquakes vhas shaking oop Detroit I Shust come aroundt and see how a disabbointei office seeker vhill handle two glubs und a pulU dog !" Detroit Free Press. The Small Boy Up to Snuff. A New York Sunday school teacher told her pupils that when they put their pennies into the contribution box she wanted each one to repeat a Bible verse suitable for the occasion. The first boy dropped in his cent, saying : "The Lord loveth a cheerful mm rm- ' m giver. ine next ooy dropped nis penny into the box, saying : "lie that give thto the poor lendeth to the Lord." The third and the youngest boy dropped in his penny, saying : -'A fool and his money are soon par ted." The Lessen Learned by Experience. At a negro wedding, when the min ister road the 4v ords "love, honor, and obey," the groom interrupted him and said : "Read that ag'in, aah ; read it wunce mo', so's de lady kin ketch the full solemnity ob de meanin'. I'se ben l.f,. KTm V,.h Sun The President's Policy. The office-seeker has gone. The President has at last worried him out and all that is now left is the echo of the anathema. The President cares nothing for this. The aim of his whole course is to keep company with his mugwump allies, ami so long as these appear he cares nothing for the heart-burnings and disappoint ments in the Democratic camp. He is now moving slower than ever He is not inspired by party consideration or personal appeals ; he is seized of the estate for four years. He knows it well, and has mapped oat a course which he thinks will build up the tru ly good into a god and morality party The President has a positive con-, tempt for Senators audRcpresenta-. lives. He would rather keep this class in suspense than grant their re quest. His aim is to ignore the Representatives in Congress, so that if they antagonize when Congress meets by holding them off they may be glad to come to him submissive. On his table now are a number of unsigned commissions. These he holds until he can see the appointee s. His aim is to see those to whom lie gives the places so that he can weak en the Congressman's influence b3' having it appear that the beneficiary is not under any obligations to any intermediary. The new party, which the President is anxious to build up, will indeed be a strange one. His plan seems to lie to have a grand army of political eunuchs. That is, he takes the faithful work er in the Democratic party, and when he gives him an office emasculates him ia a political sense. He tells him not to be "offensively partisan" or "I will flip you out." A part' thus recruited will have as much force in a campaign as would a blowpipe against the Rock of Gibraltar. Not to mince matters, such a course, if adhered to, will weaken, if not de stro3 the Democratic party. There are those who have the faith that he will yet change front. The President gives no evidence that he will, but, on the contrary, that he will not. Yet they hope on. hope ever, and crawl up to the White House in pur suit of phantoms. It is an astonish ing fact that not a Representative in Congress has been able to control the patronage in his own district. It is moreover a fact that for the smallest favor received, the congressman re ceiving it is made to understand that it is not a favor from the Democratic party, but rather from Grover Cleve land. More astounding, indeed, is the fact that the leaders of a party who draw inspiration from Jefferswn and from Jackson are content to be denominated by a new dispensation of Democracy patented b3' the pres ent Democratic President of the United States, who was never elected to any office in his life solely by Democratic votes. To all and sin gular who growl and kick, Mr. Cleve land with arms akimbo says : "What are'you going to do about it?" Spe cial dispatch to the Cincinnati En quirer. READABLE PARAGRAPHS. Culled from our Exchanges Through out the Country. "Have you an extra- umbrella I could borrow?" asked a man in a friend's office. "I have an umbrella," replied the friend, pointing to a weather beaten, rock-ribbed piece of rusty calico in the corner, 'but I don't think you will find it anything extra." He spoke the tiuth, but the umbrel la never came back all the same. Merchant Traveler. "Yes," said Mrs. Catchem, "those are' m3r daughters over there on the sofa : they have half a million be tween them." It was not until after the3 were married to those daughters, that the two young men who over heard the above remark found out that Mrs. Catchem referred to the rich old codger who sat on the sofa be tween the girls. Mrs. Catchem couldn't tell a fib, but she knew how to speak the truth advantageously. Boston Transcript. On the Instructor. A sharp boy at a commercial college had address ed a letter to a firm as "Gents." "You mustn't do that," said the instructor. "Why not?" asked the boy. "Because 'Gents' is vulgar. Don't you know that invitations to negro balls are alwaya addressed that way?" " iVell no ; I never got one," replied the boy, with such significance that the instructor blushed and harried on to the next desk.--Merchant Traveler, An Umpires Valedictory. And umpire went sallying out into the east, Out into the east ere the sun went down. He thought of the club that loved him least, And the quickest way to leave the town. But men must chin aud bovs must cheer, And the umpire's lot is hard and drear, Along with the crowd and its groauing. A man stood uo and called out Foul! And called out Foul! with an angry frown; Then made for the gate with a sudden howl, While the mob with bricks tried to knock him down . for mcu will fight aud boys will jeer, And luck is best when the gate is near, To escape from the crowd and its groan ing. A doctor was working the best he knew . how, The best he knew how, as the sun went down. He thought as he plastered the broken brow Of the awful yells and the missiles thrown. For clubs will play and mobs will light. And the umpire's lucky if lie lives till night To escape from the crowd and its groan ing. . . wajiri-w The White Race. We have never had an3 fears of the negro supremac3r in this country wh.oh certain sensational writers for sensational magazines have prov ed by figures to be a possibility if not a probabilit3'. The white race is bound to "survive" all others as "the fittest." Malays, Mongols, Ne groes, and Indians, must in a thou sand yrs or more give away to tho Caucasian. So far as this country is concerned, "we have more than once given facts and figures which ought to satisfy any one that even in the sunny South the whites must in a few. decades be vastly more numers ous than the negroes. Our attention was recalled to this subject by an interesting article of the London Spectator's, in which it is shown that whereas two hundred years ago the whites constituted only about 10 per cent, of the popu lation of the globe, they now consti tute about 33 per cent. When we consider what countries and what sort of countries contain these whites, and what countries and what sort of countries contain these inferior races, we must be convinced that already the white race dominates the globe. The Spectator says : "They the whites have, moreover, if anything, increased in physical th. and have so developed in hrain. and consequent power of or ganization, that it may be doubted ff the whole remainder of mankind, even if all were reduced to equal weapons, coum seriously injure me roliitn t hird, which asain, if it chose to act together ar.d employ without pity the weapons its intelligence im enabled it to construct, could in a few years reduce the remainder of the world to an uninnaoiiea aeseri. "The Chinese are the only great race remaining which can be said n hp. trulv independent and free from the predominating influence, more or less directly exercised, of t.'np enereretic white men, who pour !n increasing streams over the re mainder of the earth's surface. They, indeed, alone traverse the ocean. Tlift Chinese keep a few ships : and n fAw small vessels, manned by dark sailors, mostly pirates or slavers, or nilarim carriers, still bans; about the coasts of Southern Asia or Eastern Africa, but the lighting navies ot the world, and its great transport ships, and its mercantile marine, are all alike white. No dark race could bombard a white harbor or transport an armv across a hundred miles of sea in the face of prohibition trom white men." "At their present rate of increase they the whites will in 1984 be a thousand millions, or much more than half of the then existing man kind." "This world is the heritage of the white man, but there is a lesson which rwlishmen will do well to tlunk over patiently, and, if they can, without hatred in their nearc3. x aey nave uu rio-ht to anger with the visible will of God. There is but one race on eartu with whom it behooves the Teuton in n iiia branches to keeo friend, 'ihe supremacy of the white man will in the ena ana, reconect, cunmeu irntv hp horn to dav who will see the end, and then be younger than Sir Moses Montefiore be the joint su premacy of the Teuton and the Slav. In 1984, when the world contains 1.000,000,000 white faces, 600,000,-. 000 of these will be English axA Ger- mans, ' auci 300,000,000 will be Slav;' Dispatch,

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