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Siibscripiion 1.50 per year. VOL. 2. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1886. NO. 7 BUCivLEX'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the vhl ior cuts, i ; sc-es ulcers, salt rheum, favjr JJrct'tcttcr. 'ch.nrp-I sbilblaJ is cornV and alt eruptions, and n ., tivoly cures Pes. or no pay require. It is jriiarantccd to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents pei bFor sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. W. 11. KITCniX. W. A. LtN " H, KITCHIN & DUNN ATTORNEYS & COTTNSKLLOES AT LAW, Scotland Neck, N. C. LsPOiT-ce oa 10th Street, first door above Main . T AILROAD HOUSE, -IA SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. MRS. LAURA UELL. Pbcfkijetkess Good beds, polite and attentive ervMtfs the best table the market affords, i good water. Neatness one -of its specla: aims. Stop at the Railroad llousa. D AYID A. MADRYf BRICK MANUFACTURER . Will take contracts for furnishing $rV as chep as the next man, and give oetier vrork. Satisfaction guaranteed. Tho best brick in the market made by him a lowest prices. Owe mm a Xt-as, Brick always on hand and for sale in any quantity. Scotland Neck, N. C, June 25. lso. LIFE and FIRE I am representing tua strongest most liberal, prompt end reiiublt companies .n the U. S. Call at my oitiee, take out a policy and secure your property. A policy in the iEtna, Life Co., is more secure then, ail Banks in the Union. J. II. LAWRENCE, Scotland Neca., K. C. MISCELLANEOUS. NOTICE :o: S3 YEARS AT THE BUSINESS Look to jrour interest and dont be DECEIVED. NEW MAN but aa OLD "BUSI NESS R. I?. Pierce can re foaad at Mr V. E. SMitu'3 shop where he has a Good Stock of the best Material which he will make up in Bngsries, Wagons, Carts, &c. at short notice, and offer the most reasonable Terms. Horse Shoeing a SPECIALTY Call and sec rnc, it will be to your Interest. 'Respectfully, R. 15. riEEOE, DENNIS & EORN Keep constantly oa hand Baggies, Wagons, Carts SLc, which they will sell cheap for Cash, or on time & re sponsible parties. We are tb&Jiicful to our friends for past favors and hope a continuance of the ftasao. DENNIS & HGRfiT. ROBERT F. WILLIAMS is CO.. IMPOKTEILS OF COFFEE AXD WHOLE SALE OBOCEBS, -rssgS ft RICHMOND, VA. Represented by Kdwin Sully. Remember that 1 can sell you bug gies as cheap as you ean buy anyyhert in the world. I soll'the celebrated Wrean work. C- W.IUKM. Jolin O- Gamaga& Sozls. 100 & 102 WATER STRKMT, KOKFOLK, YA. shell and building lulks, cemp:nts, laths, bkicks, HAIR, TAR, FIRE CLAY. it:.. Ac T have in store a canio of Ice. Wil deliver, in town daily, except 'idaya Special Contracts made for large quiuti- ues. Doa't for oc co is ( ; Tu--:y V!,J "v wioa he of t-ns yt Tfi'iml a hurff; if i is the t WHAT MY LOVER SAID . By thc"mercst chance, in -the twilight gloom, In the orchard path he vip.t me, In he tall wet grass, with its faint per fume. And I tried to pass, but hcjmade no room; Oh !I tried, but ho would'nt let S mo. So 1 stood and blushed till the grass grew red Wrth my face bent down abovo it. Wiiile he took my hand, as he whisper ing said ' ? How the clover lifted cftch pink" sweet To listen 10 what my lover said! Oh! the clover in bloom I love it! In the high wet grass went the path to hide And the low wet leaves hunc over. But I could pass on neither "Side, For I found mvseU when I vainly ;. tried Tn ihi! rms ofniv steadfast lover. neaa And he held mo there" 'and he rajseimy ' Lead, While he closed the path before m i, And he looked down into myvy nd said Haw the leaves ucn down ircm the Loughs o'er head f o listen to what my lover said! Oh! the leaves'- hanging, lowly o'ej inc! Uad he moved aside but a little way, 1 could surely then have j)a.iscd h,im And lie knew I could never, wish to stay, And would .not have heard whajhehad to say Could JL only asido havo.castthun. It was almost darX" and ' tho moments sped But he drew me near and softly said How tha pure swet wind grew still instead To listen to all that uiy loyer said! Oh! . the whispering wind around usl I am sure he knew, when ha held me fast. That I must be all unwilling; Fori-tried to go, and"! wou,UJL have nr.ssed. As the night was come with its. dews, at last, And the sky with its stars yjis fill iusr: But he clasped me close, when J, would have lied And he made me hear his story. And his soul-came out from his lips, and and LIow tho stars crept out when tho white moon led Tn listen to what niv lover said! Oh! th moon and the stars in gloiy!S I know that the grass andtjuc leaycs will not tell: And I'm sure that the wind, precious Will carry his secret so .gaftly and well rover. That no being-snail ever aiacovex One word of the many that rapidly fall Frtra the easrer lion of my lover. And the moon andr .tho stars thai looked over Shall never reveal what a fairy-like snell They wove round about .us. tMt night in the del I, In the path' through tho dsw-laden clo ver: Nor echo the whispow that mad my As they fell from the lips, of my lever. Con. Colore: Baptism. 'I hoars you has got a toy at vour house last voXfBd" said Sam Jobii3ing to Jim ycbstex, both, col ored. "Hit am a tact." "Had biin baptized yeif fNot yet, Lut nex Sunday I'se O-rinfcer tote him tear da AustiiivBl:it Light Taberaacl ajRl kab Paxsoii Bledsoe baptize hbu- He does al my hiiptiaiuV "lioyr jich doe m uaafce yer T altars navs him a doiiar a head." vv uy, uiggah, you ia 'atrava- ;;aut, you is. J&'hy don't y pat- eruie my pasture, le Beveread vTluuigloodle lUit-tJ?. He am de mwir lpjiionaliisst ia&luKe in de State af Xexae,-'-How much doe M get tor duck iu' '111?" "11c usfcer Large a dolku: for spiluklui' a e3ul.e, Iwt l iefi Ifcim down, ami uoiv lie'd gad tec git sebeuty cents. J'fea ooabrac' wid him, and you eati ian yew cliik- m my eouirac'." ".ebeiity ccnte fur, rw,ptiahi" -.iiikd Ko, mh. Dat sovtob ftiieai dx)uTt luouut te uuffio. la dv eend do cJieapeat soa dtj deaxest I want hit ter last. Bcbenty cents G'way nigger wid yer cheap shuu-'' C'un. that the country t-oulu be tl:ded witJi j Oiin-ioi uioncv for the wsnts tn business as now filled by the country with oven the whole of the$200. 000. 000 lying idle in the government vaults, is strange to mc. I cordially agree with you, that a silver aud a d uui"'1 oum mi wiilua uc ' vnli . ! c ii.nL .11 I.. equal in value. Mv arithmetic says one dollar is 'equal to one hundred cente," and this being bo, why should the govern- ment stamp a fraud upon the face ofjical machinery, articles we made its money obligations? It is the I nrsc scamp, uasea upon the property ot the nation, that gives money lts value, and not the material out or which it is made. Gold and Bilver have no tinnnsic value only as they may be used in the arts, more than paper. Thi3 question of finance, is a! roublesorae and intricate one, and o be properly understood, requires profouud study. The most impor- taut law that ever was, or cun be enacted m any State or nation, is hot. in rol-ition ti. its fi iuhip.ps l.. J. lU. 1.. ury uuu tiiiuws unit mn it iui' medium through and by which the distribution of property is made, and I ius effects in an inconceivable number of ways, the relations of man to man, in every walk of life, f the original laws are based upon wrong principles no .amount of sub- sequent legislation to put said laws n operation, cf.;i entirely remedy the effect. I The result will be, that the wrong distribution of properly upon a false Qnancial basis, will have aa injuri- ous effect upou society throughou all its ramifications. If great wrongs prevail, while there is a gen- oral and willing conformity to ex- istinglaws, apparently designed to mete out justice to all, there must be thc sauiT e for this state and it behoove&Vj to look is up. The main effect for which governments exist, is to insure protection to the! ri"hts of property. The welfare of its people imperatively dcraaads this, The failure to do this is the cause ot ill, or nearly all legal procedures Again, to obtain labor without rcn- dcring a just equivalaut, is a palpa- hie violation of the rights of proper-lull ty. Why aud how, some will! .ibki The answer is, that property Is almost entirely tho result of labor. What would be the value of lann without laborto cultivate and utilize l! Even the spoutane- ous productions of the earth wouia be valueless without labor. o render them fit for the sustenance of man. Every comfort, luxury, and neoes- sary of life, is tho result of lSbor. Suppose all husbandry, the mechan - ical arts, railroads, national and international improvemeris, were to ie suspended for the space or three it four years, what would be the re- ult. I mention this to show, that labor s iue rcpre.seni.auve mai wuicu . t I : .1. Creates property. In this counec - ion I would state that it is the far- ner ajid the laborer, that arc the (rrcatest sufferers by this defective 3'stem of finance. AsIhavQsaid before, the nature md re'-dti011 of money appear to bo iiibjects 0 great diflculty. We have not, as jjoaeral rul' itadUd its functiom and found the ropjr answer to th many per dexing quegtion In relation to its .due and regulation The fequcnt -icorcity, Wt not om ahnudance or r.ondy t lat n tJ6 spuik and Tari tio of iutai!i, viewl 3 ir v:silibk; eviV inherent to Vaa sys- em. ' It would 4m. f row tha ,t.r articla of th Lold fc-ad mlvf po. 003 poorer, hti-er portion of cuminus ot labor, it seems to me, it should be a power which ought to distribute the products to produOvre, according to the umount 'd labor expend td in their produc tion. iavancemcni ana uitcvnes in Li. . i t. I A .11. . tne mecnaiticai arts since tiie war have greatly aided productlMi, k I is a fair estimate, that, by improv? hnents in agricultural f and mechan now with one third th manual U bor formerly required. It would Ueem that these improvements would return to the bounty of the laboring classes the producers. If this is so, both the inycnlors of machinery, and those who operate to, if the published aocounls are to be relied upon, still Cbil in want many of whom have neither the' means uor leisure to educate their children. Machinery has collectod tue people logeuier m towns and villages, wncra tney sell teir labor att buy their board and g Ihia state of thiugr creates the necessity for a greater exchange of commodities : yet there has been no corresponding new invention in the ilnauccs of the country, by which the exchange may be more judicious Iv and equitably made. True, gold and silver have increas ed, and we have treasury notes asd money uroiiers, but are theae by their present management an im provement in the way of an equi table distribution of the products of this vast country? Just monetary laws and their proper management, would be of more real value to the producing classes, than all the machinery that has been invented during the three past de- cades. When these needed refor- matiuns are consummated the pro ducers who will -be benefitted by them will rejoice at the way of a l- vancemcnt in the mechamcal'arts.and the inventors will be hailed a th? oenetactors or tui uumiu race. Some men seem to oppose all inno- yations. All improvements in the arts, and laws passed, are but innovations upon former art 3 sxixd laws Uur republican institutions arc "ut innovations upan monarchies Wefknow that changes may be. macte for the srood of the -neotde. else wbv I O ft J f do our legislative arsemblies met at hort intervals to remodel old laws and enact new ones? Every change of an existing law is an innovation imon that law and every new law is an innovation upou the formtr laws. KT2ry improvement far th good o lxti people is an innovation upon a I)revious existing evil. Those who lc-cry all innovations arc often the I neatest innovators tharc-elvcs. It ;3 not age Df a law or custom that must furnish the test of their J excellence. The history of the I . . a ! world teaches u&s oue unucniaoie 1 HCt 0 w it that the producing class js have iu alt s.'gC8, been ill paid for their labor. W'e should no loader reeur to ou a:icioa lavs and customs to up Hold our uujust sttuvlard o'.distribu tion. Our producing classes are vast! more interested iu knowing how the products of their labor are diatribu ted now, than in knowing, how tb ancients distributed th.-ira. There in no use in brooding over the evils o the past; but we ought to act for tb .rn&fiut and the future, it ir nientlv happens that a 1c 1 . Miactf Lalists ina' nn,nopoiize tl: mu.ca: Bysu m wheh ... be r mcd cujtbe g,,, oniy uy some cnangvs oi our monetary .slem. Mone', by the enactment of tho na tional legislature, is the standard of ex change and distribution, hence the evils are national and can only be remedied by national legislation. It is certain, that a safe an, I just monetary system can be established by the government, which will so regulate the standard, that the general distribution of the products of labor, will be according to actual earn ings. And when it is ascertained that this can be done, and the people general ly understand the system which is to be developed and perceive its adaptability .to secure to them a just reward for our labor, they will most assuredly cause its adoption. The innovations upon the monetary system here spoken of, and proper regulation of the same, are not intended to cause any change in the pre sent ownersua property. Only buc changes will ensue, as will naturally and equitably result from securing to the producer, a fair compensation for his la bor and products. I am not advocating any agrarian system, but a just stand ard that will at onee bring about a just distribution of products; so as to reward he producer in accordance to the gen ii rights and interests of all concern ed. The bearing of money upon labor w often considered a dry subject, yet it is one that should deeply concern all classes. In a future article 1 may vcn. ture to say ftomethhig the of uses and buses ofmcney. C. T. U. South Gaston, N. U., Dec. 25th. 1885. NEW SCROLL OF MARTYRS- DR. T ALII AGE IN THE WBT. Detroit, mioh. Dee. 1 The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D., D., tho celebrated Brooklyn preacher arrived here Yesterday morning. Tho Jeflerson Avenue Presbyte- ian church was crowded this corning, when he delivered an eloquent sermon. The hymn sung was: "Jesus lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly." Thou, therefore, endure hardness." Dr. Talmage said: Historians are not slow to ac knowledge the merits of great mil tary chieftains. We havo the full ength portraits of the Crom wells, the Washiugtons, the Napoleons and Wellingtons of tha world. History is not written with black ink, but with red ink of human blood. The gods of human ambi tion do not drink from bowls made out of silver or gold or precious stones, but out of the bleached skulls of the fallen. Hut I am now to unroll before you a scroll of he roes that the world has never ac knowledged; those who faced no guns, blew no bugle-blast, conquer ed no cities, chained no captives to their chariot wheels, and yet in the great day of eternity will stand The subject of Dr. Talmage's dis course wae: "A new Scroll of Mar tyrs," and the text, ii Timothy;l,J3; higher than those whose names startled the nations: and seraph and rapt spirit and archangel will .ell; their deeds to a listening uni verse. I mean the heroes of com mon, EVERYDAY LIFE. In this roll, in the first place, 1 find all the heroes of the sick-room Vhen Satan had fallen to overcome Job he said to God: "Put forth tfeinc hand Ugy and touch his bone simi his flflsli. and be will curse thee to thv nice." SataHJmd found out what we have all founuNOQt that ...rro.aa iu fll.T BTftnt tPSt 01i S -SlV&uvoo w v- 93 v --' -render. A man who can stan anything to be as though it ous you Uy the dim light of t he sick room taper they saw on their wall the picture of that land where the inhabitants are never sick.Through the dead silence of the night they heard the chorus of the angels. The cancer ate away her lite from week to week, and from day to day and she became weaker and weaker, and every "good night" was fee bler than the "good night" befie; yet never sad. The child looked up into her face and saw suffering transformed into a heavenly smile. Those who suffered on the battle field amid shot and shell were not so much heroes and heroines as those who in the field hospital aud in the. asylum had fevers which no ice could cool and no surgffry could cure. No shout of comrade to cheer them; but numbness and aching and homesickness; yet will ing to suffer, confident in God aud hopeM of heaven. Heroes of rheu -mutism, heroes of neuralgia, heroes of spinal, complaint, herons of sick headaches, heroes of invalidism heroes and heroines, they shall reign forever and ever. Hark! I catch just one note of the eternal anthem: "There shall be no more pain." BLESS GOD FOB THAT. In this roll I also find the heroes of toil, who do their work uncom plainingly. It is comparatively ea sy to lead a regiment into battle, when you know that the whole ua tion will applaud the victory; it is comparatively easy to doctor the sick, when you know that your skill will be appreciated by the large comxany of friends and relatives; it is comparatively easy to address !an audience, when in the gleaming eyes and flushed checks yon know that your sentiments are adopted but to do sewing wl-ere you expect that tho employer ' . ill come and thrust his thumb through the work to show how imperfect it is, or to have the whole garment thrown back on you to be done over again ; to build a wall and know there will be no one to say you did it weli,but only a swearing employer howling across the scaffold; to work until your eyes are dim, and your back aches, and your heart faints, and to know that if you stop before night your children will starve! Ah the the sword has not slain as many as the needle! The great battle fields of our last war were not Gettys burg and Shiloh and Sooth Moun tain. The great battle-fields of the last war were in the arsenals and in the shops, and in the attics, where women made array -jackets for a sixpence. They toiled on un til they died. They had no funeral eulogium, but in the name of my God this morning I enroll their names among those of whom the world was not worthy. Heroes of tho needle, heroes of the sewing machine, heroes of the at tie, heroes of the cellar, heroes and heroines; bless God for theml In this roll I also find the heroes who have uncomplainingly endured domestic iniustice. There are men who, for thoir toil and anxiety, hay no sympathy in their own home Exhausting application to business gets them a livelihood, but an un frugal wife scatters it. He is fret ted atfroiu the moment he enters the door until be goes oat cf it the exasperations of domestic life. Such Such men are !wdied t, but they have abeartbrekij!g tMuble, an4 they would re lone ago gone into appalling dissi ut for tbr grace of God. Society yatlona today i strei wiih the wreck of men Ueast (torra ofdo- een dmen on the 1 Uouadda 01 ttitSty malt 11 not poetry, hi til putting to death, yet unc-ml.tiuiag. No bitter words when the rollicking compan ions at 2 o'clock iu the morning piich the jnusbaud dead drunk into the froi.t entry. So bitter words when wiping from the swollen brew the bleed struck out in a midinght carousal ; bending over the bat tered aud bruised form ol hsm who, when he took her from her fathei-'.shouie prom-, ised love &njl LindnoKg and protection, yet nothing but sympathy ai.d prayers ffkl forgiveness, before they are asked for. No hitter words when lhe-fan ily bible goes for rum and the pawn broker's jskop gets the la&t decent i.sjE. Some day, desiring to evoke Jhfl fciorits of her eorrovve, you say WdIf Low are you getting along Jtow?" And rallying her trcmbimg voice and quieting her quivering lip, pays ; -'Pretty well. I thank you.1" hi the delirium of her last sickness she may tell all the secrets of her life to m. but she will not toll hat. Not unt il tho books oft eern ity are opened ou the throne of judg ment will evjr iw Jknown. vuat biie has si;Fl''i.;u:r. Oh, ye who are twisting a gar land for the victor, put it on that pale brow ! Wiiin she is dead the neighbors will beg linen to make her a shroud, and she will be carried out iu a pldn box with no silver plate to teil her ) eaie, for she bus lived a thousand years of trials and r nguish The gamb)cr3, the swindlers who de strcj-cd her husband, will not come to the funeral. Oiwt carriage will be enough ror that funeral One carriage to carry the orphans and the two Christian ytcmen who presided oyer the obsequies ; but there is a flash aud the opening of the celestial door, and e -slumt ; Lift up your heads, ye cvtrlasUng piles, aud let here-me in;' a;.d Christ will step " forth and say : "Coiae iu ; ye suf fered with me ou earth, be glorified with ms in heveu." What is the highest throne in heavcu? The throne of the Lord Gcd Almighty aud tho Lamb. 2o doubt about it. What La. the next highest throae ia hvaven? While I speak, it seems to me that it will be the throne or the dur-kard'a wife, if she with cheerful ptitienc endure all her earthly torture. Hfi rocs fcud heroines 1 I find also ju this roll the herceo of Christian charity. Wo all ad- mire the George Peibooys aed the James Lenoxes of the turtb.v.hogave tens and hundreds and U.ousonds of dollars to good objects, IJufc I am speaking this morning of those who out o' their pinched poverty help others of such icon as these Chris tian missionaries at the wee', who are living on $250 a year that they may proclaim Christ to the people. One of them writing to the secretary in New York, gays : "I thank you for that. $25. Until ye&tcrday we have had no meat in our house for ihres rronths, we have suffered terribly. Ily children have no shoes thip winter.' And fro those people who have onlyn half loaf of bread, but give apiece of it to others who p.re hungrj', and to those who have only a scuttle of c al bet help others to ana to t ;;so flio have oaly a dollar in their pocket and give 15cl-s to iosx-ebth'y else, and to that father who wears a sb;ibv coat, and to that mother who wears a faded dres Uhat the children may ..': well -pp.treled. You cil them paupers or ragamu.'riuii. or emigrant-, 1 call. ..hem heroes and heroine". You and I may r.otk:iw wh-ie they live or what their name is, God. knows, and tbey have ini augeis hovering ivcr teem tha you .':iid I have, and they will have A HJGIIE3 SEAT IN HEAVE?. ney may have hai only a cup of cold vater to give a poor traveler, may havo Jidy picked a eplmter from under the .nil of a child's finger, or put only two uitB info the treasury, but the Lord - news them. Considering what they had hey did more than we have ever done -nd iheir faded dross will become a obe, and the sma'l i om will be ension, and the old hat will rictory, aud all the ap- a!l the shouting of out when - God those I.5:m- Jo say sth-