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a The Democrat. E. MILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Pid.lirhed Kwry Thurwhiy. Entered "i th" I'oxl-OiUcf ft Srt,fhml JYVrA", A". C, "H Si ("nil ClnHH Matter. THURSDAY. MAY it, A CALM HE VIEW. VII f. In tho last issue we relerred to some ,r the act.-! of the Fusion Legislature. To most of the people of the State it would seem unnecessary to refer now to the actual work of tne legislature, as it has been but a few weeks Mnce ttiey adjourned. Jut while the Legislature was in ses sion it was impossible to etudy calmly and carefully thoir work a.s we can now. And as they were pledged to reform, we think it profitable to continue the study of that feature of their work. By doing 50 we can see the inconsistencies or tho work with the promises they made the people. In our last we showed that in the matter of appointing new magistrates that wore not needed or wanted, except for partisan purpose, the State was subjected to an unnecessary expense of over -f 2G,00. Besides tho unpardonable inconsist ency of the Legislature in running the State to such expense for equipment of new magistrate , there Avas much more extravagance that showed great discrep ancy between their promises and pledg es to the people and their actual work when assembled to legislate for thoso very people- to whom they had made such promises. Take the matter of general appropriations. It was giyen by good authority that the appropriations for insane asylums were increased $2'Jr 518.41 ; for the Deaf and Dumb $21, 500 ; for educational institutions $25, 000. This makes an increase of $70, 02S.il. Add the $20,032.50 for equip ment of new magistrates and $3,202.37 for contested election cases, and you have the round sum of $100,223.28. In addition to this the Legislature created two new criminal courts which took in many counties that protested against it. The courts were made, too, for the sole purpose of making a place for some men who were anxious to hold cilice. Besides the increase in appro priations, tho expenses of the Legisla ture itself was $0,027.88 more than the cost of the Democratic Legislature of 183. And then the indelicate part of the whole thing was tho fact that members of the Legislature made places for themselves and members of their own families. One most senseless and unprecedented act was the appointment of a commit tee to look into the alleged grievances of Mrs. Battle D. B. Arrington, who claimed that she had been treated bad ly hy the courts and lawyers. A com mittee of throe was appointed to invest igate the case with power to go any where in the State they pleased, sum mon witnesses at the State's expense, they (the committee) to receive $1 a, day with a clerk at about the same wages, and the State to pay all their expenses. And their time was not lim ited. So in matters of extravagance the Fusion Legislature of 1805 had not been surpassed by any Legislature in the history of the State. Tiik Democrat calls upon all hon est, fair-minded men to consider these things well and see if that Legislature, many of whose member made great, sweeping promises to tho people, did not fall far short of the promises made to the people in the name of '"reform." Kay, did they not fall far below pre vious Legislatures in all the things we have mentioned in these reviews? In a Avord, acting only from the pur est impulses or most patriotic motives, would the voters of Xorth Carolina, es pecially those who went from the Dem ocratic partr, be willing to see the same Legislature assemble again next Wednesday to sit and legislate for North Carolina smv davs more? Persons who sympathize with the itfllicted will rejoice with D. E. Carr of 123; Harrison street, Kansas City. He is an old sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism, but has not heretofore lecn troubled in this climate. Last winter he went up into Wisconsin, nnd in consequence has had another at tack. '-It came upon me again very acute and severe," he said. "My joints swelled and became inflamed ; sore to touch or almost to look at. Upon the urgent request of my mother-in-law I tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm to re duce the swelling and ease the pain, and to my agreeable surprise, it did both. I have used three fifty-cent bot tles and believe it to be 'the finest thing fur rheumatism, pains and swell ings extant. For sale by E. T. White head & Co. Dill SKI St i WA TEH A ND MA LA -III A. Dr. It. II. Lewis, secretary of the Xorth Carolina Beard of Health, has prepared and sent out a strong paj-r on "Drinking "Water in its Relation to Malarial Diseases." In the paj)Cr Dr. Lewis argues con vincingly that much and indeed most of tho malaria that i3 prevalent in cer tain parts of the State is caused from the drinking of impure water. A strong plea is made for the use of cis terns, and the experience given by many who haye used cisterns is quite favorable to their use. Dr. Lewis sent out a number of cir cular letters asking of those who had used cisterns to-gfye him their expe rience and whether or not they were benefitted by using cistern water. A great number answered favorably, and it poems a certainty that malarial troubles arise more directly from the impure water than any other cause. The subject is one which should en gage the attention of physicians espe cially and of all who live in malarial sections. Any one wishing a copy of the paper referred to can get it free bv writing to Dr. R. II. Lewis of Baleigh, N. C. THE WAY TO DO IT. Southport Leader. The action of Miss Allsbrrook, the sponsor for the Leader's Popular Fund for tho Baleigh, at Scotland Xeck, in making her petition through the col umns of The Democrat of that town, for contributions, is a method which can not fail to prove a success. Miss Allsbrook's appeal is most patriotic, and sponsors throughout the State can not do better than follow her example. Tho press of the State will offer their columns for such appeals and gladly lend their influence in furthering the cause for the Baleigh testimonial. BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR CHARLOTTE. Defaulting bank cashier Holland, of Charlotte, was required by District at torney B. B. Glenn to give bail in a $15,000 justified bond. The people of Charlotte voluntarily made his bond $01,000. Commenting on the matter, the Charlotte Observer said next day : The making of a bond of $01,000 in this city yesterday in the case of an embezzling bank cashier for whom a bond of only $15,000 was needed, was a regretable occurrence. Xo matter how charming his personal qualities, sight should never for a moment be lost of the fact that this man is a crim inal, and deserves the same sympathy and the same punishment, except in a much larger degree, that is measured out to tho poor white man who steals a side of meat or the negro who steals a dominecker chicken. Men who have boys to raise need to have a care about how they palliate the crime of ex-Cashier Holland, while those who have not should still remember that they owe the weight of their influence to the cultivation of a moral tone in society. Charlotte gets a bad advertisement this morning in the statement to the world of tho size of this bond, and any other trusted official who has the handling of the money of other people and who ma- be contemplating the appropria tion of a part of it to his own purposes will find great encouragement in this incident of yesterday in Charlotte. CHANGING CONDITIONS. Norfolk Landmark. There is really little doubt, indeed there is the strongest probability, that within the next five or certainly ten years, all passenger trains will be mov ed by electricity, thus avoiding the dis agreeable smoke and cinders and mak ing travel much more comfortable. Xot only will this be true but all houses, dwellings and business houses, will be lighted and heated by electrici ty and the cooking will be done with it. The only reason this is not true is on account of the ereater cost, and as the more well-to-do people come to use it, even at the greater cost, the ex pense will decrease. There are so many advantages in it, and the rate of insurance would necessarily be de creased as the liability of fire would be reduced to a minimum. It can be seen that when the great water power of the country is utilized for the operation of dynamos and long lines of large wire are established to conduct the lighting and heating elec tric current, the need of coal for heat and gas and oil for lighting, as well as for turning machinery, will almost pass away and thus the supply of coal which it has been said would finally run out, as that of coal oil, will be ad justed to the smaller demand. The entire system of heating and lighting and of turning machinery by steam is likely to be revolutionized in a very few years and we shall get rid of much ot the dirt, dust, inconvenience and danger with the change. The possi bilities of the near future in this res pect are bewildering. To Make Pure Blood There Is no medicine before the people eqnal to Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is the standard spring medicine and blood purihor and it possesses peculiar merit which others try in vain to reach. It really makes the weak strong. Do not neglect to purify your blood in the spring. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla now. Hood's Pills become the favorite ca thartic with every one who tries them. 25c per box. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. 1 ('orrpoii'ifn'- to Tim Ijkm'XR t i Washington, D. C May L l'-O. The resignation of Commissioner Ly man i -.lid to I-e in the hand- of the President. Mr. Boosevelt's resignation was handed in several days ago. This gentleman has long teen the most con sistent reformer on the Commission. He is a very able man and had done all in his power to carry out the letter an I the spirit of the law. With Commis sioner Lyman, however the case is dif ferent. He has used the jower of his office whenever the opportunity offered for the advancement of himself and members of his family. He is a repul liean during a republican administra tion and a '-'mugwump" during a dem ocratic administration. He has long been vert unpopular with all genuine Civil Service reformers. Mr. Proctor, the chairman of tho Commission will retain his office. With this exception the Commission will be thoroughly re organized. Comptroller Eckles is prominent in the movement to convert the country to a gold standard. He Is in the West making speeches In advocacy of this. Carlisle is doing his best in the t-ame di rection in Kentucky and Tennessee. Hoke Smith has gone South to pro mulgate the same doctrine, so dear to the present Executive. Every resource of the Administration will bo exerted from now until the Convention meets in the interest of "sound money." The "silver men" are no Jess deter mined to press the claims of bi-metal-ism. The West is for solid silver. The South has always fayored free coinage. The majority of the people want more money, which to them means anything but a gold standard. The fight will be a desperate one with new and unlooked for alignments to follow. The semi-centennial meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention and an nual sessions of its auxiliary societies will be held in this city from May 8th co 14th, at the First Baptist Church, corner Sixteenth and 20th streets, north west. The Education Society will meet Wednesday and Thursday, May 8th and 0th, at 8 p. m., with possibly another session Thursday afternoon. The first session of the Conference of Young People's Societies will be held Thurs day, May 0th, at 10:30 a. m. The Woman's Missionary Union, auxilary to the convention, hold their first meet ing in the new Sunday-school building of Calvary Baptist Church, Friday, May 10 at 0 a. m. This convention is the largest delegated body in this coun try, if not in the world, and while it is almost impossible to estimate the num ber that will be in attendance, as this is the first meeting held on the pay-as-you-go plan, as one of the delegates puts it, yet every delegate being expect ed to pay his own hotel bills, it is more than likely that from 2,500 to 3,000 Baptists will be in the Capital during the period embraced by the meetings. All the leading clergy of the denomi nation in the South will attend, and the Educational Society will bring a great many strong men from the Xorth. All the railroads of the South and Southwest have granted one fare for the round trip to the delegates. Friday morning there was a $3,000 fire at the Columbian University of this city. Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by her two little daughters, will leave the city early the coming month, to spend the summer at Gray Gables. Already the summer home on the coast of Massa chusetts is being made ready for the occupacy by the Bresident's family. Miss Herbert sailed for Europe Wed nesday, and will spend a number of months visiting places of interest on the other side. She will be entertain ed at a number of the American lega tions while in that country. Senator Don Cameron is here. He says Pennsylvania is for free silver. A prominent business man from Mas sachusetts is here, who says that his state and Xew Hampshire will both go for free silver. This looks as if a tidal wave, in favor of free silver, will sweep the country. There may be changes on account ot the strenuous efforts put forth by the administration in the interest of gold, in this pro gram, but there is no reason to be lieve there will be any material change in the situation prior to the next pres idential election. The President has written a strong letter to Gov. Stone of Mississippi In which he says a departure from the "sound money" policy means defeat for the democratic party. Why all Avomen are not beautiful and all men not strong may be hard to ex plain ; but is not so hard to say why more men are not strong and more women not beautiful. It is because they need to have their blood purified and invigorated by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla that good old medicine Avhieh has not only stood the test of half a century, but Avas alone consid ered Avorthy of exhibition, by the World's Fair Commissioners, out" of all the preparations purporting, to be blood -purifiers and nerve-tonics. It is a fact, Avell knoAvn to medical men and testified to by thousands that the eff ect oi using this medicine is to impart strength to the muscles, A-igor to the mind, brightness to the eyes, brilliance to the skin, and bloom to the cheek. What more can be desired? Ayer's Sarsaparilla does this for others, it will do so for you- It does this by driving out of the veins and arteries every par ticle of diseased blood and filling them Avith a pure and vigorous circulation. This is the secret both of beauty and of health. WIIA T IT TA EES TO MAKE A HE HO IN CHARLOTTE. Cunronl Ti, It wo; id a ciT. from the lidit of i ... . -i - . t l .. i'h-AV Mtte. t hat at 1 a man has f, do f be acknowledged and prooiairr.od a hero is to steal several thousand dollars, falsify his accounts and commit a few lorgerie-. The lar ger the amount which he steals and the more flagrant his forgeries and fal sification, the greater hero he Incomes. This kind of business is more than dis gusting it is positively harmful, and exerU i nvthing but a good influence on the world around, esjecially the voung. We would not add a feather's weight to Mr. Holland's punishment, nor say a word to increase his misery and remorse ; but we re.-j-ectiully sub mit that when the ear marks of a ras cal exibit themselves as they have in his case, he ought to 1? made to suffer a punishment commensurate with hi crime. SOUTH CAROLINA LIQUOR LAW. Charlotte Observer. Tho editor of the Review f Reviews gives his testimony, based on personal observation, to the success of the South Carolina liquor system. "Drunken ness and disorder," he says, "have de creased to a remarkable extent ; and, whereas, the negro laborer was tormer ly accustomed to spend his week's earn ings in carousing on Saturday night and Sunday, he is now spending more upon his family, or else saving his money to buy land." These are sub stantial results, and if tho facts justify the claims and the country is convinced of them, a wide extension of the dis pensary system may bo expected. It appears to admit of no doubt that, fi nancially, the South Carolina dispen sary plan l as proved a success, though this is altogether a minor consideration, the world's question in connection with it-being: Is it an effective means of dealing with the liquor traffic? The Baleigh News Observer is to be given up to women to get out a me morial issue Mai' 20th. All the work but setting the type and printing and mailing will be done by women. They are to do all the writing and proof read ing and the regular staff of the News & Observer will stand aside for one day. We have spent nearly $470,000,000 in building churches in this land, and $500,000,000 in building jails. It costs $50,000,000 a year to run the churches, and $100,000,000 to run the jails. We pay eight times as much for running four fellow men down and jailing them as Ave do in trying to make them bet ter. So claims one of our exchanges and it is probably true. Xew Berne Journal. The tj-pos made us say last week that W. T. Jones, cashier of the Farmers' bank of Oxford, had been found short in his accounts. We meant It for the bank of Boxboro. And Ave are pleased to learn that the Boxboro bank is all right. Mr. W. W. Kitchin is vice president of the bank and one of its directors, and positively asserted that the bank Avas all right. A lady at Tooleys, La., was very sick Avith bilious colic when M. C. Tisler, a prominent merchant of the town gave her a bottle of Chamber lain's Colic Cholera and diarrhoea Itemed'. He says she Avas Avell in forty minutes after taking the first dose. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. George Mills, who murdered Iowa AVimberhv- his neice, near Apex last June, was hanged for the crime in Ba leigh last Friday. For Avhoopmg cough Chamberlain's Cough remedy is excellent. By using it freely the disease is deprived of all dangerous consequenoes. There is no danger in giving the remedy to babies, as it contains nothing injurious. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. A most destructive cyclone swept through Iowa last Friday.' A large number of persons were killed and great loss of property Avas sustained. RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY is guaranteed to cure Pile? and Const! pation, or money refunded. 50 cents per box. Send two stamps for circular and free sample to Maktix Rudy, Reg istered Pharmacist, Lancaster. Pa. Xo petals answered. For sale bv all first class druggists everywhere, and at Scot land Xeck; X. C, by E. T. Whitehead & Co. The Virginia papers have recently been com Daring the judicial system of Virginia with that of Xorth Carolina ; and to our credit they are about agreed that Xorth Carolina's system is the superior one. Tired, Weak, Nervous, Meass impure blood, and overwork or too much strain on brain and bodj. The only way to cure is to feed the nerves on pure blood. Thousands of people certify that the best blood-puri-her. the best nerve tonic and strength builder is Hood's Sarsaparilla. What it has done for others it Avill do for you Hood's cures. Nerousness, loss of sleep, loss of ap leiite and general debility all disap pear when Hood's Ssrsaparilla is per sistently taken, and strong nerA-es, sweet sleep strong body, sharp appetite and in a word, health and happiness folloAv the use of Hood's Ssrsaparilla. The strong po'nt about Hood's Sar saparilla is that they are permanent, bee use they start from the solid foun dation of purified, vitalized and enrich ed blood. CANCER CURED -AND A LIFE SAVED By the Persistent Use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla "I was trouble! for year3 with a sore on my knee, which several physicians, who treated me, called a cancer, assuring me that nothing could I done to save my life. As a last resort, I Avas induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. and. after tak ing a number of bottles, tho sore began to disappear and my general health improve. I persisted in this treatment, until the sore was en tirely healed. Since then, I use Ayer's Sarsaparilla occasionally as a tonic and blood-purifier, and, in deed, it seems as though I could not keep house without it." Mrs. S. A. Fields, Uloomfield, la. The Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla. Ayer's Pills Regulate the Liver. "Want a Wheel ? "KEYSTONE," "TRIBUNE," asd "STORMER" bicycles, TRICYCLES AXD VELOCIPEDES. Prices tor Kicyeles 24 to ai(5. Tricycles from 5 to $23, Velocipedes from 81 to $10. Every Wheel Guar anteed in every part. W. M. G-RaY, Agent for Halifax Co. Scotland Xeck, N. C. 5 H 3m SALE OF LAND. By virtue of power conferred upon me by the decree of the Superior court tor Halifax county, granted in that Special proceeding pending in said Court, entitled Mary E. Gray and E. T. Whitehead, administrators of B. D. Gray, against Walter Gray, Frani Gray, John B. Gray and others, I shall sell at auction in Scotland Neck, on Saturday, the first day of June, IS95, the follow ing described land, lying and being sit uated in the county of Halifax and State of North Carolina, to Avit : That part of the Home tract, not embraced Avithin the dower, and beginning on the line of D. Edmondson, Avhere tho dower begins, thence along his line S. 88 W. 198 poles to W. H. Kitchin's line, thence his line to the line of the land formerly belonging to Noah Biggs thence along the dower line to the be ginning, and containing about one hundred and fifty acres, save and ex cepting from these bounds ten acres of the dower on the creek, and that tract of land on the New road near Scotland Neck, bounded by the lands of W. II B11, Mrs. Johnson, W. H Kitchin. J. W. Leggett and others, and containing abouf forty acres. Terms : One half cash and balance in six months, Avith interest on deferred payment from day i sale, 'l his M ay 1st, lSU.j. W. A. Duxx, 2 4t. Commissioner JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE!!! WATCHES AND CLOCKS TUT IN FERFECT REPAIR. We have engaged the services of Mr. J. D. Perry, avIio has just returned from the Chicago Watch Ma kers' Institute, Avhere ho took a thorough course, and is prepared to do ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING And EnarraTin. V5 His office is at our show windoAV in front. All work is guaranteed. GIVE HIM A CALL E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO., 25 tf Scotland XpMt V C Administrator's Notice. All persons are herebv notified to present their claims against the estate of Mrs. Sarah Lawrence deceased, to me, administrator of her estate, on or bafore April 17th, 189G. This April 10th, lSl-o. Claude Kitchht. 4 11 6t. Administrator. S6LEHEART S V5 a fc. V f a : t wi.vn::: HADDINGTON BUILDING, GKAM'.V - :! Stenography, Bookkeeping. Penman-hip. Shert!.,. taught in a thorough and practical manner. Klecmt !:: folk harbor. Students admitted at any lime. Both mm,. partment. Graduate he'i-cd in finding iiti"n. ! :,-. information addrew 2 2,Nlv I. W. IWI I-' EE General Commission Merchants ul te! Consignments of Country Pnduce of every description solicited. Referexces : City Notional Dank, Norfolk, Vr.. ; The .1 U. Cincinnati, O. ; .lames H. Laing A Co., New V. ik . tomev at Law, Windsor, Vn. ; Drndstreet Ageiun. M. II. Holland, of Nansemond County, Va. WHOLESALE C0MMISS ION M E I !l II AX! No. S Roanoke Dork. Specialties roanuts. Cotton, Corn. I NOR F ) L l V Poultry, Eggs and Lumber. REFERENCES : The Dank of Commerce, . :f ", . Farmers' Hank, Suflolk. V.i. CORRESPONDENCE AND CONSIGN M EMS HU.IU i I !- To Farmers and Truckei WE GIVE ONI : GllEAT DlIDoK, NoLTOLK Co' v Farmers' Manufacturing Company : I used your Patent Darrein exclusively in tbo hhipmenf including 7,000 barrels of Irish potatoes, jnul 1 want t ;u ll.wv ever used. Put me down as a iermanent customer, a I will ! other. Your trulv. GKOKGK A. W !!.- FARMERS' MANUFACTURING CO. 3 7 3m NORFOLK, VA. MENTION' THIS I'AI LI:. Hog : Cholera X r- BY USING THE MAJOR CHOLERA CORE. FOR HALE AT N. U. JOSEY'S am, H. T. WHITEHEAD & CO.'S Scotland Xeck, X. C. Tboroughbred - Fancy - Poultry. EGGS FOR SALE f I per lo. S. C. PROWN LEGHOKNS The e machines. GIANT BLACK J AVAS The large,: m-niJ?? ch,ck that grow.-, PL RE WHITE W Y A N DOTTES. J. D. Bardin, WILSON, X. C 3 51 2 MEXTIOK THIS PAPEH. WHO'S SHELLABERGER? He's the Wire Fenea mar, a ta, Ga., and sells the bet and cheapest e WIIKAT 1 ou WITHOUT 71 HIV.-.l. cr.Kns. ircrTRY rnd m Ml NTK'N T!!t I Al l I ''1 JOHN r1. TAYLOR & CO., No. r Roanoke Dock, NORFOLK. Jt. pi:am t a - i i II XI . M. II. Hon m of .Vl' . ,f. H. HOLLAND, SOX ,V ( ( .. HAVING EM. AI.m.I IhiU ;apati v. We are prepaiod t f ' Ji ti East Patent Bane IN ANYOIWYMSY. OUR VR1CE ?: I'll: IH'.MJi and for ca.-b 1 r all lelin ir-i t' .Mi- Hr :. IvC Berry Crates and 7r::i OF ALL KIM". We have bundled of i. .!!.'..- V .... '(A .'or A First - Class LIVERY . L JX W. J. B. GRAY, PROPPILT"!: I have purchased t be formerly owned and m.i.vt.'''1 drey A- Wat-on, a'xl urt, ; serve the public- nf nil!:.'. - Best of Teams end AT KEASOXAm.i: 1 1M' :" 3 7 Jy Entallix!,"' 1- I (KOJi.MLiU.V TWIN :. Rubber Stamps STENCILS, HKASS rlfl Manufactured to " ' S. b. TURN Eli i Co.. ' Roper IJuild'g, Nivi-on -N First-ela- work gu.ir.inLc-I Notice! Notice Our land arc po-ted. 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