"Our Aim vnll be, the People's Right Maintain, Unaiced by Power, and Unbribed by Gain" VOL- VI. WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1888. NO. 47 PRIDE OF WILSON! . ; r THE BIGGEST THING I5f ALL 1,B THE ST ATE. Ho01 Beneflt and Relief Asso button Furnishes Belief other than w the Beneficiaries of the dead .licy bolder, and will pay death claims in full on and after March. Yfe have been, from the beginning of the operations of the Mutual Benefit & Relief Association, a strong advocate for it believing its plans were wise, its terms moderate, its officers honest,prudent, pains ofcag men. It is the pride of the people of Wilson who are exerting themselves to ash it on and upward; for in it they see - . pro' itection for the wiaow ana orpnan ana the n'd Dolicy holder, when too poor and firm to meet the assessments. Thy see tt the accumulation or a reserve fund, in which grows Avith each assessment and which must be invested, relief for those needing money, while at the same time insurance is furnished at lowest possible cost, and now the degree of prosperity to vhich it has attained jusunes me announce ment that death claims will be baid in full after the fifteenth of March next (See advertisement) The greatest dificulty which agents have had in obtaining pat rons was that they were unable to prom ise to pay death claims in full. This prom ise is guaranteed now by the pledges of the officers who are assured of fulfillment by the prosperous condition and increasing membership of the associations and it is bow confidently recommended to all those who need insurance to apply at once for a policy, and this is particularly urged upon all in Wilson county; not only on the ground that it will afford the relief desired hut because it is a home company and needs the co-operation and cordial support olsll of our own people. It is needless forus to say one word in favor of Insuf ancem general, that has now become a necessity to the poor man and such as this affords the best and cheapest form; The payments come in small amounts and it serves the purpose of saving banks with the strongest assurances that the "family will get the benefit of the savings. The old line insurauce companies may twit us ss much as they please; call us ropes of sand, monkey bridges and all manner of hard names, but the security of the insured m ours is as staole as that , in the old line companies. While we have no big invest ments held by wealthy corporations, and while ours are dependent on the payment ot assessments of individual members, , we Tlwcaii say urs is j"st as safe both kpend upon the honesty and prompt deal H ot the companies. The payment of 1 e required assessment is the condition of membership in ours,, failing in that the ember forfeits hi, policy. .Will he do it -ea the amount is so small and he knows 15 only paying what the other members . pay in case of his death? The mu f of ours is the strong bond that as- success. The indiVM! -i ?ose the Association. The officers are t0 keeP the accounts and direct --management of its affairs. growth of the Mutual Benefit and e J Association 'with all the odds against - the way of well paid agents represent- S bloated mrmr,;. .. rv'"un, inisrepresentin ""u tne Dlans , ...u:i . , licr n'V n a maUer CUrse' t0 m iuU at first, our growth we say a 1 these draw back has been phe- CY0W that allthese hav been over d policies can be paid in full, our axe -ga fair field and our bor- ' hmr unlargCd da b y- The at en bJessed and bliTaffliCtinS,riSe Upand toth h- amo"nts paid them aifkanA S C0rp0rati0nS' Sma11 and in' toaw, y were larSer in propor- .. '"amount n:.i . .. . r "Damn 6W1 " Vr had nt.paid b the in&ured tha" " had Paid the vea full amount of policy tk . e rates of thf nM lir, !da.": . one of our companv who De asses member and had paid binT "0t excee-in ' $2, and Cr:Ved T, f $5' 'nenu a second one paid two Hrecei5"!? membershiP fees and hi eto Svved $5oo, and this came at a ?0itTEM FARM P THE WIDOW WUred inT pHGE foreclosuf e which 4ldone. The 11 PrPabity could not PY l trial. R - jr-l0"1"- ."s8 . we ACTi-.. """"lotK YOU OXLY 1 C SMALL lr? ST F DURANCE 70. TIPEXD FOR EXPENSES OF j For The Mirror. Mow Sorrow Cbanred to Pleasure. "Why are you . so late for breakfast this morning, Ezra? See, I have milked the cows since it was cooked," said Mrs. An drews addressing her husband. "Well, you see, Maria," replied Ezra, rubbing his dripping face in a coarse brown towel, "neighbor brown is in a deal of trou ble; over that scape grace of a son, Will." "In trouble over Will f Why I thought him a well behaved boy enough. But come on and eat. Will has not done any thing scandalous has he?"' "That depends, Maria, upon what you call scandalous. He hasn't stolen 'a horse or killed a man ; not quite that bad, or it may be worse than either," answered the farmer, seating himself at the table. "Do hurry, Ezra, and tell me all about it," insisted Mrs. Andrews. : "Well," resumed the former, who, know ing his wife's insatiate curiosity, could for bear teazing her a little by provoking a most lively interest before acquainting her with all the facts, "what part of the chick en will you have?" and noticing the empty chair of his daughter, "How long do you intend to indulge Nell in sleeping till ten o'clock and taking her breakfast in bed? I was not raised to such habits, nor you either." ' . Mrs. Andrews irritably informed her husband as often as he had helped her to chicken it was strange that he could not remember that the neck or wing was the only parts she could eat. And as for Nell the poor child hated the thought of leaving home to go off to school so much that she was really sick, indeed it was exceedingly doubtful whether she would be able to en ter at the opening of the Fall term. "But tell me. now, Ezra, has Will Brown forged a note?" "No, he hau not forged a note, Maria," said the farmer, shaking his head solemn ly "but he has disregarded all warning and advice of his, parents,, and has wrecked his ow' happTriesVlor a life time; young Brown will suffer and suffer sooner than he thinks for." "Please tell me what he has done, Ezra." "I am telling you as fast as I can, Maria. This morniug as I -went down the lane to feed my hogs I spied neighbor Brown sit ting on his door step with his head "resting on Ills knees and his red handkerchief to his eyes. Thi3 is mighty strange thinks I for neighbor Brown is most always ready with kis basket of corn awaiting at the gate for me and we go to feed our pigs together," so I called out Are you ready, neighbor?' but he did not say one word, only beck; oned me to come to him. I saw in a min ute that he was in a mighty lot of trouble.. Is any of the family dead,' I whispered, kind of soft like." "Worse than dead My poor Will, my poor boy !" sobbed Brown. "Come tell me what, is the matter, pei heaps I can help you neighbor;" said I. "Too late for help;" said the father, "here, just read this note." So I read the note and this is the substance of what was in it: "Dear Father: Knowing too well that you are strongly opposed, on account of my youthfulness to my marrying " "Marrying;" ejaculated Mrs. Anderson "Will Brown married! Well it is not as bad as I thought for. What else did he say, Ezra?" Mr. Andrews being accustomed to his wife's interruptions took no notice of this and continued: "I am sure it would be im possible to obtain your consent, so I shall marry without it. I have obtained a situa tion on Squire Lunly's plantation for the; remainder of the year and perhaps I shall get along better than you think for. The horse and buggy you gave me for a birth day present I take with me, if you want me to send it back let me know I will re tury it as soon as I carry my bride home. Devotedly your son, Willie B. "Poor Mrs. Brown, how does she seem to take it?" inquired Maria. 4;I did not see her, but I heard a great sobbing in the kitchen. I expect she hates it." "Hates it, you know she does. Poor woman. And what can Will Brown do with a wife?" "That ia just what neighbor says. II they both work in the field from now un til winter, and I think Will has too much of his fathers pride to put his wife to work I out, they will barely make a living and if they don't both will starve, and the upshot will be neighbor Brown will have thero both on his hands, coxtin'ueb, A MIXTURE. EDITORIAL ETCHINGS EUPIIOXI O US IVY ELUCIDATED. Numerous Hews? Notea and 21 a it j Merry Morsela Paraerraphieally laeke4 and. Pithily Pointed. The fewer our wants, the nearer wa resemble the gods. Do good with what thou hast, or it will do theo no good. He who hunts for hares, leaves one and loses the other. Attempt not to fly 4ike an eagle with the wings of a wren. A perpetual man can always find leis ure, the negligent one never; No voices are so incurable as those which men are apt to gloy in." What we hope ever to do with ease, we may learn first to do with , diligence. The face of truth is not the less fair of all the counterfeit vizards that have been put upon her. Cardinal Gibbons has written another letter to the Pope, urging him not to con demn the writings of Henry George There is a 4 years old chiid pianist in Philadelphia (a German) who is said to play two hundred different selections. The coat-tail flirtation Is the latest. A wrinkled coat-tail bearing dusty toe marks means, "I have spoken to your father. Several Russian soldiers crossed into Pnlssia and wounded one Prussian soldier and captured another one. Now for an apology. ; Racing is growing In Interest in the rich and extravagant Northl We notice that Mammouth Park offers purees aggre gating $200,000. f ' A virtuous person ' struggling with misfortunes and rising above them, .is an object on which the gods" themselves T look down with delight. . The atheist, who denies a God does more dishonor than a man who owns his being, but at the same time believes him to be cruel, hard to please, and terrible to human nature. . . The! man who distinguishes himself from the rest, stands in a press of people; those before him intercept his progress, and those behind him, if he does not urge on, will tread him down. One ot the most disasterpus fires in many months occurred in New York re cently Several firemerjr were - badly in jured, and one. killed. 5 The loss of proper ty is estimated at $i,5cx,ooo. Prof. Asa Gray is dead. He was the most eminent American botanist and the author of many books. He was born in N. Y. State in 1810. One of his books was "The Flora of the Southern States." E. B. Jones, a youth of twenty-one, at Washington, Georgia, has just married his aunt, Miss Lula Jones, aged 35. They ought to be ducked and then ducked again in muddy water, and then ducked again. Charleston is determined to go ahead in spite of earthquake shocks and other ad verse agents. It is preparing to run three cotton mills, and negro labor is to be used. This shows pluck and push and deserves success. A dandy who wanted the milk passed to him at one of our traverns, thus asked for it: "Landlady, please pass the cow this way." To whom the -lady thus retorted: "Waiter, take the cow down there where the calf in blating." A Kentucky girl, marrying a fellow of mean reputation was taken to task for it by her" uncle. "I know, uncle," replied she, "that Joe is not good for much; but he said I dare not have him, and I want take a stump from anybody." An honest old lady in the country, when told of her husband's death, ex claimed: "Well, I do declare, our troubles never come alone! It 'aint a week since I lost myv .best hen, and now Mr. Hooper has gone, too, poor man!'-' - Asheville gets an appropriation cf $1 00,000 from the House, for public build ing, and we "congratulate our friends in the Hlandof the sky." The Federal govern ment should have decent establishments in ervery town in this country. - A few days since, a dunner called on a vouns erentleman and presented him a bill. when he was somewhat taken aback by the gent taking him aside, and blandly savintr: "My dear sir, call next Thursday sk3M i lk wsii you viwn w wn AgMt . TUT X A. ' . - "Isaac, can you describe a bat?" Yes, sir, he's a fly in' insect, about the size of a stoppel;has Iugin rubber wings and a shoestring tail, and sees best with its eyes." "I : think," said a farmer, "I should make a good parliament man, for - I use their language. I received two bills the other day, with requests for immediate payment; the one I ordered to be laid on table the other to be read that day 6ix months!" A. physician being out gunning, with out success, his servent said he would go into the next field, and if birds were there, he would doctor 'em. "Doctor 'em, what do you mean by that?" inquired the mas ter. "Why kill 'em, to be sure!" replied the servent. The celebrated historian, Freeman, has begun a series of papers for the New York Star, written from Oxford, England, in which he analyzes Home Rule, gives a lucid study of a mixed question, and shows that Ireland's demand is sanctioned by jus tice and expedience. "So you have twins at your house?" said a neighbor to Tommy. "Yes, mum; two of 'em," "What are you going to call them?" "Thunder and Lightening." "What strange names to call children!" "Well, that in what pa called them as soon as he heard they were in the house." The entry list ior six day s go-as-you- please race in Madison Square Garden, New York, which takes place Fedruary 5 to 12, .closed with seventy-four names. This is a greater number than ever partici pated in a like event, and it ia said the qual ity of the pedestrains is above the etand ard. At the recent hospital fire in New York four brave policemen carried, one hundred and sixty helpless children out of the burning building for the use of the crip pled and ruptured. It was most heroic work and all honor to the gallant men. Their.naraes are Cronin, Kavanagh, White and Quintard. There is a silly girl in Tennessee named Annie Douglass. She is an orphan and in worth $100,000. Two young men are to run a race with her and the winner she will marry. They are to run eight miles. It is expected that at least 8,000 people will witness the race. She does this to prevent a duel it is said. Thus far there have been introduced in the Congress 210 bills, appropriating 28,- 000,000 for public . buildings, What a mighty thing it is to have a Paternal Gov ernment to build palaces for all the cities and towns! But. what about the taxes? What about reform and reduction? What about promises and pledges? A great snow storm which has been prevailing in New England, was the most severe ever known.- In some places drifts were forty feet deep. Miles of railroad cars were snowed in, and in some instances passengers suffered greatly from the cold. In consequence of the blockade of the railroad, a milk famine is threatened in New York. The thing a weman never forgets to do is to try to read the post office mark on a letter before she opens it. She will turn it upside down and look obliqely along its surface, and do everything in her power to make it out. Then, if the indications are that it differs from the name of the town at the top of the letter, she grows frantic with excitement and doesn't fairly get over it for days. When the New York papers, a few days ago, referred to N. W. Cooney as be ing the wealthiest colored man in Texas, they have evidently not heard of the Lin coln family now residing in Dallas, six children in all who liave come into posses sion of $48,000,000 giving them the snug little fortune of $8,000,000 apiece. One of the heirs of this immense property is at present in Galveston, and News reporter looking him up, as much out of curiosity to 6ee a negro possessed of such enormous wealth as in earch of an item. Of the 325 members of the House at Washington, 216, or two-thirds of the number, are lawyers, There are 17 far mers and planters, 16 manufactures, 13 merchants, 10 bankers, 9 editors and one who calls himself a journalist, 6 doctors and 3 preachers. There are 4 men who appear to be politicians, only 3 who are put down as office holders, 3 capitalists, 2 di uggists, a stenographer, a railroad presi dent, a surveyor, a stock raiser, a dry goods man, an agriculturist, 1 brewer, 1 grocer, 1 cooper and 9 members who do not appear ever to have been anything before they be came Congressmen. STATE NEWS. FItOIX THE DEEP BLUE SEA TO T1TP GRAND OLD HOUSTTAIXS. An Hoor Pleasantly Spent With O Deliffbtfal Exenaares. There are 125 laborers at work on the extension of the railway from Scotland Neck to Greenville. Wilmington now claims that vessels drawing eighteen feet of water can come up to her wharves. A large hotel is to be built at Avoca, on Albemarle sound. : It is proposed to make the place a winter resort. Gold mining is reported to.be looking up, and a great work In that line will be done during the present year. A census of Wilmington Is to be taken in March. It is said that city will show 25,000 people, bona fide residents. Negotiations are pending, with promise of success, for the establishment of a regu lar steam line between Wilmington and the West Indies. , Frederick Ward has welcomed at Wil mington by a committee of Knights of Pythias and handsomely entertained. Mr. Ward is a prominent menber of Khights of Pythias. A strong stock company has been organ ised in Gaston county for the purpose of establishing an extensive 'knitting factory, to manufacture all kinds of knit goods, cot ton and wool. - Oxford, N. O, is booming. The town commissioners have closed a contract for It expected that tralni will be running over the Oxford & Clarks ville railroad within a week.; Everything is now in. readiness for the commencement of work on the Industrial school,- ThecogstrucUon of the buildings wjlfbe commenced as soon as the weather becomes favorable ior building. Orange Presbytery, it is stated, has mad arrangements to expend between three and . 1 wur muusana aouars during the present year lor carrying on evanerellstic work in the eastern section of North Carolina. It is said that T. W. Culbreth VcoW of Harnett county, is the only man in the State who can boast of five children born in wedlock in one year In June, 1887, his wuenaa twins; In December, 1887,; she had triplets. . ' - . - : :. Honj-Jno. C. Scarborough. ex-State Su. perintendent of Public Instruction, has taken the principafship of Thomasville Fe- mai college. Rev. J. W. Stalling former principal, will devote his entire time to the work of the ministry. Secretary of the Treasury has desltmated the First National Bank of Asheville, N. C, as a depository of public mone vs. He has decided not to add to the number of these depositories except in cases where It is an advantage to disbursing officers. The Grand Lodge of Masons have ac cepted the duty of lavinfr the Conor Ktrmp of the handsome assembly building at xuorenead city during the Easter holidav (Ayril 3d and 4d). It is intended to make the occasion a grand one, and a very low rate of fare will be given by the railroads, so that a large crowd ot teachers and friends will attend. We are glad to see that the work of our University is recognized abroad. The re- cent analyses by Profs. Venable and W. u. rhiiiips, of the native wines of North Carolina are represented as valuable ad ditions to chemical science in the "Chem iker Zeitung," published in Geothen, In Germany, a journal of highest standing. The editor gives the paper one of the most prominent places in the Zeituug. The Wilmington Messenger says that a colored brakeman on the Atlantic Coast Line, had a thrilling experience yesterday in putting on the brake near the depot. The chain which locks the wheels broke and the brakeman was precipitated between the cars. The entire train of fifteen cars passed over the prostrate body, but scared within an Inch of his life, he lay down flat between the tracks and escaped unhurt. There were all the evidences of a com ing stbrm; but when he drew from his pocket a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Svrup then came a calm, for the baby had" the croup and would now get well. 1 Little Willie screams and storms with a burn on his arm. To little Willie joy is em oy using salvation uu, the great lini ment. .

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