"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. .