" Our Aim trill be, the People' $ Right Maintain,
w jiuacu - iKCT, U7iu i;tviucu uy train.
VOL VII.
WILSON. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4. 1888.
NO. 3 1
THE BIG STEAL.
TfATIOAL BASK HOMED
8?Ifs PBESIDET AND OASHIEH.
, i-h Plamged in Wildest DIimT
jier lb Conduct of two of it. Beat
A MIXTURE.
EDITOMAL, ETCHINGS EUPHOSI"
OUSIiX ELUCIDATED.
We announced in our last issue that C.
rss, President of the State National
Lk, and Sam C. hit its cashier, had
Lco'unded with a large amount of money,
!a that many people had been ruined
hv No one can tell the amount sto-
The current statement is that the
ount is $250,000. . Some say $350,000.
abscounders have done their work
well They are believed to have long ago
deall their arrangements and "salted
down" their funds, so Ill-gotten. - They
even got a large sum of money which
ame by express Saturday and took It
vith them. They left in the bank, it U
said only $3,50Q in notes, enough for the
paying teller's use, so that he would not
have to go into the safe.
There are a thousand rumors afloat about
the matter. There is a feeling of in
tense indignation against both the defaul
ters. It was learned that one of them had
told his family that he would be in Canada
Monday. -Both men probably got to Mon
treal early Monday morning.
Both men are said to have acted strang
le for a week or so, and to have: driven
away every afternoon from the rear of the
bank, so a policeman said.
A careful examination will be made, arid
not until then, will the precise amount be
known. But no one estimates it now at
less than $250)00. The new directors are
very sore over their loss. -
One Wake county farmer had $50,000
in the bank, another $16,000. "The State
only a small sum . on deposit there. The
county had only 16,000, it is learned. -
'- There is no panie ; no run, or signs of a
ran on the other, banks. They are solid,
they are trusted. . '''' .
LETTER FROM ROCKY MOUNTS
name of. that gallant radical fighter and
conquerer, Henry Clay Bourne. On be
half of Democracy of a sister county I de
sire to pen an endorsation. As an evi
dence of his worth to his party, and the es
teem in which he is held, several of our
staunch Democratic newspapers have en-1 Numerous Newsy Notes, and XXany
dorsed him with one accord. .
The day of 1876 are yet Unforgotteru
The men who redeemed our beloved State
from . Radical rulej are jret remembered,
and "will be till Democracy 6hall have
ceased to exist. Henry Clay Bourne was
captain general of a solid and gallant Edge-
Merry Morsels ParffrpMes)lly
Packed and Pithily Pointed.
-A pointef 6n pork Th pig's nose.
The path of duty Through the Cus
tom House.
A, week feature in the calendar Eve-
combe force. If in that year twenty white rjr seven days.
men In that county failed to go to the polls The King Sweden will visit Itally and V '
and vote the Democrat ticket ten years in- J Spain in April.
vesication have failed to show it. In re- It no 8urprise to know that
cogmuon ox uourne s gauanr. service in hopltal u iiuuppHed.
mai campaign ana laier ones mat caused
personal sacrifices, I assert that to him the
State Democracy is much indebted. He
is a pleasing and powerful speaker upon
George Westinghouse, Jr., inventor of
the air brake, is worth $9,000,000. This
is, perhaps, the largest fortune ever made
out of wind.
A Texas woman has invented a pie
safe, but that is not what this country is
aching for. A safe pie is the howling need
o,f the hour, .
The steamer experiment, o! the Clyde
Line, had a hole torn In her bottom and State
sank in seven feet o! water, near North
river bar, N. C.
The hay press was invented by a wo
man, which leads a wag to suggest that she
got the idea from a desire to be hugged
once.
STATE NEWS.
FIIOH TIXE DEEP BLUE SEA TO TZXF
GXUUCD OLD MOUNTAINS
An XXonr Pleasantly Spent TTltn Oar
Delight fnj Cxcfeftp?,
There are. 55 farmers1 alliances in the
Milton has a bank and now wants anoth
er railroad.
There are 37 bonded distilleries in Ire
dell county.
Randolph county has not issued a liquor
license in seventeen years.
There will be a celebration at Guilford
political issues, and he would do good cam- doubtedly cracked wheat.
A blind man H. H. Singleton, of To-
cooa. Ga is able to tell the denonination
of a bank note by feeling it, and can count 8"" on May 5th.
xue carucai panncriup mcuuoucu w money as rapwiy as a bank cleric I in me csiatesvine jail mere are seven
the Bible is Jerry Co. -Speaker Carlisle is said to be the lead- prtwnen argi with murder.
ine most insane ot me cereals is un- ng horse in the race for the Chief Justice- There is not a white voter in Robeson
ship. Jenks, of Pennsylvania, Is also spoke I county that cannot read or write.
paign work! I know that our transmon-1 The barber is
t ane Democrats would give practical and theory of rotation of crops,
substantial applause to his canvass, and The men who marry most frequently
would gladly hail an eastern brother on for monev are the ministers. .
w - 1 . .
whose forehead the mark of Democratic
victory is Bo(u)rne.
I must not omit to ' speak of a man in
this county who stands upon a strong plat
form of plinciples and friends. Benjamin
H. Bunn, by his steadfast adherance to
a tirm Deuever in the 01 xavoraDiy. secretary uayara is spoiten i The ladies of Greensboro. N. C are trr.
of also. The man selected ought to be a Ing to raise $5,000 to esUblish a hospital.
Krwuawycr. The population of ML Airy has increased
The Delaware river is filled with float-1 from one to three thousand in the past
ing ice from the mountains, an unusual I year.
r rri i il. I
T ,n n The North Carolina crop report indicates
The shad season will necessarily be post- that the U8ual trop of tobacco will
puncu tor several wccks ana wui prooaDiy i pjjmtpjj
not reach its hefcrht hefore M av t. 1
. . . ' , I A contract has already been given for
-Advices from the Congo river up to machinery for the cotton oi, min at
anuarv 2. l rnnrain nn innnpr nWK irnm 1
- J I l artxjro.
A rich deposit of silver has been dis
covered in Scott county, Ky.
The poet who scratches for fame
should use a pen that scratches.
Another blizzard set in a few days ago
Democratic principles, and fair dealing in in the uPPer Peninsula of Michigan.
. m .... . . I a . a . vl
me protession to which he is an honor, poet sings: "A mue xurmer on i Stanly. It was thought there that he was
will wear a crown worthy the confidence shall - find resL" Keep him moving. . too far up the river for news of him to be
and love of his people. He will be the Over 500,000 acres of Southern tim- received by way of the Congo, and that he
nominee for Congress in the metropolitan her land have been sold since January 1. would next be heard of from Zanzibar,
district. ' Randolph county, has 64 postoffices the In 1886. Russia in Europe had 8772.
This writer has it from reliable anthority iarge8t number of any county in the State. 900 population. On the 4th of July 1887,
that the Honorable C. M. Cooke is not a
candidate now for the nomination his
many friends sought to give him In the
last contesL , -
It is, therefore, thought now that the
only name to be presented for the consid-
Mr. Geo. W. Vanderbilt, of New York,
is In Hendersonville, it Is said, looking out
for a site for a big hotel.
Greensboro'Female College will gradu-
i ate thirty-two young ladies at the annual
Commencement In June.
The Citizen is informed that half the
eration of the forth coming Congressional
Convention will be - the name that Nash millionaire, spends $50,000 a year on his
county will present to" meet an enthusias-1 racing stable.
Uc endorsement. ' ' ? -
Great dam t!2e was done to wheat and tne population of the United states was
fruits throuerhout Illinois recently bv sleeL estimated to be 60,000,000. The German
a I . I 1- il f I. ' a . ....
-Ex-Gor John T. Hoffman, of New EmP' put at 46,882,7.2. France at 37.- "'3'"?"";
ork U dead ln London of hart dUea. 'WH8- Gre' Britttan Irell', 36,- """ Calamitous
"Id. 1 i I Of f . .
25,1 15 ana liaiy ai 39,301,032. 1 ?ce nm 01 ust lecember there have
l icss inaa 1,71x7 young men ana 6 4 y
York
aged 6cw
o . r- t t t. iv. i:x
ccumu. vWiSc icri, u c wwurnw i , - . - .7, Hnr Ht ,U ...
50U young women are now in me colleges i ..w.v w
Polities Discussed ft y an Able
Interesting: Writer. -
and
-white man was in. Reidsrelle last
nromised their lives to the cause nf .Chris. I week who wore a hearrl thf trmrhA nV1
Tni . r 1 1 1 1 . . .1 I I .
xneieiiow mat nas oeen leaving me ltiAnitv amonfr hc!athen
1 rtn.Tnirn rt rhpm ixmii r rpid 17 fnr o fi it. I ti ii t .
..... .w7 xne citizens or newnern inn turmund.
when candidates from nominating conven- shortly to shut it.
Dear Mr. Blount, A plow, or hoe,
or any agricultural implement not in use
is likely to become unfit for service. This
appears with almost equal force to the mind.
A regular newspaper writer has no ex
rae for infringing on copy-rights'. This
does not apply so much to the occasional
unom de plume" under the column-heading
"correspondence." .
"Nom de plumes" are not untrequent
political years. They, advocate what is po
iiticallj known as "vox populi." (Politi
cs are sensitive sometimes of this latin
combination.) These birds I mean the
"plumed" ones carry certain news to cer
places for certain candidates. If I
mav be called one of those birds I propose
scarry certain news to certain places for
enam people who are the peoples candi
ues, by these presents.
Every leap year a President of the Uni
d States is elected. It has been soever
teethe "Father of his country" made it
in these years the fairer sex are per
mitted to take the fair sex to hops and the
(excuse little h in spelling). And
- J exert wonderful influence, too. In
South land,they make Democrats of
?s and men. There is mlir-v nmnnthp
J and women and they put it into poli
eery four years. They did it when
T elected Cleveland, and they will do it
When Cleveland was elected and
grated he was . not married, but he
rt lt wouId "ever do to remain
rresid 1 hVe Said Wh should aain
ent Now, ith your permission, I
Proceed to nmwl
I n0p TT uur next vjover-
iiDer. ' " De me choice o the people,
iduc C0nvent? vi.j j
man . " " ciuuicuf anu
- tny to fill the place.
ChA man is eith Steadman. Fowle.
S yarr, Alexander, Cox. Cooke. Ma-
Jrvis or Hu .
ami t . . s ur som other whose
1 1 1 w . .
.xave accidental! v omitted.
ntTrmUSt PrOCeed to business. The
rnev r rciary ot state, and
Uni ,L!nera1' M lively be retained.
tehait., ore' Proceed to nominate on
theL.U.d?f democrats, who
le d- r the POSiUon Of Auditor in
-foment of our Rtof "
gecomlvo State government.
"v "ie mother of coun-
est men and falth-
ex-State, presents the
tions are born. Let peace and harmony
everywhere prevail, " and faithful Demo-
-
crats the aims will avail.
I am told by the winds that aie gently
waving political plumes that Nash county
will go Democratic in this year of grave
three hundred at least. .
The crops are promising, and the f ai
mers are looking ahead to cotton-chopping
and tobacco-curing, and most of them will
be able soon to pay for your good paper
back rations, too. "Vox Populi."
labor before me end of this year. ing section are taking steps to organize the
Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Richmond, has Fair Association into a permanent institu-
been invited by the citezens of Louisville I tion.
.- 1
wV wv....w ...o of.iv.iu.u .vwimw w.i t. vuii- 1 ne lessees ot the Atlantic hti at
go to the Rocky federate Soldier" in that city soon in the Morehead City have already received over
ars cheaper than interest of the monumant cause. The in- eight hundred applications for rooms dur.
vitation came through bov. L.ee. Dr. W the coming season
- 1 I . I Hon. Ijaniel U. r nalp ha antoH Vi
without loss of character, but the shoplifter tion. - . invitation to deliver the Annual Addres8
is universally abhorred. -The Academy at Pekin has got up an at the closing exercises of Salen High
Ihe woman who can control her encyciopjeuia m 100,000 volumes, we School in Sampson county.
A . .1 1 1 A 1 l1 ' I J It. 1- I L I- A. .1 T I
tongue is greater man ne wno caKein a t a.uuw wnai iiappcns wine Japanese
Extensive washouts near Kansas City,
Mo., have caused railway trains to be de
layed since Friday.
A New Yorker can
mountains and tackle bears
he can on Wall street.
Union Meetings.
The Tar River Association will be held
at Scotland Neck, N C , April 26-29, iSSS:
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
. Thursday. 7:30 p. m.. Service of Song.
8 :oo p. m., Sermon by T. J. Taylor, of
Warren ton.
Friday. 9:30 a. m., Prayer and praise.
10:00 a. m., organization. 10:30 a m.,
"Permanency in the pastorial relation," J.
city. She is also scarcer.
"You are chokin my fingers," com
plained a little tot to its mother, who was
holding its hand too tightly.
"Ot what did you say they convicted
the doctor?" "Well, I don't know exactly,
but I suppose it was purgery."
The philosopher say s : "Wise men hes
itate. Perhaps that is why so few men
are in haste to pay their bills.
Over nine hundred convicts are idle at
book agent who goes around soliciting sub
scribers for encyclopaedic in 160,000 vol
umes, one to be delivered every other
week, but in this country he would be
killed several times a day.
Judge Waite was the ninth to sit as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Of these the South furn
ished the second, John Rutledge, of South
Carolina; John Marshall, of Virginia, and
Roger B. Tartey, of Maryland. Judge
Marshall served for
Solid blocks of stone 10x15 feet are be
ing furnished by the Wadesboro Brown
Stone Company, for the Maryland State
House at Annapolis. Each block is valued
at $500.'
The Danville & North Carolina Railroad
Company, whose line is intended to form a
junction with the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley road at Madison, N. C, has also
been organized.
A plant of 2,000 spindles for making
34 years: Tud2eTanev carPet warPs Purchased and will
W. Wildman, of Greenville, n .00 a. m.. Auburn Prison in cousequence of the ex- for 2Q years, and Judge Waite for 14 years. put operation near Weaver's on
sermon by Ueorge J. Uowell, ot Hamilton, naustion ot me appropriation. T , . . 1 iroaa nver as soon as aaam ana necessary
2:30 p. m "Our villages and country Odd isn't it but oeoDle who nass t-jpi...i.p t r- .... building can be erected.
P5 Iiidffe Charles F. Griso. of Georma. will in
neighborhoods: how they are to be sup- their lives, so to speak, on beds of down, aH probability be elected Speaker of the Th colored people of Halifax are agita
plied with the preaching of the gospel, J. seldom tret down in the mouth. " Hrtllc oitK,rh xt r rw f tcw Vm-v tated at the disappearance of one of their
. Ml - 1 g T 1 I I ' ' I 1 ma .
. AucKer, oi oreenvuie, ana v.. murium, Givinff sliDDers to dereymen has cone and Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentuckv. and Pcners. tie weni 10 ioojc alter a fare In
of Raleigh. 4:00 p. m. "The religious 1, Tne disobedient children Mr. Hatch, of Wisconsin. ill have friends thc wood and nevcr e no
. . 1 1 t 1 ! I I I A
newspaper: us piace ana u, vuue m our . them just the gam however tQ egs thdr claim8 It knQwn tftat the
denominational work, W. B. Morton, of 0u1! .uJprnt a Wflt ndmirer of Snw
Weldon, and C. T. Bailey, of Raleigh. . . A. - . c rsrifeio
' . 0 East with the rm determination of finding t-ariisie.
7:30 p. m. service of song :oo p. m, q zt the Great. -The State of Texas has a larger area
sermon by T. P. Lide, of Wilson. . 6
Saturday.-:3o a. m., Prayer and -Who says poker is losing ground in of Square miles than any European coun-
praise. 10:00 a. at, "The higher educa- in Europe? Florence and Italy proudly try save Russia. It has 262 290 sqxiare
tion of young men: what the present cri- boasts that she will soon hold four queens, miles. Austna is the largest of European
sis requires of the BapUsts in relation there- -Gov. Lee and wife have been called powers except Russia and it has but 240,-
to C. E. Taylor and C. S. Farriss, of back to Richmond from Florida by the ill- 94 uare miles. Germany has 21 1 .49,
WakeForest 11:00 a. m., seYman by J. ness of Miss Ellen Lee, their oldest daugh- and France 20177. Texas U f too large
a and ought to be cut up into at least three
coiponagc; t yu.j xne man vnu iia in i amonff the States. It has 48,580 square
tance, u uurnara aim A-J 7" jou I llli DUea up in iu Dcarwui ACiuuui gci 1 ..
..a i i 1 t I , , . , l . .t r ?i I miles-
up mUSCie enougn IO ongn up inc aaraii j
coal. '
I trace of him can be found.
Dr. B. F. Dixon, superintendent of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum has bought the
Goldsboro broom factory and will remove
it to Oxford, where it will be operated as
an industrial feature of the Asylum.
Black well's Durham Co-operative To
bacco Company 6ince 1883 has produced
more than 1 7,000,000 pounds of smoking
tobacco, paid $1,500,000 internal revenue
tax and consumed about 55,000,000 pounds
of leaf tobacco.
p. m., "A closer union among ennsuans 01
different denominations: is it attainable or
desirable?" T. P. Lide and J. A. Leslie.
Sunday. oxx a. m., Sunday school ex
ercises. 11 :oo a. m. and 8:00 p. m, preach
ing. "
A Great Edltor;Demd.
"SPrett. v 1
. Ex-Gov. William Dorsheimer editor of
the New York Star is no more. He left
New York March. 15th and was then in
perfect health. , He was accompanied only
by Mrs. Dorsheimer. They were on their
way to Florida when he took a slight cold
and died in Savannah, Ga. . '
The perforation at the stub end of a
check, my dear boy, indicate precisely
where the check won't tear when you pull
on it.
It makes a great difference to a young
man who is courting a girl whether she
-Rev. Dr. Moses J. Hoge, the greatest
living Presbyterian speaker no doubt, is to
deliver in May at Louisville, Kya sermon
I on the Catholicity of Presbyterianism.
I This is the Presbyterian Centennial year.
In Way, in the city of Philadelphia, there
is to be a gathering of intellectual forces.
Among the southern speakers are such dic
tates a great interest in his welfare or his tlnguished and able mcn M Dn HogCi Dl:
tareWCll. D.ln,.. nrloant PmcjnriWi
The remains of the 158 Confederate W. C. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, and
soldiers buried at Newport News, Va, are Mr. J. R. Tucker, of Virginia. It the
to be removed to Hollywood Cemetery, North can eclipse these gentlemen' it; will
Richmond. have to do better than ever before.
The Charlotte & Weldon Railroad it
will be bunt. Dr. McAden, CoL Wro.
Johnson and the large number of business
men of Charlotte, engaged in the enteprlse,
mean business. They are not fooling
about the matter.
A remarkably handsome woman is said
to be the moving spirit in a philanthropi
cal mveoment in l ussia to supply the poor
of that country with JJr. Hull's Cough
rup.
Sy-
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gia, gout, and rheumatism use Sal ration
OiL et is the. gratest pain-destroyer of the
age. Price only 25 cents.