"Our Aim will be, the People's Right Maintain,
Unawed by Power, and Uribribed by Gain.'1
VOL VII.
WILSON. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 20. 1888.
NO. 14
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trill be Sen from the Following
lively and Sprightly and Well
Temple1 Speech.
The Bryce train, carrying the Ohio dele
its return from St. Louis, ar-
tradon on
rived in
Columbus at 4:30 Friday after-
noon. .
Headed by a hand and the Jackson Club,
the delegation marched from the depot to
the residence of Judge Thurman, where
the Hon. TE. Powell spoke briefly of the
nrk of the delegation at St. Louis, and
then introduced Judge Thurman. After
three cheers for Cleveland and Thurman
bandanna. Tudge Thurman
cnoke as follows:
understand that many good people
and no doubt think, and I do not deny
the justice of their thoughts, that I am too
old laughter to run for Vice President.
Reneved laughter. A voice: 'We'll 6ee
awt that.' . Those people who say so,
andvho doubtless think so, do not under-
the effect upon an old Democrat of
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w.rk nnd at the hands of the Vest of the
liOiiv- I
twnrracv'of the United States. rCheers.l
. . .
u-fcr T feel about ten vears vourger. at
the least calculation. Laughter and re- l
" ". ' - w I .
rewed cheering. A voice: 4 1 can say
twentv.' Well, I think it will be twenty
before twenty days. Renewed laughter.
Last niht I stood here to speak to my fel-
, and
w-r;t;7Pn who came out to srreet me
, . coo1, 0T,.,t
uoon mv word, expecting to speait about
" . t c a t .,t f,.-0r,f
five minutes, I find I spoke about 'twenty
.... . , , 5fv
:foc !n full vnire' irn uirn 1 mmensp
mA vior ' rtontinueJ laughter and o
1 and T should not be surmised if
t LwLv, coh fi of mr$,if hP.
X Biwaiv iiiuxvv ?vw& w w J
tween now and the second Tuesday or first
Tuesday or whatever Tuesday it is in Oc
tober. Laughter and voices 'November.'
November I mean ; that I should be pran
cing around making speeches like a young
on just out of his teens. Renewed
laughter and applause.
But, now, gentlemen, let me be serious a
little. You know, gentlemen of the Ohio
delegation, that when you were
kind
enough to call on me before vou went to
at Louis I told vou, and God knows it
x, , r . .
wj.s the honest truth, that I did not want
the nomination, but that what I 'wanted
"was peace and quiet, but that it was impos
c:Mt . . , . ,
sale for me to say that I would not refuse
the nomination, for that would make me a
candidate at orice, and, therefore, surroun
Jed with these difficultres, I could conceive
of no other way, no other solution, than to
place myself in your hands, and I did so
freely, fairly, honestly, loyally, trusting
that you'.w ill take care of my honor as well
as the interests of the Democratic party.
Cheers. Now, gentlemen, I do not un
dertake to speak for the party and say
Whether you have done wisely or not, but
1 do speak for myself, and say that you
, - , 4l J , . , .
e fairly and honestly and upright-
. t t t3 t
, and say that as long as I live I
have done
. u k
v u me, ana say
shall always bear towards you a grateful
heart and pleasant recollection. Applause.
Gentlemen, I thank you for your efforts,
1 wank you for what vou have done, and,
nether I shall be successful or not suc
cessful there is one thing of which I can
nt be deprived, and that is the gratifica
uon of knowing that I have the good will
IUle people of my State, and not only of
iae people of Ohio, but of the people, I
k, of the United States. Continued
3nnl
iTwuse.j Now, gentlemen, I do . not
"Hit I OUp-ht tr cop nvtMnT tnnrp fnr I
feai
ar as my friend Lowenstein would say,
o "--j I
11 would paralyze you. Great laugh-
ter.j
. I do
n0t want tO do that. I hope that
of -vou 8ince -you have Put me I
- 1
. c "ctet will go to work and work I
' "le ticket Rut T Itjip nnnthAru-Ar tn
v.. .,u,v ...v. " v u vw i
wiore
I stop and that is this: there I
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'M)nd a sublime r snectacle than there
""nation
mous voice of- the convention.
applause. And now I say you did
thing in that, a patriotic thing in
Z1 The people of the United States
Ve a brave man; they love an honest
n and God knows he is an honest man ;
an7 l0Ve a man f good' soun( Judgment
iud 1 d n0t know" o a man of sounder
staTent than his They love a man who
pr. . UP for the people, who stands up for
P npal and does not fear to take the con-
seouonn ...
Cle i SUCh a man is Grover
aiiU- Gentlemen, it will be an honor
THE OLD ROMAN. .
even man of that St. Louis Convention
long as he lives that he wa there to
his vote for this worthy President of
United States. Now I thank you and
bid you good-night." Great applause.
THE CHOP PROSPECT.
From a Correspondent in the News
Observer.
Having just been through portions of
the counties of Edgecombe, Pitt, Beaufort
and Lenoir, embracing the best portions of
the farming section of these counties, I
will drop you a line giving the result of
my observations. They may be of some
interest. I think I can say without contra
diction that at this date I have never seen
the cotton in such a disheartening condi
tion. From Tarboro to Greenville, a fine
farming section, I did rot see what would
at this season be called a respectable cot
ton crop. The continued rains, with fresh
ets, and the grass and cool weather have
well nigh ruined the cotton, and in some
sections the hail has about completely de
molished it. Mr. Elias Carr, who, I may
with justice and truth say, is the most com
plete farmer in Edgecombe county, told
11V-
f-r in li?c 15ftf T AA nrt cop Vw
uuc appruannK wnai mignx oe ex
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oected. and this was a field of small pro
'
! TT - ill- A Ttrv .
UUI1;" r orccriv U1C 10 vv ngion
me conun was Avorse man oenveen lar-
boro and Greenville. I saw there the ef
fects of hail. Mr. J. J. Laughinghouse,
who cultivates Avon farm in Pitt, the fin-
est and Prettiest arm in the county, has
3o acres in cotton which has been about
J
entirely ruined by hail within the past few
., .
days. He may possibly save 50 acres out
J ' j j
the The whole countr m flooded
Mn Laughlnghouse runs three plantations
and is a working farmer. His home place
and his Bear Creek farm present abetter
prosnect, though he says he has by far the
worst crop - at this date in June he ever
had, and he considers the outlook as tear-
ful. Mrs. Saunders, (widow of the late
- 1
ri t tt us- 1. I
J"a-"- oaunuci, u 15uu,,
in aaaition to a liKe
crop, naa tne miiur-
tune to have her stables burned a few
mgnw ago, uic ut au mcciiutoi y.
1 i - M. 1 1- 1 i I!
kllcl mu,uu,tt'u"'
saved.
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, , . ,
spaired of making an average crop of cot-
0 . .
ton. The crops around Kinston are al
most hopelessly ruined by the rains and
the grass, and in some cases below Kins-
. vLM-4.r
ton were ruined by the hail. Capt. Pee
bles told me dhat the crops in North Caro
lina were the poorest he had ever seen.
Mr. Henry V. Wahab, who returned from
his farm in Hyde county to-day, told me
to-night that the rain had greatly damaged
the crops in Hyde. This is the general
complaint throughout this w hole eastern
section, and despondency is portrayed in
the struggling farmers' faces. Truly so
hard working a class of people deserve bet
ter orosoects. Poor crops and reverses
have steadily followed them for the past
m . J . ,
four or five years, but prosperity, I hope,
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will reward their efforts in the end.
l is refreshing, however, to see the una
nimity of approval everywhere in this sec
tion of the State of the action of the recent
Democratic State Convention. I have not
vet heard a dissenting opinion, and univer-
sal acceptance is given. The Democrats
are aroused, and a triumphant victory is zt
hand.
North Carolina Claims Thurman.
The Norfolk Landmark says that a gen-
, i t : J s fc
iieman WHO arnvcu 111 una v.iiy iiuui
torii j.
. C, brings the information of the
fact that Edenton has a claim upon the
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, who was nomi-
.1
nA hv the Democratic Convention at
St. Louis Thursday for the Vice Presiden-
u core that n the rfav that r!leve
i" i ' 1 ITT 1 I L
ianu was iiomiiiiticu, v cuuc&uty, uic in
u:., ov,orJ
nad Deen nominated aiso, ano iiayor nain-
. . . . . .. . . ..
eway, of that city, immediately sent tne
following telegram to Mr. Thurman :
"Your mother's home congratulates you
and the Democratic party.
Mr. Thurman's mother was Miss Mary
Granberry Alien, of Edenton, and her
marriage with Mr. Thurman's father took
place in 1811, two years before he was
born in Lynchburg, Va., where his parents
went to live, and is now on record in the
parish register in the old Methodist church
of Edenton.
Use lemon juice and salt to remove iron
rust.
A MIXTURE.
EDITORIAL. ETCHINGS EUPHONI
OUSLY ELUCIDATED.
Numerous Newsy Notes and Many
Merry Morsels Paragrraphleally
Packed and Pithily Pointed.
Head work Shampooning.
-Simple politeness A bough to a tree.
Truth and oil always come to the sur
face.
He that lives with cripples learns to
limp.
Books that are alwajs in season
pocket books.
A $50,000 silk factory, is to be built at
Jacksonville, Fla. - ,
The time for one to' strike Sixty min
utes after twelve.
There are some things that silence
alone can answsr.
The dentist and glazier take great
pains with their work.
Pullman,IlL, is to have an electric belt
railroad five miles long.
A new Chicago novel is called "A
Pure-Souled Liar."
Small ideas and large words make a
painful combination.
The farms of the United States are
valued at ten billions.
The first cotton factory was raised in
the United States in 162 1.
One enemy is too many, and a hun-
dred friends are too few.
It is mind, soul and heart not taste or
art that makes men great.
There are thirty-six societies of the
various crafts in Mineapolis, Minn.
A railroad man is no more liable than
any other man to have -a carbuncle
A counter-irritant-rf-A woman who
prices everything and biijs bathing.
ve don't see the.propriety of w earing a
solid oold stud in a nlafpd shirt hnsnm.
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Returns from 3S9 labor organization
. N T mpmhprsh:n nf o-ft
. j j o 1 - I I
Trade Unionists.
Tn Massachusetts 12.000 children un
der 14 years of age are working in shops.
Time flies and stays for no man. The
only fellow who can beat it is the musi
cian. No matter how high an awning may
be suspended, it is only a shade above the
street.
The dead beat who wants to borrow a
-v.
dollar is broke, and the fellow who lends it
to him is cracked.
Boston papers no longer put reports
cf amateur entertainments under the head
cf "amusements."
A man may be the architect of his
own fortunes without being able to com
plete the structure.
Printing was known . in China in the
sixth century, but it was not introdued into
America untit 1535.
Industrial establishments are spring
ing up is the Soute faster than an account
of them can be kept.
Extensive potteries for working ip the
fine native clay are now in course of build-
ing at Memphis, Tenn.
por happiness in this world there is
nothing like keeping up a light heart and
owning a healthy liver.
If you would know what is said of you
in vour absence, consider what is said of
others in your presence.
The population of Texas is bound to
double up soon. The 'water melon season
has opened with a boom.
"Alaska is a fur country, isn't it,, pro
?" Vc" renHM the nrnfpsfsnr.
coldly. It is quite distant
JVOOWI . - - t I
When the young writer reads the re
views of his first work he often finds it is a
guyed book instead of a novel.
Visitors to the metropolis are nearly
alwavs eTeatlv taken bv the big bridee. It
, o y
has so many arch ways about it.
Twelve hundred Hebrews engaged in
tailoring at Leeds, England, have struck
against fifty-eight hours a week.
Can anybody explain why it is that
girl graduates are always ' sweet? Who
ever heard of any save a sweet girl gradu
ate? An Ohio man has four hogs born
without the sign cf an ear and so lacking In
hearing that they don't know when it thun
ders.
A new paper called the Lamp has been
started by a couple of ladies. Devoted to
Might" literature it is presumed.
Study is. the bane of childhood, the
ailment of youth, the Indulgence of man
hood, and the restoration of age.
Why is a mosquito like a musician
who plays for money? Because, after the
serenade is over he sends in his bill.
She (early in the evening): "Good
evening, Mr. Sampson." Same she late in
the evening): "Good night, George."
The Boston Herald, in furtherance of
its profit-sharing agreement of a year ago,
has divided $10.00 among its employs.
A cow caused a serious railroad wreck
in Iowa. In Wall street the railroad
wrecks are generally attributed to bears.
The chief properties of wisdom are to
be mindful of things past, careful of things
present and provident of things to come.
Vanity and jealousy are the two weak
est passions in the human heart, and,
strange to tell they are the most common.
A marr-with a termagant wife who is
in the habit of beating him says that he
does not think much of the game of draw
poker.
Section men along the line of the Mis
souri Pacific Railroad have gone on strike
because of a reduction from $1.50 to $1.25
per day.
Mrs. Sally Summers, of Jones county,
Ga., is 92 years old and rejoices in 364
grand children, one for every day in the
the year.
Never speak well or ill of your self.
If well,' men will not believe you; if ill,
thy will believe a great deal more than
you say.
It is said that there h a carpenter in
Milwaukee who is so expert with a lathe
that he can turn a deaf ear on the slightest
provocation.
Mr. Blaine ha started a coaching tour
througfi England-and Scotland. He will
tiavel thus 700 miles, and the jurney is to
occupy a month. .
The industries in the United States
are now carried on by 4,000,000 persons,
in round numbers, representing a popula
tion of 20,000,000.
Two Presidential Labor party tickets
have been placed in the field, one by the
Union Labor party and another by the
United Labor party.
, The Loughlin Coke Works at Brad
ford, Penn., have shut down its 240 ovens
indefinitely, throwing a la.ge number of
men out of employment.
The captain of an incoming Atlantic
steamer tells of iceburgs he encountered,
one of which he savs, would weisrh not less
than half a million tons.
Lasting reputations are a slow growth.
The man who wakes up famous some
morning is quite apt to go to bed some
night and sleep it all off.
We are getting tired of giving $2
worth of adverting for two 25-cent tickets,
and then be classed as a deadhead. That
game is "nixy" with us hereafter.
There were over 100 delegates, repre
senting 5000 butchers, at the annual ses
sion in Philadelphia of the Butchers' Un
ion. Thomas Armour, of Chicago, pre
sided. f
In each minute in the United State,
night and day, all the year round, twenty-
four barrels of beer have to go down 1 2,
096 throats, and 4,830 bushels of grain have
to come to bin.
The story from Indiana that a boy had
found a nest of gold . and silver coin while
"grubbing" will be accepted with caution
by other boys whose fathers have patches
of ground to "grub."
The Democratic party represents the
working men of the country, the great
middle to which most of us belong, and
the issue with which it will fight the cam
paign will be the good of the whole and
nothing else.
A Minnesota man who lost his wife
one year ago, lately made a bonfire of all
his money and valuables, some S 1,200 in
all, and claims that it was by direction of
his wife's spirit, who further advised him
to burn their two children and kill himself.
The St. Louis Convention presents to
the people a candidate and a principle. Of
the candidate they have already once re
corded a favorable judgment. The princi
pie which the Convention presents for pop
ular ratification is the honest conduct of
the business. This principle is broader
than civil service reform, it is broader than
J revenue reform. It includes them both
and other leforms with them.
STATE NEWS.
FROM THE DEEP BLUE SEA TO TIIF
GIIAXD OLD MOUXTAIXS.
An Hour Pleasantly Speat With Oar
1ellcntral ExchKei.
The Mayor of Ashville receives $1,750
per annum.
The Goldsboro ice factory was started "
on Mondav.
The Wadesboro silk factory is working
like a charm.
Corn meal is in demand at High Point
at 70 cts. a bushel.
The first Normal School of the State
opens at Sparta on the 30th.
Randolph county has 64 post ofEces,
more than any county in the State.
The State Board of Pharmacy w ill meet
at Goldsboro on the 8th of August.
Judge Bchenck, of Greensboro, is build
a cottage at Guilford Battle Ground.
The High Point commissioners are in a
dead lock over the election of a chief of po
lice. A water-spout at Beaufort, in this State,
did much damage to shipping and build
ings. The sum of one thousand dollars has al
ready been subscribed to the 10 0 F Or
phanage.
Charlotte is to have a yentenary hospital
especially adapted for the care and treat
ment of horses.
A counterfeit silver dollar has been cir
culated in the State which is hard to detect
from the genuine.
The Wilmington Star says "Cleveland
is Thur-man," and further adds: "G. C.
means Grover Cleveland or Grand Com
bination, just as you please."
Eight hundred and thirty Farmers' Alli
ances have been organized in the State.
The Farmers see the need of such an or
ganization and are falling in ranks.
The business houses of Oxford present a
very pretty appearance at night with their"
electric lights. There are over uevenrv
lights in operation in the stores and the
streets.
The Republicans' of Nash county will
hold their county convention on June 22nd
in Nashville, and on July 4th the senator
ial convention for Wilson, Franklin and
Nash will meet in Nasnville.
Col. Andrews assures the High Point
people that a surveying crops will at once
be placed on the line of the High Point,
Randleman Ashboro and Great Southern
Railroad, from High Point to Ashboro.
A Sunday train on the A. Sc. N. C. Rail
road, for Morehead City, will commence
running on Sunday, the 10th inst. This
will prevent the delay of passengers in
Goldsboro from Saturday till Monday as
was the case heretofore.
News from the Mann-Arrington gold
mine, in Nash County, is that 200 men are
at work. The yield of gold is rich. Peo
ple are allowed to work the "tailings" of
the mine, on shares. It is said that one
man make $24 in a day in this way.
The town of , Fayetteville sustained a
heavy loss Monday in the death of E. T.
McKethan Esq. He was prominent in so
ciety as a man of sterling christian qualities
and thoroughly identified with everything
pertaining to the development of his town.
- Capt. S. B. Alexander has written a very
warm letter to Hon, G. D. Fowle, pledg
ing his assistance in every way in his pow
er, and promises that on Fowles visit to
that county, he will show how Mecklen-
ourg democrats value their standard bear
er.
The superior officer of the Atlantic
Coast Line were in Fayetteville on the 1st
inst, and it is believed that they have
made arrangements to commence work in
earnest on the extension of what Is known
as the "short tut" from Fayetteville south
ward to Florence.
The Durham Tobacco Exposition Assoc
iation was organized by electing J. S.
Lockhart, President. The Association
witl hold a grand railroad jubilee, tobacco
show, and county fair next fall. Winston
is also moving in the matter of holding a
grand Tobacco Exposition-
"What is home without a mother?"
Why it is about to com fort fess as a mantle
piece in winter time without a bottle of Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup.
Tic douloureux or neuralgia can be pcr
manetly cured by the use of Salvation Oil.
Price 25 cents.