'Our Aim toUl be, the People's Sight Maintain
j mtvvu uy iruwer, ana . unomoea by Gain."
VOL. 11.
WILSON NORTH. CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY; MAY 11 1892.
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MERRY MOR
SELS
AND RADIANT
BY HENRY
REFLE
CTIONS
BLOUNT.
Punctuated with Pungent Points
and Spiced with' Sweetest
Sentiment
There is a strikinir resemblance hetween
, s (
pugulists..
The tramp is a
railroad ties.
man f of triany ties
About the first thing lost at sea was the
sight of land. , !
A home-thrust Jabbing the
night-key
at the keyhole.
Great doublers of population Cucum
ber& and green apples. j
The poorest kind of a 1 brass
ring on cheap Jack's finger.
band the
' Some of the best blood in the land runs
-
through the mosquitor's veins
'. Mormons ought to be good liyers.as they
generally have plenty of "spare rib.'
Wall 6treet men love f dogsj ! At least
they are very fond of pointers of the mar
ket.
Another expedition to the pol
te," said the
man as he wended hisTway to
shop. '
barber
When a barbor cuts a slice; off your
neck you feel like getting up a'nd lather
ing him.' i
J- ' . " ' 1 r
I Time waits for no man because some
hien are so long in coming tb time we
uppose.
- Happiness is only relative,
and some
people find that it is a very distdnt relative
indeed.
T'll- t r a h
j.aiK. is cneap. ii taiK wen
dear we
should have less trouble and more work in
. Congress. - I
,! Curiously enough, the man Who is al
ways in a pickle doesn't preserv
e his tem-
per worth a cent.
j A spring house is a house with a spring
in it, and a spring bonnet is usuallv worn
above a waterfall.
j It seems queer, but it is trJ
e, that the
-stuff that makes a man j tight
loosens his tongue.
frequently
Why is it a crime for a banker to enter
uppn a partnership with
Because it is forgei y. !
blacksmith?
A Philosopher being asked
to define
quarrel said, "It is usually the fermentation
of a missunderstanding'J
A war horse is always spokl
pn of as a
heavy charger, and yet we neVer knew of
a tailor being called a war hors s.
Returns from summer milifcirv encamp
ments award the first prize to t le mosqui
to for unerring accuracy in tar et practice.
"Oh, mama," said little Paul, j when the
new baby was shown him for the first
time, "Can I wear baby's dress es when I
grow tall enough?"
T I. .... 1
nwfudiraeattiat a man never loses
anvthinor hv t--1 7f . I i .1! I
o j t ...n9, uui mis proved to
be a mistake. As an old tellof lifted his'
hat to a young lady and the wind carried
away his wig
"Dear Louise, don't let the
too near you when courting.'
men come
h-"Oh, no,
dear ma. When Charles is hre, we have
one cnair between us." Mdther thinks
me answer is rather ambiguous!
An old bachelor who died recently, left
a will dividing all his 'property equally
among the surviving Women v ho had re
fused him, Because said he, tov them I
owe all my earthly happiness."!
- auu inainerence are
com nan ion c a , 1
boon
IU,inaious as , mav seem
the man who knows but HttUi i Mnm
anxious to add to his stock ofl knowledge
"ixi.c me dividual who . really is well-
informed is never satisfied e::cept when
adding to his store of information.
ligious world is to be made beier than It
is to-day. those whr. or. ,
- w luciiL LllHl ir rha . 1 .
- - uic 1 1 ii ira 1 nr rho fA
. w pecome the
men and women of to-morroX muSt be
TY t"ine" nd directed- There is no
" -"vanced, and good
secured. .
R.nuueni
rrirAAMH at. . a. I
A Sad Story.
Ferdinand Ward is free once mor
He left Sing Sing Prison yesterday morn-
ing, and last night clasped in his arms the
seven-vear-old son he had m.'rf,i.ri-
1. . . " ;
never seen before. To-day he turns
iace tne worm, he claims a poor man and
111. mm m ' '
' At ... ...
witn oniy nis son to live and work for.
Another page has been turned in the story
of his checkered life. A new chanter be
Hns. The vloette markintr the r-We o
a
thelastis the heavv iron ates nf Sin
o: t .
oiug iu. , uai t mange Bcven years
1 ...
nave maae in tnis man ana his surround
lnSSI m his business life seven years ago
v . . . . ...
U. . . - XT . . . e t
xapoieon ot nnance" trusted,
respected even in suspicious Wall street,
Reveling in fictitious wealth of his own.
and Jby his dash and audacity controlling
real fortunes of others. In his home life
he was elegant and luxurious, surrounded
with every comfort, loved by wife and
friends. Surely a man to be envied.
io-aay ne . oegins anew the battle of
life. He claims he is almost nennilecs an
rfYm ei v A 1 mm X Z -J 1 TT m
wuijoiaiivciy j-nciiuiess.. ne nas. on
ly the work of his hands at the printer's
trade to rely on for -support. With the
shame of failure and the prison about him,
he is hated by those whose fortunes he
ruined, deserted by those whom in his
days of power he assisted. His wife his,
father, his mother have died. His home
is gone, and the only relic of it is the boy,
barely six months old when his father said
that sad good-by six and a half years ago
and took up the dull routine of life in a
convict's garb. '-Remember, prisoner,
that good behaviour you can save three
and one-half years on your sentence," was
the gruff admonition given by the Warden
when arrayed in the striped suit of the
prison, his hair trimmed and his mustache
shaved off. Wardtood before him for
the first time, and bowed his head. But
he heeded. Never during the six and one
half j-ears of his term has he been repri
manded, never has a black mark been set
down against him. Every day of the time
allowed for good . behaviour on his ten
years sentence he has earned.
At 8:30 o'clock Ward twas in " the War
den's office. A suit of clothes awaited
him. They had been sent n r from "T
W - w m.m,m. mV W T
York the outfit was complete, including
kid gloves, patent-leather shoes and a
derby hat. In these he soon arrayed
himself. Then clerk Johnson gave him
$4-45 $10 from the State, $10 from the
prison officers as a present and the balance
the amount earned by him under the Fas.
sett Convict law and by over work done
in the prison printing office. There wasa
ticket also to New York. It was stamped
across.the face, "Convict half fare," but
Ward declined it. I am a convict
longer." he said sadly. "I have paid
no
my
debt to the State, and I want to put It all
behind me forever." Then he shook
hands
with the prison officialswalked
biii . . .
IlSK V Hnwn fho itmtl. A j i
j I OaCl nil CT or V
drawn llV a ro?r- nf Ko... 1 3 1
00
-- j 1 w tjayo iittu JUSC COHie UD.
T J . a ' mw -m
mio mis ward climbed briskly, and a
minute later was speeding toward New
Kochelle, where he took a train for
Stanford, where his son is living with an
aunt.
Ward was a partner of General Grant in
the firm of Grant & Ward. He conducted
the business, an tKa
onnov TV
; 1 in hi was reaiiv an
ine viarine JtJank, of which
James D- Fish Ward's former partner was
President. The Street had the latest
connaencein me hm, and only Ward
knew on what a-precipice it stood. One
Saturday night President Fish told Ward
there was not enough money in the bank
to meet a check for! $300,000 from the
city which was to be presented Monday.
Ward went to General Grant Sunday, and
the latter borrowed $150,000 of W. H.
Vanderbilt. Ward hoped ta raise the other
i 1 . .
$150,000 before the check was pj-esented.
He failed. Fish invested the bank's
money in the firm and got it back, accord
ing to Ward with 100 oer cent.
interest.
There was no record of the disposal of the
money in the bank's boks. The next
daj' Sunda7 Ward arked.Stephen B.
El-
cna mm tne 3oo,ooo Mr.
El-
.juns nad not the money. Ward then went
to General Grant and made a clean breast
of the whole affair. I .
The city's check was presented but the
bank could not meet it. An explanation
was demanded and the, bank closed its
doors. The next day the firm of Ward
and Grant wen. under with over $14,000,-
was probably
i.i . -
one 01 me greatest in the history of Wall
r a 1 2 . ... I
street. Ward was indicted on five counts
and convicted on one obtaining certifica
tion of a check for $71,800 by false pre-
lcn5e ward was Drought to trial before
J udSe Barrett in October of 1885. The
testimony of James D. Fish, who had
been convicted and centenred tn
, . , "
t I iiau mucn to an ivirn ine rrnrrifH.
to naa much to do with the conviction
I tif j .... : . ...
1 - i-s.i.uii
I ara. At thtime ot his conviction he
I .
I was tniny-tnree years of age. i Ward al-
I ways blamed James D. Fish for his down-
- I a" He said at the time of his conviction
that he believed that FUh o1JK-ma1
I - ; uvuuviaici
t, I 6et a trao for him when - as Prpd.nf
Uk- xf.j.. , .. . ..
",v- Danx. risn Knew that the
I i .......
- I wrecK wouia land him in - States
XliSOn.
1 n-r . ...
vvara was the son of a minister, and well
I J A 1 T T
u. ms eyesignt laiieu him, and he
earned a trade, or rather two of them
printer and carpenter. Then he beiran the
' i - 3
Studv of lar lofo, .
n j v, 6 m inc
Produce Exchange. Then he met Fish
iC luauncjmen' oe-
wwwr, ana-men a COnVlCt. Me
has been in charge of the prison printing
office, and says he will endeavor to earn a
A I livingr for himxelf and hnv at ht
Resolutions Adopted By The
,Grimesland Alliance.
We have in our possession evidence that
the Progressive Farmer has been suppress-
ing resolutions adopted by some Alliances
In this State disapproving the course of this
organ of the Third Party and condemning
the dictatorial and presumptive policy of
Mr. Marion Butler. We are prepared to
furnish the evidence upon proper applica
tion and submit the following "resolutions
adopted by the Grimsland Alliance, Pitt
county, last Saturday, as indicative of
the character of the suppressed literature.
Grime&land Alliance, No. 1389.
Whereas, we believe in the Ocala de
mands as re-affirmed in Indianapolis ably
and clearly express the needs ?nd princi
ples of the Farmers' Alliance, Be it
Resolved 1, That we find no warrant
for Alliance action in regard to the St
Louis demands as the .State Alliance has
not adopted them and we have seen no
official action of the Ex. Com.
of the State
Farmers' Alliance towards endorsing such
revolutionary measures.
2. That we deplore and denounce the
arbitrary and dictatorial stand assumed by
President Butler in making the support of
the 6t. Louis demands a test of good fel
lowship in the Alliance by .'proscribing all
such as will not stand by the St. Louis
demands In the conference at Raleigh
May 17th.
inat we regard such action as offi-
cious and culpable in the extreme, as well
as prejudicial to the best interests of the
order' and we question Mr. Butler's au-
1 "... . .
I fhnrttv in thic nrocnn!nnc 1
J wivoupuuuo ansa UVCI liCctl -
I . . .
ing course.
4. That we commend the action, of
Pitt county Alliance in demanding repre
sentation in this cenference in defiance of
Ihis proscription and in opposition to the
St. Louis demands.-
J.J. Elks Jr.,
Secretary of Grimesland Alliance.
St. Mary's.
The Rector of St. Mary's school begs
to announce the celebration of the anni-
versary of its establishment. This will
take place June 4-9, 1S92.
Programme of exercises as follows:
Services in the Chapel and address to
the Alumnae, Sunday, June 5th, at ir
o'clock.
Reception, Monday evening, June 6,
9-i.
Concert complimentary to the Alumnae,
Tuesday evening, June 7, at 80 o'clock.
Annual concert, Wednesday evening,
June. 8th, at 8:30 o'clock.
Commencement exercises,'
morning, June 9th, at 10 o'clock
Thursday
Business meeting of the Alumna? at the
close of the exercises.
The Aijmnae in Raleigh extend a cordi
al invitation to all the former pupils of the
school to attend on this occasion.
Those desirous of so doing will kindly
communicate with the secretarv of fh
association, Miss
Kate McKimraon,
Raleigh, N. C.
A Fine Speech.
In presenting to the State Library the
portrait of Judge Daniel, the Ulented and
brilliant Cant. "Hav of WMaii m .1.
' : .
quenuj saia: as a man his marked
ui 1 rr.flrarrpncrir1 tvaa hie rmh. ..x
i . . . . .
kindness to all. In the countr in which
live and where he was born and had
Hums, iw vtawuuuus w. i iic, at in is ais -
tant dav Into legends srown. fnllnw after
, ?. ... ...... .
i mm, ana are yet instinct witn me 01 what
I ":,. - .
I . 6 auuHuc
I its simnle frrandeur
The first Alexander
I o
I Of Russia 'after Time rRir fXcriicclniT h
1 - wot fcv.
settlement of Enrne with the French e
voy. who was unfortunate fnr a rHte
-
charter saM- xt - u -
J"f "l 0t lhU
i - a err fell r- inrv rin
. . '
7our Prsonai character, and that Is their
charter." So Judge Daniel's personal
cnaracter was the patent which stamped
him nature's nnhlemati T uta ,
sympa
thies he was as broad as humanity itself.
in his life s creed he was more catholic
than the Roman Catholic who benched by
his side. The poor his poor looked for
his coming from his duties at court as the
return of a good angel; To him they
came tor material aid and for counsel. His
purse opened to their demands, his su-
preme knowledge, almost universal In its
scope, he gave for thei guidance.
The poverty of our State's
history
comes rom our ignorance of the lives of
our aeaa men- VVlttl cous neglect we
are willlnS such Priceless examples should
wv- iuiguucu. vjivc io us a man wnose
life is a mission of misery, whose days are
spent in' the desolation of homes by the
i i . i t ......
cu iiaiiu ui war, we nan nim conquerer
and we immortalize his fame in story and
in song. We never salute the thoughtful
man who kneels. These we forget, and
yet their life's, story would make for us
rich history. Outside of our profession
and the traditions of a locality how few are
the North Carolinians who know that this
great man has lived and passed from
among us. It is woe to that people who
consent that their dead men
The Hebrew prophet cries,
should die,
'Thy dead
men shall live."
Judge Daniel was a brave man mental
ly, morally, physically. In him was noth
ing of a tyrant. In his fanii!y,on his farm
. 1 .. . . t
on the bench, he was the affectionate fath
er, kindly master, merciful judge. These
characteristics gave to his younger years
associations that grew stronger with the
flight of his days. To his old age they
gave "honors, love, affection, troops of
t! I a 1 t.t - 'S ... ...
kZz: JZu" rr"!- ' n.,s ne,hb?re:
.w..u.w u...v.u an v suuKcn worn rtt
anv
his., in no bosorr. rankled the stings of
remembered wrong. Children loved
him. This to his grey hairs was a crown
nobler than those O Din ions thaf V o xr-
changed the judicial
State. In my sectio
currents of his native
anecdotes of Wmli.fMiw. -u
m V section of fho Cf,t
1 ...... . w 1119 .iiarat
I . ... !
I tAr Snrl oHorif.. c11 li Ti
I "-j live, xijcy aie
all
or
commemorative , of kindnesses said
done to neighbors or friends.
He was one of the "simple great ones
gone forever and forever by," but the good
that he did live afjer him, This man was
also a philosopher. Wisdom broadened
him into loving,
not because
He studied flowers, not
he loved botanv. hut
because the beautiful in nature added to
his happiness. He loved hisfeilowman be
cause he recognized fre broad brother
hood of humanity. This man contemplat-
ed" . He is worthy of our contemplation.
tie was an omniverous reader.' He ab
sorbed knowledge. A a lawyer he was
accurate. Greatness followed. His opin
ions are clear; direct, at times limpid. In
this judge is nothing of obscurity, because
in the truthfulness of him he had convic
tions. His was the first voice in the
State to denounce the brutal barbarism of
the common law. His dissenting opinion
In Maidison Johnson's case was a protest
against a past without pity. From Draco
and Moses he recoiled.
From the sermon on the Mount he drew
his Inspiration.'No matter with what crime
the criminal was charged, when the law
spake through the judge we recognize this
beautiful fact, that the man was dealing
with his brother. He could say a thing
and be done speaking. Instance his opin
ions. His will covered eight lines of the
old foolscap paper. In it he disposed of
a laige estate,'' gave his blessings to his
children and his soul to his God in whose
ordinances he walked.
His wisdom was not greater than the
wisdom of the law: thi fact he never for
goi. ine judge never lessened into
an-
i -
arbitrator. Hbejewas single. hU vUIon
was undlmmed bj error, and In the Hfiht of
hl reason wc felt the presence of truth
When he stood up to deilare the law!
Krmt?m u-t t .
I . . . "ura moewho,Ilke
nimseif, were Its chosen Intemrefer
.1 . :-----
h!s
n ir iMfii .
I I loner ther and we alike her ut ...
I rmmmmm W W M kf
his I n followed him.
1 c iovca ine voice of the people and'
I vet. so tm i li . M
. I . i grcai oilice, the! f
I cnangetui passions disturbed
I...
no tone o
m w,r uncranccs. His
SDRlDathle
flowed full and strong and yet his opinions.
I haserl ctn nnMlt.. .
no colnHncr. 7 lu- -h.u
1 w.. .ui4tjt Lirincinies nt rmtK 1
i - r"M,K passions 01
the hour
, a " .u .
vr t siiuu. ni r yKn . . .
' measured
s nigh standard. Both came from the
same kindred stock. Both had In com
mon the highest attributes of noble
man
North I hood ntu
Were our grandest
I Carolinians,
True Heroism.
neaays of chivalry, phantasmal pic-
lurcs come to us now only as a memory
from the dreamy part when the brown
head oi the "Disinherited Knight" drooped
w w.c icci ui me xair Kowena In the lists
of Ashby, and the pallor which the ter
rible sword of Brain de Bois Gilbert could
not call to his cheek chased the hue of life
away as the warm bloott dabbled his hair
and stained his lips; and we have only a
smil for Cervantes' exquisite creation,
whimsical, generous-hearted, choleric
high-spirited Don Quixote. But. to the
honor of human-kind, true heroism, the
Draver7 i a iiayard, is not yet banished
rom the walk of everyday life; and now
ano men we see a gieat magnanimous
soul rise to the supreme test of self-sacrifice:
"Greater love hath no man than
this." Robert Nichol, a Philadelphia
Bavc nis me the other dav In
shielinS the lives of a huddled, frightened
crowd of women and children during a
ure. j ne was an obscure man, an humble
subordinate, bound to a routine of simple
duties, but all the majesty of manhood
none out in his tragic end. He
was to
have" married in a few days, and such a
1 f . ...
iiiarij is worm ine tears of even the best of
worrian. Charlotte Observer.
Tngrersol On Death.
The following lines are an extract taken
I I
w colons
i inn-Aoi t .
1 ci. - 1 iiurn leaner ir4niK n .
w j 1, w a personal
friend who had suffered a bereavement n
the death of his mother. "After all there
is something tenderly appropriate in the
serene death of the old. Nothing Is more
touching than the death of the young, the
strong. But when the duties of life have
all been nobly done, when the sun touches
the horizon, when the purple twilight falls
upon the present, the past and future
when memory with dim eyes can scarcely
spell the records of the vanished days
then ; surrounded by kindred and by f 1 fends
death comes like a strain of music. The
day has been long, the road weary, and
we gladly stop at the inn. Life is a shad
ow, strange and winding road, on which
we travel for a little way a few short steps,
just from the cradle with its lullaby of
love to;the low and quiet wayside inn
where all at last must sleep and where
the only salution is "God night."
What Au Editor Really Is.
An editor Is a cross between early pietv
and cranky old agel He never swears In
the paper without abbreviating a dash. He
rolls along like a stone gathering moss un
til the lumbago strikes Into his back. The
gathering of wealth has but a faint hope
and shadowy "might be" In his mind. He
lives from day to day In the hope of get
ting conscience money from his subscrib
ers, who owe him several years of subscrip
tion, but the subscribers sleep well every
night while he struggles onand a! war
having something coming.
She Had.
Excited wife to her husband "Do vo j
not admit that woman who has a motion?"
Cool husband "Ves, my dear sc ha
-submission." Great confusion In the
domestic circle, and the husband calls on
the family surgeon for a plaster for his
head.
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