North Carolina Newspapers

TARBORO N. C, WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY; 3, VOL. l.-NO. 43. 1892. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. 1 1 - ' : ' - ' X ' - i. ' ' '. . " , :' .!...... 1 -1- ft L.I I I .; lj BRIEF OPINIONS. OCR esteemed con temporary tbq Southerner has entered upon i its seventieth volume." We wish bur t 'neighbor prosperity, and, ;Continuei L 6 long hie. I it w seldom -that a news paper readies three score and ten. "... . While we ad vocate -diversity of crops Ave also believe that the people should diversify some" iif politic s. They should put men ' in public of fices who will represent them and not the ' moneyed interests of the country. Too much inditferee and ''" negligence in the past, have brought . ,t the country to its present condition. Thi? committee on Weights and 'Measures in th'IIyuf , has reported favorably a bill for the fret-e coinage ot silver. . It is expected, to, come np for discission in" a few woeks. The measure will in all probability pro voke a good deal of discassion. and be fought by the "gold bng' repre sentatives. .', The. people demand, free ' cohiage and they should have it. The eyes of the masses are upon Congress, anxiously awaiting the pas- 4 sa?e of some .measure that w ill relieve j the-wide-spread depression .thatjex ists among them. They haveient men to .Congress to euaot " legislation that will findf relief to them, and they ex pect their servants to perform their " dutv faithfuUv: With a little more interest shown for-, jhd people, and "' not so much for party, the country 'would SQon.be in a prosperous condi tion. ! , J I' ,f The Lima Alabama Mifcor gives soihe sound advice in the folio wing: JThV work of reform must 'begin . at home, and then' in primary Alliances. -If the organization, of the farmers is woth preserving, every member must attend the 'meetings of the primary Alliances,- and abide by the ' action ' of-his Alliance upon any measure, af ter4he tjame has been discussed and 1 approved by the majority. If .jhe is ' hnwillihg to do this, he should with draw from the Alliance and paddle his own canoe. -. Thi Southe'ril Mercury (Dallas, Teas,) says: When a farmer goes to his home market, offering the products of his labor for sale", Jie finds theV prices offered below the cost of production. -When he inquire v what the reasons are for such low 1 prices,; he is told. by souie ignoramus - that it . overproduction. r The, Big ' Springs News says farmers are; told to go home, work harder, don't W so 'extravagant,' go n aked yourself tnake voar wife and daughter take off that I costly calico dress and dress them in cotton- bagging. ' Xnt ionaV Econo- :jnigL.--::): .,::: ;'js -.'(' j ;..-'. The I$f?mers.ind Laborers Jour Hal (Louisville Ky.) says: j. The fi nancial policy of this country is all wrong and must be Mehieuied; Urn- " jess there is relief soon there will be . many homeless children, and distress and want will stalk abroad in-j this free. (?) laud of plenty. 'The Alli- ence Lcider (Belmont, X. Y.) , pays: What a spectacle to 6ee the Secreta ; ry of the Treasury use his high posi ' . tion as ?n ofjicer of ".h" people to further the intsvest s of the moneyed classes bv' trying !t deysiv the 'peo ple every three months iu regard to what it was t wenty-Jhyirars ago. i Does he think Hhtftthe musses are -f all ignorant upqu tlvis subject? i ' ! 1 . . jk 'The Kice County I.nilc (f.yons, ' Kan.y.savs: it looks, now as though would compel Con- 1 . ' . -the ''cranks' ' grew to' pass a bill for the free eoin ' 'age "oh American silver, at least, j The ., ; Democratic and ". Republican pleaders , seem to bv getting 'together in that di rection, and !niay pussiblyconseiit to tahtniuch if pressed -to -hard. ;-it is too eurly.yet, though, to predict, what will be tlomV On the one hand' are the pt'oidtv demanding the renioneti zatiotf of silver on thii'otheij arej tlie bondholders and the moneyd,d class, who, withl Harrison, oppose it. i In this dilemma they may bu driven to pass a bill as above indicated. It is the'people vs. the money" kings of tnrope and America, and the people should closely watch the pi-oceediuge of their servants. ,;- ' ' . Th e JitpiibiiiWtn. (Tecumseh, Neb.) saysrV At the close of the war, with a population approxisuating 37,000, 00p, we ha3 about $2,000,000,000 in money. . There was no undue or iu- ' ijurious inflation. Iabor in all -departments of industry eujoved rerhu-. herative jrices for its products and prosperity,1 peace, contentment and ' plenty abourded throughout tbje land. Every arWiy of bnsihess.r of trade ami of enterprise thrilled with the healthful a xih invigorating flow; of an aninie snbidv of monev. To- ' day, with a popwlatiou of 63,000,000 and a corresponding growth in all departments of industry 'and enter-j prise, the volume of currency has been reduced to about C00,000,000, with the uniform and inevitable re Suit which has always and euery4 . where followed an undue eon traction high-priced money and low-priced jpoductions. entailing distress, pov ' j suffering and ruin STATE NEWS. THE DOINGS OUR PEOPLE BRIEFLY AND AINLYrrOLD. f t Happekings OT iTHI DEK8ED. Week Con- Wkldo k. Meters; GarrettJA Co., havo-established themselves h fre, and are daily shipping large quantities of their wines to all'arts of thi coun try. New. ": f j-j : " . Yapkin". Yadkin county jail was burned last . week. , The jail. con tained two prisoners,' one whjfe and the other, colored. They guarded eacn .otrrer until the names yereex tinguishea..... ..Alien i JJye, ail negro wa"n ted in, South Carolina fdr ( bar-4 trlary, was arrested here this af ter- noou. l ' . ...-. 8toxy Ckeek.- A child whs born in Stony .Creek township, Caswell county, N. C, Saturday, that has two errand Jhiothers. and four great- grandmothers and one great-great OT!)iwImilhpv 1I . IiviTior ankl !iliIA laud will in g to wait . on the I infant. The great great-grandmother lier 90th year. ' j is in AVashikoton. Dn TuesdaV mora ing last when Mr. R. I K. Montagae, civil engineer for the Coast Line and Mr. J. IS. V 11 earn e, contractor, arose at Hotel Nicholson they fount! j that during i he night some oue h;,d f en tered the room and robbed tl em of $9,000 :u cash, two gold watc les and a diamond pin. Tl)ie thief mte'red the room through't the' door, which was left unlocked.' It must; have been done by some ' one who ; knew they had the money withthei i. Np clue has as yet beeu found. P -ogress. Winston Revenue office rs are after moonshiners in Surry t county. It is reported here - -that office - Brim captured too illicit distillerie i a few days ago. Sixteen 'hundred' .gallons of beer and all fixtures were dei troyed without a murmur from the oi mer of the property. .... . .Esquire "V iliam Medearis, of Bel ews Creek tov nship, father of Mr. X. H. Medearis, jf this city, happenexl to a painful a( cident a day or two ago. Awhile st Hiding hear a small, pine tree whic l was being bent over by a- workman, the same fiew back, striking Mr. Mede aris and knocking him dowr on a sharp axe, inflicting alarge and' per haps serious wound on his rig! t; side. Scniinel. 1 ' i Wilson. Charlie Briggs, the youngest son of our highly esceemed townsman, B. F. Briggs Esq .', died at the Briggs House in this pi ice on Tuesday night of last week. Sorely afflicted most of his life death was a messenger of relief, . and whi e the heart strings of his loved ones Were made to bleed-great drops o: j grief at the divine dispensation, y t they all feel that it'is .well with C harlie and that his soul is at rest..... ,Johu IPowell, ivho once worked, in. G; iston's barbet shop, was arrested in AV; Uiam iston last week on the charge of f hav ing broken into the. store of j. H. Fulcher of this place ,a short ! time ago. Policeman Mayo : brought him n c -.1- .i i.j: l loacK on rumij ju lougeu film in jail '-3ftrro ; SoUTiiPORT. "he dredging at Ix)ck wood's Folly Inlet is .t ' - -V - Work pro- gressing favorably, aud the eohtrac ac the tor is dorng well considering difficulties connected with this work. 'j. .. Chambers H. McKibbeA, for the many vears -connected with. Union Pacific railroad, started Bouth on Monday, with a corps of sn rvey- org, for the purpose ot comw etiug the urvevs for-the JSorfolk, JWU minjarton and ChaHestou and railroad. A larire number of - Philad Iphia capitalists are interested...,, little infant child of Mr, and W. A. Spencer, of Wilmington :The Mrs. died on Tuesday night last week, anli was brought to Southport for bn lai on Thursday: 3Irs. Spencer is ad lgb this jter of Mr: S. M. Robbins, ofl city. Leader, : p Gkeenville. F. C Martin was acquitted last week of the murtler of hicvG--Manning. The" trial rlrinToft nup limn tha rwnri 9 is the longest one upon the records df this county. ' JJoyi sides had aole sel and there were f requent teoun- argu- meuts during the .progress o . the case 6ver every possible point of law to w:hich objection could be mised The trial would have ibecn knuch longer had not the services of a ste uojrrapher been called iu tolitaKe down the evidence... .... There l have of " late been several cases- 4f pe tit larceny going - 6n around town, hen roosts being the principal seats of attack. One uight i Mr. R. L. Ilumber captured a darkey who was after his chickens and had him run. in." A few nights later some oue went to Mr. Alf red Forbes' p ultry yard aud relieved him of three hens. Reflector, r ' - : .. ' - Golpsboko. The ' trial, of i- Mr. Will E. Grimsley for shooting Rev. J. T. Abernethv, ' "the ' kissins ; par son." came up in Green Superior Court Wednesday. The defeident pleading guilty, whereupon the Solic itor with the concurrence of ReY, Mr. Abernethy's attorney move 1 the Court that that judgement be sus pended upon payment of costs, vhich was ordered by Judge R. W. Wi aston presiding..".. ...White Mr. Wm. Sin gleton was moving Saturday after noon from Grauthani's township to New Hope township, and whe; 1 at tempting to cross the swollen waters J' of Keuse river, near this cityl the embankment gave away, drowning two fine mules, eight hogs, thirty chickens, and washing away 800 pounds of fresh pork. The i lules and wajon were the . property o ; Mr. Beu j. Caudle, on whose place Siiigle- ton was to move. A white l man named J. L. . Carter, who was nired to do the moviuer barely escaped with his life. neadliahL GENERAL KEWS. Randolph Rodgers, the American sculptor wlie . died in Rome, i I tally, was a genuinegeuiu8 in his line. . It is said in about three weeks the silver bill will come to a vote in the House, That flls right. Get through with it atd:f then to business- ' ' ; ; ! t ' :: ' j' j -J''.; f It is ascertained! on the ; best of authority, that Whitelaw Reid, U uni ted States Minister to France, :3 serious contejnplalting his resigna tion in order to resume his. journa listic duties. TheStaie Department, it is understood, Has been advised to this effect. AH hospital s of Paris . larej , so crowded with patihnts as the j result of the epidemic of inflaenza, : that there is no room for new sufferers, i and the municipal authorities have j been. compelled to$ ask the Govern- men t for the use of vacant barracks j as temporary hospital s for ja largo I" v " : covers relief. ' t: . " H " -y: j farms, The ingenious! electrical doviceiof the that was patented la short time 1 ago ior giving an aiarm wnen a snip ue viates from, her course is how being adopted on a?j number of American j. .... t : i . i vessels. In this I arrangement I the compass cord .barrfps a light wire conj nccted with a metallic cup coi'tain- 1 ing mercury, so that if the ship! de-j parts from the set (course hn electric-; al contract is' made which rings a bell ' in the captain's room. " ! V Mr. Livingston, pf Georgia, 'intro duced a bill in the House last week providing for a "system of .sub-treas Tines ior storm j? agricultural irai pro- identical Senator ducts. The measure is with the bills introduced by. , .Vance and representative Pickler in last Congress, except that it -reduces from $500,000 to $200,000, the value of products that must be raised by a! county before it can be entitled to a sub-treasury. . a j 1 1 The international, feather Aveight contest last week at Kew Orleans, at the Olympic Club, between Tommy Callaghan of England, and' Cal Mc - P!nrtliv rf flm .Tprapv was wifnpsswl r"VJ,.X" bcici. BMKinu.wcmaiivmu tact that the wmjicr, Mcuarthy was promised go withl U-eorge Uixon tor ; fought f0 a purse tof $2000, oi which $1500 was toerote4the winner an $500 .to the loser. fTinie was! ealled at 8:15.ihd McCarthy won in the fourteen thronhd. , ; f It is saf e to say tblat such aj gather- ing as that whicfif issemoieu last.j week at Chicago hm seldom, if ever, ; been seen before, It was a national I conierence oi representatives i iuc various political rettorm movements now existent in thiik countrr, inciu-l ding prohibitionists, farmers, labo' - rers, crreenbackersi sreneral reform etc.. Miss FrahcisAF. Willard preei-j ded and stated thejobject of the coin ference to be to idevise .ways- cuu, means of electing ja President of f iiu United States who will with oiie blow kill the rum traffic. J r, . o -i L, if i , ,i ... Charles Tain tor of! St l-.ouis. ward Johnson of Si. Paul, aux of SavannaW and Henry M.u- nardof Cleveland comprisiii , the xoaru ox iuauagti a? uo. iue Order oi Frpedmn of America, an orsranibi tionof colored mCh, held theii isec- 1 1.1 J.1..-.. neiu tueii jdvjiv- ond annual meeting at1 the Gilbert House yesterday afternoon, and is sued a special ordet to the Masters of the organization throughout the country instructing them to enlist immediately everyl available cpior- ed man for military service in i tne event of war . between the Vuited States and Chili, f 1 J ' The .Dispatch iu the morning will announce the candidacy of George Shiras, Second,'' for ;the united Spates Supreme Court bench to fill the va- cancy made by the deatlt of Justice Bradley , 'Mr. Shirks is 60. years old to-day. fie is the son of George aud Elizabeth Blaine Shiras. .' He gfadu- ated at the Ohio University, and ui teward at the Yale Law School in 1844. He then bejrnn the law in Pittsburg, which tinued. ever since and .where ne stands high in that profession. It is said that he his been asked to take this step jby prominent iC'ii and by college f Heads from various parts of the conntrv. The reticulars if the kill'insr l Sunday of John Dezarm by John NensleV, have lust 'come to hand, Neusley arid some friends were pas - sing along Goose Cfeek when a shot was fired ;- from the opposite side of tWnrMtlr' hr thhv avr .fnhn be arm- alight from and getting behind j his mule. Dexarm. fired another shot, but did no harm tj anyoody. Nensley, who was? armed with a needle gun, then fired at iJeiarm, the bullet going through the mule and penetrating the heart of Dezarm, killing him instautj(y. Nensley then went to Manchestet and gave himself up. There had ben a feud between the two men for many years. Last week in Clai bourne county, occurred and one of the outlaws shot from f his horse. After he fell he took deliberate aim and shot-De puty Thompson through tue lieait - The other outlaw was then captured near Cumberland Gap, Tena, DepH-.i . Trf c: "-n- Hph Tbomnson and W illiam attensnt-iV tue:V V . . aV' "a1' ; Sout their clasB in ed to arreat two outlaws and torse W ongm and -motive in a feeling ot i of hon)r and trus, is thieves. A desperate running light unn o u. wo.ernuieut auu no., , -; along With tne ieilOWWnO naa oeeu j . "r - . , uev, .1. aj'kind do iiKt arise without some cause, ... . 11 , i 1 "I pnT'ihe o7iSer7we" Va - WCoiaiwIlJItin. i Thi woniH ded nntlaw ia said, to The avini this morning, ! The name? of neither ?.is known. It was reported here abomi midnight that the mob waS about to lynch, the men tinder arrest. . So particulars are yet received. " ."-'"" I - Tbc Price of Cotton. Whit is the cause of the low p ice of cotiion?. Every report shows the cotton bales s crop of 1891 full one million loirt of lh'JO, still cotton ffoes j on down like. McGinty. On ber 10th it brought frourfive tb seven cents uer pound at small ; interior tOWIli, that i What.': appears strange is e lower the price of ""cotton the faster it conies in, until Xomii- ber 14 h, the receipts were 250,0b0s bales ip excess of tue receipta at the i ; ILe cotton Acreage Congress Ssay the lovr price is due to over-production undJ..that measuros: must! be taken o cut dovn the cotton acreage I-dilfen : x r ! with them. ; . ' . is the cause as clear us the i liert E'v s sun: i Our iiierchaiits make their ruort- iie. this year on or before - Sp Ist, instead of on or before veinbea .'aiiu due. r 1st, as. they have - hretofiorejXhrougbout the United States jwith These- njorieasres .not oiwyi ; 1 the c rop, bu t . teams or pt ootu, to aouoie rne amount hiortages. If the menibers- j of the 'otton' 'Acrcago Cong rcsi Mm investigate a litt ie, they will see that in the nine-'te; i-teMn tb are ti of the farmers Sou ed up so that thev must can sell their cotton as soon as it possibly". be .gathered. If they sliow any heiitaney about gathering fhe eotou, I hey will be informed that the mor-tga je isaii iron-clad', one;-which hot only requsires prompt payment, but if put in the hands of an attorney ten perl pent. " more is added io the fifty tot one hundred per cent. ! ehavge4pn the goods jSie y 1 on gl it ; so the lower cotton "goes the more j , r, . nthem ! . i he farmer merchant. . , I i r must walk- square up lo nit; ijitL-j, iwuei u. uy- J.uu.$ci and it ijacls many of them as w-ell w recks them. The lower cotton goes in the fall, when tlie farmer must sell, the more j... jj-i "... j i. if. v... jr..,!.!,...- j acres mjtist' be planted the next year, j because ho farmer can pay out who ! has to c ultivate 'a crop- with such i tools as" the credit merchant must furnish him; first-chiss tools do -iio i scll on Jhe credit -merchant's terms. ! ; 1 i . n . . 1 aaany one tell of any other betofe JS ov.ember - 1st that .the i farmer3 6f the South can raise? 1 1 : Talk about raising wheat, ""where are our oiler-mills and self-binders Wheat T eq mres a clay or hrm soil well filled with humus. Acid phos- I phate is ao sood ,in raisinfr wheat, except ob soils well filled with de- caving organic matter. 1 gave tip growing) wheat when I was produc ing u: aiverage ot" thirty-ti ve to iorty bushels per acre. " I fed ray wheat to mv hdirs and" my hossi and had j ray own thresher. One of my neigh-, uGrs v,u old stvi up a flouring inilj after tbe Nobodv would buy my 'id. j floul.f iKi i couiu iioi eat il my eeu,, :t Tl i - . 1 i! . i after I 11 d oaten the patent roller t -it i n i 'i ; mil ao j ship, the ir. i coma not airoru to Viheat to mill, for 1 iron Id peeial rates. ' is the remedy? Before . 110t ;vt J , What another ' ton will jclop of 4 cotton is made, cot sell tor ihine or ten cents per rpouTid The effect on our' farmers is i in uib spring! 1890 I had orders j: 1 u fa vision?v enouirh from Ka sas alone for cotton . seed 1 had. then were not ,'. ' - nauling to town. - In 1890 lU!..,l!3ir croi) was very short ana n "high. In "l8l double oraiu were made in ' the - :roi;- of lited states, and famine raged in is. 1 1 rone a ud Asia. This double crop ne prices lias set i every oner and tarn wild on the "rain question! 'for 1892,1 is l'ke to be the consequence? i Famine 6ne yeur i, ; the best security next year." The grain growers:! vvil 1 0 ;S the novv-ovei iub i it Ui la; it. plant or fcov neuviiv, the front n a:iu every fclire else will pmt or sow all .4. thefe'eaut -if. the crop of -1891 was 3J(t worth - hauliug ' to hiaket? how ill it be" witii the crop of 1892, sh 5r, Ul there be no famine anywhere? : Justtnow there is 'upon ns a graai'd ; revolution iii the growing of cottor.. V'e have learned that a vio of iiiit cotton -eon tain s ; on 1 y . one on nee oi practice of hospHoricj about the same of sul be has con- r,,n rrfi add. and is about hinetv-eiirht per cent. ot ' car ton,. that element that huikies 'ah excessive stalk growth.' The on ly j htnetit cotton 'derives .from acid pk').-;;ii:ue i-v t.ke . raechan ica 1 ,ite tion on ofgaliio' matter in the soil, inu:;iii- it soluble and ready tor rmediata- nse oy plant hie, unu y., eqse, fruiting .- remeiiy j jf iH- winter tu rip ug down cms .igahic loiter, that u may, .be ;d&-1 1 com p-ed! befyre nmlod xor theplaut, : and the ihiprovivg of the - cotvon it-a SQlLA fruit close. . ; 3 J EFF Vi ELLliOK.N. -X Cause of Hostility. ! (New York Sun. :Tu : his message the President strongly (finpjnpired his conviction that 5 special hostility toil-United States, ex iters. iiV-Chili. lie said that, the- assiiit upOM the Baltimore's sailors us, as our 'Government claimed iji M r.; Blaine's note of Jan. them., The i'lvsuteiit is doubtless richt. r - bc Chilitius do feel a considerable ieSro0 t iirritatioii against us. i- I.TII, ft V; .".! NI1UMLKS Ui L HiX w n ... t - " i - . . r j 1. a. 1 f f Chili has in - "U"1 "ft"? 10 "?keU re - i :if .- j it is for us to inquire what occasion ;.,wh;ph6ho.aPt4 originate. an3 hiii m h far fa find what it seeks. r,iii anv actoi tue manors or oi auv oi ir.-----r--- .... . - m i - i We have'i systematically selected lit men to represent us at South i i ahd Central; American capitals. ; We neve sent jov niany-iizners, iijpat ricks, Ilurlbtirts and Egajis there to give us a liad name. Too .many of oitr Ministers have had 'jobs' 4 o work there, i Too many of them, un der .pretense of s"i-epreseajtiug a great G over omen i, have, represented specu Jative syndicates .seeking railroad coTiceSsiDus, promoting nitrate specu lations or . prosecuting "claims"" -iu fiiiderhand fashion against the ov- X' i i 1 . i Ii -I ernmenrs to wnicn tnev were aecrea-. ited. Therd has been too niticb snb- itution pt -aicKer lor uipiomucv.' If we have been judged by our of ficial representatives it is no wonder that we ajre hot very highly esteemed in' that qiiarter of the world. . , 1 ; In the patticular cafe of Chili, Egat was soj manifestly an'unfit man to represents us creditably that: his comination for the post was received surprise uqis unmixeu with disgust. When the civil war broke out he made himself not ouly the friend, but apparently the partisan audi al most the agfrnt of lia.Imacedii, as has beeu fully related in news despatch es and need hot how be repeated. When, the bfcCou gressioiialists 4won their fight aid crime into power they regarded thif Americfcii Minister al most in the light of a survivingpurt of the Ba'lmacedist Oovernment hi which they wereitdt f ree to rid thein sdves of by force.. . ' At t hat point our goyernrnet ought obviously to have made' a changq , in its ligation. .l''ga nought r to- pave been called home or sent to some otberpost as a measure of ordinary courtesy .'and prudence. His presr ence was known' to be exasperating to the. Chilians,, already irritated with ui; because of our colurse in the Itafcj. case a course condemned by our own courts because 4f our re fusal to recognize their belligerent rights, and because of our warships had' acted for their enemies m ing feufc and conimiinicatiug news of their movements. These facts do noexcule the niur deroiis attack of the j (bhiliana upon our saik)?' but they jexplain Jhiliii,n feeling, and as it is both our duty and our interest to avoid the unnecessary stiring sup of?' hostility in any frieudty country, their con teihBlatiou ought to lead to a change of policy on the part oi tie State Uepartme-nt in the selection qi men to represent this country at pauisn-. American capitals. 1 :We have need to send thither men of dignity and discretion, men hon-1 ored in: their own country and cap.;- bleof winning-respect abroad, and above all men with clean-., hands and with pockets y dill of speculative com rnissioli$ men .. who will represent the country's Government and '- not its nioiiey-grabbiiig syndicates. The Chilians riiust not be jiermitt ed to maltreat oiir 'citizens, or tb in sult our Hag . with impunity. 'But .they have some reason for their feel ingof "hostility to"- this Govern ,.'...f " - . U.ii u t f f,. ,: '.. . . .Slotfascliiid's Maxfsis. These are the msxims which Baron Uotlsthild; reputed to be the richest man in;Europe, wrote) when, a boy, and to the observance of which? he at tributes much bf his jmcces 'in life. It is not'eertain that jvery boy can do. likewise but ,it wilf do no barm fur every boy to tryl - "Atteud carefully io the thjtai'is'fcf your business.. To iiiYimnf. in all tliiti.es. .. fv..w;!:' Woii nA f.liA.i ".-W.i.Ip i 'mitivelv.- 1 iter fn dn ribh fea- to do wvoz'jl Endure trials patiently. ' Fbjcht life's 'battl bruvly, K.sn1 fully, t'io not io.to the sc tc tv of Hold ini-,Writv-?iered. ' ' Iniure'not anothei repntition or business. . ; . 4 r,,;., hMiwUoiiIv v.-irh the vtrTnon:J. : '?r. rim. .rni'"frnm vR hhn:o-Vu. If V ll 1 illj l.Vt . Mill ........ v.j ; F jf. rir'il far nnv f'nn.sidHratioTi. . - " ' Make fewacquaintauoes. ; ; Never try to appear yvnat you are not. ' ".' : j- . ' Observe aood uianiiers. i'av your debtspromptly. ' 'Question not .the r veracity 11 lend. ' ' i . - ; of pet t tne counsel or your:parent. Sacrifice money rather than priiil-i-!)le. ' :; ,; . . 'i'.-Michuot, taste notj handle not in toxicating drinks. " : Use your leisure time for improve ment. - . "' . ' '-.'- it .r.j...... . . .i.-. in .. ii u.l.-I ( X':fu ' , ... . .IWliO. Extend to every one a kindly salu- tatiotr Yield not to discouragement. Zealously labo for right, . Aud success isl certain;" i '- ! ..... ... -A: An agricultural . paper that does not stand up for the -rights of the f amies and advocate the election of honest, respectable farmers to repf e- orhciat t positions. not true to the represent.- It is the dutv of the vouni to bear i it in mind that, .nothing is more re- ' snftiblpor dio-niflpd fb-?n tb Kfp nf t ! pecuioie or uigmueu tnau ine. niw oi ; ; ,he mflependent farmland tBe iuty ; of those tIio have it ia their poier ; to ''raise a lanjrn m the i prhlts to reniember thatf no les j than wnous writers, have a respon- 1 sibility to troth and iustice.4-Youth's i Companion. ' . ..... -i . r:irt nr. i . . . . i ' ( REDUCTION OF 0TT0. ACREAGEi i. Cotton Men and Cotton Planters in " Convention In Angusta. Axtgusta, Ga, January 27. The con veu lion of cotton, men and cotton plautei s called by the. Augusta Ex change met here to-day. The body was representative of the cotton in terests of this section and the conven tion was jvell attended. The subject of reduction of cotton acreage' wis fully discussed and after debate the following resolutions were adopted: liesolt'ed, That this convention hie- hiorialize tihe Legislatures of the co't ton. States, recommending the enact8 ment cf such laws as - they in theii wisdo.ns may think lest calculated to I accomplish the-iollowing result: . 1, 1 he adaption among us of the Australian or some ; similar system for the registration of land titles and transfers v as to render these:, evi dfcuees of property as secure and; as easily . and "cheaply t-, trasferaole as- State, and corporate .bonds aud stocks now are. ; 2. To secure niore effectua ly thali at present all rights and privileges apjertaning or in anyway -belonging to land ; (for example, the right to game and the power to dispose of it as secured by law in Germany) to o wifers ofand fo.r their sole use and Idisyosal.r ; ; o. That all agricultural lauds be clarfoified aud .a permanent yalaatioii. for taxatioii'fiiedaipoh them, as was -done ia England by act of I'arlimeh n lb!x,', and, that, thereafter for at pet iod of thirty-three years no impro' venientsor agricultural lands-be sub ject to assessment and taxation. ' 4. - Tha to meet the .present and prospective depreciation oi cotton, threatening bankruptcy, a moderate -liceueHax le placed on cotton ac reage for a period of yours, liftiug the burden of taxation from all other crops and restraning the unprofitable culture of cotton.: This last action, was anjendeu so as to" suggest a care ful consideration by the Legislatures of the subject of cotton tax. Wliat Education Briog&. Education of the industrial mass es brings thought, and.- thought brings j discontent when things are viewed, from the right direction. Among other things, education of the poor and laboring classes takes . political prejudice and- brih; S , seiJ5eiess : nien to .their, senses: and niakes ithem see what foolish fools thoy have been daring tho last 2. or 30years. Though there is one great aIltl -gro-wing' coiusd'iation; -'and that is, rt3 fastIas the people are educated and , catl see and think for themselves j hrA OA-mtUmnimr t.hA -nreaent'svs tem otlfouberv that has been over- shadowfiug them for the last decade. They have no use for modern poli tics or i modern politicians. We aa laborers! and producers, who love our country and our so-called ireedom, r are notf going to be downed' by any ! politician or political .bookmaker, or so-calid "friend to the laboring tuan an d 'taraiers'' We have been ruled :. almost to our ruin by cur friends (?) land now we propose to call a halt. ! Three years ago, , in : these Unitec States, the men who did the work for Vtlic thihkers and the thinkers 'whi did ' the ' thinking were, when the workers began to think, in tire best financial condition of the two. Now lyvhi'tistb be, done? Well we are ' ho. tomrug to the conclusion- that it i just about time we were doing a part of the thinking and regain some q that lost wealth that some i hW tirfatber has been slipping .-away :,"rmk as it were. When we hrst 'an to look the matter ' up and k--V, tlie situation from a non-par J-isaa suinupoint . iiiey fiuyi uu a un- ferenthue, .aijd now we., s"ee them as they are, and are now ' calling then' bv I heir ricrht names. The last v.ill show to an'v sane person that the pecjple; want a -change pf policy, and-'af it he incoming- -legislators uo not then change what then j Well, no livifi.tr. man can yet conjecture; time .will tell, we . canno.-r-Union ' . . licllUti')' f ' ' - Why IS It? t Soixliiem Aliiaijcfe Farnier, Atlanta') s Whyis it that?oijposition to reform a make tise, as a weapon malignity and falsepre-ientation? Why .not lay' down jBome solid , principles, some platform aud stand out Ixddly upon that and light with whatever ' array of argument it can- find bfised. on truth. Why is it that they select the leaders of a party or a reform movement and placing them oil' the liiL'IJUSt UOXI1L Vi. UUWSltlUU, BCIIU 1 :b 1 .Tl : liiissilo of ail the false accttiatious land rumors that can be gathered from the parties who make-it their it . .1 . r II i nd to manufacture false records to pander to popular favor or Ln; the hope of reward by getting a linger into tte pie of the capitalists excheq uer, or to gain an entrance into fav- or, hoping for the appointment to public office. I ' Self-aggrandizement instead of national or political bene fit, fator to the few instead of relief for the many. Vhy is it that self so of ten shakes tlie wavering balance? Is there no end to malignity, no faf ther shalt thou gol Must its fonl water flood our land, sweeping oyer the purest and most patriotic with its maddening. rush? Xo, the end is at hand, the dove has returned with the ove branch, and the green j mountain of hope is in view. ' Hill is'strong in , ! of 'the Ixgislature gave 53 for Cleve - j land, 42 for Hill, 20 for a "Western Man" 7 for Gorman, 1 for Camp- i bell. Boies and L. h. Polk each. i Xew Berne JoumcH. Health JJ epaktiknt j . f I I . . - . . v:"' " - PRESlhENT SX.TE BOARh . i ! OF IIkaLth. TflE RESTRItTI0 A.D PRE? EX TI0X OF DISEASES. . From tbe Staudpojnt ot a Lawytr --r-"f---':;iv::::;!l1 -: BY-ED W A UD B VCOX, ATTORXEY f, XILKS ) T MICHldAK. J h the look of nalu re's laws there is a chapter coiicerning the public health, plr.iu and legible, the nitan lum of its first provision is that wheii-j ever and wherever thi- human race become too vile or too miserable to live, the exterminating pest it hat spreads like wild n re may como to put died out of their misery. the wre Then tlje desolation made is clean and" free from t sufferers, ready for new occnipan.ts to be feceiteil on prp- b;rUoi).' 7 - ;:'- : " "; . On our statute book of .Michiijau are well-known laws tor the restric tion and preventi6n of daugerotrs, con m unjcable disuses.. In - every townsbipV incorporated village JkjMl city is .a municipal : libard of health. with etraordinarV powers equaliiig those which in timc'of war 'are de rived from militai"". necessity to rp sist' the publ ie enemy: These po ers are not only to investigate an caiasps of such diseases, but to remove and destroy these f an se:; regiilaliousa-e authoiizcd in the nature of ordinan ces, wan ants, ipeeial proeeedugstare provided ior, and ther right is; giyeu to command all , riecessary'' ' foce. There , are also adequate; 'Jaws ffoi necessary drainage of . malaria pro ducing laiuts, and stringent eniqt ments to prohibit the tialo of adultei ated and unwhblesoinel food and .drinks. ' ij - -' . ' .1:' The ruuicipal boards of health and the business tprpbrations in this State are to make .reports sucli as may berequired by the -sitpervisang State Board of I Health,' comprising seyeh members aini having 'a .perma nent secretary. ' This State board. is to make all necessary iiivestigatijon, not only iu matters of fact, ; but also' in ouestions if science; is to compile 'proper statistics and give all neces sary intormation , andj instruction) to the oubbrdintite toadr Ijy published reports and answers 'to -special in quiries -:;:'.. ;;-;vf .. .-' t ;. Such has been the success of these laws a'nd of precetting laws like them, and so many yiars have gone since any' deistroy ing pestilence, that the impoitant of these statutes1 is; hardly appre;ia'tedl Even 'the cholera of aboat'suyj.'years ago-did not adequately represent the 'plagoes of old, which caused every goverii meii't, f rbni the dawn of history, J fo doits utmost in defense against; pps tilehce not less than against invad ing armies. ; i The - - invisible, malign influence which "walketh in darkiiess'1 and 'wasteth at noon day" was attribut ed to the wrath of angry " gods. Homer's Iliad,, first and- greatest of epics, unsurpassed in any agey basin its beginniug a. specimen 'Of primefal proceedings to stay a ( plague- The god Apolo is angered because of in sults to his priest.1 .';' Powerless was brazen armor; Pe erless, sword and scepter against the wrath of imni'jrtid gods, whose rage might be increased -by any resistanbe; the only hope wasin priest , and pfi- tifT." Fortunate was it if the null vinities, ' : 6peaking through thur priestly age wis, could be appeasedjby the blood of hec tombs of sheep and cattle; and the odor of these iu . the burht offerings. ; ; I j- io.t iuif reqrieutlv, . the. drtadfiil gods demanded human sucnluces; the loveik'St children the '. fair.'it maidens and ihe most perfect youths must be victims. a The plague uatuf .ally exhausted ilftcli'; the horribje siicrlljces seemed a . success and . be came precedents for repetition, -.j'j. As one awaking in the bright auu liappy morni n g . forgets dreams of niht, ho now horrible the - world forgets . thej fearful ages gone... hapD enings , J There certain ly has' been - progress in defense against .pestilence; here pre-eminently, k nowledge is power, in times of the crusades . and after wards, the leprosy ; Overjipread liii-i-orx?, eveii to .Norway. In ' England, thv'ii sparsely populated, there were aboil t one', h uhdred leper houses lor hospitals . of the lii-it" clats. : JJjut christian goverhmetijs on suegestiou of the Mosaic law, made audeuforcd such rcasdiiable regulations to iso late lepers and prevent '.their, inui! im plication that the horrid disease ljaw almost disappeared - frvhi the Eutd nean continent. "' ' -r t The moot deadly of pesti the plagjue known as -the dack death," which seemed able to exterminate whole na tions, hs for more than a centn y, been unable to find among civilised people, the degredation and loath some conditions necessary to its for a er work of devastation. ; i : j By. one fortunate discovery a id the enforced use of it, sinalf-po' is deprived of its terrorrf. f : Under "the- banners of science, the war for the def ense!- of mankind against pestilences goes- bravely Jon and the distiguished atten tion whipn the eiperi meats of ' . Pasteur and Coeh have, recently received ; f rra men and institutions - of lcaniiag, isi t.lip wtirhi that the ' davl is when liht must .-'be disregarded tecause it is new;'; when iuvestiga- i,,Tt rmuf siin lf-n itkeiv to exnoae errors which have deceived those who esteemed themselves iufallible. The German Kaiser makes good i tis if his autocratic tkwer. aoove f reach of elections, to gi ve t he wopd object lessons, tcacntng a moue i tem for' the reward of . all meritdri- ous discoveries and f or : the support ff the devotees of science, in institn- - t f iWh - mjiv muet- w supplied with all mcMis and aiipli- aucestuat me xNatiouai treasury can treasury can investigation secure for eSwriment. and study. ; l ' ' . t ,-Itis not true that politics and ular "overn ment render the I'nitcd States unable to cyjnal (Jerniany in the mighty work, pf delivering" the human race from '.'diseases.- which have )een almost j irresistible. The the little Athniau republic gave to the world more light than altlthe despotisms that ever existed, -No theory of .thes rights of man, IH-uliar to iopuIafgovernment, pre f?u any obstruction; The monarch, Juf and nobility tan always take eood care of themselves in places of fciuety; the ieople have the most to fear, from infection and con tagion, andure most iuterestetl that proper laws be enacted und enforced. . SucIHaws are but ! self-defense, aud self-defense which justifies even the taking of life, must justify all that it is necessary, 1 . '' The inuuirv arises, to what ttnt shall the laws g4? There might be snchieitrenie enforcement of exist ing laws of Michigan, that they would scent lite the laws which, caused San cho I'anza to surrender his exalted honors rather than lire . jiinder a guard of ' doctors who, for the safety of his .precious life, forced hini to control the gluttonous appetite for the indulgence of wJyt h ho lived. - j . There is no fa w I to enforce any principle or any bf the rights of man which, in its execution, may not easily be carried' to ax Uvhies as to be brought into general derision and odium, resulting inj failure.- Every statute book has its absolute laws. The" limits which uiay not be passed ate ii xchI; they, exti'iid as enlight nient extends. '-. J We shall have more light; we shall have the pecision ofj scientific qnes- : tiohs, on which depends he deliver anqe of nillionsj fropi untimely death or from life that it is worth than death. ' Firstthere must come long continued 'observations and tlassilicatiou of facts; there must bo careful experiments with expensive , appliaiicesextcndiiig through more ' time than is allott ed, tb Que genera tion; there Jiititt be investigations in far countries; devotees must give their lives to science for her own sake, not for gain, and their country must jsupport thuif free from car and want. This- cannot be accom plished by privktej porso'hs or pri vate institutions! Our , Federal 'government, aided by every state, is wonderfully adapt ed to ex cell all other governments iri institutions which, like the Uni versity of Michigatii shall not bs de graded by politics uind which shall have all the necessary means and op- pliauces, and the men - of inventive genius peculiarly . American, who are willing t j be true devotees of science. -I : Wonderful discoveries for "the ben efit of suffering humanity are sure to come iu th ' twentieth century, now hear. Thei'oniu&t be such "legisla tion that these discoveries will be public property, nevr to be monpp- olized under patent laws for; gain, or extortion. f Those who have no sympathy -with , socialism in its war against- the ex isting institution of . property will' , nevertheless be readyj to lieliyve that the theoiy of State , socialism ought to succeed to' the utmost, in abolish ing and prohibiting; private rights of property in the great discoveries for the relief of human suffering, the knowledge of which ought- -to be for the relief of hitman suffering, the knowledge' of whtch ought to c forever free to all tlie world. All patents laws 'or other laws under which these discoveries can bo mo nopolized for private gain ought to . be amended, so as to J inapplicable. Such an amendment would do much to relieve tlie people f?bm 1 innumer able; cruel impositions to extort mon ey fpom the sick and the dying, and which, iu the form of I iiatent medi cines have become of; themselves a pestilence. ' . ; A small part of II ths immense amouiiU of, money amiually takeu f rum" the people by patent medicines, which the simplest anaJyais could demonstrate to be base Impositions, would support in aflluj;uee grant! na tionalinstitutiojs, unexiualeu by any . in the world, and would enable tbe government to offer magniheeut re wards for every life-saving discovery that could fr proved. Theiaws which shut out the lot- - tery gambler from ther use of :the mails aud of the press,' can easily be extended and hiake to strike with prohibit ions, and penal ties the shame less impostors, who, not content with enriching themselves by 'extorsions ' from credulity and fear, are the doim mucp to undermiud public health. - I Yet. patent medicines with-all their lyibg advertisements which overload every newspipier and mag azine, ani insignificaut J evils in com parison with the notorious adultera tions of food, which have almost driven purity from the.niarket, and b their extent have rendered the laws against them no. more than a dead letter. The effect of these adul terations is a process of slow poison ing for the entire population, not un likely to go on rrotn bad to worse ' uotiVif it be possible, some disease like the black death of the middle ages will appear as a natural result In the recent oleomargarine con test, the desperate struggle to sell the counterfeit under tbe name of gsuu- ine and to conceal from purchasers the nature of the article for sals, con tains suggestion of interest to t he nation. : -:-:'.; atte 9 2i A 1 - r a-