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'lie iniiihfiGld lerald. F. T. BOOKER, Proprietor. One Dollar & Fifty Cents per year. Entered in the Tost Office at Smithfield at Second Class matter Saturday, April 23, 1887. EDITORIAL BRIKFS. The Atlanta Constitution says Mr. Cleveland is to be the next President, if lie live3. The Indians are becoming civ ilized very rapidly. Recently a son of the forest swindled a real estate agent out of 08,600 by the process known as the gold-brick game. Congressman Springer agrees with Ex-Governor Palmer that there is no doubt that Cleveland will be for the second time the Democratic nominee. There is absolute unanimity in this opin ion among the Democracy of the Northwest. The Raleigh News-Obserier urges that the Raleigh Board of Trade send representatives to appear before the Inter -State Commission when it meets at Atlanta to speak for Raleigh, and to state what the interests of Raleigh are in the matter. The independent press is be ginning to realize the demorali zing and dangerous nature of John Sherman's plan of reducing the surplus by spending it lav ishly in all manner of local un dertakings. The policy of over riding the Constitution and sneer ing at those who regard it will never be indorsed by the voters of the United States. The Xew Haven Keics says the Democratic party, in short, is in a situation where it can re cruit itself very strongly from elements which, up to the nomi nation of Mr. Blaine, the Repub licans always claimed as their own. At a time when voting in dependence is active, the party has a rare chance to incorporate with itself a body of voters not only respectable in numbers, but high in standing, broad in moral influence and always willing and eager to put the shoulder to the wheel when a civic reform is at stake. C 4RE.1SLC OS l)i:.MOCR 4Y. At a reception to John G. Car lisle, given by the Kentucky Democratic Club in Covington, on .the 18th inst., Mr. Carlisle made a short speech, from which the following extract is taken : "I want to say to all Demo crats that we would be unworthy of our name if we allowed any number of reverses to dishearten us. The growth of the Demo cratic Party in the last 25 years has been wonderful. At the close of the war we were entirely out of power, we had no offices or patronage, and were practi cally ostracized from a share in the affairs of the Government. The Democracy had a political faith founded on the principle of Jefferson, and they fought for it' gallantly without hope of re ward. Thtre.lias never been a time since 187G when the ma jority of the people were not in favor of the principles of the Democratic party. I want to impress upon the necessity of standing to your principles in any emergency, and at all elec tions, no matter how small and unimportant they may seem to be. No party can be successful in any country unless it has principles upon which it will stake its existence before the people. This country is full of vagaries on the powers of Gov ernment. Some want it to be come a great eleemosynyary in stitution for the care of every body ; some want it to purchase the railroads and telegraph lines ; some want it to interfere with the people's private business ; some want it to loan money to indigent people. It is impossi ble to enumerate the schemes to rob the tax-payers for the bene fit of somebody else. We must overcome the Socialistic theories abroad in the land. "We must stand everywhere for the pro tection of both capital and labor. We must stand everywhere for the rights of men to do business with their own money in their own way. If the Democratic party does not do this it might as well cease to exist." As A The Herald's suggestions con cerning the convict labor system of the United States have re ceived marked attention by the press in all parts of the country. What shall we do with our prison population? This ques tion is asked by every one, but as yet it is without a satisfactory answer. It is one of the most puzzling problems of the day almost as difficult as squaring the circle. It is the nightmare of the publicist and the despair of phi lanthropy. First, let us take a look at the army of convicts. It is true they have largely forfeited their right to our consideration by criminal deeds which have made it neces sary for society to pen them up within narrow quarters. They are, however, the involuntary wards of the State, and the State should see to it that when their terms expire they shall be none the worse morally for their con finement, but if possible, better. That is the object aimed a t though, perhaps, it is seldom at tained. A thousand herded crim inals are not easily reached or af fected by reformatory influences when mixed wit lithe stern sever ity of prison discipline? They ought to be made to work in some way, oth for their own sakes and because they can there by cover the expense incurred by the State. It is an ascertained fact, which we should not ignore, that prolonged idleness produces physical and mental deteriora tion of the most alarming char acter. Why not ? Their thoughts afford them only the most wretch ed companionship. The review of their past lives naturally drives them frantic, and they lit erally beg for something, any thing, to do. Their work, how ever, should not be such as to bring them into competition with the sturdy laboring class. That is the crux of the problem. Next, let us look at our wage earners. Right here we stumble against a serious factor in the puzzle, and one that has hereto fore taxed the invention of our philanthrophists in vain. The laborer says with emphasis and force that a man who is confined for a heinous crime ought not to be allowed to interfere with his, an honest man's opportunity to make a living. He is certainly right in that matter. He com plains very justly that the man ufacture of any given article, such as a stove or a brush, by prisoners whose time and skill until recently have been purchas ed at about sixty cents a day, re duces his own wages and does him thereby a manifest injustice. The workingmen of New York have been thinking about this subject very seriously, and they ask why the criminal class should be permitted to reduce the daily earnings of honest craftsmen. They demand, therefore, that some plan shall be devised by which this evil may be abated. Rich men do not suffer in con sequence of a prison population, sixteen thousand strong in this State, engaged in manufacturing goods for the markets, but poor men do suffer, because the com petition crowds down the rate of wages. They cannot live on pris on fare. They have rent to pay, coal to buy and children to clothe, and if they find fault with the present order of things the whole community will admit the justice of their criticism. What then ought to be done? Something, very clearly, and that right off. It is a kind of Gordian knot, and if it cannot be untied, why, it must be cut, that's all. The workingmen are to be con sidered first and their rights pro tected at all hazards. They must not be allowed to suffer because we happen to be in a quandary about these prisoners. The Herald has suggested a penal colony in Alaska. It is a well known fact that transporta tion to Australia was an advan tage in every way. It was a good thing for England and a good thing for the prisoners. They worked in the open air, built roads, cleaned away forests and got the country ready for the settlers who have made it one of the commercial centres of the globe. Resides, the criminals were removed from the scene of their former lives and from many temptations. In not a few cases they turned over a new leaf and on the expiration of their terms became landed proprietors, in some cases wealthy and upright citizens. Australia was a per fect godsend to -scores on scores who would have ended on the scaffold if they had remained in England. Why may not Alaska be used lor the same purpose ? It is re mote, its climate is not rigorous, it is a virgin territory. It may be opened up and developed by SHALL WE USE AliiSRA PEXALCOLOSY? prisoners with long terms, who can clear away the forests, lay out roads and get it ready for the population which is sure to flow into it by and by. The men who begin by working under durance, as in Australia, may some time become farmers with a new life before them. And more than that, the competition of their labor with that of our sturdy wage earners will cease. It may be a good thing for the criminals and it will certainly be a good thing for the workingmen throughout the country. This is a matter decidedly worth thinking about. N. Y. Herald. C;t7TTIXC AFFRAY. On Wednesday morning at Wil son's Mills Mr. W. I. Cotheran, a white man, employed by Mr. Wilson as overseer on his tobac co farm was cut quite badly on the face and neck by a negio boy. The wound is an ugly one but we are glad to learn that it is not necessarily a serious one. The negro boy made good his es cape. LATE XEWS SOTES. The cotton crop in sight is 6, 196,199 bales. The business portion of Cres cent City, Fla., has been destroy ed by fire. Six bodies have been found at Rondout floating in the Hud son River. Mr. Alexander R. IjAWtos, of Georgia, has been appointed Min ister to Austria. Steamer Tasmania, from Bom bay for Marseilles, was wrecked south of Corsica." Incendiary fires in the N. Y. Zietuncj building caused damage amounting to 316,000. The business portion of North Middletown, Ky., was almost to tally burned on the 18th. Three keepers in a Buffalo insane asylum are under arrest for murdering a patient. The Pope has decided the ques tion oi the Knights of Labor in favor of that organization. Ma J. Blaine, brother of Jas. G. Blaine, is lying at the point of death at Hot Springs, Ark. An attempt to float fraud ulent A'irginia State bonds in several Northern cities has been exposed. Jim Bates, a notorions desper ado, was killed by the officers in pursuit of him in the Chichowie Mountains, Tenn. Two young women were burn ed to death in a house in Smith county, Va ; three other persons were so badly injured they can not survive. Mr. Blaine may come South, but he has not the nerve to bring that Augusta speech of his along and read, it after he gets into Dixie's land. There is reported a combina tion of the freight hands on the Pan Handle Railroad to compel their vindication against suspi cions of thievery. Suit is brought for half a mil lion dollars against the estate of the late ex-Senator Knowles, of Warren, Mass., in behalf of the heirs of a former partner. Officer Stone, of Augusta, Ga., who arrested F. A. Blackwood in South Carolina and carried him into Georgia, has been indicted by an Aiken City Grand Jury for kidnapping. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, the greatest soldier of the Revolution after Washington, is to have a monument at the Federal Capi tal after the elapse of a hundred WW - a m , a - years, lie ciiea in 1 1 ana was born in Rhode Island. About 3,000 carpenters has re turned to work at Chicago on the basis of eight hours and thirty five cents an hour. All employ ers appear to be willing to en gage men on these terms, provi ded the men applying are skilled workmen. Co N E R ESS MAX "SUNSET" COX, of New York, supporting him self with a cane and a trifle weak yet as the result of his recent illness, is again a familliar figure on the streets of Washington. Mr. Cox will remain at the national capital until some time in May. He will then return to New Nork and probably spend the summer at his country seat in Sullivan county. Meanwhile Mr. Cox will not be idle. He is now engaged in writing a new book to be called the "Diversions of a Diplomat." It will embody the result of Mr. Cox's observa tion and study while the Ameri can representative at the Otto man court. It will be ready for the press early in the coming summer. N E W A DVE 11T IS E M ENTS HON. JEFF. DAVIS, Ex-Fresklent. of the Confederate States, ANT Gen. Josepti E. Johnson WILL BE AT Smithf ield May lOtli, BUT MASSENGILL&LEE'S NEW STOCK OF GROCERIES HAS ALREADY ARRIVED. WM KN' jou want a good No. 1 b irrtJof Flour go to Mas enjjill & Lee, and call for 2 Jollllft- Every barrel warrant-.;'!. THE Finest Chewing Tobacco Snrthfield is the F. F. F. Frank's Finest Flavor, Try it ami be convinced. For saltf by M ASSKNOI r.r. i Lf.B. K EilOSKXE ami "ItcdC Oils" always in s'ock, at MA.-i.HRNGir.r. & Lkk. CORN, CORN CORN. E.T MEAL. MEAL, Msskxgii.l& Lnr,. BESIDES everything else us:ialiy kept in a (irocery Store, from a car load of Meat down to a ( lay Pipe. Call and cxamise goods and prices before y..n buy elsewhere. Respectfully, MaHoriirill Lee. Elesid Quarters FOR AND STONEWALL& GLiPPER Plows STOVES AND TIN WAKE, C20CZESY A1JD GLASSWARE, Shovels, I'ur'ks an J Hi?, SsinIi and Doob's, Paints and Oils, Lock., nini s. Nails ami Irun. AND All Kinds of HARDWARE Low for Cash at K. J.cl- J.S. MOT I 31-1 v. Smiti.Si -M, X. C. stop at Tin: COIML HOUSE, N EA r; 1 HE DEPOT, A. B. GODWIN, Prop'r. TIAE1M0N HOTEL, GOljDSnOJIO, K. c. This II ii c, one f the lines! in the Slate, is ELE(i AN'i LV FURNISHED, .And conveni i:tly in: Ud. it. t '! are furnished with the best the market af fords, ami its servants, urn always i-.:it.'- and accommodating. We spare no pains to make the New Arlington a home-like plocc f jr its gut-sr. L. A. DODD, Proprietor. ANOTHER CALL! o I have a Fresh Flour HAXALL .MEAL In Nice White Sack. MEAT, COFFEE, SUC.AR, Salt, Tobacco, SnuH, Also Ship Stuff, IJran, Hay and Oats Ir sale. STAPLE DRY GOODS SHOES & HATS Always in Stock. I handle SOLUABLE PAGiFIG, A XI) Compound Guano, DissoM Bone iosli, N.C. LIME PHOSPHATE AND KAIN1T. ALSO PLOWS AND CASTINGS. The only house in Sir.ithfieM where yo a can buy anything and everything. l'c.iccf fully, We M. Saute, Oppodte FtiUer's Stables. "iDWAiWJOH Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAY, SMITH I-TED, X. Practices in n:iy ;ourt. Special attention paid to the settlement ol estates anl the col lection of claims. MEXICAN PENSION CLAIMS TAKEN. OFFICE IS COUIiT HOUSE. IPlOylllii I II ! I.I B. M.W(KIU.EV. MIX A tluniu. Ji. Office Whitehall SC. I.I. 7 ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE By virtue of an execution in my hands for collection in favor of Adrian & Vollers nyainst Henry Hoi, I shall sell at pul'lic mction for cash at the Court House door, in the town of Smithfield, on Monday, I'd of May, 1H87, all the interest of the .-aid Henry Holt in excess of his homestead in a cert air. tract or parcel of land in P.oon Hill Township, Johnston tonn ty, containing '2H0 acres, the said excess being about 2-"0 acres, in persuunce of a levy made by me on faid excess '2Uh day of February, 1887, ami to satisfy said execution and crsts. This -iC-th February 1887. D. W. FULLER, Sheriff. Ed. W. VOV, Ji., Attorney. juiomatic Sewing Machines -vrlll positively supersede ehuttlo machines FOR FAMILY ISE. No fa mlly wants a. shuttle machine after -i trying an Automatic. Bend for Circular. AGENTS WANTED. Address 72 West 23rd St, KEW YORK, NX ANTF.I to buy n trx-l nii'cii cow. Aj ply to i;LAii. 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