THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED EVEEYSATUEDAY
BY
P. T. BOOKEB, Editor and Proprietor.
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"TIIE HERALD," Smithfield, N. C
MAT THE WOULD DOES
INTERESTING ITEMS BELATED
BRIEFLY.
Newsy Items Which Are Gleaned
Prom Various Sources And Pre
pared For Our Headers.
Nina Van Zandt says she will
soon follow Spies. She is look
ing very bad.
Gov. Bod well, of Maine, died
at Hollowell last week of con
gestion of the lungs.
Alfred Sully has been re-elected
president of the Richmond
-and West Point Terminal com
pany. A colored burglar., named Isaac
Moore, was shot and killed at
Huntington, W. Va., by Joseph
Muller.
Henry S. Ives, of the suspend
ed firm of H. S. Ives & Co., has
been arrested, charged with
grand larceny.
Dr. Mackenzie has examined
the Crown Prince's throat, and
declares that he found no danger
ous symptoms.
An Arkansas stag was stop
ped by highwaymen, ?rd its four
passengers robbed c $600 and
two gold watches.
The postal telegnoh project
was the occasion of t dispute as
to its reference to a select com
mittee of the.Senate.
The news from Eur ope is rath
er warlike ; Kussia, Germany and
Austria are making preparations,
and an early conflict is not im
probable. "The massing of troops by Rus
sia on the Polish frontier is ex
citing comment in Austria, but
it is not regarded as portendjng
any immediate danger,
A night telegraph operator,
who robbed an express office in
Tennesee, and also one in Mis
sissippi has been arrested in Ken
tucky ; he confessed his crime.
A convention of postmasters
was held in Washington last
week, and a committee was ap
pointed to draft and take charge
gf a bill to be presented tg Con
gress, E. Ii. Harper, the president of
the Fidelity Bank, of Cincinnati
has been found guilty of em
bezzling its funds, and sent to
the penitentiary for ten years.
Suits involving the property
upon which the city of Anniston,
Ala., is built, were decided in
Montgomery last week in favor
of the present owners ; the prop
erty is worth over three million
jlqllars.
Mr. Gladstone in a letter to a
liberal meeting says shocking
and painful discord is being cre
ated in the name of union, as at
one time the worst crimes were
committed in the name of liber-
ty.
Hon. John G. Carlisle has
named the evening of January
24 as the occasion for the address
which ho has been invited to der
liver in Macon, Ga. The address
will be on the tariff, and the dis
tinguished Kentuckian is prom
ised "a genuine Georgia Demo
cratic welcome."
A niece of Andrew Jackson
had to beg for a night's lodging
in Washington last week. A
gran daughter of Jefferson died
poor not long ago. A son of Ty-
Jer lives upon a small office jn
jibe Treasury Department. Most
of the Presidents tLl6 Sill d to
have died without much of this
world's goods.
Congressman George E. Adams
of Chicago proposes to introduce
& bill into the House of Repre
sentatives giving the Governor
power to banish all Anarchists
who advise or encourage the de
struction of property. It would
be a good plan to send them to
"iSo Man's Land."
The revenue must be reduced,
and the ireasury should not
again be put into a condition
that invites dangerous appropri
ations. The language of the Pres
ident on this point is full of
wisdom end of warning. Al
Uemocrats will agree with the
President also when he says that
n reducing duties rerard mus
be had to the demand of Aineri
ean labor for such protection as
wui put it upon terms of fair
competition with foreign labor.
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Established 11132.
VOLUME 6.
EDITORIAL ETCHING.
The redaction of taxation
should be so measured as not to
necessity ox justify either the
loss of employment by the work
ingmen or the lessening of his
wages. President Cleveland's
Message.
Mr. James G. Blaine is ex
pected to reach San Francisco,
Cal., on his return to the United
States on the 20th of June next,
before the - meeting of the Re
publican National Convention,
and in tima to shelve Senator
Sherman and crush his Presiden
tial aspirations.
Press comment on the Presi
dent's Message can be very brief
ly summed up. The Democratic
party organs warmly indorse it
and rejoice that an issue has at
last been made. The Republican j
organs denounced t as a bold,
wicked, outrageous Free-Trade
proclamation. . Let the battle
proceed.
Republican editors profess to
believe that if the House should
pass a Democratic revenue re
form bill it would be fatal to
Democratic prospects in the presi
dential campaign. If they really
belieye any such thing they
would not be saying a word, but
would keep quiet, and their
brethren in the House would let
the fatal bill go through with
only the necessary show of op
position. The prohibiton law of Kansas
has been declared constitutonal
by the highest court in the land.
Justice Hailam, in delivering the
opinion says: "The State of
Kansas had a right to prohibit
he liquior traffic. It did not
thereby take away the property
of the brewers. It simply abated
a
nuisance. The property is not
aken away from its owners.
They are only prohibited from
using for a specific purpose, which
the legislature declared to be in
jurious to the community."
The following are the contest
ed seats in the Fiftieth U. S.
House of representatives : Nathan
Frank against John M. Glover,
9th congressional district of Mis
soun : Kooert lowery ys. J as, 45,
White, 12th district, Indiana; J.
McDuffie vs. A. C. Davidson,
4th district, Alabama; Robert
Smalls vs. Wrm. Elliott, 7th dis
trict, South Carolina ; F. J. Sul
livan vs. Chas. N. Felton, 5th
district, California ; George H.
Thoebe vs. John G. Carlisle, 6 th
district, Kentucky; N. E. Wor-
thington vs. Philip S. Post, 10th
district, Hlinois ; Jos. D. Lynch
vs. Wm. Vandever, 8th district,
California.
President Cleveland is more
sparing of the money appropriat
ed by Congress for the conting
ent expenses of the White House
than any of his predecessors.
The contingent fund covers sta
tionery, telegrams, books for the
library, purchase of new carpets
and furniture, cost of keeping
carriage and horses, etc. The
appropriation of Grant's his,t
presidential year wag only $6,000,
and he spent every cent 01 it.
Hayes was allowed $7,000 for his
first year at the White House and
he came out with an unexpended
balance of nineteen cents. For
his last year he had a contingent
fund of $10,000, from which he
saved $39. Arthur managed to
save 6.86 the first year out of
his $10,000 contingent fund? anti
that was the largest balance he
had Qn hang- at the end or any
vear whils he was occupant of
the White House. Mr. Cleveland
saved 3,348.81 during his first year
we remember, out of a contin
gent fund of only $8,000. This
is only one sample 01 the re
trenchment which pervades his
whole branch of the government.
He has set the example and he
requires all others to follow his
example.
High Manuring.
The venerable Peter Hender
son thinks manuring cannot be
overdone, and says : It is a great
blunder to attempt to grow veg
etable crops without the use of
manures of various kinds.
never yet saw soils of any kind
that had borne a crop of vegeta
bles that would produce as good
a crop the next season without
the use of manure no matter how
rich the soil may be thought to
be. An illusstation came under
my observation last season. One
of my neighbors, a market gard-
"CABOLINA,
ner of twenty years' experience
and whose grounds have been &
perfect model of productiveness,
had it in prospect to run a sixty
foot trench through his grounds.
Thinking his land sufficiently
rich to carry through a crop of
cabbages without manure, he
thought it useless to waste
money by using money on that
portion on which the street was
to be, but on each side he sowed
guano at the rate 1,200 pounds
to the acre, and. planted the
whole with early cabbages. The
effect was the most marked I ev
er saw. That portion on which
the guano had been used sold off
readily at $12 per hundred or
about $1,400 per acre, both price
and crop being more than the
average ; but the portion from
which has been withheld hardly
averaged $3 per hundred. The
street occupied fully an acre of
ground, so that my friend actu
ally lost over $1,050 in crop by
withholding $60 for , manure.
Another neighbor, with a lease
only one year to run, also un
wisely concluded it would be
foolish to waste manure on his
last crop, and so planted and
sowed all without. The result
was, aa his experience should
have taught him, a crop of in
ferior quality in every article
grown and loss on his eight acres
of probably $2,000 for that sea
son. National Stockman.
Clayton Dots.
The people here are exceeding
ly healthy just now.
The process of building goes
steadily and speedily on.
The weather, this morning, is
somewhat indicative of snow.
Mr. Will Abell has been in
town an a visit for a few days.
The streets are crowded, a good
part of each day, with vehicles
&c.
Business is very lively here,
many of our merchants' are
crowded with customers.
Prof. Hunter is here and in
charge of the Utopian Institute.
We wish him abundant success.
We had the pleasure of hear
ing Rev. J. R. Jones, of Smith,
field, preach to a large audience
on last Sunday and Sunday night.
But the sreets ! how they do
need work ! We suppose it will
not be long though, before they
are given the very much needed
alteution.
The town is really on a boom.
The sound of the mechanic's
saw and hammer q,nd the ring
qf blaoksmith's anvil may
be heard from early morn to late
eve. There is not a vacant build
ing in all the town.
G.
A Surplus Of Tari St.
(A. Y. World, Ind, Dem.)
A surplus is that which exists
in excess of needs.
The Government had last year a
surplus revenue of $113,000,000.
It will have this year a surplus of
$140,000,000.
This revenue is produced Dy a
tariff. A tariff is a tax. The
surplus revenue is therefore pro
duced oy a surplus tarin, in ex
cess of the Government's needs.
To stop the surplus revenue we
must abolish the surplus taxes.
But there is also &n excess of
tariff beyond what is needed for
protection to American indus
tries. The average rate on duti
able imports under the tariff of
1816-'20 seventy years ago, when
the infant industries were young
was 30 per cent. Under the
tariff of 1824, distinctly protect
ive, it was 37 cent. Henry Clay,
one of the fathers of protection,
scaled this tariff down, by the
gradual operations of the Act of
1832, to 20 per cent. 4Tqj? pro
posing yey much less than this
president Cleveland is to-day de
nounced as a "Free-Trader" by
the untaught disciples of Henry
Clay.
The war tariffof 1863-averaged
out 32.62 per cent. The in
creased and prolonged war tariff
last year averaged 47 per cent
Thirtv Der cent. 01 this is un-
necessary either for revenue or
protection.
Surplus protection therfore
produces surplus revenue. There
must be no tariff for surplus
and no surplus of tariff.
The year of 1887 has been
unusually eventfuily one. .
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CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS
SMITHFIELD, N. C, DECEMBER
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL GOSSIP.
NATIONAL TOPICS BEPOBTED
WEEKLY.
Our Correspondent Writes About
The City TTho Are There And
What Thoy Are Doir g.
In the week just passed polit
ical history has made at a rapid
rate. To narrate its events and
hose leading up to them, and to
point out their far-reaching con
sequences, will require a volume
of print from the historian of
fifty years hence.
On Monday of last week the
United States Supreme Court, in
the decision of the Virginia cou
pon bond cases, notified the po
litcians, North and South, that
the war interpretation of the
Constitution had ceased, and that
for the highest court of the coun
try, at least, the war of the re
bellion had come to an end. The
effect of the decision, coming
from eight Northern judges, only
one of whom is a Democrat, de
stroys a vast store of political
amunition hitherto used by the
parties that have divided the
country since 1860.
The decision of the same court
in the distillery cases firmly
fixes the Prohibition party in the
political field until it mission is
accomplished or until it fails in
its purpose. It is henceforth a
healthy political organization.
Had the decision been against
he validity of the prohibition
egislation of Kansas it would
have been evident to the stupid
est voter that to seek for Pro
hibition was to seek the unat
tainable.
Some surprise is manifested at
he action of Senator Blair in
selecting one of the choicest
seats on the democratic side of
the .Senate chamber. When the
Senate was composed almost en
tirely of republicans it was neces
sary to give the members of that
party seats on both sides of the
main aisle ; but when the divis
ion of members between the two
parties grew to be something like
equal the center aisle became
the dividing line politically, the
republicans occupying the seats
on the east and the democrats on
the west side. This division is
simply a custom, and of course
there is no rule to confine Sena
tors to one side or the other ; but
it is a custom that has generally
been observed when there has
not been too great a numerical
preponderance of one party to
make it practicable. The seat
selected by Senator Blair is next
to the center aisle in the rear row
and almost directly in front of
he Vice-President's desk; hence
it is one of the choicest in the
chamber, and no doubt there are
democratic Senators who would
be glad to have it. Senator Blair
found it out of the question to
procure an eligible seat on the
republican side, so he crossed the
aisle. In the last Congress he
had a seat way round at the end
of one of the rows next to the
lobby, and he said that he could
rarely ever catch the eye of the
presiding officer when he wanted
recognition. His . chief reason
for taking the democratic seat
is that it will place him right in
front of the presiding officer and
enable him to obtain recogni
tion.
The west wing of the new State,
War and Navy Department
building is now receiving the
finishing touches, and on -the
first of next year one of the larg
est buildings in this country will
have been completed. The gran
ite exterior of the west wing has
had its last polish applied, and
the interior is filled with a small
army of mechanics busily en
gaged to complete the numerous
details. Under the intelligent
and watchful direction of Col.
T. L. Casey and his assistant,
Mr. B. Green, vast improvements
have been introduced in almost
every branch of architecture and
civil engineering, and which will
go far to make this wing a model
for all future govermenta
buildings of large extent.
One of the mosst interesting
boys in Washington is Cunling
Tsi, the 13-year old son of one of
the secretaries of the Chinese
Legation. The little fellow
whose scarlet buttons to his cap
proclaim him a Man der in of the
Celestial Empire attends schoo
on Fourteenth street, where his
seeminalv inexhaustible fund of
ATTEND EES."
24, 1887.
good nature is called into con
stant requisition for he is sub
jected to a good deal of teasing
by the other boys. At noon the
little Chinaman may frequently
be seen on the street in front of
the school taking part in the
games or looking on quietly from
the doorway, which - latter he
greatly prefers, as otherwise he
is apt to imdergo pretty rough
handling from his tormentors.
Occasionally, however, the tables,
are turned and the spunky little
fellow will watch his opportunity
to retaliate, making a novel
weapon of defense of his hueue
to the end of which is braided
in a heavy silk tassel, which with
a sudden adroit move he will
make do duty as a lash, and then
throw back his head and laugh.
Cunling Tsi is a bright little
fellow, a faithful student and
very ambitious to attain high
standing in his classes.
Lenox.
Why Andrew Johnson Declined
Wine at Table. .
While Johnson was Governor
of Tennessee he had occasion to
come to Indianapolis, and was
the guest of the person referred
to at his private residence, and
naturally the latter was anx
ious the entertainment should
be as elaborate and complete as
possible in honor of his distin
guished visitor. In counselling
with his wife regarding the din
ner party they were to give, he
insisted that the table must be !
liberally supplied with wine, as
Gov. Johnson was undoubtedly
accustomed to using it, and be
sides it was the proper thing to
do on such occasions. The hos
tess, who had strong temperance
views, was opposed to the use of
liquor and remonstrated with her
husband over the proposed ino
vation. He insisted on it, how
ever, and finally she gave a re
luctant consent. Mr. Johnson
came and so did the dinner hour.
When the wine was served, he
much to the surprise of the host;
turned down his glass, saying
quite decidedly, "I never drink
wine." There was a glow of tri
umph and vindication in the
eyes of the hostess as she look
ed at her crestfallen husband,
and he was so perplexed that he
could scarcely proceed with the
dinner. In the evening he ac
companied Mr. Johnson to the
depot to see him off, and while
they were walking about await
ing the train Johnson said: "I
refused wine at your dinner to
day because I don't like the stuff
It is too thin ; but where can we
go and get a get a drink of good
old whiskey ?" A neighboring
saloon was selected, and Johnson
poured out a glass-full of whis
key and tossed it off without a
wink. The gentleman who en
tertained him could hardly get
home quick enough to tell his
wife how their "total abstainer"
had made a record in a down
town groggery.
Statestics of the Conference.
The following are the statistics
tor the North Carolina Annual
Conference: Members 86,262,
gain 3,389 ; adults baptist 3,539 ;
infants 2,627; churches 8 9o, gam
15 ; value of churches $917,446,
gam in vaiue $oo,izo; par
sonages 108, gain 4 ; value of par
sonages 136,825, gain in value
83.060 : monev expended for
churches and parsonages $67,-
589 ; foreign missions $11,332.32
domestic missions $5,240.35 ; mis
sion money from Sunday Schools
$2,106.26 1 Conference anniver
sary $41.27 ; self-denial collec
tion, $772.97 ; Woman's Mission
ary Society $2,373, total amount
raised for missons $22,066.16 ;
church extension $2,395.97 ; ed
ucation (independent of endow
ment,) $2,572.77 ; Sunday Schools
939, gain 66 ; officers and teach-
ers 6,43U, gam 34t; unaay
school scholars 55,077, gain 4,097,
monev stent for Sunday school
literature, $8,626.61 ; money rais
edon children'3 day, 223.10;
money raised on- other objects,
$1,306,45 ; money paid presiding
elders $14,789.67, gain $198.67
money paid preachers $106,
447.25. gain $5,157.26 ; bishops
$1,649. 63 ; Conference claimants
$5,311,83; other objects, $10,802.
90 : junior preachers, $1,304.42
Bible cause, $445.31; total
amount of money raised for all
purposes, $245,374.26.
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NUMBER 28
HOUSE DIVISION.
The Clerk of the House has is
sued an official list of members
elect, by which it appears that the
strength of parties will be : Dem
ocrats, 168 ; Republicans, 153 ;
independents, 4. The four men
classified independents are A. B.
Anderson, Iowa, John Nichols,
North Carolina ; Samuel I. Hop
kins, Virginia, and Henry Smith
Wisconsin. The annexed table
shows the number of Democrats
and Republicans respectively,
from the several States :
Dem.
Alabama 8
Akunsas 6
California 2
Colorado..
Connecticut 3
Delaware 1
Florida 2
Gejrgia ... . 10
Illinois 6
Indinana 6
Iowa 1 2
Kansas
Kentucky 8
-Louisana 6
Maine .. ....
Maryland...... .. 5
Massachusetts 4
Michigan 6
Minnesota 2
Mississippi 7
Missouri 12
Nebraska'. 1
Nevada
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 2
New York 15
North Carolina : 7
Ohi.i 6
Oregan
Pennsylvania b
Rhode Island
South Carolina 7
Tennessee 8
Texas 11
8
1
3
4
1
8
3
6
"
2
1
1
5
10
1
15
1
20
2
Vermont
Virginia 3
West Virginia 3
Wisconsin 1
Total 168 153
It will be noticed that in
twenty States the Republicans
are in the majority, and that in
the event of the next Preeidential
election would cast the vote of
that number of States for their
candidate for President. One
State New Hampshire, is equal-
y divided. The vote of four
members classified as indepen
dents, cait with either party,
would make no difference in the
status of the two great parties
in this particular. .
High license.
(Philadelphia Exchange.)
The new high-license law pass
ed by last legislature promises
to drive out of the liquor bugin ess
not only those who cannot afford
to pay the $500 license fee, but
also many wealthy dealers who
will find it impossible to secure
the necessary bondsmen to be
come responsible for their faith
ful compliance with the law.
Only 350 applications for next
year lias Deen niea wiin ine
clerk of the Court of Quarte
Sessions. This is considered, a
small number in view of the
fact that there are about 6,000
saloons inthe city The dealers
are experiencing no end of
trouble in obtaining two bonds
men who are willing to take up
on themselves the responsibility
attached to those who become
sureties for tavern keepers. Such
bondsmen will each become re
sponsible in the sum of $2,000
for the payment of all fines, pen
alties or damages that may be
levied upon the dealer for any
violation of the laws governing
the sale of liquor. In attaching
their names to the bond the
surities also given a power of at
torney to the district attorney to
confess judgement in the sum
named for the recovery of all
damages, costs, fines and penal
ties. The proprietors of saloons
in the heart of the city will suf
fer to a greater extent than those
in any other section of the city
for want of bondsmen.
As the law has been interpret
ed at present, the bondsmen
must live in the ward where the
saloon located. In the Fifth
ward there are 309 saloons and
in the Sixth ward 260 saloons.
If all these places should be re-
licensed there would have been
1,138 different bondsmen, and
it is a well-known fact that there
are not enough resident property-
owners in those wards to make
up this number, especially amont
those who tro uDon bonds. Nearer
all the property in those wards
is of a valuable character, and
owners of the reside outside
the ward.
In Schuylkill county Saturday
was tne lasu aay upon wuicu
liquor license applicatians could
be legally filed, and the clerk of
the courts was kept busy at his
post until a late hour. About
630 applications were made which
is 320 less than last year.
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NORTH CAROLINA SEWS BUDGET.
WHAT HAPPENS WORTH HEIT-
TI0HING.
Choice Items Taken From Our Er-
chunjjea Aud Boiled Down For
The Herald Headers.
Two thousand and three hund
red bales of cotton shipped from
Clinton up to the 1st of Decem
ber. Speaker Cardwell, who presides
over the Virginia House of Del
egates, is a tar-heel a native of
of the good old county of Rock-.
ingham.
Charlotte Chronicle : A good
deal of North Carolina timber
is now being shipped to England,
Scotland and Germany, three
timber companies being engaged
in this business in Burke county
alone.
Greensboro North State : Jim
Pearce sold a rifle at the Court
House door Monday which he
said Christopher Columbus had
hunting squirrels with on South
Buffalo just after he arrived. It
was knocked off at $2.10.
Ashboro Courier: The new
cotton mill at Randleman is now
in full blast. It is one of the
prettiest little mills inthe State.
Everything in it and about it is
brand new and of the latest and
most improved style. It is a full
grown daisy.
Raleigh JVe w s-Observer :
Three Methodist ministers, one
Christian minister and one Epis
copalian minister have left the
city within the past three weeks
or other fields. All their places
nave Deen niled except one,
which will be probably rilled
next Sunday.
Twin City Daily : Rev. R. G.
rearson, the great evanglist, has
agreed to visit our city next Sep
tember and hold a series of meet
ings. Our people may think it
a long time off, but we learn that
we were fortunate to secure the
promise of his time service even
then, as his time is engaged up
o that date.
Elisabeth City" Falcon . Far
mers have every reason to be en
couraged. With two barrels of
corn they can buy 'ka barrel of
flour and have a dollar left. The
oldest inhabitant can scarcely
remember when this could be
done before. All farmers have
to sell is bringing good prices
and what they have to buy is
cheap.
Rev. E. L. Peel, of North Caro
lina Methodist Conference, in
answering to a New England
cousin who wrote him, "Please
inform ine as to religious belief
in
the South," thus replied,
"We believe in the Bible account
of creation, its mysteries, dif
ficulties, and what you are pleas
ed to call absurdities. We be
lieve in the Trinity, and are glad
we cannot explain it. And if
you are now prepared to hear the
worse we believe in a real, live
helir
Wilmington liecieio: We are
told that a portion of Waccamaw
township in Columbus county
are infested with bears to such
an extent as to cause great an
noyance to the people. The
ravages have been committeed
mainly near here. Waccamaw
River Swamp. They have carried
off considereble quantities of
stock arid although the hunters
killed eleven bears in that vicini-
ity within the last month, the
depredations of these animals
continue.
Raleigh Evening Visitor: The
following are the officers of the
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion for the ensuing year :
President Herbert W. Jack
son. Vice-President C. W. Carter.
Recording Secretary Alfred
M. Marsh.
Treasurer J. N. Holding.
Directors II . G. Coytes, John
W. Thompson.
General Secretary E. L. Har
ris. During the past week $570
have been given and pleged to
the Association. All standing
committees will be appointed by
the President and the committees
notified within a few days. The
total membership of the associa
tion is now 247, and there are
numerous applications to be pass
ed upon at the next meeting.
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