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- THE HERALD. EatnblUhed 188V. A. M. WOODALL. : : : Editor. J. M. BEATY, Soliciting Agent. A. M. WOODALL A J. M. BEATY Proprietor. Kutered nt the 1 t OIHce at Hnilthfleld Johnoton Co., N C an ecotid c1h matter. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY EVE'INU St'BscBirTioN Rate: itaa Year. Canh In Advance l-P.; Mix Mouths " " i'our Months " " 50 .85 Thursday, September 7, 1893. Hon. V. M. Simmons has re ceived the appointment as Col lector of the Eastern District of this State. His appointment was made Monday. The Senators who favor free silver have been somewhat cn couraged with their efforts for the past few days. Silver is gain ing ground in the Senate if we read the proceedings of that body aright. Congressman Murray, of South Carolina, has appealed to the people for aid lor the sufferers in his State from the recent storm. He says that latge num bers of his peopl were left home less and penniless and unless they receive aid they will almost starve to death. Gold still comes to this coun tiy and the mints are busy coining it. Gold is coined free. Why not silver? The Sherman net is not repealed. The bankers and money brokers say that this act caused us to lose our gold. It is now coming back. What is bringing it back? Is it the Sherman act? We trust our Senators will fight the repeal bill until they get a measure which will give us both silver and gold in its place. Then let it be repealed. Congressmen Bunn and Set tle are recorded as the only Congressmen irom this State who vcted for the repeal of the Sherman law. Mr. Bunn voted for it because his party's plat form had demanded it, und he also votea for all the silver bills whi.h were introduced be cause his party is pledged to the use of silver and gold as money. He evidently believes in fighting for reform in straight form and having no log-rolling in it. His plan is best but it wont always work. The distress among the poor and laboring classes of the large cities is very great aud in many instances the government of these cities have been forced to give them aid; A few rich men have conttibuted very liberally and have used their means to a good end. Here in our own State we find that large numbers of peo ple have no employment what ever and they have lecn forced to beg for something to sustain life. The Wilmington Messenger has started a bread fund in Wil mington for the poor of that city and gives away 150 tickets at 10 cents each every day. The work is under the supervision of the Ladies Benevolent Societv. In the city of New York the New York World gives away each day 8,000 loaves of bread to the poor, and in giving this bread .it writes an editorial, which is worth reading, as fol lows: "Some people are so very nice in their charities that they will give only to the "deserving poor." By this term they mean moral, temperate, religious per sons who have met with mis fortune and r.re in need of help. It is no doubt true that the acutest sufferiugimongis the re fined and respectable poor peo ple who i.ave "known better dys." To physical suffering is added meutal distress. Povertv and pride fare hard together. But when it comes to hunger and actual starvation there is uo room for distinctions. Hunger is a great leveller. The greatest and most divine Teacher of Charity that this world has ever known d.'d not say: ''Feed the deserving poor." He said: "Feed the hungry." He did not say: "Clothe the re spectable ragged." He said: "Clothe the naked." He did not say: "Visit the reformed and regenerated convict." He said : "Visit them that are in prison." The hunger, the nakedness, the imprisonment were the sufficient facts with Jesus of Nazareth, And he added : "Inasmuch as ve have done it unto one of the least of these ray brethren, ye Have done it unto me.' THE USE OF SILVER AS MONEV. In the days of our fathers there was virtually an established val ue of si1 vcr bullion as there was an established value of gold bul lion, from which those metals varied but a small particle, so that we mav sav sixteen grains of silver were worth one grain of gold; of late vears, because of several influences at work, there is no established value of silver and that metal fluctuates in val ue like corn or cotton or wheat does. , , With gold it is different, for the governments of the commercial world have mainta'ned the es tablished raonev value of gold, and there are but slight fluctua tions in that metal. Gold has become the standard monev in Europe and in this coun try. A dollar in paper currency or in silver money has the same value as a dollar in gold The Demo cratic party in its platform, has pledged itself to maintain this condition of the finances. It has pledged itself to keep all the dol lars on an equality. Prices of commodities rise when the de mand for them exceeds the usual supply; and generally they fall when the supply exceeds the usu al demand. Gold likewise fluctuates- slightly, according to de mand and supply; and. in recent vears, while its money value has remained unchanged, its value measured in necessaries of life has increased. And so ve may sav that gold has risen in value. But in rising it has carried up with it all other currency. And so all currency has risen in value, a measured in necessa ries of life. The value of these articles is generally fixed abroad, and therefore their price here is not materially affected by the amount of money we happen vo have in this country. For in stance, the final market for cot ton is Liverpool, and if the rul ing value there is 5 pence, or say 10 cents, that will measurably fix the value of the staple here, no matter whether we have much money or little, so that there be no interruption in the regular course of legitimate bus iness. The value will be meas ured in gold abroad, and this we cannot prevent as long a the final market is Liverpool ard gold remains the standard mon ey. In France they have an enor mous quantity of silver money in circulation, which is instrinsi cally worth only about half its face value, but values there are also measured in gold, and all the currency is kept on an equal ity. The general condition of the French people is easy easier per haps than that of any other country in Europe; the reason being that currency is plentiful, and the masses very economical and saving. But if a revolution were to come, as may happen there any day. the silver money of France would fall to half its value As long as there is plenty ol currencv in a countrv, it all be ing on an equal with gold, it is not in direct effect very material what that currency consists of. But knowing that evils and loss sometimes come fiom a de preciated currency, while advo cating a large volume of curren cy, we wish to see it all of equal intrinsic value. And we think that is the principal of the Dem ocratic platform; so while it would answer one good purpose to continue coining silver dollars of the present value, the principle of the Democratic party would net be carried out by such an operation. In a measure we would be t.n c line with France; and were convulsions to come, our silver dollars would at once fall to the:r intrinsic value, and our currency would be greatly disturbed. Any further coinage ought therefore to be on the basis of equal intrinsic value among thedollais. News-Observer-Chronicle. Several vounir men have recently died in North Carolina from diseases contracted from smoking cigarettes. The law prohibiting the sale of cigaretts to bovs under 17 vears of nre is not enforced. The bovs still coiuinue to smoke them. It would be better to adopt Ohio's law to tnx retail cigarette deal ers$100and wholesale dealers $300 a ycai. This could be en forced and would do much to prevent the sale of the deadly cigarette. Kinston Free Press. Many people, not aware of the dangers of constipation, neglect the proper remedy till the habit becomes chronic, or in flammation or stoppage results. A dose or two of Ayer's Pills in the beginning would have pre vented all this. Mills and Factories in North Carolina. The Bulletin for August of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture is of unusual interest and value. In addition to its crop reports and matter for farmers, it has illustrated report of the Committee from North Carolina that visited the Chica go Fair, and a list of all the cot ton and woolen mills in the State as well as a record of a the miscellaneous mills, factories, etc. This is valuable and encour aging. In the number of cotton mills Gaston leads with 19. Next comes Alamance with 18. Ran dolph is third with 1G. Then come Mecklenburg with 11, Rich mond with 9, Cleveland with 7, and Cumberland and Guilford with G each. Eight counties alone have 92 mills. In dell, Lincoln, Durham and Surry have 5 each. Cabarrus, Montgomery and Rowan have 4 each. Then there are other counties with three, two and one each. New Hanover shows ui with one. If we counted cor rcctly there are 154 in all. We d.d not count the miscellaneous mills, factories, etc., but by esti mate there are about 770. There are 210 plug, smoking, cigar and cigarette factories. Wilmington Messenger. The Situation More Hopeful. The Springfield Republican takes a hopeful view of the finan cial situation. It points to the panic of 18S4 when the New York banks issued almost as many clearing-house certificates relatively as this summer. Mon ey then ran up to 3 per cent, a day above the legal rate, mills shut down all over New England, 500,000 men were thrown out of employment, and confidence everywhere received a rude shock Yet, in six months there was hardly a trace of the disaster The Republican savs: In tlmt panic such stocks as Burlington and Quincy fell over 20 points, following a heavy de cli e the previous year, against some 33 points this vear; St. Paul 3G points, against 37 this vear: Northwest -13, against only about 32 this year; Illinois Ceutral 30, against only 18 this year; Lake Shore 45, agaist only about 30 this vear, and New York Central 3D, against only about 19 this v-ear. And that drop of 1S84-immediately follow ed a heavy decline in the last months of 1883, while the pres ent drop came on the heels of a period of rising or stationary prices. It is thus a fact, and one to be emphasized at this time, that stock at least were hit about as hard in 1884- as this summer, and yet, as we have said, recovery was immediate, and by 1S8G we had strikes for higher wages, brought on all over the country by the boom that had so suddenly followed. This Is a matter for the faint hearted to take under erious advisements. The Atlanta Constitution, in referring to this matter, says it may be that we shall see a simi lar immediate recovery this vear. The indications promise an eas ier monev market and a renewal of trade and industry. The out look is undoubtedly brighter, and if everybody will settle down to business and do their level best the chances arc that we shall see the dawn of good times this fall. Norfolk Virginian. An exchange tells a story of a boy who was sent to market with a sack of rosting ears and after lingering around town all day came home without selling them. When his mother asked him why he had not sold the corn he said no one had asked him what was in the sack. There are many merchants like that boy not a few in every town. They have plenty of goods but fail to tell the people what they have in their sack. Cruelty to his Children. A case of cruelty by a colored man to his children has come to our notice. Isaac Forbes, who lives on South Front street above Moody's mill, was found to have tied his son about twelve years old, to the joist with his toes just touching the floor, in order to whip him. Before ty ing him up Forbes had also re moved all the boys cloihes but one garment, and when inter fered with he was sitting in a chair, and whipping away. It is said that a similar dose was ad ministered to the boy the pre vious night, and that he has al so subjected his daughter to the same ill-treatment. New Berne Journal. Money In New York, Money is in decidedly better supply throughout the country; this a number of trustworthy m m - indications prove. The rise in domestic rates on New .York, though chiefly due to falling off in the supply of drats pressing upon the market, shows none the less that the needs of interior consignors have been satisfied in other ways. In both Chicago and Boston New York exchange stands now virtually at par. At Chicago, wheic the banks have no loan certificates to liquidate, the casing of the mon ey market progressed so rapidly to-day that contracts for Decem ber wheat delivery, broke with great violence, with the Septem ber price standing unchanged. There is indeed reason for sup posing that the $40,000,000 foreign gold imported during August has for the most part been sent West, where it is now at last restoring monetary cquilibruim. National bank cir culation, too, as appears by to-day's Government report, increased in August $1G,225, 9G1 against only $5,000,000 in July, and of this fifteen millions not over four has come to New York city banks. Locally,, the relief is natuially slow. But the slackening of strain from the in terior has its inflence here, and will doubtless be reflected in tomorrow's bank statement. AUGUST COINAGE AT THE MINTS. Washington, Sept. 1. Out of $5,120,G00 worth of coinage executed at the mints of the United States during August $4,340,800 w.us gold, as fol lows: Double eagles $2,500,- 000, eagles $1,207,400, half- easrles $578,400. The silver coined amounted to $1,910,000 pieces of the value of $047,000. in half and quarter dollars and dimes. No standard silver dol lars were coined. Nickels to the amount of $G8,900 and pennies to the amount of $20,900 were also coined. New York Post. Before the Committee. Manufacturers are now in Washington having a "hearing" before the House Committee of Ways and Means. When the Mckinley tariff was upon the anvil and the thousand and one manufacturers came before the same Committee, but not com posed as now. and nresented their various demands for an in crease of tax upon the people for their sole bcnclit.it is well known as a fact that thev were verv potential. In fact so convincing were their pleas upen the Repub lican members of the Committee, that they became very accomo datingand a tariff bill was shap ed in accordarce with these in satiable blood suckers Hence the people who were asking for bread only received a stone, or rather a scorpion. The huge Re publican tariff tax was actually raised from an average of 47.10 per cent, tax upon more than two thousand articles to GO per cent, average. It is to be hoped that the "hear ing" before the present commit tee will result differently. It matters not what the picas may be, however plausible, however strong, theie are some facts not to be lost sight of. They may be thus summarized : 1. The people have spoken in loud, ringing, imperative tones for tariff tax reduction. 2. That it is a flagrant wrong and immorality to tax the many for the benefit of the few to tax GG.000,000 of people, most ly toilers, for the benefit of 1, 000,000. mostly Nabobs and Plutocrats. 3. That the United States Su preme Court (Republican) has decided, and it is reported in Wallace, that a tariff levied for any purpose other than for reve nue is "robbery," and that is the precise word used to describe the venal, vicious damning act. Wilmington Messenger. "I do not believe this institu tion has a Superior in the South." So writes an eminent scholar and Divine of the WILSON COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, For Young Ladies. WILSON, N. C. (Established in 1872.) This lnstirnf ion is pntirpl v nnn. . j sectarian, and offers a thorough preparatorv course of studv. to- j W getherwith the unusually full ana comprehensive Collegiate course. Excellent faculties for the Studv of Vftistr nnrl Arte Healthful location. Fnll rertr. or 23rd school year, begins Sept! 4th, 1893. 1 For catalogue and circular address, Silas E. Warren, Principal, Wilson. N. C Aug. 3-1 m. ajnd Wekly Weather Crop Bulletin. The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued bv the North Carolina State Weather service, for the week ending Monday, September 4th, indicates serious damage to nearly all crops, chief ly the hurricane of August 28th, anu bv the excessive rains on that day and subsequently. The past week has been unfavorable in almost every respect. The first few days were somewhat above the normal in tempera ture, but the latter part quite cool, with low temperature dur ing the mtiht. There was very little sunshine until the last two days. The rain-fall was very ex cessive on August 28th, and again on the 30th and 31st. The heavy rain caused rivers to over flow, inundating lowlands, the effect of which still continues. The Roanoke at Weldon, Mon day morning, September 4th, is seven feet above the danger line. The only favorable effect of the rain was to put land in good condition for plowing and bring up turniD seed. It is difficult to estimate the damage to crops bv the hurricane of August 28th; however, the in jury is verv considerable, prob ably in many counties from 10 to 20 per cent, or more. The to bacco crop suffered most serious ly; the leaves being bruised or cut badly. Corn was blown down and fodder whipped into shreds. The greatest damage is to the fodder, as the corn will come up partially and ripen just as well. Cotton suffered least from the wind, thoughsome bolls were blown ofl and cotton blown out of the open bolls. Excessive rain caused some shedding, Ser ious damage was done to fruit, which was blown off trees, and in the Western District even some trees were blown down. There was considerable damage also to lowland crops in the west by flooding. The weather during the next week will probablv be verv fav orable to crops. There will be abundant sunshine; net much rain, if any it will occur towards the latter part of week. The nights will be cool. Lastern District. The past week has been cloudy and windv with too much rain. The dam age by the storm of August 28th appears to be very considerable. Lorn was blown down and fod der badly injured; thechief dam age is to the fodder crop, as the corn itself will partly rise and williipen just as well. Cotton not so badly injured, but some bolls blown off, some cotton blown out of full bolls. Shed ding caused by too much rain. Turnips growing well. Central District. The week was unfavorable for all farm work, owing to the storm Mon day and the excessive rain. All correspondents report damage to corn, fodder, cotton, tobacco and fruit. A great deal of the fodder was not pulled and this was blown down aud tore in shreds. The principal damage to corn, perhaps, was on bottom lands, where it was overflowed. Tobacco is reported to be badlv bruised and broken. Cotton is blown down in many places, but of course the damage cannot yet be estimated. Fruit trees were stripped of their fruit and some blown down. Western District. The center of the great hurricane of August 28th passed from south to north over the Western District, prob ably directly over Charlotte. The heaviest rains occurred in A BIG REDUCTION. Lowest prices yet given. In order to increase our business and get off every piece of Summer to offer special inducements. Our Stock consists of Dry Goods, Notions, -Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Tinware, Farm Implements, Groceries, and General Merchandise. We offer good Molasses at 25 cents. Good Flour at $1.90 per sack. 25 cents, worth 50 cents to $1.00 at very low prices. We want your Chickens, Eggs, Beeswax and other produce and will pay goods or money for it. Will buy your Wool or ship it for you. We are here to do business and must do it. Give us your trade and we guarantee satisfaction. Respectfully, Cavenaugh, Branham & Co. Benson, N. C. fune 15-3m. lliia section, and serious damage to crops both by wind and by flooding of lowlands and wash ing of uplands. Corn, cotton and tobacco damaged; fruit blown off trees and many trees blown down. The damage to crops is naturally somewhat overestimated now; fine weather the coming week will cause im provement and better outlook. SH1L0HS CURE. ii.. rMnn. Sort Platter win itc i"" - SHILOH'S VITALIZE!?. Tcru:' ror DyBpepfila, Liver or Kidney t rouble It excel. Price 75 eta. ILOHVvvCATARHH REMEDY! Have you Catarrh 7 Try this Remedy. It will pomuveiy relieve ana uire yw. v? This Injector for it successful treatment is furnished free. Remember, Shitohs Remedies are sold on a sruarantee to give satltf action. For sale bv Hood Bros. 'Smithfield. N. C, Cancers Cured. DR. J. II. DANIEL, Dunn, N. C, Has met with most wonderful success in the treatment of cancers. Write to him for one of his pamphlets on Cancer and its treatment. GOODS GOING AT COST. In order to make room for my Fall Stock I will close out my Spring and Summer Dress Goods, Ladies and Misses Spring Hats, Gents and Boys Straw Hats, Gents, Ladies and Misses Ox ford Tie Shoes at cost. So if you wish to get Bargains call at W. G. ELYINGTON S. Aug. 3-tf. Pay up your subsciption. "PUT OI1IM a V I nC. OUJM. 0 During 1893 THE SUN will be of surpassing excellience and will print more news and more pure literature than ever before in its history. The Sunday Sun is the greatest Sunday Newspa per in the world. Price 5c. a copy. By mail, $2 a year. Daily, by mail, $G a year. Daily and Sunday, by mail, $8 a year. Address THE SUN, New York. THE NEWS & OBSERVER (DAILY AND WEEKLY) Raleigh, N. C. The Exponent of true Democ racy, Newsy, Reliable. S. A. Ashe, Editor. during the Summer months Goods in stock we have decided cents per gallon, former price 35 Your choice in Stravsr Hats at and a thousand other articles jpE6REAT) DENTISTRV.- Dr. T. M. Parker, craduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in class of 1887 and 18 88, offers his services to the pub lic. New local anaesthetic for painless extraction of teeth. Pure Nitrous Oxide gas for ex traction ol teeth administered when desired. Will occupy of fice built by Dr. D. T. Smith wick. Will be in Smithfield from lfith zo 44na, oi each month. THE JACKSON HOUSE, DUNM, N. C. o- o W. S. JACKSON, Proprietor. Comfortable Rooms well fur- nished. Tables furnished with the best the market affords and every thing kept in first-class order. Board by the day, - - $1.00. Week, $3.G() Month, - - - - $10.00 Single meals, - - - 25 cents. Fully prepared for traveling men. Your patronage desired. June 15-2m. Back at his old Stand. J. T. Barham has moved his Saloon back to his old stand on Market street, and invites his customers and friends to call on him at that place. je-8-'93. Announcement. I am pleased to announce to tne pnonc that 1 have decided to make Smithfield my future home. TViora Ill 1 I 1.1. i tjva. J ULI hiii UIWUVS UCilUlC IU find meat my place of business, ready and prepared to do you better work for less money than any other mechanic in town. I make repairing a specialty. If your tires need shrinking, bring them to me. I have a machine that will do the work without cutting, All work warranted. Satisfac tion guaranteed to all. I nlso carry in connection to my shop ousiness, a lull line of coffins of all sizes, which I offer for sale at reasonable prices, Thankful for past patronage. I hope by good work and strict attention to business to merit a continuance of the same. I remain yours for business, Willard Woodall. April 13-lra. A DSIINISTRATOHS NOTICK! Ifuvln entate of .1. II. Itrnnhnm, tlcci'iiKcd, ail ir- """" i imiiiik umiiHt nam ( Hi hi O nr. Iifri'hv iwitifii'il in nrciiiiiit u ... . i ; i tic nfiint; f jut for pfiyinfrit on or bt'fore the 14th iIhv of .I II III' iH'.t-l. itr tli In n,tl,.u ...ill i i ' .. . In bar of their rwovor.v, and till portoim in- ilulitail uiit1 ..U...4.. ...Ill .i . . ...... . nniu rniuir lll pieUHe 111 H K P llll- mediate payment. Thin June jNth 1H.. T HBiSHAH, Adm'r. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE! Ilavln qualified an admlnlHtrator of II li Ralford. iIitorhimI. all imrlleM Imvlnir .i.'i.J nicalrmt nald ewtate are notified i i.rn. the name to me for payment on or t.i.M. July Int. 1H'.4 or thlH notli-e will h tll.Mll In bar of their recovery. Al! perMonn In debted to Haid CHtate are reniie4ted to mak immediate payment. June 24t h, IH'JH t , w Adm'r. June 20-Gw.pd. NOTICK ! Ily virtue of the authority the 17 day of January 1 Hill, by n. H IMtt. .la.. aim tim.y lirKiKirreu in me jceiriHterH or- tlgm fit ltf.tl...jB-.n 'i....... ... . I .niiir.i.ii . WIIIIIY III )U()K fJw 0. O papeM 12H & 12'J I Khali nell at auction, for cbhIi at tlie Court Houne Uoor In the town m nnm linens, k ., on iiir 14. day ,,i AuiruMt 1 H!H the tmri fit lml n.ll..l..l..., . i... i I - - . . . - ''J'lii'iin I II." i 1 1 1 1 1 of Edmund JohiiHon, I). 15. IleiiHon. l'rtinklln rri mm iniipm I'oniaininic iJiVi nrrc l Inir Hold to II. S. IMttman on thedatealiove inen- fluneil ftml fullv li.ut-l i.. u..i.l 11 . ThU 151 day of July 1HUO. Will. Al. NANKENH, Auullrniwi ..f XI............. Julyia4-. HAVING qualified aH AdminlHtrntor on Mm K.t.1. ill f .hn r ri. . i . i ' .j.i i. i,. mjiur, ui-renn- ed. ull jierMonH l aving c lalniH uKnliiHt Hul.l I.ntute are hereby unfilled to pienent the ?ft.mv.e VLI!V ,or P"yment on or before A iijfiiHt lOth, 18J4, or thin notice will be plendi d In bar of their recovery. All penguin Indebted to nald l.xtate are rcquentcil to make im mediate payment. Thin AujriiHt, 7, 18'j.l. .T. M . II IT A Ml VV Aih.lnlut.nl.. Aujf. 10-6w. C ALE OF LAND UNDER A DECREE TOR O FORECLOSURE. ?m .'N,r" Carolina, Johnnton county Einllle V. McVeu et 1h. va- J, H. Alford and wile, NOTICE Bv vlrt l?rlor Court of Jendered at I'ebrunry ti rm 1n.).', I will hcII nt public out-cry for cnxh to the lillirMt bid der, on Monday, t he 2Hth day of Aiijfiixt. xo-.i.i, at tne i ourt Hoiihc door In Smith, field, at 12 o'clock noon, two tract m or imr celH of Ind Hituated iu Smithfield towiiHhlp, Johnston county ami on the Kant Hide of me town oi,rmit iinem (leKiunateil tin folio wn. vlx: One tract or parcel known n the Seven acre tract, more or lex on w hich the tsin HoiiHeofJ.il. Alford. Mnnilx 11 cl lot ttl mr f Radford and other. The other trHi-t ....n- talnlnx 2 ncren commencing uttho Rood the corporate limltM of the Town of Smith field, and riinn nearly South with nald town line to the R. S. McCullei-M Una. thence nearly Ennt to the Illtr Ditrh. thence 'nrih u-uf. nald Ditch to the Road, thence with hhh! road to the bCKliinlnK. Thee lai.dM are more fullv deHcrll.1 in ti... decree of nn'e In the above entitled action of record In the Clerk'n olltce of JohnHton conn ty to which reference Ih hereby made. Thewe lanilH are all available for building lotn and would prove a wife and iirontable I ment. Thin July 2."th, 1803. E. . I'or, CommlHHloner.
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