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J - - : h- - - . - ; . . . .... : . -Jp . . r " - v ', v : : t u - w 111 uiL4j!i . n 'j ; R. H.; COWAN, Editor and Proprietor. TLe HLibe:r?tj;y- 0 ,2ZL& PreSS milSt "be Preserved. IKaiO-OOOlls:- TERMS : hoo per Year. - , I, ., ig I,, . , ,, ..,,. i , .,,.,. ,. , t , ,, 0 .. , -.,. . , ,.-' 'mmM H" - - .... 'Tl - VOL. 1. WADESBORO', IS. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1881. NO. 42. Times, Sneceeds The Pee Dee Herald. TERMS .-CASH IN ADVANCE. . Om Tear 2.00 9im M0tk$ 1 00 Thre Months 50 O ADVERTISING RATES. 0Bqre, first insertion,. 1.00 Each mbMqaent insertion, 50 Local adTortuemenU, per line, 10 Hpcud rate giren on application for lomgr tima. AdTortfaen are requested to bring in thoir rrtiMaiMta on Monday evening of each rrrrk. to iaaare iiwjttion in next iswe. T7i TIMES is the only paper published in Anson County. ' PROFSIONAL CARDS. . JR. Allen,. DENTIST, tsr Office 8. E. corner of Wade and Mnr- fmm iVmU (near the Bank.) 25-u A. B. Huntley, M. D., WADESBORO. N. C. . jgy- Offers his profaeaional services to the eitoxans of Anson county. Ofliee first door abore the Bank. WM. A. INGRAM, M. D., Practicing Physician, WADESBORO, N. C. A. J. I1I81V, J- D- MCMRIRTOX. DARGAN & PEMBERT0N, ATTORNEY SAT LA W, WADE3BORO, ?i.;C. XSF Praetioe in the State and Federal J AS. A LOCKHART, Att'y and Counsellor at Law, WADESBORO, N. C. Pratices in all the Court of the State. g UTTLK. W. I- PARSOXS. Little & Parsons, ATTORNEYS AT LA TU, WADESBORO, N. C, ColUetiona promptly attended to. SAMUEL T. ASHE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. SpeciaJ claims J attention given to the colle"- ef QEORGE V. STRONG, Atttrney and Counsellor at Law, RALEIGH, N. C. VfrtttCM in the State and Federa! Cewrts. HOTELS. HUNTLEY'S HOTEL, WADESBORO, N. C. Headquarters for Commercial Trav ellers. JTable Supplied with the at the Market affords. 1-tf p AVILIAN HOTE Ii, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mmti, $2 00, $2 50 ptr day, according to the j. Location of Rooms. TVe PavQian is one of the leading first-class XeteU in the city; is centrally located and ; eeanectod by Street Railway with the Rail- i read Depots, Banks and Post-office. I The table is supplied with the Ixjst that our j kesae and northern markets afford. i The house has been thoroughly renovated ' skis season. Communication by telephone . with all parts of thecitv. E. T. GAILLARD, Proprietor. YARBROUCH HOUSE, RALEIGH, N. C. Prices Reduced to Suit the Times. CALL AND. SEE US. JJURCELL. HOUSE, WILlflNGTQX, N. C. Reoentlv thoroughly overhauled and reno ated. Eirstt-rlass in every repect. Loca Mea desirable, being situated near all husi ess houses, Post-office, Custom House, City Hall and Court House. Ratis, $2 00 and 2 50 per day. X)ur motto is to please. B. L. PERRY, Proprietor. JHARLESTON" HOTEL, E. H. JACKSON, CHARLESTON. S. C. Rates Rdccid. ?2 50, 3 00 nd $4 00 er day, according to location of rooms. Jai. A. Leak, President. Jas. A. Leak, Jr.. Cashier BANK of NEW HANOVER, WADESBORO, N. C. Special attention given to collections, and proceeds remitted on day ef payment, at urrent rate of exchange. DIRECTORS : JAS. A. LEAK, J. C. MARSHALL. Charlotte Marble Works, CHARLOTTE, N. C. MONUMENTS and GRAVESTONES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Prico-Lists and Drawings furnished on ap plication. JAMES A. JOHNSON. (Opposite PostoffW.) 3-9m. TILLMAN d- KLUTZ, Barbers and Hair Dressers, (Opposite McLcndon's Drug Store,) If you want a nice, clean Shave,a lat style mt r a Shampoo, call om Tillmai & Klutz. SCHEDULES. Carolina Central Railway Comp'y. CnAKGE OF SCHEDULE. Offick Gejtejiai. Superintkndkt, I Wilmington, 2. C. May 'Si, 14. f On and aftr May 2-5, ls0. tle f (Homing schelule will be ojieratel on this Railway: PASSESGSR, MAIL AJfD EXPRESS TVL I X. y I Leave Wilmiajfton, U 45 a in " ) Arrive at Charlotte, tt 4o p in G o i Leave Cliarl'tte, U 45 a m f Arrive at Wilmington, fj 4. in Trains Njb. 1 and 2 stoj at rejpilar stfitious onlv, and points desijuateii in the Coiapaii3''s Timo Table. PASSEXGtR AND FREIGHT TKAIX. I Leave Wilminpton at 5;' p. M No 5. J Arrive at Haml.-t at 1 j20 a. m ( Arrive at Charlotte at a. M .-. 4 Leave Cr;rlott at 7 p m No. C. ' Arrive at H;an-t at l.'Jfi a. m ( Aniveat Wiiminxn at tO) a. m No. 5 train in daily except Sunday, but maks no coruicctiuii t) llai-ih n Katur davs. No. fj train is daily except S;itiirlayH. Throngh Sk-ejing Cars bctwt--n Raleigh and Charlotte. V. Q. JOHNSON, GonT FUI t. Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line R. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SrPERIXTEXu.T'S OKFK'E, : Raleigh, N. C, Juih- 5, 17!. f On and after Finday, Juno C, trains on the Italeigh and Augusta Air-Liiie Rail road will run daily (Sundays -sc-'pt.Hl; as follows : No. 1 Leave Raleigh, 8 m p. n. Cary, H :n p. m. Apei-. j 5.J p. M. New Hill, : 9 14 p. M. Merry Oaks, 9 M P. u. Moncure i 9 5G p. M. Osgixid. !l( 17 P. H. No. 2 lxjave Hamlet, llotl'in.m, Keyser, Blue's, Manly. Camenm, Sanford, ( )sg )-d. Mni!-urr, 2 a. M 3 14 A. M 3 :i7 a. m 3 54 a. vi 4 U A. M 4 50 a. M 5 41 A. M 0 (2 A. M f' 25 A. M Sanford, Cameron, Manly, Blue's, Keyser, Hoffman, 10 44 P. M. 1 1 27 p. m. J2 (HI a. m. 12 2! a. m. 12 48 a. M. 1 14 a. M. Merrv Onks, fi 4:.' A New "Hill, u a M Ajwx,- 2: a. m Carv. 1 5',' a. m Ar. li.iWb, S :'M a. m Ar. Hamlet. 2 0) a. m. Train nuimVrl connects at Hamlet with C. C. Railway for Charlotte and all points south. Train number 2 connects at Raleigh with the Raleigh & Ga&ton Railroad for alii points north. JOHN C. WINDER, RuiH'rintendent. Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. President's Office; Society Hill, S. C, Feb. 2- lff). On and after Monday, the 2Mb inst., the train on this road will run as follows mak ing connection at Florence with traiiis to and from Chark-ston, Columbia and Wiljaiington both ways: , GOING DOWN. Leave Cheraw at 10 ?j) a. m. Cash's. 1(150 ' " Soviety Hill, 111 " " Dove's, 1 i 15 " " Darlincton, 12 13 P. M. PidmeLto, 12. 'a " Arrive at Florence, 1 i4 ' COMING UP. ; Leave Floren'-e at 2 'T p. m. PidmeiiM. :;i ' " Daj-linton, o H " " D-e's, :! 4J) " S-ietv ILI1, 4.r " Cash's" 4 :r " Arrive at. Cheraw, 4 . Close eoimeet ion mad trains to .-'.lid iro. u Ch;'"' at FiorHi ( w;ti! -- in anil v ton, every fciy" except li. I). TOi'.s,:SD. Pi 1! Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Until further notic: will run :.- follows: Ieave. WadeslKU O. S. 40 a. M. (,'j'T;iW, It). 15 A. M. Making clo-. imi.-. raw, with Cl-raw a the trains on tliis road Arrive. Ckn-.iw. i ."'.-, .. M W;:deii. i o, 4. '.5 l M ion Imih as at. C he- v iv Darlington tniin. ami Li-' N-inlH.-it. in train. l'i (W'NSKM). iTesi.lei-.t. at Floivnce witfi H. !). Northeastern Railroad Company. ( '.. hi. Se' -i --i.ii -or On and after Sunday next, l'h iist.,'the mail raid passenger tniins i f this road wi!i ln run as follows: , " Iave CharW on. 10. 15 a. m. and 0.45 p. M Arrive at Fl-wence, ::. i5 p. m. ami 2. 1 a. m Iave Florence, r.4." r. M. un 1 2.."5 a. M Arrive at Charleston, 0. i: p. m. md.T.iH) a. m Train leaving at 10.4-5 a. m. connects with Cheraw - Darlington RKdnnd for Wades boro, N. C. P. L. CLADPoli. General Ticket Agent. T1MH TABLE Cape Fear Yadkin Valley R. R. TO TAKE EFFECT MAY !, lsst. Iaves Fayettcville at 4.00 p. m. Arrives at" Gulf at 7.!5 y. m. Iwaves Gulf at '..hi a. m. Arrive; at Fayetteville, lo.2. a. m. Dailv except fejuudav. "L. C. JONES Sup't. THE CHARLESTON LINE. EROM THE UPPER CAROLINA S. THE NEW SHORT LINE FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA. Charleston-, S. C, Aug. 2nd, ISSO. Commencing August Hrd, the Cheraw & Salisbury Raih'oad ojiens from AVadeslxiro, Charlotte ami allndjacnt territories via Che raw and Florence, n new line to Charleston and the East, and resiiectfally iavitfs the at teution of all shippers, and a share of their business. For mtes and all information inquire of W. Ij. Rose, Agent, Wadesboro, or tln under signed. A. POPE, General Freight and Passenger Agent. FOE, FLORIDA., Via Savannah, Twice a Week. On and after Decerning- 1 , the ialae steam er ST. JOHN'S, Capt. Ihi Vogel, will leave Charlestn as per Schedule Ixdow : On the Tuesday trip the St. John's calls in at Savannah going and returning. On the Saturday trip she goes direct to Florida, not stopping at Savannah either way. Tues'v, Nov 30, 12 m Tues'v, Dec 7, 1 p m Tues'y, Dec 14. IO a m Tues'v, Dec 21, 12 m Satd'y, Dec 4, Sp m Satd'v, Dec 11, S p m Satd'y, Dec Is 0 p m Satd'y, Dec 2-5, s p m Satd'y, Jan 1 , 7 p m Tues'y, Dec 28, 10 a m Connecting at Fernandma witlt Transit Road for Cedar Kevs and points on the Gulf, also with Boats at Jacksonville and i Palatka for Upper St. John's, and Oklawaha Rivers, and with Railroad for St. Augustine at Tocoi. Freight Received daily. State rooms secured and all information furnished bv application to RAVENEL& CO.. Agents, 20 East Bay, Charleston, S C. Bituminous Coal! 3--ua-l Mines, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. A fine coal for gas, shop puroses and steam. Yheu coked it is excellent for fur naces. All ordos ivkomptly filled. Adtbress, ; l-tf E L. HAUGIITON, Gulf, N. C. Watrh. tm win ter. (. WliitomrtiJ ntjntin.-f sw miULMO icnl'tK. SnlidenlJtlX CI.pHM r own m or ppciilliv arp tnDi ri- J mm aloguc tnu. TUUJkfM ... lUlkMIM. jmw in PI j ACID IN DEATH. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled. The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, fBefore decay's efTtteing fingers Have sweft the lines where beauty lingers), And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of reixjse that's there, The flx'd, yet tender traits that steak The languor of the placid cheek. And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, And but for that chill, chaniroless brow, Where cold obstruction's apathy Apials the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Rome moments, sly, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death r-v jl'di from Th Uiaour. GUITHAC. THE PRISCX LIVE OF THE 5LaX Wno AT TEM1TEI TO KILL O AP.rlELl. Washington, July 19. District At torney Corkhill to-day sent the fol lowing letter to the warden of the jail : "Gen. J. S. Crocker Dear Sir: The grand jury having adjourned un til the 12th of September, and it be ing impossible to ascertain the final results of the attack by Carles Gui tcau, the assassin of the President, it will be necessary to retain him in cus tody for future action by the author ities. I desire you to place him on one side of the jail where there are no others prisoners, and where means of escape are impossible ; that you will allow him to see no other person whatever, and that he be not permit ted to hold conversation with any of the guards, and that he be rigorously excluded from receiving or sending any communication, except those de delivered by me or received by my direction. Idesire this direction to be rigidly executed. George B. Corkhill." Guiteau to-day addressed a note to Postmaster Amyer, authorizing the ! Postmaster to deliver to District At torney Corkhill, for such disposition as he may desire, all mail matter ad dressed to him, the prisoner. Washington, July 20. The prison fare and discipline have taken much of the starch out of Guiteau, and have even had a wilting effect on his inor dinate vanity. When first confined he made frequent complairt. of his treatment; he regarded himself as an important personage, a prisoner of state, and demanded better care than was bestowed upon his fellow-prison ers, wjiom ne denominated common felons; he proteed against being put on a lovel with other prisoners, said he was a gentleman accustomed to having the best of fare, .and, in fact, to luxury, and insisted that he should be so treated. His demands were of ten made in an insulting manner and usually ignored. He is fond of writ ing about himself and consumes ev ery scrap of paper he can get in this way. Ife has not ceased to complain and to demand better treatment, but he is changed; he is more subdued and apparently begins to realize that others do not regard his crime in the light he does. The other day he com plained that he did not get coffee enough and the warden allowed him too cups at a meal, while the other prisoners got only one. This conces sion seemed to revive his spirit of self-importance, and he forthwith be gan to put on airs again ; then his ex tra allowance. of coffee was cut off, whereupon he wrote a lengthy letter to the Warden, couched in offensive language, and telling that officer that he was not fit to have charge of a man of such importance as Guiteau. The Warden paid no Attention to the k-tter, except to determine not to al low Guiteau another favor, but to confine him to the most rigorous pris on treatment. None of the guards are allowed to speak to Guiteau ; the Warden and his deputy and the Dis trict Attorney and his assistants are the only persons who are permitted to exchange any words with the pris oner. When it is necessary for one of the officials to see Guiteau, he is brought into the Y arden's office and locked inside with the official, and a guard stationed at the door. Guiteau has abandoned all his foppishness. At first, in jail, he was careful with his toilets, but now he comes into the Warden's room when sent for, some times only half dressed. One time he appeared with only his shirt and pants on, the pants rolled up, and the last time he had on nothing but his pants. He kas never been changed from one cell to another, as is report ed ; he is in the same cell he was first put in. CorkhiU's order to put him in soli tary confinement, and shut him off from the sight of others, has not been complied with, as the jail has too many prisoner's to admit of this. Be sides, the warden considers Guiteau's present mode of confinement about as solitary as can well be in a jail so full of prisoners. Guiteau has no desire to escape. He knows the danger he would incur outside from popular in dignation. He first heard that the President was getting well from tha talk of the guards. He had been brought to the Warden's room to wait for the District Attorney, and while sitting there ope of the guards re- marked to another that the President would recover. To the Warden and his deputy Guitcau makes remarks going to ghow that he anticipates a big sensational trial, which will make him a central figure. Cupid's work with an Egg. THE HAPPY OUTCOME OF A MES8AGE SENT FOR FTJN IX A BARREL FROM TENNESSEE, AND READ BY A. PRETTY GIRL IN A WILLIAMSBURG WKET. "Yes, it is true," said Tlr. James Lynch, yesterday, as he stood in front of his produce market at 152 GranJ street, w linamsDurg, an egg waa the cause of it all, and it's the first time, I guess, that an egg ever acted a a match maker. I don't mind teli- inc you the circumstances, but I pro fer not giving the name of either the girl or her intended, for I know that they wo'.ld not like it, and the facts are just as interesting without them "It was on Saturday night, I think, about two months ago. There was a great rush of customers, and our girl, who is very handy, came down stairs to help us in the store. She Often did this, for the up-stairs work which she is employed to do, is not very heavy, and on most.e venings she is at leisure. Well, that day I had bought five bar rels of eggs from a commission house on Duane street, near Greenwich, JNew York. They had come from Tennessee. One barrel was used up when the girl came down, and I had just opened another. She began to sell from this barrel. About five mih utes later I heard her laughing, and saw her holding an egg to the light She looked at so intently that I drew near and asked her if. it was bad. "'Oh, no," she answered. "It's too good." "She handed me the egg, pointing to some words written upon it in a clear, business-like hand. They were as follows: ""Will the young lady in whose hands this egg may fall open correspondence with- , county, Tennessee!'' "I read it aloud, and a lady who chanced to be present said, "How ro mantic!" I thought so too, and we all had a good laugh over it. After the shutters had been put up I told the girl, just for the fun of the thing, to comply with the request on the egg and send a letter to Tennessee. Be fore going to bed she did so. She is well educated, and writes an excellent letter. She was brought up in a con vent in Ireland. She said she had no idea that she would get an answer, but I guess that she anxiously watch ed for the portman during the follow ing week. At the end of five days a letter came directed to her and post marked Tennessee. It didn't take her long to open it, and I'm pretty sure she read its contents quickly. A reply was sent, and other letters came and went. Photographs were exchaged before three weeks had ex pired. The girl after this refused to show any more of her letters, and we began to imagine that matters were becoming serious and teased her a great deal about her correspondent. Well, to make a long story short, he proposed by letter, and was accepted. On Thursday last he arrived from Tennessee and saw her for the first time. They were mutually pleased, and the wedding day was set for some time in the middle of August. It is a good match, and I hope they will be happy together." "Is our friend from Tennessee in good circumstances?" asked the re porter. "Oh, yes," replied Mr. Lynch. "I forgot to tell you. He owns consid erable land and is quite well-to-do. Ho is also a large shipper of produce, and just out of fun he wrote the mes sage one the fatal egg. He knew the eggs would be shipped to New York,' but they might have been sent from this city to Europe, or anywhere else. He was so pleased with the answer to his message that he made up his mind to marry the girl who had written it, if her appearance pleased him. It would have been strange if it had nol, for she is a re markably handsome girl, not yet twenty years old, with a fine com plexion, large brown eyes and a graceful figure. She is also as amia ble as she is pretty. He is a fine-looking man about thirty years of age, and they make a handsome couple, I can tell you." " "Is the girl still living at your house ?" the reporter inquired. "Yes, and she will remain with us until the wedding takes place, when she will go to Tennessee with her husband, probably over the same road that brought the egg through which she got her lover." N. Y. Sun. Young Mr. Fathersgotmohey and Miss Toosilly were talking on the piazza of the United States Hotel, Sar atoga, last night. "Fond of danc ing ?" said he. "Oh, yes, awfully," said she. ""So am I, awfully fond." "I think it ever 60 nice, don't you ?" "Yes, dreadfully nice." "Do you dance the heel and toe polka ?" "Oh yes; awfully nice, isn't it?" "Yes, awfully." "How's your mother?" "She's well, how's yours ?" "Ob, she's all right." "Beautiful evening this evening, isn't it ?" "Yes, just too ; lovely for anything. Good evening !' "Good evening." Subscribe to The Times, Thurman and CotLkling. The two foremost leaders of the Senate, who for twelve years oppos ed each other on all the great ques tions that separated the Democratic and the Republican parties, and whose speeches form a part of the his tory these times, are retired from public life, with little prospect of im mediate return. MrThurman will be sixty-eight jerss old next November, and Mr. Conkling will only have scored fifty two years at the close of October. TntoOgh antagonists in the fierce con- trva. reconstruction down to Lfcilnioiguration of Gen. Garfield, tboy were personal friends, each re Bpecticg the other as a f oeman worthy of his steel. With minds differently organized and trained, their methods of argu ment were wide apart. Mr. Thur man waa always clear, direct, and compact, with a dash of humor, in his speech, but without the least at tempt at ornament. As a prompt and vigorous debater, well equiped in constitutional and in political knowledge; an acute lawyer, with the superadded experience of a Judge : an excellent scholar, familiar with the classics, and a natural lover of intellectual controversy, he has had few equals in the Senate. His best speeches, like those of Pitt, were made on the spur of the occasion. Mr. Conkling, though but thirty eight years of age when he entered the Senate, carried to that body a re putation for rare intellectual gifts and for high attainments, acquired dur ing three terms in the House of Rep resentatives. He took rank imme diately with Trumbull, Morton, Grimes, Fessenden, Sumner, Wade, Sherman, and Edmunds, then the re cognized leaders of the Republican side, and he grew in fame and in in fluence until he overtopped them all.' On the day of his resignation he was the first and most commanding fig ure in hisparty, though among the least popular of those who contended for the primacy. Conscious of strong powers, and ambitious of distinction, he did not coun favor with the arts of the politi cian, out aimed at leaaersmp, in right of intellectual force. In debate he invariably went to the front; he was ready for any turn it might take, and he had at hand a most varied stock of resources, no matter who took the field against him. Severe study, a memory like a storehouse of law, literature, science, and song, long practice, and kneen facilities, made him a dreaded combatant. An extraordinary flow of language and spontaneous flowers of rhetoric, per haps, decorated too highly his argu ment ; but, all in all, few men in pub lic life have deserved more attention than Mr. Conkling. At any period of the Senate, Tbur- man and Conkling would have been conspicuous cnaracters, wno could have held their own wtth the bes They leave a void which will be hard to fill, not only for preeminence, but as examples of honor and integrity, unstained amid a pervading corrup tion and loose notions of accountabili ty. The Republicans lost three of their ablest men in the Senate when Conk ling, Blaine, and Carpenter were re moved from that scene. The Demo crats were equally unfortunate in losing Thurman, Eaton, McDonald, and others of a lesser degree who had attained prominence and usefulness. As a body, the Senate has fallen from its former high estate, and no longer enjoys the confidence that the coun try once reposed in it. The purchase of seats, almost in open market, by rich aspirants for political fame; the constant accession of the agents, at torneys, or creatures of great corpo rations ; and the presence of notorious jobbers in legislation, have contribu ted to a decline, which is getting worse instead of better. , Taken collectively, the members of the Senate, with occasional excep- j tions. such as Mr. Edmunds or Mr. Bayard, do not rise above mediocri ty, and there are not a few who are unable to claim complete ownership of themselves. In England a comparatively small number of men own the land ; but here the rich corporations, instead of owning the land, lay claim to the men who make its laws. N. Y. Sun. A Better Thing Than That. On a Canada Southern train the other day a Detroiter had a seat behind a couple who got on at a little station near St. Thomas, and he thought he had seen the man's face be fore. He was looking at him sharp ly and trying to remember where be had met him, when the man , turned and asked : "Aren't you Thomas , of De troit?" "Yes and aren't you William of Buffalo?". "Yes." "I thought so when you came in. And ain't you running away with old Judge Blank's daughter, of St. Thom as?" 'Tve got abetter thing than that," whispered William, as he leaned over the seat; "I'm running away with his wife!" Red parasols axe striking novelties, A Proposed Chair of Moral Philosophy. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C, July 2C, )SSi. I am directed by the board of trus tess of the University to express their approval of the following appeal. The endowment proposed will enable them to employ ;an additional pro fessor in the school of English and add valuable books to the library, so as greatly to increase the usefulness of this department. The great insti tutions north of us are constantly in creasing their endowments. Is it too much to hope tblat the i-nlightcned friends of the University and of edu cation will, by their benefactions, aid in lifting to a higher life the children of the South ? i Kemp. P. Pattij:, President. TO THE FRIENDS OF OUR UNIVERSITY. The trustees have determined to secure the enc'.ow'nient of a chair of Moral Philosophy in the l'niveii!j of North Carolina.; They pledge that, in perpetuity, the standard shall i' Christianjethics. an I that a syste-n.-i: ic couse of instruction in the i dences of Christianity shall 'al a.. -constitute a part of the regular i k of his chair. All; who are la; : . with recent literature know . . .. -much of it tends directly to u i. mine the foundations of our ii-.i--. faith. Our educated young men ai . most of all, exposed to this dangerous t evil. Should wei not do ail in our power to shield 1 them from their danger and prepare them for the con flict between truth and error f In re ply to a. letter 'respecting this endo'--- -ment, Dr. C. F. Deems wrote me as -follows (I trust he will excuse th liberty I take of publishing his kiini letter): ; New Yop.k, June 22, '1831. My Dear Dr. Manoum: Ever since your letter arrived, I have been "under whip and! spur." I am just about to start to' the University of Virginia, and can write only a few lines. Your project to endow a chair of Moral Philosophy in the Univer sity meets with my warmest sympa thy. You may use this note to make that known. Go forward in the name of the Lord! Take one dollar or one thousand. Let it grow by con stant accretions. You know that I will help to the extent of my ability. But you must not call upon me until the Christian people of North Caro lina have given you at least five thousand dollars for a nucleus to an endowment. Then ask me what I will do and you shall have an answer. Cordially your friend, Charles F. Deems. In another note lie says: "You can tell the people of North Carolina that my modest"- forbids me to do more until some one shall step for ward in North Carolina." Now I call upon the friends of the University at once to contribute at least- the $5,000. Is there not some one that will come forward and es tablish the chair? ; Probably no insti tution in history, with such a record, has received so little pecuniary assist ance from its alumni. What is the reason? If the University is to con tinue to rise and prosper, its true friends must be more generous than they have been in the past. This is an appeal that challenges the noblest impulses of the soul. Let every friend of the best interest of the University give something. Re spond at once. Address A. W. Man gum, Chapel Hill, n. C. Nctcs and Observer. A Marriage Fee in Beeswax. Many of the first settlers of Illinois were rude in speech and rough in manner. Money ; was scarce with them, and service was paid for in pro duce. GovernorR used to illustrate these incidents of frontier life by the following anecdote : Dn flav thei-P came to bis office a! voung man accompanied -by a young -t.. woman. "Be ycu the Squire, manly youth. asi xes, sir. "Can you tie the knot for us right j away?" ! "Yes, sir." j "How much do you charge?" j "One dollar is the legal fee sir." j "Will you take your fee in bees-1 wax ?" hit n "Yes, if you canft pay cash." "Well, go ahead; and tie the knot, and I'll fetch in the wax." No, said the squire, thinking there ; was a good chance for a little fun; 1 bring in the beeswax first and then I'll marry you. j Reluctantly the youth went out to where was hitched the horse upon which Darby and Joan fashion, theyT had ridden and brought the wax in a sack. On being weighed its value was found to be only7 sixty cents. "Wall," said the anxious groom, "tie the knot, and I'll fetch more wax next week." "No, sir, I doii't trust; that is against the rules of this office." Slowly the disappointed youth' turned to go out, saying, "Come Sail let's go." I "1 say, mister," answered Sail with a woman's wit "can't you marry us as far as the wax will go?" Yes I can and will, replied the Squire laughing, land be did, Ex change, i An Important Matter. More than once the Star: has dis cussed the great importance of chang ing the plan of assessincj the value of property. We are well satisfied that if t lie taxable property was assessed fairly and the incomes of the people were honestly rendered thatithe rev enue would be enhanced fully fifty per rent . In other, words, we a re assured in our own mind that the revenues of ti e State would be increased at least lilty per cent, if there was more hon esty among the people, and a system of assessing w as adopted that was thorough, equitable uud equal. 'Who believes that the ;a-es paid in by any county are what t :y ought to be' Who believes the .i. ttcles lia ble to ! taxed are given m always witii fiurncss.' Who relieves, that the present system is Approximate ly perfect, or that it cannot be im piove.l very iiKicii? We .io not sup p. se t'nei e is a good lur'iii.'ss man in Wilmington who teliv-s that the of New riano.r county are al ti e law cot;'; :.:es. In oth w : u e as . th.i t!.-- t re not as ( preperity ul 1 itistif nd. lie ';;.'; eceipts trom ' xii ms antici- fvi ! ti ose who IS ai.o.,1 sueii t... n-is mat .v ue io?es ten o! thousands of ".;rs in Uixes irom merchandize, . tiiat ought Ic Lu e been collected. : s work is resorted to, or worse -any cases. A reform, a change i come soon ur late. . We believe i ucient board oY iionest men could great deal in remedying the .1. equalizing ii.e taxes ami in in iig the revenues of the, State. ,.i,v needs to be. changed no Lt. There is a great deal of hed- .11 111 t I : do. I giug and dodging. U'il.Star. lie Tumbled. As twilight began the other even ing a woman halted a boy on Iafay ette street east, and asked him if he had seen the police arrest a drun ken man in that neighborhood with in an hour or two. "Don't think I have," he replied, as he scratched his head and made an effort to remember. "Was he pretty drunk?" "I guess he was," she answered, as she turned away her head. "And -a plug hat on the back of his head, and Wore .sandy whiskers, ehr "Yes, tha's the man." "Had a black coat and linen pants?" "Yes, he"s the one." "Is he any relashun of yrours un cle, brother, husband, or so on?" ' "I should like to find him," was the evasive reply. "Well, that's easy enough ; but you can't get him home." "I don't want to." "Ah! Urn! I tumble," chuekled the boy, as he- shifted three toy pistols from one hind pocket to the other. "Come along and I'll show you where he fell down in a vacant yard and went to sleep. You can go through for his wealth, give him a rap on the nose for his mother, and he'll come home thinking he was robbed by some purfesh. If I had a husband who would jro on a blizzard and try to step i over fences. I'd go through him even I to a three cent piece with a hole in it." A Locomotive's Itace With a t i U Rep- As the Shenandoah Valley fast ex press entered the mile cut. immedi- :, ately north of our town, on Tuesday ; last, the engineer was liorror-sricken to see what he supposed to be the end ; of the rail just ahead of his rushing locomotive sliding rapidly away from I him. His first thought was a broken i rail caught byr the pilot, and he ex ! pected an instantaneous shock. wonderment usurped tne place OI -V -WT 1 . 1 . 1 1 fear wLen a socond laiiC0 revealed -la five-foot black snake, of the spec- : i-i . . ... i; 1 J ; i ies snown as ruimur, ciiurag rap- idly away from lum on top of the rail. In the excitement of the mo ment his hand sought the throttle, he threw it Avide open, and the train i bounded forward under the impulse, j but the snake maintained its lead, ' although the train was running at ' fully fifty miles an hour, and when j the end of the cut was reached, and an opportunity was afforded to es- cape, it left the rail, rart out into j an open space, coiled itself up, threw its head iuto an attitude of defiance i and died right there. An examina tion proved that the intense heat of the rail had burned it to death. ! Mechanicstoicn Clarion. A Hartford man sent a pair of trou sers to his tailor to be repaired. The tailor found 300 in h roll in his pock et and returned it, receiving the thanks of the owner therefor. When we send a pair of trousers to our tail or to be reconstructed, and he finds three hundred dollars in the pockets and returns it, we always tell him to keep the trousers for his honesty, which is the best policy. De Lesseps is certainly a versatile man. The latest engineering project to which report assigns'' him is the making of an artificial lake to the north of the great dc gert of Sahara. The object is to interpose a barrier j for the protection of the French pos-; sessions in Tunis and Algeria. That : would be a scientific frontier, sure CUUUKU, New York Note. H. in FayettevilJe Examiner Politicians by trade have .a hard time of it here. Here is Conkling laid upon the shelf by his own party, even those of the party to wnom he had rendered great services. ' The deser tion of Speaker Sharne of the N. Y. Assembly was a sad blow. to him, but that of Vice President Arthur is far worse. The latter is understood to have formed an alliance, offensive and defensive, with Garfield's Cabi net during his late visit to Washing ton, leaving Conkling out in the cold. And some of the leading Itepublicau papers pronounce him "idead, politi cally." So be it; but that is not so certv-n. . 1 Mr. Lapham, the Senator elected in Mr. Conkling's place, has already pro claimed his hostility to the. South. In his response to a erejnado at Al bany, on the night of his! election, ho said. "Today, in many portions of this republic the laws cannot be exe cuted without peril to human life ami without the aid of military jxtwpr. Until the time shall arrive wh-h t!m laws will be self.exeeuting w; !l of our borders the mis.-ion publican partv will not ! The rights of the freed u il. i- . by the amended Constit ut :- a t t !:: United States, are practicr.ii v !, ined them in many portion of the lVpttb' lie. to day. Personal rights, pels. m liberty, personal security are :mt nc complished facts, as theV shouKl be. A free and untrammelled ballot, ar.d an honest count of every voir are yet to be realizations of the future." Yes, "free and untrammelled votes" as bought in the N. Y. lxislAturo at &3.000 each: or "free and untrammel led" as in the New England 'factory ojteratives. ; ' ' Madame Patti, the celebrated sing er, is coming to thid country, to sing in this city in November, December and April. It is expected that the prices will be 20. $10, and $3, accord ing to location of seats. 1 I fear tibo . will not have the honor of singing f.ir me. To come here she has declined an offer of $2,000 per night for thirty nights, and a house worth 50,000 in. Madrid; and another offer of $4,000 per night at Monte Carlo. ; She is con sidered the finest singer in the worla, and a very haudsome woman. How to Drire a Hen. When a woman has a hen to drive into the coop, she takes hold of her skirts with both hands, shakes them quietly at the delinquent, and says, "Shoo, there !" The hen takes one look at the object to convince herself , that it is a woman, and then stalks majestically into the coop. A man doesn't do that way. He goes out . doors and says: "It is singular no body can drive a hen but me," and observes: "Oct in there, you thief." The hen immediately loses her reason and dashes to the other; end of the yard. The man straightway dashes after her. She comes back with head down, her wings out, and followed by an assortment of stove-wood, fruit cans and clinkers, and a very mad man in the rear. Then she skims un der the barn, and over a fence or two, ' and around the house and back again to the coop, and all the while talking as only an excited heri can talk, and . followed by things convenient for -handling, and a up an whose coat is on the saw-buck, whose hat is on the ground, and whose perspiration has no limit. But this time the othor hens have come out to take a hand in the ' i debate and help dodge missles and . the man says every hen on the place . shall be sold in the morning, and puts , on his things and goes down the street, and the woman has every one of those hens housed and counted in two minutes. Mdbile Reg inter. . r The Man Who Watched. A day or twoi ago, soon after the hour of noon, an individual who seemed to be labour in -under consider ably excitement, entered a grocery store on Michigan avenue and asked for a private word with the propria tor. When , the! request had been granted he, explained . j "I believe myself to bej an injured husband, and I want to verify my suspicions by wa)tching a In. us on the other street. This I can bol do from the rear of 'our store. Have j you any objections to my taking a seat back there by ithe open window ?" The grocer granted the favor, and the agitated stranger walked back and took a seat on a box of codfufh and began-his watjeh. His presence had almost been forgotten, when Ire returned'to the front of the store with hasty step and quivering voice and said : I - "Great heavens!! but 111 kill "her 1 i Yes, I'll shoot her through the heart J" "Your wife?" j "Yes, my idolized Mary! I can no longer doubt hjer guilt, and I'll; be a murderer in less than ten minr utes!' 1 The grocer tried to detain him, but he broke away and rushed around the corner. Not hearing anything: futher of him for jhalf an hour the j grocer began to investigate and he discovered that fourteen rolls of but- j ter, a crock of lar4, two! hams, and other stuff had left the back end of the store by way of tbej window at; which the watchfiul husband was stationed. Detroit Free press. Abontloned. We perceive by bne of our Massa chusetts exchanges I that pr. Lorenzo Waite, of Westneld; an eminent phv-'f sician of Berkshire iCounty, strongly, indorses St. Jacobs! Oil.' With it he I cured a case of Sciatica that resisted all regular professional treatment, ' and that had in fact been abandoned . as incurable. JLioany i.y-unuy 14. ( CM UIH JVIHinnvwitvi, t :" - ? t X A, I r
The Anson Times (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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