PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL TO MEN.
VOL. II
WADESBORO. N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1895.
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TiO SUCH THING AS A FIFTY -
CENT DOLLAR.
tt Slakes No Difference to Ui What a
j. Dollar ! Coat the Man From Whom
j ' We Receive It, So Long at It Fart
'' One Dollar of Debt for Utu
Stop this senseless twaddle about a
fifty-cent dollar. There is no such
thing. ; ; '
i A dollar Is a dollar.
I i: A fihy-cent coin is half a dollar, fifty
J ?cents qt good, money, and it would be
phonest money were it in the aggregate
j full legal tender just as it was when
j democrats, whlgs, republicans and
others were declaring that gold andlsil
pver were alike money, and that nothing
j fists could be money! ' . i
j Were there such a thing as a fifty-
cent dollar it would be preferable to a
two-dollar dollar, as the gold dollar Is
-one. .dollar's worth of gold and one
liar's worth of flat.
Why -not say something about the
nickel, which is five cents'as sure as
you are born, though there is less than
one-sixteenth of a cent's worth of
nickel or metal in. the coin. But it is
five
. , ole as quick as a president stops talk-.-
; ,nS for the people as soon as he reaches
'he.VVblto House.
- What about your postage stamps, all
, rSJze and yet of many different values
. e.law has spoken through them?
i '; A lady takes ten cents' worth of
.'. brings and wires and in an hour makes
. j. -a fifteen-dollar hat. Why not . talk
r about that a little?
I - A; saloonkeeper sells you a flfteen
I t:ent drink which costs'him three cents.
Vhx not kI at. that a few times?
...j The. president of the United States
; receives fifty thousand dollars a year
.1 :as salary from a law firm in the city
- of New York, he steers into the pud
' "ing-patches he has his hands on, and
j : fifty thousand dollars a year more as
' his salary as president. Wljat kind of
; a fifty-cent dollar is that?'
A lawyer gees to Washington and
, i sells a lot of talk for $100,000, as did
Choate, who was paid the latter sum
.-for his argument in the income tax law
case, and surely there was a difference
between the cost and the get of the
thing solrt. '
; It makes no difference, to us what a
.. foliar costs the man from whom we re
' ; celve it, so long as it will pay one dol
lar, of the debt we owe. Therefore
there is no such thing as a fifty-cent
- dollar, unless a man will deliberately
sell us a xlebt-paying dollar for a half
V a dollar, In which case he is foolish and
- if we. hold it a few moments before
; some creditor comes in and beckons it
, away. ;
' . Why do not the people of this" coun
try get down to talking business a lit
tle whfte, and if they have a govern
ment that can crtate money good
enough to pay its debts at a little or
no direct cost, in Gqd's name let us
have It, as the government has cost the
people- more money than they bar
gained for, and it is time it was return
ing to those who have footed the bills at
least a trifle of the expenses of the past.
- If. our government cannot, after all
thai hap ben done for it, and all it-has
cost .in the way of ; blood, treasure,
. life and suffering, return some profit
' to the people, it should be set aside
. . for a better one or knocked in the head
and handed over to the Rothschild fam
ily. If the government should create
every dollar of money to 'meet all its
needs, and use but ten dollars' worth
of paper and all the rest fiat, having
nothing but a substance that can carry
L the money declaration, it would, still be
billions of dollars in debt to the people
who borned and brought it UP- Pom-
eroy's Advance Thought.
11 A TRUTH CONCISELY TOLD.
Government by Injunction 'Is Despotism
Pare and Simple.
The following letter from Eugene V.
Deba concisely expresses a truth which
many people in America ar just be
- ; ginning to realize:
. , Charles . F. Blackburn, Weaverville,
i;CaJ.;"i.
A My Dear Sir : Your favor of the 20th
is received. Thank you cordially for
your kind and sympathetic words. To
bear punishment for one's honest con-
-victions is in the nature of a privilege
which'does not require a'hlgh order of
'courage. I fully concur with you in
your estimate of the courts As a gen
eral proposition, they are for the pro
tection of the rich and the punishment
o the poor. Judge Trumbull said the
other day, that any federal-judge may
c now imprison any citizen who happens
to displetise him. This is despotism,
pure and simple, and so far as the lib
erty of the citizen is concerned, we
differ with Russia only in name. There
is, however, a hopeful view to be taken
of the situation. The people are wak
ing up. Educational influences are In
operation and in due time American
manhood will assert Itself. Thanking
you again, I am,
r Yours very truly,
EUGENE V. DEBS.
Talking Secession. '
lb an interview in this city, a few
days ago, Mr. Frank McLaughlin, one
of the chief owners of the Philadelphia
Times, said : '.'There is bound to be a
secession of a part of the union, sooner
or later." ,
He says thatThe does not think that
the dissolution will be brought about
by the sword, but he thinks the time, is
not tar distant when the west will say
to the, east: "We are tired of taking
laws made from Washington. Our in
terests are separate and distinct from
yours; there is no community. of senti-
meht between us; let us go our way in
. peace and you go yours."
He further thinks in this contingency
the south will sympathize with the west
instead of the east, and will act With
the rest Silver Knight.:
WAYLAND'S HOT SHOT.
The
"One
Host Editor Kicks for
Purpose.
The dispatches give us the wonder
ful news that the architect ot the Chi
cago postofflce was "granted" an In
terview with Secretary Carlisle! How
gracious our rulers, are .becoming! It
will soon be as easy to approach one
of our hired hands at Washington as
any king. And this is what you call a
republic, eh?
Wheat is gelling at 32 cent n Utah
Wheat gamblers live In palares. One
busts occasional! yy but the farmers do
not move,, into his? palacej-fanother
gambler, does that. iAnd th j farmers
are pretty solid for the same good old
tickets. I'll tell you what, fellow-citizens,
this is the greatest, grandest,
freest country on the globe, and our
people are the most Intelligent.
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At Houghton, Mich., thirty t wo min
ers are killed by "nobody to blame,""
while getting out coal for the coal
barons to make money on. N loss to
the ownersj las men are the cheapest
things on earth.. Horses, hogs, sheep,
even chickens have value to their own
ers only m,en. have none. Thirty more
to take thefr places can be had without
paying a cent for them. O, thi3 is a
jolly country and, a glorious system.
Only on election day are men worth a
dollar a' head to vote the old tickets.
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Why do inen buy houses to live in
or do business In? Is it not to avoid
paying some one else interest in the
shape of rent? If this is, desirable j
this avojdance of interest why do noB
the people vote to buy or build theiij
own street railways, water works, gas
and electrlct plants? This idea hit me
when read that the street cars of
Philadelphia netted nearly $4,000,00(j
last year, that would have remained id
the people's pockets had they owned
the system j as they should. A
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Only sixteen people were killed by a
little collision near Melby, Minn., ot
the private enterprise railroads last
week. People, are cheap and dollars
are' dear, and safety appliances would
cost dqllars. . Railroad owners musjt
have big profits to live in palaces and
buy titles tor their dauehters. Thle
cheap people re taught it would ruia
them to have the nation own the rail
roads andfnot have any profits go o
millionaires- This is not anarchy, suf e
not! This! is order and harmony! I
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National banks are enemies of tpe
republic. They are the means of near
ly all corruption and bribery in poi
tics. They work in secret like, an as
sassin. Already the press Is current
ipiirreht 1
at Washington by the bankersT I hope
they will succeed to such ! an .elegafni
degree . that the people will get real
mad then their bonds, stocks, mort
gages and real estate will be serted
just like the sacred right of propetj
in the chattel slaves. History repeat
itself. Crime always1 brings up at ht
halter if let run far enough. I ddn'l
blame men for being bankers, but ij dc
ior defending so villainous a sysen:
and preventing a juster one. j
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Pharaoh put new burdens (bondsl or
his people as fast as he saw they cqulc
stand it. ! Our people took their fealr
into bondage to American and Englist
bankers so meekly, never uttering i
protest, and indorsing it by electing! th
game people to office, that a new; se
of bonds will be again given to the shy.
locks next month. The American jpeo
pie ' don't iknow that bonds mean bond
age. They dohVknow their lives
property have been pledged as s
anc
cur-
ity for gold for their rulers to. squan
der in riotous, licentious and traitqroiu
luxury. jThere is not a savage trilbe ir
Africa that would so meekly submit t
such degradation. Issue more bonds
masters. Issue lots of them. Wejlov
bonds. We like to bow the .necjk t
British rule. We don't care a cent! hov
much pffour land and property tht
grandees!" own. We like to work foi
them. Next fall we will re-eleci tht
old parties to prove our pleasure al
your action Hurrah for the bjmds
We will fhang any traitor that utten
a word against the bonds. Whoqp-la
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You can hire two men one dar foi
two dollars now. Formerly you coulc
hire but one man ene day for twd dol
lars. Are men depreciating?
OUp- GLORIOUS SYSTEM.
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Legislators
Bought and
Sold
- : Sheep. -
This Is- the nineteenth century df th
world's (ivilization and progress
This America, the land of th fre
and the home of the braved j
Here ifee people are supposed to! gov
ern themselves through representa
tives instructed tp do their bidding.
Yet bejiola the charges men of prom
inence I Wake openly. Ex-Goyernoi
Campbell of Ohio, in a speech at Co
lumbusecently, said: "It is sdfe tc
say that mo bill of any character What
ever was - passed or defeated in the
Seventy-Jfirst Ohio general assembly
withoutflthe use of money
Here is la man whom his party has
honored fwith a renominatlon for gov
Pirnor of one of our greatest states a
man whbls entitled to some respect.
Think ot such a statement coming from
such authority. .
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"I Hera jcnaiienge me recoras.f' sale
he, "to how that a single bill Can b
exempt? irom mis cnarge. s
No doTlbt he tells the truth and Der
naps hi bwn party would do WorsV
At leasfc bis. opponent makes charges
just as fad. )
Are was to believe the utterances ol
either? ! - i
If we Dejleve either, might we ;not at
well believe both?
It is purely time for the people tc
break loose from both old parties, and
elect honest men to office.
The system of selling legislation foi
the benefit of corporations has both old
parties nf its tolls.
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The e65s of a crocodile are scarcely
j larger tlian those ot goose. 5
LAWS BY THE PEOPLE
THE INITIATIVE AND REFEREN
DUM PRINCIPLE.
Is Democracy in Its Purity nod Re
publicanism In Its Simplicity Govern
ment by the People Impossible Other
wise. By George X. Young, Longmont, Colo.
In theory a representative govern
ment is a republic; in fact a representa
tive "government is not a'republic, or at
least it does not long remain one, after
its;founders have passed away.
.Eyery representative republic of the
past has perished from off the earth.
The little Alpine republic of Switzer
land was upon the same road that led
so many of Its predecessors to ruin; but
nearing the rocks it changed its course,
adopted direct legislation, and is to-day
the healthiest, as well as the oldest, re-
puduc in existence. j
tanning example oi- vu cumyicw
ure of the representative system. The
people never get the laws they desire,
but they get plenty which they dislike.
If a measure good for the people be in
troduced in a legislative body, the final
product is as badly disfigured as a man
who has run an Indian gauntlet.
Even our constitution fails us. Made
more than a century ago, its framers
saw not the embryonic but tremendous
forces lying in ambush, to finally crush
the liberties of the people; but they
heeded not the warning voice of the elo
quent Patrick Henry, who plead in vain
for a bill of rights for the people. They
turned a deaf ear to the admonitions of
that embodiment of statesmanship
Thomas Jefferson who, f from beyond
the sea, deplored the absence of a bill
of rights. Of this defective document
James Monroe said: "I see in it no
real checks upon the government."
See Bancroft's "History of Constitu
tion," page 428. ; .
The people, have, for many years,
been clamoring for the poor little priv
ilege of themselves electing their
United States senators. But even this
is denied them. The enthroned corpor
ations prefer senators of their own
choosing.
The history of legislation in this
country for the century now closing
should convince every one that it is a
waste of time and energy to work for
reform under the present system of law
making. All efforts for "free coinage,"
prohibition, single tax, restriction of
Immigration, government control, etc.,
will fail in the future as they have done
in the past. There is always some
power other than Divinity that shapes
all the ends of legislation.
The initiative and referendum consti
tute direct legislation by the 'people.
It is democracy in its purity. It is re
publicanism in its simplicity.
It is, in itself, not so much of a reform
as it is a means of obtaining reforms.
It will throw wide open the gates which
have so long barred the people from
their God-given.rights.j It will relegate
to the rear all the political crooks, the
heelers, gangsters, shysters, parasites,
etc., which have so long been a curse
and a disgrace to our country. Hypo
crites and fawners, too, will have to
take back seats.
Of all the demands of reformers, the
referendum is most feared by plutoc
racy, as witnessed by its omnious si
lence regarding it. It does not oppose,
it dare not agitate. It orders its tools:
"Fight government o.wnership, ridicule
sub-treasury, but ignore the , referen
dum." It sees that its "craft is in dan
ger;" for, with direct legislation, the
briber and the lobbyist could not ply
their vocation, and the reckless parti
san, the oily politician and the heart
less demagogue would be as helpless for
harm as would be a lot of wild beasts
after their claws and fangs had been ex
tracted. With the imperative man
date and the veto power In the hands of
thef people, here would be no need of
drilling Sunday-school boys in the arts
of war, for the people would respect
and; obey laws enacted by themeselves.
Instead of being nominal freemen, but
real slaves of the politicians, as now,
the, people would all be, in reality, free
men.; " -
Little or no argument is ever ad
vanced against it. Occasionally some
one says: "It may do in a small coun
try like Switzerland,' but would never
do iu a large country like ours."
With equal consistency the same
could be said of the golden rule it
might do in a little country like Pales
tine, but not in a big couutry like ours.
It is of vital importance that all re
formers' unite their strength for the fast
approaching campaign of 1896. An
other four years and It may be too late.
We are nearing the dead line.
The next presidential term will ex
tend into the twentieth century.
Momentous qiiestions are confront
ing the American people. Shall the
wonderful discoveries, advancements in
knowledge and the arts and sciences go
out in darkness? Shall the bright and
glorious possibilities of the future end
in disappointment? Shall the hopes,
aspirations and happiness of millions
of our countrymen be sacrificed upon
the altar of-greed and avarice?
"Forbid it,' Almighty God!"
The brazren-armored pnalanx of Aus
tria met a Winklereld; and-the gold
armored phalanx o5 our country may
meet many a Winkjereid e'er its last
chain is rivited upoi its victims.
It Is probable that there are not a
Lviui iauKH at ins fime, out ; wouia
agree that the principle of direct legis
lation is right and jUst. It is the one
and only issue upon waich all reformers
can unite; it is absolutely invulnerable,
stronger and more perfect than the god
made armor of Achilles. It is founded
upon our immortal declaration that
governments derive their just powers
from the governed.
The common enemy of all reform will
no doubt, continue to sow the seed of
dissention by means of hireling dema
gogues and a shackled press.
But the sad experiences of the past
should' warn us to unite our: forces.
Many a good cause has been lost for
want of union of friends.
The Christian church may be cited as
one instance of how feeble a great and
good power becomes when divided into
factions. , With commendable zeal it
has been fighting Satan ror nearly two
thousand years., and still a glance at
surrounding social and eronomic condi
tions should convince the most skepti
cal that the old fellow is not only alive,
but has lots of "business on his hands."
In nearly every human undertaking
there is some one article of prime neces
sity. The woodman must have his
axe, the seamstress, her needle.
A party of campers might disagree- as
to what they would have for their first
meal, whether fish, flesh or fowl; but
all would agree that in order to have
anything at all, they must first have a
camp-fire.
So the mass of reformers must first
get their right to legislate, then all de
mands which commend themselves to
the people will be enacted into laws.
While no one should expectthe refer
endum to cure all the ills from which
the people suffer, yet all thinkers must
see in it a measure calculated to loosen
and ultimately break the galling chains
which now fetter a tax-ridden and
debt-burdened people. m
Unjust and unequal law s could not be
enacted.
Instead of state legislature consider
ing a thousand or more bills at each ses
sion, and passing a few hundred of the
worst ones, the people would" enact a
few plain, wholesome laws that could
be easily understood and efficiently en
forced. Court expenses "would be
greatly reduced, and three-fourths of
the lawyers would be out of a job.
Juries would decide causes on their
merits rather than upon precedents es
tablished way back in the Sjtone age.
Partyism, as we now have it, would
disappear; and last, but not least, every
election would tend to educate and ele
vate the people rather than brutalize
and degrade them, as does the present
system.
It is not wisdom for us to jionger play
the ostrich act. The storm is actually
upon us. We are being rapidly driyen
upon the rocks. Let all Join hands,
brace up the halyards 'bout the old "ship,
put honest, capable officers; in charge,
and she will yet outride thej storm and
carry us safely over.
Hogan for Conffresp.
James Hogan, of the boad of direc
tors of the American Railway union,
was nominated for congress at the state
convention of the people's party re
cently held at Salt Lake pity, Utah.
Brother Hogan was not only not an as-
I pirant for the office, but strenuously de
clined the nomination. His friends
and supporters were too numerous,
however, and amid demonstrations of
the greatest enthusiasm they made him
the nominee by acclamation. In mak
ing Brother Hogan its congressional
standard bearer, the people's party
have made no mistake. In no sense of
the term a politician and scorning the
methods of political wire workers, Ho
gan is a man in whom the people can
place implicit confidence. He is a
close student of men and affairs, is
thoroughly honest and his heart throbs
responsive to the common people. If
Hogan is elected, as the Railway Times
earnestly hopes he will be, the people of
Utah and of the country will have at
least one congressman who will bravely
champion the rights Ot the people and
who will be above the corrupting in
fluence of boodle. Times.
MONEY TALKS.
Both Old
Parties Use Money to
Buv.
Their Ends.
What is the difference between
them? Nothing, though nominally one
is labelled a democrat and the other a
both are capitalists and hotn use tne:r
money lavishly to accomplish their po
litical aims and ends.
Quay ;s a high tariff and gold fctan
dard advocate. So is Brice, though
three-fourths of the democrats o Ohio
are against him on both questions; yet
he rules democratic conventions as
with a rod of iron by the lavish use of
money.
The recent democratic convention in
Ohio illustrates the fact. Bt'lce won,
and money did it. Quay, on Wednes
day, achieved the greatest triumph of
his life. Money did it, for it ;s esti
mated that more thSn $1,500 were
spent in the election of the delegates
to the Harrisburg convention, and
Quay spent more than any one else or
he could not . have been victorious.
Brice had nothing to recommend him
but mor.ey and never had; ba "money
talks," and Brice came out on top, as
Quay did at Harrisburg.
We would as soon.be in the hands
of one as the other. They use their
money to achieve success, and the peo
ple allow them to do it. But we Tiope
the day is near at hand when merit
will win and not money. Neither
Brice nor Quay would have a stat in
the United States senate if the honestly
expresftd will of the people could be
hoard. Tricksters rule and stifle the
voice of the people, and corrupt men
force themselves to the front by foul
means. Saturday Bulletin, Aurora,
Ind. '
J. PIERPONT MORGAN.
The Treasury "In the Hands of God
' and Morgan."
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York,
seems to be the undisputed king of this
country. He is acting president, sec-x
retary of the treasury, treasurer and
general king pin of the government,
and that is equivalent to being king.
A New York banker said last week that
"the treasury situation seemed to1 be
in the hands of God and J. Pierpont
Morgan." Without desiring to appear
irreverent, we are inclined to remark
that in our opinion Morgan has the
whip-hand of the arrangement. It
must be anything but comforting to
the American people to think that ta
Wall street banker, the personification
of greed, has the country by the throat
and that his will goes. If he orders an
issue of bonds the bonds come. If the
government wants money the president
says to this august financial autocrat
and boss of 70,000,000 people: "Will
you please, sir, loan me a trifle?" The
back door of Wall street is the great
government of the United States.
When Mr .Morgan's feet are particular
ly dirty he wipes them on Washington
and steps into his palatial office. He
is the Rothschild of America, and every
man in the republic is paying tribute
to his greed. Is it not time to an
nounce that this country be free from
Morgan? Is it not time to proclaim
an independence for the second, time
in the history of the republic? The
spectacle of 70,000,000 people being de
pendent upon the bounty and will and
greed of a product of Wall street Is
quite enough to crack the old liberty
bell on the other side and to make
every dead patriot from '76 to '65 turn
over in his coffin. If we can get the
living dead to show some signs of life
5next year, possibly we may free our
selves. Farmers' Voice 1
WHO 'ABE
PATRIOTS?
THE BANKERS! AND BROKERS
OR THB TOIlIiNO MILLIONS?
Absorbers j of American Prodaoe Who
AnnaaUr Spend ACLlllons In Europe
Are Not Truly American Ixtrm Their
Natlre Land for ttie Profit Only.
There are a class of people In Amer-,
ica, a growing clais, who call them
selves Americans,, whose individual
members are asking, "what does a re:
public amount to anyway?" This class
is made up of thos who absorb the pro-
fits of American
enterprise. They
rope,1 and annual
labor and American
annually go to Bu
y spend In Europe
millions of American dollars. They are
not truly Americans at heart, and the
more they see and enjoy the European
privileges which their money so readily
commands the less American are they.j
In short ttey carti little for their native(
land farther than they reap the resu
of its energies and genius, which re-j
suits are dissipated in wasteful self-ln-j
dulgence on the bounties of older civil-,
izations whose glitter and pomp is aris
tocracy, j Gold isi the god of this grow
ing class of Americans, and costly jew-j
els their playthings; women their pas
time, and fine Wines their recreation.!
America's toiling millions to them are,
all right, so long las the millions do not
rise above their toiling conditions
The happiness and prosperity of Amer
ica's millions is a menace to these an
nual American iourlsts, to these ab-(
sorbers of American blood, and con-,
trollers of American destiny. The
brokers and bankers of this class are
found in the financial heart of every
commercial city, their servitors in
every capital of the country. In speak
ing of America to their foreign enter
tainers they pra
sources and its
se only its material re
financial possibilities.
Their paid agents and expert statisti
cians count the number of acres under
plow, and watch the weather reports;
estimate the probable tonnage to be
moved and determine how much freight
charges each commodity will bear; cal
culate the output of every kind of mine,
the produce of every sort of factory, the
margins of profits of ail which they
deem to be theirs by virtue of their
stockrexchanges, their boards of trade,
their chambers of commerce, and the
money of their; banks, and even of the
treasuries whose volume they control.
The national treasury itself is not
safe from their manipulations nor the
precious metals of which money la
coined,! they sending the price of the
one m and risstroviner the value of the
other at will,f whereby 'be f arnierV bin
of corn, the miner's pound of ore, the
planter's bale of cotton, all become
theirs! ;
, The man who never goes to Europe,
the man who) never expects to go to
Europe, the man who loves the govern
ment and the (institutions of America, J
loves It mountains and prairies, its
woods and streams, and all that It ia
physically, socially and politically, past
or present, outnumbers the man who
spends his millions in Europe a thou
sand to one. The plain from which
the Caesars sprang, the waters that re
flect the palaces of the Doges, thi
grape-laden hills and cathedral-shadowed
valleys of Spain, the castle-be-studded
banks of the Rhine and all thai
England or France has to offer in th
way of the mist and dust and ruin ol
ages, with all their tinsel crowns, and
feather-bedecked nobility, fail to at
tract, much lss win the heart from lti
fealty to this landVof manhood and hu
man equality of the man who never
goes to Europeof the American who
i for America.
The question which is now confront
ing the man who never goes to Europi
is: Who is to rule America? Thi
thousand, or the one; the toller who
stays at home or the absorber who goea
abroad to criticise his own land? It is
confronting him through the medium
that has ruled all lands in all times,
and which has become so potent of lati
in this country of the ballot-box and
school-house the medium of money.
Is it to be ajcurrency of the people or ol
medium so limited that the absorbei
't
can corner it at will? Is 11
to be of jboth gold and silver and
promises to pay in either or both? or ol
a metal which Is owned and held by thi
absorber, together with such additional
currency am the absorber may see fit to
have issued by those who own oui
bonds and control and fix the amount
of our debt-burden? Is It to be'unl
versal national prosperity with an even
handed chance for every man, or peon
age to syndicate gold ?
In the great middle agricultural sec
tion covering a dozen states, in all th
region whose fields are white with
fleecy cotton, in the . vast sweep of
mountain and plain that stretches from
lakes to gulf and from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific ocean, there is not
one man ija ten thousand who is an "ab
sorber," iiot one in ten thousand who
distrusts (the republic, not one in ten
thousand but that loves his country and
its institutions.
Why sbjould the ten thousand submit
to the selfish greed and rule Of the one?
Uretulaj Eagle.
' Spinning to the Fire.
A distinct feature of the crowd at
tending fires In the metropolis th
days is the wheejmen. It was observed
that whep the fire engines, hose carti
and ladder trucks began to race in to
ward a fre In Sixty-first street, near
Second ayenue, one day last week, th
wheelmen -and wheelwomen who were
taking spins turned and followed th
firemen, distancing them often in the
race. New York Sun.
Two
Pnblle Disturbers at Large.
"I suppose" "said Rivers, watching a
loose steer as it darted round a corner
and wen!t splashing through a narrow,
dirty sie-street, "that's what you call
beef allej mud,
FORTY LIYES
SACRIFICED.
A STKAM BOILER KXPLODKS
- WITH TERRIFIC FORCK i
Swalying Up Many Working People,
aud the Flames Rroke Out to Add
to the Horror.
At Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday morning
one of the steam boilers of the Journal office
exploded with terrific force and terrible re
sults. The boiler waa located in the south
eastern corner of tho building, .No. 49 Wet
Lamed street. The first floor was occupied
by tho Journal mailing department ih which
a force of 15 men and boys are usually .em
ployed. The second floor is occupied by tho
liogers Typograph 8upply Company, em
ploying seven or eight mon; the second floor
bv Hilton's Book Bindery, which employed
fully 25 Kirla and men; the fourth was ocou
i.ieJ ltvVKohlbrand. 'an engraver, and bn
tho Tilth floor was tho stereotyping depart
ment of the Journal. Only three men were
at work in tbia department when the explo
sion occurred. The building. No. 45, occu
pied by John E. Davis & Co., grocers'sUn
plios. was also completely wrecked. Only
line or six persons were at wort tnere, How
ever, 'when the disaster occurred, and the
loss of life in that Duliding will De smau. in
an instant tho buildinga were a mass of
ruins, under which was buried, many huinau
beings. .. .. "i .I "
Tho explosion shook tue surrounding
buildings, and glass within the radius of a
block, was shattered in all directions, many
employes of adjoining establishments being
severely cut by the flying glass.
Half an hour after mo explosion occurred
fire broke out in the debris and tho firemen
had to susiHuid the work of rescue and de
vote their attention to putting out the flames.
Just before tho flames started one poor
fellow was found, with . the lower partj of
his body pinioned tightly. He was confwioui
and beggod his resemr8 to get him ont.
They worked like fiends to release tho un
fortunate victim. Dutaiitono avau. xae
flames suddenly shot up around him and he
had to be left to his fate.
Up to noon eight bodies had been taken ,
fronithe,ruins and two more were in sight.
Most of tho bodies had been burned beyond
recognition. - I
The Rogers Typograph Supply plant, which
had just been leased by tho Mergenthaler .
Company to William Dunlap. and which was
located on the seiond floor of the wrecked
building, was entirely destroyed, and (the
loss cannot bo estimated. The destruction of
tho plant cuts off all supplies to papers using,
Rogers typograph machines. I
The list of casualties continues to grow?
and it is now' supposed that at least 40 per-j
sons 'were- killed and 20 wounded. The
money loss will roach f 60,000. 1 1
The list of identified dead is as follows:
Lizzie Dappley, Henry Walsh, John li. Beu
ter, George H. Soule. George Bhaw, James
Ross, William M, Duplap, Walter P. 8axby,
E. L. Reiger. Tho body of the twelfth vic
tim is a boy unidentified as yet. The miss-'
ing number some 30 or 40. j .
THE STATU fiAMK LAWS. '
When Tar Heel Sportsmen" Can G o
Hunting.
Section 2,834 of tho Code, as amend
ed by the Gener 1 Assembly of 1891,.
provides that "no person shall kill ot
shoot, trap or net any patridgee, quail,
doves, robins,, larks, mocking birds or
wild turkeys, between the 15tli day of
March and the let day of November in
each year;. and the person sooffeniding
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
fined not exceeding ten 'dollars for
each offense." ;
This is the general law, but a num
ber of counties have either been en
tirely exempted from its provisions or
special acts passed extending or short
ening the timo provided in the general
law. The counties of Dard, Onslow,
Carteret, Jones, Columbus, Clay,
Cherokee, Swain and Graham have no
law for the protection of- birds. Ma
con has a law only in regard to wild
turkeys, while in, Stanly county il Is
allowed to kill wild turkeys at any
time during tho year.Yn the counties
of Moore, Wilson, Hyde and Pamlico
tho law is not applicable to dovs or
larks, and in Edgecombe it does bot
apply to doves. In Craven, Duplin
and Cumberland counties farmers are
allowed to shoot, on their own land,
partridges and other birds doing in
jury to their crops. I . j !
It is unlawful to kill birds in j Wil
son, Montgomery and Mecklenburg
between- February 1 and November
15th; in Rowan between February 15
and November 15; in Randolph and
Davidson between April 1 and October
1; in Iredell between j last day of
March and first day of November; in
Tyrrell between March I and October
15. In Cabarrus it is unlawful to kill
birds, except robins, between March
15 and November 15. The shooting
of quail is allowed in
Hyde counties from
Marcbr20.
Beaufort and
October 15 to
i
A ft3.000.000 FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Whole Block on Broadway and
Bleecker Street j Burned '
The most serious Are With which the New'
York Are department has had to cipe for
several years was discovered in the building;
at the corner of Bleecker street and Broad-:,
way shortly after '9 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. Within 15 minutes one-half th block!1
between Broadway and Crosby street was
aflame, and a second, third, fourth and fifth
alarm was sounded. Most of the buildings
which served to feed "the flames were old
rattle-traps, and as they took fire on after
another the conflagration seemed to jget be
yond the control of the Are fighters. J
By 10 o'clock three-fourths of the; entire
fire department of the city was on the scene.
RAn RrruutwA was totallv wrecked. No8.j
636 and 639 were badly burned, but not de-.
stroyed. These stores are oooupjea i y
Biraon A Co., Adler A GloTemaa and Oood
rirh rarriaire builder. I i
At 9.30 o'clock th entire block xtnding
from Broadway to Crosby street on Bleecker
was a solid mass of flames. ' j , ;
Twenty-five firemen were more or leaa in-j
lured,' but none fatally. II' I
No flre in New York for years caused sa
much excitement. The damage caused by
tho flrA U estimated to be 1 3. 000.000. Both
the Manhattan Savings Bank and the Empir
State Bank are in ruins.
The contract for constructing th
approaches to the Charleston j publib
burbling bas been awarded to the
Stew-iit Contracting Company, j of Co
lumbia, S. Ct., at $7,075. j j
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