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' - .1 ... ., ..I, ,,, ,,, - , . , ' - - - - .- U...I,. - "t I 'HI-..! ..I. i 1.1 I... II . ; . 1 '. '. Jr , -i "V I' m -. If .J -:ii.' PEACE ON EARTH ANJ) GOOD WILL TO MEN. VOL. II WADESBORO. N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1895. NO. 19. 5 "try'- t ' i SHOW FOll ALL. fjROPORTIONAL REPRESENTA- ! TION TRUE GOVERNMENT, tliiose AT ho Have No .Voice in I-ejIsla- ;(ftlon,' Whose Opinion Are Neither 8' lir;:;r! or IltJVetl. 31 list Feel IMscon- tti.i-iLs Majority SUfTerj Alio. 1." If proportional representation Is not ,tjjfkde .rm issue In our state and national ;'c!Jrn,plgn next year, It .certainly ought tjg t?. 1 Our present method or election ":ir the . politicians' stronghold. Adopt - $op;c-rj tonal . representation and' he is ruiy(l; his power ,is gone and the curse : ; olparty spirit is .destroyed. If ours is a ':vipTesdhtat"ive : government, the people fo coinstitut ft .must bo represented: ; :It..thc'y are liou If an expression of ;' ,jcoiee could be givn hrespecive of Pi-e than four-fifths of .the :;iterw Would declare for the free-coin's a$;cjf.j'iiver at the ratio.of 16 to 1, and Mf: fajycr' hss been denied free: .coinage, ; Vfhoush both the old parties profess fbe friends of the white metal. It. is ; determined purpose of the govern ....fjntjto. maintain a:pDld standard. - ; jj'he. great body of the people desire ';jny reforms, but there is. no way to jjeh 'them by the present method of liwninaf in anri elcc-tin?: candidates. W' call ours a popular re preventative i - fcernrnent; Every symbol of author Pfofefisedly. "From the people, by j people.': IUU every election results1 i-iijjthe -Interests of the politicians and H j lK(;z inlcrcsts are ignored and ! L it : .-HP'h. fontrcl. This i3 so obvious! ; (!L ail ut the purblind ean see.it. ! f:Cx. iP1 a government ia .rot. a people's ' ;i ; Mprnment; u is a government of the .:'c: ;.;nlo;by.:(he politicians, for the pluto Any man v;ho favors, it is a :K' !!fisan slave, 'ci: 4 any one who tol-p-;f :-f'rFr.Sj ior 13 indirfercnt to it, ia un ! '' AVWh.of teins an'Anitrin citizen. :?'v";''.-';. frXid Dudley Field an -able. jurist on :! J . ) vwli4.s.c-opinion most people rciy in judi- XUlLs matters. . nrfinnt iVio cnvirrt mi. consideration as folio-, A - -' J Jt - .: -pPpoec a firm cf twenty-five part ner. .In a conflict of opinion thirteen 'sj$dA rightfully control the twelve. But -at-'lfcelbeginning. of the year, suppose' it WCt arraned that the'-pnrties should '.be.iv.ided into five sections, five f the, parjiici-s in each.. These -v ':crr;'vpou-d to five, districts in our jy.:itm: partnership. Each section K' , : v0ittGl S(?Jeci one to compose a mar t. :.;;'pmmitt(ie' ofJ five. This commi l --woMd correspond to our legislature. 7;V'fow who does not see that each one "otithkb managing committee might be en by thve? of the. five? partners in r.jn$ecuTi,-and thus, the whole five of :tlieoriimittce would reprfecnt only fif- tce meiiitpers cf the firm, ten, ot two "ih iaeh ' rectiBn, having voted against llicA. But this is not the end. This f'o:j".iittGe of free reprf senting only Vta.rffl;-firths' of the !irm are nov; to legis- ritfifor the -company. In this legisla- tiV(iboJyof "five, three would be a ma ; jcrlly, and they could dictate the whole 'ihn;iy,: as the w'hoic committee' of fiy;drcpref;:iUc,;.l only fiTtccn members, a , inaj'i'ty of said committee, 'or - three, y'ojUi represent but three-fifths of fif .Mccj,''br nine of the-whole twenty-five : meijabers. Vv'ould anything but discoh t c iiW and dissension, before the end of Jt Kg jycar, come of such 'an arrangement? . What would happen jn a private part ncrIiip upon so frrulty a system, does r:haen, a.ndmust inevitably happen, ir. h; t;intc where a like faulty system of -.Erdtfirnment is maintained. ' I 'fhe government of a.' republican i coulitry must represent the people or ! lha'A'op!e will be dissatisfied. (Xot if , 'the arc strictly-partisans-, and accept' themo.tto, 'To the victors belong the ! i . Fpos.") Those who have no voice . in j j; legislation, whose opinions are not I f.'-.ttesjjfd'.or heeded, will be restive under ! ,e.u;ority; and it is not the minority , onllj 'Vvho suffer; the majority suffer i albtafrom having no proper cheek, and j w:hn at last the scale turns revulsion is j ' vioilnt ind dangerous. . 'ilk the anti-slavery minority could . S hav Jie.en heard .by' their, represent a- j ii'8, from the beginning, increasing f theilj-j representatives as their strength j I 'Incfea-sed, not only they, but the pro- r, r,Tai'y majority would have been bene i ' fltst,'j and who knows but the emanci I patlbn of the. slaves might have been prplured through peaceful 'legislation, at J cost in treasure to say nothing of the;ost in blood,- of less than half the . . ' expinditure of the war." Paper read bef'o're the American Social Science Ast ebcilt'ion at-.Lovell Institute, April 5, f;'ne of the' most serious consequences ? 'cf existing methoos or ejection is the . fear! "of .throwing away your vote, aiany votr would be glad to support re- forr, but seeing, or thinking, the re forrii party has no chance to. win, al thcjgh it,' may contain several quotas, theK having a prejudice against ne or othdr of .the old parties, will cast their voters ' in order, to defeat it; whereas, T.'itlj? proportional representation, they : coitid throw their whole strength in the Eupjjort of their own choice: ' Oould the principle of proportional representation have been recognized-j in the, composition of the house of rep resentatives twenty years ago, it would have 'introduced into congress a large ynnrijjber of northern democrats and J Gouihcrn whigs, 'men out of favor at horde,' but strong enough, both in num 1 ber and position, to check the violence . hci led to the last civil war." Ameri . can Lay Review for January, "1872; vol V. nice G, pago 2S0. '..-tli. GfrCcld sald:;lln my judgment, '.theSexiciing .electoral system is the T wciilcipoint in the theory of representa i tiv?i government, as now organized and 'Rdrhitfistcrel, and that a large propor tloh; ef the people are permanently dls ;g frajiciiised. There are about ten thou- 101 tarid democrat;3 in my district,-and they '. alei bc?n voting there for the last forty years wltnout any more hope of having a representative on (this floor than of having one in the commons of Great Britain." Debate in. cjongress. If the congressional lines p. hs Etate had been erased, and proportional rep resentation.adopted there, lO.OOQ demo crats woukl have been represented in congress. They certainly hall ajs much right to representation as those voters vho elected Mr. Garfleld. j If we view the facts as they eil3t, we shall see that a fundamental pincinle of popular government, that ijs, the gov ernment shall derive its powers from the consent of the governed Ta.ks been nullified, defeated and set aside, tnd the government virtually vertrirownV'ln consequence, this has been icought about by a wrong use of the ballot,' by which the people's will has been thwart ed, and the weapon for the (defense of their liberties has been tufned upon them to enslave them. ' ' .Is it not time to wake up t6 this mat ter? We have been lufcd away j by cur zeal for party, by the false pjromises of ambitious and designing politicians, by false issues when thier reai purposes have been concealed. . ine sacred trut wnicn has been tie-' qucathed to us has not beei guarded. The liberty for which our fathers sacri ficed so much of blood and treasure and pledged their lives and. fortunes to gain", and transmitted to their hildren.in all confidence has not been preserved.' With the ballot in our hand3 we jjavei every me'ans necessary to regain j the lost treasure and vindicate ourj honor as American citizens." There is io alternar tive but defeat or victory .-Hndustry, r Oakland, Calif. VENDELL PHILLIPS' VOICE. - I Labor, the Creator of Wealth, Entitled to AU It Create. The man, who, with his hands, digs clams out of the seashore or, climbing a tree, gathers apples, or ones who fash ions a hoe. out of hard wood, is a pure', simple laborer, and is entitled to what he gets or makes. The man who makes such a hoe one day, and working with it the next day,' digs twice as niany clams as when he used his hand alone, i3 capitalist and laborer united. He .works a tool, which is capital, I the re sult of past labor. He too is an honest laborer, and entitled to all he gets. A man who works a week and makes ten such hoes, then Joins -nine less skilled men. with himself, and they, the ten, share fairly the product of his hoes and their toil, introduces co-operation and a just civilization; a system which seems to hold within itself every possi ble safeguard against misus6 and to be full of the seeds ft all good results. The man who, h3tOg,'niade Jsuch a hpe, lets it to arothersa akfHjet! Irain to dig clanj3, 'receiving an equivalent for its use, is a capitalist. Sucjh a, system has no inherent, essential Injustice In it, and, if it can be properly arranged and guarded, serves civilization. The difficulty is to guard it from degenerat ing into despotism and.fra'ud. The man vho? getting possession of a thou sand such hoes, sits with kdle hands, and no mental effort but elfish cun ning, and arranges a cunniig network of laws and corporations, ibanks and currency, interest and "corners" to get seven out of every ten clams that are dug, is a drone. We mean by-an honest system to starve him out and compel him to work. The man ifrho sits in Wall street, and by means of bank credit, buys up all last year's claims to raise the price who, taking fifty thou ! sand honestly earned dollars, makes a ! "Clam Digging ' Company" bribes newspapers to lie about it j-creates ten banks and locks up gold, orj arranges a corner to depress its stocks-j-then'buys up every share, makes ten more banks and floods the land with paper and sells out, retiring after a week ol! such labor with a fortuneis a thief. Such thieves of the past we propose to,lfeave undis turbed. Our plan is to ljiake such thieves impossible in the. future. WENDELL PjjiILLIPS. - i TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS. Not Enough Gold l'roduced jAnnually to Pay Our Interest to England. ( "In his estimate of a $23O,C00,O0O gold output fivo. years hence the! director of the mint is not visionary. This year's yield will- probably reach nearly $200, 000,000,' and the recent gains have not been far from $20,000,000 i year. It will be hard after this to gei, up a scare about 'contraction' in tile gold supply. The 'scramble' for gold innjrng the na tions will not be desperhtej enough to cause panics hereafter. "4-Gjlob(S-Demo-crat. O, yes; the scramble for ;old. among the nations will stop when tha millen nium comes. The boasted millions cf gold produced last year will not be sufficient to pay the regular1 annual in terest tribute to English bnd holders and stock holders. What does $200,000,000 of gold amount to in this country where the people have to pay interest-on $35,000, 000,000 indebtedness? Two hundred million dollars would only Jpay a little over half the interest for brae year at one per cent and everybody who bor rows or loans, money knows that the rate will average five times one per cent on all the public and private indebted ness of the country. The paltry $200,000,000 of gold would not pay one-eighth part of jthe interest on our debts for a single year. Two hundred million dollars looks big on paper but when it is jspreaa over the surface of the entire United States of America it become just an attenuated invisible vapor. j It would require all the 'gold money on earth'and that of eleven nore worlds of equal circulation per ca'pita to pay the total debts of the American people alone. j President Cleveland's friendship fcr monarchy is plainly revealed by his trying to seat a cannibal queen and re fusing to recognize the Cubans who are struggling to establish a republic. teuton taHa' JJ6E - . -j kEAL ESTATE pWt. , - ' 'Eoc 1673 l00 ' : jXmK " same 11 lflftrti.l000 ' ' '"SlSi ' ' 5AMtl?R0tTO 1890 1850 . Hi iPg9fil 1 .600 Wl Western Banker. The decline in th9 price, of-silver, wheat and other pro ducts since 1873 has been followed by a decline in the value, of the securities (farms generally) on which we have COMES FROM THE FARM MORE INTEGRITY AMONG TILL ERS OF THE SOIL. Agriculture Is the Basis of: Every thing And to Legislate Against the Farmer Ia to Weaken the Foundation of Government and Society. Rev. Dr. Hawthorne, cf Atlanta, preached a sermon to the National Farmers' Congress, during its session in that city. "Text, Phillipians ii-vi 5: 'Look not every man on his'own things, but every man also on the things of -others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.' --"'A.griefiltTjre t.nna evfrf will be, tho basis of air other material interests. To foster this industry is to befriend every other industry, and to cripple it is to Impair every activity which con tributes to the welfare of the people. The race could possibly iivc without manufacturers, merchants, or dentists, vor physicians, or lawyers, or even with out politicians, but without the farmer it would soon become extinct. The ab solute essential thing for every human being is bread, and the production of that is the vocation of the farmer. To legislate against him is TO WEAKEN TUB VERY FOUNDA TION of every lawful' and useful industry. "Nine-tenths of the men who have risen to enviable distinction were born and reared outside cf the cities. The majority of them were born in farm houses and had some actual experience in cultivating the soil. Look into the catalogues of our American colleges and you will find nine-tenths of the medalists and first honor graduates wcro from the country and country vil lages. Without the new blood that is constantly coming in from the country in less than fifty years the cities w'ould bo INTELLECTUALLY IMPOVER ISHED. Without a constant infusion .of men and women from country churches re ligion would degenerate into the dead est formalism. Let agriculture flourish, country school houses multiply and country churc'-es continue to be true to the faith and worship of our country fathers and mothers and, our NATION .WILL BE SAFE, PROSPER OUS AND HAPPY. "In selecting subject fpr this occa sion I could think of none that would be more helpful to us than the one pre sented In the text 'An unselfish and self-denying concern for the welfare of cur felloW-man, the only solvent of our social-problems.' . "Society will never get rid of its discord and strifes and enter upon a. career of abiding peace and prosperity until it Is permeated by the spirit and controlled by the principle expressed in this passage. As communities and na tions drift away from the great law of benevolence which Christ taught and Illustrated in all He said and did and suffered, their depravity increases and their social con icts and calamities multiply. Any; legislation; that contra venes the law of Christ contained in His great Sermon on the Mount will be prolific of NOTHING BUT SOCIAL EVIL. "We 'speak-the words of truth and soberness when we say that the power which propels the wheels of our pres ent civilization is not love, but greed. Jn politics and commerce there is a premium on shrewdness arid deception. Unswerving honesty and true Christian generosity are sneered at as virtues too sublimated and ethereal to be practiced by creatures who wear earth about them, and who have to grapple with such prosaic questions as 'What shall I eat, what shall I drink, and where withal shall I be.clothed?' "A civilization that is based soleljt upon self-interest, and that magnifies and rewards men who SUCCEED BY THEIR SUPERIOR CUNNING, has no power wi thing itself to secure A NEW ACQUISITION. (Froax National Bimtttallist,) loaned millions. The property worth $1,000,000 in 1373 has gradually declined with silver until it Is nov? worth only $600,000. The orly way to restore the value of property and prices of products justice. There is nothing that needs saving so much as a civilizatie-n that is guided by no great ethical principle, and that marches on without any re gard for God and tiis righteousness. The country that boasts of such a civili zation is on the high road to anarchy, nihilism and barbarism. "Civilization is not a cause, but an effect It is the product of human char acter. It expresses the good I and evil in the hearts of the people who sup port it. Any .government is just what the people make it: If a state or muni cipal government legalizes orj tolerates such an iniquity a3 a hull fight or a gambling house, or a bar room, or an indecent theatrical exhibition, it is be cause the PEOPLE ARE DEPRAV ENOUGH to desire It. in the character of the Jt JfPlie. If the civilization is corrupt, i is because corruption reigns In the Varts of the people. This being true;, civilization can he cleansed only by cleansing the people. ' " ; 'As long as the people have- but little moral sensibility and a feeble- apprecia tion of the distinctions which God makes between right and wrong, there will be CLASS LEGISLATION, DESPOTIC MONOPOLIES, I political rings, bribery and ballot-box stuffing. A righteous civilization can be secured and maintained only by a people who love and practice righteous ness. We are like those foolish Gala tians, whom Paul describes as -be"-witched.' We have been 'bewitched' by false teachers. . "What, then, Is our hope? How can society be redeemed?. How can our civilization be transformed? How can the state be so reconstructed as'to fur nish, adequate protection to its subjects and to all of their legitimate interests? Our answer to each of these questions is: 'By substituting for the law of self interest which now dominates our. so cial life the law of love the law of self-sacrifice the law which Christ il lustrated when he became poor that we, through His poverty, might be rich the law which makes each man HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER,", and requires us to bear one another's burdens. , "Is it your purpose to be useful to your fellow men? If that is not your purpose, and your supreme purpose, you have no claim upon the respect of mankind. If you intend to be a disci ple of Cain and repudiate all obliga tion to care for your brother ;man, you deserve to be treated as Cain was BRANDED AS AN OUTLAW If you will not be your brother's keeper and burden-bearer, you are his enemy. You will seize every opportunity to de fraud, oppress and degrade him. The spirit that controls you will make you A MONOPOLIST OR A GAMBLER, or a bank robber, or an anarchist, or a nihilist. ' "But if your purpose is to be useful useful Cot only to yourself and -your family, but to the whole world your life must be a sacrificial life. You must look out over the wide world and rec ognize every man in it as your neigh bor, and feel your obligation to help him ac far as God gives yen the ability and opportunity. To s"erve your day and generation according to the will of God and make an enduring contribu tion to THE WELFARE OF THE RACE, you must make an obligation of your possessions and of yourself. "When men '. in all vocations who claim to be Christians heartily accept this doctrine and conform their lives to it, we shall see' Christianity grow as it has never grown. We shall seek so ciety quickly cleansed of its present pollutions. We shall see the state purged of all Injustice and favoritism. We shall see : STRIFES BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPITAL CEASE,; and throughout all our borders a reign of righteousness, contentment and pros perity. I "To reddem society-r-to remove it from its. present basis of selfishness KD 1 is to again open the mints to free coin age of goland silver as it existed prior to 1873. Western bankers can no long er afford to bolster up this pro-British policy in this country. and plant it on the foundation of the golden rule of the gospel will require heroic courage, great sacrifice and mar tyr-like endurance on the part of men in every calling. In putting your busi ness on "the basis of the golden rule you would SUFFER GREAT LOSSES for a time. You could scarcely compete with men of selfish and fraudulent methods. Bankruptcy might overtake you. But in making the sacrifice you would have the, fellowship of Christ. You would manifest His spirit, magnify His truth and grace, and extend the conquests of His kingdom. This would compensate you a thousand times fcr your material losses. "I am confident that among the men who till the soil of this country there is MORE INCORRUPTIBLE INTEG t RITV - 1 -than can befound in any ether element of our population. For more than two thirds of a century agriculturalists dominated the government and social life of this nation. It is now dominated by monopolists, money lenders and speculators. We need not to bo told that the change has been PROLIFIC OF ANYTHING BUT GOOD, either to the material or moral interests of the masses of our people. It requires no prophetic gift to see that a return of the agricultural classes to power would result in a revival of that vir tuous simplicity and uncompromising integrity which characterized the American people- in the BETTER DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC. "Gentlemen of the Farmers' National Congress, If you are fighting for the en thronement of truth, purity, fair deal- I ing and Christ-like charity in the gov- crnment and social life of your country, j and are determined to be loyal to your convictions, even to the last extremity, I you are knights of a nobler chivalry than ever UNFURLED A FLAG OR UN SHEATHED A SWORD on any of the world's historic battle fields, and for each of you invisible fingers are weaving an imperishable ehap'iet." . t OIney and the Iiailroads. Olney, the railroad and trust attor ney, whose salary in these positions ex ceeds his salary as attorney general in the president's cabinet, has permitted the Central Pacific railroad to turn a large portion of its $6,000,000 of a sink ing fund to the payment of interest, in violation of the Thurman act, which authorized the formation of a sinking fund to be 25 per cent of the net earn ings of the road this sum to be cov ered in the United States treasury for the liquidation of the principal of the railroad's debt the bond aided roads having pledged themselves to pay the interest upon the debt to the govern ment outside of this fund. It will be remembered that Senator Thurman's ef fort in, behalf of the people, as against the raiircad3 killed him politically, but endeared him to the people. This inr- : famous tool nf trnsfs and rnrnnratinns ! T I V I ceedings against the railroads which should have been brought many years ago and which might have been begun upon their recent failure to pay the in terest due the government, had they not had an attorney in the president's cabinet to look after- their interests. The railroads of the country are in open violation of every measure intended in any wise to bring them to settle with the government. They are enabled to do it just by retaining such consum mate rascals, as Atorney General Olney. People's Advocate'. . Another Peculiar Clock. The most peculiar clock In the world is that in a tower in the court yard of the palace of Versailles. Upon the death of a king in rny portion of Eu rope the hand is set at ihe moment of hie demise, and remains, in that posi tion until another king passes away. This curious custom is said to iave or iginated in the time of Louis Xlh. 'The ld parties are getting together. Reformers must unite. A VOICE OP washing: i AN ENGLISH WRITER MAKES SOME OBSERVATIONS. And Chlf Jostle Drown Say that Bribery n4 Corruption Are So Gen eral as to Threaten th Very Stroetars of Society. t Wealth Makers: "I have watched th rapid evolution of social democracy in England; l have studied autocracy in Russia and theocracy in Rome; and I must say that nowhere, not even in Russia, in the first year of the reaction occasioned by the murder of the czar, have I struck more abject submission to a more soulless despotism than thai which prevails among the so-called free American citizens when they ar face to face With, the omnipotent power of the corporations." These are ; the words of an English writer who has recently made a study erf our municipal institutions. And As sociate Justice Brown, of tbe United States Supreme Court, commenting on the above, says: "Granting !this to be overdrawn for I am unwilling to believe that corpora tion' are solely responsible for munici pal misgovernment the fan remains that bribery (and corruption are so gen eral as to threaten thr very stfuetur of society." i ' Justice? Brown In his article in th August Forum, from which the abov extracts are taken, says, by way of ex planation of municipal corruption, that: "The activities of urban life are 6a intense, the pursuit of wealth cr pleasure so labscrbing. as upon the on hand to breed an indifference to pub lic affairs; while upon the other, th expenditures are so large, the value of the franchises at the disposal of th cities so 'great, and the opportunities for illicit gain so manifold, that the mu nicipal legislators, whose standard oi honesty Is irarely higher than the av erage of those who elect them, fall an easy prey to the designing-and unscru pulous. Franchises which ought to net "the treasury a. large sum are bartered away for a song; privileges which ought to be freely granted In the In terest cf the public arc withheld till those who are supposed to be most immediately 'benefited will consent to pay for tthem; gross favoritism Is shown in the assessment of property for taxation; great corporations are permitted to encumber the streets and endanger the lives of citizens, while every formj of vice which can be madf is secretly tolerated." Sneaking: of corporation In general ! Justice Br(t)wn referred to ihinti thzx I ... . - T .. . ' .. 'j "they navjs a practical monopoly ui land transportation, of mining, manu facturing, banking, and insurance.'' "The case with which charters are se cured has produced great abuses." Tha advantage! they offer of limited liabll ity leads men to Incorporate in order to avoid paying their obligations, to crush out rivals;; charters are secured in one state to do business in another or oth ers, so as to bring litigation. Into Fed eral courts. The eminent writer de scribes the gross fraud3 of railroad con struction companies and the "wreck ing" process, and the vast profit, or rather plunder, thus got under cover o law. Speaking Of the trusts he said: "Worse than this, however, is the combination of corporations In so-called trusts to limit production, stifle compe tition, and monopolize the' necessitiei of life. The extent to which this has already been carried Is alarming, the extent to which it may hereafter b carried is revolutionary. Indeed, the evils of aggregated wealth are nowhere seen in more odiofrs form. If no stu: dent can light his lamp without paying tribute to I one company, if no house keeper can buy a pound of meat or. sugar without swelling the receipts ol two or three trusts, what is to prevent the entire) productive Industry of the country becoming ultimately absorbed by a hundred gigantic corporations? II a railway Jcompany originally organized to build 100 miles of road has by fifty year3 of Consolidations and leases be- ccme the undisputed master of 10,000 miles of transportation, what Is to pre vent It In another fifty years from mo nopolizing half the traffic cf a conti nent?" When a, man sitting on the supreme bench of (the United States thus writes the people should be aroused to act. Delays aie dangerous. But what can be done with tho great corporations; monopolies and trusts? I The process of consolidation and the development ol the trust is a forward movement in the line of labor saving, of economic serv ice. It cannot be checked, but monopo lies should be forced to pay tribute tc the government, and they should be bought up by; the government as fast as by complete consolidation and single t . . ... r organization tney destroy competition j to rapidly are monopolies absorbing j the wealth and resources of the people j and grasping all power that prompt and radical measures are our only sal J yation. The danger at present is thai j monopolistic control of political parties i and the press will keep the people ig norant or; the danger and partisanly prejudiced until violence, and anarchy will follow. j The Uusts, the banksj and every cor poration that ha3 grown rich under the shadow-cf special legislation passed by the representatives of the two old par ties, are .fighting the People's party. This is the best evidence that the Peo pled party Is the only; one that Is an inveterate enemy to monopoly. ) No doubt Secretary Carlisle tells the ruth when he says that , "the silver men will (fail to control the coming na tional convention of either the Demo cratic or Republican party." Too true. The Democrats &re -to be congratu lated on posing Brice and (Soman but the1 country gains nothing - - . . NORTH STATE . CDLLIN6S. OCCURRENCES WORTH NOTJMJ FROM ALL OVER TI1IJ STATE Farmera Institute. The State Board of Agriculture has decided that the holding of farmers institutes shall begin in January anil continue during thai month and Feb ruary, so as to reach the farmers at ia time when thej ire not bnsy on their farms. Just as many institutes as pos eibe will be held within the two months. It is ordered that a new Handbook of the jState shall be issued; far more complete than any previous one. It will be prepared by Commis sioner Patterson, ;T. K. BruneV and fl. B. Battle. A special "vote of thanks was tendered the Seaboard Air Line for for its co-operation with the board in furnishing freo transportation to tbo persons who hold farmers' institutes, nnd also for its, hearty cy-operation , with tho board in the futherance of tho immigration work. The work of Commissioner Pattersonjn holding in stitutes was heartily applauded. '. - : j- Death In a Well, in Alamance. News has been received, o-f the killing of Mr. Will P. Summersi a hard-working farmer, in tlio northwestern part of Alamance county, Wednesday after nooD, by a well's caving in on him. A large chunk of rook and earth fell on him at a depth of about 30 feotter ribJy 'mangling his body. After being rescued he came to consciousness, but lived only a few minutes.. He. leaves a wife and eight children, tho youngest an infant. ! Southern Itailwuy Indicted j The Southern Railway Company was defendant in Justice Deaver's court, at AhhevillH Wednesday, charged with running freight trains on Sunday, and was bound oyer to court in a bond of $l,uQl). Several employees of tbe company, charged with working on Sundiiy, filed a demurrer which was overruled and the defendants appealed. Cleveland in North Carolina. President Cleveland" left Washington Thursday night on the light-house ten der, Maple, to recuperate from the strain he his been under in the prepar ation of his message to Congress and on a hunting trip through- tho North Carolina sounds. With him were Dr. O'Reilly, , 0 Commander George F. Wilde, naval secretary of the light honeo bourrl and 'comander- Benjamin P. LamberioD, in cLarge of the light house district comprising tho sounds. . , School Superintendents to Meet. The North Carolina School Superin tendent's Association will meet fn Ral eigh, Thursday evening, December 26, 1895. Superintendent C. W. Toms, of Durham, 13 President of the Associa tion. There are eighteen graded school superintendents in North Caro lina and the attendance at the ap proaching meeting promises to be larger than usual. The program will be an interesting one. --,. . , , , . . STATE NK XV S DOTS. A bank at Washington, N. C, de posited $5,0001 iu gold in the U. S. Treasury on Thursday. j The City Board of Tax Equalization of Ralt-igh reports an increased valua tion of $02,000. Dr. R. L. Payne, of Lexington, will move to' Norfolk, Va., to accept a posi tion with a fine salary attached. ; The Sun says sufficient water pro tection is now a question-' in Durham It favors municipal ownership of water and light. Mayor Fishblate, of Wilmington, has resigned, and the board of aldermen has elected Arder man Harris bis suc cessor. ; -' In a nail keg in the. store of William Alderman, of Harrison's -Creek, Pen, der county, was found", a few days ago, $490 in gold and $10 in silver. The Governor orders a special term of Person Superior Court for the trial of civil-case to begin July 6th, Judge Starbuck to preside: . i The Tyson & Jones Buggy Company, of Carthage, were awarded the firef medal at the Atlanta Exposition lat week for the best all-round exhibit of vehicles. . Georgo Costello, whose real name rf-as George Loughlin, and who was a noted trapeze performer in Sell's cii" ctrs, and who was killed Iy a fall from a train in Georgia, was a resident of Henderson, and Was very popular. He was to' -have been married soon to the -''strong woman1' of the circus, of New Orleans. ' j State Treasurer Worth has notified the legislative joint committee to meet Pecemb'er 15th, to inspect the boks, ! vonehers. etc., in bis othce and mQit ! of the State Auditor. The committee i is composed of Senators W. H. Farth ling and C. W. Mitchell, aod Repre 1 eentatived A. F. H leman, W. R. Ellis and D. B. Julian. ) - Governor Carr offers $200 reward for the apprehension of Sam Newlaad, of Lenoir, Caldwell county, for the mur der of Frank Steelmnn. He shot the latter dead, although Steelman on his knees prayed for mercy. Newland's friends say Steelman had made threats that he would kill him and miveial other men. - j Robert Watkins, a married man 27 years old, was found frozen to death in li is wagon near Hay Meadow, "Wilkes county, Tuesday morning. He- had been over the mountains witbalad f produce. When found he was sitting , in the wagon, ibis feet on the doable tree and his head leaning against the side of the wagoa. r'Si-V 1 1 I'll k. 'i - ir V' '' i ' :
The Plow Boy (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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