Published by Koanoke Publishing Co ;
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY, AND FOR TRUTH:1
W. FLETCHER AUSBflN, Editor.
C. V. VV. AlSJiCN, tU&HJUb 3ii.NAOEB.
VOL. I1L
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PLTMOOTH, N. C-, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1891.
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MIGHT HAVE BEKJf.
He might have been great, you have heard
people any,
If things had turned oat In a different way;
He was r handicapped heavily, somehow or
other; . ? . W-i.
He got a bad startluck favored his brother.'
He might have torn laurels from Webster or
Burke,
ftach Is his belief, but they set him to work
' la a bank or a brewery no matter which
Aud what could the poor follow do but get
rich. .. - -
There's Turabilly. now, might have written,
1 bo known? : : .
The loveliest vorse, If he hadn't writ prose.
There are tailors with souls that soar above
t coats; 5 i . ".'i -
And farmers a-wcAry of marketing shoats;
AH trades and professions count plenty of men
Who'd like to try starting life over again
Who know that they might have been. Heaven
knows what, - :
If the nickel they'd dropped In some other
SlOt, . ..; -
Tlere's this one Whose habit of drinking pro
vents
The world from admiring his virtue and sense;
He might have been great, his friends all In-
slat,
And ask vh to weep over what we have missed.
I'hey're dosens who might have with pen or
with saber .?"
Won fame if they hadn't all hated hard labor.
The tortoise we know would have never been
in it
If the bare hadn't tarried to doze for, a minute.
It's a pity, perhaps, and the poet has sung
Of "might have been's" sadness, on pen or on
: toBjrue, : - -. - ... ..
Hut we order a dinner or put on a coat,
iBpcnd money or make it, smoke, versify,
VOte ' "
According to facts you can't go behind 'em.
And take 'em you must, yes, Just as you find
'em. : - - . -He
might have been nonsense! The world
: would know this; , ,
Sot what a man might be, but Just what he 1st
.. - . Hepburn Johes.
THE YOUNG BEPOBTEB.
"You needn't stay, Hervey, unless you
care to wait on emergency," said the
editor. "There's nothing special, and
you may as well have your night off, if
the rest of us can't." : , t
Thank you; sir." 1
Alfred Herroy, the youngest reporter
orthe paper, would no doubt have pre
ferred to work, but there was nothing for
lain to do, and as the dismissal of his chief
' had been kindly meant, he accepted it in
the same spirit. " .
It was no ordinary achievement for a
boy of 19 to have advanced, by his un
aided . aptitude and energy, from the
typesetterVcase to the reportorial stall
.of one of the great daily journals.
This was what Alfred had recently suc
ceeded in doing, but he discovered only
too soon that the position, once attained,
involved difficulties and drawbacks.
The new reporter's position was a very
subordinate one. lie was paid at the
rate of so much per column for.' such of
Iiis articles only as were actually printed
in the paper. What was cut out of his
"copy" by the editor or rejected bodily
was so much time and labor lost.
The consequence was that Alfred, like
many others, not only had no opportun
Ity even to attempt to ' distinguish him
self by "fine writing," but his earnings
were actually : less than he could com
mand at typesetting. I . ; r .
These were the reflections, no doubt,
that tended to cast down the Bpirits of
the young reporter as" he quitted the edi
torial rooms that Christmas eve.
Alfred drew on his gloves and started
in the direction of the river; he usually
went home by steamboat. As he elbowed
his way through the throng of people ho
occasionally threw back ' his head and
quickened his step with an air of deter-
ruination. . . ; ' '
lie was thinking of the resolutions ho
meant to make on the approaching New
.Year's dayresolutions of pluck and per
severance to his work, wnich would tri
umph in spite of all obstacles. -
Arriving at the pier, he went aboard
the boat that was in waiting and, accord-
ing to his habit, walked straight to the
forward deck.
The boat glided put into the swift, dark
tide. . "
As the vessel bumped against the pier
which was Alfs destination, a mauwear
ing a long black overcoat, with the'collar
turned up about his ears, advanced in a
nervous manner to the extreme edge, of
the deck, ready to leap onto the pier.
He might have accomplished, the feat
in safety had not the boat at the same
instant recoiled and suddenly receded
ceveral feet. . C - - .
vf The passengers were horrified to see
the unfortunate man fall short of his
landing, and, tlirowing up his arms with
a wild cry of terror, disappear in the dark,
teething waters.
He ' had escaped , being caught and .
crushed between the boat and the, pier,
but his plight was none the less terrible.
"Man overboard 1 Hold her " back ! "
f houted the men on the pier to the wheel
man.' ...
The order was obeyed with prompt
ness. ' :
The poor fellow in : the water waa in
enable of making any effort to save him-
tvlf. . -
One of the pier hands, who had had .
- previous experience of such accidents,
did the one thing practicable under the
circumstances.5 ,
Grasping a long boathook, he thrust
it into the water, and deiterously catch
ing it in the loose clothing of the drown
ing man, dragged him with more expe
dition than gentleness to the pier.
His comrade waited there to grasp tho
limp and dripping body, and tho two
r. ritly raLii'd it from the water.
" Seized with a feclitur of profound nitv.
Alfred bent over the prostrate body when
he stepped onto the pier. -
"Do you know him?" asked tho man
who had used the boathook. v
"I don't, but I know he must be at
tended to at once," replied the young re
porter energetically. "Look, he has been
stunned by the shock, and he'll freeze to
death here!"- :"-"... -fr '
Call a policeman and get a doctor, or
, else take the poor fellow to some place
whero he can be attended to, , We can't
leave lum here even for a second, " said
' the man.' ': .1 : ) . :
. . Alfred beckoned to a policeman who
I chanced to be at the top of the pier ap
proach. ' ' ' ' t T
i "What's upJIineUo! Tell overboard,
eh?" remarked the official deliberately,
shaking the: drenched victim by the col-'
j lar of the long overcoat.
I The unfortunate, man gave no sign of
life. : , ? - .;
Somebody procured some brandy, and
while tlio policeman was trying to force
it between hia charge's lips, a young man
carrjing a physician'' medicine case el-
' bowed -his way. through the crowd,
glanced at the pallid .face, seized tlie
hands, and felt the pulse, then bent over
and laid his ear close to the heart.
I For a moment not a word was spoken ;
then the young doctor 'uttered a startled
' . exclamation, and, raising his . liead, said
with grave decision : . v
"It is too late. -This unfortunate man
is dead." U ; f " k ?
Tho awestricken ' silence which fol
lowed this announcement was broken by
the policeman, who asked, addressing
. . Alfred?? f -r.fi f f : ' ,r-
i '"Who is he? Do you know him?"
I " No ; I never saw him until he fell into
,. the water. Perhaps we may find out by
. ' searching his pockets."
On botii sides strange but not unkindly
hands were thrust into the capacious
pockets of the big overcoat. - -
Tliere were bags of sweets, nuts,1 and
oranges, and a package of tiny colored
,j wax candles. ? . ' : . , , I , im-
Presentslv For whom ? f
For the children of the drowned man,
who were, np doubt, at this very moment
watching for his return.
! Tears rushed to the eyes of more than
one man in gazing upon 'this affecting
sight, and explanations of, "By George,
that's hard!" "His poor wife and little
' ones!" and "Saddest thing I ever saw!"
arose on all sides. -' , . . ? .
As for Alf Bd, his young heart, not yet
hardened by newspaper experience,
6eemed almost - ready to - burst with the
emotion he felt.1 ', , ,
For the time being he quite forgot the
motive which had originally induced him
to take7' such an eager interest in : this
stranger's 'misfortune - namely, the
chance of ; securing a good' "news story"
for the7 paper upon which he had yet his
' reputation to make. - .
I "What's this?" said the po iceman,
taking a soiled envelope fron the inside
picket .of the dead man's coat. "Here's a
name 'August Faltot' and the address
of No. 9 Patchin place. We'll have to
; take him to the morgue to await identifi
cation, and send somebody to inquire at
this address. "
The young reporter at once volunteered
. to got to Patchin place. .;
i Indeed, he was the only one in the
party who knew exactly where Patchin
place was, it being not far from his own
home. ; . ; .
. Once on the car, going toward his des-
tination, Alfred's newspaper instinct re
asserted itself, and lie began to turn over
in hia mind the manner in which lie.
should "write up" the sad adventure.
And the adventure itself--how was it
j going to turn butr i - v, .
The thought caused him much uneasi
ness, but he had no time to dwell upon it,
for the car was soon passing the entrance
to Patchin place. . r, a ,
Alfred sprang I off,- .and resolutely,
marched into the narrow thoroughfare,
. No. 9 was one of a row of shabby three
story houses of brick. ,
On every door post were three bell
; knobs, one for each floor.
.-Under these knobs were written the
names of the tenants. ' " ' - : I
Alfred's heart beat wildly as' he read i
"A. Faltot's bell " J
He pulled it nervously, and in a mo
ment the summons was answered by a
pale, pleasant faced woman,1 who looked
t him inquiringly, and then glanced
uown the street, as if she were expecting . .
someone else. -
" Is Mr. Faltot in ? I mean does he live
here?" , r . ' I
"He lives here, was the reply, "and I
am expecting him home . every minute.
"Won't you come up?" ! - '
Alfred followed her up a narrow flight
of stairs to the second floor, where one
large apartment served the family for
kitchen, parlor, and living room, while J
two little bedrooms ana a pantry closet
completed the suite. '
' Everything, however, wasclean, bright,
and cheerfuL . f T
I Tlirce children were playing about
a boy of eight years and two younger
girl c - , v ':
The happy- scene smote Alfred to tne j
heart when he tnougut- oi tne rernuio
cloud that hung over it ready to break.
lie felt like a relentless monster, and
woudertxl how he liad ever consented to
bring his fatal message."
' "My hiviband is late," said Mrs. Fal
tot, oiroriug him a chair. "It w Satur
day tu'pht, you know, and there's extra
elirpp'r; to do, isn-'t there, cliiMrrn?"
gins.
Alfred thought of the colored wax
candles and the water soaked parcels in
the pockets of tliat long, black overcoat,
i; Alfred mentally was suffering keenly.
When Mrs. Faltot asked him hia nama
and if he were acquainted with her
husband he was glad to gain a little time
by stammering out in reply ; t7 A
Yes, ma'am that is to say I have met
him at least I have seen him, you
know. I I " ,
"I thought, perhaps, you might bo
connected with the . shop where he
works," She continued, not observing
his embarrassment. "You Bee,, this is
going to be an unusually happy year for
us, because now things are beginning to
go so well. My husband was out of
.work for a long time, but now he has a
good, steady situation at Noel's. So we
can afford to have a little jollification. "
. "Madam." cried Alfred hoarsely, un
able any longer to restrain his feelings,
"pardon me, but "
"What fa tho matter? Are you ill?"
"No, not ' Your husband"
At these words the first intimation of
alarm flashed across the poor woman's
features, y . ,. ' ,-
"My husband?" she repeated anx
iously. , "You have some message? Has
anything happened? Speak, please !" . .
But he could not speak. The words
choked him.
"Mamma, where's papa?" asked little
Tiny, instinctively taking fright.' '
Alfred thought of making a bolt for
the door, and so effecting his escape, but
it was too late. . ' , ; .
A heavy footstep sounded on the stair.
"There he comes I" exclaimed the tlireo
children in a breath.
Mrs. Faltot rushed to the door and
opened it '
- A hearty, genial looking man entered,
his face; red and smiling, his arms full of
parcels, which he carefully carried into
one of the bedrooms before returning to
kins the children, who danced about him
in high glee. - " ' T . -
" Oh, August, I'm so glad you've come! "
exclaimed Mrs. Faltot. . "I was worried
about you."
"Well, I have had a. little adventure,
that's a fact. -But who is our young
friend here?" " ' '
"I'm a '' reporter, sir," r said Alfred,
spring! ag up and holding out his hand.'
ilay I ak you name?" -
"Faltot--August Faltot." "'
" I am most delighted to make your ac
quaintance, sir," cried the young man,
with what seemed like unnecessary effu
sion. "Pray, go on with vour story, and
then I will relate mine." v ' ' .
"VJell," said Mr. Faltot, "I had my
overcoat stolen in a restaurant, that's alt,
I had just bought a lot of things, and they
were in the1 pockets. But I bought some
more, children, and you are all right after
all." .:. . -
"Was it a long black overcoat?" asked
the young reporter.
"Yes, with side pockets that you could
carry a bushel of potatoes, in. "
"Tho very same Sir, the man who
took your pvercoat was drowned less
than an hour ago."
And Alfred recounted the accident in
detail. - - '
Mr. Faltot listened with absorbed at
tention, and said : '; "
"Poor tiling! He met his punishment
quickly enough, and it was a far more
terrible one than he merited. But it's
wonderful how-soon you newspaper fol
lows get hold of things. " . : -:
"That reminds me I must hurry over
to ' the office and write it all up. You
can't : imagine what a surprise and relief
it was to.; me to see you come in at tliat
door, sir. Good day, alL A very good
day to you.". . : .
' And Alfred Hervey disappeared as sud
denly as he had come, but with what a
lightened heart! -
In 15 minutes he had crossed the river
again. " ' . 7 ', ' ,
The editor pronounced his story, a cap
ital one, 'and told him' to "work it up" to
the extent of a column if he liked,
Alfred wrote as he had never written
before,, and he had the proud satisfaction
of being complimented and paid well,
too.'.VA yj' : '-' '
The young reporter's story marked the
opening of a new and brighter era in his
journalistic life, and it was his first deeply
impressive lesson in tliat great mysterious
complication of joys and sorrows which
makes up what we call everyday life.
- - The largest ship canal in Europe is tne
great North Holland Canal, from Amster
dam to Helder, 51 ' miles ; completed in
1835; 125 feet wide at water surface, 31
feet wide at bottom ; depth 20 feet
In Delaware only 1 in fOO flogged at the
public whipping post appears for a sec
ond dose, while 87 per cent of those sent
to jail for similar crimes appear again be-
fore two years. . 1
Chocolate is used in the. interior of
South America for a currency, as are I
cocoanuts and eggs. Norway even now ;
uses corn for coin. In India cakes of tea
pass as currency, and .Jn China pieces oi :
silk. '. , '-. v- - ; -
The father of shoeniaking in this coun
try is "said to have been one Abraham
Lovering, who came over in the May
flower, bringing with him a number o
pelts to be worked into footwear for the
colonists. ,
Chicago's area is a little .more than
100.57 square miles, Philadelphia's 77.C";
square miles. Chicago is probably the
largest city in the world. The area cf
Loudon is
York. 41.
121 square nftli;s; of New
WHO PAYS THE DUTY?
Wilmington Star. ' " ' '
The high tariff organs have a hard time
defending the McKinley monstrosity, bat
they try it all the sanie with a zeal worthy
of a better cause.' Sometimes this blind
zeal leads them Into absurdities andincon-
sibtencies that, although apparently unseen
by them, are as plain to the man with eyes
as a towering mountain.
- One of the most glaring of thesa absur
dities is the allegation that it is the manu
facturer or the exporter abroad whtfpays
the tariff on the article exported -when
every man with two grains of bense knows
that the exporter adds w the tariff to the
price of his goods when he ships them, or
I. that the importer who bays his goods on
the other side adds the tariff paid when he
sells it to the jobber, the jobber adds it
when he sells it to the merchant - Lud the
merchant adds wnen he sells to his customer
and each addn alittle more to the amount
paid by him to be on the tafe Bide. They
would be bosineea idiots if. they didn't.
The tariff on tin-plate, for instance, was
last year $3,000,000. This year it will be
1G.000,0(X), if not more. Boo any man
with sense enough to keep out of a lunatic
asylum believe that the Welsh niauufkctu
rers of this tin-plate paid this $8,000,000
and made their American purchasers a
present of that amount, or that they will
pay the $1C,000,000 this year and make
their American customers a present of
8,C00,000 mort ? Tin makiug in Wales
must be an extraordinary profitable busi
ness if it can staud such munificent liberality
as this. This $8,000,000 was paid by some
one, aud it U the aelf-appointed tuision of
the oigauio ass to bhow that it is not paid
by lhoe who pay it, but by others. It is a
little singular that it hasn't occurred to auy
of ' these organs to assert that it isn't paid
by any one, but pays ittself.
Tiio liu-plttte ux is a live issue '.n Ohio,
and a very live oue, because the acknowl
edged leader 6 the tin-plate fraud frater
nity is a candidate for Governor, aud his
gai g have undertaken to defend their work
aud prove it to be good, 'the Cleveland
Leader, one ef the mot disdnguished
organs of the fraternity, is now engtged in
thd herculean task of convincing the voters
of Ohi , that a vry insignificant percentage
of this tax is -paid by the people of this
couutry, not more than ten jer cent.,
while the ninety per cent is paid by oil
compauies; canning companies, tiuware
companies and owners of buildiugs. ' Ac
cording a New York tin plate importer, to
whom the Leader applied for information
th $8,000,000 tax of last year was divided
as follows : 1 0il companios $ t, 000,000,
cautiug companies $3,000,000, tinware
companies . $d()0,0()0. bnilders of houses
(for rooflugj $1,600,000, domestic and other
uses $ I 200 000, . total $3 000 000. Accor
ding to the estimate of the Leader, based
on these figures the oil companies will pay
under the McKinley tariff $3 520 000, the.
canning coiupauiea $C llio'ooo, the tinware
companies $1 700 000, owners of buildings
$3 520 000, domestic aud other uses about
$2 000 000.
. What colossal nonsenso this is to assert
that because soma of this tin is Used by oil
companies, can Ding companies, tinware
companies, and for roofing upon bai'diuga
that the $14 960 000 which i; is calculated
they will , pay is not felt by the people.
Do not the oil compauhs add to the price
of their oil the extra cost of the tin-plate
to themln consequence of the duty paid ?
Do not the canning companies charge the
extra cost of their cans ? Do not the tin-
ware men . charge the extra cost of the
tin-plate they use when they put their tin.
ware upon the market ? Do not the meo
who put roots on buildiugs charge the ad
ditional cost of the tin they use ? ud don't
the people who usj oil, canned goods, tin?
waro andhb have houses built upon
wnich tin . roola ar put pay it ? It in the
sheerest idiocy or the most baldfaced lying
to assert to tho contrary.
Bat aside from this t-ere are two not
worthy poiti in this statement of the
Leader, one when U declures that this tariff
is paid by rich corporations, and not by the
people, for it and the other organs of a
high protective tariff, and of the McKinley
monstrosity, have' been contending all
along that the Wrif was paid by the Eu
ropean uianufacturers Cut the ti" tariff,
it seems. U paid by rich corporations," The
other is that as the tariff falls principally
upon ; rich people therefore it should be
continued and tnat it would be. wrong to
put tie upon the free list as tffe 1 Mill's " bill
proposed to do. That same paper dnoua.
ces the Ohio Democratic platform because,
among other things it objects to, it pro
nounces in favor of a graduated income tax.
ThU it declares class legislation, which
imposes a tax on rich men b'-cause they
are rich, bile this organ favor retaining
the tariff on tin-plate bccaubO it is paid by
rich companies. It -would lake a forty,
thousand power magnifying glasa to distin
guish tLe difference telwucu . these two
kinds of eUnslgifdation, from tho Loader's
standjciut. Hut sausc or cousisieney are
net things to be loosed for in a klcivmley
tariff cran. .
THE SOLDIERS' HOME.
A GLIMPSE OF TH.E COSV KETUEAT OF THE
OLD CONFEDERATE VTBRAW5.
News & Observer.
We yesterday had the pleasnre of look,
ing over the Soldiers' Home iu company
with W. G. Stronach, Esq., to whom mora
than any other person is tne State indebted
for the creditable provision which is now
being made for the old verorans.
The legislature having given tho grounds
cf the Peltigrew Hoxpital for the purpose,
Mr. btroanch was commiacipued by the
directors of the organization to take person
al charge and do what was needful to pro.
vide suitable accommodations. And well
has he performed the work he so patriotic
ally .undertook. The improvements are
very satisfactory, and the Home preaentd a
cheeitul appearance, and day by day is
being fashioned more into an ideal resting
place for the old soldiers who aro there.
The buildings are we!l placed and are very
comfortable, while the grouudd are uicely
kept and present an attractive appearance.
The fine shade trers and the pleasing lawn
and the clamps of flower here and there
6how that an agreeable taste has baea exer
cised iu the arraujomeuts. The i interior of
the building indicates care and attention
The rooms are neatly kept nod are in apple
pie order. The kitchen is as neat and clcag
as any good housewife's can be; and the
bath room for the old soldiers is very Lice,
with hot and cold water,
,, The garden is growing finely, although
the ground was not adapted to that use, A
pump worked by a wind mid hfes the water
from the well--aud the supply of water is
ample while the q'tality is excellent. The
food provided ia sufHoient; though plain,
it U. well prepared aud buited to the habits
of the old meo. . "
. There are twenty-five inmates of the
Home, some eight of whom came from poor
houses. Most . all of them - are suffering
from rheumatism or other maladies attend,
ing age. Some aro cripples; , one nearly
blind ; some are paralyzed, others are afflic
ted with various infirmities.
Thoy have come from Pasquotank in the
North, to Brunswick in the South and as
far West as Lincoln. The greatest number
from any couuty are the three Irom . w ake.
Others can be accommodated, and a now
building is now being prepared for any
more who may apply.
Tiie outlook is. that the number after
awhile will reach sixty or seventy, for when
the people realize what a nice ; home it is,
others will wisU to come. . One sees the old
soldiers congregated there . with . mingled
emotions. It is sad to see th-'ru, now all
but helpless ; it is pleasant to feel that the
State and patriotic citizens have at latst made
this comfortahle abiding place for them. A
rosier is kept of the priucip?L eyenU of their
lives. " "
The old veterans cannot leave the grounds
without permission. They Btroll about the
grounds, some doing such little work as
6uits them, others reading, and talking and
Binokiug, as the tpirit moves them. , Most
of them show their age, and are on the
down grade, but long may they live to re.
ceivo the care and attention of the State
they serve i- so faithfully.
TO ECONOMISE MEANS TO
MAKE MONEY.
Agonant. '
The truth ot the old saying, that the man
is a benefactor who makes two blades of
grass grow where but one grew before,
cannot be questioned. Tnis subject is one
of great interest to North Carolina farmers,
nd not only applies to the growing of the
plant, bat to tlie saving and marketing of
it. ' Competition in trade has compelled
the manufacturers to adopt new methods
and new machinery so as to reduce the
cost of production. The merchaut works
upon an entirely different plan, tuan that
pursued by,his predecessor, and bo it is iu
all departments of trade aud commerce.
Because the farmers of fionli Caroliua
have exceptional advantages, is no reason
why they ohoutd not avidl themselves of
every opportunity t cat dwn expense of
production and market their cro;s with
least porBiblc waste and in the bent order. ,
; The jobcoo iutert is oue of the great' i
est importance to our people and altnougu
large mouey in made in its cultivitiou,
there is uo doubt that much more could be
made, with less risk, by adopting the latent 1
and best methods of enriua;. Wekuow of
a great ninny cases where the tobucc j far
mer, after 'roisiug a fluo crop of tobacco,
suffered heavy 1 s by beiug u.iable to cure
itiutim, by the old slow, method. Now
this ceitafbiy "needi attention." When the
farmer puts all the care aud labor on hia
crop necessary to raise it, It is poor ceo 11.
omy not 10 have the latest conveniences
for curing. -. - . ..
It seems to us very strange that tob icco
growers w 11 ne the old, slow methods
requiriug ku much bi q room, fa.l and
time, when about four-turns the uu tntity
can be cmtd iu the s.iuio time uud with
less expeuse by the tiuow ba n fcystem If
tho mau wno makes to biades of grass to
grow W'uera (mu re b- fare, id a public
benefactor. c-rtaluly Uapt. tsuow deserves
to bev culled a b -nefactvr by the tobacco
farmers cf MonU U.irolina, for this method
of curing not on ly makes a superior article
of tobacco-, and Baves time aud expense,
but aUo saves iargu qtiauiiiies of tobacco
which could not oturr isj be u ilized.
A RIGHTEOUS JUDGE.
OUrouklo.
A J urtijr in Nt b aka reo. ut'y found a
reiurdy tor yn of Ute o;i.re:d tiruiers of
th a titate. he u.ran r u.td givu a mort
iiim mi his furui. Ki.d Ilu inortHizee had
owked tho coait for a jndmeut f foreclo-
fiiirw a il CuUnrai.uiort ui aie. xua nuugo
said:
'I will not do it. This donkel is covered,
lBe npou page, with confirm .Lion cmtes.
the drought of last summer has ixhaustid
the fnnuer'is reoonrses, aud he in uuuble to
pay hi loau. The act of Go 1, f-tt which
thn ueonlo are not tesnoiiHiblc. tus reduced
oue-halfof them almtbt to bi-ary, aud
this calamity t lull not be n,a j wuvse by
sj,tiy act of mine.' We ale as" L t'j turn !'.
faru.era over to motey lend a .n aud i"ui
Weuicu and childrca over tj ;;.u-tv"sm.
It shall never be done in this district whil(
I am judge. The people are not able to
pay, and I will not assist in robbing them.
Let us wait until a crop can bo raised and
confidence restored, and ail will come out
right. If a mau be living on his land, or
trying to cultivate it, ho should have the
reward of his work. I will never confirm
a Kale in times like these, if the owner is
trying to make a living on the land. Wheu
the7eopte are compelled to ask aid to pro
cure seed it would be a cruel mockery to
deprive them of the laud to sow the seed
upon. I have a right not to confirm a
case when the property gold does not bring
two-thirds its actual value, and in thesa
cases it has not brought that amount. The
sale is not confirmed." '
But wo do not have to go to Nebraska to .
find such just judges. Under the landlord
and tenant act it sometimes occurs that the
judge,-after a bad crop year, has to inter
feru to protect the wife and children of a
poor tenant. We liave known North Car. '
olina judges to act with the justice thnt
characterized the act of the Nebraska judge.
GOV. HOLT'S LETTER.
BE DENIES THAT HE BELONGS TO AN?
TBU8T.
Charlotto Chrintcle.
State of North Carolina,'
Executive Department,
It A LEIGH, July 18. '91.
lo the Editor of the Charlotte (Jhrou
' ' Charlotte. N. J.
The following editorial ia your paper of a
recent date, has just come under my obser
vation;
"THE BOTTOM FACTS."
"A gentleman of some prominence in
State politics makes some pertinent inqui
ries as to Gov. Holt's connection with the
to-called Plaid Trust. This oorrespoudeut
is a friend of Gov. Holt, aud wanta him to
clear himself of the imputation of belong.
ing to a trust, if it is a trust. The people
ought aud have a right to understand toe
Governor iu such matters. -"
There is no campaign going on' aud the
fJovernor cannot be impeached for belong,
log to a trust, bat il he can help it he should
not embarrass ,lhe Democratic party by
silence on his part and a misunderstanding
on its part. The Governor should be heard
from." - - - , - . ;
oov. holt's --cleab bratement. v-
Ab some of my fellow citizens have pub.
licly expressed the desire that I should statti
whethe or not I was contacted v with a
"trust" in my business operations, au,5 tin
willing to even seemingly appear indifferent
to their wishes, I now say that I am cotw,
ducting my private business, like every
good citizen should, according to the laws
of ray country and State, and am Aware
tht both the Federal aud : State laws pro.
vide against trusts, and declare them to be
illegal. Ieauld not aflfard iu my present
position, to violatedaws which 1 swore t
see executed : nor could I as a citizen of
North Carolina, engage iTiinr?-bU&i!i:n'
terprise subversive and violative of the law
Believing that the people will concede to
me the right to attend to my personal affairs
according to law.' and thanking you for
your friendly allusions to myself, I am
yours very truly,
, Thos. M. Holt.
SAVING BABY'S LIFE.
' . . - -
A CARBIEB riOEON UTILIZED TO SffXD FOB -THE
MEDICINE.
San Frauclsco Examintr. 1
Au incident occurred recently - in tha
family ot G. F. Marsh, the dealer in Japa.
nnnA fnrlnu!t.ipa tit "Kn RS 'Mnrlrpt. etr.iur
and a member of the Pacific Coast Pigeon '
Society, which proved to him la a most im.
pressive manner the valuable services which
may sometimes be rendered by the carrier
pieeon, and probably explains some of ni -
enthusiasm in that direction. , , ,
Ui little baby boy was taken suddenly
sick with a most alarming symptom o(
diptheria. The mother, watching by the
bedside of the little one, dispatched & tuts
sage tied on a carrier pigeon to her husbau l,
at his store on Market street, iPe mes
sage she wrote tho uature-of the" ciUM s
alarming illness, and made an urgent appeal -for
medicine to save its life. The bird was
started from the home of thi family iur
Cliff House, five miles from Mr. Marsh' i
Market street store. -
The bird flew swiftly to the store, whero
Mr Marsh received it lie read the mes.'
sage, called a doctor, explained the child'.-
symptoms as his wife bad detailed them in
her message and received tho proper medi.
cine, then tying the little vial containing
the precious medicine to the tail of tho
pigeon, ho let it go. .
'1 he pigeon sped away through the air,
straight for the Cliff. It made the distune.)
five miles in ten minutes, a distance
which would have required the doctor
three-quarters of an hour to cover.
In twenty minutes from ; the time th
mother's message was seut to her., hnsbau I
the buby was taking the medicine, and thui
its life was raved. ,
Naturally enough Mr. Marsh is partial t
pigeous. for he considers that he owes hit
baby's life to one.
Rome was no less startled than the ret
of the world to learn that ilis lIoliiitfj
Pope Leo XIII, had ou Tburduy beu't
seized with a serious illness Tils' anno mi.
cement of the fact, late as it was, ivsmi
unaccompanied by aoy particulars im t
the nature of the malady which L:ul
suddenly, and, apparently bo compltt-l
prostrated the Holy Father. AU utt, ii
known is the fact that tha illnc-ss ci' tu 1
aged Pontiff was of such "a nature us 1 1
cause a pauic in the Vatican, n: tiit
seud'mg m hot haste for Dr. CaocaiflU, in
distinuuished Italian doctor.
Tho Republican tai'iir ! v.: .".3 whV,
members of the grand r ; I . ty a-1-to
organize in this I "' V.w
hcenu to. have come fo .v A. 'I .
hcpO tho llC-ulii( A' l if ,
ci ding 1.1 North, Can.'. . ' : i V
iz itiouof a third -Utv. 'il i
divide aud coatjir, I'. :.
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