ARP ON HIS HAIL
HE TELLS OF WHEJ POSTAGE WAS
TWO BITS OH A LETTER.
Me I* Avkxl Riwf MiMlaat-Ruias
NwSkon Me nouuraTlim la
a OrrwiMDliM WiM Oil reloads.
nin Arp in AUania UooMiluUuo.
There is porhapi no invention or
oontrlvance that hss brought more
oomforl to mankind than that of let
ters aud tbelr raey traaomlsaiuo by
modern postal service. How wonder
folly cheap thvy are, and how iwiltly
they come aud go! Ooly two ceuts
to the almost limit of the Untied
8 us tea, soy 4,000 mile*, end only five
cent* to bo carried aeroei the ooeau.
It takes only two cents to curry a let
ter to the Oily of Mexioo, but It takes
flve oeots to bring one back.
My wife mays that It Is bard on Carl,
for besides his weakly letter to no. he
bae many friends, aud the girl he left
behind him, and bis onstage It qnlto a
tax. She thinks I ought to write to
President Ulni sod Mr. McKinley and
demand reciprocity, just for Carl's
•eke, but I compromised with her by
promising to Inclose n dime lu every
letter I wrote to the boy. In almost
every mail that come* she U on Hr e
lookout for a letter trim some of the
absent ones, and when she gets one
ebe reads It twn or three times and
flies It nway on her eld* of the room,
The morning and the evening mail baa
become a» important an event in the
routine of onr daily lives so our dally
meals. It la an event that has grown
On ue and become Indispensable. Tltno
was when neither she nor l received a
letter a month, for ehe had no lover
but me. and L bad none but her, and
oar postal system was a darky boy. It
was like that of Zeb Vauce, who re
ceived a note from some fasblonrble
woman In Washington with tbe mys
terious letter * “B. 8. V. P.” endorsed
on It. and when be answered It he put
on one corner '*6. B. a. N.,” just to
keep up with society, be atld. When
site afterwards asked for so explana
tion, he smiled and arid; “Ob, they
stood for: 'Beut by a nigger. ”
I remember when the postage bed to
bo paid at tbe leu end e( tbe line by
tbe person who received It, and It waa
25 cent# If it came 500 mile*. If laee
thin that, but from out Of.tbe State,
it waa 1HJ caota, and If within the
state It waa 12; cento. We had no
decimal currency then, but we had the
aaven peuoo (12| oenta) aud tbe thrtp
(Oj cent*) and they were woru to the
quick from constant oae. Nothing
told their value except their site. Wc
received the great United State* raeil
twice a week and the tooting of too
stage driver's horn us he rose to the
brow of the distant hill aroused all the
poopto of the little village, and moat of
them gathered at the post offioa to
hear the oew*. Peibaps there were as
many ss 20 weekly papers taken In the
’own, but none of them made mention
of murders or snioidet, or lynching* or
elopemeDta, or bnseball or football, ut
bicycle races or the fastiioos or re
wards for gueaslug or advertise menu
of celery compound, or photographs Of
men ur women or babies, or the arrival
of anybody less than a president or a
governor. But la our slate paper*
there were gome littlu pictures or outs
of hakty departures runaways—and
all were uniformly udyertlsod.- "XUa
away fgom the subscriber, my hoy
Dick, efb . sod I will give ten dollar*
reward for bis apprehension.”
Bat now tbe letters—ah. the ItUers
that coma every day 1 Besides the
family letter* from kith and kin, there
arc snore* from good people who are
working for church or charity, nr
waut Information about Florida or
Mexico. Vary oftan *n> I comforted
With compliment* which I lovs to rs
oelve, and very oftsu 1 get a good,
long letter from some old-time Georgi
an who fur half a century has been
living iu Texas or Arkansas, or some
where Id tlm great west. It phases
me to reply to nil sod make the beat
answer tbs'. I osu. But perhaps I had
belter say Jast here that 1 have long
since oeusod In write composition* for
the schoolgirls or to assist the buys In
their debating societies. I wish sin
oerely that 1 had time to hslp them,
but I have not. 1 know bow it is, for
f need to get help cnystlf.
liul some or ihete lettert arc. amus
ing. One received afnw days ago Is
Very argent to lists my opinion upon
tbe propriety or Impropriety of k
Christina man digging n storm pit aud
getting in It wlien the eyeVone gives its
warning. Is It sinful or not to show
»uch lack ut fulth lu Ood? lie says'
they ure making a church question of
It In bl* community, I liava litd sev
eral letters asking for Mtlatancs in
guesting the muting word that the
Uonstltutl.il otter* $1,005 for. These
letters, of courts, arc o lufids.itlal, and
eome beg me not to mention It *v*n to
Mr*. Aip. Uut the delicious Immor
In one of them Is the otter to give
me half Uio reward If I will disclose
to her the word. That t* very like th*
generous fellow wlio told the boy that
if ho would furnish hit own hookt ami
line* ard bait he would give him half I
the flth be oaugit.
Since my lest letter about how to
tales children wee publlahed I liav«
had teveral Tory comforting eplatlea
from friend* end noon from (Imogen.
Her. William II. Ktrtokland make*
montlou of aoveral fen.Illee from old
Gwinnett whoee child ran era nil grown
and aro eateemrd by all who know
them a* good people—honrtt, law
abiding and temperate. Ife uanua
the three none aud Bee daughter* of
my old Irlend Jim Ilmilau. Alio tho
eight children of Kae. I) H Monerlef,
one of whom now lire* In Atlanta and
h*l Dee aona and Are daughter*, all
grown np and all good men and wom
en. Jotm and Mary B Sammona, hie
wife, bad IS to grow to maturity, and
they were all good llow rich Ihoee
parent* were I—richer Hun Vender
MU or Aetne. And on were the child
ren of D. W. Kpeooo aod Wa«h Allen.
One had atgtitand the oOrer ten.
Well, nnw, ono of Die main* t* that
all of thoon fainllle* cam* from old
Gwinnett, and moat of tba children
wan from that old Hammons stock
that lived on Aleovjr orvek when I was
a boy. Tbo Brat couple I ever taw
married outside of my father’s house
was Jim Dunlap and Rebecca Sam
mons, and Jim ootmarried himself
when he got her. Thai was an old
taahlooed, country wedding, and it
was a big ooe. They bad turkeys aod
roast pigs and pound cake enuring,
sod they had thousand dollar candle
sticks all about, fur every likely negro
boy bad a torch. Out my wife and li
left tbera 40 yeara ago, and did not
know that these good people had had
so uiauy children. May all aocli be
perpetuated. And I bare a good letter
from Bnena Vista, telling of old Dr.
Rseee, who has railed isvou boys and
two girls, and they ero all good, aubsr,
Industrious, Christian children, and
bad a gentle, kind, loving. Christian
mother, who la now among the angels.
Tnat la It, after all—lb* mother—the
mother—the gentle, kind, loving,
Christian mother.
So I am enoouragrtl to recall ray ap
Srebenslon conoernlog the black sheep
elng In all large Balds of childrao.
TaCan llUlwary.
Wilmington Mcaaragar.
Our friood, Uapt. Samuel A. Ashe,
of EUleigh, published so article we did
cot see at tbe time. Some of our ex
change* have dia cussed tbe beat way
to cure illiteracy In oar State- a moat
important matter to our people, whites
and black*. Tliero la a* much neglect
••non* the wbitea as to educating tlielr
children os among the blacks we
apprelteed. (apt. Aohs thinks Uie
thief fault Is at home, lie says:
'•Tbe children remain Illiterate be
came there U no influence In their
homes to make them attend school
aud learn. It is becanse there is no
ombitlou at home for the future of llie
oblidreo; no hope of improriog tbeir
condition in life; do locsulive to equip
them for rising to a higher level.”
This sort of neglect and Indifference
is net peculiar to North Carolina or
tbo south. Tbe statistics or New York
stale show a very large Doa-aUandauce
aud, uf course, a consequent illiterccy
oa the part of those wbo am not taught,
it Is to srror, au offense, a wrong that
nerds to be corrected. Illiterate par
ents canuot well appreciate the advan
tage of odneation, sod hence they ore
rendered Indifferent sod would ratber
work their children than havo them at
•chool. We favor education, low and
high, primary and tbe beat, bnt we
have not been able to direct ourselves
of tbe old democratic opposition to
paternal government. We can nut say
that we think "compulsory” schooling
either wien or decirable. it has loo
much of Uie Blue Laws flavor, and is
too much of home Invasion by auto
cratic power or government. The peo
ple are snrreuding too muoh'of primal
right to arbitrary power. Tbe ten
dency la far too much to centralisation
to a personal government, to paternal
discipline. It will grow until a revolu
tion comm aa a whirlwind. We would
not support a mad for office who
favored compulsory education. We
wonld he ofiald of him.
Capt. Ashe’a plot), good or bad,
effoctive or otborwise, is this:
"Suppoes there should be a consti
tutional amendment that no peraon
coming of age after January 1, 1901
shall be allowed to rote unless h» can
read aod write; wuuld not that supply
the iuoeotive V Would any boy be
come of age after that date without
knowing bow to lead and write! I
think not. There would b* on end of
illiteracy among tbe new growth; for
If tbo boy* went to school, the girls
would, too.”
A man to vote In a free rvpubllo
ought to know what he is doing. Will
he be well Informed If be can uot read
and does not read ? He will be a
victim of domagogure wbo will hood
wink and decetvo film.
AnvUitr ■IniMlH’.
fcaivurjlln Uudaifit.
Another erldenco of the incapacity
of the last Legislature is found in the
fact that the Supreme Court h is de
clared unconstitutional aod void sec
tions 3 and 3 of the reveoua act, upon
the ground that they do not preserve
the proper equation between the poll
and property taxes. The facts at
staled are that “the act of 18D7 fixed
the property lax at 4oi cent* on the
hundred dollars valuation and 11.23 oo
the poll, while that of 1805 is 43 oeuta
on property and $l.SUon the poll.” To
ODaloUIn tbo harmony provided for by
the constitution, the poll Ux of the
set of 1U07 shou'd have been 81.38. In
oonsequeuee of this decision ths set of
1805 ss to poll and property taxes will
ho in effect. This will mean a toes to
His 8tats or 850,000 to 375.000, and
this, too. In the face of the fact that
the Treoaurer's estimate that men the
increased Ux rate—43 to 4*1 cents—
would not yield revenues sufficient to
meet the appropriations msds by the
Legislature.
The records of the two Legislatures
past ft a succession of blunder* and
crimes. This is another blander added
to the llet. The lesson Is that when
Urn people tome to elect another I/egla
latorc they should choose for It men
who are Capable or Uaneaetlog Intelll
eeutly the public buJiuMS.
NMNIthiR lm Kl««.
U m*y bo worth lorMtblng to know
Uat l he very last mad loins for ra
storing the tired out nerron* antsro
to n healthy vigor U Elestrte Dinar*.
This madirlno la purely vegetable, not*
by glvlug ton* to m rre onotres ln tlta
stomach, gonlly stimulates Uia Direr
and Kidneys, and aid* tbsse organa In
throwing off Imparltla* In tbr blood.
Electric Blttera ImproVM tbs appetite,
aids digestion, and la nrouoimcad by
those who huvo tried It aa the vary
beat blood inirlUer nod nerv* loale.
Try It. Stold for 60c or f 1.00 par Iwtlle
at J. E. Carry A Co’* Drug tv ore.
Don’t foil to iry Bice’s Coo** Oieaae.
It eorr» tVu sell and gas ran lor It.
J. K. Carry A Co.
“It Pays to Trade with Gray and Love;”
For the last year or so it has been the sentiment expressed
by hundreds upon hundreds of people In Gaston county.
Among the Crystalized Chunks
of common sense handed out to the people of the surrounding county
is the oft-repeated truth, “It Pays to Trade with Gray and Love.”
’Tis a Fact Known Far and Wide.
The statement grows In force every day of our business life, because
each day brings new evidences that “It Pays to Trade with Gray and
Love,” and new people to be convinced of It.
Our Last Full-page Ad,
so tastefully displayed by THE GAZETTE, brought throngs of anxious
buyers to our store, who soon swooped up the many bargains offered.
Replenished Fourfold.
But alas 1 Too true, we have replenished our stock fourfold, and here
we come again:—
*5 Dozen Ladies' Lauudried Shirt Waists,
beautiful styles and patterns, softly pats
*w*yfor. a*c.
50 Dozen Ladies’ Hose, lu colors only,_ 3c.
50 Dozen Good Spool Cotton, only__ *c.
500 Yards Lawns. Dimities, and Satteens,
worth ioc to i2 V>c. Come and get ’em
(£-. .sc.
ZOO Pain Ladies' Slippers, all toea in tana
and blacks, good goers at $1.25, <1.35.
Soon they’ll leave us at the price...... 89c.
Come in and watch us. No trouble to show goods.
Yours, etc.,
^^QRAY AND LOVE^'
HK immilUD TIIE iniu.
Tk«Ho*i<<rankttMT T«>la»ETM
Ew Him.
DMrolt Vna Prats.
/'Talk abuul your (hark hunter* la
tbe South PaelHn Islands,” rsmarked
the old traveler, "bat I remember
seeing an encounter with one of those
long-loolhed gentry that for oool nerve
beat anything T ever read about.
‘‘I era* loafing arouod Caloulla on*
day. late lu the autumn, waiting for
the evening train up lu the City of
Hugll, when I hoard* tremendous
shouting coming from the direction of
the Hirer Hugh, which is practically
uos of the months of the Qaogse.
Trotting over to the shore as fast as a
white man ever travels lu India, I saw
a huge commotion. Natives were hur
rying away from the bank as if to ter
ror and then running back as if their
curiosity bad overuoms their greatest
fears. The river was full of boats.
The occupants of Lbs Isrgev ones were
screaming with excitement, while
tbosu in tbe small ones were shrieking
aud jabberlug with a considerable
amount of fear.
‘‘I soon discovered that the fuss bad
been created by a large shark which
had cams up witli the tide and had
ventured a little further tbsn It was
customary for sharks to do. Hla dor
sal Gu was suiting lbs water horo and
there, and Wbsa occasionally he turned
on Ilia b»ck and ssnt his doss and grin
ning teeth above tbe water groans and
•creams of horror went np In all di
rections. His tharkthlp waa cvldeotly
out for snppsr, and was casting long
'Ing glances st tbe succulent Hindoo
babies, of whlnii a considerable num
ber were In eight.
"In the midst of all tbe hubbub a
tall, lank Hindoo stepped out upon t'us
roof of n kind of houseboat. an-J lu a
short speech anunuucsd that lie would
catch the shark.
‘ Instantly a dead hush fell upon the
multitude. The Hindoo stood erect.
He wnus perfectly naked save for a Ilt
Ua garment at the lotus, which our
Texas cowboys call a 'gas string.’ He
was armed only with n long rops Ilka a
lariat, which re held behind his back
with bis left hand.
•Presently Mr. Shark came to the
surfaoe about 9 yards from Um boat
and Immediately the Hindooo plunged
overboard.
"A chorus of groana and exclama
tions w«nt up. In the midst of whleli
the Hindoo rcappearod.swimming with
bis right bond. Man aud shark Need
rush oilier, and I fancied that I snw n
pleased expression In tbs monster's
eye, as much ss to My: "Well, this la
civil, to say tbe least!
■'The sharkevldeutly thought tin had
a elnoh oa Use situation, fur lie swam
leisurely towards tlie Hindoo, turning
slowly upon Ids back and opened Ids
mouth, Tho mooUi closed with a map
nod the people screamed, bnt the Hin
doo had dived, and presently be ap
peared again oa the offside of tits
shark, smiling and still aarrylng Ills
rops.
“The big fiih looked surprised and
ill on made mother gentle deb at tire
HinJoo. The result was the tame,
and Mr. Rlodoo name up fresh for the
third round.
Theu the (bark began to grow angry
and made a violent run at lit* Hindoo,
and again be missed Tho people oil
(hors and lit tha boats began to fact
eonlMeoce lo the human champion,
tied their groan* were etiaugad lo sp
pUu*»*. Keery Urn* the man made a
pnlnt against tli* Nth those lisethewa
would **nd up a routing cheer.
“Well, by Uilt time the thing wtt
fatting exciting. I never taw tutlt
awlmuilog before, usd 1 never will
again Tha man wi» * regular water
snake, lie dodged, twisted, dived and
Jumped llku un eel. The flab mad*
uharge after obarge. Onoe hit Qq
grated Hit Hindoo'* *rm and the water
was colored with blond. The man’s
stock went d >wo t point, hut It town
rose again, whaa the Crowd began Ur
•eetbat tbe tab simply wasn't In It.
The man was basting him at bis own
gam*. Tot tee tbe flab aonld only go
to one direction-straight ahead Ilka
an arrow—while the mao tamed and
doubled Ilka a fox.
“Well, by and bye tbe exertion aod
oxollaaMot told on the monitor. Ha
got rattled, churned tbe water Into
foam and then beosma quiet again. It
woe tha last roaud.
“Tha shark ofaargad languidly. Tbo
man waited, lying la the water until
the great mouth wee opened to ealxe
him. Then, with a eonrulelre back
ward leap, he straightened hie body
aod sank feet downward, like a plum-1
met of lead. • b. i
“The shark settled down over him,
lashing tbo water Into a Lather of foam.
They seemed to be grappling with each
other. Tbe crowd groaned and ,
Screamed, and then became silent.
"For tbe tpaoe of what seemed an
hour the people watched the eurfeoe of
tbe water, until oven tbe bubbles hod
disappeared aod all waa qulat.
" ‘Lost 1 Loat! screamed a priest,
and tbe mob re-echoed tbe cry nod be
gan to beat their breaeta like a lot of
madmen. Then euddonly. In tbe mid
dle of It all, tbe Hindoo reappeared, 30
yards up the stream. Both hands
were above hie head aod ho was sc ream
Ins, “Tan, tan, lag uB hod slipped
the noose of bla lariat aruuud tha
shirk’s tail and drawn It taut; aod he
held tbe free end In bit band.
“In on instant it woe ashore and a
score of Hindoos were drawing at it.
It look them bait an boor to get Ur.
8harx ashore, for ha pulled Ilka a looo
motlve, but they Dually managed It.
He proved to be nioo feet long and
•old Tor e turn whloh enabled bit cap
tor to live lu comfort for nearly half a
few
■Is rnrtano, la Panna.
Oksrtous Ohmrvar.
Tj be called a cotton king In tbs
Heath, that U, a kin* of cotton grow
er*. the planter most here at hi* com-.
maud fertile aorea by the score and
astUsmsaU of laborers such as wsre
seldom known even l.i the ante heiluco
day*. Just now the distinction of b»
ing‘•Georgia’* ootlon king" is sooord
ed to Hon. Jama* M. Smith of Oglo
therpe, who one day this week sold
2,000 balsa ia one lot to a Macon boy
er. All IbU wae raised ou a single
plsnUtloo, sod from this sale Mr.
aufUi pocketed *70,000. ft I* further
stated that Mr. Smith grow* similarly
largo crop* of grain and bay, sod that
on Won Is ht* surplus money orop. after
producing all the proflsiou orop* he
used*. With that faot In mlod, one
oao graap some Idea of the scale on
which Col. Smith farm*. All this may
read straugely to the peoplo of tills
section, who supposed that *11 such
glories had pamed away with the war,
yet Mr. Smith Is only one among
many oottou kings. Is Georgia,
LonUlana and Alabama, there are
sums planters whose up* rat lone arc
conducted upon siren a larger *0*1*
than in the instance cited. If w*
mistake nut lbs eastern section of
this State can produce one or two, or
possibly three, matobe* r«r Mr. Smith.
The days of bl* farming operation* tu
the South livr* by no mean* passed
awsy.
▲ prooInMl •nttrn nevsspepei rar
eaiMmli If01 wed tea mu excellent
remedy for whooping oougb. It may
he good but it la hot to be compared
wltli Oham'wrUlrj’e Gnugb Hewed*.
This preparation will allay the violent
flta of eoegblng and make 11tern lew
M*are. ft alao liquodua the tough
mueua metleg it eaaUr to ex(-x-tor*te.
Complete feoorery Is muoh quicker toe
whan Uili r»medy U girts. Thera M
D« danger la glrea It to small children
M It la a piaaaaat syrup and oonWJtM
nothing injurious. Kor sale et *8 and
80 oaola par bottle by J. B. Curry *
Ca.. drug*lata
THE OBJOIE OP A fITWE.
"ItMtktllwTiMkM ■lads’* VuteMi a
iiinyirt raiisn.
CSaiioUe ObsgrTsr.
Apathetic *ad yet ohsrcnlog story
la told of the origin of tbo well-known
by mo, “Bleat Bs the Tie That Binds.”
It WHS written by Her. John FawosU,
an English Baptist, who died ia 1617.
having meet nearly 00 yean la the
ministry, la 1776, after a few years
speet la pastoral work, lte waa called
to Loudon to succeed the Bov. Dr.
Gill. His fsrawell sermon baa bean
presetted near MolnagsU, In York
shire, ala or seven wagon* stood loaded
wltb bio furniture and book#, and all
waa ready for departure. Bat bto
loving people were heart broken; men,
women end children gathered aad
dung about him and bis family with
aad end leerful fsoee. Finally, over
whelmed with the sorrow uf those
they were leaving. Dr. Fawcett and
bii wlfa 1st down on one of the pool
ing eeaaa and gave era) to griff.
“Oh, John.” 1 cannot bear tble; I
Know not now to go."
“Nor I, eilbar,” returned her hus
band, “sod we will not go. The
wagons shall be an loaded, and every
thing put In Its old place."
HU peopU wore Ailed with Id tens*
Joy and gratitude at IhU determina
tion. Dr. Kaweslta at unee sent a
letter to London explaining tlte oasa,
and Utan rcsolutaly returned to hit
work on a salary or less than WOO a
year. This by mo waa written to com
mstnorate the event.
When Mr. ooffiog, a missionary at
Alntab, In Armenia, set out In 1800
to explore tbs Taurus Mountains, he
was to pen strata an entirely uew and
dangerous Said. This fact waa fully
reallisd by the Inhabitants of Ainlab,
and they gathered to lb* number of
1,500 at th* roadalds and bad* farewell
to ibe mlaataaary and bU family in
tbe Armenian words of thU hymn,
written nearly a century before by the
devoted York shirs preacher.
- •akr Ml”
■latosvfh# Land mark. ,
State Treasurer Worth declared him
•elf In favor of celling la the outstand
ing Bute bonds ss early as poealble
end replacing them with "beOy bonds”
—$4 and $10 bonds Those, he says,
“are the poor mao's bonds: the pres
ent once am the rich men's bonds.”
Treasurer Worth la qla oorreet. The
Hut* bonds should be of imall denom
tnatloaa, no that poor people and peo
ple of moderate mean* osn bate a
ehance at them. There are a good
many people in North Carolina who
eao Isy their hande on $IU0, 8*00. $000.
who would like to Invest the amount
In State bonds el d or svsu t per cent.
—e eeeerlty which la readily converti
ble Into oeah—Imt who caanot reach e
bond of a large denomination. It would
nee re that a $$ or $10 bond is rather
too small to talk stool; ISO would
perhaps be small enough; bat the
Treasurer's get1 era] Idea it oorreet.
After Urn war or 1870 betweaa Ger
many and Trance when France was
defeated end found libit uot only were
Uie e> pease* of the war to be amt bet
she had a tremendous Indemnity to
pny to Germany, cite United bond* of
small deuoun oat loru which bar owe
people saetched eagerly, and tbaa aka
raised at ooee all the money needed
and had created a debt which was held
all at home. Tha Interest went to Ibe
| French people aai tlir principal has
been loeg ago discharged
To scatter the obligatloua of a gov
ernment aa generally as poealble among
I the iwopte la to give them the feeling
I that they are stock bold era to It. It
makes them mere ceevarratlve and
I bet Ur eltlaeee,_
A ourrMvmdmt of t(»o Uk*rk>Ua
OUrrixr In CnUubn OOmtT any* Un
pro*pn« lK«tn fur n food crup of
, wfcwl U lira IimmI In 00 jmn, nud
“>•»»"-" *» *»•*»•*, ■ «>>»•. fWprv
j nod Marktorrlo* In quanllUo*.
LKYY OF '17 18 YOID.
THB OOmnOtUMULl EQUATIOI
MUST BB OMEB7ED.
wwwiaaM. or fjhJWrifcin
•*- ■ *~ifiin Umih
MMah Oar. witaoactoa Manwaar.
lUiaroii, April PS-A darialoo of
WjWM OMrtM Uia avaaing
stfisrirsyaSdrS
oan of tli# pawner urinal tba au
dltof in whiek tba fanaar aaopbito
ILBiifitu correct tba Tanliaaa wa
of tba bgieUlora which to tbaravaone
Mi Bide Vhf ffflfflj lim H nmla
aad tba mil tax aalr M.90. Than*,
ferity artha oonrt daaida that aac
UaoalaodS of tba ravaaoa aotara
•Doooatltatloaal aad arid, lane too tba •
ssssatt:*
. T^*°Jlitjl03 UlMftbr aad ta writ
tea by jottlea Moctaoinarr- It ow- 1
rulaatha dec Man of Taiga Adana aud
tuataina tba danarrar of Aadltor Ayar '
kriwaw property !
aadpoUUx ta not pcaaamd: that tba
•Maraor baa Mt dona bla duty for tba ]
baat la taraata of tba atatari iaaUtut
tbia proceeding ud that tba 4a
cikea will oo doubt ba a gnat nliaf
to tba aadltor; Unt aaettoa a of tba
renaaoaetltxaatte capitation tax at .
8L», without condition* and without
trfataaoa to any other of Ma aaotlaoa (
or provUona, aad tbera la. IharaCora.
no non (or aoqulry lata tba lnUntloa «
of tba law naknra. It aaaooc In arid 1
wmi they wrote HH they meant
*1.38. It Boat be presumed thM they
kmw wfaat they were doing ead that
they reseat to do what they did. Tire
sot wa» perfectly regular oo Ua fern, I
had reared iU several readings and
waa duly ratified aad ao proof u to
relatake or error aaa now be heard In
thll ooart
80 the auditor's duty la to eaod oat
torme with UrepoU tax teed at Cl.39.
the contention of the plaintiff means
tfreplytblK That though WclegteU
Urt. io laagaafe entirely fire (tore
dopbt, has vloUtedthe provisions *f
the ooaetltuUon by distorting the
equation of taxation, yet the auditor
can be oom pelted to glee force to x law
onooaatitaUooal oo Ua fare beeaare
the ooostltuUon lire laedthe eqaetioo.
Tits eeoetltuUoa does not levy a tax
o* anything, but elayiy provides Uiat
the public revenue may be raised by
tuetloa and Axes the equation to be
observed by the leg Mature between
poll and property taxes. If the teqis
leture shoe Id at any session levy a tax
on property, bet fell to levy a poll tax
It could not be coo tended that the pro
visions of the constitution regarding
equation of taxation could supply the
omlrelnn aad bring Into e defective
law a oa pi tel loo tax equal to property
Ux levied oo 8900 worth of properly.
The constitution is x chart which
Bust be followed aad conaaltcd. If
tbs legislature fall* to du IU duty
tbare U no help. If le it* action it
disturb* lb* equal tea of luxation Ure
sections or pail* of stations eon tala
Ing tlm violation are void and the
coart* can land no aid by jndleUl de
clsion, bat Beet declare thf offending
provision of law void.
Io view of the greet public interests
concerned, the majority of the court
agy that while parts of section a aad 9
alose referred to are void, yot the re
minder of the act Is valid, end though
tbs act of 1807 oontalu* a clause re
pealing all ecu and parte of sots con
trary to it, yet pane of eeotiucs 2 and
3 of the act of 1897 being uooonstltu
tlooal nod void. It follow* that these
parte of the act of 1683 which levy a
poll wed property lex. are uorepealed
and are In full form and effect. Have
nses which the treasurer will reeel re
from burs oo property levied In 18H5
of course will be lose thee tliey would
bsvt bean under tlm levy of K»7 and
the treasurer will of oouree disburse
the same for Urn various purpose* set
out la section 6 of to* act of 1887 pro
ruts »ud aoeordiug to tow, regular ex
peases, for eondeetWg the state guv
moment Brat to be considered.
•HmwWry M«k (MnfM By rlf*.
—r— ** mmn
The statement that • strawberry
patch waa destroyed by Bra would
■oand queer, bet kr. U. F. Herring,
who has a farm two mike from OHo
toe, bed tw,» acne of strawberries
horned on Wad need ay. Fire broke
oat to tbe wood* near hie at raw berry
patch, and comauaioetcd u> the straw
which ha weed to outer hie berries to
protect (ban from fro*. The Mraw
and tbe berries were awrpt off tbe
ground. Mr. Herring's lose was sam
el hundred dollars.
•erUaa Me* ae NHrfci.
waielnwaia Menem.
A Brooklyn patter reoeoUy declared
■that maay a mao of ability la left
right of lo the world baaaasa or hta
leek ef eelf-aaeertioo.” The remark
l» “at trot aa goepet." There an
rarioea feroM «*T arttamortise; but
practically »peak log. the only owe that
tollt la a bualones way la tbe adver
llmracet a aaae ef ability who ad
ftrtjara with ability tea make U very
heed tor the world to town right ef
him. __
YOUNO
mil
:
I
ota mot iron Un state to Alexander
MoKay, which iMood la
gnat b rooocdad la oo old
in the rockier of teed*’ of
Book “A,” p. MS U la
■WMtiil lodes. It eoaaiat* of 3f Horn
yd the onnili—tloo to tan poult
hoodtod acre* hereby
fronted, JTotboiag Ohio to find tho
grant (root tho general index, tbooM
•nttraon, MtoeJ.b Oothrto,’aeeotod
ntt that it wot on record; that Ithwd
teen read loblDt tar the old IQgtotar.
«r.U Summer*. 13 year* before that
day Mr. Sammen dontod that ho
graot. “Don't aim to no," add bo;
"I know I atw It and that Mr. Hate
■an rand It to too over IS yearaage.
Ihave,” heoontlotted, “a otoar isccl
lection ot tha appearance of both tho
hook la wbtoh it la registered aad of
the recorded deed." Ho than atom*
t» a Hack ot old hooka lo thOoEo
wl u’SST^r Ull"*Oa oMBtaTto
• certain book ho add: • ’There, till
!“ iff! WU aod If yoo will tarn over
leaf by leaf l wlU know le from its ap
pearance over 18 yean ago.** I did
to. aad oo reaOhiog the deed at sago
90S ho mil: “There U the yeCV
tanln I saw when Suamia rand It.”
It proved lobe the mat. I moat Into
the coart room with the mat, tried
Lbacanoe with tho amtotaaoa alow
brother, Major Bingham, aad woolt
of cuurfte.
1 have often thought of two thugs
(o oouneettoo with tbto law amK.lt
la not only oue of tba eaoot tomark
able luataoce of mtmory poatntaod by
an illiterate man, hat It taaahro ail
Mahon of the legal protoaekm to
alwayt he patient and reepettal to
cheat, a liowevrr Ignorant, in bis
taateondt of thefneu la bitmaps.
A * ———T 1*r- TT—Mill
Ckarittta (Masrvav. Aiill Ml
The Bupretna Court yesterday daoid
•d the Insane eeytaca oaaea in favor ef
the iuuumbrota thua euetalulng Judge
Adame, of IhoBoperler Court It will
be remembered that K mm sought by
aeta of tba recent Dagtalatam to re-or
gulse the hoepitalt at Morgan ton, Oal
eigb end Goldsboro, and plans had
been made foe changing the-gt
meattd each. Tba eaperiatendeina,
Dn. Murphy, Kirby ami Miliar, mb
op the claim that they route act be
dWpoaastsad da ring their term
offloa sod want Into the eaerU.
Adams, as stated, h«M with
mw the Bop re ms Court test ,
Dr. Murphy ana two or three yean of
hie prearnt term yet to earn? w44o
aotkaowhowlt IsaetoDam KirVy tad
Miller.
Tbla la pa party eletery aad am
should daaplaa aureatrra if we for oaa
moumot so rewarded l*. it la a vtetary
for humanity, for the bejnlma --t
aod for all tba people of Worth Ctew
ilan. it would burn bean Isemiliites
to are three inetkuttoae tor the laanua
pass Into the heads of awolbmaii—toe
tba oflbee eon use ted with them to
hare been distributed around as re
wards for party aertitei. This de
fer two l3
Bute's Intonate as to
them hospitals will eoaiUawe to ha
conserved, for that length of lima St
least.
We eoppoao Judges damns no credit
for oo mot interpretation of the law,
aed yet •eoennot resist the Imputes
w then i Jodge Adame eat the Bo
■rwme O art tor the groat aetelop that
hav* dene the Auto. Thorn horn been
Umm when, a point of low bate* aba
te hoteaoed, Judaea bawe ibollad It
endor palKIwl tiBeeooe. Vat aa m
this earn Theda JsMaee base Ham
above partteanehlp sod all the Slate
o*m them gratitude rod tba ska.
Tk*hMlMk«ilM«aM iMM
HUI irorkm UM Uw Mto otto**
to Um wife mo at ahmtom nt LU
hlfh not M OOMfOffe Witk OUMT M
foT Mtak Tferwwth TTaitoO Htataa
UhmmI Ommm akXartti Hit iMMt
r>«-ja-Ar?'£ra
1 S.SiST’Ai uS
’ ikiMkM, naaaly; boa. Ml aai
•loo.