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READ THIS. We desire to call the attention of Registrars who are appointed with the expectation and for the purpose of doing us was required of Mr. Hor ton, who was not appointed bec ause he refused to go about and hunt up Democrats, register them whether or not, and leave Republican voters to look out for themselves, to the sec tions of the law prescribing their duties. Section 14, Election law, provides that every qualified voter shall take the following cath: “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitu tion of the State of North Carolina ; that I have been a resident of the State of North Carolina for twelve months, and of the county of for ninety days; that I am a duly qualified elector, and that I h-*ve not registered for this election in any other precinct, and that I am an acs tual and bona fide resident of township (or precinct) So help me God.” SEC. 40. Any registrar or judge or judges of election appointed under the provisions of this chapter, or any county canvassers or commissioners, register of deeds, clerk or sheriff, fail ing or neglecting to make the returns and perform the duties required of him by this chapter, for the non-per formance of which no penalty has: been hereinbefore imposed, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six nor less than two months at the discretion of the court. Let violators of the law beware. We presume the grand juries of the Hand will do their duty. OHIO ELECTION-THE QUESTION OF PROHIBITION. This election took place on yesterday. We went to press before any returns were received. Owing to the agitation of the Prohibition question it is uncer tain what the result will be. This question appears to be entering into the political campaigns everywhere this year, and will probably ultimately af feet national politics and break party lines as now constituted. We will not be surprised to hear of Republican dis aster in Ohio on account of the atti tude of many Republicans on this I question of Prohibition. It ought to have been left out of politics alto gether, for it will never bring the re sults claimed by those who favor it, and it will certainly be defeated in the contest now going on here. A RETROSPECT. While the living issue in North Carolina is the transfer of our local governments from the hands of a crew worse than the Egyptian task masters of old, and the restoration of the people to all the rights and principles to which they are entitled under the fundamental principles of our government, yet there are con siderations of equal weight which should endear the Republican party to the people of North Carolina. It cannot be too often impressed upon us, that every liberal measure calcu lated to strike down effectively the old oligarchial system which lingered after the late war, is due to the Re- publican party. Power always COL, I. J, YOUNG. This gentleman is d ung yeoman rvice in the canvass. He has ad- RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 11, 1882. Coalition Nominees for the Legislature. Notice to Supervisors. State, and his efforts are spoken of in the Albemarle and Chowan coun try especially were pleased with him, spondents in Pasquotank, Hertford, Gates and Perquimans give glowing accounts of his speeches in those counties. After a few days’ rest in this city, Col. Young again joined our gallant standard-bearer, Colonel Dockery, and will be with him at many of his appointments All complaints of violation of Elec tion ! aws must be made on oath before any person authorized to administer oaths, and sent to the chief Supervisor at Raleigh. ON reading Vance’s remarkable spurt of attempted sarcasm delivered at Jonesboro, one is reminded of the old extremes meet. Special Request. Secretaries of Cou ty Conventions are requested 'o send to this office, im- medi cey alter the adjournment o! thtir conventions: 1. The names of the Chairman and Secretary of County Executive Coin- 2. The names of Chairmen of Town ship Executive Committees. 3. When nominations f r members of the Legislature and county offi ers are made the names of such caudidates. Legislative Ticket. FOR SEN ITE— 18tH DISTRICT: THOMASR PURNELL FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— (Wake County): EDWARD M. “LEDJOE, JAMES H. HARRIS, JOHN O. HARRISON, JAMES A. TEMPLE. Wake County Ticket. FOR Jr any registrar fails to duly re cord the name of any voter on the registration books, or seeks to evade his duty as laid down in the election law, report the fact immediately/ to headquarters. The U. 8. District Attorney will promptly prosecute all such offenders. “let slip” with a stingy hand, and had it not been for those who loved liberty more than social influence, the people of North Carolina to-day would have been in a condition little more preferable to that which ex- Vance’s ideas, either iu theory or practice, will run on extremes. For instance, during the war he looked with cold indifference upon his shoulder strapped subordinates as they pressed the thumbs of the poor Union men between fence rails to make them reveal some supposed hidden information. The other day, he talked with cold indifference about & poor colored man’s heel burning. “Heel and toe,” that’s the way these Bourbons dance to all the music that is set for them, provided the tune does not run in the direct tion of popular rights. CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT: CHARLES D. UPCHURCH. FOR TREASURER: JOHN B. NEATHERY. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS: WILLI IM W. WHITE. FOR CORONER: RUFFIN B. ELLIS. FOR SHERIFF: JOHN C. GORiMAN. 3 he following Candidates are opposed to the present system of county gov ernment and are in favor of the elec tion of all officers -magistrates, &c.— by the peo, le; a free ballot and a fail- count in all elections; the repeal of the Prohibition act; and a liberal system of public instruction. Our friends will please send to us. immediately after nominations, the full names of Coalition nominees, and no tify us of any errors in names of such candidates they may notice in this list: SENATE. 1^ Dist.—Curruuck, Camden, Pas quotank, Gates. Perquimans, Chowan and Hertford—W. W. Speigh', S. J. Halstead. 2^ Dist.—Martin, Washington, Tyr rell, Dare, Hyde, Beaufort and Pam- lico—Jam s T. Rcspess, Henry Win field. 3ZDist.—Northampton and Bertie- George A. Mebane. 47ft Dist.— Halifax—J. J. Goodwyn. 5th Dist.—Edgecombe—R. II. Gray. 7th Dist. - Wilson, N sh and Frank lin-J. J Shaip. Gera W. Stanton. Sth Dist.—Craven—Win. E. Clarke. 11th Dist.—Greene and Lenoir—F. B. Loftin. 147ft Dist.—Sampson—John Barden. 167ft. Dist.—Cumberland and Har nett—W B. Surles. 17A Dist —Johnston—J. R. Coats. 1824 Dist -Wake—Thomas R. Pur- Office of the Supervisor of Elections, Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 6, 1882. The following digest of so much of COL. DOCKERY. Tickets! Tickets!! Tickets will be printed at this office at the following rates: County tickets $1 50 per thousand for first thousand and 75 cents for each additional thousand. Legislative tickets the same. Congressional tickets 50 cents per thousand. Constable tickets $2.00 per thousand, or $1.00 for five hundred. No tickets will be printed without the cash accompanies the order. 197ft Dist.—Warren and Vance—H. B. Eaton. 22Z Dist —Chatham and Alamance— Geo. K. Faust. 2ltA Dist.—Guilford—A. S. Holton. 25th Dist.—Randolph and Moore— Sion II. Buchanan. 26th Dist.— ichmond and Mont gomery—Geo. A. Graham. 297ft Dist.—Mecklenburg -W. R. Myers. 307ft Dist.—Rowan and Davie—J. G. Ramsay. 31.s7Dist.—Davidson —P. C. Thomas, 32(Z Dist.—Stokes and Forsyth- J. F. Grubbs. 33^ Dist.—Surry and Yadkin—John Worth. 34771 Dist.—Iredell, Wilkes and Alex ander—W. O. Benton, L. W. Luus- ford. 35th isted prior to the war. fair-minded man, as he fireside after nightfall, the question, to whom Let every rests at bis ask himself was he in- Ihe canvass of the North East and East goes bravely on. Our champion is doing his whole duty, and every indication points to a heavy vote for the Coalition ticket in these sections. Dr. York’s Appointments. Dr. Tyre York, the Coalition candi date for Congress, nominated by the Liberal Anti-Prohibition and Republi can Conventions at Yadkinville, on the 30th of August, 1882, will address the people at the following times and Dist.—Alleghany, Watau,- W. M. Baldwin. Ashe and 36th Dist.—Caldwell, Burke, Mc- Oliver H. Dockery knows what it is to till the soil. He knows the wants and wishes of the people. Al though he is not filled with “wise saws and modern instances” and does not raise himself as high in his boots as i :some, yet he discerns the wants of. ithe people, and every vibration of Ibis heart beats in unison with them. (Oliver II. Dockery has planted him- iself fairly and squarely for the peo ple. He sympathizes with them and has thrown himself in the breech to rescue them from Bourbon intoler ance and oppression. He is particu^ larly the friend of the poor men’s children and his utmost desire is to see them properly educated. He has so declared, and when he takes his seat in Congress, (as he will do,) he will keep his word. Remember this. Vote for those who are in favor of home rule. Monopolies have already nearly ruined all the material interests of • our people, but not satisfied with -. this, they are endeavoring to crush vthe liberties of the people. For in- istance, the monied power of a rail- i.road corporation is .being brought to Ihear in the^election in Wake county. List the people beware of this at- tCH^ to buy their principles. IF yo« desire to have a voice in .•saying who' .shall disburse the money you pay for county taxes, vote the Republican aad Liberal ticket. The Republican party was the first party that ever allowed a homestead in North Carolina exempt from execution for debts. “GALS” OF RALEIGH. This is the name given by Judge Cox to the ladies of this city who were present in Tucker Hall, when Price, the colored orator, and Jarvis, the so called Governor of North Caro lina, stood side by side on the stage, and made temperance speedier. (We do not wish our readers to think we debted for the laws which broke the force of executions issued against his property by avaricious debtors while he was away fighting in the army? To whom was he indebted for the Homestead law, which secured from hungry and merciless creditors the little roof that shelters his chil dren and the wife of his bosom ? To whom was he indebted (until uncere moniously snatched from him by the Bourbon Democracy) for the sacred right to say who should disburse the hard-earned money paid by him for county taxes? And to whom was he indebted for the sacred right to say who should administer justice in his own neighborhood ? All these rights and privileges were accorded to the people by the Repub lican party, and, but for the damnable intrigues and vaulting ambition of Bourbon leaders, the freemen of North Carolina would to day be rest ing in quiet repose under their vine and fig trees with none to molest or make them afraid. But, fellow-citizens, a new era has dawned upon us and, thanks to a kind Providence, which overrules na tions no less than individuals, the people of all classes and conditions have banded together for the restora tion of their sacred privileges. After long and patient suffering has come that reaction which must lead to vic tory. Time has cured the idiosyn- cracies of the past in a great measure, and to day we behold the grand spec tacle of men united in a common cause to restore the time-honored customs of our Republican fathers. Truly can we say that— “ Time at last sets all things right, And if we do but wait the hour, No human power can evade, If unavenged, the patient Watch and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.” North Carolina can send greeting to the nation “all’s well.” IF you desire to educate your chil dren, vote the Republican and Lib eral ticket. The Greensboro North State says Col. Dockery, as a candidate for Con gress, is entirely disconnected from the coalition State movement. That paper knows that Col. Dockery was nominated by the Liberals on the 7th of June and endorsed by the Repub lican State Convention one week thereafter. The coalition thus ef- fected meets Col. Dockery’s hearty Registrars must require persons to “present” themselves for registration. It is not lawful for a registrar to enter on his book the name of a man unless such voter be present in his own per son. Read section 14 of the election law. Registrars should bear this in mind as cognizance will be taken of cases in which the law shall be viola ted. This kind of fraud will be toler ated no longer. places: Stoney Ridge, Wednesday, Oct. Mt. Airy, Thursday, “ Dobson, Friday, Kapp’s Mills, Saturday, “ Trap Hill, Monday, “ Sparta, Tuesday, W. L. Norman’s Store, Wed., “ Chestnut Hill, Thursday, “ Horse Creek, Friday, “ Elk X Roads, Saturday, “ Vaile Crucis, Monday, Sugar Grove, Monday night, “ Dougherty’s Store, Tuesday, “ Boone, Wednesday. Gap Creek, Thursday, “ Job’s Cabin, Friday, “ Wilkesboro, Saturday. Lewis’ Fork, Monday, “ Warrior’s Creek, Tuesday, “ Little River, Wednesday, Nov. Wittenburg, Thins lay, 11. 12. 14. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. 31. 2. TaylprsviLe Friday, Brady’s X Roads, Saturday, It is expected that Maj. Robbins, the candidate of the Prohibition Demo- 4. cracy, together with Dr. C. L. Cook, will be present and take part in the discussion. A Card. To the Voters of North Carolina : W, A correspondence b’tween S. Henly, of the Wadesboro Intelligencer. Dowell, Mitchell and Yancey.—S. H. Fleming, S. L. Patterson. 387A Dis7.—Gaston and Cleveland— John H. McBrayer. 397ft Dist.—Rutherford and Polk— J. B. Eaves. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Alamance—AV. S. Caffey. Anson—J. P. McRae. Ashe—J. 0. Wilcox. Bertie—T. R. Speller. Beaufort—Thomas H. Satterthwaite. Bladen—H. B Everett. Burke—D. C. Pearson. Carteret—T. D. Hewett. Caswell—James W. Poe. Chatham—Janies H. Headen, A. W. Wicker. Chowan—V. H. Sutton. Craven—William H. Johnson. Cumberland—E. P. Powers, Williford. Currituck—L. N. Simmons. Dare—A. W. Simpson. Davidson-Jones C. Miller, W. J. S. Mullican. Dw^Zm—James D. Cavanaugh. Edgecombe—A. R. Bridgers, Belcher. Forsyth—Jno. D. Tavis. Franklin —B. F. Bullock, Jr. W m. , Nat. ,are merely poking, when we say Jar ovis made a temperance speech !) Verily, Mr. Devereux is giving Judge Cox a hard time if he, Cox, (the gallant General Cox,) is forced to use such language as the 11 G-als of Raleigh,” to break the force of his (Devereux’s) blows. Is it possible that our David has so soon tumbled their Goliah into the dust! Full down the curtains! All complaints of violation of Elec tion laves must i " '’wle on oath before any peison authorized to administer oaths, and sent to the Chief Supervisor at Raleigh. Do you desire to have the privi lege of voting for the men who shall act as Justices of the Peace in your county? If so, vote the Liberal and BOURBON CANNON BURSTED! Republican ticket, you have no right to who vote away your licans and Liberals Choose then which vote with. Bourbons say choose the men taxes. Repub- say you have, party you will The News and Observer comniit- , ted a breach of th* peace, we humbly submit, in bursting the “biggest’’ cannon in the Bourbon artillery, by publishing that inimitable speech of Senator Vance, said to have been made before a gathering of the good citizens of North Carolina! In truth, Vance will never get over the .blunder in allowing all that school boy nonsense to go in print; it will juin his pretensions to a great man ; H places him very far below me- JUDGE BENNETT A PROHIBITIONIST. diGerity as an orator; and, while it any -one personally. s > vJ its author, it will cause the loss of .many votes to Bourbonism. We hope it will appear in the next num ber of the Slogan, but will bet it will not. While Judge Bennett is canvassing the State saying he is not a Prohibi tionist, we would like to know if he did not declare at the Yarborough House, in the room of Mr. Wm. S. Harris, of Franklin, when the Moffitt Bell Punch was under consideration, in the presence of Dr. J. M, Taylor, of Wilson, Mr. Harris, of Franklin, and others, that while he was opposed to the Moffitt Bell Punch because it would require ^detectives at every bar, and that detective could be bribed by the dealer, he was in favor of a general Prohibition law, or of taxing liquor out of the State. Will Judge Bennett deny the declaration? and General B. F. Butler, in regard to a private transaction between Gen. Butle and myself, has been published in a portion of the Democratic press of the State, with the obvious purpose of injuring my personal character. It is proper that I shall give tho facts of the transaction in reply to the suggestions apparent on the face of the correspondence. In 1867 or 1868, R. A. Kendall, of Anson county, N. C., and myself en gaged in the comm ssion business in Charleston, S. C., under the name of Kendall & Dockery, Mr. Kendall being rhe managing partner and conducting the business of the firm entirely. I put into the firm all the money I could raise, about $20,000, which was an entire loss to me. In addition to this and some other sums, Mr. Ken- dail borrowed $15,000 from Gen. But ler for the firm, with my consent. The note given to Gen. Butler was signed Kendall & Dockery, and en dorsed by Gen. J. O. Abbott and Dr. R. J. Powell, both of whom were con sidered at the time men of means and responsible for their obligations. I never bad or handled one dollar of the money borrowed from Gen. But ler, nor did I represent to him that my father would endorse the note, nor do I know such statement was made by any yrara I did say to Gen. Butler tiiat the borrowing’was all right and the note good. I thought it amply secured. Mr. Kendall had tht reputation of being a good business man. I entru ted the whole of the affairs of the firm to him and confided all my own money to his management. Disaster followed, and, owing to the result, I was unable to meet my own obligations. But I have from time to time, with a limited income, derived from my farm, made good, as far as I could, the losses of my neighbors who bad been forced to lose by the failure of the firm of Kendall & Dockery. I have been unable to repay Gen. Butler, but there is nothing in the trans action which I am disposed to conceal. I regret my inability to pay the debt; I have always regretted flic fact. I again regret that political enemies, whatever the exigency of the times, have found it necessary to attempt the injury of my personal character, and I commit to your sense of justice the issue thus unwillingly forced upon me, feeling assured that those who know me will believe me free from wrong iu this matter. Iu support of the above statement I respectfully refer to my neighbors, irrespective of party. They know me. Respectfully, O. H. Dockery. Elizabeth City, N, C,, Oct. 2, 1882. North Carolina papers friendly.to truth and justice will please publish the above card. Wake County Canvass. The candidates for the Legislature and the varians county offices in Wake county will address the people at the following times and places: White Oak. Wednesday, October 11, Apex. Cary, Saturday, October 14, Cary. Cedar Folk, Monday, October 16, Pollard’s. Oak Grove, Monday, October 23, W. H. Gullie’s. New Light, Tuesday, October 24, Laws’. Barton’s Creek, Wednesday, Octo ber 25. Hutchinson’s. House’s Creek, Thursday, October 26, Edwards’ Store. Swift Creek, Frilay, October 27, Franklin’s. Panther Branch, Saturday, October 28, Township House. Neuse River, Monday, October 30, Dunnsville. Rolesville (precinct), Tuesday, Oc tober 31, Rolesville. Little River, Wednesday, November 1, Wakefield. Mark’s Creek, Thursday, November 2, Hood’s Store. St. Matthew’s, Friday, November 3, Milburnie. St. Mary’s, Saturday, November 4, Springfi Id. equal division of time will be An had. Samuel Wilder, Ch’n Dera. Co. Ex Com. M. A. Bledsoe, Ch’n Rep. Co. Ex. Com. ONE of the tricks resorted to by the Bourbon poll-holders is to deposit bal lots in wrong boxes and thereby unlaw fully cause them to be lost. They must be counted. For The Times. Sepubli^an Convention in Davidson. A convention of the Republican party of Davidson county was held at tho court house on Saturday, October 7th, 1882. The convention was called to order by Col. W. F. Henderson, chairman of the County Executive Committee. Ou motion, James Smith, Esq., was elected permanent chairman, J. C. Kennedy secretary, and P. O. Cates assistant secretary of the convention. The following nominations were then made: For Clerk of the Superior Court, Gaither Watson. For Treasurer, J. W. McCrary. For Sheriff, John Michael. For Survey or, P. E. Ziuk. For Coroner, Henderson Leonard. For the Senate, P. C. Thomas. For the House, Jones C. Miller and L. S. Mullican. The candidates accepted.their nom inations iu short and pointed speeches. On motion of Col. W. E. Hendersen, Gen. J. M. L.ach was requested to address the convention, Which he did in a telling speech; he .struck the key note of the campaign. Ou motion, The Times) aud Union Republican were l equ sted to publish the proceedings. The County Executive: Committee was re-elected for the ensiling year. On motion, the con-mention ad- journed. James Smith, Gh’n. J. 0. Know*, 1 Seoretar L, O. Gates, I Label each one of the six ballot boxes and thus guard ag,. ling tickets where they do H. Macon. Gates—Joseph T. Morris, Graham—Joel L. Crisp. Greene— W. T. Dixon. Guilford—1. F. Davi?, Murrow. Joshua S Halifax— M. Pittman. Harnett—A. R. Wilson. -, Janies Hertford—George H. Mitchell. Hyde -Wilson H. Lucas. Iredell—D. M. Furches, H. A. Neil Johnston-Jos. B. Parker, Amos Johnson. Jones—E. R. Page. Lenoir—Daniel E. Pe-ry. Lincoln—J. B. Shelton. McDowell—G. W. Crawford. Macon—T. W. McLoud. Madison—D. S. Ball. Mecklenburg—11 B. Hunter, Pope, L. C. Morton. Moore—J. A. Barrett. J. G Montgomery.—Alex. L. Henderson. Nash—W. H. Robbins. New Hanover—W. H. Waddell, E. E. Greene. Northampton—Wiley Baker, G. A. Parker. Onslow—Thos. E. Gilman. Orange and Durham—Jas. A. Cheek, T. C. Oakley. Pamlico—J. S. Lane. Pasquotank—Noah R. Newby. Perquimans—Frank Nixon, Jr. Person—W. F. Reade, Randolph—John Kemp, Joel Trogdon. Richmond-W. H. Woodward. Rowan—G. A. Bingham. F. the Revised Statutes of the United States. “Title 26, The Elective Fran chise,” as relates to the powers and du ties of Supervisors of Election in North Carolina, is promulgated for the infor mation and guidance of all concerned therein: 1. Supervisors of Election are ap pointed by the Circuit Court on the ap plication of ten citizens of a county through the Chief Supervisor, and hold offi e for one election only. 2. Two Supervisors are app tinted for each precinct, of opposite political sentiments, who must be voters therein, and able to read and write the English language. 3. Ihey must take and subscribe the -tatutory oath of office and file the same with the Chief Supervi or before 1 entering upon duty. 4. They are required to attend at the place of registration if a general regis tration be ordered, and of voting when a member of Congress or other United States officer is to be elected. 5. They are to take,occupy and hold, such positions as in their judgment w.ll b. st enable them to see toe ballot boxes, and the persons offering to reg ister and vote, and to scrutinize the manner in which the registration and voting is being conducted. 6. They are to mark for challenge, and challenge, any person known or suspected to be wrongfully offering to register or vote, and to note upon the registration and poll books the name of any person who may be fraudulently allowed or refused to register and vote. 7. They must personally inspect and scrutinize the registry and poll books, and may affix their signatures to each page thereof, in such manner as to en able them to detect and expose any wrongful addition or removal of names or checks therein. 8. They are to personally count and scrutinize each ballot in the canvass, after the close of the polls on election day, in whatever place- or box found, ( and however said box, place or ballot may be endorsed or labeled, and not to leave the place of regi tration or vo ting, until such registration or vo ting, together with the canvass and counting of the votes, and all the re ports, returns, certificates and state ments, or copies thereof, relating to such registration or election, are wholly completed. 9. They must immediately forward to the Chief Supervisor of the District a full and detailed statement, under oath, of every unlawful registration or vote offered or accepted, and of every lawful registration or vote offered and refused; every unlawful attempt to hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct any person entitled to register or vote, from registering or voting, or to allow any person not entitled to register or vote, to register or vote; every attempt by bribery, solicitation, interference, hin drance, molestation, violence, or threats thereof, on the part of any person or persons whatever, to prevent the Su pervisors or other officers, from fully and freely performing all the duties of their office at such registration and election; and generally, every violation of the law relating to such election, together with the names of the offen ders and the witnesses thereof. 10. Supervisors have no power to make arrests ex- ept when summoned thereto by the Deputy Marshal, and have no authority whatever except at the time and place of registration and voting, and in the presence of t e officers ho ding the same, including the counting of the vbtes and making returns thereof. 11. Supervisors of election, while on duty, are nut subject to arrest by any State authority or process whatever, and in no such case should submit to arrest. 12. Supervisors are not expected to attend any registration for this elec tion, but it is hoped that they will at tend the revision on the Saturday pre ceding the election. 13. lu conclusion, I have only to say that the manilest intent and purpose of the law under which Supervisors of Election are appointed, is to secure a fair election, and while as citizens they have the undoubted right to indulge in polit cal preferences, and enforce, so far as they may be able, their part- izan'‘convictions, .they have no such rights as Supervisory of Election, and the exercise or attempt to exercise them is inconsistent with their duty, and in violation of the oath required to be taken for the faithful and im partial performance of their duties, and as they are appointed from the best men of the two leading political parties, it is expected that they will challenge the respect of all bj ming ling courtesy with firmness in their official demeanor. Respectfully, A. W. Shaffer, U. S. Com’r and Chief Supervisor. Rutherford—G. B. Pruitt. Sampson—Henry C. Monk, John R. Smith. Surry—B. K. Marshall. Wake—Edward M. Bledsoe, James H. Harris, John 0. Harrison, James A. Temple. Wurr^K. and Vance-J. H. Mont gomery, R. C. Ward. Wellington—Enoch Hopkins. Wilkes—J. Q. A. Brya .. Yadkin—A. E. Holton. For The Times. Halifax County—Capt. Day on the Stump. Mr. Editor: Court is now in ses sion, Judge McKoy presiding. Last Tuesday had been selected as a big day for the Democracy. Ransom, J. J. Davie, and others were an nounced to speak, but on that day no body appeared to fill the appointment, except Hon. C. M. Cooke, of Frank lin. That gentleman spoke at the ad journment of court, in a mild, gen teel manner, and closed, when Capt. W. H. Kitchin, of Congressional fame, followed, and instead of discussing po litical issues as Mr. Cooke had done, proceeded in the usual campaign bom bast to preach a sermon on Capt. W. H. Day. When he closed, it was the universal remark that Cooke had done some good, but that Kitchin had spoiled it all, and 150 votes would not repair the damage done by him to the Democratic party. Mr. Day proceeded to answer Mr. Kitchin, which he did so effectually as to silence him for good. Kitchin struck the wrong man, and at the wrong time, for Day is much more than bis equal, and this is not the time for speeches like Kitchin’s to do any good by repetition. You may look out for good news from Halifax Men of all classes are ie six ballot- it uist deposit- h o not belong, i deserting the Democracy, and throw ing off the shackles with which they have heretofore been bound. (Scotland Neck, [From the Winston Republican.] Gen. Clingman Corrected. No money was “embezzled” by the officers They did not do their duty in not collecting it, but they did hut steal it. It was not paid by the peo ple, as alleged, but remains in their hands to this day. Gen. Grant and the Republican party are thus blamed be cause they did not collect from the peo> Ie the “one hundred and thirty millions annually. Thus ibis too, that the leniency of President Johnson’s officials is laid at the door of President Grant, who was the “first to attempt to reform.” P. For The Times. Dubson, N. C., Sept. 30t.li, 1882. Mb. Editor: At the R publican conven in, held here to-day, L. J. Nurmau wastndor/ed as the choice oi the Repub'icans of Surry county for State Sinaior, R K. Mir hall was nominated f -r the Home of Represen tative;-, G. H. Bo ki r for bnpriior Court Cb rk, R. G. F unklR f Sher- iff, J. II. Wolff for Register of B. Jones for Surveyor, Jackson Nor man for Coroner. The f l owing preamble and resolu- Wra-reas, The Liberal party of North Carolina has announced a platform that embodies the essential principles of the Rep .blican party; an 1 Whereas The Republican county convention, which assemb.ed at. Yad kinville, on the 30th ot August, almost unanimously endorsed the nominee of the Liberal party for Congress, and as we can therefore do so without com promising our principles as Republi cans, be it Resolved, That ws, the Republicans of Sarry county, in convention as sembled, heartily endorse the action of said convention, and pledge our support to gress. lie-wived, conv Gitina Resolved, Dr. Tyre Tork for Con- That th. this convention thanks of this d the chairman, pr c -edings of furnished The Times, Winston Republican, State Jour nal and North State for publication. II. N. Wolff, Ch’n. P. T. Lehman, Sec. For The Times. Dockery at Halifax. On the 27r.Ii ult. oar standard-tc r- er, Hon. O. H. Dockery filled his ap pointment at this place. He speech was exactly the one lor the occasi in. and commanded the approval of ever; - body. The people of this ciunty have not forgotten the “Pee Dee Wagoner,” and they are reminded of him in bis son, the “Pee Dee Farmer.” He di - cussed National and State politics as a statesman only can. We had never before heard Col. D., and to look at him one would not suppose him to have the gift of eloquence, but those who heard him here say that while he possesses all the force of his gifted father, he adds to it a mos captivating and eloquent style. Old Halifax will give the “Pee Dee Farmer” one of her old fashioned ma jorities that speaks by thousands. He left the next day for Northampton. Roanoke. ] Gen. Clingman, usually accurate, is totally at fault in his late manifesto to the public with regard to the special message of President Grant, to Con gress, on the 19th of December, 1871. President Grant’s message conveyed to Congress the report of the Civil Ser vice Commissioners. Gen. Clingman says: “In their report they state that the best informed persons are of opinion ‘that one-fourth of the revenue paid by the people does not reach the treasury.” In commenting upon this, the General says, “more than one hundred and thirty millions had been embezzled by the officers.” Now the facts are that the Civil Ser vice Commissioners deny that they ever made such a statement, and assert that no such embezzlement was made by the officers of the Treasury. In 1872 Gen. Logan called the attention of the Commissioners to this same charge, made at that time by Senator Trumbull, and asked for their meaning. From their reply dated Sept. 4th, 1872, signed by George William Curtis, and six others, I make the following ex tracts: “The calculations to which we al luded were made under the administra tion of President Andrew Johnson.” “It was, however, not a loss of money actually collected and stolen on the way to the Treasury, which is Mr. IrumbuU’s assertion, but of money that under the law was due, but never collected. “Our object was to show the bad re sults of an evil system which had been adopted by every administration of all parties for forty years, and which the administration of General Grant has Ibeen the first to attempt to reform, as the report itself is proof.” Gen. Clingman is therefore mistaken. Republican District Convention. The Republican convention of the 5th District of North Carolina was held at Greensboro, October 4th, 1882. It was called to order by J. B. Gretter, the chairman of toe Executive Com mittee for the District, and B. F. By num, of Stokes, was requested to act as secretary. On motion, a committee on credentials, consisting of one from each county, was appointed by the chair, as follows: P. A. Hoover, of Davidson; W. R. Albright, of Ala mance; J. M. Henderson, of Caswell; D. C. Linville, of Guilford; John F. Woody, of Person; N. T. Pearson, of Randolph; J. R. Stephens, of Rock ingham; R. E. Dalton, of Stokes. After consultation the committee re ported every county in the district duly represented. On motion, the report of the com mittee was unanimously adopted. Col. W. F. Henderson, of Davidson, was unanimously elected permanent chairman of the convention, and was conducted to the chair by John F. Woody, of Person, and P. A. Hoover, of Davidson, whereupon he enter tained the large and intelligent audi ence with an eloquent and patriotic speech, glowing with enthusiasm, and well calculated to rouse up every sluggard. The permanent organiza tion was then duly effected by the election of B. F. Bynum, of Stokes, as permanent secretary, and Albert Bigelow, of Caswell, as assistant secre tary. * Mr. Kinney, of Davidson, then in troduced the following resolutions: Whereas, Home rule, a government of the people aud /or the people, a free ballot and a fair count, and the abolition of sectionalism throughout the whole country, are the great issues submitted in the pending election to the people of North Carolina for their judgment; and Whereas, Col. John R. Winston, a true citizen and a fearless defender of the right, is an earnest advocate of the adoption of the above mentioned principles by our State; therefore be it Resolved, That we commend him earnestly to the suffrages of the voters of the 5th Congressional District who are in favor of the above enumerated principles. Resolved, That we do not in any manner or form endorse the financial doctrines of the Greenback party. Resolved, That the patriotic aud lib eral administration of President Ar thur meets our Hearty approbation. Before these resolutions were put to the vote Mr. Linville, of Guilford, nominated Wm. S. Ball as a candidate for Congress. The vote was taken on this nomination by counties, and Mr. Ball was defeated. The vote stood as follows: For Mr. Ball 12 1-9; against 23 8-9-there being 26 votes in the Convention. The resolutions were then adopted. It was moved that the adoption be made unanimous, and upon this motion there was only one “No,” which was cast by Mr. Linville, of Guilford. The following Executive Committee was then elected for the District: P. A Hoover, of Davidson; W. R. Albright, of Alamance; J. A. Blair, of Randolph; R. H. Wray, of Rocking- nam; R. E. Dalton, of Stokes; Wm. S. Ball, of Guilford; Daniel Johnston, of Jaswell; Jno. F. Woody, of Person. This committee- then elected W. B. Albright, of Alamance, chairman, and A. A. Hinton, of Guilford, secretary. A motion was made to have these proceedings published in The Times, North State and State Journal. On motion, the convention then ad- j mined. B. F. Bynum, ) A. Bigelow, ( W. F. Henderson, Ch’n. Secretaries. Vote the entire Coalition ticket, if you expect to have your rights restored
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