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THE 'JOURNAL.
NEW BERNE, N. ., SEPT. .1, 1882.
Entered at' the Post ollioe at Noi Rente, N C.
as secnnd-cl'iss waller.. ,
Between five ; awl six thousand
dollars annually lost in collecting
taxes in Craven! . tr ¬
over 100061" those who do list
their taxes in Craven conuty are
returned insolvent!
One thousand and ninety-lour
people pay , the tax Tor over four
thousand men in this county !
About 200O people in Craven
couuty have failed to list their taxes
this year !, Let them be prosecuted.
A Sheriff who allows 1000 men,
out of a lot; of 2fidi, to go free, from
payment of tax ought to be re
quired to pay the same lrom his
own pocket.
The. Finance Committee of a
county who will allow a Sheriff to
return as insolyeut about one half
of bis tax list ought to bo required
ta step, down and out. , ,
V . Outrageous-
Prof. Raytiilf, who is now on a visit
to our town, informs us that Oohen, a
Jew in New Berne, charged him $12 for
bringing him from that city to Wash
ngton , and that, with a broken down
and jaded , horse, that consumed 12
hours in coming the 36 miles. Such a
charge -ia a grose imposition and an out
age. North State Press. , L
Where does the imposition come,
in? We ' suppose t Prof.-.Eayliill
promised to pay ithe $12 before lie
left New Berne, and, if so, that
was his owii bargain . and be has
no right to complain. If be didn't
make such a, contract, then be.was
a diiuce for paying that amount.
Or maybe the imposition was in
taking 12 hours to go 36 " miles !
Prof. i-fayhill is an elocutionist and
doubtless Mr. Cohen was aware of
. the fact that a1 protracted view of
the beautiful scenery between New
Berne and Washington would fire
his imagination Mnd'afd him in
rendering with spirit the recitations
selected for his class. lie was also
given ample time for . meditation
and reflection. We should not be
too hasty in finding iault 1 Bless-
.: ings often come in disguise! ; v
What Shall 4 the Boys Do ?
A colonist in Basteru ; Tennessee
writes to a Northern paper, "Keep
away from us young lawyers ' and
doctors. We are overrun with
them already. 'What we want : is
skilled mechanics and intelligent
farmers, young men are not too
proud to handle tools, or to put a
hand to the plough."
Another letter from a new settle
ment in Colorado says, ' "Already
we have more than we want of
young fellows whose beards are
just grown, who - have - studied , a
profession, and hnve come here to
open offices. ; After they have done
that, they sit . down in them to
starve. It is 7(fi-work as well as
head-work that is needed here, and
the wore we have of young: men
who wish to become farmers, the
better. , Agriculture is to' : be.; the
great money-making industry in
.the West." -K ;, - .; . ; ..
The same story came from every
part of the West. In the large cit
ies of both'West and East, almost
every block of buildings contains
offices in which poor hope
ful lads sit waiting for chants and
patients. , -' ' -
The professions in this country
are greatly overcrowded, for two
re;: ons. First, there is a very
f !;;j!i, snobbish, popular idea that
a i, .4 - . t i . .. : .1
, ti.u - :.nU f.I.K'utiou" Le has
:-.tnifl.i..w made a geutlemau of him;
and secondly, the vnla of the prin
cipal Trades Unions, which limits
the number of apprentices, and the
unwillingness of lads to learn mo
chanical trades.
One of the largest publishers in
this country was at one timo not
able to find a place for his son where
ho could learn to be a printer, the
quota in his city being full.
What shall the boys do, t hen f
If a lad has special ability wheth
er for preaching, the arts,, mathe
matics, as a scholar, or in handling
tools, his niche is easily found. Let
him enter it at all costs. In the
quaint old phrase of our forefath
ers, it is his "call" from God.
But if he belongs to the great
majority of boys who have no tal
ents or desires for special pursuits
in life, let him keep out of the liiln
gry ranks of half-taught, idle law
yers and doctors,' and go to genu
ine work that' will pay, however
small the wages may lie.
Let him learn a mechanical trade.
He can 'find opportunities if be re
ally tries' to' do so.- But in this
country the great productive, grow
ing industry is agriculture. On it
depend all other industries, and in
the future we are to have farmer-
princes as well as merchant-princes.
Therefore let every strong,
ambitious boy remember that the
earth is always ready to yield him
a sure support, and if he adds
knowledge and intelligence to down
right hard work, it will yield the
toiler in it a fortune. Do this,
boys, and keep away from the cities.'-
" : ' '
Craveu County Tax Payers.
The charge made by the Journal,
that the taxes were not being uni
formly paid in Craven, is a more
serious one than we first thought.
In the former article we showed
that, with over 4,000 voters in the
county, only about 2,000 polls were
listed for taxation. That is bad
enough, but we have now a worse
showing to make. We have been
to the office of the llegister of Deeds
to find out how many insolveut tax
payers were returned by the Sheriff
m his annual settlement. The
books showing Sheriff Halm's Set
tlements were not in the'oflice;,and
wel run back to the statement made
in -1881 the last year i of , Sheriff
Hubbs' work. And "we found
how many I one thousand and alv
insolvents. . . ; ; " ; "
See how it sounds : Four thou
sand tax-payers in the county; two
thousand of them unlisted; and of
the two thousand listed, one thou
sand insolveut ! These figures are
only approximate not exactly cor
rect, ' for we , had to gather facts
frbm different years instead of get
ting them all together.
To make the matter more glaring
we make another comparison with
Lenoir county, where, as we showed
in the former article niore polls
were listed lor taxation than in
Craven. . By ; referring to the re
port of the Finance Committee of
Lenoir, printed in the Journal in
1879, it will be seen that Lenoir had
180 insolvents for that year. One
hundred and eighty r. one thou
sand and six ! Or, to put it in its
true light, 180 non-paying polls in
Lenoir vx. .1,006 insolvents plus
2,000 more unlisted, in Craven.
Who is to blame for such a state
of affairs! In the first place, the
Sheriff. ;A, Sheriff who.' reports
even one fourth of his tax paying
constituency as insolvent is not
doing his duty. .In a county like
this where men labor every day,
and for good wages; and where 'the
laws give a Sheriff every oppor
tunity, to iize goods or attach
credits for taxes, it is a liegging of
the" question to say. he can't collect.
The writer was," for several years,
oi' the , li'inance Committee 1 in
Lenoir, aud has thus some personal
knowledge of what a Sheriff can do
and ought to do in order to get in
doubtful taxes. If he puts off col
lecting his taxes, for friendship's
sake or for politics' sake, until late
in the spring then be may easily
come forward and return a huge
list of insolvents ;bnt if he is
prompt and energetic, aud has
prompt and energeiic deputies, he
will collect from all doubtful cases
early in the fall and; thus make sure
11-
tiAi!.
Iu the second place' the Couuty
Coimnissioncrs are to be blamed for
allowing a sheriff to make any
; such returns. . We think the pres:
ent Board of County . Commission
ers have made an excellent exhibit
of their management of county fi
nances, and that they deserve com
mendation therefor. But because
of their good record . as a whole,
they are not above criticism on
particulars; and an independent
newspaper should not hesitate to
make this criticism if the public
welfare demands it.
Here is a case w here the county
is lpsiug the tax on near three
thousand polls, amounting every
year to over $5,000, if the statistics
we have gathered are a fair state
ment. The County Commissioners
are special guardians of the people's
money and should not allow it.
"liucy- rney may say, "wliat can
we do? The Sheriff returns the
insolvent list on oath as the law re
quires, and we feel hound by it."
We admit that as a general rule
the insolvent's oath, to be made by
the. sheriff' ought to be conclusive;
ami yet not always so. A man
may justify -,to. a bond, but ; the
Judge may, and often does, after
categorical questioning refuse the
bond. Tho point we make is that
it is impossible for a sheriff' in Cra
ven couuty to return 1,000 insolv
ents, if he has vsed due . diliicitce.
And' (ho County Commissioners
are, and ought to be, judges as to
whether or not be has used, this)
diligence. -" ,.'." .: ' ';'';" ' . .'.?"!
This neglect on the part of the
Coininissiouers, we are antisfjed,
has beeii an inadvei tant one, ami
we think will be remedied on this '
statement which we are publishing. 1
This is a serious question and tie-1
serves serious consideration. It is
an outrage upon those who do pay
their taxes. Every man wants the
protection of the law and he ought
to pay his part of t he burdens.
This money, that Craven county is
being swindled out of, goes . to the
school fund and to the support of
the poor, and for that very reason
ought to be cheerfully paid.
We suggest to the Commission
ers to fake the advice of the county
(ttorney and determine it it would
nbjfc be licst, in view .of this outra
geous evil, to put a . special agent
at work in prosecuting those who
have failed to list.' ' The-nuinber of
niosecution s. Vouhf run ti p' bet ween
filteen-hundred and two thousand.
And it might be. well to s serve no
tice on the Sheriff that his insolvent
list in. the future, would' lu'eet w ith
the closest scrutiny
; i
Smithfield.
' Messrs. Editors: Permit me
tlirough the columns of vour valua
ble paper to say a word to the out
side Tyorld aliout the growth and
prosperity of our beautiful little
city by the Ncuse. Smithfield is
the county seat of Johnston, imme
diately on the left banks of Neuse
river, twenty-six miles from Ral
eigh, fifty miles from Fayetteville,
and twenty -two miles from Golds
boro. The streets are wide aud
shady, the. town is well-drained
which renders: it perfectly; healthy,
prosperity has setnin,' seVeral new
storje houses ;are neiu'iug . coujplo.
tion, which would be a credit to any
city,; and t several more will bo
reaved at no distant day. . Trade is
lively, the mail on 'the.. Midland R.
li. coiuo.to us every 'dajy aiidla
freight'coines in, daily , laden wfth
goods for 'our. iiic'rchants. MrDaii
Galloway, our very efficient and
popular .freight agent, is as clever
and accommodating ail ever opened
the floor of a warehouse; so far he
gives entire satisfaction.
We are in the heart of one of the
richest agricultural belts in North
Carolina. Our farmers grow al
most everything in abundance.
We have one farmer that has elev
en hundred acres in cotton and if
no disaster overtakes hiin he ex
lects to "get a bale to the acre (1,
100) we have several farmers who
make their crops average a bale to
the acre.' We expect to ship away
froui here this season 15,000 bales
cotton all of which will be carried
through New -Berne N.vCv on the
Midland N. C. II. R.; hercto'fore it
has beeu going elsewhere. ,
.Our Court House is under going
repairs and when completed wijl
lo one of the handsomest fetrnc-'
tures of the kind in the Stat e.
We notice one of our enterpris
ing merchants getting in a car
load of Webster wagons, and . is
selling them very rapid.
Why is it that your enterprising
merchants don't come up in this
country anil show us their goods.
. ii 1 i i v . , j..; ;
he w, ,1 i : Li-; ( l i . M)r 1
and Jm-w JUnie. -Tew . i . o j .,s
supeiior facilities for handling
gooils. she has her harbor, which
should be second to none in tho
State. Wilmington merchants are
doing a good business up here and
the matter of freight is certainly in
favor of the New Berne merchants.
Come up gentlemen; we would
be happy to make your acquain
tance. We have two good hotels
which are doing a large business,
and we make special mention of
the Fuller House, which we are able
to say from our own experience,
has but lew equals in the State, the
tables are supplied with everything
that suits tho inner man. - ' 1
Polit ics are getting warm up in
this country, but we tire not infest
ed with "Liberals," we have none
of them,' we are solid for Gen. Cox
and Democracy. - Our people want
good county government" and nut-
lie Schools,: and tlie.y know, under
Republican administration they
can't have it. Some time airo we
fried 'Republican revenue carpet
bag negro rule aiid the result was
strife, ignorance ami .bankruptcy,
but .under Democratic rule we have
pence, harmony, intelligence, pros
perity and good common' schools.
Wo are not going to change, be
cause it is the best interest of all,
both white find black, that the in
teligent should govern and rule the
ignorant, therefore the Democrats
in Eastern North Carolina have
nearly all the intelligence. , , . ,
.- - More' Anon.
Appreciated ut its Value.
Charlotte. Journal. ). . B
i it " - - ...
O
ii mere is any one itiing more
than another calculated to excite
the latent gratitude of "the
South," it is to -rend. 'tue homilies
contained in Northern newspapers
on f he (luty'of the inhabitants of
t his benighted region to themselves
and to 1 he rest of the' world. 1 1 is
sweet to have fellows who, perhaps,
never in their lives put foot
sout h of t he Potomac, and who
are as ignorant as Comanche In
dians of the political, wcinl, or in-'
ditstiial condition of the Southern
people, airing their philosophy on
all t hese themes, and in the pitying
and .patronizing style of a father
towards an ignorant and wayward
son. There has beeu a great deal
of talk of this kind for a long time,
not only in the great daily news
papers of that part of the country,
but in the obscure couutry press,
and yet from a personal knooledge
acquired by actul contact for moths
together withaajiUiijesof the
N or them people, we do not hesitate
to say that, ignorant as the mass of
the Southern people are in regard
to the iiiuer life of their Northern
countrymen, the latter are . still
more ignorant of the actual state
of things with ; us.i We have had
questions put to us in New England
by the most inteligent citizens, and
iii good faith, in regard to affairs
here, which we would have supposed
utterly incredible, if told to us by
others; and the worst of it was that
when the truth was told them they
invariably refuse to believe it. In
deed, we have had those people to
positively contradict the simplest
statement ' of the most familior
facts in our history since the war,
and they would confess at the same
time that they had never been in a
Southern State in their, lives ex
cept, perhaps during the war, and
that they had no other knowledge
on the subject than what they got
out of some Northern ' Republican
newspaper. ' -; ' ' " : '
Wre have been led into this train
of thought by a paragraph in a
Northern paper-, which contains
some very cool and impudent com
ments on what the Southern peo
ple,inclndiug those "who were once
rich, the poor white trash, and the
negro all need to know;" . this
valuable piece of kuowedge being
"that success in life depends ; not
upon some one to . look up to, ., as
slaves did to their masters, or some
one to command, as masters did
their slaves, but that it depends
upon individual effort for self, and
that larger self, the family." Truly
a wonderful discovery; and about
as applicable tothe South as the
nebular hypothesis is to the cnl
ti vat ion of long collards.
i Zeb. Vance. : '
We nuderstand that Senator
Vance, having been announced to
speak at Asheville on Saturdaj', and
Dockery . having an ap)0intment
there for that day, t he Democrats
proposed a division of time, but
Dockery would not concede fair
terms. Under the circumstances
old Zeb said they would see tibout
it, and so he had his speaking sep
arate and apart from the Republi
can speakers. It is needless to say
that the crowd followed "Old Zeb."
We hear on rumor that there were
some "subsequent proceeding," but
our usually prompt correspondent
has not informed us of the 'matter,
and we await fuller "returns."
Keits and Observer:
Last week Edison lookout twenty-four
patents, on electric appara
tus. Hurry up and give us a "light
in our window," or "a light, if you
please."
Hi. ml.
become iu formed about I
e WMiiilrrfu
resources tfl Uregon hh.1 xsliiiiuinit.-
where the wheat production is liirfi
and I lie death late loner Ihuu in niiv
other section of Unitrd Sl.ilo; wlre
good Government land can lie hud
for the takinrr and railroad land l
bought on ten years time. Industrious
men.heeomo independently wealthy
tuere in a verj lew years, t nil in
formation in the West Shore, a hand
somely illnsl rated journal published
at Portland, Ihe nietr.Klis of tie
Pacific Northwi Kt, at $2 no y ai oi
l he publishers will srid two sjileinien
coe i't, of tlifT.-ieiit dub'n, for 2f 'ents.
Addiv Suoke. Portland,
Oregon.
New Bcrnc and Hyde County
' Steam Line.
'Ilio Midland North Carolina Railway
I ' Co. 's steamer
TJ ; 10 It LI IA'
Has been placed regularly on the line
between Nesv tterne and Hyde county
points, for a general passenger eerviee
and freight traflic,-making weekly
trips as follows: , ;
lave. New . Ilerue Mondays at 6
a.m. for Swan Quarter and Wysocking
I5ay. Ieave Wysoeking Kny Wednes
days at 0 a.m. for New Beixe, touching
at Sw'an Quarter. .; . - , :
Fare, one way, ' . v :;
Meals (extra), .' '.
Round trip . . ,
Cilored people, each way,
$3.50
50
4.00
' 1.50 ' .
I SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Tlirough return tickets from Hyde
County to Morebead City or Ooldsboro,
(KWd till Octohpr Isr.
to Morehead, $0 to Goldslwro and re
turn. , ' ; : -
JYeighta solicited, and rates guaran
teed as low iisby anj line, giving quick
dispatch and making safe delivery.
tH?" Our facilities for haudling live
stock aud iierishable freights are un
equalled. ,
If the proper encouragement is given
this line, we shall take necessary stops
to alford the people of Hyde County
Mail and Express facilities, bringing
them Within 30 hours of New Yerk.
J, W. Morris, Wm. A. Hearnr,
Oen. Freight Ag't. Solicit 'g Agt.
, J. W Anpuews,
w n c Ch'f Eng.&Sllp't.
W. B. Rwinuell, A. 1J. Turn ell,
Ag't at Swan Qu'r.; , Ag't at Nebraska.
ROBERTS & HENDERSON,
' General Insurance Agents,
JSTew Berne, JST. O.
Onl first class Companies reprcstnt-
; .. , - ed in '
1 Firo. Life and Accident Insurance.. ,
Total Capital over Forty Millions of
dollars.,.. Jun2ldlv
SEA: BREEZE HOUSE, -
Morohoad City, N. C.
,.' , i - . i i "... , t
Will be opened for the reception ol
guests on 15th of June. Tare and gen
eral accommodations equal to any.
Terms moderate. .
T. L. HALL, Proprietor;
Elizabeth City" Brewery,
ELIZABETH, K. C.
Jenkins' Ale.
This Ale is manufactured at tins irewt ry, is
GENUINE AND PURE,
Brewed from l'ure Malt and
. . ! Hop .:;' .:' , .
Is ft fine tonic, pnjK'rior to and much better
than any Beet made.
lias enred dyspepsia, And in a prerenta'lire
malarial fevera and chills. i ' j
Dealers fupilied in barrels, kegs, or bottled In
Crates. . .
Recommended by phrcicinns.. f ' ,u '-
' - r Address, '.. ' v : . ' !
THOMAS M. JENKINS & CO., ,
' Box 28, Elizabeth CityN. C.
' angC-dtim
- -'- KINSTON
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE,
f KINSTON, N. O. .
Jospwi Kinsey, Principal.
Clarence L. Doweix, 1st Assistant.
Miss Bet-tie Kinsey, 2d "
Miss M. Blanche Robey, Music Teacher.
' j. ;" , TKKMS: ... .
!Tuition from $1 to $3 per month in all
English branches.
Languages with Higher English, 54
per montli.
Music, including use of instrument,
$4 per month.
School taught and cond ucted on
Graded School principles.
Fall Term opens August 2Slh, 1882.
:nit4-clit ' .
WM. LGltCII,
HEALER IS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
: CAST E0UC3 ACCCl'ODATmS..
Broad St. New Berne, If . C.
dwMar. 1o:l,
BAIL BIJOS.,
WE 0 L E SAE 0 11 OGEES
AND
cc:,:"i-.rc:T : rrr en a;:t3;
KEWBliRNE N.C.
"Ai.il. ilsvly
11 , ? one of our r-at
ii.J i i i.J, i i 'i.,,il j,
Fv)R NEW YOIkK,
EOSTON, PROVIDENCE,
and all points
'"Noilli and AVeist
SEMI-WEEKLY ST E A M E R S
Between . flew . Heme , ana MltuDore, .
'I'liMcbiiif! hi Nurfolli)
Leavinc Nv Herne fur Ualtiinurr TUESDAYS
and FRnAYS :it I p in Leave Rultiinore fui
New Heme WLliN KSPAYS dud SATURDAYS
at j. ji. in.
Aiceoo are as follews:
REUBEN FOSI KR.flon'l Jfuna-rer, i
90 Liffbt St., Bal't. Md.
JAS. W. MeOARRtOK, A?'t. Norfolk, Ya.
W. P. Clyde & Co., Fliiln'lelphU, 12 South
Whartes, , .;
Oen. H. (Ilorer, Pier No. 49, E. R. New York.
E. s.'ihiiiii. Ilmtim. M c?entrnl wharf.
K II Rockwell. Providence R, l. - ,
. II. o Mn,k, Vk Kiver. Derrick vliarf
; Slii. Iet,e-ii,i-.iiin, Tneihun and Kmido.'
' . " -m Y.uk d olv.
"' ' I Hiini'ire. VniHil iv Hud SmunlHv'
" " Fall kuw, Mondata, WedeMi
and Fililas.
i nn eh iif'e, Nntnrdnix. ;
Tliroui:li Itillh liidiiitp iriveii, and riih enir-m-eed
to all points a' the dilleieiil olh. - .il II..
roaipanien. 1 . '
Avoid Ereakage tif Bulk and ship via
" N. C. LINE. il
MarMOly. S. H.flRAY, A't. NnvV Heme NO
Gaston House
SALOON.
The quietest and most retired li.i e
in Ihe Cily.
The host of .
WINES,
L1QUOHS,
& -CIGARS.
Billiard and Pool Tables.
inn in iii i n i " i
ah me illustrated ana sporting npci ,
; " of the Bay on File.
- I .") B'S and Plants" will hot' b '
tolerated. '
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JAMI CAMPBELL,.
I iou it-tor. '
: Apr.l lydw
It stands at the head
1 M J
TEE LIGHT RUNNING '
DOMESTIC.
That is the acknowledged leader In the
Tmile is a fact that cannot be disputed. . ,
MANY IMITATE IT!
, NONU EQUAL,' IT! '
The largest Armed. Tlie Lightest ICu li
ning. The most Itvaiitlful Wood-work.
ANU IS WARUAWTKO
To be made of the best material. To do any
and all Kinds of Work. To he Complete
. . in Kvery Respect. .
For economy and perfection of 111, see the upu
lar Domestic Paper Fashions
Catalogues free. For sale by
j - -O. JUKKS, . ' i
j Feb 2nd lr. , ,. New Kerne, IV. C.
By K. L. MILLEII,
i ; Kinstoii, N. C,
Dealer In riano, Organs, Sewuift Machines, etc.
I Address, . , . . . , .
Uoiliestlc S. M. Co.,
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"A(teiits Wanted. wlf ,
P A T E N T S.
obtained for new Inventions. or for lmiirnvAmr,i.
n old ones. Caveats, Inrriueemcnts,Trado-Miirks
fTS; 1
" Bi
ana nil atent unsmess promptly attended to.-
INVKITIONS THAT IIAVK HERN BBJEITED may
still, in most cases, be patented by us. Being
opposite the V. S. Patent Office, and enR(red ill
I-ATIMT bokinksr Kxi F.iisi V B1.Y , we can senire
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