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S10R0 DAILY WOEOiAI.
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LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant, Elegant , Reliable. '
For biliousness mid constipation,
ake Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills and malaria, tike
Lemon Elixir.
For ticcplessncMt, nervousness, and
palpitation of the heart, twee Lemon
Elixir. .
For indigestion ar..l. loul stomach.
Uke Lemon Elixir.
For tick and nervous headaches,
lake Lemon Elixir.
, Ladies, lor natural and thorough or
ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
Dr. Moslcy'a Lemon Elixir will
not foil you in any of the above named
distaes, all of which anse from a tor
pid or diseased Liver, stomach, kid.
neyt or bowels.
Prepared only by Dr. II. Moiley,
Atlanta, Ga. 50c and one dollar pottle
at drugfeUts.
Guftruutr-d Vuir,
We authorize onr advertised ding,
cist to soil Dr. King's m-w dioovrry
for Convmptinn, Cor.ghi t.p C Id'
upon this coiditien. If von re
afflicted with a cvvg't coll or any
lung throat or cboiltronb , iind will
use this remedy as diucted, giving
it a f itr Iria', t nd rxporitnen no ben
efit, yon may rotnyn the bottle and
.have) our uiouey refunded. Wo
oonld n.t mak U.in r tfid e no
know that Dr. King' New Discovery
conlJ be rt Hod on. It never disarm
points. Triul littles free ut C. E
Holton'sdrnjBtoie. Large mza CO
cents and $1.
Buoklen'e Arnica Salve.
- The beat Salve in the world for
Cat,,, Bnijuea, Sorea, Ulerni -Sa't
Rheum, JVver Sores, Tetter, Cbnppev
Hand, ChilblMtim, Coma, and oil
Skin Eruptions, and positively cum
Piles, or no pay ia required. It it
guaranteed to give pjrfect eatiefa'
tion, or money refunded. Price 29
con fa pur bot. For sale by C. EJ
Holton ' .
TUTDIIt IlviriVV PBtNriPf K
Oflh plants used in manufacu'ing
the p'taisnt r medy, Syrup of F.gs
has a permam n W b neficia iff ft on
tha tinman ttih.m ivhila ih rflpfln
vegetable rx tracts and mineral solu
tions, usua ly ro'd ni medicines, are
permanently injurious. Beug well
informed, ym will use the true reme
dy only.-' Manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.
Me-srs. J. v Scott & O. have just
received tor their wholesale trade ten
. m-far- a 1 f ') iAII Ac r f TClt1tY0 .. 1
mantw-. which is the fir it installment
of thit .famous pub'ication, so well
known in this section of North Caro
lina. Country" merchants will gtt
theif-supp les from J. W. ac itt & L".
' t; LEMON HOT DROPS.
, Cxaci all couelis. raids, hoarseness
ore threat, bronchitis, hemorrhage
.... it . if' 3 T.l
na an tnroai ana tune diseases. . ca
' 'v S : cents at druggists. Prepared
' " II. I ' ' II " h ,1 Ml . I " I ' -
YUwl pranil and ,,Aax" conee, 23
cenis nouiKi. 13 cunuiuurcu uv many
01 our customers to be alienor to
Ar'rmekleY ' Well.' von riavs vour
money and you taites yor cnoice.
Fresh lot of ail three kinds rn . hand
now. . J. W. S Ott&eo.
Mild, gentle, eootning and healing
is Dr. Saga's catarrh remedy, Carte
the worft forms permanently. No
xporimontia.' It a "Old - Reliable."
25yera of t-uccesH. ,., - -
v ! Trade is "picking hp" and it kteps
us HUSTLING to fill our ordtis, I ut
send them along atd we will see thut
you are w t ed on. ' : ; .". ,v
. J. V. SdoTT & Co. " 1
Elgin cre'ameiy butler con e a litv
tie mzh but is well wo th the ' price,
quality cons dered. Three tubs just
recemd at J. w. fccost & Lo. s.
BALBMAN WANTED. Valuable oomralii
ston ottered. 10,00 weekly rarni(l b mnnj
of onr ncfuts. fiamplea tree. P. 0. Box
I New York. .
.CIEOTEO,
THE ILEOTOBiL COLLEGE.
Dangers and rffeets of the System by WLIch
Our FauidonU An Chojon.
"It's liko tho pitcher that goes
nafcly to tho well day after day, day
after day, and then all of a sulden
gets smashed. That's my opinion of
tho electoral collogo system by which
we cbocmo our Presidents."
So said a moo who was talking with
somo of his friends in an up-town club.
The question of tho reliability of
tho present method of electing tho
President had been raised by a young
man who had asked for information.
"What's to prevent a presidential
elector from voting another ticket
than the otju that it was uuJcrstood
tli ut ho would voto when he was
placed in nomination by his party?"
tho young man had inquired.
- To this question one of tho party
had replied: "If you mean to ask mg
if thcro is-any law to prevent such a
performance, I can promptly answer
in tho negativo There's no provision
of law relating to tho electors, cither
constitutional or statutory, which takes
cognizance of a party's right to in
struct a presidential elector how ho
shall vote. If you'll tako this book
its the Constitution of tho United
States anl read, beginning right
K fir aft vnn 1 1 mna wfinfc flirt law itf
.
and read as follows
"Each State shall appoint in 4uch
manner as tho Legislature thereof may
direct a number of electors equal
to tho whole nninber of Senators and
Representatives to which tho State
may be Entitled in ' Congress; but no
Senator or Ropres cntative or person
holding an offico of trust or profit
under the United Slates shall be ap
pointed doctor
"The electors shall meet in their
respective States and voto by ballot
for President and Vice President, one
of whom at lensts1inll not be an'inhab-
itant of the sume State with themselves;
they shall nam a in thoir ballots the
person voted for as President and in
distinct ballots the person voted for
as Vice President, and they shall mate
distinct lists of all persons votod for
as President and of all persons voted
for as President, ( and. of all persons
voted for as Vice President and of
tho number of votes for each "
' "There that's all there, is of tho
law," the person who had undertaken
to answer the young man's question
had said, breaking off tho reading in
the mlddlo of tha sentence ' . "The
plain English of the matter is that a
man who is ohoscn : a presidential
elector is bound by no law except the
law of honor. Hero's New York with
thirty-six electors. , Whou tho time
domes for the State's vote to be oast,
each one of the thirty-six. electors who
shall have been , chosen at tho State
election may, if he likes, vot8 for his
own grandfather provided the old man
;a eligible, and there is no law under
which 9 eould be arraigned for the
betrayal of a trust imposed upon him
by his party.';
"And this thing has been going on
ever since the. fouudation of the gov
ernment?" , v '
'"Yes, sir."'- ' ' '" '
''And has there never boen an- in
stance of betrayal of his party by an
elector?" '
j "Never to my - knowledge, and I
don't believe thoro ever will bo."
The yotrng rnstf bad taken tbe booldr .T? "Vu- vr
. , - . ' 1 ity ot tho cloctorul vote. . '
' At this point an old gentleman who
X. C FCIDAT AFTECXOOS. XOVEMC II, IW
had been taking no part in tho con
versation axked to be allowed to say a
few words.
"You gentlemen seem to tako it for
granted," said ho, "that every man
who has been oboson a presidential
elector has dono precisely what ho has
been enmiuinsioncd to do by tlio pvoplo
who bavo elected hiui. You nro
wrong in this. If vou will tako the
troublo to run back to tho story of tho
cloction of 1821, you will find that
there woro four candidates for whom
electoral votes were cast: John Quincy
Adams, William II. Crawford, An
drew Jackson and Ilenry Clay, New
York was entitled to SO electoral
votes', and tho electors wero chosen by
tho Legislature after a struggle of
fivo days.
"Adams got 25 of the electors,
Clay got 7, and Crawford got 4. Now
had tho votes of theso electors been
cast according to tho understanding
prevailing when tho electors were
chosen, tho voto of tho electoral col
lege would have bcon: Jackson, 92;
Adams, 83; Crawford, 40; Clay, 40,
As is was, 3 of the Clay electors de
serted him and wetitl each to Adams,
Jackson and Crawford, and by that
act mado Clay tho fourth man in the
vote of the electoral college, and in
eligible as a . candidate before the
House, which had to do the oleeting,
I tin ifindiilotn Iinitirr r m ' ei t Sim
or
ity
,- "Some 1 people say that if the; e
throe Now Yorkers had not desert
ed Clay his name would have surely
gone to tho houso instead of Craw
ford's and they profess to belicvo
that,. had it gono to the House, John
Quincy Adams would not have been
elected President.
"Bat, however, that may be, one
thing is clear; it is that three men
voted contrary to the expectation of
those whoeloctcd thom. Why, one
of them, as I said, gave Jackson a
voto, who was not even a candidate
before the Legislature ef New York
when the eleotors wero chosen.
"For another instance, I'll ; point
you to tho election of 1800, when one
of tho Maryland electors did1 not vote.
There's no knowing how he would
have votod had he taken part in the
election, but he might, have voted in
such a war, as to have obviated one
of the most notable political contests
ever known in this country, the con
test went into- tho Ilouse, the Feder
alists undertook to make Burr Presi
dent, and thirty-sit ballots were takea
before Jefferson, who was the people'
choioo 1 for President - Becured the
election. Now, 1 suppose that Mary
land man had votod for Jefferson for
President, . don't you seo tho exoito-
mcnt of that long contest would have
been avoided?'', J - . :
'.'Eighti years later a Kentucky
elector failed, to vote, but his; not
vpting wasjnoonseqttential. ?, That
was the year thut Madison was eleoted
the firat time by an overwhelming ma
jority in, the electoral college, ,,:,..
1 "Como down to the time of Mon
roe s eloction and you 11 hnd that
three electors died before the time for
voting came, but here again the loss
of three votes in the electoral college
was a matter of small, amount, for
Monroe had all the votes east, except
one, which was cast by a New Hamp
shire man who deemed it due to the
memory bf Washington that no Presi
dent after him should share the honor
of a unanimous election. In lZZi4 I
believe, Nevada lout ono of her
votes in. tho electoral collogo by the
diath of an elector. That wan the
year th.it Lincoln got 212 votes tu
McClellan's 21.
'I dare lay other instances could 1m
cite
r,( the failures of eleciors tu do
wh
at 1 hey ere chosen to do. but
these that I have ulrcar.y civen hi e
enough, It seems to me, to sustain
the
contention of my friend here that
our
way of choosingthe Pr.sidcnl is
p )or ot.e It's objectionable be
cause Iher j is d inger that electors
m
y betray their trusttj agair, that
act of God they mny be prevented
by
fro
na doing their duty; that partisans
in
the bcuv which maVe th rnu..t
may take advant ico of the blunder.
There is no exam for such a ykm
these days. We ought to j-et r d
it." New York lime-t.
LOCAL WHIFFP.
Hurrah, for the thiee Kiigs.
Hemeraber thj War of R ses" tj-
night at Pbipps Hall.
The Democrats can return thank
with a rght gooJ v. ill on the alth of
November.
An 1 Will ams u o. Thomas S-.ttie
has te'egraphed hi m.ither that WiU
hams is elected.
Tie meeting of th Clevelatd en
thusiasts a ljourned last night to meet
r-45i
in foMi'glit. ...
T'eldin oftl.etowu ureiuvitd
tu Cjuii) wui 1 1 the meeting of lht Cen
tra1 Democrat c Club to night at
sv n o'clock.
The Ides of March a e coming.
That will ba a great di, for moving
And the laud ill p'ay "Hark, Iruia
toe to rub I har a mournful tune.
One courag ous C'levi lander has
st-nt in hio na ne to Mayor Menden-
hall. If ti e' Mayor means luinets
be will have hit hands f .11 j thai'd all.
One of 1 u' punter has bepn sick
for two da) s, and vj hue po'tn
behind in reading milter. But we will
et tre:e ye , if jo i ill just give n
time-
Some of the negioes nro regtHiing
that Ihey old out so cheap. Why,
'somo pot only fi.'fy ceith" we beard
some of them say aj we pa.iBeJ the
court Loose this morning., . , a.
We pubish an nrtiole f om the
New York Times on tho electoral col
lege, and its dang, rs. It t ikes a good
deal of our space, but it is a valuable
article and so we give if.
We hear that Mayor Mendrnhall is
inquiring after the names cf the lead
ern in last night's jollification ' .That
is carrying tbe thing a little loo tar
Let the boys alone, Mr, Maror J they
have done no harm.
r pi;hely PEnso?iAi.
Mr. T. A. Lion left town this morn
n rn a busiiess tr'p. '
Rev. E A. Yutei came up from
Durhaui this morning.
4Rev. C. A. Wood" on, of Durha e,
wwnt up to Danville tais morning.
jMr J. M. Winstead -went out on
tbe northbound train- this morniug.
. Mr. B;ggs,-r yf Raleigh, Gemral
Manager of ths Aetna Life Insurance
company, is Li town, ... . r ,, v
' J. W. Scott has a few advertisement
in this i sue. Real Hnd see it there
is anything you want.
Mr. Henry Ki-mei," of Wira on,
wus in the city this morning on h s
way to Durban. He goei to dec '
rate Can's new hotel :
rwrc iJ.M fle rEir.
Both the method and rreulu ben
Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pL san'i
and refreshing to the taste, rj t tct3
gently yet promptly on the K Jnc'
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sjz
tem efTectually, dUpcla colds, Lcuj.
aches and fovers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ia tha
only remedy of its kind ever pr
duced, pleasing to the taste and aol
ceptable to the stomach, prompt irjq
its action and truly bcueficiil in its!
efTectj, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, itx
many excellent qualities commend ifij
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known. '
Syrup of Figs is fcr salo in COa
and $1 bottles by all leading drug,
gists. Any reliablo druggist who
may sot have it on hand will' pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept auj
niitrite. '
J.UrCZy. rii. tVPJP CO.
iflunviui. nr. mm rout. ..
Good looks are moie than kia
di-i'p, dtpeudin npou a healthy con
dition of all of the vital organs. If
'ho lm" be in !Cti7e, yon hve a bi!
ous lock. If yenr stomach he disor.
dered yoa h ive a dpt plio look, and
if jour fciiliitvN be fibett-d jou havej
a pir.c - d lo k. Sienre good health
r:d vou will lmv jnod looks. Eleo
tric B.t ers is a gicut alterative -and!
tonic acts directly on tbe vital organs)
Cures pimi'ltP, LltHi-heF, boils and
given a good com pi xion. Sold at '
C K Holtou' , d. ng nto'o 50 cent
pit boite.
Pionounced tlniirleit YetSayetl,
From a letter written bjMxs Ada E
Ilnrd, of Gnton, S. D., we quote the
f. HoHiug: "W.-is taken vith a severe
(Oi.i wiiicu 8)iutii on my inngg,
corgh s-et in and finally resulted ia
conrnmpli ,n. Four Doctors ge
me up, aylng 1 could live but. a short
tiiuo. 1 (jfave myself up to m Sv
iour, determined that if I ccnld not.
stay with my friends on (artb, I
would meet my absent, ohoh uivve.
Mv hn,-t'arjii wiih iidvid to;iret
Dr Kina'w N w ; Discovery for odn
sntui'ttion, :eiij)i.s, and cu ds. I gave
it n ti; d ;iui tuck in a 1 -Uht bottles;
it Jias cured mc, and thank God I em
a well and hearty woman. Tril bot
lien fie at 0- E. Holtou'a drag store
fnxi ur ei! CO cents and SI.
Chima I 'all -Fine Linpt, Din
ner, Te a-.d Toilet -ets just arrived
at E. M 1 Caldcleuoh & Bro.
C A. Thompson, Seymour Ind.,
writ, s s 'My sister Jennie, when she
was a young girl,' suffered from a
white swelling which greatly impaired
her general health and made hef
blood very, impure, lu the spring
she was not ab e to 'do anyihing and
could . circely get. about. More than
a yeaigo the toos itheree bottles of
Botanic Blood Balm, and now she ia
,pe : fectly cured,;; ;;t ; -lJr,'rl.i 't
Ir V. W. GKAYlOJf, OKEENSliOUO.
Wriie 'me;' full Bymptoma Of : jonr old
ehroniii' diseases, each as rheumatism
I vill trettcn ary inodo of praotie'd de
sired, from tho I aiadian Indian down
terottgh thn Mineral Kingdom, Tomo
souian, urd Hydropathy onies. State
your flnanciftt condition for reasonable
term; mlicite8 (nrniBbed. Feb IS
Estimated on by J E Curtia,advt ago&t