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tt& W 'i iOme-Democrat, UHARLOTTE. N. C. of the University Got. Scales was with dignity and Commencement Exercises at the Uni versity of North Carolina. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, a large assembly of the people or the State met at Chapel Hill last week to participate in and witness the Com mencement Exercises of North Carolina, present, and presided affableness, assisted by the President of the University, Hon. Kemp P. Battle. In consequence of heavy rains, the audience was not very large on Wednes day, bat on Thursday it was as large as . jvejtyer saw on such an occasion the married people, the girls and the boys, and the ohildren from the surrounding eountry being in large numbers, along with many prominent gentlemen of the State; and the ladies and girls of elegance from all parts of North Carolina. President Battle and his corps of Pro fessors did all they could to make the oooasion an agreeable one to visitors of all sorts, and we think they succeeded well. On Wednesday morning, June 1st, the Annual Address before the two Literary Societies wasdelivered by the Hon. John Goode of Virginia, (the man whom the Republican Senate rejected for Solicitor- General.) It was, indeed, a grand pro duction, and delivered in admirable style and manner. He made a telling exhibit of the resources and possibilities of North Carolina, -showing it to be ope of th well-favored sections of the nation. This is a progressive age, and North Carolina a progressive State, offering a magnificent field to her people to develop a great ter ritory and build up a grand common wealth. What more favored spot can a yoang man starting in life desire? The essential demand in North Carolina is the fuller development and perfection of in dustrial and mechanical pursuits. Am bition in vounr men is commendable, and the professions afford many avenues for its gratification, but all young men can not engage in the professions. There is -"Ktoo Attach of a tendency to cultivate the polite pursuits to the neglect of the more practical realities of life. It is as honora ble to be a master meohanio as it is to be president of a college. Every young man with energy and pluck can succeed, and no opposition can ever quench the fire of sterling worth. This practical age is no longer intolerant to the young man. "A head blossoming for the grave" can not to-day wield an ascendancy over the claims of genuine merit. The youth stands upon equal footing with the patriarch. Every man's worth is. his credentials. After the Address of Mr Goode, the Hev. Dr. J. R. Wilson, Professor in the Presbyterian University at Clarksville, Tnn ni-PAfthftd the Annual Sermon. Dr. Wilson was, for several years, the pastor ot the Presbyterian Church at Y ilmmg toj, N. C, and therefore no stranger to many of our people. The line of his dis course was framed from the Scripture n . . 1 . u rulatVi iia own , i rover u vut uo wu .. '1 spirit is mightier than he who taketh a :1 city. The cream of the discourse was a i discrimination and comparison of charac ter and reputation. The idea was vividly illustrated by the drawing of a word-pio-ture of a life representing each. First was Dresented a man ot seu-sacnncing, Bourne, Hackett, Simmons and Dockery, were particularly attractive. The Willie P. Mangnm Medal was awarded to Mr Louis M. Bourne of Tarboro, as the best orator. Mr W. M. Little of Anson county, was given the mathematical prize; Mr W. J. Battle the Greek prize; Mr R. G. Gris- som of Raleigh, the chemistry medal; and Mr L. P. McGehee of Raleigh, the Worth prize. - The large Hall, where the Exercises took place, is a magnificent one, holding 2.500 or 3.000 persons, and it was about full on Thursday. The President of the University, the Professors, and Marshals, did all they could to make the occasion pleasant to all visitors, high and low, rich and poor. The Board of Trustees conferred the following Degrees : D. D. on Rev. John G. Bacous of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Rev. L. C. Vass of Newbern, N. C; and L. L. D. on Hon. J. J. Davis of North Carolina, Dr. Morris H. Harvey of New York, Rev. Theodore B. Lyman of North Carolina, and Dr Hunter MoGuire of Virginia. communicated. Premature Harvesting. Davidson College, N. C, ) June 7th, 1887. J Editors Charlotte Home Democrat : On my way to and from Charlotte yester day, I saw some parties cutting wheat. I know that the scarcity of flour justifies the esrly harvesting of some, i. e., enough for immediate use tbis year; but as a rule it is a great mistake to harvest wheat on the "green order" or even in the "dough state." Bv so doing there is a loss both in Quantity and quality. Had I the time, I could prove this proposition by chemical analysis, bnt common sense teaches that it is as important for wheat to be thor- nntrhrV rina when harvested as corn or any other grain. When wheat is ready tor the sickle it will bow its bead in obedience to it. I hope, Messrs Editors, that you will publish this as a communi cation to the farmers this week, and insist on their not reapine their main or op until it ia thoroushlv rioe. and thereby realiz ing a larerer yield and a far better quality Trw it once, gentlemen, and thereafter you will all agree with your friend, W. P. Williams. The Star of Bethlehem. Prom the Boston Herald, May 27. 1 1 "No, I haven't seen the Star of Bethle hem," said Prof. Pickering of the Harvard College observatory, last evening. "I looked for it Wednesday evening when I heard that some professor in Kentucky, unknown to me, had discovered its pres ence in the heavens, but I could not see it. I looked for it with the naked eye. It isn't there, and the chances of its appear ance are uncertain indeed. Astronomers are doubtfulabout it. Many of them do not believe it will come at all. I have heard no official information from any quarter, that the reappearance of the Star bad been noted by responsiDie astrono mers. Should it make its reappearance, it would be an important astronomical phenomenon, and would be observed with great BCiesuno interest, an wi .. Its value to astronomical stuuy wu uiu ly be determined except upon Us reappear ance. Undoubtedly it would oe oi great value, and scientists would be enabled to - - -m a . I aAoruin it a ofttiAA. anouia it aoDemr lb would be made a specisl study attbeHar vard University observatory. Astrono mers have but little authentic informa tion about the so-called Star of Bethlehem. Theonlv reliable data are those secured . w-v 1 by Tycho lirahe, the celebratea uamsn as tronomer, in t57Z, wno aiscoverea a. very bright star in Cassiopeia which was so brilliant that it could be seen with the naked eye in the day time. About 1260 there was a similar star, and there was r.rohhlv nn about 900. but there is no K""-" "J ' p.Ai-taintv that thev were the same, r rora j ,. this arose the idea teat there is a star o Bethlehem which appears every 315 years or no. Aa to the belief that ereat misfor tunes will occur upon the earth as a result of the appearance of the Star, that is sheer nonsense. But iust another word. There is no historical evidence whatever that the Star of Bethlehem is the star which is ani-i to have anneared uoon the birth of Christ. The Bible speaks of it as the Star f th East This could not have been the Star of Bethlehem, as that di not appear in the east, but in the north. i noble and Christian character, living a life of isolation in a secluded mountain glen where men never Baw and appreciated the richness ot his example. The other atar-toF the Dioture was shown in the character of Lord Byron, a man of genius, of fame and reputation, but who only wielded the power he possessed to create vituperation and acerbity among his fellow-men, instead of devoting it to the edification of humanity. The life of the humble mountaineer was happier and far more to be desired than the possession of a brilliant genius, the only mission of hich if to make others unhappy. W.dneadav nicrht was the occasion for the "speaking-contest" between repre sentatives of the Dialectic and Philan thropic Societies, as follows: I Dialectic Society Lee Crowell, Stanly county, subject, The Utility of Beauty; June R. Parker, Graham, subject. Rebounds; John A. Hendricks, Davie county, subject, The Death Penalty. P Philanthropic Society H. F. Murphy, Pender county, subject. Leadership in America; Logan I D. Howell, Goldsboro, subject, The Spirit of the Age; O. D. Batchelor, Nash county, subject, The Reformer. - Mr Batchelor was awarded the Medal prize as the best Orator. Thursday, June 2d, wss Commencement Day proper, and there was a very large . Tt.. r.alnitin f llaafl Leu oi iwcuir ivs . - . faibnra- Josenh 11. baker. Jr.. iewis awaavw w g - M. Bourne, Robert T. Burwell, Claudius Dockery, Robt. G. Grissom, Rich'd. N. Hackett, Jacob C. Johnson, Vernon W- ong, Wm. IL McDonald Lucius tr. mo fGehee, James MoGuire, Jr., John F. Mc Iver. W. M. H. McNeill, Joseph A. Mor- jrif, Haywood Parker, Henry F. Shaffner, (Albert M. Simmons, Claudius F. Smith, Henry R. Starbuck, Wm. R. Tucker, Wm. S. Wilkinson and Delonzo A. Wilson. Of the above, the following delivered Orations : J). Tate Wilson, Sampson county, "The Mystery of Nature." , W S. Wilkinson, Tarboro, "Russia's Position in Europe." . P. Shaffner, Salem, "BismarcK. ill H. McDonald. Raleigh. "The Jiierii system versus Spoils. . . F. Smith, Coxville, "The Ideal leacner ana His Social Influence." . . M. Simmons, Fairfield. "Qur Social dangers and Their Remedies. ywood Parker. Halifax county. "Our Best Inheritance " laudiui Dockery, Mangum, "American Citizen ship" The rhilosopuicai uraaou.j wis M. Bourne, Tarboro, "Progress in Con servatism." F. Mclver, Winder, "Individuality." ichara N. Hackett. Wilkesboro, "The Influence rff-MJ" foert G. Grissom, Raleigh, "The Slavery oi Freedom" The Scientific Oration ) W. M.H. McNettl, Cumberland county, "The Failures of Republics." Jacob C.Johnson, Pitt county. "The Foreign Element in American Life." yernon W.jione, Chapel Hill, "The Makers of Our State." .Henry R. Starbuck, Winston, 4The Transition Period." Ijwsius P. McGehee, .Raleigh, "The Scientific Spirit" Yaledictorian.) i" The speeches (or orations) of the young men were well delivered, and all elicited plsise, but those of Messrs Grissom, A Bag-Making Machine. The Durham Plant gives this discrip tion of a new invention by a North Caro linian : "The new bag machine invented by Mr Will H. Kerr is ready for work? Each machine turns out from ten to fifteen thou sand tobacoo bags per day. We are not machinist enough to explain the workings of the bag machine so any oue can under stand us, but we know that they make bags faster than any thing we ever saw or dreamed of. The place for the draw string is hemmed, then both sides of the bag are sewed at the same time. The cloth unwinds from an immense spool, the hem is turned and stitched, a little knife lumps out at the right time and cuts the cloth the nroDer size: as soou as this is done, a plate that waits for the center of the cloth catches it ana puis it wunin reach of the two needles that sew the aid ph. One after the other the little bags roll out, so fast it almost makes your head nwim. Mr Kerr is a North Carolinian, a son of the late W. C. Kerr, who was for many veari State ereoloeist. He has been in Ilion. N. Y., for more than a year perfect- 7. -? ! ing the machines ana superintending meir construction, and now comes back to his Smt a tn make his fortune and enjoy his triumph. "There is life in the old land i. at " We wish Mr Kerr all the success ha hones for. and we are certain he has now within his reach a handsome fortune, for the machines are successful and do their work perfeotly. The bag factory is ready to fill orders for all kinds of b.age." when it came to going to toe poor nouse their both took ooison. The husband was a graduate of Heidelberg, a doctor of laws and an eminent linguist, and both he and his wife were passionately devoted to their Knnlra There is a lesson in that fate touching the danger of oyer-dojng even !.. t nnmrfiendabla which every one can elaborate for himself or herself. ( People had better try and save a little some thing for old age. A Lost Child. It is seldom that a more painful iucideut occurs than that referred to by a cories nondent from Amity Hill the case ot the lost child of Mr G. W. McNeely of Chamber-burn township. MrsMoNeely lay dying of consumption, uoable to lift a hand, barely aoie to opeait. j Btorm began to gather. She asked that her children be brought around her. The youngtst, a little boy three years old, could not be found. Time passed, the storm burst, and still the child was miss ing. The neighborhood was alarmed and the people turned out to searcn. jiigui came, torches were lighted and the search went on. Tender neighbors nursed the dying mother, did theirjitmost to soothe . " - . .... . i i her and bent tneir energies io prolong uer life until there was some news of the little boy. Day broke and the hunt went on. It was 6 o'clock in the morning when one of the searchers saw a movement among the broom-sedgt-; and the child rose up and tried to co to hiui. Numb and faint -- - - and drenched with rain, the poor utile lel low could not walk, but he was taken up in strong arras and the prayer of the mother was answered; she wss permitted to look nnon his face before she died. He had wandered away from borne, and be come bewildered. The storm and the night came upon him and he doubtless fell to the wet ground exhausted from his aimless wanderings, and cried himself to sleeo. Poor little boy aud poor dying . . .t e mother! Who can lmseine ine agony oi either! Statesvilfe JjQndmark, 2d mst. - SW There is a vast amount of bull dozing am on or the negroes. I hey force each other to vote the Republican ticket, We remember asking a negro to vote the Democratic ticket once and he replied that he wanted to, but could not because he was afraid to do so. He had voted it once and the negroes -the negro women es pecially made his life almost a burden .1 " 1 f 1 - 'I'L. . -- - AO AWA dv Lneir aouse oi mm. xua uciciun forced by their race to vote the Repub lican ticket. There appears to be no help for it. We believe that the best thing to do is to let them alone. Let them vote the Rennblican ticket and let the white y e State News. Skbiouslt III. The news fTora Frank- m . ft in. Macon county, ine nome , oi rion. James L. Robinson, ex-Lieutenant Gov ernor, is that Mr Robinson is dangerously ill and is not expected to live msny days. It is to be hoped that his illness is not - as serious aa is reported. Later news from Mr Robinson says he is im proving. Y? By the act to raise revenue, passed by the Legislature of 1883 the failure to list poll-tax was made a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and imprisonment not more than thirty days. It seems that the revised act of 1887, does not contain that clause, and that the Legislature intended for it to be repealed. The Washington Progress says: It is doubted by many of our best lawyers, whether the act of 1883 was con stitutional, in as mncb, as in a manner it reatored imprisonment for debt, which is expressly prohibited by the Constitution of the State. This is an important matter to those who have the collection of taxes and will have the effect to lessen the col lection of taxes, if oUr view of the law is correct. Every voter ought to be made to pay a tax of some sort, and it would make him more careful as to whom he votes for. I-eT Gov. Scales has appointed Col. L. L. Polk of the Progressive Farmer, to rep resent North .Carolina in the Inter-State Convention of the ten cotton States, to be held in Atlanta on the 16th of August. Death fbom an Ovkedosb. Mr Jas. I. McLean of Atwell township, Rowan county, a brother of Mr W. B. McLean of Mooresville, died last Friday evening of an overdose of medicine, a preparation of landanum and other dross which had been prescribed for him as an astringent. Being unwell be bad kept his room pretty mnch all dav except that he came down to dinner and eat his usual meal. In the afternoon be was found lying on his bed in a profound stupor, and an examination of the bottle of medicine, which had con tained forty doses, disclosed the fact that it was empty. An attempt was made to neutralize the fleet oi the drugs by oxer- .i a . i a s cising nini violently, oui iney nau uouo their fatal work. btatesvUle L,anamarK. N. C. Supreme Court Decisions. Opinions were filed on Friday in the following cases: MoAden vs Commissioners, from Meck lenburg; no error. . University vs. Bank, from Wake; error; new trial granted. Simpson vaCnretoo, from Union; error; inquiry of damages ordered unless parties consent to valuation of commissioners, and if so. final judgment may be entered. state vs. bioan, from Itowau; motion tor certiorari refused and the court nod no error in the record. Hodges vs. Laaailer, from Hertford; no error. Hamilton vs. Western N. C. R. R., from Watauga; no error; affirmed. We have never taken much stock in the go-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ ence, and are inclined to place it on par with the burial of Marshal Ney at Third Creek. This is from the Salisbury Watchman, . ... i ii a paper noary witn age anu venerauie with journalistic traditions, is positively shocking. That a man like Father lim ner should, in one sentence, lay proiane hands upon two of our most cherished tra ditions, showing that even the best of men are becoming subject to the skepti cism and iconoclasm of the age. Such a revtl uion as this has the same effect npon us, that a disclosure of the degeneraoy of the time! had upon Mr Tigg Montague: it is enough to mske one "reject the super stitions of ages." States ville Landmark. tSf Gov. Scales has appointed Prof. W. G. Simmons of Wake Forest, Dr. J. li. Tucker of Henderson and Mr Arthur Winslow of Raleigh, members of the State Board of Health. ' The stockholders' meeting of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad will be held at Morehead City on Thurs day the 20th of June. ' CaDt. T. A. Robbins. Yard Mas ter of the Carolina Central Road at Lau rinburg, died at that place last Sunday morning at the age of 57 years. A erentleman who has traversed the principle portions of Madison county within the past week or two says mere has never before been such corn and grass prospects in that county that there will be enough corn sold tbis year from that county to replace the corn bought for the county for the last two years. .Not more . 1 1 a than half the average ol tobacco win oe planted this year, but great care will be : v.. :i V ..lo A ohct.illa glVCl! VU WU9W WfU UO piBUVVU. vwvwv Citizen. Kukluxism in Iowa. From the Chicago Herald. The fanatioal Republicans of Iowa have been showing their loyalty again in a char acteristic fashion. A man named Harlan was appointed Postmaster at Pocahontas, greatly to the disgust of the patriots, who a 1 ."!- 11 - a looaea upon tnis innovation; as a diow at the star spangled banner. At first they resolved that they would set up an oppo sition po8toffiot, bnt when they discovered that this would not work they restored to more lawless measures. They would meet in the office and io loud words offer insults to the Postmaster and his wife. At night they would put snakes in the letter box, nail offensive signs on the door, and run up Confederate flags. Finally some of them visited Harlan's bouse one night and stoned it, breaking several windows. Fearing violence of this sort, Harlan had provided himself with a shotgun, and when the attack was made upon him he fired the weapon, doing no damage, how ever. His use of fire-arms roused the loyal citizens of the town to a fever of in dignation, and they sought to secure the offender's indictment by the grand jury. Failing the first time, they finally packed a jury, and be was indioted for assault with intent to commit murder. Harlan's trial has just been finished at Humboldt, where be was acquitted of the charge. Of course, the truly loyal citizens of Pocahontas will not let the matter rest here. Harlan is as much a Democrat now . . - . . i , t - as be was oeiore nis trial, ana ii. win ue in order for the liberty-loving populace to make things as hot for him as p iflsible. An aged couple committed suicide - ma 1 - Tuesday in .New Jersey, iney naa jour- norarl hannilv tofrether for over halt a century but bad failed to acquire that which is needtui to oia g"y- peopie Vote the Democratic ticket. The; They bad spent their live, in tudy, and pe p The Color Line. The recent trouble in the Convention io Sonth in toe j&piscopai Carolina, the un- Mr Sherman's Speech The "bloody shirt" speech of benalor Sherman, at Springfield, has served one good purpose, at least it bas clearly de monstrated the lact that the people oi an parties are tired of issues based npon the causes and results of the late war, and will frown upon all attempts to revive them. Many of the ablest and most influ ential newspapers of Mr Sherman's own party have condemned the lone oi nis speech, and deprecated his attempt to revive war hatred, ibe loiiowing is irora the Springfield, (Mass.) Republican. - "jlr Sherman's Bpeech aa a Presidential candidate at Springfield, III., was extraor dinary in its recurrence to and dependent upon the revival ot war leenog as a oasis for his campaign. The war arose from the issue ot slavery; the war wiped out that issue from the face of the country, although it could not extinguish in a day all the barbarism, ignoranoe and hate which two centuries ot slavery bad engen dered between races and between sections. Yet to-day raoes and sections are living in perfect accordance with each other. Io the last Presidential election three-quarters, of a million voters went to the polls in the Southern States and voted for James G. Blaine, and their votes were counted. Never was the South so tranquil and pros perous as it is to-day nnder a Democratic . . .t- -....V... . f iVOmtnlBirailOU, never were ius iiguta v tha black man so erenerallv enjoyed by himself, and never so completely conceded by the white race. Yet, in the face of all this unexampled achievement in the reconciliation of sec tions and races, Mr Sherman proposes to base the Presidential campaign ol 1888 on a distinct and avowed revival of war hatredthe war having closed twenty three years before. He seeks in every wav to ideutify the Democratic party, and the national administration with rebellion; Mexican War Pensions. Washtkgtow ' June 2. Deputy Com missioner of Pensions, McLear, states that the Pension Office estimates that under the Mexican Fensioo Bill about 30,000 claims will be filed. Congress estimated 40,000. So far 18,000 claims have been filed, of which 3.000 were of soldiers wid ows, and the remainder by the survivor of the Mexican war themselves. Of the number filed 2,200 certificates of pension have been issued, owing, as he states, to the lack of clerical foroe. Beginning, however, with June 4th, the foroe of the old army and navy division of the Pension Office, which has cognizance of this class of claims, will be greatly increased by de tail from othei divisions, and irom mat datefit is expected that the foroe will be able to dispose of cases at the rate of 200 per day, or about 5,000 per mouth. Most of the claims are from the South, and tha age of olaimants ranges between seventy five and eighty years. One claimant's age ia over 100 years. Bfoauseof ad vanced age of the claimants, the Pension Office is making every exertion in its power to quickly adjudicate these claims. ' Hiw Gen. Jackson Entertained. President Jackson's table manners were as democratic as could be desired. He had at each plate two forks, ooe which was of silver and the other ot steel. The President used a steel fork himself, and after his dinner be always smoked his to bacco from a long-handled cornoob pipe. Andrew Jaoksou entertained laviahly on the niffht of bis first inauguration. The carpets of the Est room were . ruined by the orange punch aud lemonade which were nerved to the crowd which cime to his reception. Barrels of this punch were made and it was brought iuto the room in buckets. At last the people began to rush for tbw waiters as soon as they en tered the room. Glasses were broken and ladies' dresses ruined. Tubs of punch were taken into the garden, and in this way the throng was drawn off, and it was possible to serve cake and wine to the ladies. At Jaokson's farewell reoeption a monster cheese, as big as s hogshead io oircumlerence and nearly a yard thick, was cut with sawblades made iuto knives aud rerved out to the guests. Each guest received three pounds of cheese. The event was the talk of the nation, and when Vau Buren became Precident his New York friends, emulative of Jaokson sent him a bigoheese. Ii wai cut up in the East room. The greasy crumbs falling upon the carpet were trampled into it, and the ruination of the furniture during these two adminwtralions led the later Presi dents to discontinue the practice ol serv ing eatables at general receptions. Now no guest comes to dinner at the White House unless iuvited. In Van Buren's day, Bacourt, in his "Souvenirs d'un Diplomat," says that the President's cook told bis valet that for several months preceeding the election of 1840 many per sons arived at the White House for break fast or dinner and threatened to vote against Van Buren if they were not enter tained. The oook stated that he bad all the trouble possible in satisfying them, and they often returned what he sent up, doing so on the pretext that it was uneat able, and ordered something else. Comparative Cotton Statement. The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending June 3rd : 1887. Net receipts at all U. 8. ports, 7.133 Total receipte to date, 8.80g' V.nnrtl fnr the weu. Total exports to date. 4.204 J888 Stock at all U. 8. poru. Stock at all interior towns, Stock in Liverpool, Stock of American afloat for Great Britain, 341,533 17,148 924,830 20,000 1886. 23,434 5J84.598 70,763 874,041 606.069 66,828 654,000 Total 12,000 Forts UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. Summer Session begins July 1st, and ends September 1st, 1887. Two Classes, Junior for $30, Senior for $30. Both for $50. For particu lars, address JOHN MANNING, Professor, May 27. 1887. lm Chapel Hill, N. C. Raints at all Americas since Sent, let, 1888. The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all United States sea ports sinoe September 1st, 1886: Galveston 705.937 bales, New Orleans IJUMtL Mobile 212,709, Savannah 794.144, Wil mington 134,403, Charleston 896,230, Nor folk; 533,024, Baltimore 95,025, New York 86,118, Boston 103,785, Philadelphia 55,354, Newport News 104,467, West Point 27,325, urnnswica no,u, Royal 17,910, Pensacola 12,868. Total 5,200,644. Total Visible Supply of Cotton. Nkw Yobk, June 4. Tha total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,168j 722 bales, of which 1,389,122 are Ameri oan, against 2,150,713 and 1,566,254 re spectively last year; receipts at all interior towns, 8,569; receipt! from plantations, 3,917 Crop in eight, 6,309,452. FHABB & LONG, (Successors to K D. Latta A Bro.) Clothiers. Having succeeded the well known firm of K. D. LATTA & BRO., it is our desire to receive, and will be our utmost .effort to deserve, that loyal support at the hands of the community, which so steadfastly attended the retiring con cern, and has made them prominent throughout the two Carolinaa. New Clothing for 1887. We shall give very close attention to our busi ness and shall have a special care to the interests of our patrons, and as we begin our new life, having no accounts and naught against anyone, bearing "good will toward all men," and a very specialliking for ladies, who have the responsi ble charge of providing well for the comfort of the "rising generation we ahatl hope by cour teous dealing, the selling of reliable Goods only. and the One Price system, to succeea. Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. Our expenses will be light, relatively reduced, as we shall serve in active capacity ourselves, and aa we have purchased our Stock very advan tageously, and much under value. We will offer inducements heretofore unknown to the trade. The first call from our friends will be much appreciated, and will give us an encouragement which we will endeavi r to substantially manifest. PHARR & LONG. Jan. 7. 1887. The South'a Famous Sea-Side Resort, THE ATLANTIC HOTEL. Morehead City, N. C, Opens June 1st, under same Management as last i season. 5 The most popular Resort in the South finest I Fishing in America a beautiful Beach and a 8uif without an equal on the Atlantic coast 8till-water Bathing at Hotel door. Dancing in the largest Ball-Room in the South. A Superb Orchestra. Guns. Pistols AND AMMUNITION. We are headauartera for these Goods. Have iust opened up the finest and most complete line i - -. . t . r i .. - , ol sporting uooas ever oroagm u ium iaar.ci. aaaress Double and Single Breech Loading Shot Guns, all grades. London Fine Twist Muzzle Load ing Guns. Breech Loading Rifles, all grades. raper ana mass Dneus. jDrcecu juunuiuij imple ments, 8hftt Pouches ai4 Belts, Powder Flasks, &c., &p. We guarantee qur retail pripea on these Goods against New Jork or Baltimore.. Call and be convinced. . Cuisine Unsurpassed. For new descriptive Pamphlet and Terms, COOKE ft FOSTER BROS., Proprietors. May 13, 1887. 2m SPRING & HARVESTING, pleasant and nnlortunate affair during the ys faVorite term for the party in power is Convention at Raleigh, the question of 'Confederate ' aud be revived the baseless by its consequences. Wilson Advance. V.tr the last several weeks we have constantly interrogated people of all t 1 1 J . T)..-aif nt'. ranges in me iu iegru iu uo - om.n. net scheme ol vivil oervice iveionu, uu the almost invariable reply was that it was repulsive to Democracy and a blur a poo the Administration. The few per sona whom we loana to enqorse i were either office holders or office seekers, those i jr I .1 . n.Si-l K xr if orarnont A Death-Bed Marriage. WI benefitted by keeping "quiet" apd A disnatch from Wichita. Kansas, Bays: I fnr this reason crivinz no offence to the "Capt. J. L. White, aged 52 years, died at power8 that be." Now what great sin . . . - i :. PLn..J.. .Tlor on I, -, . XT :..n9 Wh.iiil. nas senator iuuv buuhuukui j hia home in this city Thursday, alter an iilnaaa nf anveral months. Capt, White nntil ahmit ten week aso. the edi tor ind one of the proprietors of the Even- in Rmrod of this city, which he and his partner. Postmaster Prank Smith, sold for S50.0U0. He naa uvea in hub .uuvuwjr since 1871 with bis aged and jofirm oth- that ha ia AMfiailed bv these editors? It is simply this, that he is paying the penalty f Kainor ime to DrinciDle. 1 rinciple in nolitics is one thing; time servicer an other! There are many who are drifting ;ih thn ii.l and care nothing bo it leads These are willing to tread i hittfrnnss ana reviuns oi a uiauouuai iuu think they are, or ongbt " . . j, ohrker The Sherman cam- blame; but it should open ' ig-io ba obe 0f the revival of war itelligent people, that they ! ...! m.;- tha ton, ofh.a ancech I UIMCUi " " " nn to fortune, r now over 80 vears of age and helpless. J nnder their feet the time honored princi He never married until a couple of hours j pieg Df Democracy, they are willing to re r f 1. before his death. Capt. White was very devoted to his mother, and for the past nine years bas had her well cared for by a maiden lady who is somewhere near 40 years of age. This lady was AUbs Susan SAhaatian. who is the daughter of Charles Sebastian of Clifton Heights, St. Louis, c nr TCdar-irdaville. 111. She is a IVIIUOI1J " most Bstimable ladv. As the Captain re alized that he was about to die he bad E. B. Jewett of this city, draw up a will for him, in which be provided for an annuity of $2,000 to be paid to Miss Sebastian as long as she lives but in order to ooviate ie iuger -iMnt hanneniner before be ooold sign bis will, whereby his aged mother and Miss Sebastian might be deprived of something, he insisted upon being msrried to Miss Sebastian on bis deathbed, aud tbe cere mony was performed by Probate Judge Thnmaa Cant. White was a native of Pennsylvania, and learned the printer's trade. H was always an earnest worker in the interns fit Wichita, and through ju dlaions investment bad accumulated nrnnortv estimated bv some to be worth $100,000. He bad just completed u ele gant new residence in Orchard Beach, an addition owned largely by him, and was preparing to take life easy. He leaves his mother, who is prostrated by his death, j i . i " tP A Russian doctor named Rabow . i j i says mat nine unjes ouk oi wu umumuo oan be almost instantly pnrea Dy swauow iug a spoonful of salt dissolved in a quan- . m . .. . 1 1 . i. ' r i tity oi water sumoient w now io ui- ferer to swallow it. . . ... r 1 . 1 1 1 pudiate inejr lonpe fev'""t .Mont Reoublioan heresy as Democratic trntb. Windsor Ledaer. Katlkoad' Mattees ijt Wjnstoit. -r 1 Tha stockholders ol the noanoxe ana Southern Railroad of North Carolina held ameetincr in Winston last week, ltesolu tions looking to consolidation with the Rn.nl and Southern road ot v irgima .nntod. The balloting lor airec- ,r . . .. i.: -1 . L r tnra resulted in ine election ui m " v " - t inr rt.ni le men: F J Stone ol fcioneviue: r. TI Fotrle. R J Reynolds. vy - v svow- rr r m z V fl TPries. G W Hinsbaw of Winston: W V Lomax of New York: M Gaflowey, E F Fuller .oi Madison. The meeting then adjourned tp met again June lf5th . .k W The directory held a ...hnnt meeting at which the follow ing officers were elected President, ? H Fries: First Vice-President, W V I.omaxi Secretary and Treasurer, C H Fogle, Died at the Age of 12? of Measles. r. TTMi.rA: S. C. Jone 1. Amy Avant, a colored woman living on the plantation of Mai. James Reaves, in Marion county, 2ich Sundae of measles, at the advanced nf 122 vuars. She was remarkably m,u nrifaervp'd'&nd retained all her facul- ties HP to tfas tiflje of J?ejr fatal ;il". Pf" o'irvns m which nerioa sue stsieu inav sue had never taken a dose of medicine, Udr ina the lint catton-Diokins season she took her place regularly in the ootton field, and al vii a nerformed a good day s work Her age is well authenticated by family reoords. The whole story Is very doubtful disagreement between tbe Northern and Southern Presbyterians on thjs subject, and the recent falling out of line of two Southern companies at the. Washington drill, are all proof positive that tbe race . . . oroblem is one of mighty importance, in the Episcopal church in North Carolina, thna far. evervtning bas worked narmo- ' - . . ... niouslv: they have only educated in tellicent colored men who understand their relationship, and were not disposed to force themselves on an equal footing with their brethren, and we think (if we have been correctly iniormed) this was the case at Raleigh. They were in a di lemma, and feared pengure, apt as tpey would, and we to be, free from the eves of all it . . a " J may see that while in enaeavoring io aia the colored man in a moral and intellec tual way they must not attempt also to place bim upon an tqual social footing. Our natural teachings have been so ;ed, our ideas of superiority are such that While wetnay deem it a duty to aid him all we can iu matters of church and state, morally, religiously and intellec tua'.ly, yet we must stop there. Social eaualitv can never be, and it would be best at once to arrange matters in the nhnrches. that bereafusr there may be no trouble of like nature; for wftile the num ber in the Episcopal church is now so small that tbey can have little power, yet if they increase, trouble will be sure to follow. We are by nature a distinct nennle. senarated bevond out power of vwv-! r . ioining together, and our living together f . 3 I J I J in the same country ana same ianu is uu enoooh: but if we permit social equality in onr churches it is opening the door. -ohlnh ere loner will uroduce niucb evil, if not a rep option, and whatever our ideas mav be. and we know we speak truly when we say that we have tfee kindest fep.jr.g lor fqose wpo ufp e"Ve?,Y r? " elevate their race, and we know that some am worth v of our biebest respect; still as a raoe we shall ever be agaiflst wk&t othr ers are endeavoring to foist npop us, 8pcW equality. . And it would be well to ar range matters at Qtiav.foyeHeville Ob server. An Old Man Fasting. Nashvillk , Tenn., June 6. Capt. William Mnrchison, I . . a ms ? " -al.-.- a. a --. of Medor.is etui alive, inis is .nveiguiy - . I .-.: r.yn. tr.r.A Hnn ia or nis aosuuruue iium A drinVof iinv "kind whatsoever, taken in anv manner since the' 'fist "began. Ke is entirely oonacious, and' has been sb dur- iinr all tbis time His fist Is not to ac complish any act of crankiness, but is made comoulsory on account of some terrible throat trouble. charge that the last Presidential election was won by iraua ana crime a cuarge for which the Republican senate wouia have established a foundation of fact if it could have found a single wiluess among 60,000,000 people to substantiate it. Mr Sherman stigmatises as 'Confederate,' urincioles which governed the country through a large portiou of our history, and to which patriots and statesmen wnose shoe-latchets he ia uu worthy to unloose have given their sincere oouviclious. "All tbe soft words in which tbe Ohio Senator indulged in bis JNasbville and other Southern speeches now gives way to . . fi. j i i : 1 from beginning to end. and bis lame disa vowal of such a purpose is not supported by a single other utterance in his whole address. This fact is one of vast mo ment to the Republican party. Can it hold together with any hope of victory noon the Sherman revival oi war feeling? This is the grave problem before the Re publican party. To continue collecting oue hun dred millions of inopey annually from the ueonle more than is necessary tq parry ou the government is a isgrace to tbe intel ligence and patriotism of the country, re gardless of party. JfCopgress will not. at tbe next session, proviae ior ny re duction of taxation, we hope every mem ber who resists such tftorts will be re lieved the next year, and Lew men sent who will act for the interests of the com mon country. 1 he burden is too grievous to be longer borne, and bas been contin ued for some jears only by the solid vote of the Republican party with the aid of a few democrats who preierred to suoorai- nate the interests of a whole people to tne individual interests of their own constitu pV'TFbfc VpJi must stop bv pome meaps, or the people wuj cut a jpfj $oo" Itpp to tfee aqhit.oa Preer f numfoer 0 SO-pjej SKlf"lHrH.-t'fr'P uVT'r t 9- t rssf r" The ninth International Medical Congress will meet in Washington in gep tembnr. The session is expected to last oKmit aix daa. The Congress meets every three year. The last meeting was held al Copenhagen, where an invitation was extended to tbe congress oy me American Medical Association to hold tbe sessjoo of 13g7 in Washington. The Co penhagen Meeting was 'attended hj the most distinguished medical men ol Europe and America, and mUcb valuable- scien tific work was accomplished oy it. Rubber and Leather Belting. Just received, a large lot of Rubber Belting of all nizea. We warrant every foot we sell and guarantee our prices against any house south of Baltimore. , HAMMOND & JUSTICE. Oct. 29. 1888. Dr. Bragg's Lirer Pills. These Pills are peculiarly adapted to the fol lowing Diseaaes: Rilioiia. Intermittent and Remittent Fevers. Bick Headache, Piles, Indigestion, Costiveness, Colic, Jaundice, Dropsy, Dysentery, ueanourn, - . .... i -.--.- r.... l th. Liver. Kidneys and Bladder,, Eruptions of the Skin, Nervousness, and all Disorders that arise from a diseased Liver or impure Blood. tET Prepared only at the Laboratory of W. M. 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The following are in Store and en-route : A car load of new Osborne Reapers, Mowers and Self Binders. The Binder is now reduced to simplicity, light weight and a low price. Hand Dump (steel wheel and axle) and Self Dump , Horse Bakes, Ross Cutting Machines, Ly tch Cotton Planters. Thomas Harrows for cultivating young Corn and Cotton, Ritch Side Harrows. Fresh German Millet and many other things. We cany a line of all the standard Farm Iaplenents, Seeds, &e. A car load of fresh TENNESSEE WAGONS. We have taken the Agency for the Aoltman & Taylor Separators and Powers, and can guarantee them superior to any Machines sold in this section. We are also Agents for GWYN. HARPER & CO.'S WOOLEN MILLS, and will receive Wool to be manufactured Into Yarna ana otner .Goods. We want the trade in our line and are willing to cut closo " j. G. 8HANNONHOU8B ft CQ., Implement and Seed House. April 22, 1887. IP. M. Hale's Publications. 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