£ 1 1 @ ~\~\ ~ t ji "^ salisbusy n c july 30 1885 „-....- ia:3 ! series no 41 more is lost by the lone continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience i sub mit therefore to your consideration whether the efficiency of the govern ment would not be promoted and official industry and integrity better secured by a general extension of the law which limits appointments to four vears in a country where offices are crea ted solely lor the benefit of the peo ple no one man has any more intrin sic right to official station than an other offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense no individual wrong is therefore done by removal since neither appointment to nor con tinuance in office is a matter of right the incumbent became an officer with a view to public benefits and when these require his removal they are not to be sacrificed to private inter ests it is the people and they alone who have the right to complain when a bad officer issubsituted for a goodone he who is removed has the same means of obtaining a living that are enjoyed by the millions who never held office the proposed limitation would destroy the idea of property now so generally connected with offi cial station although individual it would by promoting that rotation wlich constitutes a leading principle in the republican creed giving healthful action to the system at the jimrli 1 1 ciu rail mod meet ing mrjame*a bryan after a speech arraigning the ; ; iate adittiimtratiou ami tin legislaknre in very vehement terms saying that the people of eastern north carolina wece suffering under oppression akin to the days of oliver cromwell was reminded that the democrats oftheeu tire state had submitted to the county government system for the sake of tin east mr bryan replied that while the eastern counties bad been given a system of comity government whereby the de mocrats could control their financial af fairs they the eastern democrats d d not propose to be stabbed in the house of their friends without the democratic vote of these eastern counties the party could not elect a single state official he would shake tin red flag in their faces and dare them to rep«a thecotiuty gov erniucut system we notice that a number of our eastern exchanges take this view state vhroniele an anomaly v in bakersville which disturbs a republican — a republican friend in bakersville writes us the fol lowing item in a private letter perhaps i should state as an item of interest that on yesterday in our town was presented the anomalous spectacle of a democratic magistrate arraigning a democratic rev enue official for shooting a republican negro verily the world do move " this was no doub and anomaly l our friend for the time was when republican magistrates would fail to arraign certain ly to punish a republican revenue official for shootiug democrats hut as out friend suggests the world do move in the right din cliou in this in jtance aslu i tilt citizen a patriotic citizen of vacaville cal who detests the chinese recent ly refused to sell a native of the ce lestial empire a lot for 1,000 but sold it to an estecmi il yankee friend for 500 with an eye to business the yankee sold il to the heathen and pocketed a profit of 500 and the original owner now has a chin ese washee sign floating next door an ohio farmer the other day met in a lonely country locality a voting woman attired in a night gown na turally lie asked her v ho she was when she replied l jsobody ! died this morn ing the farmer waited to hear no more but mule tracks for the nearesl settlement at a pace rivaling the speed of bonner's • fastest trotter — atlanta i ga i ( onstitution a pair of the fines bl ick eyes ili 1 not satisfy miss casey of iowa and in trying to turn them to blue by means of chemicals she lias ruined both their usefulness and beauty ■ ' jfiyj ' " jw'vmotmieaimmiiiiwfti this paper a'lvi rtisi.-i ban i 10 spru i si contracts maj be niady cor ii in m:v vuuii we sii i winter a ful . ■ i • -. in 1 sin be pleased to supply ord real oxl ■ ent per p i . il ok hi 30 it cougiienol k v l.y kk university of north carolina six new professors have recently been added t tin faculty making a total ol seven teen instructors all the courses hi study have been enlarged ind strength ened f'ost grudn ite insu notion is olt'i i - ed in ever department the next ses sion begins a i i i 17 entrance exami uatious august 27 23 29 for catalogue containing information in regard to tui ion board terms i ad mission c apply to won kemp p battle ll d president chanel hill x c 39.-2 v for rent ! i will rent my fioi ind lands sil in the northern suburb of the ton n ol sal iabury there an 65 aci esof go 1 1 land — ipledid foi cotton tobacco or i truck farming all necessary o i in goo i repair a well . spri lg branch furnish mi abundance of -^- ter the dwell . . ims and is in splcnid repair b •"■•■ ■■• <> ' trc - ar i on the pla ••• j ljc.tr f"y t rms and v m bakkkk 39:lm s >.;-:..;:: y n c notice ! sealed propos ila :' r bu house al the < ■ r.t poor eious \ mi ■ south ~ siz 40x13 feel coxl 5 feet pn - be r til the first m n 1 s8.1 1 in plf ns in<i - . a lie found at t !.( sti res of j ■- m •■ », ami k rendlemtw the t is reserved 1 ■ any aud all pn thomas j sumner ■ 13 of c ■: •<■ > '• in '- ■ - 1 iiy 13 i3$r 3.v fj 1 1 1 ■ - ■■:■;•■• 1*1 1 ii ul jj ■ ■ ey in a*i ' - " - ■ ■ '.• . i . . - ■ • ■ - - . ■ . - ' ... ivl : : ' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■_■;.;, • sentl : i al , \ v v syr .- fame fwhen you want i hardware at low figures call on the nndersigned at xo 3 graiiit row d a atwei.l agent for thu salisbury x ('., juno 8th f newpore i fftavind bought out the grocer iv j partment of 1 d mcnecly i intend |»| i and acting 1 first oa ii grocery store m stock will i •.•:.-;•: f sugar coffee bacon lard fish molasses floufi butter chickens eggs,&c also candies fruits x crackers c in fact iin tend keeping everything usually kept in the grocery and provision line and h close attention to business and selling low ih i hope to merit at least a portion <>! t he trade come and see me at l.i).m seely'h store i m ha den june !. 188.1 2m all entirely new & fresh ! j s mcoubbins st will continue the business at the oi<1 stand having closed out all the old stock his present stock i entirely new and will be offered on reasonable terms for casli •' ■ - is mm tgages e who could not pay all their mort ist year may renew if papers an tory and appliance is made tit onc uis stock consists of dry goods groceries boots and slices hats clothing con fpctioncris < ! ro !:• ry i 1 ! ncrs hacon i.um corn flour keed and piuvimons of a . with a full line of high grade fertilizers as cheap as the cheapest yon will •!-. well to see him belbro purchasing elw r .., b in pril i it !-/.. 25 i i yaffia mineral springs acaflemy i palmersville.^iuij n.c | < . h m i '.'■'■. l'i vi i , i j ■ ■ ■ . • ■ . ■! ..: i i . ■ : \ n mi • : ■ . that teachf ; i hool in tin ! i ' i uodd ar ' j •■!.;..!■ 1 m ihtiw prln i organized l85<j . ■ .'::.■-• ;''. ■■"'-,'•] v capital & assets 75o.ooo nk i fwm c coart prest i ( becreu r twonty-sizth annual statement j \ s . i.i .: ■:: imk tw . 1 1,01 1 • u ......... ... i5j,2c i ■ ' : - i et3 . . . . ■ . . . j t,«w ■ its s .... u •: ■ ■ .. - ■ ■ . . 111,73 ... ; . t mort - j total assets - 741,380 zx ■. bcovvn af cm something new lamp chimneys j ■ it will :. t break bj he*t lor n]e r enxi:is diamond dyes all p«^ora \. ■ , • enniss 1 don't forget to call for see ■ . la at knniss to the ladies md sec tin flow • r poti tt not strange but tiiue wl • ■ <• ummi b«)dy nn>l are i»n it h phrii ■ ■ ; i vi-rmif !•_•« will di*l ;•■. and <■• th in fii m the s stem charlotte democrat some north ern papers are now beginning to see how the south and southern people 1 have been slandered by paid hireling newspaper reporters and thieving car pet-baggers a paper published at cleveland ohio though republican has this to say in every southern state blame received more votes than garfield re ceived in 1880 and there was no at tempt anywhere to bulldoze colored or other voters in the interests of the democratic party there may have been in the past scenes of bloodshed and riot in the south but when it is understood that debased and deprav ed negroes of that section were led by northern seal la wags and carpet-bag gers who were urging them to over awe and oppress resident white men it is not to be wondered that some lawless men resisted the rule of igno rance brutality and knavery by ev ery means in their power but now that quiet and peace are restored and the rights of the freed men are every where respected and both races are getting along harmoniously it is the lowest and basest of demagoguery to inflame the passions of one section against the other serious charge against county officers raleigh register a very serious charge is made by the wilmington star in relation to count v students at the university the matter needs looking into the register is very sur that the star would make no such statement affect ing the personal official characters of the boards of commissioners of forty north carolina counties without as thorough examination as the nature of the case would permit it is equally sure that the morals of so large a num ber of the most reputable citizens of the state cannot be so lax as the star has been led to believe the question should be settled one way or the other and the first step to a settlement is to name the counties and the cases ing appointment wiuiout being enli | lied liable for tuition c 18*1 <:. ' 141 s 3 ' no person shall be appointed as a county student in the university of north carolina unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the board j of cemmissioners of said county by the oaths of the applicant and ne or more credible witnesses whic shall be by affidavit to be kept in the of fice of said board that neither said applicant nor his guardian or parents j have the requisite means to pay his tuition and room rent at the univer sity that he is a citizen of thj stale ' and a resident of said county and that he is of good moral character and capacity for usefulness the said ap pointment shall be revocable if at any time the board shall be satisfied i that the facts sworn to are untrue or that the applicant his guardian or parents shall have become able to pay such tuition ami room rent if the faculty of the university shall be come satisfied that said student u not really entitled to the appointment they shall after ten days notice giv en to the said student bring the tacts to the attention of the board and ask that his appointment be revoked which it shall be the duty of the board to do if satisfied with the truth of the allegations if any stu dent shall obtain the county appoint ment as aforesaid without being en titled thereto le shall ho liable to pay tuition and room rent to tho same extent as if the appointment had not been made and if lie is a minor hie father or guardian shall be liable ! to pay the same clicraw ami salisbury railroad ! i a directors meeting which was large ! lv attended was held at salibury last wednesday 1 leira from capt d x ; bennette who attended that the ut most harmony prevailed and that the prospects for the early completion of : the road are good the business men of salisbury aware of the benefits their town would derive from this road are making ear , nest efforts to-secure its completion ! and will contribute a large amount ol money to that end a stockholders 1 meeting is called for august 19 at sal isbury when more definite action will be taken the people of stanly have long been anxious for this road and will do their full duty toward it that it will some time be built is a certainty it has been for several years completed from < heraw to,\vadesboro leaving only sixty miles between wadesboro and s lislmry to be built at the latter place it will connect with the richmond k danville and western north carolina roads and open up a direct line to < harleston e.r wood to tltr raleigh register a philadelphia view of cranberry clias dudley moore in the lugusl atlantic cranberry forge is tiio first wedge of civilization fairly driven into the northwest mountains of north caro liona a uarrow-gauge railway stra ti ng from johnson city follows up the narraw gorge of the doe river and pushes into the heart of the iron mine's at cranberry where there s a blast furnace and where a big company store rows of tenement houses heaps of slag and refuse ore interlacing tracks raw embankments denuded hillsides and a blackened landscape arc the signs of a great devastating enterprise the cranberry iron is the great esteem as it has the peculiar quality of the swedish iron there are remains of old furn sees lower down the stream which we passed on our way the present plant is that of a philadelpia company who?e enter prise has infused new life into all this region made it accessible and spoiled some pretty scenery there is this to be said about phil adelphia — and it will go far in plead ing for it in the last day against its monotonous rectangularity and ho babel-like ambition of its public building — that what wherever its in fluence extends there will be found comfortable lodgings and the luxury of an undeniably excellent cuisine the visible seal that philadelphia sets on its enterprise all through the south is a good hotel this cottage beautiful has on two sides a wide verandah set about with easy chair cheerful parlors and pret ty chambers finished in native wood among which are conspicous the satin stripes of the cucumber tree luxuri ous beds and an inviting table order ed by a philadelphia landlady who knows a beefsteak from a boot-top is it low to dwell upou these things of the senses when one is on a tour in search of the picturesque let the reader ride from abington through a wilderness ol corupone and rusty ba con and then judge why timmins who arc you in mourning for asked meddle upon seeing crape on his friend's hat lini mins — why you see my wife's first husband from whom she was divorced , is just dead and i can't do le?s out of respect to her feelings exchange the king of the english language dr henry e sheppard president of the charleston college has been in wilson for several days aud of course everybody has been charmed and de lighted with this profound scholar and elegant gentleman he delivered a number of lectures and all his dis courses were broad in the scope of vi sion accurate and graphic in their paintings of times and men keen and true in their portrayals of the the con duct to motive noble in their ethical teachings and grandly magnificent in their garniture of expression these addresses came to us hoary with the gray hairs of laborious research and pereistaut application and were learn ed and scholarly and opulent with the hidden lore of far away ages the dusly tomes of the vanished past were brushed up and made to gleam with radiant interest his themes have been brought nnder perfect subjection to his finely cultivated powers and he rules them with that quiet power and easy grace which shows his perfect and undisputed majesty lie reigns i over the realm of the english lan guage a king with his sovereignty undoubted and undisputed his thoughts are draped in the luxuriant i foliage of the must enpirus diction and his sentences well rounded and ! symmetrical are models of beauty and culture and show a finish most ex ! quisite and flawless every word i seemed created for the ollice lie asked ' it to fill and consequently they fitted j in his sentences with admirable and \ skillful precision and made the dis-l courses smooth and harmonious and stripped of every obstruction which could impede its flow we never heard a more fluent speaker or one who exercised a more felicitous con i trol over the english landguage and yet there is one thing remarkable learned and cultivated as he i.s and | having drunk ns he has done so often ! from the pierian spring and so fa miliar with all the fields of prosy yel ' his train of thought did not lead us for one moment by the enchanted i her mus with its golden stream ; or the beautiful helicon with its flowery j slopes or the fragrant pindus with its i laurel shade he avoided all the j adorning graces of rhetoric ind no gems of metaphor could be seen spark ling in the stainless current of his en j 1 glish and no flowers of fancy blush j ing with roseate tinlings of beauty did he weave to cheer us with loveli ness and notwithstanding the fact that his delivery is stripped of all the facinating embclishmeuts of oratory t his style ih by no means sluggish but is like a mountain streamlet whose stainless current goes rippling along radient in the kisses of gunbeams oi \ purity and without one dreg in its | sparkling wavelets — wilson mirror a beautiful young lady 1 ' accom panied by senator beck called upon mr aleck botelcr of west virginia pardon clerk in the department of jus tice a day or two ago to urge the par don of a brother of the young lady re j ferred to who had been convicted of the infraction of one of the united states statutes ilr bofceler did all it was possible for him to do in the matter and gave a printed form of recommendation for ! pardon to the senator to take to the attorney general for his signature if he would approve if when the blank returned it was found duly signed which caused the beautiful young lady to faint she ral lied soon and with outstretched arras made for mr boteler who fled she then turned upon the senator in the same demonstrative manner and he ungallantly took to his heels oh f-.-r a gen sherman to teach these fellows their duty — indianapoeis journnl running for the train more than one medical authority has ad monished people of the danger of run ning to catch ihe train especially for those who are subject to heart disease one of the most common of ailments in these latter days the folio wine from an english paper may serve to emphasize the warning : a few days sine 1 , a rail way clerk aged twenty was found dead in a sitting posture in a second class railway car riage when it arrived at woolwich at inquest it was staled that deci - ed ha-.i been buffering from heart ilia ease for two or three years and it was supposed that he had hurried to catch the train that morning somebody has said what everybo dy has observed that tluwe persons who have attained to eminence in any cacatiou of life have followed a uni form cours that of earnest work and unwearied application none arc truly happy but those that are busy for the only real happiness lies in useful work of some kind either ol the hand or the bead so long as overexertion of either is avoided jt should be the aim of every one in be employed if all men and women were kept at some useful employment there would be lew sorrow ami wick edu ss in the world annexed is the stau's paragraph to which the register appends the law about the matter as set forth in sections 2633 and 2634 of the code . from the wilmington star the free schoolarship law has been terribly abused there are ( j0 counties in the state the law gave one free schol arship to each county but it is well known that there were more than 100 students sent to chapel hill under the free scholarship law and that these were from but little over forty caunties how was that was that not a very shameful violation of the law xot only this but many well-to-do men took advantage of the law and got free tuition for their sons the chx\rlotte music house branch of ludd en & bates southern music house ; ■ ricks tl lowest terms the kasiest order from this bouse and save time money and freight i ■^ hicla-ring pianos mason & ilamlin organs band instruments t ; *| muthushok pianos packard orchestral oorgans 11 pieces $] h bent & co pianos bay si .■■■ oi • .■,-, sheet music at 25 per cent lr 1 \* v ui.m i'iai 1 ! lays " fl former prices \ b^m «^^^^ —^ — —^_^_ ' ' ' ' ' ' '■'•••>. v i i m t i • i -\ i \ : > i i \ -. i > i i i . i i i i i \ i i \\ 1 : 1 i 1 ■ i < > 1 1 i \ i \ i i > i i ; i . l cm n 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ■ ' intui hjujiic mixture wi permane1 dyspepsia and indigestion v v [}\{\ u lotte n c . \ v . \ i v i.h-.m ■ i in iel certify • i \ mm i >\ ppepl it 1 in sell i others ii 1 waking '■ . sliltl chart ' : . n c [ i e greal pi . : ue of vou r v i i 1 i y i . : 1 1 ti i anv due l nd a ■ i a jenkins n c state treasurer • d t c smith cv t kluttz s ■ ■■■■ s 49 ] y ~- ; uebakeh ami tennessee farm wagons 5 in inn ati toes & spring wagons grain and guano drills hay rakes i walking : ultivator5 eiarrows telegraph straw cutters 15 plows °** c1 ' corn slaollcrs engines and boilers wwahd grist nulls guns - am caps :■] pri h wera!sed clover seed ■ w sm3thdeal . "' ' taking out be 11 captivated the president alexandrl > va gazette mis lucy buck a young lady r i-yuni royal vs recentlj wrote to grove r cleveland risking a silk necktie for a crazy quilt to l>e made and sold for the benefil of the poor in reply she received a pleasant autogragh let ter from the president enclosing an el egant ti for the purpose named miss b.'s letter was charmingly written in verse it has never been published be fore and is as follows my deai mr cleveland know it's a shame to bother you now but i'm not to blame at least . not so much for jack is the one who first put me up to the thing i have done he id mo last night it i'd make for the fair a crazy patch quilt and put in it a square ( )! something that cleveland had worn he would buy the thing tor himself no matter how high the pi ice i might set—and so don't you see if i manage this plan how nice it will be jack gives a neat sum towards the fair for the poor ieceiviug instead what he values far more and then when i many dear jack it is plain i'll own both the quilt and memento again sow dear mr cleveland please won't you just ask your sister to send me tis not much of a an old silken necktie or handkerchief say some fragment of what you've worn any to lend to my handiwork dignity due and then may the fates most kindly help you to piece at the patch-work you've taken in hand its intricate patterns at once small and grand - - may each square that's fastened with iu finte art glow with the tints troth and wisdom impai t till the national crazy-patch crazy no more grows into bynimetry ne'er known before ! and still something better i wish you may win — some true earnest woman who through thick and thin will follow your fortunes as i'll follow jack's and not any further your patience to tax 1 will dose just adding this p s to say if your own secretary be out of the way < u too much engaged this petition to read because i is small just tell him to heed tin's admonition it never is wise the day of small things to neglect or dis for sometime perhaps in years not re mote we women may have a legal right to vote then it lie wished to be be president he might have some aid from e'en poor little me verbum •*