the c arolina watchman vol xvn.--thted seeies sausbuey n c july 15 18sg ho 39 n carefully meroney & bro's th e grand fancy an establishment <>;■ salihi5ury ■ oi dress i 1 . i in il s w iss find i ■ • and n i he city inivi tin licst : 1 . oriental ... si k floss in ill vcr sold . for and ribuei ik se for chil dkkn a speciality g lored ; -• i 11 r !! its ami ; 1 boys you tim : .. , 11 ii mo < will be i ' ' ; 1 you ai . s of dressgoods ; 2o :. . ; ill , .. litoniinc ; e i ress : ■ - 1 loods i ( ; , . plaid 1 : - ..!..,,!-.(■• i •• . win rsr 33 c3r ' : o is . have linen dc diu , toiin ivlutc iii i cd i xainsook all slv.nl i:l at 5c per wear . ' : ■ - , ipery [■] ; . . : • merc 7 8c bro si5uuy x c - . :■ a - ~ ':' ■ v \ ■ ■ - ? -■ l . y known fcb soi s 1 in all form end stages purely vegs sstrumiht itca:-,-.s . iers failed to give ■ 1 : ■•: tain ■ ■ . 1 : v .\ 1 n .: ruled ■ li ] 1 i iffereii ' .. '-': 1 ■ , . ! c u k e i 11 can you doubt such testimony we think not ■ 3 c go athens ga f by i ii i:n y n.c & ! j i i g :;■ d s ye 11 a '■ - irs worm < ii an a ix days there were / ( wt b a mr j of w onus 1 tried ralnnn i \ \ ]•■■ ■'■■■'■ worm me ii ines but fail g i nv seeing jl r ''. iinv\_v ( '■ ■ v '" "''■ y do brought loi . ,■ tin in 3 ' i adams h ' ■ j revelation by .!■ in gresn baf wbi1 rlrjk i pray tor faith ! ion - to trust i llaten with my ti art and ui ar : ■• be ju3t be true b ■ ui rclful rev ire . i suns . nd events runs 1 hlspi ■■ : lenoe <■ ts o jo ! 1 n \ ' he '■ 1 1 ■ yf :. more ; 1 me 1 know tiial i inusi be no : ■ 1 pr lyer : i 0 -.■:•■•■■ rywlu re ■ ide ■-. liere . . ■ . : [ knov hi is and svhal he is .> i10 e one great purpose 1 1 .:■ 01 ii i ■■■'.'.. oul tm : on l lov and fa lierhoo i : u 1 trusi iiu an his children should n.ir less thai his restn inlng hand iata . shorn of words an i works we stand ivcd i lie rlclii ;' toi our lo - made 1 ' r no more phi oudedface 01 oature smiles through an her things of tlinea 1 trace e spirit's wlnj . i ■ . atlantic monthly news items northern settlers convention the press a sociation in their recent tig indors d t he id a of calling a convention oi the northern settlers aow resideni in this state to convene 1 1 v d'iring the state fair this fall the agricultural societv has wisely arrangi d i he t ime of holding its fair so i hai all ai tending it may go directly to i!i fairs in the state thus giving aori hern visitors an opportunity to lear irvat ion of the agricul and other resources of north ina thei'e can be imr little as to i he value of an invitation to come dov n an join us extended by re rl hern men to those in the crowded north who are looking for new homes and who are able to buy e ir cash no oi her immigration is desired in north carolina only jiim ile of means need app v die e northern sei ! io.rs too are gem rally en : husiti tic in ! ] i''-y pi '''■'■■■■ of the state an i dilate with greai i\-rv on the merit ■ of t heir >•■« 1 ions when they end an invitai ion to all those in t re ; il in finding new bom -. c ii will m ■ : likelj dr;i v many desirabl i peo ple here w ho will loi ik for them ives -.'. hen t hey re i urn may speak ; ir i hem eh ■■-. the effeci of such a i musi be for the besl interests of the state and the press has acted wi ivin endorsing and lending their aid to the scheme tin - of this o per - v ho are hern men and who are willing to help i his matter forward are reques t ■ i to signify as much to us that they in ; be included in the call *«> 1 woodleaf items the tax list of unity township as made out by win a thoniason esq for the ve.;r of 1 sso and compared v j n the ii of lsso made by the same shows the gain and loss us follows 1 -').(■)',):'.!, acres of land gain 42 £ acres valued id 83,540 gain 305 112 hor tain of •>. valued at 5,282 gain of y •_•; l01 mules loss of 5 valued at j..7(5o loss of 257 l jack valued ai --,.!. gain of -'! ! >: 2ol c ittle loss of 21 valued ai 2039 1 >--. of 83 05j hogs f 30 valued ai 1 l30 gain of ; 2 ■ i sheep gain of 1 1 valued at 21)0 gain of 72 farming utensils household c value i "\' 7,498 gain 001 ; money 2 250 loss of sim solvent credits of 61 l,3(j3,gain of 1,930 ■ p irsonal property value of s2.570 gain of 237 aggregate value 8120,780,gain of 3,835 white polls i even black polls 12 loss of 1 s ns listed this year 223 i isi year ( !/ the 228 listed lasi year five have died aged ( j5 86 84 7(5 and 3j ye,.r [ n addition he shows that there is in the township !','•' dogs a gain of 13 from last guanos us^l this year t5200 lbs a loss 099j lbs from last year planted this year \-\' r acres in \ bacco with sl > ! tobacco barns our young friend k ( '. seems to ho foremosi in raising line tobacco in this iship j il lice esq is getting along fin ly with his new dwelling house mrs wm a thorn lsou has gone to see her motlier in pontoi c miss she thai her health has greatly im proved since she-l ft home ov ;;;■: to so much rain fanners are behind with their crops v e have no need of clod knockers but gntss dig prof wet more will teach at unity c illegc wm it weinf *■• - e mil is vi r l)r wetmore's the wheat crop i damaged b idly .!. a bailey is hauling his uji and hav ing ii threshed lie think he can dry ii n better under shelter than in the ii id mr lee i'owlass says his ]> ;! on the shock and some of it tt-rmi be worth hauling in the sunday school opened ;.; files school house lasi sunday with uboul '. i scholsirs mr liich ird culbertson supt mr joe swink lost his wife on the ::•! in ! • ln '- shorts from heili^'s mills heiligs mills x c july 3 l886 editor carolina watchman — we have been having rain rani and still it ruins we can gel only one lay in a week t i plow so you can have an idea how our crops look sume of our farmers (?) have corn and cotton that ha hail nothing done to ir since it was planted this of course is not a general thing it is only the case with those who take things easy win spend a day now and then hunting or fishing and cant find time to goto town while others are busy as a bee on the farm who musi stop the plow to go io mill or haul wood because they hap pened to get out just when they could plow of course the never think of going to mill till the g 1 lady says the barn 1 is empty nor of hauling wood un til the las piece has beeu burned and then they must go if the plow has to stop now about the crops as a general thing corn on upland where it was planted early and worked well looks tolerably well while that planted late and not worked is shabby bottoms as a gen eral thing will be a failure there has been entirely too much rain for cotton wheat is cut and proved to be far below an average crop too much rain when it was blooming too many bugs when it was ripening and too much rain wheu it was on the hock there is hul very little wheat hauled in what is out is sprouting very badly at least one half of the wheat in the field is now damaged by rain the corn was all washed down on thursday 1st and it has been too wet since to go in to set it up consequently it is growing crooked and cannot be plowed any more but fanners should look at the brighi side the rain drowns out the bugs and clucks their ravages on the coin also learn a lesson of industry from the present season there lias been fine weather enough since the wheat was dry for us all to have our wheat in the barn bui alas only a few have improved the opportunity while many go about grumbling ai the rain now the lesson — let us always try to do the right thing . right time lei us noi pui off haul ing wheal because we have some grassy cotton to hoe or plow and when we can plow o plow in truth go to the city when trade is brisk see every clerk busy almost in a run the whole day hardly taking time for their meals while we see farmers with hired hand sleeping after sun ap moping along to the field late in the day spending two or three hours in the shade at noon because it is so hot brother farmers we must get out of this the merchant knows the busy sea-on lasts not the whole year so he makes use of it the same with us the sun shines not every day so let us be up and doing ihere is bj far too much sleep on the farm we should remember that the sleeping fox catches no poultry and that there will be sleep enough in the rave there is no use for idleness now even if it is rainy if we are indeed fann ers we will find plenty of work to do while it is raining and while it is too wet to plow let us make preparations for another crop now is the time to gel up the material for the compost heap for fall use wishing you and your paper success i remain yours truly l v who ars the laborers the n ceiii labor agitation has led to ail opening of the eye of many as to who the laborer is t is no longer conceded without question that the men u ho work in i tie belong to labor unions are entitled to the exclu sive distinction of working men 1 it turns out on investigation that this is a working world and that we all work i has also been disclosed that we are all employers or capitalists and all emplo}~es today the shoemaker plays capitalist and employs the tailor to make him a coat tomorrow the tailor plays capitalist and employs the shoe maker to make shoes for him so we go now one and now the other is cap italist or laborer bui which has the eosiesi time the owner of the mills who skirmishes around twelve to fifteen hours a day for money for the opera tives and get 011i3 his hoard and cloth ing for it and often can 1 sleep because he can get th i money or i he man who works his ten hoar gets his money without skirmishing and sleeps without molestation me industrial journal closed doors for some time the senate has been debating the grave question of secret sessions there is a strong body of men intelligent progressive and bold who demand thai the doors of i he sen ate shall be thrown wide open so thai the sovereign people may know whui transpires in t hal kugn i bo ly it 1 straug ■ t hai any men in this enlighten e ! ,: v hould insisi upon rei nining se cret session this davs ol councils oi tenaud star ( hamb r have passed long ago whenever the policy of thy 1 lovernment in dealing with forei questions requires secrecy then lot the doors be closed bui surely there can be no good reason why there should not iie an open session when polit ic:i i and economical quesl ion 1 and appoint ments are up for discussion wil.stur - • ■«&• — diversity in crop3 n intelligent farmer at whitaker's writes as follows can't vi.a advocate the planting of io:is and beans cor north carolina as \ in have tobacco i here is more money in them 1 han in cotton it is not too late now to pni them in a xorth carolina invention will gather ; hem ;:!" a nominal cost planted in rows three feet apart there is too much rain to make a good crop of cot ton or corn now ti : - - -~ r si iou is timely the }>■■■> and the bean will grow to perfection in any part of the state and they aw not onlv profitable bui very desirable crops north carolina farmers should seek variety of crops the wise < ry v diversify and make home supplies wilininytoji >'■'<'/■. immigration items mr henry bell ef philadelphia would like to correspond with north carolina people having desirable fanning land with mill property fur rent or sale par ties having such a property would do well to correspond with mr boll 31 r 1 n chalker ofbrancroft mich is anxious to purchase timber oak and if he can be suited he is willing to pur chase a large amount in north carolina he is a business man of means and influ ence and if he is pleased can influence a number of gentlemen to investin north carolina mr mex smeedes of ellenville n.y contemplates visiting north carolina for the purpose of securing a considerable quantity of well timbered lands for a par ty of northern gentlemen dr r s true of rome new york writes commissioner patrick that he will shortly move to north carolina and practice medicine in west 1 n c in or near the town ot asheville a w clingan of o 51 become a permanent settler in north carolina du ring the present summer — eq-.<em m the cranberry iron works we learned a few days ago from a gentleman who has been over the mountains that the company which owns the cranberrv iron ore beds had j ji ii iij works for reducing tii iron and converting it into steel by the bessemer process experiments made a birmingham with the cranberry j ores established the fact months ago that steel of tine quality could made from them by the bessemer process the property of the company is said to rapidly increasing in value and one half million dollars is reported to have i been offered tor it recently by capital ists the rapid development of this property will bring forward into promi nence the question of building a rail road throngh the mountains to con ned the cranberry mines with the eastern system of roads - hickory : , salem female acadomy this ancienl and highly honored in stitution which has sent out more i than 6,000 pupils into real life moves ! onward in its accustomed good work and stands to day abreast with the more richly endowed schools in the land may it long survive the changes of flowing time to ides the world by its influences for good thanks to the principals fora beautiful pic ture of the academy and some of the this downs john earlycorn a son of j i miller was bitten on the foot by a rattlesnake about a week ago the wound was well wet with turpentine and seven drop given in ternally the wound was then kept wei with the juice of milk weed it is now healing and the boy isoutatplay highlands highlander capt a m vannoy of this place received yesterday morning from col lector d wd his commission as general j deputy collector of the sixth district the position lately held by mr t ii vanderford f salisbury mr van derford has received an appointment as deputy agent for virginia north and south carolina mr vannoy willen ter upon his official duties next week — statesvillc landmark frank graston colored who was hanged at salisbury last friday was a brother of our fellow-citizen rail road railroad made application to i various of his white friends last week for small loans telling them that he had j a brother at salisbury who was not ex pecting to live long toothers who knew that his brother was frank gas ton he acknowledged that he wanted to see the hanging saying thai he had j understood that it was to be a l»iu r j thing stufesvillt landmark the latest adulteration is the mix : ing of salts of tin with molasses the , salts in question being a virulent pois on they give molasses its bright color perhaps this may accouni for ome otherwise inexplicable stomach disorders political the asheville citizen in i three column communication signed dem ocrat reviewing the question of mak ing up the democratic ticket for supreme couri judge says for the associate justices we musi look to the easi for one and to the wesi for the other as merrimon belongs to ,;,,. middle section looking to the west the most obvious available candi date is judge shipp of mecklenburg looking to the e isi the evident choir o f fcn at section is w d pruden ef chowan merrimon shipp pruden a strong combination one calculated to arouse enthusiasm and certain of election i is uot possible for the liepublicans to .,.!,.,! a ticket that could heat this shipp is popular in the west pruden in the east merrimon throughout the state two of our supreme court judges messrs smith and ashe have re ich ■•! filing is gaining ground as this fact comes to be considered that these highly esteemed citizens should now be retired with their clustered honors and younger men chosen by the people to bear the burdens of the bench the blair bill male clear asheville citizen in order to show what the blair edu cational bill really means we q the following from a recent speech of hon k a pierce of tennessee mr pierce said that the advocates of the blair bill lost sight of the fact that the states would have to raise by taxation an equal amount for school purposes as that received from the government and that the white people who owned most all the property would have to pay that tax while the negro with his preponderance of ignorance wouldreap the benefit also that the negro who was born in slavery would not be bene iitted one dollar's worth directly he being too old to receive tin education and only negroes who were born un ler same rights as the whites would i receive direct benefit they receiving j under the provisions of the blair bill two-thirds while the white children whose parents paid very near all the j taxes would receive just one-third j there is not a state in the south | should the blair bill become a law but ! what would have to increase its taxa tion 11 senator blair the author of the j measure a republican senator from ■ new hampshire gave the following in i due of his speeches in the senate while i supporting the bill as one of the ob jects thereof speaking simply as a republican politician 1 assert that this measure should be enacted into a law for the i purpose of spreading the principles of j the tiepubliean party and as the only possible way of doing it hereafter ' here is a frank declaration from the \ author himself that the purpose and object of the bill is to create a vast m lchine for the purpose of inculcating republican doctrines does any sane man doubt the lengths to which the republican party would go asks the nashville daily american with the power of federal supervision if by any i mutation in politics it should come in to power 5z senator vanoe in new york tammany hall never contained a larger or more enthusiastic audience than t!i it which crowded every part of ! it yesterday to take part in the annual ■ celebration by the tammany society of the birthday of american iudepen j deuce ion zebulon b vance was intro duced amid applause for the long talk the senator said one of the ambitions of ray life is gratified today [ stand in tammany hall one of the oldest and most ancient orders of democracy in this country he re vi wed the causes that led to the vic tory of the democracy and the changi in the administration of government the thieves and jobbers have been driven out of the capitol at washing , ton by a strict adherence to simple j democratic principles they will be j kept out as long as this is adhered to but will be lost the moment we forge | our duty to them mr vance who as governor of north carolina is said j to have addressed the now famous re mark to the governor of south caroli na took a glass of water and drink ing it turned to the grand sacheme with the remark this is a mighty thin drink for tammany when the j applause died away he continued " v a e believe in equal rights to all and ex j elusive privileges to none if l to the victors belong the spoils is mercenary j what shall we >.;\^ to whom do they belong tothe'mugwnmps shouted a war rior applause to thu mugwumps the orator re sumed to the vanquished !>