The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-11-25
THE EDITORS DESK.
on TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING TIE PEOPLE.

COMMENTS DS TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING TIE PEOPLE.
The Chronicles Opinions, Paragraphi-
,Illy Expressed, on Passing Public
Questions
We see it announced that there is short
no DE given grand ball in Charleston,
to bc called The Earthquake Hop.
ra.u strike many people that, while it is
enough for the young people to dance,
manifestation of want Of rcycr-
for and fear Of the Almighty to call
.Ho.r dance an Earthquake Hop" Let
them dance if they want to, but let them not
.usset their impotency when God is pres
ea-in the earthquake,
The sayings Of the Rev. Sam. Jones are
uas always to our liking, but he sometimes
f..l. tl.. truth in such quaint and origi-
mai way that he challenges our unqualified
admiration The following extract from
3. sermon preached in Toronto is one Of his
He.t -ayngs:
Its got so now that if you steal s. they'll
pat YOU in Jail, but f YOU steal 5000
'hey', call you colonel.
The following conversation shows that
Noth carolinians think more Of Zeb,
Vance than Of Geo, Washington IF Mr..
had been nominated for Congress
y. the Fourth District he would have been
elected " said one farmer to another few
G4.s aro ''No 50" said another "no
Democrat could have been elected. 1t
waaI have required Il George Washing
r5a. b" And he couldn't have been elected"
-a5a third, '.Ieb. Vance couldn't have
n.cr elected much less Geo Washing
tom
II see it is going to snow tomorrow,
said a young University student to his
roommate one clear December night few
wear, AGO. Where did you see it And
who knows anything about it q was the
inquiry Il saw it in Turner's North
Carolina Almanac, was the reply. Young
man: Thy faith was too great but 1t was
backed UP by the experience Of the fathers
fer fifty years. Mr.. J. II. Enniss, Of
Raleigh, is now the Publisher of this vaiu
Goesut place us much credence III its
weather predictions as the University stu
dent. it nevertheless finds it Il Very handy
and valuable publication.
For the benefit of the croakers who call
these the times when honor is gone, and say
all men practise the rule get who can,
the CHRONICLE wants especially to empha-
size the act of the Sheriff Of Burke county
last week. The result of the election for
sheriff Was III doubt and the Board of
CanvaSsers heard arguments of counsel
and then decided that the votes cast at
certain precinct should be thrown out.
The throwing out of the votes at that pol
ling place elected Sheriff Iackey He de
elm Il to accept the office, however, given
to him in that way. He made graceful
speech says the Morganton Star, thanking
his friends but said under the circum
stances lie could not acceptthe office An
honest man is the noblest work Of God.
The death of x-President Arthur at his
home in New York last week naturally
causes men and women to reflect upon his
life and to place an estimate upon its use
fjlueSs. No man ever came to the PreS1-
dency, except Andrew Johnson, under such
trying times, as did Mr.. Arthur. He had
been nominated to appease Conklins; he
was regarded as a ward politician Of little
ability or devotion to right; President
HAYES had removed him from the Office Of
Collector of Customs. 1t was never an
tcipatcd that he would be President and
his best friends did not think he possessed
any special fitness for the high office. And
Vet, when he came, IN the day of the Ma
tons mourning, to take President Gar
fields place, he did 50 with Il full realiZa
ton of the responsibilities attendant upon
it. He was not a partizan or sectional
Presidcnt-as was Mr.. Garfield. He was
a patriotic President and won the conf
dence Of the people of all shades of politi-
cal thought and left the White House
holdng4a high place in the esteem Of all the
people ever whom he had been Chief Mag
istrate With great responsibility he
7hat he had the capacity and char
Ger 10 lllccO H. llIC lJtcl'lS liloNtA hio
death He was not great statesman, but
he was an honest Chief Executive and is
entitled to be remembered by the people
whom he served with conspicuous fidelity.
We hear much talk of the attempt upon
the part of the knights of Labor to dictate
terms to their employers, and the excesses
to which they go i'll trying to enforce their
demands. They are criticized very harshly
and often deservedly so. There are,
however. expressions by the money pow
ers greater than any attempted domina-
ton by the working men. Every one is
familiar with the mode of operation of the
Standard Oil Company whereby It regu-
lates the price of petroleum i'll the world.
This same Company, under an alias, IS
operating with Cotton Seed Oil Mills in the
same way and has already compelled
most OF the owners of these mills to sell
out to them. They have made some OF the
North Carolina mills sell and those that
have not sold have been forced to lose
money or be content with not making
any profit. Their plan is to offer to buy
leaving the present owners as managers,
if possible, to prevent the general public
oh solo If the