The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-05-13

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Our Core, ,eondrni SHOW. thst N,n ct
Education t.et Position. adet ,t,ii
service Reform Kuir>--frr>oaat<. 4 d,
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~ the graduate at tta ~frr,.sss# la...
Ness College yesterday Ausat&
North Carolina boys Au- aEeae
sch"ol here ar NJ ENlu - Isess 81.
kdc~comhe. Who will -rsIaatr sf f.r
Scientific >>Aool of ,hc teiamta rt..t
sity Nlth high huunr,, lf D., lets.. sf. la
hi, present recorl Mr >idupy traa=4y ~
oxford Granville county. "a bo attefaf. ttr
law School - the same ulYrf=.fs. aHt
Master Harry Martin, Who ,,til At~a grad
uatc With honor AT the esgotectaNH Iui.
lccc There mas bc others whose a.me,
! d not now recall Nc,~r, teus ahi
Grandy hold - 200 positions "a tae MAR
department, secured under tas e.ts ~er
VICE rules. Mr. Henry c. o>baftg. of
Rockingham, who holds a position "a th,
Office OF the Commissioner of luasan AZ
fairs, and Who also owes hi, oflietat fsss
tlon Ia a most crvlltable ClNl4 service T.,
animation, 10y TIN, time has doubt.oss cu-
tered the Law School Of Columbia uYor.
slty.
Thursday the races at Ivy CITY one of
the suburbs of the Capital city. oceastoned
many vacant seats IN both Houses 81 Con.
gress am 50 fond of a fine horse mysclf
that am not disposed 10 criticize a single
absentee. | would have gone myself II the
newspapers Of my state paid me a salary
OF $1,000, with pcrquIsitcs, and left my
newspaper work to take the chances as
best II might. ! could not afford To hire
carriage, SO | did not 20 But "A good
many Others did. senator ance Was IN
his seat III the Senate chamber and made
a brief but forciblc and brilliant speech on
the Interstate Commerce bill Mhlch was
the regular order of the senate for that
day. Some of his inimitable anecdotes
were introduced, and they c.tused the
galleries and the Senators To laugh So up-
roariously that the chair had 10 call them
| to order repeatedly. His speech aud his
colloquies with several Senator aro well
worth reading.
Prohibition is getting SO prominent in
our State politics, that am going to quote
an anecdote told by Mr.. Henry q. VII
liams, of Wilson to Theo Ramsay, Esq,
formerly of Raleigh. but now OF Norfolk.
who visited Washington last week Mr..
Ramsay edited the organ of the Good lem.
plars III Raleigh when you were little
boy, and he was AS ardent III opposing the
anti temperance doctrines as ever Knight
Templar was in defending tho honor Of
his Red Cross on the fields Of Palestine.
He used to make speeches all over the
State. The late Mr. Woodson, "A versatile
| local editor who belonged TO the same era
of Raleigh journalism Is authority for this
Joke on Mr. Ramsey. Par parcnthcsls, !
hope DR.. Brooks, Of Wilson, will overlook
| my ''naiyete" as he terms II, for taking cN-
| pertS us my dramatis PERSONA. Once |
| quoted Senator Stanford and Representa-
| tive Green as authority on the wine qucs
| tlon and that adjective was applied to mo
| by Or. B. Mr.. WoodSOn was a number one
expert on the whIskey question and Brother
Ramsay was once considered number one
| authority on the cold water question. .
| However Mr.. Henry G.. says that Woodson
| said Mr.. Ramsay was making his usual
temperance speech to an audience compos
| ed mostly of Hard Shell" Baptists in Cas-
| well county. Brother Ramsay waxed clo-
| quent, and illustrated his rounding periods
| with glasses filled respectively with the
''accursed' red wine and pure water,
Finally, bringing his speech To a clmaN
| he dashed the goblet Of wine 10 the door
and called on the members Of his audience
| to come forward and take the pledge \
| Primitive Baptist preacher who Was pres
| cnt promptly arose and told his brethren
| To wait until he had said "a word or two in
| reply To Mr. Ramsay's pretty little
| speech" He complmcnted Mr. Ramsay p.
| rhetoric but said his statements did not
tally with the Scriptures which told how
water Was turned into wine, and dwell iii
| many places on the excellent qnalitcs 9f
| wine. Emulating Mr. Ramsay theatrical
climax he elevated his stentorian voice
and raised his hand as he closed with these
| sentences: There is but one place. my
| brethren, where water is referred to. Nhcn
| the rich man was III hell fire he wanted to
| cool his parched tongue and that IS Just
where these palavcrln temperance folks
| ought to be this minute The argument
was clncher and Brother Ramsay did
not get single signature and not even
money enough to pay for the broken COB
let Mr.. Ramsay enjoyed the joke when
Mr.. Williams told 1t on him, aud hope
none Of the apostleSDf Prohibition will
get mad with rne for repeating it. They
| ought to be temperate enough TO permit
q fellow citizen to differ with them in opin
| ion. Besides ! am not "A Hard Shell Bap
| tlst-no Baptist Of any sort. | don't cn
dorse the Rev'd Hard Shells construction
Of Holy Writ az intimated above. Fci
| CONTRA | regard the surplus Of cold water
| doctrines OIL the nara SNcll5 rs sort Di !;
Scylla on one side, and the surplus of winc
and whiskey as a Charybidis on the other
side. Genuine temperance suggests the
in media, les. as followed by .Eueas and
his crew, But admire some things about
the Hardshells. They are united, clanuIsh,
loyal to each other, and are thoroughly
conscientious and sincere.
Pardon such depression Too ofter
my thoughts fly honeward even when
take up my pen to write Of the busy scenes
that surround me, but which are ncye
potent 10 obliterate for a moment the for
csts, fields, hills, people and recollection
Of my own North Carolina
Col \ B. Andrews and wife pa-sc,
through here this week on their way TO th'
Northern Pacific Railroad They viii z
as far as the Cascade Range, Wa,Alf gtOl
Territory, aud anticipate delightful trip
Hon John : Henderson escorted sey
eral bridal couples from his district - th'
White House 10 see Mr.. Cleveland.
don't know hOw true it l., bat | am toll
he Is a. suave and bland a. May morn
: ing to these bridal parties. a fellow feel
ing makes u Wondrous kind
Hon. Henry g. Turner, rromnen
: member Of the Georgia delegation, aud
t brother Of Dr \ ines Turner Of Your CITY
says the tarih bill viii not pass. Hor
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