The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-11-23
THE EDITORS DESK.
CONTENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.

the Chronicle Expresses Its Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
of Into est Now Before the People.
Sun SIT Cox gives it as his opinion that
now that they have full power the Repub
lic2ns will do with the Tariff what the
Democrats wanted to do.
loU CANNOT DOWN a good newspaper
like the Shelby Aurora. Its Office was
burned out few days ago, but it comes
to US again bright, newsy and as prosper
ous-looking as ever.
BRANSOS's AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC for
1889, is to hand again with its pleasant
face The book has been calculated for
the last five years by Mr.. Branson himself,
and he guarantees a high degree Of accu-
racy Such hand book is of great value
to the families all over the State
THE New York World of the 4th inst,
contains a beautiful poem entitled "He
Ignored Quarantine" from the pen of Mrs
Edward a. Oldham. the wife OF our tai
ented friend the editor of the Charleston
World, aud formerly editor of the Winston
Sentinel.
Mr. JNo. B. HUssEY has repurchased
the Greensboro Patriot, and Mr.. I. v.
Whitehead retires The Patriot discontin-
ues its daily edition and returns to its
handsome weekly edition. The CHRoNI-
4IE wishes both the incoming and ontgo-
ing editors much success.
lHE FORTY THREE pound turkey gobbler
exhibited by the ''Old Homestead Stock
Farm of Tosuot, has attracted much at
tention at the South Carolina state Fair
in Columbia - Charleston World.
The beauty Of it IS that the ''Old Home
stead Stock Farm" is owned and managed
by two ladies the Misses Barron who
are making quite success Of it and set
ting good example to the idle and empty
handed women of the State.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to hold
IN Raleigh in January a State Convention
Of the old soldiers who now draw small
pensions from the State. The pensions
now amount to very little, ana the pen
si0ners desire to secure larger amount
from the next Legislature When we re-
fleet how literally the Federal soldiers are
pensioned and how little our own poor
veterans receive, it makes Us all the more
regret our poverty and our inability to
provide fcr them AS their yalor and sacri-
flee merit The Legislature ought and
will do what it can for them.
;p fbAp column of
aay's CHRONICLE the Thanksgiving Procla
nation of the President of the nited
states naming November the 29th as the
0ay of Thanksgiving The proclamation
ought "a be carefully read by all, for two
reasons: ls'-It is not the stereotyped
r,raeIamation, bat is short sermon as
St!i as proclamation 2nd-lt is the last
one President Cleveland will issue. That
reflection makes US sorrowful. But we
ought "a De thankful that we have had
four resrs of Democratic rule, and We
ought to pray for our victorious enemy
and hope that they will not despitefully
us rs in the future as they did II form
days when they had the power
CBRGsrsAs is of 4e Olden Times and the
first article in the Christmas Number OF
Harpers Magazine is therefore most ap
pr0priately Of Ye Olden Time, too. 'lht
7as- Mass" i its title, and Walter Be ant
the writer, puts the narrative liz the moutf
Of sweet English girl, who tells oi he
love and her lover, of queen Bess, th'
spanish Fleet, and az old Roman Catholl'
I,,c~ u nd 1lpGpr the PaDa
cy Those acquainted with Mr. Besant
stvle need no assurance that he mas writ
ten delightful sketch; those who DC no
know Mr.. Besant ia his books Gf any ther
be- will be of this opinion as soon as me
have read the story. There are many illus
trations in it, and they are charming
GREENE Is THE ONLY county IN the stat
that has Republican county government
The cause vas due to a mistake in th
LEGISLATURE ia appointing Magistrates. Th
Radical Registrar in !iookerton toWnshi
has been arrested for registering ne9roe
on the Sunday before the election an
persuading them to vote, although lhe
had been IN the county only few Gay
The Kinston Free Press also says that
i ranorted that nearly one hundred negF
women were dressed in mems cloIhlhs
and having been registered under an al
suuaed name, voted. This. 1t is sad, We
done principally in Old,s township, an
the fact that this township gave betWee
fltvand seventy five Republican majori'i
whereas it has heretofore been giving on
between twenty five and forty majority
strongly confirmatory of the charge
THE Hillsboro Recorder has arranged
ticket for 1892 1t reads this way:
L. B. VANCE,
of North Carolina, for
PRESIDENT
JOHN G. CARLISLE,
of Kentucky, for
VICE-PRESIDENT.
In 1870 lust before the National Dem
cratic convention, when there was gre
uncertainty about who would be nomins
- gentleman dSkS0 s5t