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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
COME 10 TX KALEIG Il AND PRESS
YOUR CLAIMS.
Especial Cor. to STATE CrRovtcrE

Especial Cor to STATE CHRONICLE
On THE ROAD, Dec -. 1SSS-Vnder
date of Dee. 10th, Mr. Fenton takes me TO
task for my recent art Gle in regard TO the
proposed convention oI Confederate Pen
sioners" to be held Il. Raleigh, .Ianuarv
22nd, 1889. At the time that communi-
cation was written | was under the i'm
preston that only those who are receiving
pensions from the State were expected to
attend the convention and, knowing how
thoroughly manned "a good old reb'' had
to be before he could succeed in getting
or lone dependent pension list" / i'm
medlately concluded It would be next to
s.crllge to drag these poor old heroes to
Raleigh, and further, l believed it would
be far better to give them, pro-rata, the
cost of holding such convention and
through petitions seek to properly impress
the Legislature with the necessities Of their
condition and trust 10 the honor 0f our
law makers to sustain the honor OF the
State 10y doing for them NOW what should
have been done years ago. vt the time
the present pension law was passed told
members Of the Legislature il was poor
and insignificant recognition of the SER
wees OF the men it sought to aid, and that
1t would not give fifteen dollars q year to
those who would be accorded recognition
under it. How true my prediction wa
time has shown, and how ut Ply indiner-
ent succeeding Legislatures ! ave been to
the claims of North Carolil IS manned
heroes, time has also shown il a light thai
should bring the blush of same to the
face Of every man who has e. er held posi-
tions in North Carolina throu n votes Sc
cured by appeals to Old conn tdes for sup
port. The soldiers have bee, true to the
politicians, but it cannot he 1ithfully said
the politicians have been trj8 TO the sol
ders of North Carolina.
Mr. Fenton says eve arc 20 meet ia
convention for the purpose IF bettering
our condition, but we have other purpOses
in view also. We wish to re all the years
that have passed and left us Id men. We
wish to talk over our battles and show TO
| the rising generation what their fathers
did in cause, though lost, We deemed
right.
For such a convention to meet in Raj
eigh or anywhere else in North Carolina,
all true old soldiers must have sincere
desire, and that good will come of its
meeting no one will doubt and it Is to be
hoped that every pensoner who is able to
come will do so for this may be the last
time he will have an opportunity of see
ing comrades who will be there.
The meeting of veterans who are strong
in purpose and determined to demand
tnat justice DC done the manned heroes Of
the State Gheir comrades NOW in distress
and want cannot fail to leave all emo
bling impress on the men to whom this
cry for help in the hour of need, is made,
and may every success attend the steps of
these men who will meet for purpose
which all true men viii be rejoiced to see
accomplished and TO which | believe
Heaven will add is greatest blessing.
B. F. W
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OF that memorable trial and to hear the
evidence OF every witness and the arpu
Ihet'S OF ali the able counsel. Hon. "
L. saunders Vas clerk of the Senate (which
was tne court of impeachment and we
Me1V lhe assistant clerk And now. after
Tue lapse OF eighteen years, when the mas
SONS ana preJudiees which NAV have then
oeen excited have subsidized. We still tbink
that the respondent in that famous trial
was justly convicted
That High Court of Impeachment was .
notable oody. The presiding officer was
Chief Justice Richmond NJ. PEARSON. and
the court was the ablest Senate that orr
State has had since the war Among its
members were judges L. j. Warren. John
a. Glmer and James II. Merriman: Con
gressmen L. G.. Latham, w. NJ. Robbins
Z. W. McClammy and c. II. Bropden. ana
such distinguished gentlemen as Dr. j. Nj.
Worth, Maj. John VI. Graham. Gen. i.
J. Dargan, Col. Ham G. Jones and j
Turner Morehead. The lawyers employed
on each side were the abls st in the state
For the prosecution were Ex-Goyernors
Bragg and Graham and Judge Merriman.
and for the defense We're the present Chief
) ustlce W. n. ii. Smith, Judge Boyden.
Edward Conigland, G. Badger ana
- McCorkle. This trial lasted FORTY
four days. There we eight articles Of
impeachment, and tn respondent waa
convicted on six of them. On one o.
these articles four of the thirteen Republi-
can senators voted gui ", and Oh another
i've OF them voted guilty. so that En-
Gov. Holden was convicted by Republi-
cans as well as Democrats - Chatham
Ipanarf
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pOSSC vi AND TATERS.

An exchange says it is aiways safe 70
spank a boy on general principles. That
would suit the boy much better than to
be spanked in the usual way
Consider the chickens, my son; study
their ways and be wise. Whenever they
take to drinking, their bills 90 mp; and,
by keeping their bills down, they find
enough to eat.
We asked last week We're the road
overseers dead. Our friend A. J. Mcbride
says if they are they are certainly not
buried in the road, as he sees no fresh dirt
thrown up Watauga Democrat.
Correspondence of the Dixie optic, Of
jefferson, Ashe county says: Business is on
a boom. MIR Luby Lunsford has purchas-
ed three calves for whieh he paid f33.
That's right, let some OF the rest make r
break; the money need to be alioat.
John Adams, living N Harnett couu-
ty, has plowed Y summers in succession
and never took dose Of medicine in his
life. He is strong, healthy and able to
plow another summer. de has q SOD who
has little shoat and the lowest guess Oh
his weight is 800 pounds Wilson Ad-
vance.
"A husband in one of the western coun-
ties, whose wife has contributed eleven
daughters t. the sum Of his domestic trou-
bles and perpleXites, has named tie last
one Omega, in the hope, we presume, that
it will be the last one in the cruel alpha
bet Of an unfortunate and prolific genera
ton.
An editor in a Colorado town lag dy-
ing; the doctor placed his car to the ps-
TENTS heart "Poor fellow, circulation
almost gone" The editor raised himself
and gasped: "Tis false We have tho
largest circulation of any paper in tho
county," and sank back IN the arms of
! death perfectly satisfied.
Some Of our Republican friends seefs-
ed to be inclined to criticise Sheriff Hos-
kins for appointing q Democrat as crier Of
tho court. We didn't like it much 1T frs.
but when we consider that al this PARTON.
lar time Democrat feels just like cryine
and crying loud at that-we think, per
haps, the Sheriff mado a judicious seIec
tion.-tGreensboro North State Rep).
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A Scrap OF Paper Saves Her life.

in the last stages of consumption, told by
physicians that she was incurab!e and
could live only short time; she weighed
less than seventy pounds. On piece of
wrapping paper she read of Or. Kings
New Discovery, and got a sample bottle;
it helped her, she bought large bottle, it
helped her more, bought another and grew
better fast, continued its use and is now
strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing
40 pounds. For further particulars send
stamp 10 y. Il. Cole, Druggist, Fort Smith.
Trial bottles of this wonderful Discovery
free at Lee, johnson & Co.'S. drugstore.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
The Voice of Burke County.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.l

BURKE Co, n. c., Dec 24.-It has been
reported that the people Of our county are
highly in favor of Mr.. Tom Vance FOR
Reading Clerk of the House of Represen-
tatives. We do like Mr.. Tom Vance, and
think he would make good Clerk, but
the people of Burke county are III favor Of
the man getting the office that deserves it,
and we think Mr. Richard \. Hackett, of
Wilkes county, is the man. Mr.. Hackett
is yonng lawyer Of high standing-is
graduate of the University of our State
is brilliant young Democrats highly
efficient in every way to execute the du
ties of the Office. Why do we say Mr..
Hackett deserves the ot1ic, Not only for
the things already mentioned, but because
he worked for more than month in Wilkes
and surrounding counties in the Demo-
cratic cause and for his country's good.
We have but few honors to give to the
voters of our grand Old North State, and
is it just to give more than ones share to
one person, when others are as deserving?
Hurrah for Mr.. Hackett.
A NO9ER
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SHALL WE HAVE A RAILROAD
COMMISSION
The Fight to be Open. Says Our Cores
pondent, in the Election of Speaker of


Especial Cor of STATE CHRONICLE
The sentiment Of the people Of North
Carolina is overwhelmingly in favor of a
Railroad Commission. The railroads know
it. They know how important it is to Sc
cure the Speakership of the, House, as
thereby they secure the appointment of
important committees, &c. Hence, they
are doing all in their power to defeat the
election Of that splendid gentleman, Mr.
A. Leazar, of Iredell They know that be
is and always has been in favor Of Com
mission. 1t is known that he cannot be
bribed nor intimidated. 1t is known that
he is against combines, trusts and cOnspir-
acies. and that he is a fearless friend of
the people.
| See that Mr. Sutton is now a candi-
date. We want to know if Mr.. Sutton has
changed his views on this question since
the last session OF the legislature? Mr.. NJ.
L. Carter is also candidate, and how does
ne stand2
These questions should be answered.
The people will expect their representa-
tiyes to plant themselves squarely IN favor
of a Commission, and they will not be sat
isfed if the railroads are allowed to gobbie
I'D this position which will have such an
important bearing on this question. Let
the representatives, and let the people
know that Mr.. Leazar is in favor Of
Railroad Commission and let it be known
further that the roads will do all i'll their
pover to defeat him. Mr.. Leazar is en-
phatically THE PEOPLES MAN. AS the mat
ter now stands vote against Mr.. Leazar
is a vote ia favor of the railroads. The
roads have made the issue and the people
will watch the vote closely and with inter
est. Let every man in the Legislature
| measure well his steps in this matter.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
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VOL. XVIII.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERSHIP.
From Asheville Citizen.

From Asheville Citizen.l
MIR A Leazar, OF lredell, is prom nent-
ly named as a candidate for the Spe iker-
ship Of the House. He has excellent
qualifications for the position by familiar
ity with parliamentary law and practice
acquired by the experience of several ses-
slons. But in these he does not surpass
our own Melvin Carter, who NAV and
ought 10 also be put in nomination, Mr..
Carter's experience being as full as that
Of Mr.. Leazar. AS a legislator Mr.. Garter
IS not surpassed in ability, activity and
usefulness We say this much in justice
to him without purpose to antagonize
these gentlemen; for we will not permit
ourselves, SO far from the seat of action,
to engage IN or foment controversies be
tween respected gentlemen OF our own
party.
THE HIGHEST CoMPLIME> hat has been
paid 70 a North CaroliniaI in many days
has been paid to Mr.. J W Rumple, OF
Salisbury. Two weeks ago Harper's Week
ly published on its first page, poem from
Mr.. Rumple's pen entitled ''Gunner-Sec-
ton One To have a poem appear in the
most conspicuous place in the leading illus
trated weekly of America, with its one
hundred thousand readers, is an honor
that nothing except merit could win, and
one of which Mr.. Rumple ought to be
justly proud. 1t is likewise an honor
to the State, because, rich as we are in
many things, our State is poor in literary
talent. 1t is rare that North Carolina
author has the high honor accorded him
which Mr.. Rumple has won. On the fourth
page of to-day's CHRONICLE we publish the
poem, and we are sure that our readers
will read it with pleasure.
Mr.. Eumple is a young man, not yet
twenty-five years old He is a son Of Rev.
DR.. Rumple, the scholarly Presbyterian
divine, and the brother of Miss Linda
Rumple who has won merited reputation
for her skill as a pianist. Coming from Sc
talented family, the CHRONICLE looks for
other productions from the pen of Mr..
Rumple, and hopes and believes that this
honor is but an earnest of future honors
in store for him in the literary world.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

A United States Senator, to succeed
Gen. Mat W. Ransom will soon have to be
chosen. The list of candidates has become
somewhat abridged, and the active cam
paigners now comprise Gen. Ransom, Capt.
Sid Alexander, Hon. A NJ. Waddell aud
Ex-Gov. Jarvis, with the possibility of
Judge A. S. Merriman, Gen. W. r. Cox and
Hon. Joseph J. Davis. Out of this list
whoever is chosen, the State will be hap
PLY represented. At present, indications
point to Gen. Ransom, who, on account of
his long experience, his large acquaintance
and influence in Washington, will be likely
to succeed himself! News of oxford.
Capt. Alexander, the President of the
North Carolina Farmers Alliance, is de
cided favorite among the farmers IN this
section of North Carolina, and SO far as
we have learned, is the choice of Moore
county farmers for Senator RanSom's
place. Personally, Capt Alexander has
not the charms, and politically he is not
as shrewd as Ransom, but he Is surely an
intelligent and honest representative Of
that class Of men who compose the great
bulk of the Democratic party in the State,
and that class of men are in luck this year
il the observation-disclosures Express.
-
We near InaU LQGro W Ill De COnSlueFaDIt
opposition in some quarters to the re-eec-
ton of Senator Ransom. We cannot un-
derstand on what grounds opposition TO
him Is based, for he has served his people
faithfully and nobly. Few men in Wash
ington have more influence than he. He
has the respect of political opponents as
we'll as those of like faith. In these times
when the majority Of either party in both
Houses is so small as TO make both almost
a tie, a compact, disciplined and skilled
minority may be almost as potent as a
majority. In such times as that we can
not afford to trade Off tried statesman
for an untrled one, 10 matter how bril-
liant Elizabeth City News.
Some of our contemporaries seem to be
laboring under the impression that Capt.
Alexander will not permit his name TO be
used in connection with |. S. Senatorship,
except in the contingency OF sort of scub
race This, We are sure, is "a total mis-
representation of the situation, and IS, in
fact, not justified by anything Capt. Alex
ander has said. And, besides, it so hap
pens that Capt. Alexander is not eXclu-
sively his own property III this instance.
The people have an Interest, and 1t Is We'll
known that he is the choice OF uot only "a
large number OF people all over he State,
but the choice, the first choice Of many Of
the members elect to the Legislature, and
that choice will be made known at the
proper time and in way that Will not be
misunderstood. l. Mecklenburg Times.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

Mr. John Morgan, who lives near
Norwood, in Stanly county, has a COW
which gave birth to twin calves the night
before the late election. While this is a
rather unusual occurrence, a still more re-
markable fact was that one of them was
perfectly white while the other was coal
black. Mr. Morgan, who has great re-
spect for the eternal fitness of things, very
appropriately named the white one Fowle
and dubbed the black one Dockery.-
IWadesbOrO Messenger.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
THERE Is MUCH TALK of education

THERE Is MUCH TALK of ''educational
qualification" for voters. There are two
sides TO this question: Can the State con
~9,ently punish ignorance? Can il raise
tle ch.d ID ignorance and rob him Of the
ballot. would it n be wiser to open the
doors of the school house than to close the
ballot b0A1 Shall it curse them with inca
7aeiey in youth and stamp them w.sh the
badge Of inferiority III manhood Would
simply an educational qualification"
@-re to us honest voters2 II the ballo5 Is
clrr1pltl, WHO IS more - blame for it
-e intelligent. shrewd and unprincipled
manipu2aeor, or the poor ignorant voter
wlom he briaesz Should We not endeavor
to preserve the integrity Of the great mid
dlc-ciass, which IS and has been through
alI the ages, the conservator Of civil liber
tyz Would it not be better to make every
man white or colored, rich or poor, high
or 'ow, who, by his vote helps to shape the
government, HELP SUPPORT ITl- 1 LProgres-
s.vr Farmer
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

Eupepsy.
A VOTER

This is what you ought to have, in fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thou
sands are searching for it daily, and
mourning because they find it not. Thou
sands upon thousands Of dollars are spent
annually by our people in the hope that
they may attain this boon. And vet it
may be had by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according 10 di-
rections and the use persisted in. will
bring you Good Digestion and oust the
demon Dyspepsia and install instead Eu-
pepsy. We recommend Electric Bitters
for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at $50c. and
$1.OO per bottle by Lee, johnson s. Co.
druggist.
'T .,us am I doubly armed-my death and
life,
My bane ,d antidote are both before me''
Whether TO sit alone suffering with neu-
ralgia
Or buy one bottle of Salvation Oil.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
VI MR. I.EAZAR FOR SPEAKER.
ISaliSbury WatchmaD

augustus Leazar, Esq of Iredell, will
be urged by his friends as Speaker of the
House in the next General Assembly of
the state Mr.. Leazar is in all points
worthy q the place, and we shall be
pleased if he gets it. There may be others
equally as meritorious with equal qualifi-
ee-.ons The people care mainly for the
t-.tnful performance OF the public bust
ness ana MT very much by whom it is per
rrIneC
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

-. The High Point Enterprise is against
Senator Ransom's s reelection and says that
either ex Gov. Jarvis CT Capt. Alexander
would fill the bill.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

All the keys of Windsor Castle were
recently stolen, but even this does not in
terfere with the rapid sale of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
SPRING RIDINGS.

The following is the allotment of the
Spring Ridings, 1889, of the Superior Court
Judges:
IEIontonN District Iudua Rnvkin
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

DURING VISIT TO the Registers office
recently We learned that the number of
liens upon crops under which the farmers
worked this year was very considerably
les than the number last year, while the
number Of real estate mortgages was great
y increased. This looks like credit is
getting poorer and instead of mortgage
upon the growing crop to get supplies, the
farmer mortgages lis land and home =
Greenyille Reflector
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N prosecuting matters concerning land
titles made by the Eastern band Of Chero-
KEGS in North Carolina
AdJHtanr General Jones has accepted
poslti ii "u lie Committee on Military Or
gal1.z;.tiurl for the coming inauguration.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28
FOR = Pc i II E II.
From Durham Recorder. ]

tlves. lie is one of the ablest lawyers IN
tle State as well as an experienced legis-
.aror. The people Of Durham owe q debt
OF gratitude for the manly fight he made
when the bill to establish the new county
ot Durham was before the Legislature.
He was among the ablest advocates OF that
r.lI. He Is known for his great ability
from tie mountains to the sea coast. The
Democrats cannot find better man for
speaker
COTTON MILLING pays. About five years
ago the Wilson Cotton Mills was built and
4 $40 900 debt incurred. The debt has
ben paid. and now dividend Of per
cent has been declared, says the Advance.
s. far as we have knowledge every cotton
mill ia the State is paying handsomely,
and some mill owners have made fortunes.
The dav must come, if the South is TO oe
progressive. when the bulk Of our cotton
CROP viii be manufactured where 1t is pro
IQced Wise capitalists see this and oulia
mills. Conservative capitalists, as the "Old
E9gies" are improperly called, continue TO
Ind their money at high rate Of interest
and to add dollar to dollar by what IS
known as ssthe grinding act" They would
have better claim to being good cltlzens
f they would invest some Of their money
n manufacturing and give employment 20
the unemployed And they would also
oa factors in building up the New South
in commercial and manufacturing great
ness.
THF CHRONICLE believes in Charlotte and
in me git up and git OF its people. 10
adopt the forcible language OF the Dur
ham Plant " hen it speaks of Durham, ,thd'
applying it TO Charlotte, we may say oi ~
Hit has not only git up and git III IT, out
IL IL gittin up and gittin. NO CITY ~
the state can show such enterprise tor 1885
- has marked the history of Charlotte this
wear AS an appropriate and complete
rounding up of its years glorious RECORD
it now proposes to hold, IN NoFemoei'
1889 an Exposition, and to invite oou'n
Carolina to ioin with it and have the Ex
position of the Carolinas. This IS grea'
scheme. 1t will require immense WORK te
acoonnlisb il. but Charlotte has the brain
the money, and the ''glt up ana git nec
asuarv and it will do-and do well-what
evar + undertakes The STATE CHRONICLE
cordially endorses the plan of its enterprls
ino sister town and we will be glad TO lene
all the assistance in our power toWaro'
making it great Exposltloh' cfeoi'"oi'
to the entire Commonwealth.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-12-28

The Henderson Gold Leaf is seven wears
al5 Il j live local newspaper and has
~lrscd earnestly for the upbuilding Of
Henderson and all It's interests The
>HRoNIcLE has warm place in its heart
Tor Mr.. Thad. r. Manning, editor of the
cold Leaf, and it congratu.ates him upon
he happy completion of the seventh year
Nay he live to number seventy times
1, ven,
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NrGAKING OF THE FACT that Mr.. Angus
Leazar has been spoken of for Speaker,
-na Charlotte Democrat says:
Ha Is able and we'll qualified for the po-
oa and we hope he will make personal
cE.rtlanS in the matter. We do not believe
~. INNOCUOUS DESUETUDE.
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TIE EDITORS DESK.

CON TENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE
INT. ESFISt. THE PEOPLE
The chronicle Expresses Its Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
a. Interest NOW Before the People.
IT MIL soon be Governor" Fowle, and
l, 5 gong to make good one Win
1a Sentinel.
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We publish in another column the card
of Ex-Gov. ". ". Holden to the Legisla-
ture soon TO meet. He asks that body
to declare that he was actuated by good
motives in what he did during the Holden
Kirk war The letter is remarkable, not
to say very bold one Holden was i'm
Leached by the verdict of the highest
judicial tribunal in the State, and it would
be foolish piece Of business for the I.egis-
lature to take any action in the matter,
even if it desired to Concord Times.
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Hon. S. B. Alexander, of Mecklenburg,
is an educated man, an honest man, and
a man of and for the people. He is not q
self seeking politician. He would make
North Carolina an able, respected and
honored US. Senator. Why not elect him?
.[Salem Sentinel
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The Secretary of the Treasury has sent
to the Speaker of the House letter from
the Secretary of the Interior endorsing re-
commendations from the Indian Commis-
sioner and the Attorney General asking
that an item for an amount not exceeding
81, 500 to be inserted IN the Indian appro-
priation bill to pay for attorneys services