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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Cheap Text Books VS.. Dear Text Books.

Cheap Text Books VS.. Dear Text Books.
The Journal reports State Supt. LAFOL-
LETTE as saying that the new text books
will throw out of our schools between
100000 and 100000 worth of school
books" that in the common schools of
Indiana there are about 81 100000 worth
Of school books"
We believe the Journal misrepresents
Mr.. LAFoILETTE. We are very certain he
made no such statement.
We have before us a circular dated
April II, 1889, and signed VAN ANTWERP,
BRAGG * Co. in which they say:
1t has been proved in many ways that at no
time and in no single year have the whole
people of Indiana paid out so much money rs
100000 for the entire supply of common
school books.
And again:
We have before us a carefully prepared table
OF all the books sold by us to the people of In
the dealers, dates of invoices and amounts of
books ordered each time, and the whole
amounts TO S97, 957. This is actually the sum
of all the books sold in the state by us during
the year, and this amount fairly represents the
entire consumption by all the schools of In
ing that year. From the large proportion of
books OF our own publication used in the state,
you will readily see that the above calculation,
viz, 100000, as the total amount paid by the
parents for all the common school books used,
is q very liberal estimate.
Taking this very liberal estimate" of
VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & Co. and it will be
seen that it would require the entire pur-
chases Of five years-every book, and in
as good condition as when purchased-to
make an aggregate value of 100000 at
the present time.
If the people of Indiana have eleven
hundred thousand dollars worth of school
books in their possession, VAN ANTWERP,
BRAGG & Co. lied scandalously in the cir
cular from which we have quoted. In
fact, in that very circular, they only esti-
mated the value of the school books in the
hands of the people of Indiana at $500, 600.
The books now in use WILL we presume,
be discarded as fast as the pupils are
prepared to pass into other grades.
Then they will require new books,
as they would require them if the old sys-
tenn were not in force. The single differ
ence will be that these books will only
cost about as half as much as they would
cost if there were no law and no contract.
Very few parents, we imagine, will con-
slider this hardship.
The trust will try hard TO convince the
people that a great loss will be involved
in making the change from the high
priced ring books to the low-priced Indi-
ana books. But until the people are
ready to believe that black is white, or
that two and two do not make four, they
will scarcely be persuaded into figuring
that they lose by reduction Of their ex-
penses.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Religious instruction in Public Schools

Religious instruction in Public Schools
Public Opinion contains an interesting
symposium" on the question OF Gre
ligious instruction in the Public Schools "
The contributors are Cardinal GIBBONS of
the catholic church; the Rev. VI. J.
SAVAGE. the Liberal" divine OF Boston /;
the Rev. Or. THOMAS HILL, ex-president
of Harvard college, and Prof. ". T. HAR-
Rs. an eminent educator and editor of
the Journal OF Speculative Philosophy
Cardinal GIBBoNs insists that an educa-
ton which neglects moral and religious
training is at best imperfect and defective.
Children must receive a religious training
81 well as a secular education. These can
not ne divorced without fatal wound to
the soul. The Sunday-school is not suffi-
Gent to supply the religious wants
OF children. Religious and secular
instruction can be successfully
combined in denOminational schools. but
for public schools, attended by Christians
OF all denominations, OF Jews, and of non
believers, the problem is a grave one, 'be-
set with difficulties, and very hard to be
solved"
This Is the catholic view, very temper
stely and clearly expressed. As Cardinal
GTBBoNs says, the problem of uniting re-
ligious and secular instruction in the pub
lie schools is Every hard TO be solved"
Perhaps he would not have put it too
strongly if he had said that it is not sus-
ceptible OF complete solution. DIR. SAVAGE
very truly SAYS that lin the case Of those
who believe that the salvation of their
children's souls is at stake, there cannot
be a more odious tyranny than to compel
them to submit to a teaching that, to their
minds, entails such terrible consequences.
And IN the case of those who do not
believe that the endless welfare of their
children is at stake, compelling them to
submit to the teaching Of a religion they
don't believe, is a waste of time, and sub
lects them 70 the influence Of what is re-
garded as hurtful superstitions." Relig.
ions instruction can scarcely be given in
public schools which viii not be distaste-
ful TO a considerable element of those who
are taxed to support such schools and
whose children are entitled to their adj
vantages.
Yet the republic cannot be perpetuated
unless education and intelligence are
widely diffused. This can only be accom-
plished through the agency of the state.
It cannot safely be left altogether to sec
tartan or private agencies. A system of
free public schools is an essential adjunct
10 a free government. DR.. HARRIS, we
think, is wise in declaring that "re-
ligious instruction in the school is mex
pedient, on the ground that they are for
al citizens, whatever their religious be-
B4i or no belief" And d.. SAVAGE again
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

THE school-book contractors, who have
undertaken to furnish irst-class books at
about half the prices now charged, will
probably realize very modest profits out of
the undertaking. But, whatever the profits
are, they will be kept at home. 1t will be
a good thing for the state to check the
drain upon its resources which the ex-
actions of foreign publishers have been
making for many years past.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

In removing democratic officials Presi-
dent HARRISON uses scsnt courtesy. The
following is specimen of one of his
notices of dismissal:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 6, 1889.
You are hereby removed from the Office of
collector of customs for the district of George
town, in the District of Columbia
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
To this the recipient, Mr.. r. L. Crop
LEY, responded:
This rather abrupt communication from the
president of the United States has no super
fluffy of courtesy, either in form substance
While you had the power TO remove me by a
scratch of the pen, il might have been ex-
pected to be done more in accordance with
customary form and spirit of correspondence
between public officials and gentlemen, apart
from the TACT that some reason might have
been given for my removal from Office year
before the expiration Of my commission. One
reads your communication through from date
line to signature without finding a word TO in
dictate whether it is addressed to man or a
horse.
This corresr ondence moves the Pitts
burg Post to remark that 1.-The prerogative
Of being discourteous, we presume, ap-
pertains to all the blood of all the HARRI-
SONS"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
ANXIOUS to See Him Hung.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 13.-Charles Writ,
colored. was hanged to-day at Somerville, Fay
cite county, Tennessee, for the murder of
Evaline Hester on the oath of December last.
Writ was jealous of the woman and meeting
her in the company of a rival he shot her dead.
The scafiold was erected in a creek bottom
near the town, which, owing to heavy rains,
was nearly a foot deep in water. The crowd
stood in the water for hours and pressed so
close that a military company with fixed bayo-
nets was employed to keep them back. Wirts
neck was broken by the fall
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

THINGS are going from bad to worse in
the pension bureau. off a democratic
examiner dares toreport claim adversely
he is summarily Tipped arepublican
examiner hesitates about granting claim
Immediately, especially if it is one of
LEMONS cases, he is degraded from the
chieftainship of the bureau TO a mere
clerkship." Applications that have been
dragging along in the regular routine way
for year or more are neglected, while
those with influence back OF them are
crowded through. The wealthy Senator
MASDERsoS. whv has been on the pension
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Another D,sreputable Chosen.

Hiram T. Leonard of LoganspoTt, the rene
gade greenbacker, who attempted to sell his
remnant to the republicans during the last
campaign, has been given his thirty pieces of
silver as per contract The president on Mon
day appointed him commercial agent at On
tario. Leonard is a politician of malodorous
record, and we hope he may remain faithful to
his new found master. He has long since been
spewed out by all other parties.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

roll for eight years, has his. rating in
creased and is paid $4,000 in arrearages,
while hundreds of poor and needy appli-
cants are kept waiting. 1t is certainly
scandalous condition of affairs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

RI. PARKER, Eminence; Ind: ~ Sullivan
and Kilrain never met in the ring before July
s. (2) In his fight with Patsy Cardiff at Min
neapolis in January, 1887, Sullivan broke his
right wrist IN the first round, but stayed with
Cardiff the remaining five roun dis, when the
fight was declared a draw.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

MuNcIE, July i3.-[Speclal. IA. S. Sweet, a
capitalist of Bangor, Me-, died at the Kirby
house last night. He was one of the eastern
land spectators, and came with forty other
comrades last Tuesday. His family has been
teleCraphed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

The school book trust is wasting it's
money on the Journal. That paper is with
out character or influence, 1t is as i'm
potent to prevent the text book contract
from being carried out as it was to pre-
vent it from being awarded. Every dollar
that the trust has paid the Journal might
as well have been thrown into the Ohio
river for all the good it has done the trust.
In fact, the Journals eager championship
of that greedy combination, and its attacks
upon Indiana gentlemen of repute who
have got in its way, have intensified, in
stead of allaying, the popular prejudice
against the trust, and strengthened the
popular determination to drive it out of
Indiana, ''bag and baggage"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

THE school-book trust is dead, so far as
Indiana is concerned. Nothing remains
but to bury it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

SCIENTISTS are awaiting with a good deal
of interest the total eclipse of the sun,
which will be visible on the west cost of
Africa Dec. 30 next. The Z. S. govern
ment will send out an expedition, for the
expenses of which congress appropriated
$1,000. The expedition will leave the
United States about Oct. l. After reach
ing Maxima, on the Quanza river, it will
divide into two parties, one of which will
be under the direction OF Prof. TODD of
Amherst college, and the other under
JOSEPH RUSSELL of Washington. who is an
expert in solar photography, and will be in
trusted with the dutyof obtaining photo
graphs of the eclipse in its various phases.
If the results anticipated from the obser-
vations of this expedition are realized, a
very sensible addition t. the worlds store
of astronomical knowledge will be made.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

WE are still of the opinion that the
school-book law is not wholly impractic-
able.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

WE really don't think the school-book
law can be pronounced failure.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
TERMS PER YEAR.

Single copy Invariably in Advanced -..-.-..-s1 90
Wessk democrats TO bear in mind and select their
own state paper when they come to take subscrip-
lions and make up clubs
Agents making mp clubs send for any information
desired Adde'S The INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
A rickiish oue.tion settled

lct. Joseph tazette,I
The title of "old maid" does not now attach
to 8 lady until she has passed her thirtieth
birthday.
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INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.

Entered at the PostOfhce st indianapolis as second
class matter
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
NOTICE.
To lard owners, mortgages ana al

o i2Eu ONDers, DoL AZ eTS AiN ~ [
whom It may concern.
I shall sell at courthouse door IN
Halifax on Monday the 9th day Of
May. 1859 the following tracts or
parcels or land upon which the lakes
are unpaid for the year 1888:
SCOTLAND Mex TOWNSHIP.
town lot listed b. Amos Anthony
taxes due as.
l06 acres OF land listed by }. II.
Baker residence so.
/ town lot listed By Tom Burt
10.
80! acres Bigss land listed by ",
(. Evans 3.47.
town lot listed by Lawrence
James sos.
1917 acre. residence listed by L.
l. Kitchin Iz.77.
town lots listed By s. B. k,schiH
lO.45
Fps acres residence listed br W
B Marks 6.67.
400 acres Camp land listed BY J.
A. Perry l4ls.
81 acres residence hste,l By Mile
Smith So4.
1874 acre. residence listed By Ben
Wsather.bse 200.
Is acres residence listed by Will
Whtmel
ny Will Whitmel 123.
10 acresSouther:and land LIST
ed by Will Whisnel
III acres residence listed ny ". +.
WhItnors 4 80.
AS acre. Baker land listed oy Jehu
4. White 2.O4.
III acres resldence listed by
Hover Webb O6.
/ town lot listed by J. c. WilIisms
2.75.
b.. ALLSBROOK, Sheriff.
per B. Z. Pope, Dept.
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP,
AL acres Play woods listed by Nick
Arlington Y.
$50 Near Hohgoods - Mrs. E
Bland Sc
1905 Dawson tract ". D.
Braswell % IL.
175 Everett Q. B.
Everett Z 35.
l75 Mrs.
Elizabeth Everett SO.
, so "Piny woods " " ". C.
Harrell 74c
60 " Mrs.
TshItha Hopkins l 80
50 acres Piny woods listed br Ha: 4.
wood Harriss AZ.
500 acres Piny woods listed By r
+ L. Joyner 80.
l Town lot listed Fl, B. Moore 80.
1872 acres Piny woods Riddi>k
Moore 657.
l Town lot listed by J. 81, Mullen
20
= 125 acrts Piny woods listed by n
; c. White 5 II.
> PIG acres Piuy woods listed by
; Robt. Taylor 6.52
B. |. ALLSBROOK Sheriff,
per. B. F. Pope Dept.
RosENEATH TOWNSHIP.
80 acres PineyEoods listed BY r.
J. Afford taxes due 40
$50 acres Piney Gods listed by b.
+. BraLtley taxes due a.
2 6Sk acres Pineywoods listed by
, Asa Barnes taxes due Oh.
200 acres Deep creek listed by
kell Ednonds taxes due 4 81.
Is acres Pineywoods listed b.
Henry Hopkins taxes due 10.
$50 acres Deep creek listed By ".
7. Joynor taxes due Is 38.
70 acres Halifax road Lifted by
Mrs.Msrgarett Msdry taxes due 43e.
~ acres Cow Hall listed by Tton.
! as White taxes due 4Sc.
! B. l. ALLSBROOK, Sheriff
. per B. +. PoPE, Dept.
CoNoCoNARY TOWNSHIP.
rs acres residenc ii&ted by J. T.
Btach taxes due / 06.
$50 acres Davis place listed by
Thomas +. Davis taxes due 4 Is.
1870 acres Davis place listed BY
J. II. DAVIS, Agt taxes due 3.22.
1sS acres Davis place lated by
&c. w. Howell taxes due 5.22
III acres piney woods listed by J
D Lewis taxes due / 40.
290 acres CoaoconAry listed By B.
81. Moore taxes das 4 40.
v 116 acres Rasnerry place listed by
J. ID. Mavphy
$50 acres Pineywoods listed 6.l7
' by J. d. Murphy.
h $50 acrcs residence listed by S. A
". Richards 80.
1SI acres residence listed by Rob,
Rcfe 20,
Is acres residence listed by C P
}. TIylery 6 80,
b. ALLSBROOK, Sheriff
per Eli. c. BIGGs, Dept.
ENFIELD TOWNSHIP.
! Brinkley Duke. so acr.s Brad
! shaw land %.
Browning T. B Jr, 184 aclesRock,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
March 81

From our regular correspondsnt.j
Washington, April LIST 1889.
Have Harrison and Blaine any
influence with the Republican Sen
ate;
If so, how much? Since the
Senate, bv the very decisive vote OF
20 to 10, rejected the nomination OF
M1rat HaIste~d editor Of the Gin
cinnatti Commercial Gazette, to be
minister to Germany. these ques-
tions have been asked on every
hand and many answers have beeu
given. 1t is well known here that
Harrison and Blaiae took occasion
to inform every Republican Sena-
tor that they were very deeply in
tcrested in Halls. cad's confirmation
and yet the Senate voted against
his confirmation, only niueteen
favOriDg it, and two of them were
Democrats MessIs Blackburn and
Call.
The surpri. c created by the nom
nation Of Robert Lincoln to be
Minister to ENGLAND has not yet
died out. and Republican applicants
for the big appointments still open
are anxiously inquiring if the Car
field boys want anything, because
if they do there is no reason after
the Fred Grant and Lincoln ap-
polntments why they should not
get it.
The Senate will adjourn this
week, and President Harrison will
be very glad to see them go away
as he has few more appointments
OIL the Halstead order to make, and
does not banker after other reiec-
tons at pres
Some very bad news was official
ly received here on Saturday after
noon. On the 18th. OF March a
hurricane completely destroyed the
United Statea war VESTS Trenton
and Vandalia and drove the Nirsi"
upon s coral reef IN the harbor OF
Apia one OF the Samoan islands.
And to adj To the disaster 40 lives
were lost, among thea Captain
Schoonmaker, who VAS In command
of the VandallS. Two German WAT
ships were lost with cnc huRdred
men at the same time. The Tren,
ton and Wand ala were among the
best wooden ships IN our little Ma,
Wy and their loss will be severely
felt. The Cablesram from Admiral
Kimberly Says thei have hope. OF
being able to save the Nip.lc.
1t Is said that Gen. jos: pl +.
johnson, Commissioned or Rail
roads, will not be removed by the
new administration, owing to a f.
quest fromGen. Sherman asking fol
his retention.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
NOTICE.

~NAJ~N
J. r. r, RICHARDS. AID
ministrstor Of Alice f d. Before the
Pierce, Plaintiff. Clerk Super
VS.. ! iOr Court Of
W. A. Richards, 6. A. Halifax coun-
w Richards and l.. Q. ty.
Richards, Defen dAnts.
By virtue Of an order OF the Clerk Of
the Superior Court Of Halifax county,
made In the .boye entitled cause on the
Alb Of February A. d. 1889, shall on
9Th day Of April, 1889, proceed to sell al
the Courthouse door IN the town OF Hall
fax, N. c., to the highest bidder, the fol>
lowing described real estate of my in
testate lying and beng situate Ill Halifax
county in the State Of North Carolina.
bounded by the lands Of T. l.. Emry and
I. L. Green on the North l.. d. Richards,
W. A. Richards on ;he West. VI. Purnell
on the South and 8. A. w. Richards on
the East also other lands Of nv interstate
and described in the compliant AZ go
acres more or less lying on the South
aide Of the road leading to Pierce'E
church frera Halifax bsing all that re-
mains Of her estate on that side OF said
road, also 40 acres lying on the Western
end Of the remainder OF her laEd to be
cut OF by North and south line" run
ming from above mentioned road TO
Emry's and Green's line At the wamp or
creek.
TERMS cash, balance on Six and
twelve months time with & per cent inter
est on deferred payments. Title retained
until purchase money il paid in full.
j. X. K. RICHARDS,
Administrator.
ny EDWARD T. CLARK, his attorney.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
They are necessary

against them. They are necessary
factors IN the community. and large
~ compose our best citizenship ana
are indispensable TO society. Ire
time has come In the history OF our
infant alliance organization, in THIS
State, for members Of the order to
cease their opposition 70 lawyers and
merchants in bestowlng patronage.
or in making Nominations for oihte.
The alliance will 90 down III It seeks
TO keep up it's vitality and power bJ
q crusade against lawyers and mer-
chants, OF refuses 10 nominate met
for position unless they are alliance
men. The principles Of it and Its
purposes are libsral,jast, progressive
and we must he broad susg.d, and
elevated IN our views and efforts il
We expect TO succeed. The alliance
will be in North Carolina just what
its sixty -four thousand member
make It. II it allows politicians,
office-seekers. imprudsn.. designing
men 10 lead it. or 10 perSert its &c
BILE Purposes its day or asefslasss
will be over and it will decay and 60
down. A MEMBER.
March Oath 1890
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
An Imperative ,Nccc.sity

What pure sir is to an unhealthy local
ity, what spring cleaning is 30 the nea:
housekeeper, 80 il Hoods SarsapariIla t.
everybody, st this season The bod,
needs 20 be thoroughly renovated, tht
blood purified and vitalized, the germ,
of disease destroyed. Scrpfula, Sal
Rheurn, and all other blood disorders ar.
cured by Hoods Sarsapa: lila, the mos
popular and succc sful spring meIicine.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
CUBAN CORN : !
TWO CROPS A AR.

Having selected with care Tic see4 o..
the Cuban Corn from the earlles: ard
most prolific stalks, | otEer the corn IS
the earliest Of it's size | ever saw. /
made on the sane land two crops IA''
year. Having already orders for =; OT
the bushel, would advise al who van Il
to order at once. Will sell and ship 20 a"Y
point at 81 90 per gallon &. o. ID.
Also | have / 900 white cabbsg". CO.
lard and cabbage plants now ready i.f
setting.
3l4 If. BENNETT 4 LL>BNJDN'
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
WE G. IAN AND DO

Guarantee Acker's Flood Elixir for it has
been fully demonstrated to the people OF
this country that 1t is superior to all 9TH
or preparations for blood diseases. 1t is
a positive Gu for syphi'nic poisoning
Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. 1t purl.
fies the whole system and thoroughly
builds up the constitution.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
Fremont Institute,
FREMONT. y. G,

Work thorough; Course of Stud,
Practical; Growth Healthful anG
Steady.
An Optional Military Feature
Added
Board and Tuition very moderate.
Next Session opens JAN. z, 1887
Write for catalogue and Particulars.
w. H. HAND,
Principal.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
COMMISSIONERS SALE Of REAL ES:
TATE IN ENFIELD, n. c.

py virtue of q decree Issuing from the
- Superior Court of Halifax county at
January Term 1889 In cause therein
pending, entitled "W H Day, Executor
Of E. d. Browning against Isaac Hover
ton and wife and Nathaniel Dunn" we
vii sell for CASH il. t.e town Of Ems
field, n. c., CD Monday, nay 9Th, 1889.
that lot Of land in said town on the West
or South side Of the W. / W. R. r Go.
between the Masonic lodge lot and tie
lot OF Wright HAYES, formerly occupied
by said Howerton as residence and
containing one hundred and thirty square
Yards. DAVID BELL,
March 80, 1889. K. RANSOM,
Il It. Commissioners.