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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

WINDSOR, \, c. Feb. p, 49,


Duncan c. Winston, Esq, died
erddenly at his residence, Of heart
disease, Friday evening and was
buried in the Episcopal church yard
Sunday morning. Mr. Winston was
we'll known throug hout North Caro-
lima as a learned and able lawyer, q
christian gentleman, good neighbor
and a kind friend. He was born and
reared in Franklin countV ana came
to this county when q small hoy to
1--we with his uncle, the late Hon.
Patrick Henry Winston and to 20 /"
school at the academy in this town.
In April, 1861, be had not reached
hi MAJ ri.v, ut he joined the fist
conpgny of volunteers that was
raised ir this county AMI served WITH
them until they we're dlshanded.
He then went to his native county to
visit his kindred, and in few days
ioined a company that was being
enlisted there and in few days he
was ordered to Virginia. In short
while he was elected as lieutenant ID
! a Berthe county company, though
not member of that company, and
served throughout the war with q
| short intermission when be was con-
fined in a federal prison. He was
twice wounded and carried the scars
| from his wounds until his death.
| After the war was ended be came to
tails county and was appointed clerk
Of the Superior court and held the
position several years. He obtained
bis license to practice law In 1866
sad has continued to practice ever
SAGE. In politics he hes always
been q de mocrat, but has taken 1t
mart 10 tho scramble for office. Only
twice has he been 3 candt
ldate fo- office. In 1870 he was 6
icAndidate for the ,sLeglslature and
vas 6efeated by Augustus Robbins
Ic0lored: and in 1874 be was candi
date for delegate to the constitutions
convention and defeated by the Hon
IF. G. Miller. He did not seek the
| nomination on either occasion, hu
accepted the trust st the earnest
solicitation of the democratic voters
OF BERTHE county.
He.was elected Mayor of Windsor
in 1870 and served one term. Ii
1867 be married a daue hter of Col
Richard Benbury Creecy, the adj,
ana talented editor of the Elzabetl
Cssy Econ0nliSt. He was the fathe
Of four children, all daughters. on
OF whom preceded him to the spir
md seventeen years ago. His cid
) est daughter, Mary Perkins. IN 1885,
married j. Thomas Nichols, 8 younI
merchant Of this place.
The death Of Mr.. Winston is
great loss to this community. II
was 9 loving aud faithful husban,
and kind and indu)gent father an
will be sadly missed in that hereave
household. His brethren of the la
will greatly miss hlm. There wa
= not more courteous LAWYER 10 hi
? lega! brethren Ia the state than Dur
! can Cameron Winston. There is n
one except his own family that wi
] mics him more or regret his untim,
' lv death more than the writer Of TIL
sketch. e For a long time there ha
/ hardly day gone by without you
correspondent visiting Mr.. Winston
c office or Mr.. Winston visiting hi!
u Mess. J. +. Moore. Of Williamson
i and W. ID. Pruden. OF Edentou, cam
Il over Saturday night to attend tn
a funeral. HUGH,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25
4 PLEA FOR HILL.

David b. Hill is seriously and
openly charged with~being demo
crat. TO TINS charge be and BIZ
friends plead guilty. This is very
infamous charge, and to be guilty
makes 1t more infamous still. To be
a democrat in the days of Jefferson.
Jackson ami Calhoun was both !aud-
able and honorable. In tbUse days
men were selected as lea0ers aud
for positions becapae they were dem
ocrats and able to lead snd win.
| Now, they are selected because tie,
are not democrats and because they
cannot LEAD successfully. There are
q great many people IL the democra'.
lc party who never desired the cue
cess of the party unless they or their
| personal friends could go in frort
and receive all the horors anG e
| moluments the party coald bestow. If
| any one believes that the Dugwump
desires the s"ccess Of the party rn>
| less it fol.uwe hts advice aud plac. =
him in the I'D, it is becaaee lie i a
novice in politics and has TO better
sense. A mugwump is cross be-
tween = sore headed, disappointed re-
publican uGt sDre-headed. dieap
pointed democrat, IN other words
he is composed of all the demorali
'zing, dlsiptegratIng, disorg anizjng
and distG hi0g elements Of both She
Republican add Democratic parties
He is mrgwump because be can't
be arytning else. He is tGu9wump
because he has been rejected anG re-
pudiated hy both the other partles
BY this class, by the enemies OF
the democratic party as organized by
jefferson. it is infamous to be called
a democrat ana more Infamous to he
a democrat And it is fact that
cannot be trnthfuIlv denied, hoth IS
to national and state affairs, the
Democratic party has sought for and
found inside it's orgarization ever
since the war, those to fill the posi-
tons Of honor a0d trust who were
known t. hc on the fence on public
questions, aud known to be ratt ei
negative persons who were not Of
fensive ard obnoxious to the Repub
licau party, it is now histories
fact shat the only President elected
and seated since 1853 by the demo,
cratic party denounced all jealous
and active members of the party, as
offensive partizans, and unworthy t.
hold office under democratic adj
ministrstlon, and put the sesl of con
demnation Of the party upon Their
foreheads. And for this and other
sufficient reasons the party pot it.
seal Of condemnation upon bin anC
rebudiated bin and his mugwumpIs 81
ideas il 1888 just So it will DO il
1892 If he is forced apon the party
or any of his kind.
Because David b. Hill is a full
grown democrat and measures NJ
to the dimensions Of q Jefferson Or 8
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

Hoods Hills Pills cure CONSTIPATION
by restoring the peristsltic action Of the
llmentary canal, They are the best
family cathartlc.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

W. II, Wilder, Mayor of Albany Ga.,
says he has suffered with Rheumatism
for fifteen years and in that time he
tried all the so-ca.led specifics but to
no purpose. His grandson, who was on
the B. Il W. Railroad finally got him
a bottle of p. P. P. The first bottle OF
z. p. p, showed It's remarkable effects.
and after using a short time the rheuma>
tism disappeared. and be writes he feels
like new man, and takes pleasure in
recommending it to Rheumatic sufferers
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

For females in delicate health. for
Indigestion and dyspepsia, take only
p. 2. ?. 1t is the best Spring Medicine
in the world.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

For rheumatism, Malaria and Syphilis
=. +. I. tR:ickly Ash, Poke Root and
Potassium is the best known remedy,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

II you feel weak and badly take P.
7. p, and you will regain your flesh
and strength.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

Syphilis, Scrotula, Blood Poison and
Rheumatism are cured by 2. P. P.
lPrickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas-
Sium).
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
TIE ELECTION.

The excitement Of last Mondays
election is past and business in all
its branches has resumed its nor
NAL condition. The returns from
all of the precincts in Benton
county are in and the official count
has been completed. In another
column we publish the official
table of the election returns which
shows that the democrats have
gained the victory as far as all Of
the county officers are concerned,
with the exception of 4. Fl. Belk-
nap, republican representative and
B. w. Wilson, clerk, although it
was a close race for the latter, who
at the expiration of this new term
will have filled the position OF
clerk of Benton county for thirty
successive years. The cause of the
republican defeat in this county is
solely due to political treachery
within the ranks of the republican
party and the more complete Or
ganization of the democratic party.
1t only required a glance at the
methods used by the democrats
here in Corvallis last Monday to
be convinced as to what the results
would be. The Australian ballot
system we think has come to stay
although it may be necessary for
the next Legislature to amend the
law in some respects. Numerous
mistakes were made in voting in
nearly all of the precincts in this
county, but as they were about
equally divided among both the
republican and democratic parties
they will make no material differ
ence in the results. The peoples
party cut some figure in some OF
the precincts of this county. At
Toledo the peoples party cast a
larger vote than both the demo
cratic and republican parties com
bined. In this district, Fullerton,
candidate for circuit judge, was
elected over Pipes by a majority
of over 300, and Condor, republi.
can candidate for prosecuting at.
torney, by a handsome majority
From the returns Of the different
counties the state is republican by
about 5000. Hermann, for con
gress in the first district is elected
by about 5000 majority, and Ellis
of the second district received
about $500 majority. The re
publicans have elected the entire
state ticket with the exception o
Webster for attorney general, wht
is yet in doubt. AS far as heart
from the peoples party polled ;
vote of 7,473, and the prohibition
lists, 1850.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
HORRIBLE DEATH SCENES.

TIrUsvILLE, Pa, June 6.-Horrible was
the scene which presented itself this morn.
ing when the sun rose over the eastern hills
and exposed mass Of Dlackened charred
timbers of what was once the homes oi
prosperous mechanics and merchants.
Ruin was complete. Not a vestage ol
what was few hours before prosperous
town remains to mark the enterprise of the
citizens, many OF whom lie beneath the
wreck. an unrecognizable charred bones and
flesh.
Terrible are the sights witnessed by the
rescuers. Whole families are being found
locked in each Others embrace, showing that
death visited them simultaneously.
The charred trunks and bloated bodies
being taken to the higher ground and laid
under temporary sheds to protect them fro
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
ALREADY American genius h;

ALREADY American genius has
begun to improve on the antiquat-
ed methods of tin plate manufac-
ture in vogue among Welsh
makers. A Philadelphia company
has in operation machine which
produces terne plates III con
tinuous roll. The blank steel
sheets are simply fed into a set of
rollers and they come ont at the
other end of the machine al
coated. polished and soldered into
a continuous sheet. Yhis is. how
the Yankee manufacturers are
going to give us cheaper tin and
terne plates than ever before, if
we only give them a little time.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
GOOD ROADS AS A GOSPEL.

There is no subject of local interest which
more vitality concerns tie people of Illinois
| than that of good roads. It would be diff.
| fcult to estimate the value of improved
| public highways to the farmers Of the state.
| If would be so great that their actual cost
would be insignificant by comparison.
| The present condition of the country
roads is amazing when we consider the pro
gress of civilization in other directions. 1t
is only in the matter of highways that the
people of Illinois have made no advance
| from the pioneer period. If improvements
in other respects had depended on better
| thoroughfares we would still be struggling
helplessly amid semi barbaric environments.
| As it is, the time has arrived when the
roads must be improved.
| The mao who will suggest method
| which is practical and is likely to be sue
cessful can make it succeed by a determined
and earnest advocacy of it. In order to
| accomplish his purpose it may be necessary
| for him to canvass the state and make pub
| lie addresses on the subject. 1t may even
be necessary for him to carry it into politics
| and if he is ambitious for office it is IN this
direction he will find his reward. What
| better platform could a candidate for gov
ernor desire than one which demanded bet
ter country roads?
Enough has been written and spoken on
the point that good roads are desirable.
What is now needed is for some one to pro.
pose feasible plan for obtaining them.
| Statesmen should consider this subject
Chicago Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10

SIMPLY because the editor of the
GAZETTE did not see fit to enter in
TO TRADE of personal abuse
against Judge Pipes as did the
editor of the Times, on grounds
that plainly showed the motive to
be purely of personal and NAL
icious nature, and in its efforts to
take all of the credit of Pipes de-
feat upon itself, that paper in its
last issue attempted to lead the
public to believe that the Oregon
Pacific railroad company had
something to do with the course
the GAZETTE pursued during the
campaign. He says, "not one
little word was spoken in favor OF
Hon. J. G. Fullerton" AS to the
falsity of this statement, all that is
necessary is to refer to the files oil
this paper. J. G. Fullerton's
name was kept as prominently
before the public as many of the
other republican candidates. AS
to the Oregon Pacific railroad COM
pany we state right here that
neither the company, any person
connected with it or any one else
has had one word to say or even
hinted at what policy the GAZETTE
should pursue against Judge
Pipes, or for J. G. Fullerton. Any
statement to the effect that the
GAZETTE has been controlled OF
Influenced in any way for the sup
port of Judge Pipes is false and
utterly without foundation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
The Fairhaven Herald says

The Fairhaven Herald says:
"Henry Watterson makes four
strong points against Cleveland's IS
candidacy. He believes that the
soldier element which was oppos-
ed to him before will be opposed
to him again i'll greater numbers;
that the silver element which was
opposed to him before would be
hostile to him now; that he would
lose large following in New
York state which he had before,
and that he could not be elected.
These are all good points and
many Democrats besides George
Hazard and d. H. Gilman are of
exactly the same opinion as Mr..
Watterson."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10

Now it is asserted that there are
no more than $4,000 legal voters
in Multnomah county, and that
this election proves it. Then there
are no more than 10000 inhabit-.
ants in Multnomah county, and
consolidated Portland hasn't much
over ,000.-Oregonian.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10

ONE Italian vessel is said to
have brought to this country 35O
tons Of bird seed, from Smyrna,
Asia Minor, at one recent ship
ment. Canaries must become
tired to contemplate the enormous
work of eating all that seed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10

The terrible affair in Titusville.
Pennsylvania, which equalled the
Johnstown. disaster with the ad-
ded horror of fire to water, will
cast a gloom over the country as
did the Johnstown flood. Such
disasters are simply appalling.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
DAY AFTER ELECTION.

the suns rays, and the list is increasing rap
idly.
It is now estimated that 500 persons were
drowned or burned 20 death.
The monetary loss is from 81, ,0OO, 600 to
81, Geo. 600.
The district covered by the food and fire
is about two miles square and includes rail-
roads, factories, refineries, dwellings, etc.
The weather is growing warm and the
charred flesh is beginning to pollute the
air.
The fire was caused by spark from a
locomotive.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10

The mechanical applications OF
electricity, it is said. brings en-
ployment to five million persons,
and the business is butij just in its
infancy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
There were lots of scratched
tickets voted last Monday.

LUGG1Na Uncle Sans mail
pouches around is no small mat
ter. The railroads get twenty-five
millions per year for their part
of it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
BLAINE RESIGNS,

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The fol-
lowing correspondence explains
itself:
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10
The Corvallis carriage

The Corvallis carriage and
wagon factory is a success. Salem
should go for more manufacturing
concerns-and get them.-States-
men. You are right the carriage
factory will not only be great
institution for Corvallis but for
ke entire state.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-10

To the President: | respect
fully beg leave to submit my res
ignation of the Office of secretary
of state of the United States, to
which l was appointed by you on
the 5th of March, 1889. The con-
dition of public business in the de-
partment of state justifies my re-
questing that my resignation may
be accepted Immediately. Ihave
the honor to be, very respectfully.
your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
ACCEPTANCE BY THE PRESIDENT.
A short time after the receipt
of the above at the White House,
President Harrison sent the fol-
lowing to Mr.. Blame:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 4, '92.
10 Secretary of State: Your
letter of this date, rendering your
resignation of the Office of secre-
tary of state of the United States,
has been received. The terms in
which you state your desires are
such as to leave me no choice but
to accede to your wish at once.
Your resignation is therefore &C
cepted. Very respectfully yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
10 Hon. James G. Blaine.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Blaine's S
letter of resignation was taken to
the White House by the private
secretary, who placed it in the
hands of the president about 1
O'Clock. Soon after reading it the
President descended to the East
room and had the usual Saturday
afternoon reception. Two hun.
dred people were present, but
none who as he shook the presi-
dents hand, could have told from
his cool and collected manner
that anything unusual had hap
pened. Indeed the president
seemed to better advantage than
usual, and made felicitous replies
to greetings Of visitors. After the
reception the president returned
to the library, addressed a letter
to Blaine, accepting the resigna-
ton, and gave it to Private Sec.
retary Halford, with instructions
to deliver it at once. Halford
took it to Blaine's house, and
lplaced it in his hands. This is the
whole of the transaction.
A representative of the Asso-
ciated Press called at Blaine's
residence shortly after the cor
respondence was made public, and
asked him to supplement it with
an explanation. Blaine smilingly
but deliberately replied: sThe
correspondence explains itself, and
l have not a word to add to it,
The president was next called
upon and asked if he was willing
to say anything regarding the cor.
respondence. His response
though courteous, was equally EN-.
Iphatic. He said, s.Nothing what.
lever"
The president and Blaine were
seemingly in good spirits, and
each declined to talk upon the
event of the day or its effect
turned the conversation to other
topics, with marked composure
Blaine's appearance and manner
lwere especially noticeable, as in.
fdicative of a feeling of relief and
satisfaction which made him buoy
antly cheerful.
Secretary Foster showed no ex.
citement over the news of Blaine's
resignation. and declined posi-
|tively to say anything at present
regarding the political situation
Attorney General Miller and Sec
retary Noble also declined to be
interviewed on the subject. It is
understood that the usual reti
icence of officers of the govern
ment is due to a suggestion from
1.-THE president that he preferred
that federal officers avoid com
ment on the subject.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-23
THE FEATHER-DUSTER.
1t Has a Place in Both Chinese Histor,
and Poetry.

HI HAS race In Both thlnese History
| and Poetry.
There is perhaps nothing for which
an educated Chinese feels keener ap.
| probation than for what is called a
ku-tien, or historical allusion, in what
ever shape it may present itself. One
of the commonest objects in Chinese
houses is the feather-brush. This hard
~ ornamental article has HISTORIAN
ancestry-which imparts peculiar val
/ he to it to the Chinese mind There
was time when the feather brush had
not been put to the base use of imper-
fectly busting furniture. 1t bore an
honorable part in the ancient chivalry
of the country, being a recognized
standard for the mastering Of soldiers
to battle.
An allusion is made to Il in the
writings of Chuang-tzu, an historian,
who tells Us that when the great militia
~ leader, Sun, standing on an eminence
which overlooked the plain, waved on
high his plume of feathers, the men of
the state of Ting rushed with one &C.
cord into the field in battle array
There is something strange in the
fact of this honorable instrument hav-
been disgraced from the battlefield to
the boudoir, but the poets of China
view the matter in quite a different
way. 1t appears that once certain
empress first laid her fair hand upon
this emblem of war. and appropriated
it for her own use. receiving much praise
at the time from the court verse max
erS
But aside from all poetic sentiment,
the fact seems TO be that the empress
wanted something to switch away the
insects which infested her apartments.
Then il became fashionable article Of
use and ornament, and lively trade in
the feather brush sprung up, fostered
by the government Il was made gener-
ally OF actual feathers, and was used
for dusting furniture.
Other sorts. however, were made Of
IN the hands of sick persons, 70 wave
about and prevent gnats and mosquitoes
from annoying them as they lay IN bed.
II IS even possible 20 see people At the
present day walking about their apart
ments and switching one Of these
brushes to the right and left az their
minute assailants. 4 traveller in China
tells Us Of a certain Buddhist priest who
was seldom seen without a bright green
horse-tail which he used to keep of the
flies Indeed, the graceful waving and
manipulation OF the feather-brush or
horse-tan Is cultivated rs an art in
China
The teather-duster has also been made
use Of By Chinese writers 10 point q
.An-L az aAxAxzl occAxsona. Such anhox-