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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
PECULIARLY SAD.

1t is with much sorrow that
their friends and acquaintance
here have learned that since the
commencement at the University
of North Carolina i'll June, two of
its most popular graduates have
been cut off from lives of great
promise, and gone before the
faculty of Heaven for examina-
ton, where it is hoped they will
pass with like honors as was ac-
corded them at Chapel Hill.
J. w. Alsbrook, the winner cf
the Wiley Grey Medal for Ora
tory, and ]. c. Eller, the First
Honor" man, have both died
since they left their Alma Mater
in the full flush of young man.
hoods hope, and with the best
wishes Of all who knew them.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
G0dy's for August.

| Godey's Magazine for August
contains lots of entertaining read
ing for the summer time. Half a
dozen pieces of fiction in as many
keys give very readable variety
i'll that line, and something
stranger than fiction is told in
Albert L. Parkes' anecdotes of
Anna Bishop, i'll the series of
Great Singers o. this Country"
1t seems that priina donna was
ruder the control of NJ. Bochsa,
the harpist and musical director,
in much the same way that Tril-
by, the tone-deaf, was dominated
by Svengali in the story, and
there IS certainly reason to sup
pose that career suggested this
part of Du Maurier's novel. AMI
especially timely article is "Some
Armenian Notables," which gives
many unfamiliar and interesting
facts in regard to the ill-treated
nation of Asia Minor and its
greatest men and women. Light
and Sound on the Stage" tells
many Of the secrets of mechanical
effects i'll use the theatre, and the
illustrations help to make them
clear. For sale by T. J. Gattis
& Son.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
PRESIDENT oFU. N. G.

Prof. Chas. D. McIver, presi
dent Of the Normal School, hav,
ing recognized, as. we thought he
would, that it was a higher duty
to prepare the young women Of
the state for the practical pur-
poses Of life, than to be president
of the State University, has writ
ten a card declining to allow his
name to appear as an aspirant for
the latter position.
Professor Alderman, and other
prominent educators have been
mentioned as suitable successors
to DIR. Geo. I. Winston as the
head of North Cardinals great
and historic seat of learning; but
in the entire list mentioned, we
take it, that there is no man bet
ter qualified both in his literary
attainments and executive abili-
ty than Col. w. H. S. Burgwyri,
in whose make up these quail
ties are happily combined. 1t
may also be added to Col. Burg
wyn's credit, that while not a
martinez i'll any sense, he would
set a pace in method and dis
cipline sadly lacking in our high
er institutions. He is a graduate
of that institution, and has farth- |
er perfected himself in the Ian
guages, Belle settlers, and the
practical philosophy Of this age. |
1t is questionable whether he
would give up the lucrative posi- |
ton on which he now has a life
tenure to accept, but he is in
tensely North carolinian, and his
great love tor the University
might induce him to make some
to serve it.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

OK THE 2Sth Of this month the
commissioned officers of the
Third Regiment North Carolina
State Guard will meet here to
elect a successor to to Lieutenant
Colonel Hewlett, of Reidsville,
deceased. 1t is hoped that at
this meeting, apart from the elec-
ton of officers, something will be
done to put a little more enthu-
siasm in the regiment. Just now,
particularly in the home COM
pany, there appears to be a kind
of Indifference and absense of in
terest in the individual members
which may prove fatal to the or
yanization.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July rs.
In answer to call for Demo
Gratis who disapproyed ofthe plat
form adopted at the recent eon-
vention at Chicago, there was a
large and representative meeting
at the Opera House tonight.
After organization rules were
adopted indorsing the Demo
cratic State ticket and disapprov-
ing the Chicago platform for the
following reasons:
Because il does not enunciate
the true principles Of Democracy
favors the free coinage Of silver
at 10 to 1, and issue OF fai
money; declares an. intention to
pack the Supreme Court Of thl
United States to overturn decis
ions; exhibits a disposition to up
hold lawlessness BY prohibiting
the Presidents from protecting
United States mails and inter
state commerce; interfcres will
the right Of private contracts
looks toward the populistic doc
trine Of goyernmet control 0
railroads; and abandons tariff re
| form.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

Major J. w. Wilson, chairman
of the North Carolina Railroad
Commission last night contra
dicted the statement which has
appeared in the press to the effect
that the Commission would in-
terfere with the issuance of rates
proposed by the Seaboard Air
Line. He also emphatically de-
MED that any letter had been
written by the Commission to
President X. {. Hoffman or any
other official of the Seaboard by
the Commission or that any
order had been issued about it.
He said the Commission would
not interfere with the Seaboard's
rates so long as the long and
short haul clause was complied
with and no discrimination was
made in favor of other states.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
WHERE CUcKoos FALL DOWN.

The following misplaced and
untimely article appeared in the
Savannah Morning News re-
Gently:
Candidate Bryan went out
Of his way 70 make Q fling az
President Cleveland when, as
his first itterancs after receiy-
ing the nomination, he said that
If elected he would under no cir
cumstances become a candidate
for another term, There was no
occasion for any such declara1
ton. Nobody asked for such an
expression, aud nobody was ex-
pecting one. He took occasion
also To refer I'd Mr.. Cleveland
by name in connection with the
matter. Mr. Bryan should re-
member thatthe nomination has
placed him above using person
alities. or at least il should have
done 80 He will not make votes
for his ticket by attempting 70
bring the Pre- ident into disre-
pute.
To this untimely chirp the
washington Post. one OF the
most fair and impartial papers,
of national reputation pub
lished, replies as follows:
Now, how in the name Of
common sense can Mr.. Bryan
be accused of making a fling at
Mr. Cleveland when he declares
that, il elected, he will not
again he a candidate for the
Presidency Does he not, on
the contrary, pay Mr.. Cleveland
the compliment Of exact and
faithful imitation . Every one,
always excepting our dear little
feathered friends. remembers
that Mr.. Cleveland, Immediately
after his election in 1884, be-
walled the tendency of men
once chosen by the people TO
employ the power and inilenceI
thus conferred 70 continue them.
selves in office. Is it not true
that lie spoke Of this tendency
as one Of the most fruitful fac
tors of demoralization in our
politics.? Mr.. Bryan has simply
repeated Mr.. Cleveland. Why
should Mr.. Bryan, then, be de-
nonnced for saying that which,
said twelve years ago by Mr..
Cleveland, was received with
such applause and admiration !
We are rapidly reaching the
conviction that in the campaign
about TO open the cuekoos and
Mugwnmps will cut a very in
significant figure. No doubt
they have done much 10 raise
the issue now pending and TO
bring about the aligments uponn
which the bate will be fought
so bitterly. Like all mischief.
makers, however, they are OF
little avail in rectifying troubles
they have helped TO create.
They may have provoked the
. pilict, but real men will have
do the fighting.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
THE PENCIL PUsHERs.

The North Carolina press as
sociation limited number Of
them met, in Whining this week
in annul session.
The hot weather, change in
financial, and other conditions,
initiated against Q larger at
tendance.
While the people Of Whining
ton are among the most courtec
Gus. hospitable and generous to
be found anywhere, their fail.
ure TO come up to the standard
which has obtained on like occ
casions tile past ten years, has
made quite a number of the
press Indifferent about attend
ing at a place where SO little
disposition has been manifested
10 have them.
Winston, Greensboro, More
head, Durham, Hendersonville,
Charlotte, and other places
where the association has met,
have been profuse in their cour.
tesy.- Excursions, ,banquets, balls
&c, have been given them, not
that the press expected or de-
sired this trouble or expendi-
ture on their account-because
the reciprocation Of these kinds
nesses cost them much more
than their hotel fare would
have been, but because they
feared they might not be well
come guest-that they were
going on a forced in.
vitation.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
II. II. War.

BALTIMORE. Nd, July 16.-
The war between the Baltimore
Steam Packet Company and the
Seaboard Air Line on the one
side. and the Baltimore. Chesa.
peake & Richmond Steamboat
Company and the Southern
Railway Company on the other,
Is becoming hot. The latter
company recently puton a line
~ steamers between Baltimore
and Norfolk, invading the
steam Packet Company's (Old
Bay Line) exclusive territory.
Some light cuts in rates are also
alleged TO have been made.
Today the Steam Packet Com.
pany retaiiated. In connection
with It's ally, the Seaboard Ain
Line, Ii announced q sweeping
reduction in all rates, and ex.
teuding to all the principle
Southern cities. In addition g
the cut in rates, the Steam
| Packet Company will, begin
ming next Friday, run steamers
between Baltimore and Rich.
mond, Va, by way Of the Ches
apeake Bay and James river
| thereby invading the territor,
heretofore exclusively CONTROL
ed BY the Southern Railwa.
COMPANY.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
PRACTICAL rnlr.aSrHnorY.

The axiom that charity be.
gins at home" is as old as the
printers art, but il is not more
potent than the fact, that with
many of those who are able 70
dispense il, Il stays there Setting
back IN luxury, or ease at least
knowing no want--a stranger TO
the hunger aud suffering within
sound of their voice, aud IN the
al low Of church ediiiccs, many
VI / pose before the public as
iilanthropist would be put "a
hame BY their conscience and
helf respect were they 10 descend
from their higher social position
long enough TO examine the ex.
tremity Of some Of their neigh.
bors.
Were they 10 do this, their
heartsand purses would open, moi
IN wholesale and proniscous do
nation, but in small assistance "a
those deserving workers who's
utmost effect does not avail q
keep them properly fed or decent
III clothed.
Recently 4 Durharaite or mod
crate means who does not pose ai
y philanthropisi said lie woult
give s25 towards giving n goot
dinner spread 70 oil tie poo
factory boys and girls arount
Dufham--to the youngsters wh'
had rare opportunity % Get
really good meal. This il prac
tiaal charity--tho kind tha
counts, and ir Is oi The SOFT whicl
helps the struggling poor and th
name Of christianity.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
Still They Come.

WASHINGTON, July IS.-In
response to call issued, a con-
vention OF tile silverities OF Vir-
ginia was held yesterday at Hern-
don, Va, TO sesect delegates to
the American Silver convention
to meet at st. Louis OH Tuesday.
Forty delegates were elected, and
resolutions were adopted instruct
ing them to do all in their power
to secure the endorsement Of the
Chicago ticket and platform.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

THE Dock Harrington murder,
for murder it evidently was, still
hangs like a pail over the fair
name of Durham county. and will
until the perpetrators are brought
to justice. 1t is unfortunate for
the county that 10 one has been
hung in it since its formation,
else much murder might have
been prevented. If somebody is
not sentenced TO hang at the next
term Of court, the best oppor.
tunity tlic county has ever had to
execute law and justice will be
lost, and such tradgedies will
multiply like the locust ofEgypt.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
nuffalo BIII,s Men Hurt.

TOLEDO, o., July 1G.-BuHalo
Bills band wagon was driven
under the Fort Wayne railroad
bridge at Massillon at IL o'clock
aud all the occupants scraped off,
Four musicians were frightfully
injured and two will probably
die. The wagon was drawn by
eight horses which got beyond
control Of the driver. Mr.. Cody
Is doing all possible for his men
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
THE WHOLE STORY.

The Charlotte Observer says:
The candidates are Bryan. free
silver; MCKnnt,s. gold standard;
and the election of one or the
other Of these is inevitable. Will
you vote for Began aud help
elect him or will you vote for
some one else an thus help
elect Mckinley 7 All the talking
and writing that can be done
between now and November
cannot shift tie argument from
this point.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

WAsHINCToS, July 1G. Sen
ator Jones, Of Arkansas. Chair.
man of the Democratic National
Committee, reiterated today
that the financial issue will be
forced 10 the front. There will
be little or no tariff talk. The
reason for selecting New York
for the notification is to show
the country that the movement
il not sectional and that we are
not q lot Of long whiskered, long
haired lunatics and fanatics, as
pictured.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

If THE difference in the ova-
tions given Mckinley and Bryan
since their respective nomina-
tions be a criterian to public SEN
timent, Mckinley won't be in it.
The announcement that while
lie might speak "but not with
Bryan" is taken by many as all
acknowledgement that he is
afraid either of the facts or the
oratory which his opponent pos
sesses-a clear back down in one
who has the consciousness Of the
others superiority.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
Not So Funny.

IT SCOTT, Kansas. July TO-
The Ia" under which divorces
have been granted twenty five
years. affecting twenty-five
thousand divorces, and many
subsequent marriages and is
sues therefrom, and the prop
erty rights Of the latter, has
been declared illegal by the
court of appeals, all the judges
concurring.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

IT appears that the court has
put all the women and children
in Kansas in somewhat of a pre-.
dicament, none Of the marriages
or dive. Ces had there in the last
twenty years being legal az.
cording to a recent decision.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

THERE are some municipal
corporations who follow Cleve-
lands lead, and borrow money to
be spent Oh the few, while the tax
paying masses are utterly ignored.
A day of reckoning is near by,
and when it comes, those who
now hold batons will be absent
from official duties "for ever
more"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

If THE populist 'endorse
Bryan as the democratic nominee,
their party is gone: If they
nominate" him without refer
ence to what others have done,
they yield no party prestige.
While this is seemingly a dis
tinction without a difference, it is
not. The difference is very
great, but either horn of the
dileina will elect Bryan if COM
mon sense is a factor i'll the Sc
ton of presidential electors.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

THERE is something strange
and unaccountable in the fact that
in thickly settled community
like this, Dock harrington, an
employee of the county home, who
left town Wednesday evening
well and hearty should have
been found dead in the woods
near the home only on Friday SO
decomposed as to be past recogni-
ton. A full account of the horri-
bic affair appears in our local
columns,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

Since the Chicago Conven-
ton an effort has been made TO
induce "Silver Dick" Bland TO
run for Governor of Missouri.
This he positively declined to
do, but be a candidate for Com
gress again.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
THE TRUTH OF IT.

oASt't ~ uPINtAio w bii0 ibISOIuGlJ ~
should be eternally kept before
the people that gold was not "de.
nominated in the bonds issued
prior to 1873, at which time the
unit value was surreptitously
changed from silver to gold. That
by a system of Ledgermain known
as "refunding," the old bonds
were taken up and new ones is.
sued in their stead, and made
payable in the coin Of the coun
try.
II should be also remembered
that these original bonds were
bought at an average Of so cents
in the dollai-not in gold, but a
deprecated currency: That the
owners of these bonds have for
over thirty years received their
interest in gold; and that by the
demonetization Of silver, and the
retirement of greenbacks, the
bond holders have increased the
purchasing power of their securi-
ties something like 200 per cent,
while their 200 cent dollar cost
them originally about go cents
making the purchasing power of
the present dollar Sl.40 to s1.50|
profit on an investment Of so
cents.
The people should not forget
either, that this bonded debt in
1897 amounted to about $3,000,-
100000, while wheat was worth
S1.50 per bushel. Then, 1,500,-
100000 bus. would have paid the
entire debt:Then the price ofla6or
and all other commodities brought
correspondingly good prices.
Now, while the debt has appar-
emily been reduced to about ST. |
900, 100000, with wheat at 30
cents a bushels, it will take 500,-
1000 bushels more to ply the
debt than it would in 1867.
Everything else has declined in
like proportion as wheat except
this debt, which is practically
larger than it was twenty-nine
years ago, If discharged in labor
or labors product-the only pos
sible way by which it can be dis
charged. |
This being so, who has been
robbed? Whose dollar is the
honest dollar? Is it the dollar
denominated in the bond--the
money that was current at the |
time the bonds were issued and
paid for in, or is il the enhanced
dollar of the gold conspirators?
Who will answer?
Profound and sweet winged
peace has reigned supreme in this
nature blessed but party cursed
country for thirty years, while
the world never looked upon such
a period Of Industrial and agri-
cultural activity, of development
and scientific discovery, Of i'm
proved mechanism, etc.
Population has doubled-com~
tnerce has grown TO enormous
proportions, and the necessities of
civilization and trade imperitaye-
ly demands an abundant medium
Of exchange. Yet, the gold con.
tractionist would persuade the
people that gold alone shall be
the measure Of all values and the
final money Of redemption. The
nation or people who adopt such
advice is lost: Industrial and
commercial blight inevitably fol.
lows--and gradually but surely
industrial slavery and serfdom
will spread its appalling wings
over a once brave people, and
...,,,,1 ,;yitizatinn
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
IicImont Denies.

New YORK, July IS.-Mr.
Perry Belmont denies the pub
lished statement that he has been
urged to run for congress in tile
First district. He says: ~ have
not promised to do so. / have
not had any conversation with
any one upon the subject"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
THERE are some newspaper

+ THERE are some newspaper
yet left in the country unpurchas-
ed by the gold of human op-
preston. The editors of a few
of these have scented the posi-
bility of some pie from the St.
Louis convention, and have gone
as democrats to St. Louis, osten-
sibly to report the proceedings"
These fellows are pretty good
weather cocks, and if you will
watch which way they jump, YOU
may rest assured the hare is
ahead.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

WHILE the Press Association
was in session at Wilmington the
Messenger came out in mourning
rules. We have been unable to
learn for whom this sas tribute
for the Press or the city. Posi-.
bly, Brother Kingsbury can ex.
plain.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
What a start.

The Star says a colored woman
in Wilmington, IS years old,
and weighing rI3 pounds, gave
birth a few days ago, to four chill
dren, three boys and a girl. The
four weighed I6 pounds. The
girl child only lived a short
time.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

To make your business pay,
good health IS a prime factor
10 secure good health, the blood
should be kept pure and vigor-
Gus by the use Of Ayers Sarsa.
.parilla. When the vital fluid Is
impure and sluggish, there can
be neither health, strength, nor
ambition.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23
ESTABLISHED 1920

THE edict has gone forth that
the Southern will meet the cut
rates published by the Seaboard
Air Line. 1t is one of those
cases which benefits the people to
such extent no one feels it his
business to volunteer as pacif-
Gator.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

THE rate war between the
southern and Seaboard Air Line
roads Is bringing down freight
as well az passenger transpor.
tation. The latter havemade q
cut OF 33N per cent.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23

Impoverished blood causes that
tired feeling. Hoods Sarsaparilla
ourifies, enriches and vitalizes the
blood and gives vigor and vitality
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-06
PERILs OF THE SODA FoUNr.
Tonnes and Nervines Not Good For
the Gold-Cure Man.

the Gold-Cure Man.
Beware of the snow upon the mount,
beware of the pesky soda found" said
put down taste of something strong
preparatory to going north for a bit
of supplementary treatment"
IT tell you what it is boys" he said,
sit isn't whisky that is responsible for
most of them. It's the druggist and
their new-fangled tonics and nervines
and the like, every one of which,
curse EN-, is some form of alcohol in
disguise. The ignorant graduate, feel
ing a little down in the mouth, or over
worked or worried, takes a bracer at
the soda fountain, and, presto! before
he knows it he is on his back again,
and either goes straight to the bow
vows or goes back to put another $40
in the tills of the wealthy gold nut cure
magnates.
1.-The kofa nut is the latest trap of
the devil. You will find it in some
form or other in every drug store in
the city. Oh, it is a wonder-if you will
believe the druggist. All the great
athletes of the world win their vic
tories by using Tint. 1t allays hum
ger, prevents fatigue, increases muscu-
lar power, stimulates the vital forces,
multiplies the capacity for labor and
enjoyment Oh, yes; ira la, Ia, la!
And it leads the cured drunl2ard back
into the paths of drink.
The great thing about kola,' said
Fifth avenue druggist to me, is that
it stimulates without depressing.
There is no reaction, no bad effects,
as in the case of cocoa and other nerve
forces
'Oh, yes, Of course; took his word
for it, and-well, ia, ta!-I'm off for a
few more pennyweights of gold in my