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Year: 1875

This honored institution, in the days
of it's prosperity, was thought by some
to be Objectionable because of the stan
dard of morals that obtained among
the students. Indeed, since success
full movement has been made to revive


it, that class of mind, which has a
special talent for never forgetting dis
agreeable things, is disposed to mut-
ter the same complaints The friends
of the institution should not regret
this, as it affords an occasion to en-
tighten tue public as to the past and
to assure them as to the future.


First, suppose there were more dis
sipation and recklessness among the
students of years agone, it IS easy to
account for the fact without impeach-
ing the character of the institution hy
holding it responsible. The customs
that prevailed in society in those days
were natural producers of irregular
habits. Especially was this true of the
more wealthy in almost every COM
munity. The popular amusements
were ruder and more demoral1zine
than those generally recognized at the
present. There were also more wealth,
luxury and leisure, and consequently
more prodigality. 1t may, therefore,
be safely affirmed that many OF the
seeming evils in the old University.
were the products of domestic and
social evils which the University could
not control. It is a fearful slander
upon the great and good men. who.
from time to time, constituted the
Faculty, to intimate that they ever
Year: 1875

At all times, and especially in hard
times like the present it behooves the
people to have an honest and an eco
nomical government. High taxes,
poor crops and low prices are hard to
bear under even the most honest and
the most economical government, but
when added to these, there is the other
grievance of fraudulent and extrava-
CANT expenditure of the peoples mon
ey the situation becomes intolerable.
1t is material then to ask and to know
which of the two parties now before
the people is the party of economy,
and which the party of extravaganza.
The Democratic or white mans party
boldly asserts that it is the party of
economy and that the Radical or negro
party is the party of extravaganza.
What are the facts Since Candy i'm
posed his Constitution upon us, the
Radical or negro party has had pos
session of the State government for
two years and the white mans party
has had it for four years, and fortu
nately the record shows what each par
ty spent while in power. The follow
ing figures, the correctness of which
will not he disputed, tell the whole
story in the briefest manner possible
Year: 1875

be deemed duly elected. Should any
two persons have an eqnal number Of
votes for the same Office, the Com
missioners shall decide which of the
two shall be elected. And if for any
cause the returns of any precinct be
not in by three o'clock, T. NJ, on hiatt
day, then, and in that case the emo
missioners shall adjourn without COM
pairing the polls. to meet again on the
following Tuesday at twelve o'clock,


M, when the polls of the various pre-
cincts of the county shall be compared
and in the meantime they shall direct
the Sheriff or one of bis deputies to
compel the attendance of the delin-
quent returning officer with the vote
of his precinct. When the Commits
sioners have thus completed the com:
parlson of the polls they shall proclaim
the result at the Court House door of
the voting in their county for all the
persons voted for and the number of
votes cast for each. and shall immedi-
ately thereafter file with the re-
gister and with the Sheriff of
their county or in case there be no
sheriff and coroner a certified copy of
the same. PUoUided the counties of
Carteret, Hyde and Dare shall be al
lowed until Tuesday after the election
to meke their returns. The commits
sioners shall also file with the register
of deeds the returns made by the
judges of the election of each precinct.


Sec %. The registrar shall receive
one cent for each name copied from
the original registration book and three
cents for each new name registered.


Sec. 20. Any registrar or Judge or
judges of election, appointed under
the provisions of this act or any county
commissioners, register of deeds or
sheriff failing or neglecting to make
the returns and perform the duties re-
quired of him by this act for the nom
performance of which no penalty has
been hereinbefore imposed, shall be
fined not less than five hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars, or i'm
prlsoned not more than six nor less
than twelve months at the discretion
of the Court.


Sec. 30. Any person who shall with
intent to commit fraud register, or
vote at more than one box or more
than one time, or who shall induce
another to do SO, shall be guilty of
mlsdemeanOr, aud on conviction shall
be imprisoned not less than six nor
more than twelve months, or fined not
less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars at the discretion
of the Court and registrar of voters or
any clerk or copyist who shall make
any entry or copy with intent to COM
nit fraud, shall be liable to the
same penalty.
Year: 1875

A glance at the above will show
that the Radical, or negro party, in
two years spent $35, I'll, 81 more of the
peoples money than the white mans
party spent in four years. In other
words, if the Democratic party had
gotten the Legislature in 1868 instead
of in 1870 the State to-day, from the
money actually paid into its Treasury
would have money enough to pay tie
expenses for two years to come with
out raising a dollar of tax And is
Radical negro rule over white men
such great blessing as to be rurchas-
ed at such a great sacrifice What say
you white men of North Carolina, do
you love negro rule SO much that you
will pay twice the money for it that
you have to pay for white rule ? What
say you white women of North Caro-
lima. is negro government SO sweet and
white government 30 bitter that you
will take the negro at twice the cost ?
Is the negro worth twice as much as
the white man
Year: 1875

tothe decent!y loya sentiment of tne
country. But it seems this was too
much TO expect.


! North Carolina has a widely cele-
/ brated institution OF learning known as
Chapel Hill University" where many
OF the youths of that State are to be
educated, and Oh the 10th Of June last
Tie Trustees met for the purpose of
eltcting pre-ld"ut. Among the trus-
tees assembled on that occasion were
'E-Gnv. Graham, WHO amiably remark
ed once on time "the Ku-Klux mur-
''ders were a species OF wild Justice,
necessary to a proper regulation n of
''soclety," and Gov. Vance and Viii
liam l.. Saunders, Grand Cyclops of
the ku-ktu2 Khan; Paul G. Cameron,
Kemp L. Battle and others of that same
class OF men, but not SO well known for
their adherence to tue lost canse. JEFF
fersOn Davis was the first and last
choice Of the trustees for president,
and came within one vote of All election,
and good majority would have been
given him but for the fact that he has
been recently elected president of a
college in Texas, which can afford to
pay him larger salary Hoping to
be able to make arrangements for this





Davis Is not proper person to i'll
struct the youth of this country in its
history, its government and obligations,
and bis appointment to such posi-
non Is a menace to the integrity of
American institutions.


la reply to the above, we are au-
thorlzed to say that neither jefferson
Davis nor any other man has been
voted tor by the Trustees 5 President
Of the University at the meeting on the
10th of June or at any other time.


The only action taken by the Board
of Trustees in the matter at the meet
ing referred to, was to appoint a COM
mlttee of nine to report whether it was
preferable to have President or to |
govern the institution III some other
way-by the Chairman OF the Faculty, |
for instance, or by Il Visiting Commit |
tee of Trustees. The committee sub
sequentIy met und agreed to report
i'll favor of the election of a President
as soon as the funds of the University
would Justify the Board of Trustee
IN guaranteeing a suitable salary. We
repeat, that we are credibly informed
that there is no foundation whatever
for the statement that Mr. jefferson
Davis or any other man was voted for
by the Trustees as President of the
University on the 10th OF June or at
any other time.


But lest we may be misunderstood
from what we have saId above,
we take occasion here to declare
that IL our opinion no better man than
jefferson Davis can be found in all /
these United States to put 1T the head
ofthe University, if it is desired to
put that institution upon a sure and
stable foundation from the very outset
The equal, If not the superior, of any
man III the United States in natural
ability, in general scholarly learning,
in broad craftsmanship, il personal
purity and in high-minded patriotism,
and beyond any man living identified
with the cause of the South, Jefferson
Davis would give to Chapel Hill an
eclat and prestige that no other man
could give.


Unlike the RcpubHcan, we look
upon Jefferson Davis as the properest
person to instruct the youth of this
country in its history, its ,vern
ment and Obligations.
Year: 1875

combatant Southern men it may be a


little extra item to destroy Southern
farming tools, that when there shall be
no bread in the Southern land, South
ern armies may hear the vail of South
ern women and Southern children as
the pangs of hunger force them to cry
out, but Southern Democrats do not
So see it, and the sooner the World
realizes the fact, the better it will be
for it's own good, and for the good of
the National Democratic party.
Year: 1875

For good honest square blow thai
strikes the nail on the head and
drives it home, commend us always to
our good friend of the Duplin Rec
ord. And such was our involuntary III
terance as we read what the Record
had to say in it's last issue about the
binding force of the restrictions,
placed by the Legislature, in the Act
calling the convention.


It is, indeed a curious spectacle. The
Democratic party asserts and main
tains the force and validity of the re.
strictions while the Radical party ut
terly scouts the idea that they have any
restraining effect whatever. The Dem
ocratic party denies the convention
has any power to touch the homestead.
The Republican party asserts that it
has that power. And yet the Radical
party claims that the control of the
convention ought to be put in its
hands-in the hands of men who pub
licly proclaim they can destroy the
homestead, rather than in the hands of
men who publicly proclaim they have
20 power to touch it. Verify no i'm
pudence save Radical impudence
would be equal to such a bare faced
proposition as that.


says


"Are the restrictions binding upon
the convention? Our enemies say not
Every Radical paper and candidate
says not. The Conservative press, with
one exception. says yes. Every Dem
Ocratic candidate, without exception
says yes.


We say the restrictions are legally
binding; that the Legislature only
called restricted convention, and if
the delegates, when they meet, were to
attempt to disregard tue restrictions,
by refusing to take the oath, it would
not be the body called by the Legisla
ture and consequently would be ille-
gal. This question was fully debated
in 1885 by CASTOR and others, and set
tied then. If the people elect dele
gates under this act they ratify the
act, restrictions and all, and make the
restrictions binding on every delegate.


Butif it were not legally SO, it would
be morally. The Legislature called no
other sort Of a convention the Con-
servative party is pledged by every
act to maintain the restrictions, and
every candidate, and we venture to say
every one who will be candidate on
the Conservative ticket, favors observ-
ing the restrictions fully and unequivo-
cally. None but Radicals say they are
not binding. Let the owners of home
steads look to their interests"


We have nothing to add to what our
contemporary has SO well said, save to
advise the people to vote for no man,
as delegate to the convention, who
will not pledge himself in the most
positive manner to obey the restrictions
imposed upon it by the Legislature.
Vote for no candidate who WiU not
0ledgc himseTto obey the restrictions,


Will the Radical or negro candidates
thus pledge themselves?
Year: 1875

the iron interest is again PROSTATE,
some of its largest representatives, like
he Aberdarr works in Whales, have
gone into liquidation.


They made their venture on the belief
that iron would rise. Let not our cot
ton people venture anything on like
belief about cotton. The demand is
likely to be no greater than for the past
year, incoming crop promises we'll and
the stock on hand both of raw fibre
and of spun goods is very large. More
over, no prices are likely to rise within
a year.
Year: 1875

One of our subscribers, and an
acquaintance, took to himself wife
about twelve months ago, (the taking
to himself the wife, IS nothing strange,
for there has been several young men
married after subscribing for the HER
AID. We give a monthly account of
Ansonians who marry, and seeing SO
many of their friends marrying puts
them in the notion; SO young ladies,
Just get your lovers to subscribe, and
it will make them pop the question.
'just as quick as never vas."D He had
been in the habit Of taking little
''tangle leg" with his friends when
they would meet. After his marriage
he joined the Friends Of Temperance
but the old evil was stronger than
the influence of the temperance society,
or his wife. So he came home one
evening drunk His wife talked to him,
telling him the pain it caused her, to
see him in that fix. H9 promised to
never get drunk again; but how often
are our promises and determinations
cast to the winds. After having held
out for a short while longer, he came,
or rather was brought home one night
baastly d-unk-so drunk that he didn't
know anything. His wife put him to
Deu-anu alGef the ones unaG nau
brought him home had left, she went
out and got her handful of good
sized switches, and returning, tied
him down to the bed-stead, and pro-
ceeded to sing the following well known
hymn, keeping time with the switches
on her husbands bare back:
'tHOw vain all things here below,


How fattcring, yet how fair


Each pleasure has its poison too,
And every sweet 4 snare >


The next morning The thrashed hIls-
band called his wife 10 him and said
edo you know what makes me so sore?
1 cant hardly turn over"


81 expect it was that spree you got
on yesterday"


"Wen if getting a little tight serves
me this way I'll never get drunk again."
He has held out SO far, and We are
of the opinion that he will continue
| faithful to the end. ''for he got some
hint of what made him sore. We don't
know as this remedy would effect
a cure in all caeses, bnt tD4re is nothing
like trying it W0desboro HearraIG.
The annual harvest of the laundry
people is at hand. Those white vests
and muslin mysteries of the feminine
| wardrobe do run up wash bill fast
and furious.
Year: 1875

FROM THE SUPPOSED WRECK ON THE JERSEY COAST.


WASHINGTON, April IT.
The body of an unknown young man was
found OH the beach near Cope Henry, to-day.
A copy of the New York Herald Of March 10th
WAS found OH him.
Year: 1875

The Conservatives in the Legislature
will pardon us for urging them, in be-
half of their constituents, to remain at
their posts during the entire session.
When a man seeks and secures a public
position, or accepts it if rendered, he en-
ters into solemn covenant to subordl-
nate all other obligations to the duties OF
his office. This is the understanding be-
tween himself AMI the people. They
confer upon him the honOrs and emolu-
ments of the office, and he, on his part,
promises to serve them faithfully. 1t
will not do to argue that the Radicals are
in the majority and will pass such meas
ures as they choose without reference to
the votes Of the opposition. There are
many instances in which they have
divided among themselves and eases
are occurring every day in which the fate
of important measures depend upon a
single vote.


We are aware that the Conservative
members are not professional office-hold-
ers and do not look to the public treasury
as their chief means Of support, and that
this very fact constitutes reason why
they were fit to be entrusted with public
business; but the presumption is just
that they will not permit their private
business to interfere with their public
duties.


The main object of members should be
to remain at their posts; mature the
business before them well, despatch il
quickly, and adjourn early. Every day.
session costs the taxpayers not less than
two thousand dollars.
Year: 1875

What is wanted is revival of hon.
esty and integrity, and then these other
things-faith, hope, charity, and other
graces and gifts-will follow in due or
der and succession. We do not need q
revival of all the terrors of Hades for
sectarian unbelief or dogmatic indiffer-
ences, nearly as much as we need a re-
vival to stop men from swindling,
gambling, defrauding, or appropriating
other peoples money, overreachiDg
their neighbors, and making gain by
dishonest means and avoidance of labor,
which is the present curse of this coun-
try, and which is responsible for almost
every other sin and evil, as well as the
source of much of the crime in the COM
munity at present. If the revivalists
can make the people honest, they will
strike at the very root of the evil. In
stead, therefore, of trying to impress
men with this or that view of the Un-
known, let the evangelists preach the
necessity of honesty, and have the
churches practice it. Let them unite
their efforts to reform the world in the
things of the world, and, having done
this, the affairs of the next world will be
much easier to take care of. This Is the
topic which the people need, and any
other remedy will only be scattering in
its effects, and productive of compare
lively little good in curing the specific
disease.


Many observing, thinking men have
little faith in ordinary revivals, not be-
lieving that their efforts are permanent,
but are mostly spasms of religious ex-
eitement, and apt to be of little value in
their after effects. It may be that re-
vival of honesty might not be perma-
nent-but that is neither here nor there.
Dishonesty is the crying evil of the
community, and against this evil the
whole force of the evangelists, with all
the aid and comfort the churches can
give them, should be directed. This
will be in accordance with Christ's
teachings. His Golden Rule, "Do unto
others as you would have others do
unto you," is the very essence of hon.
esty. If that were practiced universally,
it would promote general honesty and
virtue, which would be conducive to the
growth of religious feeling. Are Moody
and Sankey ready to grapple with this
great evil of dishonesty wkich is under
mining the community? Are the
churches ready to support and aid them
with practical work? If they are, then
great good may grow out of the revival.
If not, then we fear that the revival


may prove only sensation of excite
ment, ephemeral in its character, and
not productive of the reform which is
the most needed.-Chicdqo Tribune.
Year: 1875

SPIRITUALIsAI.-T real test of Spir-
itualism, as of all things in this utilita-
rian age, will be found in the answer to
the question, "What good does it ac-
complish 2" Doubtless the conviction
that some nearly-related human being
continues an intelligent existence be-.
yond the grave, is oftentimes the sweet
est boon that comes to mortal mind.
But we may set it down as very certain
that the laws of human life are fixed
and immutable, and that clairvoyance
and trance mediumship can never take
the place of common sense, energy, per-
severance, health, and the other quail
ties by which human beings sustain
themselves and advance their social
condition in the world. The rains will
continue to fall on the just and the un-
just to the end of time, and no perfection
of communication with all the spirits in
all the spheres can ever interfere with
the operation of the laws of God.


In spite of all the wonderful things
that are indubitably included in the
word Spiritualism, we have not OBJ
served that the ultimate mysteries of
life have been dissipated by it, or that it
has yet brought any valuable addition
to the wealth or the literature of the
world. What the world now greatly
needs is accurate information concern
ing the causes and the effects of the
phenomena which have become so ex-
ceedingly common, and every honest
effort to bring them within the realm of
scientific knowledge is more than praise
worthy.-SIt1lddy Herald.
Year: 1875

In London an attempt is being made
to have the art of swimming taught In
connection with the public schools. In
order that the experiment might be
tried without encroaching upon the
school fund, a few merchants formed a
swimming club, to which only boys
and girls in the elementary public
schools should be admitted. Within a
few weeks no less than 5000 children
were enrolled as members, showing
clearly that a public want was thus
met. The girls are instructed in the
many swimming baths of the city,
while boys, under suitable guidance, go
to various public places at stated times.
Although there are every season many
persons lost in the water who have some
knowledge of swimming, yet it is plain
that a thorough knowledge of the art
is the surest safeguard against drown
ing, and when it becomes q part of the
education of every boy and girl, drown
ing accidents will be less frequent.
Year: 1875

destitute and barefoot over the frozen
ground to strike for freedom. Many
years after, when venerable old man,
/ Mr.. Champion was asked by his grand
daughter how he coold approve such a
desecration of the Sabbath He turned
on her a solemn look aud replied simp-
ly: "Mercy before sacrifice.


All what a food of light does such a
scene as this, on a Sabbath afternoon
in those strict times, throw on the state
of feelings that existed Is it wonder
ful that a revolution which had It's
springs so deep down in the human
heart aud was sustained by such pray
ers and such faith, should succeed e?
It's true history is not TO be found on
the battlefield, but in these secluded
villages and country parishes.


Not long after this, Mr. Champion
received, one morning. several quart
ers of veal from different pariShioners,
who were ignorant of each others in
tentions. His wife was in dismay at
this inunda5ion OF veal, and asked him
what she should do with it, as it would
be impossible to use it before it, spoiled.
''Neyer mind" said this man of faith,
Providence has meaning IN it. There
Will be occasion to use it in some way
we do not think Of. " Within two
hours. ne received letter from a
nephew, who was quartermaster say
ing that regiment of soldiers would
pass through Litchfeld that day and
would need dinner. He Immediately
sent word round to the inhabitants,
who hastily gathered together and set
tables through the main street and
loaded them down with provisions.
The good man was right-there was
occasion fer the veal.


When the news of Burgoyne's inva-
sion filed the land with excitement and
alarm, Mr. Champion could remain at
home no longeA mere idle spectator,
while he urged with such earnestness
his Pensioners to hasten TO the battle
field and offering his services, he was
| sent 10 iic0aQefoGa as chapiain. lie
was there with the brave Allen, and
saw, with disnav, the army abandon
the fortress and take up It's line of re
treat through the Wilderness. It wa.
with feelings Of unbounded JOY he saw
the army at last make a determined
stand at Saratoga, His attention to tht
wounded after the first battle was un
weagied. After the surrender of Bur
goyne, he showed the same deovtion tc
the sick and wounded of the British.
So ceaseless and kind were his efforts
that both the American and British
officers returned him their warmes
thanks. He witnessed the close Of TIN
great drama, when the British avacu
ated New York city.


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