aeckt arceinon (EXCEPT SUNDAY).mn~ ferred as second-class mail matter.SURSCRIPTION RATES.owe Vet, 6 ee $3.00Soe month, * 3. te etoOne week, - - - «ld= Delivered in town by. carriers withoutextre cost.Alvertisng rates are liberal and can be- had on application to the editor or atthe office=We desire a live correspondent atavery postoffice inthe county, who willsend in brief items of NEWS as if Occurstn each neighborhood, Write plainlyaod oniy on one side.of the paper.Liverai Commission on~fon rates paid to agents.subscrip-acacia asaerm- Monvay, November 23rp, 1896.Ee pt ase menearesThe Rotation of Parties.ceAttention has been directed tothie curious fact that for twenty-four years the people of the Unit-ed States have chosen their Cheif- Executive alternately from thetwo parties. In 1872 Grant, Re-publican, was elected; in 15876Tilden, Democrat, (though count-ed out;) in 1880 Garfield, Republi.can; in 1884 Cleveland, Democrat;in 1888 Harrison, Republican; in1892 Cleveland, Democrat; in 1896MéKinley, Republican. |This shows several things. Itshows that the people do just asithe Democratic party in.the re-The Next Hc use.ame eenNotwithstanding the defeat ofcent Presidential contest, there isstill some measure of victory inthe fact that several congressio: aldistricts have been redeemed, andthat the Republican majority inbly reduced. .So far ag the revurns from thevarious Siates have been offictailycounted the Democrats bavemade the following gaizs: Cali-fornia, 1; Colorado. 2; Delaware,1; Idaho, 1; Indiana, 3; Liiin ois, 1;gan, 1; Missouri, 6: Nebraska, 3;Ohio, 4; Pennsylvania, 1; Tennes-see, 2; Utah, 1, and Washington, |,making a total of thirty Demo-cratic members gained. The Republicans have made geine inonly four States"New York, 1;Louisiana, 1; , Maryland, 3; audVirginia, 1"making a total of six.The Populist gains have been asfollows: Califurnia, 2; Illinois, 2;Indiana, 1; Kansas, 4; Michigan:1; Missouri, 1; Montana, 1; NorthCarolina, 3; and Washington, 1,making a total of sixteen. Withthese changes the next Housewill be divided as follows :Rep.Dem. Pop.8 1States.AlabamaArkansasCalforniaCoioradoOonnecticutbo Cceo cSthey think best and that they dotheir own thinking, and whens,they change their minds, or are)dissatisfied with the existing or-der of things or a proposedchange, they say so peacefully atthe polls and there is an end ofit. The two parties have oppo-site policies upon several vitalquestions, and yet the chaogefrom one party to the other hasnever poduced avy violent up-hecval or lasting social disturb-ance. The wheels of the repub-lie continue to revolve and thingsgo on pretty mach as usual.The faciliry with which the pol-icy of the government is chang"ed from time to time by thechange of the party in power. alsogoes to illustrate the strength ofour governmenrt and the per-| manonce of our republican insti-tutions. In many so-ealled re-pablics a change of administra-~tion means war. The old admin-istration it may be, refuses to ac-gent the result and give up, or the_ defeated candidate charges fraud- anilthere is a resort to arms to- decide the matter. ,Here in the United States a-ehange of parties by the peoplethe occasion usually of nothingmore dangerous than a torchlight_ procession."Baltimore Sun._ TT RDoThe Old Guard dies but neverarrenders.� Dhisfigured, but not.dismayed, defeated, but not discouraged, with our battle linesbroken bat not routed, with theold Democratic banner stil] float -gin the breeze, we fling defianceat the victors, and serve noticeupon them that we. will omeethem at Phillippi� four yearsi The Democratic party is|ut destructible, because its princi-pies are founded upon trath andright, and they must and willPrevail, and the matchless leadersees de yet lead us bo viato-;}.| Florida| Washington ," OSDelawarebo""p=GeorgiaIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadoNew HampshireNow JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOrezonPeunsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasUtahVemontVirginiaSouth Dakotacoco co fc KFCo =bo=bo Om KH Ee KH Oa} oocrorowoc ©«~p=w ©coo clUwcrCm hlaaI ©Corer Coc ="seSwern cw oe" bobo Ct Re Ge 3Lo«~)coocococecncn oc oF or FY CCF CSMPA SWORMRCH ACC COROfotboWest VirginaWisconsinWyomingArizonaNew MexicoOklahoma1rPoOocoocrRONWNnwWNCcrWY Sryorr rE CoCr CoO o KEcoco @GeocorcocncilcclUcOlCUwO207 130 22In consideration of the tactthat ohly six gains were scoredby. the. Republicans in the recentcongressional election against atotal of forty-six made by theDemocrats and Populists com-bived it is evident that the loss.of-the Republican party ia Con-gress has been consrderahle, andthat much of the yrouud, whichthe Democrats lost in the heavyreversal of 1892 has been regain-ed." Atlanta Constitution.TotalsoA jmcei inthe yard of: firs a oop Hickory Times. bithe next House will be considera.Kansas, 1; Kentucky, 1; Michi-| ¥|STRANGE SHIP STORIES |Qdd Occurrences Related by Old, Sailors.Painful Affiictions and Deaths BroughtAbout Among Searfaring Menin Mysterious Man-ner,While a reporter was talking withsome idle tugboat men who were sit-ing on the stringpiece of a Southstreet pier, where tugs lie while await-:ng orders, the conversation turned on~strange, true stories of sailorsT adven-.ures, and the reporter asked the mento relate each the most remarkablestory that he knew to betrue. The firstone said:oWhen I was working in Philadel-phia, several years ago, the Italianbrig Leonore came in at the capes, aftera passage of 54 days from Lisbon. Weot the tow and the mate passed us hisuawser. I took a couple of turns withit and sung out to him to make fast.At that a couple of men started to doso, but they had only got one turnaround the windlass when one of themdropped and grasped his arm as if hewas going to scratch himself. But themoment he did this he gave a yell, andthen the other man began to scratchhis leg and yell, while the mate reachedthe back of hisown neck and howledas bad as both the others together.Then the man at the wheel seemed toeatch the inféction from forward, forhe dropped on the deck, leaving thebrig to steer herself; but what as-tonished us still more was that the cap-tain, a portly, solemn-looking man, de-liberately put his glasses down on thetop of the cabin, clasped his handsacross his stomach, leaned over the railand groaned as if he were dying.oIt looked as we'd a crew of crazyDagoes in tow and no mistake, butufter a minute they all got quiet again.and then we learned the trouble. Theyhad sailed out of Lisbon with provisionsfor 40 days. When only a few days outasea washed the deck cask of water over- |board, and they were necessarily put |on an allowance of water, Thereafterthey had hard luck in winds, and event-ually had to work on short rations, Theresult of it all was that some kind ofrash broke out on every soul of them,and it was a rash that itched beyondendurance, and yet made them so sorethat when they tried to relieve the itch.ing they hurt themselves so that theycould not help yelling. They had beensuffering that way for a couple ofweeks when they passed us that line.�oYou would think that a ship wasabout the best place in the world forpure air, wouldnTt you?� asked another.oWell, I was shipmate with two mei:who were suffocated in their bunks forLin "Lorwant of pure air. It was on the Britishsteamer Deerhound at anchor off LocustPoint, Baltimore. Chief Engineer Wil-ham Kirkley, Second Engineer JohnHull, Third Engineer George Quinton'and Dick Weber, a boy, all turned intotheir bunks in the engincerTs cabin onefrosty night for an all-night-in sleep.Next morning when the steward cameto call the boy he found Mr. Kirkieylying face down on the floor, with hishead near the door, and unconscious.The rest were in their bunks. The boywas dead and the rest were supposed tobe; but when they were carried out on+ deck Kirkley and Quinton revived, whileHull, whose heart was still beating,died. They had been suffocated by gasfrom a leaking coal stove.�oWe towed the Norwegian barkDonna Zoyca into the Erie basin oneday,� said a third, oand when we got herthere we had to call on the ~longshore- Tmen to help make her fast, because therewas not one man on board of her fit forduty. The ambulances carried them"-ten in all"to the hospital, where oncsoon died, but the rest got well. SheTdsailed with that crew to Cadiz, and thereshe got a cargo for Rio Janiero. Onthe way the captain and ten men tooksick and at Rio they were sent to thehopital, where the captain got betterand returned on board. Then the ves-sel went to Aracaei, where the captain |had to be left in the hospital and themate, with the cook and eight men, un-dertook brinving her to New York.During thc whole voyage no one hadknown what ailed the men, but thehealth aythor'ties over inT Brooklynfound they had all been poisoned bywhite lead used in painting a watertank.�oT was working in Milwaukee onesummer,� said a fourth, owhen the cap-tain sent me around to the hospital toinquire after a friend of his who wasthere. As I reached the door a coupleof grain trimmers that I knew werejust lifting a man out of a grocer'swagon. They carried him into the hos-jAtal and said he had been landed fromthe fishing tug. Belle and she ha~steamed out of the harbor as soon ashe was clear of her rail. The manseemed to be dead at first, and he wasalmost. For two weeks he was deliriouswith brain fever and spent most of histime cursing somebody for leaving himto drown,oHe had been a sailor on @ schoonerthat left Milwaukee for Chicago two~| nights before I was-sent to the hospital.It was a rough night and a wave washedhim overboard. He would _haye~| drowned quickly, ~but a ~mate had been| quick witted enough to heave over a| pine fender as he saw the man go over~the rail. The fender was washed with-in the ca of the man, and he hadhiloty Cieyi.taken his belt and made himself fastto the log so that his head was sure tobe kept above water. He floated aboutall night and the next day. He saw anumber of vessels, but was unable toattract the attention of anyone. Asnight came he thought he was dyingand gave up all hope, and the next heknew was when he came to in the hos-pital. He had been picked up by thefishing tug about.36 hours after he waswashed overboard. He had floated un-conscious for about 14 hours.�"N, Y.Sun.AN INVOLUNTARY HERO.Two Pieces of Hot Ham Won an Officer'sPromotion.A Polish officer, now dead, who cameto the United States soon after theRussians suppressed the Polish insur-.rection under Gen. Chlopicki, in 1831,used to tell with much zest the story ofhis promotion from the ranks. He wasa private of cavalry when ChlopickiTsretreat began. The troops had madea weary night march, and were inbivouac for breakfast when scoutsbrought word that they were almostsurrounded bya Russian force. In-stantly the Poles hurried to their sad-odles, mounted and sought a way of es-cape.The young cavalryman had been boil-ing some pieces of ham for himself ina camp kettle. Anxious to osave hisbacon,� he dumped the _ half-boiledmeat into his saddle bags and joinedhiscompanicns. Two minutes later hishorse became restive, at a most inop-portune moment, for on surmounting aridge the Poles had found themselvesconfronted by a Russian force of ingfantry.There was but one thing to be done.The Russian line must be brokenthrough at once. It was being rapidlyreinforced. If the Poles should fail tocut their way out at the first chargethey must be all captured.On they rushed at the order to charge,and now our young trooperTs horse hadbecome fairly frantic and quite uncon-trollable. He sprang away far in ad-- W. HIGGS, Pres. 1, S. HIGGS, ashier4] Maj. HEN Y HAOING AssTt ashier,Greenville, N.C.®STOCKHOLDERS.Representing a Capital of More Thana Half ~Million$Doliars,Wm. T. Dixon, President NationalExchange Bank, Baltimore, Mad.The Seotland "Neck Bank, ScotlandNeck, N. C.Noah Biggs, Scotland Neck, N. C-R. R. Fleming, Pactolus, N, C.D. W. Hardee Higgs Bross,Greenville, N. C.We respectfully solicit the accountsof firms, individuals and the generalvublic,Checks and Account Books furnished on PI plication.a erence a aera ae nae Tanne BE ee athena came oSOI e: St an1897emole igilJrom now on as longvance of the chareing line, The rider,determining to make the best fight hecould, swung his saber, took a strongergrip with his knees and gazed hard atthe face of the Russian he expected tobe launched against.Just then a volley hurled into thecharging line, but the foremost horseand rider escaped unharmed. A fewmoments and they were upon theenemy. Usually a horse refuses toleap at bayonets, but this one jumpedfuriously at the kneeling front rank,and such was the momertum and furyof the beast that the Russians just innis) front lost their nerve, broke andgave him entrance.~as the supply last 1896Models will be $60.@We are selling the AirTight Wood Heaters.We » havea fine line ofAgate ware, ~TinwareT Through the gap thus made othe Tr 4Poles sprang a moment later. Striknright and left, they widene 1 the brench,~and in ten seconds the Russian infantrywas demoralized. The Poles escapedwith slight loss, and it was not long he-and (ook Stoves. CallJaud see them.SE. Pender & (o.LOOD POISON; ALT Y scans 4 Ag Primary, feoA SPECI cadensAi BLOOD POISON permanenthome forsame price under same guaran«ty. Ifyou prefer tocome here we willpay railroad fareand hotel billfore their young leader qu ieted hissteed, di smoun ted end found a chance10 eN: re his half-eooled bam.A few reves Inter the Ustish reneralof cavalry redo unio the contain of thetrom that ked so distircuished iteelf,comnliisented him and said: oBy theway, eaciain, who was that splendidyours ¢ of eer who led vou :4) in?�oTr -nTt an officer; that was onlyonc of n my wipes.�May the bullets |CalloNot an ofseer!strike me if I donTt make him one!him out here at once.�The @sneral shook hands with theyout, promoted him to the Heutenant-ev then and there and gave him a placeon his staff.Some days Jeter, when the captaincalled at. headquarters, he scught outthe new lieutenant, whom he founddolefully contemplating his unsaddledhorse, which had a huge, raw sore oneach side.oWhat on earth is the matter withyour horse?� asked the captain.oOh, nothing much!�oBut what made the terriblesores ?� .oThe same thing that made me a! lieutenant,� said the hero. oA big chunk| of hot ham in each saddle bag; but forithe love of the saints, donTt tell thegeneral or the boys. 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