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W..- ' i .I, I,, f ' f j " , TJJ WMMMWWMMMMMBMMWWM fc .j ' , : ' . . I 11 i i i I . I : I . i". IBURI . 'v I I." .' I :.. I V I i ? ' Established igQ-t "Por us, Principle ia Prfjiclple-iiiglit i8;IMiht-Ye8terday, To-day, To-morrow, ForeTer." i - ,' V w ; - " . . PnblUked Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Tear VOL. xi UI ... GOLDSBOROy N: G.THURSD AY, DCTOBER 21, 1886. NO. L I I f r totlierIntere8 ajjitrirom Besoura2 vme poujitry and Fe- cuuariwicg or th Feople, Hiogo, Japan; s&t. 18, 188G. In the Messenger 0f y 16f there an article on silk caltrfre. I am glad that attention is bein dieted to this im portant indastrr. There is no reason vhysilk shouW notbe successfully gultivated m North! Carolina. The vil and climate are! as favorable to its production as the! soil an climate of Japan, and. here It is one of the chief commodities ejdported, and is a source of considerabll revenue I am tnow preparing a repoft on "Silk cul ture n JaPan; . fot the State Depart ment at Washington H which will be accompanied with drawing's illustrat ing every phase m th$? preparation of aikfor market, andits cultivation. If there should bean merit in this report, it will probablr be printed in some of the Consular tteports, a copy of which can easily bif obtained by your member of Congress, for any wh6 may feel an interest in the sub ject. I will only add in this connec tion, that the silk trade is steadily growing in Japan, and. mulberry plan tations are found in bearly all the provinces of the Empire. The soil, however, is nowhere inclusively de voted to this tree. Universally be tween the rows of tree other crops, both summer and Vmtfr, are grown. The business of silk pro Juction is car ' ried on in the house where the family Ives. The mulberry leaves are either picked off by women an'd children and carried into the houseior the young limbs withthe leaves fcn are cut off and taken there, where ihe leaves are picked off, washed, cut up, and fed to fee worms. Little skillhs required. V hen the cocoons arereidy for wind fag, thus far referred to, is done by lomen and1 girls. To make an eyen ttread requires experience, care, and still, and such labor commands wages tccordingly. Spinning, arping, dye ing, and weaving are allhnore or less skilled branches and require skilled labor. There are sonifj establish nents thac buy the cocoon wind them, pin the thread, and weate the cloth; ut nine-tenths of the silk, raw and nanufactured of the country is family nade. The machinery o manufac are, whether in the factory or private louse is cruae, ana suu remains as t iiough Jacquard aiid JjArkwright f seyer lived, lhe bemmfut stuff made liW gnch crude means testlfv to their i'tskill and ingenuity. Theiman who Tends the trees i conraandj ordinary ia,rm wages, while leaf p&kers and feeders, winders, spinuer8,land weav ers of plain cloth, will get from twenty to forty cents per day. Weav ers of fancy patterned 'goods get much more, even as high as one dol lar per day, but this is very excep tional. j cotton. 1 1 This plant is not a natifeiof Japan. It was introduced from India by the votaries of the Buddhist religion, who falling from persecutions; in their na tive land, sought in China and Japan the fre& exercise of their faith. Cot ton reached Japan nearly a century before it was received in China. In A. D. 800, the seed was first sown in Japan, but at the close of the 12th century the cultivation fappears to have been finally abandoned, and it was not until the close of tEe lGth century that its cultivation was again commenced. It is recorded, Japan ese history, that during. thej latter date, and before the culture pf the plant began to spread, one pound of yarn sold for one hundred dollars. I bftve seen several fields of cotton neat this city, but, in comparison with the plant at home, it looks very! small and unproductive. It did not appear to be more than one foot and ia half ugh. The leaves and bolls are small, and instead of the seed beinesown in the middle of the bed. thev are sowed on the outer edge or sides, making i wo rows of seeds to every bed. 3 The abric is not very good. The latest tatistics show that in 1882 there were used throughout Japan, 115.07.40 ' 3. seed cotton, valued at $1:165.328. . ue average yield per acre is about i-V lbs. As soon as th nods burst, hoy are plucked, and, if the vealner uu nne, exposed to the sun to ary, u 4iot, they are dried by artificial heat. The lint is separated from the seed by means of rubbers, consisting of two small wooden rollers which revolve in opposite directions, and nsilv throw otr the hard smooth seed. This leaves tne lint full of knobs and impurities ana u nas to be carded before it fan De usea, even as hnino-. The opera hon of cardincr is enorallv rprfornied ( by band, but the cotton gin is gnW" uaiiy making its way into Japan, and i the primitive machmerv now in se wm soon nave robe ahandAn. vvnen needed, Japan now procures her sup plies or cotton yarn from lV1" Sometime ago this supdIv was fi nished by England, but India f English yarns out of tho marfedt. , j vvvvuvu 1X1 Ui'-T? ihis is a trade that could oasi iiye :s. for captured by American merchants, the superiority of American ya"s over all others is readily acknowledged by good judges. And if AmAricati l merchants would come ovpr and tend to such business in person? i could be made renumerative, anj soon a new and Dermanpnf AamrA ll youia be gained for American cotton j f JUur merchants need not pvrpct tJ fcope successfully with European mer4 ) chants for the trade of the East, it g, as tney remam at home, whue . the latter are here workino- ,fh en- f gyj?,? feircnmspection.' The $63r t 000,000 in the Snnthom Sf 04 J: M S!?e-7 dui?n the past six months, l i ltTPeted in, make that section , ; of the Union a manufactaring as; well as producing section, and it does seem j .possible, yea within easy ' reach , for I the North and South to so manage j, king cotton" as to secure, for majesty, full control of Eastern mar ikctoi and thus advance the nrice of this staple at home. American cot ton is the finest produced in the world, and if American industry . and zeal could be directed into-the : channel in dicated, there would Jsoojk-be called into existence a merchant marine that would float the stars and stripes oyer all the navigable waters of the globe. - 'i ,, 'X ' TEA This is one of .the most important and lucrative of Japanese industries, the leaf being one of the chief articles of support. . In 1881, the amount ex ported was 26,853,471 pounds. Ia 1885, 30,931,140 pounds, and this year it will be larger. The best tea grows on the hillsides, shielded from the sea winds, which the latter makes the leaf rough and of bad . flavor. The ordi nary labor wages are paid for the til lage of the soil,- and the man who trims the plant must be skilled, and will get as high as fifty cents per day. Tea picking is done xy women and girls, and requires care. When thoy workby the day they get from ten to twelve cents. Tea rollers and firersin the country must be shielded, and they command from fifteen to thirty cents per day. In the open ports tea-firing is done entirely by women, who are paid about fifteen cents per day. The area of tea growing is rapidly increas ing, and as there are plenty of hill sides and plains well adapted for the culture available, and still unoccupied, it will increase as long as there is a foreign demand. It seems to be one of .the great fields for the spread -and use of an increasing labor population. I think that Japanese tea is better than any other I ever drank. It possesses a mild stimulant, and does not act as strongly upon the nervous system as coffee. The Japanese seldom use sugar or milk in tea. The hot water is kept" near the table, and poured upon the leaf already in the cup, and drank as soon as the proper flavor is acquired. The Encyclopaedia Britan nica relates that Dr. Johnson was so fond of tea that he drank it by the basin full, and the learned Doctor drew his own portrait as 'a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of their fascinating plant, whose kettle had scarcely time to cool, who with tea amused the even ing with tea solaces the mid-night, and with teawelcomed the morning." It is a beverage, too, that has strong medicinal qualities, and of active counter-irritant power to food which, by itself, might be injurious to life. For Kaempf er, in his history of Japan, quotes upon the authority of a Chinese physician, the case of a woman who, being weary of a passionate and scold- ftng husband, took: advice as to tne best way or getting rid ot him, and was instructed to allow for his daily food only "swine flesh," and all man ner of fat things, which should un doubtedly kill him within a year's time. But this good woman, not con tent with waiting the prescribed time, took other advice, and was bid to give her husband, then almost reduced to a skeleton, constant drinks of a strong infusion of tea leaves, which would, without fail, do her business quickly. This attentive wife, for dispatch sake, made use of both prescriptions ; but, alas ! to her great grief, she found that by the joint use of these two con traries" her husband, instead of de clining, soon got better, recovered his strength, and was restored to perfect health. Nearly all tea exported from Japan to the United States goes to New York, Chicago and San Fran- '- t n n ii i Cisco, it, ror tne large exports or tea to the United States, it could be ar ranged for Japan to take some of our cotton the exchange might prove profitable to both nations. TOBACCO. The production of this produce is increasing as' well in quality as in quantity. The price will now average from ten to twelve cents per pound.. Much of the tobacco raised in Japan is exported to England and Germany. 1 do not know how the old Durham Bull crossed the Pacific, but I have seen his picture on the high rocks and mountain sides of Japan, and the North Carolina brand is over here, too. There is no tobacco that stands higher in this distant land than that produced on the soil of my native State. The pipes used by the Japanese are very small, and made or brass or some naro metel. They hold enough tobacco for one long draw and puff, then the pipe is refilled. When 1 saw tne pipes be iner filled and emptied so often, I at once thought or a disimguisnea iaw- ver in Eastern North Carolina whose habits, in this respect, are so well known to his professional brethren, and if I ever see him again, I shall certainly present him with a Japanese pipe and tobacco bag. RICE. Without this product it -would be difficult for the Coolies the lower class of laborers to live. It is so cheap that four or five cents will pur chase enough for daily food. Rice is cultivated m all the provinces of Japan. The average price of rice land is about forty dollars per acre. Four or five acres of lowland rice fields form quite a respectable holding for one person.' Thi,s, with another acre or so of upland where vegetables are raised, and a little bluff land for timber, fuel, and grass to feed the jack-horse, supports his family, pays for hired help, and gives a little sur- Elus at the annual renting day. The ouses of. the rice, silk and tea farmers are the best of all the agricultural laborers in Japan. The house is often as large as thirty or forty feet square, nniversallv one-storv. thatched roof, strongly built, with veranda in front, and five or six rooms, one being kept as a spare or reception, room. If built with a view to light and .warmth they would compare in comfort with the average farm house at home. ' HOLIDAYS. I holidays are allowed each year, sucn as reugious j.obi.j fmiv ftfilfibrations. 4 When a, man oni j,;a wifAuwrtrlf for vearlv wages, v.0r TixiiVj vp. without . boara, f about seyehty-five dollars, .:Frpm this he has to pay from eight to ten dollars for a two or three small roomed house, and buy clothing for a family, amounting- perhaps ; to s twenty? dollars. He will have ; arsmall garden with his house from which one-half of his liv ing is produced. A few chickens and duck, tended by the, children, will buy many articles of necessity or orna ment for holiday use ; a child of .six or seven years, perhaps, with a -babe of six months strapped on its back, will gather brush or dried grass on the commons for fuel ; and by great fru gality in eating and scrupulous care of elothing, at the end of a year he finds he has supported his family, had several enjoyable holidays, and has a few dollars hidden away in some secret place. The agricultural laborers in the United States could learn a valua ble lesson from the agricultural labor ers in Japan; -If the prudence and economy practiced by the latter were followed by the former there would not be so many chattel mortgages and sales at the end of each year, but, in lieu of such embarrassments, there would be barns and smoke houses well filled, and happy and contented homes. This brief reference to some of the chief products of Japan; will show the nature of the soil and the extent the agricultural capacity of the Empire would be capable of attaining when ever directed by skilled labor, aided by modern machinery. If I knew anything about -farming, I would have written a shorter and more interesting letter, but I thought that I would let your readers know that the substantiate of life could be produced in Japan as well as else where, and that attention is fast be ing directed to the importance of changing the present system of agri culture for one more advanced. The reports that have gone from here to America and Europe that modern ma chinery can never be utilized in Ja pan are erroneous and misleading. If there is to be no change in the man ner of cultivating the soil, then mod ern machinery can never be profitably used here. But Japan is making such rapid headway in all other depart ments, there can be no doubt but that her agricultural system will also be modernized, and then, whatever has been found useful in American and European civilization, will be useful here, too. If a "wheat field is to re main about forty yards square and no larger, and to be fenced in with tock, there will never be room for the workinglof a mowing machine. But if the boundary line between landed Sroprietors are marked as they are in Torth Carolina and other States, and the numberless rock fences removed, then the plains and valleys of Japan will be as ffee from obstructions as the plains and valleys of Western North Carolina and the writer who maintains that Japan is not capable of adding, with her own products largely to the commerce of the world will be differently convinced if he will study the subject after the evil, point ed out, has been removed. Rich in minerals, with beautiful plains and lovely valleys and moun tains, whose blue tops mien the bluer sky, this land, our nearest Eas tern neighbor, must become, in future years, an important factor in the com merce and diplomacy of the world. J. LAGRANGE ITEMS. Weldon Fair this week. Prices of rice cause, our farmers some discouragement in its cultiva tion. We are sorry to learn of the illness of Mrs. Margaret Croom of our town. Entertainment for the benefit of Baptist Church takes place on 22nd inst. Miss Sue Cobb who has been visit ing her sister Mrs. O. K. W. Howard returned to her home, Craven county, last week. Mr. John Fields, Sr., who has been very sick recently, we hear is improv ing. Mr. Griffin, of Goldsboro, is buying cotton in our town for R. C. Freeman Esq. Father J.J. Kielley, of NewBerne, came up and spent a very pleasant dav with us last week. The various candidates address the people here on Saturday, 23rd inst. We correct with pleasure the mis take we made last week, in reference to the funeral services of the late Mr. O. K. W. Howard. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Harding, in stead of the Rev. Mr. Swain. Mr. J. S. Wooten, of the firm of J. S. Wooten & Bro., is quite sick. Miss Annie Jacobs, of Baltimore, is our new milliner at Mr. Simeon Wooten's. Our various schools are well pat ronized, and continue as popular as they deserve, as good institutions. Some of our farmers say the return of cotton this Fall is much better than last season. The farm of Mr. R. C. Croom, near our town, speaks well for good culti vation, when eight acres in cotton yields nine bales. This is a good rule for wheat also if ,our farmers would pay more attention to enrich the land for their wheat culture, th.ir yields would be finer. Enrich your land and sow grain. The Rev. DeWitt Talmage'ssermons, now published in the Messenger, are read with mueh pleasure and edifica tion by some, and we "hope many. Let those who have hither to. failed to read them, immediately begin. TT.1v Tiros. I have used two bottles rf vnnr Cream Balm for catarrh since De cember. A sore in my nostril the cause of much 8uneruig nas entirely neaiea ; have used no other medicine. This spring I feel better, can walk and work with more ease than I have in any spring since 1861. Mary js. w aie nopeiui, v a T tiav nsfid one bottle oi Elv's Cream Balm and it Is the best remedy I have found for catarrh in fifteen years.-Y. Q. Babbage, Attorney, Hardinsburg. Ky. 4 Real Estate Mortgages and Deeds for sale at the Missengib office. SAMPSON JOTTINGS. Paragraphs Caught on the Fly by j . f our Clinton Reporter. li Five; Sampsonians gbto' Raleigh. Judge Clark sends them. .-Our- Agricultural Society will not hold a fair this year. Times are too hard. - - The Festival, by the ladies of the Methodist church last week, was a de cided success. " The , ladies; of vthe - Presbyterian church have organized a Missionary Society. - Wha t wonld our churches do without the women? ' We learn.' that, Rev. J. T. Kendall (Methodists) has. added over two hun dred members to ehurches under his charge, this year.. V Mr. W. E. Faisori will soon remove his family to Washington City. Clin ton regrets losing Mr. F. and his most accomplished wife. Schools throughout our county ate in most prosperous condition. Deep educational interest seem to have taken hold of the people. Superior Court continues in session. Judge Clarke has impressed our peo ple most favorably. He may not be so able a lawyer as some of our judg es, but in point of executive ability and in dispatch of business he has no superior. A case of considerable interest was tried last week. State vs. S. T. and J.G.Smith. Crime. Horse-stealing. Verdict, for both guilty. Sentence 20 and 10 years, respectively, in penitentiary. They are white men and brothers. i The Clinton Literary Association has just entered its second year of usefulness. A series of monthly lec tures under its auspices wilFbe a new feature. Its public library is greatly enjoyed and appreciated. New vol umes are continually being added to its list of valuable books. Malarial and typhoid fevers are pre vailing in some sections of the county. A number of persons are' reported critically ill. The health of our town is good. According to appointment, the gal lant McClammy addressed a large crowd of Samsonians Tuesday ,the 12th inst., in Clinton. Your reporter failed I i i i.to hear him, but from the many com : plimentary opinions since expressed, j we know he made a most excellent ! speech. The Major is an earnest, im pressive and eloquent speaker, an ed ucated and thorough gentleman, a true and pure Democrat, and worthy of the vote of everv white man in the i Third Congressional District. Koonce! r rank Koonce, did you say 7 . les, of course, we know Franhy in Sampson. We remember quite distinctly, several years ago, tearing the Hon. A. M. j Waddelj take all the feathers off Ons ' low's little "bantam," and we knew j full well he wouldn't give McClammy I a chance to do the same thing befoie j the same audience, consequently, we . T t 1 did not expect mm to put in an ap pearance, and sure enough he didn't come. if we are not mistaken this gentle man has before been afflicted with the same disease from which he now suffers. You can't go to Washington, Mr. K. Independents dependent on the g. o. p. vote don't get elected in the Third District. Don't waste your time on a canvass, Mr. K. Stay home, or go fishing; yes, go fishing, there is more money in it : "Let your pole be made of a peacock's feather, Your line composed of the finest tether, Bait your hook with bits of cheese, And sit in bed and bob for fleas." We have no idea an independent will be elected in Sampson this year, but, by so-called Democrats splitting the party vote, we may get an old deep-dyed Republican into office. Who will be to blame ? At the conclusion of Maj. Mc- Clammy's speech in Clinton, Hon. W J. Green, who was present by invita tion, was called, and responding, made the most effective campaign speecn delivered in our town in many years. Col. Green is a fayorite i j our county, and our people most cordially greeted him. For more than an hour he held his audience spell-bound, and his speech is pronounced by all who heard it, a masterpiece. Already strong in Sampson county, he has added more strength by his earnest and hearty support of our gallant "plow boy" candidate. Philo. MOUNT OLIVE LOCAL. By the Regular Messenger Cor respondent. The boiler to the engine whieh runs Mr. A. J. Barfield's gin, exploded last Monday afternoon. The eyes of John Williams, colored,. were right seriously damaged with dust and steam. The engine was blown several yards away, and considerable damage done to the kfittaftise by the explosion. ' MrS. M. Rjinkins- rn nf nnr n- terprising merchants, is erecting a dwelling on the corner of East centre and Pollock streets. Mr. Johnson, a young local preacher from near Goldboro, came down and filled the Methodist pulpit last Sab bath. He preached a very good ser mon. Rev. Mr. McManaway, of Wilson, N. C.came d-u last Monday and is conducting a series of meetings in the Baptist church. Services will be held each day during the current week. Preaching every morning and night. Mr. M. preaches splendid sermons, and warns the sinners mightily against the wrath which is to come. The cholera has been playing havoc lately with the hogs in this section, a good many farmers having lost all of their hogs. "Cincinnati chickens" will be in big demand next year. Miss Maria Marable returned Tues day from a visit to the Danville Va., section, having spent .the summer there. Miss Minnie Privett, of Duplin Co.. is visiting at Mrs. J. D. Aarons. Miss Sallie Health, of . Magnolia, is. also here on a visit to relatives. The new Methodbt: church at Fai- son's, is to be dedicated on the 5th rm Sabbath in this month. Rev. Mr. J. T. Harris is to preach the dedicatory sermon. The 4th quarterly conference of the Mt. Olive circuit, which was to have been held at Smith's Chapel will beheld at Faison's Saturday, 30th inst. Some time ago a tramp having ob tained employment from a gentleman who doesn't live a great ways from Mt. Olive, asked some member of the family if they had ever eaten any boiled sweet potato vines, and ex pressed a liking for them, so the lady of the house had some vines gathered and cooked for the tramp, who ate them with quite an earnestness, pro fessing to be very fond of them. Miss Minnie Elmore, of Mt. Olive, and Mr. Henry J. Pope, the R. R. agent at Magnolia, were married by Rev. J. B. Harrell, at the residence of the bride's parents, Wednesday Oct. 20th at 10 o'clock a. m. The newly married couple left on the morning train by way of the "short cut" to Fayetteville. ANN UAL RE-UNION. Of Co. II. First N. C. Cavalry at Kinston. According to adjournment the sec ond annual reunion of Co. H, 1st N, C. Cavalry, was held at the Opera House in the town of Kinston, N. C on the 13th day of October, 1886. The roll being called the following members answered to their names: H. J. Sauls, Captain; H. J. Catra way, 2nd Lieut.; A. B. Hollowell. Ov S. and Corresponding Secretary: Elias Abbott, A. M. Carr, David S. Dayis, William Flowers, Jesse C. Kennedy. W. B. Lane, T. J. Presson, J . P. Tuck er and Geo. A. Jackson. The Rev. N. M. Jurney being intro duced by J. C Kennedy, addressed the Company extending them a hearty welcome to the town. Gen. Robert Ransom, the first Col onel of the regiment, being present was enrolled as a member of this or ganization, and entertained the Com pany with a speech, referring and in feeling terms to the time when we were enlisted in a cause that we loved, pledging his efforts to do all in his power to keep up the organization. The committee on monument was indulged until next meeting. The committee on reunion of the regiment reported progress, and, on motion. Gen. Ransom was added to said committee and constituted chair man. On motion of H. J. Carraway, it is sugrgrested by this meeting that a re union of the whole regiment be held at Raleigh on Wednesday of the week in which the North Carolina State Agricultural Fair is held for the year 1887. On motion, the time for holding the meetings was changed trom the .2nd Wednesday in October, to the Jnd Wednesday in August ot each year and that the next meetiner be held at Goldsboro on the 2nd Wednesday in August, 1887. The following were unanimously re-elected officers for the ensuing year: Captain, H. J. Sauls; 1st Lieut., H J. Carraway;2nd Lieut., B. M. Privett O. S. and Corresponding Secretary, A B. Hollowell. Adiourned to dinner, wnich was handsomely served by A. Archbell, at which remarks of welcome were made by W. F. Stanly, Mayor of the town and at which the following toasts were responded to : "Co H. 1st North Carolina-Cavalry," li. J. hauls ; "lhe Soldiers of North Carolina," uen. Ransom; "New South," Dr. H. D. Harper; "Progress of Religion in the South." Rev. Israel Harding' ; "The Ladies of the South," W. B. Lane. Adjourned from dinner to the Hall. On motion, the hearty thanks of the meeting: were extended to the citizens of the town of Kinston for their hospitable treatment, after which the meeting adjourned. H. J. Sauls, Capt. A B. Hollowell, Cor. Sec'y. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Items of Interest in and Around Walter. Col. Crawford is still confined to his bed with sickness, though improving. Mr. Needham Gurley and his oldest sister are both quite feeble yet. There is also sickness in Mr. Ed mond Coor's family. Madam' rumor has it that W. H. Brogden, Esq., has rented his farm to Mr. Henry Hood, a very good farmer too, and that Mr. Brogden will move to your city. This community will re grret to lose such a good citizen as Esq. B; bnt "dang it all" it's Goldsboro's gain. In your last week's paper the print er said Dr. "Dodd" for Dr. "Pool" and also in the campaign notes, he made us say "vouched" for "touched" which conveys quite a different mean ing to what we intended and we won der whether his ideas were confused by a we, drop of tangle leg. The matrimonial fever is raging in these parts now among the colored people. Squire Sasser wrested his first couple one day last week. Miss Berta C. spent last week with friends in Selma. Mr. Geo. Edwards lost his horse some time ago. He too, is going'to leave us, and is going to Magnolia next year. There is a colored woman on Mr. Geo. Yelverton's farm over 11G years old. The S. S. Convention convex es at Ebenezer next Saturday week. Dr. Talmage's Sermons will gain many substantial friends for the Mes senger and we trust they will do an abundance of good. There is a splendid rice crop this year but the low price is discouraging to the farmers. Magistrates requiring blanks will find a full supply at the ; Messenger office; See ; oar advertisement of "Magistrates- Portfolio,, another colamtti- -i : THE RUSINESS WORLD. Labor Summary What is Going . on all Over the United States. Philadelphia, Oct. 11. There is an unprecedented rush of orders for merchandise and material in all branches. Prices are pointing upward, but as yet, there has been no general advance. Business men are apprehen sive of it and are preparing for.it by ordering goods ahead. This is espec ially true in the dry goods trade, also m lumber, iron, steel, clothing, and in general merchandise and machinery. Many of the larger machine shops are sold up three to four months. The mills making dress goods, silk goods, hosiery, silk, woolen and worsted, and the mills on worsted and woolen cloth are all Oversold and overcrowded. Twenty million pounds of western and foreign wools have been contracted for to be delivered through the fall and winter, and a further advance is probable. Jobbers are unable to ob tain supplies fast enough. Boot and shoe manufacturers are running full time here and all through New Eng land and are able to keep up. Hides will decline in price and leather will advance. In iron and steel, business is crowd ing in. Rail makers are getting $34 for rails to be made next spring. The bridge iron makers are ail sold up so of plate. Prices are stronger. Pig iron is getting scarce even with a pro duction of 120,000 tons per week. Nails are $2.00 to $2.10; bars, $1.90 to $2.00. In lumber, there are sufficient sup plies to keep prices from advancing much, if any. White pine and yellow pine are pouring into Atlantic mark ets and wholesalers are handling all of it at steady but not high prices. Hemlock is $11.50. In coal, the anthracite combination has advanced prices on consumers and will crowd them higher yet. Demand is very active. Business is improving rapidly and the" consumption will be ahead of any former year. Last week's returns from sixty rail roads show a surprising increase in earnings. Foreign bond and stock holders contemplate heavy purchases here soon. Traffic is rapidly increas ing, and large quantities of railway material, rails, locomotives and cars, besides lumber, have been ordered. From all industrial centres reports of great activity are received, and the threatening upward tendency in prices is more ominous. The producing in terests seem to fear an advance, stianere as it may seem, and are fight ing against it in all quarters, lest over producing may swamp our industries as it did four years ago. Capitalists are greatly encouraged. Syndicates have been formed to prosecute great enterprises, also several important trade combinations have been quietly formed, and more are talked of. Every industry is preparing for something to happen. The latest wheat and corn reports are favorable; cereal exports are moderate; leather exports for eigrht months have fallen off, and boot and shoe exports have increased. Large . "Ill 1 li A investments will, oe maoe in tne west and. south next spring. Combinations are now being entered into in Phila delphia and New York looking to in dustrial expansion and railroad exten sion on a scale ot unprecedented mag nitude. It is to the interest of the governing powers of Europe to have a continental war, and diplomacy is plavingr its tricks to that end. Labor was never more generally employed, and as a rule as well paid as now, but there are a million persons within twentv-four hours of the poor house after all. The Richmond Convention of Knights will strengthen the labor movement, and the outcome in time will be the formation of a Labor Con gress for advisory purposes. A fresh and widesDread labor aeritation is probable next spring. LETTER FROM FA1SON. Koonce ! The Irrepressible Koonce Once More. I Correspondence of the Messenger. The usual rather monotonous rou tine of speeches by county candidates who have no party opposition to stir them into spicy vigor, was varied con siderabiv upon tne occasioa or our county candidates appearance at Fai- son last weeK. xne aonaiion came in the person of "one Koonce," who took advantage of the appointment to make a personal presentation of some peculiar political views "for the general welfare of the people without regard to party," as he expressed it. An undersized, negligently dressed, insignificant looking specimen of hu manity, the opinion of the writer was in hearty accord with the language of i- a i m i your rremont corresponaent or last week in describing him as "one Koonce." That appearances are de ceptive, however, was never more clearly exemplified than in this in stance, for insignificant he certainly is not, as was clearly demonstrated by a speech the most ingenious, the most plausible, the most deceptive, the most demoralizing delivered within the hearing of the writer in lo ! these many years. It is a mistake to refer to such a man in such language. Those who do not know him and his Dowers as a demoralizincrMemacrocrue. do not accurately estimate the danger or the damage in such a character. His speech at Faison Friday of last week was a most carefully prepared specimen of specious Teasoning so ar ranged as to hide the many fallacies under an occasional modicum of at- ractive truth. He is self-evidently a 'sore-head:" what the Democratic 1 partv has done for him I know not, j but he evidently feels with Cataline (and the comparison might be ex tended by the way) that he'd H1 wrorurt. To stir a fever In the blood of we. Or make an ttfnVt sinews strong as steel- - H spoke with all "the concentrated venom, of a disappointed wouia-De aagogtieVuch a man needs watch-Ingr- He-shonld'be 'rehuked J publicly with the falsity of his logic, the fallsr cies of his argument should be ex posed, and the man who successfully does this deserves the hearty thank of his party and all lover' of good governmentand haters of demagogues Mr. Powell, of Clinton, 1 understand, met him at Warsaw and exposed him, and I am informed that our ex Senator from Duplin, E. J. Hill, de nounced him also upon the same occa sion, with the peculiar vigor and per spicahty which always characterizes that gentleman's attacks upon inde pendent demagogues and party demor-' alizers. Mr. Hill never misses an op portunity, by the way, to put in an effective word for the party. We had the good fortune to have him with ua last Friday, and he made his presence very effectively known to Mr. Koonce in a short speech in reply to that gen tleman's argument, in which, by a simple statement of a few facts, he overthrew the entire structure of specious falsehood, of which Mr. Koonce had made his speech. Duplin county, and indeed the whole district, is fortunate in having so faithful-a guardian of the interests of the party constantly on the alert for the enemy. W. B. P FREMONT ITEMS, Items of Interest Gathered Inr the Nalmnta Section. This has been a very prolific year for independents, but the most pio lific part is, they will be left. So say the people! Whv does a democrat v want to be an independent candidate T Is it because he thinks the people want him ? or does he want office T or wants to serve the people f or aid the republicans to overthrow the demo cratic party f or is it the love of country! The promptings of patriotism to serve a party that has blighted and cursed country, above all other coun tries ; to gratify selfishness, a little malice because people dou't think them as capable and great as they think themselves work against the only party since the war that has done any good for country or people. Revenge is but a frailty IncMent To crazed and sickly minds, the poor content Of little souls, unable to surmount. An injury, too weak to ttcar affront The democratic parfy, when true to its mud sil principles has ever been the friend of the workingmen. Every victory worth winning is worth work ing for. Then, to work democrats,, and make this a campaign that will be death to all independents and dis organizors politically, so that no beat ing drum or martial music will over bring them to life again. , Or, if it should, let them come up washed of independent principles, as they are detrimental to the best interest of the people politically. That word is a misnomer. They are always dependent on somebody. Who T Why the republican party for votes. Why not remain in the democratic party and make that the party of the people, if it is not, and make this grand old party all that is necessary for the good of tho people ; the only party that has amid warn preserved constitutional liberty, and given to the people the best govern ment the world ever saw. I know the ways of the people, the toiling working people, whose shoulders keep everything moving, are not willing to go back to the darker days of the Canby, Holden & Kirk times the dark times of radical rule. Then, fellow citizens, rally around the demo cratic standard; keep its banner waving high, long and triumphantly over those who would besmirch its fold?, tarnish its illustrious and honored name, and pluck from its galaxy of stars the brightest that havo so long shed their effulgent rays over this blood bought land of ours. We can't be bettered by leaving the old ship. If every plank but one goes down let's cling to that and keep try ing to better the partj until we get it what it should be. Then we will spread sails and take all on board. Arouse ye men, while our country is rescued from the hands of oppressors let us keep it safe in democratic hands, the only party that has been true to principles and people since the war, and the only party of tho two that will be true to the people. In union there is strength. Let us all do away with little potty differences, and vote for the democratic nominees; we can't do -better. They are as trust worthy and ashonorabje as any other candidates. Am glad to hear they are gaining strength every day; that their election is now certain Everybody in this end of the county is becoming aroused to & sense or bis duty, and when the day ot election comes, we will permanently establish democracy, steadfast, immu table, long jto wave over the land of ; the free, and home of the brave. Democratic mass meeting here the 23rd instant. Everybody come. At Sauls X Roads there is in prog ress one of the largest protracted meet ings that has been in this section for years. Rev. R. C. Beaman in charge. Many are being converted and join ing the church. Bucklen's Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, 8alt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands. Chilblain?. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,. or money rerunded. .Price 25 cents per box. For sale by KIrby & Robinson. --Our job office facilities have been greatly, increased and improved. In. quality of work and cheapness of prices, we propose to compete with any office south of the Potomac. - Tax. receipts, Clerks Blanks,, Registers' Blanks, Court Dockets, Marriage License and. all blanks used by Magis- -trates and Attorneys supplied at short notice. Tk GreoUtt Bhmo. on Eart-lt our grand display of Clothici, Dry Goods, Dress Goods. Hats. Shoes, jfccv -o . : v.s " T ""' " ' Bol. EiNsTxiJi & Co- v . ft
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 21, 1886, edition 1
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