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The Little Vexations of Farm
Life and the Necessity for Care
ful M atching of Everything.
LET AU, THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S, AND TRUTHS'
VOLUME 17.--
WILSON, NOETH CAROLINA. NOVEMBER 24, 1887:
NUMBER-' 13
with a sharp stick, and a bag on
the end of it?' v
'Well now, mas Ed,' says Bob,
I'll tell you how it is, we nigg
ers have been seein' for a long
time dat yon white . folks ' done
gut dis world and Gent Grant
nor nobodyalnt a gwine to giv'
us niggers any of it, and so we
is gwine to meetin' and prayin'
and fixin' up to take de
The North Carolina' Baptists. I THE MISER'S CHILD.
merchant or a lawyer or
any outsider who never farmed
any has got an idea that farm-1
ing is a mighty' simple, and
easy, and innocent sort of. bjusi
"ies.. They think there is noth
ing to no but plow and hoe and
gather the cropand there's no
worry or complication about it,
oxcept, you can't get a fain
every time you want it, andae
crop is short in consequence. I
had pretty much that sort of a
notion myself,; but I kpcrw
better now. I've been farming
for live years, and I like it bet
ter and better ; 1 like the free
dom of it, its latitude and lon
gitude and its j variety ; jbut
there is a power,pf little Wor
ries and not a few big ories that
a man has to encounter and pro
vide for that these outsiders
never dreamed of. When a man
is running hjred labor it takss
about half his time to watch
'em and keep 'em from wasting
tilings, and losing' things, and
doing things wrouuv 1 went
down in the field yesterday and
stumbled on. Ithe monkey-
wrench in the grass by the jturn,
row, and it had been there; for
a month, and I had hunted! for
it all over the premises, and no-
world as soon as we git dar, held
that's nil snrl TVih stretched 8ince
his mouth and showed his
pearly teeth, and laughed loud
at his own wit. Nabor Freeman
says! he couldn't abuse him
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says the North
Caiohna Baptist Convention em
braces in its jurisdiction all the
State save the counties west of the
Blue Ridge. These are in the
Western Convention, which makes
a membership of 25,000 white Bap
tists in these counties. It has an
next entirely seperate organization and
-:o:-
IX A WRECK THE 31ISER
'. SECURED A FRIZE.
after that.
both talked
Me and Mrs. Arp
rleht seriously to
its convention some weeks
The reports for the North
Carolina Convention, which, it
must be born in mind, consists only
of white Baptists, show what earn
est work has marked the year now
ending. There are 81 " missionaries
In After Years the Treasure is
Returned to its Rightful owner,
but not Until the Miser Sleeps
the I ist Sweet Sleep.
employed by the State Mission
Board m all parts of the btate.
A grim old house, falling to de
cay, stood high up on the side of a
densely wooded hill, stint out by
our darkeys about being vacci- For this purpose $10,000 was raised I huge trees from sight of' ttre'Jto3d
nated for the small pox,' and
told 'em I could do it from the
children's arms and not cost 'em
a cent, but old Tom, the patri
arch of the family, is very
superstitious, and has got some
suspicion that the devil has
something to do with it, and he
shakes his head, and says
during the year, all of which was
expended. For foreign missions the
amount raised was 6,500; Tor edu
cation, $3,560; for the. orphanage
at Thomasville, where there are
now 75 orphans under the superin-
dence of Mr. Jno. H. Mills,- for Sun
day School work and the supply
store, $6,000.
don't know nuffiu about it, and
if de Lord goin' to giv' 'em de
small pox, dat a man can't keep
it away, and if de Lord don't
want 'em to have it, it won't
come, it all depends on de Lord
anyhow. i
It s right smart better to run
a farm with a limited amount
of stock and have no separate
carriage horses, and every once
in a while the girls say, that
they are just pbleeged to pay a
visit to a nabor, or to goto town
after some little' dry goods, and
so I have to Btop a plow for
that (if it is possible), and I al
ways strain a point to make it
possible, and then again -some
of our kin write ns a note to
meet them at the depot, and we
have to go after 'em and take
"The. Convict Eoad."
A meeting of the Board was held
jn the executive omce yesterday,
being called for the purpose of re
questing the Attorney General to
frame a contract in relation to the
lease of the "Convict Road" in Pen
der county, to Geo. H. Ramsey and
associates. The company desires
the road for transportation of tim
ber from Angola swamp. The pro
vision of the contract will be that
the company may have the use of
nine feet of road-bed provided it
will keep the remaining thirteen
feet in good order for the general
use of the public. The road runs
through the swamp for nine miles
and is the only effective mode of
going through it. The contract
will be submitted to Mr. Ramsey
for consideration and to be accept
ed or rejected. . The road is on the
. . t -i a i j A v : txAn-
Doay couiu leu any uuug uum w "V'N'""
hnl nnw th; rtarkftv "mem- 1 ---- - uuuut; lauus oi mo orate auu is un
it
bers ta.kin' it down dar to screw
upde taps on &e cultivator."
Not loug ago I found the hatch
et in the edge Of the bushes
where one of the boys had j left
it after cutting poles to lay off
by. I can pick up scooters j and
dull plows all about the farm,
in the corners of the. panels! and
ana on tne wnoie a poor man
has to farm sorter on the strain
, and it takes a smart man to. do
it and make it a success, don't
it. But after all, it's the best
business I know of, and the
happiest. j
Bill Arp.
der control
Education.
of the State Board
Raleigh Visitor.
of
down. Mary was seated with her
father at their frugal evening meal,
when the clatter of a horsed feet
aroused them. lie rode right in at
the garden gate and dismounting,
tied hla horse to a tiee. '
Explanations followed. Thbj was
the nephew, of the owner oi the
place, and his prospective heir. lie
had come at bis uncle's desire to
look at the property which daring
nearly sixteen years haa been qui
etly permitted to decay.
'My uncle, Mr, Shirley, fitted the
mansion up tor his young wife," he
said, "while she was visiting for her
health with friends in Europe. On
their return voyage they Buffered
shipwreck off this very coast. My
poor yoang aunt aud her infant
daughter were lost, not even-'ihWr
bodies being recovered, and my un
cle has lived abroad ever since una
ble to-endure the memories which
Lis native land aroused. lie has
returned at last and has named me
heir of all .the wealth that would
have been my poor little cousin."
They fixed him up a place to
sleep in one or the dismantled
chambers. It was summer time and
so waitn that you could have slept
in the open air. Apparently he
fouud the place as charming as it
bad appeared to Mary, for he show
ed no inclination to leave as the
weeks stole on. Old John Travers
made no objection. What could he
say, iudeed, to the future master of
the 4lace 1
And Mary! She was lost in a
dream of joy. She loved and was
beloved. Be tore the golden autumn
was half over Henry fcjnirley return
ed to towu to seek the consent of
his uncle to marry the girl be loved.
But "the course of true love nev
er did run smooth."
Mr. Shirley was extremelv indig
nant at his nephew's proposing to
marry a penniless couutry girl a
mere, nobody; the daughter of a
disreputable old man who had not
means or decency to even pay lor a
lodging.7' i
'Give her np,' orl
he cried angrily.
Ilarry answered respectfully but
flrinly, that he would give up li.e
on the stumps where" they
'em when they change 'em. My
log chain is missing now, and
the little crow-bar and one of
the hammers, for sometimes I
Lave to le3ve home for aJfew
days, and although these nigg
ers and my yearlin' boys do
thf-ir, level best to surprise; me
with doin' a bower of work
while I was gone, they don't no
tice little things, they lose at
the bunghole while stopping np
the spigot, or vice varcy, as the
saying is. They bore the auger
bit against a nail, or dull i the
saw in the same, way, and ...let
the-old cow get into the orch
ard, or the hogs-into the tater
patch. I've got good workin'
The Duty of Parents in Sickly Sea'
sons' of the Tear
We recommend the following
testimouy as to the officacy of S. S,
S. in measles ajud fever, from one
of the best known physicians prac
ticing in Georgia. It will be seen
that he strongly testifies to the
happy results accruing from the
use of this medicine in preventing
the frequently ( very serious conse
quences that ' follow an attack of
measles.' The; resultant effects of
an attack of measles rem aim in the
system for months and unless great
care is exercised the lingering poi
bon in the blood will attack some
vital part of the system, endanger
ing Hie. We take great pleasure
in giving the widest possible circu
lation to this eminent physician's
A Paying Industry.
The Carolina Spoke and Handle
Factory, established in this city
some months ago by Carson Bros.
is proving a most successful busi
ness venture, as the firm is crowd
ed with orders. Thpy now have
orders in hand irom Germany, and
irom ail tne Southern states and
some of the Northern States. They
last week-filled orders from points
In .Maine arm Florida. The factory
has a . daily Capacity of 3,500
spokes and 75 pairs of rims, and it
is taxed to its fullest capacity.
The factory gives employment to 33
nands, all SKilIed labor, who are
paid from lto 122.50 and $3 per
day. Charlotte Chronicle.
What we need' is more industries
all over North Carolina of a similar
character.
A Fearful Accident
below, and without a neighbor near
er two miles. The country people
seldom passed that way. Every
body knew that a gang of counter
feiters had once taken up' their
quarters there; and having beeu
discovered had made so dosperate
a fight for liberty that one of them
bad lost his life, ills restless ..'host
was said to haunt the scene of his
irime and death, and so the nlace
fell into disrepute aud was general
ly feared and avoided, till old "Mi
ser" Travers chose to take up his
abode there.
The owner of the old house had
lived abroad for many years ami no
one had charge or care of it'Old
Travers had found two rooms
that were still very habitable, he
laughed at the notiou of ghosts, and
declared nimself too poor to think
of robbers; nd the fact there would
be no rent to pay was compensation
for many evils; so he moved into
the old ruin quietly, asking no
man's leave.
Hitherto he had lived in a miser
able cottage on the rocky coast,
calling himself a fisherman. There
were those that whispered that
"wrecker" would have been a bet
ter name; H.nd spoke mysteriously
of hidden stores of wealth, rich
treasures wrestled fiom the angry
waves. But this was envious talk
aud idle surmise only : there was
but one treasure to which thev sooner than Mary Iravers.
could have pointed wiMi'auy cer- "lhen you are no longer my heir;
tainty Mary, the old miser's lovely aQd as for your 'inamorata, she shall
adopted child. iroop out oi my bouse lorLhwith."
She bad come to him during the u the beat of bis rage be set out
fiercest rage of a terrible storm, a oat at once for the place, bent upon
give you np,'
and still. Beside It, pale and tremb
ling, and weeping silently, stood a
young girl; at sight or which Mr.
Shirley's heart gave a gieat bound,
and, unconciously, he cried alound :
oan the sea give back its deadT"
.Harry looked up iu ustonishment.
"You here sir!" he. cried.
But Mr. Shirley kep, his eyes on
Mary
"Who are you, child t" he gasped.
She looked at him wonderingly.
'I do not know. I thought 1 was
his child." kissing the cold dead
hand, 'but he has told me differ
ently. There were letters in the
case, be Baid, that would tell me
all; and long ago he saved Tie from
the sea. "
Harry had been looking at the
case; he gave a cry:
'UncIe 1 Hele Is vour name on
it. 'Spencer Sltiiley, New York."'
Mr. Shirley owned wide his arms.
i ao not need it " he cried. Her
face tells all the story ! My child !
My child ! Dear image of my lost
wife, Mary. Come to your fthei's
heart V
Thus .Mr. Shirley found his loug
ldst daughter, and Ilarrj's faithful
lovM was happily rewarded when
he led to tl.e altar his pretty cousin,
the luieer's child.
IIow Jacsh EariiDr Eetaliatei.
Many years aci the eccentric.
Jacob Barker 11' red some eood
business paper fur 'discount at one
of the Wall street banks, and when
the board of directors met thv
threw the paper out. This displeas
ed friend Jacob, aud in a few davs
he presented 10.000 iu bills of that
same bank at the counter and de
manded the Specie from the aston
ished officer. It was rolled out to
him iu kegs of $1,0.J(J each, the tel
ler vf the bank informing ijltn that
tbey were obliged to gi.e him five
auu ten cent pieces.
Here was a dilemma for -ven so
uugub anu reuouotaoiu a i:nu as
Jacob, .but he was equal to the
emergencj'. Ho ordered the porter
NEWS OF A WEEK . tCrowell,ofThnityCol
" luuvuuiru mat pians are
oetug Uevuted vub a view of bold.
log sometime dating t he next com
mencement week a general reunion
or ail living students, teachers an
oClcals who ever attendeJ the coi
lege. The exact day and nartica
Urs of arrangements will be made
known in a ho:t tirce,
WHAT IS UAPPEXIXa IX
1UE WORLD AROUXD US.
A most distressing and' heart
rending accident occurred on the
boys and right industrious candid and manly letter written arm of Mr- E- W. Lyles, four miles
darkeys, but it takes a inan
witli a head on and his - eyes
well oien to Keep up with j'em
and watch out for little things
little damages that aggravate
"a man and keep him in a fret,
that is, if he is but human land
can't help fretting when "things
go wrong. A fiabor borrowed
my brace and bit, and the bit
came back with one corner off;
' another one borrowed my cross
cut saw, aud it came back law
lul dull, ana will cost me a new
file. They don't like it if I
don't lend them, my mower to
they
cut their clover, though
never have cleaned up the
rocks in it. ' '
A darkey will work a mule
eometimes for ilNvo hours with
the hames put, of the collar and
never see it, and he thinks it
mighty hard if you won't lend
him a mule to ;ri(3e to meetin'
of a Sunday. But1 I won't do
mat. ineyrjegme out of a
heap of thing3 but they shan't-
ride my stock'of Sundays, for I
hate to do it myself, and when
a darkey gets on a mulej and
out oi signt ne ts nae a Degar
on horseback, ' he'll ride Ihim
ana run mm as long as lie can
stand up. Ijtfike the darkeys. I
do, but I haven't got much
hope,of 'enf j ever being jany
tbing but the same old careless,
contented, tupuglitless creatures
they always jwas. If we don't
own Jem as we used to we have
got tb actlike we do, for (there
- is no other way to get along
with 'em. I've got one. who took
a notion he would lay up! half
I his wages in spite of him
self and he told me to put it. in
the contract that I wasn't jto pay
nun put nve dollars a month
and keep the Other half till the
- end of the year. Aud now he
tries to beg me out of the other
five at tihvend of every month,
but I w&'n't pay it, and he goes
ii satisfied. I They all, want
guardians just like Orphan
children. We board two 'of 'em
and they eat more than my
wuoia lainily, and they want
coffee and buttermilk, and meat
and syrup, all -at the same time,
..v 1UOK9 nfce we can't eet
enongn jor em, but they can go
uu uu a, none ,and do without
vittlesior two daya and a half,
ana Keep iat. v; Nabor Freeman
came home the other diy and
found his nigger tenants right
smart behind with their crops
and they had all been off ' on a
three days meeting and Ian ex
cursion besides, and so he got
mad and hauled up Bob, and
says he : 'Bob, what in the
oickens are von all o-ntrv' tn Q
wuch meetin' ..for ? What is the
in the cause of suffering humanity
ELIAVIIX4 Ga., March 31,1887
My Dear Sira I have used your
S. S. S. medicine with exceptional
benefit on patients convalescing
from measles.; A feature of that
disease is that it leaves the mucous
membrane chronically inflamed
that is, the inflammation continues
from four to six : months. I have
given it to several patients just
getting out of bed from the meas
les, and always with the ha ppiest
results. 1
I also used S. S. S. in convales
cent, fever cases with the- best re
suit. It will, in my judgment, pre
vent summer dysentery, if one will
take a few bottles in the spring,
thus preparing' the bowels for the
strains of summer.
I am prompted to send yon this
letter, because just now I am aware
that measles prevail in Southwest
Georgia. While I hesitate to ap
pear as a voucher for proprietary
remedies, S. Si. S. has become such
a standard medicine . with many
regular physicians, that I am re
lieved of the embarrassment ordi
narily attached to a regular physi
cian's endorsement of proprietary
medicines. Besides, the claim of
suffering humanity are greater
than selfish professional ethics.
Yours sincerely,
Ji N. Cheney, M. D.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis.
eases mailed free. The Swift
Specific OoL Drawer 3, Atlanta,
Ga., )
from town this forenoon. A tenant
on the place, a colored man named
Sam Trotter, arid his wife, went to
tneir work, and tett their two child
ren aged 1 and 3 years -locked
in the house. About 11 o'clock the
house was discovered to be on fire.
livery enort was made to rescue
the children, but the flames made
such rapid progress that all efforts
were vain. The children were
burned beyond p recognition , The
grief of the parents was indiscriba
ble. Charlotte Hornet;
An Inehriated Drummer.
An intoxicated drummer applied
to the ticket agent at High Point
Saturday night for a ticket to
Greensboro, and the agent refused
to sell him one, according to the
rules of the railroad company. The
drummer boarded the train with
out a ticket andrefused to pay his
fare, when the conductor remon
strated with him, but . without ef
fect.. He then told tim he would
have to put him off and started to
do so, The drummer then drew a
knife upon him, whereupon the con
ductor proceeded to give the knight
of the gripsack a genteel thrashing.
Winston Daily.
latter, i3 the devil after
you
A Jumbo De-viator.
It is said the corn is so rank,
dark and green on the Connesaugua
bottoms that the light from the
fireflies can; be seen flickering
through iits ! somber shade even
when the sun is high in the heav
ens. An old. larmer tells a good
one about a feliow who lost his way
in one of these vast dark forests of
.corn, and was utterly unable to ex
tncate nimseir. An exploring par
ty, with lanterns, went in search of
him. When at last "the lost was
found," he was discovered in the
top of a tall.eorn8taIk astraddle of
an ear of corn, where be bad been
tor the last twenty-lour Hours watch
ing tor the sun to rise. Dalton(Ga)
uitizen. .- '
Eang The DeviL
Bayard Rupoe's daughter, living
with her parents in Spartanburg
county, S. U., and within one mile
oi uleveland county line, .was at-
lacKeu recenraypy a orutai negro
armed with a pistol. The voung
lady resisted jher assailant who
thre her to stLe ground. Her
younger sister in order to rescue
her sister, cried out, "Papa's com
ing ! " when the frightened ?iegro
ran away, with many scratches on
nis lace. j.ue- vuiain was soon
caught and lodged in jail. Shelby
Aurora. i
- Do They Believe It.
Sylvauus Cobb, i the nevelisr,
wisely saw in ins will : "liet no
blackness of crape or funeral weeds
cast its gloom upon my memory
I would that my belove ones should
seek the brightness and fragrance
of faith and trust in God, rather
than the gloom which belongs to
doubt and unrest." It is strange
that Christiana who believd that
death is but' a. transition from
world of sin and suffering to the
bright presence, of - God, bedee.t
themselves 'with sable garments
that indicate the eternal loss of
body ajud soul. The custon is entire
ly at variance with Christian faith.
and should be abolished. Eliza.
beth City Falcon,
North Carolina Coal Fields.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Robinson has deceived a report in
regard to the progress of the work
of explorat ou ot the coal-beds in
Dan Valley at Walnut Cove. It is
highly satisfactory thus far, and
all indications point to valuable
discoveries. The specialist who is
making a survey is sure of the de
posits. There can ; be but little
doubt about there being . a great
future for the coal and iron region
of North Carolina.
k Boomerang "Feeler."
The Republican leaders insisted
on making the; autumn elections
feeler tor tne Presidential cam
paign. They have done it, and are
not particularly exhilarated fit the
result. They 1 saddled" the steed
and took a trial trip.: Tt- j - ai
now being carried nome ?ft am
bulance, which fact gK&ntft-f 5
calamity which has be'it-n V::c
N. Y. Herald. , j y
tiny baby, lashed to a spar and
borne lightly on the foaming crest
of a giant wave that had laid her
down to all appearances dead
almost at bis garden gte, for he
had a little patch of stony ground
before his cottage. He was com
paratively young then and had a
wife, whom, in his rough way, he
loved. It was she who, with open
arms and pitying cries aud tears,
received the little ocean waif to her
childless bosom and tenderly nurs
ed it back to warmth and life agaiu.
After that the little creature
grew and thrived. Old Travers
grew to love her in time as much as
bis wife did; but even from the first
he declared bis intention of adopt
ing her. a course of -conduct to
which as there was no clue to her
belongings and parentage the vil
lage authorities- raised no objec
tions. '
No clew I John Travers could
have, told of a certain leather case,
lashed with the child to the spar
and containing jewels, letters and
a sum of inouey. ' His wife, in her
eagerness to secure and succor the
child, had scarcely noticed this
could not be sure that she had seen
it; and which he assured her that,
she was mistaken that there had
been no such thing was ready
enough to belie v Jiiui. She was
ready enough to keep silence, too,
concerning a jewel she had found
clasped round the infant's neck. A
locket set with diamonds and con
taining two portraits, a man's and
a woman's. On the back was en
graved: "To Baby Mary. From
Father and Mother."
Mrs. Travers was a conscientious
woman. Her first thought was,
that if, through this locket, the pa
rents of little Mary could be found,
they had the best right to their own
child and it would be a crime to
keep it from them. But her hus
band soon talked her out of that.
The jewel could furnish no clew, he
said, while for its sake the babv
might be taken from them. Mrs.
Travers, who had never had a child,
and had passed her life in vainly
wishing for one, could not bear to
think of that. She would give up
her new found treasure to its true
owners, if necessary, but to no oth
ers. Certainly the inscription 011
the locket gave no information and
the portraits were or faces strange
to those parls where she had been
born and passed her life. So she
easily came round to her husband's
ways of thinking aud resolved to
keep their diecovery a secret lor the
present, at least.
"The jewel will be a little dowry
for our girl," she said fondly, and
handed it to John, who hid it away
with those other treasures, of whose
existence even his wife did not
dream, bnt his secret possession of
which developed the love of gain
until it became a ruling passion of
bis nature.
Time went on until Mary was six
teen. Mrs. Travers had long been
dead and the little cottage rninous
now from age and the stress of
wind and weather was no longer
fit for human habitation. It was
hen that Miser travers, finding a
change quite unavoidable, took up
1 1 - 1 . , . . r
ma auuue. uuasKeu ana nnninaered,
at the lonely, haunted mansion on
the hill.
They went there in the early
spring time. To Mary, accustomed
all her life to the grim, wavewash-
ed rocks and ocean's stormyL roar,
the perfumed woods, clad in their
May attire of birds and blossoms,
were charming as the scene of some
fairy story. The solitary old house
was a palace in her eyes, and the
wild, neglected garden a paradise.
She had no friends. The stern old
man regarded all acquaintances as
spies and enemies, but she made
companions of the birds and flow-
personally, reproaching tnls.'un
principal and artful girl," who had
entrapped his nephew, hoping that
pernaps ne might be able to Luy
her off, determined, in auy, case, to
turn her disreputable old father out
of uoors. He arrived in the 1
in the early evening and, after
making some inquiries concerning
Travers and hearing nothing to his
credir, Ms too impatient to wait
for morning, but, set out fr the
lonely house without delay.
Hen rv also had set forth on his
return to his lover ; but the con
sciousness that he was bringing her
unwelcome tidings made his pro
gress somewhat siow. However,
these two, unknown to each other,
approached the Louse towards
nightfall by different routes.
uiu Jii.ser iravers lay dying on
his wretched bed, with Mary knerl-
iug by his side. She loved the old
man dearly; to her he
touuheadthe casks, which: beine
done, Jacob took a handful of the
coin from each and requested the
teller to place the remaiuder which
they were obliged to count to his
credit. It required the whole availa
ble force of tne institution to count
that mouey, and manv late hours
were made. Detroit Free Press.
Capture cf a IT. C. Docprado.
A condensed report of the netct a
gathered from the columns of
our contemporaries, Stat and
XativtiaU
Trinity College has 137 students,
The Fayetterille News says a
black bear was captured in that
county. i
The Selma News has aspendel.
It takes -patronage to support a
newpaper.
aiib ueuaerson uold Leaf savs
trade iu that place has greatly Im
proved in is laiL
The Davidson Dispatch savs a
dead tramp was found on the rail
road track ust week.
A negro's throat was cut sear
leidsville, says the Democrat.
Another negro did the cutting.
The gin house of Mr. E. B. Isler.
of Jones county, was destroyed by
hre, we see trom the Kinston Free
'ress. " :
The Glen Alpine Comet aud the
Nebo Nugget are the names of two
newspapers just started .in thia
State.
The Asheville Advance truly nays
that place has - more boarding
houses than any place of its ize in
the South. .
1
The Philadelphia Press tells of a
woman who is only 33 years oU,
but is a grand mother and has been
widowed twice.
The Fayetteville News 6ays an
American frrey eagle was .captured
near that place. He measured 8
feet frcru tip to tip.
Craven-county will vote on Jan.
25th, on the question of subscrib
ing 50,000 to a railroad from New
Berne to Onslow county.
. The Goldsboro Argus say there
was a gentleman in that place last
week making luquuiea as to the
advisability of putting in electric
lights.
OMUoa.Or Itwwnki.. ; . .
" Mrmtfc 1 ... . : ,
. , -X Vnlf B b , ..
7 ; (m 1 j
Alrrrumaiiud far Cudo '
AL:
ers and lived - lik the enchanted
priaevss of-tiiO. filry tal?. until af
last the haauS')ci j orifice. ''-appeared
! to rescue her. -
! He came on a certain tumuier
evening just before the ma went
been fond aud kiud. The wealth
which, with his dying breath he
promised her, had little value iu
ber eyes since she saw herself about
to pait with him.
Hi voice was hoarse and low, as
he said :
"Lift up the loose board by the
liH.:itiistone "
Hark! What was that.
She turned iu quick in alarm and
uttered a cry of terror; there at
the window was a savage, evil face,
listening to every word.
She rose to her feet. . The intrud
er tlng the broken shutter wide
and sprang into the room. Old Ml-
ser Travers uttered a deep groan.
' He has heard all!" he gasped,
aud-teli back like one dead.
The man laughed grimly.
'les 1 ve heard all," he said.
jioney aua jewels, saved-troru a
wreckand a good big bag o' mou
ey. All in an out-o' the-way place
like this, wheie I thought to fiud
nothing but ghosts. Here is some
thing more substantial, however.
You 11 excuse me, Mios I've got no
time to lose. Ill just take , the
money."
For her life, she could not have
spoken a word she stood, white
with terror, watching him as he
removed the boards. He liltid
from a hollow underneath the flour
a sack that chincked as he laid it
down. The ruffian chuckled as he
heard the sound, aud glanced
around him cautiously
"A good day's work there, if I
foundnbthiiigel.se!" he muttered.
Then he brought np a leathern
case stained by the salt water. It
was heavy for its size, and secured
by a strap and buckle. The robber
knelt down 011 the hearth to unfast
en it and threw it open. He start
ed as a flash of diamonds caught
his eye and uttered a loud cry.
1 It was echoed by another from
the bed. Old Travers had revived,
and glancing feebly around him,
paw his treasures in a stranger's
grasp. At that bight all the in
stincts of the miser awoke to life.
He sprang from the bed, endowed
for one brief moment with superhu
man strenght, and precipitated
himself -jpou the kneeling ruffian
bearing him down, between his
weight and the suddenness of bis
attack, helpless and prostiate to
the floor.
01 ary uttered a piercing scream
01 norror; it . was answerea iy a
shout from outside. Next moment
the door iiew open, and she was in
her lovers arms.
They turned to the struggling
lorras upon the noor, ana seizing
a rope, bound the ruuian's feet.
lhen tbey lilted the old man
from the ground, and laid him on
the bed dead !
Mr. Shii ley, hearing cries cf dis
tress, bad hastened bis preps, and
now arrived iat the house. The door
stood wide. ) He entered silently,
auu gazed on tbo solemn seen
tit chrttr.lwr: of ilenth, desecrated
by ? fiuSl.in YiohMice.
nairv K-l wiui one tuee on
Johu Isoui, wlo murdered Jacob
Newman Iu Roaue county, Tenn.
last l ebruary, has been captured
in Kansas City. Newman was
uative of Henderson county, and
resided for many years iu Blue
Bidjje towuship. The facts of the
case, as related by Isom, are that
Newman w.rs preparing" to elope
with Isom's lourtecn-year old niece
and that her family was very iu
diguartatit. At the time of the
murder, I-tom saw Newmau in
wagou nit'a the girl, and they were
goiag at a brisk pace towards
railroad station. Isom immediate
ly raised a double barrelled shot
gun aud fired, killiug Newman in
stantly, the load penetrating his
heart. Isom at once fled and went
had always toIvan.s'!sCl, where he was re
cently joined by bis family, a fact
that led to his discovery and arrest.
This is Isom's thiid homicide. Sev
eral years ago ho killed a man with
whom he bad quarrelled, was sen
tenced to two. years in the peniten
tiary, served two years, and was
pardonea. After that he killed an
other man in a fight, for which he
was tried and acquitted. This time
it is likely to go hard with him. He
was taken ro the Roane county jail.
Uendousonville Times.
The Election Laws.
Able Editor I fear our side has
lost. Write an editorial charging
the opposition with tbe most fla
grant aud shameful frauds on the
ballot box.
Assistant I guess you have not
seen the Ktest dispatches.
"What do they sayf
"They indicate that onr hide has
won."
"Hello! Well write an editorial
congratulating tne people that un
der the present law election frauds
are impossible." Omaha World.
Something Decent
Mrs. Blossom What's that! Oil, sou
horror! the hotel afire!
Mr. Blossom Yes, come on,we've
no tune to lose.
'But here I am in my night
dress!"
'Uooil enough; l m glad you ve
got out of your ball dress into some
thing decent." Burlington . Free
Press.
' Charles Mangam, a colored youth
of 1G years, about two mile of.Ox
ford, accideutally shot bimself
through the thigh, on Moudiy
wbiie cleaning a pistol.
Mr Bascom Holt, we see from
the Oxftird Torchlight, dropped
dead in Henderson, a few das
ago. He was a carpenter aLd the
cause of his death was apoplexy.
There seems to xt a contest 1m
tween sereral of our exchanges as
to which cau tell tbo biggest yam
on the power of m-morv. Tin-
palm is, at present, with the Golds
boro Argus.
A constable went to tbe house of
Ueury Harper, near WLitakcrs, to
arrest Henry Harper for bog steal
ing. He broke for the wood an 1
six days afterwards his body was
found floating in tbe canal.
The Suow Hill Enterprise ha
completed its steend year. It
rorks earnestly and truly for what
ever Us editor conceives to be
right and he has a clcr concep
tion.- We wish the Enterprise con
tinued prosperity and success.
The report of the Annual Confer-
once of the Alrican Methodist
Church in North Carolina shows
an active membership, of 14.401.
There are seven presiding elders,
seventy-five exhorters, and one
hundred and thirteeu Leal preach
ers.
Rev. T. R. Law, editor of the
Pittsboro Home, has accepted a h
sinonou theeuitorial staff of the
Charlotte Chronich?. He is one of
the best writers of -the State aud
we congratulate the Chronicle upon
so valuable an acquisition to its
lorce. .
James A. Robinson has accepted
a position on the editorial staff of
the Durham Rhcnrder. "Old Uur
rygraph" will throw new life and
vig r in that paiHT. We congrat
ulate brother Hackney upon secur
in'the services of brother Robin-
The first wue of tie Pre
Carolinian, f Hickory, since the
consoudaltoD of tbo tr -
haa been received. The.
is better than Htherof U !. j
The consolidation of tbe- ! ;- 5
pers assures to the peapU...- n.. k ,
. . . .. 1
iy a ueiicr paper man it a 1 , '
bic fur them to have ' tt-rt!
were two pain-rs publish: ' j t'. .
town. .
The Wadesboro Messenger learns
that there was a lively run pus
Lilesville on Monday." It seem
tba,t a big nero man wa' kickicg
np rather loo much, and tbe town
marshal, Mr. J. A. Dabbs, attempt
ed to arrest tim, and the negro re
sisted arrest. The marshal drew
his pistol and the necrro tfk It
it from him, beat him over the bead
with it, aud then ran off and made
his escape. Mr. Dabba bad ben
dek and was in no condition for
such an.affair.
Jno. S. Long, Eq., one of the
rnokt eloquent men iu the State,
discussed at Chattel HilL a -Gol-
lege Graduate in Pursuit or a Liv
lag." A correspondent of the 1U1-
eigu Ners-Observer says: "Hi
grace lul manner, his pleasing de
livery, tiie practical ideas' of his ad
dress, set iu a beautiful diadem of
rhetonc, logic and lofty imagery,
all combined to profoundly tmpros
an au lituce i.ot always attentive
when dry literary totc a:e con bid
ercd."
A ancc couu'y g" . lorn an told
tbe News Observer of i fearful oc
curence in Ilendersb:. county. He
said: A tta.all shanty was disoov
en u ki ic 0:1 art bv s, me fiKsera-
7, ii.i -.-!., .-.1 to csUngnh
1 he ll !in, in: fcuoYiag that any
. e was in it. Wlu-n t jey had put
Lie tfv- oat i!..'V I. iii is 1 liia.; on the
11 or tLe d.-.i-l bj.l, of a colored
woman c'mrrcd :! nf iU homing.
o!:e I1V0J in lliH Imusnnd it peftn
that sorue bad laH f.ol!y with
Ler an I eet tire to tie hnnsw t ca
cal l..c c:::ao. I. h tne woinau
.uiai utnt l.o'wr-n.
VI v ll tlt igliNews-Ob-crver says.
c i i t aure w as uoing 1a a wag
oa :t.su by to liorM-a along
ru.id 1 11 !he umth fork of tbe Swan
n:iiia livt-r. A c jired "driver was
boidipg t!;e r.-:n. Ala joint where
road I vras narrow aad the
sid;rg s't t-ji :Ley met a crt drawn
by ifi ox. .-u.'.tor Taurt' dri'er
atrjj-i-v i :vm a. l gi ... u.
tbi ox-cir-, when, oi ! i la.
sodden and great iud ' L -
wagon, the Senator waa U-iu
tod heavily to the ground i . 1
striking heavily, llertct . iac.i
oa the top of Lis bead tui ,u. ii" '
long reaching to the bot -. 'x a.
smau arteries were cur ..v:
considerable rffuMon of blood. He
received no farther injuries and is
now doin? well, with a prospect of
speedy recovery.
Speaker UYb ier, referring in bis
Webslei's Weekly, to a rumor to
which currency-was given by the
Winston St-ntrnel, to tbe effect
that be will le an independent can
didate far Congress in tV- fth dis
trict cext j ear, says th . :.e "baa
no disptisitiou to be a car :date for
anything uext year ;" ti.; "if the
Democratic majority ia the ap
proaching session of the House of
Reptf seatativcs will pass, a bid
abolishing the internal revenue.
Bio. Webstir will have no higher
ambition in the struggle next year
toaa to '.spend and be ient in the
interest of the Democratic patty;
if it does not, then be will be found
in the ranks of that, paity wLicu io
his ju Igtnent pr:Te.s honestly to
acKin)i'!ish thatoiji.'!;?."
A gentb?, lovely wot
a Main trrt bauk tU
Sbe wantf-d check ca
went U tLe teoeiving
dew and tbrnKt.tbe t It
teller Above j it tact.
"Next winder." be
1 . x
n-M w
'.'! .!
I
1 J ..
But Tra going to re . . :
Not here ybu ain't; i ; . 3
neit winder, lajr: Le' . "
The Sady ww still ni 1 :
she went aud shoved in ' .
TheK.lite olHcial tart- : . ,
It a not endorsed ma b , . 1 1
"Not endorsed f Wli; ' 1
tneaaf"
"Ijour nameTatkf-,,
"l'rarn it u aud iri ' . .
What business is that c ' f
"Is this your name 01 t! f .
hu check T
, it u.'
"Well, jou're got to 1 . . ...
That' what you a;.' ..' t.
What do joa mean T'
"ou must write r ...
across the back of it."
Bat my name' -on i r. e--
"On the front. Tht a i f
H must le across tbe b . l
"Oh, well, gi' me it." 4 ,
it and caiefully wrote h t 1 ..
aide down across the t U'.,
check and banded it in.
You endorsed it wroi ; . i
"How'd Tknow bow o-i . : J
itt Why didn't voa tel !
! thought i did. Hei.-. -
across the top, so."1 ant! - v '.
painfully showed h r '. ,
much grudging she com '..
tller thereupon cached I j ' -.
with, two wlver dollar.
"I ain't going to take . . . .
said. -Gi' me bills."
The teller sighed am ;.tvi .
two one dollar bills, whet . .
picked op ber parasol a . : : , , :
ed.
Cur Cm Cori:
A gentleman bo l.a
right extcntively My
that goes to make a Jer
live in, there are lew tL
tne belt ol couutry e
Wilson, Wayne, Lt-no
Pitt, lidgecombe and c
jacent to the-e. These
A young mis, a gel -,-
sister has jat lecome
a pbygiciao, waa ncak-d
per table with the I fara'
bad been remarks madt
ions "expressed about ;
when tbe young mis
opinion as follows: I t
be a very good thing for
aa be can now leave List
Carrie, and not give Ibet
to trani
jpurned.
The Goldsboro Argus tells of a
bold theft in that placa. It was
perpetrated by a mulatto man.
Col. L W. Humphrey was at the
toot of the stairs to bis office and
the rascal Mole 10 or $50 from a
draw in his office. No clew was ob
tained to the thief.
A Conversational Club.
"Say, bub, I hear that your folks
are going to lave a conversation
club at your house this winter."
"Yep ; we got one."
"Who are the members !" .
"Me and mother. I furnish tbe
conversation and mother provides
the club. Enny more!" Detroit
Free Press.
The Asheville Citiseo gives the
cheering information that the peo
ple of Burke and surrounding coun
ties will plant more small grain this
year. We are pleased to bear it
T'jp Ciiailotte Chronicle says
Barret ' c ire in left Charlotte for
Greenville in a special train of two
section", ari l it lost time all along
tho Wiiy, Greenville not baving
been read ed uutil II o'clock ou
tuc day ta show was to exhibit
there, ('aptaiu Jones wis in charge
of the hr.-t section, i nd when Cow
lien's station was reached, the man
ager or the circ is hunted up the
conductor and assailed him for the
slow travelling. He went ao far s
to tell Captain Jones that be (was)
not trying to move stiy faster, and
supplemented tins cnarge by call
ing the Captain a very no 50m pi 1
uientary name, lue words Lad
scarc-ly beeu uttered when tbe
conductor lei fly bis fisr, and the
showman w.it sent sprawling. As
he ne ;ti lie called for assistance,
aud a blf d zen c reus men came
running np, but jnst as tbey an
eared Captain Jones's flagman
bopK'd d iwn from a car and cov
ered the crowd with an ngly look
ing pistol, at the same time order
and hope the farmers of Eastern. them to fait luck. Some of the cir
5:oifa th rat
ers." Supjier .
;lTs Su:z cf "I " .
lightening the Tcii -
will be a reminder of pe
erty for ages to come, i
sure a foundation has D
-Golden Medical Discort ,
placed, and it will stan
irecycleaof time as a r- .
to the pbfrical emanci .'
thousand, who by iu
bHn relieved from cot
cotisnmptives nlghl-sww -
chitis. oonzbs, spitting o.
weak lungs, and other t
lung aflictions.
. T
"Yea, dear children,"
Suuday school tearher,
nothing is imivsaPule."
Can He make a th'Dg t
with only one end' to it
Bobby who Is a small I
Christian.
"Now, Babby, aaid tb
with gentle reproof, "Y0.1
ing fooliahly."
Wbat'a the matter wit
tail avked Bobby.
A Scntrin Air
An Cld lian.
tie vilU.iu'a cb-.'st, M-coring ,t
Klram r.raand his hand -0,1011 the
bed lay the eld man's body, cold
""es, my nude lived to be 116
years old and was qnite energetic
to the last." ""And I venture to
say that be was a total abstainer.
I have known . many very old peo
ple and I know that longevity is
impossible without temperance.
What caused bis death! ' Delirium
tremens.'' Nebraska State Jour
nal.
"That Miss Jones U a. 'nice-look
inz irirl. isn't she V
"Yes. aad she'd be the belle of
the town if it wasn't' for one thinx"
"What's that !"
".she has catarrh so bad it is un
pleasant to be near her. She baa
tried a dozen things and nothing
helps her. I am sony, for I like
her, but tnat doesn c m.r.c i any
less disagreeable for oae t-i be
around her."
Now if she had used Dr. S ige's
Catarrh Remedy, there would have
been nothing of the kind said, for
it will cure catarrh evert time
Carolina will proDt by the example
of our Western brethren.
Last Friday evening an uuknown
negro at temple. 10 outrage airs.
William Farthing, who lives with
ber husband two. miles 'north of
Durham, out was frightened off by
tbe lady's outcries. Efforts are be
ing made to apprenena tne aevu,
aud if caught be will likely be made
to test hemp.
A Mr. Brady, of thiscouuty.whfle
digging a well in his yard struck a
very rich vein cf gold. Mr. W. K.
Jackson, of Prosperity, bad the 01 e
examined by an expert and imme
diately purchased the well and tbe
land around about by paying (f.'j,
000. It is said to be a regular 1k-
nanzi. San ford Express.
Tho Washington cotrejqwudent
of the Tobacco Plant says: 'Friends
of Mr. Walter Page, who live in
this city, tell me that be has lea
his recent position ia the ofilce of
the Evening Tost and Harper Bros.,
and has accepted a position on the
editorial staff of tbe Forum. Mr.
Page is expected to viait Washing
ton this week for a week or so. He
is one of tbe brightest and most
promising men our State has pro
duced, and every promotion be re
ceives is a matter of gratification."
cut men tbr-w up their band and
one of them xiii out: "Don't
shoot! -Don't fuo.it T but the flag
man continue I to tl outlsb tbe wea
pon until tho entire crowd retired
to their scats in tbe cars.
sr.
n:7 "TO Sf c-ct It.
Can you ted me, wrote Malnl,
"what 1 can do to change the color
of my ban! It i red, and I am
afraid to use a dve." Gtt rich."
wrote tbe ed.tor, "and tbe newspa
pers wilt chance it to auborn or
apun gold." Philadelphia CU.
Trillin' Darticui
It is rr;.rted that ei-Congress-miu
A. M. WaddeH, of Witming
ton, is an avowed candidate for
Reosom's et la tbe U. S. Senate.
It is well understood that Minist: r
Jarvit wi'J pre-a his claims for tbt
position. Charlotte Democrat.
Train p "Will yog giv
ty cents, air, to b:iy a
bikey with!" '
Gentlexan isn't tha
cties ky request !
Tramp oa wont
hen you bear tbe p
Yoa see I've deen drink
morula' at a fnen'a exp
ant to reciprocate. I a
lam a tramp.
Th ITjitcry lip:
The circumstance of o.
mo wh3 turned while" ia the
S nth rvoentlv ia explained. A
tts iaoaKied WLile ttrew Lira in a
-st, bat le made a3JJnef
roit aad turned Wfclt. Trias
S-'iiog.
3 v7 cnca.
A bribe is a sum of money efiYr
ed to a person which is considered
too small to be satisfactory : when
it rises to the plane of at i; faction
it become a retainer. Lowell Cit
izen.
A London drugpat has Lit tbe
p-t4'ar taste for bargain.
InMs window be dijJaja a cuJ
tha reads: -Come in and gtt
t write emetic for one h 11. tg."
T-sa Sdtiogs. . .
The CndilTcr-
The crncial teft
great-ess la, what be
GoldsbtJro Aros.
to a &'
Lz dorse.
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