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VOLUME 19.'
WILSOiN, NORTH CAROLINA APRIL 25 1889.
NUMBER 13
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C.J A TEIt S VILLE " CA UGIIT
OX" AX'D WILL JiOOM.
..flli
How the liomt)
Succfasj'illij
llroivjht to a
tuition.
of Florence Was
t'Hfiw-ered anil
Jirilllant Teruii-
ready
It looks very much like Car
tersville has a si ight touch of a
boom. U have been trying
to keep If. in catching it, Ttut I
believe it is coming. Our
preachers used to say that it
will demoralize the people and
they will set up Alammon as a
(Jod, and that all sorts .of world
ly minded folks will flock
hither' to speculate and get
imethiug for nothing ami I
bought si, loo, but now' that
the preachers haye taken up
the trade I. reckon it is all.
rig it. They don't call it boom
ing no' they call it promot
ing. l)t. iiawtnorne ana JLr.
Eaton and four other Baptist
preachers promoted Florence
from a littlu hamlet up to a
great manufacturing town with
over three million dollars al-
invested, and they did it
a short lime and in. a very
1 a 1 . a . .
cremiauie manner, arq now
we eee that some , Methotlist
preachers in Alabama propose
to do the same thing at anoth
er town over there. All this
looks 'mighty curious to a man
up a tree, but if building up
the wasta places is a good
thing I d iu't see why a preach
er shouldn't tike a hand in it,
if they :au do it'TVithout dis
counting their calling. The
Methodists aud Baptists have
1 breii tbe pioneers for a century,
I and carried their religion into
the wilderness aud established
civilization. They rode mules
and drove ox wagons-and clear
ed the land and built log
churches, and when everything
was sorter comfortable the
Presbyterians came riding up
in their Buggies and rockaways
and se't! k among them, and
planted out shade trees and
rose buh.'s and built a church
with a steeple, and set up the
Shorter catechism and predes
tination and moyea arouaa as
though they were the elect. By
rand by, when two or three rail
roads were built, aud the shade
trees had all grown up, aud the
green grass was growin' all
arouud and around, and the
streets were macadamized, and
an opera house built, the Epis
copalians came along in apos
tolic succession, with stately
steps and prayerbooks and Lent
and Mardi Gras all mixed up
together, and they bobbed up
serenely into a fine church with
stained glass windows and as
sumed to be the saints for
whom the world was made', in
the space of six days, and all
very good. And so it is all
right all rimad. for folks are
different and can't help it, and
what suits some don't suit
others, and the rule is to be
I liberal and. tolerant to all.
Dr. Uawthorue-and his broth
er preachers have done a great
wora at r loreuce and done no-
I body any harm that we know
of, and now they are going to
, build a great Baptist University
and have it endowed, and all
the money comes from those
wno are able to give it. 1 was
tbinking about this new de
parture of the preachers and
made personal inquiry into it,
for it did look like the whole
tbing wa.3 done by Aladdin's
lamp. A. friend who knew all
abo'it the facts told me ithat
wife u .Hawthorne, happened
there and saw the beautrful
river and the rich highlands all
arouud, and the ircn and coal
mines not far away, he told the
bills people that it was. a bet-
i wrnlace for a. Marj-e industrial
I town than .either Sheffield or
' .Decatur or Tuscumbia, and that
! if they would set apart for his
purposes six hundred acres of
their land, he would uudei take
to Driug half a million dollars
of investments there within
twelve mouths. But how did
he do it? Why, he enlisted
Uhree brother preachers and
Ithey parceled oat the territory.
and crnt -no ri fa 1
3 f r O III YirTiniv f rw rV3
I , i I i ICiv ulJ 1 D.iiKi 0,1111
they hid oamnLlets and ihaDs.
ana aavertised a great sale, and
trie venture was a grand succes.
Their Baptist brethren ha.il
, 12 -1
niuuence in them wherever
they went, for Dr. Hawthorne
pre.ssive mlaner and will pow
er, vr. r.aton was verv mncii
1iL-o v ; .... v. .. .
Jiiiu, (iwi mo wnijie inin
4s a ciOHd communion amony
it'ue-- I! int i-t.s. n.ri whfn tli a
1 " J ' ' .uo
K-feiLl sa.!n CAina nn tlipw an! A
a quarter of a' million of
in one day, and stopped the
to rest and Dut ud the
'price. Mv infopttintinn in that.
(iriiriril rmrQaa nr.
Wjatsale was hurt not one wno
cull not get back double his
111 UAma rtrt rrtr, Ann
'Jiw eii f,)r ten times the price
pa-id. Manufactures of
aiy kinds have been planted
il"5fe,froin hundred thousand
is nothingi, wrong aDout .inis
method of building up a thrivE
ing industrial city that gives
employment to labor. The
South wants a hundred such
and I believe will have them
before 'long. The North ' has
had them for half a century
and is neb. It is- amazing to
think how rich she is. A man
who knows, told me that there
waa over thirty millions lying
idle in the banks-of Cleveland,
Ohio. Not the money of the
banks, but of v the depositors
who left it there for save keep
ing until they could find good
investments. It is the same
way all over the North- That
mone is looking South and is
coming South.
In the long ago it usd to
take about twenty-five years to
build a Southern town and
finisli it. .There was the court
house in the public square, the
same old time honored court
house with two big eyes in each
gable, and the clerk's office and
iurv-cooms upstairs. Then
there w er two or three church
es and a schoolhouse and half
i. dozen wooaen stores, ana
half a dozen law .offices and
doctor shops, and two or three
dodgeries where corn liquor and
fiddle-music were dispensed.
There was a wagon shop and a
blacksmith shop and a jail and
some horse racks, and these I
were all, except the unpretend
ing residences and tbe humble
graveyard, with here and there
a marble slab to mark some of
the graves. . The town was
finished and from year to year
remained the same, the very
same. In these unpretending
towns the best men and women
were raised fhat ever were
raised since' the world, was
made. A noble, patriotic people,
who loved honor and truth and
a nooa uame more man ncnes.
That day and that generatiou
has passed : we are now in a
Towns are building up .rapidly
and the map makers Can't keep
up with khem. You can't find
Cordele nor .Bluff ton on the
latest edition, and yet Cordele
has two thousand inhabitants
and a national bank, and Bluff
ton has a new hotel that cost
20,000, and several brick stores,
and has sold 850.000 worth, of
town lots in three months. !
Then thtre is .Fort Payne, that
is capitalized by 1,700 yaukee
stockholders 88,000,000, and
the cry everywhere is, still
they come. Let them come.
Everybody 4a willing except
the darkies. Old Uncle Jake
says he "don't like to work for
dem yankees; dey is so ter
tikler." He says "dey djn't
haidly give him time to eat his
dinner when he is work'in' by
de day." Bill, Abp.
NAUTICAL LIFE.
woolen mills to
lr cotton factories! nA f
,J wut4 AU4
".:, and
1 . 1 I I 1 . . A a
brV; , Population has been
ev " . 'Ul twelve months and
rybody is happy. Now there
new role and have to fall into
line and conform. Money rules
te roost, aud all wo can do is
to put on the brakes and make
money serve as good a purpose
as possible. It is refreshing to
see such an outburst of en
thnsiasm as is now manifested
in, providing for the Coufeder
ate veterans. It is action and
reaction. If the movement to
raise the meney North had uot
been made, I doubt whether
there Mould have been such an
appeal and such a response
from the South. Every South
erner felt humiliated that the
North had been appealed to.
aud mortified tbat it had so
signally failed.
But I started to write about
the Cartersville boom. Old
Joe Brown has been slipping
around here aud is buying up
large tracts of mineral land-?.
He had twelve thousand acres
and has recently bought iour
thousand mQre, and paid forty
thousand dollars for the last
purchase. Keep yeur eye on
the boss for old Joe is. shy, and
knows a good thing when he
sees it. A ' rich syndicate has
bought the Etowah property, of
seventeen thousand acres, for
one hundred and ninety thous
and dollars, and are going to
manufacturing bn a large scale
There is plenty of fiist-class
mineral land still left all
around us. Our hills are heavy
with the weight of iron and
manganese and elate and
marble. Our town is looking
up. and in a few months has
planted eas works and water
works, an4 ochre mills, and an
ice factory, and built many
houses and established public
schools and a national bank. I
know there is a boom coming
for 1 see the real estate' men
going down to meet every train,
and they look anxious and scan
every stranger who gets off. I
see them go to the hotel to
watch the register. I see them
riding out with a new man
most every afternoon. I see
them in earnebt conference in
the back rooms and round the
corners and in the alleys, and
as I pass I bear the word op
tion, option, option, until I am
out of hearing. lhe livery
stables have bought more
horses and vehicles to ride
their strangers round, and
everybody seems wide awake
and expecting to hear some
thing drop. AL man who made
ten thousand dollars by pro
moting Florence told me that
Cartersville had more-natural
advantages than Florence, or
any other town that he knew of.
Better lands for the farmer,
better water power, better
health and a better climate,
and as for mineral 'treasures
right at our doors, there was no
place in the South that could
compare with it. With the
wealth of hard wood and long-
leaf pine in our forests, he said
we ought to manufacture every
thing that the South needs. I
paid two dollars and a half for
a wheelbarrow yesterday that
came all the way from Colum
bus, Ohio. I looked at it and
measured the wood and counted
twenty little bolts, and I have
no idea, the whole material
would cost us half a dollar 'and
I am sure it could be made for
another half dollar. With a
little machinery one man ought
to make twenty-five in a day.
But the Ohio man has to send
down South for his timber and
pay freight, and then we pay
another freight to get the
wheelbarrow back. , But we are
going to quit doing that way.
Effective Preaching.
An eminent minister while '
delivering a lecture to some
theological students on oratory,
said: "Young gentlemen don't
stand before a looking glass and
make gestures. Pump your
self brimfull of your subject
till you can't hold another drop,
and then knock out the bung
and let nature caper." That's
it.- When a man is full of his
subject then he will be enec
tive. Enthusiasm moves men.
Burning zeal wakes up men.
A hot iron, though it .te Diunt,
will burn its way. lhe old
Methodist preachers were
effective men, because thy
were men full of living rell-
giou. tience ur. vjunimBia io-
marked : "Methodisism is
Christianity in earnest." Wm.
Wirt said that eloquence was
found in one word "Sympa
thy." Spiritual pathos effects
a congregation to tears. 1 here
is too much of this dry thun
der preaching noise without
power. Raleigh Christian Advocate.
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UP. tHE 8UAT-EL-ARAB
tiling on The Per$ian Gulf,
The Union of Rivera. City of
Itasaora. In The Garden of
Eden. Glimpse of Turkish
Life.
He Kept Eis Eula.
A coal dealer in the suburbs
was called upon at his office by
a poor,hard-working woman.and
requested to send a basket of
coal to her home. "We do not
deliver so small a quantity,"
was the merchant's reply.' "It
is our invariable rule never to
deliver less than a quarter of a
ton." "But I canuot pay for so
much," was the pi iful confes
sion, "and i have left my little
children at home m a tireless
rom. vvnat am l to uo i
Well," returned the dealer, a
indlier light beaming in his
eye, "l cannot aepan iron my
rules as to the quantity." 1 hen
turning to his clerk he continu
ed: "John have a quarter of a
ton of coal sent, to the woman's
address as soon as possible."
But I cannot pay for so much,"
he expostulated. "I already
understand that you can't, so I
will charge it to the children.
(iive yourseft no more uneasi
ness about the debt. Good-morning."-t-Boston
Budget.
The Euliag Passion-
CAPT. W. A. DARDEN, BUSINESS AGENT OF TEE STATE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
Capt. William A. Darden, Business Agent of the State Alli
ance, was bbru May 16th, 18oJ. He entered the Freshman class
at Randolph-Macon College aud remained there until his junior
year, when he was compelled to leave on account of impaired
health. He then, at me age oi zi, settled upon a iarm and con
tinued that occupation until the breaking out of the war. Among
the first he volunteered on the 23d of April, 1861, and was
elected Second Lieutenant in Capt. R. H. Drysdale's company,
the Third North Carolina Re-'iment. He was elected and wa9
the youngest member of that body a delegate to the State Con
tention which passed the ordinance of secession, May 20th, 1SG1.
After the adjournment of tie Convention, Capt. Darden again
volunteered and was elected Second L'euteuaut, Capt. A. J.
Moore's company, 61st North Carolina Regiment, Clingmau's
Brigade. He was with the r 'iment during thesiee of Charles
ton, including fifteen days at iUttery Warner, wber some of the
hardest fighting of the war was done; at Drewry's Bluff, Cold
Harbor, Bermuda Hundreds, siege of Petersburg and the storm
ing oi -Fort Harrison, where lie was captured on the 30th of Sep
tember, 18G4. He was promoted to be Cap '.a in after the resigna
tion of Capt. Moore, who war wounded at Battery Wagner. Capt.
Darden was as brave a soldier us ever shouldered nrins aud was
in evry engagement in which his regiment pariicipated, except
one, from the second of Nov.ner, 1862, uutil he was raptured.
After his capture he was tab- u to Fort Delaware and held there
until the mouth of June, 186").
With the close of the war i.e returned to his home nnd again
settled upon bis farm, where he was entraned in agriculture uutil
he was placed in his present position by the State Alliance. In
every campaign since the Wr-r, beginning with 1868, when he
took strong grounds against the Canby Constitution. Capt. Darden
has taken tbe stump in behalf of the Democratic party. In his
county (Greene) he has been a tower of strength, to his party. He
iwas Chairman of the Inferior Court of Greene county four years.
W hether Democrats or Republicans controlled t !i s county, Capt.
Darden's eminent and recognized fitness has cau?ed his services
to be commanded for public duty. At two different elections h
received the unanimous vote of the Democratic and Republican
party for Justice of the Peace. In 1884, although his county is
Republican, Capt. Darden was elected to the House and made a
faithful and efficient member. In 1884 he was a candidate in
the Democratic Convention f r nomination as State Auditor and
received a lartre vote. His name was atjain presented to the
Democratic Convention in 18S8 for the same office.
Capt. Darden has been twic married aud is how a widower.
He bas enjoyed the complete confidence of the people ot his
section and State, and they have always been ready to honor
him. Ther6 is no truer man no more faithful and conscientious
public servant and there wns no braver soldier. The Alliance,
in making Capt. Dardeu State Business Agent, selected one of its
truest m'eu and one who firmly believes in the principles of
the Alliance. Progresive Farmer.
A little girl hearing her moth
er read a minister's experience,
as to how fresh roasted peanuts
had cured him of insomnia,
asked :
"Ma, what is insomnia?"
Her mother explained to her
that it wa3 when a person could
not sleep sound.
During the day, having some
peanuts, she was approached
by her little brother, who ask-
her for some. To keep iffom
sharing with him and still
show a generous disposition,
she said :
Brother, I am suffering aw
fully from insomnia, and am
veiy much afraid if you take
any there will not be enough
left to cure me." Detriot Free
Press.
Truckers' Association.
Our newspaper brethren in
Eastern Carolina do not seem to
haye grasped the idea and im
portance of the Truckers' move
ment at organization. The
trucking and fruit growing in
dustry, though comparatively
new as yet, will soon be the
most important feature in this
part of the State. The organi
zation of the State Truckers'
Association in Clinton on April
4th and 5th was a big step in
tie right direction a move
ment tiiat will make the busi
ness most profitable and satis
factory to both, producer and
buyer. But not a single notice
or comment, so far as we have
The lazy Man's Paradise.
A letter from Costa li
says that the people there tn
lite easuy. it taKes twenty
employes to run a short train
of cars. All dress in gorgeous
uniforms, and the conductor is
resplendent in silver and gfdd
decorations. Passengers pur
chase tickets on credit, and
sixty days are allowed" for the
payment of freight bills. Oat
in the countrv the goods are
carried by ox teams, and it
frequently takes a team a week
to make fifty miles. Nobody
is in a hurry, and nobody cares
to do to-day what can be put
off until to-morrow. The nec
essaries of life are cheap, and
long credit is forced upon the
purchaser. Nobody steals any
thing, and a poor teamster will
carry thousands of dollars
many miles for thirty cents.
Such a thing as a highway
robbery is unheard of. The
people liave no violent prej
udice against anything except
hard work, and they will do
anything to help a stranger
until he proves himself dis
agreeable. Then they will
notify him to leave, and if lie
is slow about it they will for e
him to go. Altogether, Coata
Rica is a pleasant country for a
lazy man. Atlanta Constitu
tion.
A Cuiet Llind.
The iniud wants steadying
and setting right many times a I
day. It resembled a compass
placed on rickely table the
'east stir of the table makes
the needle swing round and
point untrue. Let it settle then
till it points, aright. Be per
fectly, silent for a few mo
ments, thinking . about Jesus :
there is almost a divine force
in silence. Drop the thing
that worries, that excites, that
interests, that thwarts you ; let
it fall like a sediment to the
bottom, until the soul is no
longer turbid, and say, secrely:
"Grant, I beseech thee, merci
ful Lord, to the faithful servant
pardon and peace; that I may
be cleansed from all my sins,
and serve thee with a quiet
miud !"
Bassoea. Turkey The up wa
' T8 of the nersiao Gulf, by which
I e Arabian peninsula, is neparat-,
t I in part from continent, lorm a j
whose surrounding an l histo
rval association Reem to be of
interest. The oavigatoi is pretty
i;:t to take note of the prevailing
v. inds, which are the reverse of
t.iose on the Bed Sea, to catch
glimpses of tbe islands that stretch
i.l mg the Arabian bhores, with
white sand bills ia the background,
t-: catch sight of tue flshiog boats
d naked diverse near' 'the uu
rous pearl banks, to which the
scerious movements oi tbe
. an Ke crafts with which the sea
.i ioauds, and to mark the deeper
waters and tbe abrupt cliffs skirt
ins the Persian coast Hoe. lie s
quite likely to recall, from tbe
appearance of its waters, tbe
ancieot name of Green Sea, and to
r . member that along its northern
t rders the first sea exploration in
t ie world's history was made by
.Nearchurf, tbe admiral of Alexau
t'..r the Great.
In passing through thegnifthe
ivel and clumsy-looking sailing
ssels of tbe natire traders and
a-farers are met with in large
imbers. They are called dhows,
id are engaged in coast trading,
filing and pearl gathering, rarely
. ntnriug bejood tbe sale limits of
o sea. Many of them are prac
.d ships which prey anon honest
lastly and upread something of
rror over tbe main. ind for many
ars have plandert-'. ' c defeose
ss seanieu witb immunity. Of
f, however, se.eral Uritisb gun-
ats have beeu stationed in thee
-iters to prevent nch depreda-
us, and hare captured and
trued many of their vessels.
At the head of tbe scr tbe river,
:med by the junction of tbe
gris and Eaphrates tbat drain a
st territory, pours out its lag
h water, and is known as the
at-el-Arab. It is over a hun
ed miles id length from its month
the greater rivers above, and for
venty miles, as far np as Bassora,
navigable to quite large steamers.
. o pass tbe bar at Us month and
. make one's way safely through
e winding and narrow channels
ive made necessary a system of
; 'lotsge for ships aufamiliar with
e river. Dative pilots being at
nd to aid tbe ontortunate strag
rs in these waters. Tbe Turk
li pilots are peculiar in their mode
i procedure. .t the beck of tbe
-.ptiao two of them board tbe ship
ud take their pla e at tbe wheel,
e to pray while the other gaid?H
iie vessel, shariug the scriptural
junction of watching aud praying.
i .iey are Mouammedans devout,
,.i,ty and debant, and alternately
Miend an hoar ttree or foar times
Mch day in prayer. Their badge
.f office is a pot of water that en
ables them to present themselves
pure before their devotions by
washing their feet, face, bands,
aims and teeth, holding tbe water
ot in one hand and pouring the
ntents into the other, The left
ot Bagdad
1 means of
.. buildings
- .ke, bat by
are built
Im leaves.
id opaleut
annals of
counts its
a limited
ivans and
circus riders, temrttrir him to
mitate some starthDi feats in
equestrianism, to the amusement
of the donkey boys and paseers-bT,
aau uoaonessiy to tne tbtoushment
of the d mUey whea t J'ed upon to
wait for tbe rider to ;ick himself
op and remount. The caoal is
covered witb long and narrow
boata for carrying pat-sengers, the
better ones of which re covered
with aToiOi aiiJ have seats
epreadwith bright c k-red c'.oths
and rugs, offering a iy comfort
able pleasure trip.
The city Is a mo-rnble conglo
meration of bats and -mall houses
and tumbled down b i-iesa places,
witn airty, usriow t tortaoas
streets, ii rvbu:h ?ev .t" thousand
suryects of the P
find a habitation and
livelihood Some of:
are inade of sundt'ed 1
far tbe greater nuiub
of mud, bamboo ami
It was ouce a fimooa
capital, note ria U i
Arabian literatnje, an
age by centuries. Wi
communication by ci.
visiting steamships, a . t trade in
tbe native products ol .ue country
It still carried on f "be world.
Dirt, poverty, indolent and fanat
icism characterize te people,
whose -inject conditi is pitiful
enough.
Although tbe loct'ion of the
Gardcu of EJeu is a uch disput
eu question, ana man claims are
made for it anywhere between tbe
equator and tbe joIe it is posi
tively assured to 6s lb it we stand
at its very threbo! . In fact
the exact location u minutely
pointed oat ;o us, aud m no farther
aay than the lands tbe junc
tiou Of the Tieris id ophiats
rivers, forty-live rn'e above
lUssora. Desiring to v.iit tbe old
hoincstea 1, wbtre 'nr rl-st parents
dwelt ia bappmeA lei a time, and
to nay oar respects I ueir memo
ry, a party of the Ju'-.ta officers,
equipped with nccee - instruction
aud guides, started - i . one morn
ing in (be steam if . cn up the
river. It was a de'r-:'itful ride,
s'eaming betw en i beautiful
tMUks. The soft an-1 q iet air, the
lne skv aud tbe b'iz . vegetation
I airily cna.'ined as a e n eared
tbe place. Iteenj-1 tt it mast
have bee a the t bourn
tioMs ran hih.
We found tbe spot
without a fbow ofroniace. Like
the fairy Kcene, tbo f-den dwia-
uiea, upon our rep. i--ten, to a
wrecked native villi; tbe name
of which 1 wob'l try to pro
nouuee. ro s'go i vegetation,
except a few palm ir e.. could be
seen. It was a barre 4Dj dreary
outlook. A ma!l and r. i bapely lo
cust was pointed oui tbe original
tree, whose frut bat fuch attrac
tions for MotLer Lve. 1 niightbave
been ol great anriq niy, bat we
faucied, as we look -i at it in
wonderment, th :t tti- inhabitants
"r7Asiii:;s7c:nrr7rs.
NEWS OF A WEEK
Pclitil Chat at Til 2TtiKul
Capital ty Otr Ecslar ILcptrtcr.
WAfimxoTox, April 13th, '83.
Chief Justice Fuller bas an
nounced that tbe Uaited Elates
Supreme Court would cea&e to
hear arguments on tbe 26th inst.
and adjourn from then on til tbe
15th of May and then, adjourn for
tbe term.
All tbe laws passed by tbe last
Coogresa have been published in
book form by tbe State Depart
ment, and copies may be obtained
for ii cents each.
Senator Wada Hampton is still
nere, ana ue says be docs not ex
!ct to leave uuUl ex-Governor
Thompson, ot South Carolina, la
appointed a member ol tbe Civil
Service Commission, an appoint.
ment which, be says, is bound to
be made aniens Uarrison ignores
tbe strongest endorsement ever
given an applicant for a position.
Owing to tbe funeral of tbe late
John P. Usher, who was Secretary
of the Interior fiom KsCl to lt&S,
mat Department was cloned yester
uay. idis u a senseless and use
less custom, and is besides very
costly to me uovernment.
"Cheap John u'anamaker is be
ing rounuiy auased by tbe 300 ap
plicants for positions as special
agents ol the Post Office Depart
ment, because be bas sent ail tbe
applications to tbe Civil Setrice
Commissione', and notified tbe
applicants tbat tbey mut ataod
Civtl-i?ervice examination. These
ttositions are ranch son-ht after,
and tbe I m predion b d got oat
among tbe lpub!icao- tbat no ex
aminalion would be ni aired.
Jabu Sberoiati bad .a rand date
for Controller of tUs Currency, but
got It-It aud tbn prize went to
Kx-Congressman hiry, cf Michi
gan. Verily thee tm parUafcv
times for Dido lN-pnUtcaas.
WI1AT IS IIAFPESISO f
1UK WORLD AEOUSD US.
A CtnUltrnmA Report of the Jfetr
u Gmhered From, the Column
of our ConJemporariet. Stats
and A'attetW.
Tbree'negroes brt le j.U at Mon
roe lt wet k.
Henrr G. Pearson. Postmaster
of New York City, died lt hator-
uay.
The New Heme depot was en
tirely destroyed by Ere Wednesday
morning.
nil begins
Grerabboro
d, and oar
last, bat
could recall tbe
wa a mere twig.
The dwelhcg boo
lage are tbe tad-'
lerfect keeping w-.
ous customs of .l-r
inhabit tbeui. Mel: . -a
stale of half iiu
children deh;i!ute of
domestic annual)
make up the na'i'.
Our pieseuce and
tended to attract a
the magistrate of l J
us an iuvitatioa tjj.vis
onic.al headquarters.
in
' is used ia the ablutions, and
An Sra of Domestic P.:f3ra.
Practical Eclucatica.
The issue before American
educators to-day is to do a3
seen, has been given this move- mucc for the youth who are to
ment by the btate press. uiin- earn their living practically by
ton Caucasian. .
Be Devout.
A Christian life must be
fruitful, but it must also be
devout. The service that is
only guided by the law is mere
,ly morality. Where there is no
communion with God, no going
out of the heart and sensible
revelation of- his power and
Deace to the soul, there can
hardly be spiritual life. Nash
ville (Tenn. Christian Advo-
cate.
Osfcaloosa, Ivan., again has a
woman at tue neaa ot tne mu
nicipal government and a ma
iority of woinen iu the city
council. An orni nance will
be passed and will promptly be
signed by the mayor, limiting
the number of lodges to which
a man may belou;;, and limit
ing, futhermore, the number of
regular aud . special meetings
which each lodge may hold
during tbe month. It is an era
of reform iu Ostaloosa. Kan
sas City Journal.
intelligent handiwork aa the
more advanced public schoo
do for those who are to eain
livelihood by a more strictly
intellectual method. The broad
ening of , the high school aud
even of, the grammar school
toward this end ' is the next
practical step in American edu
cation. New York Times.
We cart mere easily with
what we possess than with the
expectation of what we wish for
and the reason' of it is that what
we expect is always greater
than What we enjoy.
.(far Eights in Danger.
Three thousand women, rep
resenting t"venty-two different
clubs, held a meeting at Cooper
Unidb, New York, Mono y
night, and not a man v
allowed in the hall. Tlu
as bad as a star chamber e.-?-
sion of the Senate. Washing
ton Post.
"Work Sarnastlj-
Make up your mind to work
early and Ute, if necessary, (that
you may thoroughly master the
details of the business upon
which you propose to enter.
The habit of persistent, rapid
work once formed, you have
gainel a momentum that will
carry you satisfactorily through
many a pinch iubusiness,where
a less persistent worker would
find it easier to lie down and
fail. t
Esforred to Kr- Harrison.
Is this a Republic where men
are equal, and attain to politi
cal honors through their own
merits, or are thre families
who have a hereditary claim to
the high' places which the
Government has to bestow ?
Chicago Herald.
-us being made unclean is never
ir'ered to another. Despite all tbe
perils implied in their precaution
aud invocation, oar ship made tbe
passage up the river in safety, and
ronped their anchor at the month
of a canal before the city of
Hassora.
The Shatel-Arab along itsconrsa
presents a most beautiful appear
ance. The bright scenes, witb
which our eyes were regaled, were
i.e more enjoyable to us because
. .where Detween this place aud
Gibraltar did we see any signs
o; vegetation. The river banks
re lined with date palms aud
m. mi .
o uloerry irees. j.ue green
carpeted the fields with rich color-
l g, and tne hills in tne distance
..ere touched with purple, lierd
!' cattle, sheep and goats were
g.azmg in the luxuriant pastur
;ie. Scores of water buffaloes,
reat ungainly beats, with humped
I -cks, large reclining horns and
i.ujost hairless bodies of mud color,
wre seen standing in the shallow
-iter and feeding from the bottom,
at times thrusting their beads out
( 6ight and keeping them for
vend minutes beneath the water.
Vre and there the shores are
il itted with villages and large
.vnf, in which tbe houses are
i : bamboo and mud with Mat aud
2 las-covered roofs, and whose
uabitnats wear but little clothing
id lead indolent and semi barbar
;s lives. The whole country,
retching away to the horizon, is
. .y and flat, and comparatively
" rtile. Forests of palm trees grow
? profusion, apparently capable
: producing enough dates with
uich to supply the world. Tbe
, nit ot these trees is the principal
food of the people, and is both
t -datable and inexpensive, and
vays available.
Tbe oitv of Dassora lies back
hum the river about four miles
t .ward tbe west, with which it has
r unmunication by an artificial
waterway. ' At the mouth of the
c tual, where our Bhip was anchor-
1, are situated the British consu
late, that never falimg adjunct to
:.il eastern ports, the post office,
warehouse, stores and fortifications.
The city may be reached by either
Und or water. The road leads
along the banks of tha canal, and
tue only means of . conveyance
available are donkeys. Tl'ce little
the time wb-n it
in tbe vil
bovels, in
he bar bar
tople wbo
women in
i:oess, and
.-lilng, witb
: impanions,
population
novemeuts
f ntion. and
n seat to
him at his
Ue received
us in stats ia a large t .tm on the
upier floor of the only t wo storied
building in tbe plntv. lie was
unable to hpe.ik a void of English,
but with a little Fr inch we suc
ceeded, in undermining each
other. His excellency i.iaired who
wo were, what we au d and the
state of weatber, on cd points of
which we eobghtened him to the
best of our ability, an 1 he seemed
as pleaded with lie l oaor as his
subjeoU were with tbe brass but
tons and metal trimrx. :gs of Uncle
Stm's official toggery. Ohr Inter
view was brief, and upon taking
leave' we we were .rged to call
aiain, and with a p..rtlug salom
were winhed a plea:.ut return to
Bassora and li our shin.
StLISBLBY.
Another ft plum ba been rap
tured by a new-paper man. Tbe
for on ate Individual Is Itobert 1.
1'nrter, editor of the New York
l'res, wbo baa been appointed
Saperintendent tf tbe Census.
Hartisoa is certainly making
himself oolid with the Republican
ttlilor aud is doubtless laving tbe
wires lor a comination.
Application bare been made to
tte Controller of tbe Currency for
cbarters lor several national backs
in Oklahoma, and tbat official is
much perplexed tui to what be
should do. The law inquires ap
plications to be on file one ear
Delore tbe charter m graateo, bat
this being a new country tbe
applicants think an exception
bbould be made in their flavor.
Tbe question bas been referred to
tbe Attorney General for an
opinion.
Her. H. G. Tearnon
eenes of meetings in
May 21th.
GUnders among tbe Lorsea ia
Wilrainttoa Is auuniitac tbe tbape
fan epidemic.
Dr. Williams, a negro of Cbar.
Iott-, U stid to beve iuaui gold In
a well on bis lot.
A competitive examination for a
r-sdeUhip to We'. Voini, vUl be
beld in t arsaw May
Cbaa. ArmtroDg, was convicted
of burglary n Shelby Ut week
and kcenlenoed to be bang.
U. 8. District JaJce Uaod bas
decidea that lightning ttl leddlera,
like drummer, cannot be taxed.
Steel rails are being laid on tbe
W. & W. branch from Warow to
Clinton, we learn from tbe Caucas
ian. The a'Mresn,oa lb occasion of
tbe Gullord Court lloue battle
r 1r lr at ion. lay 4th, will be de
livi red by Senator Vance.
Tbe JCewton li:ertrirt aajs
whr.V in tbat oeclion t i.e ire pt Ion al
ly fine for tbe eeaoun. Harvest
promises to -t ta eatly tbts 3 ear.
Mr. John F. Icy, of IMt county,
is weanog a pair of pant w btcb be
bA wore continooaMy lor . 0 sears,
and daring tbi erud Le Lat worn
no others.
Tbe stte for tbe encampment of
tbe State Guard at Wtighttville is
to be ca'ledCamp Latimer, in ten
or of 1- 8. Lt liner, WtiO
gives tbe use of Ibe gronudi.
Tbe Daily Call, pnbliKb4 every
eveaing, except Sunday, D. 1L
Uiowder, t-ditoi, in a new veotnre
at tbe State Capital. It t bright
and breezy and dewetves puoreas,
Maj. Cbaa. M. f'teadman has
rett ived a communion -from Gut.
Fowle appoinune bin chairman
delegation to tbe Washington Cen
tennial at Sew Ycik City on tbe
.'30 :h inn.
Tbe lemedy Kcom.Lg so well
knowu aud to popaL- ;i to need
no hpecial mention, "iilwho have
used Electric Bittei n-ug tbe came
song of praise. A pun- medicine
does not exist abd u 1- guaranteed
to do all tbat is claimed. Electric
Hitters will cure all discuses of tbe
Liver and Kidnt-js, and will re
move Pimples, Boils, -a!t Kbeam
and other affections cued by im
pure blood. Will dr.vrt Malaria
from the sjstcm au-i prevent as
well as cure all Malati evers. For
cure of headache, Couai.-patkm and
Indigestion. Try F.iilc Bitters
Entire 8atilactiou laraoteed.
or money refunded !'hce 50 cts,
and I.0U er bottle at A. W. IUw.
land's Drug Store. '
ThaTma Sclera.
It requires no extraordinary
degree of wisdom to discern
that the priucipal reason for
failure in family government is
parental selflshnsr. Parents
have not the self-denying pa
tience requisite for tbe correc
tion of wronif tempera and ten
dencies in their children. If
the - short and ea-;y method
fails, there ia an e.irt ( t it. You!
llaleigh Christian Advocate.
Several years ago the Post Office
Department issued an order pro
hibiting train employees or trains
other than mail trains carrying
letters, packages, etc Tbts order
was particn tally bard on newspap
ers, as It often prevented their re
ceiving important corr 'ndenoe
ana also prevented lUu from
sending out packages c. papers.
lu response to general requests
1 rota pu bui tiers the order bas been
recinded.
Tbe Tost Office Department
guillotine is now working on fourth
class postmasters at the rate of 150
a day. Extra clerks have been
detailed from other branches of tbe
Department to help those in the
r irst Assistant's office, so as to in
crease the number of dismissals
and appointment.
In the Railway mail service it la
almost as bad. Tbe number of
removals in tlx weeks is over 500,
Secretary Noble says every pre
caution bas been taken by tbe
Government to prevent lawlessness
in Oklahoma and that the attempts
of tbe alarmists to scare people
away from tbe new territory are
absurd.
It is said tbat Senator Farwell
stole a march on bis colleague,
Senator Cnllom, in getting J. A.
Lex ton apjointed ttostmaster at
Chicago. If this be true Mr. Cullotn
will De more uisgmaueu than ever.
0 w w
The Li Congressmen ecm to
have tbe call tbi-t week. Mr.
Hepburn, of Iowa, bas been
appointed Solicitor of tbe Treasury.
It is reported tbat Mr. II ax neon
bas stated tbat no postmaster in
the presidential class will be
removed, without cae, until bis
commission expires. It is also said
tbat be bas derided that all com
tnistions shall date from tbe date
o confirmation. Both statements
honl'l be taken with a grain of
allowance.
The '-nigger" mill waits for of
ficial recognition from tbe ad
ministration. Eut be is gettin,
decidedly impatient. May be con
tinue in tbe same condition.
Sc:re Ons
For Th3 3:
In a trial out Vrvthe identi
ty of the prisoner w'th the par
ty accused was tbe point at
issue. The dc of t! e criminal
was introduced aoo put an end
e to the-ase by insia-i'ly recog
Tatbnro wtH boll a Ear this
yar. Tbe datea are November
5tb, Ctb, 7tb and Mb. Tbe Stock
holders elected llr. IL II, Speogbt,
J't evident; Frank P.tltecretary;
W. L. Ear low. Tre
Friday eveniug of Iit week.
another terrible railroad wreck
occurred on western yor '-arojt-
na, one mile beyond C!e d. It
as a freight train. yoi..-wer
lo. damage amount to 3.
The laft ceno report ts lbs
Mreogth of differeiit iukmh aa
follows: Agriculture eruit, 4S
per c-at. of the entire imputation;
mining 'S2 per cent; prIetwional
and personal service, . t fn-r cent.;
trade and traasporUlioii, 9 tr
cent.
A new dynamo, witb a capacity
to run eight tncanderent l:gbU,bas
been invented by a Vermont elec
trician. It baa wme novel feat
ores, one being a lowcarrent.
obviating all danger, while one
tight can be shut off without af.
feeling tbe others on tbe same
current.
J-'be'by will vote oa a projosition
to build an t00 academy fr color-
edcbtldred. Tbe Aniora hayic It
ill benefit tbem and a. Let ns
help tbe poor and weak, or as
Thackeray nobly says: 'I-et us
belp the fallen Kill, though tbey
never pay na, and let oa lend with
out exacting tbe usury ot rrati-
tude.'
Senator Vance was among Presi.
dent U at rison's callers one day laat
week, and seeing bis weary, care
worn look, sal t be im;ly called
to pay bis reiecls end tutor m tbe
President tbat be was fcorry to ee
bim in sach a ftosittoo, and ansure
bim tbat be did evtrj tbmg ia Lis
power to keep bim out of it. Tne
President sppreciated the humor
of tbe remark, and returned bis
thanks to the North Carolina Sena
tor for Lis good intentions.
Tbe commencement at tbe Uni
versity next Jane will be a centen
nial celebration, .nd promises to be
most interesting. One hundred
year ao tbe charter was granted
to the University by tbe General.
Assembly of N'orth Carohna, and
it began work with two t-rofeeaora.
and one Mndeut. Since IJ'at time.
wilb tbe xcepuon of tbe time wbea
our own SoatLland was oonralw-d
with civil strife, tbe Lniverwty
have been one of t be foremost in
tbe toutb.
After keeping tbe U. S. light
bouse tender. Holly, tied op to tbe
wharf here for three days, while
two lightships, which left their
moorings in Chesapeake Bay
aunng tne -reoent storm, are
floating around ' for a pleasure
sail down tbe Potimac. That's tbe
Republican idea of protecting our
commerce
EslTecdd Esf3raatia-
Arises is SB
Lei a few thousand negroes
go and It will force tho white
nan to cultivate blaownxaria
and learn economy. It may
prove a beting to North Caro
lina by solving the negro pro
blem and Rive tbewbiteraen
entire control of the nero
counties. Shelby Aurora.
ervwbere. are not providod '-nth
ddles, but with pads covered
t er with pieces of carpet, which
rve, while we were making our
tnampaal march into the city, to
remind the young Amerimu of
First Little Girl "Vthal
does your rapa do ?"
Second Little Girl "lie's
dig
his pleasure at meeting him.
A Kentnekr man while
aeta, which are met with almost Dizmjr ni3 master ap(j ghowin? ! o-nt . aitt.in nnr tha citvl ir'njr a rabbit oat of a hole came
...n1iA nrA r rvt rwtw ,i '.pith t 1 w . 1 & " ! " m f W. m V v-iw.
! government." v across a xeg 01 wuir.rjr m-
flti KittFTiotiWahArin1" Mmfiveiri ua. mis iuuun,.
I don't fcnow: he never said, will enormously stimulate rb-
HriAR- l. nn't know hiiMlf."- bit hunting In the Elue-graae
Phila. Record. 1 State.
The cash-book at-d ledger do
not exhibit all the profit and
loss of a Christian life.