THE ROANOKE NEWS Ot It i;M II AMiKM. KKW AtlVMRTLSHMENTSt 5KW ADVMHTSlKMI'i.NTR SKW ADVKRTlSKMKNT?. imM Mm aw , m m -r -x a -a-v tit w r r rta 1 T i 'i THURSDAY, : : : : MAKCII S, 1WH W. W. HALL, ) Pkufhikturs. J. W SLEDOE, ) Tub Now York HWi has interview i'd Mr. Blaine and he aay-i unil.r no fit-euuntanee-i will he p-'iinii his name to be used fur tho Presidential nomination. His letter waslheiVMilt of careful thought and Ion;; inee determined on II" -.as a candidate uuee dcfi-at-1 owe. it to hi pally tu withdraw." and hi- family are opposed to his bein a candidal!1 a seeond time. ClINllllESSMAN SlMMOSS s l)'S he would be ;lad of an opportunity to Tote for the Blair bill, but he did not believe iu nursin-j: a hope which eairn.t he. r. a! i.ed, and that any Collar s.-inan win luillt be UsLed about it would say that there wa nuchaijcc for it. I'or this rea sou. said Mr. Simmons, he had itttrodiieid his bill, the outlines of which have le, n noticed iu these columns. The Kxccutive committee ol'the NVrth Carolina Historical Society is endean r iuj; to roseue from threatened oblhin whatever of valuable historical material may still be saved and appeals to all pa triotic eitizeas to join in the effort to gather all noteworthy material bearing on the part tho State, her troops or any other of her people bore iu the strujiolo of the Confederacy. They want what ever is notable in the life of any of the soldiers, the history of the prioner. the home liteot the people during ttie war. letters, muster rolls aud other documents in short ovorvthitr.: of interest connected with the war. It is a commendable undertaking and oujiht tu have the assistance of every The investipitiuu of the (standard Oil company before the Senate committee has developed the fact that the "Trust" em braced fifty oil refineries located iu differ ent parts of the country with a capital of ninety millions, and it controls three ii:ir ters of the oil produced in this country. The capacity of the refineries controlled by the Trust is eijual tu the uitire con sumption of oil in the eouutrv. and last year it paid a. stock dividend of -it per cent, and a cash dividend of In per cent. The original capital was seventy mil ieus which has been increased twenty million by sto -k dividends. The trust owns the e Hire stock of pipe line which conveys oil to the Seaboatd. lis oil wells produce about 2IM) barrels a day, while ihe daily product ol'the country is luiHiiiil. The tariff' bill which has been prepared by the Ways and Means committee has been made public. It carries out the President's recommendations ,,n the .-uh ject. The estimated nduetion of taxes by the bill will be about fourteen uiilii.ti-. The duty on manufactured 's h.i been oraditated to the lowest cost of raw material. Tin- t. rof has be, n removed from salt, luuihi r, jute, II: i, copper ore, and a Ion. list of chemicals, and wool has b.-eu made free, utid the disparity betwecu woolen and worsteds has been removed. This hill it isthotibt will receive the solid support of the Ih in oerats in the House jioiierally and it is also b'licvcd that the liandall will" of the party is inclined to concur iu it. A very important decision was recent ly made by the Supreme conn in the oa-6 of Brown vs commissioners ot llettford county. Tin? deci-ion holds that town ships are within the power and control of the General Assembly and that cor porate powers can be con!', i red upon them to aecetupii-h any lawful purpose or to promote the prosperity, safety, con venience, health or the common fvtA of the people coii-erned, an I fuitlurth.it the I.e-i-! iture may uiietoany particular town-hip th ' power to aid in ihe con struction of a railroad by ta.xiuo iisclf and creatini; a debt ',r il1;lt puvj, ,),.., Tho ipiestion of township subscription to railroad- waili.-u"l when the Kino wood railroad project was bel'ore Un people, and it w isth-n thought that sin h subscription was illegal, bit the matter is now definitely settled. THO. W. M V ltt. We publi-h in another column a letl r noiitinatini; this ociitlcman for Governor, and frequently we see allu-ions to him in our exchanges in conueeii ,n with the office of Gaveriior an 1 Lieueninr Gu-" ernor. A letter from Aulind -r iu IS i lie county, says: Th II hi Th s Ma ill would sill the whole K mm ike vail, v and brills thousan-ls out "lad to support that noble cans:-, lleuio. raey " Tho lleiuocracy would do itself (.feat ooodby calliu,' Mr. Mason to the front, lie ha not sought any preferment, but pursues the even tenor of hi- way niniis. turb.Jl.y ili; la'.ty kind 1,11,,-,-iittrndinir to those ilulies which dem ind bis attention and di-ch iroin.- theni I ,i h fully. Ho has tieTer asked for or inir'u cd or worked for offit-e and never will. The IVinocracy of Northampton county has demanded his services more than oiico and like the good citiaen that ho i he has n'sponded to the. call and noMy done battle for his party. His course iu both private and public life has been conserva tive and honc-t and tetr iihtf, rward on nil occasions, an 1 no tcniptatiou could swerve him from the tisht. Hois a hiohly nlucalid peiitleman. a pood lawyer and a stufessful farmer, and with these accomplish uicuts he has oratorical powers equalled by few and ex celled by none. He is a man of popular manners and impresses with his insn linesa those who come in contact with him. Mr. Mason will not trek an office, but if the party aces fit to put him on the State ticket ha will make brilliant can vass an I help to swell the Dtmocratij Tot in NuTember. WHAT THEY SAY lit' MEN AND MATTER. H all the nun who have boeu o'eu of. we believe . I ud,;e lliinier is most ot-n-olalh optllar. Newton Kiitriiriae. Tin- prevailim: iuipresioii am 'to our people is that l.ieuti Haul lloveinor ('has. M. Stediiiiti) meets all the reijiiireuipnts. Clinton 'ni'iini'ju The New Heme .hmmnl favors Ho Thos. .1. Jarris tor Governor. The .lut, intl is u it aloue. The woods are full of just iieh people. KlixaU'lh City 'on..,,. With I'owV f,.r Governor and Alexan der of Mecklciiburo. or Mason of North ampton for Lieutenant Governor, the IVmoerats ( we think I could sweep ihe county. Louisbui-o 1'intf. .Indue Ibililol Ii l-'owlc i Initio pr.'Ul- inenily mentioned in connect i m with tin- IVmooratic iiouiinatioii for tiovernor. We have already announced that we wi re iu favor , if J ii,ltt Waller Clark forthal office, but we lake pleasure in siiyine, that ttvdou't believe there is a man in North Carolina that deserves more at the hands o! the lcm.c-r.itic juri y than haniel G Kowle- llill-b. ro l!,,,,l.,: The )'o.. i of the uii.'ialilied ijtith.it the iior: v would do a erv .piu- v. i.-e thin;; to make Governor II. 1-'. Aimlield. of Slalcsville, the standard hearer. We know be kicks at the mention of bis name in that lotiueciion, but if the party would call him to the helm, in view of thesitmtion, we do not believe that the patriotism in that hi" soul of his would let hiiu dejine. Aud what a i auipai.ui! His niaetieiism. pursuisive el'sjiience and knock-down hyie. would carry the State as by a stamped''. Marion llii'h. We respect no llcuiocr.it who would abuse the neom fur the way he Votes, lie is the victim of circumstances--of intluenecs almost, we may say. beyond his control. Hut the Democratic p.utv has ari-ht to expect that unsclli-h. pa triotic white voters shall stand together in the next election, as they have done in the past, to prevent the recurrence of Re publican rule made po.-ible only by a solid neoro vote, ff there is to he no dii-i n in the noe.ru vole, thin there are a thousand reasons why the white men of North Carolina should present a sole! front in oppositiui. rim kinhain li-flirt. ' I i- uiocrat" in another column lakc-i.-suc with those who think Gen. Km som very intliieiiti.il as a Scu.i'.oiial worker. We dis.ieree with our coiu-s p lent. I'liioiieh the same kind of media of iul'oruiaiioii. and llonfoic through media eijnaiiy as trustworthy a any through which any information has come, or call come, that can lie u-ed as a basis of detraction to hi- rcputati -n , have been led to ooiiclu Ic. that ,,ui sem. r Senat T ex -its by means ,.fhis coio i i t i. ry s ir;t popul ir p. r-oiial adoie-- ex iplisite tact and tloiseh ss yet uiitisinu ca. tey, prcai influence, as a Senator for hi-State. North Carolina, wiih her eyes open an 1 iu full kiiowiedje of l.i career, has -hown her hi jh apple iation ol his -erviecs iu coneuirciice in out conilu sioti. by rclainin,' him a- her Senatorial representative for a loue, term of years. If he was ever worthy of reelection, it ooeuis to u-he ouht as regards officii u eytobeaoaiu. His eneriy has not abated and his experience ha- increased. He should be better tilt -d th, r.-fore for use fiilucs,. as a u itional legislator than ever before. t'h.irlotte t'i,r -no I. . INTERESTING ITEMS. I1ATHEREII KltilM EVEltV XV I i K It K . PIT IN IliNHENsEll Kolt M Enll EASV l!EAiNli John I, Sallivaii will return to Amer ica in April. Kiupvr .r William wi'.l celebrate his fist birth day this month. The do r a-c in the public debt for r'ebruary has been estimated at SO,.)!!!!, tltltl. Senator llaiupton amu rins: debates by maliie.' ' himself du md throwinir paper boouieran.'s. Mr. Kll-woiih In-jtalls is said to he the almost enact plivsiial counti rpalt o! bis taiher. the senator. John T. While, who died at (iriffin. tla . was hoi ii, baptii-d, man id and died on the Tib 'lay ol'the month. A club of Women ha- teen organized in t'bicao for the puis.M- ol' sccurini; Mr Cleveland s re election to the I resi dency. CoiircsMiiaii Ailcn.of M.iN-aebu elts, carries a pis ki I cauura and auiuscs him self by taking sudd, n photo.raphs of his mllclslles. 'I' ,..,,!. -.ij.;,. r-o'ir.tr" in Mi. !;ir,.,Q h.ie toted for piohilelion uiiib rthe In lal oplion law. and on'v one thus far has vol d against it. Th.- Indiana tir,si-iibaekTs havo de ibi d lo put no tickit in ti e Held this year but to join the Ileum Tats in sccur ini; lurid refoiin. Wa-hinjjton was puilty of just ono joke. He said one day for inatanrp that Ci.-ncral (lat.n was one of those things Off hins;s that were always ajar. Judoe War led, of BulTalo, owna a ph itoiiraph of drover Cloviland taken n lSiii. It represi nts a tul', si ght young m in, long haired and with a heavy mus ts, he. At Virginia City a big black dog nv cci.t'y committed suiiide by jumping down i shaft into a mine, 7h) mercury wsi 22 degrees balow Ji ro an 1 tho d g Ws tired of thf world. Goldsboru has til'teeit lawyers eleven doctors. Salem and Winston are 1 1 have Shaw I'nivelsity, of llaleieh. for orcd, has Kill students. Wake Korest co!le-'c is to have im pioid oas works and waterworks. Theris a pine tree in Green county which measures seven feet in diameter. The Methodist patsonaoe at Mount Oiive was dctroved by fire Thursday last. The new e will be in lull itton factory at Concord operation about Match loth. Ground has been broken for ihe railroad from New Berne to Ou.-low county. A Stale convention of I'rohibitigtiists has been called to niivt at (In en-bora on May ltilh. The managers of the colored hospital at Charlotte propose to make it u petmn ii' tit institution. A ten year old horse ihicf has liirned Up in Kobe-ell couillt. t. L,- .,,lell m re than one hor-e J lid- Waller Clark will tb-liver the addres- at the Cnivei-sity commencement at Chapel Hill on dune fall, next. SiIXi.OIIO were expended for education al purposes in this Slate last year, and the negroes ttot lit! percent, of it. There are in Kdenton, ('.four fam ilies who can jointly boast of seventeen ons. Well we say. let us have ret. The Stale Hoard of Kdueation holds So.iiil l aci-.s of land, which it hopes todraiii and open in the next two years. The Atlantic Hold ;,i Morchead City has been leased to Charles Bccruiau of lie- Kimball House. Atlanta, and his as sociates. The iirun I jury at Greensboro forbid Audicss' show while there from dealing out ires uits on the ground ihat it was a violation of the lottery law. The Hon. llisih n T Bennett has been scl Tied to delivel ihe adill'css en nielno lial day. May nih. at Ualci-ih, the sub-ji-et bcin- Gi-n ral .luiiius C. I .ink-t. The e iitnncucf incut eXeiei-.-s of the S il. in Female Academy ill i;,',,. yA ,. on the ."uh and lilh of June. There are thirty on youno ladies in the graduation c'a-s. Wilmington I'n.'ni: We reefel to learn, that all of th buildings, and tin ir contents, im-hidin mueli stock. j itn. -. ou.lii lje IIiis-.-II's plantation I iu llnin-wiel, conntv. w.-re destroyed bv tire Cti I-tv uiorniiie;. ll'ae'.well s llurliain Cooperative To- j baceo Company since 1 e: ; bus produced i more than 1 T.iilin.tioii pounds of sniok-i illi lob.ico. paid !t.,VHI,lllll internal i re. Hue tax and loii-uuied about llo.- minium pounds of leaf tobacco. A pvtiiiar deposit which resembles j clay iu pliability, but which when cxpi fed ; to tin' uir becomes as bard as mauite, j has been discovered at the base of Bear i tiioiiiiiaiu. mar laylor.-ville. X. C. Blocks it have been duo 0'tt and used for all the purposisof stone with success, and it is proposid to build houses with it. Sali-bury - i-i. Secretary Bayard appointed l!-v..l.f. Price last week to be Mini-tor I'lciiijsitciiiiary and Consul General to the Iteniblic of I.ibciii. Mr 1'iice thinks that his race cannot spare him iu the iireat educational work he is doin for them, and therefore fee's eo-n-polled to decline the ureal honor. TjrlioM S.ntli, em ,: It S. Taylor, co'ored. is a candidate fr Mini-ter to Liberia. The .Vminw is lor him It is always for ho ne. It is said that lev. rs in il.at cotiniry are prevalent and fi'al. Taylor is a turbulent. Ir nililesoiue n ero and it w nil J b a piisl tliino to s the an.;el o! death take tinu hold of hiu. Uockiii.-haiu Hm-k.t : At the term ol'the Superior Court a te-t case wi(s tried to determine whether or not the town had the ri.dii to make it- i-itiji, ns pay poll and prop-rty tax and also w nk ihe streets. The Court dc i led that the town did not have such ri.'ht, and (hat the streets tnust be worked by taxation. Tho town carried the ease on appeal to the Supremo Court which, w.- have no doubt, will sustain the lower Court. ltah-iith A'.h's ,! (..,,-,., lowino extract t'n.u a lett r I the Agricultural deparlui nt Tin -I at a .Mi ltobsoii, who bs charge of the uijiii-n ing pari y cugaeed iu the ILiii Kiiei coai survey iu Stoles county, shows an i ue nil atjiiig pro-pei I for ihe coal supply of (In state: ' I ' 1 am rilii ilnieiii, tie n siik v,i!! !.,.,!' r i...; ii,.puit.,ie i.. il Slate as Well as to the district, add n; lo the coal resources of tin Stat n ,t ,-ks than ilU,llilU,MHtl tons of aeces-ibl,! coal." Shelby A iicoro: For many months we have hear) much talk about the tin bonanza at Kind's Mountain, but not much work has ever been tl -ni ti Wuds ils dcVelopm out. 1'iof, Fiirin in, a m ien tifie entlciian and mineral expert ol nat ona' reputation, has been prosps-ting for at'T iral wei ks and he. with a company of abundant capital, thinks the outlook eucoura ono and will soon open and de n il p the tin wit Ii machinery and a large force of hands Tha joint DetniK'ia'ie Congtess'onil Kxecutivo Ci niniittee irgnnlz-.d by th unanimous election of Senator Kenta, of Went Virginia, as chairman; lion. Phil. B, Thompson, of Kentucky, asiecretaiy, and J. L. Norris. of the Iliitriil of Col. nrabiti, as Uwnwr. a. . POWDER Absolutely Pure. Tliif !intltT tti-vcr vnrlr A marvel tifjmrlt? trri,(jtfi M'l w intltfi'imn'w M,rt' ri iiiMiiiil-il tli in ili' .minim k (. Mii-I i'Hiitis-1 )? I1 with nit n.u:i1tiiiti-.n. w ti-i oh-tri wciirtit Biniiuir lio'l'tiHi Mittilcr, 'hl i.nly in limn. Koyil liiikiiiK h.w.iVr i n , t-i, m., S V. m't Jit Iv s ILK OK fir" A I. IT VI V. N K Alt I.I VI I KIOM, 11) ,irl I ii iie rii-n, .l. p.l io-iti ntiet- Line 0U,l lle-.l,-lo I I h.-v. ,in, l.iiej A wy III" rt lie i.ll Hie 0 O! ., .. l.oie 1-ST. r, e, uell lit llo- K'-lfl-tl-l - "It.,'' et lilllt,, eolOOV.Ill l,"o, 7 , A HI p.O-e 1'. He' llt.i. r-l:ie, will -elite ll,? tOKle -1 leil.l.TiO llo-i o'lH ll.-li-e III lls'ilitx on M .iotio tie- -it., il.o of M.o. Ii is sil lir rii:lit 111 ie nii.l ml- re-' - a I lie liei.l J I e an-1 t it,- I Ui y A I vt'y. lo. li ml, i.-.-l 1- ot- -1,-nlli In II. -O Ira, 1 ol lnii',1 liere Ml He Iiartl N. Iv, y resul, ,1 HI In-,1,-SI , renin ll Ol eij i Here-, llill.-IIIIIIK I III- lilllil- ..f It ll Hurl .ii. 1.1, Kmn II. T II.., kever. J r Situ 111 I 111 Koilllek,' tlVrl lllllt nllllT- Al-OHl llll' SIII1IL' tune Hint p'.ice ill sell one hrtv In l-.-tlie ir '-lt, vtmM lu-v. iVnn.nlMile . ,oh ETIIEIillK.EJt tUtniiKs, J II nr: -.ioI, iiP'v Mnitt:in.-ees. Ilslil.i-. Sc. r-Ooiiiiy :, tsv. t,l-. A' IUi ii. ill. dav .jit i; I 1 i' iln; xipt'iiot i hinuistriitur ol i-d lh under s iioMmt: rliini C(nrl ui H.i!'! t t'"ii:iiy un tin ttn'1-j.t.tti' .1 Hiu.ilm :l 'ti, .In Ktft1ft1 llflft-V ll-l!lli' llll p'T-l.l a-iuu-t !ii' i-l im.iiii ir. -cm t 'inn (H linn i iiictl itlnu I v five lluUr' up till' Ml 111 r- at w.-i.ti.u. s .h: t niuiilliv ir-tm lln' lUir ui i Will hi- jilrn-lnl in lull Ific AU .,iii.. jtnMit.il L! liilc ii rt ii'iiin-flcil Ui iiitikr iiiitiinliiit.' mcilt , This K"i.r):iry Mli w W I.TKlt V. 1MK1, miir I u.v A lmr Hrimlif .Alien, ilc ustotice. The i t (!'!' Hutu ' llwil 1 tin vi- jiuili;ii'il ai'i tvuior i'J Hit' ittt will ii 1 1 I if' infill ..f Mi Mtmli 11 Huutt-i .Ui iifi, titiutliHl (til i-tjni haviin; ilii.uin Hk'Miiit id I'oitilr ihUM iirvscnl I h fin Umn en nr tifl'..rc lln Nl diiy ,i K.iiiiiHiv lv r Him iintii t h ill ! j.li-itil.'il iu Imr tit ittt-ir rfi'iivt-rt . All iiiTXi'lH nitli'tilnl li. 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