North Carolina Newspapers

Liu. 1892. .J CONVENTION TON, HOMINATKS )R AND DELEUATIS ,N ITEMS. jvention of the .gressiotwl district met at B, Thursday last. A largo .delegates and visitors was Q. Dillard, of Wayne, was man and W. F. Young, of aeoretary. There was some ion in Wilson and Bortie del itch the day before promised able, but when the convention , were not given an opportunity im, to air their grievances in i -aion, but they made little the time, waiting until the n to adjourn before expressing gnatioo. 'ptative Cheatham was renomi Congress by acclamation; C. A, Warren, and J. II. Hannon, of were appointed delegates lu the apolis convention, both favoring lomination of President Harrison; Bagley, of Northampton, was made ential elector for the district, and "'was recommended for dele tional convention from the es were made, the most ng by John H. William a politician. He is a citi Jn county, but publishes a 'aleigh. Williamson paid bis Third party and to the as he called them. He icans should be careful 1 about the Third party; e it. .Strategy required -"ti narty should be r and Stale uia autue .ne Third party in white folks are tired and the leadership of Vance and olk and Alexander got their e Democratic ranks and aro break up the Democratic ituoonus cut each others he Third party crystalize. ought, white men are tagroes in 7.-aclIin pleads poor white folks. ;io favor of making hin the State this jtiocrats split and (he solid. . A83 MEETINQ, fentioh adjourned the t called a mass meeting d by over two hundred, -.a number of delegates v . . Halifax county, pre- ee was appointed to on to Cheatham and Tiere were several publican politicians speakers all de ved in Republican 11 Republicans, but nomination of w oot.th choice I they had asked ntion that they the wishes of e not allowed w negro voter ess his pref- negros vote I President Cheatham his election money. a( been ,K8tal ttended objee they and" for Vhom f Carter, of eat influence As meeting ttibey would of Mr. W. W. id 'he knew t him hard in locralio can while 'ill v magthaf ocri,l)) the'' col i hii m on re re llowing d and 'P. w The Sabbath iust Dassed heinr devntod J i CI to the memorial services of four of the best and oldest men the county has ever known, will ever ha rmnpmhpreH hu llmsp who were present as having additional sacreaness. 1 he services were he'd in the M. E. Church, in this place. The people began coming in early, and oy eleven o clock (the Hour tor services) the church, aisles, gallery and vestibule were packed with sincere friends and relations of Dr. Burton, who came first on the Programme. A irreat nmnv nnulil , 0 . not get even standing room anywhere in ttie church. Promptly at eleven the ohoir beran their vnluntnrv Thv Sninla All Stand In Glory," which was rendered .. i ... . witn mucn voiumo ana sweetness, and aftor the usual preliminary service Rev lur. Auams, ine l'. a, ot tho district read the memoir nf that aninlnd nun aftor which Rev. Mr. Cole, of Kdonton street M. h. Church, Raleigh, preached the memorial sermon. It wus doeidedl the finest thing of the kind to which ever listened. Eulogistic as it could be and all truth and sim-eritv. Tr. n not worded as to a thought of being pathetio, yet no one present who know Dr. Hurton Could restrain their tears, and nil nun unit heard an accurate description of the great man wnom tney loved. I'r. Burton was reallv the founder of this chnrrh. Thn ladies of this place arespeakingof placing a uieuiuriui muuuw 01 01111 in ne DUUU 102. At 3 o clock in the afternoon thn memoirs of Messrs. T. W. Mnrri nd James Simmons were read hv Dr. Nnsh of Wilminirton. and Mr. E. A. Thnmn 1 hen lollowed tne sermon by Rev. Mr. Holden. It was a fine scriuon. well do. livered, and portrayed these good uieu in their real characters, whom we all would do well to try to imitate. o o ciock at night the neon o nmnn assembled to listen to a fine Rerun in hv xtev. Mr. Adams in memory of Rev J w. ncptinstall, wnowas tora Iod! nine knowi and loved in this comuniniiv Ilia memoir was read bv Rev. J. M. Uh inis aay is worthy a place in recorded historv. Mrs. frank Sorui . of Lonishiiro. in ... , , ' : o' visiting ner husband s relatives in this place. The whooping cough and measles are anvcting tne small children hero very unpleasantly. Castor, STATE S. S. CONVENTION Had all the 9b' counties in the Good Old North State sent al the delegates to which they were entitled w would have had nearly 500 delegates present at the State Convention of S. 8. workers at New Bern. Ministers, evangelists, doc tors, lawyers, merchants, farmers, court clerks, schoolteachers, insumnpn nnum. real estate agents, pork packers, and oth er men, besides women and children were there. We enioved each others comnanv and the hospitality of the citizens of New Bern to a considerable dee-ren. hut tho best of all was the information and enthu siasm given and taken in the ways and means of carrying on this creat .Sraneh of church work. 0. brothers anrf listers who read this, think of vour dun hid m. sponsibilitv in helrin the world' in .TpMiia ... .. ana rigni away get to wort in tho vineyard. Mr. William Revnolds. ft mnn nf large experience in S. S. work did us mucn gooo in relating incidents in his ire worit; ne encouraged the young and poor country folks. Mr. Reynolds' roridiy Business is packin? nork: ha - t . Ol I years ago it took persistent bard work to Biaugnter ZUU to 3UU hora nmr dav nna with the imnroved modnrn mi hinprv h can with more ease do the same business to the death of 2 to 3 thousand hogs, and the work is done to hcttpr aati.f'uMmn Justso the church should bo on thn in look for and avail itself of evntv fn,-!!iiu for the better nrosecutinn nf iiu wnrl r - - - - , ooin 10 quality ana quantity, in the evan gelization ot the world. n-ot. Jiamill. who was born in A aha. mo and was in the civil war on the South ern side, now engaged in Normal work in the S. Schools in Illinois. w wiih and gave us such very splendid Normal ana institute lessons trom the Bible. One of them was on the subject of consecra tion, and the good it did eternitv mnl tell Prof. F. S. Blair, of tliis State, told of STATE NET ' Tarboro is to have electric lights. Grifton, Pitt county, will have a barrel factory. Mr. J. S. Carr will build a 820,000 hotel at Durham. The Republican State Convention will meet at Ruleigh to day. Another sale of swamp land will be made to the Board of Education. Strawberries aro ripening and peas blooming in the Goldsboro section. The State firemen's annual meeting will be held at Asheville July 13-15. A widow by the name of Mason eloped with a married man in Hyde county last week. Over four million pounds of last year's crop of toboeco have already been sold at Wilson. Tho Sampson Light Infautry is the largest company in the State. It has 110 members. NEWS NOTES, ITEMS OP INTEREST AND CURRENT COMMENT OF THE LAST WEAK COLLECTED FROM EVERYWHERE AND PRESENTED IN BlRDSEYE VIEW FOR ' ' THE USE OF ROANOKE NEWS . READERS. o- his arduous labors us State nrcraniier. would be glad if our Christian citizens in Halifax COUOtV would rat rnadv ricrht a. y r j -'r - away to hav these county and township conventions and let me pet bmthnr Klnlr to come and help us a short while in our work. The State S.S. Association made me President of the 12 dint, which emhm. ces the counties of Nash, Halifax and Warren. Dear Sundav anhn.il worlcnra and Christians of everv Damp. W u p,.m together and organize under this inter denominational SVKtem whilfl wp hll lill 1m UMuiminaiinniil hiral whnnla help move to bring above Christ's kiug dom. TV. Buncombe county will bo 100 years old on the 16th inst., and will celebrate thn occasion. The one hundred and fifty-eighth annual session of Fayetteville Presbytery is in progress this week. In 1879 the cigarette business of the State amouuted to ouly 93,000; in 181)0 it was 504,0-15,000. The commissioners of Mecklenluig county have liually decided to grant li censes t.i retail linuor. Reports from all sections of pied mont Carolina give promise of fine vielo's of wheat, oats and ryo. . By actual count there are forty - one churches in Wilminston about one church for every 550 people. 411 . ... iirs. uienn and her utile son were drowned in a pond in Durham county last week while attending fish nets. Cleveland county will hold .a primary election on the 23rd to ascertain the preference of the people for Governor. Associate J ustice Davis who was a short time ago stricken with paralysis does not improve. He is entirely helpless. A Confederate monument will be un veiled at Concord the first week in May. Major Wm. M. Robbins will deliver the address. Two Mormon missionaries were recent ly run out of Stanly county, where thev had been preaching their doctrines for sometime. The new chapel of the Thompson Urplianage will be completed this week. The money was given by a gentleman of (Jbarlotte. Henry Blount, of tho Wilson Mirror, will deliver the memorial address at Washington on May 10, and it will be a good one. The Supreme court hag decided that when a clerk or barkeeper sells liquor to minors the proprietor is liable although absent at the time. The fire insurance companies doing business in this State say they made do monoy last year. Their losses were 03 per cent, of their premiums. 90,000 pounds of leaf tobacco was burned last week in Mr. C. A. Young's pack house near Wilson. Tho loss is 812,000, insurance $6,000. The Rev. Johu N. Cole, of Raleieh. will deliver the annual address at the commencement of Wesleyan Female Col lege, Murfre. rb ro, in June. The Rcpublicau convention of the Gth district split and nominated two candi dates for tougress J. P. Lock ey. of Now Hanover, and A. M Long, of Rich mond. Two sets of delegates were also appointed to the National conventions. WVk Baby u tick, jare hr Caftoria. Whan aba was a Chad, aha cried tar Castorla. Whee the became Him, tlx chiut to Cutoria. 3jen Ji9li4 CtiiMron, abe gi Uwm Cactoria. John Bnyd, the negro who is charged wilh causing the Bostian Bridge wreek and who escaped from jail at Charlotte last week has been recaptured. A case was argued ia the SuDreme court last week which has been pendine for forty years. It was tho 5th time it had been to the Supreme court. The 50th anniversary of St. Marv'i School, Raleigh, will be celebrsted with appropriate ceremonies. Alumom can commuuicatewith Miss Kate McKimmon, Kaliiigli. ........ The Rev. Dr. Moran, the distinguish ed Methodist divine, at one time a mem bcr of the N. C. Conference, died last week and at his own request ' was buried at Wilmington where he wai once pastor. , There arc. said to be at least f fifty or sixty children of Revolutionary soldiers still living. , ' . f .- ; ' i ; i j i Secretary Blaine is again looming ud as a possible nominee of the Republicans for President. Justice Lamar, who has been quite ill is much better and is regaining his strength gradually. The ootton crop of last year is said to exceed that of 1890 by several hun dred thousand bales. Hereafter whiskey will bo weighed ly internal revenue officers to ascertain the quantity instpad of being measured. i Governor Patterson will not alh.w his j name to go before t lie National conven tion because lie favors Cleveland's noiui Diitiou. Congresman Dahnrrow, nf Illinois, has introduced a bill TPouiriog all public documents in an an ended orthography, which dtop-i h: unnecessary spelling. Cliuaigo ha-iaipgio novelist in the person of Sarah E. Farro, aged 2G. Sho is well educated. Her first book is called 'True Love." it U not of special promise, it sai'i. :- '! . i Mrs. O. K. Smith, of Holly Sprirgs, Miss., recently gave birth to oix boys, weighing in the aggregate 45 i iunds. They have beeu named Lee. Jackson, Van Horn, Sherman aud Bucll. The first avmor ilite of American manufacture was last woek put in place on the cast defence ship Mon'gomerv at San Francisco. It is of nickel thirteen inches thick and weighs 40,000. Queen Victoria's appetite, is a matter of envy among her delicate intim ites, is said to be absolutely unimpaired and remark ably halcyon and healthy, as it were, fur a woman whose 73d birthday is less than two months off. A man is in jail in New York who has married sixty-one wives. It is not known whether he went into jail for a little peace and quiet or was put there to keep him from mmrying more wives. He must be a fascinating rascal. Mr. Gladstone is the owner of the largest lead pencil in the world. It ia the gift of a pencil maker at Keswick, and is thirty-nine inches in lenirth. In place of the customary rubber cap it has a gold cap. Its distinguished owner 'ADVERTISEMENTS. : DOCTOR u 3tr' i?: vi mmm ENGLISH atiUlUliifULSLV Li i 5 for Coughi. Cold: and Consumf lion, la bevond I 5 tlUMtl&n the jreatest of all modern remedies. S It willttopa Cough iitono nij-ht. It will check; aColdlnadny. It will pr-vent Croup, relieve" Asthma, end CUISE Consumpllon If taken in; . .time. Yo can't afford to bo without It." 8 !A 23 rflr.t hnJII Htv s-n -a.. ftnn lH n.--B Jtor'a hill-may save your lift I ASK YOURS a wi.wuuioi run ii. ii inn nine oni nav I m.M OR USE IT PROMPTLY. IT IS: BOUND TO CURE. Soli In! ENGLAND fcr U. and! glwbbiuywlurreap. 1 ........ .lih... c:ooP J Another spurt of activity disturbs (the oommittee in charge of the Grant monu ment in New York, 'i i I ' M ? V v "- ' v- ? ' ; i M u rVlc'e .w lH Wian who' has ieen alecp nine vears. from ear,ilf.n,o - , TT Brig General T hos. W Sweonev. TT. n ...... . . O. A., retired, dud at his Into r!dpnw in Astoria, New Yor. :,i 1 Vnlnolr s,.n. I day nifjht. A New York court has decided tlmi n inreantile agency can be i-ned for lake representauunsos lotlm financial stand ing of anyperson or firm whom it rates It is estimated that if all ihn I...: ..... . . ' .. .iiiuu ui ine gioue whs ircateuin Testis there would be 35,000,000 acres h-ft alter giving each family a house and halt acre lot. Patrick Egan, the Irishman who ren resent this c n.ntry i Ohili, has been re called, or rather fjiven leaie of absence. H is reported that he has been offered tho mission to Fiance or China. It is stated that ihe Cleveland and Gray factions in Indiana have effected a compromise by which Gray is to have the .voto ot Indiana for a few ballots and then it is to go to Cleveland for keeps. According to some papers Cleveland already has 737 of tho 900 delegates which will composo the National Demo cratic Convention, but it is noticeable that almost all these delegates como from Rh- publicans States. Deputy Supremo Master Workman Uvanaugh, says the conference of K.ni?hts nf T.uh , u, n.UUv,lD iu A UliUUUIIJIlItt 1 'fe , i i.. l , . . . v. . ..sy iuoi wuec nave aetermmpd in ih..4 ssf .T n.l.x. r n i . , . I aiiuv io rum ' "uraujia lor rresiaeni ana Uol. 1 ,a "& L. L. Polk for Vice president. 4m Li ' UOUCLAS M 1,1.... .u. ..... o... UaS iiHOE .ea(PA..u ....... w.,.i..u, mo areai oionewau TurrT?rz.-.:.rrr "mtti u I IIIC I INII. H I u. .uiiai I rnn TUT Ununll widow, is devoting all her time now to Jl?JJS"!,e"rt' Vti'iioiackeorwaxthraaS ii. I iuw tecii miuio v mo beat uuo calf atvllah the education of her two mMMeHJSi granocniaren, Julia and Jackson Chris- Co oo ,, ZVr' "J ",D ""a,u 01 rename ,i,oe m? 6frod t i. VrU", .ion i. ess i it " iO flue ruir, uo belter hoo'ew offer fly DUmiSTMTOB'S NOTICE. The lindet-slirirl hnvin fl,: qualifled as admin istmtnr nm. iu of Wm. H Uohhitt it.M..t t,e v. clerk of the Superior court, of Halifax conn- v ""' " nereuy given to all pur ties haviiiK claims Miraiost said stut in present the same io meon or before the 10th .IfiirVil' Hf...k ILIfi'T .1.1. .. ... . ...... ,,,, r mis notice wilt be plearicrtiu barofwiidclainw. Persons in debk'd to said esbite are rejuestl to set tle at once. W . UOHlilTT, Admr. of Wm. H. Tt..lil,ltf A j.m Littletou,N. c, Fb. as, 188a. ;t-; 6in,' - o Hie manuscript of the recently published memoirs ot her husband. tapt. Uinsrath, who hanaed Mrs. - ID burrutt has gone mad. He was reward. ed for his crime by a position as moil agent in a Western State which he filhd t'S'T' ever since until last week when ho w to,9j!i? '&Sl tr.mi. r : r t "r. "u ' on. o a'l.mi. I. rt eeamiein, ainoolh luilde hey three BloneUfffl. Ouanulpwlll 3h hud tun, mi uoii.r inoo ever orrerar thl urlcei one trl.l will nni..7 wac-want a alioe for comfort ud unw V EO 5 and 8i.00 VorknB,n... .hi.' Sa;iA rt.yS?i4.'?:.Toa wi. ' UuVH' "L...." ."' aciwoi .ufx-e are uses it for a walking stick. The bill to give the Grand Army of the Republic $100,000 to defray the expenses of their annual encampment at W ashiogton has passed the Senate. These men seem to want the earth. They claim to have saved the Union and now want to own it. The House should defeat th measure. Tho confidence that people have in Avers SarsaDarilla as blond mvl iotnn ia the legitimate and natural growth of many years, it bas been handed down from Dareot to child, and t thn f. family medicine in thousand of house- BOIU8. The Trans-Andino Railway is so near ly completed that a gap of only about hlty-hve miles remains between the ures ent termini, and the entire distance be tween Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso. 882 miles, can be traversed now in seventy- two hours, including necessary delavs The old route by the way of the Straits of Magellan occupied twelve days The largest stationary engine in the United States, and among the largest in the world, is at Friedensvillo, Pa. It ' is called the "Presidnnt " vw M " ucu is 35 feet in diameter and weighs 40 tons: its sweep-rod is 40 feet long; its cylinder is 110 inches in diameter; its piston rod 10 inches in diameter and of a 10-foot stroke, and it raises 17,500 gallons of water in a minute. , The Christian Scientists have chanced the Lord's Prayer to suit themselves and repeat it thus: . "Our Father and Mother God. all harmonious and adorable one; ever pres ent and omnipotent. Thy aupreumoy aptHjara u nauwr linnMa . 'li. fillest the famished affections and love is reflected in love and leavest us not in temptation but freest us from sickness, no, and death. Fortbou art all substance life, truth, and love forever. So be it." aa Operative there are all sorts, some good, soma bad, some indifferent. You want the best So take Simmons Liver Regulator only It is the best operative in any attack of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Constipation and Biliiousneas. It is a mild I t with, out griping, or any A d ;oi.iuu..g udeoi. the lartre Take no other. tound in his car bereft of reason. Eveiv ... one connected with that crime has 'U punished in some way or other. The laigfst orange tree in thecountrvi it is said, is on the property of J. T. nancocic, Br., two miles west of Fort. Meade, Fla. It measures twentv-four ..... inches in diameter two feet above th ground. Six years ago it bore, 7,000 oranges. It is not known how old the tree is, but it was a vigorous tree fortv years ago, when Mr. Hanceck took the property. The primaries which were to aotil. the dirhculties between the two Domn. cratic factions in Louisiana were not sue. cessful. It is claimed that. .... Kvauiainiw which canassed the returns unl'uirlv threw out votes to elect the Foster fan. tion and MeEnery will stay in the field. There will consequently be two Demo. oratio tickets on election day wiih chances in favor ot the bucccbs of the Republican ticket. Few people have any idea of the terri- tory of Alaska. From the extreme north to the extreme south it is 1 400 miles in an air line, or as far aa from Maine to Florida. From its eastern to iu western boundary it is 2,200 milts or as far as from New York to California. Its highest mountain peak rises lOMO feet and its largest river is 70 miks wide and is navigable 1,000 miles. It is sup posed to be 2,000 long. prioe ara .tamped on the bottom of each ho2 r m TlKP vn arrnismrmwimn L- . . W. JU DOUGLAS, Brockton, aUMT&SiV W. B. IILLERY, Weldon, N. C. 1892. TH F I9fl') " " lUCA. NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD AT- ONE DOLLAR PER YFAR Is the best and cheapest family paper. ir ice unitea states. KOW IS THE TIME TO PTIBSORIBr' , ' NOW I THU TIMI TO Bltuia.iSfSE' ' ... . . . - J OWU.7VJ.Dn.. w 1th the lllOSt Perfect news iralhArir machinery, and with cnmnnnr)iia ' every section of the habitable elobe, I WlttKLr Ihmiriij.n.KU I . ' fore its readers the Uttt intelligence 4 ?V ttHMt tntortanmr na VAM J s4 r Yon will know the 4rtic!e by red L oq evert packre. Of all seasons in tho year, is the one for limiting milium vuanges in regard to neaitn. , uurtng thtr winter, the svatem becomes to a certain extent clogged with waste,' aod the blood loaded with impuii ties, owing to lack of exercise, close con finement in poorly ventiliatcd shops and homes, and other causes. This is the cause ot the dull, sluggish, lircd feeling so general nt this season, or which must be overcome, or the health may be entire ly broken down. Hood's . Sawaparilla has attained the greatest popularity all over theeountry as the favorita nrin mediclpe; It expels the accumulation of iTipuriiiesthrough the bowels, kidneys, Ihcr, lungs and skin, gives tu iU blood the purity and quality necessary to good health and overcome that tired feeling. most entertaining news from every and country in the world. ' ' ', The reputation for freedom anrl tni . .MKiiii.-n which it nas acquirea anrw th e many years of its prosperous carV will be Maintained during the year M 1892. ' ' . ' v '---N It specialties for 1892 will l ... OrVinal articles on practical .fancies scj. J, uaraeninv. rjertnisana short stories' ' " t by the best autbom. Woman's . ; work and woman's leisure. 1 ' 5 . Gems of literature and art. - 5 Oiiftiual flimlios of . . i !. i wit and humor. ' j Progress in Science. ' News for .veteran J ; and'information on all subjects. 1 The stamp of Purity and Truth in. ! Ideas, Stories aod News will be slriotly maintained. ' Address;- JHES GOr.DGJI EEin, N. Y. HERALD, New York City. Do not fail t aokerib for th Nsw York Weekly, Herald.. Only due d'rr a jerr. ' 1 J J I aw A tfcai