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VOL. XXIIL WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1893. NO 52 STATE ITEMS. THE NEWS FROM AM- OVER. THE STATE in a concise. von ,M, Greensboro has n new skating rink. . Mad dogs aro numarous in Mooro county. Work lias begun on 'hosiery mill at Mt. Airy. Mr. Moody, the evangelist, will not go io Raleigh. Strawberries are in bloom in the Du plin section. Burlington has a new band and new instruments. A large steam grist mill has been put up at Goldsboro. . . High Point has a batoholoj's club, with a large membership. Stock is now being subscribed for a knitting mill at Kinston. , , The railway from Jacksonville to New Bern is nearly completed. ,. . Evangelists Fife and Loe wall hold a fevival meeting at Charlotte. " The next meeting of the board of ag riculture will bo held in Juno. The Baptists of Frauklinton arc to a handsome new church. WHICH WILL THEY CHOOSE A 7,000,000 BALK OK 0,000,000 HALE CROP? The sales of fertilizers are vory (heavy ia uearly all parts of the State Work on the Burlington and South eastern railway will soon begin. Too States tobacco exhibit at the World's Fair will be admirable. m t r t i i i mi. uumcs A, uuwry uas uikcu inarge . .i t..-.l ur:n. i kt ui lueurui tviiKcsuuro news. Goldsboro votes in May on the issue of 850,000 of improvement bonds. Tnorn lmll hn o Inrtra rarliinrinn in in bacco acreage in the llaleigh section.. Mr. J. C. Ellington will take charg of the State Library on 1st of April. It is said that State Senator George L. Martin will be postmaster at Wilming-to'h. ' There will soon be in operation a steam ferry across the Ncuse river at New Bern A Baltimore company is now placing electric lights in the insane aByluin Ttnleiffh. Goldsboro's streets are being paved with stones from the chosDhate mines at Pnstlfl Hnvnps. Maj. 11. L. Ragland, of Hyco, Va., ii i xt . i. n l . .. . .. l rowers, is dead. A 12 year old daughter of Mrs. II. B. '.cen, of Wayne county, was burned to :ath last Saturday. Greensboro new fire alarm system fai's give satisfaction, a separate bell being jded for the alarms. Twenty-seven dollars was found in a ler tree be some little boys, near Rock lam, while hunting owls. he telegraph and express office at pel Hill is m w in town instead of at Mepot; a great convenience. le committee-of the Waldcness is kMorganton, looking over lands in Burke McDowell counties. A DurhV"' 'rl nali built a buggy out of various NoV'h Carolina woods for spec M prbiKit. t. ifl1 World's Fair. Two Raleigh nn have served as min . o .i....Li. tk.l.i.n M lSWr 10 OptllU, lllL'SeV'Uij mciuvo v T ami P M V.nurwlorM. laiuu- . '. i-v The people of WinstonX will vote in " May on the qu8'wn of whVher that city shall purchase the water works. Mr. Scarboio has appointed Mr. David T. Moore, formerly of Johnston but more recently of Forsyth, clerk in the depart ment of public instruction. ' llr. Josephus Daniels is temporarily '""Installed in the office of Secretary Smith Which will the farmers choose, a de crease of labor aud plenty of home supplies at a handsome profit, or an incrcaso of labor with smoke houses and orn cribs in the West, aud ruinous loss on the pro duction of their cotton crop? Can any sane man hesitate? A 7,000,000 bale crop will bring 10 cents, or iu round numbers li.lO, 000,000; while a 0,000,000 bale crop will uotbiiug over 7 cents, or say 8:515,000,000. a loss of $35,000,000 and how about the cost of production? To raise a 7,000,000 bale crop at 8 cents per pound will cost 280, 000,000, which, if sold at 10 cents will net the farmers a profit, over and above the cost of production, of 70,000,000. On the other hand, to raise a 9,000,000 bale crop at 8 cents per pound will cost $300,000,000, which, if sold at as much as 7 cents per pound, would only bring $315,000,000, or a net loss to the pro dueers of $45,000,000, showing a differ, ence in favor or the lesser crop of $115,- 000,000 and that with plenty of home supplies for the next crop. It is generally admitted that with meat at 8 cents per pound and corn at 75 cents per bushel, the average price of producing a pound of cotton is 8 cents. With these admitted facts before tho cotton growers, their policy should still further reduce the acreage and place the American crop on a 7,000,000 basis, thus insuring 10 cents a pound for cotton, or a profit to tho far mers of at least 2 cents on the pound but on the contrary if they return to an increased acreage, an increased use of fertilizers, and produce a 9,000,000 or a 10,000,000 bale crop, values will be re duced below 7 cents and every pound of cotton will be sold at a net loss of 1 cent or more per pound. Today when they know the average cost of production is in the neighborhood of 8 cents a pound and by limiting their acreage they can make a profit on it, they are everywhere making preparations to increase the acreage, and voluntarily as. suming an unquestionable loss of many millions The price of hog meat today ranges from 12 J cents cash to 20 cents on time; the price of corn from 69 cents cash to $1 on time. To buy supplies at these prices to raise 6 or 7 cent cotton is simply suicidal. It is not yot too Into to recede from the determination already formed to increase the acreage; why not cut down the cotton crop and increase the acreage of food crops? It can be done and dono profitably. THE EDITOR'S IOJSE. IT HHOUOIIT A SUHSCRIBEIl LONO IN All- 11EAIIS TO TERMS. Southern sadly in A subscriber to one of the papers a low years ago, being arrears for the same, promised the editor tbut if his life was spared to a certain day ho would without fail discharge his bill. Tho day passed, aud the bill was not paid. The conclusion, therefore, was that the man was dead absolutely defunct. Pro ceeding on this conclusion, the editor in his next issue placed the name of his de- inquent under his obituary head, with the attendant circumstances of time and place. Pretty soon after this announce ment the subject of it appeared to the editor, not with the pale ghastly appear ance usually ascribed to apparitions, but with a face as red as scarlet; neither did it, like other apparitions, wait to be first spoken to, but broke silence, "What the , sir, do you mean by publishing my death?" "Why, sir, the same that I mean by publishing tho name of any other person, viz , to let the world know that you are dead." "Well, but I'm not dead." "Not dead? Then it is your own fault for you told me you would positively pay your bill by such a day, if you lived till that time. The day is past, the bill & not paid, and you positively must be dead for I will not believe you would forfeit your word; oh, no." '' I see you have got round me, Mr, Editor but say no more about it; here is the money. And harkee, you wag, just contradict my death next week, will you?" "Oh, certainly sir, just to please you; though upon my word, I can't help think ing you died at the time specified, and that you me ely came back to pay this bill on account of your friendship to me." SACCHARINE. SWEETER THAN A BEST GIRL SUGAR, .MOLASSES AND HONEY ARE NOWHERE IN COMPARISON WITH SACCHARINE. LIGHTED JJY ISALLOOXS. DETAILS OK A I'LAN WHICH WILL TESTED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. BE NEW POLITICS. WILL ORESHAM DOMINATE THE CABINET? HE WAS DOXE. of the Inteiior Department, pending reg. ular assignment to his duties as chief of a division. Chauncey Depew told a gocd story about the old spiritualist who died and his neighbor thought he ought to have a decent Christian burial, and so they got an old village preacher to officiate, and he prayed at the open grave and sung a hymn, and then was making a few sympathetic remarks about the uncertainty of life and the duty of preparing for death, and so forth, when suddenly the bereaved widow, who was a spiritualist, too, rose forward and said: "Stop stop rteht now, Mr. Johnson. I've just had a communication from my deceased husband in the coffin there, and he says you are an old fool, and everything you have said is a lie." Tho good old preacher was set back and embarrassed for a moment, and his voice trembled and his eyes got watery os hesaid:"My frieuds,I have beeu pleuull ing the gospel for forty years, week in and week out, and I have helped to bury most every man, woman and child, who has died in this settlement, but this is the first time in all my life that I was ever sassed by a corpse aud now you may throw in the dirt, for I'm done."" Bill Arp." Children are the joy of the family, the rays of sunshine that light up tho domes tic firmament: and yet there are to be fonnd very many mothers not wanting in parental affection, who will allow their dariiiiiis to diooi) and die iroin influenza or whooping cough, when one bottle of Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup would nave saved their lives. The place which Gresham holds in Mr. Cleveland's confidence is shown by a cir cumstance which has not attracted much attention. It is known that Gresham was lately summoned by Cleveland to come to Lakewood in the shortest time, Tho Judge was working night and day to get ready to leave Chicago to enter on his duties as Secretary of State at Washing ton, it even then being certain that he could not be present at the inauguration. Dropping everything aud adjourning court for a few days, the Judge obeyed tho summons. What the President wanted of Gresham was his opinion whether or not, should there be an occas ion, the Secretary of the Treasury could, under the law, do a certain thing regard ing bonds. In three minutes Gresham's off hand enlightened tho President-elect, and on the first train started back to Chicago. This incident deri ves its signifi cance from the fact that, although the prospective Secretary of the Treasury, Carlisle, is one of the ablest lawyers in the conutry and has paid much attention to this very question, was at Cleveland's elbow, although Cleveland at the moment had selected, if he had not announced, his Attorney General, whom ho would nat urally consult on matters of that kind, it was only Gresham's opinion that would suffice, aud he was sent' for, even though it was on a question outside of tho lino of duties to which his future position the a dministration related. Now York Sun. An industry still young, but unqucs ionnhly with a great mercantile future, is that of saccharine, a product of coal tar. It is a substitute for sugar, has none of its bulk and is so powerful that it is 300 times sweeter. The history of its discovery is interesting. In 1H70 Dr. Constantino Fahlbcrg, a Russian by birth, but who bad been ed ucated in Germany, becatuo connected with the Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore. There he conducted a series of experiments on the toluene sulphamid es, in order to investigate their oxidation products. The outgrowth of this investigation was the discovery of saccharine. By oxi dizing pure orthotoluene sulphamide it was found that it would yield a remark ably sweet compound. The amount obtain ed, however, was too small to be of any practical value for manufacturing purpo ses. Tho problem thenceforth was to find other reactions which would give a bet ter yield of the sweet body. A long and exhaustive series of laboratory expeiiments extending through several years were nec essary for the satisfactory develoment of the cheirical process of production- As might be expected, a discovery of such practical utility had to run the gant let of much hostile criticism. It formed a fruitful subject for discussion in various scientific societies and journals. Attempts were made to show that it was not only deleterious, but dangerous. It is only fair to say, however, that these arguments seem to have been successfully contro verted. An overwhelming mass of expert testimony is recorded in favor of saccha rine. Eminent professors,liko Sir H. E, Roscoe in London, Leydcn in Berlin, Paul in Paris, Von Barth in Vienna, and a host of others, after thorough test, have certified that the effects of'saccharine upon the physical and psychical functions of the brute and human systems are entirely harmless. Saccharine in its pure condition is a white powder. Various exclusive advan tages are claimed for its use in the arts, household and medicine. To enumerate a few; It is so small in bulk that the saving in storage and freight is of course very rent; its valuable antiseptic qualities make it especially available io preserving as well as sweetening articles of food, such as jellies, fruits, etc. In the distilling of brandies and liquors and in the brewing of beer saccharine has been used with signal success. Mixed with glucose, sac charine has a sweetness equal to the finest refined sugar. Further, saccharine serves a distinctly medical purpose. Ic is em ployed to disguise the unpleasant taste of medicine wines and other cordials. It has also been highly indorsed as a substitute for sugar for those suffering from diabetes and from fatness. Unlike sugar, it does not go to form surplus nourishment. Finally it may be added that this highly concentrated sweetening substance re quires only a little intelligence to be suc cessfully used in the household. Washington Star. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A balloon with electric lights attached to it for lighting cities is the latest idea of turning the "light of lights" to a practi cal use. This idea may seem very visionary, but C. A. Smith, one or San Francisco's inventors, has sufficient confidence in the schema to commence operations of con slructinga balloon for that purpose. This balloon will not be of the ordinary silk-bag pattern, but will be made of aluminium in the shape of a cigar, pointed at both ends. It will be about forty feet long and fifteen feet in diameter at its largest point, and will contain sufficient gas to sustain it in the roughest weather. Fans will be constructed so as to hold it point up to the wind and keep it from dipping, and in calm weather it will beso balanced that it will remain perfectly level. A cable containing the electric wires will hold it at a sufficient elevation, bo that the light will be spread over the area to be illuminated to the best advani.i :e. The balloon will sustain six arc light, or it can bo so made as to be covered 'h incandescent lights, each one of which will be inclosed with a reflector, so as to c n centrate the rays of light and throw tl in downward. An appliance will be provici d for hauling the balloon to the earth for trimming the light or making any repairs that might become necessary, or raising or lowering it so that the light may be advan tageously distributed. The inventor claims that, counting the first cost of the balloons and their main tenance, the total cost of lighting a city the size of San Francisco will be reduced considerably, as on balloon will suffice for from four to six blocks. At the same time the tangle of deadly and unsightly wires from the streets will be removed and danger from fires reduced. Mr. Smith, in addition to the lights, has invented an arrangement of mirrors, which will be placed on the under side of the balloon, so that a person on one street can see what is transpiring on the next, even though blocks of buildings intervene, and this mirror arrangement, the inventor says, will bo of great service to the fire deport nicnt, as the location of flames can bo eas ily ascertained should they break out from a building. "Perhaps the best use to which this system of lighting would be turned would be to harbors," said Mr. Smith to a Call reporter. "Three or four of these bal loons placed over San Francisco Bay would make the harbor as light as day. Tho members of tho San Francisco Elec trie Association have discussed my scheme pretty thoroughly, and they claim that it is not only possible, but one that would be very useful as a system of city lighting. I have enough faith in it to secure space at the World's Fair to place it on exhibi tion, and my attention from now on until tho Fair opens will be directed toward constructing a balloon and haviug it in perfect working order." San Francisco Call. I Tobacco Con ! WHAT IT IS DOING. I received Tablet about six days atfoaud commenced lining according to directions, and can say now that 1 am cured of tho habit of chewing and smoking, contracted about thirty-seven years ago, What are your terms to agents'.' 1 want two counties. Cleveland, Miss. E. C. Hopkins. I have used the Rose Tobacco Cure with happy results. Flcase give me all the particulars in re gard to agency, lor one or more counties. Yours respeetltiuy, Valdosta, Ga. W. D. Braswell. I sent to you a month ago for a Tablet of liose Tobacco Cure. It broke rao of the habit alter using tobacco for fifty-seven or -fifty-eight years. Yours, Travelers Kest, Ala. J. C. Powell. I purchased a Tablet of Rose Cure some two weeks since and it has cured me. Please let me know if you will let an agent have as much territory as a State. Tibbee station, Miss. J. H. Eyland. Eev. Mr. Oulland, of this city, has used your Kose Tobacco Cure and he says it has cured him of tho habit of tobacco using. I have been chewing and smoking for 45 years and yetam determined to quit. Please find enclosed SI. 00. Send me a Tablet. Jacksonville, Fla. Yours, W. E. Hatter. Sometime ago I ordered from you a bo of the SmiffCnre for myself. It gave per fect satisfaction and completely cured me of tho Snuff habit in a few days. I would like to secure the agency fortius section. Summit, Ala. Mrs. Carry Haden. AN OLD CASE. All that want to quit the use of tobacco, use the Rose Tobacco Cure. I am a free man after using it 55 years, (live terms to agents. Yours, Valley Head, Ala. R. S. Price. I write this to say to you that the Rose Tobacco Cure is a wonderful stuff. I bavn used tobacco in all shapes for 45 yea after using one Tablet all desir used two Tablets to be sure of one did the work. Dr. It. J PRICE PKR TABLET, TOBACW " BOX, SNUFF CU ORDER OK BRAZEAL BIRMINGIL' General Agents for the UNIT! A CI. For thirty days the Benbow house at Grecusboro will be cloned, white im provements aro being made. kra tm V Mors' iiSs BOTANIC nmnn null i rlUBWa DLUUU DHLITI , THE GREAT REMEDY v - FOR ALL BLOOD AMD SKIN DISEASES - , '' I'HK I." OlfiV.Hl:.: ly W.tKl ttf ' , vri.l. nhv. l. ivis win xne ihh.jjio (or 4Vm':u'-, Mpvi-r fills to ire. yuiciil' niij i:uwciiOy K cpcoriiiA ULCERS. ECZEMA. v RiruiVATISW, PIMPLES, ERUPTIONS, 1 1 , i .. f VATl:l. fSIRKAIIHO and I '; li'"stsu solths. lnvuriiii ly envoi) tlm most 1 r '.V'mit ''l 'l'l U.M' If I'ln-rtlons are fol- I !...-u. l'rif- ?1 V'er tK.ttle.fi buttKfur $6. For iu liyi;ruir.H(i. Ci!-rii rrltt wo!i)nin lucres. ,4 BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Oa July 28 ly. HEADS LIKE FICTION. 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They cure Constipation, Indiges ti"'i, Bi ious Attacks, Sick or Bi'i'is a dinuer Headaches, and all derangements of the I liver, stomach and bowels. Abicjliu, N. M., March 13. Capt. P. Stanley, of Silverton, Col., accompa nied by Thomas Sewcll, C. J. Gavin and J. Clark, of Denver, came here one week ago today to prospect in the old Spanish Copper Canon. While prospecting in what is known as Devil's Gulch, they wero astonished at a ghastly discovery they made there in the way of skeletons of a company of soldiers who that had been I 1 1---tt foil iiinicV evul' ftnee llio memorable day of tho Apache raid on Espanola, September 9, 1S"9. It was supposed they had been massa cred by the Indians, as not one of the forty-three returned, but it seems that they all mu't have druuk from tho pois onous Verdigris Spring, where their skel etons have lain bleaching for the last thirteen years. Forty-three skeletous, some of them still incased iu uniform; three piles of guns, itacked as thv had loft them; a lot of aninnnttion, a i l the skeletons of forty tve horses constituted the extent of ibe ghastly d'scovcry. W. B. Eto, WELDON, IsT. C. Dry Goods, IS UXIOIIB, Dress Goods, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots Shoes. All Goods New, All goods later Style, all goc Cheap. Everything warranted as rcpres Call and examine quality and pr' No trouble to show goodv;, glC.'' you see tncni. WWILL NGIT BIS UNI" J 29 tf. I t
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