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Poetry.
Only Waiting.
1 rerj acd man In an almshouse was ask!
what he was doing now. He replied, "Ouly
watting. "
Only watting till the shadow
re a little longer grown ;
Only waiting till the glimmer
Of the day's last beam is flown 1
Till the night ot earth Is faded
From the heart once full ot 4ay;
Till the stars of hearen are breaking
Thro' the twilight soft and gray.
Only waiting till the reapers
Hare the last sheaf gathered home;
Tor the summer time Is faded
And Ute autumn winds hare come.
Quickly, reapers I gather quickly.
The last ripe hours ot my heart.
For the bloom of life Is withered,
And X has tan to depart.
Only waiting till the angels
Open wide the mystic gate.
By whose side I long have lingered.
Weary, poor and desolate.
Zrn now I hear their footsteps,
And their toIom far away;
If they call me, I am waiting.
Only walling to obey.
Only waiting till the shadows
Are a little longer grown;
Ouly waiting till the glimmer
Ot the day's long beam is flown.
Then from out the gathering darkness,
Uuly, deathless stars shall rise.
By whose lights my soul shall gladly
Tread lis pathway to the skies.
Selected Otory.
The Mysterious Organist
A LEGEND OF TUX BUTSE.
"Kind heart are nor than coronets.
Aul ulinple faith than Norman blood."
Years ago, at a grand old cathed
ral overlooking the Rhine, there ap
peared a mysterious organist The
great composer who had played the
organ so long had suddenly died, and
everybody from the king to the peas
Ant, was wondering who could be
found to fill his place when one bright
Sabbath morn, as the sexton entered
the church, he saw a stranger sitting
at the crape-shrouded organ. He
was a tall, graceful man, with a pale
but strikingly handsome face, with
great black, melancholy eyes, and
hair like the raven's wing for gloss
and color sweeping in dark waves
orer his shoulders. He did not seem
to notice the sexton, but went on
playing, and such music as he drew
from the instrument no words of
mine can describe. The astonished
listener declared that the organ seem
ed to have grown human that it
wailed and sighed, and clamored, as
if through its pipes. "When the music .
of l.i.i-tK xl . i , n i
.to the stranger, and said :
Pray who are you sir ?"
"Do not ask my name," he replied.
I have heard that you are in want of
an organist, and have come here on
trial"
'You11 be sure to get the place,"
exclaimed the sexton, "Whv, you
surpass him that's dead anil gone,
air."
"No no ; you overrate me," resumed
the stranger, with a sad smile ; and
then, as if disinclined to conversation,
he turned from old Hans and began
to play again. And now the music
changed from a sorrowful strain to a
grand old paean, and the mysterious
organist
Looking upward full of trace,
Prayod 'till from a happy place
Ood's glory smota him on tho faoa.
and his countenance seemed not un
liko'that of St Michseal, as portrayed
by Guido.
Lost in the harmonies which swell
ed around him, he sat with his "far
seeing" gaze fixed on the distant sky,
a glimpse of which he caught through
an open window, when there was a stir
about the church door, and a royal
party came sweeping in. Among
tnem mignt be seen a young girl, eyes
like the violet hue, and lips wild cher
ries. This was the Princess Elizabeth,
and all eyes turned to her as she seat
ed herself in the velvet-cushioned pew
appropriated to the court No soon
er had the music reached her ears
than she started as if a ghost had
crossed her path. The bloom faded
from her cheek, her lips quivered, and
her whole frame grew tremulous. At
last her eyes met those of the oroan
ist, in a long, yearning look, and then
the melody lost its joyous notes, and
once more wailed, and sighed, and
clamored.
"By my faith," whispered the king
to his daughter, "this organist has a
master hand. Hark ye, he shall play
at your wedding !"
The pale hps of the princess parted,
but she could not apeak she was
dumb with grief. Like one in a pain
f ul dream, she saw the pale man at
the organ, and heard the melody
hich filled the vast edifice. Aye, full
well she knew who he was, and why
the instrument seemed breathing out
thesgony of a tortured heart
Wnen tne wrvice was over, and
the royal party had left the cathedral,
be stole away as mysterious as he had
come. He was not seen again by the
sexton till the vesper hour, and then
he appeared in the organ loft, and
commenced bis task. While he play
ed a veiled figure glided in, and knelt
a 8le shrine. There she knelt
till the worshippers dispersed, when
the sexton touched her on the shoul
der and said :
'Madam, everybody has gone but
you and me, and I wish to close the
door.
"I am not ready to go yet," was
VOLUME 3.
the reply ; "leave me ! leave me!"
The sexton drew back into a shady
niche, and watched and listened. The
mysterious organist still kept his post,
but his head was bowed upon the in-
j strument, and he could not see the
lone devotee. At length she rose
from the aisle, and moving to the
organ loft, paused beside the musi
cian.
J3ertram !" she murmured.
Quick as thought the organist
raised his head. There, with the
light of a lamp suspended to the arch
above, falling full upon her, stood the
princess who had graced the royal
pew that day. The court dress of
velvet, with its soft ermine trimmings,
the tiara, the necklace, the bracelets,
had been exchanged for a grey serge
robe ami a long thiek veil, which was
now pushed back from the fair girlish
face.
"Oh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth!" ejacula
ted the organist, and he sank at her
feet, and gazed wistfully into her
troubled eyes.
"Why are you here, Bertram t" ask
ed the princess.
"I came to bid you farewell ; and
as I dared not venture into the pal
ace, I gained access to the cathedral
by bribing the bellringer, and having
taken the 3eat of the dead organist,
let my music breathe out the adieu I
could not trust my lips to utter."
A low moan was the only answer,
and he continued:
"You are to be married on the mor
row V
"Yen," sobbed the cirl. ' Oh. Bert
ram, what a trial it will be to stand
at yonder altar, and take upon me
the vows which will doom me to a
living death 1"
"Think of me," rejoined the organ
ist ; "your royal father has requested
me to play at the wedding, and I have
promised to be here. If I were your
equal, I could be the bridegroom in
stead of the organist; but a poor
musician must give you up."
"It is like rendering soul and body
asunder, to part with you," said the
girl "To-night I may tell you this
tell you how fondly I love you, but in
a few hours it will be a sin. Go, go.
and God bless you !"
She waved him from her, as if she
would banish him while she had Dow
er to do so ; and he how was it with
him? He rose to leave her, then
came back, held her to his heart in
one long embrace, and with a half- j
smothered farewell, left her. j
The next morning dawned in cloud-1
less splendor, and at an early hour the j
cathedral was thrown open, and the i
sexton began to prepare for the hnl
liant
wedding. Flame-colored flow-;
i ers waved bv tne wav side name-!
colored leaves came rushing down
from tho trees, and lay in light heaps !
upon the ground ; and the ripe wheat
waved like a golden sea, and berries
dropped in red and purple clusters
over the rocks along the Rhine.
At length the palace gates were
opened, and the royal party appear
ed, escorting the Princess Elizabeth
to the cathedral, where the marriage
was to be solemnized. It was a brave
pageant ; far brighter than the un
twined foliage and blossoms were the
turf 8 of the plumes which floated from
stately heads, and the festal robes
that streamed down over the housings
of the superb steeds. But the prin
cess, mounted on a snow white pal
frey, and clad in snow white velvet,
looked pale and sad ; and when, on
nearing the church, she heard a gush
of organ music, which, though jubil
ant in sound, struck on her ear like a
funeral knell, she trembled, and would
have fallen to the earth had not a page
supported her. A few moments af
terward she entered the cathedral.
There, with his retinue, stood the
bridegroom, whom she had never be
fore seen. But her glance roved from
him to the organ loft, where she had
expected to see the mysterious organ
ist He was gone, and she was'
obliged to return the graceful bow of
the king, to whom she had been be
trothed from motives of policy. Me
chanically she knelt at his side on
the altarstone ; mechanically listened
to the service and made the responses.
Then her husband drew her to him
in a convulsive embrace, and whisper
ed: "Elizabeth, my queen, my wife,
lookup!"
Trembling in every limb, she obey
ed. Why did those dark eyes thrill
her so ? Why did that smile bring a
glow on her cheek ! Ah ! though the
king wore the purple and many a
jeweled order glittered on his breast,
he seemed the same humble person
who had been employed to teach or
gan music, and had taught her the
lore of love.
"Elizabeth" murmuied the monarch,
"Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious or
ganist and King Oscar are one ! For
give my stratagem. I wished to marry
you, but I would not drag to the altar
an unwilling bride. Your father was
in the secret"
While tears of joy rained from her
blue eyes, the new made queen re
turned her husband's fond kiss, and
for once two hearts were made happy
by a royal marriage.
Self-respect has more self-reliance
than self-assertion. Round Table.
Before the days of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup, a person troubled with a cough
always consulted his physician. Now
he only invests 25 cents and is cored
after a few doses.
PITTSBOROVCHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPTEMBER 16, 1880.
Thomas J. Jarvis.
Raleigh News, June 18th.
There are few North Carolinians
who are unacquainted with his career.
His name is a familiar one in Eastern
Carolina, where, as far back as 1690,
we find Thomas Jarvis presiding over
a court held in the Albemarle section.
His father, Rev. B. H. Jarvis, was a
minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and gave his life to the wel
fare of his fellow men. His mother
was one of a class of women who
move the world by their simple piety,
and by instilling into the children of
their generation qualities of heart and
head that make leaders among men.
Gov. Jarvis' education was acquired
by bis own efforts. Alternately a
worker and a learner ; now at school
and then earning the means to go to
school; in these few words is pre
sented an epitome of his life to the
day on which he received his diploma
from Randolph-Macon College.
When the civil war broke out he
promptly volunteered. Wre find him
as a soldier in the ranks in May,
1861, and after a continuous and ar
duous service of three years we find
him maimed for life by a painful
wound that shattered his right arm
at the battle of Drury's Bluff. He
came home from Appomattox shat
tered in body and health, and began
the life that was to place him at the
head of the councils of his State, and
make his conduct of her affairs one of
the most noted in her annals.
The times excepted when war was
flagrant, no part of our history was
so full of uncertainty, distress, sad
foreboding and painful experience as
the first ten years after the civil war.
In some respects it was wrorse than
war. In 1S65 affairs w ere declared
to be in a state of formal anarchy,
and a convention was ordered by
President Johnson to resurrect, as
far as possible, the life and body of
the State. To this convention Capt.
Jarvis was elected, almost unani
mously, by the people of his native
county, Currituck. He served them
well and established a character, in a
body composed of men who were al
most all his seniors, for comprehend
ing the dangers of the times and a
wise prudence in avoiding or over
coming them.
Licensed to practice law in 1867,
he removed to Tyrrell, and became
widely known as a careful pleader
and an earnest and effective advocate.
In 1808 he was elected unanimously
to the Reconstruction Legislature.
In this bodv everv evil element that
can enter into polities was fully rep-
resented. Unscrupulous cleverness,
ignorance, venality were in triple al
liance. To oppose this there was a
small band of intelligent, virtuous
and capable patriots. This was the
fight and these were the odds. Capt.
Jarvis soon became the captain of
this host. The part he bore in frus
trating tho schemes of the conspiracy
to rob the State under the specious
guise of developing her resources, is
written in the journals of those dark
days, on the Statute Books, and in
the hearts of a grateful people. He
demonstrated the inability of the
State to meet the merciless exactions
made on her capital and labor to pay
the debt that was heaped upon her.
When demonstration and remon
strance failed he had recourse to all
the parliamentary devices which des
peration could suggest to ingenuity.
These failed when the taxes were
levied, but a cry of distress from the
plundered people came up, even to
the ears of a reckless majority, and
Jarvis, with a full faith that this voice
would not go unheeded, introduced
and passed through at the ensuing
session a bill repealing all railroad
appropriations. The sheriff's ham
mer would have rattled on the hearth
stones of thousands of homesteads
but for this relief. The people will
not iorget it nor its author.
In 18C8 Jarvis was nominated
Elector from the First District on the
Seymour and Blair ticket, and made
a brilliant canvass for the party.
In 1870 the people of Tyrrell
showed their appreciation of their
countyman by re-electing him to the
House of Representatives, and the
Democrats, having come into power,
at once advanced him to the highest
seat of honor by choosing him speak
er of tnat body. He won reputation
in the field, and was at once recog
nized as a parliamentarian of a high
order. So impartially and correctly
did he decide the delicate and often
complex questions that were con
stantly before that body that the
leader of the republicans pronounced
him a model speaker.
In 1872 he was named as one of
the Electors for the State at Large,
and served in that capacity with his
usual zeal and fidelity. During this
year he removed to Pitt county, and
resumed there the practice of his pro
fession. So far he had served his State well
and had won the title of Honorable
by such labor as few men would un
dertake. But greater things were
before him and had to be overcome.
The organic law of the State had
been framed by aliens ignorant of our
domestic economy and hostile to the
decency and intelligence of a large
majority of our people. Under this
law intolerable grievances had sprung
up. Local governments were, in the
hands of negroes or their overseers,
white radicals ; taxes were imposed
to a ruinous extent; justice was
bought and sold like any staple pro-
Ay u
duct ; and, instigated by bad men, the
negroes were insolent and aggressive.
axus anomaiy in a civilized land nad
to be changed. The people were
restive under it. A change commen
surate with the evils could only be
effected by a convention. The calling
of a convention was, however, re
garded as a hazardous measure, and
a clear, strong mind and firm will
firm by nature, or made so by the
discipline of lifewere needed to
measure the hazard accurately. Jar
vis espoused , the convention cause
warmly. He,was nominated by accla
mation to 'Represent his adopted
county .(Pitt),3siid was chosen by a
large majority' To him more than to
any living man we owe the enjoyment
of our rights under the new Consti
tution. He organized that body by
securing the election of a democrat
to preside over its deliberations. In
all its proceedings he was a counsel
lor, an actor and a controlling spirit.
Nominated for Lieutenant-Governor
in 1876, he traversed the State and
won golden opinions from all sorts of
people by simple, strong and truly
eloquent speeches, convincing and
making earnest the peoplo who gave
him amongst the largest majorities
cast for any democratic candidate vo
ted for by the whole people. The
presidency of the Senate matured his
reputation for high parliamentary
ability. Upon the elevation of Gov
ernor Vance to the United States
Senate, in January, 1879, he succeed
ed to the office of Governor, and has
discharged its responsible, grave and
delicate duties with signal satisfaction
to the people regardless of political
bias.
He has succeeded beyond the am
bition of most men, and his success,
in a great measure, has been wrought
out by doing well whatever he had to
do. He has been severely cautious
in the use of that dangerous power,
the power of pardoning, and has de
voted an immense amount of labor to
mastering even the dullest details of
his office. The most prominent fea
ture of his administration is the call
ing of the extra session of the Legis
lature of the State and the sale of the
Western North Carolina Railroad to
New York capitalists. This railroad
matter is so recent, and so familiar in
all its details, that it is unnecessary
to do more than refer to it. All that
demands attention now is the sagaci
ty, firmness and boldness with which
the matter was managed. This ques
tion, a short time ago. hung over our
party like a black cloud big with ruin,
It threatened destruction not only to
the party, but to any one who med
dled with the combustible elements
with which it was freighted. To
meddle with it at all was what no
mere politician would do ; for with
all such the science of politics is the
science of self-advancement. It was
just such a thing as a statesman
would do, for a statesman has no
thought of self ; ho lives and labors
for his country. With a heroism as
daring as it was quiet Jarvis grasped
this formidable question, and under
his skillful handling it became as
harmless as the thunder cloud when
its fiery fluid has been drawn off by
the potent conductor. It was a per
ilous feat, and nobly achieved ; but if
it had miscarried ho would have sunk,
for a time at least, like a plummet of
lead in the water.
More than three years ago, on Jan
uary 1, 1877, when Governor Jarvis
was inaugurated as Lieutenant Gov
ernor, we stated our conviction that
the Democratic party had higher
honors in store for him than those
with which he was that day clothed.
Yesterday's magnificent triumph has
verified that expression of our belief.
Singularly well poised in character, of
unsullied worth, with a great capacity
for controlling men, a believer and
practicer of thorough organization
and discipline, Governor Jarvis is the
man for the times and the conditions
of politics, and will lead the Demo
cratic party to its most brilliant vic
tory. A Lively Old Lady.
Mrs. Nancy Register, living near
Poplar Spring Church, in Laurens
county, wad ninety-one years of age
in July last. She has a nephew liv
ing in Mawkmsville, and he informs
us that Mrs. Register is almost as
sprightly as a sixteen year old lass.
She frequently walks four miles to
her grand-daughter's. She used spec
tacles from the time she was forty-five
years old up to twenty years ago, but
for the last twenty-five years she has
been able to dispense altogether with
spectacles, and can thread a needle
with as much ease as she ever could.
She has been smoking ever since she
was a girl, and raises her own tobac
co. Hawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch.
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How to Get Cotton Choppers.
Mr. J. H. Mattocks, of Onslow, has
a Terr successful plan of getting la
borers when he needs them: early in
the spring he bnys up all the eggs he
can get around in the neighborhood;
when chopping time comes and he
needs bands, be puts out word that
he feeds on eggs the work is done.
Kinston Journal.
Remarkable Health.
Ex-Gov. English, of Connecticut,
has never been sick a day in bis life,
has never called a physician and has
never taken any medicine, although
he was sixty-eight years old last
March.
A Snake-Eating Man.
The Goldsboro Messenger relates
the following snake story, which
beats any we have yet heard. Its
truthfulness is vouched for by T. A.
Granger, Esq., of Goldsboro', who
witnessed it at Warm Springs, Madi
son county, N. C. The story is as
follows :
"A mountaineer brought a live m.t-
tlesnake to the Springs and offered to
A S Am m
uuce 90 ior ms venomous pet. While
the crowd were insnectin? tho rentilA
a fellow hailing from Tennessee, but
evidently a foreigner by birth, pro
posed that for $5 he would take his
snakeship'out of the box, suffer him
self to be bitten, and that then he
would eat the raw flesh of the snake.
The money was made up, and the
snake eater proceeded to comply with
his contract. Attracting the snake's
attention to one end of the box. he
pried the top of the box at the other
ena and cautiously but quickly seized
the snake with his left hand below
the head. In an instant the rattler
coiled himself around the man's arm
and rattled furiously. It was a mad
snake, and the crowd retreated. The
snake-cannibal, however, held his
ground, and, by lowering his hold,
suffered the snake to bite him on the
hand. With perfect self-possession
he quickly cut off the snake's head
with a knife ; he then administered
an antidote of tobacco juice and salt
to the wound, and finally complied
with his agreement by eating nearly
half of the snake, after first skinning
him and pulling out its poisonous
fangs. The poison of the snake had
no effect on the man, but the delect
able repast seemed to invigorate him.
He claims to have been shipwrecked
and cast on an uninhabited island,
where he and his companions lived on
snake meat until rescued. The snake
measured 38 inches in length, and
had nine rattles and a button."
Moore's History.
Charlotte Democrat.
Some of our cotemporaries are
mentioning important omissions and
errors in Moore's History of North
Carolina, especially in the 2d Volume.
In a rather hasty glance over the book
we find what may be considered omis
sions of importance and. some state
ments are not exactly correct, though
it should not be expected that Maj.
Moore could make his history perfect
at the nrst trial.
For instance, we find no mention
made of the fact that North Carolina
had. previous to the war between the
States, what was called a "Council of
State"(advisers to the Governor who
rejected or confirmed all appoint
ments made by the Governor.) The
Council was composed of one from
each Congressional District and was
elected by the Legislature. We re
member that it was in session in Ral
eigh in the Fall of 1859 when the
first news was received of the raid of
John Brown on Harper's Ferry, and
that resolutions were adopted by the
council denouncing the encroachments
of Northern fanaticism on Southern
rights. W. W. Holden, Esq., then
editor of the Raleigh Standard, as
sisted in drawing up the resolutions
for the action of the Council. The
Council at the time was composed of
J.T.Granberry of Perquimans county,
John L. Bridges of Edgecombe,
John A. Averitt of Wayne, Dr. Powell
of Chatham, Jesse A. Waugh of Surry
or Foray the, W. J. lates of Mecklen
burg, Dr. Columbus Mills of Polk,
and (we think) Mr. Chandler of Bun
combe. During the year 1859-'60
Gov. Ellis appointed and the Council
confirmed Mathias E. Manly as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court,
and R. R. Heath, J. W. Osborne,
George Howard and Roberts. French
as Judges of the Superior Court.
For the position of Judge in the
Mecklenburg District, the name of
James W. Osborne and John F. Hoke
were proposed by Got. Ellis to the
Council, by one majority the Council
selected Osborne, then being but 7 of
the 8 Councilmen present We don't
suppose Col. Hoke himself ever knew
how near he came being a Superior
Court Judge. For the vacancy on
the Supreme Court Bench, caused
by the resignation of Judge Ruffin,
the names of M. E. Manly and Robt
R. Heath were proposed the Coun
cil voted three for Heath and four
for Manly.
Another ommission is that of any
allusion to two other branches or
officers of the State Government
which existed before the war the
"Literary Board" which had charge
of the Common Schools of the State,
and the "Internal Improvement
Board" which overlooked the State's
interest in Railroads, Canals, Rivers,
&c Each Board consinted of two
members appointed by the Governor,
he beingex-officio President of each
Board.
Bro. Yates is mistaken in saying
that "Dr. Powell, of Chatham," was
a member of the Council of State.
Ed.
Parents, mothers, nurses. do not
fail to give Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
to the little ones for all cases of
Coughs or Colds. Costs only 25 cents.
A little boy was taking a walk with
his mother when suddenly a thun
derstorm came on, when the little
boy exclaimed, vOh, mama, the sun
is bursting out into a loud laugh."
NUMBER X
Northern Ku-Klux.
Thomas McDonald, aged about 2S
years, a farmer, living near Commer
cial Point, Pickaway county, Ohio,
was taken from his house on the
night of September 1st, by a mob
and hanged to a tree near his resi
dence. McDonald came from Ken
tucky some years ago and married
into a highly respectable family own
ing a large farm. He has for a long
time been regarded as a desperado
quarrelsome and vindictive. A feud
has existed between McDonald and
his neighbors for some time, and es
pecially during the past year. Satur
day he commenced a quarrel with
Thomas Beaver, a neighbor, and was
badly beaten. The neighbors, think
ing to rid the neighborhood of him,
determined to commit this horrible
murdei. There is no means of know
ing who or how many persons com
posed this mob, and it is not likely
the public will ever know who were
concerned in the outrage.
Hard on Editors.
Gen. Haskell, of the Salvation
Army, entertained a large crowd on
a St Louis street corner the other
day. He told them that he was form
erly a circus man and a good card
player. He said that over in East St.
Louis the Army had a camp where
they fed the hungry. He didn't care
who came-r-if he was right out of the
penitentiary and was hungry he
should have something to eat. It was
no use talking religion to a hungry
man. First fill his stomach. You
could never, convert a hungry man.
There has never been an instance of
it on earth. Of the different political
parties, he said that there were good
men in each party, good men in the
Democratic party as well as in the
Republican. More than that, there
were good men who were editors,
and up in Casey county, la., George
W. Ashton, editor of the Clarion, had
been converted to God, the first in
stance in the history of Christianity
Rich Men of Ancient and Modern
Times.
The ancient historians have a
great deal to say about the wealth of
various old Greeks and Romans; but
none of them was so rich, in all
probability, says a New York paper,
as are many living Americans.
Croesus, King of Lydia, 500 years
before the Christian era, had so
much gold, with other kinds of
property, that "rich as Croesus" has
been for ages a threadbare simile.
He was the great plutocrat of an
tiquity, and it is difficult to judge of
the value of his possessions; but it is
not at all likely that it ever reached
more than $10,000,000 to $12,000,
000 of our money. There are, no
doubt, forty New Yorkers at least,
worth more than he, and some six or
seven have fourfold his wealth. The
richest Roman in Julius Ciesar's time,
and one of the triumvirate, was Mar
cus Licinius Crassus, an astute spec
ulator noted for avarice. His for
tune has often been estimated, and
never above $9,000,000 to $10,000,
000 in United States currency. An
Athenian or Roman who could count
his estate at what would .be $1,000,
000 of our dollars was considered
immensely wealthy, but residents of
Manhattan who have no more than
$1,000,000 are not now considered
particularly well off, and are un
known among the opulent members
of the community.
Mere millionares are so common
here as to merit little distinction fi
nancially. There were no such es
tates in ancient times as those of tne
Astors and Yanderbilts, and no such
private fortunes as arc held not only
here, but in Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco
and other cities of the republic. The
growth of wealth has been prodigious
Jl. A ?11 i
in inis country wnnin wis geuei huuu,
Some of the largest accumulations in
the land have been made within forty
or fifty years. Half a century ago
only one man in the metropolis was
worth 11,000,000, and his name was
John Jacob Astor. Now, hundreds
of our fellow citizens can go beyend
those figures, and they feel rather
poor than otherwise. When Stephen
Girard died, in 1831, he was consid
ered by all odds the richest man on
this continent nobody approached
or began to approaah him monetarily,
and yet his property was not valued
at more than $9,000,000. Men who
do not regard themselves as very old
can easily remember when $100,000
was thought to be a fortune, even in
our largest cities, and when $10,000
in the small towns was deemed an
independence. At present $100,000
is hardly reckoned sufficient to make
a man comfortable, and $10,000 would
not be deserving of mention, unless
in a rural village of New England,
where general poverty lends a magni
fying power to any eye that contem
plates any kind of coin. Within the
next fifty years it is likely tnat pri
vate fortunes will be increased be
yond what they have been in the same
period in the past In 1930 and 1940
it is probable enough we shall hear
of plain American citizens who are
worth from $100,000,000 to $150,000,
000, and who will be grumbling that
they have no more.
Prolific Vine.
Mr. J W. Batts, of Wilson county,
raised this year upwards of 154
pounds of watermelon from one vine.
or
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One sqoar, one lowrtlon.
One square, two Insertion,.
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The Grape Crop.
The scuppernong grape crop is al
most a failure intthis section. Moore
Index.
Fatal Lock-Jaw.
Carrie Blunt aged 5 years, stock a
splinter in her foot, a few days ago,
from which lock jaw followed. She
died Tuesday in great agony. New-
berne Nut Shell.
A Deserted Fatally.
John Wsttenou, living near tft
Airy, has deserted his wife and four
mall children, and eloped with
another woman. His family is left
in a strange neighborhood in a des
titute condition. Surry Visitor.
Drawing Color Line.
At the Republican convention re
cently held in Halifax, the color line
was drawn pretty tight There was
only one white delegate and he was
not allowed to go into the caucus at
all, but had to stand outside in the
cold. Weldon News.
Belligerent Candidates.
In a discussion at Rocky Mount,
Franklin county,Va.,onthe7thinst,,a
personal difficulty occurred between
Hon. C. Cabell, Democratic candi
date for Congress from this district,
and Mr. J. C. Stovall, his Readjuster
opponent. Bystanders took part in
the fracas, and both gentlemen were
injured ; Col. Cabell painfully, but
not seriously, and Mr. Stovall badly
but not fatally hurt Blood flowed
freely, bnt no one was hurt except
the two gentlemen named.
Terrapin Story.
Mr. Henry Hall, of this vicinity,
tells it, and stands prepared to prove
it by three other eye -witnesses:
They were in the woods, not long
since, getting hogshead hoops, when
the dogs jumped an old hare, and all
hands quit work and put out to catch
it After a considerable chase they
came upon a highland terrapin hold
ing the rabbit by the leg, nor could
they extricate the old hare from the
jaws of the terrapin without pulling
off the leg by which his terrspinship
held the varmint, so firm was its
grasp. Milton Chronicle.
Growing Town.
Randleman is the name of the town
which has grown as if by magio
around what was formerly Union
Factory. A few years since a small
factory stood upon the hilly banks of
Deep River; now m town of over
1,200 inhabitants, with Randleman's
factory running day and night for
eighteen months past, turns out daily
hundreds of yards of plaids and
cheeks. Last week this comMuiy
sold, through their agent, in New
York, over seven hundred bales of
checks. The town has also a large
Methodist church, which is very hand
some. It shows great signs of thrift
and just below is the fine building of
the Naomi Manufacturing Company.
Greensboro' Beacon.
Homicide in Ashe.
Intelligence has reached this place
that on Saturday evening, August
2l8t, a difficulty occurred in Ashe
county, between John and Miles
McGuire and Linville Waters. The
difficulty originated with Waters and
Miles McGuire, and John, a brother
of the latter, taking part in it, was
shot through the body by LmviUe
Waters, death resulting almost in
stantly. Miles McGuire was also
shot and there is a report that he,
too, is dead, but this lacks confirma
Hon. Immediately after the shoot
ing Waters mounted his horse and
fled and at last accounts hsd not
been apprehended, though a party
started at once in pursuit States-
ville Landmark.
r The Biggest Snake Yet.
A colored man named Trio Ptfw
cll, of Warren county Was dtjrfelg a
wagon, and stopped at a branch on
the road side to give his horses some
water, and to let them rest While
the horses were drinking the colored
man climbed on the top of a fence
ten rails high and went to sleep. Af
ter a while he awoke tod the nt
sight he saw was (horror of horrors I)
a large cotton month snake standing
erect with his mouth directly over
Powell's head. For a few seconds
Powell thought upon the best plan
to escape and at last, seeing he could
not evade the snake by jumping from
the fence, suddenly grabbed tbesnake
around the neck with both hands.
The snake was a large one and show
ed fight For two hours they fbfegtt,
the snake wrapping himself troend
and round the negro, and the negro
bending all his efforts m the endeav
or to choke him. Some time the
negro would have the advantage and
then the snake would gain it For
two long hours (they eetasd l&e
centuries to Powell) they fought, end
at last nearly exhausted with his al
most superhuman efforts, Powell
choked the snake dead, and tooStlnta
to Warren ton and found thai he
measured 30 feet Powell was near
dead and after Unscring tea days
died from the injuries he received
I from the fight. Wilson Advance,