North Carolina Newspapers

!H Chatham 2 c toil THl'USDAY. FKBKlUtl , 1MB. H. A. LONDON. Editor. The LeuisLatikk has spent the j appointing three intelligent and first half of its Fession in considering humane porsons in ever- county to the numerous bills that have been act as a Local Board of Chanties, introduced.and apparently rery little wj,0 overlook and investigate tbo work bas been done. Wo say appa- jaj and Homes for the Aged and Fsntly, because really much work Infirm in their respective counties, has been done, but chiefly by tho These local boards have made full various committees, the daily pro- reports to tho Stale Hoard, which eeedings of which are not published are ai published, and contain in for like tho proceedings of tho Legisla- maliou of much interest. It may bo ture itself, and therefore not kuown pr0per here to state (for the Mitis to tbe public. As many of our rea- faction of any complaining "fuian ders are aware, when a bill is intro-1 eial reformer") that all these local duced into either branch of tho Leg- j boards act without any compensa nlature it is at onto referred to the , i;on whatever, and literally are doing proper committee for consideration, !a work of charity. From these re- which a committee can do moro lully ! ports wo note that tho number of and thoroughly than either the jIimj,tes of all tho Homes in the Senate or House cau. After a full state is 709 whites and 3o'9 colored, and thorough examination of tho Jn additiou to these there aie pmb -bill by the committee, it is reported 'ably as many outside paupers, that to the House or Senato and then j8) persons to whom the county gives discussed, if any member desires, a gmuli monthly allowance outside andis passed or defeatod. Thus far of tho Home. not many bills havo been passed, because they havo boon under con sideration by the various commit tees. Many bills, however, have been defeated, becau.se it is much easier to defeat a bill than to pass it, for if a legislator is in doubt about: passing a bill hegives the people the ' benefit of tho doubt by voting : gainst it. : be made for their education. Moro Tho Senato by a largo majority j Ulan one fl)U,.lb ot tll0 penitentiary defeated the bill to employ stouog- j C0liviel8 a,.9 ull,0,. the ai;0 0f "1 raphors in the superior courts. ' Toars. Tho Hoard is sustained in The House parsed a bill to repeal -ts ajvocat.y 0f a leform School by tho law establishing the Hureau of ; fu, eillitjrscment of tho Teachers' Statistics An effort is being mado I Assembly, of tho Stale Alliance, ol to consolidate this Hureau with the'tho vcslcn, X. c. Confcreneo and Agricultural Department. ' o( ,lu) x0nh Carolina Conference at Tbe Senate has passed a bill np-!t,u,ir ,.t a.1I!U.u Kw.tjni! Au propriating S4,(IU0 for completing and furnishing the Governor's Man sion. Tbe House, following the example of tbo Senate, has had quite an ani- .u.i.uu.M.J.uuu ui.ii-,.e.uWj dog question. After many speeches ; had been made tho bill was referred : . . . i to the committee on agriculture, so I it will probably bo discussed agaiu. The House has passed a bill "to; protect domestic fowls" by the pay. meet of 25 conta for every chicken, hawk killed. If this bill becomes a 'f tilizera in North Carolina are en . ... . , ... .. , 1 titled to protection from fiaud bv the law chicken hawks will ail soon be:D tuenl of Agriculture, and we exterminated. Two other bills havo been intro- ducou to exempt oincr counties from iaruicrs are cautioned not to pur the 'possum law passed by the last , ''base any fertilizer thai does not Legislature. Wheu these bills arc . L,0W t!i0 ' ''l f , ... , .,. , , , -sale in accot dance with the provi-ioi.s passed Chatham w.,1 l.o tho o.,ly f,t ,aw A; r,(L.kl!gM kl0lM ,ho,v county that will enjoyt?) the bene- the guaiantetd claim of contents fits of this celebrated 'possum law, j plainly printed and should have at and will no doubt bo tho refuge aud ; belied thereto the evidence that the , . ,, .i ibraud is luoperly registered iu this an asylum for all the poor, persecu-1 . -rf i . 4 J . , 1 11 ofiice. Tbe claim of contents re-quir ted ana oppressed possums in orth e(1 bj law ,uust not aLow mi amoimt Carolina ! 09S thau 8 per cent, of available phos- liichmond county is greatly s'.ir- i pboric acid. 2 per cent, of ammonia rod up over a bill introduced intoland 1 per cent of potash. Buyers, the Senato to form a now county. called Scotland, out of the four lower townships of Jlichmond. Large delegations havo been to Ealeigh, ! sooio favoring and others opposing the bill, which was made a special order for last night. The House has passed a bill to repeal the law requiring the listing ot agricultural statistics, which we think is a mistake, for iustead of repealing the law it ought to be I Tho bill proposes toestablish a loan mo. la ntFuxiivA idrv in connection with the peiiiten- . .... .' , 4. VIII IIIIIQ u y IIJ bliu UUUQV, VIJ last Saturday, which showed that the republicans and third party , people are one and the same, and, wheels and to work the plant with that if they had a majority, they th?. "tB not employed upon ,. . , , railroads or otherwise. 1 ho labor would certainly repeal our present in a plnnt of lhi9 kjlul wou!ll l0t system ot county government. The . COme in competition with any other bill was to allow the people of Stoks , class of labor in tho State ami an (a republican county) to vote upon important industry, uhieh has long 4i ,. . , ! been considered a possibility in the question of county government, , , . - , ,x , , J & , 'j North Carolina, would go far toward andfi-ery third party man voted with : niaki.lir t!l(, po.utentiary self -snathe .republicans for tho bill. Of taiuing. Dr. Mercer has given the course, however, tho democrats la-; idea much rtudy and we have no bled it. ! doubt it will roceivo favorable con One of the most important mattors : MiJt:1'a,k"1 llt, 1,10 'l f " -, i .- .i i eral Asembiy. lno propoMtion for tho consideration of the Le''is a-, . , i i m i appears to us to be plausible and turo is the question ot taxing tho ,0I1iirely practicable. Wilmington and Weldon Jtailruad ! Company. A satisfactory compro. j Riot ill South America, raise or adjustment of this ouostion I Tasama, via Galveston, Feb. 4 , ,, i, . 'Private advices from Bogota ftato now seems probable. Hy its terms, ,he tMent riot thfjrH Bch that company waivos the exemption j more serious than at first reported, from taxation which it has hereto-! It is said that there was a severe foro enjoyed, and pays two years' j anU" sanguinary battle between tho back' taxes. This will place several VP? the polic ., i i H i The mob defeated tho noheo and thousand dollars in the treasury lieU pfjWt.8si,jn of the city for two every year in tho future, and tho! Joys. Thf-u the national troops were arrears will go far towards paying called out aud martial luw was pro the additional appropriations neces- claimed. sarily made by the present Legisla-1 80,;1i;'r9Il5U!;'""1'11in toriuW jur0'' J ' n order, and the leader.' of the mob were ' , , , , . , furested and executed. Tho beoate has passed tho bill, Altogether about 100 prrsons were heretoforo nientionod, dividing the j killed and from 500 to GOU wounded erimo ot murder into two degrees, in the conflict. tho pttirishmcnl for the first degree I A "8id censorship of the press de h.in..ik.ml.1,.1 ,1- ispatchos is maintained so that it is O - gree imprisonment in tbe peniten tiary. The homestead bill is tho special ordor in tho House tomorrow, and will be fully discussed. It is prob able that some amendment or change will be adopted, but it will have to be voted on by II vt the next election. people r. have received ft copy of ilio Report of the Slate Hoard of Public Charities, which contains much in terest inj; in lorinatioti about llio penal and ehnrilablo institutions in tlio several counties of our State. It was a very wise step of the Hoard The Stale Hoard of Public Chari ties urge liie establishment of a State institution to be known as the 'North Carolina Inform School", for the reformation of such toys and gjrU a niay bo committed to it. The Hoard state that there are now SI cliiU ion in tho various county Homes, and some provision should these bodies :;dopted resolutions fa voring the establishment ol .-.'.hIi an institution, and the prei of the State generally have lavorcd it. The Hoard is to bo congratulated ti)() t,fli,ion,v of lll0il. Vl.,.v j,,. mt c t c y son. . To lJuyeis of Fertilizers. Mr. Kobinson, commissioner of ag riculture, gives the following notii to buyers of fertilizers: "buyers of I desire to tiuphasi tLe fuel that every , precaution is being lak'-u m tl is cud. Bre "quebiea io write me ueparimcDi j in regard to this subject as often as av miration liiav nnxn in rer'iinl to :8U - i)rana. Iu this wav we cau bo cf much service to buyers of fertiliz- era, and save much disappointment in results at next harvest." A Foundry for Convict. From lli Raleigh Sews an'l OUbitv t. Aii important bill has been intro duced in the legislature by Dr. W. P. Morcor, Senator from Edgecombe. tiarv, to bo located at that institution or iu Chatham or (iuiilonl iu close proximity to the ore which will supply it, Tbo plan is to make ear .lifHoiiH. in opt at thfl facia - - r - " The lower Branch of (he Pennsyl vania Legislature has passed a bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes. Fowcll At Wharton, general mer chants si Oreensboro, have assigned to Prof. (. W. Carr. Tho liabilities uie estiiuuted at Sl.'.OOO; asbt-ls un- known. Wash hm ton Letter. irroa our Ueeular Corresponded.) I thrilling experience of the crew of the Wasiiisoton, Feb. 3, 1892. ! bark Saranah, from Sheet Harbor. N. Hon. Don M. Dickinson, who is re-1 Demb 21, for the Mersey. On carded as President elect Clevelauds ! December 21 tbe bark encountered a persoual representative, is iu Wash- temhc gale, aud was t brown on her mgtou working in the interest of the ! h' eu f "uddenly that every Andrews bill for the repeal of the I movable was swept overboard Sherman siivtr law, which is to le and tbe man at the wheel drowned, taken up iu the House on Thursday )U tbe sh.p righted again tho l.v.fuv. if,. n.vkiimnn i only thing left standing was thirty outspoken iu favor of the annexation of Hawaii, and iu this he is iu line with seven tenths of Congress, with- ' out regard to politics. The Hawa'iau ! Commissioners arrived today utid to ' morrow they will present their peti j tion for annexation. There are so many complications ! that would have to be met tf an act of Congress annexing Hawaii is to be I passed, and iu tbe course of tbe de i lay, which would necessarily ensue, 'some loreigu Government might, by a rovolutiou'or other mruus, secure i control of the country, that it is prob I able that the outcome will bo the adoption of some quicker method of asserting American control and wara ; iug foreigu Governments to koep their hands off. Thero is no politics in i this, simply Americanism, and, be it j said to bis credit, Mr. Harrison has consulted us freely with tho promi nent democrats iu Congress as with members of his owu putty. Notwithstanding tho threats cabled from London os to what England m- i tended to do, it can be statoU ui'h 'out exaggeration that the intcutiou 'of England or any other nation is cutting iio liguio whatever iu this 1 matter. Hawaii is going to pass un ider the control of ttie L'ntttd states. 'That much is certain, but it is not !yet decided just how it is to be done, i Another certainty iu the sit uatiou is 1 that Hawaiian sugar producers will pound now paid to Americans under !iu.. M..u-i..i.. i,,..i, w.iirt.li.ri. i i. u.,..'ii,a I,. .if t'i. i.iv.ini ition and application for annexation. ; Whatever the cause, there are many :dooi! reasons for our not neglecting , tho opportunity to get control of the isiauds. ' The iiiajoriiy report of the House Judicial v committee, which inve.-ti- galfd the Hoiuu.-tead labor troubles, srn who ate one of their companions. lias tiitraclrd wide aticntion. It was i the Star mv. : Tbo sailor was a Hol : written by lieprescidative Ptatnir, lmider, and the starving men drew ! of Louisiana, who says tl.i rem that t lots as to which should die. tho lot ! he finds nothing in the Constitution i faliiiur on tl.e victim twice i:. sue- which auihoriz.es Congrchs to inter fere, with, regulate, oi prohibit the employment of 1'iukei ton or other de tectives, by persons or corporations, except so far as they may be engaged iu inter state commerce. "The trou ble at Homestead," continued the re port, "was beyond Federal or Con-gros-ionial jurisdiction. To permit iiileiference by the Fedeial authori ties, without demand of tho States, or to make laws wliich would control or alY. cl the relations of cuip'.ovi r ami emolove iu the Slates, would bo to tin- dermine tho junt authority of the States audio interpose 1 edoral au thoritv upon a subject of which the Stales have, an I ought to Lave, su premc- control." "20 ol tie '2'.) Senators that voted against the anti edition bill when it was finally passed by tbo Senate were democrats, and 11 of the -10 votes cast iu favor of tho bill were from democrats. Four eleuioerats were paired aud did not vote. There w.is a general surprise when the Senate votd dowu a motion made by Scuator Shernmu to make tho Ni caragua Canal bill tbe "unfinished business'' of the Senate, which would Lave given it the light of way every day after '2 o'clock. There is hardly one chance iu ten that this bill can get through tho present House, but it has been supposed that tho Senate intended to pass it anyway. Perhaps after all it will go to join tbo numer ous other matters that are slateel to bo left over for tho Fifty-third Con gress to wrestle with. Hrprcseutative Fellows, of Now Yoik, is chairman of tbe committee that will investigate the spending of Panama Canal money iu fho Uuited States. Col. Fellows is a shrewd lawyer, and as a skillful cross -examiner has few equals. Furthermore, he is deeply interested in the subject he is investigating. All of which iu creases tho chances for the exposure of somebody, if tbeio is any truth in the charges that havo been from time lo time made, both in this country and iu France, of the bribery of Amer icans of prominence. Ex Secretary Thompson will be one of the witnesses heard. 11a was president of the American end of the company. The Senate, which bas only passed two of tho appropriation lulls, seems at last to realize lhat. it is in a hole. Beginning today, it will meet at 11 o'clock. If tho gold in the Treasury is re duced as much this month as last. Secretary Carlisle will find lees than the $100,000,000, known as tho gold reserve fund, when he takes charge. There is now less gold in tbe Treas ury thau at a.iy time for many years, and of cour.-io what is there will have to bo paid out whenever Treasury notes are presented for redemption. A Pugilist Killed. Ntw Oiii r:.xs, February i. Geoi gf Qoodoycli (colored) middle weight was instantly killed in tho ring last J Light bv Jou Green. It was long af ter midnight. The fight was one of a series given in Duffy's arena, under directions of the celebrated referee. In the second round of the fight Goodeyeh ducked a blow and slipped on the bloody stage. He fell first on his groin, then ou his neck and died instantly. The man hailed from Louis ville. A negro woman at Greenville, N. C, recently gave birth to triplets all boys, aveiaging eight pounds each. I elements that nature requires, to msko Auother woman, also colored, in Cra- j the bsir abundant and beautiful, are ven county Ims just frlvcn biith to a i supplied by (his admirable prepara child w-brhing twnfv two pounds, tiou ! Adrift Without Food or Water. ' From Hip Now York WorUI. Halifax, N. S, Feb. 2 Advices from Liverpool giving details of (ho j mainmast and the lower l,art 01 mizzenmeut As there were no sails it was im possible to do scything except to let the vessel drift, aud she did so in an easterly direc tion. There was no food, but tbe captain bad brought six getso from Sliest Harbor. 1 lin e of these bad been washed over and lost, so that the whole of the ship'a company, now reduced to eleven all told, bad uo pros pect but to live on thegoeso until help arrived. The captain had the geese killed, and be distributed tbe llesh in little bits, not a size of a penny piece, at staled intervals. His own dinner on Christmas day was what lie could scrape off a leg Imne. Worse than this, thero was no water uutilabout tho '23d of December, wheu some ruin fell, and they caught a bucket full, which was meat-tired out at the rate of a wineglassf ol per day until the 28th. when they caught two buckets full, and had then two glasses per day. l!y this time all were becom ing famished. 'At meal time," said the captain, wo prayed and it looked as if the Almi -hlv had made the little pieces j of lhsll (,or entrails, for nothing was wasted) till up like a dinner : and so we kept living in hopes, but getting feebler and feebler every day. At last, on tho IHst of iVecmber, iu latitude 41 lo, longitude oT-lO, thev were seen bv the Menrik lbe.on, j of Tved( strand (Cq.t. NilsenhcnV who took them oil. 1 hat vessel was Oil ft vova-e from New York to Liverpool, U"d she lo.-l two men in tho same sturia. Eat Human Flesh. I'r r.i iL wiu.h'.iv'..ai s:nr. Helatixo to the miserable fate of the survivors of a vessel that sank at cession. li eu tho oilier fed upon and strangled bim, and devoured the flesh. Tho three men arretted are Norwegians and their names are Ac derson, Jacobsen and Jolnnuson. Tbe case is not without precedent, the mate of a wrecked vessel having breu tried some years ago inKnglaud on the charge of murdering a cabin boy, who tho mate, while r.lloat iu an opwn bout in the Indian ocean and having been without food or water for several days, killed and partly ate, tluis saving lis owu lif. Iu thai. inBiar.ec the accused went unpunisli j ed There eecms to be no definite rule of law vu the subject, so far as the courts aro concerned, the person guil ty of cannibalism bei-ig put on his defense to bliow by ll.e cii cninstances of tho particular case that tho act was the result of supremo necessity. The arrests were made at Cuxhaven. Much sympathy is felt for tbe unforltinato men, who are still iu a very weak con dition. They can hardly yet be con sulei ed sane, aud talk in au incoher ent manner. Cold Weather. HrrtnT)N, Mich., Feb. 4 A ter rific blizzard Las ruled for the past two days, with the mercury 30 to 40 below zero. Snow diifts are as high as the top of passenger coaches. Osukosh, Wis., Fel. 4 The bliz zard of Thursday is followed by in tense cold. A driving wind greatly augnieutwd discomfort. Travel nud business are practical v at a stand still. New Yokk, Feb. G Dispatches from the Northwest report the bliz zard still raging with great ecvetity. Iu Minnesota ami Missouri the cold is iuteuso and there is great suffer ing. Live stock of all kinds is dying up in largo numbers and will entail heavy loss to stock and cattlemen. Railroad trafiic is snsptiided in many places. In Colorado two men were buried in a snow silide and Lave not been ex tricated. Cigarette UkhiikIs for Divorce. Tri m tin! Wnfchliigl' n-Nnwit. A St. Louis woman who applied for a divoreo i'r : htr biis!,ti;d had a very poor jiospect of getting it at the trial, alt hough her cbaigcs against him were numerous. She finally proved, however, that ho was addict ed to cigarettes, and tho divorce was giauted. Thisincidviit will strength en the confidence f tbo people in the courts of justice, ami should convey a lesson to lbs consumers of the ob noxious cigar ties. Kim Over by the Cars. Syhu tsk, N. Y. Iu tho tenth ward about 7.10 o'clock this morning, nu.tr the slate pump house, at the foot of Emerson avenue, a Central Hudson passenger train, west bound, ran d iw n hix "" 'J hr e were killl outright and three were injured. One died at the hospital, nnother is dying, ami thalhird is seriously hurt. The men were all employed as section bauds on theCeiilrul Hudson railroad. They were walking on the track, going lo a point near the Soda Ash works to make some repairs on the track. Ayer's Hair Vigor keeps the scalp free from dandruff, prevents tho hair from becoming dry and harsh, and makes it flexible ami glosnv. All the A Serious Nem o Iliot. Stakfoiws Point, Tex., Feb. 6. Yesterday ft half grown negro boy offered a gross iusult to Mrs. Dr. Cochran. She reported tbe matter to her husband on his return, and the doctor chastised tho boy Last night while at the railroad station, Clinton Edwards, the boy's father, met Dr. Cochran, who is u one armed man. and after a wordy quarrel, the negro pick ed up a stone with which bo felled the doctor to tbo earth. As ho fell, Dr. Cochran seized his pistol and put three bullets into Edwards, killing him instautly. William Watts, station agent of the Southern Pacific railroad, disarmed Cochran and theu a number of negroes assaulted him. They ac cused bim of having assaulted Ed wards aud demanded his life. Dr. Cochran told the excited crowd be was tho guilty party, but the mob was bent on lynching Watts. Watts managed to reach the inside of the depot which he barred, and, with the dims he had thero mid tbe assistance of the telegraph operator, mauaged to hold the crowel at bay, and meantime, telegraphed to Itich motid, Houston, Wilker and sister towus for assistance. While this was going on, (he negroes were also se curing reinforcements and the fiery leaders proposed burning tho depot and town and were just about to put the ir designs into execution wdien an cnyiuc pulled into the town with tbe sheriff am! poese of armed men. Willi difiiculty tho sheriff could get the crowd qtntt. Dr. Cochran sui ren dered, hut tho mob clamored for Watts, tho station aent. In tho hubbub, tbe sheriff, to appease them, aire.-!cd Watts, and quickly petting the man to the train tho posse pulled out for Hichinond where he will bo held until tho examination is bad. r,iciiM,Mi, Tex. Tbo people hero were fearful that the turbulence at Stafford's Point would throw this county into another state of turmoil. Now all is quiet except mutterings among tho turbulent class of negroes. Tbe determined attitude of tho whites, backed up by the sheriff, has ovor awed the negroes aud no trouble is now expected. riuiitiiii: too Much Cotton. rr.'ni the Now Virk W,.rl 1. The fanners of the South appear jlo be in danger of repeating their I great error of 1SV1 iu raising a crop of cotton loo large to be protitab.y mail.eted. Tho ttl'icls of that error were extremely disastrous to the po ple of IheSouthern States and brought thousands of farmers to tho brink of bankruptcy. Last year, influenced by lepratod urgings of tbo press and tbe State Commissioners of Agriculture, ns well as by tho conclusions reached by iu telligent planters and merchants iu public meetings, the farmers reduced the acreage of cotton and planted more corn, wheat, oats and other fwod products. The result of thus diver tdfyiug the crops was that better price. for cotton prevailed aud the financial condition of the fatmers was mater ially improved. Tho agi ieultiiral journals of the South report that iho amount of fer tiliziiig malnials bought for use on it ton lauds ic abnormally large. From nearly eery seetiou ef tbe cot ton belt comes tho statement that the acreage in cotton will be larger th in ever before. Tho Agricultural Commissioners of Alabama and Georgia have publicly warned the farmers that they aro making a serious mistake, and the Alabama Commissioner predicts dis ftstor if the farmers of lhat State plant as great an acreage to eottou as they now intend doing. The farmers cannot 6uffer alone. If they will not profit by experience they will again bring about the un favorable condition of two years ago for all the Southern people. Legislating Against Crinoline. Misnkai'oi.is, Minn., Feb. 3.--Geoige E. M. Bet cker. a Democratic member from Hennipeu county, in which Minneapolis is situated, electrified the Legislature this morning by in tiodticing u bill prohibiting the man ufacture or sale of crinoline. This is the text of the measure: Section 1 It will be unlawful for any person to manufacture or sell, or to offer for sale or use, or to permit the mauui'acltirc, sale or use of any hoopskirt or hoopEkirts or anything likes thereunto within tho limits of Minnesota. Sec. i!, Auy person violating this uct or in any way assisting in the vio lation of any provision (if this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than nor more tuuu '25 for each I .h use, aud in default sba'l be im- pris. ned iu tho county jail fur a pc I riod not exceeding thirty days. Tho reading ot tbe bill provoked j great merriment. Mr. Leonard do I rired the reference lo be to the Com iinittee on It.teri.aii.imd Improve j ments. air. Boggs thought tho b 1 i should go to the judiciary Commit j tee, as it probably involved a cousti i tulioual question. Mr. Sails wantfd the rules suspended and the bill i passed. It was sent finally lo the j 'ommi' tee on Ir.corp.iratious othei : tl.au .Miinieiml. Itl.euiuHtism, npuralgi.i, lumbago, looMmibe nnd hprained arm cund Mr. J 's. E Murray, Sandy Springs, M.I , wiiies: 'T havo used Salvation Oil with sui-cess for rheumatism ; neu ra'gi'i, lumbago and toolhaehe. I i eci i ved a full during t he winter sprain iug my 1. ft arm so that I wouldn't lift it up. I used Salvation Oil by rub bingsnd baedagi.ig, slid in two weeks was aide to go to work. It is au ex cellei t liiiiment." The President has nominalod How ell E Jackson, of Tennessee, to be Associate Justice of I he Supirme Court of the Uuited States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho death of Judge Lamar. Judge Jackson is a 'Ici'oei at. State News. TaiboroSouthernerr J T. Dtiprce, iu having his house rephistered found a pocket knife between Iho wealhrr boarding and laths, where it h id evi dently been since the house was com pleted, 125 yeais ago. Oxford Ledger : In tho Big Rock section rabbits were caught iu euoh largo quantities lhat the merchants hauled them to Yiiginia by the wagon load and chartered a car to get tb;m to mai ket. Some of the citizens made considerable money oil rabbits and birds. Louisburg Times : Mr. E. C. Jones exhibited a hen egg here one day this weik which beat anything of thekind we have ever t.een. Its weight was one pound and one ounce. It was taken from a Wyandotte ben raised nt Maj 15. A. Speed's, tho hen having been killed by a mink. Greensboro Uncord : The Mount Airv Granite Company is booming. 'Two prominent business men from ' Plii'adelpbia last week gave an order ; for i'GO.Ooi) worth of granite. The 'probability is that the order will be 'doubled. It is estimated lhat it will require nearly three hundred men to fill tbe order in the stipulated time. State Chronlc'e : Mrs. Hayworel, a highly respectable lady of this coun ty, who bail been iu bad health for some time, drowned herself iu Swift creek, seeii or eight miles south of this city lal evening. Il teems that slieb 'came despondent and went do ; Itheraiely to tl.o ctcek with the pur pos; to end her life. She partially ;u:idits -ed her person, and went into comparatively shallow water, where j she lay down and stianglcd herself. ; It was :, sad case of suicide. Winston Scntiml: Lloyd Smith, j who recenl ly moved from Charlolto to Ashevi'.ie to accept the position of night clerk at tho Uattery Patk hotel, ; was r-tauditig iii tho hotel office when some cadets from Bingham school c inio in. One ef Iho cadets had in i his possession a" old pistol. Young Smith was exiuiinng it when tie weapon t xplodcd, aud the young man jdioppcd to the ilu.r expiring in.-tant-1 !y. Mr. Smith was only 10 years of ! age. His remains were caniod lo C'hailotte for interment. Smiliiil'ld Heiald: Doputv C. I lectors P. T. M-issey J B. Holland and others mado a laid ou an illicit distillery Tut-fday morning about v:x Miles from town, near Aycoek Bios', government distillery. They captur- ed all'J gallon rtil'. about fi.SO gal- Ions ol beer and a few biirhels of meal. I They etit I be slid up and brought it to town. Th" parties had evidently i learned that tlify were going to untie a raid and bad torn the still and Cu ltures up mid hid them iu a thick litaib';. but the old. -i i's found th. in. i'Thcy i'u.v no person about them. j Shelby la vie v: Mr. C. H. Shu 1 1 bought a still f:o:n a G.tsfon county man the- other day th d was nritmfac 'tuied iu Bii:!'i!. England, in 1701 y.l years ago. The capacity of the i still is 12 I g ilh'iis, und not withstand ing th" fa -t t! a" it I. us 1 cell c u.tiu -u hi-i v i!-ed in li e manufacture of lit ad ie! e . an I ; -nj.t'ii- br a 1 undred 1 years, the t Nccl'i ie-o the c-'ppor 'out of which it is made, i ei,di-i s it good formany yea's yet. And tho fact thai for all these years it has os enped the iM of the revenue raider, shows that the operators were either obedient to tho law or successful i:j evading the penalty of iis violaiiou. New Berne Journal: A larger acreage in cabbage has been i et. out this season around New Berne than la f i.i e. Tl.o cold killed some of the plants, but. taking the crop right through, it has Mood heller than might have been expected. It is gen erally estimated that 75 per cent, of thn plants are all light. The small ones fared the worst. Tho year 1S0'2 was o;m of little remuneration to this sect ion as far as two of the principle causes were concerned Iv netils from trucking and geneial farming inteiests. The faiuis gave immense yields, but the prices went all lo pieces. Fom produce yieldetl poorly and also brought poor piices. Winston .Sentinel: Two ne-.iocs played u bold game on a farmer nam ed Martin Key last Thursday cvoning. Key is from Surry count v and bn light a load of tobacco to Winston, which he disposed of for about sixty dollars. Shoitly after getting his money ho was approached by a negro man who asked him if he would distribute some ad-.fiti-ing matter in his neighbor hood for him. This K'-y agreed to dn, ami started with the negro to West End to get the circulars. A:c.. When they had gotten ft few blocks from Iho busiiKss portion of town they were approached by another no gio who. afier some parley, proposed to bet Koy 620 lhat he could not poll a certain card out of a pack whica ho held in Lis liaud. Key accopti d the wagi rami pulled out his purse loget them no.v to put up, when tbe negro snatched tho purse aud ran. Key shot at tho lleeiug robber, but failed to stop him. mid he has not yet lain apprehended. THE BEST COUCH-CURE and anodyne expectorant, AYER'S Cherry Pectoral soothes the inflamed membrane and induces sleep. Prompt to Act sure to cure. TO OUR CHATHAM FRIENDS 1 We havo in stock a full line of anociiiiws, FKfiJB STUFFS, Bagging and Tics, &c., &c, Which we are ready to furnish i low prices. GIVE US A 0AXL Consignments of COTTON m4 PRODUCE solieited. JOB P. W Y ATT & BROS., ItALEIGH, N. C, Sucessors to Wvatt & Tatloi. Oct. 13, 1892. 3m. FIRE! FIRE ! ! EVERYBODY " OUGHT TO INSURE MIR PROPERTY IN THE . c. home mum to. This is a Home company and de nerves the patronage of all Norfb Carolinians. It was organized in 18GS and has paid over half a million dollars in losses and there is not one contested claim against it! All losses paid promptly. Every prudent man ought to insure hia property. For t rms, &c, apply to H. A. LONDON, AGENT. W. S. PRIMROSE, President. January S, 1803. ' COLD WEATHER GOODS. Jiliinkots, J5o(l(iiilts, Ovomisits, Heavy Underwear, Heavy Shoes, Mufflers, Ruliber Shoes, Rubber Roots, At W00LLC0TT 4 SONS, U E. Martin St., RALEIGH, N. a January 5, 1803. 1893. 1878. FOR FIFTEEN YEARS TRE mm RECORD! Has linen published by its pres ent Editor and Proprietor. It is the "Old Reliable" that never fails or falters. Other papers may spring up and fade away, but the R.CC Ord. i here to stay. The Iccord. J1ls always done its best to promote tho prosperity of the people, and to advance the best interests of Chatham county. The R.CCOrd deserves and should receive the support of every citizen of Chatham. It ought to be read by every fam ily in the county. Xow is the time to nub scribe ! Ouly Three Cents a Week.