North Carolina Newspapers

7 n 1 ENTRAI H A Ci Times' O. K. GRANTHAM, Editor Render Unto Caesar the Things .that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. $1.00 Per Annum, in Advance. VOL. II. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1802 N0.15 f- i i . 1 J A 3IA0MFICENT SPECTACLE. I Description of How the Chicago Ex f position Will Appeur, The following 13 from Mr. Van J Smut's description of the Columbian Kxhibition in thf May Century; 4We have already said tha't this vestibule was intruded to introduce the visitors to the Exposition into a new world. As they emerge from it east archway and enter the court, they must, if pos sible, receive a memorable impres sion of architectural harmony on a vast pcale. To this end the forums, basilicas and baths of the Roman Em pire, the villas and gardens of the princes of the Italian Renaissance, the royal court-yards of the palaces of Trance and Spain must yield to the architects, 4 in the new world which is the old,' their rich inheritance of ordered beauty, to make possible the creation of a bright picture of civic splendor such as this great function of modern civilization would seem to require. " At the outlet it was considered of thelirst importance that the people, in Circulating around the court and en tering or leaving tlie buildings, should, so far as possible, be pro tected from the heat of the midsunir mersun. To assist in accomplishing this object, the great quadrangle will be closed in by a scries of sheltered ambulatories, like t lie (Ireek ztoa, included 111 and forming a pait of the facades of the palaces of machinery and agriculture 'on the right, and ot the liberal arts and electricity on the left. The vast front of these build ings, far- exceeding in dimensions those of any other ancient ot modern architectural group, with their monu- mental colonnaded pavilions, their sculptured enrichments, their statu ary, domes, and towers, will appear in mellowed ivory marble, relieved by decorations in color in the shadowy recesses of the porticos. Immediate ly before him tlie .-tranger will behold the great basin :ro feet wide and 1,100 feet long, stretching eastward in the middle of the court, bordered with double walled terraces, of which the lower .will be decorated with shrubbery and flowers," and the upper, with balustrades, rostral columns, vases, and statuary. Broad stairs descend from the main porticos of the buildings to the water, and the canals, . which enter the basin on each side, are eros.-ed by monument al bridges. On the nearer margin ol the greater basin, and in the axis ol the court, he will see a smaller cir cular basin l.jf) feet in diameter, on a level with the upper terrace, Hanked by two lofty columns bearing eagles In the center of this, on an antique gallery of bronze, sixty feet long, eight colossal rowers, portraying the Arts and Sciences, stand four on a side, bending to their long sweeps; in the prow is poised the herald Fame, with trump and outspread wings: while, aft, Time, the pilot, leans upon his helm.; and high aloft on a throne, supported by cherubs, Columbia sitsj a fair, youthful figure, eager and alert, not reposing upon the past, but poised in high expectation. Eight couriers precede the barge, mounted upon mat ine horses romping out ol the water. The whole triumphal pageant is seen through a mist of in terlacing fountain-jets, and from the brimming basin tlie water falls four teen feet in a series of steps into- the greater sheet below, a half-circle oi dolphins spouting over the cascade. .This pompous allegory is the work ol the sculptor. Frederic MaeMonnies. At the outer end of the basin s colossus of the Republic, by the sculptor Daniel C. French, rises from the water. It is treated somewhat it the (J reek archaic manner, with l strong accentuation or vertical lines but with a simplicity and breadth which give to the ligitre an aspect ol majesty and power. Beyond it, a double open colonnade, or peristyle . (10 feet high, like that of Bernini it? front of St. Fetei's, forming three sides of a square, closes in the great court toward the lake. Of the twe wings of this colonnade one is a con cert hall, ami tiie other a casino 01 waiting-hall for passengers by boat Its columns typify the states of the Union. In the eei.ter of tlji:; archi tectural screen is a triumphai arch thrown over the canal which connects the basin with tho harbor. Through this ami through the open screen ol the colonnade one may see the wide spreading lake, the watery horizon, and, still in tho access of the couri and a thousand feet from tlie shore, 0 lofty pharos with an island-casino at its base. Animating the whole, ban uers and gonfalons tlutter gaily from innumerable stalls ; people of all na lions walk in the shadow of the porches ; lin n the bridges, erowO aloiur the broad oaveniciit of thf J" terraces, and watch from tho balus j trades the incessant movement ol t manv-colored boats and electric barges on tho water." Cured by Suggestion. A few years ago one of tho physicians at the Central Insane Asylum became- a morphine fiend, lost his reason and was audi iied in one of tho wards as a patient, a fact which his relatives never learned. The superintendent knew it would be dangerous to .-hut the drug otF from him abruptly, so he cone'udod to weuii him him gradually. 1 1 o allowed hiui three powders per day, hut with powder was mixed quinine. The bulk of the pow der was neither increased nor diminished, hut each succeeding on," contaii.ed inert quinine and less morphine until tho -powders" contained nothing but quinine. The patient had not discovered the deception, and would beg for the quinine just as he had for morphine. lie improved rapidly, and when he had sufficiently re covered they told him h" had been using quinine for some time. The next dose he took ho discovered the trick, lie uoi used any more; and . has never had any craving for morphine. Ilo fully recov ered, and his friends and relatives never knewjie was a patient in thc'asylum. Ohio State Journal. ?4 . - - ..... A metkor felliear . FIsjjEmce. Ivan., the other night ut H ::;) o ?tfek. Mis$ 'KM a" Stalh, $d?SJ. VV. Mo:u1ox were out walking lfrar the public schoolhause. and the meteor fell within? two iet t i' them. It measured 2i indies in diameter and '.weighed about-two pottuds. it burned fur seveial hours. . .- THREE STATES' BRIEFS. A. Condensation of the Principal Happenings. The News Gleaned From All Sources and Prepared For Our Busy People. VIBQINIA. The "Drvs"' won the victory io North Danville. The Democrats won ia the city election iu Roanoke. Hon. Jno. A. Buchanan, Judge Mann and Ex-Congressman Tucker are being actively pushed by their respective friends to fill the vacant Senatorship, caused by the death of Senator Barbour. The Richland Coal Co. contemplates opening another coal mine and building about fifty coke ovens The Virginia Hard Coal Co , just or ganized at Radford, prop scs to develop coal mines in Montgomery couuty. Tlie Pocahontas coal business at Nor folk, gradually increa-es. The exports froai Lambcit's Point piers during April amouut to 122,000 tons employing KJ? vessels. The World's Fair commission- rs in dis tributing specifications forJLuds ou the coats of the uniforms for the guards at the e.j osition. itquire that the material used shall be either the Charlottesville (Va.) Woolen Mill sky blue doeskin No. 1,17'J or of equal quality. NORTH CAROLINA. A roller flouring mill is ta be built at Klkiu. Additional machinery is bei'ig put in the Wadcsboro Silk mid. A force of laborers is now at work cut ting brownstone for the new Park Hotel. Raleigh. The stone conies from the San ford quarries and is rich iu color. Asheville's new public building was oc cupied for the first time Thursday. The sum of $0,000 has been subset ib ed for the erection of a cottoa mill at Nieh olsouville. The following ordinance is uow in force at Washington, N. C. "Any boy under 1.1 years of age found on the streets after ten o'clock at night, without consent of parent or guardian, shall be 'subject to a line of two dollars " SOUTH CAROLINA. The Seaboard Air Line has secured tin railway from Columbia to Clinton, S. C , and will operate a line from Columbia to Atlanti. Hampton is to have a cotton mill. The Newb try cotton mills will double their capacity. The IU. Rev. Bishop B. W. Arnett, D. 1) , of Xenia. Ohio, who has beeu pre siding over the colored Methodist Church for the South Carolina district, has been succeeded in this position bythcRt. Rev. Bihop Moses B. Salter, D. D., who has just beeu elected. Bishop W. B. W. Howe, of the diocese of South Carolina, has been stricken with paralysis and now lies in a critical con dition at Saluda, N. C. Bishop Howe left Charleston about a month ago to re cuperate has health. The episcopal func tions are now being performed by the bishop of North Carolina. OTHER STATES. A cocking main betweeti fowls from Georgia. Tennessee, and Arkansas, which had been going 011 at West Mem phis, Tenn., for three days, w as conclud ed Wednesday'night. Georgia and Ar kansas were tied, eich having won tight battles and the last, resulting in a draw, failed to decide the contest. Five thou sand dollars was up on the contest. Tiic citixeus of Memphis will fend a steamboat load of suppl-cs to the Arkan sas Hood sufferers at the request of the Governor of Arkansas. The crops of 4,000 laborers are destroyed in Arkausas, and Arkausas City is completely uudtr water. Condition of the Three Cs. The report of Receiver D. H. Chamber lain of the operations of the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad from March 13. 1H91 to March 31, 1S92 has been filed with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Lord w as appointed temporary receiver Decem ber 10, 1890, at which time the road was iu operation to Rutherfordtou, N. C, but during his tenure it was extended to Mar ion, N. C, 1712-5 miles of main track. The permaueut receiver was appointed and took possession March 15, 1891, and since April 17, 1891, has operated the en tire mileage mentioned. The total earnings of the road for 1891 '92 were f 170,245.87, an iucreasc of 20, 058.0G over the preceding year. Tha ope rating expenses for 1891-"92 aref 183,;!42. 52 against f 183,210.49 for 18U0-'91.' Tho deficit for 1891-'92 is $13,09(5.05 ngaiust $38,028.08 for 1890-'91. Mr. Ward, the general manager, states that the road througliout its entire length (excepting trestles and bridges) is now 'safe and can be operated with economy. The trestles and bridges, of which there are nearly 6ix miles, will require immediate attention, and an expenditure of from $23,000 to $30,000 for labor and materials is deemed necessary. The cost of this work, the receiver states, -t annot be hoped to be met by the cuirent earnings. t A Fair Showing. During the twelve mouths cudiug April 30 there were incorporated 170 new na tioja! banks with an aggregate capital stock of $17,130,000. Iu the list Texas stands at the head with twenty-one new bauks, with capital stock amounting to $1,310,000. In West Virginia five new banks were organized, io Kentucky feur, North Caroliua four, Tennessee four, Ala bama two, Florida two, Maryland two, Arkausas one, Georgia one aud Virginia one. Forty-seven new banks iu the South iu the year is not so bad a showing. Dan Talmage's Sons have information n which they base the opinion that the ; ice crop in the southern states this veai will exceed that of any previous year by "iO per cent, aud wL4 hardly fall short of , "00,000 bushels under average growing ouditions. This indicates a disposition a the part of the cotton planters to diversify. A BARNWELL SENSATION. A Prominent Physician Charged With Malpractice. Colombia, S. C News of a very sensational affair comes from Barnwell, involving a prominent physician. Last Thursday the coroner was called upon tc hold an inquest over the dead bodies of a young white woman who, it appears, had b?en led astray by the overtures of a young railroad contractor from the West, and her infant. A jury was empanelled and several witnesses examined, including three highly intelligent and respectable physicians aTTfl the following verdict was rendered : "That the deceased came to her death from child-bed fever, caused by an ab ortion committed by Dr.G. R C.Todd." Dr. Todd was arrested upon a ch-uge in accordance with the jury's finding and furnished boud in the sum of $1,500 for his appearance at the Court of General Sessions. Public opinion is about evenly divided in the matter. Dr. Todd is the brother-in-law of Abra ham Lincoln and a surgeon of no mean repute. It is said that he amputated no less than 700 limbs during the late war. He was in the Confederate service. If convicted of the charge he could be pun ished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than five or more than teu years. SHE FED HIM, THEN SHOT HIM. A Preacher's Daughter Kills a Noted Desperado. Fayetteville, N. C. Alex. Gilmore, a notorious desperado from South Caro lina, entered the house of the Rev. Wil liam Brunt, near White Oak, Sunday, and, finding no one there but the daugh ter, flourished a pistol and ordered her to prepare him dinner at once, which she did. After devouring the victuals Gilmore gathered up all the cooked meats aud started for the woods near by. As soon as his feet cleared the door sill Miss Brunt got a double-barrelled s'lotguu and, taking deliberate aim, fired thirteen buckshot iot Gilmore's back, from the effects of which he died in a short time. Since the shooting it has been learned that Gilmore was wanted in South Caro lina for murder, and Miss Brunt is entit led to the $300 reward offered for him. I he heroine is well known here, her father having once been pastor of the r'ayetteville Bap ist church. Cotton Planting Delayed. The May crop report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture says: 4 'The returns show delay in the work of cotton plautiug from low temperature, drought in many districts, and iu some an excess of rain. Germination is arrested and the plants start slowly. Some replant- ing wiu oe necessary. 11 lsesiimaicu mm 80 per cent. of. the crop is usually planted by the first of May. This year the esti mates make only 78.3. They are as follows for the several States: Virginia 34, North Carolina 70, South Carolina 83, Georgia S3, Florida 90, Alabama 83, Mississippi 78, Louisiana 72, Texas 83, Arkansas 04. Tennessee 45 average 78.3. These fig ures represent the proportion of the pro posed area already planted, and show that planting is materially later than usual. 4'Sonie indicatio nis given of the in tended area ns compared with that of last year. It is elitrivult to forecast a result that was partially in the future, and the averages are only given to show what correspondents believed to be the intention us to the reduction of area. The decrease of area, ns indicated, averages 18.6 per cent. The percentages are: Virginia 72, North Carolina 70, South Carolina 80. Georgia 83, Florida 80. Alabama 85, Miss issippi 83, Louisiana 82, Texas 82, Ar kansas 80, Tennessee 74, Missouri 74. Let'u Have 'Em in the South. Washington, D. C. The American Minister to Persia has-secured sixteen valuable sheep of the Astrakhan breed, and shipped them to the Agricultural De partment here. They will be bred until the flock is large enough to divide, when the nucleus of several flocks will be sent to various parts of the country. The Angora Goat Breeders Association of Cal ifornia has t ome out in an article in a Washington paper, setting forth their difficulties iu procuring these goats from the Ottoman Empire, and asking Con gress to enact legislation whereby the Government may import a few of them, start a flock, and then transplant it to California. The People's Party Stirring:. Raleigh, N. C. The People's party has organized by electiug XV. R. Lind say, of Rockingham county, Chairman of the State Committee, and has ordered meetings to be held in every couuty in the State on June 11 to organize committees to elect delegates to Omaha and to nomi nate candidates for Congress. The Con gressional Conventions in each'of the dis tricts are ordered to Le held .June 16 . Col. L. L. Polk, S. Otho Wilson, Harry Skinner, G. T. Long, and Jervis, of Mad son county, have been appbinted dele gates at large to Omaha. They are for Polk for Presidential nominee. Three Girls Agree to Commit Suicide. Saratoga, N. Y. Several days ago three young school girls of Corinth, in this county, in resentment of parental control, agreed to meet at a certain place and commit suicide. At the last minute one backed out. auother took blackberry juice, but the third, the daughter of the Rev. F. J. Donohuc, meant business, and drank half an ounce of laudanum. A doctor aud a stomach amp saved her life. . Improved Country Roads. A movement which should meet with the approval of the people of Augusta county, Va., is embodied in a plan adopted by the supervisois of that county t a recent meeting for macadamizing 'the Middlebrook road, from Staunton to the county line, a distance of cighteeu mi'es at an" estimated cost.-.pf, about $13,00(1. The carrying out of this plan, -whic'i is greatly to be desired, would doubtless result in a permanent s:m of improved roads for the country. EMPHATIC1 SILVERTIES. -4 They Score and Prod All the Party Leaders. Jumping: on Wall Street With Both Feet No Faith in Internation al Monetary Conference. Washington, D. C The silver con ference met iu its second d-iy'a session, with Chairman Warner presiding. It. K. Thomas, of Pennsylvania, a farmer, made an interesting and original speech in which he Mid that rather than vote for Ofover Cleveland (as it seemed tftiat he would be the logical candidate for the Democratic pnrty). with his Brit ish free trade and single gold standard ideas, he would vote )or Queen Yictoiia or some other old lady. . lie paid his re spects to the Republican party by saying that rather thau vote the ticket of that weak kneed, hypocritical party he would vote for Cleve'and; but, thank God, he aided, he was not compelled to vote for either. Capfaiu Nichols, of Boulder, Colorado, made a vigorous speech iu favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. He said that since the action of the bandits who psssed the act of 1873, he had v..ted agaiust every man, from the office of "T'resident of the United States down to the dog-pelter, who kwas in favor of free coinage and wou'd continue t do so as long as he lived. R stru ted coinage was the direct result of tho enormous wealth that is constantly being amassed by the rulers of Wall street at the expense of the farmer and working classes who are be coming poorer. F. D. Clark, of Ohio, assistaut secre tary of the convention, said that the movement ou the part of an administra tion for an international monetary confer ence was simply a subterfuge to deceive and appease the siJver people until after the electiou, when it would openly fight the unlimited coinage of silver. The result of any conference in "which Eng land was a party could only be detrimen tal to the United States and silver, and favorable to John Shermau aud John Knox and the other gold bugs. Chairmau Warner introduced Morton Frewen, representative of the Bi-metall'c I eague in England. Mr. Frewen said that we uevci should have had a silver question in thh world but for the dis covery of America, and but for the act o' 1873 there would be uo silver epiestion to -day. Geo. Symes, of Denver, closeel the speech mak:ng and au adjournment was taken until evening. Judge Joseph Sheldou, of Connecticut, opened the eveniug session with an ad dress on the effects of the demonetiza tion of silver and the beu fits which would result from its free c inage. The proposed bi-me allic conference, he said, was only a mode of helping the gold men for four more vears. B. Clark Williams, of Colorado, jfresented the following re p.)it from the commit'ee on resolutions: Whkheas, With the single gold stand aid, relief from the evils of continued falling prices is impossible; aud whereas the restoration of the bi metallic standard wi h the coinage of both metals on equal terms, lies at the foundation of all econ omic reform; therefore "Resolved, That the free and unlim ited coiutge of silver on equal terms with that of gold, aud on the ratio now established by law, is the paramount is site before the American people to day. and shall not b? suppressed. 'Resolved That we, iu answer to the demand for honest money, declare that the debtor will have discharged his full duty to his creditor by paying to him such money as was a full large tender at time the debt was contracted. 4 Resolved, That we will not support, for a legislative or executive office any caudidate who is not thoroughly connnit ed by platform and declaration to the full restoration of the monetary system vio lently disturbed by the legislation de monetizing silver in 1873. "Resolved, That while we would hail with joy the co-operatiou of other nations in the restoration of silver to its proper monetary position, yet we demand that the United States right the wrong it has perpetrated upon the producing and industrial classes without regaret to the action of other nations." The report and resolutions were unani mously adopted . W H. Slater, of Colorado, presented the report of the committee on the or ganization of the Bi-metallic League The report recommends the formation of such a leagu, the object of Avhich, it says, shall be to unitedly resist the purpose to fasten forever on the country the single gld standard and to labor for the resolution of free bi-met 1 lic coinage to the people of the United States. The report was adopted. Tallapoosa's Crooked Bank. Tallapoosa, Ga. The Merchauti aud Miners' Bank, of this place, is placed in the hands of Bookkeeper Gilbert as re ceiver. An inspection by the State bank inspector showed irregularities. Vice President Spencer has been placed under arrest, charged with being instrumental in violations of the State banking law. which prohibits the loan of over 10 pe cent, of the capital to any one firm. Three Shot from Ambush and Killsd Bristol, Tern. Word comes from Norton,. Va, that Ira Mullins, a desperado of the Talton Hall stripe, who lived near the boarder, was shot from ambush and killed Saturday, while crossing Round Gap. Revenge is, the presumed motive, as his money was not taken. His wife, brother-in-law, the driver and two horses were also killed. To Gen. Marion's Memory. Washington, D. C. At tue reejuest of Mr. Butler, Democrat, of South Caro lina, the Senate bill appropriating $50, 000 for an equestrian statue of General Francis Marion, in Columbia, 8. C, was passed. A Chicagoan proposes to erect three towers in that city, each ,375 feet high, 'for sight seefng and pleasure purposes titirely" diiriVg the xpositionThe rem ral idea of the rural visitor to Chicago is that the sight seeing level is nearei the surface ol the earth. MONEY FOR THE FARMERS. Union Store Company Lends $30,000 on Which to Do a Credit Business. Columbia, S- C. Col. D. P. Duncan, the manager of the State Alliance Ex ch ingc, who recently went to New York on important business, returned to the .ity yesterday, and he brings good cheer o many of the farmers of the State, in, the shape of $30,000 borrowed New York money, to be used for the purpose of run niii'them through the summer and till October and November, ' on a credit basU. The money was borrowed from the Uui 11 Store Company, and that company made the loau for the purpose of allow ing its five stores iu tbis State, which are lining rua under the management of the exchange, to do a credit business with l he farmers Each farmer will be given a check Look and will pay his bills with these checks. He will be charged at the end of the season 7 per cent, interest. The company will reap the hai vest not only from the interest, but also from the profits on its goo Is. Col. Duncau says that it is thp best that could be done for the farmers and is more than he expected to accomplish. THEFlX)RmA OUTLAWS. Two of the Train RobbervMurderers Killed by a Fosse. Palatka, Fla. Two of the gang, Jim Williams and Haynes, who held up the train Saturday, and murdered San ders, the express messenger, were killed at Buffalo Bluff bridge, four miles south of here, by a posse from this place. At noou two watchmen stop ped a party of three mru who attempted to cross the bridge. Ou being halted they drew revolvers and tired at the watch men. After an interchange of shots, they fled into the thick undergrowth close by. The posse was at ouce summoned from here, ami went out on a special car. Cros sing the bridge, they were fired , on by the concealed outlaws, and a lively fusilaele followed for ten or fifteen minutes. Wil liams and Haynes were killed, and the oth er one lied into the swamp, pursued by bloodhounds and the posse. Haynes was severely wounded first, aDd finding he could nqt escape, he penned a farewell to his mother in Arabi, Georgia, and then, putting his pistol into his mouth, fired. Haynes was the one who murdered Sanders. . The city is wild, aud the corpses of the two outlaws at the depot are being viewed by hundreds S0UTHERF PRESBYTERIANS. A Separate aad Independent Colored Synod to ba Organized. Hot Springs, Auk. At the meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly majority and miuority reports were submitted by the commiltee on bills and overtures on the subject of the scriptural element to be used in the Lord's supper. The majority advocated the use of fermented grape juice and the minority favored the uufer mented. The report of the committee on coloreil synod was submitted and adopted. It provides that the church approve the idea of organizing a separate aud independent colored syuod and appoint a committee to act in the premises. The committee was authorized to call a convention of all Presbyterian co'ored minister, to be held at Birmingham, Ala., at a time to be designated by the Hev. A. L. Phillips, ejommissioner. AN OCEAN STEAMER IN CHICAGO. She Comes All the Way From Nor way, and is Welcomed With Great Joy. Chicago, III. The AVergenlaud, the first steamship to make the trip from Nor way toChicago, arrived in port at noon. Thousands were gathered along the docks to welcome the foreign craft, and three steamers loaded with enthusiastic Nor wegians met the Wergerland twelve miles out and accompanied her to the city. The Wergerlaud left Bergen, Norway, April 13, with a cargo of "risli and coel liver oil, and will return loaded with provisions. The trip is an experiment, and if it proves financially successful will be the beginuiug of direct traffic between Norway and Chicago "ANCHORS OF HEMP ROPES." Sana Jones Advocates the Lynching of Jtapists. CiiATTANOoeiA, Tenn. A special re ceived here siys Weems, the rapist, with officers, boarded an East Tennessee train at Ooltewah, fourteen miles northeast of here, this morning, and Weems is now in jail af Knoxville. A crowd of Lhattan oogiaus will go over, and probably the lynching may occur there before sunset, as Rev. Sam Jones has been preaching that "rapists must be th anchors of hemp roK-s." Bessemer City, N. C. This town was planned and laid out by theBessemer City Mining and Manufactur ing Co. les? than a year ago, with Col. J. S.Carr, of Durham president. Iron ore veins were opene 1, and min ing of the fiuest Bessemer ore has steadily been pursued, until now several hundred tons are shipped daily, Birmingham Ala , mills at present taking most of the ore. An hour's ride south from Charlotte on the Richmond & Danville railroad brings one to Bessemer City, which, in additior to its fine mineral properties, is calculat ed to become one of the finest health re sorts North or South. An imme.e ho tel, with all the modern conveniences, is being erected on the summit of a beauti ful mountain spur, from which, on a clear day, one can spy out the surrounding hamlets in the different contiguous coun ties, and the cities of Charlotte and Spar taKiburg. King's Mountiin is the ver dent, silent sentinel that ketps watch close by, while rugged Crowder's Moun taiu frowns steadily, to the noitheast two miles. Already numerous cottages dot the slopes of the mountain where the ho tel is building, aud Altogether Bessemer City promises to become one of the favor ite resorts of Carolina. IN ALLIANCE RANKS. The Questions of Discussion Among the Brethren. The Line of Action Being: Pursued in Tennessee. "Cents Versus Sense," by Dr. Houghton. Washington, D. C It has been as serted that the binding twine trust pro poses to put up the price of that article from 9 cents per pound to 15 or 16, while in Canada it now brings 14 cents. If this rumor is substantiated by the investiga tions now going on, many Republican? will .vote for free bintling twine. CENTS VERSUS SENSE. BY DR. A. R- HOIUIHTOS. Just afttr the war la the year sixty -six. When our currency was in a terrible Dilx, Twai the custom whenever a dollar we jfot To fix Its relations by what It had bought; And to-day it seems proper to meet the pretense Of those who say silver's worth seventv cents Toshow that a dollar's worth what it will buy Whether popular office or newspapers He. And thq dollar that pays for the best In tne land. That circulate freely to counter from liand. Is the ola silver dollar, colonial fame. Our old standard dollar, a "daddy" by name. One century old on the second was It, For early transactions It surely was fit. And those who defame it will render account When the eople awake and the war horses mount. This dollar, by SpaniarJs first minted and milled. The wants of the Vanki-es for money has filled. Ever since from our shores British banners we drove And the scepter of freedom through tyranny clove T was the dollar that Washington usoo to employ. That Jefferson used In all trades from a boy. That Adams and Madison, Jackson ani Clay Had ouly been happy to pet in their day. Kroni thctu down to Lincoln no other we used. And no thoughtful man their employ ment abused. In all of that time not one statesman of sense Ever hinted their worth was just seventy cents. liut today the traditions of Kraud Hunker Hill, No-longer the speeches of orators till. And the heroes of Concord and l-xiuton, too. Are lost to the modern mutrwumplan vrew. Our very first families never recall The 4th of July or observe it at all; While the siiipotis four hundred as exiles appear At Ixindon or Paris a part of each year. No longer the doing of Jefferson ttnd The very first place in a Congressman's mind. Hut the customs to which they most often allude. Are the doings aud sayings of some English dud. And thus it has happened in Congress this year That a doctrine, to aukees decidedly queer. Has found an acceptance 'mid bankers I'm told. That the onlv good money Is Johnny Bull's jrold. But while bright silver dollars pay taxes and rent, Ix't us stick to their use In most any event; And while they continue to defray my expense I've no use for the statesman of seventy sense. The Pittsburg Kansan, (Pittsburg, Pa.) says: The French government is to inaugurate a loan scheme that will afford a precedent for the People's party. M. Costans, minister of the interior, will bring forward a measure called "Credit Agrit;ola. " He proposes that the Gov ernment shall loau to proprietors of farms money at an interest less thau 2 per cent. Of course the measure has aroused the opposition of the money brokers of France, but the agriculturists of France are making identically the same demand as the farmers of the United States, and demand is so emphatic, that M. Costans makes haste to heed it and brave the opposition of French plutocracy. 'The Nonconformist, (Indianapolis, Ind.) says: The silver tlollar is legal tender for ouly $5 or under. Make silver dol lars legal tender for all debt, public and private, and issue greenbacks - to three times the amount of the free and unlim ited coinage of both gold and silver. Th:s will give us fO per capita and will settle by practical test which kind of money the people prefer. The People (New York) says: The junior of all the Vanderbilts is spending four million dollars on a fort ress at Ashe ville, N. C.,, which he in tends to make his home. The basement walls are from twelve to fifteen feet thick and the architect of the structure is quot ed as sayiug that the young plutocrat looks ahead to the time when an outbreak may test the strength of those eyclopean walls. . The Unionist, (Ky.) says : There are 12, 000,000 homes in the United States. Nine million of them are under mortgage. Only 3,000,000 homes in the land of the free escape the extra tax of mortgage in terest. Why? There is not enough money. THE ALLIANCE NOT-PAI'.TISAN. The Nashville Toiler gives the follow ing definition of the non-partisan course the Alliance is pursuing in Tennessee: "The members of the Order every where surely understand the non-partisan .character of the Alliaucc. It is for the beneflt of those on the 'outside of the Order that we again preseut the" duties of Alliance lodges toward political par ties. Tuis is' made more necessary be cause of the position taken by the Toiler on independent action. "So far not a single Alliance lodge has endorsed the People's party, although many People party cluhs have been organ ized iu the State. We sincerely hope this policy will lw continued. The Alli ance is aimed to be a school for the farm ers, where they. can" discuss the science of 'government in :i "strictly non-partisan way." Toe necessity f continuing the organization non uartisan can be clearlj seen when we consider the question of its growth If to join the Alliaucc meant to join the People's party, the Demo cratic and Republican 'farmers who have followed their parties through good or evil, and who have never been taught to doubt the wisdom of Ijossisin, would re main out of the Alliance, and for that reason the se-ales would never fall from their eves The education :setiin d in the Alli ance lodg.-s bis d clop d into the most wondetful concenus of opinion ever recorded. '! ix- o. v.. ligation developed a wrong, fmfhei invest ig d ion developed two wrongs md still further investigat ion developed three wrongs, whit-hare-covered by the St. Louis platform, un der the heads.-' Honey, Land and Trans position It was by agitation and education that we concluded that the rem edy lies only iu the formation of a new party. You know that you would never have joined the Alliance: had it meant a slipping of the party collar, because you once loved that d.ar old halter. Then when you looked at it in that light it is best never insdde of im Alliance lodge, to attempt an endorsement of the People's patty. Uave your clubs to meet the same night after the adjournment ef the lodge. Each lodge should stand firmly by the .Qeala and St. Lotas demands, but do hot put the" party bridle on inside tii'- !od". lift Dcinocmt?, lb-publicans and l-V-ji.r;s S:irty ittoii all f-I five. . mtm Danbury, Con a., produced 0,000,091 aat last jeajv - : WELL LE AYE THE CHURCH Dr. Briggs WiU Probably Join the Cnurcfr of England. The Presbyterian Assembly Vote4 Unanimously Against Hun. Portland, Ore. The Presbyterian General Assembly votes unanimously to sustain the regularity of the proceedings Of the Committee of Prosecution of Dr." Briggs In bringing their appeal directly to the General Assembly without delay ing to be first heard by the Sjnod of tho 8tate of New York as the intermediate Court of Appeal. This is a great triumph for Col. John J. McCook, tho astute counsel of tho committee, and for Dr. George W . F. Birch, its chairman. All the noise -that the defendant raised below this, point proves to have been only for buncombe, as Dr. Briggs himself was present when the vote was taken, as well as all of hi sympathizers. BRIGGS WIIX LEAVE TUE rRESUYTERIAH CHURCH. It is now stated in a select but usually veil-informed circle that no matter what may be the outcome of the trial of Dr. Briggs, he will within six months Icayo the Presbyterian Church aud go into tho Church of England. If this is so, it will be because Dr. Briggs must havo found in his visit to Oxford, Eng., last year, a more congenial atmosphere than he ever expects iu America for the exploitation of his theories of redemption after death aud that he himself may be called upon in the spiritual world to preach the gos pel to the lost anel bo enabled to savo them if he will cudure the torments of Gehenna, as the condition neccessary to his being allowed to preach it there. A Horse With au Eye to Easiness. There is an old, raw-boned, spavined gray horse that stands over on Canal street, near Randolph, every day, andJ what he doesn't know about oats and tho 1 express business it would not be worth, while for a colt that contemplates hauN; . ing trunks at twenty-five cents a haul to i bother about. The corner of the streets is a sort ot waiting place for expres3men, and a dozen wagons may be found in lino, there daily. Tho wagon at the head of tho line secures the first business that comes' in sight, and when it moves away, a only express wagons can, the others move up, the wagon that went off taking, a place on the end of tho line when it returns. Yesterday the old gray horse was fourth in line. The first wagon was hired, and the driver left his companions who were, as usual, congregated on thej corner, and drove off. Horses Nos. 2 and 3 promptly moved up without having an informal invitation from their respective owners. The old gray never moved. Ilo was quietly munching hi3 oats from a tub on the sidewalk. The horse behind him, a dilapidated-looking bay, began to grow restless and poked his head over the end, of the old gray's wagon. After due con-; siderationhe came to the conclusion tho old gray had no intention of moving, just then, and pulling out he passed him' at a slow trot and took the vacant place 'ahead of him.. The others move J up in order. When the old gray finished his1 noonday meal ho looked about aud sar at a glance that something was wrong. He probably discavered' it before, but; preferred to eat his oats and settle tho, matter afterwards. He lost no time in. pulling out of line, and soon he wai standing beside the old bay that took his place. He commenced to bite at him, and tried to make him back, but it was no use. He was bound not to bo cheated, however, and ' he quietly marched along and took a ptice at thej head of the line. Just then a call came, and the old gray started off with a neigh and his tail in the air, while tho othec horses hung their heads in shame Chi cago Tribune. Gen. Dyrenforth Can Make Bain. Washington, D. C General R.' F. Dyrenforth concluded his discourse be fore the House agricultural committee on his experience in rainmaking. He said he never failed to cause rain to fall less than from two to fourteen miles from tho point where the test was made, the rain being general. Gen. Dyrenforth thinks that $25,000 should bo appropriated for the establishment of experimental posts in the arid country, to make experiments and to keep records of the tests made. Ztoyal Favors From the Queen. London, cablegram. The usual confer ments of honors on the occasion of the Queen's birthday this year includes a peer age for Prince George of Wales, with the titles of Duke of York. Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney. Sir Julian Pauncc fote, British Minister to Washington, receives the Grand Cross of the Oreltr of the Bath. Chief Justice Lacosti, of Que bec, is knighted. Score Tor Florida. Jacksonville, Fla. The orange rais ers of Florida will place two fast steam ers in service this coming season between Jacksonville and Liverpool, the object leing to carry about 300,000 boxes or one-tenth of their entire crop - to English markets, where the the growers will get 30 to 50 per cent, better prices than in this country. A. Disastrous Wrec&. Salisbury, N. C A serious wreck occurred this afternooc on" the Murphy bianch of W. N. C. Railroad, about forty miles west of Asheville. The en gine was overturned, caused by a broken' rail. Engineer Atwood Hunt was in stantly killed, several others are badly injured and a number of cars wrecked. In the Streets of a City. Jacksonville, Fla. A Gainesville special says that two men "held up" a switch engineer in that city at 2 o'clock in the morning and robbed him at tho oint o La pistoL This was iu the depot yard. They answered very closely the description of two of the Monroe Junc tion murderers, who are etUl at large. ( X.