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I 11 ; 1 , ; - . I ttftLy r-tTj-j - J ....... fin nth am & Pittmak, Proprietors. " : ' I7Z " ; ; ' 1 1 . . " i ---- --y . " "PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO j THAT WHICH 13 GOOD." j ; ! $1.00 Per Year In Advanc VOT V " " " ' ; - ' : " ' : : : -.. : " . - . . 'JJ" ' , DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895. . ---------NO:i0.(- THE Si ii I i:y COXA'S DOTT.B. . 'iVcaV-c 3-011 arc within, my ".reach ajraiii. 1 win, taking- her hand... Mu-did riot withdraw it. "because 1 ;.m-you. Mary, as tr.uly as ever a man loTt.I a v.--num. Hoc-itue this treasure. "Tin:- liiKAst KK is lost, ; 8.I miss MOKSTAN. " ' these ri-hes soalcd my lips. ; Now thai they are rone I can tell you how I love you. Th:tt is way 1 sail:'Thank flotl:" T!i ii I say 'Thank Cod,' too," she wlii;i rt'l. as I .drew her to my side. Wli.x-.vr had lost a treasxire, I knew that niirht that I had gained one. CilAPTEU XII. TJI; KTKANOK STOIiYOF JONATHAN' SMALL. A v.-ry patient man was the inspector in tin- cab. for it was a weary time be fore I n-j.med him. 11 is face clouded over when I showed, him the empty TIktc roos flu- reward," said he. .'loomily.' "Where there is mi monc; tin tv is no pay. This night's work w.aild have leen worth a tenner each t Sam IJrown and me if the. treasure hail been there." j 'Mr. Thaddeus Sholto isa rich man,"' I said, " lie will see "that yon are re wanVd. treasure or no." Tin inspector shook his headt de spondently, however. "It's a had job," Jit repeated, "and so Mr'.' Athelney Junes will think." . Hi--, foreea-rf! proved to be correct, for the detective looked blank enough when I ,rot to Haker stri ct and showed him the empty box. They -had only just arrived. Holmes, the prisoner and lie. for they had changed their plans so tar as to report themselves at a station upon the way? My companion lounged in his armchair with his usual listless expression, while Small sat stolidly op posile -to" him with his wooden leg cocked over his sound one. -As I ex hibited the empty box he. leaned back in his chair and" laughed aloud. " This is your doing. " Small," said Athelney. Jones, angrily. . ' '"Ves. I have put it away where yon shall never lay hnml upon it." he 'cried, exultantly. "It is. my. treasure; and if ' 1 can't have the loot I'll take darned trMd care that r.o one else does.- I tell you t hat no living mm luus any right to it. unless it is three men Who are in the Andaman convict barracks and my self. I know-now that I cannot have the n of it. sml I know that they cannot. I have acted all through for them. as much as ,r myself. It's been the sign of four wH.h nr.-always. Well Jkno-.ytii.it they would have had me tlojutwhat I have done. "and throw the treasure into .the Th::ines rather than let it go to kith or kin of Sholto r of M, r-t'-n. It was not to make them rich that we did for Aehmet. A ou'll tird the treasure where the key and where little Tonga is. When I Niw that your launch must catch us, I put the loot in a safe place. There are no rupees for you this j urncy." "You are deceiving us. Sma.ll." said Athelney Jones.-sternly. "If you had wished to throw the treasure into the Hiames it would have been, easier for vnn to have thrown box and alj." "Kasier for me to throw, and easier f"r von to recover." he answered, "with a -hrew'd siU-long loilv. ; "The man that, was -clever cj.ough to hunt lue dmvn is clever enough to pick an iron hoxTfrotsi t,he Nittom of a river. Now tliat they are scattered over five miles er s,. it may be a harder job. It went to my heart to do it. though. I was half mad when you came up with us. lh'v. ev r. there's no goinl grieving over it. I've-had ups in my life, and I've kl dowu., but I've learned not to cry over spilt milk." I ' "1 his is a vcry'serious mattei , Small," dd the tietective. "If you had helped "J'lstioe. in.-tead.of thwarting it in this tt'ay. yoi would have had a letter chjine-.. at your trial." I ".In-lice!" sup rled the ex-convict. "A rVyfy jasti.-c'. Whose loot is this, if it n 1 ,.:!-.. 'VJiere; is "the justice that ! should give it up to those who have i er earned, it? Look how I have f?nie.Vit: Tv.ciitv lono years in that' ivcr-::uld-i'i swamp, all day at work "n''"'i" the mangrove trce. all night chained, up in the filthy convict lnits, hitten by . inoqnitoes..v racked with atrue. bullied by vvcrs cursed black--ced polieeuian who. loved to take it outofja white man! That ".was Low I earned the Agra treasure: and you talk to rne of justice because I cannot bear to feel that I have paid this price only that another may enj3y it! I would rather swing ' a score of times. r have one of Tonga's darts .in hide, than live in a convicts cell and :cel tifat another aaa ii at his ease -n a pilaee with the money that sJiould mine."' Small had dr pped his mask stoicism, and all this came out in a ild whirl of words, while his eves t'hixe.i and the hand-effs clanked to . Fctl.i l- with imnass.ioriel movement of lian'd', I couhl understand, as I Muv the fury and the, pas;sicn of the man-th.u it wa.s no ground. le-is or un . natural terqr whicn had possessed n e Four. P i JM MaJ. SHolto when he flrsl lea rrea thai the Injured convict was unon h! tra, V on ,?ret that we know nothing of all this, said Holmes quietly. "We nave not heard your Btory, and we can uot tell how far justice may originally have been on j-our side." ''Well, sir, you have been very fair spoken to me, though I can see that I have you to thank that I have these bracelets upon my wrists. Still, I bear no RTudte for that. It is all fair and above-board. If 3-ou want to hear my story I have no wish to hold it back. What I .say to you is God's truth, every word of it. Thank you; you can put the glass beside toe here, and I'll put my lips to it if I am dry. "I am a Worcestershire man myself 'born near 1'ershore. 1 dare say you would find a heap of - Smalls living i mere now if you were to look. 1 nave often thought of taking a look round there, but the truth is that I was never much of a credit to the family, and I doubt if they would In? so very glad to see me. They were all steady, chapel going folk, small farmers, well known and respected over the country-side, while I was always a bit of a rover. At last, however, when I vas about eighteen, I gave them no more trouble, for I got into a mess over a girl, and could only get Out of it again by tak ing the queen's shilling, and joining the Third Buffs which was just starting for India. "I wasn't 'destined to do much sol diering, however. ! I had just got past the goose-step and learned . to handle my musket, when I was fool enough to go swimming in the Ganges. Luckily for me, - my. company sergeant, John Holder, was in the water at the same time, and he was one of the finest swimmers in the service. A crocodile took me, just as I was half wa3T across, and nipped off my right leg just as clean as a surgeon could have done it, just above the knee. What with the shock and the loss of blood I fainted, and I should have been drowned if Holder had not caught hold of me and paddled for the i bank. I was five months in hospital over it, and when at last I was able to limp out of it vith this timber toe strapped to my stump 1 found myself invalided out of the army and unfitted for any active occu pation. "I was, as you cJtn imagine,- pretty down on my luck at this time, for I was a useless cripple, though not jet in my twentieth iyear. However, my misfortune soon proved to be a bless ing in disguise. A man named Abel white, who had come out there as an indigo-planter, wanted an overseer to look after his coolies and keep them up to their work. He happened to be a friend of our colonel's, who had taken n interest in me since the accident. HOW HE LOST HIS LES. To make a long story short, the colonel recommended me strongly for the post and, as the work was mostly to be done on horseback, my leg was no great obstacle, for I had enough knee left to keep a good grip on the saddle. What I had to do was to ride over the plantation, to keep an eye on the men as they worked, and to report the idlers. The pay was fair, I had com fortable quarters, and altogether I was content to spend the remainder of my life in indigo-planting. Mr. Abelwhite was a kind man, and he would often drop into my little shanty and smoke a pipe with me, for white folk out there j feel their hearts warm to each other as 1 they never do here at home, i. (To be c ntinuid.) TKLiKCiIIAPlIIC TICKS. The St. Au','nsti::e. Fia..; hoard of trade n dril the Memphis S un 1 Mny Conven tion aud rem lasted Messrs. Barling, Iis mu'o's aud Jtainey to attend. Tae western division of Kentucky, com prs:n; oae-third oi the state, in the railroad Cvcii'missioners convention, nt O'.VMishoro, Cam' out for free silver by acclamation. At Find'ay, O., the employees of tin Salem Win Nail Ccnif any and tht Fiti lla Compa nv hnve had their j va-?et increases 10 per cent. .Tire are 6,000 men. The usual Saturday consultation of the Su preme Court was omitted because of the an nual planked shad dinner of th? District Bar Association, which some of the Justices de sired to attend. The income tax rumors re maat as lo.-t reported, the probability ot the tax biii: declared off beins strong. Later reports of the conflagration at Brest Litovesk. Russian Poland, shevv that 700 hour's, seven churches, a synagogue and two ra lwav stations, were burned. Thirty person-Vere killed, a large number injured, soma of to-m fatally, and 15,00C rendered homeless. . . Sr-veral of the Sr.Us mountain railways wer, coranfdl-d last week to suspend their recently opened summer schedules owing. to the heaVy snow fall. The cold !s modera ting now". B ttercold weather, accompanied by snow, prevailed last week, in iu Central Italy. The people suffered much from the unseasonable weather. The miners' strike at Pittsburg, Pafend ed in a disastrous defeat uli over the districts. The refusal of the Convention to accept the sixty-cent rate or m?et Dearmit's price with the abolition of the company stores brought about the resuit. The Convention ailed for CO cents or nothing, and the miners .got the latter. The resumption of work is general and tiie lowest rstiiat- is th;it o.OOO men are now at work under contract, leaving one thousand unemployed. The passion for nlbrcviatioa finds an extreme ilInstr:V.ion in the Boston i Advertiser, -which says that certain prominent persons -'liivft been in Wash, for several djs.,f 1 HAMPTON OYATION. CHARLESTON'S WELC03IE THE HERO OF '70. TO The People Throng the Academy--. Hampton's Splendid 8peech. Wade Hampton was given a splendid re ception on his arrival at Charleston, 8. C, on Wednesday morning, and more than ever the intense affection In which he is held in Charleston was demonstrated The streets and sidewalks Were lined with nftPpy shouting thousands, Gen- Hampton's progress was marked by a continuous ova tion. Men waved their hats, and the old '76 yell, "Hurrah for Hampton," rent the ek again and again. Ladies and school children Were out In thousands, waving handkerchiefj and Confederate flags and shouting with th rest. The Academy of Music at night was packed from gallery to pit to hear Gen. Hampton, who spoke under the auspices of the 80ns 01 Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy. An admission fee of 5d oents was charged and the proceeds devoted to a fund for indigent Confederate veterans and their widows. At 9 o'clock Gen. Hampton appeared on the arm of Majt Barker1, As one man the mighty assemblage sprang to their feet, men yelled, women and chil dren clapped their hands, handkerchiefs and hats went into the air. and for more than a minute it ww a scene of frantic delighted en thusiasm. The Rev. John Johnson delivered a fervent prayer. Then Major Barker arose and was heartily applauded. His first allusion to the speaker was as to the stone which the political build ers rejected in 1890, and instantly wild ap plause rang out again. Then a3 other allu sions to Hampton were made, each was- suc cessively punctuated with ringing applause. When Gen. Hampton rose the audience rose with him, and scenes ensued that baffle de icription. It was the demonstration at the General's arrival on the stage, repeated with redoubled energy. In the midst of it all the orchestra clasped out ''Dixie," and the hap py, frantic people continued to yell and yelk OEX. HAMPTOX'S ADDRESS. As soon as the audienco -quieted down suf ficiently for him to make himself heard, Gen. Hampton proceeded to deliver .th address of the occasion.. He spoke as follows: Whn the nattering invitation from the "Daughters of the Confederacy" and the "Sons of the Veterans" reached me, it came to me as did the bugle call to arms during the war, for the objects contemplated by these patriotic organizations gave me hope that there wa3 "life in the old land yot." ; In re sponse to the call made on me by your noble organizations, I have come to bid you God speed in your work, and to pray with all the fervor of a patriotic heart that God may prosper and Dless your efforts, crowning Ehem with the success they so richly deserve. No cause championed by the women of South Carolina can fall those noble, devoted, women, ulways "laithful among th faith less;" the real mrtyrs of thn war aad its jreatest sufferers; they who, for four 'years Of mortal agony, felt that all that thoy , held most precious was at stake, all whom :hey loved better than themselves wore peril in.; iife and all that made life sweet, in de fense of the State; who never faltered, who ever despaired, and who when the end came worked with a devotion never surpassed to redeem aud save our State. If I comprehend aright the objects of your associations, they are to rekindle the latent fires of patriotism among our people, :o strive to bring them once again together in peace and brotherhood, all striving, as in lays gone by, to uphold the honor and pro mote the wslfare of the State, and to instill m the minds of the rising generation a love af country and a reverence for the memory for those who made South Carolina illus trious in the past. To youuger hands than those of the remaining veterans the destiny of the State must soon bo committed, for our tanks arc, day by day, mowed down by "the reaper whose name is Death,' and in a few orief year? vo must all join the great army o our dead comrades who have passed over the river and are at rest. Those, who fell in defense of our State need no prouder epitaph than that given by tho Spartans at Ther- " tuoylre "Go, stranger, at Laceda?mon tell, 'Twas in obedience to her laws we fell." And the living only ask that their fellow sitizens will do them justice to say that they did their duty to ineir-State faithfully as they saw it. That verdict is the only com pensation they seek lor their services. It will be the task of your organizations and kindred ones, which I trust will be establish ed throughout your State, to preserve the honor and to preserve - from destraction the memory of those who sacrificed everything iu the service of ,th; State, and that their task will be nobly discharged nonecau doulit, Snowing the patriotic hands to which this "acred duty is committed . " You will encounter many grave difficul :ies in the prosecution of your work, but b5 ot discouraged, for it is well worthy 4df your labors and your prayers. - iou win pernaps be told that the -Old South' that Snath iu which we all took such just pride is dead, aud that the "New South, the cardinal prin ciple of which seems to be that the highest imbition of many of its advocates is tu ac cumulation of riches, should take the place of the old in our afiections. Others may say to you that the cause for which so many of our brave son3 gave their lives was submit ted to the stern arbitrament of the sword, and as the verdict, against which no appeal lies, was rendered against us, the causa for which we fought must necessarily have been wrong. Do not allow yourselves, my friends, to bo misled ly that false doctrine false to your faith, to your State and to your God which tells you that because of the failure of our cause there was no truth or justice in it. Any human undertaking, however just it may le, may fail, but the everlasting princi ples of right and of justice can never beblot ed out. A great truth, like the! God-head whence it eminates, is eternal and it will liva "till the last syllable of . recorded time." l f we admit that as our cause went down m disaster, we Were ouly rebels, we shall brand our heroic dead, as well as tho living, as traitors, covering all alike with deserved in famy. Will the living soldiers who followed" the starry cross on hundreds of battlefields ever consent to -denounce their dead com rades as traitors? Will thesons of these vet erans forget the sufferings, the sHcrifices.tbe heroism of their fathers? Will the women of the South, who for a quarter of a century have tenderly and reverently cherished the memory of our dead, ever be willing to brand them as rebels? i Ah. no; thes? things fan never be, as long as truth, patriotism, honor, virtue and its synonym, courage. areresjee tciv as long a--? the fame of the men iu grey goes sound::i2 down the ages; a long as the page of history made lustrous by the names of Lee. of JclWon and of Jackson. Let me net under.too I 'joking to re-awake,i ' ' .; V ow happily dying out, nor as counseling one act of dis loyalty to the restored Union. I recognize, as every true Confederate soldiers docs, the supremacy of the Constitution, the integrity of the Union, and aii the obligations we as sumed when, our arms were laid down. We, of the South, are now an integral part of tha great republic; its flag waves unchallenged from the rock-ribbed coasts ef Maine to the Golden Gate and far-off Alaska, from the snow-capped mountains of the North to tfee orange grove ot Florida, and it is the duty of every patriot to strive to make that er.uu-, try the fit abode for freemen for Mi liars to come. But I appeal earnestly and reverent ly for justice to my Confederate -ecn.ra.Us dead and living. .They discharged th-ir du ty, bravely and nobly, aud God alone can - I. i . - -ii - i i i,. i ,4 i i i Judge whether they were right or wrong. We are certainly not called on to admit that we were in the wrong, and every brave man who met us in battle would justly despise us were we to do so, . The failure of a cause, does not necessarily prove that it was an un just one, nor can the denial of a truth estab lish a falsehood; When the torture wrung 4 recantation of the truth from Galilee did the earth cease to revolve on its axis? Did the1 riter which swept the ashes of Huss to tM sea bury in its waves forever the truths he bad proclaimed? When our Divine Master perished on the cross, did the doctrines for which He died die with Him? While we recognize all the obligations im posed upon us by the results of the war, we certainly are not called on to abjure the seU tied convictions of a lifetime; to forget all the honorable, glorious memories and traditions bf the past, and to cover ourselves with shame by defaming the memory of our pa triotic dead. Though we have lost much, we can at least maintain our self-respect and preserve our !; - -r so that we can bequeath to our child p it 1 .air name and unblemished honor. Whii t jcepting all the legitimate consoqueiic-s of our defeat we claim the right to j 'is' Jy ourselves, td Vindicate our motives an I to honor our dead. By no other means ca i we preserve our self respect or gain that of mankind. By no other means can we escape the doom which awaits the people who sacrilice principle for subservient expediency, who abandon their ancient vir tues to adopt the vices of their, conquerors, and who are willing to J arter freedom -for gil led servitude. To the State that sells her birthright, no day of redemption can ever dawn. 1 "She (-hall be bought i An l sold, and. be an appanage to those : "Who shall despise her. She shall stoop to be A province for an Empire. Petty town l-i Hth of cn ratal-"-with slaves for Senates l'eggari for mblcs, panders for a people; "ergons are iu the lowest scale, o! bt-La Slaves turneu over w rne vanquished by the victOlM, I Despised by cowards for their greater . cowardice." ! It is our duty, alike to those who died for Us and for tho.sV who are to take our places in the future, that we should-strive by every meaus in our power to justify ourselves. Will l:tory vindicate us if w condemn our selves? But ii w cling steadfastly to the faith taught us by our forefathers, if wo prove worthy of that fa'.th, we shall not have fought in vain, for though we can no longer defend our cause With our sword?,' we caa justify it.before the great tribunal of history, and posterity will do it.- the justice now de nied to u. I adjure you tli-n, by all th glorious memories of the past, by all the hopes of tho future, to devote yourselves to the service of your State; to use everyj effort to reunite our people once again in bonds of brotherhood, and to bring white-winged peace to dwell amongst us forever. B stead fast in the right stand fast! "To stand or fall, free in thine own arbitrament it lies." In the early annals of the Saracens, a story is told of the" heroic, conduct of tho mother of one of the caliphs who was beseiged In Mecca. "When he perceived himself for saken on all sides," says tho histor'.-vn, "he went to his mother anil said to her, '0 moth er! The people and even my own children have deserted- me. My enemies are ready to giveme.if I will submit,whatever I can desire in this world. What do you adv'se ( me to do?' 'Son,' said she, judge for yourself. If, as you pretend to be. you know that you are in the right, persevere, for your friends died for the sake of it. But if thou choosest the present world, alas, bad servant! thou hast destroyed thyself and those who were killed for the"e. And if thou s lyest, 4I stood to the truth, but when my friends declined i I was weakened,' this is neither the part of an in genuous or religious man. And how long can you continue in this world? Death is more eligible. " Ha took the advice of his mother, and leaving off his, armor, so as to meet death more surely, he sallied forth and gave his life for the cause he believed to be true." - " I Centuries have rolled by since the brave words uttered by that noble woman were spoken, but they are as true and applicable as they' were a thousand years ago. j "Judge for yours:?lf. If, as you pretend to 1 be, you know that you aro iu the right, persevere in it, for your friends Jiav; died for the sake, of it." -Sublime sentiments, clothed in noble words, inculcating a lesson to tho women of the South for all generations to come! Let them teach their children that their patriotic fathers fought for their fatherland; that they were inspired by as patriotic motives as ever fired the hearts or nerved the arms of freod men; and though our cause has gone down in disaster, in ruin, in blood, not one stain of dishonor rests upon it. If I speak warmly on this subject, bear in mind that it is One near my heart, for I speak in behalf of my dead coinrades; I speak not for the victors, but for the vanquished; not for those who wear the laurel, but for those whose emblem is our mournful cypress our Confederate dead. "I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the battle of life- The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife; Not the jubilant song of . victors, for whom the resounding acclaim Of nations was lifted' in chorus, whose brows wore the chap'.et of fame. But the hymn of the low- and humble, the , weary, the broken in heart. Who strove, and who failed, acting bravely a . 1 silent and de uierate pirt: Whose youth bo-e no Mowers on its branches; whose hop?s burned in ashes away; From whose hands slipped the prize they had grasped at, who stood at the dying of day, . With the wreck of their lives all around them, unpiticd. unheeded, alone. With death swoopinir down o'er their failure, all but their faith overthrown. While th? voice of the world shouts its chorus its pean for those who won . While the trumpet, is sounding triumphant, and high to the breeze and the un Glad banners are waving, hands clapping, and hurrvln'-r feet, Thronin after th-j laurel-crowned victors, I stand on th tk-ld of defeat In the shadow with those who ara fallen, and wounded and dying and there f Chant a requiem lo-.v. place my hand on their pain-knitted brows, breathe a prayer. Hold the hand that is helpless, and whisper: Thev only the victory win. I -. Wo have fons'it the rxd n?ht Who have held to their faiih, unsednced by thj prize that the world holds on high; Who have da red for a high cause to isuffer, re sist, iiriit if need be to die. j Speak, History! Whdar.? Lire's victors? Un- roll your annals and say! i Are they th:-e whom the world called the vic torswho won the success of a day? The Martyrs or Nero? The Spartans who fell - at Thermopylae' tryst, I Or the Persian and Xerxes? His judges, or Socrates? Pilate, or t hnstr T sneak for niv comrades. "Who have held their fait h. unreduced by the prize that thJ world holds on high: Who have dared for a bith tau-f to suffer, resist, ticrht if need be, todie." ' I speak for the brave men nil over the South, who held to their faith uns.-duced, and for thos-j who proved their faith by giving their lives in defence of it. j It js difficult, if not 'impossibly, for a civi lian to comprehend ho v.- stroa'4 arc the ties which, like hooks cf : Uel. bnd tjogr-ther men who have stood s'uouMer to ' should? r amid the storm of battle. Th:se ti.s a re in dissolu ble, and a Foldi'.r Reds in every tru? comrade a friend, wherever they may mt and what ever time may bs.ve elapsod since tbey met. Political diflersnces may sp rr. to have weak ened temporarily the tc-ud of comradeship, hut the grasp of the hand and the touch of the elbow will awaken the memory of the past and all d'stferecces ara forgotten, all faults on cither ;dc forgiven. These feelings sway all true solders' when they meet together, for f-' el that "blood is thicker than water." ThL-; i should be, for men who were once brothers-ic-artn V should ct least be friends in peace. Saeh have always been my feehegs. and ia every soldier who was true during the war and has been true since. I recognize a worthy comrade. But I have ord y s.vmi for deserters or rcnga 1c. It was my fortuu: to command, durircr the Avar, men fi.::i i-rariy every Southern Stat-, and wherever the survivors may ls.-att-r, if my voice eoul 1 rea"?'. th-m they shoald know how proud I ever have been o their gallant deeds. andthey njiRht rest assured tnat tfreyTfeYer will""! forgotten, anl JS the memory of their dead comrades is cher ished by me with affection and reverence. Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of the Veterans, the grateful duty imposed on me by your kindness Is discharged, all Inad equateiv I feel, but believe me it has been done with a heart in full sympathy with your cause and with a high appreciation of the honor yod conferred on . me by making me your advocate. There is; too. another feeling which has moved me beyond the pow er of expression, and that is one of gratitude for the kind greeting given me, not oniy here, but on every side, by the people of Charleston. My eyes first saw the light in this heroic city my earliest memories and associations are connected With it my ear liest friendships were" formed here friend ships which in many cases are still dear to me and here I have found friends who have never turned their backs on me. It is not strange, then, that I love this old city and her people, and it seems fit that this, the last occasion on which, in all probability. I shall ever address my fellow-citizens of South Carolina in public, should be here. ,My life work fof Carolina ia finished, and whatever judgment shall be passed on it, no son of hers ever served her with more williug hands, a more loyal and devoted heart than myself. My highest ambition always was td servo her faithfully; my dearest hope to "live in hearts Heave behind." "Land of my sires, what mortal hand Can e'er Untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged stand? E'en as I view each well known scene4 Think what is now or what hath been. Seems as to me of all bereft. Sole friends, thy woods and streams are left. And thns I love thee better still. Even in extremity of ill." And now, my friends, it only remains to me to thauk you .gratefully, to pray that a merciful God may bring peace, prosperity and happiness to our State, aud to bid you farewell. OPT1SM1STIC VIKW OF COTTON. It Is Believed that Prices Are Destined To go Still Higher. Atwood, Violett fc Co., the New York cor respondents of the Charlotte Observer say: Our impression? ot the market, as previously expressed when we stated that prices then ruling would prove to be the lowest of this or many seasons, have been realized to the let ter and we feel that the end of the improve ment is still remote. We have , never known the statistical position so strong as now. What Is left of this crop at ports and interior will enhance daily in value. The cotton it self is in sympathy with everything else that has any value, speculatively or otherwise, and that it will go higher we are decidedly disposed to believe. The situation in this country shows very little cotton outside of New York and New Orleans, and with a large short interest in each the stocks at both places might as well not exist, at the moment, so far as they are available for the investor or the spinner. The weekly move ment will be under the same weeks of last year for the next four or five months. It now becomes apparent to the spinner in this country and abroad that this crop is practi cally in sight and Liverpool begins to show an appreciation of this by raising the value of these local stocks, and we anticipate an active demand by them. A leading firm connected with cotton In terests announced that they will issue an acreage report before the 31st.inst. based upon replies to inquiries addressed to every coun ty in each of the cotton producing States. We have had for the past six weeks very rad ical ideas on this subject, and have taken the position that in consequence of inability more than desire, or both, the South would materially curtail the acreage heretofore put J into cotton cultivation. Our New Orleans office telegraphs that their spot market is -swept of all offerings at one-eighth advance. This improvement in the cotton market is due to rapidly-diminishing supplies, and a demand more likely to increase than remain as it is. There have been occasional set backs but, iu our opinion, cotton seems on its way to a realization of higher figures. Byrium Declares for Gold. Congressman Bynum declares himself in favor, of a gold standard. He said, in an interview at Indianapolis. Ind : "Under existing laws the treasury must on demand redeem the national bank, green back.' and Sherman notes and practically the silver certificates in gold. More than a thou sand million of currency is being upheld, by a gold reserve of a hundred million of dollars. "This condition of itself was enough to shake confidence in the soundness of the system, but when it became apparent that the Government could only secure gold to replenish the reserve when depleted by the sale of bonds there was nothing left to support the credit of the Government except an im plicit confidence in the determined purpose of the President and Secretary of the Treas ury to maintain the same at all hazards. "With our currency in this defenceless condition the agitation of free coinage, inde pen en '-of the concurrence of other govern ments will only increase our enlbarrass ments and hasten the period of a collapse. The banks are the natural repositories of gold, and they, not the Government, should supply the currency and make the redemp tions. The Government will have -erformed its full duty by exacting a security and standing sponsor to the note-holders. "Our laws empowering the banks to issue currency should be so amended as to induce a sufficient increase to take the place of the greenbacks, which should be retired. This would relieve the Treasury of all embarrass ments and bring into active use our stock of gold, which is now. dormant." An Insurgent Victor. A dispatch from Havana, via Key West, Fla., says: Both sides claim a victory in a battle of Jovita Sunday. The government held up all telegrams. crmitting only their version to be published. It was first claimed the insurgents lost 300 dead, including Max imo Gomez, who was over ten miles away. The Government now admits that Gomez was not present and places the retwl loss at 51 dead and Spanish loss at 47 dead and 33 wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Boseb was shot through the head at the first fire. Sur geon Ilui3e, one sergeant and one corporal are among the Spanish dead. The battle lasted from 5:30 a. m., till 3 30 p. m. The insurgents were led by Antonio and Jose Maceo and numbered 2.400. The Span iards numbered 500. The Cubans claim the government lost over 150 killed and many wounded. The troops were pursued to the gates of Guantanamo. which was beseiged until a regiment sent from Santiago arrived Thursday. ' j CALLS AX EXTRA SESSION. Governor Turney SHinmons the Legis lature to Meet May 27th. At Nshviile, Tenn., Governor Turney on Friday issued a call for at, extraordinary session of th-s general assembly to begin May 27tb. Ui dor t!-e -onstitution, this session can last only twenty day acd only the subjects embraced in tb call may be con sidered. The call embrace six subjects. The first is the penitentiary question. The second subject is th appropriation bill: third, the revenue bib': '"ourtL.th-i regulation and exam ination ol rtat? banks: fifth, establishing a levee distrivt 1 protect . oerflo wed lands, in Dyer. Lake, 1-auderJale and Qtion counties; sixt5, to arniu'J the registration !as sons to make registration res .frequent. House and Children Humect. At Felix, a small-station !e!ow S?.'m. Ala., a negro woman locked her two children up In the bouso a:wl wc-nt ot The as:al result followed. Ths house .irud down with tlwv children In it. Both of i""-.n v,vr,v borped to death. 1 THE LATEST NEWS. Gleanings fr3i siany toints. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Southern Dots. j Fire at rYatt City, three miles from Bir mingham. Ala., destfoved forty-one houses. Loss, t50.000. Mrs. C. J. Bonner, indelicate health, died of fright. .; ' The Florida Senate passed bills making January 1, General Robert F- Lee's birthday, and April 6, Confederate Memorial day, le gal holidays in that State. W. S. Hansbrough, formerly a mail carrier in the .Nashville, Tenn., postoffice, was con victed ot robbing the mails, andeentenced to two years imprisonment in the King's coun ty prison. , j A piece of timber fell at the Exposition Cotton Company's factory Atlanta on Thursday, knocked down a scaffolding and burled five men to the ground. Two ot these, B. 11. Pluant, white foreman, Will Dunlop, colored, were seriously injured and have very little chance to recover. j Ella, the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary Scott, was burned to death at her mother's home, seven miles from Chatta nooga. Tenn., Thursday afternoon. The child was reading before a lire when her clothing ignated. Before assistance could be summoned she was buVned to a erkp. A concession, has been let for the star at traction at the Cotton States and Interna tional Exposition. It is the Myres Lang tower, 250 feet high, with elevators running to the top and platforms or galleries at inter vals to accommodate spectators. The out side will be decorated with with electric lights controlled bv an automatic switch board. ' j At Savannah. Ga., Governor Atkinson re viewed one of the largest bodies of troops on Wednesday that has been witnessed uv that city since the celebration of the city's sesqui centennial in 1833. Twelre hundred men were in line with Ave companies of marines and blue-jackets from the United States steamships Atlanta and Italeigh which are anchored in the river below the city. The review was witnessed by 20,000 jeople. j , - j. Labor. The Republic Iron Works at Pittsburg, Pa., have resumed with 500 men, paying amalga-; mated association rates. j Three thousand employees of the Pencoyd Iron Works at West Manayunk. Pa., near Norristown, had their wages advanced 10 per cent on Thursday. j- The strike at the Bellaire Steele Works, Wheeling, W. Va.,'has been settled by com promise, the firm conceding a 15 per cent, advance in wages. Five hundred .men will return to work Monday. , Jones & Laughiin, operating the extensive American Iron Works, Pittsburg, Pa., have voluntarily advanced the wages of all tHeir skilled workmen 10 per cent. The wages' of laborers remain at $ 1.20 per day. About 4.000 men participated in the advance. : 31111 News. The Sterling Cotton Mills Company was organized at Frahklinton, N. C. with a cap ital stock "of 50.000. All the stock has been taken aid orders for the machinery placed. The Erwin cotton mills at Durham, N. C , are to be greatly enlarged. The addition is (460x75 feet, and i two stories high, and will (contain 625 more looms, bringing the number up to 1,003. '4J The Columbus Fertilizer Company whose plant Is located iu the lower part of uirara, i Ala., hasdeeided to add a cotton seed oil mill to its plant at an additional cost 01 tiu, 000. Work will commence at once and be i-endy for operation by September 1st. legislative. The Connecticut Senate and House passed the bill providing for a State representation at the Cotton States and International ! Ex position at Atlanta, Ga., and appropriated $7,000 as expenses. The bill now gos to the Governor. Owing to the epidemic of rabies which bas prevailed in certain Florida counties, i the House passed a bill putting the control ot animals affected with hydrophobia in the hands of the State health officer. The House and Senate have passed a modified Austral ian ballot law to take the place of the eight ballot-box measure which has heretofore ob tained in tbat Slate. The bill ouly requires the signature of Governor Mitchell to be come a law. , , 3Iortuary. Rear Admiral John J. Almy. United States" Navy, retired, died at Washington, D. C.,. early Thursday morning after along illness, aged 81 years. . The Turf. The ninth Brooklyn Jockey Club handicap was run at Gravrscnd, N. Y., on Wednesday and was won by Hornpipe. The result was a complete surprise, only one of the horses that was well supported in the ring finishing among the leaders. Lazzarone got the place, and game little Sir Walter was third. The last named was in active demand on the fu ture books and heavily backed oc the track. Washington. The Treasury gold reserve was increased Friday by payments made by the Morgan Belmont syndicate, the reserve standing at $97,043,114 at close of business. Th! la a gain over the previous day of 800,000. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalltl.. Cliff Baxter was killed outright and Andrew Campliell mortally wounded by a premature exDlosion of a blast in a copper mine at Diicktown, Tenn., on Friday. j - Financial. The Citizens'! Bank of Redwood Falls, Minn., suspended business with assets ol .$135,000 and liabilities of $100,000. ; , j Crime. ' r - Recorder Goff, of New York, sentenced Henry W. Rail, 39 years old, to three years in the penitentiary for attempting suicide. Miscellaneous. j The New York police re-oigaob-.ation bill was lost In the Senate by a vote ot ayes 16, uavs 16. A motion to reconsider failed on a like vote and the bill was kll'ed. j Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, has signed the Farr compulsory educational bill. r New Orleans Cotton Exchange ' State ment. I Crop statement from September lrt to May 17? h, inclusive: -" Tori receipt, 7.823,270 bales, against 5, 741.757 last year, 41 1,181 year before last and 6,851.579 for the same time In 1892; overland to milii? aad Canada. 947.134, against 808,712, $33,974 and 197.526": interior stocks in excess of Sept ember 1st. 77,493, against 69,133, 103, 690 aiid-l-:7,037: Southern mill takings, 611, 319, against 616,074. 595,149 and 336,961; crop brought into sight during 259 days p date, 9.459.216, against 7,233,678. 6,343,993 andS, 773.153; crop brought into sight for the week, 29.504, against 32.461 for the seven days end ing Mayl'tb, last year, 32.330 and 53,643; crop bro-ji'ht inlo sight for the flrst 17 days or -Mav, -1,859, against 72,277, 71,451 sad 107, I'SS. " ' ;. - Comparisons hi these report." are made np o,thi corresponding dale last year, year be fore lat and in 1892, ana not to the close of the corrrpojdiai week. Comparisons by tne week wonld take in 2"0 days of -the sea son lat vcar, 26Lyear before la.-t aitd 263 in 1892. against onlv 259 this year. TRADE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE. Evidences of Improvement Nearly All ; Along the Line. . Bradstreet's report for tho past week saysi General trado conditions throughout tho country ontlnue in the main quite favora ble. Woolen goods manufacturers even with orders for several months to eomi?, uro not anticipating wants, as prices for WjOd at the Interior are above a parity with quota tions at the seaboard, and lower prices art looked for. Heaviest transactions continue in Australia. , The weather has retarded shearing. Rhode Island woolen manufactu- 1 rers say the demand is largely for the j:heap er grades. Among the favorable features ot the situation are bank, clearings, the aggro gate tor the week being 1,161.000,000! or. 3 per cent, more than the previous week; when the total was the heaviest since the second week in June, 1893. Compared' with the third week of May last year, the week's gain is more than 30 per cent. The falling ! off as compared with the like week in 1M3, the panic period, is only 5 per cent, and compar ed with the like week inr18W is only fi.7 per cent.' i 'I dl. The entire region front Boston to Kansas Citv. Omaha and South Falls. S. D,, and south to the Gulf, reports damage to! early vegetables and fruit from the late severe cold weather. It has also checked sales of season able fabrics. - . i Among Southern cities an improvement In trade is reported from Memphis; in groceries at Chattanooga, at Savannah, and particu larly at Galveston, where business is said to be fairly satisfactory and the outlook'favor able. i ' ' 'I Cotton is an eighth stronger, in;fpitefr the fact tbat 0,461,081 bales had conne into sight to last Friday, which is m et 1400.000 bales more than the largest cr-. ver iw corded. Northern epiuncrs have taken 1 14 little less than three years'ago to d.d when the crop was over 9.000.000 bales, v uf t ic-,t -500,000 more than they have con.-mned vH, aud foreign spinners noia .'icanrijtw.oni bales more than they have cousumotl hile commercial stocks here and abroad ajr 216, 000 bales more than three years ago. Th manufacture is prospering, though ro one can suppose its consumption is quit at the maximum and for the year i oertfcihij" has not been. Goods are in fair demand lor ihJ season, and recent advances in prices are fully maintained. . ij i: Failures daring the pa week have been 211 In the United States against 291 last year. and 37 iu Canada against 2i last year. :, THE BANK STATEMENT. Shows Some of the Heaviest Changes . Reported In Months, j The New York Financier says the . weekly bank statement shows som of the heaviest changes reported ia months. An analysis, however, is an easy. matter. For one thing, there is the re-payment of tl2,030,0b9j to the banks which advanced the specie tor the last gold loan accounts for the expansion' ot $15,945,000 in deposits, and also fori the In crease of $ 11,148,100 in the legal tender item. With reference to the latter, it is evident that the syndicate repaid its debt In paper cur rency. Fifteen or sixteen millionsjin legal tenders were withdrawn from the banks some weeks since, and the sudden re-appearance of this money conforms with what the Finan cier said at the time that the fund .was held under the control of the syndicate. jf- The one bright feature, of the statement is the expansion of f 6.374.C00 in loans. From a banking standpoint, this is overshadowed by the Increase of $6,517,800 in the excess re serve. The bank gained not less than 5,000, OOOfrom the Interior movement and Treasu ry disbursements during the weekj although th statement does not show the j total in crease In cash. The loss of f 613,900 In specie is due to the fact that some of the banks are depositing more gold with the Treasury, In compliance. with the. "double liability" con tract with the BIorgan-Bsimpnt syndicate. The Northern Presbyterians jbn Sab j bath Observance. j At Friday's session of the. Presbyterian Genera! Assembly at Pittsburg, P-i, the Sab bath observance committee presented its re port, which was adopted. It embodies reso lutions to the effect that this General Assem bly expresses Its profound sen? of thIm- foi"tance of inculcating Scriptural; pruriepts n reference to the Sabbath in the home. Hun day school and in all young people' associa tions; that it deprecates the growing tenden cy in many places to make the Lord's day h season of worldly entertainments, social vis itations and personal sclf-indulgcncif; parti cularly enjoins upon th? inembeni of the . Church to see to it that they, do nothing hy example to increase the frightful desecra tion of the Lord's Uay and warns the tidnls-ters-arid mwibers of 'the. Church ngainst Ihu evil and insidious influence of tho jS.diday newsoaners and urges them bv wordiau-J ac tion to do all they eau to decrease tiilrun- wnoicson:e power. '. A Mexicun Cotton Mill IJurncdj The Ta Fama Cotton Mills, situated near Monterey. Mex., have been destroyed by flru. They were the largest in Noithcrn Mexico. The loss is 5123,000. v 1 j MACHiNE MADE MONEY WB OR OCR DGAI.CUS you. machine! cheaper than! yoa cam get elsewhere. 'Hi RBW BOMB our best, hot tve make cbeoiptr blndr, such a the CLIMAX, 1DPV1 nod other Jllsh Arm FuJl rTleltl ioted Sewlxis Machines for $13.00 and up. Call on "our asent or write tin. "iVo want j on r t rad- c : - f r ;r' 3 c . It rn kuI Muare aeaui'm? -still TwliJt vs will have U. nr ehalJsnco tiimxvorlO. to produce a "BETTER" 5G.9 Sewing: ITIachlne for $50.00, or a tjttter C20. 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