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Tri nf A riTTMAN, I foprietora "PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH 13 GOOD." $1.00 Tcr Year In! Advaj roe vol. v. DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. NO. 28. I - - '. 1 j " HARYEY SILVER DEBATE - : - : i ... . , tfCUH A;- SJPICY SATLiTES. ; 1 - I Jlf ll!"t Mil.. Inln14 In , ..,1 I-trianciii- vui'Hi'igui. ... J .l V..lrlPI.-t , Hcsion of Silver-Gold the noted debate nt. Ti.'. ( :,fi u canesuay last. M he first j day were uninteresting natnre. day's session was i. jir',(. an.! the auditorium of the before a very lim Mr. . Horr began by : .1 a. .'!"' ' IInlHm s "Middle Ages as i i irjtv ! rove uie i-uaci.y oi xir. j r.fv s statements in his book re- jjjlcrCKii' v in me uitccuiu .cuiur ;ljf i , i i;e ueprecmiiuu 01 silver. 1 from Prof. James A. Thorold ; , refute the statements made H trvy from his book thai tt i ivheat bad fallen in that and that the lot of toiling masses m.r.- miserable with the pas- ..9 fr.;n the cigntn 10 ine niteentn ury as charged by Mr. Harvey. .t,.r " Maliiitis, and Ilynman were j-, cited hi the -contradiction of the er chauij Ions fifteenth century I'tnicriis lie concluded: "Mr. Har lx?sA his free silver friends identify .'ij'r.'v and ihe progress of man .hth" n t of the feudal nobility of lr,?,( and n.t with that of j the toilers. i-tr I shall show that in his treat- lirvcy suiitis as the exponent of the -a and nr f the toilers, whose wel- " .... . - .1 ire should r:rsi oe consiaerea oy tne ;.lt:-n f- the State.' Mr. Harvey replied that he volun eereJ t explain the preface to his yk. b'-cuse gold standard papers all vtr the country and his friends from : x Yri. :::.l elsewhere had declared :.it it was a forgery and he did not !n ;n. t i: rjjue "with Mr. Horr that the toQctury com mission, from tne report fivhici. the. quotation was made, did otfcnuw what it was talking about. He declined to have his mind diverted m the regular argument and logi I arran?'ment of the debate. e declared that the debate so U: had settled the questions as to what f isthe mouey of the constitution, what 5 the unit of value as fixed by the rimers of the constitution in favor of is bonk. . The key-note he wanted to was that there was no; good rea i for debasing cne of the metals when I and silver had been honest money ::r cei. furies, when under free coinage its and cjua! treatment jboth had jcJ inirchasiiig power in their own dit and when population and the de- r.ii:i! en the money market were grow tz every year. f.; , j Mr. II -rr, to "clinch the business" i if der area his rtnnonent had n- icejl. read from Prof. George Oun s' V.'eaHli and Progress,? to show o as a rise instead of a fall in the ef wheat in the fifteenth .century a corresponding increase in the EM I irt of the sixteenth centurv. thi! wheat had been steadily ad- v.tnr;; nr instead of falling as claimed by s p; onent. lie resented Mr. Har- vcys M-vore criticism of Judge m- tf:t f r deciding in his remarks jcsterJav -. the nuestion whether the tibial! two measures of value. He -;l nutuVit 1 hut whpn men ?n, hlt.len 'h either of the flat money craze or e fret' silver craze, they instantly be- tsrse oir.it istical and abusive of everv i.' wi)i diifered from them. Judtre lucent had decided the question as ii i in kj j luuiiiuunu u v. tlv helieved was right, and it was r-' !- t-i.! Mr Ilarvev had called him n.mest. i ' i'ne e utroversy waxes hot occasion- s y To nisht Mr Harvey asserted Hlt W r ll.irr lilt rt rt tnnw inv mnrp ' bi metallism than a babe. fh" ! in r i,l iii-Mil a it i sr ii eei on nf t hn rip- ' ii of silver and the "crime" He accused Senator Sherman o-:n- the arch-consni rator and the -'''"an tiimncier. Hit- thin day's proceedings were R3!k(d liv eormidpralilft acrimonv H"l t!h i..i:f nf lnlh Bniinl'prK 'uotiiiu) 31 r. Morr said He i rs.iiiid explanation to make. 'i'."Ud the following paragraph ponent's argument of yes- terii.u-: nrinrinips are for the selfish :v.'iev-lenders and Mr.- Horns cat inir them." Mr. Horr said v thw as a rellection on his char- !! continued: ;n. t ,,? ;i money lender. I have ;tTft in any bank or other insti ! '- like character. I was raised ir:n and my first work was done 1 i month. I used to dig ditches .'Mnir and was at one time a i if; on a railroad. hen I was " to the position of baggage :t was the proudest moment of I therefore comei into this - my friend will find out be i.''s through, to advocate the which will be for the best in i the working classes from i come. I desire to say, .how hat I have no prejudice against hi who has been; more fortunate i d.. net think a man is neces- scoundrel because; he saves '.n he spends. I even go so far y t man can be a director of a ' hank and still maintain his in- v - II, rvcy explained that when he Horr advocated the principles Ii v. -y t lenders he did not mean to I t; Mr. Horr himself was a money i.e thought, however, in giv'ng 6 r.'S'i.ri- ..f u;.. i:r ir. TT chnnM t - ' vji ma iiic iiiu iiui & ouv""- omitted to state that at ono had been a bank president.- t.r 1i paradlne himself as; a horny- 1 : i n of toil," continued the free 1 Cite. "But it lies deeper lt Perhaps Mr. Horr was at a laboring man, but so were '"ons who are new selfish bank E ' " Mr Harvey then plunged -' into a discussion of the act . v.-. "it i"V wich demonetized silver but t:-. " interrupted by the bell of be-; 8irpr t.d iowine ud this line of ar- -ilr.-Horr indillsred. in ,aUitle with - :kcUW. With considerable ! merriment Mr. Harvey has told you," he siid, "that I said it made my head ache somet;mes to study financial questions. It would not make any man's head ache to write such superficial stuff as is contained in this book " Here Mr. Horr flourished acopy of "Coin's Financial School." Alter this he took up the history of the passage of the act of j 1873. He dened the champion of the white metal to produce any proof that England had any hand in the act of 1873. In reply to this Mr. Harvey said Del mar, the English historian, had made It a matter of record that the English bill of 1816 demonetizing silver, was for two weeks in the hands of Mr. Knox, the American Comptroller of the Treas ury. This statement was followed by a denunciation of Congress. "The attempt to smirch the Congress of the United States can be character ized by no other word than infamous," shputed Mr. Horr, leaping to his feet. "The man who starts in'to do this had better never have started all." The discussion of the act of 1873 was continued until 1 o'clock when an ad journment was taken.! LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM UlANY POINTS, Important Happenings, Both Home an(l Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. Wincey Davi?, a six-year-old girl, was killed by lightning Sunday while standing In the cpen door of her home iu Chattanooga. Improvements costing $40,000 will be mads at once at the Brookside Cotton Millf . Knon ville, Tenn. The capacity ol the mill3 will be increased 50 per cent, j Constable James and Farmer Johnson, of Ardelia, Mo., were deadly enemies and both went armed. They met Sunday near town and both fired. Johnson fell dead with a bullet through his heart, James surrendered and claims self-defense, i At Jackson, Tenn., Thursday last was the hottest day experienced for . njany years. The themometer registered 98 in the shade. W. II. Hill, one of the oldest and most re spected citizens, fell dead today, overcome by heat. Ijubpr. ; At Bellalre, Q., Monday morning 3.000 coal miners in Ohip county, West Virginia district, quit work and asked for-an advance of wages from 51 to CO cents per ton. The Donalson Iron Company, of Emaus. Pa., has voluntarily increased the wages of its 400 employees 10 per cent., the increase to go into effect August 1st. j Foreign. - ' A boating accident in which six persons lost their lives occurred on Ormesby Broad, near Yarmouth England. . A -cable dispatch from Calcutta announces the death at that place of the fiev. Jas. Lid dell Phillips, the widely known Baptist mis sionary, j . An explosion occurred Sunday in a pow der magazine at Tivoli, eighteen miles north east of Rome. Five persons were killed and several injured. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Stef.-mo Stambuloff. ex-Prime Minister of Bulgaria, died at Sofia, from the effects of the wounds inflicted upon him Motiday evening, when he was 'returning to his home from the Union Club. The latest returns of the; English election show the election of 22'J conservatives. 42 unionists, 62 liberals. 28 nnti-Parnellites and fi Parnellites. The total gains thus far are : Conservatives 40, unionists 14 and liberals 10, making the net unionists gain 44 seats. Crops. In Georgia peaches and watermelons were never more plentiful and fruit of every kind is beginning to ripen for the market. Mr. Cobb Lampkin madeatrip of 101 miles through the counties adjoining Athens, Ga. He says that never in his life has he seen such crops and that he did not meet a single man who was grumbling. The corn crop is especially fine and all crops are doing well. - The Silver Movement. The executive committee appointed at the Memphis free silver convention held a meet ing at Chicago on Thursday. Sentiment ex pressed seems to be that it would not be pol iey to form a new political party at this time. The leaders seem to favor a campaign of ed ucation, i . ! Washington. The Treasury gold reserve has declined, as the result of gold exported and heavy re demptions, to 106,807,000, the loss sinco Thursday being $133,000. Upon application of Attorney General Jor dan the Bank of Norboume, Mo., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The Car roll. Couuty Bank, at Dewltt. Mo., has also met the same fate. This makes three banks collapsed iu the same county, within one week. Every other bank in the county is iu first -class condition, . i i Miscellaneous. A Santa Fe freight trainj bound from Den ver to Colorado Springs, fell through a bridge just south of Monument, Col., killing three persons, fatally injuring three and seriously injuring llfteen others. ,The killed are : Jim Childers, foreman bridge gang. Mrs. Cooper, wife of stationary engineer. Un known tramp ) The family of C. C. Newton, en route from Marion. lnd.. to Arkansas, and encamped niar Anna, III., have been poisoned by e&tins toadstools, which they supposed were mush- ... lull. ...... 1 14 17 rooms. .1 wo uuio o'i-. ''S"1 1J pectiveiv, and a boy, aged fifteen died. The mother and two other children aro not ex pected to live. j THE WTALLS FELL! 13 Firemen Killed and Injured In a Conflagration in Cincinnati. A fatal Are at Cincinnati, O.. on Wednesday in the man part of the shipping quarter of the citv resulted in the instant death of two firemen and the probable j fatal injuryj of a half dozen others. The fatalities were caused by the falling of the walls of the burning buildings. The dead are: Cap?. Healy, Tipeman Jack Wisby. The injured are: Tipeman Ed Jewman. Capt Veal, Fireman Grove. Capt. Tureen. DriVr Bart Thompson. Mike McNally, Jon MilleD. Lerm Wescott, Fred Cunningham, W Beebe Victor Ennis and Edward An thony. Property to the amount of $25,000 was destroyed.' j Long Wire Jithout Supiiorf. A telephone wire isl carried a! mile and a half wi,hont support over .Lako Wallen, beti. een Quinten and JUarg; in the canto ot St. Q?-- in Switzer land Th'wire is millimetres ic THE GRIFFIN CONVENTION. AN AUDIENCE OF fSjOOO PRESENT. The Convention Adopts Free Silver Resolutions. Populist Welcom ed With Open Arms. One of the most remarkable conven tions which ever met in Georgia as sembled on Thursday at Griffin. With but few exceptions delegates were present from every senatorial district in the State. One hundred and four counties were represented by delega tions. "When the convention was called to order at the Griffin opera house, at 10 o'clock, the capacity of the house, more than 1,000, was strained in the effort to seat those who gathered there in great crowds unable to gain admittance strug gled in the stairways and sidewalks for entrance. While the meeting was com posed overwhelmingly of , Democratic representatives, including many of the most prominent Democratic leaders of the 8tate, notably II. A. Clay, chairman of the State Democrated executive com mittee, there were a great many Popu- j lists on hand who showed by their demeanor that they were willing to join in the effort for the restora tion of silver to its full function as a standard money metal. They wee perfectly quiet and deeply interested. They refrained from an expression of their views and were perfectly satisfied j that the committee of resolutions of 12 I should be composed entirely of rock ribbed free coinage Democrats. They made no speeches in the conyention, but unanimously voted for the resolu tions reported. It Was unanimously ac cepted as a fact that if to-day's action 'resulted in bringing the Democracy of of the State to a- full and enthusiastic defense of the principles for which it is contended the party has struggled so many years, many of the recalcitrants who have left the party would be ready to return and join in the defense of its principles. But one apple of discord was thrown into the convention and that developed suddenly at the morning session just when the convention was about, to take a recess. Mr. Gardner, of Pike, a former repre sentative in the Legislature, who has been elected as an independent, intro duced a resolution intended to have the effect of debarring Populists from participating and confining the work of the day exclusively to Democrats, no twithstanding the Spalding County Bi "metallic League requiring all who were in favor of free coinage to send dele gates from th several counties without regard to party affiliations. Previous to this a resolution had been introduced and adopted requesting all resolutions to be referred to the com mittee on resolutions without debate, But Mr. Gardner manifested remarka ble persistency in forcing his resolution to a vote over the protest of tha chair man and the members that it must go to the committee on resolutions. After endeavoring in vain to secure a hearing and protesting against Populist affilia tion he was compelled to yield to the demand of the chairman, Patrick Walsh, that the resolution be referred to the committe on resolutions. The convention was adjourned to hear Senator Morgan" and in the mean time Captain Redding, who is the father of the election reform law passed by the last Legislature, arrived in Griffin, lie was informed of the claims of Mr. Gardner and openly announced that Mr. Gardner held a position of post master in his county and that he had taken advantage of his absence to throw an apple of discord in the con vention. "Gardner will not," said he, "dare misrepresent our delegation when I am present this evening and if he does I will tell the reason why and show the tie that binds him to the financial poli cy of .the administration." Sure enough when the convention met Mr. Gardner did not open his mouth. Cap-. tain Redding was there awaiting an op portunity to reply but Mr. Gardner was not heard from, raising even nq objec tion to the unanimous report of the committee on resolutions. And so ended the only "incident" of the day. And when it was found that Mr. Gardner was a postmaster the con vention. broke into general laughter. When the convention organized - it chose J. J. Hunt, president of the Spalding County Bi-netallic League as temporary chairman. Permanent or ganization was effected by the election of Hon. Patrick Walsh as permanent president, and Mr. Douglas Glessner as secretary. At 11 o'clock the convention took a recess to hear Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, who spoke in a grove near by, no house in the city being large enough to hold the crowd of nearly 5,000. He spoke for three hours. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. - On re-convening the committee on resolutions, composed of twelve Demo crats. Capt. Evan P. Howell, chairman, submitted its report. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. They ratify the platform adopted at the Memphis bi metallic convention, and declare: "Th.-t we favor the immediate , restora tion of silver to its former place as a full legal tender standard money equal with gold, and the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the rp tio of 1G to 1 and upon terms of exact equality. "That while we should welcome the co-operation of other nations, we be lieve that the United States should not wait upon the pleasure of foreign gov ernments or the consentof foreigncred iiora' but should themselves proceed to reverse the 'grinding process' that is destroying the prosperity of tha people and should lead by their exampie 5lo tions of the earth. "That the rights of the American people, the interests of Amgrican labor and the prosperity of Afiaefieafl indus try have a higher claim fcTtliS Consider ation cf the people's law nTakefs than the greed of foreign creditors or the avaricious demands made by "idle hold ers of idle capital. The right to regu late its own monetary system in the in terest of its own people is a right which no free government can barter, sell, or surrender. This reserved right is a part of every bond, of every contract ir.d of every obligation. 7o creditor or Claimant can set up a right that can t&se precedence over a nation's obliga tions to promote the welfare of the masses of its own people. This a debt higher and more binding han all other debts and one which is n t only dishon est, but treasonable to igi ore. "Resolvedi further, that public office is a public tfust'; and that the use of public patronage for the purpose or moulding public sentiment in the inter est of plutocracy tends to sap and de stroy the rights and liberties of the masses. "Whereas, it i important to organize to enforce in one State the declaration of principles announced in these reso lutions, therefore "Resolved, that we call upon the peo ple of this State to organise in every county and militia district with theob ject in view to secure representatives, State and national, who will favor these principles, and who will in good faith carry them out without straddling or evasion. "And to this end the chairman or this convention shall appoint a vice presi dent from each congressional district with two from the State at large, sub ject to the ratification of this conven tion. Eeach vice president Shall see to the organization of bi-metallic clubs in each county in this State, and each connty shall see to the organization of militia districts and wards of their re spective counties and cities. "The said vice presidents shall con stitute the State executive committee of the bi metallic clubs of the State." In confornity with the instructions of the resolutions, President 'Walsh an nounced the committees. I Addresses were then delivered by Jas. W. Robertson, ex Congressman Usury II. Carlton and many other lead ing Democrats. Among the speakers ,was Hewlett A. Hall, the law partner of Governor Atkipson,.whb is still confin ed from his recent attck of appendici tis. ' At C o'clock the convention, amid piuch enthusiasm adlourned sine die. BAPTISTS IN BALTIMORE. 10,000 of Tbem Gather In a Mammoth Tent. The delegates and visitors to the fifth In ternational convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America in Baltimore numbered 10,000 and wore codgregated at the Madison Avenue entrance to the Druid Hill Park. The interior of the big tent presented ft gay appearance with myriads of American flags, , Baptist Union flags, and English flags hang ing from every post and pole in the place. Across the entire front of the whole choir gallery Is a broad piece of the four eolorsthat . were selected to represent the four sections into which the interfirt worlf of the Union is divided green for the South, red for Canada and blue for the States Wost of the Mississip pi and gold for those East cf the Mississippi. As Dr. Hobbs declared the convention open for business, a late delegation from Wisconsin marched into the tent and down the aisles emging "Maryland, My Maryland." President John H. Chapman congratulated the local committees on the excellent ar rangements that had been r,ade-for the n tertainment of the Baptists. "In this beautiful city of Baltimore," he eaid, "we are surrounded by the warm hearts of our Southern brothers cheered by the bright faces of friends and gladly- note that ieven the far away pacific coast is with us. They have come across the continent to unite with usiu-the utmost deliberation which we lare to enjoy. "Growth has been ours in the past year .that may well make the hearts of our faith ful workers rejoice. The day of doubt and questioning, as regards the great work to be accomplished by this organization Is fast fading away. Closer a,nd closer the hearts of our youug people are being drawn together and as we unite heart and band we appre ciate more and more the great need of fellow ship that this union makes possible. The prophecies uttered at our first great conven tion in Chicago four years ago are being, more than fulfilled." On behalf of the churches of Baltimore, Mr. Eugene Levering made an address of welcome in which he said that no convention of equal importance had ever been held here. In the absence of Governor Brown. Mayor C. F. Latrobe, officially welcomed the visitors and tendered them everything within the con fines of the State. The audience joined the choir in singing "My Country, 'Tisof Thee." The annual report of the board of managers was presented by Rev. Dr. Frank L. Wilkiris D. D.. General Secretar yof the Union. Addresses were made on "'Culture for Ser vice" by O. S. C. Wallace of Toronto, Ont., and on "The Junior Society, the Hope of the Movement." by Rev. Roland D. Grant, of Portland, Oregon. The afternoon session began with a praise service, led by Rev. W. S. Roberts of Burling ton, Vt. Frank Harvie Smith of Brooklyn, presided. Rv. Frederick L. Anderson, of Rochester. N. Y., made an address on "Mon ey and the Kingdom." This was followed by an open parliament on systematic and proportionate giving, which was conducted by R ?v. E. E. Chivers of New York City. The diseu&i m was general and very interesting. " The Bible method of winning souls" was the subject of an address by Rev. Johnston Meyers D. P., of Chicago. An open air par liament with the subject, ''What Has Your Society Dotfe to Promote a Revival in the Church?" was conducted bv Rev. S. A. Nor throp, D. D.. of Fort Wayne, Ind. The evening session was principally of a devo tional character. "RETURNING PROSPERITY. Better Days For The Worklngmen. Their Compensation Going Up. At Pottstown. Ta., the naers at Ellis A Lessing's iron and steel plant have been no tified that ori and after August lt they will receive an increase ot 20 8-10 per cent, in wa;es. On the same day the men employe I in ihe jilate mill will be put back to the scab of !)3. whi-di is a decided advance over .pres ent rate. At East Liverpool. O.. the K'nowles Com pany's potteries, the largest in the United State--, and the works of .Cart wright Bros., Burford Bros., WaiU'-e A Chetwind, th Sebring Pottery Company, the East Liver poo', and the Standard Tottery Company, have all resumed operations. Three-fourths of ihe f otleries in that city are now in full operation and others are running part time. At Lowell. Mass.. the Collins Woolen Mills corporation in Dracut has posted DOticesan noudclng an increase or 10 per ceat. in wages of the operative. At Fitch narg. Mass.. the operatives of the Beoli and Fitchburg worsted companies bav received the following notice : "On July 23H the schedule of wages in this mid will be re adjusted, and advances made as far as the conditions of business will admit.",. This ad vance will affect 600 or more operatives who have suffered a reduction since hard time began. - Issue of Gold Certificates Resumed. The Treasury Department has resumed the issue of gold certificates, which hav been suspended during 'h- period wheu the Treasury gold res-erve wa- bemw .flOO.TjfXi. 000. Since June 25th iat. wheu tbe-'gold re. serve was intact, the tit-usury ha- issue, about $200,000 gold certificate on g't pre seDted it;osi1v at United Stlite: luuis. Tfcert 1 are outstanding f4".3"G.HJ in go hi certill j eates with $172. 'JoO in the T.caiuiy, the re mainder being in calculation. OLD NORTH STATE TROTHS. TAR HEEL DOINGS tX MANT SEO TIONS. The Wobm'i Bdy Recovered. The body of Laura Tsomii, who was murdered and thrown from a boat 'while fishing, by her husband last Fri day, has been recovered. The wo man's neck was broken and her head and face horribly braised mod cat. Gabriel Thomas was arrested shortly after the commission of the crime ana soon after he was lodged in jail it was fonnd that he and two burglars con fined with him had secured a file and had attempted to cut through the bars of their .cell when discovered. The po lice arc -confident they can find the person who furnished, the prisoners with the filet All the parties impli cated are colored. i July Reports Summarized. The Department of Agriculture summarizes its July reports of per centnges of condition of crops made by one thousand correspondents as fol lows: Cotton 75 per cent., a gain of six points on June; wheat 86, decline of two points, yet the crop is practi cally a full one; oate 84; corn 89, an increase of five points; tobacco 86, an increase of two points; peanuts 831; rice 81 , a decline of one point; sorghnm '90; Irish potatoes 85; sweet p itatocs 1 ; peas 89. . . . . ' 'Burlington's new telephone system is now in Operation. Concord has a new daily. It is pub lished by P. C. Page, formerly of the Charlotte Observe. Hillsboro is to have a Cotton mill in the near future. All the capital of $60,000 has been subscribed. Charlotte at present seems to be in the hands of a well-organized band of pneak thieves who operate both day and night. The village of Hendcrsonville is now connected by railroad with Brevard. This new line promises a gr at devel opment for the surrounding country. On Saturday the premium list of the State fair was issued. The premiums aggregate? $5,000. Seven thousand, copies of the premium list are printed. The roof is now being put on the large extension of the Raleigh Hosiery Yam Mi Is In sixty days 6,500 more spindles, will be in operation making in all 11,000'. ' The etentioTi of lb.3 Aberdeen and We End railway to Troy, Montgnra ry county, will be completed , ibis weeV. It penetrates one of the iiw.it -O'old mining regions in the itate. The fifteenth, annual meeting of 1h. Stao Iloiticnlturnl Associatum is call ed nt Greensboro, - uguf-t 15th. The reports will show a' largo extension of friiit culture, pnilieuhtily .mall fruits. At Greensboro, a white man named '?rewer whs run over by n shifting en ine and w.s cut in tn o. He was cri'ssiijir -:c track iu a bliuding rainstorm and lid not notice the approaching engine. There are now aln.nt l50 newspapers in the State. About half of thrpo are -i: embers of the State Press Association, imc editors do not have the time to ' c'ong to the association while others do not care to join it. At Greensboro The North Carolina Press Association, in session resolved to attend the Cotton States and Inter national exposition in a body. The date for the meeting there .was left with the executive committee. The Lineolnton Courier records the horrible death of a little boy eight years old, the son of Henry Carpenter. The father cai-ried home a bottle of whiskey. The little boy got hold of it an 1 drank freely, and in a little whilo he went into sptsms nnd died. Pineville has robbed Chicago of a part of her corn trade this year; and her cotton shipments show up well. The figures for each are as follows: 1,200 bushels corn shipped from depot to other points; 3,121 bales cotton bought by the merchants, besides some purchases by Charlotte buyers. Some rich finds in gold are reported from the gold regions of southern Ca barrus at the historical Reed mines. The Messrs. Kelly, of New York, are looked for daily to finish the placing 'of the new machinery and to operate the mines on a much larger scale than for the past few months. An addition al force of 20 hands have been put to work at the Nugget mines, near the Reed mine. Ilie First Hale or New Crop Cotton Sold in New York. The first bale of new crop Texas colton tvas sold by Wood row A Lewis,' in f ront o: the cotton exchange New York on Tuesday, ft was grown in Duva! county. Texas, and -hipped bv Leon Pons, of San Diago. to Leon t H. Blum, of Galveston, and by tnem on 4gned tu Messrs. Fatman A Schwartz, of New York. It classed fully middling and bought by J C Graham & Cf-.. at H jeuts per pound. It was shipped ly steamship St. Louis, of the American Lint to Messrs. Meadows, Frost' A Couipaay. Liver pool . A Negro Exolus From Florida. In West Florida the Rev. A. J. Warner, a negro preacher, of Birmingham, Ala.s mak ing speeches urging negroes to leave for Li beria, He tells the negroes they can live therewith but little work and that tbe;e will be no white men to lynch tbem. The t r groes are reported to be enthusiastic aacl ap pearing to migrate. In Washington county alone 250 negroes, heads of families, hive agreed to go to the promised land. Labor r principally demoralized. A chair of political economy Is to be erected in Glasgow Univertity to to the memory of Adam Smith, the fmous author of the "Wealth of Na tions." The chair is to bo naaie.l af ter hirn JiORTII STATE QUILL. DRIVERS. The Aununl Good. Time of the rrt ss Association at Greensboro. The North Carolina Press Associa tion met at Greensboro on "Wene!s day. Quite a niftbber of "editors were present, fully 100. A number of the wives of the editors were alto present. Rev. Mr. Qrissom opened the session with prayer and Mayor Nelson deliver ed the address of welcome. II. A. Lon don gracefully responded on behalf of the editors. Major E. E. Haje, of the Fayetteville Observer, icpd a fine paper on "The Work of the Newspaper in the Fit Id of State His tory. "President Ei win read Lis address on "The Objects and Aims of the Tress Association." It was very interesting and was listened to with profound at tention. Short talks were made iy Messrs. JT P. Caldwell, E. J. Hale and WT. J. Bailey. I On Tbnrsdayj the members of the Peess Association were tendered a de lightful conceit! by the Greensbdro school of musia ' j Hon. J no. It. Webster made the an nual oration before the association, and the speaker took joccasion to score the action of the jury at Lexington in the She'mwcll case. . j This morning the association again assembled for business at 9 o'clock. A memorial from the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union requesting that all newspapers refrain from publishing liquor and tobacco advertisements was read. Mr. McDiarmid moved to adopt the memorial. The matter afcr soiie discussion was deferred to the proper committee. A letter was read from Mrs. D. E. Osborne, of Winston, recom mending the formation of a Woman's Press Club, and i Mr. J. B. Whittaker moved the favorable consideration of the letter. Mr. Joiephui Daniels read an able pa per on "The Relations of the Editors to Partisan Politics." Mr. W. C. Dowd then read a oaper on "The Importance of Educational Utterances." A telegram was read from Dr. Geo. Blacknall Inviting the editors to spend two days at Morehead City, as the guests of the Atlantic Hotel. The editors received and accepted an invitation to visit Keeley Institute. The question of clubbing with neiss aners came up and was aiscusseu ai enth. At 1 o'clock the election pf officers came up land the following is the result: Mr. C. L. Stevens, of the Southport Leader, was made president. Vice Presidents are, W. F. Marshall, W. W. McDiarmid, and Editor Jacob son, of the Washington Progress; Mr. J. B. Sherrill was re-elected "secretary; Mr. W. C. Dowd, was elected orator for next year: Hal. W. Arer, poet; Mr Kernodle, historian. Delegates to the National Educational Association -jare: J. P. Caldwell, W. C. Ervin, John p. Kerr and J. W. Bailey. At 12:30 the association adjourned for a recess. j - . In the afternoon the subject oridtcr using rates was iaen up. THE COMMERCIAL REPORT. The Outlook Still Favorable. Business Houses Beginning to Send out Men. Brad&treet's and Dunn's report fpr last week says: j All the previously repotted favorable industrial and com mercial features are continued this week, Ihe endurance of the revival in demand for iron and steel, the further advances in prices of the same and ad ditional increase of wages of industrial employes, being the most significant. Notwithstanding the season of midsum mer quiet in some lines of general trade, the volume of general business throughout the country is largely in ex cess of that one year ago. Bank clearing totals receded a little from last week's extraordinary large aggregate, the amount being $1,029, 000,000 this week, a falling off of 10 per cent. f:rm last week, but an increase of 2- per cent, over the total in the like week of 1891. j , j But the record of prices is of greater firmness than eveif shown by clearings, i he only decreases of importance noted being wheat, Hour, corn, cotton and lard. I - Merchants at almost all larger cities are prepa- ine to send out travelers, and until they begin to exhibit results no exact number of how fall trade wijl open can be supposed. . At this time the outlook is regarded as highly favorable.j At Boston, Phila delphia and Baltimore, among Eastern cities, noteworthy gains in sales of staples are announced. j Ileports from Southern Cities show further improvement, gains this week ot ing more marked than in a like period for months beforej Country merchants in South Carolina are much encouraged with- the crop outlook, as demand is fair and prices tend upward. Like reports come from Augusta, and in Texas cot ton buyers have begun to make their rresence felt. Delayed payment qf sugar bounties checks trade in the Louisiana, sugar districts The volume of t rade is smaller at Jacksonville. C t:on mills continue to enjoy a large business, and several have advanced w.ges this week,' but some strikes of considerable importance are threatened or in progress. The weaker tone for the material does not as yet affect prices of i ods. ! : ' -' - - I Failures in eleven days of July show liabilities of $3,503,032 this year against t2,0'0,rOG last year. Failures for the week have been'2-Vj in the United States against 230 last vear, and 39 in Canada against 4 t lst yeafu. HER NAME'S 3IARIQN. j j '.r " i Thai-. What the New Baby la Hie Cleveland Family Is to be Called. The President acid Mrs. Cleveland hafe named the little girl now twelve days oli, Mrion Cleveland. As in the casa of both Ruth and Esther, nq middle name is ! given. It is not at present known, ol course, what induced the parents to select this name.-but it will be readily recalled that it was at the charming town of Marion, at Buzzard's Bay, where Mrs. Cleveland spent her first sum mer in New Eazland and where she made many warm personal friends, besides beoom- ir very muen auaqneo io iuo ptw. Railroad News. President Hoffman, of the Beaboard Air Line, while in New York, said regarding the rumored sale of the Seaboard Lino to the Southern B, R. : f'The story that our road .ias passed into the control of the Southera Railway Is UDtrus.t At IWUeigb, N. C. YJc President St. John, of the Seaboard Air Line, was shown an Atlanta telegram. Mating that the Southern Railway bad acquired cor.tto' of the Seaboard Air Line. Hesald: "Therf is no truth whatever in the report, and yp WEATHER AND CROP REPORT. .1 ,Corn the Best Crop In the S!att and the Weather Quite Favorable. The weekly weather crop bulletin for the past week says the teporta of correspondents, though generally favorable, indicate that the week! was a little too cooljand that rain is needed, es pecially in the central portions pf the Btate. It is very dry at most places in the central district, though fio se rious injury is yet reported. Cjorn is going to.be one of the finest crops ever harvested.' - Eastern District. There was a pe culiar irregularity in the jlistri jutioB of rainfall, many counties reporting too much rain and want of sunshine, others in between reporting rain still needed . Excepting the deficiency iu temperature during the last few days, which slightly retarded progress which crops might have made, the week was favorable. Cotton continues small, but is looking well, andj is making weed almost too rapidly injthe ontb ; blossoms are increasing ; licears still doing a little damage. Tobacco is growing up fast, with great improve ment in appearance ; a few farmers . have commenced enring. Peanuts aro looking fine, though small in places, and will soon receive last working.' Bice is doing well. Melons are nearly, ripe, but to sonio extent aro not as, good as last year. Fruit is smal l. CentbaIi Distbict. There, has been! less rain in this district than n tha east, and rain is needed in most conu ties of the district, though 1 cro nroj hot suffering to any extent, j Co nsider- , able cloudy, hazy weather prevailed during the week, with a few showers, jrather small in amount, except locally, when there was sufficient, j Cottou i still improting and blooming freely ; ; the crops are still being injured by lico to a limited extent. Any hnfavjorablo conditions, between now and October will result in one of the smallest Cotton crops ever grown. Corn isjin silk and tassel, and is remarkably fne nearly everywhere, promising a very largo yield, equal to if not betterj than last year. Laying by lato corn aud cot-. ton will continue into Augnsi. Tobacco is doing very well, and a large portion of the crop will be topped this month. Thfeshing'continues ; some-spriiigoats are being cut; sowing peas about done; Sweet potatoes are viniing nicely. Some rotting of grapes is report ?d. . Westebn Distbict. Another week of fine growing weather is the general; report. Showers occurred in nearly all; parts of the district,, but a jfew corres pondents sny that more than ruin is; needed. There was not enough raiu to. prevent a good week's work' thrcshiug: wheat, cutting oats, ,"lnyiug-by corn,, preparing land for fall turnip! etc.: Wheat will turn but about jiin nterngop crop, it seems; while eonioj report the; yield fine, otheis say it is pot an-good os expected. Oats are gneially re- norted to be a coodcron. Some! farm ers ore making hay still undoubtedly a fine crop; io this effect are almost Cottou i the reports unanimous. Melons arc growing off well now; but jare late. The weather hafl bfcu jfuvoi jsble for tobacco and it h doing vvell. A HORRIBLE CRIME IN ENGL Nr. "'t Two Boys Murder Their Mot he Play Cards Over Her Body A. 1 !L, t t i- 1 S - ' A most horrible case of juvenllo de ravily and brutality came to light in Pial' eastern suburb of London, Friday m pyir, ait rniuj. Two boys named? Combea, aged rejv- tivly 13 and 11 years, were brought before a mag- lstrate upon tne charge of having nut rdered their mother and the aeeusatioti wan Tub-. stantiated by their own confession! Of thfl crime. The boys killed their mot stabbing her through the liejirt ten d i her by saK-, d th stnee which time they nave oecnp' nouse alone witn tne woman 4 oeeom pes llg body. The husband of the murdered and father of the two boy Is a ship and is absent from home on n e.i CMWI11 . 'irser .yage. The house is weli furnished and i. OH; efS"j all the requirements of a epmfortabej home. they After the boys committed; their, en pawned a nnmberof valuable they foil in. iii the house and proceeded) to enjov them es on selves by tak tog trips to yariou pla the river, and in the interim visaing grounds and indulging in olher fn amusements. When they' were arrest cricket hsi of d t hey were plavingeards in the house eonta inia;; the decomposed corpse, of their mot hie iy in ppa- company with a half wittod man and rentfv getting the highest degree of eitjoy tencu ment from their pastime, despite the which pervaded the loom. The magistrate was estour.de 1 at the de- velopments of tbe case and amazed jat the cool demeanor of the boys. He d-Haired he could not believe the yor.ngsters sin,- and remanded them pending their mental exarn ination. 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