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TiiiVNTHAM & Pittm an, Proprietors. ' ' ' j " " ' : : ; I n : 7Z ' : ' . " 1 "PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST -TO THAT WHICH 13 GOOD' J . fl-00 Perlear In Advarce. YqL.V. y DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1895. NO. 31. j sound honey: IN IOWA. TIIE DEMOCRATS IN CONVEN TION -DECLARE FOR IT. The Resolutions Reaffirm the Nation Hl rintformand Demand a High License Law. - Th'- Democratic State convention of Iowa, pj.t Wflaesday nt .Marehalltown. The fol Ioi:ic j-Iatform was adopted: ' .The Democratic party of Iowa. In con v.:Ui,n assembled, re-afflrms the national, j l it f .rm of the party adopted In , Chicago In l Hn-1 points with satisfaction to the evi frw - of the wisdom of that convention, of (!,,. p'ilts a"complihed according to its pr-mii41'-. tn evidences to returning pros--j-ritv. th- r-iteration of wages and the re-(tV-ii-lim'-nt of industry upon a prosperous iinlitions which have extorted gon critiil -iti'-n from even the Republicans of W declare the rescue of the finances tii untry from the baleful effects of the Si,, r'l. in law. the repeal of the un-American j-.i. r.il ' I' t tion law, nnd'the uprooting of M'-K'mI-vhti to ie worss wonnv oi tne nis- t,rv and tl'lM. i. .r-stig of the Democratic party ;i "'ini''Oiis Democratic administra- Wr affirm the following portion of the fj-vnih plfiuk of the last National Dsmo rni'i" ' jiivntion : 'We hold to the use of l.th l and silver as the standard money i.rt'i p.i.i nitry H'.id to the coinage of loth nil silver without discrimination ;i-.i.ii-t i'MH'T mriui or rjiuro ior: minias, l it ti dollar unit of coinage of both metals Kui-t ! 'i" iiial intrinsic and exchangeable v ihi -. ! adjusted by such safe-guards of . -l-1 tti shall insure the maintenance of tii- .:irity of the two metals and the equal jM .-r 'r every dollar at all times in the m ii t-an l .in the payment of debts, and .I' tii tii'l that all paper currency shall be k"it at" par with and redeemable in such ruin. V i!i-.i.-;t upon this policy as especial ly ii.-esiry for the protection of the farmers au'l l il'xring classes, the first and most de ,. l.s victims of uustablo money and a fl n.-t s i r t i tix eurreney.' W.'. omleinn the cowardieo and trickery m th- K '('u'oliean party of Iowa in failing to ni -it. in its last State platform, any of the i.u' important and vital to the interests of mr st ile, and we ask upon it the sober jii-Iaiii'Mit of an intelligent people. I 'We lielieye that the liquor law fails to i t the requirements of a good excise ptatnte. It is unfair as between Communi ties and irnjosP3 hardships upon property owners and it compromises the honor of the S;it- in ih-elaring the sale of liquors a crime an I eimdoiiiny the offense for a money eon- Fideration. We repeat our demand of the, pa t tivi years for a local option high liceiiso law. and on !half of th j commercial interest-. ,,' nur State we favor a law permitting tii- ni anafaefire of liquors, thus affording a market for the products of the 'farm and I ihoi- t the State and saving to our people tl i'ornw),jS sures now expended in other, Stales j U'e favor the election of United States S'liators by direet vote of the people. We favor just and liberal pensions to all deserving veterans. j We reiterate our unflinching opposition to ah monopolies and trusts and call for cnaetmeuts which will abolish combines of nil kinds. -We demand that our State institututions 1 iroveriiort by a singly non- partisan board of ei.ntrol, which can 'intelligentlv compre- i:i iil their relative wants and economically .si ad justly apportion among the whole that wliieh their just requirements demand. We favor the speedy completion of the If -niiepi,! .-anal aud the deepening of the water-ways from the Great Lakes to the oeeau. so as to enable oceau vessels to pass iieonmi. I j .bidice.W. F. Barr, of Mount Pleasant, a found money man, was nominated forGover iior by aeelamation. In the same manner the nomination for Lieutenant Governor went toS. L. Iv-stow, of Chariton, who has been I,iiutenii'it Governor, hnd is an advo- pat' of free silver. The nomination for rail- ron-l eommisioner went to Col. George Jen kins, of Dubuque, and for State superintend ent to I,. H. I'nrshnll, of Maquokota. There were two candidates forftupreme Court judge a i-allot was required.', G. Ilarpor, ex- Rate Senator, of Burlington, was nominated. (tefeiiting E. E Ilasner. of Independence. The sense f the delegates was twice taken en the silver question and the party in this ptiUe is fairly on record as opposed to free coinage at the ratio of 1 S to 1. lUSTICK JACKSON DEAD. The Distinguished Jurist Passes Away After :t Lingering Illness. Howell Edmunds Jackson, associate justice f the Supreme Court of the United States, die.i at his residence at West Meade, six! niil.-s from Nashville, Tenn., on Thursdayj n'e.l 63. Judge Jackson had been in failing health for several years but it has been only in the last nine months that the; progress oil th. fri disease begau to cause his family aaO els uneasiness. Last year he went on a lei,"iiiv irit. to t.iiA far West in search o: health." Later he went to Thomasvillo, Oft.,' where it was hoped the mild and bractnjj climate would restore his vigorous constitu tion. The trip did him little good ana aitet a time he was brouirnt nome, At his old home, surrounded by the scene lie ..veil so well. Judxe Jftcwon seemsa vo inu.ro ve steadily until he Went to WashiugJ ton to sit in the second hearing of the income. tax ease. He stood that trying trip larriy well and after his return appealed to loose llv. He was afflicted with a eoiiii.ii.'atinn of diseases which it was im ro-,i,ie to tkrht off. Nevertheless. Judge I i.'kso,, did not take to his bed. until eight 'lays ago. Since that time his family and friends realized that the en was near ana kis death was not unexDectea. The Work of the Patent Office. ; In his report to the Secretary bf the Interv ior, of the operations of the Patent Office 'd urine the last fiscal vear. Commissioner P"ymout says: I "There were received 36,972 ! applications for r.itfnta 1 Ai orvrvliefttinns for desifmS. 77 applications for reissues, 2,183 applications ior trademarks, 318 appucauons ior iauei, and 2.31 4 envnf were flW. There were 20,- 745 patents granted Including reissues and oes1Cns. 1804 trademarks ana six prints reg istered. Twelve thousand nine hundred and Six nntnntA B-rr,iroH 3.208 aDDliCatlOnS were forfeited for non-payment of Anal fees.' i"tat expenditures was sioipvi. vine ww. balance of roraii-ita nvere-rnenditures now in the Treasury rb the credit of the Patent Of- ace is 14,566.758. j A Combine of Millions. ; ; The great revolution now impending in railroading, by which electricity will be largely substituted for steam in the near f'lture.is likely to receive a powerful impetus from a really gigantic combination which has l een anfirmnH-that of the i VestinKhoUSe Electric and Mnnnfaeturine I Company, of Pittsburg, nd the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Phtlidelpha. The combination is Polelv of e ot Interest and not of Capital. Each company will retain its own identity ana carry oa its own lines oi wore vjfxy in the construction of electrical locomotives. -rnuaaeipsia Becortf. WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. Issued by The North Carolina stitt Weather Service. The reports of Weekly Weather Croo Bnllet in. isaiiarl by the North Carolina Stnt TVpot Service, for the past -week are gener ally favorable, except from the eastern portion of the State. The tempera ture has been below normal the entire week, the deficiency averaninsr from two to four degrees; the days have oeeu warm, out nights quite cool, at least retarding growth if not otherwise injuring crops. The lack of rain is at present affecting chiefly vegetables and Smaller ornnn Vint, if cnntinnixl -. -r. A I J VVUUUUVU LXA Ubli .lo jer will lessen yield of corn. .EiASTERN District. There has been more run in this than in other dis tricts; hence reports are cenerallv .favorable. Plentiful rains occurred July 30th and Sunday, August 4th; still it is a little dry in places. Cotton has a fine, healthy weed, but has not yet done much fruiting. Where ma nured it is boiling well. CuriDg to bacco progressing with1 good results. Corn is good, and taring finely as a-- general rule, borne complaints of br ing on upland. In early corn, on high uplands, many barren stalks are seen. Turnips being planted. Peaches are small. Concord grapes ready to cut, but have been somewhat damaged by blight. I Central District. Rftin is begin ning to be needed in this district also, especially in the southern counties where . crops are being damaged to somo extent. Iu the greater part of the district crops are notyetsuITering, though they would be greatly benefit ed by warm showers. Showers occur red July .iOth and the night of August 3d. The temperature has been below normal, which is unfavorable, though there has been nleutv! of sunshine. 'Early corn, especially on sandy lands, is Buffering for lack, of ram in the south . It has been too cool for cotton, which has good weed but not much fruit. Very few reports of shedding i ro i t ii i. wo receivcu. looacco. is excellent; curing will bo under jway generally, within the next ten or fifteen days. Farmers are experimenting with crim Bon clover. Full crops of field-paas have been sown; turnips being seeded. Peanuts are doing well. Cabbage heading nicely and full crop of toma toes being gathered. Water-melons are late and . poor. Extensive ship ments of fruit are being made. Western District. nThe past week has been unfavorable, jchiefly an ac count of the deficiency in rain-fali. Though light showers (occurred July 30th and the night of August 3d, the amount was altogether too small to be- of much benefit, and drought mny be considered to be prevailing in Meck lenburg county especially, and in por tions of Rutherford, Burke, Davie, Polk, Ga6ton, Iredell, Cabarrus, Bun combe and a few others. The damage by drought as yet onlyjaffects gardens, which are drying up. Prospects for coirn continue excellent, but further laik of rain will cut the crop short. Cotton made unusual growth of -weed during past few weeks, but there is no July crop, and results depend on Au gust weather now; with late fall more of a cotton crop maybe harvested than expeqted now. A good many peas and some turnips have been sown. Crop of Irish potatoes very! good. Early grapes are almost ripeJ Much of the abundant fruit crop is being dried and canned. The prevailing dryness in terferes with tho breaking of wheat lards. ! OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. The Suar Bounty Payment. The Ad ministration's Candidate. By Our Rf gulr Correspondent. Tho principal event of this week in Wash ington was the hearing of the arguments in favor of the payment of the sugar bounty, by Comptroller Bowler). The arguments were thorough and well made. Comptroller Bowler has not handed down a decision, and from tho talk of those who are in his confi dence, he may not decide the questions ar gued further than to decline approving the payment of the money appropriated by con gress. UDtil the constitutionality of th sugar bounty shall have been affirmed by the courts. Should he do that it vfill bo quite a while before the money is paid, even if the courts decide in favor of the bounty. According to the latest political gossip, Senator Vilas, of Wisconsin, who was suc cessively Tostmaster General and Secretary of the Interior in President Cleveland's first cabinet, is being groomed for one of the ad ministration's candidates for the democratic Presidential nomination The programme is, according to the gossips, in the very pro bable event of the convention declining to compel Tresklent Cleveland to again become a candidate it would not require more than 400 horse power ;to give the conven tion the choice between! Secretary Carlisle and Senator Vila?, the iutimation being con veyed pieviously to the delegates that either of them would be acceptable to the adminis tration. It is said that it uas ueen iniirnaieu to ex-St;erelary Whitney that his namo might also go before the convention as an administration -andMate, ni mai ue very promptly declined. 80,000,000 NEWSPAPER TRUST. To be Perfected During the Year. Will Raise Paper $5 Per Ton. T. L. Ward. Philadelphia agent for a num ber of manufacturers of newspaper paper who are expected to become members of th nroDOsed newspaper trust with a capital oi t30.000.000. stated that the trust would not k n.-ft until the close of the vear. The UJ W4wvv j.i.w I.. nrtrnnMns the . corporation. Mr, Ward said, is due to the fact that most of the manufacturers nave conirncis .-M nn-n 1ia In the fall. Continuing he said- "It is not Intended to take the whole countiy into the trust, i but only the large manufacturers of the Central and Northern at.tm t.m the Atlantic to the Mississippi." Mr Ward stated that the trust will advance the' price of papr five dollars a ton, but this win not affect the subscription price Bltuw " r ..n.M n ronrtrted.l He thinks that as the trust will control the ouftQt It caa control ui price. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. General M. A. Stovall died at Augusta.Ga., after an illness of several months at the age of 77 years. He graduated at West Point, but never entered the regular army. He was a major general In the Confederacy. . A special from Marion, Ky., says Black burn scored a victory In the democratic pri mary legislative district composed of Critten den and Livingston counties Saturday. IJickell, the Blackburn man, defeated Adams, the Buckner man, by 250 majority. An election was held in Key West, Fla.. Tuesday to bond tho county in the sum of 500,000 for the purpose of building a road way from that city to Key Largo. Great in terest was manifested in the election, and out of 700 votes polled only one or two were against bonding. Dr. H. M. Caldwell, ex-president of the Elyton Land Company, and oie of the prin -cipal founders of the city of' Birmingham, Ala., died in that city on Wednesday,, aged lifty-nine years. The deceased had been in bad health since his wife's death, in August last. Eight days ago he received a paraly tic stroke from which he never rallied. He served as surgeon in the confederate service, being in charge of the hospital at Green ville. 4 Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. The French bark Towney, Captain Guy nut, is believed to have been lost at sea. She left Newport News for Savannah on July 1, and is thirty-six days out. She is reported to have been seen oil Hatteras, bearing signs of collision. The cannon ball express train smashed in to a special freight near Plymouth, N. H., Thursday morninxr. Engineer Stevenson and Fireman Merritt and W. A. Glines were killed, several passengers injured and four teen freight cars stove into pieces. Crime. Richard Leach, the wife murderer, died in the electric chair at Sing Sing, N. Y., on' Monday. Fires. Berlin, Ind., was nlmost entirely destroyed by fire Sunday night. Only three stores are left. Seventy-five buildings, including 25 residences were burned. The loss 13 $200, 000; insurance about' $25,000. n . ' Political Doings. VllllV lit ayVlllgOf The Democratic State Convention of Iowa declared in favor of sound money. A new political party has been organized in Kansas, and a call was issued at Topeka on Tuesday for a Stateconvention at Topeka on September 5. The name is the Independ ent Americans, and it is hoped to unite un der its banner the American Protective As sociation, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and other patriotic or ders. Members of these orders are invited to the State convention. The call is for Americanism, tho f reo coinage of silver, and the removal of the national capital to a more central location. A national conference is to be called by the Topeka convention. Crops. Warren G. Purdy, secretary and vice-president of the Chicago, T.ock Island and Paci fic railropd, says that Kansas will have the greatest corn crop in her history as a State. He predicts that the yield will be between, 250,000,000 aand 300,000,000 bushels. Miscellaneous. Weather Forecaster Dunn, of New Yorkr predicted two months of scorching weather. The annual meeting of the United Typo thetae of America opened at Minneapolis, Minn., on Monday with a large attendance. Nearly a hundred men who had passed the civil service examination for appointment oh the New York police force have been found to be ineligible, having copied the answers to the questions submitted to them, i Immigration for the year ending with June, 1895. was 35.000 less than it was the previous year. In exact figures, there were only 276.136 immigrants. This is the small est number that has come in since 1879, and is but half as many as came in 1893. The Chicago Presbytery has decided that its churches must nojt use fermented wine at the communion services and unfermented grape juice must be substituted at all times. To carry the temperance work still further, temperance pledges will bo placed in the Sunday schools. j The cen vention of the Irish race in America whieh has been agitated for the last two years will ie held in Chicago,Sept ember 24, 25 and 20. It wni consist oi one inousanu ueie gates cbosen by the Irish patriotic and mili tarv organisations of the country who will be accompanied by many representative coun try men. FRR8 Cfm ACTE. Mr. TomHnson Gives'" Eleven Reasons Wliy He Favors It. Hon. John W. Tomlinson, a prominent at-, tornev of Birmingham. Ala., tells in The New York Mercury why. he favors the free coin age of silver as follews: "First Because the single gold standard is unfair to the debtor class. 4iSecoud Beoaose there is not now a sufficient amount of gold for a clrcnlattng medium. "TMtvl TtAonnoA thA narltv would then be maintained naturally instead of artificially, as at present. "Fourth Because the production of gold is not keeping pace With increasing popula tion and business. "Fifth Because, under the single gold standard, gold is comparatively constantly appreciating. "Sixth Because, like a river fed from two sources, the circulating medium wonW then lie less liable to fluctuation. "Seventh Bacauso both gold and silver, as primary money, is the constitutional mouev of the people. "Eighth Because it would be more diiTl cult for gamblers in the money centers to corner loth gold and silver. "Ninth Because there would be two met als as primary , money, so that tho debtor might have the loption in which he would pay. "Tenth Because now in tho transaction of the business of the world credit has to be resorted to, "which is conducive of panics and is too expensive, except for those fa vored few who own the gilt-edge, easily convertible securities. "Eleventh llf!iiii it would hasten the development of thi? comparatively new eountrv, for the masses of the people, while having" proiwrtv, have not the money now with which to invent in new enterprises, and from bitter past experience they are not likely for some time to come to borrow, even to start new. industries. ' The Railroad Boycotted. The executive committee of the Southern Wholesale Grocers" Association held an all day's session at Knoxville, Tenn., on Wed nesday. They refused to give but anything for publication other than that the boycott will be continued over the Louisville A Nashville Railroad. President Leigh will re ply to the recent interview with Vice Presi dent Knott, of the Louisville & Nashville. DUN'S REPORT ENCOURAGING. The Industries of the Country Make Progress. R. G. Dun & Co., of New York, in their weekly review of trade, say: Business continues unusually, active for ,mid-ummer, and though there is perceptiblo relaxation there are no eigns of re-action. The one change of great importance which the past week has brought is eminently help, lul the amicable settlement between coal miners and employers in Western Pennsyl. vania, Ohio and Indiana. It is said thai about 100.000 meu will have their wages in creased after Oct. 1st by this adjustment, add while the enlargement of purchasing lower is of consequence, it seems even more mportant that a chronic cause of contro versy has been removed by the new agree ment as to company stores. There is no im portant change in crop prospects and at this .'time no news is eminently good news. (Taken altogether the crops of the year prom jise so much iKir than was expected a jmonth ago tha.t -lie effect is highly encour- I aging, -although the crops except corn will not be full. The out-go of gold coutinues, and this ex cites some comment, because it is felt that the bond syndicate could arrest the move ment at once if it pleased, probably by reduc ing the rate of exchange. Speculation has leen more successful in cotton than in any other product during the past week, and h;is lifted the price an eighth, although it cannot be said that the prospect as to yield has definitely changed. Some in jury has evidently been sustained from ex cessive rains and the government report commands a little more attention. , The industries continue to make progress. and higher prices for iron and steel produets prove tnat the supply nas not yet out-run the demand. Bsemer pig is a shade weak er, but gray forge has advanced about fit) cents and finished products are remarkably firm with further advance in steel beams to. 1.6 cent and in anirles to 1.5 eent aud in bar iron to 1.3 cent. The CarneKie works at Homestead broke the record b"v tiff ning out in July 43,000 tons of steel, of whieh 17,150 were of beams. Sales of wool are not as much inflated by speculation as they v.'ere during Iheilrst half of July, but they still considerably exceed the actual consumption in the manufacture. Prices are very firm, and holders who bought enormous quantities .-rnouth ago in expec tation of a rise appear to be looking for a further advance. But woolen goods show Signs of weakening, and there is much com plaint of foreign competition and underval uations, especially in medium and lower qualities, while in" worsted the tendency of prices is upward. Some staple cotton goods have again advanced in prices, and the mar ket is unusually strouj for the season. ' The shipments of hoots and shoes continue larger than in auv previous year, but there is very little new business, and most of the manufacturers are irettina: near the end of their orders, while many have discharged part of their hands. Prices are firmly main-j tfiineil and there is' activity in leather.. though it is reported that in hides prices at' tVia West how :i little weakness. ' . The failures i n July show liabilities amount-j to $11.78,510, of which 2,549,075 were o j manufacturing, ami t?n.w;.ua oi rraamu concerns. Failures for the wek were 225 id the United States against 261 last year and '43 in Canada against 54 last year. ANEW BOOM IN THE SOUTH. RETURNING PROSPERITY EVERYW-IIERE. FELT The Baltimore Manufacturers' Rec ord's Report of the New Enter prises Undertaken. The Baltimore Manufacturers Record re ports that the past, week has been an un- usally active and busy oue in Southern in dustrial affairs. Cotton enterprises have been pu?h.id with more than usual vigor. A company has bsen organized, with a capital stock $1,000,000, with strong New York cap italists, intended to introduce improved cot ton gins and compressing systems. Among the cotton mill enterprises reported for the week were a f 500,000 company to build at Newport News, Va; a $500,000 mill company at Memphis. Tenn; a $100,000 company being organized at statesviue, . u.; a -tdu.uuu min at Greer. S. C; a large mijl at Haw River; a 3,000 spindle mill near Pine Bluff, N. C; a $75,000 camp at Monroe, and a new mill at Burlington, same State, while two mills at Columbia, Oa.,will add about $75,000 of new machinery; a new mill in Richmond County, N. C. and a number of extensive improve ments to nulls throughout the South. Among the miscellaneous enterprises re ported for the week were the enlargment of iron pipe works at Gadsden, Ala; gold min ing operations at. Hetiiu. a 250,uuu Dusnei irrain elevator at Mobile, and a twenty-ton ice plant at the same place : $50,000 brick company at Daytona, Fla.; a large phos phate efevator "to be operated by electric power at Tainita.. Fla.: furniture works at High Springs: a l'2i".000 lumber company at Whitfield; a twenty-ton ice plant at Ocala; a $500,000 construction company at uanion- eir.-i. Ga.. organized to build a railroad. In Louisiana a $50,000 hardware company and a $100,000 sugar retinerv. A $150,000 lumber and mercantile company in South Carolina; $20,000 oat mill at Auderson,S. C In Tennes see a Iiimler mill at Memphis; electric plant at Kuoxvillo and a twenty-live barrel flour mill. In Texas $20,000 furniture company 'at San Autonio. aud a compress company at Texts City; $1,00') water-works at Hillsbo- 'ro. compress at Dallas. The activity in iron interests continue and Suit hern furnaces are Iieing' pushed to meet the demaud for iron. Col. A. M. Shook, of the Tennessee Coal and lion Railroad, the largest coal and iron company iu the South, in a letter to the Manufacturers' Record, says: 'The busin-ss movement, starting as it did four mouths ago, has grown in volume and increased in momentum until to-day it has practically touched everv village and hamlet iu America. The fact that it is so universal is the best evidence of its stability and its certain v to continue, at least until we have passed the normal condition of busi ness. Notwithstanding the recent advances in iron the indications for a steadily increas ing consumption and. as a natural conse quence, increased prices, have not been so riianifest at any time since the revival started as it has been during the past two or three davs." - A special to the Manufacturers Record says that Dm eontrai-rs secured by the Annis- ton. Ala.. and rouuiery company ior iron Pipe to I shipped to okohama,Japan, aggregate 'thirty thousand tons. It is the largest contract for iron for foreign ship ment ever secured by any American house. aud wan secured iu competition with the leading manufacturers of Europe. Texas Fever in Two States. Texas fever, a disease common to cattle in the Lone Star State, is raging in Tennessee. Fifty head of cattle have died at McMinn- VI 1 la Cattle near Huntington, renn., are suffer- ng irom lexas lever. California Fruit la Frypt. A new market for California canned goods has been opened, and this year large direct shipments will be made to Egypt, Ceylon and SILVER DOLLAR BLAND BOSS. TITE CONVENTION TO HIM. BELONGED The State Committee Swelled With SUverltesfroml5to34. The Resolutions Adopted. The Missouri Democratic- State convention met at Pertle Springs, Mo. The committee on resolutions sprang a surprise by electing as their chairman Con gressman De Armond, of Bates county, and they immediately began their labors. The committee on permanent organization decided upon Hon. B. P. Bland for perma nent chairman and the temporary organiza tion was made permanent. It was recommended that the present State committee be enlarged by tho addition of one committeeman from each congressional 'district and by the election by the conven tion of four committeemen at largo making me totai n insieau oi 10 as at present con stituted. The proposition was carried. The resolutions committee's report was read and 'adopted. The preamble and resolutions are as follows: 'The Federal Constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the TT ;...! ni.i. rii I. (I . Z A I'll 1 UUltCU OkctlCT. J.LIU JAi&L . OlllilU 1.1111 by Congress until the constitution made the eiiver uonar a unit oi vaiue, aumittea goia to free coinage at a ratio measured by the silver dollar unit. "From the beginning of the government. following the policy formulated by Thomas .Jefferson and firmly established by Jackson, the .Democratic party has been the party or bi-metallism, favoring the free coinage of both silver and gold at tho national mints, and opposed to farming out to banking cor porations the government s sovereign power !of issuing and controlling the money of the people. The act of 1873, demonetizing silver, was surreptitiously passed, without the approval or Knowledge oi tne American j people, ana from the time when the effect of this act, in lastening upon the country the single gold standard was, understood, the Democratic party has consistently and persistently urged that the grievous wrong be righted. - Failure to accomplish this object has resulted in the steady appreciation of gold, a correspond ing fall in the prices of commodities proJ duced by the people, a heavy increase in the burden of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the money-lending class; BICHAKD P. BLAND. paralysis of industry and impoverishment of the people, and unexampled distress it all gold standard countries. "Experience has shown that while undet the single gold standard there may be an oc casional revival of business activity, accom panied by enhanced prices of a limited num ber ot commodities, such revival is due to artificial and temporary causes and cannot permanently alleviate the sufferings due to falling prices, brought about by the appre ciation of gold and an inadequate supply of primary or redemption money. "Duty to the people requires that the party of the people continue the battle for bi-metallism until its efforts are crowned With success. Therefore be it: "Resolved, That we. Democrats of Mis souri, in convention assembled, demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money, at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action or approval of any other nation; and second, "Resolved, That we are irrevocably op posed to the substitution for metallic money of a panic-breeding, corporation-credit cur rency based on a single metal, the supply oi which isso jimited that it can be cornered at at any time by a few banking institutions in Europe aud America; third, "Resolve-.!, That we are opposea to me policy and practice of surrendering to the liolders of the obligations of the United States jthe option reserved by the law to the govern ment Ol ICUUlllIK SUVIi uuiiouuiu ju iiui silvercoin or gold coinjfourth, "Reaolved, That we are opposea to tne issuing ol interest-Deapng uonas oi tne United States in time of peace.and especially are we opposed to placing the Treasury of the government under the control oi any syndicate of bankers and the issuance of .bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit Ior the .purpose ot supplying tne Federal Treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold mono-metalusm. Additional resolutions were aaoptea in structing the Stae committee to call a con vention not later than August l&tn to elect delegates to the national convention; also sending congratulations to Senator Black burn, of Kentucky. The delegates irom tne different congressional districts then named their candidates for additional membera ot the State committee and they were unani mously elected. At the night the only leature oi interest was the speech of Senator CockrelL At Its conclusion the convention adjourned sine die. The election of the committee at large Is regarded as a victory for "Silver Dollar" Bland, and a severe blow to the Francis and Maffitt faction of the party. Alien and Farris are straight Bland men, Benton is a free Jace. while Fyke H pledged to Governor Btone. Will Press the Button. Governor Bullock, of Geortria, chairman of the committee on ceremonies and cere monial davs of the Cotton States and Inter national exposition, called on the president to request him to press the electric button at Uuzzacd'sliay, Mass., to start the wheels in the exposition at Atlanta, September Kith, and also to tenderthe service of the Gate City Guard, the crack Georgia military com pany, as honorary escort Irom asnlngton to Atlanta and return on October 23 1 when the president and his cabinet will visit the exposition. The president assured Govern or Bullock that he would take great pleas ure in pressing the button and starting the wheels on the 18th, and from Gray Gables 'or wherever he might bo on that day. As to the escort the president said he fully 'appreciated the compliment tendered by the military company but Lu desire to avoid display compelled bii to decline the honor. The German potato crop will probably 0 failure, owing to the continued rains. be HARVEY AND IIORR. Tired of Talking, They Rest and Writ! and Recapitulate. I In accordance with the agreement entered Into by the silver and gold debaters, Messrs! Horr and Harvey, governing their recent contest In Chicago each was to prepare a recapitulation of the points made in theli fapective arguments, not exceeding 2,500 ords each, and to complete the same within week of the close of the contest. This has been done, and in substance the summary ol Beswell G. Horr is si follows: j' ! Mr. Harvey admits that the books Is a pure Action. He repudiates its motto by declar-j jmg that it does not mean wh t It says. His statement that primary money only is the measure of value he has noterci. attempted to sustain, though bis proof has been called for repeatedly. - i Mr. Harvey next based his case noon the assumption that the law of 1873 was a crime, and stated that it had Its origin in fraud and ttts birth through bribery and corruption. He introduced no evidence In support of either .proposition, and he stands convicted of mak ing any one of these charges without anjr proof that would be received in any ordina ,ry court of justice. If Congress was bribed 'to pass a bad bill, then the bill must have first passed in bad shape. Now, if that be (true, then there would be no need of a clerk to do the dirty workj If it was done by the enrolling clerk, then it follows that Congress massed the bill as it ought to have been, and consequently they could not have done what he says they were bribed to do. If Congress (passed the bill all right and the enrolling clerk enrolled it correctly, then the bribery could apply only, to the members of the con Iferenoe committee. All these villainies then lire abandoned when he claims that the whole thing was accomplished by means of "substitute bill, j He misled people by artial statements, which led to false conclub ions, when the whole statement would nave in periectiy clear to any one. j.ne civiiiz world is clearly on my side of this issue, j Mr. Harey. in summarizing the debate. paid: It settled th proposition that both eiiver and gold are the money of the Consti pation. Mr. Horr did not controvert this. The silver dollar was the unit of value in bur coinage system nxea Dy tne act oi iz. fir. Horr admits this. 811 ver and gold were he measures of value of all other property until 1873, and the debtor had a right to pay in either metal. The act of 1873 was sur reptitiously passed, j The prices of all pro perty are now measured in gold alone, and Ere substantially one-half what they would e under the bi-metalio system. I haye made good all the propositions set forth in my opening statement, i Mr. Horr found no er- Eors in my book except the statement that he silver coined prior to 1873 was $ 105,000, 000 instead of $143,000,000. Mr. Horr shows that he does not yet know what bimetalism HOKE SMITH ON THBSOUTH. This Sunny Land Moves On as If the' Panic Had Never Been Heard Of. Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Ih-1 terior, in an interview with the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record in regard to the busi ness outlook of the South, based on investi gations during the H recent trip, says: j'I have never seen the South look so prosper ous, especially Georgia. Hard times are rapidly becoming extinct, and I believe that the Southern States are moving on to "the most prosperous epoch in their history. Oeorgia farmers will make, this your better corn crops and raise more meat than ever before. It is safe to say that the food sup ply of that State, it properly distributed; 17UI be sufficient for two years' consumption.' ' "Cotton is sufficiently advanced to insure! a good crop, and while Texas is behind in probable production, Georgia and the a; joining States will furnish an average yield.", The Secretary is enthusiastic over the signs of nrosrosritv among the fruit growers of Georgia. "More peaches," he said, "have been raised and marketed than ever before in the history of the State. They are large and iuicv. and in the Eastern markets have almost entirely supplanted California pechesJ The watermelon crop. too. was a tremend ous one, and in most parts of the State a profitable one. Grape-growing is also mak ing rapid progress." ! ; Secretary Smith says he believes that the industrial boom in the South, whieh was temporarily set back by the late panic,, ision n rair 1 ntinn Tnaniuaeiurintr wiu usm more successful in the South than it is to-day and all through the cotton belt new mills are erwted and old mills are being en larged. Much of this is being done by home eanital. although a number of New England people are making large investments in 0t-( ton manufacturing companies, in me irwu districts of Alabama a number of furnaces ii.ivn. twentlv srone into blast and the Work men in that section are now fully employed nd nmnv of -them at increased wages. AU over the South the demand for labor is con stantly increasing and at increased good prices. . " of '.onditinna were never better for .a ire- turn of prosperity unexampled in the history .r iii.it eetion. If our peoDle continue' in their present conservative way much of the ' ... . . 1 I l UL A flow of Kastern capital, wnicn nas nunervo travelled elsewhere, will come to us. . . ... . . , r . .... n , .vis. m a m a rich man or a poor man willing to work and anxious to improve his fortune," concluded the H-'cretary, "is in the South." ' THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS. nmln:iti a Full Ticket and En.dorsc the Missouri Platform. The State Democratic Convention of Miss issippi met at Jackson on Wednesday Jand tho following ticket was nominated: For "Governor, ex-Senator McLaurin, of nankin; TJiitnnnt Governor. Col. J- II. Jones, of Wilkinson; Secretary ot State, J. T. Power, nf Hind: Auditor. Col. W. ,D. Holder!, of Lafavette; Treasurer. M. Q. May,of Simpson; Attorney General.Wiley N. Nash.ofOkliblf ha; Superintendent of Education, A. A. ;Kin Tjinderdale: Clerk of 8upremo Court, Rev. W. E. Brown, of Copiaha; Com missioner, J. M. Simonton, of Lakeland: Ile- venue Asent. Wert Adams, 01 jnnus. R TT Henrv. chairman of the eomtr.ttteo i-o.lntiono renorted the following: Where, we the Democrats of the State of nriaaiaair.ni niembled. deem it advialde to lormltv of expression among Itm'oi crats upon the financial question, end; tho Democratic party of Missouri in convention, on the 6th of August, 1895, having adopted resolutions, which meets iwith our approval, therefore be it. Rw,lvd bv the Democratic party 61 the state of MLssissiDDi. that we adopt as our declaration of principles uponthe m oney qustion said resolutions. Here louoweu jiisour resolutions id full. Othar rounlntirma endorsing tariff -laWSl de manding income tax aud reviewing matvers of local Interests, were also adoptnd without, TEXAS SIL.VERITES. 1,000 Delegates in Attendance, to 1 Ratio Favored. A 16 The State Democratic free silver conven tion met at Forth Wcrth, Tex., on Tuesday. About 1,000 delegates were present, jilon. Bryant'Barry, of Glass, wa3 made temporary chairman. The afternoon session was almost entirely taken up with i speech-making, ex-Senator Beagan making the leading speech of the day. 1 J. W. Bailey, of Cook, was made perma nent chairman. At nisrht resolutions In favor of free isilvet at 16 to 1. Independent of international agreement, were adopted, and the adminis tration condemned, - - -: WORTH STATE .II CULLIHGS. "OLD LIBERTY" Should Pass Through This State On Its Way to Atlanta! J United States Senator Marion Butler in a comraunication to The Charlotte Observer regrets that the liberty bell should be sent around by Tennessee on its war to Atlanta and not pass througl North Carolina, a state in which the first battle of the revolution, Moore'a Creet. and one of the most decisive ones, Qnilford courthouse, were fonghtj Guilford courthouse is a few miles from Greensboro and the bell, if) sen! through North Carolina, would! pasW thereaa it would Charlotte, where thd Mecklonbnrg declaration of independ- ence, was signed, May, 20, 1775 and also King's Mountain, in sight of the place where Ferguson ! was defeated Senator Bntler mentions these j facta, and urges that the bell's itineracy be cnangeu so mat 11 snail pass turougu this state. . Farmers' Institutes. Mr. S. Ii. Patterson, Commission of A frrirfMiltnro rrivim nnt.ieo that ! there will be farmers institutes at Lumber-! ton, AuguBt 16th, 17th; Rockingham,) August 19th and 20th ; WadesboroJ August 21st and 22nd; Monroe, Angnstj 22d and 24th; Dallas, August 26th and! 27th; Lincolnton, August 28th anil 29th; Shelby, August 30th and 3 1st J Rutherfordton, September 2d ana 3rd; to which all ; the 'farmers are invited The Commissioner will be assisted in the meetings by professors Massey,' Irby and Emery, and subjects ofj prac-, tical mterest to farmers will Dp pre sented, and a full discussion of all top ics to bo open to all present. ; 4 A Telephone War. A rate war between the Bell nhd In terstate Telephone CompanieHj willj of the former announces a reduction fori the service of their phones as follows $ Business houses, 'from $40 to $28 per annum, ana ior residences irom Zciv 10 $18. The interstate manager says that thev are not discouraged, arid will continue work on their " . ....... line jui t the same. The subscribers to th Bell who get the reduced rate are required to sign a contract for one year. The manager of ; the Interstate says that if the Bell subscribers will only wait a while they will secure their phones - free, just as the subscribers are J doing in Durham. I The fight between tho two companies promises to wax war hi 77" i Direct Tax Money Turned Over. In accordunce with Chapter 404 ol . the Public Laws of North Carolina, tho Governor has turned over the balance of the direct tax-fund! to the school fund. Tho balanco on hand amounts to tho sum of $27,000.51. The bonds were sold at a profit of $869.50. Hereafter the funds Will bo1 paid out of the public treasury but the applications will be made as heretofore to tho Governor. j i ' The direct tax fund amounted origi nally to $405,000 which was paid the State by the government. Of this balance of the fund $24,000 was in North Carolina 4 per cent bonds. . I I Hop Growing in Warren;. Quite a number of the prominent -farmers and business men of Warren ' cdunty met in H. A. Boyd S office Monday evening for the purpose oa organizing a Hop Grower's Associa-J tiou.J Mr. A. L. Jones, of Ne!w York! State, who has located there for thei purpose of planting a hop yard, came, before the association and made a veryf" interesting talk on hop culture. Ho is thoroughly convinced that our peo ple can make money in the cultivation of bops. Mr. Jones is a practical hop grower. - 11 ,- Swallowed Glass. The Sun nays that Thomas 8 Whita lor San linen under treatment At ihm Watts Hospital at Durham for tomd time. He was in a delirious fetate o mind Monday and when one of th nurses put the thermometer in hi mouth, for the purpose of seeing how liitrh his fever waB, he bit off Itbe end of the thermometer and swallowed the glass. A doctor was sent for and did all he could to relieve him anq be was much better Tuesday and on the road to recovery. j A Victim of the Wreclc. E. W. Durham, one of the passen- gers in tne caboose 01 tne ireigm train at Haw River, which was tele scoped by tho firemen's special train Tuesday, died Wednesday. His lega were broken and his spine injured. His brother, J. W. Durham, has a bad fracture of the rear of his skull, bat will recover, i Both ! are residents of Chappel Hill. I - " ' mw ' Killed Ills Brother. Marshall Cain shot and Jellied his brother at Cena, Davie county. The difficulty originated over the) division of some property. The dead brother was the third party candidate for county court clerk last fall. i 1 Bertie county has raised $800 to build a Confederate monument. A Pennsylvania Train Run at tbe Rat of 102 Miles an Hour. . In taking a train on the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington the other day En gineer George Fredericks, made th run from London Park to the navy yard, a distance of thirty-five and a half miles. In thirty-three jand a half minutes. The Ave and one-tenin imiles between Landover and Anacosta wero covered in three minutes, a raw equal w 102 miles per hour. This, it la aaid. beat the record for rapid railroad travel for that distance with atraln-. . - Nebraska's apple crop this Vear U the largest ever raised in tne state.
The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
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