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"7 IIP 4 LIVE AND LET LIVE." Ol, I. NO. DUNN, X. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. 1889. SETTER & STEWART, Mi Mi Props. eats mm vm rggg W5r J w 1,11 11 if .1 I Nil i i f it IE! i li: v i w . rgi . .v 41 it I I II ill 1 nil it'i ::re not making a3 much -:y, according to GcoJ 1D, 00 "( mi!eA of road last vjHi'r.u 1 Sit? va nearly " 'i ''-' f p1'-'' gjfHS is said to ii nleiidor and marvelous ti ,'h'T of work in the in- .,ild. There is about it such of movement, such play . i." h i'.'A.T 'a inspired in t "r 'it"-!: ei.tnusiasrn and cx- r- i I v.-'.tli ilid.it. ;T'S i-.-f.L ..-.i and : :.' V: tin; l.ii'.c'u at -v., O.ijOD. '.et, cj .-. ne J by the ;-;t ii the greeu ad -r : , is valued Ht !oW alone heiiifr i ,tra s'-'l J uring the illnes3 jf i Wo-je JV. i'.r.'i the incident confu t, , many j.icc ' of the set were stolen H-.'i o!d to .outsiders. These, as they have i"r in timo to timt; been traced, hare ht'i-n hoayht by n j:oniinent dealer, who i.o. v o; cr- them to the Oueen. Her ho'.v."-. cr, prefers keeping her ! ,....,B au; C4U1- .fl.t in i.fiii.a to tu5 t.'roWw and remsei ler the i;'!C-.iou. HJ 1. TJ - t "A: ii.;... own c'.pcit iris caused con- i lijlr'a'aiui ii Ncvv York by the pro- I i'i J.icii'-n "' a clival 'a;!oy so much like go d 'drit it car.nrjt ba d'.stinruidied from the :-n'.ine arri.l. J-t reral jewelers 1 e!l li'ji'S liiV:' sever' b-.-n d ?t ted.s. dved after If the dis m.i'.:iii ! h'; coverer of tli is new n dhod of making T,-.. 'i W'(M'i:3 t, ,s sc ior all it i? -worth" e derives the Atla'i- C.ntUt- the eit'e't wi'.l le far -re aching. Teoplo will no longer buy tol d gold jewlery, and povern'iiCiUs vtiII no longer issue gold coin. '1 '.? discovery of new gold fields wiii excite no irtcrcst. Why dig for -oM vr.cri au exjx;-: chemist can make Ui" . Its is rather u s'lijular circumstance, cb"-crves the MnV I J.rns, that hang log, which hfr :.-:i been abolished in the state of 1crv York', a a means of can ii;; cut the per.al ty of the law, ilmu'd i 'j coiivci tc by u New York j.byi ir.'i into 'a mean; of preserving hu inan life, aid pre.Sf. Tvin;.; it in rsefulneis. The eiiiiwj hitherto beeu tho bin ; ill 's 'iM'tium-nt for destroying life. It i-i U'jvv' to be a lie:i'in; find saving in t,nmtut in the hands of tho physiciaus uiid v.i j.eoiio. If .his new thing works ti,- -idlows tree will become a bles9 iiMj t.. li' iiiiiuity, tuo hangman will be- i oiii" a hut; it?1 I lien! kuriau, and "Go and be wilt 1 dropped from the list of lua'- vl ... toi si p :-s. i c .;jn.-Me irnmir.c:' to a reporter f..r tli New York T, '' .; "The con t..., t 1 1 ,.? i : u ; i ; lull u 1 j ' t I u 1 1 UI . i V 1 1 1 l. . i 111 1 2X 1 I C ii KJ U. j'ir:iily duiiug t'le 1 '.sf year. The hotise 1 i i b !,.-, recent ,!' il to have a large treio in ;dl t'n- popular brands of fi-iretfe-:. It .stil' sflU large ijuantitie-i u til. L 1!. II' li 111'. than sixty per " nt of .is uw.y packages as u year ago. A gteut many p.-f.-:.:K who uiod to smoke f tot t'--v liftve ijuit doing so and are u.'iv --moking cigars. Tho restdt is that v. Iri-ie tho cigarette trade has decreased ttiLfi .rar trade lias increased. I don't knjw iiow to a. c unit for this state of f i', niile-s it -. due to the onslaught mad? during t ho la --t two years by the ue?s ntnl pa'. i it upon habit." tho cigarette 1 1. a' jiro.ic:i o. ; t ;.. . 1 1 .ile-. I lie co u:. chits e iv.vi.'.o;' . : a nev censu always ting a nt udd.ng uia oiuj oenius has just Oi.-.de a ino-t club.::. it j anairiu this line, which is - -i.-' i shod at length in thd Wd-hHit::'.:' . .;,. t t'. Jt is specially de lignc I to ;.u:rt-,te the tallying of tabu Iftte l stitiitie?. The method ii thui described This method consist essen tially in f;r?t recording the date relating to each persoa by punching hole3 in the heets or strips of electrically non-con-Jucting material (paper!, and thr.a count lug or tailiug these data, ei'.her sepa rately or in combination, by mean9 of fuechuiiicil couutei'3 operate i ty electro UuHfuets, the circuits through which ard :ontroled by the perforated cards or 'trips. The method is already success fully in u?e at the Surgeon-Geaeral's of Sce for the handling of medical returns from the army posts. n i ji 1 vstm The Taris correspondent of the Phila delphia Pv.s'.- of receat date says: Fre-ichtneu ar now killing themselveJ DetKeen nine and ninety in a constantly .ncreasing progression. The figures are .mmcuseiy higher, as a rule, in the North :hau in the South uud in towns thin In '.he country. Tha returns published by ;he Miuistf i of Ju-tice show that since Ls-20 inclusive, the yearly average of sui :ides throughout i'ranco has rsen from ite to ten for evry 1 .'0, 000 inhabitants. The figures have there 'ere doubled in ihirty year?, li "i76 t ire were 5S0i :ase9 of self-murder: .1 we find J033 and in 1 SS; no fi ker than 71ST. The total number during 167, the la?t recorded year, was M7'- of which 21tJs ira attributed to mental atiiictions of iitTereat kind, to physical suffer- mg, 1'To to domestic trotio'.es, S00 to irunken-iess. iS'2 to poverty, 805 , to petunia. y .i.::iculties, 502 to the desire :o avoid im;.r;9onment, 100 to the loss of fmploynu-it, s i to the fear of exposure, i'i to the l.ss of relatives and 25 to th dread of miiitary service. Among the ather cases specified in the returns 227 luicides are put down to jealousy and r.ii! !... WASHINGTON TOPICS. News NoW ami GosHiu From the National Capital. ter I The dinner inven bv the Chinese Mini; was in the nut ure of n ompliinent to the new Administration. The C'ldnesu Minister gave Ills una t ; Se: let'irv Bl.iin-'. and escorted him to)ii fat at tii.-: cil.l.v which was direct ly oppovite thai -f !h.' Minister, each sitting at thf centre of one of the lorn:, s.'d of the table. The Ciiiii.-;.! Mini.-Ur sal be tween Justices MilLr and Blntchford, ond .Secretary Dlaiue $a?. bctwtia Jn.-.tiee, Bradley and Harlan. Th- dinner . us ihorou&iijy ().!. nlal, vi inueh so that th: l.vro Moti&mincctuns pits-.-ur. r prentl",5 Turkey aud Pel sin, did lud .iuiti..v to t.:e wire course. :uid t:.o Tin l.r h M, rosier !--I'Mited so wi-hly from hi:, rational usae as to app .-ar Without hu fez. mo i ersipn .uini-ter en: d hLms;!f iiu- lnensely, and afforded much entertainment to the vest ol tne company. jlot of tho scintilJntions of the evening came- from him. Oliscrving that two fnicns neglected their snine in order to cavry on their conversation. and tliat a servant was waitiuc to take tho plates away, lie said facetiously: "You not eat tin: bird, the bird fly away." Ifc insisted on talking English, although he knows r Tench pcrfietlv, aixl hi neighbors underst'Xid French. 1I5 -aid m eTpinining . j (Ulf Ara.li(,an I have beaulil i.l uirl. vviv beautiful p,irl; she teach mo English lon' time. I spea!: l'.ngUsh very j;ood." In addition to this he explained that he understood lu'iili litcause he had been in England. Ho was asked how long ho was there, and said eight -hours. ''Plenty, too much,'' he added. At tho close of tho dinner he said to an American guest, who had been laughing and talking all the way through thedinncr: '"You not American. American have long face, sit upstraight, say nothing like thorn," pointing to a f.i'oup of Senators and Cabinet officers, who bad eaten their way steadily through their menu without locking to tho right or to the loft or exchanging a word with anybody, in soiTjo caw bocau.-.- their neighbors spoko i no iLiignsh. j After dinner m the smoking room the Min I liters from Chine, Jpan nud Corea, who I cannot understand each other's spoken lan i Ruagc can-ied on a three-cornered conversa tion v itn petus and paper, tor then-written language is identical. " Presidential Post masters. The President late in tho afternoon ap pointed thirty-six Presidential jxst masters. Thirty were to fill vacancies couserl by deaths, resignations r.r terms expiring, and six were to fill vacancies caused by re movals. Among the appointees are the fol lowing: In Illinois Chicago, James A. Sexton; Mantoon, Thomas A. "Weaver; Peoria, Alexander Stone; Danville, TV. A. 11. Jewell. Missouri Clinton, J. P. Schr.cr. Kansas Marion, Fred Lewis; Haxler iiings, William March; Argen tine, L. U. P.liss; Lawrence. E. V. l.!..oibiek. Iowa Yw-tt f.iberty, Jiiiatlian Ifaxon: Shen andoah, T. N. Pace. IVnnsylvania Punxr. tawncy. William C. Torrcnce Orxolo Mills, David' ITarniltou; Dunnn re. Miss Bridget Moon ej". Hunks' Ilfts.-ivc Acritw. The Comptroller of the Currency has ap- pn'veu the selection ol tuo rmteti btates National liaiik of New York as reservo agent for the Third National of Syrneuse: also tiie select ion of 1 he Third Nat imial of New York fur the First National of South Amboy, N. J , find for the First National of llarrisbiu-g, 111. ; the Ninth National of New York for tho First National of Canton, Teim. : the Hanover of New Vork for the Central National of Phdadlphia: the National Bank of New York for the First National of Sheffield, Ala ; the First National of Fargo, Dakota, i and tho Firt National fit Iampasas, Texas, also the Chaee National Bank as. reserve agent for the Third National of Detroit and the First National of Minor, I Dakota; the Hanover National of Moscow, I Idaho, and the National Bank of tho Hepub- lie for the People's National of Paola. Kan- as. I j A Decision by Windoni. j In response to a letter received from j. O. j Hague, New York, Sec-rotary Windoni has decided that machinery 1-elongmg to foreign manufacturers, who desired to transport their entire plant to the United Stales, could not be allowed to enter tree or hits', and thai n-.n 4rnT-.cYv-.1-tnri.-m nf imrlimiMi in cnm.i i over with the plant would be a violation of the Contract Labor law. j Emancipation Daj'. I The colored people celebrated their emancl- pat ion iu Washington with a large parade, ' iiTililnvv rivii nTi.l tvndes Tha trf-sldint. Secretaries Windoin, Noble, Proctor and Rusk, Postmaster-General Wanamaier and Attoi nej'-Ceneral Miller reviewed the parade from the portico of the White House. Publis meet ings were held and adiressad by Rev. W. D. Derrick, of New York, and Hon. Frederick Douglass. PROMINENT PEOPLE I The wealthiest vioim man in the South Is I s New Orleans sutai planter named Marie. ; He has an income or S4u,000 a year. Senator Qi a y is troubled with his old ' complaint, insomnia, and has gone to his I home at Beaver. Penr . to iveui-erate. Senator Ya.voe is improving rapidly at his home, in Buncombe County N. C., and i his remaining eye is stronger than it has been for years. The widow of the lte- President Barrios, of Guatemala, is ouo of the handsomest Toun? widows in New York. Ska is worth ! $7,000,000. I JoHX McKeon. the Pennsylvania oil king, Is said to have an income- of nearly $25,000 a ! month. Neverthoi.-ss lie is at work by 8 ' o'clock every morning. MRS. StoxewaLI. Jacksox is described as a "modest, blnek-eved and dark-haired little i woman, rather ineUnt-d to portliness, and de i cidedly averse to notoriety.'' ! The Dukedom of Buckin-ham has become ' extinct with the death of the late Duke. The ancient Earldom M' Temple, however, goes to his nephew, Mr. Core Lanrten. ' Robert ; vnr.ETT. th? Baltimore million : aire is great i v inir-vov.-'. Ho will probably ! go to Scotland in J ;mc to hunt on the estate ; of Winans, whose sues: he will bo. j "Jack" LogaX, th. son of General John A Logan, has an utter abhorrence- of politics i arid political life. He is managing a stone ' quarry and cokl mines at Y'ounestown, Ohio, i for his father-in-law. Mr Andrews. ! It is a curious fact that no pap-r has ever I been able to publish a portrait of Boston's j foremost preacher. Phillips Brooks. No I photograph of him is obtainable for publica tion, and won't be if Dr. Brooks can help it. Joaqctn Millep. is now a prominent citw zenof Oakland, Cab R:-?2ntly he gave that city fifteen acres of land for a public park i Th9 appreciative r.utncrities propose ioie i ward the poet for his generosity by building j a pesthouse next door to his property. ; Edisox has in his workshop at Orange. .' J , a mass of fioweriuz shrubs and spreading palms, which show that while tne inventor's mind "mav b? practical a-i 1 mathematicah it also has its sentimental side. There are few "men who erow flowers m their workshops. Damage to the Cropi Intelligence from countits surround ing Norfedk, Va., confirm the report of great injury done to the pea, bean and potito crop by the recent storms and continual heavy rainfalls. K0RTI1 AND WEST. NEW BY ITEMS BY TELEGRaPE Being A Condensation of thj Prmcinal Hat) penmgs in Diffbrent States Tin; National Academy of Science held a meeting at Washington and the following officers were elected : President. O. C. Marsh, of Isevv Haven, Conn., re-elected President for a term of six years, and Professor F. P. Langiey, of ths .Smithsonian Institution, V iee-President for a similar term. Sur-KKiy.vTE.'D.rr BiLu, of the Foreign Mails Oilico, has received a oonixnuni cation from the postal authorities of Germtiry re-conm-ie-ndia the establishment of "sea post olllc ;V for the diributloaof 'Jern;anAmeri can inuils on shipboard 'Han Clold. tii-i bi. Sioux Indian Chief, called on the President accompanied by Agent joraan, or tne r.osebua Agency. Ff.OjI one hundred to one hundred and fifty fourth-class postmasters are now being ap point?! daily. Attorxey-Gbxeral Miller presented to the Supreme Court the resolutions of the Bar! on the death of Justice Matthews and roade fin flnnrnr.riafo itji . -. r . . .-K i K ev,if r . : I Fuller replied, and the res-jlations were spread upon me records. t Resident HarrisuS, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison and her 2aie3t Mia MurrhvJ of Minneapolis, and Secretaries Blaine and Wlndom, w ent down the Potomac for a day' rido on the lighthouse tender Holly. The little vessel steamed for a distance of about forty miles, and then returned to the wharf, which was reached about six o'clock.., Before leaving the President received the Chicago and All America baseball club3 in the East Room. The President has appointed William P. Sepburn. of Iowa, Solicitor of the Treasury, and William H. Whiteman, of Mexico, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico. Upon the authority of Russell Harrison, the President's son, it is stated that the White House inmates suffer from a plague of red anta. The annual seiou of the National Acad emy of Sciences was begun in Washington. The United State3 Pension Agent Bar ger, of Columbus, Ohio, has just made th payment of the largest voucher ever paid to- additional normnanons ty tne rresiaent; Marvelle W. Cooper, of New York, to t Appraiser of Merchandise in the. District of New York; MarshalJ. Corbett, of New York, to bo Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise In' the District of New York; Timothy Guyi Phelps to bo Collector of Customs for the District of San Francisco; F. Sncwden Hill,- a private soldier. Philip Flood, of Elyria, is the benenciarv. He is to be paid at the rate! of $8 per month from Nov. 14, 1S62; $25 per month from July 4, 1864; $31.25 from June; 4, 1S72; S50 per month from June 4. 1874 ;i 172 per montn from June 17, 1878, making aj total or i4,yo'j. Tom this tune on ne win; bo paid 73 per month. of Maryland, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Maryland, and John H. Cozzeus, of Rhode island, to be Col lector of Customs for the District of Newport, R. I. Tee Mexican Government has accepted the invitation and will be duly represented at the International Marino Conference to be held at Waskinzton.itJctober lo, 19. Foreign. Jokx Albert Briout, the candidate of the Liberal Unionists, was elected to succeed his father, the late John Bright, as represen-. tative of Birmingham in Parliament. Mr. Bright received 5010 votes, against 25(30 votes for William C. Beale, the Gladstonian candi-', date. ' -v'-;--:;. -:- -j Gabriel Dlt.iont, the late loader in the Rk-1 rebellion in the Northwest Territory, has arrived again on the scene of tho 185 battles, tmd is addressing meetings of half -breeds, urging them to 'press their grievances upon the Canadian Government. At Iiuatan, Jamaica, West Indies, the Rev. Henry Hobson, his wife and her comyianion, a voting girl, all natives of Jamaica were murdered bj Joseph Bures. Mr. Gosche.v, Chancellor of the British Kxchequer, laid Del ore t lie Mouse tne budget lor tne coming nnanciai year, it snows a leiui Thh deficit of 10, 000,000. This Mr. Goschen pro poses to fill up by an increase of the death dut ies and a slight increase in the duty on beer. Co i' xt Herbert Bismarck and Councilor Kranel 'hl be German delegates to the Samoan Conference. Ax election was held hi Rochester, England, to rill the Parliamentary seat rendered va cant by the resignation of Colonel Hugh?s Haliet. The balloting resulted iu favor of Mr. riu?esser., the Gladstonian candidate. Tbe noUce ff Paris have searched the resi dences'of General Boulangor, Count Ddlon and M. Hochefort and have seized a number of papers. At Buenos Avres the National Government has closed the Bolsa because of disobedience to the decree issued a few days ago forbid ding speculation in gold, and great was the excitement among tbe aggrieved broker. Mr. Pajixell has instituted a suit against the London Times for libel, claiming f. W0, 000 damages. Cholera is epidemic In tha Philippine Island. One thousand firfl hundred casea are reported, of which 1000 have proved fatal. Ax explosion occurred Jn a colliery belong ing to the Rothschilds at Tiefblau, Austria. Five men were killed, two dangerously in jured and six missing. The Town Council of E4inburgh, Scotland, has decided, by a vote of eight to five, to con fer the freedom of the city on M. ParneU. A faiune was raging at Blcze, Wuag and Bistritz, Hungary. Hundreds of persona were starving and dying. A ''white book" issued by Germany con tains a savage rebuke by Prince Bismarck of Consul Knappe, the German Consul in Apia, Samoa. Prince- Bismarck concludes the re port bv declaring that Germany has nothing to do with the internal affairs of Samoa. The German mission in Samoa is restricted to protecting German citizens, and enabling tnem to aeveioc ineir commercial interests, i Tbe Roumanian Parliament has voted a credit of $3,000,000 for strengthening ana in creasing the fortifications on the frontier, j The Old Doctors Win. The loDg and bitter contest between the medical school and the medical col lese for the control ot the Charleston. S. O .city hospital was settled by the citv council. The council, by a vote of 12 "to 9, decided to renew the contract with the medical college until March, 1S92. The fight has been a long and bitter one. and has brought out many personalities from the faculty of the culleee. composed of the oldest and most prominent phjsicisns in the city, and the Summer school, a new enterprise started by a half dozen jouDg doctors, who have ambitious views and who had attempted to cust the college faculty. A Shocking Accident, One of the most horrible accide ts that ever occurred in Brooton courrj, W. Va., happecel there Wednes'av. Perry Vi'iere, a well known citizen, was felling a tree, when it broke across a stump, demolishing his hou?e and killing his wife and three children. RAILROAD BUILDING THIS YEAR. Railways UnikrConutruction and Projected in the First Three Months of 1889. 5 : Li tnteii. ill 'it? x ii Mr. r.i : j 'i 4; s.6i : Marvland West Vistula Viryinla North i arolluH South Carolina i'-orv'lii florlda AlaliHmA SIIsi-sspjl ia a: aj 1.5T1 yj2 4.tj, ll.twi l; T. li l.i !.' l l:r. M..I T'Jb 1,?1 e.37i 1.iC: .i"l l.-T l.lrtii 1.27S i.i- : 1.M7 i Avi il.t-c I Tetinesivo Kentucky Arkansas Ttxa4 wholi 0..uatrv f . The3c fgarea bring out very promi nently the commanding position of the South in the outlook for railroad build ing. Out of a total of 660 lines, the South reports 256; out of 53,436 milts projected, 21,28-5 miles, or about 40 per cent, are In the South, while of 14,616 miles actually placed under construction or contract since January 1, 6,371 miles, or nearly 45 per cent, are ic the South. That this section should show but little less that one half of the total mileag for the country under contract since January 1 is a strong proof of the state ment that the South is to be the centre of the greatest railroad activity in tht future. A Colored" Oulor-dd Beusation. The colored population of Augusta. Ga., is stirred up just now over a sensa t'onal oasc, involving the character of one of their most prominent ministers. Last fall, the Rev. J. W. Durgee, of the Union Baptist Church, brought to Augusta, Mrs II E Alien, colored, cf Obtrlin, O., a music teacher, to organize a music class among the colored people of Augusta. Iu his home he received her, and there she remained until about three weeks ago, when the alleged cause for THE PRETEXT SCCCDJI. is said to have occurred. The music teacher is a bright mulatto, probably between the ages of twenty five and thirty years, possessing a pleasant face and a fair figure. La.st week the music teacher left the home of the pastor, and sought refuge in the homes of the dea cons of the church. She has preferred charges before the deacons against Rev. Dungec of an attempted assault upon her, and the matter is now undergoing investigation at their hands. Rev J W Dundee went to Augusta about two years ago, und has proved himself a zealous woiker for his church and con gregation, lit? is ambitious for the ads vancement of hia ra:e, but is said to dis play at time; ie religious matters a spirit of intolerance. It w::s in his church that the Rev. D Fui'o 1. of Brooklyn, whom it wili be r.-men b red was report ed to have preached in Richmond social equality, and to have urged the negro to raise his moral and social standard, that he might visit them at their home, poured his' tirades against Catholicism. The Hev. Dungee also takes AH ACTIVE PART IN POLITICS, having gone to Indianapolis before the inauguration of President Harrison, with the colored delegates from the South, who laid a claim to the whole South as Republican on a fair count, but he after wards took occasion to deny in the col umns of the Ckron'rU that their claim included Georgia and Kentucky. HARRISON'S NEW METHOD. The Businesfof Each Department to be Ccmsidered on Appointed Day?, President Harrison, in order to system atize consideration of public business originating in the different departments and put in operation an impurtant re im, ha3 adopted a plan under which tr is believed the business of the differ ent departments, including appoint ments, will be disoatchp.d more speedily than heretofore. -To accomplish this he has assigned one day of each week to cdnsider business pertaining to each of the six great executive departments, and in the day allowed to one unless the business is of piessing anl urgent im portance he will not consider the busi ness of another. The business of the Agricultural De partment and of the Departmnt of Justice requiring the attention of the President is inconsiderable, and these two departments have no days assigned . The assignment of days for the six prin ciple Executive Departments is as fol lows. Monday, Navy Department ; Tuesday, Postoffice Department; Wednesday, Treasury Department; Thursday, Interior Department; Friday, State Department; Saturday, War De partment. So far, on all hands, the system has worked well, and the President and his idvisers are well pleased with the inno vation. The South and Cuban Steel, The importation of a cargo of Cuban iron ore for Alabama rolling mills may be the small beginning of a business which will finally exercise a wonderful ! n tl 1 1n ti .zi rr 4-l.A int net rtaa r.f t a C-.ntli LU u utux. vru kUE i.. wot. 3 ji tub .,-vui.u, and for that matter of the entire country. As thirgs now stand, the Southern country is practically debarred from making steel ; there are no Bessemer ore deposits within its borders worth speak ing of,' so far as is known. True, for the present at least, a duty of 75 cents per ton on the imported ore would have to be paid, but that disadvantage would be more thaa onset by the cheap ness with which steel could be made at, say. Mobile or elsewhere along tho coist. frrm good, suitable ore. The immense Wanio" coal fields wouldAe at the back of the steel works, within easy reach by rail or river, while the ore could be bt ought by water up to the very sides of tbe furn ices, as at English Bessemer stc I w. rks 2Cone of the ex penses atta-c! el to the bundling of the ore between iniuts find furnaces would compare with the present cost of ship ping from Cuba to Pennsylvania steel makers. SOUTHERN ITH.MS. NEWS TROM EACH STATE. Fanner's! Alliance Active Notc of Acci denta, Etc Clasaified. The Thirteenth annual session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Honor of South Carolina met at Columbia, with over foity lodges represented. A banquet was held Wednesday evening. Gaffney City, S. C, voted $20,000 to Camden, Chester and Oaffney City Rail road. This makes the road a certainty and dirt will be broken at once. A large quantity of rails, sp'ts, fish bar3 and the like have arrived nt Dan ville, a., to be used in laying the track of the Atlantic an.1 Danwlle Rail road. The depot building at Newbcine. N. O., together with its contents was de stroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The loss is heavy. Mr. II. H. nickman, president of the Southern Manufacturers' Association, has written to the South Carolina De partment of Agriculture requesting that an Invitation be extended to the num bers of the State Farmers' Alliance tud Grange to meet with the Manufacturers' Association at Augusta, Ga., on May 1, 1889, and discuss the cotton bagging question. The Bank of Loudon, Tenn., is being organized. Another cotton factory will be built in Charlotte, N. C. A 50,000 cold storage warehouse will be erected at Orlando, Fla. Fire occurred at Davton, Tenn., in volvicg a loss of $2.2,000. R. L. Houston has btten arir,&inted postmaster at Birmingham. Ala. , J The Methodist District Conference1 met at Beaufort, S. C. , Wednesday. A barrel factory wll be started at Cordele, Ga., the site havitg been pur chased . $24,000of the $50,0o0hai been secured for the capital of a national bank to be established at Manning, S. C. The people of Florence. S. C, will celebrate the formation of their n.-w county with a grand banquet. The town of Shelby, N. C , voted to issue $8,000 in bonds to erect a school building. The American Cotton Oil Trust will erect a cetton seed oil mill in Wilming ton, N. C , to cost 2o0,000. The ca pacity will be 200 tons daily. The Rev F. P. Mullally. D. D., from Oconee county, S. ('.. has become pastor of the Presbyterian church at Scotland, Dakota. The Florida straw berry season was at least thue weeks late this year. It now only co.sts 10 cents a- quart transport ing to New Yoik, shipping via all rail in refrigerating c ars. A. W. Edens. a real estate dealer of Boston, Mass., has been selling land sit uated in Ocala, Fla , on forged deeds. He has been arrested. The committees from the Northern and the Southern Presbyteiian churches arc holding secret sessions at Atlanta, Ga. It is thought the union between the churches will be accomplished. A negro at Oakland, Worth county, Ga., accidentally killed himself while cleaning a gun Thursday. James Cunningham A: Co., an old es tablished house of Mobile, Ala., assigned Monday. Judge C E Stuart of Alexandria, Va., is dead. He was Speaker of the House of Delegates for two t'-nrys. T. DeWitt Talmage, Hoc. .Ismer . Blaine, and other distinguished per as North and Soutb, have been invit a to visit Piedmont Chautauqua, in Georgia.' A large number ol dwellings, barns, horses, cattle, and hogs, and one person were devoured by the flames in the great Patrick county, Ya.. forest fires. A meeting jf the Alumni of the Uni versity of Virginia will bo held at Wash ington, April, 20-27. There will be a large attendance from the Middle, East ern and Southern States. Dr J L MCurrv, of Virginia, who was recently the Minister to tSpain, has de cided to make his home in Washington, and will erect e handsome residence there. Jack Tinor, a young white man was murdered Saturday evening at Ellaville, Ga., by another voting whiteman by the name of Henry Weaver. Governor Gordon has offered a reward for Weaver, who escaped. At Warren. Ark., John Williams ha? been found guilty of the murder of Hen ry Lee and sentenced to 21 years in the State prison . Williams was one of the mob of White Caps who killed Lee in the presence of his family. The South Carolina Supreme Court has rendered a decision affirming the constitutionality of the act passed by the recent legislature validating the township subscriptions made to various railroads. About $1.0o0.000 of town ship bonds were involved. Wm C Williams and Harrison Hey wood, both colored, who were under sentence of death for lynching Manae Wildrop, a white man at Central, b. C, who had outraged a young colored girl, causing her death, were granted a full pardon by Governor Richardson. The work of tearing down Libby Prison to remove it from Richmond to Chicago has beeu begun. Every brick, stone, timber and natl.of the present building will, as far as possible, be used in its former place in rebuilding the structure. A bad railroad wreck occurred Thurs- dav evening on the Western ioith Carolina railroad at Third Creek, one mile beTond Cleveland, K. C. The en gine tender and fourteen cars are a com plete wreck in the bottom of the creek. BALI) POBEERS RESPITED. A New Lease of Life for Men Who Wt-re to be Hanged Friday. Rill Walker and John Matthews, the two Bald Knobbc-rs who cere sentenced to be hanged at Oark. Mo., have Wen respit e! by Gov. Francis until May 10. when Dave Walker, the Knoblx:r chief, is sentenced to die. Bill Walker i the 19 year old son of Dave. The rvd news did not seem to rdTeet young Hi!', but it prostrated old John Matthews for a few minutes. Tr.e eon duet of tho Walkers, father and son. in refusing to walk out of jail with the other p'lscr.ets v. hen escape -was casv has made them th'iuands of friends. John Matthews and hi nephew, Wiley Matthews, who was also under death sentence, es.aicd a the time. John wrs recaptured, but Wiley is stiil at large. Haif tLo Lt-f'iv&ture and almost the unanimous sentiment of the Southwest favors the commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. The Widkers. however, a--e:t that thev would rathe ham-, than go to p.hon for life It i ' probab'e tnat the i.r -n e of the pris oners will be commuted to life impri:.r. ment. The four mn were conviclid of the murder of William Green and Charles E ltn in August. 1S7. Thelial-.l Knob lers railed at the Eden h-m-t a 1 and demanded ( barb-; Ede-n, whom they proposed to whip for some offense. Edtn and bis brother-in-law. Green, re sisted, and whn the Knobber forced the d- or of the house Eden tired on them, wounding Dili Walker. Tho inv.uie-rs then poured a volley through throi g:i the do r, killing Eden and Green, a-.d wounding Mrs Eden. The two Ma'thews and Bill Walker were in the paity, but Dive Walker was not at the house. All the prisoners had borne go 1 reputations previous to j -in-inrf the Kuobl-cr-. The j.til was sur rounded by friends of the prisoners, who cheered and encouraged them. An Iron-Clad un WLeek The o;u iron clnd car of the South Carolina R til.vy has just been refitted at the railway s iOps of the company and is now in act vo service again. There has always been an interesting tradition about the unique passenger coach. It is the belief that it was during the war, the rdiing hcadquaitcrs of Geu Thomas. It is certain, however, that it was purchased by the South Carolina raiboad ju-t afte r the war when a sale was bad at Cha' tanooga of the Govern ment railway property. There were eight of these iron clad and several en gines bought by different railroad com panies at the tiuie. The present iron clad was fitted up with a kitchen, liquor buffet, and other ammunition for the campaign in Tennes see. Inside and outside the car was sheathed with iron pluting about a six -teenth of an inch in thickness. At close range this protection was very slight, as a riile ball would easily penetrate both the iron plates In ail probability the cars wc-ic kept at a respectful distance from the soet.e of battle. The build of the car is curious in the respect that it has no lear-'-.t'iry. Pl'oii!0!t!Oii iu Iliiuoiri. Munieipai elections were hold in a large number of towns and villages throughout i'ii Mate ol Illinois. In neatly all of tln-in the sah-..ii qu-stion was a burning ore, and all Boris of queer party divisions were the result. In on- or twij ca os Republic ars and Democrats v. i re i.nitcd sgninst the Pro hibition'sts. nud in or.e cse were dc leatcd. In-scxeial of the towns women stood at the pops and worked for the Prohibit! ,:i candidates. The summary ot the result- iciccd shows tlutt tbe Pioh'blti -ni-".s Wife slc es-fu'i ii- the choice of iinti-'.iceu-e cmdid-iti- in -i.rht- i low tis ::ini .s -.;;ed high liee:.-e in two: that t'.': liCen.-e i ietnciit :ir'iet tbeeliv in s vente n .'nunicipaliticf. that the straig'at Uenubiic in tick' t was vie- torieus in si and the Democratic in tight . Thd Olcmuju Will Case. A reference was he.d in the Chrnfon will case cf South Carolina before Uni ted States commissioner, I E Haygood, of the circuit court, nt Charleston, S C. A mass of documentary evidence was submitted. The only oral evidence sub mitted was that of Pat Calhoun, who testified that there was an agreement and understanding between himself and Gideon Lee. the father of Miss Lee, who is contesting tne c lemson will, that if they should succe d in winning the suit and recovering the Forthill property bequeathed to the State, the place- was to be sold to the witness, Pat Callahan, at a reasonable figure. The reference was then adjourned to Abbeville. The countel on both sides have agreed to argue the case before Chief Ju-tice Ful ler, who is txpicted here in .May. Murdera Has Wife and Child, Isaac Jones, a negro, returr ed to his home in Manatee, r.a., and without Fia., provocation as-aulted his four-v tar-old ' child v.:th a heavy bir used to far.en ', door. Hi wif' tried to sm-.-i trie ' child, and he fatally injured her bv ' blows fr- m the bar. The child's 'kuh j d alrnoit every bone in.i was taken v, T. m--a j Jl. He does not seem to be cr.rc .'i ed about it. in re. ply to inquiries he says that he ha.s fit9, and that the deed wa3 done in one of them. A Great Fir in New York. A fire started in the W. J. Wilcox & Co. 's l.rdandel! fa'.torv on the North river. New York City, between Fifth and Sixth streets about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. It soon destroyed the build ing and spread to the Vanderbilt grain elevator aJjoining. The dock at the foot r.t Viftrr ifrf linripd nn ' At 7 d. m. the fire had' also destroyed the Ncw YoTk Central Elevator A. and Elevator B was burning. One workman had been killed, one was missing, sever! had been injured, ad a fireman had his leg broken. The loss will exceed $1, 500,000. FARMSAND FARMERS FIRST WORKING OF CORN. A She Talk With Men Who Quid tin Plow by Dr. W. L. Jones. When ghoul 1 it le given i On a cot ton farm the mo-d convenient season is when cotton planting is finished, and whilst waiting lor the later to come up. When cotton is planted late (middle of Mn)ihis rule would make tho first working of corn quite late also; but Mr. David Dickson, who was most observant and successful, held that it was Urn aud labor thrown away to work corn very early. Early in May glass makes its appearance, and just as it comes or when still quite young Is the best time to kill it. These remarks apply to corn planted In March, the time whtn most of the crop is planted in the cotton re gion. How should it be worked f Most farmers would say side it close and deep. Whr In nit r rvta thut la nnt nrn ha . id v their idea: but to break the hnl well. Sometimes it is not well broken at. first, and needs the breaking; fre quently hat d, compacting rains fall af ter the corn is planted, which run the soil together and make it hard again. In such "ase it needs breaking also. Old bmd kept mostly under clean cultiva tion is very apt to be in such condition, and on such it is well to break it over again. But is a slow process, and con sumes precious time when it cannot well be spared. The lesson s, not to plant such land in corn, it )a-ely pajs, for thesi are exuctly those that suffer most from drought. Plaat only such land as is in good heart, that has a good supply of humus, and which after being well prepared, will remain pre pated. But if you have planted taad that has run together, why break it again i Run close nd plow deep; put a fender on plow, so you can run close and -not lose time by having to stop ana un cover the corn cery few steps. It Is slow work at beat to bleak with a scooter, and every hindrance should be removed out of the way. At the North where soils abound in " humus (from extended grass and grain culture) it is a common thing to Work, corn until it is six or eight inches high with th.' harrow. The same practice U gaining some foothold in the Smth. When the land is in good order, does not need breaking, harrowing is both a great labor and time saving operation. A harrow will go over six or eight times a? many acres i,n a day as a plow will. A smoothing harrow, one with teeth Bet sloping backwards, is the kind used. It is run in the same direction as the rows, not across them. It the corn has been planted in a water furrow, tbe harrow will throw enough dirt in it to cover up young grass, and will disturb the young com very little. After it gets larger, the harrow will mash It down more or loss, will make it look badly, but the corn Will , soon right itself and grow right long. The harrow aud the cul tivator are 'he implements with which the large- corn crops of the Noithwest arc raised. HE STOPPED THE NONSENSE. Farmer Wright Shoota Several Members of a Oharivari Party. Frank Wright, a farmer living ten miles north of Butler. Mo., fired into a charivari party Tuesday night with a shot gun, killing one young man and wounding two others, one of whom will die. Mr. Wright1 daughter married a young man named Burnett on last j Wednesday. On Thursday the boys gave them a i cb-irivari and on Fridcv night Hgain dti t'ii bed Mr. ar d Mrs.' Burnett in the same manner. it came to wrgnis ears that the same thing ,ras to be repeated on Wednesday night. So Wright, armed with a shot fun, and accompanied bf i three son3, went to the house of his ioa- in law. He told Mr. Burnett and hll wife to go to bed, and when disturbed to order the intruders off' the premises. He and his sons then went out of tho house. About 10 oVock the charivari party arrived. Wright, after ordering them off the premises, began shooting. Jesse V. christoler, a highly respected young man, 23 years of age, was shot in the body and died in a short time. Ed Rus sell, 18 years of rge, was mortally w-u-inded in tho neck, arm, and side, and Otis Peebles was shot in the side. Wright is now under arrest. A Savannah Hotel Keeper Swindled. ' B. Dub, the proprietor of the Screven Hou-e at Savannah, Ga , endorsed a draft for 300 dnwn in favor of Julius StefTens by Junus Lyuoh on the Grcd Hapids. (Mich.,) National Bank. The Grand Hapi Js bank writes that the draft i a forgerv. Steffens arrived there a 1 f? Ld reprint, d himself as i r . & . I i rr t t correspondent tor tne xewriors: asruiu. He baa not been seen since obtaining the Cish oa the draft In a truLk which Le left behind was found a card on which was printed Louis Lordck, M. D., Btllevue Hospital. New York."' Clothing in the trunk also bears the name "Lonick." Stiffens I years old, well dressed, a smooth talker is short and fleshy we.ghing about 175 pounds, and has curly auburn hair, which needs the attention of ton - sorial shears. The Southern Stove Uen. The Southern stove manufacturers held a meeting in Chattanooga. A full rep resentation of the Southern stove foun ders wa? present, and the result of the meeting was the foimation of a perma nent organization, subject to the National Stove Makers' Association. The utmost good feeling prevailed. Prices were raised on the line of cheap . cooking stoves. On all other lines price? remain about tbe same. J- W. Buttoroh, of Buttoroff Manufacturing Companv. Nashville, was elected president, and George Pflngst, of Louisville, secretary. The session was continued two days and s complete organization effected. ' I 1 1 .V r
The Harnett Courier (Dunn, N.C.)
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May 1, 1889, edition 1
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