North Carolina Newspapers

North State Tm lnKlinK1. The superintendent of public iii'tntc lion is sending out the n.-w public school law, which is certainly a great improvement on t lie verv defective cne of 1S!.". It is Bishop Cheshire's plan to raise glOil.'mO in the three dioceses in North Carolina for the endowment of St. Mary's school ut Jialcigli. Judge Walter Clark is 'viitinj; a his orv of North Carolina, to he used in the M-hools. It will lie puli'ishcd by Hie I'niviTMty l'ulI lli in' Company. The toiwvr. fa-.-toi v .f II. K. I'.ohin m.ii V Son nt Moeksil!e. near Winston, Jias heen destroyed bv lire. 'I he loss was very heavy with little insurance. There was placed in ihe State M:t seum the largest and finest crystal of mica ever found. It weighs Pi t pounds, and is worth .?'. It is from the l.'w.v e:i mine, in Macon county, uhi(hwas owned bv Houen Bros., n-w dead, and exhil-ited bv ther mother, Mrs. M. L. liowen, of "Chicago, and .1 nnaluskto Lodge of Masons, of 1'ianMin. Mrs. I,n la J'.. Clayton, of l.aurin t)i.r', has qualified as fidministratrix of her husband's estate. Mr. W. K. Clay ton was the ill fated engineer, who was lulled in the fearful wreck that oc curred on theS. A. Ij. road last Thanks giving lny. Mrs. Clayton has entered suit agaiii'-t the coin puny for jJoO.ooo damages, and her case will he conduct ed by Attorneys M. I,. John, of Laur inhiiYg, and Frank McNeill, of Wil mington. The cnsc will be tried be t'ore the Superior Court of New Han over county. In the Superior Court nt iSuleigh, Thursday, John 'iroves, white, wrs convicted of murder in the second ilt-gr- and sentenced to '.n years in tho penitentiary. The crime of which he ui'.s convicted uas Ihe killing of Henry Wall, colored, on the '.'(.'tli of January, at I'orestville, in this coiinty. Notice of apif'nl was eiven. In the SuperiorCoui t of Sun y county 'lln.isilay llohe.-t Mosi-ly was sentenced to liiteeii years' imprisonment for luan s.'nutrhter. The crime of which he was ivM'tcd uiti tin; killing of W. M. 1 1 1, r iiliont a vrur a;'n. Mosely is I!0 vear i ' I anil lias tl wife and MX chil dren. 'I he election for uhlermeii at Wil mington under the amended charter, resulted in the election of three leiuo crats and two Republicans. Under the amended charter, (iovernor RuNsell ap point live aldermen, four of u horn nro Kepiililicnns. Kraut i fill ski 1 ,.!..' l-ra ' tin- ' lilf TiulMtf vt an mtrauilvo p- Ki'iigh. dry. .-n!v natche. llttl Ml. ry rii.tlcn, rrfl nn l uitHlrhtly ringworm iIi. h.. uoiiM ttix.il the t'l'auly of n vf-rltalile 'hum Thy r i-omilrti-ly tm.l qul.-kly .-iired i 1 'tti-rlii- .' -jnT 11 li.x at iliti ur i or 'i " it: s'Hiui'S fn:n .'. T. t;i'ri!i. PMfiwM Cannot be Cared Ty local application!!, aa they cannot reach (lit liiscaxuri l urtimi of the ear. There is (inly oi. way future itunfufs", ami thai Is Ly ooiittifu tmiiiil re-.nrUin. Deafnesa is rauat-u by an in. iI.itii' iI condition ol tiie muc iiin lining oi the Jvi-tacliian Tulie. When this tube Kela in il iim il you have a rumbling suuud or niil?r-i-vl lit-Bring, and warn it is entirely closed 1'ea'nesa ta tho re-ult, and unless the inQnm nmiiiii cn be tak-n out and thH tube re i lured tot a normal condition, horln r will be l'vtri)v-d forav.T. Nine rasea out often are raused by cntari h. whicti la notlnnf; but an in 11 lined condition of the inncoui surface, WivillKtveinn Hniulrrd Do lrg for any ca' o of I letfneea (caused by catarrh) that can Md h cured by Hall's CatarTU Cure, hend for crculars, free, F. J. CHFNir A Co., To'.edo, 0, sbl by nriiBifi-t.-', 7"c. Hall's Family Pills aro tlie best. I'iw.mifth btimulute liver, klilne i'm N. Never sicken, wcakrn or ip s and li)c. To t be Sunt hern liapti-t Con cut ion, t Vilmiiii;t.iii. X. (.'., May .".Mi to Htb. K.C. . n '! it .ir i.tueort'ert t he b!(t service, i;i : ii.ut,- .nnl ii Lair rate. In uddiMoa lot !. I ' u 1 1 !a i" -iiv -i !i double daily service, i'. ' i.i .im.-,.iI .i run three "HaotM Special Train lnnn Virginia. Noriii t'nii.liiii s ciil it ( uroliiia and ' i:ia, makinn i n: r.e- l:al.. i iniiif. Hons with trniut frmii all i..int North. Snub, Kast and West, r or iiecial I i uin l iiiuHcr. maps, t hue tables, rates 1 1. I.i t-., -let 'pers and all infnriio.l ion, address r . a'l .n P. A. Newland. i.-u'l Ail.. Pass'r li.-pl . 0 Kimball llou-e, AHantu. lia . oi T. .1 Ami. r-i'ii, (ieii'i Pa-s'i- Act. Portsmout li. 'a 'li.e Poiird of Arbitration settUJ Dukith's laundry sirili". No.l.ltae for Fifty Cents. i iv. r l''.il cured. Why not li t Xo-To-Hhp r. folate or remove your lesire tor tohaeco? Sims uioiiey, makes health and mauliooil. i 'lire tuarahiced. all celils ami M.lil, Ht Hll !ni;ists. Sv.imy(N. Y.)llk yroavers st ru.ik ratbtr l i.aa itva up their tiuton. KITS -tupped free ami permanently cured. No I is alter hr-t i!n's .t.-e ol lit. K I.IN k'k lilll AT N ntVKlUsi.iiii u. Kreef'triiil bot t ennd treat-I-e. send to lr. Khue, ;.!l Arch St., Pnilu., Pa. Mrs. Win-loiv'sSuiiihiiiii Syrup for children n -t lii hit. Boliens the 1:11111s. reduces inHamina t'on, allays pain, cures mini colic. L'V.a luiltie. Whin bilious or coMive, eat a Ca'caret, (an.ly catliartie; c:i,-. una run teed; 10, ".rM'. I belieie Piso'sCure f"r Consumption saved ui bi.'s life l ast summer. Mrs. A 1.1. IK Dot'O n. I.eltoy, Miih., Ovt. M, 11. a. 'tli. led with sore K i- at er. Mrm-i use Dr. I. Thomr-i-U !! Sac a bottle arel. the finest st.X inis' liancf. One bottle lir. Kenner's -i.ecliic 1 lite-, ucular. Kr.iloiih., Y. Almost Blind U 11. :iit!e uh '. . u 10 . rofula trouble. ' e was treated Li p isj, iaiis and sent to a '.snii-il niiluuf u-h grille!. We resorted to !! '. .I'- Si,r npai ilia, and in n week we conld .".11 l.-.ti e. We e.M.iii.r. -,1 a x In- her f is 1.1 .1 . ;.!C. and to d., her eyes aie perlecMy v- ' 1 here is i.,.t a 1 1-. m.-i, ,.r, hrr -km. and. ''"' pn tnre .: be..'::, " p.. i '. ai.i.ss. -'! We-t 1;.-: Sireet.N. .i V.,: k. X. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla ! -' I b a 1 ilrns'jisis. Pi ., ,. 51. -i f r Hood's Pills Jiv::;&r x. r. i t 11 :. "Blight"" rosts cotton planters more tli. in fiYt million dollars an i.ually. 1 his is an enormous atr, ami tan bv provontoil. rractica! e xperiments at Ala bama J .xerimeiU Station show conclusively that the use of "Kainit" will jnt'-nt that tlreadcd plant --'.' ' ' ' l.un:- ci '.". t T.itrJ -:att 11 U..ol tree to .11 ; I ,t:i.-r ;.: Am J. u rl rii!f! 0KR.V.AV K Al l WORKS, 03 X.I--..U s't.. New Yoik, WALUjUAilNG. v HViW STVNV SONS COMPfiMT Bi d MM ', - - ;KKtilA, Haaafacturtrs of Sewer ard Railroad Culvert Pipe. Kire lU -. k. Milled clay Klue I'i-ae. fhimnev 'f..;.-. rrt;-. l.tc. Weil T'lbitu; with Perf. 11! I'.iti-.;n-. Wi.l I. i-: Korever. 'ri'--iiil;i-f siolleitoit a YiLLNOThbB off; BILL ARFS WEEKLY LETTER. SOME REMARKS CONCERNING THE FIGHT AT CARSON'. WINKS APPROVAL ON THE SLY. Iloilrc Contests Are All Ilight If th I'rlnclpaU are Ilecent People, Says William. Ih it original sin or total depravity or natural born instinct that makes man and 1-cast take such an interest in a fi;ht? JJulIs a'jd dop;s and chicken cocks diilent fall uhen Adam fell, but they fitfht. St. John says there was war in heaven; so it pectus that this fihtinp; business has been going on a long time. Cain kille 1 Abel about 6,000 years a'oaiid man and beast have been lighting ever since. The men who don't fight love to look on or read about it, and even woman, loving mid kind hearted us she is, always takes sides and urges on her heroes to victory or deatli. If woman had not been behind us the late war would have ended in a year. The preachers preach peace and love and hold up the Savior's teachings before us. "Love your enemies, and if u man smites thee on one cheek, turn the other to him also." lint who would do that. I have known a preacher to fight and boast of his vic tory. I recall another who took off hin coat in church and dared a brother layman to go outside with him and repeat the offensive language. They were good men, but just human. So I reckon this light ing instinct is part of our human na ture, and if there was war in heaven, then the instinct did not come from Adam's full, but we would have had it anyhow. "Peace on enrth and good good will to man'' is yet afar off in the corridors of time. A few martyrs like Stephen have lived and died say ing, "Lord, lay not this sin to their churge," but the great majority of Christians and all tho sinners either hate their enemies or fail to love them. The instinct of our human nature isre seutment and it is so near akin to flelf preservution that it seems justifiable. A man has as much right to resent a personal injury as a nation has to light another nation. There is no difference in the Christian morality, for a nation is made up of indi viduals. f 10,000 may light in de fense of their country, then one may light in defense of his home or his property, or even his good name. But both are wrong according to the Sa vior's teachings, and if only those be saved who live up to those teachings, then we are all lost. But when one of the disciples got alarmed and said: "Who then can be saved?" His reply was: "With men it is not possible, but with God all things are possible." And on the other occasion, when a disciple trem bled under his teachings and inquired: "Lord, are there few that be saved?" heavoided.a direct answer and said: "Strive to enter in at the straight gate, for many shall seek to enter, but shall not be able." So our comfort is that if we strive to do right we will get to heaven. Strive is the word, and it means to struggle, to exert ourself dilligently. Let us all d that if we can, and I reckon we can, or we would not have been told to. J was ruminating about the light, and my mind ran along into this chan nel of thought. Why did I feel an interest in it? Why did I have a lin gering desire that Fitz should lick Corbet t? Well, I took a disgust at (:rbett when f read that he had for saken his wife and taken another with out just cause or provocation. I re membered how the papers said she stood by him and encouraged him at Jacksonville and other places and be haved herself in a womanly way. and so I wanted him punished. But I was told today that I'itzsiinmous had done the same thing, and so now I don't care which whipped. Xow let some other fellow turn up and whip Fit;', and I will be satisfied. Coibett's fiivt wife has been avenged and his second came to grief. I don't take much stock in denouncing prize lighting as the worst thing in the world. The worst thing about it is the company it keeps the betting and gambling and drinking that environs it. If two men want to make a trial of strength by pummeling each other, there is no more harm in it than in a football game, aud the sur roundings are not much worse. These pugilists never kill one an other, and the tight itself is not half as bad as these street duels and hip pocket pistols that are reported every day in the newspapers. I have seen a police man draw more blood when trying to arrest a disturber of the peace. It is nut so bad as a bull fight in Mexico, and yet every American who goes there attends one, if not two or more. I think should have liked to have seen tho light if I could have done so on the sly, and I know many good men and some women who would have gone one eye on it if they had had a chance and the crowd had been a decent one. Fveryhody has an instinctive desire to see a fight even a dog light. I re member what satisfaction we school boys used to have in catching the big black ants iu an old dead tree and making them light in mortal combat. And what fun it was to catch a big he coon by night and see him light the dogs, and how we used to get two old rams together, and once we sa v two bulls lock horns, and it was fearful and thrilling. Fighting roosters were common in our day. Some of the big boys at the institute where I went to school used to buy roosters in the neighborhood and keep them hid out until Saturday eveniug, aud then go away off on the woods and have a light or maybe sev eral lights. But if we can't see the light we all love to rea I about them. The charm of mythology in the heroes and hero ines we rca I about Hector aud Ach illas have not yet lost their renown. It was Bob Boy's heroism and Ivan hoe's that made those novels of Wal ter Scott the favorites. Just so with the Scottish Chiefs and Thaddeus of Warsaw, and Charley O'Malley. And even in our day both Christians and sinners, Jew and Gentile, have been fascinated with Lew Wallace's Ben Hur, and the charm of the book is the chariot race, which was a great fitrht a struggle between the heroic chistiu ions. The truth is that no nov elist -either ancient or modern has dared to write a romance without a great right in it somewhere. From Milton in his Paradise Lost down to Kennedy's Horseshoe Robinson, fight ing is the essence and the charm of the story, and it is a compliment to our human nature that we always side w ith the right side aud honor the hero and adore the heroine. Mor? men like to see a light thau ure willing to admit it. I never saw a preacher shut his eyes when the dogs hitched or try part two roosters in his back yard. All men are not as honest as Henry Grady, w ho told a mutual fried that if he had the money and it was a respectable thing to do, he would give a thousand dollars to eee the mill between Sullivan and Eilrain. It is said that he would have slipped off and gone anyhow, had he not been already billed for Boston to make his last great speech. He loved all manly sports, but abhorred cruelty and dissipa tion. I never shall forget the grand and awful scene that I witnessed from the top of the Price house during the battles before Richmond. Our bri gade was stationed on the south side of the Chickahominy with orders to await orders, and while waiting Gen eral Tige Anderson and some of his staff climbed np to the little balcony and saw the desperate fight that was raging on the other side of the river. We saw our regiments, with banners waving, advance and fire and advance and fire again, and climb the sloping hill while their ranks were thinned from shot and shell, and hun dreds of men fell dead or wounded and were tramped over by other regiments as on they charged to take the battery on top of the hill. Once a regiment wavered and was falling back, for the color bearer was shot down and the colonel unhorsed, but another soldier seized the colors and ran in front wav ing them, and the brave boys rallied and never stopped again until the col ors were planted on the crest i f the hill and the battery was captured. We saw it all as plain as a picture, for it was less than half a mile to the battle ground. It was a bird's-eye view, and such as was rarely witnessed even with a field glass in the hands of a great commander. Well, that as a scene of blood, and pain, and courage, was a thousand times worse than any two men can make. What is the difference in the abstract? What is the moral difference in looking on? Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitu tion. nUADSTKKKT AM) 1)IX. Weekly Trade Kevlew of These Two I-eudlni; Agencies. B. i. Dun & Co., in their weekly re view of trade issued on Saturday, say: Rarely have markets sustained such surprises as they have received of late, with so little loss. Foreign conditions and Loudon alarms, the collapse of the iron ore combination, the destructive goods in the Mississippi valley, aud the decision of the Supreme Court against railroad associations, have been used to the utmost, but not even in railroad stocks has the result been important. With confidence that better times and larger business are coming, men ar5 less disposed every day to throw aw ay flood investments, and the very fact that prices of products are low is re ararded as a guarantee against mucL further decline. In all industries, also, a number of mills, shops and hands at work, gradually increases. Cotton was helped up an eighth by the flood, but has lost half the gain. Manufacturing is more hopeful. With out change in prices goods were in better demand, and sales of TiOO.OOO pieces of print cloth result in a stronger tone. The final dissolution of the lake iron ore pool has been expected ever since the Carnegie-Rockefeller deal, and insures low prices for ore the com ing year, though, perhaps, not lower than in 1H.5. Prices are still ad vancing, and of many kinds have risen two or three times "during the past month. The wool manufacture is stead ly increasing, but cautiously, as-it is too early to anticipate results from changes which may be made in duties. The failures of the week have been in the United States, against 25!) last year, and 50 in Canada, against 3D last year. Bradstreet's report savs: "While tho week is not w ithout favorable fea tures, unfavorable influences have been more numerous. Leading month mar kets show no change. Merchantile col lections are nlow and the volume of funds offered is in excess of the de mauds for discounts. The tendency of investments to improve has temporarily disapteared, under the influence of the Supreme Court auti trust decision, which apparently threatens arrange ments for the maintenance of railway rates, as well as railway trades-union activity, so far as it may affect inter State commerce. The "tendency of prices is downward, quotations being lower for wheat, Indian com, oats, cof fee, cotton and for pig iron and steel billets and the lower priced ore Stormy weather, high water and floods in the Ohio. Mississippi and Missouri river valleys, and iu the country drained by tributary streams, have in terfered with interior trade. "The bank cleariugs at 77 cities throughout the Tinted States are dis aplHiinting, the total being only $SH, -IH0,(HHI for the week, 0.(5 per cent, less than in the like week one year ago. " Chicago (irnlii and Produce. Chicago. Saturday. The leading futures were as follows: Wheat: Open. Close. ;ii 234 24 aj 2i !(! kJ IS 00 S 70 4 2) 4 30 4 0 4 24 March May July September Corn: March Mav July September Outs: March May .tllfv tfy 28 245 25S 26J 1? 1 8 ;5 s 70 4 VA 4 4 60 4 m Mess May... Jufv . Lard May... July... Itibs Mav... JulV.. . Pork Liverpool C otton Market. LiveriKKd. Saturday. Futures t lo.sen quiet hut steady. March March and April April and May " May and June Tune and July " Tuly and August August and September September and October October and November November and December.. December and January January and February . 3 5cir 5Jl . 3 58,3,59 . 3. 581159 . 35s5J) . 35S&59 . 3 5M.5D . 3 5057 . S50tf451 . 3 4545 . 3 44 s - 3 43 (g, 44 New York ( otloii Futures. Nuw York. Saturday.--Cotton quiet. i muic- eivseu sieailv. Highest Lowest. 'i 17 0 Jttj : !5 W 02 yo 7 M ; 04 'I" 7 0S 711 ; os 4 0 S4 : rt 71 4 u ;4 March April May Tune Tuly August .... St pteml'er . October November . December . January . . . February. . . A Rigid Investigation. All of the circumstances connected w ith the alleged plot to kidnap the child of u citizen of Houston, and hold it for rausom money, are so peculiar as to call for the most rigid investigation. Oranges are refreshing and feeding, but are ii,.t gooil if tl:e liver is out or order. Ben. R. Lacy's Last Report as Labor Commissioner, SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. The Bureau's Report for 1896 Aver age Wages The Employment of Children in the Mills. Below we publish the last report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics for 18yC. The first chapter of is de Totedto agricultural 'statistics: The figures given in chapter 1 are based on replies from 355 representative farmers, in the l0 counties. The aver age wages paid for farm labor are as follows: Men 58.50 a month, womeD $T), children $3. Bations averaging $3. 90 a month, and vegetables, fuel and fruit averaging S2.80 are furnished, making the actual figures $15.40. The reiiorts show that 0o counties produce cotton, and also that the average cost, of producing a 400-iound bale is 22. 7u. Of this 05 per cent, represents labor done. Eighty-five counties produce wheat, at an average cost of GO cents a bushel. Ninety-two counties produce oats at an average of 20 cents, and 53 produce tobacco, at an average cost of ?0. 33 per 100 pounds. When the question blanks were sent to farmers the inquiry was made as to whether they-favored compulsory edu cation. From 72 counties the reply was ' 'yes, " while 7 failed to answer and only 17 said "no." It is the first time this inquiry was ever made. Of the 35- fanners who, as stated, made reports, no less than 234 declared they favored compulsory education. There had been no agitation, and the high percentage of replies iu the affirmative shows that it is striking iuto the popular mind. Chapter is devoted to the cotton and woclen mills. There are 189 of these, located in 4J counties, Of these 30 per cent, are in the four counties of Ala mance, Gaston, Mecklenburg and Ban dolph, the two former having 20 each and the latter two 14 each. Gaston has 101,331 spindles and Alamance 3,73-j looms. In operating mills about 37,000 h arse-power is used. Of operatives employed in mills there are 23,437, divided as follows: Men, 6.822; women, 10,507; children, 6,040. The average daily wages are: Machin ist 31.08, engineer, ."51.40, firemen 80 cents, skilled men 1)9 cents, unskilled men 07 cents, skilled women 00 cents, unskilled women 47J cents, children 3i cents. In other words the skilled fe male laborer does not get as much pay as the unskilled man. Of the grown employes 81 JTer cent, read and write, and of the children 0(H percent. Of the children 1,738 boys and 1,041 girls are under fourteen years of age. T he daily hours of labor range from 10 to 12. The question of the em ployment of children is an interesting one. A gentlemau who was getting up some figures on the emploj"ment of children asked half a dozen mill employes their views as to the question of non-employment of children under 14 in the mills and also the question of compulsory education. He found all the half dozen bitterly opposed to both ideas. He expressed f-urprise, andthen they gave their reasons, w hich certain ly are remarkable. 1 hey said that they had been at all the expense incident to the birth and childhood of their chil dren had clothed and fed them until they were able to go to work, at '.0 to 12 years of age, and that it was only right that the children should be put to work, in order that the parents might get their money back. They further argued that if they sent their children to school they would go off and mary as soon as they completed their education, and thus the parents would loose every thing they had spent on them. The report says this idea of raising chil dren as an investment will strike the general public as new, but that is the light in which the average cotton mill operative views the matter; in other words, that a majority of the operatives in the State so think. The report makes the plain statement that all children under 14 should be compelled to attend school. At all the mills are schools, supported in part, and in many cases entirely, by the mill owners, many of these schools being in session 10 months in the year, and these schools are first-class. Libraries are in some cases provided, nd the owners seek to impress the em ployes with the necessity for educating the children, but as long as the latter are able to earn a few dollars in the mill it is impossible to keep then a' school. Julian 8. Carr says it is not tho desire of the mill-owners to employ child labor- that it is generally forced upon them. The reports as to miscellaneous fac tories are nnmerous. Seventy-eight per cent, report the cost of living as having decreased during the past year, and only one reports of an increase, the eminder reporting no change. Siity four per cent, report no change in wages, 24 per cent, a decrease and 12 per cent an increase. Seventy-four per cent, pay wag'es weekly, aud 90 per cent, pay all in cash. Nearly 00 per cent, of the factories made full time during the year, and 80 per cent worked 10 hours a day. AH save two favor compulsory education. Chapter 4 is on trades. The reports show that of employes 07 per cent, are paid weekly, 14 ier cent. mor'dy and 19 per cent, daily, semi-monti ly " etc. ; 77 per cent, are paid in cash a. d 23 per cent, iu trade and cash; 7 psr centre port an increase in wages, 40 per cent, a decrease and 4S per cent no change; 48 per cent make full time and 52 per cent, do not; 72 per cent, work ten hours a day. 4 per eont. work less than 10 hours and 24 per cent, work over lo hours. It is interesting to note that 80 per cent, favor an industrial appren ticeship system and 20 per cent, oppose it; and that 08 percent, favor boys pass ing a common school examination on entering a trade; 73 per cent, favor compulsory education and 7 per cent, oppose it. A. E. McCausland, of Char lotte, warmly favors the establishment of "trade schools," which are 6o suc cessful iu Europe and in Massachusetts. J. M. Odell, of Concord, the oldest mill owner in the State, writes an excellent letter, in which he says; "I am of the opinion that if no labor laws are enact ed it will net be very long before North Carolina will be the foremost State in this Union. We will have the most contented labor and the time will soon come when no child under 12 years will Le working in the mills, and none that cannot read and write. Most Idle Nation. The palm would probably go to the Transvaal Republic as regards its orig inal burgher population. Tna Boer does Just as little work as will keep himself and family alive, and the most of that he gets done by Kaffir serv ants, who. in the more out-of-the-way districts, at any rate, are practically slaves. In and about the gold fields and Industrial centers he just lets his laud on mining and other leases to the Outlacder. and does hardly any thing at all. Of European countries it would be hard to choose between Spain and Turkey. In Spain constitutional indolence, fertile soil and a magnifi cent climate combine to make life one long dawdle. In Turkey the natural thrift and industry of the real Turkish population are paralyzed Into idleness and apathy by the hopelessness of winning anything worth having which will not at once be stolen by official corruption . A man who caves his words, usaall saves his monev. TRUMPET CALLS. ' Horn Sound a Warnlcg Mot to the Unredeemed. 4& T' to 1 takes religion with sunshine in it attract a child. Some very large tree bear very little fruit Winking at sin will soon ruin the eye-sight. A wolf In sheep's clothing is none the less a wolf. The ret of Christ Is for all who will give up sin. Every temptation resisted Is a trou ble escaped. Nothing is gained by starving the oul to feed the body. No man who truly follows Christ iver baa to stand alone. Eyery man helps the deril who talks ane way and lives another. When you pray don't forget those who treat you despltefully. The best news ever told In this world was that God is love. Too many start to follow Christ who stop at the first cross-roads. The man who lives a He has a pack Df bloodhounds on his track. The best place for a Christian is where God needs him most. i Be careful where you step, and those who follow you will stumble less. God has called many men to preach the gospel, but none to defend it. Sooner or later every great thought will make Its way around the world. Improve j-our time, and you can de fend upon it that time will improve ou. There is such a thing as having re 'Ijrion In the bead and not in the heart. Try giving all your troubles to xne Lord, and see how light they will be come. God expects, every Christian to try to make the world better than he found It. Every one who can say, "The Lord is my Shepherd," may also say, "I shall not want." If wisdom could have saved the world it would have been done In the tlmo of Solomon. The light shining out of a true Chris tian life is the best answer that can be given to unbelief. Whenever the devil is called by his right name some prominent men are sure to be offended. Before you put in a crop of wild oat. remember that you will have to reap what you sow. "They must have had a cyclone over at Newriches' last week." "What makes you think so?" "Mr. Newriches said they had their monogram blown into every piece of glass iu the houses." Hetroit Free Press. "Ah," asked the lady, "this rougo will not er rub off?" "Oh, dear, no, mem," said the clerk; "it is especially warranted to stand all the kisses of in vestigation one's feminine friends may choose to try on it." Indianapolis Jour nal. TELL All Your Neighbors ABOUT The wonderful nw Constitutional Cure for KIIKl'MATISM. The remedy Is a Veni-table Compound. Extracts .tf K'-nts. llerlis and Hark. novjl aies. Purifies Hie 11ihhI ami li lvt-8 out the HtwnU9 a. Ids that rau-r the disease. Cures WS per cent of the mtlt-ut. The name Is RHEUfilACIDE, And t KIM Rheumatism. Siihl bv Pruinrl"' Keneraliy. Pr!it? i!.iJ )ier b"U e; nlx fur S.'i. IT your Uu al lrun-fc-tst has not K"t it In stock, rJcr from the ujanulac Hirer. THE B0BBITT DRUG CO , Raleigh, N. C. Woman's modesty and igno- i ranee of danger often cause her I to endure pains and suffer tor- i ture rather than consult a I physician about important 5; i subjects. s I Pains in the head, neck, ! back, hips, hmbs and lower i bowels at monthly intervals, in- dicate alarming derangements. ' H McELREE'S 1 WINE OF GARDUi I i 1 I is a harmless Bitter Wine with- I out intoxicating qualities. s S Taken at the proper time it n 5 relieves pain, corrects derange- $ ments, quiets nervousness and cures Whites, Falling of the Womb and Suppressed or too Frequent Menses. Price $1. S Tt Sale by Uellrtne Dealers. s I 3 MILLIONS OfUCGS (H IKENSmt ed tn.m ttlOLKK. ftl'I-PS and .K E t-T vtinp 1 HE DURHAM HOG & CHIC KEN CHOLERA CURE u h:rh rilrea every raw and GI AUA-V-TtF.S lo Mop the d1e.iee. Sold by all druggust and mer chant!", or Mmpie lottie by mail for R"r. Take i.n ther. VSElMKWrKKS. Tetimoijiai free. TRADE MARK Xanufactared only ty The Durham Cholera Cure Co., Durham. N- C A great side line for Drummers. 3. X. V. 13. y7. OSBOJrllVB'S School of 01a.ozrtla4M.racl ACCil WTA, iA. Ketatst books ud. Acta toamaa fro d? of n twins. Basin 3 ;-. ooi.ac earroy 1 poods a-od. &n I (or xub49C?uo p ii:a9f-ftt4 o& :of a, iionr) capr tbi u .? itarj eitf. MEHCATED AIR INHALER Ha no eqcal for rbe cnr of Catarrh and Lose Dia ne. Dr mall tl.fm. W. II. nM ITH CO.. Prr.. BnflTai. N. T. 4 6 FOR 1 1 5 Ibif if pat op la 86c 1.00 bot- pL.ffJ net, andlLjPSTj bears trade BUCKINGHAM'S DYE For the Whiskers, Mustache, and Eyebrows. In one preparation. Easy to apply at home. Colors brown or black. The Gentlemen's favorite, because satisfactory. R. P. Hll f. ft Co., Frpritton, Nashua, N. H. Sold by all Druff UU. and health mating are included in the making of HIRES Rootbeer. The prepa ration of this great tem perance drink is an event of importance in a million well regulated homes. HIRES Rootbeer is full of good health. Invigorating, appetiz ing, satisfying. Put some up to-day and have it ready to put down whenever you're thirsty. Made only by The Charles E. Hires Co., Philadelphia. A pack age makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. ANDY tot 23 50 ft m NSURtCOHSTIPATIOH C- 4 aVtftkw. faf r&- mm 1 -. - TTTFT V (1171 PI VrPrH cure any esaeof constipation, fastarete are the Ideal Laia nle and WitM C-f . Ad. STFRMNA RKUEDY CO.. Chiraro. Montreal. Ca.. orw York. tit. aker's i Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Established in Has the well-known package, and the on the back. NONE Walter Baker & A Southern farmer, whose home is somewhat in the backwoods, in m interview with a newspaper correspondent said: "I am 61 years old, and until I was nigh unto 50 years old I was always well and peart, then for a lon while I suf fered with indigestion and could not eat anything hardly at all. My daughter, who lives in the city, sent me some of Ripans Tabules told me how to- take them, and they have completely cured me. I want you to tell everybody how I got cured, for it : a blessing to humanity." THE STANDARD PAINT FOR STRUCTURAL PURPOSES. Pamphlet, "Snpgostloci .'or Exterior Deecratlon," Sample Card and Descriptive Price List free by mail. Anbentos Roofln. Btiiidlar Felt, Straaa Parkin. Boiler roverinaa, Fire-Proof Palnta, Etc . obee:ui NoaMonduciirx and Klertriral Ionuiatiua Materials. IT. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING CO., 87 Maiden I ane. New ork. CHTCAOO: S40 k Hi Randolph St. PHTLA DELPHI A: 170 ft 1:2 North 4th Bt. BOSTON: 77 k 7 Pearl St. BUJTER Three Minutes! '1 The power being applied fit makes the daefaer rerolTe by the. lever or handle about SJU llni In one minute, and with no much eae that a child i , v a I can do me cnurnfna;. 1 he 1 js!. t olrl faahlon churn or Jar I IB .' 1 3 can be iiaed with our V Vf, I El power. The flneet quality 3 itiU'JfT El of KTanuiated butter and V ff 144 II more of It for the aanie VJE-' 1 F J quantity of mlla. l made ruler and In lea time than with any other cnoro-every body wanting one now. fceenre early the only ria-bi to m-ii In your county. 1 1 la id in, eller. Address tlGHTHIHO CHUBHfcB CO . Charlotta. H. C Reliable Charlotte Kerchanf a C all on them when yon go to Charlotte N. C. t etc. College and Third. MrVTTf ! E8T wOHK. ra;onabU PrlCM f ftliUW Wrf XetriA Tim. Pt'g. Hovi. ( Uf ilbwaiAKo P an.. O-tran. !:. , SMOKE YOUR Ur AT W ITU - .wiai.ai.aa. b. nnauicn a. DnU. fniL I US, fA. TLsl J JUoaJH-iS' w.i- M Bnst Cough Syrup, Taete Good. Dec 1 "5r-h.. ' R M Jfa i v 1 ii- ri BARGAINS INT HENS' SUITS! We Want to Stir Your Blood! We know it's pretty sluggish and that the average man who gets hold of a dollar hangs on to it like grim death, but here is a proposition that will inter est you if anything will. HEARKEN I We offer one lot of Mens' Blnk tlaj Di agonal Suck Suit?, all wool, well made and fo$t color at 5.00 a suit. We offer 100 floe Clay Diagonal Sack Suit, round or aquare cut. good weight to wear all the year round, thoroughly well inadn and guaranteed lc every way by us, at $7.50 a suit. Alno a lot of Sack Buiu for men in dark gray enssimereeand fancy laid cheviots, all wool and woll made, at 5.00 a suit. These are extraordinary bargains and suits of this season's make. Having three stores la this Ktnte ( Charlotte, Salisbury and Winston) we buy clothing In larger lots and cheaper than any other firm in North Carolina. W will promise you that these ultsare not matched by any firm in the State at our prices. We send goods anywhere by express. You may return anything not satisfactory nt our ex pense. Our rule is ''money back if you want it." Write or call on us for anything In Clothing, Hats or Gents' Furnishings. LESLIE & ROGERS, Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers, CIIAKLOTTE, N. i'. CATHARTIC ALL DRUGGISTS Chocolate 1 780, at Dorchester Mass Yellow Label on the front of every J trade - mark, "L''. Belle Chocolatiere," X OTHER GEAIUINE. Co. Ltd., Dorchester Mass f in i nnnniiPiNn aiiapW L'IUMW BEST IN THE WORLD. tor M yean this shoe, if merit alant, baa distanced all competitors. Inii?ni bj oyer 1.CO0 "00 wej---5 t best in style, fit aad uarau.iu; f a7 abb ever effered at S.OO. It is mad ia all the LATEST SHAPES and ET 7LE8 and of every variety sf leather. One dealer ia a town (ivea exclusive sal aad advertised ia local paper en receipt ef reasonable ardtr. t" Write for cataloru to i aa : ft, W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Hiss. & PflMDl CTC COTTOX, SAW. fJBlST, UUllllLLIL Oil and Fertlliier MXXjXj outfits. Also Gin, Press, Cane Mill and Shingle Outfits. SyCanf rmy day; tcork ISO hand?. LOMBARD IK0 WORKS AMI SUPPLY COM PA XT, Al Gl'STA. GEOKUIA. CANCER i -urn i-tM-ri'-nrv ertaMe t.. -u:ia ally treatand 'ctaai:y tur Cancer ani in:ors withont the knife. w pig l-.,Ji writ fr". AJ'ltn Ir. I.. 11. Ora'.if or. 1!3 We-t s-icnih Mthi, i incinnati, O. 2 v (m i liXl i i A&4k. i Condensed Paragraphs of Incidents oT Interest. SWAMP LANDTO BE RECLAIMED. Fifty Thousand Acres of Vuiualh Load to be RedeemedState Hour.) f Agriculture. Senator Maultsby, of CoIuiuImii ounty, who has been in Raleigh t':: past several days attending the scsmi': of tho Directors of the Department of Agriculture, is actively connected uit'u the Columbus Drainage C01111 m: . . which has for its object the draining . about 50,000 acres of swamp laini-. known as White Mar ph. Ihe charter for the company m granted by the Legislature of is.t!, m, 1 a renewal (rranted by the recent tieu eral Assembly. Mr. Maultshy savn tl.ut there is every indication that work u ! ooinmence early in September. Mi h :i dredges will be placed in .1 uly. The main drain channel to Lie cut w be V feet by 40 feet, a 1 about '.' m;;,. , long, extending from iladen count v t the Waccaniaw river. There are n'.- two lesser channels rut each of win .-h will be feet by 24 feet, aud exteiiihi; the same distance. If the efforts of the company are mi . eesfnl in the making of those sw;i: .:, lands, available for farming pui -. they will be capable of producing firm 73 to 100 bushels of corn to the a .-re for a hundred years without the . i an ouuee of fertilizerr The Senator is quite confident of mi. eas in the enterprise. He appearcl !. fore the State Board of Kducation uinl was granted an extension of tune for tin option which he has upon the land, which is owned by the State. An ex tent-ion to llloO was granted. Ther.- .s a suit pending in the Supremo I' mrt involving the title to the lands, but tin State Hoard has little fear of gaming the case. Th case is entitled "1 In state Board of Education vs. i-niun.-! Harrison." Tho Drainage Company has uln-u ly placed orders for the hteam dredge to be used is the prosecution of tlx-ir work. -- State Board of Agriculture. The State Board of Agriculture nu t Wedneaday morning. 'J lie new offi cials agreed on by the caucus were ilulv elected, James M.. Mewborne, cum missioner; J. Ij. Kamnay, secn-tan ; James II. Young, colored, chief frrtil izer inspector; J. K. Kelly, Kd Shoup, James f-heek and J. M. terson, as sistant fertilizer inspectors. The mi! ary of chief inspector was raised from $1,000 to SM.'JIX, aud the number of assistants waa iurreaed by one ( in of the reasons given for the election of Mewborne and the defeat of lr. IV lteiil l'arker, was that Mewborne wns elected two years ago but wus knoikc-l out of the place. D.' Keid l'arker a l'ritchartl man. That was another reason. A Tery destructive lire occurred ut Monroe Thnrsday. At II o'clock it broke out on the cotton platform. n nr the freight depot, and in just the n-lit place for the wind to sweep it urn-M the entire platform. It was m.iuc time before the lire could be conti ollr-l, and at least 200 bales of cotton were burned, more or. les badly bt-tore it Tvas put out. The guano house, of S. L. Bundy was burned, with about Tim bags of fertilizer. W. S. Lee's guano house was also destroyed. The Moiinw Cotton Mills, Brown Uros., and hiatli, Morven A Co. owned most of the cotton that was burned. The commissioners of the town uf Itutherfordtou have ordered an election to be held on the same day as the tou i, election, next May, to see whether tin town will adopt the dispensary h--i which tho last Legislature passed. peculiarity in the enrollment of tin- hili is that the bill Mates that whether a majority af votes is cast for tin-la w r gainst it, the law will be "in op-ru .on." From present appearances tin advocates of a disensary will haw- it large majority of the votes cast CBO mim (MLE.0 Ull WAT CO-MI, Bohedulo Ia Effect Monday. Jitn inry 4, lWZ, at 8 o'clock, A. M. NORTHBOUND. No. 35. No. It. Ko- M Eautern time. AM AM P J. Camden 8 30 S Westville a 15 8 02 Kershaw. . 10 45 " HeathHprlriK8..1105 8 Pieasaut Hill. ..11 15 f Lancaster 12 05 .... 3 55 RIversMo 12 35 4 10 HprinKdell 12 50 4 Catawba Junct'n 1 50 f Leslie 2 00 4 Ar. Rock Hill 2 20 4 ii Lv. Rock Hill..... 4 00 4 -4 Newport 4 20 6 OJ TirzaU 4 40 5 ! Ar. Yorkvtlle 5 00 YorkTllle 5M Bharon Hickory Grove. 6 30 6 00 Smyrna 40 6 10 BUckaburg 7 10 00 C30 Earls or! Patterson Sp'na. .... 8 30 ... Bbelhy 0 Lattimore o Moorboro .... . .. 9 50 Henrietta .... 10 00 Forest City 10 20 Rntherfordton 10 50 Millwood , 1105 Oolden Valley 1125 Thermal City 1135 Olenwood 12 00 Ar. Marlon 12 20 r m r si BOljTHBOUNDr" No. 31 No. 12. No. 3 AM P M AM Lv. Marion.. 13 Glenwood w Thermal City 215 Golden Valley 2 20 Millwood 2 45 Ruthnrfordton 8 05 Forest City 3 85 Henrietta 4 00 Mooresboro 4 15 Lattimore 4 25 Bhelby..... 5 30 Patterson Bp'na ... . 545 Earls 5 55 Blacksburg 8 30 6 19 Smyrna 8 60 .... W Hickory Grove. 905 .... hbaroa 9 20 .... ' Torkvllle ....... 9 36 .... f ; Tlrtah.... : 947 .... Kewoort 9 51 .... 1 Ar. Rook Hill 10 10 .... "J L. Bock HUL....1100 .... Leslie 11 3 1 JX Catawba Juncfall25 .... 1 Riverside 1149 .... j ; Lancaster U05 .... -j j3. Pleasant Hill... 12 28 ;i Heatb 8prlnr8..12 32 .... Kershaw 12 45 .... J ?? WestvUle 100 .... - ?? DKalb 1 12 .... fc.J ar.tamiiDii ,, PM PM I-1.- Ail trains daily tii t Sun-lav. -- . a '" No. 32 baa ouLuwiivui "" -"',, ,,4 Lenoir Railroad at Yorkvil H. C - - Bouthern Railway at R:k Hill. -C"w. tha Seaboard Air Line at Catawt a J .a i- B. i ., with the Lancaet-r 4 Cht-r l--r-at LaneaaW, 8. C, and with the hou.a oUaa and Georgia Railway at Camdei., No. 33 baa eonnecUon with the Souia u Una and Georgia and Oeoriria B1"" Camden. B. C, with the Lanc":er .! , ter Railroad at Lancaster, B. , Baaboard Ai. Line at C atawb Jun-- C, with the Southern Wrni 8. C. with the Cheater Lenoir TorkW. 8. C. and with 8oto. ; wayatBlackburg,8.C. No.4ana oarry paasengera. gaeiaf. Noa. llaadll have connectlo i a , N. C, wlthtne Seaboard UrJ.ln," c rlon. N. C, and Blaokiburg, . C w"" Soathara Rtilaay. ; b. B. LUSWaWf aVIrTIi WVKT, Pra'