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TOE ME88ENOZB.
Marlon, N. a
THE FLOWER
Th'
n n of serving!
who it'ir.s nut know
"Ji- tin- flower of loving
Tli- lif- li'Ti- l.flow.
Wlit -h opens to blessings
Tin- angels bestow
A Ride For Life
Hv AI.KXAMtKK
UST a dollar short,''
said tin; dominie,
counting.
"That's li a .1,"
said his wife, witli
ii despairing sigh.
"Might as well lack
it all."
"Why--"
'Because. I don't
kleo. where vm
noiiar. iiit; expresscom
tiust v. m, anl they will
kuge I lin-k to New York"
;ips I run borrow it."
Klilrr Tripp has come to
told you ko. Tlio other
I !:,.
i;..t
Uli.i
'in.it
'" '-Idi-i-H and deacons lire poorer
ill' old luttleboncs of a boss,
1 Mauley, the only one with
i I v in the whole congregation,
vi- it to you if you ere sturv-
death: hut to help buy me n
Ire---, never. lie would die
!!, v hafs to be .lone? My
isn't due for three months yet,
i 1 1n' inea'it i'ue buck it goes'"
inn v '" erie 1 the disiionoiiited
ilia' i.iiisn't happen. It's
dre.-i I've hud in four years,
e sot my heart on it day and
1 have saved those pennies bv
il. and have earned every one.
over mid over a dozen times.
have the prize come all the
ii New ork, eoine to our verv
and start on its long way
iin just beeaiise the Methodist
of Keverly hasn't a dollar
I : -t il. that's what I call too
loiniiiie heaved a deep breath,
1 loiieli hut down over his
1 u , it out of the house full of
i-a!. illations. lie circled about
' i i om-e or twice, went mut
hioi'ii 1 lie parsonage garden,
e p.-.iide who observed him
"i.-.it th-- i.'.i'id man was composing
i'i- i columbiad to hurl into the
'!i !' this unrighteous generation.
I i it dollar that miserable, paltry,
n.i-ssaiv dollar! He had seen
tini.' when its round and shiny
; ;'' was no bigger than a
i t n 1 s. ed; now it appeared to him
t the sie of th.) planet Jupiter,
1 .piite as inaccessible. The good
mi s In r,.ii- slave of a wife had never
ke lf.ii' anything that the Lord ami
i! -k of Beverly hadn't (riven her
" ii iiii'lv nil these veins, and now to
impelled to turn back the first
-. t Intl.- messenger of joy that had
:!'! her humdrum life was like
"":.' angel of heaven admittance
iu e lli.-ie is nothing but hog and
,1'i.v I.. fee 1 her on.
'i II-uly there as heard the clut-
' 1 1 1'- along the desertel road
. I sin-, by the dominie's bleak domi-
in I tle ii a rider drew up nlong
the garden and peered about with
inM.iii. Suddenly he espied the
I i. .an and seemed encouraged.
I' i voii Know where Parson Kil
1 if- "-. mi-V he asked in tlie high
- tt . of an overgr.iwn boy.
lo i.t liere." said the worthy man,
''-' i't a straw as it were. He
T - i -ard and adjusted his glasses.
i shiftless youth, barefooted,
'' "'l ersall patches and shirt all
'"'el ti.-r.-the w itli the wreck of
n pen.hr. face grimy and
1 "Another funeral away up in
'' ' -'ippose," he mused.
' ;oii the dominieV" followed
right away. You're
h Sykes's to splice a
it l
man
smiled.
but it was a
That dol-
s not warm
" lore him.
or it w ill be too late.
..nth.
r w hat ?"
the ceremoliv.
They'll
mie
tie else, and You'll
'" "i t time in all his life the
ia Kildow grew mercenary.
' Hi- of the hand he bade the
: I lew moments, then wt-nt
' i -e to get his regulation
"We're saved, lhisheba,
-sod calmly, as if imparting
- hereof hourly occurrence.
i i d. line on."
This was spoken half
1 v .i if she knew everything
c orld. that was or was to
" ti d his accuracy.
,x '!' in the mountains, nine
" i he sail briskly.
'! the woman fell, and she
: i.ei tusk w ith hope dashed.
' e mountain folks knew
' in-ni dollars were as scarce
i'i ash dump. They lived
i I beasts in her estima
! - i-,u, over the list of her
' - I 'obal'le reward a brace
i niiich of venison, a pail
: v. or a bushel of hickory
' ' -"lit y. never.
ie, i-,nd reappeared from
!. nine; the same official gar-
iiad expostulated from the
; ' t 1 its broad arms over the
many a babe at christ-
v.!u, -h seemed so habitua-
tn-ks now that it would
'" ' Mii pi ised the good folk
' 11 tin' old coat went right
' 'i-' mid christening and bury
: ' --ug after the good dominie
: '"ay. "Bushy, dear," he
iti.-a'ly. "do you think that
'" i'istitied in refusing to per
' i. iuoiiy unless I got the
' tlioitu-ht a moment. "No,'
' length. "You would only
"''-me what is bad. You know
oitain j.eople- they're heath
l' - what they are. .Toshuay,
'" " 'I-.:- duty by them, even
it silk dress, the tirst one I
! 1 in fourteen years, and the
nt I e had in four, does go
York and stays there. Go
'iir duty as a Christian min
I L ' ' ' t 1 ll!t
VOL.IL NO. 14.
OF LOVINC.
The. pleasure of serving!
Oh, who ean forego
PiiHi fulness of being
Tlie heart's overflow.
When ,,m of the spirit
Its secret to know!
Elizabeth Porter Gould
And One Dollar.
m
i:. ;uam.
ister, and I'll nmke up my mind to
stand it."
I5nt all this was epoken with a ring
which the good man understood, and
which said only too plainly: "(let that
dollar or bust!" and that's about the
j resolution which passed through the
clergyman s heart as he kissed his
Fpouse good-by, and made, his way to
the barn.
The mountain road from Beverly is
bad enough for a horse, but when that
horse has to pull a two-wheeled axe.
in w hich there is a goodly proportioned
reverend carrying the weight of dis
trict dignity and the history of hun
dreds besides, the way seems difficult
indeed. I he youth piloted the man
of the cloth over the rocky steeps and
through the terrible ravines w ithout so
much as a backward glance, and the
lomuiie was too much absorbed in the
fulness of the big round dollar to give
heed to The youngster. They arrived
at last nt the mountaineers domicile,
which was partially a dug-out and
somewhat of a commodious hut, whose
sloping roof met the mountain against
which it backed up for shelter, and
more to save the trouble and expense
of a north wall to the habitation.
The guests were assembled, and a
motley crew it was. There were two
men to every woman, and the whole
party gave unmistakable evidence of
having been indulging in "moonshine"
stock, for the ease with which whisky
trickles everywhere from inaccessible
fountains, in answer to the magic rod,
is something that is miraculous, even
to such men of Clod as the dominie and
to the Government revenue officers as
well.
Every evidence of the indulgence
was gone, however, except, perhaps.
the redolence of the nectar through
the two-roomed shanty, which was
lined with guests in all degrees of 1111
couth and unkempt neglige. Sup
pressed merriment of rather an uncivil
lzed kind was rife. It seemed as if
they were about ready to jump in for
ii Virginia reel or a free light, w ith pis
tols and knives, fi-om arsenals of cow
hide bootlegs, and of the two amuse
ments, preferred the latter. They had
evidently seen tlie dominie coming up
the mountain road, had taken the sig
nal of his pilot, and had secreted any
thing that might tend to bring down
the wrath of the good man upon them.
They wanted the ceremony over with,
and thd man officiating to get right out
after the event as soon as possible, so
as not to disturb the harmony of their
playful gala day.
With that practised ease of the man
who is ever at home in the cloth, the
reverend advanced into their midst and
shook hands w ith the bride, the groom,
the pareuts, and one or two others who
were anxious to show their homage of
the shiny black broadcloth. ""Will
you bring me the family Bible, please?"
said the good nan.
Alas, every one looked at his or her
neighbor in consternation. If he had
said, "Where is the family still?" he
might have received a reply of some
kind a curse or a bullet, at least
but to this innocent query there was
no answering word. Then, diving in
to one of his own pockets, he drew
forth a little testament which had done
service over many a grave, but was
rarely called out where the family
Bible was more fitting, and made the
nnsteady groom and the rather sheep
ish bride stand up before him, joining
hands. The service was very short
and the answers to his offici.il ques
tions abrupt and thick. The company
maintained a respectful silence, and
when prayer followed the blessing
there were one or two "Aniens" au
assumption of godliness that was too
evidently everywhere lacking. Then
came congratulations and some rather
heavy banter, and one or two of the
diplomatic ones engaged the clergy
man in conversation which led to
horses and a desire to get the worthy's
opinion ou a dappled mare tethered in
the thicket hard by. It was clearly a
put-up job to get the clergyman out of
the house, so that the feast might be
prepared and the jollification renewed;
lmt the dominie did not budge. He
kuew that if he went from the house
he would never be able to re-enter and
make his claims, so he stayed right
there till things grew very embarras
sing. At last, when the diplomatist shook
his head at the groom as much as to
announce that it was "no go," the
Benedict of the hour appealed to
others, and one and all took a turn in
trying to get the dominie out of the
house. He was a necessity before, but
now that his -work was done and his
mission performed, he was distinctly
in the way, aud it did not require a
very wise man to discover it. But the
Methodist reverend had not traveled
all that way without insuring his re
wards, if rewards there were, and the
thought of returning to Beverly aud
his w ife without that dollar made the
cold chills creep over him. He thought
of that silk dress which the poor wo
man had saved up and gone without
many a necessity to attain, and there
it lay in the express office for lack of a
paltry silverpieee. No, he would stick
to the last.
Soon the groom perceived that un
less the shiny, black broadcloth hoodoo
was hi stled away the wedding jollifi
cation would be a fiasco. He hesitated
between throwing the dominie out
bodily and compromising. A hasty
conference with the bride followed, and
evidently her better sense ruled. Up
to the reverend the fellow swaggered
and said: "Mister, what's the damages j
fer this yere splice?"
The reverend would have taken the
man to task hnmorously for his flip
pancy and irreverence had it been an
other place and time, hut now he
merely smiled suavely aud said: "It's
usually 82 when I have to travel so
far, but seeing it's you, my dear
young brother, 1 11 call it $1, and God
bless you?"
The groom scratched Lis head
thoughtfully then went back, to his
bride. He soon returned with a
grimy silver dollar, which he gave up
with more reluctance than anything
he had parted with in all his life.
"God bless you!" repeated the old
man, with his heart beating high in
triumph. Then, with visions of the
silk dress, the happy wife and of the
satisfied demands of the express com
panies, he followed. "And may all
worldly happiness and prosperity at
tend you!" Then lie went to the
bride, who wore a somewhat discon
tented look, poured more sunshine in
to her heart, shook hands with all
within reach and joined the diploma
tist at the door, expressing now a will
ingness to pass upon the dappled
mare. But the diplomatist had lost
all interest now in the mare, but he
sidled along half heart edly in his
defeat, for he had seen that dollar
passed over, and the cleigyman was
well out of tlie house. The two in
spected the mare, tlie reverend rather
long-drawn in his remarks, partlcii
Ic'ly us the demijohns bad evident!
been restored to the hut, ami the
sound of revelry fell bitterly upon the
diplomatist's ears to think that any
body was getting one drink the best
of him. He left the man of the cloth
rather abruptly, and the latter was
compelled to prepare for his departure
without a parting salutation.
T'ie reverend was happy, however,
for the shiny silver dollar burned in
his inside pocket, warming him. He
seemed to feel its argent glow throngh
all his frame, and it pleased him
mightily. At last BasV-eba, the be
loved of his house and aeart, could
have the dearest wish of all these later
years the privilege of appearing at
church in a gown quite as good as
that of the wife of the leading grocer
and postmaster, and almost as good as
that of the foremost saloon keeper's
daughter. Of course, it was vanity
all vanity but in a life of humdrum
monotony, of slavish penury ami
patient resignation through many bit
ter years, (rod himself could find no
wrong in the poor martyr's one little
desire to be dressed as decently as her
neighbors, and the dominie felt a
secret joy in returning to her with the
means to that end.
The two-wheeler had no more than
started over the brow of the hill with
in hailing distance of the hut, however,
when an unearthly yell caused him to
look back. Then he beheld the bride
groom running toward him with none
too steady steps.
Say, mister, he cried out thickly,
"I waut that yere dollar back!"
The dominie's heart leaped. "What !"
he exclaimed, "sick of your bargain so
soon?"
"No," said the bridegroom, rather
sheepishly, his face reddened and
swollen with liquor and his eyes danc
ing. "To tell the truth, parson, I
borrowed that yere dollar from M's
Sikes I mean the gal I jes' married.
She wants it back."
"Is she sick of the bargain, then?"
was the sarcastic rejoinder.
"None of yoah jokiu', parson. It's
business. We want that dollar to buy
snulT aud't'b.'iccy w ith on our weddin'
trip over into Webster County, and
we must have it!"
Now, if the fellow had presented his
case with a soft, plaintive appeal,
touching the old man's heart, the dol
lar would have been forthcoming in
spite of the fate that would await the
parson on his return home. But to be
literally held up. and in this cold
blooded mountaineering style of out
lawry, characteristic of the man and
place, was too much. The good man's
eyes gleamed with fire and his face
paled with rage. "Git up, Sal!" he
cried to the lean old mare, giving her
a cut with the whip. Sal did "git
up." but none too soon. The youth
made a dash to seize her bridle, but
fell short, and stumbling, floundered
lown the incline, rolling over and over
in the dust. Then he emerged from
the cloud and set up a shriek that
shook the mountains. Out of the hut
like bees to the defense of their hive
the guests poured, taking in the situa
tion m an instant. Down into the
score of bootlegs went as many hands.
and bang! bang! the fusillade of bul
lets began. When the dominie saw
the top of the old mare's ear lopped
oil' he dropped down in a dumpling
wad between seat . and dashboard, lis
tening to the shower of bullets as they
clipped off leaves and branches about
him. The ride down the mountain
side was the most thrilling of his life.
Yet the glory of that silver dollar en-
hrmed lum. Beaching c turn in the
road he resumed his seat breathlessly
and drove on like mad toward Beverly.
Then it began to rain, and before he
reached his destination he was literal
ly drenched.
But for all that, about an hour later
the Key. Kildow burst into his modest
home and threw a bundle covered
with express marks on the centre
table without speaking, and when he
felt the arms of his dear wife around
his neck, ami saw her eyes tilled with
thankful tears, he choked a little aud
aid: "Well, that was the hardest
earned dollar I ever made, but I guess
the reward compensates for the trials;
the Lord be praised!"
Then he went out and puttied up
the bullet holes in the old two-wheeler
and bandaged up the old mare's ear.
Now. when Dominie Ivildow gets a
call to go into the mountains of Kan-
lolidi C'onntv to marry a mountaineer
he demands the fee in advance and de
posits it with the postmaster for safe
keeping till he gets back, with instruc
tions to that worthy to pay it to his
wife Basheba if he never does return.
New York Journal.
A Curiou Story Al.out Siam's King.
A curious story reaches us from Cey
lon iu connection with the King of
Siam's recent visit, says the Westmins
ter Gazette. His majesty, with all the
.levotion of a pious Buddhist, ex
pressed a desire to see the tooth-relic
in the Daladu Maligawa temple, in
Kandy. A royal reception was ac
corded him. The King said his pray
ers, and the priests went into ecstacies
over his presents of robes and jewels.
Everything went -well until his ma
jesty asked to be allowed to handle
the precious relic Then the) high
priest politely but firmly declined.
Kovalty might look, but royalty
mightn't touch. Kovalty thereupon '
returned to his carriage in a huff, and ,
his presents with him, to the no little '.
confusion of the over-zealous Unnanse. j
Considering that the sacred tooth was j
taken to Ceylon in a lady's hair, surely ,
a King might touch it.
MARIOX X. C, FJUDAY, JULY 23. 1897.
The Miners' Strike the Only Hin
drance to Better Business.
R. G. DUN & CO'S REPORT.
Crops Helped Hy Abundant Kalns.
Still Large Stocks of Cotton loods
Accumulated.
K. Cr. Dun & Co's. report of trade
for the week ending July l?th, says:
Excepting the great coal miners' strike,
which may terminate at any time,
there is scarcely a feature of the busi
ness outlook which is not encouraging.
The crop prospects hayebeen improved
hy needed rains, and foreign adv.s
continue to promisa a large demand.
In many home industries, particularly
in building, there is more activity than
in any year since '!, aud the week
Las brought a better demand in boots
and shoes and in wooelns, whille the
movement of freight, mostly iron ore
through the Salt Ste Marie Cauah
is the largest in its history. With
the money market unclouded, there is
nothing in sight to hinder rapid im
provement when uncertainty about
legislation has been removed, for the
miners' strike could not last long if
business and industries should become
active. There is now much less appre
hension of a failure of fuel supply than
there was during tlie first few days,
when prices rapidly advanced. Large
quantities of coal from West Virginia
have reached Northern markets, but
some of the miners in that State have
struck. The advance in wheat toHl
cents was not due to Government esti
mates, which were followed by a de
cline, but to foreign advices, aud con
siderable buying for account. Demand
is largely felt from Australia, South
Africa, Brazil and even Argentina,
while the promise for European crops
is not considered bright. The disposi
tion of farmers to keep back wheat for
higher prices may ail'ect the outward
movement, but Atlantic exports during
Inly, flour included, have been a, 115,
44:$ butdiels, against V,SI5:5,S1T lust year,
although in the same weeks 4,(5i,:15
bushels of corn went out against 1,574,-07-J
iast 3'ear. Wheat closed four cents
higher for the week aud corn i cent
higher. Cotton is a sixteenth higher,
the closing or partial stoppage of im
portant New England mills hardly neu
tralizing, iu the market's estimation,
apprehension of injury from drought.
I he cotton goods market does not yet
reduce large accumulated stocks, as the
curtailment of production shows, but
is growing a little more healthy with
out change of prices. Woolens for t ho
coining season have not been general'
shown, though in some low-priced
goods an advance of per cent, was
asked and presumably will be asked on
better grades. 'I here is rather more
business in re-orders and the tone is
more confident. Speculation in the
wool market continues with prices at
all points stronger, at Boston advanc-1
ing with signs of a boom among deal
ers, in which lnauui'iictiirers are tak
ing little part, at current prices, and at
the West, where holdings are iookiug
for a great advance. Imports at Bos
ton were 'J,sii bales in two weeks, and
dealers are said to have brought !no,
niw bales more in London. Sales were
1 ",-i'20,(oij pounds at the three markets
for the week, and 24,572,so in two
weeks, of which l'.,,i!U7,2(iO were domes
tic. The output of iron furnaces July 1
was n;4,0i4 tons weekly, against lus,
:tsi)jnue 1, but several furnaces have
gone into blast since June 1, and the
output is large for the season. Presum
ably an unprecedented share of it is tc
supplj- the great steel companies which
are even now putting more furnaces
into blast, aud have heavy orders taken
when prices were dropped, while the
demand for structural shapes and plates
is large, and for bars improving, though
steel bars are now at the lowest quota
tion ever known in Pittsburg, to '.Hi
cents, with Bessemer pig quoted slight
ly lower.
Failures for the week have been 2ti:'.
in the United States against 2!! last
year, and 27 iu Canada against 3!) last
year.
M ADR A 1YIN; STATKMKXT.
A Woman Assaulted, Knocked in tin
Head and Thrown on a Hed.
Major Terrell,, a negro, criminally
assaulted Mrs. Martin Thomas, a white
woman living in the country, live miles
from Elba, Ala. She was alone in her
house with her six-month's-old boy.
I hiring the assault the woman wiis
struck on the head and thrown on the
bed beside her sleeping infant. Fagot i
of pine wood were then piled around
her by the brute and set lire. The flame?
attracted the attention of some passers
by, and they reached the woman in
time to get her dying statement. Tht
baby was roasted. Terrell was arrested
and was being given a preliminary trial
when a mob broke up the court, took
him out and haugod him.
STILL ANOTHElt CASK.
A special to the Advertiser, from El
ba. Ala., says: "Mrs. Thompson was
found by her children burned to death.
She was lying on the floor with all her
clothes burned off aud her body charred
except the head. Cotton was stuffed in
her mouth, and some bruises were found
on the head. A negro named Terry,
who worked on the place, was arrested
on suspicion. He admitted staying at
the Louse until midnight. One" report
says a mob took charge of the negro,
but another special from Troy says he
was not lynched. The location is mauy
miles from the railroad.
The Turilt Hill Agreed On.
The Republican conferees on t'lie
tariff bill, representing tLe two house?
of Congress, have agreed upon all the
items of the bill, and the result of the
pertisau conference w ill be submitted
to the Democratic members of the con
ference at the full meeting. Cotton
bagging and ties are taxed, the stamp
tax dropped, and the sugar schedule
has been changed quite materially. It
is thought now that au early adjourn
ment of Congress is in sight.
Taxing Municipal Property.
Under a decision by the Attorney
General it is probable that all water
and gas plants and all other forms of
municipal property which pay a reve
nue w ill hereafter be returned for taxa
tion in Atlanta, Ga.
M ill Not Send AVonien to the Rock
Pile.
Women prisoners are not to be put
to work on the rock pile in Kansas
City, Kan. The Board of Police Com
missioners who decided last week that
this should be done, have rescinded
their order in deference to public
opinion.
NEWS ITEMS.
South cm Pencil Pointers.
Augusta, Ga., proposes to establish a
textile school, the second in America.
Richmond, Va., wants the next con
vention of the Baptist Young People's
(. nion.
The struggle over the proposed Ten
nessee constitutional convention has
opened np vigorouslj-.
At Charlotte, N. C, John Austin,
aged 10, kills Kell Caton, aged 12;
both white.
At Martinsville, Va., Wade Lester,
charged with the murder of young
Davis, by poisoning, was acquitted.
Tatients of the lute Dr. A. N. Tallev,
of Columbia, S. C, liave on foot'a
movement to erect a monument to his
memory.
The Christian Endeavorers in session
at San Francisco, Cal., have selected
Nashville, Tenn., as the meeting place
in 'is.
An ordinance to prohibit pesons fiom
spitting in street cars has been passed
by the Charleston, (S. C. ) city council.
Miss Mattie II. Tyler, grand-daughtex
of the former President of the United
States, has been appointed postmaster
at Courtlaud, Va.
Wiley Barlow, w ho was arrested at
Mt. Airy suspected of being the party
w ho shot Mrs. Springs at Lexington,
X. V., proved to lie the wrong man.
A lady on a train of the Georgia rail
road was fatally injured by a piece of
piping laiiing through a window- of the
coach and striking her on the head.
An unknown Negro man was found
leaning against a tree on the farm of
lion. D. h. 1 mley, about two miles
Irom Bock Hill, S. (!., dead. He was
evideutly killed by lightning.
George W. Fremont, a colored law
yer of Alexandria, Va , was convicted
in New York City for fraudulent ob
taining money for the Fremont Pol v
technic School in Alexandria, an insti
tution which has no existence.
A. J. Carmichael, a Georgia convict
has sued the Georgia l'eiiitentiary
Company for $20,HK). ' Under threat of
being w hipped he was made to work in
danger, ind was mangled bv a rock.
is his claim iu the petition for thf;
a wove amount.
All About the North.
A case of leprosy has been discovered
at Jersey City, N. J.
Three thousand troops were in inter
state camp at Sail Antonio, lexas.
Women are getting 82 a day for driv
ing teams in the harvest fields of Cow
ley county, Kan.
John Addison, a famous horse thief,
was shot by pursuers, after a hard
fight, w est of Dallas, Tex.
Frank McLaughlin, proprietor of the
J liiladelphia limes, died of rheuma
tism and gout at his residence in Phila
delphia. Clearly acquitted of assaulting Min
nie Latta, a girl, John Sims, an aged
man. of Dutch Mills, Ark., was shot
nnd killed by the girl's brother.
The next conference of the Epworth
LeagllO will be held in I n.liimnimlm
Ind. , and the next session of the Bap
tist Young People's Union nt Buffalo,
N. Y.
B. C. Heydlaufl, ex-engrossing clerk
of the Wisconsin Senate, who has fig
ured in a sensational forgery caso at
Ashland, committed suicide b j- shoot
ing. John P. Level!, founder of the John
P. Lovell Arms Company, of Boston,
Mass., has been stricken with paralysis
at Cottage City aud is in a critical con
dition. The Ohio National Democrats will
call a convention some tie in Septem
ber for the purpose of placing au inde
pendent State ticket in the field. The
county organizations will also be asked
to do likewise.
In a lire in Jearsey City, N. J. ,
children were suffocated and a man be
came insane and tried to prevent the
rescue of his family. Policemen aud
firemen did heroic work in rescuing
people from the burning building.
Miscellaneous.
Twenty thousand delegates attended
the Epworth League at Toronto,
Canada.
The delegates to the Fau-American
congress have concluded their tour of
this country.
The London Spectator thinks Debs'
movement means a Western Populist
for President in HKH).
German exports to the United States
largely increased during the past six
months.
The Canadian Alien Labor law will
be strictly enforced against workmen
from the United States.
Turkey has issued an ultimatum to
Persia demanding the withdrawal of
cartain Persian troops from Turkish
territory.
The Seaboard Air Line's industrial
training school is attracting people by
the hundred nt every sto; ping place,
and is accomplishing practical good.
A Havana, Cuba, newspaper makes
a vicious, but absurd attack on Consul
General Lee ou account of Lis report
in the Ruiz case.
The official statement of the Bank of
Spain shows a note circulation of 27,
(lOil.(ioi) in excess of the authorized
issue, and has increased the adverse
coiiment on Spain's finances.
Floods caused by the heavy rain of
the past few days have done great dam
ai'e in the southern part of (Quebec.
Many people are homeless and much
damage has been done to clirly crops.
It is said that Mrs. Lease gives warn
ing at this early day that she will not
support Mr. Bryan for President in
l!oi unless he iositively agrees to make
free silver the leading plank in his
platform.
Mrs. Delia Johnson, formerlj- of
Charleston, S. C. , a widow, but now of
Brooklyn, N. Y. , took carbolic acid
with suicidal intent because of a quar
rel she and her lover, Martin Flvnch,
had.
Chicago Lad forty suicides in June.
Washington Gossip.
A Washington dispatch savs that
France and England contemplate the
completion of the Panama Canal.
Senator Butler, of Nqrth Carolina,
has introduced a bill to make avery post
office a savings batik.
TLe President has sent to tlie Senate ;
the nomination of Terence V. I'ow- j
derly, of Pennsylvania, to be Commis
sioner (it neral of Immmigration.
Tbere is definite talk of accepting the
Pacific Railway's Reorganization Com-1
niittee'soffer of .?2..'0,'m in settle
ment with tLe Government.
IS SUCCE
His Dispensary Bill Gets Through
U. S. Senate Without Opposition.
WILL HARDLY PASSTHE HOUSE.
General Effect of the Hill Is to Carry
Out the Provisions of ths South
Carolina Dispensary Law.
Senator Tillman has succeeded in
passing his dispensary bill through the
Senate without objection. The bill
provides that all fermented, distilled or
other liquors transported into any
State or Territory for use, consump
tion, or sale shail be subject to the op
eration and effect of the laws of such
State, aud shall not be exempt by
reason of being introduced in original
packages for private use or otherwise;
and snch States shall Lave absolute
control of such liquors w ithin their
borders, by whomsoever produced and
for whatever use imorted, provided
that nothing herein contained shall be
construed as effecting the internal
revenue laws of the United States or of
liquors in transit through such States
The general effect of the bill is to
carry out the provisions of the South
Carolina dispensary law, notwithstand
ing the numerous .leision. ,lni,.vinu
to the enforcement of the said law. The
bill passed the Senate without a word
of discussion, by unanimous consent.
It was reported from the commerce
committee more than a month ago.
Senator Tillman has been industrious
ly at work upon it ever since. The
trouble will come when the attempt is
made to pass it through the House.
Senator Tillman admits that he hardly
expects to get the House to pass on it
during the present session, but he
looks for favorable action next winter.
The position of the bill is improved by
its passage through the Senate",
although many bills have failed to be
come laws after being passed by one
branch of Congress.
TO MAKE WAK UN V. S.
Spain and Japan Leagued Together
to Protect Cuba and Hawaii
Paris, July 15. (By Cable) A dis
patch to a news ageucy in this city says
enquiry at the American embassies
there has elicited a confirmation of the
rumor that the governments of Spain
and Japan have arranged an
offensive alliance against the United
States. Theteimsof the understand
ing, which is for the mutual pro
tection of Cuba and Hawaii, provide
that in the event of an actively agres
sive movement on the part of the United
States, tending toward interference in
Cuban affairs, or persistence in the an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands, both
Spain and Japan shall declare war sim
ultaneously against the United States
and shall make demonstrations along
both the Atlantic aud Pacific coast
lines of the country.
NOT BELIEVED IX WASHINGTON.
Washington, July- 15. (Special).
Little credence is placed in official
circles here, in the statement that t'tio
Spanish and .Japanese governments
have entered into an offensive nlli,oiea
against the United States for the mu
tual protection of ( uba ami Hawaii.
WOMEN ON THE HOCK PILE.
Kansas AVo men Threaten Vengeance
If tlie New Order Is Carried Out.
The orders of the police commission
ers of Kansas City, Kan., that women
prisoners must work on the stone pile
along with the men, has caused a great
commotion, and has not yet been put
into effect. Perhaps it may never be.
The Current Eyent Club, au organiza
tion of women, has expressed itself as
immeasurably shocked, and Las called
an indignation meeting to protest
against tLe threatened disgrace and
degradation of women.
Tlie members threaten that enforce
ment of the order pieaus the retirement
of the police commission from ollieo at
the first opportunity, and as women
vote in municipal elections, the threat
is not regarded as altogether an idle
one, and may have its desired effect.
Their principle objection is to that part
of their order compelling the women to
work w itliout skirts and to wear over
alls instead. The police officials stand
by their order and say that thelhst wo
man prisoners w hose fines are not paid
will go to the rock pile.
A STl I5HOKN EIGHT.
House Conferees May Concede Free
Cotton Hugging and l ies.
Senator Paeon, of Georgia, says the
House conferees are making a stubborn
fight against free cotton bagging and
free cotton ties, and the friends of the
Senate amendment will have a hard
fight to keep these articles off the
lutiable list. The Senate conferees in
sist that these articles shall be on the
free list, and the question may have to
be fought out in open session again.
Senator Bacon is of the opinion that the
Hone will finally yield to the Senate
on these two items. He savs he has ev
ery reason to believe t he duty on raw
cotton imposed by the Senate will
stand.
Ohio Valley liuilroad "o!d.
Ohio Valley Railroad ha been sold
at Henderson, Ky., to Judge Hum
phreys, representing the Central Trust
Company, of New York.
Was Burned to Ashe.
The Cincinnati Tribune savs the nmr-
dererand ravisher of Mis Bene Wil
liams, near West Point, Tenn., has
been captured near Pruitton ami ex
piated his crime in the streets of West
Point, in the presence of oil) people.
The fiend was riddled with bullets and
his body was burned to ashes. TLe
crowd fell back, and those who Lad
pistols fired volley after volley at him.
The crowd then gathered wood, and
building a fire over Lim, watched the
ghastly scene until the murderer was
burned to ahes.
To Distribute $400,000.
Nearly 3400,000 is Boon to be distrib
uted among various institutions by the
trustees of a fund set aside by the late
Miss Belinda Lull, of Boxbury, Mass.,
in part as follows: Hampton, Va ,
Normal Institute, ?25,"Oo; Tuskegee,
Ala., Institute, 320, 0o0 Calhoun, Ga.,
University, ?10,0oo. j
Haptlst Young People's Union.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., the seventh'
International Convention of the Bap- !
tist Young People's Union of America,
began with about 4,000 delegates, and'
some of the most prominent Baptist
74ra in the country are prSfoxt.
Price $1 Per Year, in Advance.
A SETTLEMKNT IX SIGHT.
Roth Sides Are Almost Kendy to Count
on a Kesumption of Work.
Pittsburg, July 14. (Special.) -The
rosiect of a settlement of the great
aiiners' strike is brighter tonight than
it any time since the struggle began,
nd both sides are almost ready to count
Jn a resumption of work in the near
:uture. The cheering announcement is
nade tonight that W. P. Dearmitt, pres
ident of the New York .v Cleveland Gas
i'oal Company, whose 2,200 men have
xen constantly at work and without
whose assistance the success of the
movement would have been jeopar
dized, had agreed to join with the
Dther operators in a plan for
the settlement of the strike
-n true uniformity basis.
This result has been brought about
through the etl'oits of members of the
trbitiation committee, who Lave work
ed assiduously for this end since meet
ing President Dearmitt yesterday.
IL is afternoon the commission called
apon .Mr. Dearmitt aud submitted their
plan, to w hich he agreed. Then the
I'ommiBsiou met the miners' official
nd the proosition also received their
ipproyal. in agreeing to the terms,
the miner's officials promise to use their
influence to obtain the signatures of
the operators to the contract, and they
tvill begin tomorrow morning on this
work, ihey say, however, that the
proposed contracts have no immediate
effect in calling off' the present general
suspension.
KENTUCKY GOI,I DEMOCRATS.
Wattcrson Says Coinage at 1 to 1 Is
'As Dead us the Institution of
African Slavery."
At Louisville, Ky., on the 1 1th, a
actable aud unique to a marked degree
beyond uny held for more than a score
A years in Kentucky, was the Gold
democrats' convention. Over K) dele
gates were present, representing 113
jut of IP.) counties. John G. Carlisle
was made permanent chairman, after
n hicii ho delivered a stirring speech.
VYatteisou, jheckeiiridge and others
delivered speeches. Free and unlimit
ed coinage was denounced, and apposi
tion was expressed to levying unjust
:axes, and a currency reform was ad
vocated. Wattersoii said coinage
it It! to 1 is "as dead as
the institution of African slavery."
The purpose of the convention, as they
pnr it, was to sustain true Democracy,
md to bring back to such, and those
who have strayed after a silver idol.
Complete satisfaction with the work of
the convention was to bo read in tho
face and bearing of all the delegates,
whe-u the final adjournment came, am!
confidence was freely expressed iu tho
ultimate winning of glory which will
lead to a national success in the next
presidential contest.
THE KESEKVOIU HI RST.
Reminder of the Johnstown blood
at Newburg, N. V.
A fatal accident that is a reminder of
the Johnstown flood occurred near
Newb':rg N. Y. The Molzingah reser
voir at lishkii'l Mountain, near
Matteawan, Las been swollen to over
sowing by the recent heavy rains, and
the reservoir burst. Tho water ran
into a deep ravine two miles below the
reservoir, near Dutchess .Junction,
washing away almost everything' in its
path. A number of buildings, pi ivuie
residences and bi ick yard w ith ail its
'milJings were wuslied away with a
hoarding house occupied by laborers.
It is reported that nine of them nre
missing. They are supposed to have
been tlrow lied.
The flood washed away over two
:nimlrel yards of the Hudson river
"ailway track. There were two reser
voirs, one ahove the other. 1 he top
jne burst first letting the volumo of
water into the lower reservoir and
.uirsting it w ithout warning. The flood
an ied everything before it.
Ten bodies have been recovered and
twenty are still missing. Search for
the missingbodies is progressing rapid
ly. The district is completely stricken
by the disaster. Many families are
not only homeless but havo lost all
their earthly possessions.
BIG HUIDGE OPENED.
West Superior and Duliith Are ?.ow
Connected by a Draw.
The big steel bridge between West
Superior and Duluth, Wis., has been
.'pened for traffic The work of build
ing the bridgo between the two cities
was begun six years ago.
Tho center draw is fort3-nine feet
long mid weighs 2,2 0 tons. The total
length of the bridge is 1,1ml' feet be
tween the approaches, A clear water
way of 2'H feet is opened on either f ide
nf the draw pier when the span is
swung. Tugs and small vessels pass
under without swinging the span,
whi.-h makes the turn in twenty sec
onds. 'I ho structure is fifty-eight feet
wi le, arranged for two railway tracks,
besides street railway, wagons and fool
passenger ways, and cost about 3 1.00",
IMI.
Hawaiian Annex at Ion Endorsed.
The United States Senate committee
on foreign relations agrees to the reso
lution on the annexation of Hawaii,
and also instructs the President to se
cure the release of the Competitor pris
oners. Seven members of the commit
tee were present. These were Messrs.
Davis, ('ul'om, Foraker, Clarke, Mor
gan. Turpie and Daniel, and of thee
all but Messrs. Turpie and Daniel cast
their votes for the resolution of annex
ation. Is It Mr, springs' Murderer?
A special to the Charlotte IV. C. ) Ob
server from Win-ton, N. ('., savs a
man giving his name Wiley Bal.'ow
Las been arreste i m Mb Airy on sus
picion. It n thought he killed Mrs.
A. A. Springs, at Lexington. It is said
lie filU the description of the munieier.
He claims Forsyth county as his home.
A Mf'al Alter Years.
A medal honor has been awarded to
Joseph J ayl'T, of Lowe!!, Ma-s. , f r
gallaiit ser ices at Weldon Railroad,
Va., August, p;, i-i'.4. while in the
SeveLth Rhode Island Volunteers.
Epworth League M.itff-r.
At Toronto, Oct, the Epworth
League met on the lith and decided
that the convention next eur will be
held at either Seattle, W.is ",.? or (ma
La, Neb. The report of irand Secretary
Senilis showed 17,7V; heal chapters
and ".'"' j'lnior leagues, with a mem
bership of !.; ,!! K The o;?icial organ
of the League, the Epworth IIer,i!d
was shown to have ll",'s) subrenbers.
Canadian Cotton Mill Stock.
There is a decided improvement in
the price of stocks of the Canadian cov
ton mills.
-SEND OUIU TOE-
JOB PRINTING
THE MESSENGER,
t Marion. N. C.
rromjtne Accuracy, Neatnaa
and Good Stock Guaranteed.
Letter Heads, Note Head, Bill Heada,
Enrelor, Circulars, Cards, Poa
tem, Pamphlets, and any kind of
Printing.
A Column of North Carolina Splinters
for the Fireside.
OUR NEW COTTON MILLS.
Greensboro On a Boom--Memorial
Tablet for Prltehard Will be
Forced to Hold Elect ions.
On the BHh, the Learing by the rail
way commission of tLe question of in
creasing the tax valuation of railway!
aud of also reducing passenger and
freight rates ended. It was the most
important ses- 'an the commission lias
ever held.
The Caie Fear & Yadkin Valley pre
sented its case. Counsel George M.
Rose and Messrs. Fry v Kyle apjear
ing for it. '1 hey assured the commis
sion that the rate of valuation ought to
bo reduced; that the road was not
making money, but was struggling for
existence, aud they protested against
any reduction in rates.
President Hancock, of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railway, declared
his road could mt stand either an in
crease in vnluatiou or a decrease in
rates. The State is two-thirds owner
of this road. He asked to lie permit
ted to later file statements to prove
this, aud the commission granted the
permission.
F. H. Bushee. of counsel for the
Southern, made a statement as to its
earnings and said it was taxed high
enough.
Governor Russell's presentation of
the case against the railw ays is by far
the strongest of the three complaints
before the commission.
On the 15th the railway commission
announced that after a most painstak
ing investigation of the present passen
ger and freight rates they find passen
ger rates as low if not lower than in any
other State of like iopulation to the
square mile, while freight rates com
pare most favorably with any State.
From these facts and those elicited at
the hearing, the commission declares
p .scut rates just and reasonable, aud
declines to now make any material
changes.
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The following are the new cotton
mills in the State. The Acting Labor
Commissioners gives the list: Avon,
at Giislouia; Gaston Manufacturing Co.
at Chcrryville; W. L. Alspaugh, of
Taylorsvil'.e; George Manufacturing
'. of Greensboro; Budisill Bros, at
Liucoliiton; Charlotte Gil ami Ferti
lizer tholting) Louise and Siimmervillo
(webbing,) all of Charlotte; Mountain
Hosiery, of Lynn; T. C. Walker, of
Baiidleman, Textile ManiifacturiugCo
of Bockiugham; Hodman-Heath and
Wnxhuw, of Wiixhaw; Phoenix, and
Holt-Morgan, of l ayetteville; Smither
men, of Tioy: lino, of Hillsboro.
It will be reinemliered that Mr.
Joseph Biunford, Jr.. of I'aterson, N.
J., visile I ' '1: Volte sometime ago. He
muted th.it he eiitcmpiutcd moving inn
luge silk mil! South,. It is now stated
that Greensboro will secure the mill
and that tlx Crown mills are being
lifted up w i Ii silk manufacturing ma
chinery. ( harlotte News.
Incendiaries burned twenty seven
stac-ks of wheat for .fsn and i'. II.
Al 'Xiinder ill Walnut Grove tow nship
Sutud..y night. It is supi osed that the
w eat would bave made bushels
whan threi-hed. I learn that mooii-
shimrs are supposed to have done the
burning. - Charlotte Observer.
At Salisbury, William Wallace, has
been bound over to the next term of
court for that county for selling cigar
ettes to a minor, according to tlie act
of the last Legislature, making it a
misdemeanor to sell them to minors
under 17 years.
The Secretary of State is advised that
the chnrter of tho International Fra
ternal Alliance, which was one of the
companies exempted from taxation by
the last Legislature, is forfeited because
of its illegal methods of business.
The Wilmington, New Berne and
Norfolk rail road has beed sold to the
Atlantic Coast Line for 31"0,)). It is
now thought the Coast Line will ulti
mately extend to Washington, N. C,
thus giving the road a direct route from
Wilmington to Norfolk, Va.
A. B. Norton and Thomas White
were sentenced at Lumhertou to thirty
years imprisonment at hard labor for
the murder of .lease Tolar, of Bed
Springs, about six weeks ago. TLo
murder as one of the most brutal on
record and was over a woman.
Never before iu the history of
Greensboro Lave so many new budd
ings bee.-1 ere -tod there in one season.
Jts a i cute: bricklayers and plaster
ers do not know what it means to be
idle. 'I he lumber deulers say they are
greatly behind on orders.
The Charlotte News says that the
Young Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Tryon Stieet Baptist Church will
plaeo a memorial tablet iu the church
to the memory of the late beloved pas
tor, Rev. T. H. 1 ritchard. D. D.
The council of State takes no action
as to the local school tan elections; th
governor says there is nothing he can
do in the matter; the superintendent
of public instruction says all counties
wiil be forced to hold the elections.
Durhnm has a woman doctor, Mis
Clara Martin.
A negro man and a white woman,
who ciaim't'i have been law fully married
in South Carolina, have been sent to
jfi.il by the mayor of Baleigh f r un
law fully In ing together.
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The name of the "sheriffs' convnn
tion" at .Morehead City is changed b.
the "County Ifiicers' Contention," aud
it is to be a much larger affair than ua
at tir.it expected.
TLe Wet'-rn Union Telegraph Com
pany reH,rts that its net profit in thu
State la't year w as only 31 1.
The Council of Stte will not call
upon the Sii reiue Court for a decisiot
as to tlie constitutionality of the August
school election law.
The growth of cotton and woolcr
mills iu this State it remarkable - ii in
ls7o, 4'.i in lsii, and now 21", with 1.
0,:j M'ihdles and 22,0 ' I oms.
Our Senators and Congressmen wil
try to Lave the agricultural department
bulletins again admitted to the mails at
second cla-s matter.
RaleigL is to Lave
Louse.
325,000 el ul