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-hid oisui ros S JOB PRINTING $ J -TO- THE MES8ENCER, J Marion. H. C. rromptnets. Accuracy, KhIimi and Good Stock Guaranteed. I Letter Heads, Note Heads, BUI Eaada. . J Envelop, Circular, Card. Poa- ' if. Pamphlet, and any kind ot 1 Printing. J J J Prints . the. Mews n! is sought after by the pea- -AT. p; ui .tiL-uoweii, lancey, Dun combs, ILutherford, liaxf nnd other counties In Western North Carolina, airl U there for a rr Coed Advertising Medium. J r.atos furnished on application. ? A.ddreps. THE MESSENGER, Jarlon, N. 0. ' 5 VOL IT NO. MAKIOX N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1807. Trice 1 Per Year,ii Advance. I if 3MIM .TT& fracA A- ri rV AV We lk.:-a M ! li m m u m xti r IIIPlI I HSWi KIXJ Seirf'tary r-f Agriculture Wilson Speaks at U. T. WASHINGTON'S SCHOOL, . . Ahead .,r all Nations III .1 1. i -i Prov I - ions for l-hliicat in 4; in ' ! -ill! "I a! - e i II ofs. i I." !.. r.L a ifiltai ril building at '! A!. 1.. ; f.ri;!i.!ly opened j - v .?! i'ooLer 'I'. Wash- : ' '' sml and li.ditstr.tl llisti- 1 ' An si 1 it: composed 1 1 1 .r.-l citizens arm stu- 1 , . . ! ...lit... V it-. Oil, I ''.-'a-,. f A .'i i.eilt m e; Governor '-. a, Dr. .1. 1.. M. Curry j i . 1. -:1:1V 1 ; prominent guests, in- j ' ''.- '-. I. I'. Culver, Secretary of : .,!::,.(; '. invciaior Northen, and 1 '1. 1;! :m. Aiti-r the singing of pa- : 1 !! ., v. w ere heartily re- . 1 -I. 1 ' -;.t-r I . Wm- illusion read :- . ; of 1- :ivt from i 'resident Me- 1 1 l.e ' ust I '11 her, bishop ( '. '...: .-.v. ?.I r. .Morris K . .fc:-,siii, .. . 1 ... !. !,:ii:!-..-r; i'rcsi.lulit I . ( . . ... !,... !t. ('. I'otti r, Mr. V. -. (1 Nc.v Vork, ami many 1 ...Mi Mir .li;!n:- (.11 luinlc a .. .1! i . .! a! ; i' l' v. it!i tli' lieeil ' - 1 ' 1.. ..! I f j 1 11. 1 rs, v. lute uli'l . i . .jUati-iy cwloii tin? Snt. -.!; t x 'r. ;!-- 11, who ln:i-!o ; 1 ,!,. .r;il . -, ,,f t!.,. (lav. .-t.i'.v V 1: -.a i!..!r.-.s: t-(l tho 8-tu-' ! iu I. I 11 1 M i kity on ajjri- t- 1 .-I.it 1 1 j lt ti tiie Smi'li. : ' 1.-.' y I !: i-i:;."l ill'; latest ' li. nr. -; th:: growth t.f tho ), i:-!- ;i 1 t'thc Smith. I'rmu . . t iitiiu!.. r f cot km luil'H in . : ' I ; 11 t nt . s iii, -i fulfil from -V; ; i.f.ijti.cc of spiiolti-s from I,- ' 1.1 :, 1 1,, i ". a:i.l tin: iiiiin'.ier t.f - . ''..a .1 aunii-i'lv from i. I i;. I If i-iiov.c-.l ah-o the ' ..! ;:.: v.i'. tia l", a ; tlts- i I.v the i -iMt of lmsinee; .a vi.e Soatli. I uriii' tlie '.:! in., iths of tlie i.reseiit ' o . . i --s i 11 t he Sou th from , I v., i.- .a v. ei e !..;!", with lia - 1' : .0:', in a.;ain-t .' a :.-!-i'i!.fs r s-.'-,r,s-!,s:r t - .line I e.-io.l !:i t yenr. Tho --.li !.-; j;: tins South showeil a 1 '-Hi 1 1 .en! -1 1 : 1 i 1 1 -r the sar.m i::. -!:.. .!:': : ti;e yellow fever ' ' :i'i-i i t!: I .!::eti s. Mr. . : . :i;V. ( at the opport llli i il; a li e t for rowinj; . . '. : . a.-! ; i::.i mm ell i t i vatei !, i'l- . .. . il.-.w. eiti-iis !! it. .lapau 1 "it! aiel I'na tea plant. . . i I. 1.1 par! : I I :..tes ! far ahea.l of c i. il: -l. ia i;i il;ia-; provi; iou . ; r ; '! iiees that re- . : . : 1 -tire. :iu,l e! little more .: - . .-.!. u ; h..s heeu j;i:tlrt with t 1 : : , I-. impi f s farmers ... -r- !-. '.. :'h the ueees- ity of ! ' : '. i.f I :r n.;s with w iiieh iv ill tlieir lives. '1 hat s .1! ;.-! s t 1 tlst-so eommon - . .- .i i : r-. of tiie farmors's : i th. ret'oro, everv inl!u- . ' ; ::!.: i 1: ari'.' farmer . . . a t ., .ii .l tie! iustitu'iau . . ' v :ii 1 l:ave ha I e.lile a - . ! 1'iiek. or w here the rM iie fan.ily was i:.lil :' ' . :V... iiy do.-t ' if or ct her i'lllli- 1. ', i!.iv has .iawu. . 1 ii t he worhl aiel urn 1 : t'le ;rii .-!e. "t must ... 1 1 , 1 1 !e to do something; I v '.v : 1 1 1 1 00110, where . ,.::i- !i ay them. : .v -' ; '. . '.o i i iiiiuu.tlly for ' 1 : in- Is ilia: we m'lit - '.hi a 1 iu t he South, some No: til. an I on the I'aeltie ! i i..f 1 ieau farmer must ho I ; :. 'I ::: i he o: Id's ft tips ;. '..1, 1. - . '. i.at he may .1 iree t his r ! tie. proiliietion ami , . :' v 1, at piivs Lest ami ; I.:-: ! !,-. 1 -:. The Southern 1 I ! 1 1 utter w it 1 1 tit in : .-.eti 11 lil.ro may ho . s. : !. s to the soi's that j'r..'.v '.. ' : f.f.ii, arutively ii, -, ' ; I. hut eotio'i t ee.l shouhl , ' ' ' f i -1 1! w!ie 1 o tho plaut ' ' - -uM he ii tl to make meats , . . la -i- . as it i-; verv hihl v . .,a.i :-1.o:ihl r..-tunie',l ' ' .. th.- li.'-l.l a-,'.-iiu. I he ' f ' 'a . -aa!e wotihl fur- i:,.:t:er to fatten hall : I ..I eat lie. a:..i ihee I-. : r If 1 .tire. I in the 1 . : ; I fro:,; the 1 lee ! '. h - ! . . .. .' e 'iv.iz won'. I liej:tn a - ! t: -e. :i e: a tit U that wolihl ' v iaeteased crops - ' ;' '-.l iu a system of 10- -re; - ' j eiul says .I-,; lu--. . ; ;.- i .e the SMto Popart ; t atto: lie --em-rahhio H. 1 '.:i a K-ailre.oI A ee ideiil . i'ro-n Wa: aw to the Char :!.. e: er, .--ays: A tenaloe '. '.. at c.-eurre-.l here. While l; li'.i v. -is -.taa-lin- at the hi .n y !re iuht train erashe.l : a; -o the ,-: lor of a poiuts--e:i..er.s were kille-t i tv. e::i v-o:;e tiiei -: serious- -: s the Last St (,((; . v. ( a' .iej ie l::s aurootl to j:ive - '-i.e- :; . '' the ?llM.(Ut' llfe.ieil a : uital.Ie home for the l;ieh ,::.;. r Meehat'.ies" Institute at . '. '.i. i'h.' S'.ii.t.ui.ii is hemu . ,- -a' -sei iptiou to supphment I . -.ue ;t iitat the m-titute hv in -p-- Weighed i(M I'oiiimK -. I i eve-a Ciu'dou. a e!l know n , : .a r-'-.v.i rruueisco. Ca!., isiiead. ...el (, r i.ou pte.Kids au-.l tho :;.'.,ei:- i.".d l" break down the . : her la;e re-idenee in order to ; i . o l o.i v into the hall. A special ;. . , an.'i with no;:, was con ... :'.-! tho remains. As it was too .'. : a-iy hem.-e iu the city, it was . ., t! f cemetery in a heavy express :-, 'i;... I a: Joa had been uiar i: an t haivt s live ciiihireii. the .: : -' 1 e:::u" 1 1 months ohl. W.n.ts Sltxi.tKio Palliates. -i .--iai from lhi'.tiniore, Md., s:iy; I ;.:tes Senati r Wellington, -'f : a !e h as brought suit aaiuiit the a, a American for .lii'i.tiiM) dam .. . 'he uiound thai he has been , 1 in beitif- dia!'ed w ith tisins ..a , ::;'.e t. secure the t '.ectioii of .; . iiV-ai Maryland. 'J he Amen i i at up a vigorous contest. ' , in :.-t;-.l of l-;i:ite..eltiient. ... a-j "Meore, cx-auditor of tha : i'eMisvlvnnia, idiarged with -.'".emeul c-f 5'J:,(.KK, has been coa- A fii:oia;i. i ni:Aic Jill to I'eiision ITilun SoMiers Intro tluee'l in Legislature. 'Jho Ceor'ia leishiture lias kil'eil a hill intiO'luee'l hy Mr. Calvin, of Ifichmoiel county, j iovi'le.l for graiit iu' free license to Yankee soldiers who ini'ht now he living in the State. The- hill created mu'.-h surprise, and was fitrori'ly con lemiH.-il. '1' wo men spoke iu f;tor of the hill, hut their speeches received little attention. Several men who opposed the hill said they loved the lT:i in, and had no feeling of lios tihty ni.',iin:-t tin; Noi t!i or against the men who fought : r: : ;i-1 the South iu the days of the civil vur: hut thut they w eie umiltcrahl v op, -i d to u measure that wor.i'l he a reward for the l ii-'i who came t (leo'.-jiit iu and hiirne-1 the homes of the people who ale !:(. ejected to help I fusion the ( nio l ol lii-rs. A tilllil l,t:l of snemhi vs . j (j -. at. d said that the j;.o loiiiii -o vci l.me.. t luii'i.j ample pro isiop. if. the way of pension for the aid of the Cnion veterans and they thought ieoriria sl.ouid eontine her aid to tho iiuMi who hied in her ilefeuse din ing the wrr. 'I here was i.o ho.-tilu sentiment uttfied ani:i'-t the north during the whole (hdia'c, lujt the memlier.; seemed to regard the hiil us ridiculous. ii-.;ij;k ioTik.wcii jit. 'olorc! I're'.l'.vteriaiis Will rsi"'- i'or 'I h cm sei ves. 'i'he fonventioii of colored ministers and l ulii.' el tt-rs of the 1'reshyterian ( hiiich, in res ;ion ut Jhrminjiham, Ala., adopted a resolution declaring it the sense of the convention that tho tune had arrived for tie; formation of a separate and self .'governed colored I resin terian ( hureh'of national juris dietioii, and invited all colored f'reshy terians Loldin these convictions to send two mini, lers and tv,o elders to a convention to )e held at liereau ( hnich. New (irleiins, tho third Sun day in M ay, when this church shall ho organized. '1 he j resent convention was afraid to ot-L'iinie the separate church at this time, I.ceau-e of lack of ussiiraiiceof suiheient tiaaucial support hut heiievo tha. will he forthcoming by the liet meetilii.'. nn: so! i iii-.kvs "xonstek." It (Iocs to SpcniiT to 1 1 o i; 1 1 1 Active Service. i'.n;;i:ie No. one of the hup;e "inonareiis" of the rail that the South ern has hud oil ehihition at the Xadi ville I'.xposition, passed through Char lotte last week on its way to Spencer, where it will he lired up in a few days ami will l.e placed in active sen ice on t !i;s company's line hetweeii Spencer, N. ". , am! Monroe. Va ! he builders f .his e;i-ine i-hiim that it is one of the largest m tlie world. Tho Sou. :jv: :i ha-. urchased four of them and they will all soon lie running over this line. J i cy are the most pow erful enuiiifs ever built ami are said to be able to puli thirty-three l'ullma'u coaches v. ith ease. VK. !Iii-.itn iJelji's IS. u!y i-'oen:l to Have lirncii to Stone. !!iiaai Pelp. of Allentown, Ta., died two years abound was "nnried in Wet I hid eeaif'cry. His dan-liter de termined to have the body removed. When Cndertaker o:,derly started to ra.se the t a ke! he found that he and his mi :i were not i-tioti enough, 'i he assisla'.iee of seerul more eien was ob tained. 'J hey managed tinally to raise the casket, and opened it see what was the matter. To their surprise that the body was completely petrified. Tho features of Mr. Pelp were well pre served, even to his beard. Ills face had the a: i carauce of limestone after beiiirT soaked in water. A (ilCAMIC sell KM K. A New York 'omldnat ion After tlie Control of Kver.vt Siiiiy; i'l Slllt. A : fecial from New ork says: Vv'all ftreet fmaucit rs believ e they have dis covered the most piuautic trust ever hi aiai of. It is a scheme to control the iionev market of tlie city, and through i:. the financial policy andatlairs of tho entire coiinti v. Thecaiiital behind the liust is almost unlimited. It is said that this t: u d has already boun operation-:, be ckffelier. i iaveuieyer and V..v; an are repotted to be the orij;i r.a'.o: s of 'his trust. It Was a lake. The special sent out from Wilming ton. N. C. . to the tiVeet that Nathan Widis, who murdered yminv; Stevens iu liorrv count',-, S. ('.. was burned at a stake was untrue, tie was cauirht rai l jailed at the county seat of Horry Couwny, and coiife.-se-.l to the killine;, but was not bunted at a stake, as re lilte.'.iu the si'icial. lie will be tried at the s rin term i f the court. ton s Against t e Lottery, 'i he I'nited States Supreme Court, at Wnshh-irtot;, niiirmed the decision of the 'eiitucUv Court of Appeals iu the ca-eif.i. .1. Pontius vs. the State of ient:iekv. 'i he imm' ias brought in bch.a.f of a lottery and is decided ad -ersely to the company, .lur.tiee liar hiil leiuh ied the fleci-ion. I. ane Summons the ottoiitots. Hector 1. T.ane. resident of the American Cotton dowels' Association, has issued an address, c:i! iiuej a meet-r,,- of the cotton c rowers of America to be" he'd iu Memphis on the -i th. Ail agricultural societies are requested to send delegates and all bankers and i-aeii hauts interested iu fv-ttou are re quested to be pre.-eut. Wa -es Kaisecl for :;.." Icn. Jones .V T.aiiL'hlin. of Pittsh-urir. IV... notitied '.heir e.-'ii o iron w te kers, know n a., day men. tha on the lt their wa-,'es w(-.;;ld be iticlea e l h per cent. Tin lestoresthe re.'actii ii made some months :m'o. as p-n'mi-ed by the firm as m o:i as -:'i:prove 1 conditions would warrant. Internal ile enue. The records of the I nteriia! Kevenue liuieati show thut the leceipts for the tive r.ionths of the i resent fiscal year whlexceeil those for tiie same period last ear by about c-Soi'a.no''. Wants I'. i -peesary 'aes Ailv.tnc ril. Mto: ii.'v-Ceaein; 1'aiber. of South i Carolina, has tiled a liiotion in the I i;ited states supreme i curt at asn ;j'.:ton to have the dispensary case? ad vanced on tho dockit In making the motion Mr. burin r stated that the South Carolina Legislature would cou e:.e in January and he sue-ted that the court's dech ion wor.hl be of prcat v.d.ue to the state as a -ui.h? to le-is!a-j live act loii. I Dciici (irows I.arser. I The United States treasury deficit toiitinues to grow larger. tpa nivnrniMr rvm noimi i inu'OL bin ni atluo uni The Experience of People in an In diana Town, WERE SHAKEN OUT OF BED. A Three-Ton fCngine Was Torn to fragments and Kvrry Living Animal Killed Instantly. A Fpecial from Anderson ville (Ky.) to tho Louisville Lveniu 1'ost fiayn Chesic-rliehl, Iud., was al most wiped off the map by the explosion of eighty quarts of uitro-glyc-erine, w hich had been brought over la :d from Moutptlier and ji'.accd ia an open tieid half a milo from town. Marion, Maasey aud Saui Maguire were working gas wells near by when tho explosion occurred. Manse- was blown lifty feet, but not fatally injured. Maguire was thrown a hundred feet in tho air and badly lacerated, but will recover. Mr. Janifj Cold's house, MOU Tods distaut, was blown to pieces. The explosion tore a hole in tho ground down to the water line, and so far it is learned, it was spontaneous. A three-ton engine was torn to frag ments and every living animal was killed instantly. The little town of Chesterfield is a mass of ruin, every house being moved from its foundation, windows shuttered, doors smashed in, every liht put out and the plastering shaken from tho walls. Severn! people were shaken out of bed. At Palesville, two miles distant, and at Yorktown, tive miles distant, the damage was almost as great. Many j eoplo were injured nnd it is a miracle that none were killed outright. The jar of the explosion was felt in all directions for fifteen miles distant. The gas in tho well was blown out aud a workman named Cooper lit it and caused another explosion, in which ho was fatally burned. The damage cannot be esti mated. A KKAKFl'li TYPHOON'. One of Hie Worst IMsasters Kver Ke oi ted from tiie Southern Ocean. A dispatch from San Francisco, Cab, fays the typhoon which swept over the Thillipine Islands on tho ( th of Octo ber, was tho cause of one of the worst disasters that has been reported from the southern ocean in many j-ears, if not in tin; history of thut section ci ".he world. Thousands of lives veto lost, including many Europeans, utul tho damage to property was appalling. The ddhcuities of getting news from the islands is great at any time, and owing to the retii'Ueness of some of the provinces visited I13 thehnrrieane, nil details of the storm did not reach liong Kong until the 1st of November. 'J lie steunier C.aelic, from the Orient, brought letters and papers which con tain accounts of the vivnges e the tidal wave and the winds. Several towns were swept and blown away. 1'u'dy -Jul) I'nropeans were drowned, and it is estimated that nearly (i.Ul'y natives peri: hod. The sea at Samoa swept inland nearly a mile, destroying propel ty valued s-t several million dollars and causing w hole-ale deaths amongthe native-). I N I ) I 1 KN T C 1 1 A X - A M K K I CA N . (it'll. Lee Says There Are 1,7 In tlie Island. Conr-ul (ieueral Lee has made are port to tho Secretary of State, in which he says there are 1, ('.07 American citi zens in Cuba dependent upon charitable assistance. They have been partly provided for out of the tt."0,ii0:i appro priated by Congress, (ieueral Lee Buys that iu making provision for tho relief of these citizens more than SI. aW a week must be expended. lie has drawn S-J"i.(i)i of the sum appropriated, of w hich two drafts for .'i,U!;) each were drawn last month. l!o expresses tho opinion that a considerable timemusi elapse before the indigents will be seif su.stainiug. Yisible Supply of Cotton. Secretary Hester's weekly statement of the world's visible supply cf cotton shows nn iacreaso compared w ilh last w eak of -?.) , 101 bales, as compared v.ath last vcar as ':!., :'i:?. Ho places the to tal visible at ;'.-Ua,")lti bales against : .-.M l,:;';'". hist week and ;',:::. ss; last year. Of the former amount ;?,4.Vr"-t) bales are American. Not n IMpi; of Peace. At Mount Sterling, Kj, .T.H. Iam brrv, a farmer, was shot and killed by his tenant, L. A. Shall. They quar reled over a division of the tobac co crop. Ihisy IVath from Hydrophobia. Truest Lggsieker, a farmer, died fiom hydrophobia at the Jhiptist Sani ta; mm in St. Louis, Mo. He was bit ten by a dog in September. His death was iii direct contradiction to ihe popu lar impression that death by hydropho bia is always attended with horrible rutleritigs. The patient was rational at nil times, drank water freely, did not froth at the mouth, nor bark like a dog and did not sutler. His one attendant w as more for company than for medical service. Iii yan l'.ntlows a College Pri.e. William J. lh-yan has given to the Missouri State University SJIO, which is to bo annually used in awarding a prize for the best essay oa the science of government. To Print !j-l,OOO.nOO. Assistant Secretary Yanderlip has authorized the Pirector of the Hureau of Knirraving and Printing to print and deliver to the U. S. Treasurer i?l,0iii, oao. as follows: I'nited States notes ?1 s.ooo.oau: silver certificates .ti4,i ,. WO: treasury of 1 ! $;,oi.m,ik.. ieorge ;oulil Advances Salaries. It is announced from St. Louis, Mo , that as a Thanksgiving present Mr. Oeorre J. dould, of the Missouri Pa cific railroad system hs advanced sal aries all along the lit:e 10 per cent. To Study Habits of Criminals. J. L Wiilard, a resident of Kerliu, Germany, aud a nephew of Miss Fran cis 11. Wiilard, has started oa an ex pedition to Eakharaand Asiatic Itasbia for the purpose of studying the habits t-f criminals and vagrants. An I'artliquake at Ashland, Ya. Ashland, seventeen miles nort h o Richmond, Va , reports having ex perteuced an earthquake shock at o'clock on thd afternoou of the vRth The' vibration was verv distinct and lasted about t eeeondd. nooiiro r, numism nr,nr,rO!i oouio n n nu nu huuk &o. State's Committee to the People of North Carolina, TO YOUR TENTS 01 ISRAEL! The Chicago Plat form Kcallii r.-etl Want All White Men to Partic quite in I'l iiiiarii'saiol Conventions. The North Carolina State Pern ot ratio Executive Committee met in llaleigh a fc-w days ago and issued the following address to the people cf tho State: "Tho rei re.-entatives of the Pemo crntic party in North Carolina coi -at-u'ate the Pem-jcrati. of her sister Sta.es w ho, with a firm stand for the princi ples embodied in the Chicago platform, have won splendid victories for tho people. "in rejoicing at the success of the Democratic party in the late elections, we remind the people that Peuiociatic majorities were largest, and Republi can majorities were smallest, in those States where that platform was the is sue. It ii a signiheaat fact that Democ racy was defeated iu the States where local concerns were allowed to over shadow ihe principles of the party. De mocracy is for all the people, ihe re cent utterances of the people are plain Mid decided. They have expressed their f::th in tho t'hi,uro platform, their belief in bimetal!:;-!!!. their disgust and disiq proval of Ucptil In ati creeds' and practices, and, above atl, their hatred of the tyrannous gold standard. They show that they will no longer submit to the robbery of trusts, the domination t f bosses and the oppres sion of the money power." 'The con demnation of the nioiiey power." The condemnation of the hypocrisy aad falsehood of the Republican party is crushing. "it is equally pronounced, whether we hear it, loud aud free, in the wheat fields of Ohio aud iowa. or stru-glin r for utterance i:i the wealth conge: ted centre of renter New York' where the candidate for mayor received M'.t.on plurality a candidate whose only cunq atgn iitteranco was: 'i am a Democrat; who was heart and soul for ' the Chicago platform and the candidates w ho stood on it. ' "No less significant is Ihe fact that the people of the Stale of New York have elected by b,uij-:) majority as chief justice of the Court of Appeals. ;t statesman who rought support by an nouncing that he 'had voted for 'ton. Wm. .'. b'ryan last yea!." "And with thts glorious news of Democratic success we rejoice that shams international bimetallism' hr.s been ex pose-!. J here is now no r.xun for Republican tlo.briag. "We reallirm our belief in the princi ples of the Chicago aud State platforms of tiie Democratic ariy, as adopted in ls'.ie, iu their entirety: and we v.iii still support those principles until they are written in our laws. "We would be uidmeto the lino and loyal allegiance tiie Democratic party of North Carolina bears to our greatest leader, lion. William J. Rryan. if we fad to express our confidence iu his honor and integrity and in his devotion of head and heart to the weliare of a'i the people. We t nq hasie the fact that c ur great victory was won in tiie State of ( duo and Kentucky, where he er sucaliv eppea'ed to the people. "Wo vkw i;h alarm tiie depressed condition of trade and the low prices of all products raised by our people, but we remind those who heard Re publican orators in is.':; pj edict due disaster if the Democrats were elected, that Meiviinley is President of these baited States and both branches of oiigiess mo Republican. Theit ople in Usui! i io uraw mo proper conciii sio:.. '".Ye thank all patriotic citizens who joined with us last year iu carrying the Statu for our pi esidentia! candidate and we invite to the future councils of the Democratic party-1he party of the po.ailo all men w ho believe in its prin ciples, desire its supremacy, and who w all a. sist in cuirving out its policies. "i n less than one year opportr.niiy w ill bo given the voters to express a firm adherence to those principles. We regret that the ballot box was not this year opened to all North Carolinians. North Carolina is now accidentally Re publican. We do not believe that any numberof intelligent and virtuous men expected or hoped for the present rule i;i this State. We are sure all good men are eager for a change. We have fai le:i on evil days in North Carolina. They recall the days of reconstruction. They demonstrate the truth that i:o Southern State can be governed wnh honor and decency by the Republican patty. Two large a number of. its vo ters are ignorant, for the masses to control, aud two large a number of the loaders are vernal and corrupt, to give North Carolina good government. We look with horror utam the evils wrought by a combination of Republicans and the corrupt elements of the Populist party by means of which our Legis lature has become a farce, many of our oliiee-holders become t oriupt ami crim inal, ami ignorance and vice rais:. above intelligence- and virture. We denounce the e ilbrtsof this combination to place the insane of the State at the mercy of iticouq eteut, vicious and lust ful men. and we condemn the changes wrought in our laws whereby ignorant and impure men ha.e been placed m control of schools, courts, prisons and asylums. Theseare the inevitable con sequences of Republican rule. The Democratic party promises the people on its return to ower to correct ail these abuses. It wi;l guarantee every iti -eti his rights, but it demands that virtue and intelligence shall rule tho State. It will re.-tore to tho white women of the State the security they felt under the tw enty years cf Demo cracy inaugurated by the immortal Yuiice. To the accomplishment of these ends let every patriotic citizen rally to the white man's party. To your tents Ol Israel'!"' The following resolutions was intro duced by Mr. li. L. Stevvus. t f Duplin, and .adopted : "That n'l white electors who intend to vote with us in the next election and who desire the re-establishment tf Au-glc-axon supremacy aud honest gov ernment in North 'urolina a. e cordially invited to paiticij ate in a.l of our priiua'ies aud conventions.' Lynched Hv One Man, William Ellis, a prominent farmer, living near Ever-.-ree:i. Ala., took a negro r.a.ge 1 Coc':: King to a swamp, tied hir.i death.. I is th-.- all ta a tt:e and shot titima.-y with Lilts' t ted crime. Conirontetl With famine. The Sau Tiaiieis-o 'Cal , (Vllre-ctivt-a letter fr:a Dawson City: it says the -oid setkeis sue coi lioutel with famine: Rritish police ofiieers will "cii-e all the sin plus sui plic-sand divine them among tue nee.iv. nninnr tn nun rnnurno m mi u uuk m tno. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Ad-; dresses the Georgia Legislature. STUDYING THE SITUATION. Large Herds of Hairy Cattle, He Says, Should He liaised IJy I'sins Cotton Need .Meal. Secretary of Agricultural James M. VYilson addressed the (ieorgia Legisla .ure iu joint session. His theme was "Agriculture in tho South." Dr. J. L. M. Curry spoke on education. Mr. Wilson was introduced by Speak -or Jenkins He spokestrougly in favor of manufacturing cotton at home and of utilizing the cotton seed for cattle railing. i he Secretary said ho had been in structed by President McKiuiey to .'omo South and rtudv the agricultural resources 1 ere. Just as the growing cf grain had become the lea ling industry of the great West, so the growing of ottou was the leading industry of tho h.'Uth. 'The South was working out her own destiny. Jf she desires Notth ?rn and La-tern capital, let her point to tho work she is doing herself with out outside aid. vVhat are you doing with youreotton eed, ' continued the secretary, "Geor gia produces :;a,a.;;,o;r bushels of it. Now I'ug'aud feeders have found your cotton seed meal valuable. The State should have half a million dairy cattle, l'hese cattle would not injure the soil. 1 he cotton seed meal could bo fed to them. "Georgia, too, can produce every pound of sugar she uses. The growing of beet sugar is becoming one of the greatest of this country's industries." While he did not desire to meddle in local ailhirs, tho Secretary said, he wanted to urge Georgia's representa tives the necessity of educating farm er s s.,n.s. He Haiti that some of the brainiest men in the National Congress had been brought up on Georgia farms. Dr. J. L. M. Curry follow el, with an a ldrcss, iii which lie dwelt on the importance aud value of the common school. llll j I)!i: DlT Ii COXSKOPKXC'KS Of the (artless l)i inking of Stnll 'I hotiglit to lie Wlilskry. A special to the birminghum, (Ala. i Age-Herald from Maplesville says: -even men are dead aud seventeen more me not expected to live from the result sf drinking a mixture of wood alcohol ud chtaii whiskey. Tho liquor was bought m Seimii, Ala. , by P.iil Auder sou and another farmer and brought here by -them and retailed to farmers md laborers on tha' ?do'oileand Ohio ex tension, which is being graded by the place. A great number of farmers and rail road hands purchased some of the mix ture and immediately aftenlrinking the oucoctioti were taken violently ill. No physician was at hand aud many of them died before attention could he given them. J he a'eohol was labe'ed "for mixing j aiut only." The alVair nis crea'cd a great sensation. Ander son and Iii;; partner are amongthe lead. i:i i:i pi:i:V; i:;i.ivi:i;y. Country C Iks Will Aid the Ulail Carriers P.y Xaiiii.g I'o lio.vcs. Acting I'ostniastor (ieueral 1'erry S. Heath has issued the following circular regarding tho rural postal free de ivery: The ultimate success of the experi nent of free delivery of mail, which is low being tried by Congress in lifty rural districts of the Cuited States, ivill df-pr-nd largely upon the prompt less with which tho carriers can make their deliveries tithe patrons on their ou'.fs 'this will be greatly faeilitat ,'d. and He, chances of the permanency increase.); if those desiring to take ad vantage of rural free delivery will ?roct suitable boxos by the roadside ii) vvhice earners may deposit mails a? they pas:; aud from which they may col lect tiie mails; intended for transmis sion. p t Walsh i:l;: ti:i. lie ieats the Whole Lav-Out foi ?-f:iyor of Augusta. Lx-l'r.itc.l States Senator Patrick Walsh, ti e citizen's candidate, has bto.i .-letted mayor of Augusta, Ga , over Wm. Dunbar and Daniel Kerr by u Majority of S3!. Tfr. Dunbar was, like lr. Wnhh. brought into the race by .opular i'r-ntinient in favor of lnunici el it foim, while Mr. Kerr was sup- 'e '. by tho present city udmiuistra .io:i. Htsast reus Prairie fire. Another disastrous prairie lire has just swept over tho greater parts of , 'i osiiy, Hale and Lubbock co tnties, I'fXps, completely desiroyi.ig the ange and many ranch buildings. Two amis of sheep, one numbering t.',0tn) cad and the other l.'.'ii'.i Lead, were aught i:i the tire and everv animul was hum1. i . tieath .Mrs. Noldes Must Hang. The United States Supreme Court ia-; r.llinued the decision of the (ieorgia -Tiprciue Court in he case of Mrs Nobles, convicted of the murder of her iiusband. She claimed duo process of nw had been denied her. The result A the decision is tnat the sentence im posed by the court car. now be executed. Dou'rili' n;:gg,i !C Allowance. On an. i after ti.e ",tii the Seaboard '.ir Line, m Tt"er to meet the action A its e,.r.ipetito.s, will allow free :')) t-otinds :, l.aggag i'or each passenger .lol.lii.g a full tielu-t, aud V-i pounds 'or eath iasseiigt-r holding a half ticket, between stations on ilslii.es. V .1 ill ay I: v t l.i.ill Ijod; At Ttimj a. I'l. i., a . en sat ion was reated m i lorn la Pythian circles when :!td Cross Lodge, Knights of Pythias, A this city, tie.y. i the authoiity'of the tiu.id t'hancelit -r aud refused, to obev los orders to reliiitti.-h their eha. ter. .Itistk-e field's ICetiremer.t. Justice I'ield's retirement from the I "Mtpreme C'ourb of which he gave ofii- j ;ia! notice to the President last Ai ril, ! oc k place cr. the 1-x. TLere was itj i 'oi'mality attendant u; on it. The jus j .ifL- wis n-'-t present in the court room md as he ha 1 r.-d sal with the court on i'j.i' ,t:-.y siuce tkeoiening n,y of the etiu. the oroeeediags thd not diner m ir.yiiq.ee; from t h-. Mi of ordinary days, if ''ustice 1 lei i s U-ii.i had continued intil the '.ill he wc-uht have had foity our years of continuous service. Under the law 1 e will draw f .li salary until lis death. TKAOK RM'Oitr. Xo General Improvement, Says Rrad- j Mrect's Kevicw. Bradstreet's weekly trade report for f ine past week, savs in part: "ot- I withstanding the appearance of a de niaud for holiday specialties at some points in the South, at Chicago. St. Louis and in the tributary thereto, general trade throughout the country has shown no general improvement. Most favorable rtq orts are from the territory west of the Mississippi river aud north t f the Missouii and Kansas, where colder weather has stimulated demand at the interior and country merchants have been buying with com parative freedom. "Ihe Eastern cotton goods industry continties thq resst d. Consumers evi dently do not intend to buy extensively uutil they believe the price of rav cot ton is ready to advance. Competition from Southern mills - mere particularly overproduction by maunfat tunas who produce a single staple ttt h i lies existing largo st i-ks an 1 the heaviness of prices, '.'envc. te: s and manufacturers of cjtto.i yai ns are sit uated relatively more favorably. Other lines repri seutnig seasonable iiisu ibu t;on are manufacturer: of woolens, clothiug, shoes and jobbers of fancy groceries. At Philadelphia tnctoisn cheek iu demand for products in bal ing textile lines and arrangements are making to run on shorter time. Iron aud steel have not been in as active demand as expected, and are lower, notwithstanding furnaces and mills ait supplied with orders suUicient to carry them well iuto next year. A favorable feature is found in advances in i-.u; of operatives m various imlusti ialltnes. "1 here are 'J:!.1 business failures im ported throughout the Cmted States, compiled wnh '.;. last week. There are iii failuies reported from the Do minion of Canada, compare I with :!l last w eek," fey ITCNitV A. Ilio-ts-. The newly elected General Master workman of the Knights of Labor is Henry A. Hicks, of New York. This leaves Mr. Soveicign the only past General workman in the order of the Knightsof Labor. All others who h .vc held thi position have been either ix pelled from the tuder or died. Mr. Hicks has been at the head of thel.u ld ing unions, connected w ith the Knights of Labor, for nearly ten years. He is president of the Stale congress of dis trict and local assemblies ot New Yol k and w as a national com mil teem au for ids State ia tho People's party. Tiie report of the secretary of the order of Knights of Labor show s the society to be iu a flourishing condition. The reiovt of friction between tiie members and f licers of the order were strenuously th; nied, but there seems to have been a pretty lively scramble fo- supremacy in the choosing of the new ouhvrs. ni:;ko i;: knt:i to dkai ii. lie Killed a White Man a'1,1 Paid the Penalty on a Light wont! Knot Pi re. A special from Wilmington. N. '., says that o:i Thanksgi-, ing Pay, Nathan Will's, a colored man living l.tar Town Creek, Rrurswick county, was arrested on thn cha'go of murdering a young white man by the natneiaf Stcpli'-ns. Stephens was found iu the vic;nny of Vv'ample, N. C, w ith a gunshot wound in the back. A mob was raised by the farmers in the country near the Wacca'ui w river. Willis was taken from the sh'ri:V, car ried into the woods and chained be tween two pine trees. Light wood wa-: then j lied around him and he wa, burned to death, thus suih-ring duith to pay the penalty for his orive After the murder, suspicion at o ::-e rested on the colore 1 man who had been seen in neighboring communities wearing some of Stephens' garments. He ha 1 also been M.cti driving the eft cart in which the murdered man wa last seen alive, and Sg" in money was found on his person, that, i; wan ruo posed, lie took from his victim's :. !: fcta. The ofli'-ers carried Willis to on way jail, I lorry cotr.ty, S. C. Cuban Autonomy a fact. Madrid, Spain.-,' My Cable, 'I ho Oflicial Gazette publishes the r ival u crees, granting autonomy to Cuba ca.i l Porto Rico, thus removing the at.xnty that had begun to be experience i o:i all sides as tiie result of tho govern ment's reticence aud unexplained tie- lr. Dorland Dm !. Rcr. Dr. Luke Doriaud, of Hat Spring, N. "C, founder T tht; Dorian 1 University, Hot S; rings, died at tin homo of his son. ("has. J. Dorlaad, ia Spriugtield, 111, aged s.; j-ears. Snow i;i Nebraska. Snow is piling up in Nebraska, great tlauiage to cattle is covers the ground. feared, as it Pithy Points. Robbers held nr. a stago coach be- 1 tween Rishop and lndcpencei.ee, Nev., and secured l,0u:. I Tho Kentucky authrritic-s will take I steps to prevent the destruction of toll j gates and piMiitt-b, the raiders. The Countess of Lathom, while ic turning from a shooting tatty, was thrown out of a trap and ki.Ld near Wigan, Lancaster, Luglan.l. The New York World 'an-s a large number of United States Senators are in favor of belligerent right s if not of independence for Cuba. Ex President Cleveland prtn.i-c-s that his son, recently born, will bo in the class tf It 15 or "Rl of Priicctoti College. Turkey has placed with Ilerr Kru: p, the Geriuaa gun-maker, a a order for l-"0 large cannon at a total value of 1, .atid.O )'. marks, ia spite of Russia's pro test. I At Erie. Pa , Antor.ij .Mcirilo, w:.le 1 drunk, threw' oil and Vft m his v, if.jT i face, it ignited and ca tsc 1 hc-r deatii. Frank Johnsos, coloie.l. ia '. he Mis souri penitentiary, has refu - 1 a i r.r dou because he dots not want to be "turned out in the cold..'!. ....... I aff I 1 1, wMmm TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH. The South. Alabama Fopulists declare ngaiust fusion. .egroes lynched a negro rapist m Ahihama. John Henry, a Florida desperado, w as arrested near Yahlosta, Ga. Six prisoners broke jail at Chester field C. 11.. S. C. A rich vein of gold has been discov ered in 1'i.lding county, Ga Rcusact la. l'la. , has suffered aStOO, (t(H, lire, of incendiary origin. The reports of lyuehiugs near R'aek shear and Screven, (ia. , w ere false. The Yirginia Legislature is in ses sion. It is overwhelmingly Demo cratic. Atlanta, (ia., is to have a new eve ning paper, in which tho Appletous. of New York, are interested. A prisoner at l'itts, (5a., has con fess,.,! that he mn'-.b red John M. Clay ton, in Pliimmerville, Ark., eight years ago. Reu.iauiin E. Sims, wanted iu At lanta, Ga , for using cancelled postage st.i'mps, is held in New York in :V'i0 bond. On account of the rails spreading on the A. A D. Railroad, near Gill's sta t'on. Ya. . the engineer aud tireman were hided. 1 licks Price, colored, awniting trial for a felonious assault, was taken from jail at Shirks, Fla., by a mob and hanged. John McCormiek, tM years old, son of the editor of the Meridian (Miss.) News, has strangely disappeared from Wheeling, W. Va. At New Oilcans Oils Ruhlin, tho giant heavyweight of Akron, O., de feated Tut Ityau, of Australia; in a ten round light. Engineer L. M. Rumgarncr, of tho Spartanburg and Ashevilie road, who was shot a lew days ago by a tramp named Lambert, is dead. Col. W. D. Chipley, a prominent ami wealthy citizen of Florida, died in Wellington. His remains were taken to Columbus, Ga., for interment. The Atlanta, Ga,, bankers issue a call to all the Southern bankers to attend a meeting in that city on the lath to take action regarding tho currency ques tion. Miss P.ertie Wilson, of South Man chester, Iii'., narrowly escaped serious injury from tho burning of her cellu loid comb which caught lire from tho heat of a stove. , The North. An attempt to rob the North Amherst, ). , bank was a failure. At Martin, Mich. , Scott A. Rowtlish idiot his daughter ami killed himself. Two men ami a woman met death in a blazing building at Jamestown, N. Y. At Farmland, O. , lire destroyed the postoliiee, railway station aud opera house'. Eleven cars and a locomotive were destroyed near Cleveland, O. The train jumped tho track. Senator Jones, of Arkansas will lead tho Democratic opposition to the an nexaiion of Hawaii. The deputy customs collector of Ev nnsville, Intl., is in jail oil tho charge tif embezzlement. Congressman Railcy, t.f Texas, thinks that Congress will do little mors than 1 ass the appropriation bills. Tha New York ( ity Health Depart" nietit is to supply vaccine virus to the tuiny throughout tha country. At Lowell, ..Mass., Frank A. Keith nnd Maggie (iodfre-y committed Filicide together by inhaling gas. They were penniless. The gold output of tlie CrippleCreek. Cob, district iu Nove.'.iber w as j? 1 , 'i'lx, -i'a'1, the. largest for one mouth in tho history of the camp. At Pittsburg, Pa., a negro man, who claims to have been born in 17.7, asks for admission to the poor hotiso on tho ground that he is now too ohl to work. The Naval Hoard has made its recom mendations to Secretary of the Navy Long, in connection to building the armor plate plant. It says the plant will cost s ::.oun,wu. Hotel b'almoral, on Mount MeGregon near Saratoga, N. Y., has been do" stroyed by lire. 'Ihe hotel was erected iu lss- at a cost of .V.(Ki(t, and tho con tents were valued at S'2-",':H. At Cleveland, Ohio, J. .1. Shipherd has been arrested on a chargo of em bezling nearly ;W,W-Ht from F. I. Robinson and a receiver has been asked b ,r Ins til in, which is alleged to bo in tolvent and owing .t.',0W, WO. William C. Woodward, alias "I'd Hawlev, convicted of attempting to 1 h'.oltinai! Samuel W. Rrigham, of Now York, has beea rc-ntenced to tive years' imprisohuieiit. Martin Thorn has been convicted ol murder in the first degree for killing William Guldensuppo, his predecessor in tiie atiectioiis of Airs. Augusta Nack, at W 'oodsiue, L. I., on June '' last. At Petersburg, Pa., there is talk of forming a big coal trust to control the river coal interests from the Mouonga hela'to New Orleans. The primarv object is said to be to reduce expenses in both mining and shipping. -1-l!sf liaiieous. The Southern Railway is to inaugi rate fa-i Southern schedules. Chinese may erect a school buildin i.t San Francisco. Of the .';.) Cubans-exiled on the island of Fernando Po, b',0 have died. The sealing situation between Canada and the United States is still badly mixed. 'Ihe Court of Appeals refused to ad mit a woman to the piactice of law in the fails courts. Wire mills may all be in a trust bv-Ft-b. 1st. 'Ihe i'rince of Wales Las engaged Tod Sloan", the American jockey, to ride for him next season. A i auk of bloodhounds lias he-eu pro vided St. Louis, Mo., to aid the police in ruuuiug down criminals. Afie'ial triii'ii i-catlio, wash., savs Dawson f ity D threatened with f.tarva tion. i he price of a beef -teak is Si. ''J. A di-astrous storm ha swept the t-oa -t of England, doing great damage to '---.4 l-i and fashionable resorts. One hundred ii.es were lost. Chief Justice Riugham Las sentenced Robert Martin, ei-treasurcrof Columbia University, to iu-prisonme-at for a term of live years in the penitentiary for the embezzlement of about $14, ;.) of the fiili is of thi-i university. A cable-gram from London savs Sidney James Low, the retiring editor of the St. James. Gazette will start for America iboat January 1st on a tour of the world. Franc:. -co Estrado. professor of natu ra! sciei.ee in the city t-f Mexico, has invented what he rails ac tlectio-mag- netic geological balance, designed t foretell earthquakes ami (he disi ii bauce of the earth's crust A SWAKM Of .MOKMONS. A Missionary of That Church to be lut In Kvrry County In the South. A Cnattmooga diispateh says: Chat tanooga is the headquarters for the Southern propaganda of the Mormon Church, and mauy of that church's missionaries or ciders arrive there daily. They are assigned from the headquarters by President Kimball. According to President Kimball it is the object of the Mormon Church to havo a missionary stationed in every couuty iu the Southern States, and as the uiissioiiarj work of the last two vears has been highly successful, the importations of workers from Utah are becomiug more numerous. Twenty three arrive each month, and the mini -ber will be increased whenever the oc casion demands. Ihe missionaries are all active, healthy young men from tho mountains of Utali, most of them having previous ly been employed in funning. The work done by them is arduous. They make trips oil foot through the wild and wooded sections of the South, preaching from door to door. Often they meet with resistance, and not long ago two of them were horse whipped iu Georgia. '1 ho Mormon Church has a rule simi lar to that of some of tho European .ouuti ies with regard to enlistment in military service. Young men are re piired to givo at least two or three years of their early manhood to the service of the Church. They leave their farms or stores iu obodieuce to the rule and spend thrco years of hard work among the "Gentiles." HAHLKsJsCMXr.lt JOHXSON. There are no federal ' judgos in the United States courts who have as broad jurisdiction as that which falls to ( 'harles Suiiiner Johnson, recently ap pointed by President McKinley as judge of tho United States court for tho Dis trict tif Alaska. It embraces an area of lino, Out) square miles and has more coast line than all tho Atlantic and Pacific States combined. Judge Johnson was horn iu a log cabin on the prairies tif Jones county, Iowa, in lsil. He grad uated from the law department of the Iowa State University in ltS77. He thou moved to Nebraska ami practiced law. In !stl he was appointed United State attorney for the District of Alaska aud nerved four years, being the only av. pointeo who ever served his full ap pointment in that position. After thf expiration of the term of his npptdnt nieiit he settled iu J unentt, w here he practiced law. Ho earned tho money' necessary lerr his education, as a prin ter's boy. H. O. .Ml M.S. What promises to be an intorestin sociological experiment is the D. O. Mills home in New York City, where men will lind clean comfortable and at tractive lodgings for the low price of t cents per night. This sum gives the man a clean bed iu a room by himself and includes a bath. Indeed the bath is compulsory. Mr. Mills insists the scheme is not a charity but an invest ment. Ho believes at the price he will lie able to maintain the homo and rro vide a small per cent, for profit. The house is in Jtleeker street, just west from Rroad way. It has rooms for the accommodation of I.TiOO men ami bath ing facilities sufficient for all. A res taurant is run in connection, where food is served at low rates. The large building is handsomely finished, with elegant facade and all conveniences. Mr. Mills is a wealthy owner of realty.' He is the father-in-law of Whitela Reid, aud came from San Francisco to New York some years ago. Plephanta. Some e-Iephants are said to be pood climbers. They make their way up ami down mountains and through a country of steep cliffs where mules would not dare to venture, and even where men find passage difficult. Their tracks have l.pen found upon the very summit of mountains over seven thou sand feet high. Ia these Journeys an elephant is often compelled to descend hills and mountain shb-s which are al most precipitous. This Is the way la which it Is done. Th elephant's first manoeuvre Is to kneel down close to the declivity. One foreleg !s then cau tiously passed over the edge and a short way down the slops and if he finds there Is no good spot for a firm foothold, lie Fpeedily forms one Sy stamping into the soil if It Is rnolst, or kicking out a footing !f It Is dry. If the elephant Is now sure of a good foot hold, the other foreleg is brought down hi the same way. 'Then he performs the Mime work over again with his feet, bringing both forelegs a little In advance of the first foothold. This leaves good places already made for the hind feet. Now, bracing LlnisHf up by his huge, gtrong forelegs, te draws his Lind le;s, first one and then the other. carefully over the edge, where thpj cupy the first places feet. This Is th j.reiecctls a!! knee!: b i - ' ' ' ft