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1. A. NEWLAND,
ea. Trav. l'asa. Agent,
Charlotte, N. C.
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Ptofcssioual nrbi3.
J L C. BIRD
Anm and CUUNSELLOR AT LAW.
s a all courts, State and Fed
attention cifen to laTe
it-cui attention given to laTe
&on SU l tl"e'! aQi collecting claims.
7 JLil e ( n Main Strof
R- J- BURCIFJ.
Dentist.
?tm l.
'rv i ' ,p!;i,iinl pcrvice to bts
-n K , f..nncr j,rons ,,f
" "r!"" an.l vici:nty. All work
'Hrnnt.-vi to W firt dass,
'' h irasonable nssuch work
&a "flbrded.
C4jositc the riemming House.
Tonsorial,
h WM. SWEENEY,
; .t t' l'Cil hr Scientific Barber. Orer
v. vutlSOtUg 8tore- Cal1 and Bee
Kj t,roiie JHtisfactioa in all i-
WASHINGTOV LETTER
Oen CoPp,nger ,eport9the Bannoch
Indian, as Quiet an.1 Peaceful
B OurIieKlarCorT,-poBRt ' -
Gen. Coppinger, who commanded the
troops Mnt to Jaek,on-B Hole on amount of
to obey the civil authority of Wyom
em , Washington thhw.IgS
bh report, which b now in the hands o
th Secretary of War, and h,9 had 0D
lMThj rDdUQ CommWion.r
U 8 , ? ? 0rr'iDr the
8. District Attorney and Deputy Mr-hal
whose reports reached the pJtm..'nt of
Juatlceabout two wk3 ago, Jo the or giD
the trouble beiUff Khtfmiag
He declares the Bannock Indian., to qtliot
ad reachable. fl,B. Corpinr tM,4 it
vuuld prevent any simiar lro,;;,.8 jn ,
.future if the mtlre J.i,k-,,n W)U Oo
wereann.lto th, Y.,llowrto.f National
lark, l)1Jt Wyomin- may .,t rar. the loss
of such ft biK sliPo of territory a:, a satisfacto
ry rn,ilng of lh0 mnii,.T (v.nrMoi.al a-
,Uon would he nectary to InaW fU,.h a
chanc".
! Now that death ha. r,A.t n 'va-an-y in lh
.beadoftheFih t'.Jlr,I.,is,i.,u. the flgj.t U,r
jthe trt.,..?.:!- of that rv,r,A..,ii to the ArJ.
-ttUural Deparlm-nf, w!,..ry manv peyph
Imnk it profi.-rly H..n. win l'rpend
, with viffor. There H no ,jOIlt,t lu:il 1ue
Commwsion ha:; .Jone t..od work, l.nt it ha
also done much that must le classM as t.
travagant. such n. sp.ri.Hr.K larp, sums of
monoy risiu fancy fl ;h, lVht.. h :-hc!.l h;,v
gone towjrd.3 reph-nishiny the atork of foo I
fish iu our iaU's dil rivers. It is also
charged tltnt In ord.-r to ol-taiu vot.-s of K-n-aterand
llepn-seutativos for appropriations
H has f.stal.li.sh.-d hat.-h.-ri. pud stations in
localities M,tin ly uHnM for tli.-m. In a 1
dition to thAso Uiin-s there hav bi-.-n s.-vor-al
unseemly wrangles among the oftt-ials of
the Commissi,. n. No harm an come of pnt
ting it under the control or tlm Jjcpartment
.f Agriculture, and the chaii-o3 are all in
favor of an improvement in its work follow
ing such a change. It la another one of
those bureaux of the government vhi h has
(use.lscience to cloak soft snap of humbug
gory. ! Rumor says the bond syndicate, which liar,
been putting gold in the treasury to replace
that withdrawn for expert, is merely prepai
ing to force another issue of bonds before
.Congrw ran prevent it. For every dollat
in gold which the syndicate has put into the
Treasury it has taken Treasury
n)tes and greenbacks, which Arc
'redeemable in gold upon presentation. Ac
cording to rumor, the pyndicato is holding
all these notes ami when they think the time
ripe will tliem and clean out the gold, thus
forcing another bond issue.
IurL,n;ATE MONEY ORDERS.
None Will be Issued In Future Until
the Expiration of 60 Days
The rost-Offlco Department has been put
to considerablo trouble lately by the issu
ance of duplicate-money-orders, for those
alleged to have been lost," misfiirected, or
possibly stolen by dishonest clerks. All du
plicates hare to be issued by the department
here, and last year appiloation was made for
the issuance of 30,00 Buoh ofders. The De
partment finds that in many cases both the
original and the duplicate have been paid,
and in ecme cases suit has had'to be brought
to recover the money. In order to obviate
puch entanglements if tfce future, First As
sistant rostmaster-Ofljteral Joneg, at the
solicitation of the AutUtor, has decided not
to issue duplicates in tkeutu're, until after
the expiration of sixty days from tho date of
the original money-order, thereby affording
time for the receipt at the Auditor's office of
tho money-order statements of paying post
masters, and an opportunity to examine such
statements to ascertain whether the original
orders have been paid.
This may work a hardship in some cases,
among those who can ill-afford to wait ths
period of sixty days, on account of the mis
takes of their correspondents, but it is held
at the Fost-Offlee Department that the gen
oral good of the whole serrice demands the
enforcement of the new regulations.
,The New Oilcans Cotton Exchange
Statement.
Tho New Oi lcans Cotton Exchange state
ment is as follows: Weekly crop statement
from S -ptembcf I ) September fith, in
clusive; Port receipt- i i.Vj0 hales, against
32.5r.Ma-t year. I'..!7, yar before last and
27. ":' for the -;;un rim .- r. 1S'J2; overland to
nulls ami ',uial.i 1.2!" oaks, against 4.'.tJ
last year, 72i; var o -f..r - l,t-t and 5,0.55 for
the same time in !'..; i-iierior stocks iu ex
cess of September 1-t. ,,i5V bales, against
J, 177 last year, l.l.ji'i year before !a-t and
3,i51 for I lie same time in is'.rj; Southern
mill takings, lfi,i'.M bales, against 14.424 last
yr-ar, 12.22S year before last and 12.221 for
the same tune in l,s:r2; amount of crop
brought in sight for the first six days in
September, 3:.5.12 bales, agaiist 54.10S last
year. 32,5-vj year before last and 50,650 for
the same time in 13'Ji.
floo'l Times at Anderson.
The lmsiue8 prospect for the county
and citv of Anderson is decidedly bet
ter than it has heretofore been at any
time in two or three years. The far
mers have fine crops of corn, cotton,
pens, cane, hay, and, in addition,
many hogs have been raised. Much
fruit has been canned. The merchants
could not supply tbe demand for cans
and fruit jars. The merchants are
cheerful, and have bought large 6tocks
of goods to meet tho trade which they
confidently anticipate. The cotton re
ceipts at Anderson for the year ending
August 31 were 31,548.
Western Crops.
The Farmers' lteview says: Reports iroin
Illinois, Indiana, OIm, Michigan, Kiii ti'kr,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wiscon
sin and the Dakotas chow that the most of
the spring wht crop is in stack and a part
is threshed. The conditions at harvest time
were generally good and an immense crop
has been seu re'L Threshii?is proceeding
rapidly. The oat crop has proved very
large." Com fn Illinois still promises to be a
heavy crop iu spite of the fjet that consider
able injury has been sustained from drought
and chinch bugs. In all of the other States
the crop promises an uuusually large yield.
The potato crop is very uneven.
Death From a Runaway Locomotive.
At IJrooklyn, N. Y., one man die l Tuesday
morning, and thirty-four men and women
and children lie iu the hospitals suffering
from injuries causvl by a runaway lo-o:im-tive
crashing into a t'oiie l-land Excursion
on the Sea Keach lload on Monday. Several
victims are likely to 4 se limbs. They are
grave fears that they will not survive opera
tions, William A. Toiuier, Newark, N. J., a
victim died.
MARION, N.
A "DEFENDER
INDEED.
YANKEE DOODLE COMFS TO
TOWN, AND IIUITAMA DOESN'T
RULE TJIE WAVE.
Defender Heats the Valkyrie 'Over
Eijht Minutes. The Race
an Exciting One.
All hall, Defender! !
The aluminum and bronze boat defeated !
Valkyrie III 8 minutes and 43 seconds in the !
first of the races for the America's cup in i
New York harbor on Baturday. twenty !
thousand people-, cn the greatest flotilla that j
jver assernble.1 Dff Sandy Hook, witnessed '
the race, and there was a scene of hilarious !
joy when the Defender crossed the Iin fuU.v !
two mile? ahead of Lord Dunraveu's boat, i
the joy of tt)e multitude was undoubfxlly !
TTASK nFF.
l -fen d-r in all
(t.'apt-iin of. tin
Iit rac '.-.
increased by the fact that tho Valkyrie led
the Yankee boat for the first hour. She
walked away from the Defender in a way
that I 'd Englishmen to fondly hope that
their day ha I come at last, llright visions
of the America's cup floated b-fore their
eyes, whiln the patriotic Americans, who
were packed tier above tier on the many
deckel excursion steamers, were very
glum.
A hush fell over the marine amphitheatre
or w
'In ffly y j&P- W
DF.rENT'EK.
when t he boa
tart-l and all the joys of
g..i). when th- Valkyrie
yachting s".vir' l g
ea.-ily move 1 to t!i
front an I showed her
-rs and enthusiasm
heels t I 'fonder.
were missing lor a bill n cir when me jirni -n
boat was leading. The e was only a live
knot br-'eze at th" . t irt an I Valkyrie wasgo
ingthrougl: tic w f ist-r than the De
fender in the li;lit air.
Th-re was a lumpy .-' on and quit a
swell came in from th" o-ean but the buffet
ing of th- w ives iiii-t th" p,riti-h"r's bow
did not k-ep h -r b-i k. SV out-p .iiite 1 and,
out-fo -ted the II -rr-sh ilT boat t.. the amaze,
ment of the gr at er,.w I of s;.e. Utors lint
after e-a d s'nn: a le d f a g.iod quarter of
a mil . h" win 1 h iving freshen" !. t!i 'up
challenger fail d t hold her own and th-Yank-e
ya-ht l'gan to gain. Wh-n the
crowd s uv it th -r" w i a general brighten
ing up. an I a ; it b- -am- plain that the j.ro
du t of American ''rains was pi. king up her
rival, a eh- r w -n! up. and tug boat whi.'t es
..pHx-hed. A b-.th ya-dits w-re ieaif.g to
windward it i-i n;-.-'-'ble to si- just when
the Defender overhaul led the UritL-h tiat.
hut it w;n about 1:25 r. m. when the boat's
hea l cover.-1 nearly h i!f o the 5 nub's of
wind war I work. One.- the Defender got her
gait tVr-wa no eat -'iing her. and as the
wind continu 1 1 fre-h u ?h" opeue-1 up a
very large gap U twc"!i her stern and the
bow of Lord Dtmravii's boat. When the
D-fend-r rea h -1 t!-' outer mark she had an
advantage of 3 minui-s an 1 27 second.
Th-re was a big de-iionstratioii as the Yan
kH boat made th-turn. Tu- wiud having
shifted, the run horn- i. -a.-ne a broa 1 rea-h.
and it wa a c m-tant gam for th- gallant
American boa', ft-dug home the gain was
4 minutes. 5d seconds.
With tic ti ne allowance of 29 second. th
Defend-r's victory wa H minutes and 43
seconds. Th" wm 1 was t-u knots at the fln-i-h.
The .lav's ra -shov d that Valkyrie
III moved liked a gho-t in the wind. It also
showed that s!i" se.-m-1 speedier than the
Defeu lcr in that win 1. It also show-d that
withaw.n l of from eight to ten knot in
b jth win l-ar L-work and broad reaching,
the Engh.-h b .at c .ul I n-d k p th" pace set
by th-Def-n ir. p. h ya ht- were some
what interfered with by the attendant fleet,
but the patr-.d ya hts kept a fairly char
cours-ex pt at the .-tart and rlnL-h when
scm confa-ii '-n dcurrcd.
T.! D.'fenler i ban H-1 t.v
geC'IU-7
Yaukce cr-w fi nii T -.vn E.-:." tn
tain llnnk lit ft a.... not as th Vigilant
was. bv a crew of all N iti n-.
T'i. Vilkvrie's CH..tains are Cr.ial -l 1
and Syeaoiore. L jrd puurayen went on. his
C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1895.
b at iu each ra?e. Bni Mr. wa hxvl
t'. i n. f..n!-r Tbe FI -rre-h -.fr of Erl.-tot.
irmi i.'iii i .- m Am ri- a. an I iut th-s )
JfU'ler put iheexp-rlcnre of vear-wit'i th-
building ot ther c,Ip den u'-r.
'"htory of th-.-i.r r.i in,' d V? M-k tQ
l-A -h?!i ''ommd-ifj.-tea-. of the tw
i t'- Yi-ht l int ,,r lerd tl. Am-riei from
r -org teer.. ,,f v ...v York. th- flr.-t and one
I th" III i-t f hi:,ou, t,f Amepjea-,, desigueis.
The .V r-ri-d WaJ n s hconer, n tw-ma-;ter.
while th- defcnd-rr t vlav are onlv
pi'Jops. v,th a single mi'-t. Sfer-nk t0-'), ji.
abrori -i.d , l..,at everything in Enzli-h
water in s'ie w.i- s-d I to an English
man shortly after hi cp och-rn ikiu,' vi-tory,
and w is turned into h 11 J-ka Je runner dor-'
frig th- Civil War. She fatle l in this, an 1 to
s;1( -eapture wasunk in the St. John's
I.:ver. Florida. After tho war she was raised
by the ; jvcrnmentani put into commission
as a training school for naval cadets. When
the ( tmbrU cam over to ra"e for
(he c.,j. in is7r,t th(, America was
refltlel n - a yacht an I com
petd. winning fourth pla-e, while
th- faii!,i; ...f ,,v tenth. She
'.- :i!!-ily - .11 to Oeueral J'.. I'. Cutler,
of II ,.i..,i. Hu J is n-w in eS-i,, ,,f hjs
-on iv.u'. All the d-fei, er ; iii the races of
o .1. 7;and "SI w..re v: -!,t- built for
their .;v.-i,-rs' pl-a-ur- wdh ih i l"a or de
f 'U i ig' hv The l!r-i trial races to
chvo-e i l-.r. ,, j. r ,v,.r i,-bl iu j hsi. Since
then I,..,, ;t money ha- been spent
on the y.i.'hts that " now they are
merely rac.n n-a. liin.'.-, tle-re lr iug scarcely
any a -co-nr,,,, ..lti,,.,, ,ar l v rea -tion
fr-ini this "machine" -ivl- of vaeht is looked
or before b.pg. H-re .in tie'' names of the
challengers l?,i ( ',.,,1. re. tf... schooner:
1-171, Livonia, keel !
I of Dulf 'i in ' f.mada's r
! board; Ihs Ata'auta, :
CUlter; l'i-;. fial-ilea,
I cutter: 1 -'!. Valfjvrie,
! Up to this e n-'onlv
o ii-t. 170. Countess
or it t ve eenter
i ;. 1 SC. (Jenesta.
cutler. H7 Thistle,
illl-r.
m- ra-e had ever Iuhmi
won bv a British va-ht in anv of
the c.ries.
that was by th" Livonia in 1171.
Columbia met with an k'I l-n,
when th
her plaei
being tak-u bv the Sappho.
It is oniy of btte year- that I'n- le Sam ha
gone into the building of yachts expressly
to deb nd th- cup. Viil the Livonia.
Countess of lufT-rin and Atalanta were
built exprr-A-ly t.l captttie the crip, they wer
easily beaten by th- yu-his built only f-.r
pleasilre. The Connies- of Inifl-rin wa
Canada's bravo but ill-starred e(T rt to get
the cup. It cost b .th countries a g 1 sum
in thousands, and she ma lc a most pitiable
exhibition. Since the days of lh- Volunteer
American yacht designing has uudercoiic a
revolution, and, compared with the new
class, the defenders of the s')"s seem as an
cient in their lines as t that time those of
the 70"s must have appear-' 1.
The defenders have been: 1S70. Magic
centerlnard s-hooner; 1S71. Sappho, kt-l
schooner, and Columbia. ccnterboard
schooner; 1H7I'.. Mad-line, eonterboard
schooner; 1811. Mischief, sloop- lis:,. Puri
tan, sloop; tM, Mayflower, sloop. 1SS7, V l
Unteer, sloop; 181):. Vigilant looj.
A German military magazine states
that Krupp has ma le over 20,000 guns
of larp:e calibre for tho armies of Ett
ope.
IMMIGRATION COMING SOUTH.
Over 40,000 Acres of Land Sold to
Northern and Western People.
A Southern States magazine special pays
that the recent sales of land along the M
O. B. R-. to Northern and Western people
aggregate 40,000 acres. Of this amount 22,
000 acres have been sold to a colonization
company organized at Sioux City, Iowa,
which proposes to settle people from Iowa
and other Western Stat-s on this tract. The
land will 1-e laid out for farming purposes,
with a town in connection with it for such
settlers as prefer town life. This property
is located about sixty miles north of Mobile
Japanese postmen whose routes
carry them into the country use bicy
cles. Their wheels are made by lonl
manufacturers, who have appropri
ated improvements from both British
and Japanese manuftcturcrs.
t -
. Si
, J0y r nrBtftr,tr.
. , ..... i,
j (Of the nerr-hoffs. Uru,:ol i II. L) shi .bmil-
. ?r who designed the DlenW).
TELEGRAPHIC 1 1CRs.
Thre is not an idle mill in North Cir .' i
save two re-entiy purchac.-l t- f n.-p- .
The Trades' Union Congress at Cfi.rf
pas.l a resolution f.roteting again.-1 t-n-peror
Willi:m" intrfereii.e with tti- lii-rt v
liftheire--.
At Little K.H'k, Ark., the Stat- clit-.r'
convention crganLTed tbe Iem.j. r..'.i Ui-M-
tallic League of Arkansas, fa vora' l to fru
silver at 16 to 1.
Westminster church- Minneapolis, waa rut
ted by an lnoeaiarj Are; los $ 15", Qon. Tie
congregation is the wealthiest and largest of
the Tresbyterian denomination iutne State.
At Helena, Mont., an earthquake
ehock waa experienced at 12.25 Friday morn
ing. It lasted about three seconds and wai
distinctly felt all orer the city. No rerxrt:
of damage so far received.
In the Wimbledon cap rifle contest at Sea
Qlrt, Saturday, S. X. Beott. cf the Engineer
Corps of the fifcrtriot ot Columbia, with the
high score ot 135 eu.1 of a possible 15(1. beat
the score of 118 mad last year by Tcter Fin
egan, of the Sixty-ninth Regiment.
Two hundred cases of Chinese goods,
which were shipped from Hong Kong, sever
al weeks ao, have arrived in Atlanta, and
are now at the grounds of the Cotton States
and International Exposition, in charge of
tbe custom house officials.
The Fresideut has issued an crdr placing
book binders in all branches of the (.ovcrn
ment Printing Office notably the Treasury
under the civil service on the same foot
ing with those in the main office.
Secretary Lamont has ordered the light
battery of artillery stationed at Fort Itiley,
Kan., to Chickamauga to participate in the
dedication of the battlefield. This will le the
only battery detailed from the west to take
part in the dedication, the other troops all
coming from the department of the cast.
In the case of the prize fighters, who were
arrested at Dallas, Texas, Saturday, Chief
Justice J. M. Hurt, of the Court of Appeals,
has granted a writ of habeas corpus return
able on th 16th Inst. These ea-t-s will de
termine the validity of the law licencing
prize fighting in Texas.
At Grand Haven, Mich., Mary I. Fierce,
aged 13,who has been on trial for the roarder
Of hermother,this morning was found guilty
Of manslaughter. She was sentenced to the
Industrial School for Oirls at Adrian
until she is 21 years old. Tnis is the murdar
for which George Chesbro, the girl's nephew,
was sentenced to life imprisonment at Jack-
eon a month ago. Chesbro's brother testi
fied against the girl.
Progress of the South.
Among the good things that come
along with commendable regularity at
the time of the harvest moon are
tho annual trade reviews in various
Enterprising Southern newspapers. One
01 the most accurate ami comprehensive oi
these reviews is that of the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, which includes returns
from that city and Lousiana.andtno thirteen
Southern States. Delaware, Maryland, and
Missouri, are not included, they bejng re
garded as more Northern than Southern,
when an arbitrary distinction must be urawn.
The development of manufacturers is, of
course the topic of leading intere-d in a bus
iness view of the South. Exact llgan s can-
lot be given, but the estimates of the Times
Pemocrat are as nearly accurate as im-
.n..i-l - M'' i.-oo "
rhakea is between 1880 and 18'J5, a period
Bf fifteen years. In that time the number
of manufacturing establishments in the S. m; h
increased from 34,55 to 5J,176, and tic
capital invested increased from 1 17c. :.!;. 21u
to $559,467,600. In Hxi) the hand employed
in the mills ot the Houiii numi-ere-i zi.i.n .
While in 1S9 thev had grown to 5i8.i.-d
considerably more than double.!
an 1 the
wages paid increased irotn i-
,172 t)
1204,975,500 or more than trebled.
The amount of cultivated land has
creased in about the same propoi ti
Tolume and value of the ofops
years ago there were 54.67'.l 15 a -r
.n as tin
1'rfteeri
sof ! i-i !
under the plow, while in i.'.j uktc ,-
462.672 cultivated acres, or an in. -re:
'S4.783 527 nere.s in a decade and n halt
Th
total value of all farm products was esti
mated at 1611,699.145 in 10, while tin.- y-ar
it is placed at f 976.463,5'Hi, an in.-rea-e .,f a
little more than one-half, or nearly the s i t.
as the increase in the amount of nti v t- I
land. One of the most encouraging exhibits
is the comparison of the number d farms in
1880 and 1895. In the iirst year tie r" wen:
1,726,480, while in the second year there are
,2,402,672. The old plantations are disappear
ing, never to return. Cut up into ;.m .1:
farms, they are worked to letter a Iv int i- '-.
and contribute more largely io me g-:i-r-.i
'proserity.
The coal-mines and loresrs oi me .v.mim
are one of the great sources of wealth, pu s
ent and prospective. It is estimated that
there are 375,185,840 acres of wood! md in
the United States to-iy, and that I'.'T.H'..
620 aers, or more than half, are in Hi"
South a quantity sufficient to supply th
whole country for many years, of'eoal,
nine Southern Stateg produ 1 in ll 'l aboij
24,000,000 tous, of whi"h almost exa- tly h .lj
came from the mines f Wr'st Virginia. In
1880 only 2..V3.730 tons of coal were mined
in the whMe South. No etati-ti'-s as to ihe
number of tons of iron ore are given, but the
increase must have tieen great, as He pro
duction of pig-iron has grown from Mi.525
tons in II1 ! to 1.262.825 ton- in li'.M. and it
was all produced from ore minl at hom-.
We have spa.-e for only a few items fn.-n
the Times-Democrat's presentation f great
facts, but thev suflb e to show a wond-rful
progress. And yet the work of development
has scarcely begun. Enterprise and capital
will find great opportunities in the S mtn-in
States for many years to coin, and thw en
nnal trade reviews will long continue to give
cheering reports of substantial gam m
wealth, and all other elements of strength
and prosperity. Washington Post.
CAPT. A. D. COWLES INSANE.
He Attacks the Proprietor of a Hotel
With a Hatchet, and Then Suicide.
Capt. Andrew D. Cowles, of States
ville, who baa been at tho Carolina
Ilotel, Durham, a month, became in
sane Saturday about 4 o'clock j. m.
He jiicked up a sharp hatchet which
waa being used by fiome carpenters
who were at work making norne
changes in the office of the hotel, and
made an assault on Alphonso Cobb,
clerk of the hotel. Y'oung Cobb ran.
Cowles then started toward Mr. Howell
Cobb, proprietor of the hotel, with the
hatchet drawn. Mr. Cobb picked up
a lamp and fctruck Lira squarely in the
face with it, thereby dazing him. The
caapenters and employee of the hotel
rushed to the rescue of Mr. Cobb, an I
rushed at Cowles with such weajions as
lay at hand, and Cowlen ran in the
wash room and shut hiin-H-lf in. The
police were called by telephone and
went to work to disarm the man at
once; but he stood just inside the door
and threaUned to use th-hatchet on
tbe first mn that came in r.-ach.
After many futile attempts to get hold
of the man. the hatch' t was las-soed
and jerked froiu his hand. He was
seized and tak u t j the stttion h-jne
and locked up. While i:i the wa-h
room Cowles kept goii'iig at bis head
and throat with the hatchet, trying to
cut his throat. He took up the idea
that the llepul lieans had determined
to kill him au I sti d he would sell his
life as dearly us po-stUe. II was in
a highly excited kk-e, but was tent
borne Sunday morning.
NORTH STATE
CULLINGS.
INTERESTING ITEMS ITJOM ALL
OVER THE M ATE.
TheGreensboro Cotton Mill Purchased
Hy Cone V Jiarserl.
The cotton mill of tbe (.Ireensboro
Co-opctatire Mill Company has been
purchased bj Cone A tSarcd, vbo will
at once tqnip it with iiaproved ma
chinery and will operate it ou full
time. There is not an idle mill in the
State, savo two recently purchased
wuich are to bo re-enippid.
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Shot Three Negroes.
For several mouths A. I. Tanner,
leader of the new sect of negn t s, 1ms
been preaching on the ht reels at Asho
ville doctrines which aroused fetliug
among the negro population. Met tings
protesting against Tanner hare been
held and 'J liurhday night a mob of two
hundred negroea went to TaunerV,
presumably to run him from tbe oily.
The Tamierites liredoti tho mob which
returned the lire. Three negrot-K were
f-h"t daiigoroulv.
I
Dig Tobaeeo Sales at Winston.
Winston shipped 1,-H7,7"m pgiiuds
of manufactured tobacco during Au
gust, an increase of ii-1 0, 4 4 : 5 pounds
over the same month last j'ear. The
stamp sales for lust mouth were S'S,
S('i.".:2, an increase of $2!l,42o.ro, over
the same iiimith last year. The Hales
of leaf tobacco on the Winston market
during August aggregated 430,810
pounds, a decrease of rH , pounds
below August, 18'.) 1.
Sall-bury s Population.
The census of Salisbury Ins been
completed. The population of the
town within theeoipoiate limits is. 1,
01'.. The cotton nulls and other small
villages" just outside the corporation
raise the population to the grand total
of O.'JOS. 1 he celisiiK of IS'.lOguve Ihe
tow n (within the corporation) it popu
lation of 1,430. Salisbury has, ns
shown by this census, gained 1(1 per
cent, since that tiuio.
( apt. A. II. A. Williams Dead.
Capt. A. H. A. Williams, ex-Con -
gressiiinn from the Fifth district, died
at I'll urn City, Wednesday evening
list, lie hud been sick for quite it
while with Uright's DiseaHe, and hn l
gone to Chase City for the benefit of
i in: in menu water; ne neemcn to im
prove Kiigmiy miner uio ireaiineni
there. Ho had a relapse, however,
and died within a few hours.
Tobacco Sales at Wilson.
Dining the month of August there
wero old at tho several warehouses, in
Wilson !)7-r',000 pounds of tobacco at
$10.,000. There wero issued 3,.)K
checks to farmers, which represent as
many loads of tobacco. These figures
were reported at the meeting of the
tobacco lioardof TradeTuesday night,
and arc correct.
Many of Winston's and Salem's bus
inesH men lire interested in tho llonn
oke and Southern railroad, between
Winston aud Koanoke, Va. Many ure
now of tho opinion that the Norfolk
and Western, which leased the road
several years ago, will give it up by
the non-payment of interest due on
the lronds. It looks now like tho
Ualtlmore and Ohio will get control
of the road.
Two bales of new cotton w ero sold in
Waxhaw on Thursday, bringing T.'JU
and 8 cents respectively. The first
bale on the Monroe market was brought
iu by Mr. J. II. llollins. It weighed
520 pounds and waa sold at auction,
being purchased by theMonroo Cotton
Mills for U cents. The crop is late
and not yery large at that.
The Clinton Democrat says that tho
decrease in land valuation in Sampson
einc3 1894 is $52,998. There are I V
310 acres of land unlisted in 1S'J5 and
this wiH very nearly if not quite offset
tho decrease. There is a decrease in
the total valuation of all property, ex
cepting railroads, since 1H9 1 of $01,
022. ,
The Farmers' State. Alliance has pur
chased for 84,250 a large brick building
at Cary, a Tillage nino iniies from
Kaleigh and in this will have its
general offices and business agency,
also a roller flouring mill and a shoe
factory.
A farmer and his wife, living a few
miles northwest of Winston, came near
losing theii lives last Saturday evening
in their attempt to cross . hwoiuu
Btream in a buggy. The vehicle wa5
not pulled out until Sunday.
A fW'i'ial from Fayetteville an
nounces the sudden death there of
John D. Williams, Sr.. Mr. Williams
had been one of the most prominent
busineM men of the State in mercan
tile and banking circles.
Nine, ten, twelve and thirteen thou
aand dollars respectively have been the
amounts paid out to farmefs for to
bacco at Rocky Mount during four
of the best ealea days hince the market
opened .
The proiierty listed for taxation in
Buncombe county this year abowi an
increase of $540,500 over last year, ag
gt-egating r,2K,072.
Tremendous Rain In IJaltlmo-e.
Bi'timore was vUited oa Friday by the
heav;t downpour of rain ia twnty-!lv
years. Startlr.,? at 2 o'clock ia the cjmfn?,
.k waa !ittl r nation u lit il 6 o'clock at
rJght. and 4 76 inches lathe record of the
r re- U nation. The sewers were incapable oi
carrvmg off the vat quar-Uty of water that
poured into, them, and in several plaJ
wash-outs and care-iris Talfcd.
On death, the result ot the storm, was re
torted. Mr. Annie O. Smith and her wa
were washed of! the foot brid that spans
Jones FalU at Mount Washington. The
young man succeeded in reaching the ahora,
.but bia mother was drowned la tae atream.
NO. 36.
JOHN SIMS IS AN INSANE MAN.
He Will He Sent to the State Hospital
at Morganton. If He Ever Gets
Writ He M 111 He Tried.
Wednesday morning early the ronrt
room at Charlotte w packed to hear
one of the most interesting case er
tried here in the Criminal Court.
Tbe question of interest "Is
Jo'jn Sims insane at the present time?
It wi'l bo remembered that he i tbs
man who, in a fit of anger, killed Lis
wife near Huntersville lant July.
The llrst witneee; placed on thertsnl
was his mother. Sho aworo that h
had leen restless and strnnge all bis
life. He was full of notions. II
would tflke long tramps away from
home to Arkansas. Tcim, etc. lit
I would nay that bo had no frin 1 and
would take poisons t end bis life. He
is an illegitimate child. Hi inotlu r
first noticed hi peculiar mind when
he heard f iarfieIdH assassination,
he feared being hanged for it.
Hi father waa put ou the stand.
He said: "He was uuhalnncrd wJiena
lnty and is still. Ho would kill toads,
harrow in oat the wrong way, and get
mad easily and leave htii.'
The came Mr. Tho. Stenhouse, whe
(aid that he had known Sim all hi
life to be of a melancholy and despond
ent nature.
Jaine Stenhouse wa then placed ot.
the eland and said: "I lived with hint
last year and have known him sine
boyhood. He did peculiar thing, such
ns go out in the wood and stay nil
night if hi' got vexed with anything.
Ouc he cooked up nil the bread and
meat he had and gavi it to hi dog.
When the dog had eaten to great re
pletion and laid down, Sim "stretched
out and laughed at him, knowing that
he had not another mouthful of
bread t-. eat in hi house. I onct
told bt;.'.Ve r.OD rails; he cut enough
timber to .uikc 'l.lfnil aud mmie of tho
tree were twisted and unfit for rail.
He wnu'id tell me that ho was not
contented and would go out ill tho
wood and sleep and complain of
ghosts being nlnuit hi house. . Onco
I was in hi house when he wa mak
ing mush and a spark fell in it. He
threw mush, pot and all into the yard
and then threw the cat nfie it. Ho
always lil hi work well, taking modi
pain with it. I think him unbal
anced. Then Dr. Wilder, county superin
tendent of health, who has had to df
with several insane persons, said: "I
am perfectly satisfied that Sims i an
insane man. I do not belicvo that he
iu a..l.I-. . ; . t -
nil. 'Ihe slale of hi mind is such tht
he would not set up a defense. At
time he seems sane, but when excited
he in insane, and does not know wrong
from right,"
Two other expert physician testi
fied in the same line. It was then
found that the prisoner i insane.
John Sim is a little above the aver
age height slender, with a small neck
and broad jaw-bone and lower part of
the bead, but it grow small and point
ed toward the top. He wear a sandy
colored mustache mid hisevesare deep
set iui-1 weak looking. In court he
nit with lit hand folded and his head
resting rn them never raising his
head at all.
SiniH will be sent lo Morganton; if
be p;t ts w 11 he will be put ujm.ii trial
for hi lift; to answer the charge of
killing his wife.
WILL III-; NAMED PINEHPRST.
The New Moore County Town Is to
Have All Needed Improvemenle.
A special from Southern Fines to
the Hub igh New and Observer says:
It i bin ned from K. M. Couch, who
ha in charge many detail of the work
for .la 'tie W. Tuft, that Mr. Tufts
has elected to call hi town "Fiue
hurst." Alr'-ady th-re are several home
well under way, hiving the outi les
finished and the pinning coat of paint
on. 'I he stcuui pump i distl ibtitiug
water obtained from a nest of thte
driven wells, connected together, to
vatiotiH paits of tho town from tho
temporary t ink erected for the purpose.
A patent sectional all iron lank of 15,
(MM) gallons capacity i n th road from
the W. E. Cu Id well Co., of Louisville,
Ky. Tho hotel, b ngth 10! f. t. is
well started, and contra- t cdl for fin
ish December 1st. Foundation laid
for fifteen houses and others staked
out; excavation for extensile row and
farm barn on the farm just outside of
the tow n is begun; tie for the railroad,
which is to le trolley, are already dis
tributed over most of the line, which
run through the large peach orchard
of the Van Liodby Co. to Southern
Fines station ;1 25 acres was thoroughly
cleared for thi pnipose. Tin result
ha been obtained in le than two
months. The A. and W. E. Ilailroa I
j
J
i
has a long aide trac and switch, itb
extensive warehouse and lumber rhede,
and there is a large village of tempor
ary bouses for accommo lation of
laborers.
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The New Jersey Populleta.
The Ouljert-atonal State Convention of tha
Tecj le' party of New Jersey waa held at
Tretton va Monday. Wui. Ii. Ellis, of Tren
ton w u noriiinatM for Governor alter sever
al ethers h4 deriinM the honor.
There were tblrty-ii delegates etthe ron
vecticiD, which u pretddM over by Thos.
H . Proctor, of Cumberland county, cbair
on cf thHtate Committee. Oat woman
dci., wa preent. Mm. E. J. Whitehead,
cf V.'.-T.rld.
Thore was a long dLvruAlon over the ador
tioa t the party platform. The eonamittee)
on r 'jI Jtions ref-ort-i a long platform r-
fTlruiiu the uslional platform adopted in
Oma'ia, la 15?2. with a numter of plank of
8!V.-.- import.
Tfae chairman was ordered to send the fol
lowing t -legram to Eugene Y. Debs, recently
rrimsl from Jail in Wooditock, 111:
TU Ivoj l-; party ia convention aseem.
bl-1 i Trej.ton. on Ibor Day, sends gntt-
' Ing I V. ig:e. V. Ietj, champion of the op-
i r.r.se i. and iil istrloas victim ofthavlol-
' u-.nof the American citizen's eoaitltntlota
i right of trial by Jury. "