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The State Chronicle auccEssoi? TO The State Chronicle W1W MIUSHE9 EVEIY THURSDAY MSIIIII II THt CHRQNICLt PUBLISHING CQMPANY AND A SOUTHERN FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR TOWN AND I'OIfflTRY, DEVOTED TO TUT" WELFARE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND THE SOUTH. Subscription Price Payable Ptc'lT In Advance- .W per Year; ti.m, t JSx Mentha; SO (Vnti. . rr v.-,.,,,.. onsoUDATFH Jl'I.Y let, 1S85. VOX XVII. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 167. NO 35. i HE tniTOirS DESK. O ? Jf'NTS ) TOIMCS THAT ARE is i i;ui:sting the pkoi'le. hioi.u-le Kxpresse Its Opinion on .iis.i; ruiiiic Events and i;cstions ! Sut. ')-.! Now I?cfore the People. . arc glad to note the improvement : Wilmington Review. Its typograph- appearanee is changed and for the v. Tiie I 'UK' xiou: extends eougrat- :::! and Host whiles. The He view de- . . - well of the people of "Wilmington. i:: best thing we have heard from the vefsity i:i many a day is that a society hceu organized for prosecuting the 1. of North. Carolina history. Efforts :' made to collect documents and old ,:h!ets beariug on the history of the i m k wise brother Yates, editor of the arlolte Democrat, h;is diagnosed the hibit ion ease twettv well. lie savs tt trouble comes from imprude nt n on but h sides. He is right. Mod- .r,:-iu. tolerar.ee, wisdom, and common :.se are cs.-entiai to a proper coUtidera- of this question. i r is reported that Uen.Jos.lt. llawley of aneetieut (.a native North Carolinian.) that he would ratht-r be married than ,. . ;.t.-.,,, ti ir n,;, .,.-.t, Mu.m- r avs that Gen. llawlev's woids are . .ivak-ut to saying "I'd rather be right a:, bo Piesidcnt." The CHRoNU i.i: agrees ;ti. : iie Messenger. ( HU' su Liz hears of another autnor- It is excellent authority, too. The d.-b ro Argus interviewed Capt. W. . Iv.rden, of G ret iie, who says that never was less crime iu Greene i.mty, there being only 11 eases on the jtuiiKU UbfM'i lot ucii ecu. M as. M'sax Darney Smf.oes has recently -l.'. l.;.a- iiitli t ii-h ''Vtimn. !l iUlC'l '.-'O'.'iV i 1UI 11- lit..'- .:1s of a Southern Plantation." "We have ... tl... K....L- i ii--,-.T- thu i!-:- ..r' Mr. Virginms Dabaev, author of :i -Miff. If she has succeeded as well - her brother, the 5outli has great cause , t.roud of her book and of the Dab- ;!i:m;v Georoe ia to Miortly establish a . r in New York to be called "The ;;in. We have nt-rvtotore Known uiai .. George" demands weie great, but it -urprise to learn that he is determined . .,o-sess tb earth. It is a good name a newspaper; every body will bay it . ,.-vr ,,....'.. ivnit tiiti fAvth. or as i.aur'i. iAj'.i. v,vy.. . ... . 7 . iru of it as ihc-v can "ret. i 'he CnnoNiCLE published last week the ,;;!!iies in North Carolina in which no .. t .. -..M li.-innr is i-ranted. The ...i. cord Times says that Cabarrus ought ., 1 added to tha list. If there are any - . J in tl,i. f,.'Wv- ig list, we would be glad to know it: r.. T.,rsr1.-!rl! M ot i f tmin er V . L)a- i ... - Win.Sv'! Tavi. Greene. ay, and Cabarrus. The Wom-.tns' Christian Temperance ;...), ot L h ion, r. V., lUl-y OC'O .nnectioa with the National Union. It omr.ti.i,-..,! that when they joined they . i not kno-t- that the Union advocated orua:: suffrage. They say that they be- e ia Temperance, but tin -;dnst. Woman's Suffrage. y are a unit We doubt if '...area, hundred white wom-.-a in the ar .Unas who desire to vote. Hf.su v GKort'JE declares that it is his -,-t.:i vt. . -' - r .!;.... f'-if"i' '' T!e has nrobablv re- ved a divine commission from the "in . erentor" to be a candidate for -r. -tary of State of New York. The ap v.ntment of ex-Rev. l)v. McGlynn, of .. Catholic church, to be the manager of i ;.. ,......,:t, rntiv in tfie line of .eh .iiiMiintmciit. but neither the devout " ' I I ' ii holies nor Protestants think so. The returns irom the recent Prohibition ;,.,..t-;on in Tennessee are not all in yet, . it, is certain that the Prohibitionists t ..i .1 i.,- i ti-.aioritv of about 20.- '.' ue.cao.J --j - . The Prohibitionists are rejoicing over .- -ie of their vote, instead of being dis : ;i;;Ted or discouraged. The New York (iw. v.ito John Xforriss-v was t!. greatest piize fighter, not because he - ih-st-class bat because he never knew ...... . 1:. Ti- jir: Ihw Prohibi- .t- e v. a iicr.cx. x l. . s ure dangerous for the same reason. TiiF. IWton Post, always good, oc.-a-: x-.A'.y ,ays.a good thing in so excellent m., ri-.,r ir eballenges unwonted ad- ,;:,,:;:, Recently a pnbli-her sent for ,.w. a book, translated from the vntli. The receipt of the book u ac- .i'.wledged, and the following criticism : ort "and pointed: "This is a book . I, .v ,f both sexes and every .-.rl-ty of costume would be better off vv. 'nour.'' We had seen other reviews r.-tidng the work. An honest reviewer - one of the rarest as well as one of the . M' works of God. I'le.-idcttt Cleveland made a new de- .".tie when he ordered a special train :,: Western and Southern tour and for id'-I it. He is right. lios thing or a or other high public ollicial, le ading his way over the country, :.y putting himself under obligations approved of ! w .,r,nf,i ! ilroad owners, is neve people. If the resident, cannot p; lK,ttlcs? and was cured of d to pay for a palace ear w hen he j Kheum;ltitlTn of 10 years' standing." Abra - a i nn. let him ride in the regular j ham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, af- . with ordinary oeonie. If he is too r to i.av hist cmss late, let n.ui hoc pay first class tare, let mm rioe i eond class car or stay at home. , . t it... i;. r,...j;,-lr.nf ni- speee:i at iu u.iu.ivn.i, - cee:i at in uauapon-j, mi,u. v. iand congratulated the people that Capitol of their great State was bnilt within the limits of the appropriation originally made. We have not the infor mation at hand, but we do not recall the ease where another State House has been erected within the amount appropriated. The CmtoxiCLE is glad that the President called attention, by complimenting the people of Indiana, to the bad practice of the past in erecting public buildings. Of ten the entire appropriation is consumed before half of the building is finished; and those in charge, therefore,compel the tax payers to erect a more costly and commo dious house than is wanted or needed. The President has added another to the debts due him by emphasizing this evil. AltOl'T PENCIL MARGINALIA. Some Relleetioiis ami a SusjseNtion by an Apiireciutire Reader. Special Cor. State Chkoxicle. Permit me to say, first, how much I en joy your paper. The Chkoxicle reaches us Friday, sometimes Saturday, and is read eagerly from beginning to end before the week is gone not even forgetting the sentiment and folly of the last page. In deed lest something be overlooked, I am actually beguiled itito learning the virtues of Pierce's wares, Ayer's, Pucklen's, et al. And may I say further (you see my pro fession) that 1 specially enjoy the literary notes of your correspondent, II. F. M. His comments are always fresh and interest ing to me, and more, are suggestive. For those of us who haven't time to in dulge in such various reading.the glimpses lie gives of untraversed fields are most de lightful though so tantalizing. Thirdly. Why does H. F. M. indicate his "Pencil Marginalia" as "For Sunday Read ing?" As I have already intimated, my Chuonrle does not last me till Sunday, that is, I have none left over "for Sunday reading."' But I fail to see, after reading several issues, w by these notes should be reserved for Sunday reading, any more than the "Editor's Desk" or the Washing Ion letter. There has not been any "re ligion" iu them. True, there are (or is?) no polities or news in them. The matter consists chielly of literary or historical or "philosophical comment. An artist might say tile tone is quiet. 1 have waited for some one else to say this. What right have we to read news papers anyway on Sunday? Secular read ing, however refined and pure in literary taste, or quiet in incident, has no place on a day, not our own, but claimed and blessed by Him who hallowed it. But. this begins to sound like preaching, and 1 see in the very issue of the Chkoxicle which elieits this note, an extract fiom Speaker Webster's paper about the "buotry" and dogmatism" of the "clergy." So I for bear. Those are dreadful names to hurl at quiet country ministers. I wish to get out of the way while they arc in the air. Let me say "finally," I sincerely hope H. F. M. will not .-upposel mean any crit icism on his "marginalia." They are always entertaining, often exquisite in sentiment and delicate in expression, and 1 read tnem with sincere pleasure, ihey are "for a quiet hour" rather than ,-for Sunday reading." Wm. S. Lacy. The North Carolina State Fair will be held at RaleUh October lth, lOtii.MOth anil 21st, 187. Jo. Caldwell (Joes to Church iu the Mountain. Statesville Landmark. The sermon was a string of pearls. The preacher's text was: -'For God so loved the world," kc. His sermon was strength and simplicity, beuaty and persuasiveness. His oratory is the perfection of speech ar.d the poetry of action. He read ".Testis, lover of my sold," in such tones and with such inflection as to bring tears to sinners' eyes, and while the organ and the choir led, all the peo ple sang. It was communion occasion and the whole service was deeply impressive. ) "To him. -who. in the love of nature, holds Communion, with her visible forms, she speaks A various language:"' An i the language of "The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," is one which encourages reflection and carries the thoughtful toward the Power which weighs them in the balances. Per haps the surroundings had much to do with the gentle influence of the hour. Co-Education Pronounced Best. Rev. V. M. Robey, I. !., in the Forum Thirteen years of my life have been spent as a teacher, during that time I had experience in all kinds of schools; for bovs separately, for girls separately, and for both together. The most satisfactory results were always attained in the mixed schools. This is "especially true of young men and voung ladies, with smaller chil dren the difference is not so marked, even if it fchows itself at all. When I speak of satisfactory results, I mean to include dis cipline, application. thoroughness of study, and attention to personal conduct and ap pearance. I wiil state further that thus testimony is in conflict with my Southern prejudices. I was opposed to the co-education of the sexes, but have yielded to the logic of facts and observation. -- Ileadthlulness by Abstinence From To bacco. Col. J. I). Cameron in Citizen. Mr. W. A. Dills, of Jackson county, tells me of a remarkable instance oi" health fulness in connection with exceptional ab stinence from tobacco.that universal stim ulus or solace of Americans. His father, Phillip Dills is 80 years old, his mother 81; they raised a family of nine children, all of "whom are married and have families. In all of these there are seventy-five grand children not one, including the husband of the daughters of Mr. I)il!s: who uses, or ever has used, tobacco in any shape or form. Mr. Dills, senior, is hale and heartv, active and strong a any of his sons. ' In his family, until the .rrown children married and dispersed, there was never any medicine of any de scription 'ined, and no medical or sur gical aid ever Bought except in case of accidents to some of the boys. - Tle Verdict Unanimous, W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind., tes ifles "I can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has eiveu relief in every case. One firms : "The best selling meuicine r nave ever handled in my 20 years' experience, . " -' , . . i--T1 i.,-t,,. Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters i tj0 tlire ;iii diseases oi ine uivei, ivfuc or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at j Lee, Johnson & (Vs., Drug Store. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. WISE PUBLIC SENTIMENT SHAP ED LAIK.ELY BY THE PRESS. The Views of Our Contemporaries on Passing Public Events and Questions of Interest. Editor Watterson publishes the ten com mandments. He does well to refresh his memory and present reading that will be novel to some Kentuckians. Anniston Hot Blast. Is it just that the negro schools should be run seven or eight months in the year and the white schools only three or four? The white people pay nearly all the taxes and their children should have at least as manj- days schooling as the negroes. Wilson Advance. Dr. McGlynn says the time will come when the hours of labor will be so few j that work will be only a pleasant pastime. Yes; and about that time wages w ill be so small that a man will have to put in his leisure time wondering where he is to get his next meal. Lowell Citizen. This negro education is not settled by a good deal. How it will be settled, and with what means, God only knows. No true white man, fit to wear the skin God gave him, can wish for or will tolerate this mixture. No w hite man with manhood enough to have any pride in or ambition for his children would permit them to at tend mixed schools. Ashevilie Citizen. I have been much impressed with the ab ence, from all classes of North Caro linians, of that spirit of skepticism, w hich is so common in some other States of the Union. You may find persons here who are profane in their talk, and dissolute in theirjives, but ou will very seldom find an infidel; that is, you will very seldom find any one who will avowlns infidelity. Indeed, 1 do not now remember that I have met with an avowed iulidel during nearly two years of ministerial intercourse with the people. Rev. Haylus Cade, Louis Burg, N. C, a former West Virginian, in the Journal and Messenger. It is given out on pretty good authority that Mr. Jar is will come home from Bra.d in time to take a hand in polities next year, lie is understood to want Ransom's seat in the Senate, and he will have pretty stron backing. He is also much talked of as a candidate for Gover nor. It is almost certain lie would make a stronger run than any other man the Democrats could name, and it is equally certain that no man in the State would make a better Governor than he; but to nominate him when there is so much good gubernatorial timber iu North Caiolina, would be an implied admission that the party is afraid to take the risk with any body else. Lexington Dispatch. F R C I TS O F II O EST G O V E R X M E XT . From Philadelphia Times. Washington, September 2. The fruits of honest, business-like government are strikingly exhibited in the administration of the revenue laws, which are the same under Cleveland that were in operation under Artt nr. It is nat ural that revenues should increase to some extent because of the steady growth of the business of the country, but the invariable rule heretofore has been for the expenditures. r costs of collection, to increase all the time, wheth er the revenues increased or not. In both the revenues from imports and internal taxes, there has been a steady and decided decrease of the cost of collection under the present administration. The figures are taken from the official records of the Treasury Department and are thoroughly reliable. The following are the receipts from customs for the fiscal years ending June ;io, lbSo, isSC and 1SS7; the year ending June :-!0, 1 ss.-(, beitig the last year of the Arthur administration: P.E E11-TS Hi'iM ( I sTO'-ls. Year ending June .'in, 15 !:t,llfi,sN.i:o Year ending June , lsf, V.H.lS'.i.arrfUKi Year ending June 3d, lxs-7 l,W,KU.V.l FXPF.XSKS OF OI.LKCTloX'. Year ending June , issr. i?.!l?.S21.1?) Year ending .Mine '0, lst; J,-fi7, 13.00 Year ending June HO, issT '. . ,s;o,01.4:J The cost of collection iu the last year of Arthur's administration was 3.77 percent. ; the cost in 1880 was 3.'J per cent., and the cost in 187 was 3. 10 per cent. The same results are shown iu the receipts from internal revenue and expenditures, as fol lows: INTERNAL REVENUE IiEcEU'TS. Year ending June ao, 1SS5 S112,4as,7-J'i..rH Year ending June :0, issi; 110, so.,, '.6. 48 Year ending June i, ls7 118,87,301.08 EXI'ENSI.3 OF COLLECTION. Year ending June 30, lss7 4,455,430.'i7 Year ending June an, issi; 4,-m!,4n5.:.S Year ending June 30, 1837 4,070, 150.20 Jt is these substantial and beneficent re sults of administering the government on business principles, instead of wasting thy taxes of the people in party plunder, which make Cleveland strong with the people and compel politicians who are ever on the hunt for spoils to support the policy of the President even against their own inclinations. The one inflexible rule now in force in all publio departments is that every oflicial must perform his duty with the same fidelity that would be demanded in any business employment, and that is the kind of government the great mass of the people of all parties want. JVORTII CAROUIXA REPUBLICAN ISM. From Goldsboro Argns. It is astonishing what an affectionate and paternal interest the Republicans of this State are taking in the labor move ments of the day. They assume that they are the especial champions and advocates of laborers and their rights, and with an air of proprietorship they warn all intrud ers off from their sacred precincts. Of course this insolent air of theirs is predi cated upon the assumption that laboring men are fools and have especially short memories. About November of next year these Republicans will learn that they are the fools and not the people. It has been many a year since decent men have had any influence in the councils of the Re publican party. Whenever a man be comes so disreputable that he loses the confidence of Democrats and goes into the Republican party straightway that man becomes a leader there, and men whose hairs have whitened in unfaltering labor and devotion to the party have been com pelled to take backseats, and while smart ing under the indignity to follow far along in the rear. The workiugmeu of this State are not fools they can detect hj pocrisy and false hood as well as other pe pie they do not loe the friend who steals their school funds, who are the pliant tools of raiiroad corporations, who ruin the public cr;-dii, who are justly regarded as disreputable and totally without principle. The winning ticket in North Carolina at the next election, is Thomas J. Jarvis for Governor and Julian S. Carr for Lieut. Governor.- We confess, (at least one of us do,) that heretofore we have never been much big headed about Jarvis, but upon a careful and honest review of his administration as Governor of North Carolina, candor compels us to say, and we say it cheer fully, that Mr. Jarvis made us th best, wisest and most successful Governor North Carolina ever had. It is not because Mr. Carr is a Philan thropist and possesses a big heart th - t v wish him to be place.! on the tick.-! a Lieut. Governor, but because tie is a typi cal North Carolinian and possesses, to a large degree, those advanced ideas of pro gress, that when wisely and. judiciously applied cannot fail to place- his State in the front rank where God and natuie in tended her. By the mysterious ways of Providence he may be Governor. A man who has managed his own great business with such wonderful success, e.'ri be safely trusted to manage the affairs o; the State. U idsboro Uec rder. TWO IIIEALS. From Toledo Bee. "Wo'ilii T could hig a song:' a poet said, "And let t lie tears that all sad onw have shed Run trembling dow n my voice: And children's glee w Idle happy hours are sped, And strong men's sighs at some regretted choice. And moans and trroans of all the poor op pressed. And madmen's laughter mingled with the rest Then would immortal fame to me belong Since aeh could hear his own life's echo in my song'.-' "Ah, whv should men weep tw ice?" another said. "First o'er a wrong, then o'er the wrong re- membered ? Were it not best to sing some golden dream instead. Whereby nun should be lifted in forget Life's wounds and scourges and it's black regret :- To voice in song some high resolve of truth That should draw up to it the heart of youth Of youth, so (jeick to waste it's rich, red wine At earth's unworthy ta 'Its when divine And sacramental it might come to be, If offered at high altars worthily?" The X'orth Carolina State I'.iir will Ip held at Itnlehrb October INth. ltb,Oth ami "41 t, I 87. . - - Green 1!anuriiigHy George Allen, ot Xew Rente. Ni'Miif.n 0. Special Ch Sta te Chronicle. The best information that we have been able to obtain confirms the belief that a crop grown for the purpose, and then nlowed under, furnishes the eh'-apest and most practicable mode of manuring the land for the next crop. We have also come to the conclusion that it is not rest from producing crop it is needed bv the hind, but it is rest from being culti vated and from being exposed to the suu during so large a portion of the year. A crop that can be sown broadcast, and one that will furnish a dense shade, wail give the land the needed rest from the sun, also the wind and rain, for a number of months. A crop of cow pea vines can ! grown at a cost of about one doll.ir and a ia'f per acre, and will weigh in the green sta'e from twenty-five to thirty tons, and will produce enough peas per acre to support two hogs for one month, which pasturage will be worth to the farmer at least three dollars. The vines and the manure hdt by the hogs can then be returned t the land with a certainty of increasing the value of the succeeding crops. No farmer can afford not to grow cow-peas on his resting land, it is cheaper than to permit it to grow up in weeds, which will seldom weigh more than from ten to fifteen tons per acre, and are worth nothing for stock. The next question, and one of very great importance is, When shall a green crop be turned under, iu order to obtain the best results? Two points have been well estab lished by many experiments. One is. that a crop should never be turned under un less another crop is made to take its place at once; there is one exception to this rule: if a crop of weeds is allowed to grow dur ing the summer, they can partially be turned under while in blossom during the month or August; tho ground should then be harrowed and a crop of grass be allow ed to cover the land and protect it during the fall and winter months, and then be turned under for the crop of cotton or corn. I should prefer, however, to cut tha weeds with a scythe or cotton stalk cutter in August, and let them lio on the land until ready to plow under in the spring. The other point is, that a cron of any kind, including peas, millet, oarS, wheat, stubble or grass, is of great value, and it can be turned under at any season of the year, provided another crop is made to grow at once on the land. 'Its Deceiving Thee." From Statesville Landmark. An occasional watermelon comes into market, even since the frost, and looks in nocent, green and gracious. But trust it not; it's deceiving thea. "Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?" Thanks to Dr. Pierce, there is a balm in his "Golden Medical Discovery" a ''balm for every wound" to health, from colds, coughs, consumption, bronchitis, and all chronic, blood, lung and liver affections. Of druggists. HICIIOLS & GOHMAN WITH US. NICHOLS' imOTItKn-FT-LA W GETS A NICK l'I,ACl The Practice of Nepotism Crows, The Voters Will Repudiate it in 1N8H--The News in Washington. Special Cor State CuiiONtcLE.J Washington, I). C, Oct. 3, 1887. That wing of the Democratic party which en dorses the Jacksonian doctrine "to the victor belongs tle spoils'' continues to abuse the President for not removing Re publicans who hold office in (he depart ments. Will these gentlemen say what course Mr. Benedict or Mr. Cleveland ought to pursue i;i a oas' like this? There is a man in the Government Printing Office named Tim Lee w ho needs no intro duction to the Ihoeigii public. His mint juleps and artistically mixed cock-tails doubtless have not been forgotten by his numerous patrons in the City of Oaks. i few years ago Mr. Lee moved his bar-room from Raleigh to i his city, and from his enlarged quarters in the Washington Post Building he continued to distill his choice beverages for the palates of both Demo cratic and Republican friends. Finally Tim became ambitious and applied for an oi'ice, as a citizen of North Carolina. You doubtless remember him both as "carpet bagger" and a partisan Republican. In spite of this fact, some of Tim's Demo cratic friends from North Carolina who had enjoyed many a ! ipple with him across t he counter, cordially endorsed him. Be sides these, the following prominent names are now attached to his application papers on file in the office of Public Printer Bene dict: Hons. Pat Collins, Mike Foran, Antonio Josephs, delegate from New Mexi co, Tim Campbell, J. J. O'Neill, William McAdoo, p. Mahoney, William M. Spring er, Charles K. Boyle, harles Mandersou, and M. J. Durham. There is only one Re publican in this list. Benedict told me to day that Tim L e was a very useful man in th" office and that his forte was sharpening knives attached to a very use ful piece of machinery. Not being a Democratic statesman of the old school, I have the misfortune not to be one oi Tim's personal acquaintances, but judging what 1 have heard of him in the last day or two your ex-fellow citizen must be a versatile genius. Another ex-citizen of Raleigh who is a R publie.m of many years standing was appointed to a position in the Government this mouth. Like Tim Lee, he has a num bvr of Deaiocrat ic endorsers who cordially recommend him to the Public Printer. This gentleman is General John C. Gor- man, w ho got bis tit! of Hoiden's Militia, later generation of as Ad j ui ant General lie is known to the your readers as the junior member of the firm of Nichols anil Gorman. His cause was urged by John Nichols with considerable persistency. He is recommended as being eminently quali fied for the position which he fills. The letters furnished Mr. Gorman by Dem ocrats are in consideration of service ren dered the Democratic party in leading a bolt from the Republican ranks about two years ago. Mr. Eaton, of Warren county, has re cently been appointed to a position in the Government Printing Office on the recom mendation of the Hon. F. M. Simmons. The strangest pait of this is Mr. Simmons' letter was handed to Mr. Benedict by ex Congressman James W. Pveid, who has been in the city about two weeks. Mr. Eaton intends to study law at the Colum bian Law School in this city whose night sessions are held for the especial benefit of voung men situated as he is. Mr. Benedict's administration of his of fice has been economical and business like. At this season of the year his pay-roll numbers only 2,000 men and he says there is no possible need for more. His prede cessor employed last October 3,-100 men. 20 per cent, more work is done daily t an was accomplished under his predecessor with a larger force, and an average of 3 tons more of paper is used daily than at any other time during this dull season. 12 horses are now in the stables where 22 we're heretofoie required to do less work. 1 examined to-day copies of t lie Agricul tural reports published under the super vision of Mr. Benedict and Mr. Hounds. Those just issued are printed on better paper, have a better typographical appear ance and the ink used cost 11 cents. The copy of the same work printed during Mr. Rounds' administration is on poor paper, the press work is inferior, and the ink is pale, although it eost 40 cents, a pound. Mr. Benedict is a stanch Democrat, and langle .d heartily when he iccalled certain Democratic statesmen who plead most earnestly for the appoint ment or retention of their Republican proteges, wivu an hour afterwards they will be jmbliciy abusing Mr. Cleveland's Civil Service poli cy to some of their Democratic constituents. The President, of a National Bank in this city who was a Cabinet Officer under a preceding administration tells me that he thinks the stringency in the New York money market has been relieved. Money was tight in Xew York he thinks because the smaller banks throughout the conntry (Lew heavily on the New York banks for money with which to handle the incoming crops of the West and South. A little later it is probable that these smaller hanks will return still larger deposits to the New York banks and that money will b- comparatively easy until the meetn g or Congress. All the financiers with whom 1 have talk' d cordially approve of Secre tary Fan-child's bond call of $14,000,000. The offerings at the Treasury Department have materially decreased within the last t iiree day 5. This is taken as an additional sign that the stringency of the money market is past: Commissioner Oberly's letter renounc ing the existenc of Democratic Associa tions in this city has created a good deal of comment. There are several very flour ishing ones here and some of them are supposed to wield considerable influence. Last night the Virginia Democratic Asso ciation defied him and adopted the follow ing: Resolved, That we condemn the recent letter of John II. Oberly making injurious reflections upon this a id other Democratic Slate associations; that v.e re pel as false the statement that this asso ciation or any of its members has ever violated the law of the land, and the further assertions that they have revived the worst practices of the worst Republi cans we denounce as a slander, not only upon our associations, but also upon the National I)emocratic administration. This association was organized in the worst days of radicalism, and will continue to perform its mission regardless of Mr. Oberly, so long as the Radical party men aces the liberty and prosperity tf the country. The resolutions were adopted amid loud applause, antl the meeting then adjourned. The amount of bonds offered to the Treasury Department yesterday was less than on any day since the daily purchases began. This fact is regarded" at the de part mei f r; indicating that the Gov rn meiit has laacticallysccured all the floating bonds ihat can be obtained at the present rates fixed by the department's circular and ti: it the stringency of the money mar ket l as been sufficiently relieved for the present. The $4,000,000 still required for the sinking fund can be applied at any time before July 1, next, so that no trouble will result even if the entire $14,000,000 called for in the present period prescribed, which will expire on the 8th inst. Yester day's offerings aggregated $57,100 of which $4fi,95o were fours and $10,150 were four-aud-a-hf per cents. An unusually large demand has been made for the internal revenue stamps for tobacco, principally for cigarette stamps, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is busily engaged in printing an extra sup ply of those stamps. It is said at the Treasury Department that dealers in to bacco believe that the short crop for the year will result in an increase of prices for that commodity and are preparing themselves accord ingly. The Inter State Commerce Commission has submitted its estimates for the coming fiscal year, as follows: Salaries of Com missioners, $37,500; salary of Secretary, $3,500; all other necessary expenses, $159, 000; total, $200,000. The present appro priation is $100,000. The Navy Department has written to the commandant of the New York yard instructing him to at once commence operations necessary for the construction of one of the new 0,000 ton vessels. A similar letter has also been sent to the commandant of the Norfolk navy yard. The estimated reduction of the public debt for the month of September is $10,-500,000. THE GROWING SOUTH. Taxation Greatly Reduced Under Demo cratic Rule. The rapid and remarkable growth of the South has now become one of the common places of American political economy. We find in the Times-Democrat some figures which show the increase in the valuation of the Southern States in the last nine years. Here is the table from the assessors' returns: Rate of Assessment. Taxation. 1S86-'S7. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, , Kentucky, Louisiana Mississippi, .... North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia $172,528,933 140,531,033 70,011,409 800,507,578 483,491,090 219,000,000 125,000,000 202,752,622 151,495,050 224,909,179 621,011,989 340.700,960 6i 4 4 3 A si 6 2 8J 5i 4 7 4 Total, .$3,06-1,800,443 Assessment. . . .$117,480,181 4 35 Rate of Taxation. 7 6i m t 5 4 35 11 n 6 31 2 5 6 iS79-'sn. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, .... Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, . South Carolina, . Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, ....... 80,409,364 29,471,018 235,650,530 318,037,875 158.587,495 100,594,708 156,100,202 132,037,986 211,768,538 304,193,163 308,455,135 Total, $2,164,792,795 5 3-5 It will probably surprise most persons that Florida hm gained proportionately more than any other of the Southern States, nearly 200 per cent, since 1879. Texas shows a gain of more than 100 per cent., and an average gain of more than $35,000,000 a year. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana anel North Carolina show smaller but still enormous gains. Virginia, Tennessee, South Caro lina and Mississippi have not been so for tunate as the rest of the South, yet they show a handsome increase. Doubtless the debt question in Virginia and Tennessee, and the uncertainty of labor in Mississippi and South Carolina, have somewhat re tarded the growth of those States. It should be noted that the increase in the rate of taxation in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas is mainly or solely due to increased appropriations for public schools. Between 1879 and 1887 more than $900,000,000 have been added to the assessed wealth of the Southern States., and in the same period the average rate of taxation has fallen nearly 20 per cent. Our Republican friends will be interest ed in the Times-Democrat's assertion that in 1870 and 1871, when they possessed the South, the average rate of taxation was 11 2-3. It is now 4 8-5. The South has done excellently since she has ruled herself. The North Carolina State Fair will be held at Raleizh October lHth, 10th, 20th and 21st, 1887. The Courting Preacher. From Durha'o Recorder. Last Sunday we went to Bethel church, situated in the southern part of Wake county, and heard the pastor, who, by the way, is a courting man, expound the script ures. A courting preacher ought to get married, if he can, or stick close to busi ness while in the pulpit. The two won't mix. It's not according to scripture for a man to serve two masters There is said to be no rule without exceptions, but this is one. A love-sick preaoher will stick closer to the girl of his choice, be she will ing or unwilling, than a sick kitten to a hot brick. The preacher in question is a close communionist, and is said to have declared his greatest ambition to be, to marry a Methodist girl and make her a Baptist. Foolish idea. Tt reminds us of a gooel old Methodist minister, he is dead, who married a woman to save her soul and almost lost his own as a penalty. He is a shrewd man. His sweetheart was in the tougregation, last Sunday, as also was her father, who is a devout, earnest leader in the Methodist church. They live some distance from the church. There were to be services at night, and the preacher de sired to carry the girl home and bring her back, but could not unless her father would come back. Before the benediction was pronounced he said: "Brother W , will you be at church to-night?" "Well, brother, I will do anything for Christ, and will try and come." "You must come, I want you to be one of the leaders." "Very well, I will be here." There were Baptist brethren iu the neighborhood who were accustomed to lead, but the preacher carried nis point, and also carrieel the girl to her home. FROM MUKPHEY TO MAXTEO. SOM E THINGS THAT ARE HAPPEN. ING IN NORTH CAROLINA. What Has Happened in the Good Old Stale Since the Chronicle Last Greeted Its Readers. PeisTAL Card News. The friends of the Chronicle in every section of the State are requested to aid us in making this de partment an accurate record, in brief, of the news from Murphy to Manteo. Send us a postal card whenever anything of public interest transpires in your neigh borhood or section of country. You will aid US and .'ivi Tir iTTI i n iTw.i. tr T-nn e tion. Send on the postal cards. Editor. Beef sells at Yadkinville at from 3 to 4c. net. Joe Caldwell is not happy. Cause: "There has not been a circus in the State this season." A company will shortly begin the manufacture of buckets, barrels etc., at Morganton. ...Mr. J. II. Benton has leased the Fayettevillle News to Mr. J. S. Hall for one year. The Forsyth Riflemen have bought a lot in Winston and will erect a commo dious armory. Two men had their hands fearfully injured in Wilson county last week by gins, says the Advance. Rutherfordton has voted for the is suing of bonds to the amount of $5,000 for street improvements. The Gold Leaf says that Mr. W. A. Wilson, of Virginia, will shortly open a male school in Henderson. There are twenty-five young men studying for the ministry at Wake Forest. This is a good and encouraging sign. .... A nice, new academy building is to be erected at Carthage, Moore county, for Messrs. Shields k Cole's successful school. Let the good work go on! Mr. G. Rosenthal, ot Raleigh, has raised and sent to Swepsonville Baptist Church eighty dollars. It will help to com plete the church and building. The Marion Bugle says that in Mc Dowell county, one day last week, a cou ple married in the afternoon and landed in the county poor-house before night. The cane mill is getting in its fatal work. A little son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, of the vicinity of Dallas, Gaston county, was crushed to death in one last week. Statesville Lanelmark. .... AdvUe all your farmer boys to stick to North Carolina for she is the grandest old State of all of them. Extract from letter from a former North Carolinian, now living in Florida. Mr. U. B. Hardy, of the Chroni cle staff, attended Alamance court last week. He reports that the farmers are in good spirits, having the finest crop of tobacco ever raised in the county. .... "A leather medal has been presented to W. D. Bryan, champion dog killer, Tar boro, N. C. 1887." The Tarboro South erner says as a work of art it ranks with the auriferic ones of Tiffany's. , . . .The Free Press says that the A. & N. C. R. R. has put down the freight on cotton from Kinston to Norfolk to 50 cents a bale. The former rate was $1.35. This gives Kinston a big advantage. . . .Webster Station, Jackson county, is four years old and has a population of one hundred. During its existence, writes Col. Jno. D. Cameron, there has not been a death. He thinks this is without parallel. Capt. Nat Atkinson, of Buncombe, sent a display of fine Buncombe grass es to tho Pennsylvania State Fair. He received the first premium for the exhibit. He will send the display to the Atlanta Exposition. ....A firm from Philadelphia, practi cal manufacturers, have leased the build ing engine and machinery belonging to Mr. P. B. Britain for the purpose of start ing a shuttle manufactory at this place. Morganton Star. ...,At Hertford, on Monday, we were were shown a cotton stalk containing 86 fully developed bolls, grown by Mr. W. L. Bosworth at Harveys Neck. He told us it was a sample of his 10 acre crop. E. City Carolinian. The editor of the Statesville Land mark I. r.s seen a stalk of corn in Iredell county 16 feet in length. It grew two ears of corn, a large and a small one, and from the ground to the second ear was a distance of 10 feet. ... .The Enterprise says there has not been a single death of a white adult in High Point since July, 1886, about 14 months, and that there have been only three deaths there of persons between the ages of 15 and 40 in four years. The Goldsboro Argus says that a civil service examination will be held in that city October 6th, beginning at 9 o'clock. The Chronicle advises all young men who desire a place in the Government service to stand the examination. Mr. Clarence E. Frick, of the Shelby New Era, was at the Central Hotel yester day, and from him we learn that the light between the Carolina Central and the three Cs road is at an end, the hatchet being buried by mutual consent. Charlotte Chronicle. . , .The Catawba Industrial Association will hold its annual fair at Hickory, Oct. 25th to 28th, inclusive. Senator Vance will tell what he don't know about farm ing, on the 26th; Governor Scales will ad dress the people on the 27th, and Col. L. L. Polk will speak on the 2th. Mr. S. W. Reid told a Charlotte Chronicle reporter that not an empty mo lasses barrel can be found in town. The farmers have bought up all of them for sorghum. One dealer in Charlotte states that he could have sold 1,000 empty bar rels if he had only had them in stock. President Cleveland will reach Ashevilie at 10 a. M. October 21st. He will be driven through the city, the hospi talities formally extended, and he will board the train after driving to the Swan nanoa junction. Only fifteen minutes will be spent in Ashevilie. . . . .Cumberland Fair is going to be a big success this year. In addition to the many other attractions, Senator Vance has accepted an invitation to make an ad dress. Of itself, this will carry thousands to the fair. The Chronicle congratulates the dwellers on the Cape Fear. . . . .The Morganton Star says that the Richmond & Danville R. R. Company has surveyed the route to arrive at the cost of a branch road from Bridgewater to the foot of Liuville Mountain. The Pied mont Lumber, Ranch and Mining Com pany owns an inexhaustible iron ore bed on this mountian, and the R. & D. Com pany agree to build a branch road to this mine provided the Piedmont Company will bind themselves to load a certain number of cars per day with ore. ....Oar people will learn with much pleasure that the penitentiary authorities at Raleigh have accepted tlmoilW of tho directors of the Madison branch i ail road to grade the same from Stokesdale t , J-id-ion for $12,000. Work is exacted, to commence m e short time. Greensboro Patriot. . . . .Mr. E. S. Williams, of Durham, car ries his arm in a sling. The Durham Re corder says, while in the mountains he tried to extricate a cartridge that was hung in the breech of his ritle, when it exploded, the shell cutting through the fleshy part of his h:d. Ue was fixing to go bear hunting. He didn't go. The fish shipments from Morehead City through this city are increasing in volume as the season advances. If we had the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley con nection with the A. & N. C. R. R., reach ing far into the interior of our great State, the fishery interests of theEast would soon become of mammoth impor tance. Goldsboro Afgus. The Board of Directors of the C F & Y. V. R. R. will be held at Mt. Airy, Ootober 9th, at which time the extension of the road to Wilmington or Charleston will be decided upon. W ilmington will send delegates to the meeting and it is to hoped that Wilmington will be the sea port terminus and not Charleston. Greensboro Patriot. Mr. Lee Cade, a highly respected farmer, of Cumberland county who re sided near Fayetteville, went opossum hunting with some friends on" night last week. They had a wrangle w;.h the dogs and an opossum, during which Mr. Cade was scratched on the hauel by the var mint's tooth. Blooel poisoning set in and Mr. Cade died in two days. Observer. There seems to be no end to the bearing proclivities of Mr. W. M. Ives' strawberry patch. The patch commenced bearing early in the spring, and there has not been a day since ripe strawberries could not be gathered from the patch. We have been presented with a ripe berry plucked from the patch Tuesday. Truly this can be put down as a prolific patch. Smithtield Herald. The Henderson Gold Leaf says that the man Merwiu, who was before the Su preme Court in Raleigh a few weeks ago vainly asking to be kept in North Caroli na on a charge of fornication and adultery instead of being ret urned to New York to ba tried lor robbery, plead guilty in New York and was sentenced to seven years at hard labor in tho penitentiary. . . . .Judge Jones, who spent !? few days at the Buford House, in this city last week, and who has been the chief supporter of Jones' Institute, has bought the All Heal ing Springs property, near Kings Moun tain, paying therefor the sum of $10,000. Judge Jones is a millionaire, and he pro pose to fix up the Springs al ter the style of the model resorts of the North. Char lotte Chronicle. The Durham Record, r tells the sad tale of a ineuibcr of the S.vvation Army, "a bonny Scotch lass," v. lio fell in love with "a sinner." She was sent away from Durham for the sin, and none of the mem mers of the Army except In r mother bade her good-bye. flow is a ' bonny Scotch lass" to keep from falling in love with "sinuers," if "sinners" are good-looking? Messrs. A. S. lluske & Co., have shipped, since the 28th of August, over 1,000 baskets of seupperm ags. We ex pect to see this a big indust.y in Cumber land before the expiration ot many years, when the luscious scuppei uong, now so little known and appreciated, wiil be as plentiful in the great Northern cities as Florida oranges and tropical bananas. Fayetteville Observer. .... "I am just back from a trip through Alleghany, N. C. Grayson, Vs., counties. I find wheat, corn and oats in abundance, and have never seen such a mast. Tho trees are loaded with acorns and chest nuts. The hogs are as fat as butter-balls. The only trouble is there are not hogs enough to consume it. 1 suppose thero will bo thousands of bushels of chestnuts gathered for market. Elkiu correspond ent of the Statesville Landmark. ....The editor of the Lexington Dis patch recently visited a tomato canning factory, a new enterprise in Lexington, run by Capt. L. C. Banes, and says it is a great institution. In the Spring, Capt. Hanes set out ten acres iu tomatoes, and since then he purchased all t he necessary appliances for canning. He puts up five hundred cans a day, and will put up 20, 000 cans this season. Next season a com pany will be organized and it will bo prepared to can most everything that is marketable. ....A Henderson (N. C.) county man named Burrell was convicted of illicit dis tilling in South Carolina at the last term of Greenville (S. C.) U. S. Court, and sen tenced to imprisonment. The judge re fused to grant any mitigation of the sen tence. President Cleveland was urged to grant a pardon by Mr. H. G. Ewart, tho attorney of the convicted man, anel did so. The Heudersonville Times says that Bur rell is a Cleveland man, and that his at torney, though a strong Republican, thinks Mr. Cleveland "a mighty clever gentle man." A friend in Pender county writes a long letter giving an accou it -of the recent visit of Commissioner Robinson and Im migration Agent Patrick to Pender county. The Chronicle had already published the facts about the meeting and the crowded condition ot our columns. prevent the in sertion of the communication. We give space to one sentiment: "If Commissioner Robinson and eiur new State Chemist, Mr. Battle, can break down the wall of sepa ration between the people and the Depart ment, and can show the people that they are, heart and hand, with the farmers and for the farmers, they will render this l)e partment more useful and beneficial to tho State than it has yet been. To this end they can canvass the State and revive tho drooping cause of Agriculture, the better for themselves and the State at large." ....Sandy Creek Missionary Baptist Association was held at Gum Springs Church, Chatham county, Thursday, Fri day, Saturday and Sunday last. Rev. W H. Lawhorn was moderator, and W. N. Straughan clerk. Among the addresses and sermons of the week, Mr. W. H. Pace represented the State Mission Board; Rev. R. T. Vann, the Board of Education; Rev. C. T. Bailey, the Biblical Recorder; N. B.Broughton, the Sunday School Board; and Professors F. P. Hobgood and J. N. Stallings, female education. On Sunday 2,500 persons were present. Mr. N. B. Broughton spoke both morning and after noon with great acceptability. Mr. W. C. Petty made an interesting talk on Sunday Schools. A collection was taken up for the Baptist Orphange. Thirty-two hundred babies arc born in the United States every day, and yet people wonder where all the squalls and cyclones come from.