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The State Chronicle The Stare Chronicle SUBSCIUUE ! JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Editor. I'l RLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUB. CO. ;-T Three times as many Subscribers as it liad tliree ears ao, ami still booming. GIVE US 10,000. A SOUTHERN FAMILY NBWSFAPItH FOR TOWN ANI COUNTRY, DBTOTBD TO TUB WELFARE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND THE SOUTH. SUBSCRIPTION : 2.M Per A 1111 11 in. VOL. XIX RALEIGH, X. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, ISSi). NO. 12, Advertising Hates Low. 2fafe THE EDITOR'S DESK. COMMENTS ON Tories THAT ARE IN I'EltESTlNt; T HE I'EOl'LE. The 'hronicle Eprt'srs Its Opinion on -in;; I'nblie latent and Questions of Interest .Now Itotore the IVonle. Many a vm no man has boon fastened for life by a lock of hair. Greensboro Workman. Ami sometimes it happens. like the girl, t.i bo false. Thfuk has I'.kkn mueh comment upon the hiring out of convicts to the Wet more Shoo Company. Some was favorable and s. me unfavorable. The Chatham County Farmers' Alliance passed resolutions en- g the f the IV nittntiary Hoard. . . a W (il'I.U NOT IT bo pleasant to be at AvocU to -.lay. eating fish, eating deep water oys ters, eating clams seeing horse races, see ing b at races and having a big time gen erally ' . Lurham I'lant. ( .ir editor's there and will take in your share too, brothel ! A WtrE!iN Ei.iron appeals to his deiin -pieut subscribers by saying: "This week we nave taken in potatoes and pickles on subscription. Now, if you will bring in j-otne vinegar f r the pickles ami s"me wo ni to roast the potatoes, we can live un til art ieh' kes get big enough to dig."' What oNriTi'TEs bad character ha of -ten pu .Jed judges and jurors. In the last term of Wake superior court, according to the tK.ldsl.ioro Messenger, a witness swore that the plaint ItT's was bad. He was ask ed in what particular it was bad. lie re plied that the old man was "curious and comical, that he would not visit any one and would allow no one to visit him; and this was smith's bad character. This week the last of the Democratic route agents on railways running into Ii.tlei.rh is to be made to "walk the plank." It is aid in this part of the world that the administration does not believe in the civil service or care a cent for high marks jt examinations . Raleigh Cor. Richmond Dispatch Xor do,-s the administration seem to erne Low many energetic. deserving young white un-n it throws out of employment for the ake of their colored brethren. The woitn ri n" owes its origin to one ! .-. Dun, a famous bailiff in Lincoln iutho time of Henry VII. Ht is said to have ;. cu so extremely shrewd in the manage in -rit of his rough business, and so dexte rous in trie collection of di that his name became proverbial, and whenever a man refused to pay his debts, it grew in to custom to .-ay, "Why don't you "Dun" he Democrats have carried, the city of icigo bv s.ooo majority. Last year the ub:icans were tucc sful bv over 20.- L.s-. fall Rhode Island gave Haurisos fair thousand majority. This spring it e'ects a Democratic (Governor by more rhaa four thousand majority. Does this indicate a change in the direction of the i lal wave airea-lj ? ; Re'aDville Times. The best thin., we have seen yet from iV.Esii.ENT HaKKI-oN is the advice he gave a delegation of negro preachers from "Louisiana. They called on him to ;d.vise him how to strengthou the republican party in the South. V.'hen they had fin :.-hed h.- did a little preaching and told ' hem to "go home and wash their hands j all immediate connection with politics, have nothing to do with the scramble t office." The C'HAiii.oTTE Chronicle favors the .cation of an Old Soldiers Home at the i .fiford battle-ground. It is an excellent ,k-a. and we hope that it will be discussed - the approaching celebration of the bat !e. (K-orgia in the past few weeks has ai-.-d io.ooo toward a Soldiers" Home, n three months we have raised in North Jarolina oniv six or seven hundred dollars. i W ought to go forward a-d raise $10,000 this year. It can easily be done and we h .pe it will be done this year. What to no with the negro is troubling our Republican friends no little. Some Keeks ago the Greensboro North State, a leading Republican paper, urged the ne groes not to apply for office, and stated in e fleet that appointing negroes to oilice would injure the party in the South. Now, commenting on the fact that the Alabama Republicans have determined to exclude :he negroes from all offices, the North -tate says: 'Republicans must certainly recognize .til the political rights cf the black man. It is, easy to see that putting colored men '.u office "in the Southern States will tend to unite the w hite men against tl e Repub lican partv, and result in overwhelming defeat for" the Republican party in every election. Hut the Republican organiza tion cannot, with any degree of consisten cy, take the position that the negro shall not hold oilice." It is a puzzling question surely. Repub licans argue this way: "If we give the negroes office, the white folks will not vote our ticket, and we are undone. If we do not give them offices the negroes will leave us, and then we are undone. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't." In the meantime Cheatham goes right along appointing negroes to office. OI K OXEOIID EDITION. The Chronicle of last week has been eagerly sought for not only throughout North Carolina but in several States of the Union. We have had applications from many parties for copies of the paper, and they have been sent to many men of wealth and men of tnterpri.se. It is the biggest advertisement Oxford has ever had and the future will show the wisdom of the Aise, progressive men of that town. JriHiE Clark has done many excellent things since he has been on the bench, but none of his acts will please honest men more than his fining a Cleveland county man $100 for "treating'' at an election. A few more such fines would break up this wicked and demoralizing habit which, we are happy to believe, is becoming less com mon every year. . . OI K CATTLE SHOW. It has iseex decided to hold the next Wake County Cattle Show in Raleigh, May lath. President W. C. Strovaph, a very live and public spirited man, aided by his associates, is making every en deavor to make it far surpass previous ex hibitions. It will probably be at Athletic Park. The Chronicle need not urge any who have heretofore attended this cattle show to come to Raleigh in May. They will come anyhow. To those who have never attended we would say: If you want to feast your eyes on an exhibit of the finest and fattest and best blooded cattle ever seen iu the Commonwealth of North Caro lina, wry come to the Fair. If you want to see butter that far surpasses that made in the New York creameries, come to the the Pair. This Cattle Show is an object lesson to fanners and 50,000 of them ought to see it. There has been more going forward in North Carolina in the past live years, in the matter of improving the stock upon the farms, than a quarter of a century be fore. The Iialeigh Cattle Club has done much to further that betterment in central North Carolina. THE PEOPLE I E .M A N I A CHANGE The time has not yet fully come when it will be necessary to consider who will be the successor of Mr. Washington Bryan as President of the Atlantic & North Car olina Railroad. We say successor because, although we do not know w ho will be Gov. Fowle's appointee, we feel sure that he cannot be so blind to the desires of the people who elected him Governor as to continue in office so unpopular and dis tasteful a man as Mr. Bryan. Although it is four or five months before the ap pointment will be made the people along the line of the road are already aroused over the question. Mr. 1r van is using every endeavor to get business men to sign petitions to retain liim and he has put his employees and directors at work trying to get signers. The Kinston Free Press which, from the fir.--t of his unfair ways, has fought Mr. Bryan's management, has in an able and bold manner shown tfcat his reappointment. would be a most unlit one to make The New Berne Journal and Goldsboio Argus are now giving him just criticism for the manner iu which he is trying to get himself endorsed. They charge that he uses special tiains relo.no iNt. to the State and sends men iui i:v the State to further his personal inter ests. The pressure brought to bear to se cure endorsement, they charge, is not what a man conscious of deserving the endorsement would resort to. The e breth ren are waging a righteous war against a man whose known supercilious ways ought to have excluded him from public position. At this time the Chronicle will have uo more to say on this subject. Before Mr. Bryan's ttrm expires, we will review his administration show how he is regarded by the people who are most deeply inter ested in the road and why he ought not to be reappointed. - - SPECI AL NOTICE TO Til E A LI M N I OK THE UNIVERSITY. In compliance with numerous sugges tions the plan of having separate class dinners at the approaching Centennial Re union, on Wednesday June 5, has been abandoned. There will be a dinner for the entire body of Alumni, spread in the campus. It is earnestly requested that ev ery alumnus and trustee, without excep tion, who expects to attend the Centennial Reunion, send his name at once to John .Vanning, chairman, Chapel Hill, in order that suitable accommodation may be pro vided. Zrif State papers please copy. A CURIOUS INCIDENT. A Richmond County Lady had n Strange Premonition. Klxchange. From Richmond county a curious inci dent is reported. Mrs. Baxter Olwer had been (piite ill for several weeks, and Sun day ruorning when she awoke she told her husband that while she was asleep she dreamed that she died, and that in eterui tv she met face to face Mrs. Troxler, an intimate neighbor, who lived only two miles away. Mrs. Troxler was not known to be ill, but the sick lady seemed to be much impressed with her dream, and de clared her belief that it would be realized in a short time. She seemed perfectly rational, and her condition was not re garded critical. Yesterday she was sud denly taken worse and before noon was dead. In the evening word was received saving that Mrs. Troxler, her neighbor, bad died at 12 o'clock, after two hours" :11- GOLDSRORO IS FAMOUS These Late Days lor Romantic .Mar riages. On Thuasday night of last week Mr. Herbert L. Finhvyson went to the residence of Mr. Henry le in Goldsboro, and his promised wife, Miss Hattie Lee met him at the gate. Without further thought they proceeded to the residence of Rev. J. C. McMullin, pastoi of the Presbyterian church, where they were firmly married. They took the train that night for Weldon and" reached Iialeigh the next morning and took up their abode at the Yarborough House. Mr. Finlayson is manager of the Raleigh oilice of the Baltimore United Oil Company, a popular and excellent young business man, who is esteemed both for his high character and business capacity. 1 he bride is the charming daughter of that chivalrous and progressive gentleman, Mr. Henry Lee, of Goldsboro, and has a large circle of admiring friends. The Chroni cle wishes the young couple much happiness. NEWS FKOM WASHINGTON. V.M. C. WHITNEY. THE IlECON ST R CTO It ) I ' T HE U.S. N A V Y . Easter Tide in the Nation's Capital The Happy .Marriage ot a North Carolin ian .More A ppoi nine tits-- Personal-. I special Cor. Statu Chronicle. 1 Washington, I). C, April 22, tssi. There is a disposition on the part of the Republican organs to take away from the last Demoerstie administration the credit due it for the great improvements Secre tary Whitney made in the American Na vy. It would be well for Democratic pa pers to keep the facts in the case well in hand, and not allow the Republicans to claim, unchallenged, the honor of causing the stars and stripes to be respected on the seas and in foreign ports for the first time in twenty-five years. While the war ships Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and Dolphin were in course of construction Set rotary Whitney was called to preside over the Navy Department. lie found immediately available an appropri ation contained in an act approved March 4, 1S5, of $2,01)5,000 for the construction of two cruisers to cost 1,100,000 each, a heavily armored gunboat to cost 52O,0OO, and a light gunboat to cost $.275,000. He convened a board on "additional ves sels," of which Commodore Walker was at the head. The plans of the cruiser Charles ton were purchased abroad. Mr. Whitney, upon familiarizing himself with the woi k which was iu progress, saw at once the de fects in the new ships already referred to. Independent in action and quick to res'dve. he decided upon a plan which was as lold and daring as it was necessary. He began to accumulate information in the way of plans showing t he latest advances in the art of ship building throughout the world. Believing it to be the true policy of the de partment to gat tier such information from every quarter, he inspected designs from naval constructors abroad. He asked noth ing more than plans. He proposed to de pend entirely upon the resources of this country for the construction of the vessels. It was in pursuance of this policy that Secretary Whitney decided to build the cruiser Charleston from plans purchas ed, together with those of the Bal timore, from the firm of William Arm strong .V Company, of Now Castle, Eng land, and which were identical with those of the cruisers jut finished for tin-Japanese government, Naniwa and Takachiho. the fastest and most formidable crr.i-er.-then ai! at. By this sttp .Secretary Whit ney availed hi use! f of the litest develop meuts of the ship-buil..iig art and mod ern engineering abroad ue of the tacts that in licenced his action was that the en gines for these ships are from 8,000 to 11 . OOO horse pi.wer pud that no marine en gines of gi eater than o.Ooo horse power had previously been built in this eountrv. The p or engine powtr of our ves.-els was one cause of the Samoan disaster. I'p to this time all the ei'ui.-e's wine), were being built or which had been au thorized by Cwiig:ess were of the unarmed type. In however. Congress for the first time authorized the buiidii-g of ar mored battl- .-hips. Mr. Whitney invited plans from a.: .-hip buiiders and natal ar chitects for the propo.-ed amnred v. -.-.-el Texas. A numb ot igas (' sub muted and the board of naval officers re ported that iu their opinion vt.-stl- hunt upon the plans of the Texas would be de sirable or the United States tlect. These plans were the wrk of Wiiham John, of the Barron Ship building Company Eng laud. Mr. Whitney accepted them and paid the $15,000 reward which he had ot tered. The Maine w as designed by t la Bureau of Construction and n pair. Up to this time the experiment regard ing the Texas is uncertain. As soon a- the plans were critically examined the doubt was expressed that the weight of the ves sel wouid exceed her displacement, and that .-he would sink as soon as launched. The weight has, however, been recalculat ed at the Norfolk navy yard where the vessel is being laid, and it is reported that there is a small margin of safety. Upon this report the construction of the .-hip ha. been ordered continued, but naval ofikers are not without their fears. In addition to the appropriation for the Texas, t tie Maine, and the Baltimore, the act authorized the construction of a dyna mite cruiser to be equipped with three dy namite guns of 10i inch calibre, guaran teed to throw shells containing -uo pouml. of dynamite or other high explosives at least one mile, and capable of b.-ing d: charged once in two minutes, its co.-st was fixed at :r0,000. A torpedo boat was also auth ri.vd by the same act, to co.-t 1 00,000. Not only had this act for the- increase of the Navy thus planned many new and costly .ships, but it placed at the immediate disposal of the Secretary the sum of f'.V0. to be gin w ork on the vessels and $ 1. 000,000 for their armor and armament. Willi appro pnations lor armor and for material for guns Mr. Whitney was enabled to encour age the manufacture of steel to erect and establish a plant .suitable for the manu facture of armor and heavy gun forging, which up to this time did not exist in the United Stares. In March 1887, Congress not only appropriated ,0uo.0oo for coa-t defences but made liberal provision lor further additions to the Navy. P author ized two or more steel cruisers now known as the Philadelphia and San Francisco, to cost not more than $1,. 100,000 each, two steel gun-boats, known as the Concord and Bennington, to cost . .0,000 e tch, and an armored coast defense vessel, the design lor which originated with Mr. Whitn.-y atid which is kuown as the Whitney snip. This act also authorized a sub marine tor pedo boat . The Fiftieth Congress was un usually liberal in its appropriations for the Navy. Thn was probably due to the Samoan trouble and the possibility ot war with Germany. A bill was readily pa-.-d appropriating as much money as w ts asked for. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is a pioneer vessel of her class. She stands alone among all the Naval vessels of the world. With her equipment of dynamite bombs she represents the very latest at tainments in modern warfare; and may be relied upon if the hopes of her inventors are realized to accomplish the most, deadly work. The last Congress appropriated $150,000 for the building v f a sister .-hip for the Vesuvius. From the above it is clear that the Hon. William C. Whitney deseives the ciedit for reconstructing the American Navy. At the beginning of Cleveland's administra tion our Navy was a laughing stock. It is now iu a fair way to become a fair match for any Navy iu tne world. The "large sea coast of this country makes a suitable navy a necessity. In case of a foteigu war the cities on our seaboard are practically defenceless. After the war ships are built there will be a movement to improve the American merchant marine. The progressive spirit of the age demands it and a close scrutiny of the debates iu the past few Congresses shows that au impulse iu this direction is already beginning to take definite shape. Secretary Tracy is one of the ablest mem bers of the present Cabinet and I trust he will prove a worthy successor to Mr. Whit ney. The facts above given will, I am sure, prove to be of especial interests to the embryo admirals in North Carolina who are getting ready for the Annapolis examination. Easter tide dawned auspiciously here. The sunshine, tempered by a spring cool ness was as bright as the most fastidious owner of a new spring suit could desire. The decorations, iu the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches were superb and the music most tlaborate and beautiful. At St. Matthew's Roman Catholic church the ladies of the Altar Society, at the head of which is Madame Bonaparte, have deco rated the altar in the most sumptuous manner. Great masses of potted palms form a. background, and in front of these are curtains of asparagus vine looped Oack on either side. On each curtain there is a banner eight feet in length by two in width, made of white carnations with a border of red, and these are surmounted, where i hey join at the top by a massive crown about two feet in height. On the side altars are vases of cut (lowers of every kind. St. John's Episcopal church shows a massive tloral cross Jive feet m length and palms and other potted plant , as well as cat Ih.wtrs in great profusion, arranged in tasteful display. This week will be a busy one for the flo rists, for with the end of Lent comes nu merous dinners, parties, weddings, and re ceptions, which could not take place .bar ing the penitential season. As all these Iloweis will form ;.n important factor iu the decorations, and as so many are crowd ed in Easter week, the supply of the fla grant beauties will b-.; tested. Tne florists of Washington d'dTer from those in New York and many other large cities in that heie each one has his own green house and ra;ses his own (lowers It is rare that local florists are compelled to buy from abroad, and many regularly till outside orders. There i-, pel haps, as much care and attention paid to the growing of (lower.- here as anywhere in the country, and many of the mo-t famous varieties of roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers have been bved in this District. In other cities, however, there are florists who don't laise a single flower, bin buy all that they use. The old practice of giving Easter cards has iiit-d out to a great extent, and in its place hi- s grown up the custom of .-ending presents of Lunches of i! overs as an Eas ter gift. These are tied with dainty rib bons, a ad a t e very acceptable to the ladies. La France and lou silene roses are the most used because they come Within the reach of the average pock-t book, bit' for those who can afford it the Baroness Roth schild, America beauty, jacqueminot and "tiler r.re varieties, as well as the orchid, offer greater attractions. The modest mar g ierite, the fragrant violet, the daiuty pnmro.-e. the blight jonquil, and others of that cia.-s, are also used to a large ex tent A fashionable Easter fad will be ll .wer oinuei's. There will be rose dinner-, lily diriutrs, violet dinners, orchid diuners, a', i at each the only decoration allowable will be the (lower which gives the dinner its name. This will afford an opportunity for unique and novel (feci:, though whether t he fad will last remains to be seen . The marriage of Miss Lizzie Phillips, daughter jf ex Solicitor General Phillips to Mr. William R. Maxwell, of Statesville, N. C, was celebrated Wednesday night of ia.-t week at the reside nce 1 f the bride's father, 1110 K street. The ceremony was quiet but elegant: only the families of the contracting parties and their immediate friends were present. The house v. as pi o-lu.-ely do. orated with flowers; the maniies being banked with roses, while palms and potted plants tilled the niches and corners. The bride entered t he dra wing room on the arm of her father and was met by the gloom, accompanied by his best man. Mr. Fieuch. of North Carolina, and surround ed by a group consisting of the father and three si.-t rs of the bride, and Mrs Ram sey, sister of the groom. The happy cou ple were united iu marriage by Rev. Dr. Bartlett. Tne bride's dr. ss was of white faille elaborately trimmed with duchess lace and pea: 1 passau. enteric. Miss Ger trude Phillip.-, v. :io acted as maid ot hon or, wore white silk and lace; Mi.-s Phillips, prince-,- ioi of black moire and lace; M L-s Fannie Phillips, white faille and passa inenterie: Mr-. Ramsey, black lace over Niie-grcen silk. After t he ceremony a re ception was he'd and a beautiful supper was served. The bridal couple lift on the lo o'clock train for New York on their wedding trip, and will return to States ville, N. C, to live. Those present were Miss Wilson, North CaroliriH; Miss Clark, South Carolina: Docior and Mrs. Bartlett, Colonel and Mrs Fleming, Justice and Mrs Harlan, .Mrs. Wi Lain E trie, Lieut. '.. B. Vance. Justice Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clephane, Mr. and Mrs. Orme, Mis Hamilton, North Carolina; Senator Vance, Mr. and Mrs. Cabeil, Miss Cabell, Major and Mrs. Watt, Missi-sippi: Mrs. Charles Vance, Dr. A. F. A. King, Mrs. Maury, Miss McNeir, Mis. Nairn, J udge and Mrs. Baker, Misses Nairn Mrs. Arthur Paul, Mrs. B. H. Warner, Mr. Reed, Doctor Hoover, Judge and Mrs MeCammon, and Messrs. Meckler, Rufiiii, Eaton, Smedes, Wright, and Graudy. The President has assigned one of the six days iu the week for each of the mere impoi tant departments of the Government, as follows: Monday, Navy Department. Tue.-day, Post office Department. Wednesday, Treasury Depart ment . Thursday, Interior D.-partment. Friday, State Department. Saturday, War Department An advantage which the Secretaries have always derived from this arrangement is that they know when they will he t-xpt ct d to meet the President on business of their Departments and they work up to it. It also relieves them of inquiries in regard to the time appointments will be made, as they say the matters are cut of their hands and with the President. So far on all hands the President and his advisers are well pleased with the innovation upon the old method of dispatching executive busi ness at the Executive Mansion. esterday there was a competitive ex amination in the office of the Geological Survey for promotion. Mr. Lewis J. Bat tle of RaU-igh was one of the competitors. It is thought, that the President will nom inate a public printer during the present week. The place will in all probability be given to a Western man of large business experience. Ex Congressman John Nich ols has a very strong backing and would stand a very fair chance of securing it if he came from another section. Mrs. Senator Vance has returned to this city. Her friends will regret to hear of the death of her mother, Mrs. S. B. Steel by whose bedside Mrs. Vance was sum moned last week by telegraph. RANDLEMAN & WOKTHYILLE. TH FIR NATURAL ADVANTAGES YET TO HE DEVELOPED. The Cotton Factory Husines-The Open ings ou Every Hand lor Enterprising Men to .Make .Money in Randolph. StatT Cor. of State Chuoniclk. J Kam .i.k.man, N. C. April 17, SO Kan dleman is in Randolph county, N. C, j 1st tour miles from Millboro, which is the ter minus of what is known as the Factorv Branch of the C. F. & V. V. II. R., and eight, miles from Ashboro, the capital of Randolph county. I had frequently heard that Randlemau was a cotton manufactur ing town, but never knew of my own knowledge to what extent until a recent visit to that pleasant little town of about ".2,000 of as good souls as can be found anywhere, if anyone imagines for one moment that lam going to putt' or blow about Randlemau and Worthville it would be well for him to disabuse his mind of that idea entirely, for my object in writ ing this communication is for a totally different puipose. I do not intend to puff or blow but to give the readers of the Chronicle the unvarnished facts about this portion of our beloved State. My ob ject is solely to let those who may be stok ing for locations to engage in certain lines of business know of the advantages with which Nature has endowed Randlemau and the surrounding country. The Factories. There are four cotton factories here iu one lump, and just two miles off is the large J M. Worth Cotton Manufacturing Company of which I will speak about later n. First comes the Randlemau Cotton .Mills of which Mr. John H. Fence, who is the principal stockholder, is Treasurer. This mill gives employment to from 275 to yoo people. They run 4,272 spindles and 222 looms, and it consumes about 1,000 bales of cotton annually and produces about SO0.000 pounds of warp and about :j,riof5.000 yards of over 700 different siyles of plaids. This company has recently built another factory, known as Plaidville. It is a two story brick building 150x15. Mr. W. T. Bain, a gentleman of long experi ence and a very competent man, has charge of this mill. The company runs 104 hxjms aud turns out 5,f,0ij yards of plaids per day. New machinery and looms are now being placed for making heavy bags. They have a new improved engine which Mr. Ferree informed me would run more ma chinery at considerable less txpense than the engines heretofore u.-ed thereby saving a large amount annually. Ttie Randlemau factory embraces two large buddings one a brick structure of two stories high, loxlno feet with a wing 40x80. The other is a wood building 3x:;co, and also nec essary buildings on the prcmi-es for the bu.-iness, such as dye houses, warping houses, engine rooms all fully equipped with the required appurtenances. There is al-o a large three story brick building, 40x7o feet. The lower door is used for the main offices by the company, the upper floor is used for the town hall. There are about 18o dwellings, including the very handsome residences occupied by the pro prietors and officers. The houst s occupied by the operatives are comfortable cottages and i wo story buildings, varying in archi tectural style so as to suit most any size family. Next conies the Naomi Falls Cotton Ml!!. It was established a f w years ago by the Naomi Manufacturing Company. Mr. John H. Ferree is Treasurer: Mr. Amos Greg-on, Superintendent, and la-t but not least by a good deal, Miss Mamie Pomt -roy. Bookkeeper, and don't you forget that she keeps them all right. I am told that she thoroughly understands the busi ness and can beat two ordinary men book keeping any day and give them two in the game to start with. This factory contains 5,000 spindles and 22 looms which are placed in one large brick structure 51x405 feet in dimensions, one story, and a base ment the same length and width The build ing has a metalic roof in the centre of which and just above the main entrance is a cupalo bearing a large tank kept till i with water to be used in case of tire The mills work about 2,500 bales of cotton p. r year and produce 1,000,000 pounds ot warps of different numbers. They make about 3.000,0oo yards of plaids of 400 dif ferent styles and 4,000 bales of gram bags. The dimensions of the principal I uildiugs connected with the main building, a'e tie dye house '.'5x5, bailing hou.-e 4ox50, lapp-r house :i5.50, Ioiler house o5.40, engine house 20x80 feet. The office, one of the finest and best arranged m the State, is a handsome brick building :'.4x48 feet, with three compartments for the Treasurer, Bookkeeper and Superinten dent. There are almut 75 dwellings, oc cupied by the employees and officers of the company. The motive power of this mill is one 150 horse power Hanes's Corlis engine and two 48 inch L-fieli water wheels. The boiler plant con-ists f three CO horse power return tubular boilt-rs and and is located under the same roof with the engine. Powtiait .-m Cotton Mills is in that part of Randlemau known as Powhattan. It has been built up in tne past two or three years. It is elevated and beautifully lo ctied The new railroad, kuown as the High Point, Rai.dleman, Ashboro it South ern road, runs quite near this mill and the depot is within 200 yards This goes to wards making it a desirable place to locate. There are many beautiful building hats near the depot which, at 110 very dis tant day, will be ornamented with hand some residences. Mr. J. E Walker, v. ho was the Treasurer and principal owner of this mill, has recently made sale of it to Mr. C. C. Randlemau. Mr. Randlemau for "Charlie", as everybody calls him., is the son f the late Mr. J. B. Randlemau who was one of the principal men in giving Randlcman the start aud for whom it was named. He is a business young man aud has heretofore been the chief manager of the spinning department of Randlemau Mills. Th Powhatt iu, for the present, is not running owing to the fact tfcat Mr. Randlemau has gone North for the purpose- of buying looms to add to his factory for the purpose of manufacturing Denius and Cottonades. It will be but a short time before the mill will be in full opera tion. Mr. Walker is not the man to lay back upon the shelf, Ijecause he has sold the Powhattan. "O, no, he aint built that way." He could not do it if he so desired. There is two much push, energy and busi ness capacity in him for anything of that kind. He knows full well that Randle ruan,with its surrounding advantages and with the incoming railroad, is destined to become one of the largest manufacturing centers of the South iu other things beside cotton, and he intends to have a hand in pushing her on the march of progress. He contemplates at no distant day starting the manufacture of shirts and other ar ticles of underwear, about which it will afford me pleasure to say more at some future time. The .Merchants and Other Euterpriwes. There are in all seventeen stores in Ran dlemau, among which are the Naomi Store Co., W. J. Glass, manager. The store is a well built house, 30x150 feet, two stories and a basement. They carry a full line of most everything to be found in a general merchandise store. The Randlemau Store Co., owned by J. 11. Ferree, 8. G., J. J. and X N New land, J. O. Pickard and A W. Vickory. The building is three stories high with a basement aud is about 402130 feet. The Powhattan Store Co., is under tie management of Mr. I G. Ie, who is 1 lie principal owner, aud carries a complete stock of dry goods and groceries. There are about 350 dwellings in the town of Randleman, 6 churches, 3 schools, aud 2 hotels. The Hotel Ingold is kept by r. w. ingoki, a pleasant and genial gentleman, who keeps a good house. There are ttiree blacksmith .shops. J. C. Bain V Sons also keep a most attractive stock of goods, such as hardware, groceries, boots, shoos, etc. Worthville. Just two miles from Randleman vou will find the J. M. Worth Manufacturing Company, of which ex-State Treasurer Worth is President. The building is a large three story brick structure, ruuning 100 looms and 4,000 spindles. It is light ed by electricity. They have been engag ed in manufacturing plaids, but for the present are making heavy sheeting and seamless bags, the latter to be used mostly for holding grain and salt. This mill is owned by Dr. J. M. Worth and others. His son, Mr. T. C. Worth, is the Treasurer, and Manager, thau whom you cannot find a cleverer man. Besides the factory Worth viile contains about seven stores, the larg e.-t and most important is owned by Wal ker A- Scarboro. It is a two story build ing with a basement 35x100 feet. They carry a full line of everything needed. The population is 400. There are two schools and two churches. The morality of this section cannot be surpassed by any, and when I say this sec tion, I mean the immediate vicinity of Worthville and Raudleman. The Rev. Mr Soroggs, of Randleman, and the Rev. Mr. Hough, of Worthville, told me that the morals of this community were ex ceptioiiably good that there was not a licensed bar room iu the county of Ran dolph. This section is noted for its good health. The country being rolling, there is no chance of stagnant ponds to cause malaria or chills. The dranago is good. The distance from High Point to Randle man is 17J miles and the new road that is to be tinished to Randleman by the 10th of May is a branch of the R. A- D. Road. High Point is on the Main line of the R. A- D. road, about 15 miles from Greens boro. So it can be seen at once what a easy matter it would be to get to Randle man and Worthville. And what an ad vantage that section will soon have in re gard to f 1 eight facilities. I now desire to speak of timbered lands lying in this section and along the line of this new road and the business enterprises 1 hat it seems to me would pay those who aie seeking for what I would call a good location. Iu the first place here you will find an almost inexhaustible supply of dopwood aud persimmon, and with the in creasing demand for shut le blocks, why would it not pay for some one to come down in the country and start up a shut tie block factory? Then atain here you can find hickory and oak in like quanti ties raw material in plenty for plow Learns and handles right at your door, so to speak. Now why would it not be a good idea for some one w ho had a thor ough knowledge of the machine and foun diy business to come iu this section and start a foundry and machine shop, and in this particular line I am authorized by some of the large mill owners and busi ness men of this section to say that this is an enterprise that is needed here very much. With the thousands of looms and spindles, engines, boilers and other ma chinery that ;s here, it is very inconveni ent and txpei sivc to have to send off to have so mi.cii repairing done. So I say to the readers of the t. hkdxicle: If you "de si re a good location for this business, strike now w hile tr;e iron is hot arfd you have li e 1 pport unity. And again why with all this hard tim b'-r would it not pay to start a wood fac tory to make well buckets, rolling pins, bread tray.s aud such like things that are needed about the household aud farm? And just a short distance from here, as this new road proceeds to Ashboro, is as fine a pine forest as the eye ever rested on and as you ride through them you can almost hen r the song made by the wind as it. sweeps through the majestic green tops almost rqual to an .Kolian harp. Their song is "We are waiting for sonif one to rnak us in sash, blinds and doors. For weather boards, roofs, rattcr3 and plank tor floors. " To all who are looking for go.xl open ings my advice is: Come down in this country and start a sash, door and blind facory. And then again perhaps you did not know that there was any quantity of fruit raised in this country; weli, it is so at any rate and please tell me whereon earth would you go to start a canning factory for fruins, but to the section where you could find something to can? The land in this immediate section is better adaj.ted for small gram, grass and clover than any other agricultural products. Therefore for dairy fanning it seems to me it would be a good I 'C.i 1 ion. There are a number of other advantages and facilities .that, with the coining road, Randleman and Worthville can offer to those seeking to better themselves that I have not men tioned. B tfer far than going West or South is a home m Randolph county within easy re.icli of the hum of the machinery in R tudleman and Worthville. There are no better openings to make money, and no better people with whom to associate. Not many years ago, Mr. R P. Dicks, a native of Randolph, went West to seek his for tune. He was a capital business man and succeeded in his far away home. But "his heart turned back to Dixie." He re turned to Randleman and became Presi dent of Naomi Mills and made money. I reckon he made more every year in Ran do'ph county than he made in the West, and last year he died leaving a large es tate. He would have made money any where, but nowhere more raaidly or more easily than here. Pluck and intelligent push will bring riches here as well as anywhtre. H. B. H. Their Iluxiness Rooming. Probably no one thing has caused such a general revival of trade at Iee, Johnson & Co.'s Drug Store as their giving away to their customers of so many free trial bot tles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption. Their trade is simply enormous in this very valuable article, from the fact that it always cures and never disapjoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. You can lest it before buying by getting a trial bottle free; large size $1. Every bottle warranted. FROM MURPHY TO MANTEO. SO.METIII.N;sTHAT ARE HAPPEN INJ IN NORTH CAROLINA. What Has Happened in the flood Old State Since the Chroniele La.t Creeled Its Reader. Postal Cahd 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, ot the news from Murphy to Manteo. Send us a iostal card whenever anything ot public iuterest transpires iu your neigh borhood or section of country. You will aid us and give prominence to your sec tion. Send on the postal cards. Fiurom . . . .Charlotte is being dist urbed by bur glars. . . . .Monroe will again vote on the local option question on the second Monday in June. .... Henry Williams (col. ) has been ap pointed postmaster at Ti'lery, Halifax county. . . . .One hundred and fifty conv icts will shortly go to work on the Roanoke and Southern Railroad. Shelby voted by a majoritv of forty to issue $8,000 worth of bonds to build a new public school house. We are in receipt of a very tasty in vitation to the commencement exercises of Nahunta Academy. Piukuev, Waynecouu ty, N. C. . . . .The name of Thrower post office has been changed to "Dockery," and Mr. B. F. Dockery succeeds Mr. M. J. Thrower as postmaster. ... .The Democrats of Asheville nomi nated Mr. Charles D. Blautou for Mayor and C. B. Leonard, Lawrence Puili- am and J. llamp McDowell for Alder men. .. .Ex -President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland aie exjiected to spend a week at Moietieau City during the session of the Teachers' Assembly thi.i summer. Call. In Cleveland county Judge Clark directed the grand jury to indict the Com missioners for not building a new tail for the health and safekeeping of the pri soners. ... .The railroad station at New Berne on the A. & N. C. R. R. has been burned. 1 reparation are already making to erect a handsome new depot in the nark which adjoins the old depot. ....The Directors of the Penitentiary have closed a contract with the Grevstone Granite and Construction Company for one hundred convicts to be worked at the plant of the company. Friday the 'Coneioe Oil Mil!.-" was organized with a capital stock of $10,000. li. L. Statou was elected President, and N. B. Dawson, Secretary and Treasurer. Tai boro Southerner. . . . .The Greensboro Workman says that the enthusiasm in behalf of the Battle Grouud Celebration on the 4th of May, has grown to be intense, and the dimensions of the affair seem daily to grow in every direction. . . . .The Live Oaks, of Oak Ridge Insti tute, won a fine game of base ball at Oak Ridge over the celebrated Winston club. by a score of 15 to 2. Thomas Boyd, Um pired Eight hundred people witnessed the game. . ... It is saiil that the Jesuit Fathers, a Catholic order, have decided to build a church in Mitchell county, near Bakers- ville, and m connection with it a school which is intended to be t he nucleus of a college. . . . .The contest for Mayor iu Charlotte was between Mr. F. M. McDowell, present Mayor, and Mr. J. C. Long, who icpie- seiited Mecklenburg in the House. Mr. McDowell was victorious by a large ma jority. ...A beaver, weighing thirty two pounds was caught in Stokes county lately. The Reporter says that until within ttie last ten years these animals have not been seen in that section for upwards of one hundred years. Winston Repub ican. A new cotton seed oil mill will be built at once at Conctoe, a town eight mi!e below Tarboro on the A. it R. Railroad. Mr. II. L. Staton is president. The stock company is composed of strong men, and the enterprise will be a success, of course. ....In Whiteville a few days ago the Columbus Society of Industries was organ ized with the following officers: President, A. F. Powell; Vice-President, Rev. E. W. Wooteu; Seen tary and Treasurer, Josh Smith; Assistant Secretary, Edward Troy. . . . .The pe ple of Tarboro have de r- mined to have another Fair this fall. Dr. R. H.Speight has been elected President; Frank Powell, Secretary; and W. L. Bar low, Treasurer. The exhibition will be held Nov. 5th, 0th, 7th and dth. ....The Greensboro Workman learns from Dr. Crowell, President of Trinity College, that the Baccalaureate Sermon to the Senior class of Trinity will be preach ed in June by Rev. O. P Fitzgerald, D. D. , editor of the Nashvibe Christian Ad vocate. ....The Kerr Bag Manufacturing Coin pany has been organized at Concord with the following officers: President, J M. Odell; Vice President, J. S. Carr; Secre tary and Treasurer, W. R. Odell; Direc tors, J. A. Odell, D. F. Cannon, J. W. Cannon, W. II. Kerr and W. H. Branson. ....Violating the Local Option law in some North Carolina towns is getting to be an expensive luxury. A doctor iu Mount Airy last week was lined .... 00: one man $100 and another man $30. People will learn after awhile that when a law is passed it will be enforced. . . . .In the matter of the controversy be tween the Richmond A Danville R. R. Co. aud the Raleigh A Gaston R. li. Co., con cerning the track of the Oxford A Hender son R. R. Co., at Henderson, Judge Con nor, last week, decided to continue the in junction order until the trial of the case upon its merits. .... The sermon before the graduating class of Greensboro Female College will Le preached on the last Sabbath of May, by- Rev. J. li. Cordon, of bdenton street church, Italeigh. The literary address will be by Prof. J. Coke Smith, of Wollord College, Spartanburg, S. C. Diplomas will be conferred by Governor towle, on commencement day. ... .Ry Christmas of this year Person county, hitherto without a mile of railroad, will have two lines. One is the Atlantic A Danville, running from Danville to Nor folk. This cuts the northwest corner of Person. The other is the Lynchburg A Durham, running from Lynchburg with Savannah as itsiprospective terminus. This almost divides the county of Person, and in a few days will have nearly l.ooo hands at work in this county. All Person needs is a chance. Railroads will give it a tair chance and it will be one of the riche-t counties in the State. .... In Yancey county, Sunday, Willis and Thomas Dewell, two brothers, began to.piarrel abouf the preacher's text whilo jet u ruing home from church. Soon the orothers came to b!ows,aud Thomas stab 'his with his poeket knife. Willi s uocauie enraged an L.-natehing up a heav y club, he leUed-p,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,, n.tlnd, whel, rom cxh;(u-M,. .,ti 1(,ss uf ,,,,, , , i;y h.s sale. n.y . i,,,,,,,.,,,,, .1.1 ...hu i a critual e,, udition. ....Reid.-ulle wasM.,-,.,1 ,,y a (t.s(,,u.. five lire on the mornm- , i ,- "0th seems that i t he wo, .;,;,,,,,- 1 he largo leat tobaei o w are I, f s,,,:, 1, Pimii.XitCo..kn.,nasR.,l'. w , ? , !' With the Dogget llolel. I, ... -U;;,,. , lisluiient of R. (i. Glad-stone, and ..'.,. were completely do.-1 roy d with 1,::',. suranee. Some people "have predicted i hat unless that t.m u gets rid o! a certain pe. illation she will be finally left iu a !,-. ' ....The Franklin Press contains i!m -de tails of a most horrible I'tio in Macon e,.;,u ty. The wife and live children of Mr. W. P. Wood were burned fodcafh iu their house. Theie was no wii.dov. in thesmall house onh one ilnv near (he fireplace. It is thought I ho door v.. is loelo d and ;!; it the inmates did notwak-- until the , ire was so hot al th -door they ;ould no; un lock it and escape. I: i.. 'noun I, -w the fire caught. . . . .Probably the only piaee in Am-riea where zircon is regularly m.ae.l i., N,,r',l, Carolina. This mineral is in tl.e -1, quadrat io prisms and pyranr.ds.h-ht brown 10 oiacK in color, ami averaging abou; one f...,,.. 1. ..e .... ... ..1. :. . 1 . . .... tti' men in uianieier. i he in::;e referred lo is on Green river, iu Ib-nde'-son county, and dining the p., 1 summer as many as ".'no men w.-re empio-. ed in the mines. The cry.-tals are found scattered through 1 ho sand and gravil be Is 111 oiv loot in dtpth, aud are ol.i.uned i.i a man ner precisely like phi ei-ni!!iir.g fort-...;. This mine is owned and opera! ! by Senator M. ( '. Toms, jl'opul. r Seie!i(-o News. ... .There Wei'" fifty seven .'q pi v;; ni.- be fore I he Slate Medical '..sivei;! v. ha h met in Elizabeth Ci!v la.-i rteek, for h.-en ses to practice nn diciue. '1 he.-e examina tions are much more rigid ilia. n formerly, .-evenly out of a po-.-iMe. loiadr.-.l beinjr required. The convent inn pa; ,, 1, tions n quiring heivat.t r eigniy, o ,,. examinations. '! he following officer., w ere elected for the ensuing year. 1'" .-id. nt. Dr. Goorg" G. Thomas, of Vi!mhigr..u; Secretary, Dr..!. M. Hayes, of xf..rd; Treasurer, Dr. -. N! . Pooj, of Sa 1 1 -bury .' The convention will meet m i to.-.roi, the fourth Tecs lay in May at Ovf.id. .... Miss Si In. field Mud, a fair and fa--ciua'uiig young woman of '!t '.eland conn ty, has. iu.-.t ob, ained a Verdi 1 of ,-!ain!e-again.-t Robert Hunt, lie was senienc. ,1 lo I wo year.- uupris" .niuei,; . : iM. t ria 1 ' o k place af Sheiby la.-t week and ;lu- le-nmo ny was of a most s -a.at iona! de-cripti..ii. The Shelby Aurora says ;; w; , h leiu d !.. with eager ears and rude sii::;- -, by ei-.av hcaded saints .oid shiners, s . preied. is, old coon- and many y..uug A o m .-e.-. I he defendant, llunl, off.-ri d ma .iigeto;he young lady alter the . ni; wa brought, but she declined the nli r ami . .-:n limaeh tlieordi.al of compromising details to which few v.'oun u wo. lid ha .a: subjected themselves. Bat the verda: ivl, cited her honor though ii,.- irial h.s j cviiab'y smirched her reputation fea prudence if not for innocence. AG IST KOKM I.. Some el the J'eople nl Hai-ell Hold a Meeliny and lii.M-e to 1 .-hi Hie Ite. iiiotal ot the ( oiiil loti-c Special a.r. 1 .VI i; ( "li e. . u u;. This arl h lc shou'd have ap. eared sooner and would have appeaod, o il was mi.- carried in I he mafia and did m a reach us until last week.- Li.iioi; : At a meet i ug of I he i il v.ei. ; of llariietf, county, held m the town of Lifiingion, April I.-t, in regard to the p-opo.-ed re moval of the Court House from l.illingioii to Dunn, J P. Hodges was called to Ihe chair, and T. W. Harrington was request ed tone! as Secretary. 'J In: object of the meeting having been explained by the chairman, speeches wer- made bv Col. John A. Spears, Dr. John McCoTm.ck, Thos. A. Harrington, Hon. Win. pear, on and the chairman of the meeting. The spec, he.- were all b : able and !o Ihe point . and well received by th.- audience, as ev i di no. d by ihe roii :.d.-. of .1 pp 'ause and 111 ! hits in.- m . A committee, con i.-;o;a(1f T. A. liar rington. Dai.a i E. G r. eta ai d Col. John A. Spears-.. lepoited the folbr.Mng re-olii tions, which vo-re 11 na n i m ej -I y adopted: RKsoI.V M, 'll.-f it 1,1.. seli-e of I hi.-, reccin g thaf evi-i if a ,-. na val of the CohtdV site from Lliliuglie , nndi r t he re coil! !, : e i. wl'ul aad const.! ational, sill! We beil.ve it would be op),;,. - i '. c and litl duly burdensome 0:1 agicd caajoiily of on r fellow ci t izei..--. Rk-oi.v 1:11, Tiia wh::-i we la ve not lime to etdarge oil all the object 1, , to n; re moval proposed, we .-ay that the proposi tion to remove a co'ii,t, .-it-.- from the cen tre of a county to an 1 dge of the same is always object hu able to: obviou ; reaaona. Rhsi.Lvi i, That in this ea.-e, if removal should take pi ee, n.ai y ..or eh ia-i,-, not. only af con; t ;tv. be! ;.t ,.!! times, when necessary to vi:-it thee not house, would have lo t ra vt i iroai :', to ; , m,es and to cross t he 'ape Fear river. At. la! lington it is only about one f.antii .i a mile iro-ii .aid river v. I . there a- a. lire ferry. The neaie: ! poir;1 lo Du.'P: on - -id riVef is ab-aii lour miles. Rl'.sot.V la., That wc sori'.ii -iy o- 'ib' tin; obligation ot lie.- township . f ,- i-.-b.,.-.,, to pay I he OXpen.oS of th el. (- ! tj this question, and v,e (.. m )t;(. -ha' no sp. cifi'-ations are even albid. .' "o - o the quality of 1 he puh.ie bin '):: .' , l to be biillt, and as such ! :ld:,,- . , ..-.-ed to be ;;r: t u 1 ou , w e f.-.v , a bo done kvks it' nki'Is-.uiv. Rrsoi.vri., 'I hat we now l.a. a . uo .hie court house and jail, and li..- the !.... go, publicly na.dt; lliat the o.:: house is nearly rotten down," i- i : true. Rr iOI.V 1:0, Trie," the I ' e. ; d : ligs of this rn ctir;g be .-en! to th: S"i i't: Cipiosioi.k for publication, v. oh request tfia' the Harnett ( 'ourie,-, l-'.e, ..' n-ville t fij.-'ei v and Gold.-b iro Me- .-i li. : ; opy the same. T W. H AIUUNOTON, Sec ' v Kimeli. The transition from long, lingering and painful sickness to robust health marks an epoch iu the life of the- individual. Such a remarkable event is. treasured in the memory and the a-e: ey v. hereby the good health has b'-ea attained is grateful ly bl.-sst. H.-nce it. i... ttuo so mueh is heard in praise of Kaclric Ifi'trs. So many feel I hey owe their rector. p ion to health, to the u-e f the Groat. Altciaiivo and Tonic. If vou ar.- troubled with any disease of Kidney.-., Li or or Sto aiach, of long or short standing vou -.; ill .-urdc find relief by n: of R eel rie ; !u.IVl -,oidat 50e. and $1 per bottle at Lie, JUu(,u & Co's. drugstore.
The State Chronicle [1877-1893] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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