VERNON W.LONG. Editor and Publisher.; A NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE, IN THE STATE AND OUT. VOL. XXXI. NO. 39. f SUBSCRIPTION PRICE PER YEAR, 1.64. WINSTON-SAIiEM, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1887. TOBACCO BOXES. I AM PREPARED TO FURXISH MANC facturera with all sizes of boxes at rock bot tom prices. Consult me for entimatea before placing your contracts. R. V. DABBS. Jane 1J, ISST-tf E. F. STRICKLAND, M. D. GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF N. Y. Offers his Professional Service TO THE CITIZENS OF BETHANIA and surrounding country. ST-Office and res idence at Bethania, Forsyth county, no 30tf DR. J. A. BIjUM, SURGEON -:- DENTIST, Office Corner 4th & Spsuee Sis., Winston. J-TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN Aug 18th ly. A. H. ELLER, Attorney-at-Lav, Collection & Insurance WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION to the prep aration of legal papers and the manage ment of Estates Judge btarbuck's Office, Main St., Winston, N. C. jJgy-BEST OF UEFERENCES..gjr J. L. LUDLOW C. E., Civil and Sanitary Engineer, COMMANDS NORTHERN CAPITAL FOR the erection and maintenance of "Water "Works. Municipal authorities wishing to introduce a water supply or sewerage system, will please address me. "Wikbtoh, N. C. 50-tf TWIN-CITY BARBER SHOP. SAMUEL BREWER, Prop'r. rHE only shop in the city kept by a white man. Everything first-class and kept only for first-class patronage. You can always be assured of comfort and cleanliness at BREWER'3 No 33-ly Opposite Baltimore Clothing House. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. W A GENTLEMAN ISHE3 a clean shave at least twice a week and an occasional hair-cut. BARKSDALE'S the place ! His towels are clean, his razors are sharp and he ran please you. Call on him. Next door to the Skxtixkl office. 24. Tanner & Delaney Engine Comany, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Business entablislied 1805. The most complete Machine Shop, in the South. Engines, Boiler., 8w-M Ills and Machinery. Llrhtsnd Tramway Locomotives. Pole Koad Locomotive! a Specialty. Correspondence Solicited. Send for Catalogue, 13-tf. VISIT THE CEDAR COVE NURSERIES. WHICH are now, by odds the largest. Jest conducted and well stocked wi' . the most reliable fruits of any nursei" in the State. Contain more acclimated - ariettas of Apples, Peaehes Pears, Cherries, jrrapes, and all other fruits for orchard anr garden plant ing. We have no competition as to extent of grounds and beautifully - rt ii Uses and vines of all darable ages and ' --e. We can and will please you in stock. 'jur orders soli. itod. Pri ces reasonable. '-aeriptlve catalogue sent free. Address, N.W. Crart, 8-11-6 m. :'ore, Yadkin Co- N. c NOW THE TIME TO SPECULATE. ACTIVE fluctuations in the Market offer op portunities to speculators to make money in Grain, Stocks, Bonds and Petroleum. Prompt personal attention given to order received by wire or mail. Correspondence solicited. Full information about tbe markets in our Book which will be forwarded free on application. H. D. KYLE, Banker and Broker, 38 Broad and 34 New streets, New York City. Nov. 25, '86-ly. J. L. PATTERSON. F. F. PATTERSON PATTERSON A PATTERSON, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law WINSTON, N. C, -TTTIIA, PRACTICE IN all the STATE and W Federal Courts. Conveyances and all Other legal instruments correctly and promptly drawn. Real Estate sold on commission, Col lection of claims made in all parts of the State. All business intrusted to them will receive prompt and faithful attention. Office over Vaughn & Pepper's Store. SO-lj TZZZ2 HZ3ASOI3 WHY -YOU SHOULD- BUY YOUR HARNESS FROM R. G. BURGESS. 1ST HIS HARNESS is all Hand made and home-made. 2nd. He sells no shoddy work or northern made goods. 3rd He allows none to undersell him and gives his customers the Lowest Cash Prices. rCojloee Hirnij- First door above Hinshaw Jc Me3earis, aaclSlm WINSTON, N. C. H. MONTAGUE, (Professional Attorney; BROKER! WINSTON, If. C. rrr.T. SELL LAND and PERSONAL Pron- itv nn CiimmiaBion Collect Rents Pre pare Land Papers Buy Notes, Bonds, Mort gages and other Securities Make Small Loans on Gd Security and Assume the General Maneinrl of Estates. ' l&yThe Best References. -ST A N W FIRM ! HIGGS & MEDFORD, Have just opened up a stock pf JSTJET7r QOODS! First Door Above Tise's Furniture f Store TTTE PROPOSE TO 8ELL AT BOTTOM U PRICES. Dry Goods, Motions, Boots, Shoes, Etc CCX'T FAIL TO COSE MID SEE US CLEVELAND AND CIVILi SERVICE ENDORSED. The Candidates Nominated and Plat form Adopted by the Empire State Democratic Convention. It is often very well for the people to read over the platforms ot the par ties, in order to find out where they really stand upon the great national problems. We believe such a reading would tend to make more and better Democrats, hence we append the plat form of the party of the State of New York, adopted at Saratoga last Wed nesday. The ticket nominated was as follows : Secretary of State, Frederick Cook ; Comptroller, E. C. Wample; Treas urer, L. J. Fitzgerald ; Attorney-General, C. F. Taber. All the nomina tions were made by acclamation ex cept that for Attorney General, Tabor receiving 220 votes to 156 for W. A. Poncher. John Bogert was nominat ed for State engineer and surveyor. The platform as adopted declares that : '-The unnecessary federal tax ation ot the last fiscal year exceeded 8100,000,000. Therefore the Democ racy of New York demand that Fed eral taxation be straightway reduced by a sum not less than $100,000 a year, andalso respectfully urge upon Congress that measures shall be adopt ed which will, in the language of the President's inaugural address, relieve the people from unnecessary taxation, having a due regaid to the interests of capital invested and workingmen employed in American industries. The taxes to be first reduced, or alto gether removed, are those on import ed raw materials which now assist and promote foreign competition with our selves in our own markets and prevent or hinder the sale of our surplus pro ducts in foreign markets. Along with these taxes should be forthwith remitted or reduced the" tax ation which increases the cost to our wage earners of the common necessi ties of life and the price of the com mon daily clothig of all our people. Besides these, there are several hun dred articles among the 4,182 articles now taxed which should be swept off the tax list into the free list, thereby diminishing the cost of collecting all our seaport taxes, and casting away tbr je which are petty, needless and v jxatious. We also urge an immediate enact ment of the measure prepared by Mr. Manning and Mr. Hewitt and report ed to the last House by the Committee of Ways and Means to systematize, simplify and economize the machinery lor the collection ot the customs reve nue, and especially for making correct appraisements of foreign values wher ever ad valorem rates of cluty shall be retained. The Democracy of New York reit erate their support of the Civil Sorvice Jaws ot the United States, and ot the State of New York, and their pur pose to uphold them both. Ia view of the radical change in administra tion methods which grew out of the Civil Service law, and the difference of opinion which exists in relation thereto, we deem the subject one which might be appropriately submitted to a popular vote. The platform favors a reduction of government expenses; sympathizes with Ireland ; favor a day s work not to exceed ten hours, and weekly pay ments in money and continuance of the canal improvements, but without accepting Federal aid ; favors a revis ed excise law applied without unjust discrimination throughout the State, and opposes all sumptuary laws need lessly interfering with the personal liberty and personal habits and cus toms of any portion of our citizens ; favors legislation in the interest of labor ; is against food adulteration, and for local regulation of the liquor traffic ; heartily approves the ad minis tration of Governor Hill ; heartily endorses the administration of Presi dent Cleveland, which, it declares has won the respect and confidence of all citizens without regard to party. It has removed that apprehension of the danger Which would attend a change ot party m the r ederal administra tion which has become a serious ob stacle to the maintenance of our sys tem of free government, depending upon a popular vote. it has our pledge of unswerving support. It is not because Mr. Carr is a Phi lanthropist and possesses a big heart that we wish him to be placed on the ticket as Lieut. Governor, but be cause he is a typical North Carolinian and possesses to a large degree those advanced ideas of progress, that when wisely and judiciously applied cannot fail to place his ctate in the 'front rank where God and nature intended her. By the mysterious ways of Providence he way be Governor. A man who has managed his own great Dusintsa with such wonderful success, can he safely trusted -to manage the affairs uf the State. Hillsboro Re eorder. Chicken Cholera. Let tue poul try at all times urinK. xrom an iron weasel. ' When anv have the cholera. put in the water chips of red oak bark and some anvil dust troiu the black smith shop. If they are able to walk to the water and drink they will get well. It will act as a certain prevent ative, and none will take the cholera if they drink this water. ANNUAL fairat hic kory. The Catawba Industrial Association Hold Their Fair-During October. The only Fair in Western North Carolina, and the largest exhibition of stock ever showu in the State. Al ready breeders have applied for ac commodation from New York, Penn sylvania, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee ; also the most promi nent breeders ot this State. First day, October 25th, devoted to arrangement of articles tor exhibition. Second day, October 26th, Hon Z. B. Vance will tell the people what he don't know about farming, grand cav alcade of stock, races and a general good time. Third day, October 27th, will be governor's .Day. Governor Scales will certoinly be present and address the people. Let everybody turn out and see North Carolina s most popular Governor. One of the most prominent Merchants of Western North Carolina will be married to the Belle of Catawba county in front of the Grand Stand at 4 p. m. There will be the following special premiums given away on this day : $2.50 in Gold for the Homeliest man. , $2.50 iu Gold for the Prettiest La dy. $2.50 iu Gold for the Prettiest White Baby. $2.50 in Gold for the Prettiest Col ored Baby. $2.50 in Gold for the Largest Cat. All babies under 18 months are eli gible. The homliest man and prettiest lady will not be required to furnish pedigree or 'show their family tree. Harties competing report promptly at 2 p. m., at Floral Hall. Races and other field sporte will take place. Ad dress by Col. Polk, Editor Progressive Farmer. Mule races, horse races, S;c. J. G. Hall, President of the Pied mont Wagon Company, has secured the services of the Sunflower Band at great expense, who will discourse mu sic free to all during the Fair. All parties living in the State can compete at this Fair. .Excursion rates and the same freight rates are given, that the btate x air receives. S. E. Killian, Sec'ty. A. Kaee for the Senate Tha Aspirations of ex -Governor Jarvls. From letters received here and elsewhere in the State it can be an nounced with considerable certainty that ex-Governor Jarvis will return during the early part of next year. It is not a secret among his mends that his mission to Brazil was not ex actly to his liking and he, in all prob ability, would have sent in his resig nation during his recent visit but for a desire to finish up some important matters inaugurated during his term as minister. Governor Jarvis is too shrewd a man not to understand the nolitical chess-board, and to perceive that he is destined to play a leading part in the campaign in this btate next year. Should he remain out ot the country, and not lend his aid to the great struggle, it is likely that his immense popularity, if not destroyed, would be considerably lessened. As intimated by your correspondent some time since, an effort will be made to obtain his consent to run for the gub ernatorial office, and this effort will be mainly on tbe score of availability. Of course it may so work out that to ac cept a nomination for that office will leesem his chances for the main bone of contention the senatorship. If he so thinks he will decline it because there are no additional honors for him in a position in which he has served for a longer continuous term than any other man in the State. If he should decline the nomination for Governor, and should conclude to make a square fight for the senatorship, he may take the stump and direct his attention to securing a sufficient number of friends in the Legislature to gain for himself the great prize of Senator. In any event it seems to be the general opm ion in .Democratic circles that sooner or later Jarvis will be Ransom's open and avowed opponent, and this being the case one of the hardest struggles for supremacy may : be expected. Raleigh. special to the Petersburg, ya., Index Appeal. An Unjust Suspicion. Wife (who has been very silent all through breakfast:) "John Smith you talked in your sleep last night about a Miss Ford. ' I distinctly heard you say that she was a daisy. And you the father of a family ! Mother shall hear of this." John (who had been to the races:) Miss Ford, rav dear, is a horse. Wife : "John, love, let me send you some hot coffee. Harper JSazaar Had Bean Thare M imaalf "Do you realize, sir," said a long haired passenger, "that there is -One who sees aud hears all we do, who can solve our inmost thoughts, and before whom we are but crushed worms V 'Give us your hand, stranger, re plied the other. "I just know how you feel. I'm married myself." Yan kee Blade. - : . A proposition is now made the peo ple of Durham, by the people who are in charge of the Durham, Blue Wing and Cfarkesville. Railway, to vote 100,000 to the road, and they pledge themselves then to build it. Tre bonds, thev rav. tliev do not wish until the ! road ia running to Durham. A HIST0KIC BOOK. THE FAMILY BIBLE UF GEN Kit Ali ROBERT E. LEE. Taken from his Home During the War and Carried io Maine, it is at Last Recovered by his Heirs. From fye Boton Globe" Twenty-five years ago a regiment ot Eaine soldiers were encrmped on Arlington Heights, and the. boys, un derstanding that anything belonging to the Rebels was common property and, therefore, sublect to confiscation, ransacked the old Lea mansion pretty thoroughly. They captured old pipes and cigars and wines and pictures and everything that was portable. Of course, they did not need many of these things. Such articles which had belonged t t en. Cee had a peculiar interest and were very desirable. One soldier, who arrived late, after the de sirable articles had been taken, found the old family Bible, and sent it down East'to his home in Maine. There were Bibles in Maine, but none like this. After the war was over this sol dier returned home, and found, to his surprise, that the Bible .contained all the usual ingredients, inclnding the ten commandmentt and Apocrypha, but in addition to these, between the Old and the New Testaments, was a complete family record giving the his tory of the Lee family for the past two hundred years. lhe so'dier was sorry that he had taken the book, but too proud to ac knowledge the fault, and so he held his peace. In the meanwhile biogra phere were at work on the life of Gen. Lee and certain dates regaading the birth and marriage of his ancestors were wanting. If an old family bible could be found it would afford the necessary information. Advertise ments were inserted in all the paprrs, and by and by came a letter from Maine saying the Bible waj in posses sion of a soldier's widow, who would gladly restore it to the owner. Be fore the property could be recovered, however, the widow died, and then eame another long wait until the es tate was settled. But at last the book was fully identified aud turned over to a messenger, who passed through JJoatod yesterday, carrying it back to its old place at Arlington Heights. The foolish act act of a boy soldier has hindered the completion oi an im portant historical work for years, but the Bibl 2 is at last restored to its owner, and the biographer oan now complete his task. Th Bellows, a North Carolina Inven tion. It is not generally known that the Fan Bellows is the invention of a Chatamite. Yet such is the case. We have had the pleasure of examining Letter Patent granted by our Govern ment to. Jesse Dixon of Chatham, in 1827. It is done in parchment in ex cellent style, and signed by John Quincy Adams, President, H. Clay Secretary of State, and William Wirt, Attorney General. This is a genuine document. These signatures were done by ;these men themselves, and not simply a fac-simile of their auto graphs. The great seal of the nation is attached. It grants exclusive rights and privileges to the inventor for the period of fourteen years. Jesse Dixon lived on Cane creek and was of that same estimable family of that name that live in the same sec tion. Having conceived the plan of improvement in the bellows, he pro ceeded to make a model of his inven tion. But how was he to utilize it without a patent ? To secure this it was necessary that he should take his model to the National Capital. At that time there was not a locomotive engine in America, and Mr. Dixon was under the necessity of finding some other means ot transportation than by steam. He rigged up a one horse wagon, put his machine upon it and thus carried it to Washington City. Hon. John Long was then our member of Congress. Through his friendly interest the invention was brought to the notice oi the Govern ment. It was seen at once that it was an invention ot great merit, and a patent was at once granted. It is not claimed that Mr. Dixon invented the bellows. The use of this machine goes back to time immemo rable. Jeremiah speaks of the bellows and the blowmen. Ezekiel tells us of gathering "silver and brass and tin and brass and lead, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it to melt it. Homer describes the iur nace in which the iron shield of Achil les was forged as being blown up by twenty bellows. His was the moral : nd original plan of throwing draughts of air by means of a fan He never was profited greatly by his invention, important as it was. riis name is hardly now known in connection with it. Whitney invented the cottoq gin and achieved lame. Dixon invented the fan bellows and is forgotten and yet his invention is as extensively used and as important as tbe gin. Putsboro Home. Was Saakaapearq a ranchman. Even the nationality- of Shakes peare does not appear to be safe in these days of fantastic speculation. A Frenchman ia said to be writing a book which will show that the bard of Avon was of French descent and his name was originally Jacques Pierre, or in plain English John Peter. ' Marriage In California. The female sex are all in thu land boom, says the San Francisco Chroni ca. Well, it will help to solve a very troublesome question. Men have al ways had to get houses and lots to have a home to take their wives to. It has always, except in a few odd cases, been expected that the man will come to the woman, go down ou his. knees and say : "-Respected madam, I would marry thee ; I have a house furnished, I have money in the bank ; I can give you a little home, over which you shall reign as queen. Come and be my wue. - llien the young woman packed up her clothes and took away from the house of her lather and another all the little bric-a-brac other fellows had given her, and flitted off to rule in her own little domain. Now for a small amount a woman can buy a lot; she can for another small sum build a house, and for a third small sum fur nish it. Then she can go to a man vho hasn't any home but lodgings, and who lives at a restaurant, and take him by the arm and say : "Respected sir, I have a house and lot close by a cable car line. I would marry thee. I can give you a home as is a home, where you can reign as king, where you can get something to eat as is worth eating ; where you will be happy as a clam." then the man will go home and give his landlady a week's notice, buy a new suit ot clothes, burn all his knick-knacks given him by other girls, and move into the house and lot, and when the king begins to as sert his powers in that 25x120 king dom, the queen will get up and put on her crown, and get hold ot her scep ter and bang it over his head and say : 1 here am t no Salic law in this kingdom, I reckon." Thei) it will be millennium time for women. The Founding of Rutherford College. About the year 1850, John Ruth erford, Esq., of Burke county, made a donation of 400 acres of land, 12 miles west of Hickory, and 10 miles east of .Jiorganton on which to build a college for boys and girls of limited means. Rev. R. L. Abernethy, L). u., a man of great intellect and ability, in the prime of his manhood, took charge of the donation and commenced the school. Part of the land was sold in lots and soon a small town sprang up. A postoffice was established and now there is in the place 200 inhabitants, thirty or forty residences, one or two stores, a church and the college. When Dr. Abernethy first opened the school in 1853, it was in a very small house, and with only a very few scholars. It did good and gradually built up. As tha attendance increased, additions to the house were necessary, and now by building little at the time there stands on the hill in a beautiful grove, a large and commodious college building. For many years the aver age attendance has been between 200 and 300 students. Hundreds of boys and girls haye been educated here and made useful men and women, who might have been denied an education. Dr. Abernethy has f?one more for the poor boys and girls in North Carolina than anv man in the State, aud he certainly deserves all the praise that can be bestowed upon him. A board of trust has been formed and the college hopes to raise an en dowment of $50,000 this year. Char lotte Chronicle. A FACE I saw a face among a motley crowd It was not young and soft, and wondrous fair To look at, but a rarer beauty there Of nobler sta mp. A heart with love emdo w'd , Bright shining thro' as sunshine through a cloud : Spreading new light and warmth thro' all the air, Where just before was darkness every where, As a'er a heart that is in sorrow bowed. It was a face that showed doep lines of care, Lines not to mar, but making strong and grand, Graved sharp and long as by a master hand They're traced with skill upon some canvas rare, A face wherein allb&jer pauions died. And all the nobler in their fullnea smiled, A child's fair promise, pare and undefiled Thro years of trials strengthened, beautified. Such was the face I saw. Sharp was tha thrill That filled my heart with longings new and strange. All things within me seemed to melt and change From fainting and fklt'ring a new strength did fill . My every pu-pose, and a voice, "I will," Spoke resolutely deep within my heart, And glad I answered, "God witl take my part - For every good and save me from the ill." And was this wrought by looking at a faocT I know not how, nor dare I to inquire : By what of power. If by the ho'y fire That shone through eyes with loving, stead fast gaze Or by the smile thai gave it strength and grace, Or, at the moment, did I inward glance At my own heart, and saw the face by chance 7 Among a thousand in the market place T JOHBT P. SjOLAVDBB, THE PUBLICS OPINION. EDITORIAL ETCHINGS FROM EV ERYWHERE. A Miscellaneous Mixture, of Points, Personal, Political, Social, and In dustrial That the Papers are Talking ) ADOUI. CoL Polk advocates the selling of the Governor's palace. Just think, Colonel, how marry gubernatorial as pirants will be disannointfirT Their eyes are set on that palatial residence: dui tne oionei ttnnicsthey are all too poor to fill it. FayetteviUe Observer. The Reflector hopes to see Minister Jarvis represent North Carolina in tha United States Senate. Grreenvitte Reflector. The Georeia Tjflo-ilflt.iir will ho in session until next December. Poor, oor Georgia! Montgomery Dispatch. Brother Buck Kitehin. of tha Hr-nt.- land Neck Democrat bless his plaiu Spoken old picture has eschewed pol itics for the present and devoted his paper to the discussion of agricultur al topics. xhe editorial page ot the last issue of the Democrat con tained five and one-auarter col umns of reading matter, all of whih treated of farming, except one short arucie aDout the public school system and a little political clipping from another paper both occupying the space of little over half column. Bro. lwitcuin is a horny handed son ot toil ana has hay-seea in his hair. Lienoir Topic. It is as important that the candidate shall be popular in the East as well as in the West. We want a man known all over the State ; one who is acquaint ed with the people, knows something of their habits and wants. Such a man is Judge Gilmer. Nexo Berne Journal. The Hillsboro Recorder suggests that Col. Wm. L. Saunders, at nres- ent Secretary of State, would make a most valued member ot the United States Senate to succeed Gen. Ran som. It is to be hoped that at the re union of ex-Confederates at the State fair next month that a plan will be formulated which will provide a home for those of our soldiers who are un able to take care of themselves. Col. Beasley deserves assistance in the laudable undertaking for which he has heretofore labored in vain and alone. State Ex. When old "Pig-Iron" Kelly looked upon the Philadelphia display of trades and traffics and manufactures he said "with the nasal twang" pecul iar to the politicians of the North that but for Protection such a display could not have been made. Some body had been bled to do all this. Who was it? The poor tax-payer. P I K showed by his remark, as an uble r orth Carolinian said to us, what was the complexion of the colored ijentleraan in the wood-pile. Pig-Iron knew very well that the display was first a great Philadelphia advertise ment. And second, that such Penn- fcylvanian displays were made at the expense of fifty odd millions of people who had not one cent invested in man ufactories but whose part in the pro cession was to pay a premium, a tax, a bounty to the fellows who advertis ed their wares. Wilmington Star. "God bless the hand that threw the bomb," says a Chicago Anarchist. Doubtless Providence will ; but it will be a left-handed blessing wrapped in a black cap, and ornamented with a coil of rope. Wil. Messenger. If Harrison Riddleberger were go ing about with a subscription paper for the benefit of an orphan asylum, it may be doubted whether William Mahone would subscribe a cent. When a statesman once loses confi dence in a statesman, no money ever again passes between them, even for charitable purposes. Louisville Cour-im-Joumal. John Sherman says he is no candi date. Oh no, John never was. He also says, "As I am an honest roan." But John isn't. Wil. Star. Statistics show that the Southern States spend annually over $2,000,000 more for schools than for all other public purposes. In the light of these facts no man can deny that the South believes in education and that it is more than generous to the colored people who get at least half of this sum. Goldsboro Argus. . We are glad to learn that tha "Guiliord Battle Ground Company" is, so far, a success. It has bought and paid for sixty acres of the land, nearly all it wants, has built a little gem of a cottage for a keeper's lodge, has cleared up part of the land and opened out tho roads. It has gran ite monument for Col. Forbis, and a "lovely red marble obelisk" as a pres ent, and lhe State is making a pyra mid of granite blocks to mark the spot. - An efford is being made to in duce Baltimore to erect a monument to the 1st Maryland regiment "the noblest heroes of the Revolution," says our correspondent. We doubt not that the appeal will be success fnl. Deleware ought also to contribute a monument to her "Blue Hen's Chick ens" who fought with great credit ou the field of Guilford Court House. Neios and Observer. - "Fools rush in where angels fear to tred or words to that effect. A preacher denomination unknown, for wuitu iei uu give inanKsij in tJalu- . -j j juau a nut: n.uu twelve children, has deserted his fami ly and eloped with his mother-in-law. If he can stand it, the country can. We have heard of men looking calm ly into the mouth of a loaded staring death in the face without ranching ; I ut we have never before heard of a man who had tha rui ra rrA ti elope with his mother-in-law. tfe 1 t n - nave no words ol condemnation lor the poor preacher. He ia hr tMu t; ready sufficiently punished. State Lnrontcie. Tbe BuUder's Law. Not many people about to give out contracts for buildings, are aware of the change in The Code, passed by lL T 1-.. ..... me laei jjegisiaiure, ana to lully ac quaint those with the workings of the new law, we append Section I. The General Assembly of North Caro lina do enaci : Section I. That Chapter 41 of The Code, be amended by adding the foilowing sections thereto : That whenever any contractor shall mike r contract for building, altering or repairing any building with the owner thereof, it ehall be his duty to furnish the owner or his agent, before receiving any part of the contract price, as it may become due, an itcra iz3d statement of the amount owing to r.ny laborer, mechanic or artisan em ployed by such contractor, or any per son for materials furnished, and upon the delivery to the owner or his ageut of the itemized statemeut aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the owner to re tain from the money then due the contractor, a turn not exceeding the price contracted for whioh will be fcufficient to pay such laborers or me chanics for labor done, or person for material furnished, which amount tho owner shall pay directly to laborer or furnisher of .material. Provided that the owner may retain in his hands until the contract is completed, such turn or sums as may have been agreed on between him and the contractor aa h guaranty of faithful performance of contract. Provided further, that when fcuch contract is performed such fund reserved as a guarauty "shall be liable to the payment of the sum due the la borer of mechanic for labor done or material furnished. Stokes County Iron. Tho Stokes county people are wak ing up to the importance of the min eral depoeits of that section, aud par ticularly to the immensity of the iron which is in the form of magnetic, he matite and limonite. It has been said that the iron of that county was con trolled by a single individual and that it could not be hail for reasonable pri ces. The editor of the Daubury Re porter and Port, in a long article shows the falacy of such a statemeut by giv ing the Domes or more than fifty own ers of beds or voids of this material. Each man's property in described briefly and the conclusion is reached that there must be no end to the do posit, or else the lands described are valueless from the composition of the ore. This is hardly the case, for iron has been worked in that region iu the long ago, and it is there to-day in un limited (.quantity. There are bright prospects ahead tor that section ; the advance or the Cape Fear and Yad kin v alley Railroad will open up this v aluable field to the world and these f eople will realize Auch from those ratural store houses ot wealth. Salis bury Watchman. Mr. Davis Visit to Macon. The approaching visit of Hon. Jef f irson Davis to Macon recalls an in cident of his capture near that city in May, 1835. After the surrender of Lee's army, the President of the iallen Confederacy was captured by k ederal troops near Irwinton, Georgia, and brought to Macon. It was an hour of midnight darkness to the Southern people. Despair and fearful forebod ings weighed down the stoutest hearts. President Andrew Johnston had is sued a proclamation from Washing ton offering a reward for the capture of Mr. Davis as an accomplice in tho nurder of Lincoln. Although Gen. Wilson, the Federal commandant at Macon, treated his prisoner with sold ierly politeness, the people were afraid to show the fallen chieftain any sym pathy. As the carriage containing the prisoner started off from the hotel the Rev. Sam Boykin, who is now State Sunday School Evaugelist of Georgia, rushed forth, and, seizing the hand of the captive with tears gushing from his eyes, said : "Good-bye, Mr. Davis. I will say God bless you if they kill me." Yesterday's parade of Grand Army comrades at St. Louis was a splendid demonstration of the enduring com panionship of men united by patriotic memories that every good American respects. The proper sentiments of such, a celebration are reverenced by North and South alike. New York Star. . Price 5 Cents. THE OLD NORTH STATE. 'tRSOKS AND TIIINOS T"HROl UUOUT NORTH CAROLINA. Interesting Topic Gathered troia The Sntlnol'n ExhanKM and ltoill Iow a rbr It Bm; Radfni. Hickory is to have a f 15,000 hotel. Raleigh's water works areertirelv satisfactory. They cost 81 60,000. Wilmington and New Berne both want the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. Raleigh's tobacco market is in the increase. 1 lve new pnz houses are going up. Gov. Scales has appointed J. H. Henderson, of Norfolk, Va., a Com missioner of Deeds for North Carolina. The iron horse now stops at Pilot Mountain. Mt. Airy expects it by January. Durham's band now rejoices in all the gioiy of a new uniform of red, white and blue. The J. M. Worth Manufacturing Co. is putting in ek-ctric lights at Ran-dleinan. The FayetteviUe Observer savs Messrs. A. S. Huske ACo., shipped up to August 28, over 1,000 baskets of scuppernong grapes. The old State is progressing. Ruth erfordton, little in size, but big in vim has voted 85,000 to street improve ments. Senator Vance is at his big-named horue up in Buncombe county fiddling and gathering strength for the Ohio campaign. A cyclone scurried around near Sharon township Inst Wednesday and carried away a few fences and tree topa. Tokay vineyard at FayetteviUe is the largest in tho State. It covers 125 acros, and this year Col. Green ex pects to make at leat 24,000 allou3 of W1DC. Capt. A . D. Jones, of IlAleigh will deliver the address on October 12th, the anniversary of laying the founda tion of th.i Old Ka-it building, at Chap el Hill'in 1793. Raleigh merchants hafe boycotted the Raleigh & Gustou Railroad, on account of a auddeu and exh.irbitant rise in freight rates. rpue railroad will have to yield. Oxford is a glowing t:vu. Major W. IT. Gregory, says that forty stores will be bui!t this year, all of brick. Thirty ar5 now in course s-Z-tion. He contends that Oxfri .t.o the .tate in building operations. The Loxiugton canning factory puts up about" 500 cans per day. Their output for tho season will befuliy 20, 000 cans. It is iji this way that North Carolina must gain wealth. It won't do to depend too much on blast furn aces and railroads. We must sell our peaches, apples and tomatoes. Dr. Chas. W. Dahucy, Jr. late State Chemist mid director of the North Carolina agricultural experi ment station, at Raleigh, has entered upon hi-i dutios an President of tho University of Tennessee and director of tlie ngriculturial experiment station at Ivuoxville, Tennessee, where iie has a wider field of uru.'fu!iiiv opened bo fore him. Mr. Win. Sergers"-:i, who is identi fied with the firm of iSegTson & Co., if Philadelphia, the largest shuttle blook manufacturing concern in tho United States, has decided to e nbark in an enterprise in North Carolina.. lit has leased the old mill of It. li. lirittaiu fc Co., at Morgantou, and will convert it into a shuttle block ft.ctui-y. The last Legislature provided (by ch. 355, Laws 1887) that any county whose county commissioners may so elect, may work its prisoners sentenc ed to jail, also its penitentiary con victs, sentenced to less than ten ears, oa the public roads of the county. Iredell, Rowan, Davidson and other counties ae so doing. The result is that prisoners instead of lying idle in jails, are working the roads, aad the nuaiber buing sent to tha penitentiary is diminishing. This may soon solve the penitentiary problem. The Richmond and Danville's com prehensive display of products gather ed up along its linos for display at the Atlanta Exposition, to be undar the able supervision of Mr. C. C..McPhail of rhomasville, will compose a valua ble department for our State, especial ly the western section, which furnishes valuable and superior woods. South Carolina and Virginia are showing up too, but without a doubt, North Caro lina will show the finest minerals. A negro lawyer is turning the cah into his . pocket at Wake Foreat by charging $10 for application for a loau of money with which to buy land. He claims to represent an English com pany with a capital stock of $30,000, 000 who are piniug to lend it to any body who will invest it in land 'and pay interest at 8 per cent. Such bum mers ought to be made to feel the law. Another renerable and gifted North -Carolinian is gone. He is Mr. Nath an A. Stedman, who died at hU home in FayetteviUe on last Thursday, aged 81 years. He was elected to the Leg islature from Chatham . county when only 21 years old, was clerk of the court and eventually Comptroller of the State. He was the father of Lieutenant-Governor Stedman. HU death lis mourned by a largo circle of friends