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.
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WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION to the prep
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ment of Estates
Judge btarbuck's Office, Main St., Winston, N. C.
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COMMANDS NORTHERN CAPITAL FOR
the erection and maintenance of "Water
"Works.
Municipal authorities wishing to introduce a
water supply or sewerage system, will please
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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.
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Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
WINSTON, N. C,
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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