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VERNON W. LONG. 1 Editor and Publisher. J Vol,, xxxi. No. 40. A NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE, IN THE STATE AND OUT. WINSTOlsT-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1887. ; SUBSCRIPTION FRicn ( PER YEAR, !.E0. Price 5 Cents. TOBACCO BOXES. I AM PREPARED TO FURNISH SIANU tacturers with all sizes ot boxes at rock bot tom prices. Consult ma for estimates before placing your contracts. II- U. DA.BB5. June 15, lSS"-tf E. F. STRICKLAND, M. D. GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF N. Y. Offers his Professional Service rno THE CITIZENS OF BETIIAXIA and J. surrounJiu:; country. zSOpvick and res idonco at Bethania, Forsyth county, no 30tf DR. .1. A. 235.1:32, STJRGEOtf -:- DEKTI3T, OJiet Cm n.fr Ath Jk Spxucc Sts., Winston. Ajjy-TKETII EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN' Aug lsth ly. A. H ELLER, Attorney-at-Law, Collection & Insurance WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION to the prep aration of 1 papers and the manage ment of Estatos Judgt Mai-buck's Office, Main St., Winston, N. C. JfcjylJK.ST 'K REFEREXCKS.5aj J. L. LUDLOW C. E., Civil and Sanitary Engineer, C COMMANDS NORTHERN CAPITAL FOR the erection and maintenance of VTator Works. Municipal authorities wishing to introduce a water supply or sewerage system, will please address me. Winston, N. C. 50-tf fymciTTBArTBT shop, SAMUEL BREWER, Prop'r. rHE only shop in the city kept by a white man. "Everything first-class and kept only tor first-class patronage. Yon can always be assured of comfort and cleanliness at BREWER'3 No 33-lj Opposite Baltimore Clothing House. w A GENTLEMAN SUES a clean shave at least twice ft week and an occasional hair-cut. BARKSD VXK'S the place ! His towels are clean, his razors a re sharp and he can plea.se you. Call on him. Next door to the Sentinel ollice. 24. T. IS FIXLKY, att't-at-law. E. S. IS LAIR. riKIEY ftt BLAIR, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, WILKESBORO, N. C. Town Lota, Timber Lands, Minora! Interests, njid all kinds of Real Eetate tfoht on Com mis sion. 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SiiOKE, Yadkis Co.. N. U J. L. PATTERSON. F. F. PATTERSON PATTERSON Sl PATTERSON, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law wrxsTox, N. c, X7ILL PRACTICE IX all the STATE and IT 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 til cm will receive prompt and faithful attention. Office over Vaughn & Pepper's Store. 0-ly TXX22 XIEASDU WEY -YOU SHOULD- : BUY YOUR HARNESS FROM R. G. BURGESS. 1ST HIS HARNESS is all Handmade and home-made. 2nd. He sells no shoddy work or northorn mado roods. 3rd He allows none to undersell him and gives his customers the Lowest Cash Prices. -C.t door above Hinshaw & Medcaris', : amelSlm TIXSTON, X. C. THEODOSIA BURR. THIS STORY OF HKR TERRlBLiK FATE. H. MONTAGUE, (Professional Attorney) ! WINSTON, PT. o. llTILL SELL LAND and PERSONAL Prop II erty on Commission Collect Rents Pre 'pure Land Papers Buy Notes, Bonds, Mort gages and other Securities Make Small Loans on Good Security and Assume the General Management of Estates. t bS""The Best References.!! A NEW FIRM! 1 HIGGS & MEDFORD, if. J in i . Have just opened up a stock of f i n ..; ' First Door Above Tise's Furniture " ' Store -i'ttt -WE PROPOSE TO BELL AT BOTTOM fY PRICES. .. Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Etc. DON'T FAIL TO COME AND SEE US I She is Supposed to have lieen Murder ed by Pirates off the Coast of JJ. C Interesting Kvldence Bearing on the Sulject Furnished Dy Dr. Pool, of Elizabeth City. Correspondence Washington Po.it. Few women of her day were more beautiful and accomplished than Theodosia Alston, the idolized daugh ter of Aaron Burr and devoted wife of Governor Joseph Alston, of South Carolina. Fewer still achieved so in teresting a career or met with so tragic an end. Davis and Barton, her father's bi ographers, tell us she was lost at sea early in January, 1813, while making the voyage in a small schooner called the Patriot trom her home near Georgetown, S. C, to meet her father in New York. A safer statement would be that the vessel left port on the 30th of December, 1S12, and was never again heard of. Nothing oc curred to disturb the hypothesis until nearly forty years alter her death, when a paragraph copied from a Tex as newspaper went the rounds of the press, purporting to be the dying con fession of an old sailor who had re cently died there, and who declared on his death bed that he was one of the crew of the Patriot in December, 1812, and that during the voyage the sailors mutinied and murdered the officers and passengers, Mrs. Alston beipg the last to walk the plank. To this statement the Pennsylvania En quirer added corroborative evidence as follows : "An item of news just now going the rounds relates that a sailor, who died iu Texas, confessed on his death bed that he was one of the crew cf mutineers who, some forty years ago, took possession of a brig on its passage from Charleston to New York, and caused all the officers and passengers to walk the plank. For forty years the wretched man has carried about the dreadful secret, and died at last in the agony of despair. "What gives the story additional interest is the fact that the vessel re ferred to is the one in which Mrs. Theodosia Alston, the beloved daugh ter of Aaron Burr, took passage for New York, for the purpose of meeting her parent in the darkest days of his existence, and which, never haviug been heard of was supposed to have foundered at sea." The dying sailor professed to re member her well, said she was the last who perished, and that he never for got her look of despair as the took the last step from the fatal plank. On reading this account I regarded it as a fiction, but on conversing with an officer of the navy he assures me of the probable truth, and states that on one of his passages home some years ago his vessel brought two pirates in irons, who were subsequently execut ed at Norfolk for recent oflenses, and who before their execution confessed that they had been members of the same crew and participated in the murder of Mrs. Alston and her com panion. "Whatever opinion may be enter tained of the father, the memory of the daughter must be revered as one of the lovliest and most excellent of American women, and "the relation of her untimely fate can only serve to invest that memory with a more ten der and melancholy interest. Seventeen years later, in 1869, Dr. W. G. Pool, a physician of Elizabeth City, N. C, was summering with his family at Nag's Head, a summer - re sort on " the outer barrier of sand, which protects the North Carolina coast, about fifty miles north of Hat- teras. While here he made an inter esting discovery, an account of which we copy from the correspondence of the Philadelphia Times of February 20, 1880. During that season he was called upon professionally to visit a lady named Mrs. Mann, who lived two miles north of Nag's Head and direct ly opposite Kitty Hawk, where the United States man of-war Huron met her fate; The old lady was 65 years of age but never had occasion to seek the services of a physician before, and whatever her complaint was now the doctor cured her. She had great fear of physicians in general, and when she became well her gratitude to Dr, Pool was so intense "for not killing her," as she expressed herself, that she told him he could have anything id her possession except money, and of that she had none. The doctor stated to her that he would make no charge, but becoming interested in the strange being before him he, in company with his little daughter, who is now a young lady, paid the old woman almost daily visits. J. he house m which Airs. Mann resided was quaint though humble, and the surroundings were of the same nature. But what puzzled the doctor most was where a woman ol Mrs Mann's position in society could have obtained such a fine oil painting, - it being evidently the portrait of a hand some, intelligent lady of high standing in the social word. He was on the eve of questioning the old woman sev eral times, but always failed", afraid to offend by - touching on some delicate subject ; but the daughter came to his relief by saying: "leather. 1 have fallen in love with that beautiful pict uae. Please buy it for me." This was , the fTr-t occasioa Mrs. Mann had had for proving her gratitude to the doctor "for not killing her," and overhearing the child she said : "You can have it. honey ; I will make you a present of it. The little girl was overjoyed at becoming the possessor of what at that time she desired most of all on earth ; but her father was not yet satisfied y and determined to learn the secret ol that picture if possible, bo after many visits of a kindly nature the old lady agreed to tell her story. - "home A'ears before m? msr-rrage with my first husband, Mir. TillU . she said, "and while we were courting, a pilot boat came ashore near Kitty Hawk, She had all sails set ana trie rudder was fastened. Mr. Tillett, in company with the wreckers, boarded her, and in the cabin they found the breakfast table set but. not disturbed. Why we thought it was that meal was ecause the beds were not made up. Anyhow the trunks wero broken open and among the things scattered about n the cabin floor were several silic dresses, a black lace shawl, a vase of wax flowers with a glass globe cover- ng a shell resembling the shape of the nautilus, beautifully carved, and the lovely picture, lhere was no ilood seen on the vessel or any sign of violence, and my opinion was that the passengers and crew on that pilot- oat walked the plank ; the rudder ra3 tied up and the vessel turned adrift. My future husband took for his share of the spoils two dresses, the shell, vase and picture, all of which e presented to me, and 1 have kept them ever since. This was years ago. I don't remember the year, but it was very near the time we were fighting the English. This is all I know about the picture and, as your father did not kill me, you are welcome to it, honev. Wait a bit and I'll bring the other thing for you to look at." J.he articles mentioned were then put before Dr. Pool and his daughter for inspection and the young lady says there is no doubt bet what every thing in the possession of Mrs. Mann once belonged to some lady or culture, aste and refinement. The old ladv told her story in a hesitating manner, and the chances are tnat much re mained untold. The portrait bore so striking a re semblance to Theodosia Alston as to be remarked by all who saw it and were familiar with the engraved por traits of that lady. The circumstan ces of the vessel coming ashore at .about the time the Patriot left George town, coupled with the dying sailor's declaration, led the doctor and his familv to believe that Mrs. Mann's pilot-boat" was the Patriot, and the portrait so strangely found was one of herseif that Mrs. Alston was taking to her father. Acting on this belief, and to test its accuracy, they had pho tographs of the portrait made, and sent them to artists and friends of the family for their opinion. These, in most cases, pronounced the portrait a ikenr83 of Mrs. Alston. Mr. George B. Edwards, ot New York, a connec tion of the lady on hor mother's side, wrote : "My father arrees with me in the belief that it is Aaron Burr's daughter. She certainly has his eyes and the Edwards nose. The photograph wa also shown to Col. John H. Wheeler, the historian of North Carolina, and to his wife, a daughter of Sully, the portrait painter, herself a sculptor of some merit, who both pronounced it a striking likeness f Theodosia. Being in the vicijity of Dr. Pool's home recently, the writer paid him a visit and was shown the portrait. It is an oil painting on wood, with gilt frame about twenty inches in length, and of the school of art in voeue in 1800-10. Familiar with three portraits of Theodosia by different artists, he at ence recoenized a marked nm- blance, although he would hesitate confidently to pronounce it a portrait of that lady yet the difference was no more than might have resulted from a difference in age. Iu the hope of gaining corroborative evidenca at to the identity of the portrait, we crossed over Albemarle Sound to Nag's xieaa. Mrs. Mann, we learned, had been dead several years. Two sons were found living among the dunes of that strange coast five miles north of the Head. Both disclaimed ever hav ing seen or heard of portrait, dresses, or shell, but referred us to an elder sister, Mrs. Westcott, a widow living on Roanoke Island, who might possi bly have been more in their mother's confidence than they. Before leaving on this errand, however, we made diligent inquiry among the wreckers for any tradi tion or memory of the pilot-boat, without awakeaing a single recollection. This, however, does not militate against Dr. Pool's story, for the "banker of to-day, al though he does not, like his forefathers, lure ships aahore and strip the wreck, is still very reticent as to what was done on these sands generations ago. Unsuccessful on these banks, we crossed the seund to Roanoke and visited Mrs. Westcott at her pleasant cottage on the western shore of the island. She is a woman of excellent repu tation and favorably impressed the visitor by her intelligence and sincerity. . She recollected the portrait, and resnsm bered hearing her mother say it was found in a bureau or chest of drawers that floated ashore when she was a baby; had never seen or heard of the silk dresses, shell or vase. No one who is acquainted with Dr. Pool or his daughter can doubt the truth of their story. Mrs. Mann must have told them what she is said to have told them. But what she did with the articles they saw in her cottage in 1879, and what circumstance attended their get ting that she should lytve hidden them from her children and neighbors through a long life, is one pf the many mysteries of these sands that will never be solved es an "jierrrauiin home. tlract ne s suniinor i'c-v'ri. -us rich AS SEEN BY OTHERS' EYES MTU AT NORTH CAROLINA. OFFERS TO ENTERPRISING MEN. An Interesting Statement of Our Re sources; Our Mines, Minerals and Water Powers. From the Xeta Yrk Tribune. The State of North Carolina has a cneva-ce. It thinks trat its a' van tages lvjnes. ness as a repository of miDer?.i wealth, and its adaptability to all the demands which agriculture, forestry, mining or manufacturing can make upon it, have been ignored too long, and it has got ten up a "boom" to counteract this slight and give the State the industrial importance to which it is entitled. With this end in view the State has established a Bureau of Immigration at Raleigh, with branch offices at va rious points in the North. One of these is stationed at No. 22 Der St., and is under the direction of F. E. McAllister. This gentleman and his manager, N. W. Sehenck, have made a special study of the resources of North Carolina, and in the course of a conversation with a Tribune report er, Mr. McAllister spoUe oi them as follow.? : "North Carolina is sparsely settled and it is a strange fact that, although I it is three times as large as Massachu setts, its largest city, Wilmington, ! boasts ol onlv 20,000 inhabitants. This is due to the fact that the Suite j has been practically iuaccessable to i the railways until recently, and it was only in 1830 that the vast Western portion of the State svas opened up by j a railway. In the matter of climate it is especially well provided, since there are no less than four distinct climates, with all the variety of natur- j al products incidental to each. The i advantages of this arrangement aro evident and gives the State excellent opportunities for producing great va- . rieties ot cereals and fruits. The State is rich in natural products of all '. kinds and its varieties of timber trees are almost numberless. As regards its water power, it is a remarkable fact that an estimate by the State ge ologist goes to show that North Caro lina has in its waterfalls more horse power than is contained in the steam engines of every kind employed iu the United States." Referring to the minerals of the State, Mr. McAllister said that they were abundant aui well distributed over the entire area. "Iron ore abounds," said he, "both magnetic and hematite, the most valuable being a species of the former, the famous black oxide ore of tlie Cranberry mines in the Northern part of the State. Scattered through the Stata are three or tour gold belts, from which large quantities have already been obtained, and which are still be ing worktd on an extensive scale. Mica, corundum and other minerals ot commercial value are also mined. A fine quantity of marble, of a pecu liar flesh-colored tint, is found near the Georgia line, and granite forma tions of every variety are found throughout the State. I should also mention the fine deposits of kaolin, or china clay, used for pottery purposes, som of which shows a higher percent age of silica to alumina, than the cele brated Europaan deposits. The tracts of forest land are of great extent, and are untouched by the woodman's axe, because there has been no woodman there to disturb them. "Along the coast are extensive fish eries, which have been carefully fos tered and yield large returns. By the middle of next month large areas of submarine territory will be laid out for oyster gardeaing, as that industry is practiced on Long Island E-unti, and will bo ready for sale. In spite of all these attractions the State is poor, because it wants men farmers, artisans, manufacturers, thrifty, indus trious workmen of all kinds. It would be a paradise for the new American party, because the last census shows that of all the States North Carolina has the largest native born population and the smallest foreign element. The price of land ranges from .$3 to 830 per acre and is being rapidly taken up by enterprising people," CA STORY OF THE WAR. The Daily Index, a labor paper of Wilmington has suspended. Alligator stories Will Please Katlre. There is a remarkably intelligent dog in Oxford, owned by one of our sportsmen. The animal is a setter. He positively refuses to hunt birds be fore Oetober 15th, and no amount of coaxing or whipping will induce him to break the law. He was taken in the field a few days ago but the law abiding animal couldn't be indtnrea to "set" a single bird. Finally his master drew an almanac from his pocket, pointed out October 18th with his finger, and the dog, with a joyous bark, went to work with an energy that enabled the sportsman to bring home an overflowing game bag. Torchlight. A Ticket Not Hard to Beat. Tb Fate of a Younj Soldier Mad Known after Twenty-four Years. J-Ytn the St. Zouit'Globs-Demtcral. One of the romances of the war has iust been developed in Raleigh in which the only son of one of North Carolina's Governors figures. Gover nor Todd R. Caldwell during the war resided in handsome style at the quiet little town of Morgant-m. Of an oM and iionored family, ho wris proud and had bat one object of intense affection his son, John a haudsome lad ; not 20 years cf age. In the winter of 1832 this only son begged to be allow ed to go to the army. Er-treaties w ere of no avail, and his father and his mother at last consented, with tears, that he might join the Army of North ern Virginia. He existed in the 33d regiment of North Carolina infantry, in Lane's brigade, Pender's division, A. 1. Hill's corps. When the campaign opened in 1S)3 io soldier was more daring tha.n young Caldwell, and he was soon pro moted from the ranks. In May he was made a second lieutenant for his gailant and meritorious conduct. His regiment went into the Pennsylvania campaign. At Gettysburg he was present, and in the hottest of the fight. On the afternoon of July 3, 1863, his regiment swept up a slope within fifty yards of tli3 Federal lines, went closer yet, and 1 ayonets wen crossed. Sud denly the lit--- moved back a litt'o. Young Caldwell was nover seen alive :Jter that moment. ile was at the front when the backward movement began. His father used all the in fluence of money and position to find the lost soldier, but unavailing ly. The authorities refused to allow the grav to be pened. It could not be ascer tained whether he was dead or alive, r.nd the matter became one of the most terrible uncertainties. Under the strain the minds of the father and rn.'ther were nearly overcame. The fjAher grimly n.using his great sor r jw, fort) a ia Ray one to mention the sun's name, aid the terrible story was never a!iud-.;d to, even by the mother. Ia 1871 Gen. Caldwell became Governor of the State. Two year later, in 1S73, an ex-Confederate sol dier, named Lucus, from Hyde county, was elected to the Legislature, and came to Raleigh. Some one told Lim one night the sad story of the death, or supposed death, and mystery of John Caldwell. The next day Lu cus called on the Governor and told Lim the truth at last. Lucus was in another regiment, and had observed young Caldwell's brave bearing, as they were near each other. In the t :rrible moment of the repulse he had sen young Caldwell shot down while s-jpsrated from his men and fighting harJ to hand, a New York soldier. After hearing thi story and the fur ther details of the burial of Caldwell by Lucus, the Governor locked him-s-jlf in his room and was all day in tears. He never told his wife of the revelation by Lucus and told it only to his private secretary. A few days ago Major Charles W. Cow tan, of New York city, wrote your correspondent saying that he had in his possession a commission of an of ficer in a North Carolina regiment, T-hich he had picked up on the battle field of Gettysburg. His regiment, tne 10th New York, held the line at that point, just after a terrible charge by the North Carolinians, in which one fair-haired and boyish officer was brave in the extreme. Major (..ovr tnu had examined some of the dead Confederates, who so thickly strewed the grounds at the works, and near one found a torn and bloody commis sion, on which was legible only "John Ca" of the name. Major Cowtan ci r ressed a desire to return this commis sion if any relatives of the dead sold ier could be found. The commission was found to be that of the long lost John Caldwell. Yesterday the com mission was sent Mrs. Caldwell, and this blood stained and torn piece of parchment is, she writes, all there is on earth to remind her of the dead son. For years she cherished the hope that her son waR alive and in time prison. in iact, an trie prison- were searched lor him through the in fluence of Governor ( now Senator; Vance. It hasreouirred twenty-four years to ascertain the true story. At the same time the commission was sent her she was first made acquaint ed with the facts told Governor Cald - well in 1873. MothlncWrong With YurKjsljtht,otli- Injrat all. The presence of Hon. John Sher nmn at the colored fair at Raleigh th3m fall will probably give quite a boast to tk Sherman boom in North Carolina. Of course the managers pf the fair have no idea in connection V with it that is not strictly agricultural and industrial, but the Landmark sees the lily white hand of Logan Harris in the selection of the principal orator or else it is the victim of an optical il lusion. Statesville Landmark, A correspondent in Watauga coun ty favors Lincoln and Hawley, and Dockerr and Furchee. Presidential ticket makers are the order of the day. Why not run the old ticket next year ? Lincoln and Hamlin : how would that sound ? Hon. John Nich ols is out in the Chicago Inter-Oceari m favor ot Lincoln and Hawley. lie says the rank and file are for that ticket. -Oreensboao North State, Re publican. THE PUBLIC'S OPINION. EDITORIAIj ETCHINGS FROM XV ERY WHERE. A Miscellaneous Mixture of I'olnts, Personal, Political, Social, and In dustrial That the Papon are Talking About. "Vote for George and Chinese cheap lab r" would be an appropriate battle cry fir the nnt'-poverty cations. AVy York Slsr. A Mugwump is defined to be a Re publican with a conscience, perhaps a better definition is a fellow who 'wants to hold office under all partie. Clin ton Caucinan. Both in Massachusetts an 1 Ohio, Democrats aie making a fight to win squarely on Democratic principles without shuffling or evasion. In 99 oases out of a 100 this kind of a fight to win means a winuiag light. Sl. Lo-ui Jiepubliean. t The President passed through Ohio in the night. This was well. If he had gone through that bbssed State at any other time, he would have seen u bloody shirt on everv feneo. Ohio Republicans live on blood puddings. Wilmington Messenger. They tell of a fair in a Westeu State whf re the directors were so extra good that they (Vhen the fair vetoed the raeo track, opened so the storv A IIOKRIBLK SI OKI". Mr. It. Z. Linney publishes a six and a half column card in the Weekly Mail, announcing his purpose to vote the Republican ticket in the future. We don't think Mr. Linney has tak en any one by surprise, as his action last year convinced us that he had cone to that party. Those who attend ed the convention at Yadkinville in 1880 will recollect him as one of the rule-or-ruiu kind of men. Davie Times. JoIih lr!nnen Supposed io Hi'.ve liceu Murdered Near Ashevllle, N. C. From the KnoxcilleJ'ournii!. About three weeks ago the remain of Sohn Drinnen, formerly of CusicL'd X Roads, arrived in thy city fr..m Ashevill'?, N. C, and was tnktii to Sevier county and buried. A leUer accompanied the remains stfltinsr ihac D;i iniioii had suectiiniic.l t : a ic-mr at tack "f typhoid fever. His family and fii ends were shocked t.t learn of his death, and he as buried with all the honors of a good citizen. The cof fin lid wa removed that the grief stricken relatives might get a lam long look at the familiar feature.-", but there wa nothing to indicate foul play tnd the particulars detailed in the letter were accepted as the truth. Now the story comes from North Carolina that Drir.uen -.?as murdered J. v lils money. lie was selling ;oods poen, the show consisted ct one r.uil i-'d a pumpkin. The first night the l ull got loose, ate up the pumpkin, and then jumped the fence anil Jc r arted, and the next morning the di rectors waked up to find their whole lair missing. State Chroniele. The bitter attacks and i'se accusa tions hurled by the Charleston AViu and Courier against Jefferson Drvis has aroused the resentment of every honest Democratic p'iper in the South. The Southern people will not stand silently by and free Mr. Davis traduc ed nnd the New and Courier has been forced to recognize that its opiniou of Mr. Davis' character is its own, and not that of the people of the South. JVew Orleans State. The intcr-state commerce law ami the many constructions a:id deductions and perplexities that grow out of it bids fair to rival the "('ode Napo'eoa." That proposed to give in a single vol ume the entire system of law ) tor Fiance. Iu less than ten year-- time, ten times that number of books ha.l been written to explain f.i.d construe the "Code Napoleon. ' So it appeals to be with tne inter-state law. One cimprehensive decision ha, however, been mad'i by the comni'sion ir ibe case of the Central Vermont railroad, which is the order forbidding the rail road company to make higher charges upon its inter-state traffic for short hauls than for long hauls. Monroe Lnquirer-Express. o It is said that Hon. John Nichols will resign his place as Secretary of the Stnto Fair Association. If niich is the case the directors of that insti tution could not find a more worthy successor for this position than Jian A. Williams, Esq., of this city. Mr. Williams hs been for some time eJi for ofthe Live Stock Journal of thin piscc,and is one of the most conspicu ous live stock owners in the Stat". This gentleman, formerly a resident of Fayettcville, is well and favorablv known throughout the oommonvea Uli A business man of part?, a gentl-jman ot culture and education, a popular and progressive citizen. Mr. Wil iaras would be eminently suitab! for the vacancy. Atherille cor. C'u-r-lode Chronicle. The necessity for additional judges of our Supreme Court becomes more apparent at every term of Court. This is on account of the greatly in creased business of that Court. At the time when the number of judges was reduced to three, ther was hard lv half as much work for them to do m there is now. The first term of the Court held after the number of judges w as reduced to three wai in January, la79, and the volume of cases decided ft that term contained oou nars. Whereas at the last term (held last spring) the cases were so numerous that it was necessary to publish Lhem m two volumes, each containing near ly 700 pages. This simple statement most forcibly proves the necessity of increasing ' the number of Supreme Court judges. Pittsboro Record. We wish to call the attention of the Eeopie to an act of kindness done them y Judge J. II. Merrimon, an able Judge. All honor to him. At the Superior Court last week, a man was indicted for selling whiskey to minors. The evidence against him was unbrok en, and came from three quarters. Judge Merrimon instructed the jury that the evidence from either quarter was sufficient to convict. The jury retired, and eleven of them decided to acquit, evidence or no evidence ! Was there ever such impudence ! snch un bridled audacity! such disregard of law and order ? But Judge Merrimon was equal to the emergency. Forth with he dismissed those eleven wretch ed men, with the instruction to the Sheriff of the county to enter their . names as men disqualified, henceforth, to Berve as jurors. Biblical Recorder. and gr.i-.vinf tobacco in Bunco tribe county, near Ashville, and a letter re xiveI by his brother M.ttt-3 that two .neu named Ilee ! went to his store at midnight, murdered him and then rifled the cath drawer. The writer advises the employment uf dwtectives to ferret out the crime and bring the Reed to justice if guilty. Drinnen's brother went to Aeheville he other day after the funeral to loofc after the property of the dead man. 2Ie found the stock of goods alright t nd a fine crop of tob,ceo almost re:uly to cut. 2o one in the neighborhood htid heard of Drinnen's sicklies a.id death and they supposed he hn.l loek- il up, his stoi c and gone off on a vis i; or a luuit. Drin.ien was in husiiu- at Crus i:k S Roads and failed directly af t?r having bought a Irtrge stock. f j.ooda from Knoxvillc jobbers. He went to North Carolina about three cars ago and in les than eighteen Months came back to Knosville and l;quidated every cent of his indebted-r-sss. The remains will be exhumed to cay and an examination ms.de before 8 jury of inquest. If the inquetst Je eIopt the fact that he was murder!, every effort will be ma le to bring tho guilty party or i'.ttriifs before tho bar cf jus;., c. ortli Carolina's Ciinuiln; Splntllos. In North Can linn, coUou mil's are being built .- rapidly that the State r romisfj! io i.c-crue ir.e outh?.rri ci I-.-t ol his industry, unless South Car one a u.-mucs with her lor tins t'on. in South Carlina they o!iiv iiiir mi:is, wnne :n .ortii lina the fancy is, a:id hss bjo:i ;i,r vears, tor small nui!?, Lut "fheiu. At Lineelntori, I)n;et baildinj-a ?30,0!i) mii! : at T.W 1 n !fC0,'00 c.repany will build; at Concord, alrei ly a cotton manufac turing t wn, the Cannon Manufactur ing Company will build a S7o,00t) mill, with 4,000 spindles; end tho. l- posl- build Cr.ru- man v hrn is "'alls pa ;ir lav- Lore Mill-, another new com n ill also h-.iihi. Mark Morgan ?:teville, hnn purchased propertv :uid ill cs'.nl liah a cotton mill : 't Ilnoree the Henrietta Mills, to eo.t $2 'H1,!)h;( w ill be put up; at Hickory, A. A. "hnford is rejx-rted ns to ?tnrt a new n-iil ; Shelby has on new mill, about finished, nnd another one undr con tract ; at Motion a nc: company has njrehased an old mill ami refitted it, and started up ; at Davidson College are to ue put ' put or rr: !1 THE OLD :0Tmi SIJI l-i:ii. N S n; ; Oi: . i; :;t -re t 'nr. UNvii TV '.v. t:oi,T ' "iOKi,.; '.';jM' t-r.ihered trom 11. e .- n'L-e' s LiuVana,. nnl ftci! owa tor Its r,i.sy ltff,1r,.i. Morgnnton is working iin vaf-rtn s on iho nets. A Wiik mar. ra's! 1'2 ' lh;' f r e from ll &!!'.: sir-". " ThePrrrhyi-r! - - ar..; ;,-.,,t o:ics are nav;r-- a The North C lir- V met in Pi! i.vt wr; k h f.s.i oi: v. r I t. big brr.j. oyer .'25,0)0. oe. rrili ha at m..kc n:i nd- ell .-..an' Mr. A tho niffit our Stat maey will O-f 1 w.'.iiT"! i.i.-i, -rr-: x an of to'jccoo, w tim:;tel at They "st Svr.f'.or Vai the :VtRtc Fair and will ot t;'." ttran.! Army of the i M be vrrnnizM in Mii. ;-- T. "V. AlJrx., of Oxford. . - f talf.H'.'.I young iarv -r! of is dead. A new pcfitotn :?j hac bean wff.bHf -at Henrietta vuh Simpson K T ner as postmsnor. The extension of the C. C. 11. fl. fr. m Rutherfordtoa to Asueville is a btrong probability. C.1. E. T. B. GIrnn, a prominent railroad man. formerly of FayHte i'lo, ha accepted a position with tne Joorgift Central Railroad. Dr. W. M. Metho.UH - f . XT I, ..." . j-t . iv. i framger ;n t ?o! wcA an ! they ar now tour. A Itcidsville erLnnje tells of a k fho has a perfect saoit, lik an ele phant, in the pb.ee of an arm. Lei. the snake maa now come forward, he is beaten. The Richmond A Duuville RL1- road company ; tntemulnte bu'Uin; r ' n Bri'lgewaier to i:i?il!t.- mountain, r.: d RoWv, Alvjtice. editor of th? rv-s msrri' 1 to Idsbon i u't them on rjis v. I th. l a no h 4.1 have made surveys to ascrta; cost. Wilmington eoLiiuuM to luk-' grnr.t strides this soils jn, and has covered iVcm its l' lliargy. The oot. ... receipts are oror 2-3, MO Ivdos ahead of those to this d?.t') list se.f-'on, and th. re is a sha-p building boom. Nev I5e;-ne proposes to kee,i poe r.ith the liuis .iivl ht orgmi7,ed '.ta Building ami i ,.. a A 'x,iuin. Sal isbury's Asf-viniion now ! as hviof d oill over -f2 OtVi. 'i its; Skntin ( ' r--. oicrs vith l oiii low -." Col. S. i lire ,-'..-' ot. i tot a pifp i tfif-.s . 3 . : " - ibi.t I ...v lit rin worKC-!! '. - - ' ... 3 . 1 'it. '.ll ir, . I. s i '-vo small mihs Among the mills that hare considerable new machinery e ilargenKinf", are the Enterprise it Font's Mills, Mell at Conord, Em pire at High Point, Oakrlale at Jamra ton ('additional mill , Hops at Eay i'.tevillc, MesdoTr t Oxford, Newton a'. Newton, Falis of Neuse at lliw Fiver, the Randleman. (V!ar I'uds, aomi, Wilmington, Elm (irov, Al rr.mahah, Central Fails, J. M. Worth a id others. Beside all theee, a numlvr of new n ills aro projected in difi'ercut plae in the State. Manufacturer' Record. The 3tvspapor l.tn. it T.ter .North mei, pret! da-vs'an.l ted t s ty is 77) : if over o'l folk Yi.-g: A cru- lof! y shipped of '.;ia In .1 ie hie loot workod ! nes .!'.i:i L'an.iir,i i rich in gi'e. v wcin-V', Rfrricuiwjra! pro vjn lisi.'.il mine. It u hta- u old Toire in IL dc-p. id hs i'. nee rau conn- rtvord -Vor- .1 o; iv from - r iT. lj0 pxpi! ".leiu. It -- y -i.l the car load from Nt? -mop !" a car !orJ. oi gj to New Bi thr.i. -A I0M- :' mother I p.st nc-vt 'se lor rut II I . .':- .'!'. " - IO" 'iW ;- CVje I'lom t I'n.n is f.ry the State B url o. voted the sum : surrey of the Diu Riv r Th poop.e there put up 51,0').'). Tho thousond do.- votr-d TVC"k. 1. Subscribers who do not give cx oeei notice to the contrary are con i'i lered as wishing to continue their (subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discon tinuance of tliir periodicals, the pub lisher my continue to Fend them un til all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the of fice to which tliev are directed, they are responsible till tLev have settled their bills and ordered them discon tinued. 4. If subscribers move to other places without informing the publish er, and the papers are sent to the for n.er direction, they are held responsi ble. 5. The courts have decided that re fusing to take perieclicals from tho of fice or removing and leaving them un called for, is PRIMA FACIE evi dence ot intentional fraud. 6. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound to give notice to pub lisher at the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue taking it, oth erwise the publisher is authorized to send it, and the subscriber will be re sponsible until an express notice with payment of all arrearages is sent to the publisher. The "Junebug" railroad celebration will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1st. oyf 'ue (b.rartrnc-nt wa .- . I Work in surveviro- the cf-ion is ro begin at oroe, and tr .:- Unt men l;nv bevon secure i to eon iact it. Wake ForKt Col ley;-j hi'.s 193 sti. Isnts, not including one girl, vl, oqnais seven hoys, making two hua- Ired even. Ihe new laboratory buil i ins: is nearing completion, and vrhen finished will ne one of the bet cou- t iv t . i i structea and naniisomct ouiiainfr-: in the State. Prof. Duargan, who i.-j? in looking alter its (or A evs and Ubtertier. fliS) f'mrge of this department, is now L'aitiiiiore oquipment.- Statc Trcnsuirr Bain says the. ic.ll cntions ai that there is a consieri'ile increase in the value of the property if the State a? compared with Ia. y ;ar. This is shown by reports fro.n tiie counties so far received, The lat Legislature red u cod tho rate of taxa tion from 25 to 20 cents per $100 val uation of property, so that the amount of taxes, even at the increased valua tion, will be smaller than last vrar. Treasurer Bain says that in North Carolina the taxeP arc now lov.-.r than in any other Slate accordmr; to population and wealth" Mr. Theodore F. Tompkins, of Washington City, has acceptod a p. sition as local editor of the Wilmiii ton Messenger. He hr. rcocDtly bsea connected with the Nov York Com mercial Actnc 'i'T. Ke is a connec tion of Judge Thurman, nnd is repre sented as being a verss-tile a man of indomitable writer and energy. He Ls traveled extensively and is a thor ough man of the world though he:i ouly about 24 years of age. His older brother is on the sUfi'cf Washington Kvening Critic. 2scu:- and Ob j.ti er. We trnst the gentle.n-ui will T.nd iNor hCarotina journalism both plea sant ami prontabie B 4Sf '4.
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Oct. 13, 1887, edition 1
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