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1 I THE HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY P. T. BOOKES, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription Kates : One Year, Cnh in Adraner, $1."0. ix Month, " To. Four Months, ' 50. A Jdress c-orrcspoiuloiicc to THE I1KIIALD," Smithficld, X. C. 7lllT THE WORLD DOES WEEKLY. INTERESTING ITEMS RELATED BRIEFLY. Newsy Item9 Which Aro Gleaned Prom Various Sources And Pre pared For Our Readers. Jennie Lind, the song bird, is dead. The yellow fever continues to rage at Tampa, Fla. Jay Gould has gone to Europe. "We wish he would stay there. A majority of Scotch Tories declare in favor of woman suf frage. The President is busily engag ed in preparing his message for Congress. The condemned Chicago An archists will probably swing on the llthinst. Hon. Jefferson Davis is still at Macon, Ga., and is in fine spirits and good health. The Constellation, now at Ports mouth navy yard, is to bo re paired at a cost of 60,000. A London publisher has offered Standly 8-50,000 for a book de scribing his present expedition. A steam gin and one hundred bales of cotton, on a Louisiana plantation, were burned recently. Registration has closed in New York. The total vote registered is 203,534 against 235,874 last year. First Grand Engineer Authur has been re-elected by tile Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers at Chicago. The Club House in Chicago and much valuable furniture has been destroyed by fire. Loss about 830,000. Mr. O'Brien is confined in a cell, eight by six feet, and he bleeps on a plank bed ; he is in cheerful spirits. There has been great loss of life among the fishermen on the French coast, resulting from the recent gales. The dead body of Dr. George Arthur, of the Navy, was found on the railroad track, near Sa lem, Va., Tuesday night. An Illinois correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal pays that his State is ready to go into the Democratic column. The Western Union Telegraph Company has increased its capi tal stock 85,000,000, and the to tal capital is now $36,200,000. A shocking crime is reported from Connecticut; a man killed his wife, set fire to his house and two of his children were burned to death. The "Whit Caps" in Indianna, are tgain committing outrages, and it is stated that the officials are thoroughly terorized, fearing the vengeance of the outlaws. Harper's Bazar declares that Miss Rose Cleveland's salary as a teacher in the high class school for young ladies in Xew York is the highest salary paid to any American woman, except the stars of the stage. The United. States Supreme Court yestesday rendered, its de cision in the Chicago Anarchists; the writ of error prayed for was denied, as to all of the prisoners, and the constitutionality of the Illinois jury law is sustained. Detective Wilberne arrested on the 3rd inst., just as he came out of the Opera House, a well known man in Norfolk on a charge of having forged the name of a well known livery stable man to three notes amounting to 8230. The man was carried be fore Justice Saneca, who issued the warrant, waived examination and will be tried in the Police Court to-day. When the affair was mentioned the street every one was surprised and. expressed regret at the occurance. Many thought tiie man must have been suffering from temporary -derangement when the act was committed, but it is known that thi is not the first time he has committed such an act. As there isji strong possibilitty that the filTiir will be compromised no names are mentioned. The par- ty who is accused of having com mitted the forgerv was consid ered worth 830,000 or $40,000 iiy a few years since. Norfolk Viryiiiini, The S Established 1SS2. Y VOLUME 6. A GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH. ( Rich mond Whig. ) Public sentiment is crystal ling very rapidly in favor of a telegraphic system owned and controlled by the Federal Gov ernment. The monopolistic ten dency of the Western Union, un der the control of Jay Gould, is fast overcoming whatever ob jections have heretofore been entertained against such a policy, and people are beginning to re alize the danger of allowing the vast business interests of the country involved in telegraphic communication to be under the control of an unscrupulous speculator and wrecker. The telegraph has become as essential to the business interests as well as the social requirement of the community as the mails, and the people demand a cheaper and more reliable service than they can ever have by private lines as long as the business remains a monopoly ; and experience has proved that no private company can compete with or exist in opposition to the Western Union. Hence their only hope is in a telegraphic system controlled by the government. We can conceive of no objection to the plan that sould not with equal force be urged against the postoffice department and the mails ; and, indeed, the telegraph should he used as an adjunct to the mails, and be under the same cantrol. In time the office of post master and telegraphic op erator, at minor stations, could Ue combined in the same persons, while in cities and towns the operators would be employees of the postoffice, and the letter carriers and special delivery boys could deliver telegraphic mes sages also. In this way the nec essary increase of officials would not be very great. We would have the government build its own lines, and .charge the same rate for all distances, just as it does for letter postage now, and that rate should be just enough to cover expenses, as the convenience and accommodation of the public, and not money ma king, would be the object in view. We would not interfere with the Western Union in any way. That company could go on operating its lines just as now, and the telegraphic business of the coun try is assuming such vast pro portions that there would, no doubt, be business enough for both lines, but the monopolistic feature would be destroyed and a healthy competition assured. The Fredericksburg Free Lance has recently interviewed nearly an hundred leading citizens of that town on the subject, and about nine-tenths of them frvor ed a government telegraph. That is probably a fair indication . of the growth of public sentiment on the rubject, and no doubt that sentiment will make itself felt at the next meeting of Congress. It is understood that several bills looking to the attainment of that object .iave .been prepared and will be introduced early in the sesson, and so we may expect that to be one of the important subjects that will engage the attention of Congress and the country during the coming win ter. It may be that the Western Union may be able to defeat the measure temporarily, but now that public sentiment has been aroused on the subject, and is taking definite, shape, it is not probable that the agitation will cease until the people attain the relief they demand It is. only a question of time, and, in our opinion, a very short time, when we will have a government telegraph operated in such a way as to relieve the people from the excessive charges and unre liable features of the .present grinding monopoly. We know of no better use to which some of the surplus millions in the treasury could be applied, and therefore we thick the present is the best time for the inaug uration of the movement. We would like to see petitions sent to Congress from every State in the Union, praying fort his much needed relief, and if some one will take hold of the matter and give the people an opportunity, we believe a million signatures to such petitions could be ob tained before Christmas. Who will do it? Pay your subscription to The Smithfield Herald at once ! MIT "CAROLINA, RANDOM NOTES. Richmond lYhig.) At a California agricultcral show two tons of grapes from one exhibit, illustrating the culture of the vine in one county. If cows are left out in cold autumn storms payment will be made from the hay mow and grain bins, or there will bo per manent loss. It is estimated that during the cranberrying-season in this state 100,000 will be paid out to pickers in southern Plymouth and Barnstable counties. Hints in reference meadows are now in- order. The idea that grass needs no cultivation is a grevious error. No crop will give better returns for the extra care and labor. Save the pumpkins. Feed out the green and unripe one first. They are green and watery, but what substance they contain is easily digestod, and cattle like them for a change. It is only a matter of time for the pasture to run if it be not manured. You can not continue to obtain milk, beef mutton and wool from the pastures and give nothing back in return. Yet pastures are used annally on some farms without any effort made to recuperate them, and it will surely end in exhaustion of the soil and disappearance of the grass. A Slriite. A strike on, the sugar plan tations near Tigersville, La., has been inaugurated. A. dis patch from L. L. Casogue says. "Strikers shot four of my labor ers this morning from an am bush. I have telegraphed to the Governor for troops. Please see that t hey get off at once." Messrs. Black, the recipients of the mes sabe, at once informed Generals Glynn and Mayer, and Col. Rich ardson, of the Washington Artil lery, of the tenor of the dispatch, and the officers are awaiting the action of the Governor through the Adjutant General, when the necessary orders will be issued. The sugar plantation of Lu casogul Greenwood is in the par ish of Terre Bonne, on Bayou Black, eight miles from Tiger ville, and between that point and Hernman. Previous to Fri day last there were employed upon the Greenwood plantation about sixty laborers, twenty-five whites and the remainder colored. On Friday the latter all struck for higher wages, but all the white hands remained and con tinued at work as usual. Lacaso gue at once made arrangements for the filling up of the number of laborers rebuired upon his plantation, by engaging white men in this city, and yesterday forty five were sent there, but whether the four men ambushed and shot this morning were among the number or of those remaining upon the plantation, the telegram dose not state. Merchandise. The total value of the merchan dise imported for the year ending June 30, 1887, was 692,319,768, an increase in merchandise im ports over the preceding year of 56,883,682. Of the 53 7,000, 000 brought to the country in steam vessels only 60,000,000 that is, less than 12 per cent. was bronght in American steam ers. The total value of merchan dise exports during the same period was 703,022,933, an in crease of 37,058,394 over the previous year. Of the 537,000, 000 American goods carried in steam vessels to other countries less than 34,000,000 was carriep in American vessels that is, less than 7 per cent. The leading articles of export were cotton, 206,000,000 ; breadstuffs, 166, 000,000 ; provisions, 93,000,000; mineral oils, 44,000; tobacco, 29,000,000 ; wood and manufact ures of, 20,000,000 ; iron . and steel, 16,000,000; cotton man ufoctures,' 15,000.000, anp leath er manufactures, 10,000.000. Ifteailt of au Alleged Dynamiter . A man died suddenly yester day in South London, and a sub sequent search of his apartments and person disclosed the fact that the deceased was an American and that he was a member of a dynamite conspiracy. H H CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS SMITHFIELD, N. C, NOVEMBER OCR NATIONAL CAPITOL GOSSIP. NATIONAL TOPICS REPORTED WEEKLY. Our Correspondent Writes About The City Who Are There And What They Are Doing. Every year, as the Congression al session approaches, Washing ton proceeds with the deliberate nonchalence of a belle who has known more than one season to array herself for the occasion. Her toilet is semi-social, official, and commeieial. The thrill of preparation i3 felt from the kitchen to the Capitol. The halls of Congress are recarpeted, and the department buildings, the hotels and boarding houses, the restaurants and slums, all re ceive the touch of renovation in their several ways. Among other indications of the political revi val is the retnrn of the newspa per man. He may have been in Europe, Mexico, or Alaska du ring the summer, but, as the season approaches, you again see his unblushing face and penetra ting nose about in the hotel lob bies and in the various Govern ment buildings. A few Senators and Represen tatives have arrived in the city and are making preparations for the winter. Some of them have houses of their own, but a ma jority will rent furnished rooms, or find quarters in hotels or in the private boarding houses with which Washington abounds. The President and Mrs. Cleve land, since JLheir return, have been living quietly at Oak View, their country residence, distant three miles from the White House. There is a strong senti ment, in favor of building the President a more modern and comfortable city home, and of using the historical White House for Executive Offices and for the hand shaking crushes that form so large a portion of the Chief Executive's duty. The most interesting event of the past week has been the hear ing of the Anarchists' appeal to the Suprome Court. What, if some one twenty-five years ago, when Gen. Butler was fighting on the Northern and General Prior on the Southern side, had prophesied that they would one day plead before the highest court in the country for the lives of those whose political creed is antago nistic to all law and government. The belief prevails that neither the criminals nor their counsel will get much comfort form the Supreme Court of the United States. The only question pre sented which even seemed to verge on a Federal question is that relating to the constitution of the jury, and the Supreme Court has already held, in the case Hayes vs. Missouri, that "the whole matter is under the control of the State legislature. It is expected that the coming winter will be one of unusual interest at the Capital. The question of decreasing the reve nue will occupy much of the pub lic attention of Congress, but it will give much private attention to the coming Presidential cam paign. The re-nomination of Mr. Cleve land by the Democrats, is regard ed in political circles here as a foregone conclusion. The Rep publican nomination is a matter for conjecture. Messrs. Blaine, Sherman, Hiscock, Allison, In galls, and Hawley are all looked upon as possible nominees. The advocates of Government ownership and control of tele graphs are going to be much stronger in Congress next winter than ever before. Senator Cul lom says that he is strongly in favor of the idea. Senator Ed munds has long been an earnest supporter of it. Such a measure would dispose of the surplus in a short time. . : . Ensilage. In England they stack ensilage instead of putting it in a hole or building. A heavy roller is used to press the ensilage hard as it is put on the stack and the top of the stack is protected by that thing, but the sides take care of themselves. According to all ac counts in the English papers there is little or no more wasts in the ensilage in stacking than there is in putting it in silos. D ATTEND HER.' 12, 1887. DUNN NOTES. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Every business enterprise in Dunn is running at white heat. The merchants' stores are crowd ed with customers, the mills are pushed with orders for lumber, the stills are running over with the virgin products of the pine, the educational outlook propiti ous everything indicative more than that surface prosperity which is so characteristic of many of our new towns. The spirit of thrift is upon the face of every enterprise no gaseous inflations but solid profit; no fungus growth, but steady, rapid devel opment. The tireless energy, the unceasing industry of its people bids defiance to failure, and the laudable fruits of their economy and labors are even now fast ripening for a sure return for all these labors. New buildings are rapidly ri sing, and tenants are crowding to occcupy them indeed, many are standing waiting for dwell ings in our midst. Dr. M. W. Harper's handsome residence is about completed, and will be oc cupied in a few days by the Doc tor and his genial family. Messrs. Benton & Co., have opened their new drug-house in the building lately occupied by Mr. J. A. Tay lor. The new Hotel, A. B. God win, Proprietor, is a commodious building. Mr. Godwin is also rapidly pushing to completion his livery and sales stables. Sev eral desirable dwelling houses will be erected by Mr. Henry Pope at once. It is extremely gratifying to know that our school project is an assured fact. Already the bill of lumber for the school edifice is being sawn by the enterprising mill owner and captilista Mr. N. H. Pope. Mr. Henry Pope gives a very valuable lot of two acres of land a whole town square for the use of the school, and contributes besides several hun dred dollars itr money towards building the house. Mr. N. H Pope, with unparrelled ,generosi to, gives all the lumber, ready furnished to the hand of the builder, for the house. The plan of the building, de signed by Prof. D. L. Ellis, so well known in Eastern N. C, as a progressive and earnest worker in educational affairs, is a two story structure, 60x40 feet, with capacity for three hundred stu dents and pupils in all the depart ments. While the building is in process of erection, the school will be conducted in a large and convenient hall in the town. The first term of our school will open January 2, 1888, under the direction of Prof. D. L. Elli3, now Principal of GlenwoodHigh School, in Johnston Co. Prof. Ellis will be assisted in the work by Miss Katie S. McDonald, who will have charge of the Music, Art, and Modern Language De partments. If necessary, other teachers .will be added to the corps of instructors. The scope of the work proposed by the management of the school is truly commendable (1). A full course of English ; (2). A com plete course in Music, Art, and French ; (3). A practical course in Business Principles, higher Mathematics, and Legal Forms. Shus it will be seen that Dunn is not to 1 be surpassed by any other in .the State in any respect and behold, we are just now beginning our work. Vexio. Fall Plowing. Fall plowing is objected to by some on the score that the rains beat the soil down and pack it almost as closely as before plow ing. But with our improved harrows there is no difficulty in pulverizing fall plowing so as to make a good seed bed, and ordinarily the soil underlying this will be sufficiently loose to allow the plannt roots to pene trate without difficulty. In a word, the advantages of fall plowing over spring plowing are so great that we would advise our readers to do as much of it as pos sible. Sir Winifred Blunt addressed three meetings in the neighbor hood of Loughrea, Ireland. The crowds cheered him, but the po lice charged them, striking right and left with their batons. The mob defended themselves as best they could with stones and clubs but were forced to flee. i Subscription $1.50. NUMBER 22 MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. JWilminglou Star.) There is a very warm canvass for Governer going on in Mas sachusetts, and while the State generally gives large Republican majorities, it is conceded that the issue this year is in doubt. The Democratic candidate for Governor, Hon. H. B. Lovering, is very popular and has an excel lent record, and it is thought that he will receive a large pro portion of the independent vote. It has for some time been a mat ter of conjecture what position General B. F. Butler would take in the canvass, and as he has con siderable following yet, it was admitted that his action would have a good deal of influence in determining the result. He has observed an ominous silence during the canvass, and as there were about even chances of his espousing one or the other side, much interest has been felt as to the contents of a letter which he has been promising to write, de fining his posision. Well, that letter was made public last Thursday, and in it he takes strong ground in favor of the candidacy of Mr. Lovering, the Democratic candidate. It is addressed to Col. N. A. Plimpton and is quite lengthy, as he takes occasion to discuss the issues in voled in the State canvass in de tail. The Democrats are con siderably elated, and say Butler's support of Lovering means hia certain election. The Boston Herald says : "It has been gen erally understood for several weeks that General Butler was inclined to be friendly to Mr. Lovering, but the definite an nouncement will in all probabil ity, create a great deal of excite ment in political circles." After discussing State issues, in which our readers are not particularly interested, Gen. Butler concludes his letter as follows : "Nothing has ever been said, nothing can be ' ever said, why, Mr. Lovering should not be, so for as every manly quality fits him Governer of Massachusetts, and I really hope he may be, be cause I no longer desire to hold the bad eminence of being the the only soldier of the war of the rebellion who has been recog nized by the commonwealth as fit to be its Governor. I say "bad eminence" because I know how hard it was to obtain the eminence as against the Re publican party, which insists that it has no soldiers fitted for it, because i t has never put one in nomination for that office. The highest state office they ever gave to a soldier is that of Secre tary of State, and Mr. Lovering's fearful Wounds deserve some thing more than that. There fore, I shall vote for Mr. Lovering and for the ticket with him, and if anybody criticizes them, with out any investigation I think I can say, as things have gone, any change will be an improvement. Foraker. Foraker is becoming more violent as the campaign pro gresses, as we predicted would be the case. It is the unhapdy fate of a demagogne who has once gained notoriety by extravagant denunciations of "his opponuents that he can never after revert to the course of common sense. He must either sink into obscurity or go on in the extravagant coursa that he has pursued. The Cov euor is now devoting himself to the southern generals, for whom he claims to have a great regard in private life. The latest object of his coarse abuse is Genoral Gordon, who, he intimates, was the Cyclops of the Ku Klux. He prefaced this charge by what the Tribune described as "startling facts" about that organization, stating that its members had killed 30,000 people in cold blood and with horrible atrocities. We are surprised at Govenor Fo aker's moderation. He might just as well have put the number at 100,000, and said that they were burned and crucified. But perhaps he is saving that for later in the campaign. Ex Right Good Talk. Taxation is not a blessing, it is a burden ; it does not create, it destroys. No nation fit for self government would choose free whiskey, free tobacco and free beer in place of untaxed tools and clothing. Journal. THE HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERT SATTJEDAY IX S ACSER, WOODALL & CO. BUILDING. AtrerttelBg Bates : One Column. One Year f 90, Half Columa, One Year. 45. Quarter Columi, One Year ... 2-5. All kinds of book atid job printing done io first-class stjrle. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BLDGET. WHAT HAPPENS W0ETH MEN TIONING. Choice Items Taken Prom Our Ex changes And Boiled Down For The Herald Readers. Seven colored brass bands at tended the colored Fair at Ral eigh. Work on the new railroad from Henderson to Durham will com mence soon. A large number of bridges across streams in Wake county were washed away by the recent freshet. Rev. C. S. Farris has with from the editorial staff of the Biblical Recorder. Rev. Dr. Bailey assumes-charge. Every bridge over the rivers and creeks in Franklin county is supposed to have been washed away by last week freshet. Orphans Friend: The turnip crop of the asylum is something wonderful. We have never seen anything like it in this country. We will make at least one thous and bushels. Waynesville News : The peo ple of Haywood are doing the best farming and the most of it wo have ever seen in the country. They are preparing for the new railroad, and well they may. Lumberton Robesonian : Col. Rowland is still confined to his bed most of the time. Ho has had a very serious time, now over six months, but he bears his afflictions with Christian forti tude and resignation. Raleigh News-Observer : The register in the State Museum shows that during the month of October there were 1,314 visitors to the Museum, representing twelve different States and one foreign country. The report of Agriculture of the State for the year has been issued, and shows a very good average. The grades are as fol lows as to average production : Cotton 89 1-2 ; corn, 96 3-8 ; to bacco, 92 1-4; sweel potatoes, 98. Progressive Farmer. President K. P. Battle of the State University is out in a long article in the News-Observer proposing a banking system which will insure enought paper circulation without geenbacks. He carries a pretty level head on financial matters. Beaufort Record : One of the Menhaden crews put their nets around a school of blue fish last week and caught about 225 bar rels. They salted 100 barrels or more and then distributed the remainder to the poor, the lame, the lazy, the halt and the blind. Laurinburg Fx chang e: In sixty days more North Carolina will be bound more closely to gether by iron bars. The Chad- bourn and Conway road will be completed by Christmas. There will then be three railway con nection between the great Pee Dee and the coast. Asheville Citizen: Our coun tryman, W. A. McKinney, Esq., of Lower Homing, brought to our office yesterday a cabbage stalk with 29 well developed cabbages thereon, which were firm, white and well shaped. They were not quite so largo as we have seen, but were as large as the stalk could bear. Charlotte Ch r o n ic le : Mr. Frank V. Dewey, of this city, has been appointed agent for the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company at Raleigh, and left yesterday for that place. We learn that a capital stock of $40,000 has been subscribed for the reestablishment of the old Rocky River cotton mills, in Cabarrus county. Mr. Charles Black owns the property. Durham Recorder : Mr. S. W. Barrirtger, Commissioner of North Carolina, has requested our countryman, Mr. B. Cameron, to aid him in procuring facts, &c, to be published in a histor ical volume of the great consti tutional centennial celebration at Philadelphia on the 16 th of last September. We have no doubt but what these gentlemen will well and ably do their full duty and show North Carolina up in her true colors. f
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