North Carolina Newspapers

r l?SZSZSZSZSSZS2S2S2SZnSZS!SESZS5S2S2Sffi 2 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE- THE WEEKLY GAZETTE. c Rates of Advertising. One Square, one insertion $ 50 One square, one month 1 00 One square, two months 2 00 One square, three months ..... 3 60 One square, six months B 00 One square, one year 9 00 "Liberal contracts mad 9 for larger A WEEKLY NEW8PAPEB PUBLISHED BT JAMES H. YOUNG, Editor and Prop. A. J. ROGERS and J. D. PAIR ' General Traveling Agentt. aaverusementa. VOL. IX. RALEIGH; N. C SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1897- nnxjiiLT' ... , f Mcts n 1 8ii fi ' - At Salem Female Commencement 27'States Were Represented., ...H-I.IM.I BUTLER PETITIONS FOR PARDON Mill Owners Rather Blue An Old Branding Iron Charter for n Brewery. Below is given the official program races at the North Carolina State Fair, October 19-22.1807. Entries will close October 16th. Records made af ter the 1st of October no bar: TUESDAY, OCT. 19. 12. 29 class-Trotting $200 r2 For gentleman's road horses, owners to drive to four-wheel road wagons, mile heat, two in three 100 ,;3 Running race mile dash.... 100 i WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20. .43.00 class Trottipg $150 5 2.35 class Trotting, opeu only to animals bred and owned in North Carolina and Virginia. . 200 6 Running race mile dash. . . . 100 7 Runing race 1 j mile dash.... 100 THURSDAY, OCT. 21. 8 2.40 class Trotting $150 9 Free for all Trotting. '. 250 10 Running race 1 mile heats, best two in three 150 11 Running race mile dash... 100 FKIDAY, OCT. 22. 12 2.15 class -Trotting $200 13 Running race One mile dash. 100 I t Running race J mile dash. . . . 100 Conditions. --Entries close Saturday, October 16th, 1897. Entrance fee 5 per cent. , to accompany entry, and 5 per cent, additional from winners. The association reserves. the right to declare off any race that does not fill satisfac torily and to change the order of pro gram as may be necessary. Money will be divided in all races, 50, 23, 15 and 10 per cent. A horse distancing the field or any part thereof will be entitled to first money only. Old distance rule to govern. The National Trotting and J ockey Club rules will govern, and in no case will they be deviated from. The above races to be mile heats, three in five, except when otherwise specified. In all races five required to fill and three to start. No money paid for walk-over. Gentlemen riders or driv ers are defined to be: "Gentlemen ..vhohave never received pay for riding, driving or training a horse or horses. " , First-class track, !egant stables, every i fort vumoi.rrr s t i mai Jons 2VICHOT-;. Secr&t?, . a n aieiKh, N. C '' The Charlotte Observer says the court house ring has sent to the exposi tion a curiosity in the shape of a brand ing iron a relic of the' barbarous days of justice. The old iron has been pre served in the archives of the county courthouse, since branding "was abol ished just after the war. It is an ordi nary iron rod two feet long. On one end is a wooden handle, and on the other the letter M. This would be , heated to a white heat and held to the ; palm of the roan branded until he could repeat three times in succession the words, "God Have the State!" Many of our older people remember seeing men branded in the court house, and there are doubtless some men hvin amongst us who carry the letter M burned in their flesh. State Labor Commissioner Hamrick is back from a tour of inspection of the cotton mills in Rutherford, Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Lincoln and Catawba counties, in which there are 54 mills in operation. He finds two new mills under construction in Gas ton and one in Mecklenburg. At near ly all old mills additions to the plant are being made. The mill-owners are rather blue. He finds no trouble in obtaining information and pays the mill-owners are very courteous. He has inspected some mines, among them a sulphur mine in Gaston, nearly all of the produce of which goes to Blacks burg for use in making sulphuric acid. Raleigh correspondent Charlotte Ob server. - , Governor Russell is petitioned to pardon Avery Butler, a distant relative of Senator Butler. Avery, when only 14 years old, six years ago, waylaid and assassinated his father in sight of his home at Clinton. He was sentenced to be hanged. Governor Fowle com muted his sentence to life imprison ment. Twice young Butler made dar ' ing escapes from the penitentiary. The lastrlime he was recaptured in Ken tucky, a fellow prisoner having betray ed him. It is claimed in the petition that his father beat his mother and sis ter and dragged his mother by the hair, and that this caused the boy to commit the crime. IU " Charters have been granted - by the Sate to the Old North State Brewing company, of Greensboro, of which W. F Bosrart, E. Y. West, John L. Hum mer, 1). & Dugan, G. C. Hicks, E. T. Garsed and W. A. Fields are the- in corporators ;the Asheville Colored Club, of which Chas. E. Robinson and others are incorporators, aud to "Paige's Play ers " of which Jvfstin Paige, F. J. Mc Adoo andC. N. McAdoo are the incor porators. Congressman W. W. Kitchen deliver ed the address at inn umoij-unu com mencement of the Salem Female Acad emy at Winston last week. Twenty seven States, Alaska, Japan and South America were represented by pupils. Many distinguished patrons from other States were present. . - Great preparations are in progress fnr the nfceting of the Teachers' As sembly at Moorehead City. Miss Fodie 5? . . Ktntfl Normal and Indus- r? i Vi.n irt onnointed the official stenographer Twenty-five teachers of Greenville, S. C, give notice that they will attend tiieBesaun- rtli Leasrueof the Western V4-th Carolina conierence oi me lllOAJl'"-"-- J-i . i M4 week Delegates were preBcuii iruiu Lvr that rart of the State. Bishop lUUUin : , , . . . 1 all CI liv i ' . . . B t: . : ; . i is B. Galloway, oi miooiaoxvi'1 red a special aaoreB. rr. CANNOT FIX BATES. The United States Supreme Court Ad journs Until Next October. The United States Supreme Court last Monfif. afrer rendering thirty-six cases and ng attention to other business inV 4o the last sitting of the term, adjk Nnntil next October. Below are twoV A. cases decided upon, among tlk t That the United States Inttsw XCommerce Commission has no po-. Nct upon railroad rates prior to theu-OBr put into effect. The cases were thosT the Commission against the Cincinnati and the iloxida and Western Company.' - When the court announced the final adjournment for the term there were apparently 880 cases on the docket un disposed of, but there actually 359 cases, 21 having already been argued and submitted. This is a smaller num ber than the records of the court have shown in thirty years. At the conclu sion of the term ending a year ago, there were 583 cases undisposed of, and since then 284 have been added, making a total of 817 contained in the docket for the year. Of this number 437 have been finally-dispossd of and the princi pal labor done in twenty-one others. Included in the twenty-one caseR which have been argued, but in which no opinions have been rendered are several of considerable importance. THE FLOOD AT EL PASO. The Rio Grande Breaks Through a Levee and Swamps Homes. A special to the Dallas (Texas) News from El Paso, of May 25th, says: At 1 o'clock this morning the fire alarm sounded to arouse the people in the lower part of the city and notify them that the levee had broken and that the flood waters of the Rio Grande were rushing through the city. The levee which was broke was of the bank canal on Canton street. The river had reached its highest point since 1891. In a few minutes a large force of men were at work trying to check the "jngry waters with sacks filled with ;and, but a second break above backed up the water on the workmen and they had to retire. The Texas and Pacific railroad, realizing that hundreds of families were being flooded from their homes, backed- up a large nnmber of freight cars for the accommodation of the homeless. Not less than 120 homes were swept away and tonight several hundred men are at work on the new levee. BI'KINLEY CAN REMOVE. ee'.siou Ul l ill? aTTri'iiie c- .J Tenure of Ofllce. In the United States Supreme Corcrt at Washington Justice Peckham hand ed down the opinion of the Court in the case of L. E. Parsons, late District At torney for the iforthern District of Alabama, appealed from the Court of Claims. The decision was averse to Parsons' claim that he was entitled, under Section 709 of the Reyised Statutes, to hold his office for foui years, notwithstanding ex-Jrres'dent Cleveland's order for removal. Justice Peckham said that while the appoint ment was for four years, it might be terminated earlier, at the discretion of the President. The Judgment of the Court of Claims was affirmed. The de termination of this case has been looked forward to with interest, because of its J possible effect upon the removal of officeholders incident to the change of administration. MAY LOSE THOUSANDS ON TEA. Western Dealers Caught Short by the New Tariff. The wholesale grocers of Iowa who have been caught on the short side of tea have sent a delegation to Washing ton. Before the tariff of 10 cents a pound on tea was publicly stated these grocers sold for future delivery in such quantities that one Chicago house stands to lose $100,000 if compelled to furnish taxed tea, and Iowa houses will lose heavily also. The importers have discounted the future, and have sold their stock at a liberal discount at for-, fit 1 - y -wr i mer prices, une unicago ana in ew i orK house is reported to have cleaned up $250,000. The grocers tried to cover, with the result tnat tne demand for im mediate shipment raised prices in Japan 7J cents. M'LAURIN IS SENATOR. Gov. Ellerbe Has Issued Him a Com ' mission. Gov. Ellerbe, of South Carolina, has issued a commission to Congressman John L. McLaurin as United States Senator from South Carolina, to suc ceed the late Senator Earle, until the assembling of the State Legislature, in January next. Mr. McLaurin, as the Representative of the sixth South Carolina district, has already made his record in Congress, where he has been for two terms. In national politics he occupies practically the same platform as Senator Tillman, while in State affairs he is moderate and conciliatory. I - To Make a Soldiers' Home. The city council of Charleston, S. C, has adopted a memorial address to Con gress asking that Castle Pinckney, tke famous old fortification in that harbor, be converted by the national govern intoahome for disabled officers 8 nd men of the army and navy. Amendments to the Tariff Bill. publican members of the Senate com' , ... i i m j I mitte on nnance, iasi j.uesaay gave notice of thirty-two additional amend ments to the tariff bill, which will be offered as the bill progresses. Most of the amendments are verbal. St. Gaudcna Statue of Logan. Great preparations are being made in Chicago for the unveiling of the St. Gaudens statue of Gen. JohnA. Lo gan, on the lake front, on July 22 next. It is expected that President McKinley and his Cabinet will be present. NEWS ITEMS. Southern Pencil Pointers. An international motor car race is te take place from London to Birmingham and back. The Tredegar Company, of Rich mond, Va., are the lowest Jbidders of 1,904 seacoast defense shells. The boundary line cn water between Maryland and Virginia will be survey ed the buoys marking it vrAl be re stored. The Populists of Virginia hold a eon- j.w.ij'ifcTif iwmtvqt' iptfr a State constitntionaTaiTact oT'tritrT' latnr which will save to iao $6,000,000 a year in office fees. The vote in Virginia on the question of calling a constitutional convention has been defeated. The ninth annual session of the American Railway Accounting officers met in Richmond, Va. , on the 27th. One hundred and forty members were present. H. M- Kochensperger, comp troller of the N. Y., New Haven and Hartford Railways was elevated to the presidency bf the organization. They meet next year at Atlantic City, N. J., in May. Fire at Savannah, Ga., destroyed the. wholesale grocery store of Smith Bros. Loss, $60,000; fully insured. The iron shipments from Tennessee and Alabama during April aggregated 106,791 tons. Captain John H. Welsh, of Florida, formerly of Erie, Pa. , is a candidate for Consul General to Cuba Charlotte, N. C, is to have a new city directory of the latest improved plan. Stephen R. Mallory, the new Sena tor from Florida, has been sworn in at Washington and has taken his seat. General Lew Wallace is being urged as a candidate for the United States Senate in 1898, to succeed Mr. Tnrpie, of Indiana. Several lived were lost and much damage wrought by electrical storms near Knoxville, Tenn. Few people are aware of the variety of goods shipped from the South to all parts of the world. The steamer Georgia or the Old Bay Line plying on the Cheaspeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk, recently brought into Baltimore for shipment consignments of Southern goods to Cape Town, Africa; Kingstown, Jamaica; Shang hai, China, and London, England. A part of the Chinese consignment was cigarettes made in North Carolina. The total acreage of cotton in Texas this yeariaJ7i433.94tf aces, wluch is oent. over 1396, and the largest in the history of the State. Cotton is all plant ed, the crop being two or three weeks late, due in many cases to replanting. James B. Eustis, ex-ambassador to France, and. for twelve years-a Senator from Louisiana, announces his inten tion of becoming head of the law firm of Jones & Govin, of New York. Postmaster General Gary has estab lished a free delivery postal service at Manchester, Va. The Georgia Mutual Insurance Com pany, a co-operative concern, with headquarters at Atlanta, has been plac ed in the hands of the court. Howell Erwin was named asreceiver. Thomas M. Dick, of South Carolina, leads the class of the engineer division of the six-year naval cadets at Anap ohs, Md. All About the North. A statue of Peter Cooper- has been unveiled in New York. Mills at Somersworth, N. H., have decided to shorten hours of labor. In its legal controversy with the Su preme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Detroit, Mich., the Improved Order Knights won a victory. John F. Johnson gets ten years in the penitentiary for wrecking the Lo gansport (Ind.) bank while he - was president. A woman at the John Hopkins hos pital, Baltimore, Md. , has leprosy. It is thought she contracted the terrible malady a number of years ago while in the West Indies. A company has been formed at Rich mond, Ind., to build an electric traction line in Nicaragua. Indians at the Pima Reservation, in Arizona, are constructing an airship in which they hope to fly from a mountain top. The Chicago Times-Herald says steps looking to the formation of a powerful alliance in opposition to the Bell Tele phone Company are to be taken tor mutual protection and development. A head-end collision between a freight and a passenger train occurred at American Ealls, twenty-five miles west of Pocatello," Idaho, causing the death of nine men and the serious in jury of eight others. At St. Paul, Minn. , Congressman F. G. Stevens has been indicted on the charge of an overdraft of $2,200 in his account with the Minnesota Savings Bank at the time when he was a trus tee and acting president of the bank. At Fremont, Ohio, a verdict of $7500 has been returned m favor of Mrs, Addie M. Smith against the estate of the late Rutherford B. Hayes. Mrs. Smith sued for $25,000 damages for per manent injuries received in a runaway caused by a mastiff dog owned by the Hayes family. Under a bill which passed the Illi nois Legislature the Chicago aldermen will be paid $1,500 a year each. Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt at Anderson are organizing to preserve the natural gas iields. . , A monument to the heroic men who met death in a fire on the World's Fair Grounds, Chicago, was dedicated Tuesday. New J ersey has had a good roads law for six years. In that time she has ex pended $1,400,000 in road making and has three hundred' miles of solid, per manent highway"mostly macadam' to show for it. The county assumes two-thirds of the cost and the State the other third. - 1 I , . TILLMAN'S RESOLUTION, Majority of Senators Favor Investiga tionCharleston Sanitarium. Saturday a poll of the United States Sedate showed a predominant sentiment in favor of the Tillman investigation resolution. If ignored by the commit tee the Senafe will probably discharge the committee and consider the resolu tion without committee action. Sena tor Jones, of Nevada, chaiiman of the comntt jo, speaking for himself, said that he - believed the resolution would be favorably and promptly reported 1 otjaror jones, oi Ar Kan Baa, a mem ber of the committee, is interested m auTwittea action. He i3 srested in a pawiit for hi&tx- acuvrmcf cylindrical cotton bales In- steal oi rectangular bales, eearies, secretary of the sugar trust, now on trial, is "president of the company and invested his money in the .enterprise, it is alleged, at the instance of Senator Jones. The Senator said that he court ed the fullest investigation. Senator Tillman ia satisfied that the investiga tion will be made. It is believed that a special committee will be appointed with Senator Tillman as chairman. A bill to establish a sanitarium at Cas tlo Pinckney was introduced by Sen ator Tillman. It will' be followed by a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for estimates of the cost of erecting necessary buildings and improving the grounds. Col. Kaufman and Capt. Ladd saw a number of Senators in reference to the project and later, accompanid by Corporal Tanner and General Burdett, both Grand- Army men, called at the War Department to the Secretary Al ger. COMMITTEE WII.Ii ACT ON IT. Senator Jones of Nevada, chairman of the committee which controls the contingent expenses of the senate, to which was referred the Tillman resolu tion for an investigation of the reports of speculation in sugar stocks by sena tors, has conferred informally with his colleages on the. committee and an agreement has been reached to report the resolution back to the Senate. Senator Tillman says that when it is reported he will insist upon prompt consideration and that if it is not soon reported he will move the discharge of the committee. THE RUIZ REPORT. It Agrees AVifh the Statement Made . by Consul General Lee. Habana, via Key West, Fla., May 31. Of the two reports understood to have been sent from Habana by the commis sion investigating the death " of Dr. Ruiz, the one by Mr. Calhoun, who represents thn United States, and the other by Dr. Congosto, the Spanish consul at Philadelphia, who acts for the Spanish government, the former -jg-WJ ritVg statement 61 Consul General Xl w- J, - .Dr. -l ;TLT uiea irom concussion oi tue Dram, tna result of violence, after solitary con fino.- ment more than thirteen days, regard less of his treaty rights. . - Consul General Lee declined at yes terday's session of the commission to question the witnesses, who were inter rogated only by the Spanish representa tives. Consul Ueneral Liee will shortly make a report on the Ruiz case, and Mr. Calhoun will make a further report ba other matters snch as the money ques tion, the condition of American inter ests and the general suffering due to Captain General Weyler's style of campaigning. Consul General Lee's position is just what it was in Feb ruary last. He hold that Spain is re sponsible, since liuiz died, because he was deprived of his treaty rights. The exact facts as to how Dr. Ruiz received, the blow which killed him, Gen. Lee and Mr. Celhoun could not learn, be cause half of the witnesses examined by the commission were prisoners, and it is believed were afraid to testify fully. The remaining witnesses were the jail ors who would not testify so as to in criminate themselves. The relief of suffering Americans by Consul General Lee goes on daily. Several hundred have already been as sisted. The Graeco-Turklsh Peace. Constantinople, May 31. (By Cable.) The ambassadors of . the powers in their reply to the porte's note of May 28th (saying the Turkish government consents to negotiate for peece, provided the Greek commanders first sign an armistice and that so soon as this is done the Turkish government will negotiate the peace conditions with the ambassadors, the treaty to be signed by the Turkish and Greek pleni potentiaries in Thesally) announced to day that they do not object to the con clusion of a military armistice and will take steps at Athens with the object of securing it. But in the meanwhile they are of the opinion that the discus sion of the peace conditions should be gin without delay. The Presbyterian Assembly Adjourns. The thirty-sixth annual assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church was dissolved at Charlotte, May 29th, at 2 o'clock, after a session of ten days in the First Presbyterian church of that cify. The business was of minor im portance. The assembly paid Dr. Goetchins, the moderator a handsome tribute testifying to his ability and efficiency. The majority of the com missioners left at night for their re spect ive homes. The assembly was a notable one in many respects. There were elven ex-moderators present. The 250th .anniversary of the Westminister symbols were celebrated. Drs. Dab ney and Hoge were present. No Increase In Tobacco Tax. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, has made a careful poll of the United States Sen ate on the tobacco tax and says the committee amendment increasing the tax from 6 to 8 cents will be defeat, d. . Changed Its Course. The Rio Grande has changed its channel at El Paso, Texas,- and a num ber of blocks of that city will be on the Mexican side of that ' river when the floods subside; it is said there are 2,500 people made homeless by the flood in that city. - Prominent Lawyer Dead. Col. G. T. Frye, one of Tennessee's most prominent lawyers, died on the 29th of May of apoplexy. Col. Frye was a colonel in the Confederate army and a few years ago was extensively endorsed for United States circuit judge. I COlllOtl Of CROPS. Cotton Has Experienced General Im- j. " ' I : . provement in Texas. COOL NIGHTS PROVE INJURIOUS Western Corn Planting Retarded Southern Wheat Good, But Beln Plowed Up In Illinois. rlUritQfl St6" weather bureau, in its report of ifrop v conditions for the past week, says:' -.v The week h&sj been generally favor able for farm work, but cool nights gen erally throughout the States of the cen tral valleys, lake region and middle At lantic coast have proved unfavorable for some crops, while the need of rain is beginning to be felt in the central Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and in the South Atlantic States. ' Cotton has experienced general im provement in Texas and has made rapid advancement over the southern part of the State, where squares and bolls are forming. A decided improvement is also reported from Alabama, with favorable reports from Arkansas and Georgia. Ccol nights have proved injurious in Tennessee, and but slight improve rcent is reported in Louisiana, where the plant is sickly and is being in t'ured by lice. While cool nights lave unfavorably affected the crop in Mississippi, it shows improvement. In the Carolines the plant is small, but healthy. In Indiana and Ohio, where corn planting has been much re tarded, rapid progress in planting his been made during the week. Planting is well advanced in Michigan and con tinues in Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Cultivation has begun in southern Illinois, Iowa and Ne braska, where planting is practically completed. Considerable replanting is necessary in Nebraska, Missouri, Illi nois, Kentucky and portions of Kansas, owing to poor stands. Cool nights have proved unfavorable in the Ohio valley, Tennessee and east gulf States. The promising conditions of winter wheat previously reported in the mid dle Atlantic States continue, but in Kentucky the outlook is lees favorable than in the preceding week. Ia Kansas the crop is much improved. Complaints of chinch bugs are reported in Missouri, and in Illinois the crop is unimproved and some fields are still being plowed np for corn. Harvest has begun in Ueorgia and Texas and will soon, begin in Arkansas. strongest jiDerais upposiie tne saie of Cuba New Louq Approved. , Madrid, May 27. (By Cable) It is understood that Sagasta, the Liberal leader, will soon publish an important political statement which announces his unalterable opposition to the sale of Cuba, and his unyielding support ind mamtainance of the integrity of 3panish territory. Premier Canovas del Castillo denies the existence of the Cabinet crisis and lays he is resolved to remain in office, in spite of the abstention of the opposi tion from taking part in the sessions of the Cortes. The budget committee has . reported favorably on the projected loan, with the Almaden quicksilver mines as security. The committee also reported favorably on the financial measures proposed - to meet the ex penses of the colonial wars. England Will Withdraw. Athens, May 27. (Bv Cable.) It is announced here that England has is sued an official declaration that she will ibandon the "Concert of the Powers" if the Turks are allowed to remain in Thessaly until Greece has paid the in demnity demanded of her. Bread for the Hungry In India. The Secretary of the Navy has ac cepted the offer of the owners of the American steamship. City of Everett, now at San Francisco, to "charter that vessel for grain from California to Bom bay for the future sufferers in India, at $40,000. To Raise a Patriot War Fund. The New York Press says officers of the Cuban league have decided to at tempt the raising of a fund of $1,000,000 in the United States, believing that this will enable the Cubans to establish their independence. The fund is to be raised in two ways by donations and by the sale of gold bonds of 5 per cent. , paying ten j ears after the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish troops. Already about $10, 000-has been raised towards this fund. - To Carry Supplies to Cuba. The State department, at1 Washing ton, has accepted the offer of John J. McCook and R. C. Smith, of New York, to furnish free steamers to carry supplies to the destitute Americans in Cuba. Smith is a directos of the Ward steamship line between New York and Cuba. He has told the State depart ment his line would carry supplies without trouble. A Protest from Tobacco Men. Representatives of practically all the tobacco manufacturers in the United States, with the exception of the cigar manufacturers, met in Washington on the 26th to protest against the advance of 2 cents a pound in the tax of tobacco contemplated in the Senste amendment to the tariff bill. There were present 150 manufacturers. The meeting. ad journed to present the resolution at the capitoL ' , One of theUcst Plums. Wednesday the following were amons the nominations sent to the Senate by President McKinley : Justice James Edmund Boyd, of North Carolina to be Assistant Attorney General. Treasury Kenneth R. Pendleton, collector of customs for the District of Albemale. N. C. - . Striking Tailors Win. The striking tailors in New York have won their strike. More than a thous and tailors have goneback to work.. INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. A Call to the Young Men of the South. The opportune time has arrived for the young men of the South. They oo cupy an important position to the future development of that vast territory of inexhaustible riches. It is earnestly hoped they will take right hold of the matter, master its details and assist in advancing the industrial progress of the country. In every section, every dis trict, every county of the Seuthern Stato exist advantages for the young man better chances than anywhere on the face of the globe. During the past few years large numbers of young men surrendered their interests in the South went into other and, as they believed then, broader fields for the employment of their talonts and capabilities. That movement of the young men, aa well as others, has" reached a conclusion. No more is the South sending people to aid in trying to bnild up other sections. We have reached a full realization cf the fact that the South possesses super ior advantages over all other sections for the utilization of our native talent, as well as that of other sections. We not only have room for all our own people, but several million of desirable immi grants. The young men of the South ern cities and towns are rapidly awaken ing to their duty and privilege, and are castirg about for some avenue through which they can assist in the develop ment of their respective localities. Young men's business leagues are be ing organized, immigration and im provement societies started and suc cessfully officered by young men, bus iness enterprises are being establish ed by young men, farms opened up by ' young men, factories located and managed by young men, and gen erally the young men of the South are ably participating in the various important functions which will bring prosperity and improvement to that section. These young men, with the young men who are preparing to come South from the North, are the future business men of that section. The des tiny of the South is being shaped by these people, and the the activity mani fested and the experience gained by the young men of today forms no minor part in the success of the South. They are disciplining their abilities to take up and fill the places by must neces sarily be called upon to fcccupy. It is the duty of each and every young man of the South to have his proper position in this matter and unfaltering ly take hold of the opportunity, using all honorable means to better his con dition. He is entitled to a position in the commercial as well as social aven ues of the South, and that posi tion is just what he himself makes it. The stranger, the homeseeker, the tourist is attracted to a section by the activity of the people in placing before them the special advan tages of that section, and the young men are capable of engaging in an itricQrtaat line of work in that di rection. 1 The West was largely settled by young men from the East. The South s prosperity will be greatly advanced by the young men of the South. This era of remarkable push and progress on all lines of betterment requires constant and intelligent effort, and our young men are rapidly adjusting themselves to the situation and are to be commend ed for their enterprise and quick per ception of yie necessities of the ad vanced period in vhich they are liv ing. The young man of today without cap ital or influence should realize that there is in store for him, provided he manipulates his career properly, a prominent place in the social, commer cial 'and financial connections of the South. It is hoped this circular will be of some service in stimulating the young men of the South and encouraging them on to prosperous rmd contented citizen ship; that they will weigh the subject matter, talk it over with their friends and associates, and act upon these sug gestions. Theie is not a community in the South that does not posses the ele ments . for numerous successes to the young men. Let the young men get together, decide themselves what they can and will do to promote their posi tion and prospects. Let the farmers eon study agricultural situation learn advanced and modern methods; see what other sections aru doing and en deavor to surpass them; study the markets, both domestio and foreign; learn how and when to reach them and when to sell. Let the young men of our cities and towns educate themselves up to the requirements of the day Let every younsr man of the South aek himself and answer this question, viz: "What am I going to do to assist in adtancinfr the best interests of. the sec tion in which I live, and thereby pro mote my own personal interests?" The younar men of the country tribu tary to the Southern Railway are here by advised that this company is inter ested in the welfare of its patrons, realizing that the success of the people along its lines means prosperity for the road. A successful peopLe means a contented people; a prosperous com munity means at the same time ahomo ereneous community. The Land and Industrial Department of the bouthern Railway . is organized expressly for the purpose of helping to advance the best interests of the people along its lines. 1 hat includes the young man, and the undersigned will be glad to co-operate with them, as far as is consistent and practical, in building up the country. We wish the young men of the South success in all their laudable enterprises and undertakings. Land and Indus trial - Agent, Sotjthebn Railway, Washington, D. O. 0 A Good-Roads Liw. A good-roads law just enacted in Arkansas provides for a road commis sioner in each county, whose ex pen so accounts are to be under the supervis ion of the county court. There are to be several road districts in each county, each under the care of an overseer. All males between the ages of 18 and 45 are required to work on the roads at least five days in each year, or to pay one dollar for each day. Persons failing to pa- fines for misdemeanors shall also work on the roads. At the discretion of the county court a road tax not to exceed three mills may be levied. Old Tombs Torn Down. The city prison (New York City) bet ter known as the tombs, has been torn down and a much larger prison is tc to erected on the same aito. People Aro Actually Doing Mors Business Than They Realize. ;,. ;V Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co's. Weakly Review of Trade for tho week ending ' iVay 29tb, says in part: "People are actually doiug more business than the realize. They reckon by values but these aro much lwer than in any previous year of prosperity and leave little margin for profits. Iu quality there i. almost as much busl- , ness beirg done as during tne years vi . greatest prosperity and though the in crease in imputation would call for Tiore material expansion the compan ion is not diBeouragiug. The recovery is slow, hesitating aud gradual, but . more has been done on tue whole in Mnytban in April, whilo returns of April showed tho vol n me of. business only 1 per cent, smaller than that of ' the best year heretofore. Yet hesita tion is doing its work every week, Old . multitudes are welting, because of pos- sibilities at Washington, who ought to be filling the demand for labor and th products of labor. "Events haye proved that the crop of wheat going out is much larger than any of the markets expected, and 'Western receipts for tho weeli were 30 per cent, larger than last year, while Atlftdtio exports have been for four , weeks 6,8t5,32ybu8hols, flour included, against 4,777,457 last year. At tliis season actual receipts count rather than ' predictions, and the truth is that the country has exported an extraordinary quantity of wheat and flour, and yet has 6o much to spare that the May op tion has declined nearly a cent for the week. With liberal interior supplies the price has declined a fraction for corn. "Manufacturers hve especial ..causes of delay owing to the ios3ible competi tion with foreign goods largely import ed, but there has ucen no set-back iu prices. - "The iron manufacture gains in spite of the closing of some furnaces. "Failures for the week have been 2)4 in the United States, the smallest jn many weeks, against 23S) last year, and 22 in Canada against 20 last year." RIOT IN COLUMBIA. Militia and Ball-riayers Mix Up-On Student May Die. A special from Columbia, S. C. , dated the 28th, says: While two companies of local militia were standing their an nual inspection on the athletic grounds of the South Carolina College, a foul ball struck by a student engaged in o ball game At the other end of the grounds struck the horse of Major B. B. J'-vans, an cilicrr on Adjutant General Watts' staff. Thomilitia had only been given permission to use half of the grounds, but Gen. Watts immediately , requested the ball players to withdraw until tEe trouim fount fvdU s quitting the field. This the st udents re fused to do, and the police refusing to interfefe, Gen. Watts ordered tho troops to advance. Tho students resid ed and some broke through the line. A general riot followed, in the course of which a policeman was knocked sense less and a Btudent named McColl had his head crushed, from the effects of which he may die. Professor of Jl into ry R. Means Davis interfered and was knocked down by a student. The sol diers advanced at right shoulder arms, and were hardly to blame. They sim ply obeyed orders. ' " the police being powerless, the fac ulty finally quieted the students and tho coldiers were marched baek to their ar mories. MAY 3IEAN INDEPENDENCE. An Important Conference Concern ing Cuba. It is definitely settled that the most roportr.-it conference yet held in Amer ica iu connection with the Cuban rauno will assemble in Philadelphia shortly. General Talma will preside. With him will be Quesada, the young chargo d'affaires. They are going there, it in stated, to prepare plans that may meet with the entire approbation of. the ad ministration at Washington. It is said that as soon as Senator John Sherman became Secretary of State he Font for OueFn la to have a long and careful talk with him. That interview has hod wore to do with the- coming conference than any one thing that has occurred in Cuban'affairs since tho in auguration of the war two years ago. To some it seems to mean that the autonomy of Cubawill be demanded To the extremists u appears ihnt inde pendence and then allinnco with tbe United States will bo the result. Tho Cubans say that they have reason to believe that tho McKinley administra tion is going to carry out tho ioliey upon which McKinley became. Presi dent. llavemeyer Goes Free. At Washington, D. C, Henry 6. Ilavemeyer, the Sjjgar Trust president, was acquitted in Judge Bradley's court, of contempt before the Gray investiga tion committee of the United Status Senate. It was not unexpected. The judge directed the jury to return a ver dict of not guilty. Lawyers expect a similar decision in the case of John E. Searles, secretary of the Sugar Trust. The decision is a distinct victory for John O. Johnson, the Philadelphia L.wyer. - Tennessee's Treasury Empty. The Tennessee State Treasury is empty and every day warrants are be in? turned down for want of money with which to , pay thm... Tier) are now over $50,000 of warrants outttand ing and by July lt-t, when tho semi-annual of $220,000 is due tho State will bo something over 300,000 behind. May Order Investigation. Senator Jones, of Nevada, chairman of the committee on contingent expen ses of tho Senate, has not yet called a meeting of hi, committee for the con tinuation of tho Tillman resolution making seuF.Vior.al charges in relation to the sugar schedule of the tariff bilL It is believed to bo probable that the resolution wl'.I be reiortod to the Sen ate, and that the Senate will order an I inr litigation. 1