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The Dark 8i3Vof Christian America "We hare now In America a popula tion of 70,000,000 of people, and yet three-quarters of a million, we are told, belong the the criminal class," writes Dwlght Jj. Moody, in his initial paper In "Mr. Moody's Bible Class," In the Ladles' Home Journal.- "And this In Christian America. It Is said that in six months thirty graduates of two large European universities were found by one rescue mission in New York rCity. Nor are the American colleges .without representatives In the great city slums. Our daily papers are but a living chronicle of the fearful hold which sin has upon us as a nation. A man must have lost all his senses who says that sin is not Inherent, that It Is mly a physical weakness which cul ture way ultimately overcome. Veneer ing ti outer man will make him no better -within." A Popular Preacher. Mrs. Pew What a blessing it Is to hear Mr. Oily preach! Mrs. Stole He's perfectly splendid. No wonder he's popular. Why, he preaches so beautifully that the wick eder one Is the better Mr. Oily makes one feel. Boston Transcript. A boy never expresses the lovo Do feels for his mother, and seldom feels the love he expresses for other women. Prayer and Profanity are all right In their proper places, but if you havs Tetter or Eczema, or Salt-Rheum, or Ring, worm, better save your breath and buy "Tetter Ins." 60 cents a box at drug stores, or by mall from J. T. Bhuptrlne, Savannah, Ga. .' Greenville, S. C, Vay2i, 1897. Editor Charlotte Observer: Four years ago, last February, I registered as a iiat'ent at the Keely Institute, Greensbor o N. C. I had d -ank for ten years. I remained there five weeks. The treatment completely cured me. I have bad no desire to drink M nee, and I p3rsonally know more than one hundred men who have hafl the same expe rience at the Green boro Keeley, and who have never tasted any kind of intoxicants since. I write this because I consider it a duty as well as a pleasure. Yours Truly, W. II. "VVilliman- Waterloo Orzans are noted for unquali fied quality of tone and durability. Eas iest pumpln? orsran made. Styles in Blftk Walnut and Quartered Oak 1 he best is the cheapest. Address John B.'Wright, Greens boro, N. C. S. A. Li. Special Supplement. The Manufacturer's Record, under the direction of the Sjaboard Air Line, has issued what is called the "Special Seaboard Air Line Supplement." This "supplement" contains statements of the Industrial, Agricultural, Manufac turing and LTome Attractions and ad vantages of the territory reached by the Seaboard 'Air Line. The informa tion is alike of interest to the Farmer, Merchant and Manufacturer. The Pamplet i3 handsomely bound and will make an attractive and valuable addi tion to any library and reading room. Copies can be obtained by addressing, T. J. Anderson, General Passenger Agent. Portsmouth, Va. Cascaretb stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10a . Halls Catarrh Cure Is n liquid and Is taken internally, and acts directlv on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho systsni. AVrite for tes timonials, free. Manufactured y F. J . Chexe y lie Co.. Toledo. O. The first colored man to bo appointed a member of the Bo3ton Fire Department has just been assigned to duty. No-To-Hac for Fifty Coats. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bao regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Cure guaranteed. 50 cents and $1.00 at all druggists. S Judge Adams, of Chicago, rendered a de cision making the city liable for riot dam ages to the extent of $1,500,000. , Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Greal Nerve Restorer. Atrial bottle and treatise fret Da. It. U. Kline. Ltd., 931 Arch St..PbilaPa If afflictedwlth sore eyesuse Dr. Isaac Thomp- son's Eye-water.Druggists sell atSoc.per bottle Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the most obstinate coughs. Rev. I). Bcchmuel ler, Lexington, Mo., February 2i, 1891. When bilious or costive, cat a Casearet, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c., 26o. Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for chlldrei teething, softens the gums, reducing inflamma tion, allays pain, cores wind colic. 25c.a bottle Just try a 10c. box of Cascarets, the flnea liver and Dowel regulator ever made. Scrofula Cured "When three months old my boy was troubled with scrofula. There were sore places on his hands and body as large as a man's hand, and sometimes the blood would run. We began giving him Hood' Sarsaparilla and it soon took effect. Wher he had taken three bottles he was cured." W. H. Gabneb, West Earl, Pennsylvania. ood ?c Sarsa O parilla Is the best iii "act li6 On True Blood Purifier. 9 Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills and Sick Headache. 25c. mum r of Hires Rootbeer on a sweltering hot day is highly essen tial to comfort and health. It cools the blood, reduces your temperature, tones the stomach. Rootbeer should be in every home, in every office, in every work shop. A temperance drink, more health ful than ice water, more delightful and satisfying than any E-So 40 other beverage pfo- -20 aaxcu. Miuleonl'bT the Chsrlet F. Blrci Co., Philadelphia, a pack. an Mku & gaJlom. Sold tT- ,17 aero. DRUNKARDS "saved? The crsvintt for drink is a disease, a marvellous cure for which has been discovered called "Anti Jag," which makes the inebriate lose all taste for jtrong drink without knowing wbv, as It can be given secretly in tea, coffee, soup and the like. If "Anti-Jag" is not kept by your druggist send one dollar to the Kenova Chemical Co, Broad way, New York, and it will be sent postpaid, ia plain wrapper, with full directions how to give secretly. Information mailed free. S. N. U. 23. '97. (Mil I.UKKt WMl-ki- All l IA1IC amt Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Cs3 If 4 m time. Bold by dnirg1ts. lit'-- R Mia THE LARGEST 11 YEARS Was the 102d Commencement of the University of north Carolina. A MARKET FOR SURPLUS CROPS. Summer Law School First Criminal Insane ConvictQuestion of Court Jurisdiction. The one hundred and second com mencement exercises of the University of North Carolina "was held at Chapel Hill last week, and the attendance was the largest in some years. Twenty-five hundred people were in memorial hall and hundreds were unable to gain ad mission. There were forty-two grad uates. Four delivered orations, com peting for the Willie P. Manguk oritori cal prize, which was won by David Baird Smith. P. D. Gold, Jr., won the medal in the debate contested in by members of the two literary societies. At the alumni banquet responses to toasts were made by Lieutenant Gev ernor Reynolds, who was acting gov ernor; Claudius Dockery, George E. Butler, Edwin J. Hale, Lee S. Ovea man and Warren G. Elliott. The an nual address by President William L. Wilson, of Washington and Lee Uni versity, was of an hour's length. His theme was a quotation from John C. Calhoun: "Liberty is a re ward to be arned, a reward re served for the intelligent, the patriot, the virtuous and the deserving." He declared that of all cheering state ments in President Alderman's address none threw so certain and so bright an augury over the future which this anni versary faces, as the enumeration of stu dents who were, in occupations almost menial, are working their way to uni versity educations. It is the supreme duty of a university to fit men for citi zenship. The most dangerons of all our delusions is that free institutions are easy to establish or perpetuate. There is and can be no stable freedom save historic freedom. The question of a sys tem of federal taxation and disburse ment operating evenly on individuals and sections, is beset with greater diffi culties than in Clays day. The question whether we are to peek prosperity from laws of Congress, or from individual effort, is raised as it never was before. Railway combinations, trusts and mo nopolies and the relation of the races may require the hand of law to adjust a system of free government. There are brave and sincere men in the House of Representatives and there would be more of them if there were courage and support at home. The educated man who shirks the responsibility of citizenship or who regards politics as a field to be shunned shirks the obliga tion of patriotism. - . The trustees have decided to rebuild an alumni hall at once at a cost of $2.3, C00. All the old faculty were re-elected. A special from Asheville, says: "In addition to the regular terms, the Gov er has ordered a special term of the Su perior Court, to begin in July, Judge Timberlake presiding, and the order instructs him to sit until the docket is cleared. If ho does the court will sit several months, for the civil docket is over 500 cases behind. Tho last Legis lature undertook to confer on the judge of the Criminal Court civil jurisdiction as to Buncombe county. There are grave doubts as to the constitutionality of the act. ' The judge says he intends to open the court and select some sim ple case for trial, try it, let the losing side appeal, making the point of con stitutionality, and he will then adjourn and await the decision of th Supreme Court." At Raleigh in the Federal court at chambers, Judge Purnell signed a consent decree ordering the sale in two months from June 3rd, for cash, of all the property covered by the deeds of trust of the Egypt Coal Mining Com pany, and of the Lungdon Henszey Coal Mining Company at Cumnock. A. H. i Taylor, of Baltimore, J ohn W. Hinsdale and Thomas B. Womack are appointed commissioners to sell. Judge Purnell also signed a decree approving the compromise of the claims of rela tives of nineteen of the forty-one min ers killed in the Cumnock mino in De cember, 1895, each suit being for 10, 000, and the total amount under the compromise being only $Q, 000. An enterprising Allianceman, of Durham county, has published a card in one of the town papers, offering to buy all the surplus farm products made in his section at high prices. His prop osition is to give $1 a bushel for corn, $1.60 for peas, $2 for cnions, and pro portionate prices for other things. This would be more encouraging if the gentleman's exchequer could hold out for any length of time, for there will always be a large surplus at the figure? he offers. Ex. The summer law school of Wake Forest College, begins June 2 1st, and will continue ten weeks. The school is divided into two classes, the junior and senior. "Students will study subjects rather than any particular book," says the announcement. Fifty lectures are given in each course. The first criminal insane convict ever sent direct to the penitentiary arrived in Raleigh ' last week. He is a white man from Jackson county, sent for man slaughter. He is to remain until pro nounced cured, when he will be taken back to Jackson and sentenced for his crime. . TheWadesboro Messenger estimates that the farmers of Anson county have invested $100,000 in fertilizers this seas on, an amount equal to 3,333 bales of cotton at tho prevailing price; and that it will require more than one-sixth of the entire crop to pay for the fertilizers used. Governor Rnssell and the State Coun cil have fixed for a loan from the edu cational fund to the State Board of Ed ucation of $50,000 to comply with the act of the legislature donating money to townships that vote a school tax. m Alexander Oldham, a formei leading manufacturer, of Wilmington, died in Anniston, Ala., aged 65. ,lle built and owned what at one time was the largest flouring mill plant in the South, and he was the first Ameican manufacturer to export flour to China. . He originated the idea of employing pa-vmill waste a . a steam producing fuel for manufactur ing plants, thereby placing a commer cial value upon a hitherto worthless accumulation difficult to dispose of and practically creating a new industry. The railroad commission have reduced telephone rates from $40 and $34 to $31 ;vnd $24. AN ACT TO PREVE3TT rhe Introduction and Dissemination of Dangerous Insect, Fungous, and Weed Pests of Crops. The General Assembly of North Car olina do enact: Section 1. That for the purpose of this Act the State Commissioner of Ag riculture, the Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, and the President of the North Carolina State Horticultural Society, are hereby constituted a commission for the extermination of noxious insects, fungous diseases and weeds which are affecting or may affect crops. They are empower ed to select one of their number chair man, and to adopt rules and regulations for their own government, such as may be requisite for carrying out the pro visions of this Act. The members of the said Commission shall receive no salary, and shall be allowed only such expenses as have been specifically in curred and necessary in attending the meetings of the Commission. - Sec. 2. The members of the Commis sion aforesaid shall hold a meeting within thirty days after the ratification of this Act, and shall prepare and pub lish a list of dangerous crop pests, known to be present within the State or liable to be introduced, and may at any subsequent meeting extend or amend said list. The commission shall also publish methods for exterminating such pests as they may deem capable of be ing economically exterminated within the boundaries of the State, and for re pressing such as cannot be economical ly exterminated, and for preventing the spread of suoh pests within the State. They may also adopt regulations, not inconsistent with the laws and Consti tution of this State and the United States, for preventing the introduction of dangerous crop pests from without the State, and for governing common carriers in transporting plants liable to harbor such pests to and from the State, and such regulations shall have the force of laws. Sec. 3. No person, firm or corpora tion shall knowingly and wilfully keep upon his or their premises any plant in fested by pny dangerous crop pest listed and published as inch by the said Com mission, or permit dangerous weed pests to mature seed or otherwise mul tiply upon their land except under such regulations as the Commission may pre scribe. Every such infested plant and premises are hereby declared a public nuisance. The owner of such plants or premises shall, when notified to do so by the Commission, take such measure a3 may be prescribed to eradicate such pests, and if such action is not taken, or is improperly executed within ten days after being so notified, the Commission shall cause said- premises to be freed from such pests by the best available method, and the cost of such work shall be a lien against such premises, and may be recovered, together with cost of action before any court in the State hav ing competent jurisdiction. Said no tice shall be written, and mailed to the usual or known address, or left at the ordinary place of business of said owner or his asent. . No damage shall be awarded the owner of such premises for entering thereon and destroying or otherwise treating any infested plant or crop, when done by the order of the Commission. Sec. 4. When said commission has reason to suspect that any pest listed by them as dangerous exists in any county in the State, they shall cause such suspicion p be verified by a per son competent to determine the specific identity of such pests of crops, and if such suspicion prove founded on fact, shall further appoint for a designated time and duty, a competent person their agent to inspect such infested premises, and to take such measures for treating the same as the Commission may direct. Any duly authorized agent of the Commission shall have authority to enter upon and inspect any premises between the hours of sunrise and sun set during every working dav of the year. Any one who shall seek to pre vent such inspection, or who shall otherwise interfere with any agent of the Commission while in performance of his duties, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offence, or may be imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Sec. 5. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act., the sum of $500 per annum, or so much thereof as is necessary, Is hereby ai propriated out of any funds in the Tr sW'jry not otheiwise appropriated, and shall be paid by the State Treasurer up sn prop erly authenticated vouchers bigned by the chairman of the Commission. Sec. G. The said Commission 6hall report to the Governor, for transmis sion to the next General Assembly, its acts and disbursements under the pro visions of this Act. Such a report, to gether with all such circulars as may be issued by the said Commission for the purposes of this Act, shall be print ed in editions of one thousand copies by the Public Printer, and be paid for as public printing. 'Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect from asd after its ratification. Ratified the Sth day of March A.D. 1897. TURPEN1INE DRIPPINGS. Concord has raised $2,000 to establish a hujh school for boys. The governor appoints the following members of the State Board of Health: Dr. R. Lewis,, of Raleigh; Dr. Charles J. O'Hagan, of Greenville; A. W. Shaf fer, of Raleigh; J. L. Nicholson, of Richlands; J.D. Spicer, of . Golds boro. A son and two daughters of Junkers Woodliffe, at Oxford,' while fishing, chewed twigs of yellow jassamine, thinking it to be angelica. The oldest of the party, a girl 19 years of age, died on the creek bank. The others are very ill but may recover. Governor Russell will make an at tempt to obtain from the war depart ment the original letter books of Gov ernor Vance, 1862-5. These were taken from the capitol in April, 1865. ' Copies of them were mad9 eome years ago, but the copies are now missing. In Rowan and Burke counties the gold craze prevails. At the Scott's Hill mine, near Morganton, a vein has been struck that is said to pan out ore worth $100 a ton. Near Pool, Rowan countv, several nuggets have been found re cently and farmers have discovered they were the possessors of gold mines. Auditor Ayer has had a letter from a Tennesseean, asking the cost of the last constitutional convention held in this State. Upon looking up the rec ord it was found that the last one held was in 1875. which began September Lih, and ended October 11th. and-cost $26,360. The convention in 1865 cost $90,000. The question cf holding a constitutional convention in Tennessee is being talked of. There is one needed if for nothing else than to change the law and let the people at the polls elect a Lieutenant Governor. Now the Sen ate elects a President." and he acts as Lieutenant Governor. Raleigh corres pondent Charlotte Observer. 1 118 M BILL Programme for the Great Meeting of Confederate Veterans. 975 HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED, And About 100 Applications Are Now Pending Texas Heads the List In Number of Camps. - The official programme for the reun ion of the United Confederate Veterans at Nashville, Tenn., June 22, 23 and 24 has been announced. This gather ing of old veterans promises to be the largest ever held in the South. Colonel George Moorman, assistant adjutant general, announces ' that ninehundred and seventy-five camps of United Con federate Veterans have been organized, and that about one hundred applica tions for the organization of camps are now pending. Texas heads the list with two hundred and twenty-one camps, while Alabama and North Caro lina follow with ninety-one camps each. Maryland has six camps, Virginia thirty-seven, West Virginia seventeen "and the District of Columbia one. The following is the programme for the Nashville reunion: Tuesday, June 22, at 10 a. m., the Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at the State Capital in Nashville in a general reunion. On the evening of the same day they will give a reception of the Confederate Veterans. At 12 m. on the same day the convention of Confed erate Camps will hold a session in the large tabernacle. Each division will be assigned to its own position. Speeches of welcome will then be made and re sponses. Hon. J. W. Reagan is orator of the occasion, and immediately upon the close of his address will come the usual organization for ' the transaction of -business. For Wednesday, June 23, the conven tion will meet at 10 a. m. and will trans act important business which will come before it requiring a full day's session. The evening will be devoted in honor of the sponsors and maids of honor. They will be seated upon the platform, with-especial escort of Confederate Vet erans. For Thursday, June 24, the grand parade. Gen. YV. H. Jackson, chief mashal of the division, will be in charge. All divisions will be assigned positions and each camp will carry a banner or old Confederate battle flag, which will be still more appropiate. The sponsors and maids of honor from the different States will ride in open car riages in front of their own State di vision. The reunion will close with a general reception that night. CONFIilCTlNCi REPORTS As to the Progress of Peace Negotia tions In Europe. London, June 5. (By Cable) Con flicting news is published about the progress of the peace negotiations at Constantinople. On one side the sul tan is said to have adopted a most un yielding attitude, and, on the other hand he is declared to be show ing a conciliatory disposition and that the settlement of ' ques tions in dispute is only a matter of a few days. Tne Associated Fress, how ever, learns that the ambassadors at Constantinople are hopeful that the ne gotiations will be concluded in about a week, in the sense of Turkey's accept ance of the peace conditions proposed by the powers. There is now little doubt the Sultan has decided to agree to the evacuation of Thessaly, and the Turk ish public is being prepared for this step. The police of Constantinople have been ordered to confiscate the leaflets which are being circulated, de manding the annexation of the con quered territory as a duty devolving upon the sultan. The war songs are also being suppressed in order to stifle the fanaticism of the lower classes. It is considered probable that the conclusion of peace between Turkey and Greece will be followed by a com plete change of the Turkish cabinet, as the palace clique will endeavor to sad dle the ministry with all the responsi bility for the peace conditions. IMAGINATION CAUSED SUICIDE. Ell Blundy Thotfg; t He Was Accused of Incendiarism. Recently the little town of plio, South Carolina, Marlboro county, was burned by incendiaries. There was no clew to the criminals, but Eli Blundy, one of the most respected citizens in the community and a prosperous farmer, became convinced that his neighbors were accusing him of the crime. He could not be convinced to the contrary and last Saturday shortly after going into his field to superintend plowing he cut his throat with a razor. He died instantly. Guilty of Embezzlement., Judge Tyler Cooper, formerly mayor of Atlanta, and for several years clerk of the board of county commissioners has been found guilty of embezzlement in the Superior court. Cooper was dismissed from tho office of county commissioners several months ago, and a shortage of $2, 350 was found in his accounts. Ten Shots In a Family Feud. At Jefferson ville, Ga,, R. R. Newly and J. W. Newly, father and son, en gaged in a shooting affray with J. R. and M. Def ore, brothers. Ten shots were fired and R. R. Newly was mortal ly wounded. The tragedy was the re sult of an old feud. Military Quell a Riot. A special to the Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier of the Sth reports considerable excitement at Lucknow, a village of 115 inhabitants in Sumter county. It all arose from some target practice in the streets of the village, which the authorities could not stop. Governor Ellerbe was informed of the affair and wired the Bishopville Guards to go Lucknow. This was done, a number "of arrests were made, and everything is quiet now. A Pitched Battle. A special to the Louisville Evening Post from Paintsville, Ky., says a pitched battle, in which Tom Lewis, Preston Lee, Green Charles, J. W. Charles, Shade Lee and Hemp Lee en gaged, occurred near the Virginia-Kentucky border, in Virginia. J. W. Charles was killed outright and Green Charles, Hemp Lee and Tom Lewis were mortally wounded. The crowd had been .driking and a quarrel ensued, after a discussion with the above result NEWS ITEMS. ' Southern Pencil Pointers. Ai Macon, Ga., Thomas Welch was killed by lightning while standing in his door. At Jacksonville, Fla., the suit for libel against the three friends has been dismissed. In a speech at Jacksonville, Fla., Senator Mallory criticized ex-President Cleveland and predicted that Bryan will be the standard bearer in 1900. The annual convention of the Master Car Builders' Association of the United States, met at Old Point Comfort, Va. Col. H. Deb. Clay, one of the lead ingftepublicans in Virginia, died on the 5th in Newport News. A. B. Smith, of Martinsville, Va., has filed an application with the Treas ury Department at Washington for the position of Auditor. At Orangedale, Fla., a negro who murderously assaulted a family of four and probably fatally injuring a little boy, was taken from the sheriff by a party of men and is supposed to have been killed. "Henry White was hanged at Colum bus, Ga , ' for helping to murder three policemen. AtOcala, Fla.. R. B. McConnell, defaulting president of the defunct Merchants' National bank, commits suicide to prevent his arrest. At Macon, Ga , a bill has been pre pared, and will be filed, for putting the Southern railroad into the hands of a receiver. Atlanta (Ga.) mail carriers will be in creased five or six members by July 1st. - . Fire along the wharf front at Alexan dria, Va., destroyed $75,000 worth of property. Jas. R. Caton, of Alexandria, Va, has announced himself a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Mrs. Z. A. Godfrey was arrested in Atlanta, Ga. , on the charge of strang ling her daughter's illegitimate child, six years ago. The steamers Biscayne and Daunt less have been captured off the Florida coast, charged with engaging in fili bustering expeditions. During a fire at Charlottesville, Va., a building was wrecked by the explos ion of a keg of powder, and the chief of the fire department was killed and sev eral others wounded by falling bricks and timber. The Raleigh (N. C.) Press-Visitor learns that the Tribune is to .resume publication about July 1st. It is to be published as a four-page morning daily with an eight-page Sunday edition. Col. W. W. II ay ward will continue as editor. At Columbia, S. C, fire destroyed $20,000 worth of property, including a $6,000 electric plant in the lunatic asy lum. The fire originated in the laun dry and was confined to that building. An engine on the Norfolk and West ern Railroad blew up, about three miles east of Chris tianburg, Va. , killing the engineer and fireman and injured one other person. The body of the en gineer was so badly torn by the explo sion that the flesh was scattered over a large space of ground. Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina, has announced the following board of inquiry to investigate the condition be tween the students of the South Caro lina College and police and military, on the athletic grounds. Capt. Henrv T. Thompson, Col. J. G. Wardlaw and Brigadier General Joseph L. Stoppel bein, with Judge Advocate S. O. May field. Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, U. 8. N. , retired, the last of the com manders of the great squadron during the civil war, died at his home at Silver Springs, near Washington, D. C, after a short illness, of a stroke of paralysis. He was a Virginian by birth, and a di rect descendant of Light Horse Harry Lee, of Revolutionary fame. Admiral Lee's war record was one of the bright est in American naval annals. All About the North. The Wilcox & White Organ Com pany, at Meridian, Conn. , have failed. Ohio coal miners at Columbus have decided not to join in any general strike that may be called. John G. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury under Grover Cleveland, has opened a law office in New York. The next General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church will meet at Omaha, Neb., May 25, 1899. Federal Judge Groscup has decided that the city of Chicago is liable for damages resulting from riots during the Debs strike of 1894. The American Medical Association in session at Philadelphia elected officers and selected Denver, Col. , as the next place of meeting. . Famous old Libby prison building, which was transferred from Richmond, Va., to Chicago, 111., is to be moved to another site. The Indian outbreak in the North west territory has been quelled. Al mighty Voice has been killed. The eighth anniversary of the Johns town disaster was appropriately ob served May 81st. " Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt at Anderson are organizing to preserve the natural gas fields. The entire plant of the Standard Oil Company at Cleveland, O., has shut down for an indefinite period. One thousand men are out of work. Commissioner Calhoun may succeed Consul General Lee in Cuba. Miscellaneous. The Cuban army is said to be in good condition; Gomez has 40,000 well "dis ciplined troops. Kentucky toll gate raiders defy State militia and continue the depreda tions. At Washington John C. Searles, sec retary of the American Sugar Refining Company, like President Havemeyer, has been acquitted by the direction of Judge Bradley, who sustained the mo tion of the defense. : Spanish officers make reports of sev eral skirmishes with the Cubans, in all of which the Spanish troops are suc cessful. North Carolina postoffice appoint ments: Boyett, Wilson county, W. F. Rowe; Hardesville, Greene county, J. H. Savage; Hermitage, Ashe county, Lydia Farmer. The Argentine government is urging an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the purpose of extinguishing the -locust plague. - " f The coffee crop of Brazil is for -this year estimated to be 9,000,000 bags. No. 8. Solid Oak Extension TsMe, pollsbod like a piano has clx mftMive legs. Tbofouroutldolc(rtroonnect h1, braced and finely ornamented. It mrwures 4:42 inches when closed and 0 feet long wbea spread. Special Prloe, S3.35 (Orders promptly filled.) Tho abova Is but ono of over 1000 bargains to bo found In our new cata logue. It contains all kinds of Furnl turo. Carpets. Uaby Carriages, Ro friiTPrators, Htove. Fancy Lamps, i't'dfllnp, bprioim, Iron Beds, eta Tou are pay In local dealers double our prices. Drop a postal for onr great money-savin ft catalogue which we mail free of all charges. Deal with the manufacturers and you will make the big profits you are now paying your local dealers. 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