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a i THE WEEKLY GAZETTE WEEKLY NEWSPAPEB Rates of Advertising Oae square, one insertion W One iquare, one month......... 1 00 One square, two moutb. ....... a 00 One square, three months . .... 9 CO One square, six months. ....... BOO One square, one year 9 00 CTXIberal contracts made for larger advertisement. MTBUSHID BT JAMES H. YOU NO, Editor and Prep. A. J. ROGERS and J. D. PAIR General Traveling Agents. YOU IX. RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 181)7 NO. H3 TIJC urrrii v ni-rrTTf m ji- fi 7 'ft . - &EHHEHZSB25 fl CURRENCY FOB COTTON. . Advance in Money Rates in New York Explained. MOVEMENT OF THE CROP, Why Southern Banks Have to Bor row Largely From Banks In Other Sections. Deputy Controller of the Currency Coffin, in discussing the recent ad vance in money rates in New York said: "Some of the recent sharp advances in rates of interest on demand loans in New York is no doubt due to specula tive manipulation of the stock market, but I think the impulse to this upward turn has been given by tno neaw Withdrawal fr-nm New lork of funds for th Win. mate purpose of moving the cotton crop now coming to market. As a resident of South Carolina, familiar with the movement of this crop, I have for years observed its efl'ect upon national bank statements, as well as on the money market in New York during the month of September. Asa rule the rates of interest advance about this time, and in some years have approached the danger line, and while the movement of wheat and other grain crops has contributed to this effect, still I think the move ment of the cotton crop has been the main factor for this reason. The average value of the cotton yield is about 300,000,000 and it is practical ly marketed between October 1 aud March 1, or within a period of five months, but it is pecular in this res pect, that only about one-ninth of the entire crop, when this is 9,000,000 bales, remains in the section where it is grown. Of the remaining eight ninths, about 2,000,000 bales are ship ped north, where it is manufactured, while about two-thirds of the entire crop are exported from the United States. The rapid removal of so large a pro portion of this great product within so short a period of time requires a large amout of actual currency, for most of the cotton is paid for in interior towns at the South with spot cash. As the cotton-growing region is not densely 'populated, the accumulation of banking capital there is not sufficient to provide the enormous amount of money needed for a few mouths to move the crop, and for this reason the Southern banks have to borrow largely from banks in other sections during this crop period. This is reflected in national bank reports for the past few years by the following figures, showing the amount of mouey borrowed by national banks in the dis diotinctiy cotton States of North Car clina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan sas and Texas at dates in each j-ear approximating Oct. t and March 1. vciuuer y, ios February 14. 1888. October 4, 1888 February 20, 1889. September 30, 1S89 February 28, 1890.. October 2. 1890... . 0,39.5,000 1,783,000 8,938,000 1,731,000 9,257,000 2.181.000 14,584,000 February 2(3, 1891 5,548,000 September 25. 1891 15.553.000 March 1, 1892 3,621,000 September 30, 1892 10,849,000 March 6, 1893 4,725,000 Octobers, 1893 12,351,000 February 28, 1894 1,941,000 October 2, 1894 11,111,000 March 5, 1895 2,701,000 September 28, 1895 10,803,000 February 28, 189G 4,010,000 October 0, 1890 11,098,000 March 9, 1897 1,383,000 When the borrowings of the State banks in these States are added to those of the national banks, and it is understood that most of this money is borrowed from New York, it can be seen how potent a factor the cotton crop movement must be in affecting rates in New York. These figures, I think, too, show how vital an interest bankers, mer chants and farmers in the cotton grow ing States have in a currency which w ould be elastic. If any plan could be devised under which "the Southern banks could issue additional currency, equal to one-fourth of their capital btock during the cotton season it would be a godsend to that sec tion. For it would enable the banks there to furnish the money needed without outside aid, and free from the cost of interest now raid on borrowed money, and national banks in all other eections having the same privilege. The result would be to make money more abundant and cheaper, and to relieve the New York market of the annual strain now put upon it. On October 0th, 1890, the capital stock of the national banks in the eight States named was about $38,000,000. Could they have issued currency to the extent of one lourth of this amount, they could themselves have furnished 89,500,000 of the $11,000,000 they had under existing circumstances, to bor row outside, In my opinion, therefore, the cotton growing South has a more vital interest in devising a bank cur rency which is elastic, as well as safe, than an other section of the United States. Judge Kilgore Dead. United States Judge Kilgore, ex Congressman from Texas, died at Ard more, I. T. , after a short illness. He was buried at Willis Point, Tex. While in Congress Judge Kilgore made him self known by bursting in the House door with his heavy boots while Speaker Heed was counting a quorum. Judge Kilgore is known all over the West as "Buck." Yellow Fever In Atlanta. A case of yellow fever has developed in a family of refugees in Atlanta, Ga. i'he situation in New Orleans is mani festly worse; there were eight new cases and four deaths on the 23d. The. city council has give the board of health 8125,000 and holds alike sum in reserve. In Mobile, Ala., thirty-eight cases have fjeen reported; one death and two new cases. At Edwards, Miss., there have been 100 cases; sixteen new cases de veloped on the 23d, and there have been four deaths. One death has oc curred in St. Louis. Mo. , and the- i other cases. BUSINESS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED Wholesale Interests Practically at a standstill In the Gulf States. Bradstreet's commercial report for the past week says: There is a check to the inward sweep of demand in staple lines noticeable throughout the coun try for the past six weeks. The yellow fever quarantine which extends from Texas to Georgia has brought whole sale business to a practical standstill throughout the greater portion of the region embraced by the Gulf States. At centers of distribution, in Eastern, middle and central Western States, the recent activity in dry goods, hats and hardware, has fallen off, but at the Northwest and on the Pacific coast buy ing by interior merchants and the free distribution of merchandise continue to be features. The demand for heavy textilo fabrics has been stimulated by colder weather, and St. Louis mer chants say the yellow fever scare will have no effect upon trade at that city, as Southern merchants had annulled them selves there before the quarantine was enforced. The outlook for business in parts of Texas, Arkausas, Tennessee and Geor gia is for a much duller season than had been expected. The favorable features of the week are found in sharp advances in prices of iron and steel, heavy sales of Bessemer pig iron, steel billets and rails, and a prospect that that the iron and steel prices will go higher in the near future. Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of tli United States and from Montreal amount to 5,023,193 bushels, compared with 0,289, 848 bushels last week; 3,930,0( 0 bush els in the week a var an- a rn nnn bushels two years ago, 2,052,000 bush els inree years ago, and as compared with 3. 400.000 bushe'a in th ponding week of 18:3. Exports of In dian corn aggegated 4,022,142 in the week a year ago; 1,3(59,000 bushels two years airo: 104.000 bushels thrA years ago. and as contrasted with 813, 000 bushels in the like week of 1893. There are 237 business failures re ported throughout the United States this week, compared with 28last week, 321 in the third week ia September, 1890, 198 in 189.5, 204 in the like week in 1894, and as contrasted w ith 232 in the corresponding period in 1893. There are 25 business failures re ported throughout the Canadian Do minion this week, against 30 last Aveek; 34 iu the week a year ago, and 3" in the corresponding week of 1895. AN ILLINOIS MINE HORROR. A Dozen or More Miners Killed by a Gas Explosion. A special to the St. Louis Post-Di?'-patch from Marion, 1!., says: An ex plosion terrible in its eflects occurred in the Williamson County Coal com pany's mine, four miles north of here. r nteen wounciea miners, two of whom have since died, have been rescued, while one was found dead when the recuing party went down the shaft. Several of the wounded are so severely crushed and otherwise hurt that they will die. There are said to be five or six miners still imprisoned in the burn ing mine, but they cannot bo reached on account of the smoke and fire. DOUBLE HANGING DEFERRED. Respite on Account of a Confession Made. The execution of Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks, murderers of M. C. Hunt, in Jackson county, Georgia, did not take place. The Governor respited Brooks for four weeks on a confession made by Beynolds that he sinjrle- 1 handed, had committed the murder, i but that Brooks planned the crime and : shared in the division of the money, lifivnolds was drtssnd for tVi crnl1nw j but on a request made by the brothers of the murdered man tnat both shall hang together, the execution of Bey nolds was accordingly deferred. NEED MEDICINE. An Appeal For the Cuban Army Malarial Fever Prevails. Advices from President Cisneros, of the Cuban Republic, to Col, Aguierre, Cuban agent in this country, says the patriot army need medicines and qui nine asa result of the prevailing ma larial fever in the island. An agent has issued a call requesting contribu tions of this character from the "people of this country. The contributions may be sent to any authorized a;jent of the Cuban Republic in this country. SHOT AND KILLED Because He Declined an Invitation to Take a Drink. A dispatch to the Birmingham Age Herald from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: J. G. Lellande was shot and instantly killed by A. Stoneking, a railroad con tractor. Stonekiug invited Lellande to take a drink. The latter refused, say ing he only drank with gentlemen, whereupon Stoneking drew a revolver and shot Lellande in the abdomen. Norton Has No Opposition. The general election for Congress man in the ixth Congressional district of South Carolina, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator McLaurin, is to be held October 12th. So far no Republican candidate has been announced against James Norton, the Democratic nominee. Mr. Norton's only danger will be a failure of the peo ple to go to the polls on election day. Wheelmen Coming South. The majority of the professional wheelmen who have been engaged dur ing the past season in nearly every city of prominence on the circuit in the United States started South Monday for a series of bicycling contest. Their destination is the City of Mexico. Nearly all of the leading professionals have signed to go on the trip. To Succeed Justice Field. It is stated by excellent authority that John Little, of Xenia, O., will succeed Justice Field on the United States Supreme Court bench. '(loraiiipft Whole Crop of Corn Beyond Injury By Frosts. RAISING AND DRYING FRUIT. The Greater Part of the Cotton Crop Vow Open and All will Be Secured By October 15th. The United States Weather Bureau in its report of crop conditions for the week ending September 20th, says: The week has been favorable for ripen ing and securing corn, but in the cen tral Mississippi and Ohio valleya, Ten nessee and over portions of the Mid dle and Atlantic States has been too dry for fallowing and seeding of fall grain. The exceptionally warm weather of the first half of the month ma tured oorn rapidly, and has placed nearly the whole crop beyond injury from frost. Owing to conditions of drought in some of the more important States, grain, particularly the late, crop. urn not mi wen, ana the reports lncli- i-XL-i 1 ' ... . . " 1 ea Denencial to the late cotton and the tOP crop. Open cotton has also unstain ed some damage from rains in Florida. The weather conditions on the Pacific coast have been favorable, the absence of rain in California being especially advantageous for curing raisins and drying fruit. In Oregon and Washing ton the damage to gram by rains of the rast two preceding weeks is considered i - i i aiignt, THE CASE IN NEW YORK. No Fraud In Connection with the Lease of the N. C. IS. II. The hearing in the case of the Gov ernor and Attorney-General of North Carolina, against the Southern Bail way Company was concluded in New Bork on the 21st. Col. F. W. Kuzde koper, president of the Cleveland, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad Company, formerly receiver of the Bichmond aud Danville Railroad, which was started by the Southern, and E. Francis Hyde, second vice-president of the Central Trust Company, holders cf the mort gages, testified to the value of the lease. Both declared that they knew of no fraud or illecalitv in connection with the lease. J. Pierniont was subpoenaed as a witness. lr..,, .ff Whf said that he was in control of ihe Southean Railway. Mr. Morgan wai excused on the sfatement that he knew no details regarding the lease of the North Carolina road. Accused of a Revolting Crime. Dr. Kirby Smith, the physician in charge of the criminal insane at the North Carolina State Penitentiary, has been accused of criminal intercourse with the insane women under his charge. The proof was so strong that his resignation was demanded and ac cepted at once, and he has left the State. A Baleish dispatch favs that the present management has -rotten the penitentiary into such a mess financial- lV that t,h rlir (tnra urn nni:i.hii.in. n ' ly that the directors are considrrin proposition to rent out the convicts. Destructive West Indian Gale. A West Indian hurricane swept over Florida and parts of Georgia on the 21st. Two people are reported to have been drowned atFernandina. At Titus ville fifteen inches of rain fell, and at Cocoa buildings were demolished and several fishermen probably lost their lives. Savannah, Ga., experienced a gale, heavy rain and low temperature. e Keport of the Yellow Fever. Yellow feyer cases up to the 21st, ac cording to Surgeon General Wyman's report: Mobile, 10; Cairo, 4; New Or leans, 57; Fairley, 19; Biloxi, 22; Ed wards. 18: Ocean Sniintrs. 11: Prssh. goula, 1; Scranton, 17; Perkinston, 1; a total of 169. .Onlv 9 new cases have developed in New Orleans. The dis ease grows milder and a much easier feeling prevails. There is one new case in Mobile, where three deaths have oc curred. Lumber Yards and Depot Burned. At Columbus, Ga. , the lumber yard, sash, blind and door factory of Butts & Cooper, together with the Southern Railway's freight depot was burned. Two"Louisville & Nashville freight cars loaded with cotton wero also con sumed. The loss by Butts & Coop er and the railroad will aggregate $60,000. Engineer and Fireman Killed. A special to the Atlanta (Ga. ) Jour nal, from McBae, says that a terrible head-end collision occurred near Hele na, on the Georgia and Alabama Bail road. Engineer J. D. Young and his fireman were killed. Conductor G. 11. Boyd was badly hurt. Working Negroes As Slaves. Ex-Sheriff J. W. Pace, near Dade ville, Ala., ha3 been arrested charged with working eight negroes as slaves, whipping and torturing them on oc casions. A judge is said to have order ed the grand jury, in a special charge, to sift the matter to the bottom. About Foreign Coons. Attorney-General McKenna holds that goods coming directly into the United States ports from foreign coun trtes through Canadian ports are not subject to the 10 percent, duty. caie inai mucn win oe chafly. Cutting ; lur pain to enti the rebellion in any has progressed rapidly under favorable I reasonable time, and further, that if conditions, and in some of the more ! 'vvar 'aa continued, Cuba would be important cora States will be practi- j devastated and of no utility to Spain or cally completed by the end of Septem- to .tue Cubans. In conclusion, the ber. ! United States minister is said to have Cotton has continued to open very ' insisted, courteously, but firmly, upon rapidly, and picking has been vigorous- . 'ne necessity of terminating the war, ly carried on. The reports indicate that declaring that if it was not terminated much the greater part of the crop over ; by end of October, the United the central and eastern portions of the j States would feel justified in taking cotton belt is now open, and that thi measures to secure the independence of bulk of it will be secured by October J Cuba. 15. In Texas picking was interrupted j The Duke of Tetuan, according to over the greater part of the State dur- ! tne dwpatch to the Temps, while pro ing the early part of the week by iains j testing against American "pretensions" which damaged onen cotton lint. nmr. I said he would commnnicRtB nfliVinllv MUST BE ENDEDJM'KINLEY TO ACT ON CUBA. r Minister Woodford Notifies Spain to That Effect AFFAIRS GROW INTERESTING. rhe Last of October Is the Time Set by Uncle Sam to Interfere Spain Can't End the Rebellion. Paris, (By Cable). A dispatch from Sebastian to the Temps, of this city, says that in his interview with the Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish Minister for Foreign Aftufca, the United States minister to Spain did not present any claims for indemnity, but confined the interview to a moderate phrase in the statement of the great injuries com merce and industry had suffered in the United States through the prolonga tion of the Cuban war. Gen. Wood ford is said to have added that Sec retary Sherman had desired him to declare to the Spanish government that it was evidantlv .imnoRsihlA l C) . , T -.7 ' said he would communicate to the United States minister when the Spanish court returns to Madrid. A 3Iodlfication of the Whole Business in Washington . Washington. (Special.) It can be stated, in reference to t.h Paris nil Kli cation, purporting to give the substance I t f 1 1 1TT -1,. -i. ; of General Woodford's communication to tne Duke of Tetuan, that there has been a misapprehension on several im portant points, notably in respect to an ultimatum, and the setting of a time limit for the conclusion of the war. in stead of setting the end of October next as the date for the termination of the war, that date was mentioned as the time when the Spanish court would r- i turn to Madrid from San Sabastian, I and when, consequently, it might be in j order to return answer to the latest representations of the United States government through Minister Wood- ford. It is declared at the State De partment that while .Minister Wood ! ford did, in .ccordauca with the orig i inal idea of his instructions, set out the j deep interest the United States had in I witnessing a cessation of the deplor ! able contest in Cuba, he did not deliver j himself of an ultimatum, but simply I made a statement of our deep interest BBHieuieui oi me i,uDan war. as a ' in any manner at this time. Mr. i i uuuiuiu o leiejjram regarding tne j conference with the Duke of Tetuan is i now before President McKinley. INJUNCTION MADE PERPETUAL. Judge Jackson Decides In Favor of the Coal Company. The feature of the opening session of the September term of the United States Court for the district of West Virginia was the application of Ex-Governor A. B. Fleming, of Fairmount, to make the injunction against Eugene V. Debs, and others, perpetual. The Governor was acting for his client, the Monongahela Coal Company. The . , J' ueia Coal (Jompanv. I he in junction was made perpetual. -In the course of his remarks in making this decision, Judge Jqckson said that if a like case were presented to him now he would make the same kind of order he had made at Barkersburg, where the temporary injunction was issued re cently. A Mexican Town Flooded. A speoial to the Dallas' (Tex.) News from El Paso says the people of Ahum ada, Mexico, fifty miles south of this city, were visited by the worst flood that ever happened in this part of the State. Men women and children were driven from their beds and had to take refuge on the high ground with their house hold effects. Carmen river has over flowed its banks. Unless relief comes soon, many will be in a sad plight, as it is raining hard. Fire In the Dismal Swamp. In the Dismal Swamp, it is said, the forest fires are now driving the wild animals, birds, reptiles and every liv" ing thing before them, sending volumes of smoke towards Norfolk, Portsmouth and surrounding country. The swamp has not been ablaze as fierce as now for several years, and railway passengers, especially those who travel in the night, describe the scene, as one of aw ful grandeur. Norfolk Special to Bal timore Sun. Greatest Race Ever Run. At Boston Jimmy Michael won the greatest cycling event ever run on any track. It was the international twenty-five mile race at Charles Biver park, and was run in the fastest cycling time the world ever saw. Michael's competitors were Lucien Lesna, of France, and Eddie McDuffie. of Cam bridge. ' Time, 9:0o?. The Yellow Fever Situation. Mr. Ed Bay and his two children, formerly of Charlotte, N. C. are sick n. . vr r l : with yellow fever at W Orleans eighteen new cases developed there on ! the 20th. Only two new cases are re- ported in Mobile. Scranton reports r.,, 00.0f fOT.,,i a n fifteen new cases of fever and one death ;, Biloxi one death, no new cases. At Edwards there are fifty-four cases of fever. Norfolk, Va., has quarantined aerainst the fever districts. 1 Consul Lee Assured Enough to Con- sent to Return to Havana. SAYS WAR'S END IS NOT IN SIGHT i Armour Plate Board to Come South --Stamps 4o Be Green Coin ' and Currency. Washington. (Special.) General Lee, consul-general to Cuba, had a long consultation with the President at the White House. It was the first time General Lee had seen Mr. McKinley Bi&ce the former's return to this country about a fortnight ago. He saw the President by special appointment and all visitors were excluded during the progress of the conference, except Sec retary Alger, who came over from the uar Department and remained until after General Lee's departure. The conference was a long one, last ing about two hours. General Lee care fully reviewed the situation in Cuba and explained at length all points upon which either the President of Secretary Alger asked for information. General Lee gave his own views freely to the President but after the interview waa very reticent as to the nature of the re port he had made. He said the Presi dent had not given him an outline of his policy. It is evident, however, that the President is deeply impress ed with the critical character of the situation in Cuba as it is de scribed by General Lee, as it is under stood that at the conference he strongly urged General Lee to retain his office, at least for the present, and to return to Habana at his earliest convenience. As it has been strongly intimated for several months that ex-Congressman Aldrich would succeed General Lee at Habana and that the latter probably would not return, the President's ac tion is construed to mean that he thinks it inadvisable to make a change at this juncture. General Lee returned to Covington, a , but before his departure admitted that he would return to Cuba as soon a3 he had arranged his private afiairs, probably about the middle of October. In privato conversation with close per sonal friends General Lee has expressed himself vigorously as to the situation in Cuba, and has been very emphatio in his condemnation of some of Gen eral Weyler's methods. . Tostmaster General Gary is devoting considerable attention to an investiga tion of the wisdom of establishing pos tal savings banks. When in the last Congress a bill was sent to him provid ing for such institutions he declined to indorse it because, as he said, he had rot had au opportunity to investigate the subject. He has since taken up the matter, reading all the literature bearing upon it he could procure, and seeking to discuss its merits with those familiar with it. The result is that ho has become convinced of both the wis dom and the utility of postal savings liihinuuons, and nas decided to have a bill prepared providing for their estab lishment, and to recomniend its pas sage by Congress. In all probability he will treat the subject in hi3 annual re port at some length. He has not yet decided upon the details of any plan, but will soon give his attention to them. Secretary Wilson is informed that the Board of Live Stock Commissioners of Illinois probably will quarantine all cattle shipped to that State from Ken tucky. There hayo been a number of outbreaks of Texas fever in Illinois re cently, caused by cattle phipped in vio lation of the Federal and State regula tions from Texas, Arkansas and Ten nessee. It is asserted that infected cattle are now being driven across the quarantine line, shipped to Louisville and rebilled to points in Illinois. The Treasury Department has al ready some difficulty in making ship ments of coin and currency from the United States sub-treasury an I the mint at New Orleans, in consequence of yellow fever quarantines against that city. No particular inconvenienco would result but for the fact that be tween $.j00,000 and $600,000 in subsidi ary silver has recently been coined at the mint which is now needed else where. There are also about $0,000,000 in the mint which may be tied up. The Navy Department is resolved to free itself from the resnonsibilitv of sending American warships to foreign docks in the future and to this end tho Department will recommend to Con gress that appropr-lnrons be made for the construction of at least four new dry docks. It will be suggested that these be located at Boston, League Island. Norfolk and Mare Island, Cal., and it is hoped Congress will authorize the construction of at least some of them of stone. The next lot of two-cent postage stamps turned out by the Bureau of En graving and Printing will be printed in green of the shade now used on silver certificates. The change was decided on after a consultation between Secre tary Gage, and Chief Johnson, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and is largely a matter of economy. The saving by using green will be some $10,000 annually. It has been officially settled that the Armor Plate Board will come South about the 1st of November. It is not stated what place they will visit first, but it is pretty sure they will visit the iron sections of Tennessee and Alabama and then swing around the circle to other places. Secretary Alger, who has been anx iously planning to get supplies into the Yukon region this winter to relieve the almost certain starvation now staring the hordes of treasure seekers in the the hordes of treasure seekers in the f ace has hit on the novel plan of trvimr locomotive sledge to run on the river after the hard freeze sets in. iwenty-seven laoorers in the liureau fT,nyin ftnd Print? Wa W their wages advanced from 8470 to $548 per annum, and forty-one skilled helpers in the same office were advanced from f-548 per annum to SG2G. FUTURE OF THE NEGRO Will the Pure Black Be Extinct in The South in 1,000 Years? THE GREATEST PROBLEM. Everyone Should Lean to Build Up And Not Always Tear Down Other Race Notes. "The Physical Degeneracy of the Modern Negro" is the title of a pam phlet just issued by the author, R. H. Johnson, M. D., of Brunswick, Ga., says the Savannah News. Dr. Johnson la Negro) treats the subject "from a professional standpoint," and deduces from facts and figures which he quotes that in the three decades of freedom" which the American Negro has so far enjoyed he has "made astonishing progress" in several lines, but more particularly in his "physical decline while dwelling under his own vine and fig tree." The death rate of the race, Dr. Johnson finds, from the statistics from 285 Southern cities and towns, "is twice as large as that of the whites" dwelling in the same communities. And "not only is he (the Negro) dving faster," says Dr. Johnson, "but he is being born in less numbers, propor tionately. " With this conclusion dem onstrated to his own satisfaction, he adds: The day will never come when the Southern country will be a surging sea of black humanity." The reasons for the physical degen eracy of the Negro, according to Dr. Johnson, are ignorance, dissipation and carelessness, "In ante-belium days," says he, "the Negro seemed to be an immmune to consumption, and many irPnotmnHinnl 1 . l 1 a of never having seen such among the Negroes. As he was the property of his master, it was interest to him to provide food, shelter, raiment and medical necessities, and to make him patrol," Enforced .temperate living and Sanitarv nrrnntirns mnilrt thn i .? t" . , y B 1U ue black man a physical giant, but tho giants are disappearing, and in their places are coming on a race of smaller stature and decreased vitality. Dr. Johnson asserts that the "pure African Nesro is in danrr of losing liia racial identity." There are now, he outo, uisuuci divisions oi me .e gro race, the "colored" and the "black." One thousand years from now, as things are going, he thinks. there will be difficulty in finding a pure blooded Nenro in thia pnnntrr. Amal gamation, he thinks, is an a?pncr that I..H i- ' . . . . " . i an agency tnat wiping out the jority of the Ne- sumption are of win ao mucn toward xvinin ! Negro race. 'The majority ' groes that die of consumpt the lighter (mulatto) class.-' Admix xure ot Dlooa not onlv weakens the physique, but transmits bv inh p.rii mica fl,?In ,1V. meaD-' gating in- Analysis proves that it is richer iu to the mixed race. With amal"ama- i fit.f,k' t lint Mock tion, a heavy and increased death rate ' 'lU eat 1,t UP clcan- 1,10 f,a1lo"f' H and a light and decreasing birth rate I t"at a balanced ration can bo reailily Dr. Johnson holds that the Ne- wade up by mixing the new feed ululf gro needs to do something to save I with oil meal or cottonseed meal. A himself and his race from eventual ! ton of the ground stocks will occupy extermination. The remedy he j little more space than a ton of eimlnge. ,teuire.rftnce'. ora"tJr am ' There is authority for believing that fhefaws of wiiiririhe,htanianJ i this new feed stuwill have some ,f tuoiawsoi liygiene. lie would Lave tit t i tne teacners and preachers of the race hers of the race in all parts of the country 'organize their people against laziness, immoral ity, drunkardness, immoral ministers, teachers, ph3'8icians and reformers of all kinds; organize against excursions, hot suppers as no v conducted, and let us, as a race, respect the laurels of vir tue of all women. The white people of the South like manhood, virtue and good citizenship, even if it be in bkins as black as pitch. Our interest aud j iuoiiu nis uiiuuni, tju icii jur i t imers j and reformers teach us the principal of Jaw and government, that we might be law-abiding citizens. " The Negro's future, according to Dr. Johnson, depends tipon whether ho makes right use of his opportunities. He is mistaken in thinking that amal gamation will play an important part in destroying the Negro race in this country. The movement of the race is in the direction of the black tvpe. Men and women of the race, unable to enter business with larrm mn'iai m a small way opening and conducting tsuoiuGOO TUI 1UU9 !Hri3 OI OUT city. They desire our trade. They deserve it If we can, it is our duty to encourage them by trading with them. Help them to build up a larger and better business. If you don't de sire to deal with the place near you, don't do the merchant any harm by talking against him, but give every man a chance. The most of us are in experienced in business and there is no way for us to learn but by experience. The Becorder. It is the duty of every Negro to learn the art of building up our raco cuter prise and to forget some of the innate tendency to always tear down. When ever there is an enterprise Btarted by the race we Bhould do all we can to build up, talk it up, write it up and support it up. Every one that goes up carries us all up a notch or so, and every one that falls pulls us back so many notches. The Becorder. The South is said to be indigenious to the Negro and it is there he is sup posed to flourish to a greater extent than in any other locality in the United States, if not tha n-nrlA tv.;. i;t. T v- u V ' . N , ' . I other traditions, has been broken into smithereens, and now the Negro, like any other American cititizeu, prospers ! tkinx milieu wnerever tne environments are such as willfoster his undertakings. A man is not a representative man, in the estimation of some colored men, unless he is beating drums, blowing horns, holding indignation raeelngs, ealliner conventions and roan) V 1 i rf nn1 t resoluting not to die by lynch-law. but ; f. ii i - a. - i . . i uu&ujr irouiven iu uie ior me party s i ! colro TVia nnlM-a.l 1,1, - . . ' I resoluting and resolving, but act. The ' Bee. Young men, always make use of your time, and remember, when it is once gone, it can never be recalled. Never mind about reforming the world. Do right yourself. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. To Drive off Flic. Many mixtures of cotton peed oil, coal oil, etc., have been tried as a remedy for the pestiferous flies which harass cows. Perhaps nothing has proved moro successful than fixh oil, to which is added a little carbolic acid. It is beat applied with a broad, flat' paint brush. It is especially objec tionable to flies, and probably is n chief constituent of many of the patent remedies. Atlanta Journal. Mnty Hay. " ' ! Much of the baled hay that comes to' market is musty. Most farmers when they bale hny think it need not bc very dry, as the bales arc small. But the amount of hay packod in them is always sufficient to get up a violent ferment unless tho hay in properly dried befare it ir, put into tho bale. If there wero more care used in baling hay the price for it would bo much better than it is, as tho hay itself would be better worth it. How to Muko a Melon Inf h. j I try to select the poorest pot of ground available. In tho full I plow a deep trench whero I wish to plant my melons. Then I collect all tho weeds and briars which have been cut on tho farm, place them in this trench, tramp them down as solidly an pos sible and then plow back tho ground so that it forms a ridgo over them.' This I leave until ppring. At tho proper time I plant the seeds on this land without further plowing. Lewis Wicr, of Indiana, in Agriculturist. Lodsreil Knrloy. It is always best to cut barley whilo it is still green, and tho grain is in the milky stage. Rut if tho straw has been beaten down by rains, early cutting is especially necessary. Tho I L 0hl0f d.ftn&er fallen barley in that ! fusc AV1U attack the straw, after which, . instead of growing heavier, the grain will rather decrease in weight. Ho j soon as grain is cut tho danger of rust attacking " "as past, because when its stalk is severed from tho rout tho leaves and stalks contract, and closes tho pores through which tho rust en ters the plant. But if the weather in fine, barley that has fallen down will often fill well and make a good crop. It is a grain that ripens moro quickly after it comes iuto head than any other. The Nwr ivc.l BlvTT. The new corn product being talked about is obtained by grinding corn stalks. The pith of the stalk in used , . . , . ., , . . . j packing between the pla cs of iron j c'a1 warships. Tho hard shell of th stalks, after tho pith is taken out, i ground into a fiuo powder. It can bo bagjod like oats or bran aud will keep as well as any other exound feed. tT .. . I."8 Vl UHJ Connecticut Farmer. Ielrovlng Jtur.Torldi. It is a comparatively eaxv matter to j kill the burdock, though it may bo j hard enough to exterminate it, be-' cause it seeds bo plentifully and tho1 seed will remain in tho ground for years until it has a favorable clianco to grow. As the burdock is biennial, it dies out after it 1ms peedod tho' Rccond year, but that is only after it his provided thousands and tens of i thousands of seed to perpetuate its ' kind. All that is needed to kill the plant is to take a dull axe and chop tho t root something below tho mirfacc, and ' then throw on a handful of nalt. Tho burdock root being soft and moist dis solves tho salt, which quickly rots it j sd that farther Fprouting of a new j top is impossible. No amount of cut ting will do tho work. Tho burdock. like most weeds, is a very persistent seeder Wo havo seen it mown down with the scythe two or three times during the summer, and yet in fall showing several clusters of seed burrs near the ground, containing enough seed to start a hundred burdock plants tho very next year. Tho seed burrs cling to clothing and to the fur of animals brushing against it. Hence tho weed is euro to bo always widely distributed. might In l'car Trcpn. This is tho season, especially after the very hot weather wo have lately had, followed by rains, when blight ifi most likely to attack pear trees. It appears to be a discaso which espe cially attacks trees heavily manured and which have an excess of Bap. If tho tree has been manured in tho spring with stable manure, and has since been cultivated, it will almost certainly blight. Manuring with pure ly mineral fertilizers, without nitro gen, is, we know from experience, a help to prevent trees from blighting. The pcur tree to be kent nro.liicti j and healthy should not make a largfj ana healthy shou d n vriv wo'ft ? , y , inchen Tearly erovrih Six to twelve of wood, with a. I proportionate number of new frmf. buds, will give the treo longer life and a greater amount of fruit than will any attempt to force fruit production uver-hearing is a lruitful cause of blight. It comes just at ' the timo when the pear seed-s are forming, and when this imperative demand far moro potash robs the sap of that mineral 1 ; . ujiuvjhi which 1S MO TlPfnianrrr tit 1m,.... 1 antl foliage in healthful condition. Yet pear trees on grassbound land aro in the condition next most likely to be blighted. In their case probably the potash in the soil is inert and the pear tree roots cannot get it. Atlanta Journal.
The Gazette [1891-1898] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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