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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, (AUGUST S, lf-CX Publishers... 5' suJscKipnox price: ' on ye' SiX IBOhth "... ......... Three J mo tlit . . " - Semi -Weekly On year-... ' Six month ... Thre month Jl.oo .50 PCM JgHKRS' AX.TOCNCEMEXT ' 4- Jf. M South Tryon MM MepfcOM v . ftuisbers: Business ogle. BgU Pb?"e TS; city irtor's offioe, Bel ,?'. 'wwa editors office. Btll P0"-.;34-. r A iUmeir ta. th Jr ef hi panr changed, will Pa "" , cat thVaddres to which U t going at th tlm h ask 'or th change to b made. .'Advertising ratea are furnished on application. Advertisers may (eel sure v that through tue column of this f-ttatf they may reach U Charlotte ? sua a portion of ihe best people In Ut Stat and upper Bouth Carolina. . Thl paper gives correspondents a , wide lacked rt think public pol icy permit!, but It U In no cane re sponsible tor their view. It is much ? inferred that correspondents mtgn hejr liaises to thAir articles, especial ly In cases where they attack person or institutions, though thl l not de : mandea. The editor reserve the right to give the name of rnrn-srondeiit whan they are demanded fir Ihe pur- pose of personal satisfaction To re ceive consideration a communication rauit be accompanied by the true Bam of the correspondent. SATURDAY, AIM ST 8, IOK. WHAT FRONTS TILK KMHKZKMCIt. . If It could be truly said by Henja ,mln Franklin that "Honeiity 1 tho best policy," It can be said with far mora truth stll. in thin day and gen eration. Einbraf,z.rrs who thi n need ed but a fair itiart lo set d.-ar away for food In the great majority of ' cue now find themselves safe no where. Itapidly though the known and Inhabited world ha been ex tended by discovery and civilised aet tlement. It has been made by mod ern agenclea of travel and cotrimunl catlon to hrink ten times faster. The trader and the traveler bind the remote ends of tho earth together, and tho colonizing nation of Kurop - bar their outposts In all regions. Everywhere, even into the heart of Africa, run the wire which at any time can Instantly overtake a fugi tive.' Moreover, the policy of the ' world take advantages of the new facilities at their command to act a one body- A meruit flushed from an American country town will In stantly net watch upnn passenger ar- riving, a-tany or aJLoX Iht. Burls uun the seven seas. Modem methods of identification render diKiile ex tremely dlHlr-uU absolutely impossi ble If Bertlllon measurements of the fugitive have ever been taken and there are uch agencies a tho bond ing companle to render pursuit ac tive and untiring. Kxtradltlon re qulrements no longer balk the Jur uer or confer Immunity upon the pursued. The embezzler of thousands ha scarcely any rhunce to escape Ultimate capture. Commenting upon th recetit capture of William Walker, J the New Hritaln, I'min., bunk de faulter for half a million dollars, fif ter sixteen niontlis of denperale dodg ing around the worl l. 'riu- w York Tribune rea.ls this lf.".-on: "Hlnee the rise ol plietoxrapli', the tHr. grapli. I'lnkertiTi the 1 f -t-i 1 1 i .ti rn Hi. t nd proieitlve Irngues Iik- l).' Anitri'Mn Jlankerji' A"' laiion, th" w.ul.l ' hi betielei's th If hr t wIMi l; fT i u h i Whose full gravity Ik s ll"i n rnli'-. Anillid the world there In ll'ii.K a tin 1 fneshed net hlcli can lnnd alnei! nnv body whose captiire in wnrlh wtilU- If mav let the flunk thief sn.t u.. pick . pocket ewsf'e. hut lli" tl","' i. . l t int" Of trust lnii nl In- 'lf.ir- 'f t!. .i,:,i uls and StrHte Hi t!i" v,rv ki-vinw cf moil ern commei ml (ife prvml hithim I Its drawln nnlv I'V mir' It.- m'n v and effort xpi'l-d ik'i1h Hi . ui In the hank l:v''r r ttie i1linn ft ei pree meeiir nre nt m.ft-Mil '-t',tv tr tbe sum stolen The in (,p.,t ! tiap Walker Is prtilwMv nnller. In pfu-' pjriln t" the t-a the 'lifni'-e. .f reeoverlnc the eme. tli-tn lite sunt Ki''t. out bv tbe ni:tts of JuHtl-' 1-i nuni'-roti m, promloeTtt ras-s lint t i r- -i. l;"io. tb guldutir I'rtnclple Iihs tn ti rink emtesllfKf 1 1 1 fH'.hlonahie ltl.int ri.yiit Ing the cost This end ! I line r -act A an rplll- thut th hnd.1t c -.ii... t Who aspires to loot -l eaU.i". In k will. If shrewd, alitor, this M .m l 1 .. I- . Up sometrHr sure and (if. " . flo wretched Is the llUrty of a. hunted fugitive with nowhere to Mie 1 and with capture alwavs lii'icinx J. r. CAtDWKtl. D. A. TOMPKLX over his head as mi hourly p-s.. bll - I lu k of having numerous crates of Ity that it can easily be un ler-t v.d beer r.r fodn fountain dope on hand Why one fugitive afir another h- ould w 11 save the day. Tli Yaquls' voluntarily returned and (in n him- ( hniMi appears to drnw nlith at hand. eelf up for a punishment which h" feels to he less than the punishment' TnP Knoxvllle Sentinel calls him already undergone. i,lKh fin.m.-e It, l'''""""1 """fblll. of The Charles aome form swindling rather 1n,n ' "n N-w and Courier." This promo teallng would really spp-ar to h. ' "" ,rf'm n "''rlly may or may not the financial ld mans only ratnal, '"I'1"'' r"iwl' nlm- bV ln- tien to-dav ,h ... limit, of "f iwiilaf honors. f..r his de- along these lines are constantly nar tewing. The country poes forward la throwing safeguards arcund prop erty until It Is probably as well iaf -guarded (sporadic politleaj nas.au Its . notwithstanding) ss property any where, while life, long amazinRiy crtap, tends to grow even cheaper. . Rarely does the murderer suffer any 'punishment whatever, but lt the thief beware. The m-re vulgar em bezzler I already an anachronism, and he must ultimately follow fit buffalo and other unadaptable srf'-i' inte Veil nigh cWipkte extinction. Thai eld dull-season favorite A! tofney General Bonaparte' Intended , eUmant,.la Again, la ihe Jre. With a presidential campaign on, it would aeem'aa If this particular rumor might Jb kept In reserve for quite a while yet - ' , ' I In consequeace of th eighth dis trict Democratic xcut1v commit tee's choice for chairman at Salisbury Thursday, and bis acceptance, we feet a new and strong faith that th dis trict tXi go it Jju14 '' . - ' ' HOW TO TJTVBST MOXEYt,; , It ia a. familiar fact that many a bualneas . roan fladi money .-easier . to maka than to car for property. Thl and related topic' are conidera la a recent oolt, "How to Inveat in r." by Corg Oart Henry, ? vica president of tha Guaranty Truat Company, of Kew York. - VMeney making, for; him," explalng Mr. Henry, "la the result of aucoeaaful activity In his own line of business. with whlca he Is thoroughly familiar; while the investment of money". Is , a thing apart from hi business, with which he is not familiar, and "of which he may have had little practi cal experience. HI failure to invest money wisely Is not due to any want of intelligence, or of proper care and foresight on his part, as he some times seem to believe, but simply be cause he is Ignorant of the principles of a business which differs radically from hi own." Thus men whose ability to conduct their affairs has been demonstrated beyond question often make strange blunders. They fall to detect anything fundamental ly wrong In a proposition simply be cause It promises to pay well; and they forget that the rate of Interest on invested money, or pure Interest, Is very small, and that anything above that can only come as pay ment for management." Safety apart, the writer cautions the business man against paving for qualities which he does not need, as when, wishing to make a permanent Investment and without thought of re-selling, he pur- chaHos securities which are highly convertible. Klnoe convertibility must nearly always be oblalned at the sac rifice of some other quality, usually rtte of Income, this Is waste from his standpoint. Mr. Henry, for rea sons which nobody In this part of che country need be told, find t'ne se curities of public-service corpora tions as a class unattractive and not unlikely to become yet more so. rls cusslng real estate mortgages, hi advises much caution, owing In part to their lack of convertibility. "Their Aery deficiency In this respect, how ever,1" he point out, "constitutes an Important advantage from another point of view. Hli.ee they are not quoted, they cannot shrink In market price In obedience to changes In finan cial and business conditions. The buyer of a mortgage Is assured that he can carry hi mortgage at par through period when it may be nec essary to mark down all negotiable securities auhJi-Rt to changing market quotations. This Is frequently a mat ter of great Importance." TKe gen eral principles of Investment selec tion are divided Into flvei 1. Safety of prlnt-lpxl and Interest, or the ussiirMiu-e of ivielvlng the principal aod Itttei eel on th dates due. Rate of Income, or the net return with n Is realised on the uetuul amount of iKy 4tw-ea. ;t. C.mvertlhllity Into cash, or the noidliii ss with which II Is possible to renllre on t!i Investment 4 f'rospei-t of appieelatlon In value, or thiil growth In intrinsic vnlue which tends to appreciate mnikM price. i. Stability of niHiki-l prl e. or the likelihood of maintaining the Integrity of the pritic1p.il Invented. Mr. Henry haH made himself In teresting and Instructive. The people of the .South having again reached a point where they have money for general investment. It behooves them not 'to remain unacquainted with such an excellent .discussion of the SuhJ.'Cl. DKVINO I'l THK. YAQl'IS. It appears that Mexican authorities Jime frmulated a new plan of cam pHien ncainst the festive Ynqui. 'I'nj.ips will not only he stationed In all t ii towns and mining camps of nnv ?ize but likewise at every water hili It Is bell veil that this meaa- ore. enforced dtirlntj the dry season of n dry region, will torment the tm fnriiinntc Indians with thirst snd ma t rially f.icilltate tlielr final mihjuua tion I'ntil now the authorities, hI tl-.oush thry haxe for y arx waged pr;u th a l!y a w ar of extermination n ira 1 n r t the Vaqulu, shooting In balehes men taken tinder but slight ly suspicious circumstances snd de portlng whole villages of men, wo men and children to Honduras, have m-er gone so far as this. 8uch a j tilin even the conditionally pardoned ri:i' null lara-cly opsrltutlng the I Miv .hi )-tnte nnd Federal forces might i arry out with surcess. Kx t n dint hh It do h even to the prl rn.iry fltil.l. It 1h the most rlgor'ius sort of prohibition. Only the good cr.idatioii from eldrhlp to rtiacopate, but t any rate It mww that therrt is inch a thing as compensation in jife. THK VOYAtt Down stormy s"as our straining bark Hy iilstling galea Is onward blown; The tsikle shrills, the timbers groan. The rack Is wild and dark. No hind we sight, no bsrk w ee. The (ce makes In the forward shrouds; Die blast thut curls the acuddlng cloud Is rld aa cold ran be. Sometime" the moon Is red as blood. Rntnetlmes the lr Is white with snow; Yet care we not, but on w go Across the hissing flood. The bell sounds In the quiet night; $TiMih drlvina cloud the full moon plow;' The shadow of our plowing bows Doth split the wan moonlight. Yt still w sail and sail and aatl . Through many circle of th sunt- . Sometimes Into the dawn w run. Sometime through twilights pale. - v - - ' An4 though the wild wet waste Is round, . Wt cannot sell f iw evermore! - -v , Titer to no sea without a shore,' ' ' Some port Will yet ha frnind riLaXK TOOKEfU FOTUBE MM" COJILXG AX?TCAl MIETTXG SEX? WEE& Fourth Anxraal' Convention- of Retail . Kuniture Men of ; North Carotrna , Will Bo Called Together at Setwyn . A'ext Twsrfay For Two Days Hmt Keanion Will Be Held at 3 O'clock . In the A ftermxm Tlio Jh-ogrammo .' the JrJventOfficen of too As sociation and Committee Of Her tain men t oclal Occaf-aon at Latta .Park to Bring the Convention to a Close.., - . v ..; The programme for the fourth an nualconventlon of the North Carolina ieetail Furniture Dealers' Association has been completed. The conven tion wllt tie held in the assembly roam of tha fielwyn Hotel August llth-l!th and Is expected to bring to this city representative men in this Business from all points In the tStats. ine entertainment committee Is com posed of Messrs. J. T. Porter. J. T. A, ILawinar. c. W. Parker. W. T. McCoy, j. E. Denton and A. W. Smith. and these .gentlemen have endeavor ed to arrange the crosramms ma a to arrora tne -delegates an enjoyable atay cere. The officers of the association are s follows: President. Charles W. Parker, of Charlotte: first vice trel- dent, E. F. HalL of Reldsvllle: sec ond vice president T. P. Dillon, of Monroe; third vice president, George 8. Boylan, of Wilmington; fourth vice president, H. C. Huntley, of Greens boro; fifth vice president, W. C. Brothers, of Favetteville: secretary and treasurer, W. B. Summersett, of Kalisbury. ine executive committee is com posed of Messrs. W. T. McCoy, of Charlotte; George C. Royal, of Oolds boro; O. 1 Barnhardt. of Lenoir: O. 8. Tucker, of Raleigh, and W. T. Mercer, of Wilmington. Messrs. T. J. Herman of J. T. Porter, of fhrlmf . n ' Patrick, of Rockingham, make tin tha finance committee of the body. ; THE PROGRAMME. The programme In its entirety fol lows; ' opening Session, August 11th, p. m. Prayer. Rev. & u Baln TrlJ M K. church. Address of welcome, Hon. Thos. S. Kranklln, mayor of Greater Charlotte. Hon. E. Rand Preston, president (Ireater Charlotte Club. Ketponse to address of welcome, ,Oeo C. Royal. Ooldsboro. Sp.-cial addreb. "Trade Evil and Some Kennedies," Nrrman H. Johnalon, Char lott. editor Merchants Journal. Reading of minutes last meeting and calling roll. Report of president. Report of aecretary. Report of treasurer. ltport of executive committee. Short talks and suggestions for good of Association five minutes. Night rleaalon. August 11th, I p, a Report of standing committees. Report of special commit lees. Address. "What Is the Retail Fnrnltur Dealers' Association Doing for Its Members?" W. C. Brothers. Faystte vlll. Address,. "What Relations Hhould Kxlst Retween Manufacturer and Retailer?" II F. Huntley, Winston. Hhort five-minute talks by member. Morning Hesslon, August 12th, f a. m. Report of committee on freight rate. Report of committee on insurance. Keport of committee on Inter-Htate re lationship. Address. "The Evils and Abuse of the Credit System ns Extended." Mr. Green Ashevllle: J. O. Gnrdner. Charlotte. Short flve-mlnute talks for the good of the Association. Subjects to be select ed by speakers. E. F. Hall. Reldsvllle; G. Harnhardt, Iennlr; (J. S. Tucker, Raleigh: Henderson Cole. Wilmington; y p Dillon. Mofifoe; T. W. Wright, Salisbury: Geo. H. Boylan. Wilmington Evening Hessron. August 12th. 3 p. m. Recommendations by executive commit tee. Election of officers. Selection of next annual meeting place. Adjournment. Entertainment committee especially re quests that all Association members, visitors snd friends take part In the en tertainment provided. August 12i h. 4:10 p. m. Trolley ride to llnsklns, Piedmont, Elec tric Tark and Dllwnrth. August nth. p. m. Bupper in pavilion at lAtta Park. Impromptu speeches. Music. "All work and no play makes Jack dull boy, they sny." I'IN'K DAY AT PROVIDKN'CE. rsnnorH" Inliliitei Them Was Well A it end Ml "Several .Speakers Pres ent. About three hundred people attend ed the farmers' Institute held yeter- ' jy at ( 'arollna' Academy, In Provl i d.-iice, and a day of enjoyment and rr,,nt was the result of the gather ing. Pror. YV. t . Massey, one Ol the epeakers, had as his subject the breeding of plants and Improvement of feed corn. Ills word were llst- ne,i io with Interest by those pres ent. one of the most pertinent speeches of the day was that of Professor New man, of the A. & M. College, at Ralelrfh, on the subject of Improving cotton pla-ns to Increase the lint yield p r acre. Mr. F. B. Wylder, of Franklm coun ty. Koolte on the subject of farm ma chinery, Its caro and 7iow to be used, lie alao gave practical suggestions as to fence building. Professor Massey covered the sub Ject of fruit culture in In'-t rnctive manner. plain and 1 The address on the country home bv Prof. Franklin Sherman, Jr., of Hie Agricultural Iepartment, was extremely Interesting and timely. He etnph.isiznd neatness around the home nnd how to beautify the premises hy flowers and vines. He counseled a collegiate education for young men on. I young women as a preparation for their life work. Mr. c. '. Moore, of The Observer's circulation department, was present and the farmers called on him as tisii.il wheui he stterKis such a gather Ins. He called attention to the Klflte Farmers' convention to be held at the A. A M. College. August 25th-27lh. lie explained the object of the conven tion, urging: the farmers to go and lake their wives. The dinner spread was characteris tic of tho liberality of the people of rrovidenre. Four CO-rtoiind water. mci were provided by Mr. Badgr ! ln Kngiana until tneir quiet ennur linyant, a progressive young' farmer I an'e of oppression aroused the con of that community and helped to dec- j science of the nation- and this re orate, the speakers' stsnd. ' suited ln obtaining many of the bless- The next institute will be at David- orr College. August 11th. nitullthlc on East Third Street. The city and the Atlantic Bltullthio Company have come to term as to the paving of East Third street from Tryon to College, the deal havtngi been negotiated yesterday. While thl 1 nut of the fire limits, the pa v. Ing will be put down In order to minimise the noise rising from the street while court Is in session. Here tofore It has often been the case that a trial would be greatly Impeded and disturbed hy the babel and confusion from below The work will be com moncea at once. , Rrepeol fully Referred to The Charles w ton News and Courier. . ' Lancaster, 8. C Nw. , The passenger train ran over th tall ef on of Mrs. D. J. Christmas' hens on day tbl week and cut It eft Just below th Jck Dillard crossing. -Klherton. aa, Star. ) Will somebody ftm!!! .With fowl's anatomy please tell us where the "Jack XMllard crossing" la lcatd7 THE SOCIETY OF FBIEXDS SOME PfTCREOTIXO -FACTS. At ' Goilford CoUece the 211 tli Sea slon of the Xorui Carolina k'rarly Meetiac la tu Progreaa tory of tbe ' Vuakers Who Io Vot Believe in 5 War or Human hlavcry Tlio rst ; Quaker Dame to This State About : the Year- lceo Tlte Membership iow About 7,000 Several ifundreU Famlllea Aiove West. BY II. I-C. BRYAWT. OullforLJDoIlere..-Auf.-f- The Quakers called by themselves "FrienU"a-4orm an lnterestln- part of the population of this vast country. aulrrord-Clie?formerlr-Jw"Qar den, is the centre of Quaker activity in this Stat. It Is then that th Quaker boys and lrls art educated, thai the yearly meeting J held, and that all good Friends foregather. Th Scotch-Irish of Mecklenburg know very little of their Guilford neighbors, the Quaker. They do not realise the significance of the term "The Quakers of Nortn caro Una." For the last fifteen yeara ; have been rnbbmz elbows with Nortn Carolina Quakers and I have learned to like them for their sterling- quali ties. At the State University j De came acquainted with a number of Intelligent rounr men who naa rraa uated at Guilford College and gone to Chapel Hill to take apeciai courses. The training at the Quaker college nad been so thorough tnai every one who sat by the side of any of these young fellows soon came to tne con clusion that the work done at Gull- ford was of hte highest order. But, at this time, I did not know what a Quaker looked like, and naa a faint idea that he was a person that I would not like. I had been brought up In a Presbyterian atmosphere to believe that there was but one. de nomination. Soon after entering col lege an interesting looking man, quiet of manner, ruddy faced, and simply attired, came to my room early one morning and addressed me something- like this ; "How art thee, young man? IT WAS REV. RUFUS KINO. That was new to me. At first I thought the gentleman was joking me. He inquired for Leonard van.Nop- pen, who since has become famous as a writer. Iater In the day I was told by VanNoppen that my visitor was Rev. Rufua King, a well-known Quaker preacher. Many a time since have I seen Mr. King. I saw him to-day. He Is a man of learn ing, information, property and noble heart, who has traveled extensively and Is a most delightful conversa tionalist. He spoke to me as one Quaker would speak to another but I was not versed in his language. Thirteen years ago, while reporting the Shemwall trial at Lexington, I noticed that two of the Jurors would not kiss the Bible, but held up their hands. "They affirm Instead of swearing" 1 was told. "They are Quakers." From various sources I learned that the Quaker was opposed to human slavery and would not go to war If he could help It. Therefore, like all curious young men, I became Inter ested in the Quakers of North Caro lina and began in a quiet way to study them. I am at It yet. and the more I know the more I desire to know, nnd the better I like the Friends who assemble at Guilford College year .af ter year. In a little book entitled "Uniform IletpllneV I fired this "MrHerteel statement:" SOCIETY OF FRIKNDS. "The Society of Friends, generally enlled Quakers, arose in England about the middle of the 17th cca tury. George Fox began his ministry In 1647. The position of the Friends was the logical conclusion of the Pro testant Reformation, and marked the culmination in tho development of doctrine which had been advancing by Irregular stages for more than a century. They proclaimed the truth that man'a salvation is a personal matter between his own soul and God. and does not depend upon the inter vention of the Church in any of its offices, or by any of its officers. In the administration of any rite, ordinance or ceremony whatever. They accept ed the doctrines of the Apostollo ago of the Church, and distinctively em phasized the truth that tho Holy Spirit enlightens every soul to reveal its condition and make the Individual feel the need of a Kavlor. They em phasized the further truth that Christ's promise to plant a new life In t he soul and abide there to give it light, to feed It with the bread of life and to lead it Into all truth, had become a practical reality, to be known snd experienced by every true believer. They proclaimed that the true baptism is that of Onrlst himself, who baptises His people with the Holy Spirit, and that the true communion Is the spiritual par taking of the body and blood of Jesus Christ by faith, and that there Is no form or degree of sacerdotalism In the Christian Church. THE FRIENDS OF TRUTH. "This clear and vigorous message as to the freedom and the spirituality of the Gospel attracted multitudes of PP10 wno iaa sought tne truth in me iiiui'-is uispuuiiions vi lau lime. The Society was organized with a great number of adherents. Thev 1 took the title of Society because it was ; considered that the term Cnurch j belonged to the whole body of Christ, I and that no portion of that body had a right to assume to itself a name 1 that implied any exclusion of others, j The claims of the Established Church j made this. In a measure, necessary. I Tho name Friends was taken In ac I cordance with the declaration of the ! Master: 'Ye are my friends if ye do ! vnatsnever I command you.' For a ' time Ihe members called themselves The Friends of Truth.' "The distinguishing doctrines of Friends have, from the beginning, Iivi them Into special lines of service that have resulted In great good to man kind. Because they would not com ply with unjust requirement they were imprisoned In great numbers civil ana religious unerty which all now enjoy. Tney were the consistent and unyielding oppo nent of human slavery when they stood almost alone in their op position to It They have opposed war, as violating the principles of Christianity, as well as the precepts of Its Founder, and aa bringing untold evil upon mankind, and they have always advocated peaceable methods of settling; disputes between nations. They have steadily advocated Justice toward the North American Indian, and have labored Independently and as the representatives of government, for bis civilisation and Chrlatlanixa rtlon. They bellevetnat oa ins were forbidden by Christiana tney have obtained In all ErllspMr-eakln; eoun- tries th privilege of affirmation. They have advocated, and In many cases Inaugurated prison reform, which bas greatly relieved the suffering of con vict. They ftave been amotig th leaders In th rational and Christian treatment - of the Insane; and.- In many other ways, have engaged In the service they felt laid upon them ior the good f humanity. ; -, QHAKERS COMB TO AMERICA. . Triada casta to America aeon af- ter the body arose in England. New England Yearly Meeting was eatab lisned in 17L er earlier; Baltimore in l7i; Virginia In 1(71, and Joined to Baltimore in 1145; Philadelphia in liSi; .New York in ltHo, by New England; North Carolina in 16 It: Ohio la 1113, by Baltimore;-Indiana in mi, ty Ohio; Western in 1158, by Indiana: Zowa In 18J. by Indiana: Canada in 1W7, by New York; Kan sas in i i r-rjr-inaianatv Wilmington in ll2. by Indiana; Oregon In 13, by Iowa; California la Ills, by Iowa." . iiM moria Carolina tnemDeranip la close to 7,000. w -. - Th history of th North Carolina Yearly Meeting la Interesting. - This is tne z list . annual session. The ioi lowing is authentic: . , "From tha ancient record of , the religious Society of Friends, It ap pears mat a few of their -member settled ln tha Albemarle strict . of North Carolina tnow Perquimans county; aooui in year IfSO, ."They probably came to North Carolina aa to a land of rellgtou lib erty, a about this time rigorous laws were enacted against the Quakers ln Virginia and New England. The gospel, and the doctrines of this So ciety 'relating thereto, were here ireeiy preacnea. ana there waa a rapid increase to the ' Society, both oy convineemeni and by lmmJgra- UUU. - - - ' Tnere are accounts of "General Meetings,' and the early establishment vi a siuaxieny Meetings-held at the house of Henry White, lo Albemarle; and Monthly Meetings were establish ed In the surrounding neighborhood we cany as 10BW. THE YEARLY MEETING. "The establishment of the Yearly Meeting dates from If II, as by th "At a Quarterly Mttaa? held at the bouse of Henry White, Fourth Month 4th, I6JI: 'It t unanimously agreed by Friends that the last 7th day of Seventh Month ln every year be the Yearly Meeting for this coun try, at the house of Francis Toms; and the 2d day of the week follow ing to be set apart for business.' "And from that date North Caro lina Yearly Meeting ha exercised ltt independent relation and has main tained regular correspodenc with London and other Yearly Meetings. "Settlements were first made In North Carolina on the sounds and rivers near th coast, but about the middle of the 18th century a tide of emigration set In to the westward, and settlements of Friend were made in Wayne, Randolph and Guilford counties, forming Content-' nea. Western and New Garden Quar- icny .ureunga. "In the year 1718. Weatern n...,. terly Meeting requested 'that the i early Meeting be held alternately In tbe East and th West ' r,iu being weightily tconsldorai i. ,k. Yearly Meeting, wa united -with the Yearly Meeting wa first held at Centre, Guilford county, In 1787. In 1788 '(the Yearlv Meetina- h.. i Old Neck, In Peraulmana. v.. .. in- been wrecked in a storm), the Yearly Meeting was held at Well'. mtin. house in Perquimans.' In 1789. at Centre, a proposition came from West ern and New Oarden Quarterly Meet- iiiKs mai ins ieariv Meet n- ii h.i i alternately at Symons' Creek, in Pas quotank county, and at New Garden, Guilford county,' which was referred to next Yearly Meeting, the minutes of which atate 'the request appears so reasonable that we concur therewith and confirm the same.' Accordingly he .Yearly Meeting jwaj JJrttJwld. M New Garden in the year 1781. and continued to be held there and at Symons Creek alternately until the year 181 S, and from that date It was held annually at New Garden until 1883, with the exception of one' year. 1881. when it was held at Friends- ville, Tennessee. "After 1883, the Yearly Meeting was held at the Yearly Meeting House In High Point. North Carolina, until 1905. when It was held at Gull ford Crrilege." During the thirty yeara preceding the civil war four hundred families, principally Quakers, went to the West to live. This movement Included the Cannons, of Illinois, and the Hln shaws, of Indiana, and others wno have become prominent. CONDITION OF CORJf CROP. Drpartment of Agriculture's Report (SlUthtlr Under That of Ias Y ear North Carolina Ijeada With .1 For the Year and .81 For the I-aet in Year. Washington, Aug. 7. Th crop re porting hoard of the bureau of statis tics of the Department of Agriculture In a ibulletln Issued to-day shows that the condition of corn on August 1st was 82.fi per cent, of a normal, as compared with 2 8 last month. 82.8 on August 1st, 1907, and S3.1 the 10 vear average on August 1st. The con dition in the Southern States was: Ten Year 1908. Texas . , . Georgia . . Kentucky Tennessee . . ... Alabamn North Carolina . . . Arkansas Mississippi South Atlantic Preliminary returns Indicate a yield of winter wheat of about 14 3 bushels per acre, .or a total of 425.940.000 bushels, which compares with 14.6 bushels and 409.443,000 bushels re spectively, the final estimates of last year's crop. The average quality of the crop is 90.1 against 90.5 last year. The average condition of spring wheat on August 1st was 80.7 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 89.40 a month ago. 79.4 on August 1st, 1S07; 88. on August 1st, 1908. and 82.7 the 10 year average on 'August 1st. The condition of the oats crop on August 1st was 78.8 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 85.7 last month, 7. on August 1st, 1907; 82.3 on August 1st, 1908. Th proportion of th. oats crop of last year In th hands of farmers on August 1st 1 estimated at 5.0 per cent., equivalent to 28,000,000 bushels, as compared with 7.1 per cent, and (8,000,000 bushels, respectively th corresponding figures of a year ago. The condition of rye on August 1st, or at the time of harvest was 88.3 per cent, of a normal. .The average condition of tobacco pn August 1st was 85.8 as compared with 81.3, the 10 year average. The condition on August 1st In the Import ant tobacco -States was: Kentucky 82; North Carolina 89: Virginia 90; Tennessee 85; Ohio 78; Wisconsin 89; Connecticut 98; Flori da 89. . : - '' The condition of flax on August 1st was 86.1.-- ' When th stomach, heart or kidney nerve get weak, the - thee organ always loll.- Don't drug - the stomach, nor stimulate th heart er kidney. 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