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WHOLESALE
. Dealers in
GrqcohBs.- Dry- Goods.
Notions, Clothing, eic
W erry la tuck ererytbiog joo
cu find in dj gfaersl itre.
We carry largo stocks of
W.L'DOUGLASS
Shoes, Satter&
.Lewis &Cos
Shoes.
OLD HICKORY
Mid PioJmont Wag
ons Mid Road Carts
Ober. FertilizerThe Na
tional and Durham Ball Fer
tilizers. ,
The mott ft t t the !att onntj
PAHTHIM & DUKE.
ni'itirtM. . n
for Infants
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t rmtmmmt H m tOMrtar ! amj prmrtUsa
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flw mm a mm mi
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U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1S89,
CO,
Camm's Emulsion.
Cmnm'i Kniul.niou i composed of
tlitf ptiirt Norwegian did Lifer Oil.
combined with the hypopfiwphitt
of Lime and Soda with Iron, and
will itoaitively arrest Consumption
if taken in time. Cures Bronchitis
nd other Luug diwasei, Lbeomatic
and Scrofulous auVctions, and all
low and wasting disuse, no matter
from what cause, Read the follow
dr:
Dr. D.J. Roberta, Prof, of Prac
tice of Medicine, UnivMsily t
Tenni write: "I cheerfully
and without hwiUtiou ss-.y, Cumin
EniuUion w the bent form for th
administration of Cod Liver Oil
with llmiliopbites that I have
ever tried. In the climate of the
d"th and Wet it ha peculiar ad
vantage that are of the irreatet iro
portanre, tnaintai ii' i; v integrity
t all unworn of ii. rear, u i h
nUudiug it cont'ttit tie greutt
per cent of pure Cd 1 ierUi that
we t now of in any Emulsion.
1'Vi.Je by all druciats.
K.A. CIUK111ILL, k CO.
Manufacturers, and WhoitaleDrog
giU, Lvehburg, V.
inar-I 2 n.
'TOOTINE"
Cure the difiute that causes the
oiT. nttire odor f the feet aud arm
pitss toughens the skin and irt
tents chafing. Price 60 eta. Fur
sale br all Durham Druggist
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FOIL 3IH. CLEVELAND.
JOINING THK ALLIANCE
HAS - AOT DCSTItOl KI
HIS FAITH.
"If We Cut L6im from it, We
, 1 .- Our best rrleiul."
Mr. R. LBealLof Lenoir. N.
C, writes to the I'rogressie
iurnieras toilows: "IseoseV'
era! communications in the
Progressive Farmer severely
criticising ex-President Cleve
land for his views on the free
coinage of silver, and sneering
at him as unworthy of any fur-
tner connuence.
"I think you are fair-minded
and tneretore wm allow a
friend of Mr. Cleveland to say a
word in ni3 iavor.
"Joining the Alliance has not
destroyed my faith in the prin
ciples of the Democratic party.
I believe it has always been and
still is the best hope of the
Southern farmer. If we cut
loose from it, we desert our best
friend. If we cannot get what
we want with its aid. we can-
not possibly succeed by arro
gantly repelling its aid and set
ting up a party 01 our own,; nor
has joining the Alliance des
troyed my confidence in the
honesty, ability and political
sagacity of Mr. Cleveland.
"southerners especially should
show some sense of gratitude to
a man who has stood by their
interest. Think of tt for a mo
ment, and see what he did for
the South while President. He
was the first President since the
war who recognized thcr South.
era States as co-equal witi the
Northern. He was the first to
treat us as brethren in the Union
entitled to equal rights and pri
vileges. He showed this by se
lecting the best and trutsHf
our boutnera statesmen as his
Cabinet advisers, by appoint
ing them as ministers to foreign
countries, as consuls, as judges
of the highest courts, and to
other high otllces.
"Ihen as to Lis economic pol
icy, Southern farmers and Al
liancemen should remember
with gratitude his vigorous war
on the iniquitous tariff, whi h
in my humble opinion is the
source of bfore evds than all
other causes combined. He was
far in advance of his party on
tariff reform and sacrificed .iim-
self in the fierce fight for con
stitutional principles and equal
rights to all. And let us all re
member how ho braved the
combined power of the "Urand
Army of the Republic;" the
"Loyal League.!' the pension
sharks and swindlers and the
public opinion of his section,
and boldly vetoed the "depen
dent ppnfion bill,' which by act
cf the late Congress has fasten
ed upon us an annual debt of at
least one hundred and thirty
millions of dollars a debt great
er by forty millions than the
cost of the greatest standing
armies of Europe a vast sum
of which the South gets nothing
in return lor ine enormous bur
den of taxation placed on us.
111t.11 iwa k mo vast num
ber of private swindling schemes
he took the pains to look into
and veto. Then aain, remem
ber those maxims: "Public of-j
dee is a public trust, the irov-
ernmcnt is of the people, by the
peoph', and for the people," up
on which he acted 111 the face
of fnen 1 and foe throughout
his whole oiliciat career us tiir
iff, as Governor and as Pi ce
dent of the United States of
America.
"And finally, but by no means
reaching the end of the catalo
gue of his good deeds, let us re
member that ho left one hun
dred millions of dollars in the
Treasury, and vacated the pre
sidential chair culling upon our
legislators to reduce the taxes
and relieve the people cf their
burdens. .
"And now because Mr. Cleve'
land did not approve of a cer
tain bill before the late Congress
which provided for the unlimit
ed coinage of silver, ?we are
called upon to forget all he has
done lor us and treat mm us an
enemy. Is it fair, is it 'jnat to
treat him thus? No man dare
accuse him of dishonesty and
se.fishness. All thinking men
concede bis great political sa-
kucuv in seeing in advance
what is best for the people,
"After all may it not be that
he foresees what is dangerous
to the prosperity and financial
safety of the country a little
more clearly than we plain far
mers? It 1 undersrand him Mr.
Cleveland is not opposed to sil
ver as a circulating medium
any more than to gold, but he
is opposed to issuing it in such
vast amounts as to depreciate
its valve; and he wants its
value as compared with gol'd to
be nxea so tnat when we farm
ers ship our cotton, tobacco and
wneat direct to kuropd as be
hopes to do if his tariff - reform
is carried out) we will hive a
fixed standared by which to ad
just balances and not be com'
pelled to take a depreciated cur
rency in exchange.
"Let us not say that he is our
enemy in opposing that free
coinage bill until we see clearly
wiiat it means. lean see this
much, that when the govern
ment purchases silver and coins
it that twenty cents on every
dollar is saved to the people. I
can also see that if every owner
of a silver mine or silver bullion
can have it coined free that he
makes twentf cents on his sil
ver dollar and the people , lose
that much.
brethren let us not be un-
gratrful. Let us not be in haste
to condemn a friend who nas
always proved faithful.
An Aa-rcciiient M.tJo with the
Jute IJugffiuif Trust.
Atlanta, April 1. The Far
mers' Alliance and the Jute
Bagging Trust have made peace.
The proposition of the Cordage
Bagging Company to supply
bagging at 61 cents per yard for
1 i pounds; 6! cents for 1 1 pounds;
71 cents for 3 pounds, and 71
cents for 21 rounds, has been
accepted. These are maximum
prices aud competition mav re
duce the a. It is thought that
this means a Side in advance of
bagging for at least half of the
cotton crop. Heretofore, farm
ers have obeyed the Alliance,
although it caused them to buy
beggiugat over a dollar per
bale extra cost. Now that the
price of jute baggimrfis reduced.
the Alliancemen will adopt it.
The Cordage Co., represents all
but ono of the jute bagging
factories in the trust two years
ago. The factory let out is said
to be located in Charleston.
This action of the Alliance
leaves farmers free to buy cot
ton bagging if they prefer, but
as jute is cheaper few of them,
it is believed, will buy cotton
bagging.
A targs Muri-raye 1,1.
Tho largest mortgage deed
ever re corded in Forsyth conn.
ty nas just m-rii um.i-.j The
same was gie i m tu Vvlhsum
ilkesboro Kaihoul. to the
the Richmond uul Dunvillu
Iiailroad Company, aad tbeauui
of money included in the mort
gage amount to one million and
a half dollars.
Ooldsboro had asparagus.
garden grown, a few days ago.
APKIL FOOL CAPEKS.
poineor tua l'ranks fiayea on
. People In Several Pbicwt.
A young lady invited a num
ber of friends down to witness
her marriage, they, not suspect
ing any hoax, knowing that she
and a certain young man were
Bweethearts, called at the house,
and found everything arranged
as if for a wedding After they
nan waited some fme the was-
to-be-bride entered, and remind
ed them that 'twaf. the first day
01 April. unaiiotte unronicle,
r .;: . - '
i An unknown person was
hung by the "White Caps" in
Salem during the dark hours
last night. The only evidence
A- -1 V 1 i
w biiow wno were inieresteu in
the crime, is the piece of white
paper pinned to the clothing o
the man which read: "Hung by
the White Caps." Those who
visited the place and looked
upon the man swinging to the
limb, pronounce the whole thing
nothing more nor less than a
urst-class "April fool." Wins
ton Sentinel. -
.
Chief of Tolice Baird, famil
iarly called "Alf," also tell into
a trap m great style. Janitor
Gudger, of the city hall, came
running up to the chief this
morning and told him that half
a dozen candidates for a test in
justice's crucible had broken
out a window in the lockup and
made their escape. The chief
started in a stride to the "jug,"
and had gone half way to tho
scene when he was reminded of
the day of the month. But he
didn't get angry. He looked at
the matter in the light of a phil
osopher, simply saying, "By
guinea, I'll tell you fellows, he
caught me that time, sure,
didn't he?" And everybody
agreed with him. Asheville
Citizen.
Among the many laughable
things occurring yesterday was
the tight rope walking from tae
lofty heights of the Purcell
House and the First National
Bank by the world renowned
artiste. Professor Quody, of Jer
sey Uity, H. J. ..I his perfor
mance was anxiously awaited
by something like a thousand
unsuspecting Fpectators, among
whom were prominent business
men who left their duties to wit
ness the wonlerful feat. The
performance took place at 3:15
sharp and the personator of
Professor Ouody, a gentleman
from Detroit, Mich., was dili
gently at work directing all
matters up to the hour of 3:05
At 3;15 Professor Quody stepped
upon the rope and losing his
balance fell to the street below.
The Detroit gentleman is, how
ever, all right, it was a rag
dummy that took the tumble,
and again the citizens of Wil
mington were "sold."
The Pittsboro correspondent
of the State Chronicle says:
Mrs. Hin-jsley widow of James
Hinesley. now resides in the
old town of Haywo"d at the
extreme age of 105. She has
been totally blind for eleven
years. Her husband was a sol
dier in the war of 1812 and died
at the ago of 07. Of her two
sisters one lived to be 08, and
the other 102 years old. We
have been rather incredulous
about centenarians, but here
is a case of longevity that seems
well attested bycredible proof.
Cities Afflicted.
Chicago is in dire affliction.
The grip has become an cpi-
emic.
Pittsburg is down with the
ame malady.
St. Louis, Cincinnati, Wash
11 2 ton, Philadelphia and New
York have touches of it.
Chicago suffers most. The
death rate in that city has run
up to a thousand a week, and
we are told the largest propor
tion of these are directly or in
directly due to the grip.
A chan ore in the weather is
the only hope 1 hey entertain of
its abatement.
Th i prevalence of this disease
a second year should cause close
scientific investigation of its
utiles and medical conference
to disclose the best remedies for
it.
Ton the next two months
Durham will be very much ag
itated over tho munit ipat elec
tion in .May. un.l tht probable
Jrohibiti hi olucli u tohd.uw in
une. Iu our local utfa.rs we
trust tho.e contests will not be
conducted with und ue bi tterness
and not characterized by the
harmony of two-year-old hor
nets which want to make a nest
in the same plaro.
The value of exports for March
was 14,851,183.
Hatlstlc 011 II10 II vol piu. Dt
of a lireut Imlnxt ry.
W.hult'gt in gtw
For the first time in the his
tory of the country truck farm
ing has beenmade a subject of
inquiry by the Ucnsus Ollice.
Statistics have been collected
and a preliminary report has
been made by Special Agent J.
H.-Holo.
The tfouth Atlantic District
embraces North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida,
oupply ng northern markets.
east and west. It is the largest
in producing area of any. The
average value of land per acre
in this district is 45.25, the to
tal value of land in the district
being f 5.042,705.25. The indus
try t rnploys 13,210 men, 2.716
women, 3,950 children and C-
686 horses and other animals,
1 he net income per acre on
the various products varies in
the different sections. In the
South Atlantic States tho net
income from the various pro
ducts is as follows: Asparagus
k6, oeets i, snap boas S'la,
94, cubuasre $113 61. cucumbers
$173, watermelons 32 00, other
melons $55, peas $57, Irish po
tatoessiOl 00, 6weet potatoes
$100 50, spinach $70, tomatoes
sU4 72. While these figures are
a good deal higher than for the
Peninsular, Norfolk and Balti
more districts, they are -lower
than for the other truck grow
ing sections.
lhe gross income on truck
farm products for 1883. after d3-
d noting commissions and charg
es for transportation, was $7(v
517,155; the cost of labor $9,474,
825.83, and the cost of seeds 1,
419,033.50 being deducted, the
income is 6hown to be 51,909,
265.06, leaving a differencfe be
tween the gross and net income
of 3,794,122.97 more than is ac
counted for. This difference is
caused by various local expen
ses, but is nearly all for ship
ping packages.
lhe harures upon which the
Census Bureau based its report
were for 1889, since when there
has been a great development
01 the industry.
Very Stranse.
. News reaches us 01 a very
strange freak of nature, if ?uch
it may be called, on the farm of
Mr. Frank Aycock, who lives
two miles from Fremont, iu
Wayne county. Last fall one
of his hogs, which then weigh
ed 200 pounds, was takt-n sick,
It lived on contrary to the ex
pectations of Mr. Aycock, until
about three weeks ago, wiu-n a
strange thing happened. Mr.
Aycock walked out one line
morning to find that t ie hog
had shed his skm. Such was
the startling fact. All the kin
from his rump to Lis ears had
fallen off, leaving the flesh com
pletely bare. My Aycock pick
ed up the skin and hung it in a
tree. Many of his neighbors
called to see the strange freak,
and were shown the skin aud
the hog, which is still living.
The skin on the animal is slow
ly growing back tnd the h.iir is
again coming. The hog has
apparent!" regained its health
and nats heartily. This won
derful story can be verified by
some of Wayne county's bcst
citizens. Verily, truth is strang
er than fiction.
Ittteruntiouiit Xovti.
It is amusing to r.ots? the dif
ference between KngSihli ami
American international novel..
Iff the American story nmo
noble English lord falls in love
with a beautiful American ir!
and marries her, aud she g
to the old country as Lri ly thi
or MarchiuiifiM that, to I'.v!
British society. In the Knyl:t!i
novtrl, on fie other ban 1, tiif uigh
tbcr.J is a nobleman, of c,tir.-.
some deiguLn,t Yankee wiJww
or loud American girl with a
nasal twang puts forward all
her un bashful arts to capture
him. He escapes, however, and
invariably marries some tweet
English girl who casts her eyes
down modestly and catrks
flannel and mutton broth to the
EDor. In both cases the young
uglishmau is tho prize to be
hooked. U.i such foundation
as this the modern international
novel is built. No wonder mar
riarrrnble Englishmen are con
ceited out of all ronsot!.
pKorEswu Koi it is rest! i t in
K&yi't His lymph appear to
be limping along slowly now.
and taking a rest al.o j
The United "states do not
seem to be in Fava with King
Humbert, cf the Italian govern
ment. V It lr!cr!na.n n .,:.. t '
Boston tncahaut, committed
suicide.
STATU CiLEANISGS.
V-trlouit Facts Boiled Down to
a Pine Point.
Walter Whitsett, Reidsville;
a acrap machine; right hand
severely mashed.
A fine reed organ has been
placed m St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Winston.
Samuel Hanner. of Greens
boro, lost hi left thumb.
Caught in machinery.
The S' 40.000 bonds for trm Or.
fcr 1 & Coast Line Railroad are
to run for thirty years.
A boy in Cabarras. Flovd
Litaker, caught three squirrels
iu a fish trap, Tuesday.
Mr. Westbrooksof Wrighta-
vn.e, had strawberries from
his truck farm on the 15th inst.
The Charlotto Chronicle ad
vises the farmers to shorten
their cotton rows. Raise a good
corn crop.
W. T. Chichester. Greensboro.
has invented a safety bed-slat
hook. It is to prevent slats
from falling out.
Adam Canup didn't put up a
belt at Bost's mill, in Cabarrus.
His left arm caugt between the
pulley aud belt and was broken
iu three places.
A Greensboro girl found out
Wednesday how an engine
whittle was blown. She thought
it was the engineer's breath
wh'ch he blow through a whis
tle. The State Chronicle has inter
viewed Treasurer Bain and
learns from him that there is
little danger of a deficiency in
the State Treasury in the next
two years.
The Review rises up in his
place and says that "Reidsville
has more courting couples than
any place on eart u to its size, we
verily believe." Does the editor
of the Review count himself in?
Dr. Dixon has introduced a
new department in the Greens
boro Female College a class in
garment cutting and fitting.
Miss Thaxton instructs the girls
how to manipulate the scissors.
Demsey Wheeler, enr inspec
tor cf the R.& I)., at Greens
boro, got on a 0. F. & Y, V.
train to ride home as he fre
quently did. When he jumped
off, he fell, his head striking a
sili and it is thought his skull
is fractured.
CtntenarlaiM.
Chatham count v U comintr to
the front with centenarians.
A correspondent of the State
Chronicle names one that is lOi
years old. The Chatham Record
names another that i 101 years.
We were just reading in the
papers, last evening that Mme.
Couderc, in thv town of Ber-
gerae, ranee, has celebrated
her lllth birthday. She is said
to be still "bright, wittv and
agreeable." Frvnch men and
women make the most delight
ful old poople in the world al
ways. They seem to appr jciate
that, as other attractions fail.
extra effort is required t) keep
up appearances una to cultivate
fascinating manners, intellect
ual grnces and a pleasant, mer
ry temper. They are right, and
tm aged Mine. Couderc is like
a',1 French people in this respect.
!(?ucrul Sew.
r tnvi',!c. thrt liliornl
Eitrl
leader in il
JJlUil HoibO of
Lords, I dead.
Lr Sttni Gap and Radford.
Virginia, l orne prcsidfiitial
HtoSllct-".".
Ciuvit V. Chili!!, colored. rf
Baltimotv. fallen heir to $3,000,
a, im iu uucie in ivnvcr.
A cot, fen-nee -f Uelccates n.
preeeiitiug the mine-workers of
r.urope is iu session in Paris.
German steamship companies
have dccidin! to raise the price
of steerage fares to America
about $2.5 .
Carter, of Montana, new Cora
niiKsioiier of the General Land
Oi'ico, Washington, takes
charge.
Tho ner immigration law,
which was to have gone into ef
fect April 1, is not complete in
its provisions.
The American National Bank
of Kansas City, M, failed Jan
uary l:, remuiiyd business with
over; ,;-J..ni cash in it vaults.
1: nil interview In R.ntit,
Arthl'ivhop Wakh, of Dublin,
slated that he believed Mr. Par-
neu s rower ia ireiaa.1 was at
rt !1 1!. f 11 11.1 111 1 i 11 Knmi. ...,t..
1" via HI if would bg
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