North Carolina Newspapers

WOODS SPOKEN MAY BE FOBQOTTEV. BUT THOSE WHIOf AUG WRITTEN OR PItlXTJ2i STANDS ItECOBD. VOL- 72. 8tllitWslt LUveninf For iX1 I 1 ACSOlJUTEUr PURE A newspaper advertisement is headed, "Ladies think, then! :act.' ' Thatfcfcpears to be very good advice; if it will be , acted: lapdtaL The ttotbleiB bo many ladies, and men, too, do just the reverse act and then think. NEW FIRM! W. iSLATEMCO., First In The FiEU3 witn Spring 0;pxLri.gr WE HAVE JUST OPENED A FINE STOCK OP FINE CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, HATS. Our line neck-wear is the prettiest you ever saw, and our line Of HATS in all shapes will be sure to pleam you. -, Kdoititnbor you have a special invitation to examine our stock, we trust by fair dealing to merit a share of your patronage. Be certain to give us a call wlmn you come to Durham. W. A- SLATER & CO. WRIGHT BUILDINO, Next door to Post Offic. FARTHING & DUKE. m. m mm i a V WHOLLbALt. Dealers in CroG3rie3,Dry GDQds. -llolibns, Clolhing, etc W carry la Wck everything joa n fiftdn toy general ifrs We carry large stocks of W. El DOUGLASS Shoes, Satter& HStroes. did mcy nd Pi&atadnt Wag ons ant? Road Carts Ober'a Fertilizer The Na Tfonirinti DurTiSuiTIull Fer- "fWoU s lirtk leVrf-atehf FARTHING & DUKE.I DURHAM, 1. O. for Infants twHfciniiiMiitomiii)i ml kssssssssssssssss 1 wm acsssi 1 WtlllLLUlSxJZ. U. S. Gov't Report, Aug, 17, 1889. Raking it ' The violators of tha Sunday iaw ,u phhiwh i ! ct -V. !..... Mayor of that city to contribute liberally to the city treasury, ofchteen of ' them ' havimr been fined $100 each for disobeying the law. NEW GOODS. Mi II. JONES, DURHAM, N. C. DEALER IN - Silver-Plated Ware, Jewelfy,:Eya Glasses and all kind of RE PAIRING DCNE in First-Class Style Orders by mail promptly attended to. 'apr-8 rOOTINE" Cures tlia diaawe thai causes the offensive odor of the fret and arm pit, toughens the wit and pre vents chafing. Price 60 cU. For wdw by all Durham Druggist. OURTTAM 'UDOlCSTflRE BUY YOUR HOOKS ANJj STATIONERY AT THE DnrliamBookStore W. H. ROGERS, Main Street. and Children. tmt Rummh- ltonlw, krutiMUan, lilM WnnM, (! Ma pi m4 frmm m4 HKMltHtknraMr WWam," Wtk Mrm mi T Am, ' ... rvTrkCHr, fas Otmtm Owrta, f? Mmuut tnmf, Pit to DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY JUNE17 1891 WILL IT NOT BE ECONOMY ' FOlt THE PEOPLE? Rock Paved Streets and Itoiuls. The Raleigh Visitor Bays: The city government of Char lotte are paving the streets of that city with crushed rock, by which they get solid streets duriag all sort of weather, at a small cost. The city owns it and runs a rock crusher which crushes enough to keep four wagons engaged hauling the crushed rock on the streets, which they have excavated and graded about ten inches below the proposed surface. They first put about four inches of the coarser rock at the bottom which they level and pack to some extent, keeping up the de sired grade. They next put on about four inches more of small er, rock, from the size of an acorn up to a hulled walnut, which they also pack and grade. Then they put on about two inches of the rock gravel and dt which after being graded .35 packed, is thoroughly wet then rolled with a heavy Vjler. Streets and roads fixed Sethis wav.donot tret muddy. nrdd last almost a life time with- 1 . . 1 J out repair. A rocs crusner ana the engine to run it costs about $1,500. Will it not be economy for Raleigh to get one not only for the streets but for the roads leading to the city which be come almost impassible every winter. - Will not the city fath ers look into this and profit by the experiments of our neigh bors? .- One IlMdred and Fltty Years Old. Very interesting anniversary services were held on Sunday last in 8t. John's Church, Richmond Va., with historic address by Bishop Randolph and Mr. Wm. Wirt Henry. It bad been just one hundred and fifty years since the church was built, and thouirh the house is of wood, it had been preserved through all this period. Old St. John's Church is truly a historic building. In it was held the convention, prior to the war of the Revolution, in which Pattrick Henry made his famous and daring speech, which every school boy re members, and within t8 walls the Virginia convention again assembled on July 17, 1775, when the organization of the Virginia troops was completed by the election ot officers, and further war measures were adopted. Mr. Wirt Henry, who is himself a grandson of Pat rick Henry of Revolutionary fame, recalls the fact that in January, 1781, part of the troops of the traitor Arnold, who had anded at Westover, and was ravaging both town and coun try, slept in this building and desecrated it. Thus the old church becomes an object of great interest to the people of this generation, too many 01 hom. both in Virginia and North Carolina, place quite too ow an estimate on tue relics 01 the olden time. The correct sentiment, according to our thinking is, that these objects of history be taken account of and preserved as helping to in stil into the minds of the young, that love of country, tnn is es sential to the highest civiliza tion and the purest virtue. Ose of the cleanest and spici est papers that reach this of fice, from New ork, is the Morning Advertiser Col. J. A. Cockenu's new Denny venture, It has vicror and ability in a marked tWree. Its news is served with brevity and a re freshing air of snap. Col. Cock enll is a born newspaper man and thoroughly understands his business. The Morning Adver tiser is bound to come to the front ranks of metropolitan journalism and not a great while in doing it, either. ' Thhck hundred thousaud do! tars is a pretty steep price to par for the fun of publishing a daily paper about seventy-five days in New York, JH that ' is the sum wmcn , three well-to-do business men are said to have 'expended recently on an unsuccessful venture in that " . w m. city. Some luxuries are exceed Inirlf expensive, and among the number a daily newspaper takes Licrh rank its outiro is alwavs certain, while the income is de cidedly uncertain. Stout lady passenger in a car, wincing (he had trodden on her best corn) "Phew! clumsy." Polite Uld irent. "very sorry my dear madam! but if you had a foot large enough to be seen such an accicent couldn t oc cur." And then the stout lady Winn A Gallon of Whisky, Farmer Alansou T. Groff , of Forest Lake township, placed an effigy of himself in his corn field the other day, and before sundown three crows alighted on the scarecrow's' hat and sat there for several minutes. Dave Holcombe, who works for Farmer Groff, thinks there is nothing so cunning on earth as crow. . and the sierht 01 the three black rascals on top of his employer's old hat tickled Dave immensely. The. boldness of the crowB displeased the farm er and he took Dave to task for being , tickled about it. Dave retorted by declaring that Mr. Groff might as well stick a feather in the ground and ex pect to keep the crows out of the cornfield with it as to set his own image up put there, and the discussion became so hot that Dave finally offered to bet the farmer a gallon of ; whisky that he could fix himself up and stand where the scarecrow was until at least two crows came and alighted on his hat. J? armer Uroff snapped up the bet at once, and the next morn ing Dave donned his best suit of clothes and took the scarecrow's place in the cornfield. The image was taken to the barn, and Dave pulled an old slouch hat over his eyes, , stuck his hands in his pocket," braced his back against a post, and waited for the crows to come around make themselves familiar, with htm. It was a holiday for the farmer, and while Dave was posinir he sat on his porch, watched Dave every minute, and scanned the sky for crows. ft ot a cro w came near the corn field during the forenoon, and when Dave adjourned for din ner he said he hadn't been so hungry in a dog's age. Dave took an hour's nooning and then sUrted in again. Far mer Uroff kept an eye on him and a little after I o'ciock he naw a flock of crows sail out of piece of woods and alight on the cornneld. fence, lhey looked at Dave a spell and then the whole flock; rose in a body and settled down iuvttind him retty soon three ot them Hew up and perched on Dave's head and shoulders and when they had sat there for a minute or so Dave reached up and caught one of them by the legs. All the other crows flew away in a hurry when they saw their com panion fluttering and squalling in the scarecrow's hand and Dave, who said he had never been so tired in his life, march ed to the house with the noisy bird and took a swig of the bet he had won. N. V. Sun. 103.OOO In Gld F.uiii-1 in Huntli Carolina. Great excitement Prevailed among the people of Kershaw over the finding of $IS3,0U0 in gold and other valuable treas ures last weeic, wnicn were buried in that neighborhood twenty-four years ago, wi.en Sherman's army was passing through South Carolina The olticers of the Camden Bank col- ected the money and jewelry and brought it near Hanging Rock Creek, Keshaw county, to bury it. They were captured by Shemien's men and forced to give up their treasure. The soldiers in turn appointed one of their own number, named, Rhodes, to bury it. Among the treasures was a gold pitcher, presented by the ladiesof Char leston to Calhoun. On his death bed a few days afterward Rhodes said he had hurried the money near an old mill. For the past twenty years various panics nave ueen uigging ior the buried treasure, but with out success. Last Friday night, however, it was secured by a Mr Rhodes, brother of the man who buried it, and a Mr. Swag- gart, both .Northern men. They have disappeared. Ativlc fur Tboe Who Need It. Use your brains rather than those of others. Spend less nervous energy every day than you make. Avoid passion and excite ment; a moment's anger may be fatal. Trust no secrets to a friend which, if reported, would make an enemy. Work to-day, for you know not how much you may be bin. dered to-morrow. Pay your debts while you have the money in your pocket WHO WHICH 10 UO IV. In private watch your thoughts; in the ramily watch vour temper; in company watch your tongue. From Uood llousekorpiug. THU SOLPIKRS' 1IOMK. A Statement t 0111 Vnitt. W.K. A nlre j, llrertr N. C, Sol- ' dier' Home Amoclation. Capt. W. E. rdrey director of the Worth Carolina boidmrs' Home Association, makes the following statement of the con dition of tho Home. He says: Our good old North State can now boast and be proud of her beautiful and comfortable Sol diers' Home for homeless Con federate veterans, situated in Raleigh, on Newborn Avenue, and Harget street and formerly known as Camp Russell., It is in a beautiful grove of native oaks, containing five and three- fourth acres, by the indomi table energy of that big heart ed and patriotic citizen, Mr. W. C. Stronach the buildings have been remodeled, painted and plastered and newly covered, all on the cottage style, but beautifully and "artistically ar ranged and all inclosed by a neat wire fence, making the place quite attractive and in viting. The Association was incorporated by an act of last General Assembly with an an nual appropriation of , three thousand dollars, and the so ciety has been organized by electing Col. A. R. Andrews President, and Mrs. Williams, the present matron pro tern, and Messrs. W C. Stronach, Julian S. Carr, and F. H. Busbee, ex ecutive committee. The Home now has thirteen inmates All are neatly and cleanly dressed and provided with wholesome food. The present capacity of the building is about thirty and could be increased to forty with a little more expense. This move was first started in the State by the Confederate Veterans Memorial Association. By the charities of our patri otic men and devoted women the institution has heretofore been self-sustaining. By pro vision in the charter of incor poration a lady from each con gressional district has been elocted on the Board of Man agers. To the noble womaa ot our State, whose patriotism and de votion through the sun bp me and shadow of our history has ever been worthy of the highest praise, we appeal ior tuuuuuv tion of their help and sympathy in this worthy cause. We look to these lady man agers with the co-operation of the old soldiers and their friends to thoroughly organize each community throughout our State for the purpose of raising funds to perfect and equip this noble institution. At an early date circular let ters of instructions will be is sued to the lady managers and Memorial Societies over the State. , W. E. Arpkev, Director N. C. S. H. Ass'n. All over this country there are men going down the hill, as smoothly as though the hill were greased for the occasion. ,i I There Some are too self indulgent; some too lazy ; some too mean and narrow-minded to thrive; some too meddlesome and at tend more to the affairs of oth ers than their own. All sorts of causes result in this down hill business. One among the many others is this thing of contracting debts with no ap parent idea of Having them ui c ,uurrr uiivt , tu-- little debts with all who have confidence enough to credit them. This is a down hill start er. They soon become known as "hard cases." "hard pay, no good." and thus they slip down some more, dome 01 mem will then cut the acquaintance of tne man wno creuiteu tuem, and practice their non-debt-pay ing schemes on otner unxupeci ing victims, until they nave no rri.lit. "run down at the heel. as it were, and then they begin to abuse the town and people can't get anything to do an everything going to iiinderation. They slip down hill some more and still complain, wnen iney have actuullv taken some body else's grease to neip mem siuiu, This little debt contracting nao it is the cancer on the financial bodv. "Owe 110 man anything " "Provide things honestly ir the sight of the Lord, and veruy thou shalt be fed. ' Prohibition in Cleveland. The Charlotte ews says: Cleveland county voted for pro hibition by a majority of over cm. That cuts out me wnuxy distillers who have bsen doing hittiiness there. The d 'stiller also have to shut up shop iu the adjoining county of Rutherford. - TIIK 4TII OP JULY AND THE FAHMEUS. The Alabama Alliance Met A side a Day of Hupplicatlon. An indication of the semi-religious character of' the Far mers' Alliance movement in Alabama, a dispatch from Mont' gomery says, is shown in the passage of a set of resolutions at a recent meeting of the (Jak Grove Sub-Alliance. Among otherthmgs the resolutions says: " We, the members of UaK Urove Alliance in session assembled, do hereby set apart the fourth day of July as a day of special thanksgiving to Almighty God for past and present blessings upon our order and our people, and implore a continuance of His mercy and favor to guide us to the consummation of this great work. "That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to Brother S. M. Adams, State President, and that he be requested to confer with Brother L. L. Polk, Na tional President, asking him to issue a proclamation to the ef fect that the labor organiza tions of the nation may spend one of our national holidays in solamn prayer to Almighty God. "That the Alliances, primary and county, meet at their halls or some convenient place and spend the day in prayer and praise, and that 11 0 ciocic be set apart as a special appeal to liod to carry on the work to its final consummation." A Corrupt Stability. : The sius of the fathers rest upon the children unto the third and forth generation is one of the divine commandments. Its immutability is witnessed in each succeeding generation, since the first laws were hand ed down, written upon tables of stone. The whole world has been more or less stirred by the re cent English scandal of gambl ing. The rnnce of Whales, in playing baccarat (pronounced uacuaraw)or betting on horse races, acts in the footsteps of his ancestors or kinsmeu, with, per haps, the exception of his father and Ueorge ill. The sudden hush of moral indignation which suffuses England at the idea of the heir to the throne presiding over a gambling table and carrying his tools about with bnu is amusing wheu we remember that Prince Albert Edward is the descendant ot Prince Fred, whose adventures adorn the memoirs of the eigh teenth, and the Prince George whose achievements decorate those of the nineteenth century. The Prince simply acted after his inheritance, after the tradi tions and customs, of the time. The indignation, the surprise. the outbursts of virtuous intol erance must be accepted as a tendency toward moral reform in modern society. There is need of a great re form along this line and the masses are aroused on this sub- J- ihis last occasion wm no doubt accomplish something. . . . Public sentiment in England against such methods is grow. ing. It may possible result in stopping the Prince's succes sion to the throne, lhere is a very true saying from holy writ to the effect that -wnen the wicked rule the people mourn." Lktrrme Novelties. Flower fans representing one huge flower, as a poppy, rose, etc. Parasols and hats of natural flowers over wire frames for out door fetes. Black silk gowns trimmed with yellow chiffon ruffles, yoke and sleeves. Short Spanish jackets of black cord passementerie emboridered with gilt. Tea gowns of silk covered with the finest India muslin em broidered in palo colors. Diy Goods Economist. Facts In Short Order. The spjder lays an egg as large as itself. There are 13,oo0 different kinds of postuge stamps in the world. The male of the silkworm travels at the rate of loo miles a day. The amount of gold in the world would fit in a room 24 feet each way. Teachers' salaries in the U. 8. annually amount to more than 1 1 ,1. A man may clothe himself in his own vanity, but it is a garb of gauze which others easily HOC through. NO. 23 Vermont Farmers' League. The Vermont Farmers' League held a special meeting on last Friday to consider ways and means to promote the growth of the organization in the State. There was a large attendance from all sections. Resolutions were adopted favoring a sound and efficient currency and uni versal compulsory eommon school education,' after a rea sonable period as a condition of suffrage, demanding a rigid limitation of monopolies; just and equitable freight and pass enger rates on railroads; favor ing the prohibition of liquor as a beverage and the adulteration of foods; favoring a rigid reduc tion of the alien ownership of . land and of the immigration of criminals and paupers; opposing class legislation; favoring, an equal and just system of taxa tion, and calling on Congress to make a law to provide a graded income tax and demanding strict economy in the expenses of the State and national gov ernments, with salaries of of ficials to correspond with the financial condition of the tax payers. Hon. George T. Pow ell, of New York, president of the National Farmers' League, was chief speaker of the con vention. He said he was not aa advocate of a farmers' political party, but he wanted ballot re form and a cessation of class legislation. The farmers of the East, he said, were utterly op posed to the free coinage of sil ver and to the sub treasury scheme promulgated at Cincin nati. Tobacco Planting. The Farmville (Va.) Journal says: For the past week, this important work has been going on by our farmers. The glori ous seasons of the latter part of last week and the first part of this week have been taken ad; vantage of by our planters! Some ot the more forward far mers finished last week, but most of the crop was set out this week. If it lives well and it is seasonable from now out, a fine crop will yet be made, although we don't think over three fourths of an average crop of dark shipping tobacco will be made, even under the most fa vorable circumstances. A Nmne lu the Sand. Alone I walked the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stopped and wrote upon the sand My name, the year and day. As onward from the spot I passed One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast And washed my lines away. And so mothought 'twill quickly be vVitb every mark on earth from me! A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across the place Where I have trod the sandy shore Of time, and be to me no more; Of me, my day, the name 1 bore, To leave no track or trace. And yet with Him who counts the sand And holds the water in His hands. I know a lasting record stands Inscribed against my name, Of all this mortal part has wrought, Of all this thinking soul has thought, And from these fleeting mo ments caught, For glory or for shame. Glories In our Pluck. Durham and Graham came down with $40,000 for the In dustrial and Training School be fore it was decided to locate it at Greensboro. They are both splendid towns and it was there fore more to Oreensboro's cred it. The fight between Durham, Graham, Thomas ville and Greensboro was spirited and all of them deserve good schools. The Chronicle glories in their pluck. Raleigh Chronicle. Wk did not know that there were enough Republicans out of oflice in Indiana prominent ones, we mean to hold a con vention. It is reported, how ever, that these prominent fel lows have been in a secret polit ical conference, with a vfw to defeating the renomi nation of President Harrison. This is too bad. It is the way politics run though. Some people would tear up the earth to get a felbw in, and when he is in they would pulldown the heavens to get him out. Wo nttrur-t tipnrta hv tUa Sualities we display; we retain nein by the qualities we possess. limited.