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nrttT, strength and wltoletomeoeM. f More
economical thair ordinary kinds and cSttnot be
old In eompetition with the multitude of low
est, inert weight, alum orphophte powder
Sold only la cana. Botal Bakdio I'owdih
Co 10S WaU 8treetyNew York. I
Sold by W C A A B Stroaaeh, George T
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TUB B iKttAIJK UOCSB OFBALEIUH.
i If people will think for a moment,
eommon ense will teach j them that
the merchant who buys goods on time
and sells on time must sell his goods
higher to eoyer his losses. All lines of
merchandise go through a regular ohan-
nelof trade. There are distinct profits
charged and to each of them an extra
ten per cent is added to cover the losses
bj credit. Count this up: ten per cent
bj the manufacturer who sell to the job
ber, ten per cent by the jobber , jwho
ells to the retail merchant and twentj
fire per oent bj the merchant who f sells
to you, and you hare at the j least j esti
!! ' " ' ' ' H :;' I '
mate thbtjfive per cent which, jou
hare to pay to cover the losses caused by
men who never pay.. Upon each one of
these transactions six per cent can be
"i ' ':-
taken fur cash or a total of eighteen per
- ! , i t '
cent, making 48 cts. on the dollar This
s a tax which the consumer has to pay
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and it must all come from : th hard-'
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earned dollars of the laboring masses.
How you can see the difference between
the ! credit and cash systems. This credit
inlaa takes
from the producers just
about one half what they grow to foot
up the bills of the men who never pay.
liowhow do you like the system 1 We
should think you would get very tired
jf it. Any system which detracts from
the prosperity of the country is a curse
to it. The credit system is full of dis
aster. Oetoutof it. ' ; - ;
The BACKhiT STuEE has all the ad-
vantases of having bu vers always in the
market, with the cash in hand to secure
bareains from the disastrous results
which come to men who go in debt. Now
come to the BACKET blUKK, get youi'
goods and save jour money." We' are
just opening some Spring Styles IVints.
Choice for be; worth 7o. Great b-riinS
in Bleached and Brown Mnshu and
Notions of allxidds. We are also agents
for Butterick's Patterns and Publica
tions, bheets and Catalogues lor Spring
Fashions just received. Call and: see
them and get a catalogue. j ;
!"' ' VOLNEY PURSELL & CO.
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ADULTERATED LARD. ;
It looks well, but the odor from it when
cooking detects it. Kximine lor yourselves
sjd bo sure you are nut uniug It. '
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! is ouASAJiTssw ruaa, ?
.Potup in ah t) e, t Jw Art your
EJoviouT address to . U. WO' JJKLL. KaW
eigu, jl. C f sad you win ue nuppueu.
4ar, Costard & Son,
Curersot tite Celebrated btar . Brand Mild
ured Banu and Ureaklssi IUcon,
GRAKlTiS AUD SANDSTOSnS.
P. ioinehan &, Co
i00 Fayettevule 8L, fialeifh, K. 0j
Ave prepared to make -uetracU os UMjsleet
favorable Terms tor eopplyintf Oraatte Bead--stones
U tbe best VJuaUiy la amy OuantlUes
Mlmo. Quarries at Ueadenoa sAd. Wadee
boro, X. O. Ample lacuiUt tor JatuidliBf and
MSiJaf quick sotpanet to any pointy eUMTtt
W ik BUte,
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NKWS OBSERVATIONS.
- King Theebaw is an expert poker
player. ;; - ' ' :l
-Ifis better to be right:thai to be
President, but it is immense to both.
i About the meat interesting matter
in the papers to some men is their own
names. ' ; '' '- ':-
I --In some; places business; is afraid to
revive for fear of being hit with a strike,
says the New Orleans Picayune, i.
They have biennial sessions in In
diana, and the Indianapolis Times ad
vises the people to heartily enjoy the
current yeart as next year the legisla
ture will be in session." ;
: One Of the cute things in the wage
system is that when a corporation cuts
down wages : 10 per cent., and then
raises wages 10 per cent.,; it has really
made' a cut-down of 1 per cent.
' Now that the pension appropria
tion bill has finally passed the House, it
is to be hoped that "the bloody. shirt"
will be ' put in the wash, starched,
ironed and laid carefully away in the
olothes-press till next session.
Vehicles overturned on the high
ways by the winds, schools dismissed on
account of extreme cold, ten inches of ice
in the risers, and farmers frazen to death
in thtr fields; are some of the features
of the storm that has raged throughout
the Bute of Pennsylvania during ithe
past few days, says the Philadelphia lie
cord. ; ; '
Fred. Douglass, the celebrated col
ored; orator, has been invited to step
down from his nice position as recorder
of deeds for the District of Columbia,
lie is to be succeeded by J. O. Mat
thews, of Albany, a colored politician
who gave. in hia adhesion to the Demo
catio eaase in 1873. The office is worth
about fl,500 a year. d
' Mrs. Isidore Schmitt, . of Chicago,
certainly, has no occasion to complain
that her mother has insisted on pursuing
her business as a' ragpicker im : that city
for twenty years. The courts have just
pronounced the old lady of unsound
mind and Bhe goes to an asylum for care
and protection But she is found to
have accumulated 880,000, neverthe
less. " v ' ;:
It is hard to tell which are the
more numerous, survivors of ; the Light
Brigade,! which made all the world won
der at Balaklava, . or body ; servants of
our own General Washington. An
aged "aunty" who once broiled t fit
pullet, for the : great George has just
died in 'Virginia, and it is learned that
in New'York on Wednesday a sufferer
from a' fire was policeman McKensie,
who rode into .the jaws of death with
Cardigan's 600 troopers. i; i :
' The minority of the committee on
commerce, in nresentbe their renort oh
the Kads 'ship-railway bill, describe .
that project in very fitting 'terms as a
scheme that "Knay and probably will
take from the public treasury 3,500,
000 for the benefit of a priva;- corpora
tion' That is the idea, else the luubv
in its farpr would' hardly work so hard
and loiig. 1 he railway would be io a
foreign country, and, if practicnlly suc
cessful, would be of. very little service
to our people. 'Its chief benefits would
accrue the individuals who held the
bonds guaranteed by the United States.
'Velvet and plush also will remain
in favor as tbe aocessorics of. summer
toilettes to manjf fabrics that are almost
colorless. ; For instance, a spring visit'
ing costume of mossgreen cashmere will
have a long redingote polonaise, of the
cashmere i whioh meets in front only at
a single point in the corsage, and on this
will be wide Directoire re vers of darker
green velvet, a. dog-collar .of velvety
narrow buffs of the same, a-; belt with
buckleland large, square-cornered
pockets of Velvet, a doe-collar of velvet,
narrow.cuffs of the same, a ; belt with
buckle,' ' and large square-cornered
pockets of Tel vet on each side,! held by
buckles or buttons. The skirt and the,
plastron of such a dress will be of ve
lours etamine or plush-striped j caavaB,
either in 'cross or perpendicular,! Itripes,
according as the height of the ; Wearer
may require, and will be disposed in
very broad kilt pleats, of which perhaps
onlv four will be visible . their $ whole
length, and those are directly in front
The bolonaise will slone awav from its
shgle button at the top of the first dart,
and fall in lengthwise pleats io front and
behind, 'while the sides form broad
panels- on which pockets are set.
I No part of the farm can make greater
returns for the labor and other expendi
tures than the vegetable and the fruit
garden. If we inquire into the cause
ofi their neglect, we shall find, in many
cases, that their importance is measura
bly comprehended, and the want of them
is felt, but the labor and attention they
require are somewhat different from that
or the farm crops, and, also, tDe garuen
interferes, to some extent, with tne largn
work when to is not properly planned
and managed, as for the most part it
might be; so as to cause little or no in
convenience in the performance of the
regular work. And for this purpose we
1 nn ask Our country readers who are
directlv interested to give the necessary
thought for tho preparation of a good
garden. What shall the garden consist
of 7 llow-and when snail it De preparea i
Who shall have ' the direct supervision
of it? These and other questions can
be considered aad decided 1 upon, and
when the time of action comes there
need be no delay.
' Wvkjr Bmh tHuKiuaiit.
Niw Yoax, March 0. The follow
ing is the weekly statement of the asso-
oiated national nanus: Aioans increase.
4. 462,8100: specie decrease, ft'i.til 1 ,000
leal tedders increase, SO 18. 500: de
posits increase, $3,047,500; circulation
dwreasei f 8783,t00; reserve decrease,
$2,864,375; The banks uow held $23,
869,893 m excess of the 25 percent
rate.
SWEEP; IN Gi-STRIKE.
A NCMBEB OF LABOB TBOtBLS Iff
THE M)i m AND WEST.
ThrttU of Ern Hon ittlaeljr Extndft
Movaints wf Laborers.
Galvkston, Texas,! March 6. The
Knights of Labor at the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe freight depot, who refused
to handle Mallory freight, ' were dis
placed this morning by colored laborers.
At the Missouri Pacific yard very few
Knights observed the boycott and none
were discharged. Both companies have
a number of colored men selected, with
a view of replacing Knights as fast as
the latter drop out. Such changes will
be permanent. Rumors of an impend
ing general strike of Knights through
out Texas are current here and else
where in the State. The indications
point to ah understanding on the part of
the Knights to quit work generally
Monday on all railroads carrying Mal
lory freight. There is considerable dis
satisfaction in the ranks of local Knsghts,
especially those employed in the great
compress establishments. Master work
man Golden, of this district assembly. '
Knights of Labor, has been impeached
for violation of his pledge to abstain
from liquor, and is superseded today by
William A. Parmer, of Minola, Texas.
St. Louis, March 6. AH Knights of
Labor at this ' place, to the number of
0U, employed on the Gould system of
railroads, struck this morning and it is
understood that all Knights upon the
entire system will follow their example
betore to is evening. Advices from oe-
dalia, Mo., where the headquarters of
Knights, of : Labor district assembly
numbering 100 are located, are to the
fleet that 700 of the Gould employees
at that place have gone out, and this
ill conUrm the expectation that the
Strike would become general. The of
ficials of the Missouri Pacific railroad
are very reticent and positively decline
to make any statement, other than that
they do not anticipate the possibility of
Supplying the places of the strikers. Mas
ter workman AlcOeary, of this district
assembly, refuses to state the direct
pause of the difficulty and is as reticent
as the railroad officials.
The order calling upon the Knights
of Labor to strike on Gould's south
western system applies to shop-men only
and does not affect in the least train men.
All trains to and from' this city are run
ning on time and no serious trouble is
anticipated.
Iiiitlx Kock. Arkansas. March 6.
The trouble with operatives of the
Texas & Pacific railroad has extended to
Little Book. This morning all the
workmen in the St. Louis & Iron Moun
tain railroad machine shops, over 300 in
all. stunned work and business is at a
stand-still. The men are quiet and
good order prevails.
IkSA'DijiQ, Pa,, March 6. All black
smith fires in the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad car shops were extinguished
today and the ; blacksmiths and their
helpers, seventy in all, ; took their din
ner-kettles and left. S6me 'time ago
several men who were working by the
day were ordered to do contract work,
which would have the effect of reducing
their wages. Upon their refusal to do
this work they Were discharged and new
men put in their place,! whereupon the
old hands ceased work in a body. r
- Kansas City, ; Mo., March 6. The
men in the Misouxi Pacifio freight yards
quit work today, stopping business in
the yard. ' A here is no trouble in the
Wabash yards, j
;A Wife Xartf ere Kxplt His Crlsee.
: Fort Smith, Ark, March 6. Samuel
Newton, the Choctaw wife murderer.
was executed Yesterday in Gaines county.
Choctaw Nation. - The condemned man
was led to the foot of the scaffold about
10 o'clock yesterday morning and was
seated upon a blanket, after which he
was blind-folded and! a white paper
pinned directly over his heart. Two at-
tendants, one on eacn siae, neia nis
bands. The executioner knelt before
him. aimed carefully at the slip of paper
with his rifle and fired; ; killing the con
demned man instantly.
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Civil Service XxoealBsUons.
: Wasohgtos, D. C, ; March 6. The
civil service commission gives notice
that it will hold an examination for book
keepers, stenographers and type-writers
at Norfolk, Va . Friday, 19th March;at
Charleston, B. IL, Monday, 22d March,
and at Savannah, Ga. , Thursday, 25th
March, at 10 a. m., at the postoffice at
each of these places. Persons wishing to
attend either of these examinations should
at once request the commission to send
them application blanks. Blanks must
be filled out io due form and presented
the time, and place of examina
tion, as no person not presenting such
application can be examined.
W Work Clto Pat
Nxw York, March 6. C. L. Greene
& Co. 's report on cotton futures says
The "bears" made a strong effort to in
crease last evening s .-advantage, but
with only moderate and temporary suc
cess and the average tone of the' market
Was "bullish throughout. rThe posi
tion at Liverpool stands up well and
aids the matter greatly. The principal
stimulus is to be found in the more gen
eral speculative element, the outside de
mand proving too much for the room,
which on the whole was inclined to feel
a trifle "bearish' today.
Total Visible BVupply of Cottoa.
. Nxw York, March 61 The total
visible supply of cotton for the world is
3.045J 553, bales, of which 2,572,353 are
American, against 2,835,817 and 2,311,-
517 respectively last year ; receipts at
ail interior towns o,io, reueipw irom
the plantations 68,025:; crop in sight
5,855,994 bales. ;
the Kats-htr
,St. Lotis, March 6. Archbishop
Kenrick, of Missouri, has instructed
Vicar General Brady to deny the state
ment recently sent from here to the ef
fect that the Catholic church was hostile
to the Knights of Labor, "The church;"
says the Vicar General; "is very con
servative on the question of labor. It
loves the laboring classes, whose special
guardian it is. If the teachings of the
church were followed there would be
no, clash between capital and labor.
It i s said that because the Bishop of
Montreal has seen fit to denounce the
Knights of Labor, that it would be con
sistent for Archbishop Kenrick to do tbe
same. That is not the : case at all. In
Montreal the Knights may not live up
to their constitution, or there may be
Borne local causes which do not obtain
here or in Uher cities.- This is the fact,
however; Archbishop Kenrick has not
condemned the Knights of Labor. 1
can state that positively. The church
must be especially conservative in the
matter of societies, beoausa this is uu age
of societies. They are springing up on
every side."
'What do you think the church will
do about the knights?"
Why, that is very simple. The
plenary council at Baltimore discussed
such questions thoroughly, and when
the decrees of the council are published
the position of the church wilt be clear-
denned.
A DestrneMv Fir Akron, Ohio. -
Clkviland, O., March 6. At 2
'clock this morning a fire broke out in
the extensive oat meal mills of Fernand
Schumachers, at Akron, Ohio. The
mills are the largest in the country, and
consist of several immense buildines.
ire was discovered in a seven-story
wooden structure. The' flames spread
with alarming rapidity and were soon
beyond control The building first at
tacked was entirely enveloped. The
fire next communicated to a dry-house.
which was also destroyed. A twenty
thousand bushel elevator was next eaten
up, and at last reports another immense
building was threatened with destruc
tion. A Universali&t church across the
street and the freight house of the
Cleveland, Akron k Columbus R. R,
were on fire. The Windsor hotel, also
owned by Mr. Schumscher and valued
at $75,000, was threatened. The loss
will reach $3UU,000.
A Host DoBtardljr Crlna la Ooorilo.
Macon, Ga,, March 6 Nine miles
from Milledgeville, Thursday evening,
Miss Uarrie iuuns and ber niece, Miss
Ella Humphries, were murdered, both
being shot in the neck. Thev were tro-
ing to the house of . Frank Humphries,
J&lla 8 brother-in-law, accompanied by
him. Yesterday morning he reported!
that the party was attacked by four
masked men, himself . beaten and' the
adies killed. Evidence before the cor
oner pointed to Humphries as the mur
derer and he was arresteor and put in
jail. Miss HumphriesJJbody bore evi
dence of ber person having been out
raged. '
VfoofclBcte Voice.
WABnisoTON, D. C, March 6.The
House committee on the levees and
improvements of the Mississippi river
his agreed to report favorably on the
bill to aDnroDriate (3001000 to close
the stsds in and strengthen the levees of
the Mississippi river, for the purpose of
improving and giving safety to naviga
tion and preventing destructive floods.
The money is to be expended by the
Mississippi river commission, under the
control of the Secretary of War.
barploos Coavtetoa.
Chester, Pa., March 6.-- The jury in
the Sharpless murder nase, after remain
ing out for two hours returned : with a
verdict of murder in the first degree,
. w mi i i
against Johnson, ine counsel made a
motion for a new trial, which will be
argued the first Monday in April.
Plro at Littleton.
Cor. of the News and Obskrvkk.
March 5, 1886.
Last night about 1 o'clock the kitchen
of Col. W. A. Johnson was discovered
to be be on fire, the flames bursting
through the roof at one end. They had
made such headway that it; was impossi
ble to extinguish the flames. The house,
having threi rooms, was used for cook,
dining and Btore-rooms. The furniture
in the dining-room was saved, while all
the kitchen furniture and groceries in
the store-room were entirely consumed.
There beincr no wind, fortunatelv. the
fire did not spread, although the build
ings near by narrowly escaped. The
Col. had a small amount of insurance on
the house; about $200. Tbe loss falls
much heavier than the insurance, as all
of his family stores, as well as his kitchen
furniture, were all burned.
Bill Bcfealo.
Seir-Proteetlon.
New York Sun.
Counsel for the defence: You
say
you are only 17 years old?"
1)1 :;. itVoa air
UounBel: "adu mat my client, a
strong man, assaulted you with intent
to kill for singiog at night?"
Plaintiff; "Yes, sir."
Counsel: "vvnai were you sing
ing?"
Counsel for the prosecution; "I ob-
iect."
Magistrate: "The objection not sus
tained. The witness will answer the
question."
Plaintiff: "Singing 'Booked in the
Csadle of the Deep.' "
Counsel for defence: "Your Honor,
the defence rests." x
Magistrate: "The prisioner is dis
charged."
The Catholic Cktsreli
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE HOUSE WBESTLINU W ITH I HE
SILVER PBOBLEH. v
A Siainbor of apeoehee Mde In l!uimU.
Im of tbe W bole.
Washington, D.C., March 6. House.
Immediately on assembling the House
went into committee of the whole (Crisp,
ol Georgia, in the chair) on the state of
the- Union, for general debate. Mr.
Miller,! of New York, addressed the
committee on the silver question. He
opposed the free coinage of silver and
upheld" the suggestions ! in President
Cleveland's first message to Congress.
Mr. Funs ton, of Kansas, opposed the
suspension of free coinage.
Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, did not
believe silver coinage should be sus
pended. ; Mr. Latham of Texas, called upon the
friends of free silverooinage to or
ganize in order to force a vote on the
the bill reported from the committee on
coinage, weights and measures. Mr.
Ruwell, of Illinois, submitted an argu
ment in opponition ! to suspension of
the silver coinage and in favor of a
double standard of value. Mr. Laffoon,
of Kentucky, made a strong argument
in oppositipu to suspension of the silver
coinage and detailed the reasons which
led him to advocate unrestricted coin
age. He was glistened to with much at
tention. ; Speeches in opposition to Bus
pension of the silver coinage were made
by Messrs. Reed, of Arkansas; Lefevre,
of Ohio; Glass, of Tennessee, and Toole,
of Montana. The committee rose and
the House at 3 o'clock adjourned.
iSO HER ENTEKPK18E U KAAtEltiH.
A CHlna Portorr So Establlakod
bore mt mm Early Day.
Yesterday immigration commissioner
J 1. Patrick returned here from Balti
more, He visited a number of canners
tb ere and urged the advantages which
North Carolina offered in that direction.
He spoke of the fruit, vegetables,
oysters, &c., so abundant in this State
and the facilities which are to be found
here in the way of cheapness of manu
facture, abundance of raw material, &c.
Mr. C. L, (Jutland, who owns an exten
sive canning plant, decided to come to
too state ana cnose i&aieigh as his loca
tion. He will be here in three or four
week to commence the work of prepa
ration. 1 his is an important enterprise.
Its establishment will, with that of
other industries recently noted, mark
the year 1886.- Yet others are to be
put in operation and all will find here a
held., worthy of effort. ;
K'iU ' 1 1 !
Tbe burebos Today.
Divine Bervice in the Second Presby
terian;: church, North Blount street, by
the pastor, He v. JLr. Atkinson, at 11 a.
m; Sunday school at 8 p. m.
At Kdehton street Methodist church :
Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., by
the pastor, Bev. W. C. Norman. Sun
day school at 9:30 a. m.
Person street Methodist church: Sun
day sdhool at 9.30 a. m.; preaching at
11 a. ox, and 7.dU p. m., by Bev. John
R, Brooks, of Wilson. Sacrament of
the Lord's Supper at the -close of the
morning service. Services at 4 o'clock
p.:m. for young people. Public cor
dially 'invited to all services.
second ; Baptist church :; ' Keception
of -members and the Lord's Supper at
if a. m
Sermon by the pastor at 7:30
p.m.
Services m the Christian church by
the Dae tor. Bev. Dr. J. Maple, at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Subject for the even
ing : "lhe angelic message to the
young man Zechariah."
llev. Dr. W. Jf. Watkins, of Wake
Forest, will preach at the First Baptist
church at 11 a. m. and 7.d0 p. m. to
day. : i
pervioes m the hirst Presbyterian
church at 11 a. m. and 7 o0 p. m. to
day, by the pastor, Rev. Jho. S. Wat-
kins, v. V. i
Elder D, N. Gore will preach by ap
pointment in the Primitive Baptist
Church today at 11 a. m.; also at 4 p.
in.: ine appointment at l :dU p. m. is
changed to 4 p. m. , at the request of
several friends. The community is spe
cially invited to attend each service.
Christ Church : services today at 11
a. ni. ana o p. m. Sunday, school at 4
r a
p. ni.
JOINT LENTKN SIR VICES IX CHRIST CHURCH
A2TD CHURCH Of TH8 GOOD SHEPHERD.
Christ Church Ash-Wednesday.
Good Friday and Sundays in the church,
at 11 o clock a. m., and 5 o clock p. m
Other services in the chapel, as follows
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at iu a. m. Wednesdays and
Fridays at la in. and b p. m.
Church of the Good Shepherd Ash-
Wednesday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m, Good
Friday at 11 a. m. and 6 p. m. Sun
days at 11 a. m. and 8 p.- m. Other
services as follow: Mondays, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 p.
m. ; W ednesdays at 10 a. m. and o p
m. ' r ridays at iu a. ui.
Tbe Opera Poeaboalaa to bo Kopeated.
There were some people ; who were
not so fortunate as to witness the per
formance of the comic opera "Poca
hontas" at Tucker hall Friday evening
It is a pleasure therefore to know that
the opera is to be repeated tomorrow
evening. The prices have been reduced
to DO cents to the parquet, -Zdoents to
the gallery. : All who have heard the
opera are greatly pleased thereat, and
justly proud of the ability of the com
posers and the performers.
The compliments paid : Miss Ella
Mitchell for her acting and singing in
the character of Pocahontas are general
and certainly merited. She will receive
another pleasant reception at the perform
ance tomorrow evening.
ALAMANCE.
HISTORIC MEMORIES COTTOM V ACTORIKS A
NEW ENTERPRISE JUDOS CLARK, AC,, AC.
Cor. News and Observer.
Graham, N. C, March 6, 1886.
Very many of the brightest historical
memories of North Carolina cluster
around the name of Alamance. It was
in this county that the famous "Battle
of Alamance" was fought on,May 16th,
1771, between the British forces and the
"Regulators." This fight' occurred
about seven miles from where Graham
court house now stands. A shaft of
native granite about twelve feet high
was erected on the site of the old battle
field a few years ago, commemorative of
this the first fight between the colonies
and the - mother country. Jpon this
monument is the following ihiicription :
"Here Was Fought the Battle of Ala
mance, May 16th, 1771, Between The
British and The Regulators.' It was
in this county during the revolutionary
war that the courageous, dashing Light
Horse Harry Lee with his patriotic fol
lowers surprised and cut - to pieces : the
British forces under Col. Pyle. The old
homestead of Capt. J. A. Turren
tine, who, represented this county a
few years ago, in the legislature, was
the headquarters at one time during the
Revolutionary war of the notorious
Col. Tarleton, of the British army.
This old homestead is still in good pre
servation ana is situated not tar irom
Company Shops. The heroic deeds of
Alamance's patriotic sons, both during
the war with the mother country and in
the late sanguinary struggle between the
States, would fill a volume. Alamance
is the biggest cotton manufacturing
county, not only in this state, but of
any other state South, six thousand
bales of cotton were received at one rail
road depot alone in the county the past
year, for manufacturing purposes. With
in her borders there are fourteen cotton
factories and it is said there will be two
more built this year. The writer is in
formed that ten of these factories are
owned and operated by the Holt family,
of this county, who are among the most
noted and successful cotton , manufac
turers in the United States. -No county
in the State has more water-power ad
vantages than Alamance.
Messrs. Krwin & Moore, of Company
Shops, will soon have in : operation
The Carolina Coflin Factory," This
factory is situated at Company Shops;
is a large two-Btory wooden build
ing (was originally built for a . cot
ton factory) and will have a capacity for
turning out about twenty-five cOffins per
day. Coffins of the finest make and
material will be manufactured. This- is
the only wholesale coffin manufactory
between Baltimore, Md., and Atlanta.
Ga. The railroad company has only
about thirty-six men employed in the
shops at Company Shops at this time,
having discharged thirty-five ; not long
since, it is thougnt tnat tne; gauge- ot
the North Carolina railroad will be
changed to the standard gauge about
June next, and after that is done -they
will virtually discontinue work In these
shops. ; !
Judge Walter Clark, who held
the oourt here this week, told the writer
that in all his court experience he had
never seen such level-headed, impartial
and just jurors as were those who had
sat on the jury here this week. , Every
body, save the unfortunates who were
on the wrong side of the docket, is
loud-spoken in commendation of
Judge Clark as a man and judge. ,On"e
of the oldest and most prominent gen
tlemen of this county told us that he
thought that Judge Clark had done
more good for Alamance than any judge
who had held court here for thirty years
Small grain crops are said to be
badly damaged, ; and in some in
stances totally destroyed, by the severe
winter. A large majority of the farm
era of this county have not sold their
tobacco yet, and consequently money is
a little tight. Financially, however,
Alamance is very much better off than
her sister counties in the cotton belt.
In the present and -future, as in the past,
old Alamance will always be found in
the front rank of patriotism and progress
R. B.
Ucotina-oi tbe Ceatral Committee. - i
A meeting of the Democratic centra!
committee has been called, to be held M
RilAiirh the afternoon of ! Wednesdav.
the 1 6th inst. The following are the
members of the committee: R. H. Bat
tle, cbm'n; Oct. Coke, C M. Busbee S
A. Ashe. Geo. H. Snow, R GDunn
P. C. Fleming, Paul F. Faison: W. J
Yatea, P B. Means, R. B. Glenn, Jas
S. Battle. John Hughes. Thomas W
Mason and James W. Wilson.
ItMth nf Mr. W. U. VauxbM.
Friday night Mr. William ti
Vauerhan died at his home 324 West
Morgan 6treet. For eight years he had
been employed by Mr. J. L. Stone as
piano tuner and repairer. His: age was
56 years and his disease was pronounced
paralysis of the brain. His funeral was
held from the First Presbyterian church
at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev.
Dr. J. S. Watkins officiating. ; s
Etas if You Bar m Doaen 1
common porous plasters which you can
get for afsoog at any of the Cheap John
druggists you nave merely prown
away your money, lor one censon s
Capcine Plaster is worth them all. xne
reason' is this: Benson's is the only
porous plaster in the market that is hon
estly and skilfully made, and scientifi
cally medicated. Others are no more
..... a as a
than nominal imitations ot xsenson s.
They are cheap because they possess
none of the ingredients which render
Benson's valuable. The latter are prompt
to act. The public are especially warned
against so-called "Capsicin," Capsi
cum," "Capucin," or "Capsicine'?
plasters, as worthless articles intended
to deceive. Ask for Benson's and look
for the "Three Seals" trademark and
the word 'Capcine" cut in the ecntre;
v ' - . Mi'.
Probable HemleMo at FayoMovlllo.
Special to the News and Observer.
Favetteville, N- C, March 6.
Henry Plummer, a leading butcher of
this place, was badly cut through the
bowels last night in a row with a coun
tryman named Uilea, about pay
ment for some pork. Giles is in jail
and Pluinuier will probably die of his
wound. From all that can be learned
it was a care of self-defence on the part
of Giles. BoDisco.
New Pubueatleas.
We have received with the compli
ments of Mr. Jos. M. Brown a" hand
somely printed monogram, "The Moun
tain Campaign in Georgia, being a
very clear narrative of the heroio strug
gle between the armies of Joe Johnston
and Sherman from Chattanooga to At-
anta, the whole course of which lay
along the roadway of the W. & A. R. R.,
in whose interest perhaps the publica
tion is made.
One obtains from this little book' a
clearer ; view of that constant conflict
through the mountains of Georgia than
is elsewhere printed, and it is well worth
preservation. While no expense has
been spared to make the work attractive,
the map accompanying It is not to be
commended, as many places named in
the text are omitted.
The first number of the Forum is bet
fore us a magazine somewhat after the
pattern of the North American Review,
with which indeed the editor, MrMet-
calf, was long connected. The contents
of the initial number .are varied and
readable. The best talent has been em
ployed to write on certain selected top
ics. Mr. E. E. Hale's article on how
he was educated is well worthy of read
ing by all who have boys to educate.
A good point that he brings out is that
as the boy is being trained to fit him
for manhood, the matter of first import
ance is not to crowd his mind with facts,
but rather to form exemnlary habits-
habits of mind as well as of body. The
other articles are also good.
Mo Treble to Mwallow
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" , (the original
'little liver pills") and no pain or grip-
ing. uure sicx or bilious neauacne,
sour stomach, and cleanse the system
and bowels. 25 c't. a vial
The political campaign will soon be
gin in N, C. ;i
"Exquisite," says Lillie LangtryT
"It is the most exquisite cosmetic prep
aration which has ever been brought to
my notice," says Mrs. Frank Leslie.
Liebig Co's, Her Majesty's Favprite
Cosmetic Glycerine, has been used by
Her Royal Highness, the Princess of
Wales, and the ladies of the nobility of
Europe. Beautifies the complexion,
keeps the skin , soft and delicate, re
moves disfiguring eruptions, etc. Un
rivaled' for delifcacy of Perfume. Price,
one dollar.
.There is yet much snow in the moun
tains. .
An Oi rteM 1
Many seeing that old field weed, the
mullein stalk, never consider that the
good it is accomplishing in curing lung
troubles. It presents in lay lor
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein the finest known remedy for
coughs, croup, colds and consumption
Advloo to Elotba
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing; Syrup should al
ways be used when children are cutting teeth.
It relieves tbe little sufferer at once, u pro
duces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the
child from pain, and tbe little cherub awakes
as "bright as a button." It Is very pleasant, to
taste; soothes the child, softens the nuns, allay
all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels
and is the best known remedy tor diarrhoMu
whether rising from teething or other causes.
Twnty-S,ee eente a boff .
All the rage A mad dog.
Cams Omclii. OrfdtaL S
Bronchitis Wboopmtf Coup, rnAm
Ja, Incip fit Coo nn
penona in adraaaM (nmat
coanmpttTf
((cm. nt uanuino vr. swi
cimgh Bgrmp Im ol4 Ur to
wkltt wrapper,-vid bean er
registered Trade-Marks to wit.
JlBmU' Bo& i a CircJ,
Strip Comttnm-laltel, and the
IfaoalmUealcnnturaaoCyoata V.
Aail A A. ; Ucm- 4 Col. Sola
Prop's, BalUmora, Md, U. S. A.
SALVATION OIL,
" Tbe Qreateat Care on Berth tor Pain,"
Will relieve more quickly than any
other, known remedy. Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Swellings, Bruises, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, Lumbat.o, Sore's, Frost
bites. Backache, Wcundav. Headache.
Toothache, Sprains, &c Sold by all
Druggists, j Price 25 Cents a Bottle,
SiVEOKE
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5 CENT PUG
WONB BETTER on tie market. Ht'.t
jfflelecled leaf ami cv o be excelled.
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