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i omomieal than ordinary kinds and cannot bt
void" In competition with the mult itude of low
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Sold only In- cans. Rotal Bakino Powdis
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lUE B IR AIK HOl'SE OF HALEIbtl.
If people will think for a moment,
common sense will teach them that
j
, the merchant who buys goods on time
and aells on time must sell his goods
higher to coyer his losses. All lines of
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merchandise go through a regular chan
nel of trale. There are distinct profits
charged and to each of them an extra
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ten per cent is added to coyer the losses
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bj credit. Count this up: ten per cent
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by the manufacturer who sell to the job-
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ber, ten per cent by the 'jobber- who
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sells to the retail merchant mud twenty-
fiye per ceat by the merchant who- sells
to you,' and you have at
the least esti-
mate thirty-fiye per
cent
bich you
Lave to paj to coyer the losses caused by
' :-'r:J,-:: if'.'.' ' . ;l
men who never pay. "k Upon each oneof
these transactions six per cent can be
taken for cash or a total of eighteen per
cent, making 4,8 eta. on the dollar. Thjs
SHIRK
. u a tax which the consumer has to psy
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and it must all come from the hard-
earned dollars of the laboring masses.
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How you can see the difference between
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the credit and cash systems. This credit
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plan takes from the producers just
about one! half what they grow to foot
V up the bill of the men who never pay.
r" How how ido you like the system ?, We
should think you wpuld get yery tired
' jf iU Any system which detracts froin
'the prosperity of the. country is a curse
ito it. Ihe credit system is lull of dis
ster.' Getoutof it.
4 The BACKhr STORE has all -the ad
j vantages bf having buyers always in the
-.market, with the caah in hand to secure
.barsain3 from the disastrous results
which come to men who go in debt. Now
-come to the KAOKET SiOKE. get your
soods and sve your money. "We are
I Just opening sume Spring Styles Prints
, Choice for be; worth lo. Ureat bui ;ains
' in Bleaclied and Brown Muslim and
.Notions' iirf all Kinds. We areaUo Agents
.for Butter 19 it's Patterns and Pjiiica
' -tions. bheew and Catalogues for fyripg
whionsi just received. Call and fee
them and get a catalogue.'
VOLKKY PUBSELL & CO! '
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It loot vell. but the odor from it when
cooking detects u. Jut mnuo (or yourselves
and he iure you are not uan it. . i
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ISOCABAKTKaU PDIUC.
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croc.r lkr it anu u ,ji uu 1. u. u
ieiiU your uddf. tutto B. ii. WO UJtLL, 1UI
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r!nrrs of tlte Celebrated btur Brand Slild
Cured 11 4101 ud BremkUtt iincon. .?
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Are t:ijp.jAd to utk ooatraota on
Favorable Term lor upplylnJt UntiSw
BtoQM ol t;ie best uiauy m any i"J
dSriirsdi yuarru i UendersoB and Wade
boro, N. . . Auipl oaul lor Aaaliay an
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BEWARE.
, THE rABirF ON BICE.
it Wmy ilnd Xmm 'mmltt Hvk
lhkHitrt Utortni. .
WASHWOTONMareh 8. Civil service
commissioner Ttenholm appeared before
the ways and means committee today fco
express ?his views on the sections of the
Morrison tariff bill touching rice.' He
said that the duly on rice; imported into
the Pacific States was p&id jty the Chinese
laborers,' who were consumers, and wss
almost tho only tax paid by Chinese.
Mr Treohohn.tbld of thejill effects on
rice ; plantations in this country resum
ing from disuse during the war, add
said if the production should be checked
at this time it would be difficult or al
most impossible' to revestablish sources
of supply within s loiigiLperiod. The
land irafit for p.o oiher purpose and the
laboring peplef would drift away and
could not be recalled. Secretary Folgfr
had made sT'.'Hpg assimilating brokejn
ric meal under the name of granulated
rice and Ihat I ruling had the effeet
of -increasing Uie importation of that
clsss of rice from 11,000,000 pounds o
275.000.000 pounds, and prices hid
fallen from lour lo two cent? per pound.
Thi law should contain- a provision
agdiast the .introduction of any rice ata
rate of duty that was not intended to be
applied to it. ' ff it. was ithe intenticm
to let in this rice at a lower rate of duty,
it wuld; be proper to state its specifica
tion u the terifi, and not leave the rae
to.be fixed by upstable treasury rulings.
Almost .the entire -cost of rice pro
duction was in labor; ninety cents
on ! the dollar, he suouia say.
Mr. Treoholm told of a planter who had
abandoned -his Jplantation because he
foudd that1 a cross-roads store-keeper
was selling East India ride to his labor-
ers; ixlr. xrennolm admitted he am
free trade deas generally,! but said thfl
if the protective, sy b tern were maintained
then he should regard the- tariff on rie
as s netceBsityi- Protection enhanced
thecost.of all labor ; and this country
could pot complete, in rice eulture with
Asiatic nations; with , their cheap labor,
without I including -rice m the list f
protected articles. ; In answer to Mir.
njwiit ne saia mere snoma De a uni
form duty on rice and another to cover
rice: no&r. Mr. Hewitt pointed out
that that jwas l the present .law, in
effect. JThe dimculty seemed tobe In
the, interpretation' of the law : the
discripiihation , between true rice flour
and broken - rice. Mr. Trenholm: an-
gested that rice knight be graded by its
izer to ; be determined by screens, all
atiove a certain! size to be graded as rile
flour. Kepresentatiye Dibfele, of S. C),
discussed the matter "from1 the laborers
point of view, saying that the labor em
ployed m rice culture formed ah appre
ciable part'- of the eoun try's laboring
popdlatuon andwas entitled the con
siaeration; of the committee. Beprn.
sentative Gay, of Louisiana, spoke . f
the excessive cost' of, harvest labor on
rice plantations his Stat, as compared
with cheap Kast India labor. Ue said
it had become the practice. of Euro-
peau exporverp to oren up w;e fains
of rice so 'as to take advuut;.ire of the
ow. tariff on that grade in this cou itry.
Mr. Morrison I represen't'mg the rie
dealers, said that the brevvevs conbumed
broken rice to the extent s veral mil
lion; bushels per; mouth und that
the' production of thist country was
too. small s to v supply the demand.
It had been shown lihat Southern deal-'
ers bought foreign: broken rice, tnixejd
it with the whole eratn and sent at
West for sale.' ;; Rice was necessary n
brewing light-colored beers, as ' our
native barley was too dark in color for
the purpose. . pearly ail the broken
rice was used in brewing, and not oie
respectable grocer in New York could
be found who would state that broltn
rice), was sold ; py him lor food. Mr.
Louis Sch&de said that one brewing ficm
in the West used an: amount of broken
rice equal, to the entire,' production iof
tue country. U. p, James, represent
ing; a firm ;of New York rice dcalef s,
also contended that -the native produc-
uon was too Bmall to meet the brewers
demands. T. S. Wilkinson, of Louisi
ana, planter and miller, denied that
Louisiana dealers mixed foreign broken
rice with the home product, lie de-
declared that there was an opportunity
for fraud in importing broken- rice for
food and two-thirds of the Louisiana
crop this year;' was; very little better
than broken nee. . f
BoiitlHM or tb Nu U lor tb Coaainar
i. t i :l Week. n '
TWasbinotoit, D. C. , March 7. lh
chiet business of the senate the coming
week is expected to be toe discussion 0
the resolutions reported from the jufdi
ciary committee concerning the relusa
of the kttorney general to transmit all
papers.; iu the i)uskin cae in compliance
with a resolution of the Senate. Tbe
debate; will begin at 2 o'clock tomor
row. TwO appropriation bills the pen
sion and' the urgent deficiency nave
passed; the v Jlouse ; of Bepresentatires,
and there aire tio w in committee of the
whole) awaiting' action, the Indian,,
ppstomce, military academy, army, con
sUlar aud . diplomatic and District of
Columbia appropriation.: bills. Moit of
the time during the present week will
ba-coBBuaied m the consideration of oue
or more of theue measures, and iit is
probable at least one of them wil
passed.
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mw twit uiiuitf rmurw.
. Nkw Yokki March .8. C. L. Greene
& Co.'s report on cotton futures Says
After unusually numerous fluctuations;'
nf 7 to 10 poiuts ut a time, the close ifl
firia at 5i6 points abore Saturday efvenl
ihtt ' A-i ueoidedly toVerish tone pre
vails throughout and the perplexities of
operators have cbaugca tneui aDout iirom
one side-to the Other! until the pom?
plications Sre too great for any fclear
elucidation und the indications are; ex"?
r.nPiv doubtful: It is noticeable thai
tha demand Comes nrincipally from ouU
lids souroH, J '
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE DEATH OF SEKATOK HII.EEJi OF
I i- ': CALIFORNIA.
Dr.i tb IXbalt on tb introVvrMjr
twtB ! PrIilnt Mil f
tb Hnt; ate.
1 Wasiunoton, D. C, March 8 Skn
TK.Mr. Vance offered a resolution di
recting the committee on civil seryice
k'foriu to report forthwith the bill before
them -providing for the . repeal of the
civil service law. The .resolution, at
Mr. Vance's request, was, for the bres
ent, laid On the table.' Ue said he
would. s6on take an opportunity to ad
dress the Senate on the subject matter of
the resolution.
. The morning business having i been
disposed of, Mr. Bo wen, of Colorado, at
1 o'clock obtained unanimous consent
to addjress the Senate on; the subject of
his bill, f 'to provide a new basis tor the
circulation of national banks," and he
proceeded to speak upon his bill and
apon the silver question generally!
j Mr.33owen concluded ;at 3:25p;m.
Mr. Stanford then announced the death
of his Colleague, Mr. Miller, of Cali
fornia, and out of respect to his memory
mo vedijan; adjournment. The motion
was agreed to and .'the St nate then ad
journed. ' , f
j The debate upon; the controversy be
tween the Senate and President did not
begin to-day, as was expected. Mr. Ed
munds lias a bad cold and is too hoarse
'to speak. ; . i
3 , ' H0T78X. .
: The speaker laid before the House the
credentials of Thomas B. Hudd, j member-elect
from the fifth district of Wis
consin, to fill the vacancy : caused iby the
I'eath of Joseph Bank in. Hudd ap
peared nd. took Ihe oath of oflice
i Under the call of States a -number of
bills Were introduced and referred,
among . ; them one by Mr. Bennett, of
North Carolina, repealing; the ciyil ser
vice law; and one; by Mr. Green,; of
North Carolina, defining pure wines and
providing for the taxation of pertain
compounded beverages. j
; Mr. Henley, of Colorado, offered for
referenee a resolution for the appoint
ment of a special committee to inquire
into th alleged evasions of theiThur
inan act by the Union Pacific B. B, Co., :
and to determine Whether by reason of
any violation of the provisions bf that
act the corporate rights, powers and!
franchises of that company have ecome
forfeited. t. j h t
iJir. rieagan, from the committee on
commerce, reported back the inter-State
commerce bill and it was: placed on the,
calendar. ' T$ I
Mr. i u Neill, of Pennsylvania, was
granted' leave to file a minority report
:n the' bill. ; I
At the expiration of, the morning
hour the death of Senator Muler, of
California,; was. announced and the
House adjourned. ' , ! I
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BRSAK8 OUT 0 A WHABJ AT NKW JKKSKY.
Jersey Citt, N. j., March 8.4 A fire
hrolrA .'nnt- at Lnrikr rJnrtlr abntit 2;20
o'clock ibis morning, among; a Quantity ,
of jute7 stored upon the pier f of the
ftionarco steamship company, it is
thought' to have been caused by spon
taneous; combustion. The flames were
discovered by a map. engaged in; arrang
ing electric lights on thepier. He sum
moned three watchmen on the pier
and they tried to. extinguish the blaze
Finding it beyond control an alarm was
sent but, quickly followed by a second
alarm apd a general call,: bringing ; the
t-ntire city fire department to the scene.
The :ferryboat Susquehanna' was lying
in one of the slips '; with steam; up and
the dock hands got out a line hose and
did good work. The Erie company's
fore-rboata Don Juan, Van liouten and
Buffalo, theennsylvania'R.R.? s steam
tugs America,' Uncle Abe and Young
America, and the Central B- K. s tug
Bayohn,e also responded;' to the alarm,,
and Soon had streams upon the hre.
Two steamships, the Egyptian Monarch
and Lydian Monarch, were lyiog along
side the company's pier. . The Egyptian
Monarch was nearly loaded and was to
have Bailed for London today, j She was
to wed; into midstream; after being
slightly scorched about the bow. The
Lydiad Monaroh was not so fortunate.
The flames destroyed her riggisg, three
life boats and the greater portion of the
woodwork on her main deck. : A large
shed was totally destroyed, with a large
quantity of jute tobacco, woolen goods
and other European freight. ' The ferryf
house? and the Erie railroad passenger
depot are not damaged, although at
times: in great danger. ihe nre spread
from the burning shed on the deck to
the building used for the collection of
milk freights. The milk depot adjoin
ing consisted of a long Open stied. Two
trains of cars loaded with milk stood be
iide.l'it. i One train was-! Saved inr
tactil The other,: consisting of five cars,
was ;? destroyed. 4 The loss cannot be
uBcertained definitely, : owing to the
destruction of the steamship Co's books
and papers. The damage to the Egyptian
Monarch is estimated at $ZU,UUU ; loss
on wharf and shed, g70,0o0. 1 A rough
estimate, of the quantity of froigut lost
brinira the aggregate up to apout SoO,
000. but it may exceed that Sum. - The
fire is still smoldering among the piles
of freight. i;
Mrs! IMrmonr Ftlwa Ur IllaBtrtoaa
llusbu4. i
; TJtica. N Y., March 8. Mary
Bleecker Seymour relict, of e-Governor
Moiratio Sevraour. died-at the! residence
ofMts Bosuoe Conkliug at 8:30 today
The late Governor removedj Mrs Sey
mour from his Country house to Mrs
Conkling's on account of her illness and
while attending her was attacked with
his fatal disease. i
, AabvviIU'a Stnutloa.
THK TRIAL OF THE ALLEGED MURDERESS
OF THE JOYCE IAMIXY.
Special to the News and Observes.
Asueville, N. C, March 8.
The trial of W. Jones and Frank
Jones, his son, charged with the murder
of the Joyce family last spring, is in
progress, A large crowd is in attend
ance and a remarkable degree of inter
est is manifested. A special venire of
200 men has been ordered. Four per
sons were burned- in the Joyce home. If
accidental, it was one of the saddest of
tragedies ; if a crime, it was one of the
most diabolical ever perpetrated in this
' section. The evidence is circumstantial.
There are over 100 witnesses. The dc
fendants ' are men of good family and
means. The trial is likely to consume
three weeks. Van diver.
: LABOB'S DE MAUDS.
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AVI7 WMtiprwd StrlMef MrlMa.
Chtcago, March 8. A number o
business: men, representing the 7th, 8th
and 9th wards of this city, assembled
yesterday for the purpose of organizing
a mixed assembly of Knights of Labor.
The chairman said that at tho request of
a number of business men and others
who were suffering from the. results of
the too small compensation that labor
received, it had been decided that busi
ness men should make common cause
with the laboring class, on whom they
relied for support, by thoroughly or
ganizing and co-operating with the work
ing people in their various localities.
The Hennepin canal project is endorsed
as an undertaking of national import
ance. ' The memorial has been adopted
by sixteen assemblies in this State and
eleven in other. States. A Knight of
Labor delegate told the tinners . and
cornice-makers yesterday that the
Knights of Labor numbered 20,000 to
30,000 in Chicago and 850,000 in the
United States and Canada. The tinners
and cornice-makers decided to be
come Knights of Labor. The com
mittee appointed at a former meet
ing to secure a charter, reported that the
request had been granted by the district
assembly; and a charter would be issued
to them some time during the present
week. The executive committee bf the
State assembly of Knights of Labor
Saturday addressed a memorial to the
Senate add House of Bepresentatives at
Washington, asking that a liberal ap
propriation of - the surplus revenue be
made, for the construction of public
works. ;
Decatcr, 111., March 8. The action
of the Knights of Labor of this section
in forming a new political party is at-
tracting much attention here. They
declare in tneir piauorm: we nave
formed a new national party, to be
known as the 'United Labor Party of
America for the purpose of organizing
and directing the great political power
of the industrial masses as a political
.organisation, and we will cast our bul- ;
lots for ho one who will not pledge him
self to stand firmly by our principles."
They call upon all the voters to unite
in an effort to emancipate the wage
workers of the country from the iron'
hand' of the capitalists. They declare
that the slarmine development and ag
gressiveness of the great capitalists and i
corporations, unless checked, willinevi
tably lead to 'pauperism and hopeless
degradation of the toiling masses.
St. Louis, March 8. A special .from
San Antonio, Texas, states that the local
differences between the Knights of
Labor, and their employers on the South
ern Pacific railway have been settled and
that the strike there is at an end.
Nsw York, March 8. Four thousand
members of the united order of Amer
ican joiners and the amalgamated asso
ciation of carpenters and joiners stopped
work here 'today. The journeymen
complain of the low .wages paid, at the
rate of $2 per day of ten hoars, the rate
for first-class workmen being $3.50, m hich
yery few receive, on the plea that they
are not : first-class. The strikers now
demand that the average wages paid to
journeymen shall be $3.50 per day of
nine hours each for five days and eight
hours Saturday. Six hundred shops
are affected by this movement and at
noon eighty-six "bosses" had agreed to
the demands as presented, l he men in
tbese shops will at once resume : work.
The men are confident of carrying their
point, as nearly all the larger shops
have given in. About 1,200 men re
sumed work: today.
.Philadelphia, Pa , March o iirand
master-Workman T. V. Powderly, head
of the Knights of Labor organization?,
who is in this city attnding the meeting
of the general executive board, said to
night to a. reporter of the Associated
res&that he had received no summons
to St. Louis to settle the difficulties be
tween the strikers and the Could syti in
of roads West. Mr. Powderly snid
there was no significance in the fuct that
so many strikes are uow in progress in
the United States by assemblies ol
Knights of Labor. "It is a coincidence
merely i" said he, "and there is no con
certed action contemplated by the order,
as has been suggested, the strikes being
incidental and I think chiefly owing to
the fact that is just the beginn.ng of the
spring trade and a period of prosperity
in business.
Tn Tbaaiaad KlrlUlnfc- Knights of
Labor.
St. Loo is, Mo., March 8. The strike
of part of the Knights of Labor on the
Gould Southwestern system of railways
Saturday was followed yesterday at vari
ous points alone the lines by a general
suspension of work of all Knights, em
ployed in any position by the railroads,
until the number reached between 8,
000 and 10,000 and included shopmen,
switchmen, train-men, brakemen amd
Uremsa.
) LLEVVXAMS ;
COBRfcAPOXOEXi E FROM THK COVjf.
TMT'S CAPITAL.
A Liberal I.tin-tioti of iMeoujr Lore and
1 vliv.
Special Cor. nf News a xd Observer.
Wa shin'uion, March 9.
The debate in the Senate on the Pres
ident's prerogatives promises to make
the sessions' of that body unusually'in
teresting for, probably, the whole of the
present week ; so you can haul ont your
English histories ; for tho air will; be
thick with the Stuarts and the Bound
Reads. The Flatheads will be; discov
ered later, when the barrenness of this
fight dawns upon the republican, loaders
as the only result of their grandilo
quence ;
! THE PROSPECT OF THE PA' SAQE
of the Blair bill in the House is the
source of some concern to, and a leading
topic ot discussion with those interested
in the enactment of the measure. Al
though the Allison amendment was de
feated in the Senate, the bill as it left
the; latter body is not satisfactory to
many members -of the House. ;I am of
the opinion, from all that can be learned
at this time, that the friends of jlhe bill,
even in its present Bhape, constitute a
majority of the lower branch of Con
gress, and that it will pass if & vote is
reached ; but there's the rub. What
its friends have most: to fear is its death
by starvation, rather than by murder ;
for,; all who are familiar with parliamen
tary tactics know that it lies within the
power of an obstinate minority to thus
defeat a measure of this character. Its
defeat in the last House was, you re
member, due to this cause. While only
ebven votes were recorded against the
bill in the last Senate, twenty-one Sena
tors were opposed to it in .the present
one, ten of them being paired. That is
an increase in the opposition of nearly
100 per cent.; let us; hope, as friends of
the bill, that no ouch state of affairs
will be seen to prevail-in the House if a
vote is reached.
THE DOLLAR Or' OCR DADDIES
is likely to continue to be coined, so far
as any action on the silver question by
the present Congress is concerned. Con
gressmen tell me that the matter will! be
allowed to waste itself away in speeches
and will notfeome to a vote in the House
The party leaders have decided that this
course is the best one to be followed,
and it will accordingly be done. -
POLITICAL PROSPECTS,
as they effect the probable composition
of the next House, sre a source of specu
lation with some newspapers and states
men here j Some wild theories, such as
the probable loss of Democratic Con
gressmen from the-South, engage the
attention of not a few of each; ' but (O,
my prophetic soul ! ) they evidently
don't know what they are talking about.
What little there was left in the South
of the Republican party seems to have
effectually disappeared since Cleveland's
election and inauguration. Do you
think you could procure a glass: with a
sufficiently powerful lens to discover: an
anti-Democratic party in North Caro
lina? But, then, some of the Northern
wiseacres have long been imbued with
the; Idea that they know more of the
South than we ourselves do "quot
homines, tot scntentiie," and such specu
lations count for very little. J
j ; TUAT SHOCKING, "80CIETT.'
The account you published anent the
Whitney reception whereat a Mrs Potter
repeated Geo. B. SimTspoem, VPhryne's
Husband; or Ustler Joe, was the cor-
rect.gne. But it may be added as a cu
rious coincidence that all the "society"
Sunday papers here printed the poem
ethr (u the Sunday following its de
livery by Mrs. Potter, and last Sun
day reprinted it "to supply the great
demand !"'-' 5'
j p . ' PENCIL PARINGS. ;'
Mr. T. B Wumack, clerk to Gen.
Cox's comuii'tee, fills his new office
most intelligently and acceptably, and
linns the performance of its duties very
congenial, he tells nic.
While riding in a horse-car with Sn-
ator Vance, and looking ever the copy
of the News and Observer whicban
nounccd the appointment of Col. Kenan
t.i the supreme court clerkship, the Sen
ator, in reply to an enquiry,) took occa
sion to express much pleasure at the ap
pointment bf so urbane and talented a
gentleman to the office, as, I am sure,
all North Carolinians feel. '
The appointment of the New York
colored man to succeed Fred. Douglass
as recorder of deeds here has not satis
fied the District Democrats. The Post
thinks the ; President ought at least to
send in his "reasons" in this esse to the
Senate; and the Star very ' meekly
enquires vil our civilization ib a fail
ure, and : if the : Caucasian is played
out." As recorder of deeds in Wash-
ing, ue eviaenny . uas. ine office is
worth $5,000 and was sought by several
of the leading Democrats here.
You hay e noted how the Biddleber
berger wind is beginning to blow in the
SenaU.' When I predicted his deser
uon ot tiie xcpuoacan party, some
months ago, many of your readers were
incredulous. They: will pleascl be quiet
until March 4, '88, and then see if my
nrediction proves, to have been a
propffecy especially if his vote is then
needed to make the Senate a Democratic
body. I
1 Hon J. W. Raid deserves tho thanks
of fk good many people for securing the
passage of the bill authorizing the tmb-
lication of a revised edition of the pos
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tai laws ana regulations.
! Senator Bansom was one of the pall
bearers at the funeral of "Mrs. Senator
Hawley, last week, ;
f First Lieut F. M. Woodruff, 5th in
fantry, acting signal officer here, has
been directed to proceed to Wilmington
N. C, under special instructions, for
which place he has already departed.
jOen. Cox's reputation is fast becom
ing national in its character, and he is
tojday probably more prominent in the
eyes of the whole country than any
North Carolina member of the House
has been within a quarter of a century.
His qualifications and. deserts cannot
uiQet with a recognition that surpasses
the merits of either the man or the
statesman.
la my. last letter I mentioned the
"(Failure" of Ben. Edwards, formerly
of Baleigh, in the restaurant business
hero. It has subsequently appeared that
the embarrassment is but temporary.
. Llewxam.
Bunihm Peluta From North Carolina.
Bradstreet's.
j Baleigh, N. C , February 25. The
extreme western part of the State is
poorly supplied with railroads, and the
people produce but little for shipment.
Tobacco has recently been introduced
fruits and medicinal, roots have hereto
fore comprised the bulk of their ship
ments. The people, as a rule, are but
of debt, but yery few of them are
wealthy. From the county of Burke to
the county of Wake, tobacco and all of
the cereals are produced, tobacco being
the crop relied onfor money, except in,the
southern portions, where cotton is large
ly produced. There is probably more
wealth in this than any other sectign of
the State, and the farmers are slowly,
but surely, accumulating property
Bright tobacco, for the past three years,
has brought fancy prices, and the counties
of Granville.Caswell, Orange. Person and
Forsyth e have reaped a golden harvest.
The most flourishing towns in the State
are included in this area, cotton and to
bacco being manufactured extensively.
The section of the State adapted te
the culture of cotton has made no gen-;
eral progress since 1881 and! 1882.
Three successive crops have been little
better than failures, and the constantly
declining price of cotton has exercised a
most depressing influence on the mer
chants as well as the farmers. The general
custom, prevailed among landowners to
rent weir iana tor a stipulated amount
of cotton, or for a certain portion of the
crop, and an act of the legislature gave
them first lien until their rent was paid;
ue rcuaut, owning dui nine personal
property, abtained advances from the
merchants by pledging the growing crop
as security. This : kind of security be
mg of course liable to many mishaps,
the merchant was forced to charge high
prices. Ihe result has proved that
othing short of full crops and fancy
prices could bear this burden. ;
The year 1883 proved to be a poor
crop year, and many of the small farm
ers failed to pay. in full. These balances
wejre carried over to 1884, with; many
of them larger at the end of the year
it. j - i . i i i . i
wan at ine Deginning. j 1
A final effort was made in 1885, but
the; very poor crop, coupled with low
prices, blasted every hope entertained
either by the debtor or creditor.
ihe merchants now refuse w, made
further advances to these tenant! farm-
eisL and the result is that the landowner
will have to manage and conduct the
farm. This change will eventually be
very beneficial, but the present out-
ook is gloomy.
The great evil of the tenant system
was to Lc found in the fact that the
andlord, feeling that his rent was per-
'ectly secure, paid but little attention to
the conduct of the farm; while the ten
ant had a comparatively idle life two-
thuds of the year, feeling perfectly in
dependent so long; as the necessaries of
lie could be obtained on a credit, the
price charged giving! him not: a mo
ment's concern. ! '
As before stated, the landlords will
generally farm on their own account,
or, if they have any tenants, will pro
cure supplies for them, and having more
at stake will see that they work regu-
arly and more intelligently and sys
tematically than ever before j
ihe merchant, with good security,
can and will sell the supplies for less
profit, and with anything like a good
crop it can be confidently predicted that
more cotton will be raised per capita,
and at a less cost per pound, than ever
before. Kecuperation will be slow, but
uow that the proper remedy has been
applied, the condition of the country
will show great improvement in a few
years.
C.
A notion Doatod.
Washington, March 8. The supreme
court of the U. S. today denied the mo
tion of N. N. Royall to give preference
over all other cases to suits coming from
state or federal courts of Virginia in
yolvmg the question of the constitution
ality of the coupon laws.
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1 District Ommiaaloner Wneatly.
Washington, March 8. Tho Presi
dent Bent to the Senate the nomination
of Samuel E. Wheatly, of the iDistrict
of Columbia, to be commissioner of the
District of Columbia, vice James B.
Edmunds, term expired.
Eveu if Yon Buy a Doun
common porous plasters which; you can
get for asong at any of the Cheap John
druggists you have merely r thrown
away your money, I for one Benson's
Gapcine Plaster is worth them all. The
reason ia 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
than nominal imitations of Benson's.
They are cheap because they possess
none of the ingredients which render
Benson's valuable. The latter are prompt
toi act. a he public are especially warned
against so-called Capsicih," "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 "Uapcine" cut in the centre.
FIRE AT BFRIIAV. f
stables birned, six dosses and ojl
bear saved.
Hotel Claiborjt,
Durham, N. C. March 8, 188G.
Cok. of the News and Observer.
The private stables of George B.
Blackwell, Esq. , were entirely destroyed!
by fire yesterday. Abuggy house near the
stables was the place where the fire was
first discovered This was about 3 o'clock
p. m. All eflorts to arrest the fiery
scourge proved unavailing and Boon the
doomed stables were "among the things
that,were." There were tix horses and a
nine months old pet bear in the stables;
all these were saved. After the bear was
taken from the burning building lie
very quietly climbed a large tree in aa
adjoining lot and dignifiedly and with
seeming content watched the progress
of the flames from his elevated position,
until forced to come down by his owner.
The stables contained a quantity of hay
and otheifeed, which was all lost. The
stable was valued at about $1,500, bnt
was fully covered by insurannce. Fort
unately there wss little or no wind
blowing during the afternoon or U
would doubtless have been my very sad
duty at this time to record : Durham in
ashes. B. B
Dr. Cox, ot Washington, D. ' C, says Red
ctor Cough Cure Is a boon to mothers.
The Texan, Holland, "was acquitted
at New York.".
St'Oll's EStULMIOX OF PIKE :
Cod liver OIL, with Hjpophooptittos,
in Pulmonary Affection and Merof a
Ion Piaeaaea.
Dr. Ira M. .Lang, New York, sayi:
"I have prescribed Scott's Emulson and
used it in my family - and ; am greatly
pleased with it. Have found it very
serviceable in scrofulous diseases and
pulmonary affections." .
Many great labor strikes are in pro
gress. . , i v "
HORSFORIVS ACID PHOSPHATE
Iu Debility From Overwork. .
Dr. Q. W. Collins, Tipton, Ind., aayi: "1
used It la nervous debility Draught, oa by
overwork In warm weather, with good re
sults." Gen. W. Sherman is as mad as a snake
when it is shedding its skin.
Adviee to Hothera
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup should al -ways
be ssed when children are cutting teetb.
It relieves the little sufferer at once, tt pro
duces natural, quiet sleep by relieving -Hie
child from pain, and the little cherub awakes
as "bright as a button." It is very pleasant, to
taste: soothes the child, softens the gums, allay
all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels
ana U tbs best known remedy lor dlarraapa.
whether rWwg from teething or other causa.
In New York it is far cheaoer to IciU
a man than to injure nun.
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reliar mnr quickly tban any other known rrn-a
ne GrwteM Cim on Earth tor P!n Willi
v eayi Kneamaugm, jummM,a
swelling, bun jNerK, urulMecf
Bum, Scald. Cut., Lamb-S
go, Plenricr, Sorea, Irot4iltes.t
Backacbe. C'uliwr. boro Throat. I
point ica, Wounds, Eeadacbe,iS
25 eta. a bottle. Sold by all It
uine tiitjtitn oil bcara oarH,
favehT!na flnaturo. A. C llcyee
Prenr. .ton, iialUmure. ML, T7. B. A.
reflate red Trnde-Kark, cad oortS
r a. va, awuera
DR. BOLL'S GOUGH SYRUP
For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarse
ness, Croup, Asthma, i Bronchitis.
Whooping Cough, Incipient' Coa
sumption, - and fcr the relief of Coa
snmptive persons ia advanced stages
of the Disease. For Sale by all Dru2
Eists. Price, 25 cents.
FOR SALE,
THE CAPE FEAR TOBACCO WOEKS.
This property will be sold at a very low
lkrurn to close an estate, and consists ol ldt
90x165 feet, comer Sixth and Harnett streets
in tlil citr adjoining tho tracks of the W.&
W. and W. C. & A. railroads. Building ipe
ci illy designed for the business and the nec
essary machinery in working order for the
mi r ulac' ure' uf tobacco, viz : , 1 fifteen ' H. P.
boiler, 1 tea H. P. engine, 1 Hydraullo. power
pump, 1 Hydraulic band pumi), 4 ahapa re
tain r, 0 flnibhing' retainers, i iron finishing
mills. 9 sets iron back shapes, different ajzes,
10 box screws, Ac, & , &c, Ho. The real es
tate and Machinery will disposed ol separately
if detired. For particulars apply to
EDWARD KIDDEB & SOIT,
Wilmington, H.C.
mth7d3t. t y
WIRE RAILING ASD OHXA
mm staST'
No. 36 North Howard street, Baltimore.
manufectursrs of wire railing : for oemeteries,
balconits, etc , sieves, fenders, cages, ana
coal icrfeens, wovn wire, iron bedatad.
BEESWAX.
As Buyers of BKE3WAX we will untJ
further notice pay 26e per lb free on board
Steamer or railroad. i
W H. BOWDLBAR & (XV
M , Boston, Mass.
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