-ill ; I? ' I ! : . i . , 4 V, A' ! ( A' h lit. i-1! ND EEYER VOT.XXVJ. RALEIGH N. C, TUESDAT. MORNING. MARCH 9. 1886. NO. 97 : j !" i ( $ r j - 1 1 1 ' i i 1 1 W-i I- :-4 ! '' J '. i. -, M: ',1' " s - ; ' TMi News UBSJ i j Absolutely Pure, j lbi powder Beyer wk A marvt of v'irttv, streagtli and wholesomeae. Uora i omomieal than ordinary kinds and cannot bt void" In competition with the mult itude of low ' t, khart weight, Alum or phosphate io.vdera Sold only In- cans. Rotal Bakino Powdis Co., 108 Wail Street, New York. Soli by W C, & A B Strcaac j,. George T fitroaach asd J R Kefrll A Co. 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 1 ' merchandise go through a regular chan nel of trale. There are distinct profits charged and to each of them an extra : 1 - J f, "' ' . -! ten per cent is added to coyer the losses . ' ' : ' : i .;J bj credit. Count this up: ten per cent . j . by the manufacturer who sell to the job- . :t'. , - : j -j ' I ber, ten per cent by the 'jobber- who .vV..'-.. ... ,- .' :. ' ! .! i "i 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 '''." " f- :' i , ' sl and it must all come from the hard- earned dollars of the laboring masses. :. ' 1 "i :h. . 1 : ; i'i How you can see the difference between i j ; ; "i the credit and cash systems. This credit i J ' - a ; 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! ' OF ' ABULTEBATED LABI). 1 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 CASSABD'S "Si'AB BBAND" LABI) ISOCABAKTKaU PDIUC. " Put uptin nil utl l pockuKe. Ask your wr . 1 .... i. i i. croc.r lkr it anu u ,ji uu 1. u. u ieiiU your uddf. tutto B. ii. WO UJtLL, 1UI igti. X. C , aod you will i nuppUed. r. aasard & Hon, llAllJiuKL., ALU. I r!nrrs of tlte Celebrated btur Brand Slild Cured 11 4101 ud BremkUtt iincon. .? , aUANiTBS AND SAKDBTONKS. P. Linohtsii tit Co 409 FayettevUle Bt Balelgh, 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 Bataaa iuick antpautats to' aay point, ltlert TvutVtMMAta. . 4 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. be 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 A iW V 1. ' f- i i A DlHMtrouii rtw j 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. .. '" 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 . i , i . 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. i m i 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. ... . . ... ii 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. deodtm n Did you Sup pose Mustang Liniment only 'goat- tor horses? It it for inflama t : ft ".. 'i! 'i ! v f - .Si HI lr j1 ; ya - -

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