VOLUME XI.
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LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1886.
NUMBER 25.
STATESVILLE. NEW YORK.
WALLACE BROS,
Genei al Merchandise
-AND
PRODUCE DEALERS,
AND-
Headquarters fop Med
icinal Crude, Roots,
Herbs, Berries;
Barks, Seeds,
Flowers, Gums & Mosses,
STATESVILLE, N. C.
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WALLACE BROS,
General ProducaDealers
-AND-
Commission Merchants,
304 Greenwich St.,
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pnnAtaanmiiiumiuDmeMi maMnw.
It oom not iniar tha taath. etui hcadaoha, or
prodnca eonatipaf ion a other Iron wmHirinn do.
Watbmu T J. RUIXT. tha patriotic and acholarir .
Catbolia Dirlna. of Arkanaaa. aaya:
"I hara a nad Brown's Iron Bitter with tha fraat
aat aaliafaotion for Malaria, and aa a prawn tira of
Obilla amd lika diaaaaaa, and will ajwajfl kaap Hon
hand aa a raady friaad." . -
Oanaina haa abova trad mark and ewaaad rad line -on
iwrawor Take other. Madaonlyby,
fcROwN mfcM ICAI. CO- HAITI UOfcK, Ml. ;
LaMca II amd Book oanfal and attractira, eon- ,
tainin liat of pricaa for racinae. Information about
oina. ate irivaa awav br all an tern in aadiclna, or
mailod to to addraaa oo racaipt of So. atamp.
CLINTON A. CH.LEY.
Attoniov-At-La7,
Ir-tlr? zt. All Tho Courts
. PROGRESS VERSUS STA&KATIOM. .
in Interesting Letter Showing how to
Bring about tha Former and
Avoid tha Latter.
p Lenoir March. 7.
To theEditor of The Iknoir Topic: :
Some wise man has truly said,
"the worth of a State is the worth
of the individuals composing the
State' from which we deduce, "the
worth of a town is the worth of the
individuals composing the town."
The question: that naturally arises,
thus naturally answers itself. "Why
does not Lenoir grow ? Why don't
we have factories, etc. ? Because
we either don't want them, or are
lacking in the necessary energy to
get them. In other words, we our
selves are to blame for our- own
standstill position. All are agreed
that something ought to be done; but
all are not agreed as to what is the
proper thing to do. Some want a
jobacco factory, or a furniture fac
tory, and some don't; Some - want
a tobacco warehouse and some don't.
And some, l am sorry to say, don't
waut anything. In this age of pro
gress the 4aian who doesn't want
anythiug, is indeed a sorry figure,
and unworthy of the name of man.
However, it is not my purpose in
wruing uiuB, io criticize, Duimereiy
to suggest some plan by which the
welfare of oiir town and community
may be promoted, in the hope of
drawing forth from the many better
brains than mine, some better plan
than the one I am about to propose.
Without regard to the assents and
dissents in relation to the various
schemes suggested, I, for one, am in
favor of j thlhn all, and more, too.
But, at the same time, I am aware,
that we cannot attain all these de
sires at a single bound, but. must be
content r to creep, until we gain
strength. 1 r "
Let us considerthese various plans
and see which is the most practica
ble. What we want to arrive at is,
how can we secure the greatest ben
efit, consistent with the most econo
my. It is generally admitted that
to operate succedsfully a tobacco fac
tory, requires considerable capital.
According to those who profess to
know, at least six thousand dollars
would be required. In these hard
times, such a sum might be raised,
although f think it hardly possible.
But even, if we could raise the re
quired amount, we are confronted
by the greatest difficulty of all, and
that is the question of experience.
This is a serious consideration, and
I think I am safe in saying that
there is not a man in Caldwell coun
ty who possesses the required expe
rience, much less who has a practi
cal acquaintance with the subject.
And there are very few of us who
would place ourselves and our money
at the mercy of a stranger, no mat
'. ter how well recommended he might
come. It looks, therefore, -as if the
question of experience would prove
a serious obstacle in the way of star
ting a tobacco factory.
But must we give up the tobacco
factory because of the lack of expe
rience ? No, let us display a little
activity, among ourselves, and let us
build a'tobacco warehouse Let us
encourage the farmer to raise tobac
co, by assuring him of a : market,
and that at home Buyers will nat
urally be attracted from abroad, and
as a consequence cash will be real
ized, and money become more gen
erally diffused throughout the coun
try. As a necessary result, is it not
natural that idle capital, seeking for
investment, seeing that the country
around is tobacco producing,and ca
pable of supporting a market will nat
urally think this a desirable opening?
In factj I now know of a gentleman,
of means and experience, and now
operati ng a factory in Forsy the
county, at a distance from the rail
road, who is corresponding with a
view of locating here. But what
encouragement can we conscien
tiously gftb this party, if we do not
exhibit, ourselves, the spirit of en
terprise and co-operation ? No man
wants to sink money inacommunity
that is not active and progressive.
Therefore let us encourage him and
ourselves, by going to .work and
showing what we are willing to do.
I know it takes money even to start
a warehouse, but not nearlyasmuch
as it would to start a factory. "And
the gain for the outlay would be
greater. While a factory would buy
only so much tobacco as it needed,
the warehouse would receive it all,
and beWbled to supply what is
really of most importance, an out
side demand.
A tobacco warehouse can be built
for a thousand dollars, and some
think even less. Now, the plan I
have to offer is this: Suppose we
unite and form a joint stock compa
ny.' Let the stock of the company
be divided into a thousand shares,
value, one dollar each. After the
needed amount has been -subsbed
and the warehouse built, then let us
rent the building to ; some whato
business man, at a fai rental. ; Such
a man stands ready to take, i
is one in whom we -all have great
confidence.- Let the rental, after
deduction of taxes, which , the
case of town, might be remitted be
paid pro rata , to the, stockholders,
the advantage of such apian is seen
tr nr.a individually the burden
will be light,.and tbe, poorest man,
even to the pauper, who gets ; a 1 coun
ty claim, would b3 .ebb; t bay &
share. And since possession of pro
perty tends to enhance ' self-respect,
there is no knowing what might be
the good exercised over this helpless
class, uow dependent upon the gen
eral public for support. Every man,
being a stockholder, and receiving
an interest on the money invested,
will feel in dutv bound to aid in
every way possible.
But right here we must not make
the mistake that lias led to the ruin,
of many similar enterprises. A
great many think of going into an
enterprise of this kind, merely with
the hope of makiug money. A
more narrow-minded mistake could
not be made. The main object . of
such an enterprise is not individual
gain, but "public gain. We must
cast aside our selfishness, and be
content to work, heai!
t and soul, for
the common good.
If we wish to earn a reputation
for being wide-awake, progressive
citizens, we must do better than we
have been doing. By means of the
railroad, we have been brought into
communication with; the outside
world, and before many months we
shall have added another great fac
tor, in the way of a telegraph Hue.
"But all these aids will do us no good
if we do not support them. To do
that, we must make business '-. for
them, and to that end we must
strive.
Let us look at the;moral side of
this question. What example are
we setting before the- rising genera
tion ? Our young men are growing
up in idleness. When they should
be at work, they spend their time on
the street corners, and very often
are engaged in disreputable attempts
at disturbing the public peace But
who is to blame for all this ? Surely
they are not, wholly. We, who
should be setting before them a more
worthy example, are Jalone to blame.
There is nothing so potent in its in
fluence as example. , Many a young
man's course in life has been shaped
for good or ill, simply by the exam- ,
plelhat has been set; before him. It
is our duty to remedy this evil, and
the only way this can be done is to
provide employment! for them. Give
them something to think about, and
thus get them interested, and we
shall find that the spirit of self-re-respect
and self-help will gradually
grow.
They say North Carolina is a good
cou ntry to get poor ji n . So is a ny
country where the people prove in
different. All praise to the honora
ble gentlemen who have favored us
with the "Critical; Letters"; lately
published in The Topic. While
they have stated much that is un
doubtedly true, still, I think they
have committed a j grave mistake.
They have pointed put the error but
have failed to apply the remedy. If
anything, they have made tho evil
greater. What effect would it have
on the country if all the people were
to leave it ? I venture to say, that
if all the people were to leave North
Carolina, North Carolina would be
the gainer. All around her borders
stand labor and capital asking ad
mittance. But seeing little activity
among her people, they hesitate,
then turn about, and go where kin
dred spirits are to be found.
If these elements were allowed to
enter, the future prosperity of North
Carolina would be unequalled by
that of any of her sister- States.
With great natural attractions, a
most vaxisd climate, a most varied
soil, and a most! varied mineral
wealth, she has advantages unequal
led by that of any other State. And
there is nothing to prevent her from
becoming a power among powers.
But if the worth of a State is the
worth of the people composing the
State, then where does the fault lie?
Stfrely the fault must lie with our
selves and not with the country.
Then it is to ourselves that we must
look for a remedy and that can be
easily found. Paint things as black
as you will, if youj must, but dou't
advise our young men to leave.
Rather show them how they may
render themselves useful at home.
Open their eyes to the advantages
by which they are surrounded, and
you will not onlyjearn their lastiug
gratitude, but benefit your State. -
It has been said that a young man
does better outside of North Caro
lina. And why is it ? It is because
when he goes abroad; he is compell
ed to labor or starve'. He finds that
if he does not work he is shunned,
and consequently he is. compelled to
do that which he was not obliged to
do at home. Now, why cannot that
same energy, which is thus forcibly
called, forth, and rendered ' .so pro
ductive, be applied at home. As l
said before, we, ourselves, r are to
blame, and upon us will rest the
'censure. -': I.; ' K .; . -: r--':-. : :
Let us have not a town meeting
in the sense of town only, but
a general meeting Heretofore we
have been too restrictive in calling
these meetingsrtown meetings. Our
brethren in the country have not
felt that they were invited, and con
sequently have taken no interest.
Since the success of all our plana
depends upon their co-operation, we
must invite them in, and get them
interested. Then let us decide upon
some plan, and appoint committees
to go among the people to solicit aid.
Let every man constitute himself an
individual committee having the
common end in view. Working and
co-operating in this spirit, there is
no reason why we should fail. . .
In vritinj tiuz, I trust I haye
hot been influenced by the spirit of
discontent, or by selfish motives, but
simply by a desire to aid in promot
ing the welfare of -this community."
Although not a native of North
Carolina, I have found i n . her a
home, and feel a, correspond ihg in-r
terest in all that concerns her, wel
fare. Very respectfully, .
Penrose Baldwin.
New Yorkers Buying Land in the South.
New York World. '
Haleigii, N. C, March 4Alfred
Short, W. W. White, Henry Brink
meir and C M. Martin, of New
York, are in Dare county, this State,
inspecting lands purchased by a
company known as the Albemarle,
aud Pamlico Colonization Company.'
The gentlemen named are President,
vice-President, Treasurer and Gen-
eral-manager respectively of the cor
poration. Their purchase embraces
200,000 acres lying practically in
one body, is one of the two largest
tracts of land in the State owned by,
corporations, and most of the land
is swamp, while some is fertile and
comparatively easy of cultivation.
Dare is in the extreme eastern
part of the State, and is an historic
county by reason of the fact that it
is named for Virginia Dare, the first
white child born on American soil.
Her birthplace was Roanoke Island,
which forms one of the townships of
the county. The remains of the
fort built by Sir Walter Raleigh's
colonists are yet to be seen jn the
island. Former residents of the
New England and the Middle States
are numerous in this section, partic
ularly from New York, who are
large holders of lands.
What Lee Would Have Done.
Attautn Cot'!xtution, ;
If Lee had lived he would not
have written a line of war history.
Tho great Confederate commander
regarded the war as one of the sad
dest and darkest chapters in the an
nals of our country. He did not
believe in discussing it, and nothing
could have been more distasteful to
him than the idea of the chief actors
in the bloody conflict fighting their
battles over again in a magazine. If
Lee had lived, Federal Generals
might have written what they pleas
ed about him. Ho would have re
mained silent, leaving his vindica
tion to the impartial historians who
are yet unborn. No pert magazine
man, n6 huckstering organizer of a
peddling syndicate, could have
tempted the immortal Virginhm to
break his golden silence.
How They Sung Yankee Doodle in the South.
To the Editor of the Sun Sir:
I see in your paper a controversy in
regard to the interdiction of the tune
"Yankee Doodle" in South Carolina
at. the commencement of the war.
It was not interdicted; on the con
trary, th9 tune was very popular
there at the time, or at least in
Edgefield district, of which place
I'm a native, and was a schoolboy at
the time with a Yankee tutor. The
tune was sung to the. following
words; '
Yankee Doodle took a saw with pa
triot devotion, -
To trim the Tree of Libertee, accor
ding to his notion.
Yankee Doodle on a limb, like an
other noodle,
Cut between the tree and him,; and
down come Yankee Doodle.
Yankee Doodle broke his neck and
every bone about him.
And then the Tree of Libertee did
very well without him.
J. O. Brunson.
- Opelusas. La., Feb. 8.
; Gen. Hancock and the Uiiitia lien,
Atlanta Constitution,
An army officer told me an anec-.
dote on Gen. Hancock about his love
of dignity and discipline.
. He was in command of the train
that brought Gen. Grant's remains
from Mt. Gilead to New York. Gen.
Hancock and his staff were in the
coach next to the last. In the rear
car was a party of Pennsylvania mil
itia officers, ' who were popping an
occasional bottle of champagne and
smoking quite sociably, v- Gen. Han
cock saw f rom his car what was go
ing on in the rear. It did not com
port withhis ideas of the proprieties
of so solemn an occasion, and, call
ing the conductor, he said: ;
"Will you please present my com
pliments to those gentlemen, with
the request t that they . cease smok
ing?" --;.;
In a few moments the conductor
returned with the; announcement
that the convivial officers returned
their Compliments with a perempto
ry declination to relinquish their
cigars; " , . '
"Where is the next switch?". ask
ed Hancock. : .
"About five miles below," replied
the conductor,. ;
"When you reach it, if the smok
ing in that car has not ceased j switch
it on the side track and ; leave it.
You may tell the- gentlemen what I
have said." t' . "
. In two minutes there was not a
cigar to be seen in the appended
coach. Its occupants -knew that
Hancock memt fczi vrhat hs Edd,
WISKIXSTON LETTER.
Washington, March 5.
To the Editor of, the Lenoir Topic :
The Administration has .shown
the courage of its convictions; dur
ing the ; weekv by launching three
aggressive documents upon the Sen
ate.! The first was the . President's
message on the right of the Senate
to share the information - on' which
he made official changes, j The sec
ond also was a message from tho
President condemning in Very posi
tive termsj the outrages Committed
on the Chinese in the far West, and
urging Cengre88-to reimburse ; the
victims for their pecuniary" losses.
The third document was a decided
letter, from the Secretary of the
Treasury on the Silver policy of the
Administration in which he shows
no disposition to compromise with
the Silver men. He describes the
efforts he has made to force the
standard dollar into circulation, that
Congress may see that he has tried
to carry out its purpose in good
faith. The statement he makes in
regard to this should at least stop
the talk indulged in by some that
the dollars do not circulate because
the Treasury officials secretly use the
machinery of the Department against
the coin. - ( ; ''., -1-,.,'
While Senator Beck may not agree
with the Administrationon the Sil
ver question, he is with'it in the
controversj' with the Senate. -Said
he, in regard to the coveted appoint
ment papers, "No one has any right
to them but'the persons who wrote
them. Mr. Cleveland can return
them to their writers tomorrow, if
he desires to do so, and no one could
prevent him.j The Senate could not
make the people to whom he return
ed the papers, tell what was in them.
Since the President sent his mes-.
sage to the Senate in regard to its
demand for papers, there has been
no doubt as to what he is going to
do. He holds that the question of
removal is one for him alone, and he
will not send the papers. It is not
that the Senators are misunderstood
and misrepresented that they com
plain. On the contrary, it is because
they are thoroughly understood and
as thoroughly exposed,! But say
they, acts of suspension ought to be
public and the reasons for them ex
plained. While this is true, the
custom and the law of the Govern
ment do not require it. The law
should require it, but it does not,
and the Senate does not wish it. The
Senate avoids publicity and fears it.
The Senate has refused publicity. It
does not want the country, to know
all the facts and reasons in these ca
ses. It wants to have a portion of
them given in secret, to be manipu
lated in secret, to be made the basis
of political mancauvers, which can
not be fairly, met because they are
plotted and perfected in secret.
The subject is the chief topic of
conversation at both ends of the
Capitol, and it is noticeable that the
President's frank and strong state
ment of his determination not to be
misrepresented or forced to surren
der his rights or responsibilities has
increased admiration for, him. ,
There has been a good deal of
comment upon the loss of temper
over the President's communication,
,exb.ibited by the usually placid, un
demonstrative Senator from" Ver
mont, Mr. Edmunds. The Senate
was in i secret session when the Presi
dent's private secretary arrived with
the message.; Business Was suspen-
ded when it was learned what he had
brought with him, andj the '. docu
ment was laid before the body, Sen
ator Harris proposing that it be read
with elosed doors. Senator Kenna,
of W; Va., and Van Wyck, of Ne
braska, sharply demanded that the
doors be opened. After a brief de
bate the doors were thrown open,
the correspondents filled their gal
lery, and the news spreading rapid
ly, people from other parts of the
Capitol hastily made, their way to
the Senate. Extraordinary stillness
prevailed on the floors and the scene
was unusual for the reason that every;
Senator on both sides of the Cham-'
ber listened eagerly. , ' -!
Chieftain Edmunds sat with his
eyes closed, his chin on his .'breast.
His hands ' were folded across ? his
knees and twitched nervously dur
ing the reading of the message. At
the close Senator Harris sprang to
his feet with a motion that the doc
ument lie upon the table ; and be
printed. Mr.- Edmunds arose to
dispute this motion in a voice that
betrayed his intense ! excitement,
while his figure trembled . and his
faceand bald .head were scarlet with
anger "I do not -propose that it
shall be laid upon the table if I can
help" it," shouted he, and demanded
the yeas and nays. He then pro
ceeded to make a little speech which
he delivered with unusual emphasis,'
comparing Mr. Cleveland to Charles
the First, the most arbitrary: of- the
Stuart kings. . ":.'.''.;'-
It is impossible to foreshadow the
outcome of the pending issue, which
has stirred up party feeling among
Senators more than anything that
has happened this winter." They
"were not prepared to' discuss this
communication in an off-hand style;
however. " The message will first be
considered by the Judiciary - Com
mittee in a'special meeting. ' After
that the Senatorial fight will begin,
and it is likely to be long and excit-
l- rr , - r. , " v- -
in Isericas Prissm.
New.Vr.rk Woild.
' Society has had recently a notable
addition'in the shape of an "Indian
Princess of the Zuni tribe. This is
Prir.ices3.Wawa. She is the guest of
the wife of Col. Stevenson, of the
Geological Survey. Princess Wawa
goes about everywhere at all of the
receptions and teas off Washington
wearing her native Ires3. The Prin
cess has a very large, round, heavy
face. . Her black, thick, long hair is
parted upon" the side and combed
. with a statesman-like carelessness
across her broad, brow4 brow, f The
Princess's dress is made; of gay red
blanket stuff trimmed -with .beads.
From underneath .her ;short skirts
are -seen stout ankles arid small feet,
covered with buckskin jleggins "and
moccasins. The general style of the
Princess is massive.; Her broad face,
her stern features and jthe peculiar
parting of her hair giv0 her a mas
culine look among the 'pale-faced
society ladies, j jOne prominent so
ciety lady the oher daj who saw the
Princess for the first time was char
med, because the Princess gave her a
sweet smile arid a low.
bow without
the formality . of an
She said to I friend
introduction.
"I always
knew that these Indian chieftains
were remarkable: for their, taste."
She was quite disgusted when she
found that the ,)chiefiain,., was a
member of the other sex. - The
Princess had a regular levee at the
house of the handsome! ; Mrs. David
Porter Heap the other! ; day. Mrs.
Heap, who is one of the most at-
tractive ladies in, Washington, sud-J
denly found herself deserted on ac
count of the rival chj.rms of the
Indian Princess. The ladies crowd
ed about the PrinCess Wawa, and
amused themselves endlessly in 'at
tempting to converse ivith her by
signs and broken English. The
Princess can speak bui ; very little
English. ; :
The Princess is an eccentric child
of nature. Although she is moving
at present in the- highest circles of
Washington and is the; pet guest of
Mrs. Stevenson, Bhe yet has lapses
from the conventionalities of life
and goes back to the fpeer action of
life on the plains. During the late
heavy snow fall the Princess heard
the Stevensonstalking about the
heavy load of snow 04 the roof of
their house. It was jttst beginning.
to thaw and they wer fearful that
the water would; get through the
roof. Some way or other through
their signs sjhe seemed to understand .
A few moments afterward she dis
appeared ind could not be found.
A little later a heavy 'rush j on the
roof and then a fall of; snow in front
of the house ' indicated; where the
Princess was. She-wis found up on
the ridge pole hard atj work clearing
off the roof. I The wofk was full of
peril, but the Princess would not
come down until she had completed
it. f IT. C. pRAWFORD.
HarrisoR Phoehus and the Duck Shooters
New VorkiSun. "
i
Haxrison Phoebus, ithe proprietor
of the x Uygeia Hotel at Olo Point
Comfort, who died ' Jon Thursday,
was one of the i j oiliest of men. He
knew how to keep a hotel; - and he
made a fortune out of jhis knowledge.
"We were seated before the glowing,
grate fire of the cheerful ; smoking
room," said a friend of his yesterday,
'when Phoebus told Us of a party of
gentlemen who had fcome dowm to
the hotel and were complaining that
things were rather slow at Old Point.
'Why don't yon go duck shooting?'
said Pheebus to tneni. 'The shore
is just alive with ducks, and you can
get a big bag.' The party went.
There Were indeed j a great many
ducks, but they were jof the common
kind-r-coots, in fact--but the shoot;
ers didn't know the difference, and)'
pleased beyond expression, ; they
brought back a dozen - or more and
demanded that they be cooked for
inner. 1 5 ! j - , ; '
; " 'What did 1 do?'jadded Phoehus,
'Do you suppose I was going to put
those tough? fishy coots before these
gentlemen? Not much. I quietly
sent over to Norfolk "and bought a
dozen of tho ; plumpest Chesapeake
can vasbacks .'that were to be found
in the market, and had them cooked
to the Queen's taste; . Nicer ducks
never were served tian that dozen;
Nothing was said, land the gentle
men supposed that tjhey were eating
their own game. They couldn't say
enough about them, and for months
I heard of them sounding the praises
of my hctel, and the excellent dock
shooting around 01J Point Comfort,
The game cost me:, well nigh $50,
but it was a; good fnyestment, " my
boy, a good investment " -
r' Ka Thaska fsr l:t:rfere:se.v i
Last week a- St. Louis theatre
manager offered a reward to the boy
who could sit the longest on a chunk
of ice in front of the , theatre.
Twelve chunks of ice were placed in
a row on the curbstone, and about a
thousand boys gathered to compete
for the frigid honors, but the Hu
mane Society's officers appeared upon
the scene just as the matinee was
about to commence' and sat on the
manager. One. boy who went there
with the determination in ; his eye
and rubber lining in the seat of his
trousers, did not thank the oflcipn3
humane man for h:3 interference.
Ttrcief thalilssiti:
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The Education bill provides that
for." eight years after its passage .'.'
there shall be annually appropriated - f ,
from the Treasury - the following : .
sumiin aid of .common school edu-; ?
cation in the States and Territories , .
and District of Columbia and Alas- .
ka: .The first year, $7,000,000; the
second year,' $10,000, 000;. the third
year, $15,000,000; the fourth year, '
$13,000,000; the fifth vear, $11,000,- v
000; the sixth' year $9,000,000; the -seventh
year, $7,000,000; the eighth ;l ' -year,
$5,000,000 making $77,000,
000, besides; which there, is a special . ;;
appropriation of $2,000,000 to aid
in the erection of school houses in ,
sparsely settled districts, making the
total fund of $79,000,000. c TheV:
money is given to the several States
and Territories "in that proportion ;
which the whole number of persons '
in each, who, being of the age of ten. ;'',;;
years and oyer, cannot write, bears
to the whole number of such persons ; '
m the United States," according to r
the census of 1880,; until the census ; ;
figures of 1890 shall be obtained,;
and then according to the latter fig- 1
ures. In ; States having separate V
schools for. white and colored chil- 7 1
dren the money shall be paid out in -
support of I such white' and colored .-;-
schools respectively, , in the propor- . ;
tion that the. white and colored '
children between ten and twenty-one ; V
years old in such. State bear to each V .
other, by the census. No State is ; i..
to receive the benefit of the act until vv; -its
Governor shall tile with the Sec- :
retary of the Interior a statement
giving full statistics of the school, ; ;
system, attendance of white and col- !
ored children, amount of money ex-
pended, &c, number of schools in
operation, number and compensation
01 teachers, &c. ' - .
No State or Territory shall receive .V'-
in any year from this fund more -money
tnan it has paid out the pre- . ;
vious year from r its own revenues
for common schools. If any State '
ox Territory declines to take its
share of the national fund, such
share is tp be distributed among the ,'- i,
States accepting the benefits of the
fund If any State or Territory . .
misapplies the fund, or fails to com-.
ply with the conditions, it loses all ;
subsequent, apportionments. . ;
Samples of all school books in use
in the common schools of the States , -
and Territories shall be filed with ; 1
the Secretary of the Interior."- : P
Any State or Territory accepting
the provisions of the act at the first
session of its Legislature after : the '
passage of the act shall receive its .
pro rata share of all previous annual . "
appropriations: " r .;. - V
clongrss reserves the right to al-V'
ter or repeal the act The-bill now ' -
goes to the House of Representatives ' C.
for concurrence. ; . - : '
A Card from Kr. Lore.
.1
Bakersville, N. C, March 2.;-
To the Editor of Hie Lenoir Topic: v ;
In The Topic of the 28th of Feb, "
under the title of "Affray in Micch-,?r
ell Boone Topics," &c, and over .'
the letter " W appeared what pur
ports to be the particulars of ah affray j
over the possession of a mica mine j
at Lineback, N. C, and in which
Mr. "W" uses ray name by some
means of other as being in one of
the mines and receiving a blow t '
Now, for the information of Mr. '
W. and. the many readers of" The
Topic nd for the purpose of cor-
i-ecting an nntrue statement . of the "
facts in the case I hope you will be -kind
enough to publish the f olio wi ng
correctien : Mr. W. D. Burleson
and Mr. W. M. Johnson, about the
4th of Feb., did have a difficulty at
the mine at Lineback, in whicheacli
struck the other with a club, and '
Mitchell and Filmore Burleson each '
threw a rock at Mrt Johnson during
the melee. Mr. Burleson claimed :
title to the mine and possession and '
was preparing to go to work.- John
son and, Hughes claimed a lease from , .
one Carter who, it is alleged, had ;
authority to lease. . Burleson went;
to work! with his sons MitchelKand
Filmore. Johnson with two Hughes'
went toj the mine to go to work, and "
then a quarrel ensued, and a fight as
above described, but no one was h u rt i j
seriously. ' The writer was having a
mine operated a short distance away
by Sherman Daniels and two colored . '
men, Homesly and Gordon, instead
of six as supposed by Mr. "W" and
was not' in thj mine as supposed by
';Mr.'-"W.w ,, Ho receiyecf no blows as
Supposed. Mr. Daniels, Mr. Zeb , -Burleson
were neither present as
imagined by Mr. "W." ; . - '' ; ;
; The 1 difficulty, according to the. -writer's
best judg.nent, was more
the .result of an oil. feud than any
.misunderstanding about the mine.
- Mr. ,W. D. Burleson is the uncle "
of Johnson and Hughes and there .
has been bad blood between them
for some time, but not "such as to .
bring about "a Flat Rock tragedy.-''1
The parties are all law-abiding and
peaceable citizens and I suppose this '
is perhaps their first difficulty. ;t The -only
time the writer was among the
affrayers was as a peace maker on
both sides, being personal friends of .
mine. Yours truly, TV A. Love. .
: At Jackson, His3., last Saturday, -P.
H, Lowry, son of the governor,
had a street fight with Frank Bu A
kitt, editor of tho Chickasaw -JfesiH
enger, Tha a.Tair zT-w out 'cf tl.j
editor's etrictur:: cn G:y. Lcvrr.
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