North Carolina Newspapers

i . .. ' r , -.!.-. J - "' ' . :L - . , i : ; - f ' ' r TT "TT Greenboio ! MtmiotI WM I II II A rtJtL Dill J. W. GRIFFITH, '-... t l v I'V'PIL'H SI iUi l'.O.N DKMIhl. 4 1 i: Dcrilr W. H. Wakefield, ::H "r. !; .v r t M A I I 4!. t I- . - , . j . w. I , 1 r i;m:i). N. r fff in. tliur E. Ledbstter, t . 1 1 - m A. R. VILSONj j t t i 1 . r r ' T .. & Wright,! - AT - LAW, ft-. ;. r: . c. -ROBERT SI. DOUGLAS, :si:t)l:o. 1 ' J i WlM.li v V at FIRSI-CIASS COMPANIES i ..r ;. . .-; . i . N 1 .: r c v in: .v 1. t ( i. (JLKX.N'.S AKonjyfU Krgalars had left it Jin- ( r . ! t t . I -f : . ' : f" ! I 1 1 - 1 . I i i t I I f f , :H Mil H' l t p f li j .ii i iii vi lli bail. t't aneuu , 'j r i if.-- P. i 1 K V I P 'M . .. TLV A w t ( - I r.i s I ' I - 4 ii ; in. t Rjlll-SBORO MUSIC CD J3L O 0E! , t 0 - t.. i :: Ir;::!;il. i Viol. IN. aC. ' n -i v v. . r. 1 1 1 1 ;utii:iMiiit. M . t ii - i:t: h K M A N X. i rni-hf ! : f 'f i -! I l.l.'iH KMAN.V.: i p. ,-.r.. - M it.jjur. GUILFORD BATTLE OEOUND. i r . "7 , c v . Annual Keport cf President Scbeact. f . i ..... f-i:i.rNi;..Ruf .N.C. March. 14, II. f '. .Mori l.'.i.it r ff the iiniU (Ilsti mi : It i?i a matter of much gratification tome to be aMe t. r tw.rt a continual anil Mi adv improvement - in the utfair of our company, and that it patriotic ami puhli t-piritnl oJ.jcct ami pur-po- - arc l in appreriatel y in t UiVnt p-.p!c throughout tlie !.! t'ni'.n, a;.il amon our own citien then i a rene-l spirit of prule in'thc work, which has m- tlucr.l them to extern! Mihtantial Juno. i Hf miccch oi me com- pmy li.it already hern amurcd and it- j rsi4i. ncy cannot now he rt or di-turhed. Year hv year a- w dfTelojw. iinproTc, adorn and h:mtify this l.attle f.eld it willat , tract t!i attention of historians', pul'lic I'itizen-. and men from all pari- -f th country. I t : r i i tr the lit ear tlHiUsands of admiring people have tiited the ground-ami not a few of them have p i!i!i!.l accounts of it in the n w-p;ipi rs of t he country. Letters 'of i.i'juiry reach your President , fr in iliiTi rnt portions of the preat trt v. . rc the tide of immigration I. C.rrit d many of th-citizen of j ;ni!ford and the Mirroundin l .:,:.! i . Tin vhae in it for'ottrn i t ! old 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 - tiroiind and many of t!. iu pr anxiety to viit it .-. j-iin. A f t vr h e doi:c n. and s fr i Mr. Add: -n .;!.n. of Had ! ley. lb J.dri eotiuty. Ii.diana, who !i.ir.i! d tr. -m thi count in 1I, and wa familiar w it h eery promi t. r.t t-H- dity on t he battlt field. I w ;i rs:l.! l to g.th-r iin' very i?;irt.int :.nd nowd information. I !. nt a d .i v witlj him on the L,T.iind and was n-toni-lu d at the ! accuracy ar.d tenacity of hi- until- rv. I w.i- -pccially gratified to have pointed out to me. by Mr. Col!in. t!..- io.-nlity whrc the la-t contlict in the battb took place between .i at;i r-:" - ci.inn.ena. fn uu ipkik, victor ':!a?:k. .Jti-I the IL-.ians whom they,! Through the generosity of Vicc i tti.rr rapidly ilriving from the field. , President dray we hare about sc itlrtiL tireern witti the Continental cured the title" to the three acres of Tine had already begun his retreat j jati,i n the summit of the Little ;acro.s Iluntiiig Tret k.'towards Mc-j Mountain, a part of the Iiattlefield f ...eii-tiatrs brid-r, on Reedy Fork. luU,l near our other real property, o!. L e had i-uddenly moved fromhich overlooks the whole nur t!.' -prot. etion of Cauipbell's riht rounding countrv. It is proposed ' and became an inactive -pectator ! ,-rect on this i lcvated nlateau a of the e! from th r.urt II r I it IT sCet:i OI t J.e h.Ut.e hill- aro-i!i.l Guilford iue. The Knuli-h " com- , utand r unopposed by t!ic Coiiti ' tn-ntal Lira-. a able to hurl the wl.o'.e of TarhtoTi's Legion of ; c.alry uj-n Camp!v'i's little band ' at.d to l-rf e it from tin field, j ' Among the-c devote I I i.lllUI.I II ui i ... ;i : . .:..! m n w :.o .ja ra on iae field after were the e.uimand of Maj. .Iiep!i Winston j a:.d .laj. Martin Armstrong of .... i : .. .1 t 'iirr. .ire i riiiiNiiii, i ami - fat!. i r of the pre-cnt JndgeGrave, I r Iv e-caped the troopers of ton with his lif,-. " companion. Taliferro, fell brm ath th froki- of an K:rli-!i salire. "o!. Lee well said of t!ie-e Moilti- t :i i a Kii!mi ri t.h it "they were bet ait d for the field of battle the cetirilV 'f camp." tt r tt.an The vet ne o f thi- honorable to the reputation of j North ( hrolma troops, and which - ho'lhl never be allowed to fade fr-!:i t he pages of hi-tory, is about ,,!, f,r --i yards, a uttle. South of h ot of the present Win-ton Spring laii.l wh it wa known, in I71, a- tht (M S ili-bury Ib.ad." 1 prop.ie. during the summer, if we i are able, to i red a piece of rude 1 granite to mark this nm-t intirest ; tug spot, at:d this granite should j appropriately cune from Surry, the ' : i.sc of .Ie--e Franklin atid the la- ;, Uted Ta!ifi-rro, w I i-t of (ifi i ne". ar:ay j f r . u Ito tt r t lii' to leave the I"., '.d of Puttie. "I I. e i c.iiify of 1 1 . t . w S. re t 'ornwalli I r i-orit r- .and w fii-r "Bull 1-u." CorraJie.l I hi-! tl.e North I .i r. s s, i i;i;.i-i:n-M witii-tooij me j Prib ar.d menaces of llriti-h of j r-. w.- pointed ot,: as being in jlf.- Io'Nin-" t Id a!oi:t T. vard- W -r. .!. I immedi-itelv in fr'Ut, of re I I rbs fell and V hen 1.1- t:s lmet.t r.ovr -tanu-. It wa ; ero.ie!,U. in a com r of this ! ih-ii in I he cold cheerless morn tr. of March h.fh. I7I. that the ...! Tar lb i"" heariV the s,,und of Grti i.e's artillery and ri-ing to his Pet. wit!, a :!" of arm. he e v elaitiied "Li-ten bo s the old Cock rrn ir: a-ain. ti. ro I i r. 1 am pleased to inform the MoekhohU-r that mir company is out of 'debt and has a surplus t.ow en hand of $ F. ..." G !-i. . ! .. .. . . ;i i. ..... a- II. c ii.i-uiei s lepori will snow. One hn'ndred and fifty of this will be t;-ed for the Kreper"- -alary. Iravinif t he balance for improvement-. It shall be my con-tant aim t.. avoid financial embarr.i-ment upon, which s. many public enterprise- are wrecked. So far we have kept within our means and 1 hoj we sJmll continue to do so. A Poi rto vi. S roe k net pi n. Since ur la-t Annual Met ting the follow ir.g gentlemen have become Moekholjdrrs in the company to wit: Grcen-lH.ro. N. C..T. C. Worth, Z -hares ; .1. F. Jordan, 1: A. T. K .' ert-on. 1; Col. II. M. Iiuglas, 1 ; Gol. J. II. Itoyd. 1 ; Lieut. Gov. T. M. H-lt. Haw Iliv. r. N. C, J ; Col. V. L Mclbc, Ashev illc, N. C.. 1 ; Hon. Ipe Kit a-. Franklin. N. C, 1; General II. . Hoy nton, t of Wa-hin'P.?!. !.. ".. Fre-ident of the Chieain iuit i Mtmori.il AMei - utioti. has al-o lieen elected un j honorary member of our com; any. We have ". Stockholders in the com pany.represrn ting an aggregate of $2X50.00 of capital Mock. This flock is now represented ly 70J . . , , , . - ! . acre in ianu, on vvnicn is uic KeepcrI,dge and other improve- t.w.ntd Ijiri:on:nENT!. During the last year we have opened out "Nannie Avenue," a circuitous drire to the C lyde and Leonidas Sprinu,and get it on cither side with n line of 100 heautiful Suar Maples, the finest shade tree on the American Conti nent. In time when llicM trees fdiall ;row to their natural ize, there will he nothing in the State to t-srel this avenue in beauty. Wr have ah-o laid out a drive around the square field of 4t acres which is designed for a l'arade (iround, and lined it also with a double row of Sugar Maple. A number of the?e trees have alt?o been planted around the Clyde, Leonida. and Vinton Springs. Thev were obtained through Mr. .1. V. Cook, who procured them on the Deep river eome fifteen miles distant. Wehave plowtnl up, and pre parcd for t-eeiling, about fifteen acre s of old field, which is about two thirds of the cleared land, and will sow it down in small grain to be succeeded with cIotct ami other irraes. Ami it is the intention to continue the reclamation of the f,j.n proUnd until we get it all in ra-s mm! and laid oil" in walks and drhes. 'v think i.ur means will enable us to do thi- work ucccps- fully. The ro.-.ds and place h:ivc been drives about the put i? first-rate condition and will be verv inviting to visitors iJuring the summer. 31 r. XV. Leoiiidas Spring" has coinpleti d the .tvillion over the Springs c.-ilK-d ,y his name anl Spring Vale now preentH quite an attractive appearance. XV v have digged a wtll during the year, near the Keeper'. Lodge, which alfords mot-t excellent free- tower, fifty feet high from which the city of Crcen-boro can be lilainlv seen and it will afford an extensive mountain view or many miU-.- embracing the Pilot, the Sauratown Mountains and the Hlue Hi dire, and from it the smoke from the trains of three great railroads w ill be visible. What wi: M v Kxikct in Tut X AI: Fl TI UK. Tin leiri-dature of 2orth Carolina ha voiced an ap- propriat ion of fif t v dolfars for the . . - , - remov a !j, t!iro Sumner from their prese place of interment, m ar old Illl sent iute Court House, in Warren county, to Guilford Uattle (iround and as soon a the weather will permit the work of removal will be done and this sacred dust .will be in our keeping. No nobler soldier ever f lif for lil.nrtv I li.i n t h i s i'ra nd -t.. ne water; in fact all the water those who shall come njfethem. 'oithc Hattle (Jround is as fine as j Oi u Moxi mkxt I a cfvnstrain janv in the State and is sufficient in j cd to believe, from, tin; jnny kind itself to make it a irreat attraction expressions of Northerfu gentlemen lat conflict, sM,ld Nort h Carolinian and we should ritart1 hi crave with jealous care and keep forever green his memory in th hearts of our people, and hand his name, as one of honor, down to our children's children. With his remains will come quite a handsome granite monument erected over him about l23 by his daughter, . Mrs. Hlount. I have found the grave of Capt. James Tate of the Virginia Iiitlemen, who was morttdly wounded near New Garden Meeting House, in the opening skirmish of the battle and design removing his remains also to the battlefield and put over it some permanent monument, how- lever humble our means may com- i, ,11 it to be. to honor the memory flr this irallant Virginian. He led thechargc at Cowpens side by side with .lohn Kaer Howard of Mary 1 iti-.l. and with tl:c bayonet drove the eotch Highlanders from the field. It is lit that this soldier should sleep his la-t tdeep on the fit Id he helped to win and be in charge. of tlio-e who hope to pre serve if, in the future, forever. After years of fruitless search for the home and family of Col. "Hal" IHxon who immortalized his name by standing before the con centrated fire of the Brith on both his ilanks. at Camden, until every cartridge in his boxes was exhaust ed, and then forcing a way of es cape at the point of the bayonet. I have at last accidentally, through our secretary Col. Thos. It. Keogh found his descendants ami family in Kentucky and located his home in Caswell county. N. C, and his descendants, among whom was the Honorable Archibal Dixon, Cnited State Senator from Kentucky, arc now furnishing the means to find the grave of this gallant officer with the view of removing his body also to the Guilford llattle Ground. Thus, one by one, thee defenders of liberty, and founders of the greatest Republic on earth are be ing gathered into one common resting place where North Caro linians may come with reverence to do homage at their graves. When this ingathering hall be gin and the roll of the honored deail shall be called on the sacred spot Ai ar by Year some noble and chiv alrous name shall be added to ourjlist and we who have achieved the great work will have the honor of heinir numbered with those who have redeemed the names of these noble men from oblivion nd their dcd from forget fulncKs. Such 1 GREENSBORO, 2sTC, thoughts as these b1hi$ excite within us frceh zeal ia t,e noble work which we have undertaken and thus far prosecirfdwith bo much success jftid i:n If the company will uphold liy.ands in the future as it has tlipU in the past we will ece such jja' Htride of odrance that it willgivejuaa thrill of joy and pride when wf; cite, at our next Annual MeetjripfUhe ac complishments of the which is now opening uponhl. The names of other noble hinq heroic dead, whom I am not tdfred now make public, have :fltH3Iy been . supgcstetl ly t lieir desjrnants as ! wrthy of a burial besfdt Sumner ! utni !ixon and Tate Kn I have replied we will welcome iiill who are worthy a pacred ot'and an honored grave. fijc If we could gatheri pj'Dowell Him v.ieveianur...anu tnsjir ard Cronicle: from . King'td rNuntain, and Ashe and lilount !ad Arm strong from Kutaw SAjPjgs, and ash from Cermantow '9'.tfVl Forbis of Guilford, and Dayiii from a score of bloody enctiV:Yr, and Armstrong and Winstojijfni here, and many other of tbd-jii faithful comradei to ono common State Kevolutionary CcxuetMy'h; where they would not be los iImpng the briers and brambles (rfijiglect or their graves- oblitacd by the unconcious plovtu -n who tills the soil, whaf $ jr, glori ous achievement it iwSJd be, ami how it would concetfite the r:fectin8 of our peopl ;o- a spot thin honored and reterf tL&nil how our sons, from general in-to come, could draw holy and fjatiitic in spirations for rommijiiiyi with tli esc noble dead, wljos j iUds they might seek to emulated l5 i the reverence ami honor ;$i to the mcmoriepo of the de4jwho are worthy f it, that incitt'te living t deed of honor and jgliiy, that thev too might not be for ten by of influence who have; Kn made acquainted with ourj fWrk and sojuie who have visited rJ;rounds, and from the zeal $nclinterest manifested by our prefitjnergetie and public spirited KiirNentative i if the national councR iyat Con gress will vote us a lijKnJ appro priation for a xnonunafhj! and a fund to improve our chIs; and I intend to put forth i.t-j'Hcial ef-: fort in this directions isoon as Congress assembles. j-e have never yet failed in oirr ldertak ing in regard to ourirj5.le work, and 1 have faitu enfrnga in the Revolutionary patriof isrf of the countrv to trust that (iirei5S will not be the first to be pi!f sTerent to our appeals. I do noVkow that 1 have anything el-c t! figgest or uommunicate now, but fjn desir oii of impressing upnt flic stock hohlers that not an i'o tn ft my zeal in the good work haj 'abated but on the contrary every r jcyflopment npide. every little kimne j'3 extend .,1 t . ii j .'d ii LieA t f tT 1 1 I Z lineal information cijits witlun j my bosom a detcrmin.-jijM to over- Icomc all obstacles anl To "crown ur efforts with glory 1 Mv viililance shall ijid' honor. feVtdeepless and mv labors inces5i;i;and un yielding until we ha redeemed and beautified this spiff a5pl dotted it with historic luormiui'tits, and made every foot of it :cd in the ev es of our people. 1 1 ? Very respectfully Q I). SOlflNCK, ll?rtsident. - ( 4 - A Good One i- ; AY. Kound-headed amljVTgnaejous John S. Wise, of Yifia, is not oniv iioiKing iiii """".'(y1 as a lawyer, being n.'ie ized legal expert in tlS'jfijiin only inakinir his marMin ew lork fecon- mtry on law as it relates to eIVr:yity, .but he tells stories Pv hj joups of friends that are rehtPjhjrtl over the city. He told one ?v'f-p'rday in which the joke was pjin'mself and very much so. JUhad been making ii speech n aljftt;t debate with a democrat in Vir&t2', when he made some asscrtiffi 'About the tconfederacy and its h i ijuise, and adiled : "I can sneak on tl L Subject of the lost cause with S-ovwhat of . . -J r t , authority, fellow eilizFa-for I was in the confederate an j. Wid I wore the gray, and I havei ral lead in my body, republicapfjij. 1 am' ltlick as a Hash hl: ptagnist called out : "Where were you wtaujjjed'r" . "Intheyalley" repriliLWise. "Where were you wonrrjed, sir?" repeated his antagonist If "At Newcastle, sir, in t fee valley," replied Wise. I jt i . "No, I mean' in whaj I CfJ r t f the body, sir, were you wqiiptfed ?' "Oh," exclaimed XV "in the head. The mark is 5indmy ?calp ... f i' yit. ,;-.. "I thought so, fellfv -ltizens, screamed his opponeni.' ikingthe front of the platfoi,ivt "I .have known for years, si;cC John S. Wise became a Virgjifj.? republi can, that he was an fttffyl crank, and I have suspeetVd here was something the matter Mvith his brain. Hut now I knovviiall about it, and so do ypu. I'VbV yankee liullet In hi neau wv-' .-,.;na .mnlp.P and !iaV-j lef t him without political sensc.. -f . ... .... Wise relates liriss fir n one time that he win rVyr tb. the oored in stump speaking. Ex-Oovenior RobeSpead.. Ki-mika, March 2l4-x-G'over-nor Kobeson died at f 35, p.. in.. lo-ily. ; V y : - " " " ' ' 1 " 1 1 T-H-...lLrL . r THURSDAY, APRIL 2 1891. HE'S A QUEER OLD MAN. A Hennit. 81 Years Old, who Never Too a Newspaper or Went . Anywhere. . inero is a oueer character living the life of a hermit in the town of Ilamiltoni X. Y. : His hermitage is a dilapidated old farmhouse in a lonely part of the town, invisible from the highway and distant from other , dwellings. ! , His name is Thomas Church land his age .SI 3-ear. - jIIe was born in the farm house and he has spent the long years of-his life Ion the seventy acre homestead, keeping strictly apart from and wholly indifferent to the. world outside of its bounds. He never has slept a night nor eaten a, meal outside of .the house. He neve-r, rode in a stage coach or i railroad car nor attended a show of any! kind. He never sent or received a letter, j never, took a newspaper, and j never 'voted at any election, lie lias never had but one timepiece in the house, and that is a IpO-year-old clock that he inherited from his father. He has never bought a new suit of clothes, but continues to wear the patched and faded garments spun and woven from the wool and made up by his mother years ago. He liifcxl as a bachelor until long after his "parents were dead, and until he j had passed middle age, and then, to the astonishment of everybody who knew the pair, he married an old maid neighbor, who was as solitary and eecentriein her: habits as himself. .She died six years ago, and since that event he has lived alone, except as he lias had the. companionship of a favorite dog. lie , says that he never found any pleasuco in ming ling with the outside world, and is' only supremely happy and content ed in hi4 "dear old home." The few neighbors who have had occa sional intercourse with him unite in saying that he is the soul of integrity . and as guileless as a 4iild. ; . AN INTERESTING REPORT.; The Old North Stato Making Rapid Strides in Progress'. It seems that the negro exodus from North Carolina has greatly benefited that State. ' A labor report just issued makes it plain that the emigration of 70, 00U negroes last, year has caused no lack of laborers, and the farm ers are getting! along as well as usual with their work. The sale of commercial fertilizers, and liens and mortgages have fallen off one third, ? Larger cotton and tobacco crops, are expected, and stock farms and vineyards have increased in number. 1 At; least 1011,000 negroes have left North Carolina since Ls80, but the census shows that the negro population has increased M. 000, less than half -the average in crease. I for the two previous decades.! The increase of the whites has been d S2,00, a gain of (la.OOjO oil previous averages. . ; It! will be seen from the facts and figures presented in the report referred to that, since the negro exodus, 'the Old North State has made rapid progress. Whites have rushed into take the place of the blacks, production has increased, industry has received -a new impe tus, j and there is more ' general prosperity. ; ' i . One swallow docs not make a summer and the experience of a single state may not point the way to the,. Solution of a problem, but the North Carolina situation is certainly worth studying. Atlanta ( 'onifi'!i'tinu. SUGAR WILL BE CHEAP. : i ; .. '- Lower Prices Will Prevail on and i After: April 1. ' Sugar1 after April 1 will be free,; and i -wholesalers w ho nave been paying f.J ami ' cents a pound will be able to buy it at -J I cent.-. All the local I refiners 'have sold great quantities of it to be deliv ered o:i;the first of the incoming month. '. For present delivery very few; if: any, of the jobbers or w holesalers ' have been making purchases, simply buying just w hat was needed for present uses Among the local refiners there is ageneraT view that the prices will be lower for some time. XV. XV. Frazier, of the linn of Harrison, Frazier! tVr Co., said: "The price will be regulated almost entirely by the supidv ami demand. We have sold a Iarire amount of sugar to be delivered on April 1 at U cents a pound.' Claus A. Spreckels, Jr., said: "We have been selling lots of su gar' at cents! I not think that there will be any. falling off in receipts, for the reason that the consumption of sugar is bound to become larger under the influence of lower pricey" Another large refiner said that he Relieved that sugar would not- only be cheaper ; alter trie isi oi April, but he believed it-would re main so. "I expect,"' he said, to see live pounds of "granuiaieu su-o-ar sell for 23 cents.". This will be a good thing, as it will do mitrh !.ini..nco thii consumntion of lO uui jiuru 1 brown sugar, which is utterly unfit for use; J'hiL L't' oi J. I ... j i 3 Will Work Only Nine Hours. AsiiKViM E, :N. C, March '2o. The Asheville Urotherhood of Car penters and Joiners has adopted resolutions that for the year 1.VJ1 they will work only nine hours per day, and will not allow any of their me'mbers to put up any lumber j or frames manufactured in a ten hpur; sh?r i I I 'LIGHT THE FIRE OR DIE.' i:An Elktoa Negro Murders His Step i; father Because He . Wouldn't Get j, Up arid Make the Fire. Klktcs, Md , March 22. A wet ind coM spring morning's traredy jn bed at this place to-day has furn ished an awful warning to husbands and wives who frequently quarrel for a similar cause before they are up. George Fisher, a bright ibut not overambitious negro, 18 years of age, lay abed late with his som-bre-hued stepfather, Kdwifrd Clark. The wind whistled through many a Jittle crevice in their Cabin walls, the ruin had trickled down till it ran in chilly rivulets toward sev era! placid pools upon the floor, and the bed was the warmest place in the cabin. i Frilling their tingle quilt allirtle tighter about their bodies, ! each man insisted that the other could best jret up. dress and Thrh'fc the lire i - ' . j "Git up yo'sef," Hew back and forth. between them until-at last the old man, about to a&ser't his stepfatherly prerogative, frighten-, ed the son George into despera tion, i Snatching a revolver from under his pillow the'youngman quicklj aimqd it, pulled the trigger, fatally wounded his stepfather, leaped out of bed, dressed and 'lied. - He has hot yet been found or heard from. Others in t he family heard the quarrel from an adjoining room, and told t lie stor- of the tragedy. LOVE WINS THE DAYJ ' i The Parents Objected, But the Young Folks Conquered. pKTEusnuno, Va., ' March -21. For the past four' years Joshua W. Thomas, a citizen of this place, and Miss Mar' K. Meredith, of Dinwiddic county, have been ardent lovers, but, the ;p:.ronts of the -oang lady were . opposed to the union. The couple, however,! were determined not to havr- tHeitr love all'air broken up, and onlViVa-itcd a favorable opportunity. I About a week ago Miss Meredith came to Petersburg oil a visit to friends, and this morning ty ap pointment, she met the man of her choice at the depot -of 'the. Atlantic Coast Line, where they took "the south-bound train .and' went to Halifax, ,N. C, . where they were married by Justice of the Peace John O'llrien at the Decker llotel. Thomas is 2a v ears of aireJ' The bride is J'J, and the highly accomp lished daughter of L. L.' Meredith, a well-to-do .and promiifcnt farmer of Dinwiddic county: ; i ( ... SHE SPLIT HIS SKULli. I A Cruel Husband Threatens to Kill His Wife. I ; Dkkai.iC Texas, March I 21. William Watts, a 'farm diandkm the planiatioa of J. W-. M. Winston about - miles from this' place, told his wife on arising from .his bed yesterday' morning ..that she had only a short time to live and recommended that slid make peace .with Godi He declared'' -that he had made up his mind to kill her, and that lis soon as he was dressed he would carry - out his murderous intentions. j. . - f " The poor wonian, knowing the desperate character of hejr hus band, decided tluit her only hope for life hV in adopt ingdesperate means herself. ' She ' accordihgly went to t(ie wood pile, and, posses sing liersl'f of the axe, st!e-cau-tiously'into the house, and while her 'IiusIkiiuI was engaged ik 'tying his shoe, she ere.jrt- up behind him and split 'his head in twain killing him instantly. She was afrcsted and held in bonds for trial, f THE MESSENGER SOLD. i ' . ! It Went oif at the Nominal Price of $4,500 to Mr, SoljWeillj. . Wii.MiNoToN, MaicJi 2J the Daily ami Weekly Messengijr were sold at auction at 12 m. to-ajay and were knocked down to Sol Weill, Ksq., of tjie lawlirm' of Picjiard A Weill, at the merely nominal price of $I,.100L .31 r. eill: annpimced tliat the paper was out in lor .nr. Pembroke Jones Ample capital 'will be bTTck of he paper hnd its publication will be uninterrupted. 1 ' f ' ' ! ' f A STRANGE REQUEST.' i' i i '!''.! ' A Spaniard Directs by, "Willi Where $40,000 bf Jewels aire to be Fjound. CkkstoS, Iowa' 3Iaj-ch 2d. An Old citizen of ("reston has received a letter from a priest. in .isbon, Spain, apjirisingmim of jthe fact that a Spanislj exilej who.jvas formerly his associate as an eniployej of the Uurlingtf In R-ou ml house hefe, had just died, leaving him 5,000 upon the following condififms The citizen is to give the priest ;!a '.bond in the sum of, 10,000' guarantee- in tliat the will unearth- and re- store to t 1 e Spa n i a r 1 'tt o n 1 y j h e i r v dauirhterJ jewe to ) th- value 01 f 10,000 chart giv mried v. ' Cresto;n. A lnr tne- exacir -locaijoji 01 the treas ire is to he ieiit the eiti c( ipt of ffie lion-lJ zens on r HE CAN'T LIFT 4000 POUNDS: Outline Bit About the. Strongest of Ilodeni Samsons, nin ion of th New York S.nu if Lfjui4'vr, the -trong man; of Canadi, . could lif t -it 'weight )''' the hiira.'jn in.ind as :tasHyas hej. does froni the floor,' hd vyonld be a valuable l u iiiber of society, i yr I is a Frenc h Canadian.-.! He -if now hut 27 v pounds inches in tr? of ae.j weighs .Uh 1 stands feet m lis yellow heicrht. : He curly hair, which falls to his phoulders lift was strongest Cvr's lust and greatest. :;.'j poumU. He is the man in the world. j (By the Patriot A A SHEEdjMGr 51 cts. Per yard by the Bolt,l Gents X Wq have just received a" Hale! of close it at this very! LOW PRICK quite so coarse as Handolph lunsh, and we believe JUM KfJLKI VED direct from Ladies' 10 cent Cotton Browns and which we believe to be the PEST 10 We are selling; a FIFTY: CENT CORSET at THIUTYiNINE 0ENTS, and when you see it you will say so. If you cannot eoine yoarself, send for pne and if and we will refund XVt Carry a full line-of CALICO'S. GINGHAMS. DRESS GOODS, aflrid have just f ri "X n . iLr.s t.nat The only! way -we can induce, you i KlCKb lower thin our competitors, and that is j we nave uoneuand have . . ; PLAIN FIGURES. " ; . will not last long . . . i ; Jan. Pr.: NATIONAL H A N K B xERMAN" Raymond & Powell Insurance Company Capital Stock, Net Surplus, Total Assets, Office xxl (JPKKX.Sl'.OlU), X. C FOR PURE 'DRUGS ilND CI IICAIICAI.S. UPaeixt; 3sdeXc3oJ IiANDliETIL'Sf GARDEN $J3I3IXSJ Trusses and Bracks From imr Lire .Stock we ciiii hu)Iv Physicians iinA $t.oriK in "Count rV' at Orders and PRESCIPTIONS hy Mail - Opposite Benhow ILuise, COVER TJi3 Those Soiled and N I C E WyVEL VA V i R. P 311 SOUTH ELM (iKEENSIiOKO, ' 5 . : .... " ! : .. . - '" i lias 3()d ItOLI'S in htock iirul af niucli , nore on the ro:el line'of hJiriiples, at: Prices f rm 5 .i-t-nt s per roll up. WeTiirni men to hanir our naner liot.li 111 t own-ami feb. lt)-Jm. ; i JUST RECEIVED A PIG LOT OF Ndw Firm anriJJew Stock All L-imli-of SiTOVES. SEWING MACHINES. All Kinds of 1 Such, as Hoe?, Shovel-, Mattoieks, Also Cutlery, Pisf RICKARD'S WIRE I'll we have just received a stock of Rickird's Galvenize CHEAPEST and MOST LASTING Wire Felice; n xisthec T. S. At IL W. feb.26. DIXON'S Old Stand. ' : No. 223 Sout BOWLES Pabllahins Tampanr,! TEK.US SH5t Vr rt In Ailvanr G A.RD this Sheeting and. have) decided to it js full yard wide, hot 'i u. oui inucn six L 1,.. i. - 1 oothcr just as good value i. thd FACTORY '1. hi arge Iind ot HOSE in Black,; ceni HOSE ofrered in (irecmsboro it ddn't suit you senU it baelj: I the rice lid'for it. and WOUS IEI) received a quant i ... . I- y "of NEW will please yoni.- to ilatronize ri! is to' nmK)' list wliai ( UR i t lie Don't uirae lo pui jnem in u wait, these goJ at these price U I L )INtT, GREENSliOL'O N. ( ERICAN ) r. ; .$1000,000.00 2,2ii:.7:.Ki ' ! $i,ois, t7i.N(; ' if .. :L Sa-virigs 3Ba.xL3si is! -;i EES ! - r JMIi n oral WatorH AN p ' ': : . 1'"-! -Ji ! C AUK FULLY El IT the short notice. ; fflled-und forwarded IV n xt trin. . '. ' ! 1 :; I- -4, k s f Y i i Ton ' l . i Richardson & Farissy X. ii Successors f o W.! ( '.d'ortir. (;HEENS)i;oii(!, N. c..-, .L. r. .1 t I i. r Cracked ills "Nvithl "R: Ii' 1 1 -k- IS, : N. C i como! h ij. fiip(il; nt work- count rv? u t -H j t PAINTS. OILS, BRUSHES GLASS. TIN-WAKE, nVILLOlV-WARF rd)0LS, 7 arming .llakt-s,-jFeed i ttets, I arm : t i :!',: .ell. Is,- (iuriH, ets !-!. i .: T 'Wire 'Fen-ce the tjOme Jlace. 'lie Saw .swings 1 Elm Street, Greensboro; N. C CO., qvttr I the! loor ! ' ' ' : 1 ' J, - ; r - , . 'i- . 't:v- 'V : 1 I- ; .'..''. j I -' I I. -'' i1.'!:. ;S : ':.:.. '" Hi ".I 3 -.j-jv - U'S;t-;. i n "ST '