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SALESMEN :-Will H. Matthews. Chas. W. Lindsay. Ohas. E. Brower, Harry Sergeant.
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A HO R R I B LiE TALE OF THE
SEA.
Two M6n Picked Up byaCharl
eaton. Bound Steamer Ono
Crazv.Hadi Bltterf Big Chunks
of Flbsb from the Body of His
Cbmbarilon-The Two Had
Previonsly Killed and Eaten
a German, Whose Fate Had
Been Decided by Lot. .
Charleston, 8. 0., Sept. 2-The
British iteamer wooarun, piiu
M11burnrrived from Hamburg to-day.
August S3l8t, two hundred and fifty
miles south of Charleston, the Vood
ro2 plowed up Maurice Anderson and
Goodmund Thbmasen, survivors of the
Norwegian bark Drot, wrecked on Au
gust 15th, off the Florida coast. The
Drbt was bound from Pascagoula to
Buenos Ayres. I Anderson Is a raving
maniac ana nis compauiuu is
ingly mutilated from bites of the
crazed man. . : - ,
Thomaseh tells a dreadful story.
The captain of the Drot and seven sea
men were swept overboard and lost In
.u. ftnf Wml Indian hurricane.
The mate and seven other men put to
sea on a! rait made from decking. The
raft parted soon after, and the mate
and one man were separated from the
others. The mate's companion was
i lanaea at rnuaaciputa mj '""r -rr
iteamerTitania, on August 22d. He
BlftkDU WKl Vw ww-
Of the six men! on the other parvos
the raft 'one became crared from ex
posure and jumped Into the sea. Two
othersexhausted from suffering fell
overboard and! were lost. Anderson,
. Ihomasen and a German seaman drew
lots as to which should be, eaten, as
none of them baa naa a mouiu u.
sinee they took to the raft. The lot
fell to the German. He was killed and
the blood was sucked from his veins by
the two6 survivors. . ..
Soon I afterward Anderson lost his
reason and savagely attacked his only
companion. -lnomasenH
face were bitten in several places,
chunksl of good sixe being torn out
Both nien are now in the city hospital
and the Norwegian consul has taken
the case in hand. Thomasen is a na
tive of Stevanger, Norway. . - .
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Tho Good State of North Carolina.
- tTma. oKrtv rantion ftD esteem-
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ed friend stnds us the following, which
is suggestive :
."Mr. Editor : I have been lately run
ning over a little book, entitled In
vestment Guide,' complied by Henry
Clews & Co., Bankers, New York.
a a thn miseries of man are mitigat
ed, to some extent at least, by a state
of greater wretchedness in another, I
have thought it well to invite -the at
tention of my fellow North Carolinians
to,a comparison of one of our great
troubles witn loosaoi mo mwo
that afflict Our sister States :
Alabama, population ........
TILLMAN ON THE NEGRO. ItELLOW FEVER IN THE BOOTH. YOUNG GIRL SHOT DEAD.
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......2.100,000
2,185,000
... .....1,800,000
480,006
........4,794,810
........2,000,000
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Germans to neip
London, September i The Stan
dard and Diggers News today re
ceived! a cablegram from its Jo
hannesburg office, dated yesterday.
saving? that a liermau ouiii
strong! had been formed there to
cloperate with theBoers An the
e?eht of war with Great Britain.
The dispatch adds that the Boers
could mobilise 20,000 men in three
Sarf; while wnile the Orange Free
State could muster 10,000 men in
i the same period.
Georgia,
Iowa,
Minnesota
Oregan,
Ohio.
NorthCarolina "
Alabama, Indebtedness of
individuals on country q
real estate. .. . . . . . .128,762,387
Georgia, same indebtedness 27,387,590
Iowa, same maeoteaness. .
MinnesoU, same indebted
ness. . .... ... 75,35o,5bz
Oregon same indebtedness.. 15,983,361
Ohio, same lnaeoteaness. . ,wMyiiw
orth Carolina, same In- q
dSbtedness 14.537.439
"It will be observed that the indebt
edness on country property .alone has
been taken, In order to show, with the
more certainty, tne reiaive wuu.
tlons of the prosperity of the farming
classes. . , ; . .
"We find that the Indebtedness of
Alabama, on farming lanos, is neariy
S24 to the inhabitant ; of Georgia, $8 ;
of Iowa, Wi; oi uiinoww.a,. oo, u.
Oregon, foa ; oi unio, oA,anu ui unu
Carolina, only $7.30 ta each citizen of
the Bute. , L '
"It is by such publications as that
of Henry Clews & Co., which deal in
cold facts, that the attention of inves
tors has been directea to our gwu
State.
"We shall be thankful for more of
the same sort. . . . '
"Tab Hekl," in Baleigh Post.
A Bibb county (Ga.) farmer
kent an account of the cost of sow
ing, cultivating and reaping ten
acres of wheat, which he ascer
Uined to be $57.62. He produced
ifin tinihuli nf wheat, which he
sold at 75 cents per bushel, mak
ing $135. In addition, he sold
three tone of straw for $24, mak
ing his cross receipts $159, and
leaving a net profit on the ten
acres of $101.38.
The trade of the United -States
with Africa has increased nearly
500 per cent. In the past ten years.
American manufacturers have sup-
planted articles formerly euppnea
The Conditions on Which Ho
is His Friend Must KoOp
In His Place.
Charleston, September 2. In a let
ter addresssed to Bev. Dart, a leading
colored minister of Charleston, Senator
Tillman to-day says s
fI am considered an arch enemy of
it.. s. KiutanaA wVlilft ffOVimOI I
tried to convene a constitutional con
vention to disfranchise them." Con
tinuing, the Senator says :
Tf wa vii nnntrut the condition
mrrim nf Rnilth CftTOlina With
those of Northj Carolina and Georgia
you will see that there is much more
good feeling and less friction htre than
where political activity and franohise
(ha Kacf a nf manhood SUffrace.
-"The Phoenix riot is directly attrib
utable to the political virus injected
into the negroes of that neighborhood
by designing white men such as the
Tolberts and the recent outrages are
the natural aitermatn. . ;
"What the ultimate solatlon of the
rase problem will be I don't know, duv
I do know that the race and caste feel
ing Is an insuperable barrier to social
and political equality in the South,
and the negro (as the weaker and in
ferior race) will always be the Jvictlm
of every conflict !by which lie seess,
either by nis own accora or wum
by designing white men, to break
down these barriers. -
There is no xoom in the north-west,
nor opening for any negro commuDi-
ties, as you Will una u yuu iubio -
investigate. The. northern whiUs no
longer sympathise with the ideas which
brought on tne civu war, aa
by Governor Tanner's 'recent attitude
and oflRcial action.
"There may be an opening for a Um-
ited number ox negroes in vuu u
Porto Bico, but I think the field in
the Philippines is already occupied by
a race that would be more intolerant
and cruel to the negroes than the
whites. !
"What the end will be 1 cannot say,
but this I do know the negro must
remain subordinate, or be exterminat
ed ; and I, for One, will always set my
face like flint against any injustice or
unfairness towards him as long as he
remains In his proper sphere and leaves
"The whites are in the ascendancy,
and will remain so, whatever comes.
And as the superior and more civilized
race, they owe it to themselves to pro
tect the negro in his right to life, lib
erty ana ine pursuit oi nappinsBs, btbu
though that declaration was written
by a slave-holder who did not take the
negro into consideration when he
wrote It."
I Oases of the Disease at New Orleans
and Key West.
New Orleans, Sept. 1. Yellow
fever lias appeared here. Autopsy
held today on the body of young
F. TJdolph, who died yesterday, re
vealed the fact that his death was
caused by yellow fever. The case
was reported to the authorities
four days ago, but Dr. Murray, of
the Marine Hospital Service, did
nt think the case was yeiiow iever.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 1.
Communication with Key West by
the rest of the world has been cut
off by orders of Dr. J.Y.Porter,
executive officer of the Florida
State Board of Health, oa account
of two deaths and a number of
oases there which have been diag
nosed as yellow fever.
The order was issued by Dr.
TA.A nn thA r.nnrt of the exist-
ence of the disease in Key West
from Dr. Charles B. Sweeting, agent
of the board at Key West and san
itary inspector of the port. The
dead are Dennis Bagan, Jr., deputy
collector of customs at Key West,
who was taken sick early in the
week, and a boy named Cosgroye.
Both were touriea tnis mom.ug.
Five more casss have been diag
nosed as yellew fever and seven
suspLcius cases are under surveil
lance. ' .
Later Her Murderer Was Trac-
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ed by Her Brothers With
Bloodhounds Slain
oy His Own Hand.
Ttia A tlantiA nA TVnrth Parnlina.
I railroad has declared 'a 2 per cent.
dividena on its i i,uuvtvw, cpnai
stocsr, ox wnicn ia ai.
thirdn owners
Concord Polioexnan Murdered.
(: William Kerns, who was serving
as a member of the Concord police
force in the absence of the chiei,
was shot and instantly killed Sat
urday night by a negro named Will
Edwards. .
About a quarter to n ne wouw
home for his midnight lunch.
iftAr ntrinir the house several
negroes passed, yelling and behav
mg in a boisterous manner. Mr.
Kerns went out on the sidewalk to
remonstrate with them. They were
drinking and resented his interfer-
insulting and
u. rmnr MflTtinted to arrest tnem.
Edwards drew his pistol, as did the
officer, andaix shots were ex
changed. Just. what one took ef-
t. nr. TTa-n'i houT WSS DOt
known, but he fell with a bullet in
his heart.1 . .
The news epread rapidly through
the town, and search was made for
Edwards, but he had made his es
cape. Tom Carr and Robert Bich-
ardson, tne two oiur -e;--were
with him were caught.
r Mr are disseminating
MUiWVU W-v..- ,.
i their hellish doctrine lnaieigu.
Tflnn.. Rent. 2 Wed
x uatuu - m . a
naQi? niffht air Mormon elders were
ueouaj
conducting a meeting in s school house
at Pine Bluff, Stewart couniy, xeun.,
mhan Vim Kntlinflr &s stormed by a
mob of over 100 men. Eggs and rocks
were thrown through the windows and
hA hniidlnt- Rlmoat entirelv demolish'
ed. Those present flad to save their
HvM. hnlleta commenced to strike
uA knIMIn- thinV and fust ' MISS MaV
.uo wu.aww6 -
TTairiAnJ a nnnular VOUDZ WOmSD 01
thn nlaee. walked between the elders,
nionn rH Pnttv. with a view to check
M W W ajajavai-a a -mr w w V
f 4 Vi a 4-arr.v 1r nf th mob. While the
trio passed down the road shots were
ffvnm am hnth. and the woman
was hit by a ball and almost instantly
irnitw I Wr hrothers vowed they
mnnM acanon thn r.Hme. and after the
.valiamant ntfwl Ollt. Secured
bloodhounds and plsced them on the
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trail of the assassins. , -
PnrtAh Vinmn.i nromlnent young
farmer-and superintendent of a Hun
day School, wrote a confession stating
k. Hilar! thA oirl. but that It WS9
an accident and that be wished to rid
MmtAlf i of remorse of coneclence.
thn confession the blood
hounds trailed to bis home. Vinson
turned, picked up a knife and cut his
.i .imnt at the same instant
nn-i a hullet tbroueh bis brain.
trr.'f.mHv and th officers' DOsee wit-
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nessed the suicme.
PArhans the oldest Confederate
soldier in the world is Seymour
. i -rrril.- n
Garner, who lives m iicox cuuu-
ty, Ala. Though one nunarea nu
eight years old, he is still alert and
full of old.time Confederate spirit.
He is remarkably well preserved,
and was jtold ra lew yemru Ku j
Dr. McDaniel, of this place, that
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he would surely live to oe one nun
dred and ten years old. He is now
far on the way. .
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