Carolina .Watchman.' !, Edltors'Afid Proprietors, " '- if Ui'SCllirTIOX KATES. OmCy t tar i u ad v anct -, , , ' 1.00 JO Th ree months r , Clubs of ten and over.j.,.,...- OA :85 as aoeoad-ei ins ro ill ai Salisbury. X. c. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, IS9S. It U stlci tiitt Senators and Con gressmen are finding; greut difficulty in auecessf idly, urging the cUiois of their )fcce- eking constituent. ilr. Cleveland and . dtia Cabinet officers are very slow in tlie matter of instituting "Democrats fjr Republicans ingovetyi- inent offices. The Dm6cr.u?y of Western North Carolina, if not of the whole State, are douhtless disappointed jat,tbe fail ure of the adminislr.it ion td appoint Ih'atfgrad old Democrat, Hon.W. M. Bobbins, minister to Sfexico, an honor which all so earnestly desired should be bestowed upon hiru. There are, how e ver, many more positions to be filled yet, and we hope Jr.j. Robbius may be given a place worthy-of his excellent fjualificafioks IN AFFLICTION. ... "The Democratic press of the State is laughing scornfully at jthe following bit of whine from- the Rockingham Spirit of. the South. This old Rad is in great affliction ; We think we have seen about the last of civil liberty in thi country. The Demo cratie partv haviu; successfully bull dozed and stolen its way into the pbsaes pion of every branch f the general gov ernment, we haveuo idea thai it can be diaiudgcd without a resort to a bloody civil war, which all good people will try lo avert. Pour white folks and negroes, you must now be content to take seats in l-he rear.' 5ABBATH'J)i:SECIlATI0ir. Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith lias, it seems, set a good example as to USt-f-S .-in 1 . IT - I I 1 w i w ii uu ouuuay. ue win not ue nt bis ofSce on that day. There would pot be so much Sabbath desecration among government offices at Wash ington if it were uot for the foolish custom of public receptions. Much valuable time is thus lost which ought . to be devoted-to the7 public service. AH the dmculs ofthe government should, be easily accessible to those j having business with', them, but the ully eunoug v should jiiot be. allowed to monopolize valuable time to stare at the President and Cabinet officers Presidential and. othfejr set receptions -ought to have gone out of date with knee pants and powdered bair. riVEH3IFY. As a friend to the agricultural in terests of the State and of the South, the Watchman, with ether leading j urual, would warn our. farmers to thiulc. seriously- this coming planting . season before they decide to increase Cheir cottoti acreage." If a big cotton .crop is raised this year; it is certain that low prices will ruin many afarni 7 er next fall. ThV news from different ' sections of .the State indicate that pre parations are being made to plant and cultivate an unusually large crop of cottou,, and this, too, in face of the ' lesoji of.the reasons of '91, and '92, whieh ought to have taught them that supply and demand doe rule prices. Rut many of them still seem to think that this natural law of common sense has nothing to do with prices,, and Mem determined to blindly rush to Aheir ruin. DICK MAY 3ff0T EETJRE. It i announced by a Washington correspondent of the StaUscilli Land mark, that there U a probability of Judge It. P. Dick's retiring at an early day from the beucii of the United States District Court, and that in ca he does Hon. John S. Henderson will Jbe a candidate if or Judge Dick's plbee. Abetter and more worthy man for the jvxsittou could not be found, for ,.Uj Jsnpwr that John S. Henderson would tijj any pyhlic ofiite with unsurpassed ' 1 "'J ..w.v. .uuuj Ulilllllcu ICOipO ubility and fidelity, and would do his1ary clerks employed in the second aud- full duty to both the govern me tit and the jreof le; but, the question is, can the otd 4 th Congressional district af ford to give bim up ? j As Congress man ins Held of usefulness is wide, and he can he of a great deal more rbeue- ht to tjje people of his State and of the South thari he could 'possibly be were he 'raised to the bench of the Federal court. Of course --we, 'with .eyery true North Carolinian, would re joice to see this noble son of old 'Row an honored as bis great worth , justi ties, but' we kuow be is a true patriot and will do duty for his people where ver placed, and for this reason we ' can but think it were better for his State for him -to remain t his present .post. , v '--' -i;.';"" , Since the above was put i,a type we ?ee it stated, IB a pu bashed interview, by thejyeditcpj o,f the Greeusboro Re cord, that Judge Dick jsays jie Jttas no intention of .resign ip - j ' IT WAS.' EXPECTED. . The subscription book of the Watcii majs" is undergoing quite a change. At their request, we are striking oC t?e names of Populists, one or in ore every da'. This was expected. -The present proprietors, being life-long Democrats of a very positive kind, did not hopetp le able to keep even a VconsdderahlH number of the followers, of Putter & Co. On t he 6t her, fiand, a very en couraging number of Democrats have had their names enrolled as subscribers, thus keeping the bopk on a balance. Thus is duly appreciated. - But we1' have written nothing harsh or bitter of the great body of th Third party. Many men went into that par ry thoughtlessly, others were .spurred r on br prejudice, others were deceived by lies skillfully inwrought with threads of truth, and others still found themselves committed before they dis covered the drift of the movement. VYe realize the fact that many of these men are: quite sincere, and it' would therefore be worse than idle to heap abuse upon them. But there is no -language severe enough to de-scribe the conspirators who organized thh move mentthe leaders. Holden once im ported a lot oi -ruffians' to insult and terrorize the people of the State ; but he nearer sought to poison the minds of our plain, honest folk ; he did not worm himself into their confidence to extort tribute from them. Unforgiv able as was his offense, it was small in comparison with that of these 4ipa triots, whose meanness outranks any thing in the history of this country. No, Populist friends many of them are personal friends to the writer we can not write the rot, the miserable rot, you used to see in this paper ; we can not, and we would not if we could. We can part if necessary, bdt time and more light will stow the justness of our position. A GEM. The following literary gem from Mecklenburg county-came sptrkliug into ou sanctum like a sunbeam : Mr Ed Watchman My ti me haseut expired jet I am Peo ples Party to the coar & doant cair lo read your paper any longer. So you cau stop it at ouce I dont belong to the gauge & mean to rais ray Boys the4same. . Jbe Caldwell has rasped those fel lows in Mecklenburg until they can't endure even the very mild things we hare said about that dear People's par ty. Let us'' pity those poor boys who will grownup with a grievance. GOLD BUGS IS MECXLENBITSG. The following letter, evidently the result of a big debate in some Alliance hall, has a number of signers, and dis-' closes a bad state of affairs in good old Mecklenburg : Huntersville H C Watch man wt We the undersigned fiirmra cnWril r the Watchman belong to that desiimin crew and We Stand iu comin with rion Rutlftrtrwl u.-a - iniu uis j;n()er i and are all agents and are going to neqfl an uiuer subscribe ana we do not expect io ies up untui tnis couuty is out of the hands of gold bugs and other scouudrels we do not belonsr tnanv plpvplnn.l C rf ..--- m.wu- iCQftiS Un1 irii will pleas discontinue the watchman &c, &c. . Take the measure of the men who were going to set the'woild. on firs with their reforms, some of. whom have not yet got over. the craze. It is announced that "our'' Adlai E. Stevenson will deliver the address at the annual celebration at the Guilford Battle Ground, on July 4h. Under the uew Insurance law the penalty for its violation is fixed at a fine of 200. All general and sub- agents are required to. secure eomiui sions from the Secretary of State. They are also required to use a stand ard form tit flrp-rwi! f-" yJ bile : one required by the New -'York State ! Insurance code. : Xt Koriey Enough U Go Around. W ashington, M aech 13. Secre tary Carlisle today dismissed tempo- iufi o vuilc. xue reuuciion or rarep was rendered necessary by the exhaus tion, of the. appropriation. Fish iu the1-sreat 'lakes' are dvintrin great, nntnbfrs, owing to the ice her metically sealing them in from the air and smothering them. i he vaccination of 33,570 pupils of Bu8hl school commenced rhi 1 hese;are the first wounds in the bui- ieotiie.--BuffalySeic3. James William Havtt. TTnitl SftOQ Treasurer, under the former Cleveland administration, died of a complication of Bricht's disease, cout and mh at his residence on; West aveuue shortly after 3 o'clock, Saturday evening, 12th inst. Here is a piece of most excellent ad vice from th Home- Tribune; "The man who sticks to a .legitimate -business and nays his debts, is witdinnt fae and without reproach. Don't ! in u mrrvto cive.up vour busmen fnr -i! tat omce. . AT. ' . ' ' ClereUnd Sleans It.i. - Last Saturday Speaker Cnsp ac- .. . n-n;.A u fV l Tl n ,11 iV .npanied .bvjyir It. B. II. Hill, jr., nt to the hite House. ; 1 heyoung com went to firorian is th son of th. celeb rated Senator, and eight years ago was the United States attruey for the north ern district of his State. To the speak er the President said? "I have formu lated hik! adopted tlie general rale that gentlemen who held offices under my former term will not be appointed, save in ca-e of extraordinary merit, and the exceptions will be very few indeed. I do this because men who were given office were sufficiently honored. They should b willing to stand aside and give other drserving members of the party a chance. I have made no secret of this determination, and it should hare beeii known to most of thera.st: vend days ago.' " A Difficult Task. The Philadelphia Telegraph, a Re publican papc", serves notice on its party that it cannot exect to regain its lost power unless it changes its course very decidedly. . Its tariff poli cy, its reckless extravagance with the public funds, its subei viency ;to unworthy leaders; have, in the opinion of the Telegraph, produced the disas ters which have- recently befallen it. The Telegraph clamors for the reform of the Republican party, but docs not point out the way by which it can be accomplished. That wo'jld be a very difticult,task. It is uot an easy thing for the leopard to change his spots. Our virtuous Philadelphia friend must know that the eaiue set of men who have directed the policy of the Republican party for the past sevetal years are still in command of it rat tled ranks. It is still the party of pro tection and extravagance. The coun try will not soon be willing to entrust the government to to the Republican party on a mere profession of a change of heart. For a long time to come that party will be judged by the record it uade during the past thirty years. A Forest City Catastrophe. Forest City, N. C. March 13 A terrible catastrophe took place here this morning at 7 o'clock. . The boiler of the Florence Cotton Mills exploded, dealing death and dis aster broadcast. The boiler, engine, and piping were demolished, some of the piping and fragments of the boil er and machinery Hying hundreds of yards in every direction Bricks and timbers were thrown high in the air, and fell on and damaged every house in the neighborhood, and the windows in tlie milj are shattered and the wa ter works and machinery damaged. The boiler and engine rooms ;.reT in ruiiis. A second boiler weighing sev eral tons, -was thrown some' thirty yards. The windows in many houses in town were completely shattered. The operatives had just gone to work when the explosion took place, md those that were not killed or im'iiivtl were terribly stunned. Pe pie in the neighborhood were thrown to tiin ground by the shock. Ihe suCeier8 are: Homer Harrill, fireman, killed instantlv: Julius Dean dangerously hurt; Ollie Rah, seriously injured by falling timbers; I. L. Sau dVrs, engineer, injured internally, con sidered dangerously. Several others were slightly hurt by falling bricks and timbers." W. P. Hurt, superin tendent, was painfully though not. se riously hurt by the falling of the roof in the engine room. The shock was felt at Rutherford ton, six railes distant, the people there thinking it was an earthquake. . The Private Secretary's Pay. Mr. Thurber, the new President's private secrstary, will draw a salary of $0,000, Congress having kindly rais ed Elijah Hal ford's pay to that amount. When this increase was voted it was thought that Mr. Harrison would ' be re-elected, no patriot then dreaming that it might fall into the pocket of a Democrat. St. Louis Post-bispatrh. The community at Cross Roads Church, Yadkin county, is excited over the finding of ' the dead body of Henry Frost lying in the ro.td in the north-eastern part of Iredell county. Young Frost's father, J. F. Frost! lives in Davie county. It appears that the young man left home pre sumably to see his girl. A pistol was lung near the dead man's bod v. an. ; pareutly as if it hai dropped from his (."uiuiij ns u lb iirtji Ul up ei XlOm II1S nnd. The coroners examination found that the victim had .-eoiue tpshis death bv a bullet tired from a pistol iu his owu hand. News and Observer Interesting: Experiment. An interesting experiment is to lie ' tried at Union bprings, ji. Y. A1 committee of prominent residents, in cluding the Episcopal and Catholic clergymen, is to assume the exclusive salt of liquor. This committee has published the following statement : Ve wil allow no nia-i to pay for auother man's drink. We will -permit bo drunkenness, noray approach to it. We. will allow no one appar ently under the legal age within our doors., We will sell to no man if by the proper person we are forbidden so to do. To certain other persous, their names to De passed on by a majority 0f M 1 . . ..." I r ha t.rm iii iff, a ... A 11 .... i. II -i .1. ii iv ii not sen it .at! support., ana declaring that any old all. We will not sell spirits in soldier who applies for or accepts a pen larger quantities than a single glas, &io under other conditions is guilty of ii i i t,,,Jr8,c,a" oraer aa or all such sales we will keep a record, These and such other wholesome rules us from time to time we mar deem desirable we shall enforce. Our entire profits, which will be larce. will jbe handed over as frequently as pos sible to the town authorities with the understanding that they' will be used , r , 7- -'. , lor the nurpos of ieduenicr the tax- 1I.IOI1 lit f llu Hu-n " ww .u m i. . A" 1 earful lYats. lJjl"Iorte p.un' ! What havoc the last : ad mi mst rat on, wUh lhe ht.p of a Congress for iwo vears publican in hoth hraucurs, pja.ved with the people 3 . money ,; slwuo in n com-; pur iso n ot . the .lotatront.i-'o uiider Cleve land from March 1, 1&J5, to March 1, 1 881), with the total outgo under Hani sou from March 1, J8SD, to March 1, 181T3. Under Harrison the receipts into the treasury were $158,858,693 more than uih der Cleveland,": arid' the expenditures were $o01,363,616 more. This excess o! $301,000,000 could be; endured better if the legistalion of .the Reed Congress had not added $72,000,000 a year to the an nual outgo in" the fiscal years eudiug June 30, 16J3 and 181)4- The R :ed Con grejss wasted iuelf aud forced its succes sors to waste. ; ,- It i- annoutu-ed that President Cle veland i- a strong advocate' if the Democratic idea oj rotation in tlie distribution uf-puhlic offices. Ife wa interviewed ujon this MngVct a few days ago, and wan i asked if his rule barring ex-office holders would - apply to fourth-class pqtoSices:' Mr. Cleve land's response was that he had not thought, about that, but be gave the decided impression that it; would pre vail to as great exteut a-i possible with these small - post tnastershitH. Ptist- uiiister Geneial Bsicll is accredited! with the announcement' that no local businessmen need apply for postofjices under his administration. ;He objects to commissioning local business meo as posl masters, tor the reason that the actual duties are performed ' by irre sponsible and often incompetent clerks and substitutes Postmasters,-, under Mr. Bir-sell must promise to devote their entire time to the work and per sonally keep strict office hours. Too Orphan's IIouif lis Orijin, &c. Fro?n Our Faihcrlcst Ones The Orphans' Home, founded bv ri;e ladies of Charlotte, and located in tn.it city, was Irau.-fened by them t. ti e care vi the Synod of North Carolina. After one ew the Synod removed it to Barium Springs, iredell couuty, IS. C, its present location, four mile from Statesvi.io, on the A. T. & 0. Railroad. The Barium Springs, belVuging,to the estate of Mr. Donald Mclt;ie, lately deceased, are distant from the Home about half a mile, and give name to the place. On its removal to this' place the Home occupied a large, wooden buihi intr, which had been erected for a sum mer hotel." Ttiis 'was 'burned Novem ber li), 1391. Near its situ two build ings were erected b:st summer, and are now occupied; Together tiuy can accommodate coiiiforubly about" til'tv children. The t;nu.; njin, kitchen, proviniou room uid laundry are all within t he.e bui!d-.hg;. Tiiey are oi liaiid.souie architect. iral dtiirn. Om Kr.,o ...xJlf ... .1 ...1 ll...' I .1 libera, ity of Mr. Geo. V. Watts, oi Durham, N. C, and : named for hi? daughter "An:i!'j Lom-." Tlie other was buiit with -fuuds collected bv the oyuod, ot which a Urge part came lioui generous triends ni ClurhtlU-. Tins is cuitd vSynod Cottage." Ihe ryerus m it have been fi.ru:iied lv: in dividuals. Sabbath schools and church es within th bounds of the Svnod. Another building could have been fi nished by offers made af;er a 1 the rooms in Synod's Cutt.ige had been provided for. Synod's Cottage is for boy, and is under the immediate supervision of lb matron. Annie Louise Cottage, occu pied by girls, is under the immediate care ami supervi.riou f the .-.sistiit matron. One school room, likevi e one dining room, serves for the in mates of both houses; the first is; the Synoii'n Coltage, the latter iu the An nie Louise. We have a family oi ;iftv reprcM niiiifcr all parts of the hynod. Ti.e ciiiidren are trained wuh care, an 1 tiieir constant improvemn; is ea sii.v s.en. Their moral and religious improvement is a. muLter of shanks gi.;ig on the part of those who have la"ken care of them. An exchange ays that. President Cleveland is now supposed to be north about $230,000. When he first be came President he was worth about $50,000, but he made some investments m Washington rt al, cstiije on winch he realized a profit ot about $150.01)0. His money is so invested as to yield a good return. Hehas never dabbled in stock speculations, although he has had op portunities of realizing large sums in that way.. "The investments he has made are of such achaiacter as cannot be affected bv Federal legislation, and consequently he could nut be suspect etl'of proiUotitrg Ji.s-A ioteVests bv official act s or "'reel inniendat ions. ilri. Cleveland's trntune, which consi ts largely of inherited real estate, is lar ger than his but that. is altogether uu- aer her own control. Every Southern patriot will doubf les -be gfad to learn that a movement against the existing pension laws has been started among the old soieis of New York City. Noah L. Farnham Post, G. A. R., after a lengthy debate on the present pension sysiem, adopted resolutions setting forth'that the only veterans entitled to pensions are those who, by reason of wounds and disabili- ties incurred m the service of the conn try are prevented from earning a liv ing, and whose circumstances justify them in rlllllir lllmn ,.r.,.n . - "T"" ic iuiiuu v iu.i . . . .. - . :cuuuct calculated to injure the good men who were willing to give their lives for their country without any reward save the approval of their own con science and that honorable fame that is due to even patriot. S. B. Stitt & Co., of Philadelphia, , y "'-'-iniiiu u iitiisey, iu nave been worth Si itv nan c.... A.... - ' O re? er. t Ircrperity of the Soutli. , - Clrharu L. Eduiond la the litt-rary.DJgi st. : The witid basi on' whieh 'the vgrlcnltu rul, the coal, and ihe irmi interests now rests; and l he promising 'outlook U for them are. duplicated in all other lm nch, esof liuaineft in th i,an h. Evervildng on a jiood foundation. 'I'h&Xi bole isouth, entliused with ibe certniniy of HTOvm uom poiiucauroui Jes, streiigth ened iu all it business opejations ry the experience of the pas-t, with more pow ei tut fiaaneialJUi.fiueirces forking in ita favor than ever before, stalls the new yenrwitli the assurance that it is 'enter ing uiun a career of great eiji logrtss and prosperity than it has etjoytd for thirty Teji yeyus ago the South' agricultural, manufaduriii-, and tnir.injr products aggregated in value ahont $1,2? 0,000 000 now they are aUut $2,S00 00 j, (0. The mcrea-e la pupuUtiuu durii g that period was only 1 n, 20 per eein.-Practically i,e Sauie p,.OJ,je ,,ave bi tluir railroad uii!e:i"M quadrupled the traffic; they havw man' Huaurupiea innr iron and eoal pro ducnoii, trebled their cotton mills, ad IU2,000,0001000 to the assessed valu of their property, doubled thtir banklu: capiiiil, auvl mure than -douhierf -fheS'v manufacturing interests. Tnis is wha they have done in ten years. Those wh. live to see another ttn-year period end etl, and compare the growth ot theSoutl tluriuu that time with wluit. h. K..q. dne in the pat ten years, willj'be a. tonisheil at the ditlei t nee. so irrMt. he the pro'ie.s of (he 'future. With abiding faith in the truth of the statement, w hich the -writer has no ot ten uuide,' that the South, taken: as i w hole, is the best country in the world, with the greatest possibilities of wealtl I have uever doubled that the tiai would come when that section woulo be the cen're of the inoht ac tive indus trial iuov. meats of this or any. othei country.. That time is coming. Southern Cotton Mills. he stockholders of the Cherry ville, N. C, manufacturing company iK-id s' meeting last week at which il was cle ciiled to double the preseut capacity Oi the yam mill. Tue new cotton mill company at'Gas lonia, t C, has obtanuiti'iiB cua-rter s Ihe Windsor Cotton Miil, with a capita; stock of $75 KK). The erection of a cotton factory a! Fuu.-dale, Ala., U talked of by tneiniiab i tan ts. The Allen & Dumas company, of Ma con, Ga., contemplates the election oi" ; cotton miil at Jauette.Ga.. lo be operated by water power. The citizens of Ash wood, Mi.-s., arc en deavoring to organize a company to erect a eotiou factory, and are meeting with much success. Mr. J. li. Collins, oi Charlotte, N. C. expects to uceie ihe order tosiipply the plant with machinery. The citizen- of KuuiwyA'a., havesnu't ed subscriptions for a new cotton mill company. The charter for a cotton mill company has been obtained by some Barn .veil (6. C ) parties. 'A cotton mill will likely ho erected ii: Baie.-burg, S. C, this siniiitr. Over i20. 000 and a -5 acfe-sile huve been sci v. red. The Nashvilie (Tenii.) Cot lot. Miil.-,, m.unifaciuieij, of gin-hatns, plaids, de tutns, cheeks, etc., wili future ma-nu-facture line colored goods. I.:dian Children in tie Kinderjrarten. '1 lie hnroduclion of kindergarten methods in ti; eidng I.i.,ian ci.ildreo i. aut to be pio.i.u-ii g exce llent : suits -) rs. .ii y H. i' . i c.;, v.h.i i 'jimtic; ing such a ss.-i.coi iiliit nn the O-aie In- j.iau, in Uklaltoma, wt i; s to-l'riends m vvurtiungu n an muic-iing ae.-ouat oi her work, ll lias uscii htr endeavor t. arouse such iniei t nt ainoi.g her in tie pu I'ilsthatan intelligent, animated cotin teiisuee siiouhi tiike th? )';)( of the ooien, cxi.iTssi"!i!csf fr.ces which ihe Indian children inherit from their p-ir-e'lts. She ti u Is that human nature -v.il assert it.-elf, and lhat to make ihese lit tle stor'cis break oiit iuio happy childish laitihler il is only necessary lo present to iheui the games and etUei taiuuieuls dear to the chiluis'a iieai t in every land. To arouse the interest of Indian chil dren in knowledge the methods or the kindergarten adapted. ceax to be especially Sauids Cish. v suicide Club h s be?n or-'unizd in Anguslu. This is a fact. The club vti.s org tn;z d to-ilay, and a well known young man about town is pp sident. There will be a regular iiierring in a few nigh's and ix men will (lrw stravv to .-ee who shall be tiist io go to his imrg af-connff. The terms ot agreement are that Ihe one losing Vh.. i 1, in thirty d.ijs, makv away with hirns-lf in a manner he b1m de.-fji most expruient. . The club in cludes two newspaper men and four other tell known young hininess men. The ni'Miibers are mostly tired of life and creditors and collectors, and are anxious to shuffle off the coils of this mundane eitenee." The whole club should be put in an insane asylum. Atujusta (a.) Jler-l a Ul. Er. Ilcj-g's Lecture at Trinity. Cor. Stale Chronicle. Dr. Thos. M. Hogg lectin ed before the faculty aini students of Trinity College on tue morning of the 11th. Besides 'the college people a good representation of citizens of Durham was present. The lecture whs entitled, '"The Nicaragua and-iSucz. Canals, ihe 3'Iechanical Inven tions, and -Financial Institutions which have made these Canals 'Necessary to the World's Commerce " The treatment was from the historical standpoint; first, showing the place that iron and steel had in the development of the agencies of transportation; second, showing the place tiie maritime ship had in opening the channels of international trade; and last- iy, the lmaucial system by which the small saviugs were gathered iiuo the ex hauslless resources of modern huauce. The building of the Nicaragua rnnal cr - : w is particularly full of possibilities fpr the South. It's eastern mouth is only 1,300 miles from New Orleans, the southern port of ihe Mississippi vnllev, with its 11,000,000 of population. Thus it affords an outlet ior me west to Europe that it has uot yet enjoyed. Dr. Hogg urged the building of the canal for the following reasons: 1. Because it would put us in the mid dle of the commercial world, making the cornmtrcial routes betwecu Europe and Asia to center in America. 2. As a strategic measure for the de fense of America. '6. As a means of ooeuinir nearer anA . x a - - - "i t in. I - . i- till . . 1 ( (. . 11... ............. i t ... iuivkvi inaiM iui tue mu jll OI OUT i products to A.-iatic peopled. ' .m.r- v;-;; I supply hia. Our 3 M tri. W AitiiH NHV SEE-D r.rrif. HX. in the -i f ; CZ4.l ' - jS'Mof aaJ -Crass, Cover, or otLer TONE For NOTHING -BETTER MADE! Prices LOW. Call and examine Analysis. M." Sensible Farmers. The Arkansas fanners, in a large and representative convention", says the Atlanta Journal, have determined to reduce I heir cotton acreage asd have pledged themselves to abide by this Itolara'.ion. The convention went further and advocated, in the strongest terms, an increased diversity of crops as the best . 7 ui cans of improving the condition -of i he sontbrru farmers. It would profit the farmers of Ar kansas very little to reduce th- ir cot ton acreage if the faruieis in other States should plant as much or nii.re cotton as ever before. iut the Arkan sas convention will have :-ts t ff,-ct in the direction of a general shoi teiiino of ihe crop. This convention ake I for th interstate convention to speak for the whole so ttli, and such a meeting ni ay be he'd soon. Thre is no douot that the sontiiesn tanners have been doin a reat deal of thinking on this ipiesli m recently iii I we ma. rcaoaably exect o-i n- li.ts. V"e com mend these word- of .vis lom from ti.e New O.ie.i is 1 ms-lJe.ii-K.raL to the f..riner of N ort!i. (J.n-oii :a. Some of the sensihle southern pap ts ire c.dtii!g at eni ion to tf.c I -ci trial the aruuiciL. :u ia.oi of a ren ctiu in C(;;;on uct -.' tor t ihim ;m-i .season are 'tncieaeU bv th p e. lit i i Oi n., i orsce ni fo'J prod.'. t. Wiiij'i c. Jii -li c ; Lej uue ul I lie L-ruic;p-i! HKniiLs t.tiiirra pliljlalio.'i sopi'iie-, i li'giier it i tias been tor years ; and tae iodic i! i iii- rre for an advance m b-ei a:o. Tuere is every reason, thnvio-iv, nliv ' l ie -outh.3r:i f Li.tier .-boubi p it ioo;e I .ed u loo 1 crops a id reduce toeir ci'.- g iu coliou, tor the price of the i iiu.tr is high, and that of cotton m!i b,7 very low if there is a hra.y pU 'ting Could the southern farmers tio voij nan lo grow a big cotton crop tiis year? It will prob:w!y est them more per pound to r:e cotton L.r souie vears pisl, becau.-e of the tugti price of pork and oilier lool produc-i tions. Cotton raisiiig ii .s been some j wiat diseiMir..Wig lor the pa-t f e-w ; years, and ha.-rretui i.ed iiuie profit bt'r ; cans -or the lov price prevailing itjr the staple. If, oi addition to tuat low once the cost of iroductiou"is increas- ed, it is easy to see th it the fanner will b in a wore condition than ever. Theie are. 4daeieforc. two arguments agaii.-t a big cotton acreage the lo.v t;riceoribe staple, the hitrh price o ... 1 . provisions. The latter is a iurtiierai gtiment in favor ot increasing t acre.ige iu food crops. During the war the south raised it;, own meat and hred, although- neariy all its abie bodied men were in the field. H cau do so today ith profit and ad van! age. Ihe market quotations, not of coltou alone, but ot provisions, ure a -stron,--j argument against a Dig acreage in the southern sUple. A Chic tgo paper recently ga'i.ered the sbitisljes lor several years mur.ier.s, i"g.d iiaiiguigs and ivtiei.ings. in lNbT the murders were 2,5t5; in 1SS0, ;i.50T; iu 18'J., 4.20d; j i la'Jl, 5.0u('. and in 1802, 0,712. 'Inere were 2o legal hangings m 1803, or one legal hanging to -48 murder.-, and 107 legal ders. Mrrrd rs are ineieasing and gal hangings decreasing. As a result, the sia'tist it's , show that lynchiugs are increasing. In 1S91 t.heie were 105 lynciimgs, nndin 1S02 there were lynchings. New Alliance Headquarters. l"rom llie Ctlumbu sun . The headquarters proper of the n:l tional farmers alliance will hereafter be in Coiumoia. At a meeting of 'the national executive committee, Colonel D. P. Duncan accepted the position of national secretary and treasurer, to succeed Mr. Turner, of Georgia. The committee decided to allow Colonel Duncan io live in Columbia and keep the office there, as well as employ sufficient clerks. The alliance wanted a southern man, and selected Colonel Duncan because of tlie strong recom mendations tie had ior interstate com merce commissiioner. Ayeai's ubcriptiou to the Watch ma vv-ill o:iv vou better than anv other , ml j iuvestmeui you can make lor $1. .1 J"- 1 . ' - :tl?77M a 4h Swd your ordorsitlrpct !f voar mcrTuint v -.. ninHi screes, T.W.WOOD & SONS dccusmca, Kiccsiona, va. G1T2. 4 t 3 Kespectfully; C. J n . E 99 Z 9 . 8 SM-j. C-m Paw -J fa Slicitens-JLr.bor. Lrczzzns Pain, 0 Endorsea by ths Leading Physicians. 2 CfiADFEELD REGULATOR CO. Z O ATLANTA, CA. 3CLD BY ALL, DRUGGISTS. i Wficn Ecbj v?sa pick, re frirc. brr Cacforta. Whea -situs was a Cua-i, al.a? enjd for Cct&n. "A' h ;n slie Lad Children, elio ca-.yiiiciu CUiria, i litT. - ! If jvV 1 V i 4 . On in :-. Print. Ul.it e, Poi'l i 111, White Good. VrcaV Oh nibrevs Zephyrs, Jricquard veilings, Domes! ics. . Pant goods, and uiUds at -:. E.'W. Buut & Go's. Shoes in every style one c-m en ce:ve of, w:d at prt.w that 131 1 the World - Verv truly, E. W. Burt & Co. SCRATCHED TEH MONTHS. - A ffAnmacnmn elin rliaao aa caused me to scratch for ten A mouths aad has been cured by a lew days use of a IL IL Wolff, Upper Marlboro, Md SIVIF?'EGSF!G I was en red several years ago of white swelling la nay leg by using WfrjJj antl have had symptom a of re te.v turn of the lis ease. Many prominent physicians atteaaea ma and all failed, but S. S. S. did the wort. ri.CL W. KiBKiATRiCK, Johnson City, Tenn. Treatise on Elcod ar.d Skin Dis eases nulled free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1: li K-to.ot i- iv -rr4Ti '.::.. i .w . ' I . r Sa-H p (tmx. t-f - ! i-: 1.' T. ' 7' ) li-::Ah -'-!.,.. r. II c. . - J i' !IJ9 vTlMm. If ' Jt... i sii". ' 3 CO E. C. teUSiU&i ARS CO.. . ST. i Ct-!S. fei). r4iildrw Cry for Pitcher's r-sfcriq. QUINN ND 4lffV Mothers S iTsax i Hi - i V V -J1 8 NOTIONS -"'j'i il fnt ill