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The Wilson Advance $1.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE CLAUDIUS F. WILSON, EDITOR & PROP R. LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH S. VOLUME XXII. WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 2nd, 1892. NUMBER 20. CasliCatcliesTlie Bargains ! .0, - erroneous, that they, want all -y- THE STATE TICKET. SOMK PERSONAL POINTS ABOl!T OI K NOMINEES. BILL ARF'S LETTER. Their Public Life and Character Sketched The Parly's Fortune Placed in Worthy Ha ml n. mg, there can people at the nomination with the will. be no polls douht that the will ratify his heartiest good Don't Want The Earth. Politicians would have it that formers want the earth, but this impression is It is a fact, howeve like everybody els they can get tor their mone The Cash Racket Stores realizing this fact have on sale this Spring an assortment in every department at prices even lower than ever. We would" call your especial at tention this week to our stock of Cents and Ladies Gauze Under Shirts We are satisfied the prices are very much below the market. The Cash FOR GOVf.RNOR. Elias Carr, the Democratic nomi nee for Governor, is about fifty-one years of age. He was born at Brace Bridge farm, near "Old Sparta," in the county of Edgecombe, where his for Lieutenant Governor, was born in lather, Jonas Carr, had long resided. Alleghany county, January .10, 1856. His people have been prominent in j He was raised. on the farm, his father Eastern JNortn Carolina, ana weie connected with Gov. Sam Johnston of Revolutionary fame, and with the Hon. Richard Hines, years ago a distinguished member of Congress from the Edgecombe District. His mother was Mary E. Hilliard of Nash county, daughter of James Hilliard whose w ife was Miss Boddie of Nash FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR. Rufus A. Douehton, the nominee being a successful and influential far mer. In 1880 he took an optional course at the State University, and i 1 j n j mm More il N;ish and Goldsboro Streets. THE WASHINGTON LIFE Insurance Co. OF NEW ASSETTS, - The Policie? are l)t-sri f Non-Fo Unrestri YORK. - - - 510,500,000. tten by the Washington hi these general terms: u: travel alt 1 Incontestahli Secured lv a Solidly bai k at's. first Safer than r:i Not affected Better payin S. Bunds. Less expert! certificates. More liberal than t Definite Contract 'l iiv liens illro.n by Hi 1 inv StVl o residence and vears. r two years, ested Reserve, bonds and niort i on real estate, il Securities. M' rk market. 1 stmehfs than U. than assessment the law requires. lLFRIEND. SAM'L L. Specia Room 6, Manaj niii n er, . Ya. ,MS, AH. 1 nst. Acenf. Wright Building-, 1 Hirhath, X. C DR. W. S. ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, Oftic W 1 1. SON, N. C tore on lartioroSt. DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, N. C. Buik "CXl d "r t0 the First Nationa DR. E 5 tiro-eon Wl I.SOX, K. WRIGHT, 1 dentist, taving nerm.nu-.nl,. 1 'liter my n the public BOmet in C Ax . c. located in Wil jnal services to ScotU ntral Hotel Building 'and Neck ATilitn SCOTLAN Spring Term Bei KECK. x. c. January 25th, 1892 IDEAL SCI Two thing nd vigor ( ftr infom Til IDOL FOR BOYS altb of body 5 reasonable: lati TOHX J M 1) W. C. ALLEN, Supt 1'LR OlHlinents, Gr "1, II A GRANITE I ivestones, &c. S ? and ... i..-.- mix. . - mo iWK at., Q3r-wt NORFOLK, VA EM es free. Emm K,)R SALE' r oui nam ; Ull:,t'hK,v, 5""nts I) 5-14-Iy. per hundred. i r. LANIER. vvi 18011 Marble W " 'Is,,,, v . orks county. She was a sister of Elijah B. llil Hard of Hilliardston and Isaac Mil liard of Millbrook, Halifax county. Mr. Ca'rr had the good fortune in 1 859, to marry that accomplished lady, Miss Eleanor Kearney, daugh ter of Mr. William Kearney, of Shoc co Springs, Warren county, and from this union have sprung three sons and two daughters. The relations and connections of Mr. and Mr. Carr in the counties ol Warren, Halifax, Franklin, Nash, Vance, Granville, Edgecombe, and Greene and adjoining counties are very numerous and among the most respectable people in the State ol North Carolina. Mr. Carr's father died when he was quite young and he was raised by John Buxton Williams and his most estimable lady, who was the aunt of Mr, Carr. Mr. Williams was one 01 the grandest men who ever lived in North Carolina, a painstaking, care ful, prudent bussiness man ; a man ol I noble sentiments and sharing with his wife the highest characteristics " of Christians. Under such tutelage! Mr. Cars grew to manhood and the ele ments of a noble character were bred in him from the association. He received his preliminary edu cation at the noted school of Wm. J. Bingham, at the Oaks in Orange county. From there he entered Chapel Hill, and finished his educa tion at the University of Virginia. He chose for his business in life the pursuit of agriculture, in which his family had long been engaged. Purchasing his brother's interest in his father's fine farm at Brace Bridge, he has cultivated that prop erty ever since. It is here that he has made his reputation as one ot the best iamers of the State. His farm is noted far and wide as being most excellently cultivated and improved. Hisjhome he has beautified and adorn ed and made attractive as few other country residences now are. He has made a success at farming, although, like others, he has had his bad years and his good years ; but generally, he has made money at the business. 1 lis practice has been to raise his provisions, relying on others as little as possible, although making cotton, and, of late, also some tobac co. He pays particular attention to dairying, and has his ensilage to feed his stock upon, and his butter is sokl at good prices on several mar kets in this State, and outside as well. For about fifteen years Mr. Can has been county commissioner ol Edgecombe county, and he has given bis best services to the affairs ot his county. He has frequently been honored by commissioners to repre sent his State in conventions, as the Farmer's Convention at St. Paul in 886. He has also been for some time a member of the Board managing the A. and M. College, and is a member of the World's Fair commission. Always greatly interested in ag riculture, to which he is devoted, he has sought by precept and example to infuse into the people a spirit of progress and improvement. Anima ted by these sentiments, he has long been an active and earnest member of the State Agricultural Society, and when the Alliance was lormed he early connected himself with it. He was first President of the Sub-Alliance at Old Sparta, then of his cpun ty Alliance, and next of the State Al liance, which position he held as long as the constitution permitted. He represented the Alliance at Ocaia, and was a member of the committee on platform, where he took a promi nent part, advocating conservative action. His voice has always been lor con servative action, and he has sought to keep the order, as far as possible, out of partisan politics. The name of Elias Carr, wherever he is known, carries wl th it the embodiment of truth, a spirit of fairness and even handed justice. In all his dealings with his fellowmen, he has exhibited the true spirit of a Christian gentle man. I His name has come forward for high station time and again, but he has invariably declined to enter into such contests. Recently he was spoken of for Treasurer, but abso lutely declined. The nominotion for Governor which has just been conferred upon him, came entirely unsought and unex pected. It is indeed a case of the office seeking the man. That he is the right man for the place, the unanimous verdict of the largest and most respectable body of Democrats that ever assembled in North Caroli na, fully attests. He has the confi dence, esteem and respect of the peo ple and will carry the Democratic izen was due the power gained forthe banner to victory. A Christian gen- i Democratic party in Western North tleman, a man of high culture and I Carolina, and the knowledge im- j a strange stokv m a stangk sort unblemished character, a man whose pressed upon the whole parry ol the whole life has been spent in his fields . weight and value of that section. In cultivating his crops, and a sterling ' 1876 he was elected Secretary of the Democrat, without a shadow of turn-1 Senate. His first term determined his value to that body ; ahd never after has he been troubled by the anxieties of re-election. His election as his own successor has alwjays been a foregone conclusion, an incompara ble officer, a courteous gentleman, a well informed statesman, an adroit politician, the Senate has always in advance recognized his services as indispensable. He is now the editor of the Democrat, the weekly paper he publishes at Asheville. I STATE TREASURER BAIN. I Donald W. Bain, the nominee for State Treasurer, is a native of Ral eigh, where he has always resided. j He was born April 2, 1S41, and en tered the service of the State just be fore the late war, as a clerk in the office of the comptroller, and in 1865 j became chief clerk ot the treasury " department, by appointment of the ! Hon. Jonathan Worth, the provis- was re nominated by acclamation and, treasurer ne received tne elected without opposition to the nomination for State treasurer at the house, serving during the session of j Democratic conventions of 1S84 and 1889 as chairman of the committee j l8xs- e latter tune by acclamation on education and on other important! and without opposition. He is now ! ciosui" ins seeonu icim. jui. d.uu the same year obtained license to practice law. Thy following year he was elected superintendent of the public schools of Allegnany county and later became chairman of the . '1 1 r .1 . T . on: rouiuv noaici 01 education. 111 ioou he was clecte the leeislatun and uselul membei to the lower house of. 1 1 and became a popular p si - He held tions on the judiciary committee and on other committees. In 188S he committees, in ioo ne was again j sent to the house and again was the j honor paid nun 01 a nomination oy acclamation and election without op position. I le was elected speaker at the session of 1S91 and made an ad mirable presiding officer, patient, at tentive, painstaking, and always the courteous and kindly gentleman. He is one of the youngest men ever elec ted speaker in Norh Carolina. He is conservative yet progressive and his interest in the great cause of public education, that at the U niversity and the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege, as well as in the common schools, is deep and abiding. ' OCTAVICS COKE Received the distinguished honor of being nominated to the office of Sec retary of State by acclamation. The convention entertained no other thought or purpose ; it came as the spontaneous expression of every man in the convention. It could not have been otherwise, for his trumpet voice had so often sounded in the cause of his party and his country, that its re verberations ring unweakened in po tency in the ears of those he has long led or urged to victory. When the lamented Saunders passed way, it was eminently proper that the dis tinguished gentleman who then oc cupied the executive chair should II . ,-! .1 1 1 1 can to mi tne vacancy one ne nau known whose the value of whose services he had recognized, the fullness of whose ac quirements he had learned to value. As Secretary of State, Capt. Coke as he is best and most widely known through his military career in the late war proved at once his ability to ably till the office made so distin guished by his predecessor. There could have been no ouestion as to the propriety of his retention in the om.:e ne so urienv uueu. 10 ins honor, and to the honor 1 , 1 ,1.1 1 long ana wen, tne wisoom 01 counsel he had profited bv, of those en- 1 11. c trusted w;: 1 the nower and duty 01 ; -.- 1 j nomination, not a voice was raised in the convention or out of it to impede his triumphal record as the choice by the. convention by acclamation ; and the people, with like unanimity, will ratify the choice. M ;; . tUK M AN TOR ATI HTOK. The convention did a wise and iac ful thine in the nomination ot Mr. Furman for auditor a wise thin in that it was a distinct recognition ol the services ot the democratic press . ; X (rthCaroltna, and a graceful thing in that it endorsed and promoted pertfleman distinguished in an unusual degree by long, faithful and unselfish devotion to the Democratic party. There are but few men in the State ol more personal popularity than Mr. Furman. In the Western part of the Shite his nomination will be peculiar ly gratifying. For nearly a quarter of a century he has given his voice and pen to the support of every man 1 1 1 . . . j ..... ami measure caicuiaieei iu uminuit the development of that region. His public spirit was not bounded by county or sectional lines but extended to every locality and interest in the State : and he is happy in having lived long enough to see his fellow citizens in the enjoyment of a pros perity to which he has so effectually contributed, and to receive that re ward which a generous people will always bestow upon faithful and de serving servants. He is especially Qualified by his natural talents and familiarity with our State policy for the duties of the office to which he has been nominated. Robert M. Furman was born at Louisburg in 1846, and is therefore now 46 years old. He was educated in the home schools of his native town. He early in life was employed , TTru. .,l in Dusiness at iNoriunt, v., anu ai the universal call to arms, entered the army. He was a lieutenant in the Junior Reserves. When little more than 17 years of age, and in the lat ter years ol the war when service meant action, did severe, laborious, brave ancLdangerous duty, enduring the hardships ot the march, the pri vations of the camp and the perils of the. battlefield. His tastes led him to journalism, and he established a Dem ocratic paper at Louisburg. He came to Raleigh in 1S79, and he was en gaged for two years as reporter tor Raleigh bentinel, acquiring expe rience, enlarging his political infor mation, and maturing his judgment In 1872, he became the owner of the Asheville Citizen and thus to-the Cit- has perhaps as large a personal and political acquaintance in the State as any other man in it and he ought to be proud of such a record as he has always had for integrity and faithful ness to his State and its people. His successful administration of the affairs of the treasury has been that of the thorough and thoughtful business man. Besides his position as State treasurer he has since been February, 1867, the grand secretary of the grand lodge of Masons of North Carolina. The great length of his stay in that position of honor and trust is another proof of the high place he holds in public regard. He is also prominent in the State and general councils of his church, the Methodist Episcopal. Since 1882 he has heen secretary of the North Car olina annual conference, and has twice, in 1886 and 1890, been one of its representatives at the great meet ings of the general conference. He is also a member of that powerful benevolent order, the Odd F'ellows. In the various intricate duties con nected with the office of State treas urer Mr. Bain's long and thorough knowledge of public affairs has prov ed of special value, enabling him to do many things which have inured to the State's advantage. The high compliment which the late convention paid him, of a nomination by accla mation and that for his third term was fully deserved. . JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH, Nominated at the recent Democratic convention as the candidate for the office of Superintendent of Public In struction, was born in Wake county, September 22, 1841, and is therefore in his fifty -first year. He entered in his twentieth year, when he had just finished his preparations to enter col lege, the company so honorably known as the Raleigh Rifles, assign ed to the Fourth -afterwards the Fourteenth regiment of North Car ouna troops acting as sergeant ot his company. Afterwards, at his own request, he was transferred to Co. I 1st regiment, N. C. State troops, Col m w . 1 f . 1 1 Moiittord stokes commanding, anc remained in that command until the close of the war. He had his full share of all the varieties of service, of danger, of glory, of privation, of im prisonment, and the number of bat tles in which he was engaged, some of them the heaviest during the war, proves both his fidelity to his cause and his devotion and courage as a soldier. Towards the close of the war he was badly wounded at Cedar Fork and sent home on furlough. Recovering, he returned to his com mand at Petersburg and was engaged in the battles and movements around Petersburg and at Danville and in the closing tragedy at Appomattox. When the war closed he returned home and aided his father in making a crop for the support of his family. But his determination to obtain a collegiate education was fixed, and in January he entered Wake F"orest College, where he graduated in June, 1869. In the following fall he was made a tutor in the same college, holding his position for two years. In August, 1 87 1. he established an academy at Selma, Johnston county, and conducted it so successfully as to draw .marked attention to him as one in every way suitable to fill the superintendency of the public instruc tion, and in 1876, he was elected to that office, filling it so ably and so successfully as to lead to his re-nomi-nation and re-election in 1880. In 1888, he was appointed by Gov. Fowle chief of the bureau of labor statistics, which position he still holds. Mr. Scarborough is a ready and strong speaker, and a most affective campaigner, and already so widely and favorably known, his nomination adds another strong element to the strong ticket with which his name is associated. OK A MAX. How Many Sucli do yon Know? Hie Ldve of Good Children a Heritage all Slionld be Proud of But that boy; Should he be l'erntitted to Spend More than lie Earns? Ben Franklin defined man to be a j bundle of habits. He is more than j that, of course, but habits do con stitute an important part of his daily life. They are stronger than chains, for chains can be broken. Not long ago, while on my travels, 1 was sit ting in a store in a large city when a man came in and said he wanted a peck of Irish potatoes. He seemed about fifty years old and was clean shaved and had an eager, restless look, but rather a pleasing, honest face. Fie was evidently a working man for he had on common working clothes and his shirt was of the old style with the collar sewed on to it and fastened with a horn button and there was no cravat, lie wore no vest and his well-worn suspenders were in sight. He thought the price of the pota toes a little high, but was not dis- lgreeable about it. I Ie thought the merchant was mistaken about the number of pounds to the bushel, but did not make a point on it. He in sisted on buying by weight instead )f measure and carefully threw out . . ... . c . 1 every potato that was not peueciiy sound. He brought a sack with him ind threw it over his shoulder and lurried away. He is a very shrewd, careful It tT ,.1 '. T 1 A man, said l, out 1 recKon ne nas 10 e, for he looks like he was poor and hard run." The merchant smiled. "Yes, he is poor and he thinks he is hard run," said he. "He is a clever, honest, in dustrious man. He has a good dis position. He is right kind-hearted and will sit up with a sick neighbor ill night, but he has one peculiarity that affects his happiness." What is that?" said 1. He does not like to pay taxes, md he fusses and fights about the assessments every year. t he col- ector never gets it without a levy." "What has he got to pay taxes -1 T 1 on f 1 inquired. "Well," said the merchant, "he has a good deal. T here are very ew men in this county who are as 1 .1 . t 1: . i .1.:. ncn as mat man. riis taxes tins he is jnst obliged to make, and so he falls a few dollars behind every month and has to have his salary supplemented by his fond parental ancestor, who loves him like he loves his own soul for he is a good loving boy and gives me no trouble except that he doesn't know how to save and keep a dollar and that habit he learned from me. If a father makes his boy lame he must give him a crutch, and so I have to help him until he gets more wages and is able to go a long without help. His mother feels like she is bereaved, and I see " her looking away off with dreamy, watery eyes, and she counts the days when he is to come home, and that costs two dollars every time, but it is worth it to her and to me and I pay it twice a month for a visit Saturday night and a stay over Sunday. It is said that the old eagle shoves her young out of her nest, and makes them flv, whether they will or not, but a mother clings to her children and would hover them always if she could. But the question is, what will become of the boy will he always be a clerk, must the heathen Chinese keep on doing his washing, must he keep on dress ing as nice as the boys with rich parents, must he take the sweet girls to the opera and the musical and stand up at the weddings and give britlal presents and remain poor? But I won't worry. He don't drink nor smoke, and has good honest principles, and loves us, and comforts us, and maybe some of these days he will mate with a good girl who is not spoiled by fashion and folly and the charms of society, and they will settle down to the business of life like we did. My wife and 1 started out just that way and have lived together for forty-four years on a strain never rich and never poor, and always working for the children. One by one they came along, and we have been blessed with them, and found it no harder to raise the ten than it was the one, or the two or the five. And this is the will of Providence, and this the law of our being. Let us all take life kindly and gratefully, and not borrow trouble. The love of good children is the best heritage in the world. Bill Arp. NEWS 0FA WEEK. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WOK L D AROUND US. A Condensed Report of the New From Our Contemporaries Gleaned Here and There For Itusy Readers. The graded school at Fayetteville closed last Monday for the want of funds to pay expenses. Mrs. E. H. Robertson, of Stokes county, who is now in her 83d year and as sprightly as she was at 30, is now cutting her third set of teeth. The Governor has appointed J. B. I lolman, of the seventh district, a trustee of the colored Agricultural and Mechanical College, vice J. W. A. Paine, resigned. A cargo of bull-lrogs was shipped northward from Elizabeth City a few days ago. The Economist-Falcon says there is big money in bull-frogs' hind legs. amounted to S27,ooo. He is KOSES OF JUNE. BY CLINTON SCOLLAKD. Catarrh in New England. Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to every one using it for catarrhal troubles. G. K. Mellor, Druggist, Worcester, Mass. I believe Ely's Cream Balm i; the best article for catarrh ever offered the public. Bush & Co., Druggist, Wor cester, Mass. An article of real merit. C. P. Al der, Druggist, Springfield, Mass. Those who use it speak highly ot it. Geo. A. Hill, Druggist, Springfield, Mass. Cream Balm has given satisfactory results, W. v. Draper, Druggist, Sprinfield, Mass. vear , 1 .1 1 . . . . . now naving a notei ouur rnai is 10 cost $120,000, and he was in a hurry to get back there to his work. He has hired himself to the contractor to roll dirt out of the basement with a wheelbarrow, at $1.50 per day. I see him at it every day, as I pass." I was amazed and at first was dis gnsted with this sordid miserly man, but my friend took his part and said, "No he is not mean. He is simply a creature of habit. He was raised poor and to work and save and be economical. Flis old father owned a poor farm in the neighborhood, and had to scratch for a living, but after he died the town stretched out that wav and the land became very valu able. This man got about 100 acres for his share, and he had been plow ing and hoeing and digging it so long that it nearly broke his heart to sell it off. He used to hide from the specula tors who were after him, but by and by they got him to sell a little, and he 1 .1 was worried wiui ine money tney paid him. It was a revelation. It was breaking up his habits, and it made him unhappy. Now he does not attach as much importance to money coming m as to money going out. His habits of not spending is stronger than his love of accumulat ing. His habit of daily labor and receiving his dollar, or a dollar and a half a day, as the reward is a fixed part of his life. In fact he wijl take more comfort to-night at the dollar and a hall that his contractor pays him than a thousand dollars that he may receive to morrow from the sale of a cityTot. He feels like he earned the one, but the other was an ac cident and so he works every day." I quickly changed my mind about that man. He is a good citizen and is setting a good example. His money is not idle. It is not hoarded or locked up. He is no miser. He does not sit down at night by the light of a candle and count it. He invests it in buildings as fast as it accumulates and that accomodates the public and makes rents cheaper. He never got his money dishonestly or unfairly. It all came to him by good luck, and he has saved it. Most men would have sold out early and spent the money, but his habits of industry kept him from doing it. He is about as happy as his habits will let him be. Te is not a model man, and I would n t .1 1 .11T swap existence witn mm, out sun 1 have respect for him. Every man has his own individuality. I was thinking about a young man not yet passed his teens whom I know very well for he is close akin to me. He too has started out with habits. He has a good high school education and knows about as much Latin and Greek as I do. He has read good books and not much trash. He is eood looking and he knows it. He is fond of the society of pretty girls and has good manners. They flatter him and he likes that. But he is poor, awful poor. He is clerking at 35 dollars a month and it takes 20 of that to pay his board and room rent, and 5 dollars more to pay a heathen Chinee for his washing and Twine not for me those crimson queens of bloom That make Damascus gardens a de light ; Wreathe not the royal blossoms that perfume The star-bright spaces of Egyptain night. Nor yet the Italian rose that gar land The brow of Petrarch's Laura, nor the flowers That warred In merry England white and red Till Joy's head drooped and Sorrow knelled the hours. But pluck irom vonuer neusre-row in the field As pure as sweet, as delicate as fair The dearest boon these days of June time yield, The pale wild-rose that Sylvia loves to wear. Ladies' Home Journal. A WELCOME GUEST. BY WORDEN WHEELER. When baby comes ! The earth will smile, Ana witn ner spring-time arts, Degtiue I he sleepy blossoms from their rest, And truant song-birds to thernest, To greet-my guest. When baby comes ! mind All thought of self. kind. Old wounds are healed, forgot, Sorrow and pain remembered not Life holds no blot. Now fades fr 1 he world grows old w rones The Davie Times says that in that section there will be very little cotton planted this year, but there will be the usual amount of tobacco and a big crop of corn. The stand of peanuts in this State is very poor and from present indi cations n t more than half a crop will be made, although the acreage is much larger than last year. m The examination for the next West Point Cadetship of the 3rd District will be held in Goldsboro, June 17th, 1892, so Representative Grady an nounces. Mr. E. F. McRae, we hear it stated, has entered suit against Mai. John D. Shaw for libel, placing his damages at $10,000. What about ? Laurinburg Exchange. The Wilmington and Weldon branch line to the town of Washing ton was completed Tuesday and silver spikes were driven by Miss Margaret Hoyt and Miss Isabelle Blount. The High Point Enter prise, says the census-taker for that town turn ed into Mr. Porter the names of 2,250 citizens 01 tne place. ine census bureau does not credit it with as much as 1,000. A Windsor, N. C. telegram says Elections were held Monday in two townships in this county on the ques tion of a subscription of $15,000 each to the capital stock of the Norfolk Wilmington and Charleston railroad The vote was for the subscription. The Wilmington Messenger, in its reports of the State Medical Society says tne ooara 01 censors had occa sion to suspend Dr. M. E. Robinson of Goldsboro, and Dr. J. B. Robert son, of Winston, lor unprofessional conduct in advertising cures for drunkenness. Dr. T. J. Herbert, of Haynesville, says there has never been a licensed saloon in Clay county and only three murderers. The last session of our Superior Court lasted only one day, and it has been said by more than one of our Judges that we have the most moral county in the State. The Banner says that Mr. William Nix, of Rutherford county, in extrica ting a large owl from a trap, was slightly scratched, and blood poison immediately set in. He died last Thursday. He was a strong, athletic man, weighing over 200 pounds. Mrs. Vaughan Ray, of Wake coun ty, went out ot the house Tuesday morning, leaving her little three-year-old son Tommic alone in it. There was a little fire on the hearth. When she returned she found the child burned to death. This from the Durham Sun. On Monday morning one ofthe convicts at work grading for the railroad shops, made a dash for lib erty and although fired upon made his escape. Two others have since attempted to follow his example but without success. Argonaut. Babies make their advent into this world under many unfavorable cir cumstances, but the Shelby Aurora declares that it never heard until re cently of a baby being born in a buggy. This baby was born a few days ago as its mother was going homeward from a visit to her mother in Cleveland county. The mother j and child are doing well. Mr. George A. Heptinstall, one of our most popular young men, gradu ated at Eastman College, Pough keepsie. N. Y., the other day, and carried off all the honors. In the final examination in a class of twenty three, he stood highest with 90 per cent. He is expected home to-day and his many friends will give him a rousing welcome. Enfield Cor. Wel don News. The last of the newspapers, pub lished in the interest ofthe Grange . -u in North Carolina has ceased to exist. It was the Roanoke Patron, publish ed at Potecasi, Northampton county. This bit of news carries the mind back to 1880, the Grange was flourishing all over North Carolina. The last volley fired by the Patron was at the Third party and its ideas and plans. George Harper was taken to the Insane Asylum in Raleigh on Tues day. He owned a saw mill two miles from town, and by energy and per severance, had accumulated consider able money. It is charged that he was made insane by the use of Keeley's tobacco cure. The un fortunate young man and his family have the sympathy ofthe community. We hope to see him soon restored. Rocky Mount Argonaut. Governor Brown, of Kentucky, has signed "the separate coach" bill. The law provides that every passenger railway train shall be provided with a separate coach for negroes It goes into effect ninety days after the ad journment of the Legislatnre. The negroes ofthe State have been strong ly oppose to the law, but itseftect will probably be to give them plenty of room to travel at times when whites are crowded. Such a law is now in effect in two Southern States, and in his message in January, Gov. Mc Kinney, of Va., recommended it for that State. Snake stories are now with us. The Laurinburg Exchange tells the follow ing : On Saturday afternoon as Mr. Murdock McCormac was riding along he was attacked by a huge whip snake which coiled itself about his horse's legs so tightly that the ani mal could not proceed. Springing from his horse Mr. McCormac seiz ed the reptile by the neck and suc ceeded at last in tearing it loose from his horse. He threw the snake as far from him as he could, which seem ed to enrage it the more, anil placing its evil eye on Mr. McCormac it sprang upon him, folding his body, and reaching even his neck, in its slimy embrace. Then the tug of war really began. After considerable tussle he unwound his antagonist and the snake seeing he was in danger took to a tree. Mr. McCormac went for a rail (which he should have done at first) and when he returned, to his amazement, the snake jumped from the tree with the evident inten tion of fastening itself again upon him. He missed his mark, however, and fell prone upon the ground where he was soon dispatched. When baby comes ! Methinks I see The winsome face that is to be. And old-time doubts, and haunting fears, Are lost in dreams of happier years. Smiles follow tears. When baby comes ! God make me good, And rich in grace of motherhood. Mike white this woman's soul of mine, And meet for this great gift.of time, In that glad time. Ladies' Home Journal. The Monroe Enquirer savs that in plowing, recently, Mr. W. P. Broom of Stanly county, plowed over a burnt log and under it found '$32. 50 in silver, wmch which had evidently been there a long while. One quarter was dated 1861 and this was the newest coin in the lot. A young man named Kiser, who lived with Mr. Mark Conder, in Vance township, attempted to commit sui cide a few days ago. He drank two vials of laudanum but threw up a auantitv of it. so that it failed to have The record of Mortimer Jones alias jts desired effect. He had written a P. Hale, arrested lor forgery, nnro which wa fniInri aHHrPPH to his father and other relatives, in which he said he was in great trouble, but he refuses now to tell what the trouble was, Monroe Enquirer. E grows darker. Letters irom Cum berland, Sampson and Pitt counties describe accurately the man who forged the order on S. S. Nash. These letters state that he pursued the same tactics in those counties, only more successfully. From one he took $90 on one order. One man writes that he would like to have what Edgecombe leaves of him. Jones is not a native of Johnston county. He married an excellent woman there and has three children. Monday April 25th. he left Princeton, his home, for the declared purpose of coming to Tarboro. It is presumed he stopped on the way at Sharps burg to familiarize himself with names for his work here. Tarboro South erner, Fatal casualties have followed each other in with startling rapidity in this vicinity during the last three days. Thursday morning Mr. R. D. McCotter was murdered at Pamlico ; that afternoon a child was killed at Tillman's crossing on the railroad, and that night one colored man killed another with a bed slat at Bogue. FYiday night a colored man was shot and dangerously wounded in the city W.E.WS&C8: FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS, (Successors to B. F. Briggs & Co.,) OFFICE OVER FIRST NAT. BANK, WILSON, N. C. 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