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)LXIME XXVL
WILSON, C; DEC; 17, 1896.
NTJMBEK 50.
ol Sight Seein
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FROM CURRITUCK
TO CHEROKEE;
REVIEW OF RECENT HAPPENINGS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE; V :
Well to see sights that will please the eve and suit
pocket book, we advise you to take a look at the
Sili t " of 13&iriii s
PACU TArIC,T' CTADT7C
;are sights worth seeing, worth-buying. Not confined to
0116 ui uuus uui an.
A liandsoine Donation,
EVER
this store, in its whole history, placed before the people of
little city such a variety of goods at prices quite so
hlous. - ... .
i and Gents Furnishings, .Laces, Corsets,
Itions, Stationery, Hardware and
Tinware, Soaps, Brushes of all Kind.
nr fnmp cpp for rnnrQf1f
J. M, LEATH, Manager
-r: The Cash Racket Stores,
:ner nash and Tarboro Sts. "
The twenty-first Annual ,'State
Convention of the Young Men's
Christian, Association, wiil meet at
Winston-Salem, Feb. 19-22. Messr?.
W.C. Dowd, Chas. W. Tillett, J. M,
Rogers and Geo. B.'Hanna, were ap
pointed a committee to arrange a
programme whiclTwill be one of; the
Strongest ever presented. Delegates
from all the Young Men's Christian
Associations in North Carolina and
all Christian workers are welcome.
All persons interested should corres
pond with Mr. F. P. Turner, State
Secretary, Charlotte, N. C. . ;
For several months it has been
known to a few of Judge Boykin's
friends that he intended to resign his
office at an early date. In pursuance
of this purpose the judge in person
tendered his resignation to Governor
Garr. He went upon the bench be
fore he was 30 years old and ; .has
served eleven years. Though -not in
age, in service he is the oldest supe
rior court judge in the statd. He re
signs in order to return to the active
practice ot t law. He has made, his
mark as one of the very ablest judges.
His resignation takes effect Decem
ber 31st. ''.;" .
-: Kinston, N. G, Deccember io." -A
letter from ' Washington : Duke, of
Durham, to Dr. J. C. Kilgo, who is
here in attendance on the.cpnference
now in; session and read by him to
the conference conveys the gratifying
statement that- Mr. -Duke . .donates
$100,000 to the endowment of Trjni;
ty college. There, was only one con
dition to the gift and that' was that
youngjadies should be admitted to
the institution on the same-terms as
young -men. T K ' - -
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Convicted of Murdering Their Father. '
-Raleigh, N. C, December 9 Two
women and three men, all negrots,
have for several days . been, on trial .at
189.88 fa 1S94 tni 1893. The
returns make the acreage ol winter . , ,
wheat just sown 195 per cent othe
area harvested fn 1 S96. This est!
mate which1 isv preliminary to the
completed estim ite ' o! . June j next
makes the area sown for the harvest
ot 23.986,490 icres. .
Conditions'. for. fall wheat seeding,
throughout Europe, except in prance
and Sqbtherni. Russia are reported
generally favorable. The increase .
in acreage is probably rot.greaL - -.
MA CEO MURKERED.
Oxford ior, murdering the aed father ; deatfe; lndicalin2 hij " bttrayai
of the two women elghteen months i6,plicatinsr Dr. Zel.lucha. , ' .
pJn RrcnmenUarbttlr H CSreat Grn
eral Mnrdi-ifil tintlfr th' Fla rf True?;
Adanta, Ga.t December 12 -,-The
Constitution's Key West special gives
the following account; of Maceo's
d
ago and jaurying "the body in . their
yard. 11 except one, Calvin Mon
gum.; were today convicted of murder
ihthe second degree and given ten
years in the penitentiary. Ma ngum
is sentenced to be hanged January
28th. The murder was a horrible
; Ycur correspondent ' is now enai
bled to state, ' upon undoubted au
thority that the death of General
Maceo- was a premeditated assassina
tion, and that' the failure to produce
his body is - becuse lts mutilated
. condition would shocks even Snanish .:
one. The victim body was covered m sensibilities'. It "seems that -
General Maceo bad' planned a successful-passing
bf the- irocha and that
taking the sea route with a body- -guard,
-he -was to, rejoin his forces
with trash and people walked over it
daily - "-- , . '
. FJre at Winston.
bacco
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THE FIGHT FOIt FREKSH.VEB.
1 al bureau of volunteer speakers. I
1 ..a 1 1 t.. .1 a. . . - . 1 1
:tHii uc. giau 10 . receive me nonor
un-
Pian F.,r ;a Fnr ivara's Campaign ro cf volunteer speakers, who.
-The
! der the ausDices of vour bureau, is
re-I to cultivate an - interest'. -in --political
ptea Upon ly the JLeaiers
Pw Louis. December' 8
E of a conference had between questions 'and increase the devotion
am . Bryan, Senator Jones o f i to our government. : You are quite
ansas, Governor Stone ol Misscu-111 AU iu, "U1UV.-
;nd oer prominent democrats, as Veil as by the commanders. In
i touk place during their .recent fact, it is much easier for soldiers to
f' expedition in the interior of -select commanders than itJs for com-
The State crop report lor Decem
ber was issued Thursday. J Inquiries
were made as to what the. crops actu
ally were. The answers taking all the
crops together show a high average.
The report which will cause most
surprise is that on cotton. The Sep
tember and October reports on its
condition indicated respectively 63
and 65 per cent of an average, while
the yield is now shown to have been
76 per cent. The exceptionally long
warm season and dryness, caused
phenomenal maturing. Corn was 89
per cent, peanuts 7S and sweet pota
toes 92. The amount of wheat sowed
"Winston,- N. ' . Dec 9 The to-
mariutacturinir plant of the
Brown Brothers Tobacco Company,
one ;of Winston's oldest; firms, was
destrcryedby fire at 3 q'c cc!: this
morning entailing a Iocs of $150,000
with $35,000 insurances Besides the
iactofy- and r machinery 850,000
pounds' of manufactured and 150,000
pounds of leaf Were consumed by; the
flames. They.origin of the fire is not
known. The firm owns three' other
large lactones, and will resume busi
as soon as machinery can be purchas
ed ahd put in operation; Two other
east of Mariel. -This was.accom
plished in" safety and "'while standing
aTone, within sight of a; line of skir
mishers the general . was shot down
by men in hiding, :vhos were await-
in-' their victim; His ' bodv. ; so far
as Spanish reports go,, -at once dis- .
appeared, but'tbe truth is that it was
backed up by the ssassins, who ex-
brutal minds are capable. V
For three weeksit has been known
in Hayanna that a clever bribe was-
out tor the surrender, of General..
Maceo. ; It " was to the efiect that he
tactories were saved. from destruction - held the ticket which called for the-
uixijuj .LUi-.m,iv.ui vvji.r. ji lilt 111 c
departments.
A Figlit With Ti-spara tines.
sour'nas been made known by
'terj. Vrooman, of this city, who
Kd yesterday trom v a : visit to
Kington, D. C.
yen the: distinguished - party of
pers disbanded it had been agreed
any on an aggressive campaign of:
er agitation for. the next four 1
?S and Mr. Vrooman has an-
the programme. The na-
bureau of volunteer speakers is
paized in with headquarters, in
pinotonJ The purpose of the
-au is t0 maintain speakers in ev
cwty in the United States, TJie
ers-
e;r fitness and will be supplied
Ml arguments and statistics ob-
;:z5 free silver clubs: and make
reports of progress.'- One
'incentives to active work 'is a
41 f honor. This will be made up
0rkers acheiving the best results,
a Pce on the roll will be the
ast essential for 'preferment to a
C ?S 1 democratic candidate for
pnt in 1900. W.J. Bryan has
if suited in every step taken
tli,
manaers to secure soldiers.
'Your plan of keeping a record o
the work done by each in this great
cdntest enables honor to be " given
where honor is most du e.
Yours very truly,
';. 1 , W. J Bryan."
It is the, intention of the bureau, to
have 5,000 speakers in -the field with
in three months, and to keep the en
thusiasm going until, election day "in
1900. . ' .
grand prize of $50,000 in 1 the
Havana, lottery. 1 He did not -care'
to call for the cashing ol this cleverly
arranged bribe, and then it was, upon
i Chattanooga, Tenn., December 9 . the departure of General Weyler for
is 98 percent and its condition over " :KleI actaiis or.a utai encounter ! tfie hills several days ago, tnat it
100 Of rye 86 per crop is sown and ' n l hy a North Carolina posse with 1 was bruited abcu1. that the n an who
two notorious outlaws near Nantahala, killed Maceo could have the pncei
N. Cj., comes to this city tonight by j The story" of 4 Maceo's death;-as
wayjof Athens,' Tenn. A party of f told ; 'froni efheial sources, sustains
deputy sheriffs headed by the sherifl- fully the theory of assassination.-
of Graham county, N. C. were General Maceo." instead of crossing:
1
ry
its condition is 97. Of fattening hogs
the percentage is 99 and of cattle 95,
con?ented to become custodian
5 roll of honor in the following
; 'Lincoln, Neb.. November 28.
e National Bureau of Volun
Speakers, Walter Vrooman,
t i-ouis :
1 ti T .Sir : Yours of Noyem-
I reRard to the plan of a nation -
Clir!staii;js Holiday Kates.
The Southern Railway announces
Christmas and New Year Holiday
rates 1896-97 at a very great .reduc
tion. Tickets to be sold between all
stations of that. Company, within ra
dius, of 300 miles of actual selling
pointf on December 22 to 2.5 - inclus
ive, and Dec. 301896 to Jany 1st,
1S97, inclusive, gOod .to return Jany.
4th. N '
For the accommodation of students
attending schools and colleges tickets
will be sold to those presenting certif
icates from ;the principals or presi- j dents entered into a covenant to
fi novi? forward in. their
I f UN III l II II. I l.liLU LIViJiJ MS WW
"This is what I think will happen
in 1900 unless the gold- standard
brings- prosperity, that bids' fair to be
permanent," said Congressman Har
ry Skinner, of North Carolina, at the
Ebbitt, "The populists will hold their'
national convention - early, sooner
than any of the other parses ; as ear
ly perhaps . as the 22d of February.
They will proceed to nominate "-with
practical unauimity, W. J. Bryan for
president and Mar; on Butler for vice
president, and the leading plank in
the, platform will be an equivocal
declaration for free silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1, independent ot the other
governments of the vorld.-rWrash-ingaon.Post.
.
Mr, S. M. Siyford, College Evan
gilist; has recently visited the follow
in institutions in North Carolina ;
Trinity College', U. N. Q., Davidson
College, Agricultural & Mechanical
College and Wake Forest College..
Although his stay attach institution
was very short the Christian .men
very greatly helped and many stu-
scouring the woods in search of Rob
ert Derrick, an escaped murderer
from McMinn countv, Tenn, jail when
the officers were taken by surprise in
a rec!ess of the mountains where Der
rick jand his pal, John Starke)', had
their rendezous. The ' party was
completely pocketed and exposed to
the desperadoes' fire. A- deputy
sheriff -was shot dead and the fugitives
escaped. Sharkey was captured to
day and jailed at Murphy, N. C.
l arin Prices of Proluct.
to ,:tK inl.w.vP with final limit oil Mr. Sayford has a unique position,;
Jany. '4th, 1897. : ?
:Call on any Agent of. the SoutheAi
Railway for 'detailed information as to
rates, schedule, .baggage checks, etc,
, : . - -.. : . : :
" .f-j'X'mAJiLi .
christian life.
representing . no organization or
movement- Hehasi 'for the past
nine years devoted all his time and
strength to Christian Work among
the colleges, during-whichtme - he
KaS.vjsited more than 306 institutions
God has wonderfully blessed him in
jg, Ithia wdrk.
Washington, December 10 The
return of the statistican of the depart
ment of agriculture for the month of
Decjember relative to', the average
farm prices of the various products, of
agriculture "on the first day . of the
mor th are as follow;s ; The farm
price of corn as indicated, average
2 1 .4, '" against 26 3 cents las't year,
The a veragiprice ot wheat is 727
against 50.9 last year : of rye; 40.3,
against 44 last y.ear; of oats 18.6,
against 19 9 last year ; of buckwheat
39 it against 45,2 last year ; of Insh
28.7, against 26.6 last year ; of leaf
.oba!cco per pound 6.0, against j 6.
jast lyear j hay per ton $6.54, against
$8 35 year ; cotton per - pound
6.6 'against 7.6. ; . v ';
The condition of winter wheat on
December jst averaged for the coun-
the trocha directly" with his men, was,
through some covert influence, in
duced to pass Mariel in a boat, and
to reach his forces on the east side
of the death line. There everything
was in readiness By the conspirators,
and the brave leader fell a vi'ctem to
me trap mio wmcn ne naa waiKea.
- " The depression into which the
Cubans were, thrown upon the for
mer announcement of "Maceo's death
now that the fact of his cowardly as
sassination yis confirmed, has changed
10 that ct desperate determination
and will make even more persistent'
their fight for freedom.. Maceo's as
sassination is pointed out as conclu
sive evidence that Spain is still a
stranger to civilized methods, and
the lesson drawn therefrom by Cu
bans is that they might as well die
with their faces to the foe as become
the Victim of assassination. ' "
': Sontherners Visit McKInlex. -Canton.
O., Dec. 12 Major McKinlej
jRpent yesterday quietly at home attending
to his correspouderice and greeting pleas
tnjtlj; friends who calletL One of the most
important delegations that has been in
Canton for some days arrived oyer, the
Fort Wayne road from Washington. It
was composed of a number of the national
committeemen of he south and several
congressmen from Maryland. lAmong the
party was Senator Wellington of . Mary
land, Congressman-elect Wimberly ; of
Louisiana, National Committeemen Bow
den of Virginia Youngblood of Alabama,
Bill of Mississippi and Brownlow of Ten- -neseee,
Congressmen' Sydney Mudd, Isaac
A-13arber, W S. Kooze and William B.
nAV aM- nm:nc.i o a. xjaroer, vy o. xvooze ana v
try 99;5 per . cent against 81.7, Baker of Maryland and others.