$ A YEAR CASH IN ADYAKE.
" LET III THE EiiDS THOU AI 131 ' AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS."
BEST ADYERTiSIKG MEDIUM.
VOLUME XXVII.
WILSON, N". G!.,
JAN. 21, 1897.
NUMBER 3.
DIRECTORY.
DKPA151 UliK OF TRAIN
LOCAL TRAIN?:
N. Bound.
PACIFiCAnO.V UAS BEGUN.
S. Bound.
a free and independent country.
Between Florence find iWeldon,
No. 7S: ( ' No. 23.
1:42 P. M. Leaves Vv nson 2:05 1 . ai.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No iS No. 49-
1.2:48 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
'Shoo" Fly'
No. 40.
10:2 P- AL
' Wilmington to Rocky
Mount: - No. 41.
Leaves Wilson , 6:15 A. . M
THROUGH TRAINS.
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 32. No. 35-
12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, i inSP. M.
corx rvof ficr.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
R. S." Clark, Chairman.
John C. Hadlev,
Shade Felton,
Thus. Felton.
. H. Nevvsom.
W. J.Cherry, She 1 iff,
T D. Bakdin, Clerk of Superior Cau
J.H. (jRiFFiN, Keoisrer 01 weeub,
Si H. Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. Harriss, Coroner,
J T. REvel, Surveyor.
rt.
aldermen:
J. D. Lee,
J. A. Clark,
U. II. Cozart,
Geo. Hackney, ;
J. T. Ellis.
1 st Ward.
2nd "
3rd "
4th ;. "
5th '
Uiisiuss Mn Report-! 10 be Prepaiing
for.the licsniniiin of Couimfrc." tiomz
is Keporteil Ileidy to Mk Piojes
Terms .
A special cable from Havana, re
ceived in Washington January 15th,
reports conditions rapidly improving
on the fsiand. The dispatch say s:
"In accordance with the 'resolutions
passed by the" Havana Chamber of
Commence on the 5th instant, during
a session at which the representatives
of the municipalties of Santiago de
las Vegas, Marianao, Guanajay, Guira
de Melena, and -Alquizir assisted,
agricultural operations have been
commenced in all these districts.
"The improvement in the State of
this part of the country is very
marked. So short a time as four
months ago the danger from insurg
ent attacks would have precluded any
attempt at sowing or preparing the
cane fields and tobacco plantations.
"Business men are of the belief
that in a very short time tht work of
pacification will extend to the whole
western part of the inland. They are
! undoubtedly acting up to then beliefs
as regards preparations for the . re
suption of commerce. These facts
seem to confirm the statement, pub
licly made by the local authorities,
that a short time would see the com
pacification of the western part of the
island. '
"The general impression here, as
regards affairs in the eastern part of
part of the island, is that Gomez is
tired of war and anxious to come to
terms."
It is positively and authoritatively
denied that the United States and
Spain have practically concluded an
agreement regarding terms to be of
fered the insurgents for the settlement
of the Cubm rebellion. .
; It can be stated, furthermore that
until yesterday, when Senor De Lome
made his usual Thursday diplomatic
call on the Secretary of State, there
has been no conference between Sec
retary Olney and the Spanish Min
ister since Thursday of last week,
when the latter was among the list of
diplomats who paid their respects to
the Secretary and saw him regarding
the public business. "The United
States, as stated in the President's
messagermade certain representations
to Spain, and the present attitude of
this government is that of, awaiting
the response of Spain to the sugges
tion that the interests of the United
States and other considerations de-
month and at Strickland's church nianueu mat iue war snouiu not ue
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School-, prolonged or indefinitely dragged
at 5 o'clock, P. M. . . . lout." - .
Baptist Church, service as follows:- It is denied also that a special
Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00 ; m)oy of Spain hag heeri "is about
"o'clock and S:3o.p. m. Rev. J. A.. Rood , , , TT . ,
tjo,- iw v i- ,v a ,u 'to be, sent to the United btates
Pastor. Prayer meeting ednesday j ' ,
evening at S o'clock. Sunday School shortly as a private negotiator, with
at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin Supt. '
This is probably the fi
Coxey at Work A ;:iln.
st case , of its
kindt where: insurgent have estab-1 1 r l" 1n ?-(. .St. Louis, Jan. 14. The common-
lished their own post-offices and used Raleigh N C Jan 15 The i weas conference at the Lindell Hotel
their in .tamps, whicii were trans-f PopuHsLcaucus at midnight nominal-! wa3 in -Sessi?n m 1 o'clock p. m. to
mitted in the mails to the United ed Dr. Cvr Thnnf-;,1 5-3?. P-m. Yesterday!
on the second ballot. Thompson,
P. B. Deans, Mayor;
Jno. R.JNJoore., Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector.
police:
D. P. Christian, Chief.
Ephriam Hakrell, Frank Felton,
'.James Marshbourne
CfiUKCUKS.
St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Rev. F. C: Bayliss, Priest-in-charge.
Services: Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m., Sunday School at 3 p. m., Week
daysWednesdays and Fridays at 4 p.
m. Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra
tion of Holy. Communion on 1st Sun:
day in each month at 11 a. m., other
Sunda'ys at 7:45 a. m.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services t 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday School, 5 p. m., J. F.
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7J30.
. Disciples Church Rev. D. W. Davis,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at 1.1 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m. Prayer meeting every Thursday
night. Sunday School at 3 o'clock, p.
Im., Geo. Hackney, Supt. -
Presbyterian Church, Rev. Jarries
Thomas, Pastor; .services on the First,
Second and Third. Sunday in every
States
. uie xusC-om.e epartment it . Dockery, Mott, Hileman and Guth
was' stated that these stamps were rie, were voted for on the first ballot."
good, so far as the United States was 0a the second ballot all except the
concerned, as our postal laws require ' nrst two were withdrawn.' Thomp
only that the stamps j be properly son and Dockery receiving 21 and
9 votes respectively. Sehator Park
er, 01 Randolph, one of the bolters,
returned to the caucus last night. It
is understood that he will vote for
the nominee. It "is not believed that
Hardison. who went into the caucus
with Parker, will desert Pritchard.
The situation virtually remains lin
changed. Fourteen Populist votes,;
in addition to the Republican vote,
will nominate Pritchard. It is claim
ed that at least'eighteen will stand by
him' to the Ias. At this hour there
appears to be no reason for chang
ing the prediction that Pritchard will
be his .own successor."
ended. The session
when its labors
was largely oc-
cancelied.. and that the envelopes con
taining the mail matter pear the post
mark of a regular post-office.. These
regulations haye been complied with,
so far as the depariirien knows. "Had
they not been admissible, the letters
bearing these stamps would have
1 been marhed with the letter T, at the
receiving office, in this country, mean
ing "tax collect.'' ' ' ':
The department; knows nothing
about the post-office stamped on the
envelope, except that fit is inSpan-
ish territory, and Spain is in the In
ternational Postal Upion. These
stamps might give ristj to a delicate
diplomatic question, in which the
Post-office Department j would take
no part, but refer the matter to the
Department of State for settlement.
Great I?rit lin's Frozei Meat
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2nd Sunday b Elder Jas. Bass; on
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday, before
by the pastor, Elder P." D. Gold. Ser-vicesbeginatiia.m.
i.omiKs.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. U7( A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall,! corner of Nasi and Golds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:30 o'clock p, m. each month.
. , J. D. Bullock, W. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Halt every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock: p. m. each month.
Lat Williams, H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Commandery No. 7 - are held in the
Masonic hall every 4th. Monday night
at 7:3 o'clock each month.
W.H.Applewhite, E. C. .
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge,
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the 1st National Bank every st
Thursday evening at 3:30 o'clock, p. mv
B. F. Briggs, Director.
special instructions from Senor Cano
vas, the Duke of Tetuan. It is said
that this lattcr report probably arises
from, the fact that Senor Solar arrived
in Washington a few days ago, as
noted hi The Post, to succeed one of
the Secretaries ol the legation. Senor
Solar was formerly the secretary to
the Duke of 1 Tetaun, and when his
coming was first announced a report
similar to the present ' one was cir
culated and officially denied.
' The Philadelphia Record men
tions as one of the nlarvels of our
State, the fact that forfy millions ot
people in Great Britain are able to
obtain almost a third of j their supply
of fresh meat from the far-distant
countries of Australia, Iew Zealand,
and the Americas. - Science may
1 -
point to this fact as one -of the great
est of her nineteenth ceniury achieve
ments. It has come frqm the brains
of many great inventors. The an
plications of steam power to ocean
navigation and the steady evolution
of the marine engine could not have
made possible the transportation of
r.i- 1 r 1 ... c i .1 1
iresn oeti anu muuon icjr tnousanas
of miles without a corresponaing pro
gress in the application
science. j .
From the statistics o
traffic, which we find in
it appears that when it bean, in 18S0,
it made a small beginning.' In that
year 400 carcasses of drizen mutton
were shipped from Australia. Dur
ing 1896 there were 5,717,937 car
casses imported jntb G:eat Britain
from Australia, .New Zealand, River
Plate, the Falkland Islands, and Pat-
Two N'stvinr Cniiptieil ..
of chemical
this
great
,It is not a matter of immediate im
portnace, but it is interesting' to know
the estimate put on the relative
strength of the Spanish and Ameri- J
can navies by a competent authority.
The Saturday Review of London, is
generally recognized as unusually
well informed and careful on such
points. In its latest issue it states,
that "in mere number of counts fifty
eight, as against Americai's forty-two.
but the superiority is wholly ficti
tion." It sums up the American
force of battleships and cruisers as
thirty': to fourteen for Spain, the
former . all "built since 1885," the
latter antiquated." And it con
cludes: "If the worst came, there is
a chance that the Spaniards might
penetrate the long naval line of de
fence along the American shore, and
wofk seme damage before they were
overtaken. But that they would very
soon come to a disastrous end in this
adventure is -no more to be doubted
cu pied, in discussing an address to
the public. This document of about
Soo words was issued over the sig
nature1 of Jacob S. Coxey as chair-
iiiiiti ui iijl i u r ri 1 r 1 jjr. ir- j
forms -advyoated are the imperative
mandate to legislators for non-inter
est-bearing bonds, direct legisjation,
good roads, an'cT triuomomic ballots.
The populist leadeis of the last cam-
4 paign are arraigned as corrupt and
incapable. Art organization; commit
tee was chosen, of which Coxey. is
chairman and Carle Browne secretary.
All . reform ' organizations are in
vited to send delegates to the national
convention lobe held at Nashville,
Tenn , on July 4, next. No name
was decided upon for the new party,
that being left to the Nashville con
vention. One of the resolutions calls
upon all unemployed men to meet in
their respective towns on- Washing
ton's birthday and organize for. week
ly parades thereafter; The confer-
ence aajourneu at 7 p. m, to meet m
Mtmphis, Tenn., on February 22,
with the Reform Press Association. .
World's Tobacco Prod nclion.
agonia.
' . . .
the Record, '.than that they would from the out
set be hopelessly overmatched in
Cuban waters." Another point of
really still greater significance is the
unquestioned' superiority cf the mor
ale of the Americans. It is not boast
ing to assert that nd American army
of 200,000 would have wasted two
years in futile skirmishing as the
The importations of frozen Spaniards have in Cuba, and there is
bring 1896 amount- j no reason to suppose that the Span- ;
ihuridredweights. of r ish navy has ' any more fight in it
than the Spanish army; New York
Times. "
arid chilled beef d
ed to 2,679.000
which 2,075,000 - hundredweights
were burnished by the United States.
The traffic employs "I123 steamships,
with a carrying capacity of 4.530,000 !
carcasses each voyage between Great
Britain and ports in Australia, New
Zealand, and South America
AVants a Half-Silver Monument.
Cuban Stamps in tbe Mails.
Washington Jan. 14. The ' ap
pearance of the stamps of. the so
called Cuban Republic in the United
States mails has caused much com
ment here and was the source of
some discussion at the Post-office
Department to-day, as to whether
such stamps could be recognized as
proper tor the transmission cf mails
into the United States, as this gov
ernment has not recognized Cuba as
Cynthina, Ky., Jan. 13. -Major-Jacob
Costhwaite died at his home in
ConnersVille to-day. An ardent free
silver democrat in . life. Major
There wa? a real ndbleman in Crosthwaite left a will in which he de-
Raleigh last week His Iname was sired that the base of his monument
Count Neculia Cmcu. j He is a Rou- ' should be silver on which should be
.manian and was sent here by" his this inscription "Free silver at theti
government to study pur agricultural j ratio of . 16 to 1." The will prob
methods and examine and purchase ! ably be contested by the relatives of
such farm machinery as he thought: Crosthwaite on the ground ofiri-
could be successfully used in his sanity.
there for
country. He remained
for several hours visiting
cultural Department, the Experiment
Station and the Agricultural and Me
chanical College. He (expressed
himself as delighted at what he saw.
From there he, went i to Savannah,
Ga. He holds a general letter of in
troduction from Dr. Dabney, the As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture.-
Ex. . "
The follv of nreiudice is freouentlv
the;Agri-!
shown by people who prefer to suffer
for years rather than try an advertised
remedy. The millions who have no
such notions, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla
for bfood-diseases, and are cured. So
much for common sense. -
Through the kindness of Messrs.
Ed, C- Geyer & Co., ot this pity the
Sun is in receiot of the world's to
bacco statistics compiled br Herr
Darmstaeuer, of Halle, Germany, ancl
published in the Berlin Nacrichten of
December 1st, last. According to
(he calculation of the noted economist,
the average production of last year's
croDS amounts to 24.0.000.000 kilo-
grams, or about 530,006 hogsheads
of 1,000 pounds each, for the United .
States as leading producer.
Next comes British India, 'L with
.
Eurbpe, Russia heads, with 154,000;
-11 J t A . ft.' -"iU
lonoweu oy. vusiro-nungaiy, wnn.
about 143, coo hogsheads. 1
Ilerr lJarmstaedter s estimate for
China, (1 10,000) is probably tOQ low.
Germany, with 77,000, ranks sjxth
Qtnrnrr tVif rriintrip nf thf Irbf anrl
third . anions those of the Euronean-
continent, Cuba, Dutch . India land '
Turkey in Europe represent:: each e
66,000, Brazil 60,000, Japan -; 49,00a.
France 44,00, the Phillippihef! Inlands
44,coo. : Persia 40,000, Turlcey Jn
Asia 33,000, Cape Colony 22,000-,
Bosnia and Hersgovinia 20,000,; Co
lumbia 12,000 Belgium 16,000, Al
giers and San Domingo 9.000 each.
Argentina, Paraguay, 'Mexico, Puerto
Rica, Australia, Holland, Greece,
6,000 hogsheads each. The remain
ing European and Asiatic1 districts
produce less individually; . The
average World's total is about 2,000,
000 hogsheads. -The Baltimore Sun.
if. :
The fie
liails Signature
of
i i
Atlanta, Ga., Tan. 12. A special
from Rome to the Constitution- says
that Simon, Borg & Co,' ot New
York, to-day bought the Chattanooga,
Rome & Carrollton Railroad at fore
closure. The property is to be - re-
North Carolina is a game State.
Our Richmond and other, tobacco -folks
find fine fields of sport within
her borders birds bountifully.. Greens
boro shipped 5,000 pounds of rabbits
in one; day North. Mr. . E. J.
Whitaker and Ed. Abernathy killed
respectively twelve and nine par
tridges at one shot each. The North
Carolina Atlantic is game and fish
ground .world renowned. Her
minerals, agriculture, tobacco farm
ing, forestry, mines, make the Old
North State rich and famous. Ex.
The desire for lame is sometimes
dangerous. It caused a i Michigan'
man to write his name on the Wash-
organized by the purchusing bond-1 ington monument four times the
vnppez. holders. This line, is 550 miles long. other day. and it coit him $20.