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) fv VOL. XXIV. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1893. NO 1 WANTED TO BE A MASON. TOM GAINS PRETENDED TO BE 'WAV VP l" IN MASONRY, MIXER, &0, OBAND MASTER was gaum. G' in I had the meanest joke played on mo over at Indianapolis the other day that a White man was ever cay upon to endure," said Frank Gilderby to a Globe Democrat man at the Liodell table d'hote. "I had been wishing for 80me time to become a Mason. I had talked a great deal about it and my ambition became pretty well known to the traveling frater mty. About a dozen drummers were SundyingatahotelinHoosierhub, and V F UP aJb o me that for breadth Vnd depth of depravity stands without a l Mallei. Turn Gaines-everybody knows iwuuiuves in Indianapolis. He iu oieur me against the Te pretended to be 'way up in asonry, grand master mixer, or some- ";or other of a small lodge in the , Tom said that his lodge met on Jooday night next, and that if I 3d to become a member he would Je through and give me all the sixty- i egrees; said the usual fee for going j igh the entire gamut was 8200, but busiaess was a triBe dull and they Reduced the rate for October, and I j go through a flying for $50. Bit? urse I bit, and bit hard. No Bucker aade such hot huste to swallow a , incased in red flannel. The rest of jang pretended to leave town next i but it was only a blind. Veil, sir, next night Gaines steered ; gainst the goat. I had an idea that i initiatory rite was a hair raiser, but no conception of its true horror. I red into a dimly lighted hall 'ins, ghosts and chimeras dire. he back of a large he goat ka Mexican mustang, and ngof goblins chased my benches and boxes for half hen I was plunged into a ice water. After I had overed I was stripped, stood al and painted, like a zebra, the lights went out. The herhood chanted a lot of rot , the grand master mortar Ing the strophe and the grand id carrier doing the antistrophe en I was informed that I would ed to stand without moving for as a test of my endurance. I hat I was circled about with 1 ud that to move meant , j1 'quantities, delivered sud ' grand master ladder silence and I proceeded the longest jf vt I med to stta out aad over'. ) FOOD FOK THOUGHT. HENRY ORADY ON SOUTHERN FARMING. From an article written by the lamented Henry W. Grady, of Georgia, and pub lished in Harpers' Magaziue, the following extract is taken. It coutains food for thought for our furmeiH. He said : The first reform, ' however, that must bo made U iu the system ' of farming. The south must prepare to raise her own provisions, compost her fertilizers, cure her own hay and breed her own stook. Leaving credit aud usury out of the question, no man can pay seventy five cents a bushel for corn, thirty dollars a ton for hay, twenty dollars a barrel for pork, sixty cents for oats, and raise cotton for eight cents a pound. ' The farmers who prosper at the south are the "corn raisers," i. e., the men who raise their own supplies, and make cotton their surplus crop. A gentleman who recorded 320 mortgages last year testified that not one was placed ou the farm of a man who raised his own bread and meat. The shrewd farmers who always have a Lit of money on baud with which to buy any good place that is to be sold under mortgage are the "com raisers," and the moment they get possession they rule out the all cotton plan, aud plant corn and the grasses. That the plan of farming only needs revision to make the south rich beyond measure is proven by constant example. A corn raiser bought a place of three hundred and seventy acres for $1,700. He at ooce put six tenants on it, and limited their cotton acreage to one third of what they had under cultivation. Each one of the six made more clear money than the former owner had made, and the rents foi the first year were $1,125. The man who bought this farm lives in Oglethrope, Georgia, and has fifteen farms, all run on the same plan. 'SOCIAL PKOBLEM8." DR. JOHN F. CROWELI.'S LECTURE LAST EVENING. LIFE SAVED BY A "BUT." J .'oi.iU to 'f,ar.I tin. BUM. t mor.-.. dish l'iutes lad ijBtsmling there Mi jthc monu iU and blue WU a double as his vitM look fur O.I lie hud W 'If he f playing 1 re." Washington Putt. A few days ago a party of Texas Con gressmcn called upon the .President to introduce Judge Jacob Hodges, who is a candidate for the Attorneyship of the Eastern district of Texas. "Oh, yes," said tho President, instantly, "you are the man who divided time with the negro who was burned." Judges Hodges was naturally surprised that the President should have read so closely the account of the terrible ven geance which was wreaked upon the Texas negro, but thinking that the Pres ident had not heard the whole story, he said : "I thought that I would prevent the tragedy it" L could," said Judge Hodges, "And so 1 rod.) over into the crowd with the air of a field marshal. I ascended the platform which was already prepared for the doto, and looked out upon, the angry mob. "Fellow citizens,' I began you are about to commit a crime that will bring disgrace upon our fair and growing city. It will return to plague our children's children and will redound to the discredit of our State. It will ' "Just at that moment some one in the crowd hr. d out a revolver, pointed it ... lit " " ) Q1,. .v. I - 'IJUUV IUG Dr. John F. Growell, president of Trinity college, delivered a very inter esting as well as instructive lecture in the hall of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation Friday evening, upon the question of "Social Problems." Dr. Crowell said discontent was the line upon which all social questions were hung, and all of them were susceptible of scientific tests just as other, principles are tested in the laboratory. "Some people think that the present spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction bode evil," said Dr. Crowell, "when in fact it is the only hope of any people. When a people are satisfied, and have no ambition to better their condition, all hope of advancement is gone. The spirit of unrest is the hope of the future." 'I glory in the kicker," said Dr, Crowell. In speaking of the social problem of municipal life, Dr. Crowell said that "in no line of life, outside of the religious, is more watching and praying needed than in that of municipal government." "There are three ways of studying social life," said the doctor; "by history, by comparison, and by statistics." If history shows that a certain plan of procedure worked well in the past, cn- arge it and enact it into law for present use. It it worked badly in the past, avoid it. If social development was wanted along any line, compare what others similarly situated have and get the best. For instance: The lighting of cities by electricity. Is it best to have it done by private companies or for the cities to do it themselves. The best way to find out is to compare the service, as to quality and cost, done by private companies with that done by the cities themselves. As to statistics, tbey were valuable, but not always reliable. "Figures will not lie, but liars will figure." Statistics must be relied upon largely in dealing with the question of mortality rate. Dr. Crowell thought preachers could render valuable service along this line. Ashe- me a , "InstP man. ' ie as if every d revolvers My 'east. COTTON FACTORIES. AN EASY WAY TO BUILD THEM. A VALUABLE CLOCK. 1 ville Citizen. NO KICKEHS THERE. I hope to go to the realms above, when I lie down to die; I hope that choirs, all clad in white, will greet my wandering eye. I know that I'll be fulled with joy, in regions free from care, for angels tell me in my sleep, there are no kickers there. Though rugged be the jasper pave, no soul will dare complain; though sunlight shines the ages through, no spirits call for lain; though crowns be half a size too small, no seraphas tear their hair, and all is joy above, because there are no kickers there. The music may be out of tune, no one will hold his ears; the robes may not be tailor made, there'll be no moans nor tears; the sandals may be often worn, none asks a better pair, for, glory to the Lord of Hostl there are no kickers there. And'wben the celestial council call for paving on the street, the man who gets the contract may work onward swift and fleet; no spirits will injunctions bring, nor cranks or croakers swear; the realms above are free from chumps, terc are no kickers there. k Then take me frr' - -If of tears, v'aere cranks,' , where " aill lio There has been devised at Charlotte, N. C, a plan by which a cotton factory may be built on very easy terms and yet be entirely successful. Tho plan is as follows: Organize a oompany of say 880,000 to build a spinning mill of 5,000 spiudles, with twisting spindles to correspond. Let all the stock be sub scribed, payable fifty cents per share per week. A subscriber for twenty shares, ?1,000, would pay $10 per week. At this rate it would require four years to pat the stock to par. With 800 shares sub scribed the mill company would have an income of $1,600 and upwards per month, or nearly $20,000 per year. With this latter sum all buildings could be con structed and some surplus still re main to pay on machinery equipment. Having the buildings constructed and paid for and some surplus in the treasury, and the company having an income from stockholders of about $1,600 per month, a contract could then be made for the power, shafting and about one half the cotton machinery, starting in operation will say 2,500 spindles within eighteen months from the time of the org bur- of the compauy. Having once succeeded in getting 2,500 spindles in operation, the remaining equipment is simply a mat ter of putting in the machinery as the money comes in from the- stockholders until in a little less than four years the entire capital stock will have been paid in and the entire mill should be in operation. At Charlotte, N. C, three mills have been built on the above plans, with some modifications as to details. In the case of one of them the capital stock has now been paid in full for about two years and the mill has paid regular semi-annual div idends of 4 per cent, since completion. The slock of the other two is not yet completely paid in, but both mills are doing well, and the stocks of both are considered good property. In the vicin ity of Charlotte quite a number of mills have been put in operation and others are in course of construction, the milis already built or being built on this plan promising success without exception. The plained is explained in detail be cause it seeiuB feasible and desirable for Southern towns, where land, labor, lum ber and bricks are abundant and cheap, and almost anybody could afford to take ten shares equal to $1,000, payable in weekly installments over a period of four years, and any business man or firm could well take twenty to fifty shares, and out of the business that would come out of the construction and by the easy terms almost grow richer by the amount sub scribed and never feel the weight of the payments. A spinning mill of 5,000 spindles would employ about sixty hands with pay roll that would amount to about $260 per week to the labor alone, besides which the money paid for salaries, for supplies and profits would all go in cir culation in the town. This money would go into circulation every week in the year, and as fully in the summer as fall and would have a tendency to make bus iuess better all the year round in cases of towns where the farming industry alone supports the muicantilu iuierusts. A Connecticut clock concern has just completed after twelve years' work expended by skilled labor in original design and construction, a timepiece which is said to rival that of the famous Strasburg cathedral and which is claimed to have no equal in America. It is 15 feet high, with a 6 foot base, made of black walnut highly polished and hand somely carved with scenes representing American history from the landing of Columbus to the present time. At the lower part of the case are allegorical scenes representing mechanical progress during the past century, every group of each being in motion. The dial indicates the day of the week, month and year, the hours, minutes and seconds of the day, the moon's phases and the tides. The clock will be sent to the Columbian exhibition. It is valued at $60,000. FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR. The United Statees loh Commission has shipped six carloads of salt fish from Morehead,N. C, via the Chesapeake and Ohio, for exhibition in the aquarium building at the World's Fair. Presidin' Ingalls, of the Chesapeak and Ohio pin ed tho road at the disposal of the com mi sion, and the Standard Oil Company hm furnished their tank cars for transportiur these nsn. Xbe commission has begin the shipment of fresh-water fish of a descriptions from various points in tin West, and in a week the entiro force will be engaged in transporting them to Chica go- "Poor jack! he never could spell, and it ruined him." "How?" "He wrote a verse to an heiress he was in love with, and he wrote boney for bonney. R. Gedone "I hear that Jeweler Gilt has disappeared and that his liabilities are heavy. Brad Streete "So are his assets be didn t have anything but two safes. PUT TO I-LIGHT tX peculiar trntil.U I Vi brat n woman The ouly guarantm-d remedy tor them is Dr. l ieroes t.avorite Prescription 1 or women Mittentij irom nny ciimhhj "female complaint1' or weaktitv; f 'men expectinir tot become mothers, q '" r'Vi-- nursing and ex r,e from girlhood to r1 at the critical it is medicine thai safe- wilds up, strengthens iNEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Tobacco Cure ! WHAT IT IS DOING, I received Tablet about six days ago and commenced using according to directions, nud can say now that I am cured of the habit of chewiDg and smoking, contracted about thirty-seven years ago. What are your terms to agents? I want two counties. Cleveland, Miss. b.. (J. Hopkins. I have used the Rose Tobacco Cure with happy results. Please give me all the particulars in re gard to agency, for one or more counties. Yours respectfully, Valdosta, Ga. W. D. Braswell. I sent to you a month ago for a Tablet of Rose Tobacco Cure. It broke me of the habit after using tobacco for fifty-seven or ntty-eight years. Yours, Travelers Rest, Ala. J. C. Powell. I purchased a Tablet of Rose Cure some two weeks since and it has cured me. Please let me know if you will let an agent have as much territory as a State. Tibbee station, Miss. J. H. Ryland. Rev. Mr. Onlhnd, of this city, has used your Rose Tobacco Cure and he says it has cured him of the habit of tobacco using. I have been chewing and smoking for 45 years and yet am determined to quit. Please nnd enclosed $1.00. Send me a 1 ablet. Jacksonville, Fin. Yours, W. E. Hatter. Sometime ago I ordered from you a box oftheSnuffCure for myself. It gave per fect satistaction and completely cured me of the Snutf habit in a few days. I would like to secure the agency for this section. Summit, Ala. Mrs. Carry Haden. AN OLD CASE. All that want to quit the use of tobacco, use the Rose Tobacco Cure. I am a free man after using it 55 years. Give terms to agents. Yours, Valley Head, Ala. K. S. rrice. I write this to say to you that the Rose Tobacco Cure is a wouderful stuff. I have used tobacco in all shapes for 45 years, and after using one Tablet all desire is gone. I used two Tablets to be sure of a cure, but one did the work. Dr. K. M. Tucker. TAX SALES. LITTLETON TOWNSHIP. I shall offer for public sale on the 1st day of May 1893 at 12 o'clock M., at the court house door in the town of Halifax, Halifax county, N. C, the following tracts of land in Littleton township to satisfy State and county taxes including cost for the year 1892: One tract of land listed by Kerry J3rown, Alston tract $9 37. One tract of lan 66 acres listed by T L Cullom U 68. One tract of land listed by Miss M D Faulcon 143 acres M.54. One tract of land listed by Miss M W Faulcon 143 acres 4 54. One tract of land listed by Mrs. F A Faulcon 200 acres $6 66. One tract of land listed by Mrs. F A Faulcon for the estate of F J Faulcon 168 hcres $504. One tract of land listed by Wesley Faul con 20 acres $3 37. One tract listed by T W Hawkins for Faulcon heirs 430 acres $12 16. One tract listed by J J V Hams 3a0 acres $1203. One tract Heptinstall heirs Sledge tract 104 acres. Jenkins tract 10 acres ?7 00. One tract listed by Mrs Mary Short home tract 80 acres. One tract of land listed by W J White 431 acres Deep Creek $14 60. One tract of land listed by A W Ivey lliJ acres $3 90. One tract of land listed by M Kewsom 800 acres Murphy tract. One tract of land 212 acres t anlcon tract 28 98. BI ALSBROOK, Sheriff, JAB Kilpatrick, D. S. HALIFAX TOWNSHIP. PRICE PER TABLET, TOBACCO CURE, $1.00 " BOX, SNUFF CURE, 1.00 ORDER OF BRAZEAL & CO., BIRMINGHAM, ALA., General Agents for the UNITED STATES. sep 8 ly Save I I Paying i Acres, Arrlngton, J H 400 Austin, C L I Ashe, for C 100 Bureesi, Mr M F S ' for 1891 Brown J H BlnckburnO s Britt. O W 60 IMI.JixIr t Uynril, Tnwl 50 Durham, MrtLlt 40 (IrawollWi 4 Cochrun, AiUra1, i rxnpscy, M A 1W Eallxu'k A Pierce, 67 Knm.liortfrrv, 4 HuntoTJuVVn 1 HuUoill.jy . 1 - liiglaqjoopi MerriW,C KiihertwiD, RhetialriH. Jnnlkii. i F Bhl.'ld, M Tax. Coil. Lynch laud 1180 'Oc. 3 40 70c. Manhaltract 4 07 7(lc. Home " 10 80 700. " " I Oil 70c. Mailing tract 16KA 70c. 110 70c. Merrltt " 146 70c. 64 70c. Whitehead tot 194 70c. Homo tract 7 0 70c. '1 .6 70c. . 74 70c, lahen. I to 70c. Richard land 1 HS 70c. near Halifax, M 70e, Caledonia near Halifax inctc 13! . r VSm IJ9 PS E3? a sra Hi" THE GREAT REMEDY J FOR U BU0D AND SKIN DISEASti)- BailS BOTANIC mnnn rmm t Hat Ijeen t.-oroutf. Ir te.ted li littt.it. phy.ietGUji ajid tlwjruple V li.r vt;tu, RJi'i in'r ittus w A euro qulukljr MuLvrt iiuinaiitlj V SCROFULA. Uiy.cRS. ECZEMA. RHEUMATISM, PIM"LES, ERUPTIONS, and nil irwnnrr of K rlNO, BPnKADING and RUNNING WliES. InvariAblr ore ths IsoHt loathvoO'P hioi'il iwnM?a It illrw tiona are fol luwfcU, I'ricp ft per boute.fi bottli for 15. For ale njr druitv'tU!. SENT FREE wonbukIti? cures. BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. july 28 ly. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, HALIFAX COUNTY. IN TI1E SUPERIOR COURT. e 10 j np-' Halifax, 1 llnf-j ; V x'C'.hf ? hi i a " iatrimoni IsaacFootvpWutiff Arpwfoute, Detendaui. j is an action for divorc Tuicnto atrimouieupon tbwjionni' ilttry i" the tiart nf irt. a-' .aerefoie i j