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In the the line of demarcation is mudi rqore severely marked between .1, -. onH nV.;s.o 1 :' : .u- I XUU UJ.JVjrva cui WW It IB ill LIlO I a....l ni .1.. -v.. '.,L.. a ach'i! men, wis seen walking downjPenni sylv.iftii L Avenue, Washington, with a coi'kijii Methodist preacher. Thi, iioweh-oK is a matter of taste. A man klit to choose I- ri 11s own coin pany 4'n refer to this question of color 1 social equality for a reason tHa1, 1 appear farther on. Ther' men in the North, who have i 1 gO;): with p.irt common Bense and who regard ob tempt the silly effort on the negrop'ailiHts and prating philanthropists' who are alwayn try- to get out the mote in their r's eye while wholly! indif- bd lerenl, to the protruding beam in their on eye, to stir up strife in the Sour, !nd to v,iin in nd to demand for the negroes pnvi d alleged j rights that, do not oft) the other great section. oniinent among these' men of cind Or and sense is Rev. J. B. Ham- iiton mstor of the Cornell Memo rial Mtthodist Episoopal Church in New Ybrk City. Ete ) has published sover al dooumsnt beinng upon the colon broblem, and jthey are full qorlimon sense and honestv. He "to . s 4m. that he went to Englaa l Conference to did- hp cute question. lie meant 04 ounce sulphureously the dia- boli-ihi of caste, and to announce with 11 the enthusiasm of a new disc' ono , ry, that 'God hath made of ood all nations of men to (Ivrt'll A n the lace ot the earth." He trid three times in vain to get the or. i,et Mr. Hamilton be heart! "Or. llarlzel, Assistant Secretary of the r reeflmrin a via society, asked a question. u wis something use this: "What would be tle r esult in this church, or any other in this 1 ;on ference, if enough negro fami lies a to bid for and hire pews to make it ri,Jl). n l u 1 tionf ' No one answered the question. It siifTfrcstfed a new train of thought tome. As I jWfjited for my opportunity to speak, I madiai application of the new principle tomir riwn work. When the opportunity tostfcak presented itself, I decided to post- Pond tda future occasion the remarks I had prepkrekl with such unusual care." ' .JL .11 .1 j V '. ciiian experiment naa Deen maae by ia hi dart pwn Sunday School. One lone f gave infinite trouble and dis- HOlvL W3UJ one class of whites. This was eno he He found his own people th'ci the fleo riot ready "for the abolition of color lino." He found, upon re- ioii, that be was himself j "pastor ofd lurch" in which casto ruled, lit fia.L' - arge membership but they did not! wtut to fellowship with the ne- Mr. Hamilton extended vihioi no doubt wben ho S3W the sail Lj onilition existiri'' ;ih to col.r, in ohtjrc ss throughout the M., Ji h. lie i a very ir.terefitiiig pamphlet i J wipi- v ere in all the North is the color-line dr. Where can a black man be 1011 i! who is pastor of a white church? or is there a white man pasor of a uurcbt or where is either a black or ran to ho found pastor of a mixed ! Can Hinirlp rr-allv miiml rain. re;8ffion be found in any Northern city, town gizie ruamietr Wo can permit and eulc sporariic cases: but wben the epdrei ceases to be an individual and be- corhea a procreator we have a iiniv ersal rem Atermmation. What is the unvarv- Nqrtbf J8tom of the Christianity of the. 'I It is separation by the color-line. In tui M 1 t,"uu,unly OI any size me oiacK PfOplfe are permitted, or forced, to worship thlnel thev have shabby, dingy chapels for r I part'" and liTe at a Por "yinK y cou 06 accommodated in our beautiful and prosperous churches U fcase to us and rrreat nrofit to them W do we draw the color-fine? Is it1 not ".uuwicukb IB uuivciaai bunt til a tin '.on of tne co'-hne and theintroduc "p f the neinoes among us, so as to make k i110018 and churches really mixed, WP11 1 destroy nv rhnrch iltomnt inir HV fka lrnnn.1.J 1 . I 1 .1 1 J J VMH.VM MWbUlUUU. ... 111 asKs ii juosion will ; not start tie . j Its reform, so called, by taking in 4c; ne. elegant churches the "col- w ' I Boston man and ; brother." Wd rather keep np the old game enouncing the South and playing locnte. ' . ; Vis separation of the races is not I treasonable, but it is Scriptural in accord with both civil land al rifjhts. Thin o full to be elaborated here. We ah: it were well North 1, vmij iud uiuci uay owreary muuuons estaDiisnea tor the community at ir, one of the ab est and most waVe inTdividal preference. I do , , ,. -' 1 . 1 it voluntarily. I may not be ; compelled to :ri7 0f livins American states- doso. Lawonlv savn:. 'irivnn .111 r " i f I 1 II II - II ' 1 II J ' ' II I 1 i 1 - rill A: .Jl TV r , t . , : r - n r j i ":-'-. m-wm ct r - - ..: - 4 m m a - a .- . ,- -r m - w . ,---! f -. i .. .mm ' m. sr m m m . i ... it- j ii ! .-. ; V- y ; - ir vi-JX. - I U , U L Ji. Jl Vb.! : 5 VOL. XVIII. confine ourselves toone point noV inat au People have1 a right to sepa T' if "uuuni ana inat it is not Unction. The' wealthy people in. the -lo norm onoos their own com Pnr9 associates. The schol 2 tSV ' 6VeD g0 80 ve an .anstberaevf of init.nro 1 I r 7 ... ..w ana fj gifts and will not f allow the rJQ io come into their sacred enclosure. I - au msiprio people have hart tinctions in societyj Even the Afri- " . 0 H an among mem caste even prevails. . In busi nessi in pleasure,! in religion, in so ii c, in pouwes every one must select for himself and preference must dictate association or separa tionj But let Mr. Hamilton be hear1- He is Northern, and he writes with vigor and clearneBH. II o law, whether human or .livino may compel me to yield my pretence where I possess a right Either may suggest neither may constrain!. Society is based uMuu luuiviuuai prererence. i prefer com pany to solitude. 1 Others fir A in BO .rvnkn withl that feeling, and a community is established. I have aJchoice as to the kind u tuuipsuy wnicn 1 Neem preferable to solitude. Who shall say "Nay." if I m- iringe upon no one s rights T No one may FiiTiicuij ui my companion ship against mv Will. J In anniotv T fln.l 11. 1 seiecs my associates as an individual , - 1 .-w-j 1 uuui rieni. Kestiaint la tvrnnnv ! T - li.ii J .J '. "'1C c,.n7yance?. oo'a. and all in ride with those who ar distasteful to you. lurnisn your own conveyance." 'If you wilt tot go to school With those who are distasteful to you. obtain vonr ednnntinn some other way.' To enact! a statute to jcompel association, even in public rela tionsj would be regarded as atrocious ty ranny. 'I. j-. ;j . . ' "When I seek the intimate relations of uuenesue, social or religious life, I instant ly resume tne exercise of my personal nEHi wuicn x nave lemporarily waived ia my public relations. t i "In the wider circW of church life the Mm. nviniinln lt ? T . . w ."-v puuujui uuiaiua, m my worsnip i c&eruwe, uncnauengec, me right of prefe rence. I seek association with those in sympatny with me. Uniformity of con viction and custom are the basis of church lifejj Doctrine is but a formulated pref erence as to the statement of truth. Pol ity is but an enacted trefercnrn ts form and aw and method. T Church creeds and ruies are out the expressed preferences of tnose who constitute the church. No person nas a right to demand admission to any jchurch, whatever his, qualifications, without the consent of the church." : ill nationalities select tbeir asso- ' -f s ciates. The different nations take to thoSe of their own blood and people. Gerpans worship with Germans and so on. Races naturally stick to each other. Blood is thicker than water. Mr Hamilton, with directness, drives home the truth wjon he says: "The caste demon is but a ghostly hob goblin which needs but to be faced to be robbed of its terrors. He is no friend of the Negro who denounces 'separation by prefe-. rence' as a sin, andl by shouting caste!' suggests or induces the black man to force associatipn which is offensive, because it is not preferred. The furore will only inten sify the existing antagonism and increase race prejudice. " ! I j lie illustrates by examples by other races and most cunningly, but we iiave no space to follow him. He thinks that the only way to educate and elevate races is by having race churches, race schools, race ecclesias tical organizations. He Bays prefer-l ences beget no rigjhts and are not the standard for managing churches and schools. A man has no right to enter either simply because such is his pre-i ference. But preference is the cause of men forminS chnrches, schools, &cj The doctrine is separation by pre-! . i TT ...!,.. . 1 ference. He thinks that when the flurry is over the "sober second iudffi - A. ' , ... to I ment of tho Anglo-baxons" will agree fully to the doctrine of "separation preference." The colored editors of the country have recently met in convention at Louisville, Ky. We looked ovei The following the.ir discussions. shows how nonsense and sense fonnd exponents: "Alexunder Clark, of Chicago, repre senting the Baltimore Commercial, advised the negroes to .stick to the Republican Party. The negro who deserts the Repubr lican Parly is a traitor, he said, to the livi ing and dead. D A. Rudd. of the Catho lic Tribune, said the negro owed no undy ing : allegiance to any party. For every service that the Republicans had done for them they have done two in return. Ne groes should be part and parcel of no po litical party that was not part and parcel of them. Prof. P. n. Murray, of the St. Louis Advance,: stated that as long as ne groes were regarded las the political enemy of any party, just that long would they have that party to fight and oppose their interests. The negro is not in a position to dictate to any political party. A criminal named Fred. Hopt was shot to death with rifles at the peni tentiary. Such was the sentence. He was as cool as a cucumber In a spring branch and faced the five rifle men without a tremor, coolly smok ing a cigar. He had a rosette pinned over his heart. What a daring sol dier was lost in a villain. This hap pened out West. Naval Storea. I I (Wilmington's receipts of spirits turpentine so far this season are largely in excess of receipts to' the same date last year, the figures being J4,u casks rece ived since April 1st, of the crop year, the beginning against receipts of 23,864 casks to the same date last year; ! an increase of rW.o-i T i U, UO UttOlVB. This does not look dike decreased production, nor that the naval stores industry is "playing out" in North Carolina, as some persons contend. If The; receipts of crude : turpentine have also increased, from 10,170 bar rels for the first fourimonths and a lialf of the crop year in 1886fc to 12,398 barrels for the same time this year. 5;;'5.a;v.:4: " ; . 11 1 ; 1 j ; i ; it- r ; , .. . a 1 Inscription of tba Vtlbale Xralraa to be Placed on Line. tne I. Atlantic 'Coaat .1 The vestibule trains to be placed on the Atlantic Coast Line this fall will maxe travel a luxury They are a new feature in railroad service, being1 at, a a ..." ..t... .. - , txio urai oi ine Kind in the world. As they are described each train con sists of six cars in pne. Instead of the usual platform at each end of the car. the sides and top; of the cars are ex tended, so to speak:, I and connect closely, a patent arrangement of rub ber cushions, fitting on steel faces. producing a dust-proof joint and at the same time arranging for the swing of the car while roundine curves. The outside appearance of the train is simply that of I one long car, with the usual steps at intervals. The in terior finish is superb and nothing is nn1..i- Jl mi ' . . . . ucgiecieu. xne entire train is car peted throughout, its full length, and a person walking ihrough would have no Idea of its being composed of sep-j arate cars. But any pne looking for the entrance to a ter would look in car of this charac- ivain if he was seek ing for an open platform. Instead of that on ascending the three steps the passenger finds a door before- him. Pressing an electric button at his side the door flies open and a polite and attentive porter 'stands before him, ready to eater to all his wants. ' '" : Two of these trains are now build ing, at a cost of $160,000. They will combine all -the modern improve ments and inventions, and will be the hnest cars in every respect ever con Htrucieu. n,acn train wilt comprise six cars, a baggage; car, smoker, dining-room car and three sleepers. The Smoker will be handsomely finished and well fitted upj for the comfort of users of the rweedj a j well-filled li brary is one of the inew features added, and many other things that go to promote the comfort of trav elers are provided. The dining-room will be the feature of the train and the cuisine will be of the best. The menu will be ample and it is the boast of the railroad people that they intend to furnish meals equal to the best hotels of New York and other cities. The buffet, of course, will con tain ample refreshment solid and liquid, for all so in jlined. I The sleepers, of course, will be su perb in every respect!. In the day time an arrangement is provided whereby each seat can ia ad e a compart ment by itself, allowing the strictest privacy and quiet io parties. In the make-up of the train the railroad peo ple again show tjiei desire to make these the most popular trains in Ame rica. The baggage car will come next after the tender, then the three passenger cars, followed by the dining room car and the j smoker. Thus all odors from these 'cars' will be avoided. The entire trainl Will be heated by steam, and lighted! by the electric light. In sum and substance they combine the maximum of ease, com fort and pleasure, and the minimum danger. The con of dust, dirt and templated schedule is a fast one, too. Leaving New York at about 9.30 in the morning, the train will reach Jacksonville, FlaJ, at 4 o'clock the next afternoon, making the entire distance in about thirty-one hours, a remarkable record even in this age of fast trains and -quick time. These trains will be placed on the route January 1st next,and will make a new era in Southern railroad enterprise. They will be jun tri-weekly, leaving each place Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, thus giving ample facili ties. I I 1 1 i , ' VI TT ELECTION. Tbe Vote For anal Aealnet Subscrip tion to tbe TTII., Ooilow & Eaat Carolina Railroad. II i j i -.1 f . The city election yesterday was rather a tame affair, until towards evening, when the friends of "Sub scription" found that there was dan ger of the measure being defeated through the apathy of j voters, who were not rallying to the polls as rap idly as was expected, j Runners were at once sent out to hurry up the lag gards, and carriages were brought into requisition to take such of them to the polls as were too indolent or unable to walk, j They worked with such diligence that by 4 p. m., a total of 775 votes had been polled in favor and the friends of of subscription, the road were satisfied that they were out of the woods.1,. ! ; At sundown the polls were closed, nd the ballots were counted, show ing that "subscription"; was carried by 1,049 votes, out of the total regis tered vote of 1,670. , M The following is the vbte in detail as reported' by the inspectors of elec tion: Reg'n 389 ! 230 I 199 I Sub. No Sub. 1st Ward, 1st div'n . 255 167 106 150 119 252 30 63 45 60 47 56 301 Second Ward... Third Ward. .. . 259 208 1391 Fourth Ward... Fifth Ward.... 1676 i 1049 Majority for "Subscription.'.' 748 of votes polled, or 627 of votes registered. A Sad Bereavement. ! I Mr. W. J. Yoppj agent of the W. & W. and W., C. & A. Railroads, has the sympathy of our jentire community in his. sad affliction the death of his daughter, Miss 1 Janie, whom he brought home I from Battleboro, N. C, (where she I had been for her health), oh Wednesday evening. She died early Thursday morning. Miss Topp was a member! of Grace Metho dist church, and a pure; lovely, mod est maiden lojved by all who knew lier. - Her funeral takes place from the residence of her father this after noon, i j.-j -I-- Receipts; of cotton the past week, 5 bales; the same week last year 19 bales, i Receipts for the crop year to Aug. 13, 133,907 bales; to same date last year, 101,486 bales an Increase of 32,421 bales. I I! f ' WILMINGTON,, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, - - . . c - -r - - . i -- v. GRAPES FOR NORTHERN J MARKETS. Capt. S. W. Noblea' Addreaa before tbe Farmera at mount Holly. 1 have accepted your invitation to deliver an auares8 upon a subject much to ray taste, and with which I am very familiar. i . In the outset, I must forwarn you, that I; yvm buck 10 me text wnicn you have se lected for me. I will omit, except as a comparison, any mention of the wine grape. and limit myj subject to the edible varied ties. ...... W- --;,:':.. -.'- ( The scientists have" compared North Car-; olina with nearly every good place on the i aco oi the earth; they have said much of its climate, its soil, and its adaptability in many ways as a grape ; growing Htate, but it ia at last admitted that It is unlike any other grape growing country. We must study the peculiar laws' which govern i's culture nere ny tne experience oi our far mers. and not from foreign teachers. ' North Carolina was declared unfit for' grape culture after many experiments made with foreign i grapes, ( Vitis Vinnifera). , A hundred and twenty 'varieties carefully se lected were planted by one farmer in the hope of finding one suitable for bis place. Most of them were the identical varieties that produced the famous Tokays. Joham. r . ri -a , -mm . . - . oiareis, snerries anu : aiaaeiras, ana were brought from the renowned Luxembourg gardens, logemer wun tne Liacnryma Uhns tas, 'the wine grape -of Vesuyius They would not grow here, and the bright hope oi quamng tnese choice wines were aissi pated. Others planted the native rfhes and gave them plenty of room; they grew with a prolusion oi vine, over trees and trellises. yielding an abundance of poor fruit that would not ripen. Hence the verdict, that North Carolina was - not the land lot grapes. i ' About this lime Mr. Longworth and others were raising grapes to perfection in the damp and. murky .valley of the Ohio. But where did he get his vines? Fromthe banks of the Catawba and Cape Fear rivers or iNortn Carolina. Nearly all of the table grapes that have any excellence at all,! and the grape now used ana moet popular throughout our country, are seedlings of the Catawba and Laspeyre, (Vitis Labrusca) natives of our State, and improved here and transported to different parts of tbe country by their admirers. Now you see .that North Caro lina has proved to be the Ishcol of America. The celebrated Souppcrnong (VitU Vul pina) and family are decided by those who know them to be the best for table or wine of any grape in tbe known worlrt. Some may differ with us, but what you wish to know is the I best grape for the Northern market nod now to cultivated. The object sought ia to realize tho beat pro Gin With tbe let8i oully of capital and labor and in the shortest lime- i First select your soil. It is tbe general opinion that you must have good Clay sub soil, but not Decessanly so; grapes rot most on such soil on account of its retenliveness of excessive moisture. Rich sandy lands produce the largest and sweetest grapes. You find,, for instance, tbe Scuppernong revelling in the sandy soil of our coast. I would prefer what is called worn out land that has been planted from time to lime in corn, cotton; tobacco.. or other crops, pro vided it is well drained. Old washed red sandy hills make fine grapes. Ask the farmer what rich land ia. ard he will tell you where tall trees, corn, cotton and to bacco will grow. Ask the chemist and he will give you a bag of guano; but nsk nature, by planting I whatever the soli is adapted to, and the answer is an abundant yield.. So after you have worn out your old fields with continual planting of other crops jou will fiad it yet rich in material to make grapes with. Have your land ploughed well, lay oft in rows from jCfr- to 7 feet each way ac cording to the notion of the cultivator. Take well rooted cuttings or layers of the vines, prune short, set them out in the checks, leaving but two eyes above the ground; plant other crops between the rows if desired, cultivate and keep clean with hoe and pluga. The second year at any time wben tne leaves are off, prune back to two eyes and close back to the ground ; cultivate as before, letting the vine run on the ground: rub off all weak shoots, leav ing only two or three of the strongest; pull the dirt around the stalk to indulge lateral roots from the new canes; encourage the growth of the vine by manuring and cul tivaliag. i . j The third year if j you have done your duty your vines are strong enough to bear from five to six pounds each Prune them back from two to three feet according to the strength of tbe vineleave no spurs; put up good posts at the end of each row and brace them well, put posts along the rows from thirty to forty feet apart; have a roll of number 14 or 16 galvanized wire on a reel in a light cart; core a hole 2 J feet from the ground in the first post, pass the wire through the hole, draw the end of the wire after you to the post at the other end of the row, carry tho end around the post and twist it around the wire, then with a pair of pincers give it six or eight turns and you will have it nicely fastened to the post, then let some one tighten the wire by turning the I reel, return along the row, tacking to each post 2 feet from the ground by driving a nail that will bend half way into the post, place the wire on the nail and bend the nail over, drive a pin into the hole to fasten the wire a foot from the post and carry the end around the post wrapping it around I the wire, f lace be tween the posts in tho row a stake suffi cient to raise tbe wire a little, this is suffi cient staking for the present. Tic the vines to the wire with rope, bark or bear grass. Cultivate well, and when the bunches are well formed go over and rub off all super flous shoots; prune back to within two leaves of the upper bunch; soon latte rals will put out; prune them back in like manner; they in turn will put out latterals, and if necessary, prune them back. This summer pruning is not to make less foliage, but more of it near the grapes; this is the secret of ripening grapes, having the foliage near the bunches, lhe pruning may be done with a pruning hook or common sickle. - Rub off all small bunches and superflous shoots; try to raise nothing but fine bunches. j The fourth year you can put iu another post between each two in the- rows, and a second wire about fourteen or Hixleen inches above tbe first. In pruning the fourth year, no definite rule can be given. but as grapes always grow on new wood of the previous years growth, first consider the number ot bunches you would produce on the vine i count three bunches to each eye, and leave tbe eyes on toe strongest canes in the: most desirable situation on tbe vines, always except the first bud, as it is not apt to be strong. ' k In order to laciiitate tne gathering ot grapes. Keep the vines well tied up. we should attempt to cultivate the taste of our customers and teach them to i like our grapes. No one accustomed to eating the Scuppernong grspe will deny its value either for table or wine. The hopkins (Vitis Yulpiaa) is the largest and showiest grape known anywhere in the world; of a beautiful purple color and with delicious flavor aud i lacks that peculiarity which epicures call foxy, and thought tp belong to all the grapes of this family , i To get the best prices for our grapes they must be attractive.! To do this you must keep the canes young, healthy, and vigor- 1 oua, which is done in the following ways: First, the vines are started according to the above rule, that is having twe or three canes with independent roots, for tbe vine bears fine grapes the first two or three years or while young, and our purpose is to continue it so; the neater the ground you can grow grapes without being soiled by the sand, the sweeter the grape and bet ter the bloom. ' j In selecting a variety to cultivate for the northern interest.; we must have a good bloom, as it is now more attractive than the quality of the grapes, and the bloom of the Champion has much to do wun lis popu larity. . : v. :.!. . I The first mode is after the second or third year's bearing: Cut off one of the canes down to the ground, now do not confound . 1 I ! . 1 .1. 1. 1 .WIm 1. . iiua wuu me aiieruauj syuicui, iui iuw ia tu make an entirely new vine of roots and stems which receiving a new impulse, re sults in new roots, new wood, and bears the next season, j i Another mode is by. laying one of the canes tor some convenient braneh of the cane by digging a hole a foot deep, staking the vine down in the hole, bringing-the top up straight, filline the hole.' throwing ih top soil in first; cut off this' vide to wrtbin'- two buds or the ground, and- keep ' off the sprouts that grow between the old vine and the f round that might prevent rooting, jt will make good roots the first season and will bear the next; by this mode of layer ing, young vines; and roots are kept, and fruit is produced near the ground. , I The third mode is by ringing or girdling and s supposed to be over .one hundred year old. but it has been denounced by the veryonee who have practiced it most With1 a pair of pinchers, provided with 'a pair of semi-circular jaws, make two incisions clear through the bark to tne wbod, and with the thumb nail remove be bark between the incisions, tbe same may be done with a knife1y cuttine incisions about three quar ters of an inch to an inch apart; ij. makes the Vine and leaves lamer, the ; irranpa double tlijj size. earlier and better in bloom ana quality. ou can easily see when you understand the anatomy of the , vine Why it is to According to Gray, t he sap as it called passes up through the cells of the sappy part of the wood to the- leaves, and after its assimilation ty the leaves Is car ried down in the bark or the cambrim layer and distributed through the plant, convey ed to parts where the ; growth is taking places or is accumulated in roots, stems, or wbver a deposit is stored up for future use I VThts girdle' prevents its returning to xtbe lo&s, hence you seo it is done at the expense of the root, and prevents either nourishment there or tho storing up of plant food- for. future use in tbe roots.' Then (lie question arises can we afford to kill a Vine for nne crop or grapes, to which I reply, we can. in order to keep youngi vihe-s we must remove the old onts. and this is my reason for having more than oue cane, and each to have independent roots, so yon may girdle one of them each year, provided you leave one or two branches be low) the girdle to provide food for the roots - Though the vine grows and bears fruit in nearly every climate where man ought to live, there is nn place where it will grow and ripen its fruit to perfection without Cultivation - I One who understands the nature of the grape vine can readily see why this is so. A vine under favorable circumstances will make a hundred eyes the first season, and if the roots are sufficient, the second year every one of these eyes will make a hun dred more, and you would have ten thou sand eyes on a two-year-old vine, and with this progression in a few years one vide could encanopy the whole world. I A majority of these eyes;notwithiug the meagre supply of food will start and make a feeble growth and in turn the weak eyes formed on them attempt to spring and even at the proper age to bear fruit, which of course from the principle is a failure; but if the vine is kept pruned in due bounds the vitality that ia spent in the hundred stunted eyes is confined to a few tbey grow vigorously and instead of forming a bun dred small bunches, will produce ten or fifteen large ones, weighing more than the hundred small ones There should be as much root as vine, for if you have more tops than roots, it must be at the expense of the fruit; one proof of this assertion is the Scuppernong vino which never stops growing as long as its roots can find soil tp run into producing air roots from the stenji upon tbe trellise which struggle to penetrate tne earth in every available epot beneath the vine. . f Grape culture in North Carolina is a set tled question, no longer an experiment. Our people tave been waiting far others to teach them and assumed that we could not raise grapes, while the Northern States have taken ur vines and made a success of them. j Tbe grape is one of the most luscious, wholesome and useful of fruits, it is of tener referred to in the primeval history of man than any other fruit, saorod by our Lord as a symbol of our faith in the relig ioua use of wine, and ia destined in a short time to be an important product of North Carolina. PITTSBURG'S BLAZE. Tbe Bnlldlnsa Dcatroyed by Friday Nlgbt'a Fire Losa Estimated at One million Dollar .TSany Valued lUaeoulc mementoes Dcatroyed. j By Telejrraph to the Morning Star. PirrsBCBO, Aug. 13. The buildines destroyed by tbe big fire last night were the! Masonic Temple, the Hamilton block, Campbell & Dyck carpet warehouse, and a number Tf tenement houses. The upper floors of Schmidt & Friday's magnificent nine-story structure were gutted, and the balancs of tbe building water soaked. The IDUpatch and Penny Press buildings were badly damaged by water. Nothing defl- nine about tbe loss is yet known, but It is believed that last night's estimate. $1.000 - 000, is not exaggerated. The fire origin ated in the carpet store of H. Haltzman, located In tbe cellar of the Masonic build ing, and underneath the dry goods store of Campbell & Dyck. It is said that a party of gentlemen were sitting in the upholstering department of Haltzman s establishment, when one of their numbar lighted a cigar, and thought lessly threw the match into a waste paper basket; The contents of the basket were of an inflammable character, and in a few seconds the entire room was' ablaze. Ef forts were made to extinguish the flames. but the light material burned so rapidly that tbe fire coon got beyond control. '1 be Masonic Hall was tbe oldest build ing on Fifth avenue. It was built fifty years ago by the Alleghany Engine Co., a volunteer; tire company. They occupied the first floor and rented the balance of the building. The hall was occupied by Fox's theatre, and subsequently as a museum. Tbe fourth floor was used by the Masonic fraternity over forty years. The floor was divided into five departments the Blue room, tbe Chapter room, and three ante rooms. The former was furnished at an expense of $15,000 The furniture in the Chapter foorn cost $10,000. lu one of the ante- rooms was stored paraphernalia val ued at $15,000. Thirty one lodges met in the hall and all of the equipments were destroyed. - Among tbe articles prized highly by the Masons of this city was a picture of Judge McCandless, one of the greatest representatives of Masonry in this section. The walls of the Blue room were also adorned by portraits, all Past Grand Masters of Pittsburg, which were destroyed. Many of these cannot be replaced. A number of Masons were in the rooms guard ing against intruders, until forced away by tbe flames. - . Deputy Urand Master Peter C. Shidle gazed on the destruction . of the . building with tears streaming down his cheeks. John Keefe, of Alleghany, on the build ing assisting the firemen, fell and was fa tally injured. Pittsburg, Aug. 13. Later careful es timates puts the loss at less than $500,000. The walls of Hamilton and Schmidt & Fri day's buildings are found.to be in good con dition, and their loss s will therefore be much smaller than the first estimates. Tbe insurance on Hamilton' is $130,000, and the loss will be about $75,000. Schmidt & Friday's losses are about $50,000. The insurance on their building and stock is $250,000. Holtzman places his loss at $30,- 000; Campbell & Dick at $175,000, with $139,250 insurance. The damage to the Penny Press will . be about 1 $10,000; fully insured, and to the Dispatch probably $2, 000. The Masonic hall is totally destroyed, and tbe loss will not be far from $75,000; insurance $27,000. The one hundred and fifty tenants of Hamilton and Schmidt & Friday building lose in the aggregate $100,000. The total insurance was $560.- 000. Washington Progress'. We re gret to learn of the total destruction by fire, on Thursday last of the extensive lumber mills, dry kilns, &c., of D. C. Way & Co. These mills were located in this county on Pungo River nes.r the Hyde county line. About 100,000 feet of lumber was destroy ed, loss estimated at $30,000 with partly insurance. We are glad to learn that the mill will immediately be built. . 1887. WASHINGTON. Froaraaame for tbe President's Pro ,rpo"e Visit to the Went and Soutb. . f By Telegraph to tho Moraine Star. j WASHINGTON, AuiUt lt.--It M about definitely determined that, the President win leave Washington the last wek in September and go direily t- St. Louis, probably by way of Iudiananolis. He will spena two days at St. Louts, and go from mere to Uuicago Milwaukee, ttadison St Paul. Minneorwlis, Kansas City. Memphis! Nashville ano Atlanta, reaching tbe latter piace in rime to caet his engagements for October 18th He will go by the ordinary line of travel between the piaro named, and as his fixed appointments will preclude any divergence from the route to visit other cities, all invitations outside of it will have to be dtclined. Washwoton; Aug.- 12.-Senalor Col, quittandHeorj w. Grady, of Atlanta Ga . had an interview with the President at Oakview this afternoon in regard to bis proposed visit tr the city of Atlanta in Oc lober next, Mr. Grady boietothe President a formal invitation of the Piedmont Expo sition Company. It isa unique and striking piece of work, made of four leaves of Georgia. gold, about the size of a 12-mo. book, bound with clasps of Georgia si ver. and each clasp set with a Georgia diamond! The invitation is enclosed in a box inlaid with samples of Georgia wood, polished and joined with exceeding i-kill. The hn is embedded in a block of Georcia marble of every bade from black to white. On the lower leaf -of the invitation are, en graved portraits of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, a monogram of the Piedmont Exposition, and a picture of the club house of the Piedmont Driving Club. On the second leaf is the invitation cut into the gold. On the third page is the invitation of the Driving Club. On tha fourth nr Hast cover-paue is engraved a picture of the main building or the Piedmont Exposi tion. ' j In presenting the - invitation Mr. Grady I made no formal address, but stated that it was designed to make it in s -me sense sig nificant of the teaources of Georgia, in whost- capital city the1 first exposition of the. faroonjs Piedmont country will be held. . " As the President hud accepted Atlanta's invitation before any others were made, he had deferred making dates with other cities until the exact date of; his visit, to Atlanta! and other details were settled. It is un derstood that the Atlanta dates were Oxed; to-day and that dates for the entire trip will' hf Brwaprlittr Annm.n..1 1 i ne neumoni imposition opens October! 10th. and closes Octolter 22. ! Senators Colquitt nod Gradjjalso p-e- sented to the President an iuvita-! tion of the Georgia Slate Agricultural 8o-i ciety to attend th State Fair to be held at; Macon subsequently to lhe Pifdmoul Ex-j position, i, j ; The New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company complains to the Inter- State Commerce Commission that comp.t-i nies comoosing the Atlantic Coast Lin r4 fuse to make ihroueh rates to Baltimore! Philadelphia and New York with tbera; and to afford facilities for interchange of traffic, while they do make such through traffic rates with and afford facilities to other companies competitiug wiib com plainant. This complainant holda to he a m. . . . i .... .. f violation of Section 3 of the Inter Sttte Coramerceact. AfCnrrectiou of the nat ter is ssfced. VIRGINIA. Senator Klddleberser Sentenced to Jail (or Contempt of rourt lie la Releaaed by a ITXob-Tbe Lingnlon murder Trial. I - fBr Telegraph to the Morntn? Star.i Wrac hkstkr, Va J August 13. A mes sage from Woodstock, Va , says U. S. Senator Riddlebereer. who was yesterday sentenced by Judge Newman, of the County Coutt, to pay a fine or $25 and be imprisoned for five days, for contempt of Court, was released from iail last night by a mob, The jailor made but slight resist ance. The circumstances leading up to the ar rest of Riddleberger are related as follows by an eye witness: ; ; 1 Oa Thursday W. W. Jones was tried for larceny and the jury found that be was insane. Jones was a client of Riddieber ger's,and the verdict made the Senator an gry. He was accused of writing a placard and giving a boy two dollars to haul Jones up and down the town, the latter display ing a placard meanwhile, which he had written on it, "Verdict: Bill Jones not guilty, but insane. Jury insane; lawyers insane; Court insane in the main," j The noise occasioned by this display dis turbed the prcceeiiinjs.of the court, and the commonwealth's attorney, J. C. Ba ker, had the Judge to issue an order for the arrest of Riddleberger to appeae before Judge Newman and show cause why he (Riddleberger) should not be fined and im prisoned for ridiculing the Judge and the jury, and disturbing the court. At ; 5 o'clock Riddleberger appeared before the court and defended himself. He said that Judge Newman had no jurisdiction in tbe case, which the judge denied, and asked Senator Riddleberger to sit down until evidence could be taken to prove that he (tbe Senator) was the one who instigated the ridicule, and then he said the Court would hear the argument. Mr. Riddle berger would not sit down and the Court fined him $25. He then defied the Court, and said "this Court shall not send me to jail." Judge Newman then told the sheriff to take the Senator to jail for five days. Senator Riddleberger said he would like to see the man who would take him to jail, and sheriff Whitman at once arrested the Senator and locked him up. ; This action caused much excitement, and this morning at 2 o'clock a mob of one hun dred men, supposed to he from Edinburg in this county, scaled the walls of tbe jail yard and took the Senator out on ladders. Riddleberger is on the street at this wri ting. Pkteksburg, Aug.... 13. The papers lih the Langston murder case with the Court's instructions were given to the jury at half past 11 o'clock, after an able and searching speech by the prosecuting attorney. At 1 o'clock the jury reported their, inability; to agree on a verdict, but were sent back! to their rooms for further consideration. At 2 o'clock they were again brought into the Court room, and again declared that they could not agree. The Court asked the jury if their disagreement were on the question of the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. They said it was not, but as to the grade of punishment. Tbe Court then gave further instructions, saying there was no reason for not returning a verdict, and sent the 1ury out. Light punishment is anticipated should the juryagree. . j j Petersburg, August 13 The jury in the Langston case to-night rendered a ver dict of murder in the second degree, and fixed the term of imprisonment at eight years in the penitentiary." i i It is understood that the jury at first stood five for hanging, one for eighteen years in the penitentiary, and tbe colored member for a very light imprisonment. Tbe trial lasted exactly two weeks, and the Court and jury were exhausted by the worry and heat. Five times the jury der clared their inability to agree, and finally rendered a verdict under positive instruc tions of the Court Langston 's counsel gave notice of a new trial. ! - ' j NON-RESIDENT UR UMMERS. Judze Bond Releases a JUan Ar rested In Nortb Carolina. . ; By Telegraph to the Mornbur Star, j I Baltimore, Aug. 11. A W. -Henderson, of Baltimore, who was arrested in North Carolina on the charge of being a non-resident and selling goods without State license, was to day before Judge Bond of the U. S. Circuit Court, on! a Writ of habeas corpus, ; The Judge released him on his own recognizance to appear before the Court in Nerth Carolina, the last Mon day in November, with the understanding that the authorities of that State shall make no more arrests for violation of their law, which reqbires license of non-resident salesmen. ; no; 4i j MOUNT HOLLY. Ores Nine Tbonsand Persons on tbe ' j Grounds Tbe Speakers eiel : j Mount Holly. August 11.' Over'. nine thousand people were on the grounds to day.I An address was delivered by Mr :VanLindley; Mr. Otto Wilson did not speak. All the speakers named for to morrow except Vance, will be on hand. Capt. 8. W. Nobles will speak in the fore noon. Permanent organization will be an nounced to-morrow. ' Cloatnz Events of tbe Grange Encamp ment Tbe nee tine a Great Sueceaa, - i with tba Promise of a Better One tbe Comlns Tear. j j . KSpeclalStarTetefrram.) CaABLOTTB, N. C. August 12 The Granjge encampment at Mt. Holly closed to-night after a week .of great and unex pected success. Many addresses were made, the chief of which were those of Col. W. H, Si. Burgwyn and Hon. O. H. Dockery. Both were masterpieces and elicited hearty and toft repeated applause. ' captain Ptobles declined to speak on ac count of the lateness of the hour, hut the audience would not coasent to his request to ba released, until they learned that his elaborate paper on grape culture would be published. President Wells, to whose energy and good judgment is largely due the success of this enterprise, announced that arrange ments would be made for a better meetinir next year, and after a few words of farewell uc pruuouuceu me Deneaiction. AH day Thursday and Friday the instruc tive exhibition of the Acme Fibre Co. was surrdunded with eager observers. GEORGIA. First Bale of New Cotton Railroad (Blockade Removed. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. AtjatTSTA. AUP. 11. The flrat. holo r new? cotton was received to-day by Z. Danfel & Co., from Screven county, and was juiasaeu miauling. The blockade nn th n.nni. n.n.uj has been removed. Two hundred and twenty cars have arrived , from Atlanta wiu western ireignt detained by high water and housed on t.hn rn,i,l Hi hundred more are to come in the next two days. A committee of citizens has been ap pointed under the rpnnl council to invite President Cleveland to visitlAugusta. ; FOREIGN. Tbej movements of Prince Ferdinand Bulgaria Tbe Cbolera Liverpool Grain market. I i y Cable to the Morning Star. VlENNAj Allir. 12 Mainr T. T.ulm nhn is accompanying Prince Ferdinand to' Bul garia, has been compelled to resign his commission in the Austrian army under pain, of arrest. London! Ansr. 12 Pri embarked at Turnsaverin for Widdin. The foreign consuls at Rustchuk decided to ab sent themselves frnm tho Pri The Bulgarian war office is buying horse. iur ui my. PARIS. Aue. 12. French nirpnts in Ti.i! garia have; been instructed to avoid all in tercourse with Ferdinand and his govern ment. I London. A hp- 12 At. Malta tK. past twentyfour hours, there have been uvo new cases or cnoiera and nve deaths Liverpool. Ancust 12 Th lonriincr weekly grain circular says : There is no improvement in trade, irme weather is al lowing harvesting to progress rapidly. There is new wheat already in unm nf thn earhest markets. The quality, in many cases, is not so good as anticipated values are generally weaker for both foreign and English. I The attendance at tod a v 'a mar ket; was an average one. Wheat was in eodd demand. There were form aimnlisa and prices declined id. A retail business was done in flour at Unchanged prices. Corn was not so buoyant, but there were fair sales at one-half penny to one penny advance over Tuesday's rates. . TENNESSEE. " Chattanooga's Boom New Railroads Knoxvllle Subscribes Haifa mil lion Dollars. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. (!Jhattanooqa, Aug. 13. Contracts for the1 construction of the Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus R. R. were awarded to-day, and work will commence Monday morning within the corporate limits of Chattanooga. This road is a new line extending south from Chattanooga through Rome, Cedar town and Carrolton, Ga., to Columbus, Ga., a distance of 230 miles, aud is to be completed within eleven months. It gives Chattanooga nine trunk lines and makes it the greatest railroad centre south of the Ohio and the Potomac rivers. The city of Chattanooga, as a corporation, gave $100, 000 to the road, and the citizens by private subscription purchased and donated the right of way into the city, and land for terminal facilities, saving the road nearly one hundred thousand dollars. It is cur rently believed that tbe Central Railroad of Georgia is behind the building of the road, as .it will give that vast Southern system direct Northern and Western connection through Chattanooga. Several strong New York City bankers are conspicuous in the organization of the company. . noxvillb, August 13. An election to-day resulted, almost unanimously in fa vor of tbe city of Knoxville subscribing half a million dollars to the stock of the Knoxville and Southern . Railroad Com pany, and the Powell's Valley Railroad Company. The vote was the largest ever polled m Knoxville. and out of a population-of over 37.000 only 13 were votes cast against subscription. The city hereby subscribes $275,000 to the Knoxville South ern Railroad, to be built from this city to Atlanta, Ga. This is the Tennessee divi sion of the Maryland and North Georgia Railroad. . Work will begin immediately. The road is to be completed in eighteen months. The city also subscribed $275, 000 to the stock of the Powell's Valley R. R,, to be built from Knoxville northward through Cumberland Gap to connect with the Louisville & Nashville, Norfolk & Western and other roads. The work will begin in ten daysand the road is to be com pleted in twelve months. Both companies have ample capital to complete the roads in the specified time. The city has been offered 7 per cent for half a million of the railroad bonds, and will pay the subscrip tion to the roads in cash . An English syn dicate with a million dollars capital will eject blast furnaces, iron and steel works, at Knoxville, using magnetic ore from along the line of tbe Knoxville Southern road and coke from Cumberland Gap. ' . ; MISSOURI. General Freight Agents Dlseusslnc Through Business at St Louis. ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. i ot. iiODis, August 14. a. meeiinz or general freight agents for the discussion of through business in the Southeast was held yesterday. A new tariff has been put into effect by the Mobile & Ohio, by which the existing rates from a number of South eastern points more or less tributary to St Louis are materially reduced. This red no tion is particularly applicable to cotton, of which: the production is largetilong tbe Mobile & Ohio. The reduction of tbe cot ton rate alone is said to be in tbe neighbor hood of SO per cent. The Southern lines have been quiet of late, but this bold move may lead to a flurry among the roads south of tbe Ohio. - Charlotte Chronicle.' A, hii strike occurred at the Stanly : Freehold Company's mine, in Bilcsville.- last Wed- o esaay. the owners decided upon a re liction nf wages, and cut down n.n ku. riesof the carpenters 25 per cent, where upon the carpenters struck. The difficulty had not been adjusted at latest accounts ' Greensboro - Workman: Rev. T. L ! Troy has had quite an experience within the past few weeks. Mrs Troy was taken seriously ill at Kinnakeet, near flatteras, where her husband was engaged as Bible agent She was placed on board a schooner to bo conveyed to New Bern aod from Sunday until tho following Fri day the vessel! ws aground, Mrs. Troy, meanwhile, being apparently at tbe point of death, i After numerous difficulties they arrived here Tuesday nigh,t and Mrs. Troy ' went to Raodleman to day. ' i Asheville Citizens: , All of our local I mannfacturnra nf InUnnii .ra crowded with orders, our smoking tobacco using in special demand In speaking of the iron ores of Cherokee county Co). Henry E. Coltnn mak Q frtls at a t amort t u recent letter to tbe Murphey Bulletin: "As J average u laaes of to 4 tons or Iron ore to make a ton of pig (metal) iron in Bir mingham, while there are millions of tons of ore in Cherbkee which will viM . tnn of good pig iron to two tons of ore. A road to Chattanooga will put us in less than 100 miles of cokinir coal which haa hn tuctori and proven good, and cheap coke will soon cause iron furnaces in our midst" i Durham Recorder: Th nnrna of surveyors of the Durham & Lynchburg naurpaa are at enow rini. Tbey will con nect the nrpsent anrov nith th. iin known as L. and which passes a little east of Bragtown. j From Snow Hill a new line will be surveyed through Manonm ship and Person county to Roxboro, after which all thd proposed lines will be snh. milted to the Board of Directors anil thn route named. The corps of surveyors of the Durham & Northern Railroad frnm Henderson to Durham completed their first survey yesterday, coming into Durham by way of Bacon Rind, the cotton factory and Redmond's Grove. If Durham vntju inn 000 1 this road September 10th. work wi'll ne commencea afonceund pushed until the cars are running. Tf Dnrhnm vma . or. propriation of $50,000 to tbe Oxford & iiarKsvuie naurosa oeptemner 17th, work will be commenced between Durham and Oxford within airtv riana tim anil onm pleted before December, 1888. ' Raleitrh Neios- Observer: Rev." D. P. Meacham'a little rtalnrhtur vhn nma bitten by a rattlesnake on Monday morning last, is reported to be recovering from' the effects of the bite. The reptile struck her on the ankle, which Rwcllpd tn oioi-min,. proportions; in fact her entire body was dangerously affected and was considerably swelled, but the worst effects of the bite are now thought to bo over. The case of so much importance to the State of North Carolina, involving the constitution ality of the law tarlnf drummera will r-nma up for hearing in Baltimore this week, be- iore duueo isona, upon a writ ot habeas corpus issued at the office of the Circuit Court here. Upon an order marls h .Tnlr Bond upon the petition of A. W. Hender son, wno was arrested in Jdenton for sell inir without1 license, anrt hnlrl hv n -timtioc pf the pqacOiOf Chowan county in a bond of $400. -j -The new cotton seed oil' mills are nearing completion. The build -iocs are spacious, handsome and admirablv arranged . l Asheville Citizen : Dr. Wall. of Hftvwond. pi VPS lis an nrvniint m a moot thrilling affair which happened at Clyde's . -CV.tJ.1... - 1.! - uu iiuojr imi, rcauiiiug in a narrow escape irom drowning or tnree parlies. Mr. Jno Hvatt. of Wavnesville. and Miaaoa TtimiD and Roberts, of Haywood, had been in at- ieuan.ee upon tne leacners institute at Clyde's, and in the afternoon got into a boat above Killian's mill-dam on the Pigeon ri ver. The river had fallen to a point sun- posed not to be dangerous. Unfortunately the boat got too close to the dam, and the occupants losing control of it. the boat and the young man and the two ladies were swept over lhe dam into tho whirling pool sixteen feet; below, frnm whl-h than .-. rescued only by the most heroic exertions oi several parties wno were standing at tbe mill. A young man named Hanna, of Ca- tftlnop.he. disnlaved a mn&t rnmmonrlai.i. heroism, and to his efforts are the parties mamiy aue ior ineir escape from drowning. The young ladies throughout displayed re markable coolness. Elizabeth City Falcon : Toler ably high license prevails in this town and county. The license to sell liquors, by quart or drink is $80 for six months. Drink to five gallons $130 for six months. Whole sale $400 per year. Corporation lax $25 additional." The Government tax is $100 per year wholesale; $25 retail. Our job bers therefore pay $785' per year, as they also sell at retail. From the journal ,' of the Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Church, held at Edcnton in May, we learn that Christ Church in this town has 110 communicants, 85 families and 815 indi viduals: 222 services were held last year: 78 scholars attended Sunday School. The total contributions last year were $2,051.16, which is an average of $6.62 for every man, woman and child, and exceeds the average of every other church in the diocese except one in Goldsboro and two in Wilmington. There are in the diocese 44 parishes and ' missions, 1,660 families, 6,791 individuals, 2,828 communicants and 2,143 Sunday School scholars. Total contributions $30.- 075,10, averaging $4.43 for each individual. Fayetteville Observer: Col. W. J. Green has not shipped anv ereat quantity of grapes this season, as the freights are too high. He will convert most of them into wine. 7- It is with pleasure we announce that the Independ ent Company has secured that gifted orator and polished gentleman, Mr. W. H. Blount, of the Wilson Mirror, to deliver tho prizes on the 23rd of August, and they will have a treat for themselves and their guests. Hon. C. W. McClammv. Con cress - man-elect, will entertain the farmers at RockDsh bridge to-day. He will spend several days with friends in that neighbor hood. A new station on the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad, called Dalton, twelve miles north of Germanton, will be opened Aug. 15th, Mr. Jj S- Bishop acting agent We learn that Gov. Scales has decided to take the F. 1. L. I. Company as his body guard to the centennial celebration of the promulgation of the constitution of tbe United States, which will be celebrated in Philadelphia on Sept. 15th. 16th and 17th. - 4 The Star has for the past twenty years labored hard for North Carolina and is entitled to a handsome support It is well conducted in all its departments. Mr. Cyrus Murphy, who lives in Flea Hill township, killed last week a rattlesnake which measured 5 feet in length and 10 : inches in circumference. It had thirteen rattles and; a button. - Curiosity prompted him to get Mr. Goddard to weigh one cart load after a few (four, we believe) were taken out, and the remaining 24 melons weighed 920 pounds. His lar- 1 gest weighed 53 pounds. 1- Raleigh News-Observer: Mr. B. N. Duke, of Durham, has given $1,000 to the Trinity College endowment fund. Revv Dr. D. A. Long, President of Antioch College, Ohio, who has been spending the summer in this State, has re turned to his post On August 9th the Savings Bank bad 557 accounts, with deposits amounting to $17,703.46, aside ; from the amount of capital stock paid in,; amounting; to $6,885.84. It is re ported that there will be about thirty ap plicants for license to practice law before the Supreme Court when it convenes in September, The first, two days, be ginning on the 26th, wiil . be de voted to the examination of applicants -4 Prominent among tbe older institu tions of the State is the Friends' School at New Garden, in Guilford county, tbe fif tieth anniversity of which will be cele brated one the 17th of the present month. This flourishing institution was founded by the North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends and chartered by the State legisla ture in 1844. In 1857 the charter was ex tended. The school was opened in the . fall of 1837, since which time it has been ia successful operation, It has always been noted for thoroughness of instruction and the high moral tope of its pupils. Commencing with modest pretentions, the school has continually increased its advan tages and widened iu influence till it has taken rank among tbe best institutions or learning in the South . In place of the one two-story building of fifty years ago, there are now three commodious brick edifies, erected after the most improved plan and , in every way thoroughly equipped for the use of the school.' M I - sc; ' i'. 1 N i !$ -J IT F "V, 't .'-' v !.', )' 'V I h ft' if.. I i - - ft-; -.T ' iv I. 'it 1 il h ; .' ;. m tt: I I I ir :