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GOOD MORNING! Have you read the Hews and Ol server? It, gets all the Hews; and faith , it prints it. Haw that the campaign is about to open, suppose yon hare it sent to your ad/iress for the need three months VOLUME XXXVII. First Edition, 1,30 A. M. - - - - - . - i —~ V ----- Fishermen Wanted. j THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MIGHT FIND PLACES FOR A FEW OF THEM. The Salaries Vary From •TOO to *2,000 —The News and Observer Entlois d Personal and Other News From M »-hington. Correspondence News and Observer. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21. White and Cheatham went home Its! night. Tl eir argument and evidence are finished. Both ant confident, Cheatham more so. He ,-»ys. if recmjuizod. he wilt beat Woodard seven thousaud. White thinks the committee may. suggest a third man. Russell has been here urging Grant, of Wayne, and excluding all colored men. He thinks the Populists will support Grant. The Civil Service Com nission is very anxious for more applicants for positions in the United States Fish Commission, j S i far there have been very few. although ' examinations have been held all over the country. There are not many vacancies to till, but so far the number that has applied is not very much larger than the number of vacancies. Another examination will j be held in Charlotte on October the 18th, an I for anyone that can stand a good examination the chances are very favor able for a position. Besides vacancies now, Congress has authorized the con struction of sever at new stations—one in Texas, in New York, in Montana, one in Nehr.is -s, one in Tennessee, and one in Vermont, Some of these are being constructed and some are not yet beguu. There are four classes of competiti a ex aminations for entrance to the service of the Cubed States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, as follows: .superinten dent of Station, the salary varying fr >m $1,500 to #2,000. Fish cult >rist. salary varying from #6OO to #I,OBO. Messen ger (car service) with a salary from #9OO to #I.OOO. The captain of the ear re ceives #1,200. The salary of statistical field agents are #I.OOO aud #1,200. Os those that have tried this examination very few have passed. The subject tor examinations are not very hard except for scientific assistants, fishing experts, civil engineers, and draftsmen. This is a fine season for any one to get employ ment tintesires to cmer tie-gaveiram empiovmeut, if the exaaiiatioa is passed. , W * * Mr. A W. Wells, of the Geological Survey, m* ived a letter from Mr. A. L. Usher, of Magnolia, X. C. Mr. Usher s a great Populist in Duplin but in his let ter he expresses a serious doubt as to Populist success in that county and he is now contemplating whetuer he shall join thcDetnocr »tic party in order to be on the winning side in November. * * * Mr. H irr;.'. son of Mr. W. T. Harris. Commissi ner of Education, now of Knoxville, Teun.. but formerly t om Jackson county, is in the city. While in the Bureau of Education he was speak ing of m.;ny facts, which he said, were frequeu; y laid aside in history in order to give a favorite State the benefit of some important historical event. In this counted rt he said that it was not known very much, but that the first exports from America to the old world came from North Carolina. The article was exported some time before 1 TOO and is tod »y called Kaolin, but was exported under the natu** Unuku. <*r U ;ut<* C'.iaik, t;«x ing its name from the mountain where j it was o >tained. Iu answer to the ques tion whether this Kaolin could be made ] a paying business by working Japs, as wa> ’stated some time ago, he said no Japs would be brought to North Carolina to work in Kaolin. He said the story was ail a myth and would never materialize for it could not be made a paying business, especially when the object was to ship it to Japan, for the can obtain all t-ney want n their tv territory. Mr Harris worked in tills article while iu North Car fit ua and he s*ys he knows enough about it to sat: !y his ova mind that the report started same mouths ago will never be come real. -* * * The position taken by the News and Observer iu regard to the Breckinridge case and campaign has been highly com plimented bv the Washington readers of that paper. They are well pleased, as several have thus expressed themselves, j and endorse everything the News and OBSEEYEIi lias said . • * Senator J. L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, i.-, in this city. He has tieen spending some time at the seashore for his health, and is now returning to his home, He says the political condition of his State is in a pleasing style now, and he says he is very hopeful of good results from the fall campaign. * * Mr. Odell, one of North Carolina’s great cotton spinners, passed through this city this morning for Northern cities where he will go in the interest of his factories. 31 * * * Mr. Barnes, of Charlotte, who has been here for some time to watch the success of his horses in the Old Domin ion Race Course near Washington, has made a fine record with his horses. lie has several good ones, and they are nearly always first under the string. * * * Mrs. Junius Stevenson, Mrs. Fannie K Hartsfield, Misses Bettie and Kate Harvey, of Kinston passed through Washington for Baltimore on Tuesday. Mrs. Stevenson will spend a few days with friends here on her return. * ♦ Gen. Win. R Cox, Secretary of the Sen ate will roach here Friday morning to spend a few days at his oflice and to put his boys to school. * * * Mr. T. C. Lind and son, of Salisbury, who have been spending some few days in Pennsylvania, passed through here last night for their home. * * * ill-. W. R. Mo Kenney, of Petersburg, Va., was yesterday nominated for Con gress from his district. His many rebt f lives and friends in North Carolina will follow bis political course with much in ' x THE NEWS OBSERVER | terest, and will !>e interested in his sue * cess. « * f i Mr. Taos. W. Owen, of the Postoffice ' Department and a native of Alabama, is • now at work on an exhaustive genealogy ! of the family of John Williams, of North ' Carolina, and allied branches in that and iin “ther States. This includes the Wil i hams family of Granville county who are : the lineal aud collateral descendants of John Williams, who is the ancestor of Hon. Hoke Smith. * ¥ * A. H. Boyden, Esq., of Salisbury, who has been up in New England lor several days with his two pretty daughters, re turned home last night. He went North for his health and is much improved from Isis trip. * aft * Mr. Doctrine H. Reed, of Eli abet h Cit-v, who holds a position in the Patent Office has returned t<> his work after spending a vacation ot several days. ** * * The number of postmasters appointed in North Carolina to-d.w are as follows: James Brandon, at Estelle, Caswell coun ty; J. W. Hodges, at Ruthorwood. Wau tauga county: Obed Thrift, at Westmin ster, Guilford eouuty. These were ap pointed to fill the places of resigned postmasters. * * ¥ HOTEL ARRIVALS. Miss Cantwell, Asheville. ■ Master Henry Cantwell. F. T. Mills A Sun, N. C. Mr*. M. A. Smith, Nolls, N. C. W Nixon and wife, N. C. B. L. Nissen and wife, N. C. THIRTY-THREE SENIORS. The Class ot *95 Will he the Largest in the II i»tory of the University. Correspondence News and Observer. Chapel Hill. N. (’.. Sept. 20. . The senior class, to graduate in '95, ; now numbers thirty-three. The class , of ’Bl up to the present the largest since | the re-opening, was watching with in- | ter. st the growing numbers of '95. The centennial class, •‘eighty-one." sent out such men as C. D. Mylver. J. V. Joyner, H. B. Battle, R. P. Pell, Chas. Thomas. J. E. Brady, Jas. Ruffin, etc . etc. —men now well known in North Carolina in j professional and business life. “Ninety live" is elated at being the largest, as they exp ct their diplomas next June at the great centennial commencement. ; The tennis players are rejoicing in the compliment paid* the University in being , invited to send delegates to the Tennis Tournament at Yale next month for the : amateur college championship of Ameri- , ca There were only two Western col- j leges and only one Southern invited to participate, among the ten to compose j the tournament. , “’Rah! rah! rah! White and Blue.” ; ' Several families have removed here to get the advantages of the University— , not for the boys but the men for them selves. One preacher on a circuit, and ! takes boarders. Another has taught ! school eight: years and is the grandson of a well known lady who kept house here many years ago to give her sons a college coarse—a name well known in ’ North Carolina. Alt regret the leaving of Chief Justice Shepherd, who has endeared himself to all who know him. He has had a pleas ant class in law. We hope his esteemed wife will remain in Chapel Hill. At the late reception given by the Y. 1 M. C. A. in honor of the large body of new students, one of them on having Judge Shepherd pointed out to him. said, : “and is that the Chief, Justice of North Carolina (” “Yes.” He then added in great astonish nun*, “why he is just like j one of us.’’ And thut’s vv!ij the s, and all. like Judge Shepherd, but they would like a little more of that leg a 1 lure— his clasa j above all, in heir own head, 1 Professor and Mrs. Ilolnu-s have re , turned to Chapel Hill. ] Mrs. and Mrs. Headen, of Pittsbiro, ’ parents <.f Dr. Headen have been on a visit to • impel llill. All regret t > learn that Rev. Mr. Towers, rector of the Episcopal church here will soon remove to Cambridge, Mass., or to a place near there, by rail, to supply a church and take an advance course at Harvard. He has endeared himself to all d n inu’uaUnns here. It is like a refreshing draught to see a letter from Mrs. Spencer. We Chapel Hillians hope she will write often. She is daily missed in Church, Sunday School and everywhere. There will be an adjourned meeting 1 of Orange Presbytery here soon to ordain and install Rev. D. A. Currie aud to re ceive candidates for license. The Glee Club is organizing. The Constitutionality of the Dispen sary Law. Columbia, S September 20. —The \ Register will publish an article in the ! morning in which it says that it has re liable authority for stating that the Judges of the Supreme Court have writ ten their decision in the celebrated dis pensary eases. The information is that Justices Pope and Cary will declare for the constitutionality of the law in toto, while Chief Justice Mclver will maintain its unconstitutionally on the same grounds advanced by him in a previ >u.s decision. This is the way everybody expected the decision to l*e rendered and the story is likely true. The opinions of the Justices have not yet been filed with the Clerk of the Court. When such a decision is rendered the authorities will resume their warfare on “Blind Tigers’’ with increased vigor and it will be strange if much trouble does not follow. Killed las Wife’s Lover. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 20.—Dr. C. Macintosh, the correspondent in a sen sational divorce suit in which J. Jenkins, of Sherrill, Ark, is the plaintiff, was yes terday at that place filled with buckshot and instantly killed by Jenkins a few days ago, sued his wife for divorce on the ground of adultery with Dr. Mcln tosh who is also married, while his wife, also, at the same, time tiled suit for #50,000 damages against P. B. Vaughine, a wealthy planter aud mer chant, for slander aud for alienating her husband’s affections, alleging that Vaughine’e libellous stories about her had estranged her husband from her. Jenkins a few days ago left tor Texas, but returned yesterday and the shooting of Mclntosh followed. The latter claimed that Jenkins, on more than one occasion, .administered arsenic to his wife. Owing to the prominence of all the parties the various suits and the shooting have created a sensation. NORTH CAROLINIANS AT WH ET All. Vii Official Report of the Committee Appointed by Governor Carr to tlarl. 1 Out the Positions Gained on That Field by the Troops of This State. Raleigh, N. 0., Sept. 17. To his Excellency, the Governor: Os the committee of North Carolina ■ officers and soldiers, participants in the j battle of Sbarpsburg, who were appoint- j ed by you at the request of the I ailed States Antietam Board to assist, them in | designating the position held by N Tth j Carolina troops in that great battle, the ! undersigned were able to accept and at- , tend. Thev left the State on May 29th. 189 i, and were joined in Washington by ' (ten 11, Heth, one of the Federal Com- J missioners on the Antietam Board, but • formerly Major General in the Confeder ate service, and by Senator who had IH'-'M a distinguished m •; the battle, and who kindly aecompa- | nied us upon our special invitation. Together with them, this committee visited the battle field on May 90, and remained till we had located the positions held bv the brave men of this State on that eventful day, 17ih of September, 1862. Such of the positions as were not fully settled by the presence on the com mitto «of men from anv part ion lir com mand have since been designated by cor respondence with members of such com mands, maps of the battle field baling been sent them upon which they have marked the positious held by their re spent Be regiments. Ties has now I won satisfactorily done, and this report has been held back that the « ompietion of the work devolved upon us might be re ported. We are glad to say that the identifica tion of the positions held by each of our regiments has been perfect. The locality in the nearly thirty two years since the b o tie had undergone remarkably small change. The landmarks are all there. Besides the ground upon which a soldier fights is photographed in his mind. Kverv little inequality of the surface has i>s value at the time and the general topography of the field is attentively con sidereal as it has often a vita! bearing upon the issue of the battle. The battle of Sbarpsburg, M<l. • or An tietam, as it is called by the Federals was fought Wednesday. September 1 *, 1862. between the United States Army, commanded by Major General George 8. McClellan, aud the Confederate States Army, commanded by General RuGe-I.E. L e. ’ The Federal Army rep ot- for tier morning -h ».v “present ford it y an ef fective force of 101,000 nun consisting of six Army corps. The Ist, Hooker; 2nd, Sumner; 4th, Couch; sth. Eitz John Porter. 6th, Franklin; 9th, Burnside; 12th, Mansfield; and Pleasanton’s Cal vary Division. On the Confederate side there were two corps, com nand id re speetively bv Longstreet. and Jackson. So great had been the loss by strag gling, caused principally by forced marches, with insufficient food and de fective supply of shoes, that when the battle open* d General Lee. had not. more than 24,000 men in fine. Ties wusrai-el by the arrival about 9 a. m of MoLtw s Division, and about- 3 p. m. of A. P. Hill’s Division to a total of 85,000 men. Indeed, so heavy had been the straggling that General Lee states in his letter to President Davis, Sept, 21, that in this butte Evans's brigade had 100 tm-n pre sent, Garrett's brigade 120. and Lawton and Arm .stead’s brigades combined 600 nu-n. . In the battle there were pres-mt 32 regiments and 3 batteries of artillery from North Carolina, to wit; 15th North Carolina in Cobb's brigade. 27th North Carolina iu Walker's bri grade. Pith North Carotin tin Walker’s bri gade 48th North Carolina in \\ alkei's bri gade. 24th Norte Carolina in Ransom’s bri gade. 25th North Carolina in Ransom’s bri gade. 35th North Carolina in Ransom s bu gade. 49th North Carolina in Ransom's bri gade. 6th North Carolina in Law’s brigade. 21st North Carolina in Trimble’s bri gade Ist North Carolina battalion in Trim ble's brigade. 7th North Carolina iu Branch’s bri gade. 18th North Carolina in Branch’s bri gade. 28th North Carolina in Branch's bri gade. 33rd North Carolina in Branch’s bri gade. 37th North Carolina in Branch's bri gade 16th North Carolina in Pender's bri gade. 22nd North Carolina in Pender’s bri gade. 34th North Carolina in Pender’s bri gade. 38th North Carolina in Pender’s bri gade* Ist North Carolina in Ripley's bri gade. 3rd North Carolina in Ripley’s bri gade. sth North Carolina in Garland’s bri gate 12th North Carolina in Garland's bri gade. 13th North Carolina in Garland's bri gade. 20th North Carolina iu Garland's bri gade. 23rd North Carolina in Garland’s bri gade. 2nd North Carolina in Anderson’s bri gade. 4th North Carolina in Anderson's bri gade. 14t,h North Carolina in Anderson’s bri gade. 30th North Carolina in Anderson’s bri gade. 19th North Carolina (Ist Cavalry) Hampton’s brigade, and the batteries of Manly, Reilly and Lloyd. Os these, the cavalry regiment com manded by Colonel (afterwards General) L. 8. Baker was on the extreme left un der Stuart. Pender’s and Branch's brigades came up in the afternoon by forced march from Harper's Ferry, being part of A. P. Hill's division, and took position on the extreme right just' iu time to repulse the advance of Burnside's corps. Early iu the morning lhe North Carolina Brigades of Walker and Ran som had occupied the extreme right to prevent the threatened advance of 11 urn j side across Antietam creek, but about ! 9 a. m , when the left wing was broken by the weight of the Federal numbers, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1894 these two brigades were hurriedly moved to the center <>f the left wins near the Dunkard church They arrived just it* time as tic* Federals were pouring through the break in our lines and a delay of ten min utes longer would probably have been fatal to the existence of the army. The removal of these t ao brigades left thead vnnee of Burnside’s and Porter’s corps ai r ss the bridge and fords of the An tjet tm creek unopposed except by the small brigade (409 men) of Toombs Fortunately; Burnside did not cross t H 1 p m,, and when he did he loiten d till 3 o'clock when making his advance the fate of Lee’s army had agsiu ncen scaled but for the arrival of A. P. Hill's Giris iuo, two of whose b igades - Br.iiic’i and Pender's —were NorthC< - olin ans. ‘ Had their arrival been delayed ten min uGs,” says the official report, “the annv would have Ir'en taken in reverse.” Thus twice during -that eventful day did the Con fed ‘rate Army narrowly esetpo disaster. Anil oil each occasion Nordt Carolina troops were im portant factors in the salvation of the army. Thev were to Leo what Bulow's division of IPueher's corps wtts to Wel lington at Waterloo. They saved the day. The North Carolina troops, other thau Baker's cavalry regiment, and the brig ades of Walker, Branch, Ransom and Pender, which have been located above were all stationed in the left cen ter, reaching from the town of Sbarpsburg, which was the center of our line up towards the Dunkard Church. A part of this left center was singularly thrown forward, in advance of our gen eral line, till driven back by overwhelm ing numbers. It was the North Carolina brigade of Anderson, thus advanced h yond the main line, that held the now historic “bloody lane' till thrice their number of Federals lay dead in their front in musket range, lr was thrust out iu the flank of the advancing enemy like a “solid lance head of iron temper ed in the fire for battle.’ To the military student the bari c of Sharps Hug will always apjiear one iff the boldest—not to say one of the nshe-t— --battles of modern time, judging it fr >m the Southern -t 'ndp iiut. Nothing but success redeem> d Go -oral Le-* fr uu liabil't.v to the s-ver.-st military criti cism. But he sifely r.> i.-l upon tl <* tried valor of his troops and the whole some awe with which our then rec -nt successes around Richmond aud at Second Manass is had inspired t he enemy He aDo hi ew the slov immanent and cautious ehoruc er of the opposing Gen eral—so slow ihat a b iard of wa" condemned him for having mo-el in this campaign at the rate ot only six miles a da\. An ac dent, the loss of a dispatch sent by General Lee to one of his Major Generals and dropped in his encampment, disclosed to McClellan General Lee’s plan of campaign and that in face of a foe largely his supe rior he had divided his army and had left nearly one half of if. on the southern bank of the Potomac to c iptur* ll trper’s Ferrv while the other wmg remained in Maryland. Ha l McClellan fallen with vigor and promptness with his whole army upon the twenty or twenty-two thousand men under Lee, north of the Potomac, the loss of that army with its commanders would have been a fatal biow to the Confederacy. But fortunately McClellan neither did this nor relieved Harper’s Ferry, which surrendered with 12.000 prisoners on the 15th releasing t!i.i bcs-ig'Ug force, of which Walker's Division rejoined L o on the uight- be fore the battle aud McLaws aud A P. Hill's Dirisiou came ~p during the progress of the battle a< abuve stated. Jt is true tinV after finding the “lost dispatch" revealing Let- s plan, Met lei lau sent an overwhelming force against D. H liili's Division, bolding the pass in the S nub Mountain on the 14th which that gallant general held as long as pos sible, delaying the Federal advance till Harper's Ferry might surrender aud its beseigers night rejoin our army north of the Potomac. But the “Rebellion Record” gives us the situation on both sides bet er than either commander could then have known it. From that it app ars that McClellan had not. only 101,000 men present for duty, but that 73,000 more were then around Washington forty miles away by rail. That in the presence of 174.000 men. General Lee could divide bis eff> c tive force of less than 40,000 by the Po tomac river, and several miles of inter val. should capture 12,000 men at Har per's ferry, and should then re unite his army during the battle north ot the river and hold the field was splendid justifica tion of Lee’s superb confidence m his troops. It showed a boldness the success of which future ages may admire but which w 11 not jus : tify* an attempt to imitate. At no other time did the Confederacy so nar rowly escape a catastrophe, rite greatest compliment perhaps ever paid to Con federate valor will be found in the re ports of this battle made by the Federal colonels and generals, and by McClallan himself, as preserved in the “Rebellion Record.” They recite the heavy losses sustained from our fire, aud the courage shown by their men in attacking our positions or repulsing our assaults. They all concur in ascribing to us superior numbers. Even McClellan, in a dispatch during the battle, attributes to Lee 95,- 000 men and telegraphs Lincoln that he is “in the midst of the bloodiest and most memorable battle of the war and probably of all history. Netit is be yond question that Lee had only about 35,000 men after his reinforcements had joined him and was outnumbered near ly three to one. General McClellan places his own forces at 87,000, while the morning report of his army for that day calls for 101,000 effective. Though thus outnumbered, (ah* and his soldiers not only held their ground all that long September day, repelling every assault, but all next day they stood in line defying an enemy who dared not advance. On the night of the 18th they re-crossed the river into Vir ginia. leaving not a cannon nor a wagon behind them, During the entire action the Confederate* fought without breast works, which there was neither time nor means to throw up. Fortunately in some parts of the line on the slope of the hill* on the side held by us there was a ledge of lime stone rock which served ad mirably as natural rille pits aud were considerable protection both against ar tillery and infantry fire. So heavy fell the “red rain of battle” that notwith standing thirty-two years of cultivation and visits by relic-hunters, the sou of one of our committee, a lad of ten years of age (Fred. Phillips, Jr.), picked up a ahandfull of bullets in a space of a few feet. In few actions during war was the percentage of loss so heavy upon us. We bad no reserves. Every man was engaged. Out of the 35.000 Con federates in this battle one third were killed or wounded Retreat, with the Potomac at out backs, meant the anihi lation of the army. Tuerc we. no choice but to conquer or d ; e. That North Caro lina was tnere that day, and that her troops composed more than one fourth of the men actually in line should uever be forgotten. The positions held by them and identified by lhe commiriee will be marked by the Fedotal government with pillars of stone. To distant ages they will still speak of the sane, the valor, the devotion to duty of those men of “long enduring bo id" the North I Carolinians who twice saved the day for j the Confederacy at Bhar| sburg. Many ! of them rest where they fell, and nightly ! Potomac's breezes “answering low, soothes many u soldier’s endless sleep i In the providence ot Gad, final succe»~ did not crown our arms, but none who ■ Know, or who have learned, the true story of the bearing of North Carolina's sons, whether officers or private so'.dieis, throughout the great contest, can retivin 1 from using they “knew how to do their ; duty.” The State does well to note on * tins btttle field when* her soldiers held the line. Living or dead they could ask k no grander eulogy. Very respectfully, W ALT till C'LAUK, Adjutant 35th N. C. Fred Phillips, Adjutant 30th N. C. S. M< D. Tate, Major sth N. 0. Will W. Ray, Captain 6th N. C. Jas. A. Graham. Captain 27th N. C. W. H. H. Lawho.n, Captain 48th N. O. F. M. Parker, Colonel 30th N. C. John R. Richardson, Private 23d N. C. John c. Boarboro, Private 14th N. C. R. O. Leinster, Private 4th N. C. J. M. Munir. Private 9th N. C. (Ist Cav.) [The rank and regiment above given is that of each of the committee at the date of the battle. Many of them were pro m-ted afterwards, and some of them went to other regiments. —Ed. | The Iron Trade. Cleveland, 0., September 20. The Iron trade review says to-d «y; The state ment that pig iron production has ad vance d jsO rapidly in the past six weeks without causing any accumulation of stocks, the report of September showing that coke iron on hand has further de creased in August has been taken as au index on considerably larger consump tion. It is true that the weekly rate of pig iron production September Ist wis greater than in fourteen months, but most of the additional furnace* had not been long enough in blast on that date to affect st-'Cfcs. There is no question that product .on is nowin e.u ss of cut ren< demand,’ aud in Bessemer pig, which is being predaced by more than four fifths of the furnaces in Alleghany coun ty and the Mahoning and Shenango val leys, a further weakening in price is noted. For deliveries after this month there have been sales as low as #11.25. * Pittsburg steel b.llets have shared in the decline end #16.50 can be done for fnr watd deliveries. Here and there a fair amount of trad ing is reported in foundry iron, but the bulk of the buying is of the small lot order for quick shipment and foundry men are not unanimous as to a dis inct im H’ovcment, Pipe foutl lers are gen erally well supplied with workand South ern furnace men have sold some round lots of iron on this account. There are evidences that the low rates made some months ago from Southern points were prolonged to certain northern terri tory after the general advance took place. While the railroads have been freer buyer’s the past month, their pur chases are not of the kind for which the iron trade has long been waiting. Car shops are more active aud car wheel founders have more to do, though prices are at the lowest point, iu finished ma terial there is sharp competition and buy ers are getting the advantage of the anx iety of large producers to keep up the present pace of operations. In nearly every ease the mills are delivering more material that they are selling and cut prices are inevitable. The hopeful phase of the situation is the wide dist ri bution of demand, indicating that stock ing up is the general policy. Mills in the Pittsburg district and in the Central * west, including Chicago, seem for the ’ time riving in better shape than those in the east, though there is some indication that the latter are returning the atten tions of western producers have long been paying to the east. Bicycle Tournament. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 20. —The ten mile road race here to-day, inaugurating the Bicycle Tournament, resulted iu a clean sweep for the Nashville riders. Charles Woodward, a three and a half minute man, won, the time made being 24:15, while I). A. Cofer, a Minnesota man, was first in, his time being 31:15. F. 11. Herrick, of Detroit, and EdGrath, of St, Louis, the scratch men, finished in the run. hitlev Not Gnitty. Special to the News and (tbserver. Rockingham, N. C., Sept. 20. —Walter Whitley, a white boy twelve years of age, was arraigned here yesterday for mur der. The case consumed all day and was handed over to the jury at seven o'clock. They returned in forty-five minutes with a verdict of “Not guilty.” The verdict is generally approved. Whitley claimed that while out hunting he accidentally shot a negro boy. Litial Suit Instituted. Washington, Sept. 20—At: a meeting of the Press Claims Company, held this afternoon in Alexandria, the resolutions were adopted instructing the President of the company to institute proceedings against W. R Hurst, proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner and 0. A. Snow <fe Co., of this city, for publishing and dis seinaanating matter calculated to in jure the business of the Press Claims Company. Hon. E. B. Jones, of Winston, and Col. J. S. Cunningham, of Cunningham, are at the Yarboro. DR.IKH.Tt \ TIU DAY IN KVLEIGIf. Speeches <*t < 01. Julian s. Farr, lion. * . 11. HaiiMir mid Ni-nntor Thomas .1. Jarvis hi calling ilie Convention to order, President Julian 8. Furr said; Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the State Ass'ieiat inn of Democratic (.Juba; Fellow Democrats -I Greet You: It must lie a matter of flu* most emi nent satisfaction, amounting almost to an inspiration, to every loyal Democrat that the first Bugle blast from the party organization has been heeded by so many fairiifttl friends of Democraey ami ha* resulted in such an honorable and en thusiastio assemblage in this, wh it poll ti-nns are pleased to term “an off year.” 1 congratulate the party upon this happy and auspicious opening of the e.impugn, it goes with without saying that this «o'lv-iition of the imterrifiod Democracy prestiges victorv all along the line, and upon the id'-s o e November the welkin of victory will ting from where old oc* an combs her di-hcv**]led |(s»ks upon the stormy sands <>t Hatteras to to where our grand old mountains cast their morning shadows across the line into Tennessee, and the mountains will to*s back to the ocean the glad tof rain of victory. When the Democratic State Executive Committee assigned the Association of clubs the post of honor of inaugurating the campaign, though the time allowed us was of necessity .short, still I felt the Association could be relied upon to meet the party exigency, and I have not been mistaken, i am persuaded now, as I thought then, that the omen was a favorable one. With no ambition but Democratic -access, no higher consider ation than our party victory, we come here to day to man the “rifle pits - ’ and to lead the skirmish ling < f the Demo cratic pariy, the battle royal upon which wo are about cut-ring, with tin* resolve that with us it must be a glorious death or a sweeping victory. There must be no compromise, no temporizing, the time for that has gone. Our foes and in iduous, unscrupulous and aggressive, therefore be ye vigilant and acquit yourselves like men, bold to take •up the fierce to maintain the Democratic cause and Democratic principles. 1 congratulate you that the time has come when it is no longer a crime to talk Democracy pure and nndefiled in a Dem ocratic Convention—that it is no longer necessary to pull down the blinds when the friends of Democracy assemble in party council —that the time has gone by when Democratic pi it firms must lx* proceeded by a preamble which amounts almost to *an apology for daring to write it—No—thank God, the disappointed, the dissat isfied and the disgruntled have fecund a nest where they can tlock to themselves and join forces with our old friends the enemy, thus clearing the political atmos phere. The underbrush and the dead wood of the Democratic party have been cleared away aud we find ourselves out in the opening, but the ark of the cove nant abides with us and our plain duty is rii True to ourselves, to our party prin ciples and party v<> \true to our coun try and tine to our God aud there, cru be n > doubt about the result. As ii is our good fortune to be hon ored with the distinguished presence of so many honorable’gentlemen. 1 shall tio longer trespass upon your patience, but will now declare the convention ready f ir business. Then the following resolution was in troduc’d by Col. Julian 8. Carr, and on motion of Air. Dortch was adopted: Whereas, it is plain that the construc tion of the Nicaragua Can d would prove of incalculable advantage to all parts of our country; that it would revolutionize the world’s commerce in favor of the United States; that it would enlarge our markets and open to our merchants and manufacturers the trade of countries having au aggregate population of 800,- 000,000 by shortening the distance of shipment about 10,000 miles; that it would inaugurate a new era of industrial, commercial and agricultural prosperity, and by uniting in closer business rein tions the North and the South, the Erst and the West, would help to destroy all tendencies to sectionalism. And, whereas, it is free from difficul ties of a diplomatic, political or pliys cal character, and only needs the financial support of the government and the [ico nic of the United States to secure its ear ly completion. Resolved, therefore. That the Demo crats of North Carolina demand the con struct ion of the Nicaragua Canal by American capital and under American control. To that end it should be placed under the protection of the government of the United States, and we recommend that every Democratic Representative in Congress and the Democratic National Administration lie advised by all Demo cratic conventions of the wishes and in terests of the people, and urged to adopt the most appropriate measure to accom plish this purpose. We hereby ask our Democratic breth ren in every Southern and in every Northern and AVestern State to join with the Democracy of North Carolina in a unanimous and unmistakable demand upon the general government for the construction, maintenance and protec tion of the American Inter-Oceanic Canal, as alike necessary to the military defense and to the industries and commerce of the United States. In the speedy consummation of this vast national enterprise, in strict harmony with the progressive spirit and the constitutional principles of the Democratic party, look ing to the welfare of the whole country and of all classes, the interest of North ern and Western States are only less than those of the cotton States. Dis proper that the partv, which acquired Louisiana, California and Florida, should unite all American acquisitions and all the Ameri can States by an American Waterway securing forever the union, defense and prosperity of the whole. President Winston here introduced the Hon. Chauncey F. Black who came for ward under the fire of deafening ap plause. “Fellow Democrats,” said the speaker, “I understand by the terms in which the chairman introduced me and your gen erous reception of me that this demon stration is to me in my capacity as Presi dent of the National Association of Dem ocratic Clubs. The Republicans, of Pennsylvania is some of the best in this part of the world, I believe. But that part which associates with the National Association of Democratic Clubs is exceedingly re spectable. “I am, a Democrat from Pennsylvania,” continued the speaker amid much laughter; “as good a Demo- erat, as good as any in the boundaries of this State I li\*- in a country where i means loss of bread an l butt' r and persecution to be a I >* -tn* erat. Senator Ransom has referred to how much you have been lienefUtcd by the Democratic party. The mere report of if made me happy. With us, it is forty thousand Republican majority when a man like me runs for governor and i* runs all the wav from there to 187.000. We propose to stop the pfoe* ■■*.' The* spe ker proceeded in tii s humor ous and epigrammatic v« in much to th*- delight of the audience. and passing on in turn, with matured argument, bright flashes and sparks that set fire to tin flimsy garments of Republicanism and other heresies, the eentlomitifttntinaiin' said: "l predict here now that never again within the life of any man hereto night, within the sound of my void will there be a serious proposition to return to the VcKinlov bill. That question isprae finally settled, and settled for ail time. The rat* 1 of taxation will never be higher than it is in the Senate bill now enacted into law " This ,statement brought down the bouse with a crash of enthusiasm. The speaker then passed on th j discus s’on of the Nicaragua bill in an able and broad way and later were passed bv the association endorsing the project with heartiness. Mr. Black was followed by Hon. Law rence Gardner who captured the people atone**, as much by his magnetism a* by bis likeness to President Cleveland, which was noticed at once by those pres ent. Mr. Gardner is a corpulent man with an impressive manner, and started off in a deliberate way by quoting the old proverb, ‘ honor the old. instruct the young, consult the wise an l bear with the foolish.” Upon this rock he built his hott-e which was made of sun-cured, .staunch, well polished Democratic timber. Mr. Gardner took up our beginnings as with an acute and far-reaching sense of the situation, and stitched down to the present time and gathered up the whole into a presentation of integrity and convincing foice to his hearers. Then he sounded a call to the young men of the party to come into drill un der some such form as Democratic clubs as well as in other ways, but counselling purpose and work He would have patience exercised and an attempt to bring back the erring into the ranks. ‘‘ Lay aside all jealousies," lie contin ued, "and don't forget the counsels of the old heads, and to steer away from false creeds.” Mr. Gardner's speech was received with interruptions of applause and it had a unifying effect not exceeded by anythnig that had been said during the day. Much appreciation was expressed on every hand of the arduous work and in rerest of Col. Carr in having shap' d to gether the w h ile demonstration to a sue cessful end, assisted by bis efficient sec retary. Mr. B. C. Beckwith. The officers of the leading clubs have worked together in harmony, and chief among those who gave life to the proceed ings yesterday was Mr. W. W. Kitchio, who made a rattling speech and tin*' im pression in his speech as temporary chair man. As permanent chairman, Mr. Francis [). Winst >n was neculi irly happy in his introductions and easy handling of the of the immense body of men. Senator Jarvis’ Speech. After the address of Mr. Gardner Sen ator Thomas J. Jarvis was introduced to the audience by Major W. M. Robins. Major Robins was. as be usually is. very happy in his remarks. He compared *ho coalition movement to the mingling to gether in the holes on the Wes’erti prai ries a prairie dog, an owl and a rattlesnake; the Republican was the prairie dog, the Gideoniie t he ow 1 and t la* anarchist the rattlesnake, but such a mongrel horde could never defeat the honest Democracy of North Carolina. He predicted 10,000 majority for the Demo crats in November, and said that if all the candidates for United States Senator could be got to the polls the majority would lie 41,000. Senator Jarvis was greeted with deaf ening applause, as he arose to speak. He wits in fine twim and seemed inspired by the enthusiasm and good cheer that played over the vast radiance. He began by thanking bis audience for Ha w-arm and cordial reception they bad given him and ho assured them that he would not abuse their kindness by at-1 tempting to make a long campaign speech. He complimented Gov. Black’s speech on the Nicaraugan Canal and drew from it an illustration of the difference be tween the representative government of America and the monarchical govern ments of Europe. We are now entering upon a great great campaign, “continued Senator Jar vis.” A campaign that concerns each one of us. It concerns each man, wo man and child in North Carolina In this conclusion he declared that in order to decide what the remit would be it would be only necessary to determine one question, and that question is, “How are you going to organize your count yH” "if you will organize every township and county, have clubs everywhere working together then there can be no doubt that the party will be tu good po sition and the victory already assured.” He theu said he wanted to say some thing of what Congress had done. He referred to the tariff bill briefly dwell ing particularly upon the placing of bag ging upon the free list and revision of the tax on sugar. And in strong and forcible language paid his respects to the trusts of the country, declaring that they had been fostered by enactments of the Republican party, until they almost threatened the life of the Republic and the civil liberties of the me* and women of the country. Senator Jarvis th n paid his respects to the Populists, au*l the strange alliance that they had formed with the Republi can party. He challenged any man in the State to put h>s linger on one clause iu the State Constitution that the Re publicans did not violate when they ad ministered the government. The very man who was at that period consenting to all that viliiany is now the candidate for Chief Justice on the Republican ticket. Here Senator Jarvis paid ati n* tribute to Chief Justice Shepherd. He said he had just as soon think of calling Bob Ingersoli to North Carolina and putting him in charge of the Christian religion of the State as to pm Faireloth on the Supreme Court bench and call it a “non-partisan judiciary.” lie declared that with the present WEATHER TO-DAY. For North Carolina -Fair; mriablt ' wimfs, Raleigh ami vicinity—fair weather ; j westerly u'imis. Temperature yesterday Maxi mo m, j 79; minimum, 58. MM BEK 52 judges on th*- none!* tne peaptc amt me country were safe an* 1 that if lucre was nothing els*- involve I in tin- ram; -i go than this it w«a enough to rook** tin- men organize and the women work with their husbands and broth- rs to bring p--a and prosperity to this B'af* He cloned b predicting tie*! with a continuation of the Democrat!' ■ u n power, peace and prosperity, would be en throne* l in every State and in every tjon of this great country and in the homes and around the firesides of si: the At t*h>- cl*-* * Os Senator Jarvs- addre%- flon. Cbas H Mansur was loudly called for. He responded a a short - .h in which he dmcribed toe charaet* ririicw of an an animal know na- P >- as it ex isted in Mi-soari. He said he badtococ reud w ith the thing for- , .teen y -.*.«> and ill WHM DO HOW t fct *C* ■ gan. He had met it on the >rn t . and once it bad downed bun. Mr. Mansur quoted the old c7.ui.e-J, “ It is (letter to tie courted ami jilted Than never to have tieen courted at alt.” Hon. W. M. Robbins was called and mnßided in a few minutes spe*** :i. which was a fitting benediction to the most notable occasion that has been held in the State in manv months. It was truly admirable love f*-as* and the re sults of this meet i tig tot* t ier of the ac tive forces of the party will be patent force in winning the victory that m sure ly ours. assemblage of tobmn o men. They Propose to Have a Fitting Ex hibit ol Tobacco at the Atlanta Ei i position. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept 20.- Representa tives of many of the greatest tobacco es j tablishments in America assembled to j day in Atlanta for the purpose of taking • preliminary steps toward the iiiaugura I tion of the most elaborate display of the j tobacco resources of this and other conn ; tries ever seen in the world. The move | meat was inaugurated a few weeks ago I through correspondence of leading to bacco men. The cotton Slates and lnter- J national Exposition of Atlanta, wh.eh is ) to be thrown open in the fall of 1895. The exposition invited repre-en * stives of eleven of the leading tobacco establish ments to be -here to day to h.iv i- ,i fu'.l ' conference concerning the mat ter. The tobacco men say tlial' no exposi tion has ever given Hits great industry the recognition warranted by the t ieli- I ness of this r source, which tanks second among the staple piideets of this country. The effort to s cure an inde pendent building at the worlds fair at Chicago failed, and such of the tobacco industry as was exhibited was * altered in Various places, it was likewise at the Centennial at Philadelphia. Leading to bacco men have conceived the idea of exh biting it: Atlanta iu a separate budd ing, the most ea orate displayed Hie tobacco industry that has ever iteen 1 made, and enthusiasm character , ized to-day’s conference. ; Representatives were present from such tirms as P. Loritlard & Co . Jersey City, Veterline Bros, of Philadelphia, Poor and Co., New York. Herslieitn j Bros. A Co., of New Orleans, Heiueman Bros, of Baltimore, and more than twenty of the leading establishments ol t Virginia, North Carolina. Kentucky and Florida. Fifty representatives of the leading tobacco houses of the country , were present at today's con sere toe with the directors of the exposition. After a full discussion of the matter, ! the tobacco men on motion of Mr. t’ar roway, the representative of P. Lonal lar*i A Co., seconded by Mr. llernsheim, <>f New Orleans, unaniinously adopted a resolution requestingthe directors *>f the exjHisitton to civet a separate building ■ for the display of the worlds' tolmcoo in dustry. They assured the heartj c*>- oper it ion not only of the tirms represen tated, but of the trade generally to the end of making in Atlanta next year the most elaborate display of the tobacco in dustry ever had in the history of exposi tion:-. | It had hecn originally e ntemplsred that the tobacco men should undertake themselves to arrange for the erietiouof their own building, but at to day's eon- I ferenee the exposition dire t<*rs assured ! them that they would erect without ex ’ pense to the tobacco industry, an inde ‘ pendent building to bn used for this dis • play, provided the assurance was ex - tended that the tobacco men would make ! a lit ting exhibit of this great pro ; duct. The resolution of the tobacco men accepts this suggestion, and the | board of Directors of the exposition this , afternoon ratified it. They referred the j matter to the executive committee of the ! exposition with instructions to take steps ’ at once for the establishment of this ' feature of the exposition. More than one j hundred ietters from leading tobacco es tablishments of Americi and Cuba have been received assuring, hearty co-opera tion in the movement, the success of which is not assured. Mini’s Cotton Eettcr. New York, Sept. 20.--The Sun's cot ton letter s.tys: Cotton declined Iff to 18 points then rallied slightly aud closed quiet but steady, with sales of 170 bales. Liverpool 4 to 4 1-2 points, closing easy; spot sales 12,000 at a de cline of 1-512(1. In Manchester; yarns were in buyers favor; cloths were in moderate demand. Silver declined l-Bd. Print cloths were in moderate demand. Port receipts to-day IS 040 against 12,- 209 this day last week and 14,782 last year, and 54,149 this day in 1891. Total thus far this week 1111,578 against <14,- 089 thus far last week. Exports to-day 4,207 to Great Britain; 6,190 to Frtince, and 2,171 to the continent, Spot. cotton here was 1-10 cents lower; sales 070 for spinning. The prices of cotton are the lowest in many years. New Orleans to-morrow estimated re ceipts at 6,000 to 7,000 against 5,185 on the same day last week and 2,430 last year. Bombay receipts for the week 4,- 000 against 5,000 for the same week last, year. Total since January, 1.555,000 against 1,530,000 for the same time last year. To-day’s features. A decline in Liver pool, comparatively large receipts at the ports mid the interior towns, clearing weather at the South, declining prices there, depression in Manchester, and considerable selling for both sides of the account, all. conspired to bring about a further decline. The South sold here freely, and European and New England interests also sold. It is said that Hyde County has the best crops that have been grown for years. This is the finest corn section in the State.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 22, 1894, edition 1
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