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THURSDAY, SKIT". 11, 1S'.U. j
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II. A. LONDON, Editor.
"DEMOCRATIC liOMIlEES.
roil chief .u:ktici::
AUGUSTUS H. MKltniMON.
Foi: associate irsTict:
WAL'IER CLARK.
Foil Conuiiksh 4th District.
BENJAMIN Jl. Bt'NX,
of Nash County.
Fob Jupok 51 h Judicial District,
U015E1XL- V. WINSTON,
of Granville.
For Soi.icitok -oth Jmliciiil District.
EDWARD S. PAUKEli,
of Alamance.
Ma. -M.Iveis was nominated Ly
negroes and revenue officers at a
eonvontion of the republican party
called by the chairman of the dis
trict executive committer. He was
present at the convention, saw the
the men who noiniiialed him, and
in parson then and there accepted
their nomination, lie is therefore
the ri.?.ir reM-V '.' iiviltnut: And
yet ho expects some demociats to j then should ropei table while men
vote for h'im. Why? Simply be- associate with such political bed
cause he is a member of the homers' fellows? The reason is very plain
Alliance In this expectation he i why the white Federal otliee holders
will ho wolullv disappointed. Wejjoin in with the negroes
cannot speak for the other counties
of this district, but tor Chatham we
can say that he will not receive the
volesof any democrats in thiscounty
The democratic members ot the
Alliance are as true democrats as plunder and the spoils of office,
can be found anywhere, and will j Nearly every white -nan. who was,
vote tor the nominees of their party ! at the recent republican Slate con
There are special reasons why the ! vention, was an office holder, and
democratic members of the Alliance! the few who were not office holders
will vote airainst "John Williamson's j were a.- sr.-Urs. Of course such .
candidate ". In the first place he is j
in f.'for ,r n.-it.'-t-'cs torn, and the
Allium-., is oni-osed to it. He is in
favor of a tariff thai enriches the, lew of them have anything to pay
manufacturer and impoverishes the ( 'axes ,n. They do not care whether
farmer. As we understand it, one, lb People prosper or not. Ail they
the chief objects of the Alliance is care lor is sli.f. All they care for is
to revise ,he "tariff and reduce its ; to feed at the public crib and to keep
unjust taxation. The republican j themselves in office. Now we can
varty opposes this. For this reason ' didly ask decent republicans if they
the leadim; ivpubli an paper of this really think that a party composed
State .the' tireensboro- X-ri Nf.r.V ) . o' demapguos and a
declared over two years ago. thai no :
true republican could consistently
ioiu the Alliance. Whv then should
any true Alliance man and e.-pe-;
ciallv a democratic one vote for
Mclver. the regular republican noin
inee? j
In the next place, the men who:
nominated Mr. Mclver, are in favor;
of the infamous Foi cc bill, now,
pendiu; in the Senate. While he
may say mat i e is opposou to u, n
that makes in) difference. He is the j
cur.didate and creature of those who '
are Irving to force so outrageous a '
measure on our people, and a man
is known bv the company ho keeps.
If he docs not represent the views ;
i..l rpiuio'!s..t those who nominated
l.im. whv did he so .ri.i.ltu .cv.f
th.ir num.i.-it..,,,.' Whv did he not ;
i ..i ,:,. ,! ..li.w, nn.t fun 'it ;
tlt;CliOV lieo.l m-nitniitwuti ......
an "independent'- candidate? No
body compelled him to accept the
noniina'ion. an-i tiicreov inaivo uiin-j
Holt the candidate, of that crowd of j
..... and revenue officers. Jlc i
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eillicr ll,-m:i iii.- uiu k-.i-oiiu .rj-iii-
ions of the men who nominated him, ! bIe l" s,) vvel1 w,tl"n,t 11,0
or he dues not. If he does, he can- Alliance, it the future may be judged
not expect any democrat to vole for "n- l" i'm,t"1
him. II he does not, then he is false Alliance he had signally fai:ed al
to those who have confided in him.! erythiNg ho had undertake.,, and
and is unworthy of the support ofjwasiiia most impecunious con li
anybody! Which is it? j lion. But now alter holding a lu-
Mr. Mclver has recently published j cralive office in the Alliance he has
for tho edification of the public his j just had a handsome dwelling built
autobiography, "juite a detailed his- j at Raleigh, and is drawing a salary
lory of himself, lie even tells how j ofjf.5,000 n year. llovv many olh-.r
many sheop he has sold this year, j members of the Alliance have been
and goes into all tho particulars of j so fortunate? Doubtless it would
Lis life, and yet omitted mentioning please him very much for the mcm
the fact that he is n regularly licena- j bers of the Alliance to think that he
cod lawyer. Why this omission ? t was their own peculiar champion,
vVa. he afraid or ashamed? Did he j and that ho was being persecuted as
think, demagogue like, that the lad: a martyr for their .-akes, and all the
of his being a lawyer would loake'whilo drawing a big salary. lint
Li in unpopular with the Alliance ? j there are too many intelligent mem
In his autobiography he seeks to ; bers of the Alliance, for llu ni to ho
create Ike impression that all his beguiled into any such ridiculous
life he has been teaching school and idea. Therefore when he attacks
farming, and nobody would suppose! Zeb. Vance, and the hitler's Iriends
for a moment that he had ever prae- Mil turn attack him.it will not do
tised law. Wo hope that his career : j,im to try to hide behind the
as a .uc. was mn sucu as w maue
lii in ashamed ot lueutioiiiiig it !
, . ., , ..
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ciuos in mis i'late win nu neei ai
., , . . ,. ,,. , , .. .
, ,. , , single word in disparagement of that
for the purpose ot a more thorough , . . ', , ,
. . ,. ., . . ', grand organization. Indeed many
organization. On the next da3- (Hie , ,. . , . i
, , ... , , ; of anee s best friends and warmest
2.)tli) there will lie a grand mass: , . , .
, , . , ,. . : ndvocatesare true and staunch mem-
meeting and barbecue at the tail';, , , , ,,. .
? . ,. , , , , ' bers of tho Alliance, and they are
(rounds, to which thu whole Mate' , . . , , . ,
. , , . . . , members from prnu i'lt and nut for
is invited. tu that occasion the1 . . ., .. ,, ., .."
.,, , . ,, 1 ..'.-. Can this be said of 1'olk .'
Slate canvass will be formally open- , "
vd, and speeches will be made by '
some of tho most distinguished men ;
in tho United States, among them ;
being such orators as Rrci kenridgo, j
of Kentucky, and Wilson, of West !
Virginia, how rates on the rail-!
roa ls will be given to all who wish ,
to attend.
MASTof the niostrcspectal
republieansofthisStnte Lave recent-!
Iv announced thoir renunciation of ;
their party and their determination
to act hereafter with the democratic ;
I party; This is so eminently right j
! ami proper that it is only surprising j
that ALL white republicans, who;
I really wish tor good government, do '
j not follow their example. With nil
due respect to the opinion of those
I who may dirt'er with us, wo cannot
i retrain Irom expressing our surprise .
at any decent white man now acting
with the republican parly of North
Carolina! I
Contrast the two parties and be-
! hold the difference. Consider the j
I men who compose them, and serious- j
! ly ask yoursell which party is better
j titled to govern our Slate? It can-
; not be denied Unit the republican
party in tin.- Mate is cLnclly com
posed ol negroes and Federal oftiec-
' holders, the latter as a class being;
I men of bat little intelligence and;
'"till I"" morality. At the Slate!
convention of negroes recently held
it Raleigh they declared in their
platlorm, or declaration of princi
pies, that they represented "ir
trutha of the parly strength" : and
one of their principal orators proudly
boasted "Wk iik the tarty". Whv
It is tie
cause ot their greed for office. They
know full well that they could not :
obtain any office Irom the white men
from the democratic party and
they are republicans simply tor,
men nave no puiiuc.-.i convictions o.
principles.
Thev do not care wheth
taxes are hi'di or low, for very
'
ties is better fitted to
rule
our Mate, than a party com-
po:
f the great bulk of the white
men .' ( 'oiisidcr this ijuesiioii calmly
and seriously, and answer at the
polls next November!
Will vol voih with tiik wiiitk
MKN K.i It l'.tNS '.' Oil WITH TIIK N K
OlloKS foil "Ji IIS WlI.I.IAMsoM's i'AS-
pi patk"?
' ''-"'9 IV'.K belong to the Allium c.
or docs the Alliance belong to 1'olU ?
'I'"'1 Pcstion just now seems both
proper and pertinent, Localise he is
trying to create the impiessnm that
" ' ""' -l';''"''. and that anything
in disparagement ot him is an
on
th
Alliance. With all
to the "Kiin. el we
due deterei
do most emphatically insist that he;
lacks a great ileal ot being the Alii-
.llie. mill we won ll Veil llil V
-
H probably the Alliance,
could get along as well wuhout hm
as won nun. iut ne mi
lit not no
. Am.lI!t0i n, d,lim Ul.u tll0 Alliance
being attacked. It is not (air or
n.a:i!v, nor is
it true. None ol
.(Vance's friends
havo made any
; , , , ,,.
I attack on the Alliance, or
ud a
The deiuocrats of Moore comdy
: i a ,.,t.l ti,u f,, II, iv, in, r i ;,!... t
Sc1Rt Geo . ;Vileox House,
w. p. M. Currie; Clerk Superior
Court, D. A. McDonald ; Register of
Deeds, M. Me L. Kelly : .Sheriff-, J. I .
Curiie ; C'orouor, Dr. (1. McL.io.1;
.Surveyor, Fiaucis Dcatou.
! Mast of the most respectable white I
Our Washiiigtou Lt'ttcr.
(From our Hrrular Oirr8x'nileat.
W.si!iN.iTo.. Sept. 5, ISStO. !
Harmony of the monkey and parrot
kind is that which now prevails among
the republican Senators, and the clos
ing debute ou tho tariff' bill, particu
larly upou Iho reciprocity amendment,
would have In en amusing were it not
for the fact tLat the prosperity of this
couutry for sumo years to come is in- '
volved theiein. Thia is the way Sen
ator Edmunds paid bis respects to
Mr. Blaiue s ideu : "As to recijroci-',
ty with C utnd ami South America.
thedeinai.il of a country foreommod-1
ities does not depend as much upou
numbers as upon the state of its so
ciety, its wealth and its civilization.
When 1 look at any Central Aiuci ieini
or South American State. 1 think that
any one hundred average people in
Not th America have, dui ing ihe last
year, consumed more of the pioducts.
merchandise, food and clothing th,.t
go to make up the eo.iifoi t. iu mo y, '
aud happiness ot mankind than any
one thousand average people in the
Central or South American Slates.
Theiefore the expectation of the l ui ;
ted Siatts being able to dispose id aj
large increase of if. products there. ;
is. in Uiy opinion, one of the greatest'
lilusioi s that hi iliiant nun or sober I
stati sun n have i.tuiy I'alli u into."
Senator SI. it mini iu udioeatiug Lis
Canadian M Cipiocity aim iiilmi nt was
equally emphatic in iviidcmtiii:g the
lilaiue idea. It is not that these eli- ;
tlemcii hiiveuiii thing sjm ciallv against
reciprocity, but they hate lhaiiie. in
fact the repubhcull eliutOtS ail M'CIU
to hate each other any way.
Of ionise ihe Ki iprceity uuii nd-'
ment will be adopuil when the timei
Comes to vote, and Til bet a liolse ;
cake that both Ed:uui:ds and Sherman
vote for it.
Senator Vance had some fun with :
Senator Edmunds by giving ti e old
gi utleinati i'Oj.e enough to get himself
tangled up as to ll.e diitus ppoli the :
products of North Carolina. -Mi. Ed
munds is uu at!o law; cr. but he knows
simply notliii g at ail about the tariff',
and CM I V tarn' he i.as iittemptt d to
speak on that subject he has but ex- 1
hil'iti d Lis igi.oiai.ee i f it.
The House has. after a debate which
should raise a blush of shame to the
el.uk of i very honorable American i
citizen. uiisiai.-d 11,-pi csci.tativc
Breekcuridge of Aik.-msas.
Repn M-ntative Ca'. hon Lavii'g i;n
del taken by a -o ked up" staU i:.i lit
to show il lb use thai the leeeipts
of the liov. mined for the pKseUi;
fiscal year wo;, 11 exu.dthc aj pro
pi lath 'm- made ly Cohgrcss for the
same period, ib pi t sei.tative Sayers.
of Texas, who las to a huge exit lit
taken the Lie S.uuinl J lland.ill's ,
place on ti.e t'omu.i'.tee on Appro
piiatioiis. pin. i lured tl.eCaiihi.n l i.l-bh-
and demohslrati .1 by a can fully
p'epalld btalell.t ht that for the l'list
time since lst;,; the appi opt iati u s
will for the fiscal year ending .liilie
HO, lS'.M. i M t ' the- revi lines i f thr
(ioveri.mci.t The deficit will bi some
where betWK-ii r, iMai.tioii ;,nd .-i-l'J.-(MMI.oilO
piui id.r.g of ioiils IP il tin
majority springs :.o i f and un -p-ctid
-ipi roj lations t-. inciiase i:
Mr. Sayiis a's ; rt-, i:!id a d tailed
.sf-itminit si, v. ,:.g tl.lt in :Vl 1 ".".
OlHI.titli) Will be lit Ct s.-aiy to I, n et The
h ticiein ies cf the p-re.-el t li-c .1 Mar.
All of which -how - that if the Tinted
Males v. .-co:, pelh .1 on the lint !i day
of i.i t June to pay ail of its t'-' ilil g ;
11. debt, dl.es--. i' con'. 1 lu.t do il. not-wi;h-ta:.diug
:bi (iior.noiis .-.iiiph.s
of c-.-.h wl.icil ll.e iit-iunclalie a.iu.ih-
is'.r-iti-n tuihi-il over to the n p'ibii
cans 0:1 Mart h I. ! ":v-' The..o facts
rpealt I0...1. r t: a:. ccumiis 01 i-ign-ment.
:
Si faker R. ed g"t so frigl.f. rd
over th- rip-i!s fioi.ihis dislii.-l ihut
he to k off his sill; ss h and l ilssi t
shoes and sia: te-l for home this wtck. j
S.-nator G,.in.an laughi-ii wl.iu he
s y t!nv ih-t.nled accounts which cer
tan lepuLliciiii papers gave of iris
oing to Maun' to curry money to hi nl .
Reel. As a natter of fact, .Sir. (lor-;
inaii h-is never been in ll.e state of
Maine in his life.
Seen tary Ru.-k should hang I'avy
t'roi Lett's motto -'l;e sure you are
light ami then l;o ahea-1 " where he
can see u all the time. Then perhaps
he would ii. t inuke another su.-h bad
blflk as he did u'iCII he slated in a!,
olii.-ial coiniiiiii.i.-aiioii tiiat haihy i.-.
th. only ri'i'i 1 I of v.bieh ihein is 1,0!
raised a .-ulilcinnev for home c.ius-.iii.p
tion. Wednesday Sieniaiy i'.iaits
pit-soiited to the Senate a count. ani
ent ion from the Oswego. N. V. Hoard,
of Trade, contradicting Seeietaiy
Rusk, and showing that we raised;
15.0iiii.iMO Lii-'ht Is lnoie than we con
sumed las'. ear.
It looks vciy in. .eh like Mr. M ini
in v.vnhl be given an opportunity
to veio the llivor and lluihor bid. h
he threalt i,t .1 to tin cully in iho sis .
si. n. It has been r ported from the
conf rem ee"inmittee, and the Senate
aiut-n Imeuls are praeiieally uuehaijg
ud. I pii diet that Mr. 11 orison wdi
sign if in sjnte uf the .;' J."i,OlM..MM
which it carries.
UepiP.-! iitntive Kt liliPily of Ohio
eompM.icii Seimior tuay to Judas
Ise.tnot in a spccii in the llouaf. '
More it pubiiciiii harinouy.
A Hrokoti Neck Mcntli'J.
rr.'lil ll'.Sri.'mirt'-- .Vni. riemi.
I'hrsicians conneeted with the l'res
byl iiiu) hospital are highly elat.-d
over tin' fact of their having success
fully mended a broken neck. The
patient, Harry Ih igel, ag d fouift-en
years, fell from an elevalor, hiuili: g
on his ht-ad and dislocating his tuck,
0:1 M:tv S. lieu brought fo Iho
hospital the case was cousidereil-hopo-loss,
but by evperimeiila withextnid
ing weights attached to the patient's
head iihd feet tho neck was eventual
ly set and kept, in place by moans of
a plaster of I'aris jacket. The dis
placed bones are now propeily sot
and tho patient ha? full power of the,
neck.
Weekly Weather Crop Bullet In
Of the N. C. Esperiment Station and
State Weather Service, co-opt rat-
ing with the I S. Signal Service,
Forthe wetkeiidingSaluiday.Sept.
(ith, 1S'.0.
Ci sriiAL Ornci:, I!i nou, N. C.
The weather during th- wetk end-
ing Saturday. September f.. IM'0. has
been veiv favorable for farm opera -
tious iiea'rlv evervw heie. Tho t arlv
part of the week 'was eloudv with ee-
easiotial showers, the ptoeipitalion
beiu. beb.w Ihe average except in the
north cast. 111 pot tion of the State,
whete it was ia excess. The latter
pu t of the wet k has been quite warm
with pleutv of suii.shii.e. Cottou is
generally opening well and picking is
pi o-ressiii.- r ipidlv. The tobaeeo
eropseenis'to Lea v"t 1 v goodone: the
week was verv favorable for luakiug
good cures, and farmers have been
unusuallv successful. Laud is being
preraied" for winter oats and wheal
and' some have alien iv eommeiie, d to
sow. A few rtoorts indicate some
damage to cettoufioi.il ust aii-1 shed-
ji,,,,,
11 B Bvi''' P11 D . Director.
C. F. V'S Ih lit.-.i -,nn. Signal Corps,
ssista11t '"
.
TliP. Men Wlio Noiisintlteil Mel ver.
., ii,us,.it..c!i.-M.-.
It was not a lv.lv of ii.cti who rt p-
resent, in r.nv m i.-Io, ihe thoughtful
and pi.ig.e.ssho una industrious peo
pleof the distiicl. A hoiui:,-.iieii bv
the crowd that made it could, be
honor to no one. but it ought to be
spurned by a pulriotic white 111.1:1.
Who composed the convention '
First. l--t i s hmk at the dele-ates
from I hat! am. l'lol't ssoi Melvt-r's
owneouuty. 'IL, r. er,; liv.-m-gioes j
iiinl 01. e v. Iiiu it venue onatr. i
II. D. Mason, a storekeeper and
aii'-er. The ini'lecs weie Wt-s. l'er
rel, Thomas 15'aei.weil William I'.i vant
and Una. ud IlamMiv. Did l'lol't s-or
Mclver lave no loi.ihlois except a,
i t venue i-i!iee:' niul foul ntj;rts who
l':ioi. d 1 tin '. If Slot, then the claim ;
made by a t'halham 1.1 gro. that "Mi'- :
Ivor would carry Chuihaiu by ."''t'.
ii.njoi i'.v. ' is a slander 1 11 the good'
people T that count v.
Take tlii l'et ei lihty. ii'0':res-:ivi-Duil
ata. It hi.d fi ly one lipitstn
ta'.ive. a !!.. Vicktr.- a sioie k eptr
and ganger. Isn't he a nice man to
sel.cl a ci !;-it s-liiah for DillLain.
county .'
Fit in Oricgc il.eie w te two ,b ie
gads, liinry N. iho.Mi. oi "t alcs
'baby" 1 pui a : h I . Mini .1 A. Check, it
well kl own large tiisiiner Met ii.iin-r
th ah r. Do thc.-C 1.11 li leplt s; lit old
ilia! .e '
doiilsl.li eoui.iy- agic.'.t eoullly
full el j.-ti' d piot ;i i ,d only t he
d. ! -.to- - I'ai Ji-.si-. y. a 1 1 vi hue C
liibr. Ti.tie wasn'l 1 vt-li a liaikiy
who wiOi-.id l'lofesser Mclver. ;
'1 he il : 1 11 ssiiiie .It hli Wi.ii-lli.st.il,
lohni.i. wlo is the d-.itl:er if
1'iol't-s. r Miiv-r's t- ii.did.'cy. ex-
Shi 1 ill I Mooi., v. ho is rr v. as a
revel. tie g. i-'gt rand sfore-kei pi r. and
two i;ej:i 01 s i.-.'ne.l l't ton and Israel
liie'U. ltpit-ented Fnu.klin. '1 he
good people of that county vv;li rt-1
pudiaie their iu ti-'tn
Fioni Nash w.vs tn:r old friend "ohl '
tlioiil'ui' Ji hi. Si. a: p. who. Willi a'.!,
hi.- shot t et Mil 1 ';:s. w Inch ai e i-ri t.i s of '
the In ad ami : t t I' the l.cait. has a
l.ind le.ait and. i-- m ! n rrupt : and
.vSlniti' l.n lb (iiitii v. bo is, a
d 1 u: v r; v 1! in- ei ;'eet ' -r.
Al.'.'mni c', .!i-!e;;iiles w.-re W. W.
S!e !':-,.i r nn,l 1'. lb li.i.ah. We do
not l.i.i.vv ill.t r oi ti t -' th legates.
And ':i!cc ' W. . Wake u.-.sit ji-re.-
i.leiibv 1'. M Soirell. T. lb D, b
nam. J. '. 11 -in is. C. il lb..ne. An- '
.in -w Siu::i'.' n.-. I. C I-- Man :-, lb ny
tVKeilv and .lo.-.-pli pit ice. Nobody
will aeeuse tht-h. . i iepii-i" ting ll.e
int. b gti.ee and the woiih cf their
good eeunly.
i'lo:. "'.blvei Ii is your duty 11.
au old cit.t n. as an edin aled citi n.
to r. b'.-O l.oli.lln.lion le::deli d by
siicii a 11.01 ley coiivenln-n Y.ul eah
uot i.lV Mil in go ou' as a cie.iture of
sneii a bo, ly niul with li.cir brand
marked upon jvii. i
- - -
Hailio.nl Accident. j
Cm'.i'.i ii Ti:, N. C.Sept ;. Tidily-;
i. e.iis an-! ihe engine of a l.oltli- ;
bound fi! igl.t t'.niii 1 n the Kielimond '
and Dativiilcraihoad crushed ihrough j
a bi idge inio the Va ll.ih i ivi r, :i few
milt:, from Snh bury. this ufteri.ot 11.
'.induct, r Sett unco'.: led his ca-;
boose when within twenty -live yatds ;
of the river iiinl f-.-'ivett it. Tiie lireiuru '
and ng'iinr j imped. They were:
bllii-ed but l.ol eeii..u..'.y lojuied.
r.iid.eman Will Arri'rgtoii stayt d with j
hi- car in ils leap of sixty feet to the!
h.'ttoiurf the Yadkin, but roseui.hurt j
and was pulled out. Nobody was;
badly bint. The loss is not under :
s'oii H ill, mid i; is said to be the big- 1
;n s: r. : !.! W I. ck the Kichiilolid lllid
DtnviUt I, :ul ev r su-!.n: 1 d-
Vr.ii: '.'" Icp:it;ition is Natiniiul.
In a coov.-isfUmli wilii I.ieut (bv.
Slcbnam v. Lo has rut n'.ly retiiinid
from an eb lid. d four throughout the
iioitt.we t. he corn. luxates what the
Mar has 1 -eogni'id for some time
He -avs tb.tt tho r ptita'ion of St mi
foi Vaii.f i- i.ut i.in il : that Lois every .
iv'neie 1 c 'U.zt d a- nn( of t, e fore- 1
ill' s; -uitn i f the Kepiibht : that
tic Democrat sot northwest even-peak
of him with love and r.dmir-itioi.. ami
rely largely upon his eoura-re, his
ability and iulegrity to win the gitat
light for tui ilt't i foi 111-
Villict' Is All KL'ht.
ti. in 11... M f r.vlstiT. ilii il.ee Or.-i.l. .
Col. Polk is doing the Alliance no
good by his ui just attacks on St na
tor anVo. Vai.et't. iccord for thiitv
yiarsisfamili'irtothej'eopleof North
Carolina, and evei v int iligent man
in the Si 'lie knows that he I.as been
faithful to the uianv high trusts com-
IlllttCil to lillll. Vllieil v-oi. liinm-iis
the sensible tin tubers of the Alliance
to biliivt; ibat Seiiafor Vance is an
em -1 1 1 v to ihem he o.'Veis an insult to
their intelligence.
A Fatal Explosion. j
Spokane F.u i s. Wash , Sept. 7. :
Time only LeigLtens tLe horrors
wrought by the premature explosion
of a blast in the Northern Pacific:
freight yards hire last night. At 11
; p. iu. the men engaged in the sad
task of taking out tho mangled victims ,
'.re forced to desist because among,
:Ue rocks which were being cleared
away weie five other blasts that might
"" cx) lo.led 111 the task of removing
Illlls "f debris that buried tie
victims. I p to that hour eighteen :
j hodws had been taken out, and there ;
: "'o vc, twenty-seven mm umiecouut-;
: , J flr, all of whom are probably bur-;
nd hencalli tho mighty mass of rock. 1
; . Tnc fatality was tei rible They were
given no chance for life. 1 1 was either
instant death or slight injury. There
' 'ere about two hundred pounds of i
, St powder 111 t he bl tst j
I 1 he accident was caused by some,
one s carelessness. 1 he man 111 chnige ;
oi the blast and three assistants were j
blown to atoms. It is the custom to i
piepaie the blasts and charge them ;
at the hours of twelve 110011. and six j
; o ciock 111 n e iiiumiiooii. imu aner tne
men have left woik and gone ton place
: of salety to sllt'ot them. In this ease.
however, it seems that one blast hatl
' hem prepared, and the foieman, C.
i MePherson. was preparing a second.
Tu ,ut'u 'lfti' 'i"lieil their work
'a,Hl l'",,H 1' tllf''r t-ol,,s ,(-Ul!.v
' f 'u',r l,;,I,us- 'vhlM' V"' '"V
:. "''ibie iiinl unexpt cted death,
i ui her the rock was too hot fromt.ie
1,1 ; "V
p;o. leil the sitoiul Inast. unit t tint ex
ploded the liist. The man who was
tamping paid the j t nalty with his life.
The man who stood beside the one
1.,. . t...,,.,;,r .,..,.,..l ..ill, o
. t lin uh,u,,u o0t .!,;,.
feet of lock wire huilt-d biindicils of
It 1 1 in evei y direction. Ai.othei utai-. I
who was near the dt a.lly blast, audi
who was supposed to bo dead, was!
set u short iy after the 1 xplosioii in ai
halt cra.'t d condition, walking around j
'.villi his 1 -! 1 I bin." tni 11 lo sine. Is. I
n . --
levelingoll'the ground lor new freight
turds. The el. IV of rock outside of
theciit. which was being removed, was
tvvtuly bit high. The blasts are so
a ranged that the rock is thrown to -
ward the cut. Not anticipating ft
l. ul-out thii t v men weie umlei 1
ihe cliiV when the blast exploded. A
great mass of rock and earth was;
laiscd in the air ami pitched over in-'
to the cut. Liny ing the men beiieiith
its awful weight. None of Ihem had j
time to 1 1111. but a few t.-caped in 11
m raeuious mania r. ;
( Ivor one hunili ed lnt li vt 1 e at work
in adjoining en: s, and at once were j
tin the sc. -lii- of ihe terrible accident. ,
111 d 1 egaii with picks ami .-hovels to;
hunt fur the buriid bodies. From
id: over the huge Mass of lock glottis;
:,nd shrieks isue.l. ainl the air v.nf ;
tilled with a huirible noise and the :
apj ,..! of the vvoiindeil and dying. '
A sh. it half In. or and all was still ex ;
cent for the woiking men. with pick
ill hand, who, with ihel'ghtof hil.tei i:s
woiked late into the night rt moving 1
dead bodies. ' I
No Jut i' Uiiuuiii!s".
Kn :n 11. r Sia:.- I'l.r. i.:. I.'.
'Ihe Wrke County Farmers Alii
ii'ice held a mooting hero on hist l ii
d:y. f !
Mr. .1. J. Dunn, Secretary of th. ,
Alliance, inf-rms the 1 bronic'.e tl ai ,
a 1 1'soie.tion was r.ih pteil hy v.nieh
mein'oels tif the Alliance pledged
tkrmM'lvcs not 10 l si. m.w i;-1 1; 1 1
..is., tins yt :il. but to Use any niati 1 nil.
m. -.table for tho purpo.-e. as a siibsti
iiite. This resolution will guide the Alli
ance ia ti e loiiile-r of pin chasing
c.Uton bagging.
If von conl.I .. e vour o-vu scalp 1
thtiUihaii oliliiiuy niiigiiifviig glass, :
you would be iiiusn-il at the iiiiiounl I
of dllsl, ihitiiUi:.'!', and .liii'l ski :i there- :
0:1 accnm i'e.te.t. The I t st and ha st
. . . .
1
uiiir nit l'ii iition lot' eiediisiiig the
scalp is Avi ' s Hair Vigor.
COTTON GlNNEHSj
j
OUGHT
TO
Hi i:.' fait'
THEIR GINS
Tin; -
y.
This i.i a Homo company and de
serves the patronage of all Noah
Carolinians.
It was organized in 1 StiS and has
paid over half a milliou dollais in
hisses and t'.it re is net ono contesttd
claim against it !
All lossts -paid promptly. Kvorv
.inki,,ut u,,in ought to insure his
propel iv.
j,. u,nil;. uwy to
II. A. LONDON. Agent.
W. ti. I'PJ.MIiOSn. l'robidunt.
ScpUmbcr 1. 1S00
Ihe men were woik:ng 111 a euf!'lM I.
In the last fwo wri'ks W. L LONDON Las received over 2o00 pairs
Boots ami Shoes from Southern as well as Northern Factories and has
and will keep tho
UR6EST STOCK GF SHOES If! II! COUNTY!
and will sell tLeni aa low for the cash as they can be had any place in th
State.
zzh W11.Z, mot asa uxis'ur.ssLD !
Ilaving bought fur the cash can cfi'ir
Spc cia.1 Xad.'vxc: orxxoj?. ts
to persons buying iu large lot 1. It will pay yo.i to sen these goods and
prices before you buy. He is also receiving
FALL Ms I) WINTER GOODS
every day. ll is just, opened a huge lot of Leaksvillo. North Curoliuo,
Cascinieroc, IKIc-rssya cviicl Jans,
tho befct goods you evtr saw for the money ; al.-o a lot
and a gnat many other
5n a o o s&& tsu v.v,' v a
He alwavs Las on Iiimd
A FULL STOCK GF GROCERIES,
FABMIH-G- IMPLSH3HTS. &C -
lie sure I'l-.d e-ill at
llittl)oro, N C . August -Jl. IsO t.
PITVSBGBQ mUM,
S. S. JACCC?', Frincirai.
The Fall Tt nil will begai rn'M.-i.tl-iy
Augu-t 1:1. 1 ::'. iiinl eoiitinuu
t wtMiiy v.ee, ..
Tie eiiniai.' of i'iMsbon,- U .-a!u-blioiis.
ami io.dei d b eve is in t a uu :e
healtlv lut ii lit v in N-ulh Carolu-a
... .
uie li linwin d for Ibt i
1 hospitali-y n: ;l tbui' si ciai. lulcotc
j '' ,J,il1 v t,u";-
I Boaul can be l...d in nnd aronn l
.the village at nndi-.a't plicis.
I The. Act. Ion. v bni! ling is eoioe
! ninnth- uMan-f-d ai-.l iitted for s.:luo!
pil1 poses.
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OCTOBiir !4, 15, 1(1, 17.
STATS FAIR.
Civ.; Cent cx IlVCile.
ir rt'i: i ::r. i 1 - r r.vo: r.vrr. held IU
i i.r .-, . f:i : - .- r-s or the last
1 : i.r '.n .wr.r s rr !
On a! .'ii:'ic.i;ti.inl. industrial, edu-
e.lliiii :.! an. I ...u i 1! features!
I or ; iniuni 1 aiid information,
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DM i N 1ST I fATOlVS NOTICE.
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DMIMSI I.'ATOU'S NOTICE.
11 eii ,.r tUiili'l'-.l a n.litilulirir of iba
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