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VOL. I.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1884.
NO. 16.
PLANTATION THEOLOGY.
I Atlanta Constitution
Would you like to know de reason why dc snake
shed his skin !
Kase he tuk de ole one off fur to let de debbil
in ;
An' Eve she sot a-fishin1 wida piece of meat an'
.bread,
4An' de debbil he slip up an' put de apple In her
. head.
An' de way de debbil doue it, he jist squat down
by de ditch,
An' he see'd de cray-tUh bitiu', an' he give de
line a hitch :
An' Eve, slie tank him kindly, and de debbil
blow his nose,
-An' say: " Ain't you got nnttia but your skin
an' hyarfur close"
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOME.
Colonel Beaaley'a Undertaking.
At a meeting in Charlotte Governor t
V ance in the chair ana introducing .;oi
oncl W. T: Beasley and commending his
plans for building a home for (lisabled
Confederate soldiers Colonel Beasley in
troduced the following resolutions for the
organization of a . . -
COSFEDEKATE HOME ASSOCIATION.
Resolved, That the name of this associa
tion shall be the "Confederate Home As
sociation " of North Carolina.
Rewired, That the officers of the asso
ciation shall be a, president, secretary,
treasurer, three trustees and fourteen
directors, to be selected as follows: one
ABOUT THE STATE.
A TRAVELER'S NOTES
In Moore County.
he tell her., ef Rhe eat np all de apple and t , ., ..".,
I irum iuu oiie-i-iargi-.
! JfemJpjul Thnf- th( troeirlent trustees
and directors shall be elected annually,
and the secretary and treasurer lie ap
pointed by the president.
Resoleed. That the special duty of the
Au' she mighty ekeered o' Adam, but she tuk j president (besides his usual duties) shall
n .. a-f ; I . ' . ' .1 t 1 t
ue iv raise me luuus necessary
Ao'
de seeds,
She kin git a yaller josey an' a string o' cbaney
beads.
An' she says, '-Whar is de flat-boat?" An' he
tole her at de wharf.
he mighty ekeen
an' sot au' larf.
Den de debbil 'suade au' 'suade her. an' she
look-all round de lot,
An" she see'd ole Adaitf gwhie 'round the corner
iu a trot.
An' she hear de dogs a-runuin' and ole Adam
hab his gun,
An' she link' dat's fur coon huntin," so she
'lowed to have some fun !
Hut when she eat de apple, an de debbil fotch
de close,
You bad oughter see dat nigger step aroun'
upon her toes. 4
the dean forgot her cookin' an' de hoc cake in
dc ashes,
Au' .Vdani's mush for supper, an' de way he'd
pour de lashes, '
Till she see'd him comin' jumpin' an' a slingin'
of his gun,
An' I tell yer 'twas-a caution den, de way she
broke an' run.
De debbil be put down below, an' lef de ole
snake skin, . j'
An' dat de way de sarpents learned to wriggle
out an' in. ir
DON ALD WILLIAM BAIN.
YOl N MEN OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The Record ef an bo neat and Faithful
Life.
there are to be
and without os-
done their- duty;
which they have
In every community
found some who quietly
. icntation have always
well in that sphere to
been called.
The subject of this sketch is a native of
Raleigh, now' in the prime of life, and is
classed with the young and active business
" men of the State.
Mr. Bain was educated at the school of
the late J. M. Lovejoy, whose reputation
:is a scholar irhd peculiar fitness as a teacher
were known the State over. After years of
careful training by hia distinguished pre
ceptor he was eminently qualified for he
high and honorable position which he
afterwards attained.
Turning his-attention in early lifle to
business, pursuits rather than a college
course, Mr. Bain entered the office of the
Comptroller of State in 1857. When
North Carolina, following in the wake of
other Southern States had, in 1861, thrown
off the yoke of Northern allegiance, he
volunteered in the Raleigh Light Infantry,
ami wits only kept from active service in
the field by feeble health and the impor
tunities of Governor Ellis to remain at his
post of civil duty. In 1865 he was ap
pointed by Governor Jonathan Worth,
then Treasurer, to fill the important posi
tion: of Chief Clerk in the Treasury ,De
artuient, au office which he has ever since
Occupied with honor to himself and credit
to tin whole State. His services to the
State in the eventful times of 1868-69
sire lest expressed by a correspondent re
cently writing from Western North Caro-
I ina:
He Im long leen the Chief Clerk in
the Treasury, and is familiar with all its
workings. His practical skill and un-U-nding
integrity were the chief instru
mentalities which saved the Treasury in
those dark days of the State when recon
struction was. rampant, and the strongest
efforts were made to procure bis dismissal,
while i-siger hands were grasping at the
public purse for spoliation. The situation
:ind surroundings were a crucial test and'
'proved- him worthy of all honor and trust."
It will thus be seen that from early life
Mr. Bain has been intimately connected
with the financial management of the
State, and that at icriods the most trying
and important in our history. By many
years of hard study and application he
lias thoroughly mastered our revenue sys-
'tcinand to-day is regarded authority on
that most important subject.
, Recognizing his financial ability aud
thorough knowledge of the State's mone
tary affairs, Governor Jarvis, in 1879, ap
I h in ted him, together -with Hon. George
Davis, of Wilmington, ana non. ai. mc
Gehce. our present efficient Commissioner
of Agriculture, as one of the commission
ers to effect an adjustment of the bonded
.debt of the State contracted to aid in the
'construction of the North Carolina Rail
road. By the decision in the Swazeyuit
tin- Staters interest in this valuable prop
city had, in a measure, passed into the
hands of a receiver, and though she held
20.").(M)(l of the old bonds, yet no benefits
were realized from her stock. Under the
compromise effected the road was saved to
the State without the cost of a dollar.
The name of Donald W. Bais and Ma
sonry in North Carolina are synonymous,
l'.li c'tcd in 1867 to the responsible office of
!ruud Secretary of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina, a position which for
: wcnty-six years bad been worthily filled
l.y his father, he has ever since, at the an
imal communications of that body, re
ceived its hearty endorsement by unani
mous reelection. , His well known knowing-of
Masonic usage and jurisprudence
is not only recognized in his own, but
iu other grand lodges of the country.
At the last session of the North Caro
lina Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church South, he was made its secre
tary. He is the firsj. dayman on whom
iliis honor has, been jcqnferred in the his-
lorv of the Conference; Being a repre
sentative- man in his church he always
takes a prominent part in its yearly delib
erations, f
Mr. Bain is not a politician but for
yciirs has done service in a quiet way for
the Democratic party.
for the
erection of a Confederate Soldiers' Home
in North Carolina, and that he issue an ad
dress to the people-jsf the State, asking
their aid and cooperation; and devise and
execute such other plans as, in las judg
ment, will most certainly accomplish the
object we have in "view.
Resetted, That the president be author
ized to appoint from among the directors
f ii i:v.
a commmee oi luree. wmcii wiui jic
president shall constitute a business com
mittee to authorize work the president
may hesitate to perform without more
specific authority.
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
the trustees to receive from the treasurer
at the end of each month all moneys in
his hands and to safely keep the same.
Resetted-, That when a sufficient amount
has been raised to justify the step the
president, directors and trustees shall
meet and select a site and plan and im
mediately commence the erection of the
Home.
Resoked,, That Joseph J. Davis, of
Franklin county, J. M. Worth, of Ran-
nrtA Tvilian Si fdrr nf TVir.
I ham county," be and they are hereby elected
trustees of this association with power to
fill any vacancies that may occur in the
body.
Rewired, That we earnestly request the
transportation lines in the State to extend
to the president and agents of this asso
ciation such courtesies as may be required
of them to facilitate' the business of the
association at the least possible expense.
Resolved, That we appeal to the press of
the State to extend to us its: invaluable
aid in our lalor in behalf of our old
soldiers.
Mesulted, That the annual meetings of
this association shall hereafter be held at
Raleigh, the capital of . the Suite, on
May 20.
Resolved, That the following old soldiers
be, and they are hereby elected directors
of the association fpr one year, and until
their successors have been elected and
May 3fc, 1884. Jonesboro is a pleasant
town of about five hundred inhabitants,
composed of as pleasant and agreeable
people as are to be found anywhere. The
excellent High School at this placc pie
sided over by Professor W. C. Doub is an
honor to the town, nnd has probably done
more for the improvement of society,
morally and socially, than any other
agency. The spring term of this school
closed" on Wednesday last with appropriate
and entertaining exercises, consisting of
declamations, essays, vocal and instrumen-'j
mental music, &c. The animal sermon,
and at th- same time the opening ser
mon of
FATETTEVILI.E DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
which convened at this place on Wednes-
dav, was preached bv Rev. J. H. Guinn, I
of Rockingham, and was pronounced by
all to be one of great power and eloquence.
Mr. Guinn is one of the most earnest
preachers I ever listened to, and is fast
looming up as one of the most popular
and eloquent ministers in the North Caro
lina Conference.
also a private museum of more than ordi
nary interest, comprising herbs, minerals,
eggs, insects, serpents, marine products,
Indian relics, mediaeval woods, and so
forth. An Indian mortar from McDowell
county, weighing one hundred and eighty
seven pounds, is said to bo the largest
in the country. The plants number twenty
thousand, though in some instances they
are duplicated. The entire collection is
the result of twenty years toil4 and, I am
now told, is offered for sale at very low
rates. The State Museum, or some State
institution interested in the study of
natural history, would do wi ll to pur
chase it.
The Iredell capital enjoys the prospect
of soon becoming a fine educational centre,
from the present outlook of the
ST ATESV ILI.E FEMALE COLLEGE.
This institution has undergone several
changes in the last few years, but is now
on a permanent basis, Miss Fannie Ever
itt, of Goldsboro, purchased the property
about a year ago, and she has already ac
complished a work rarely, if ever, sur
passed in the growth of any school in the
State. The first session under the skillful
management of Miss Everitt there have
been 100 pupils, a large number of whom
are from other portions ot the State. She
is a lady of experience, remarkable energy,
and rare accomplishments. The college
mm f, .,. a a. n . mum iuic aci-vuiuuoiiuioiio,
ine r ayeiievine Asiainui uurnvreutu i i . .. , , j: t
? . . , , - , -. . building is admirably located, in one of
mnnwH of nineteen clerical and fortv- . ft . . .....
llie iiiom, ucnuiiiiii uu in mini in iu us
North Carolina. W. H. O
composed of nineteen clerical and forty
eight lay members, all of whom seemed to
be active, working christians.
Wednesday and Thursday were devoted
to the discussion of matters pertaining to
the interests of the district. Friday morn
ing a
SABBATH SCHOOL CONFERENCE
for the district was organized and the fol
lowing officers were elected: President,
Professor W. C. Doub; Vice-President,
C. W. Tillctt; Secretary, H. C. Wall;
Treasurer, Gibson. After the organ
ization of the conference, Professor Doub
delivered an able and appropriate address
on the "History of Sabbath-schools in
relation to Methodism." At the close of
the address a resolution was passed, ask
ing Professor D. to have it printed in
pamphlet form, aud pledging the members
of the conference to do all in their power
to aid in circulating it.
After an intermission of ten , minutes,
Rev. S. D. Adams delivered a sound, able,
"SCOTCH FAIRS."
HOW FATETTKTILLE CONTINUES
The Old Laurel Hill Institution.
THE COLORED MAN
HOW THE TOWNS GROW.
- Snow Hill.
Snow Hill is improving about as fast as
any other town in our section iu propor
tion to its size, ami its urowth and im
provement are not fictitious. Every per
son in town has steady and remunerative
employment. There are no citizens here
just for the sake, of being in town. There
is not a man in town with the exception of
one or two black men, that we rememlicr
having seen drunk in years. We have
three church organizations and two church
buildings,"- with a third in process of con
struction, the corner stone having been
laid. We have a flourishing school, a fine
buerzv. carriage and cultivator manufac
tory, steamboat and telegraphic connec- j
tions, and a through railroad connection !
in prospective. There are annually bought
d'shipiieu from this place four or nve ,
practical sermon on the relation sustained 1 a,nl Vl m tms piace .our or nye
by children to the church. In the after- j thousand bales of cotton and shipped to
noon a number of good addresses on the ! hfre 20 or 600 t0n8 of, Vih'
qualified : Captain Thomas J. Jarvis, Gen
eral Alfred M. Scales, General Robert F.
Hoke, General Rufus Barringer and Cap
tain E. R. Stomps, directors at largr-;
Lieutenant; Thomas G. (Skinner, First Dis
trict; Captain Elias Carr, Second District ;
Colonel W. J. Green, third District; Cap
tain Octaviius Coke, Fourth District Col
onel John A. Gilmer, Fifth District; Col
onel Z. B. Vance, Sixth District; Colonel
R. F. Armfield, Seventh District ; Major
W. A. Graham, Eighth District ; Captain
J. L. Robinson, Ninth District.
Resolved, That every Confederate soldier
in the State be and he .is hereby made a
member of this association.
Resolved. That special meetings may be
called by the president on the request of a
. . .
majority pi me mreciors.
Sunday-school work were delivered ana
: the thorough organization of the confer i
I ence completed.
: To-day the unfinished business of the
District Conference was taken up and dis-
! posed of.
i The Methodists of Joneslioro have re
cently erected a large, handsome aud com
fortable church, which will be dedicated
to the worship of Almighty God to-morrow
(Sunday) by Rev. N. H. D. Wilson,
of Greensboro.
Taking it all in all this session of Fay
etteville District Conference was a very
pleasant one, and any person who fails to
enjoy a visit among such people as those
of Joneslioro, must indeed be hard to suit.
zers annually, and our own people from
all sections of the county arc learning that
it pays them to spend their money here,
as every dollar sjient at home goes to
swell the taxing property of the county,
and reduces their own burden of taxes,
and they find that with cash they can do
as well r. elsewhere. Snoir Hill Telegrajih.
Iu Stanly County.
Norwood, N. C. June 4, 1884. Hard
times are felt here as elsewhere, but the j
small grain crop, now being harvested, js :
one of the best we have had for years.,'
The farmers are working hard, and we nil I
hope for better times and more money .
when the" wheat and oat cros arc mar-
keted. It is feared that the cool weather
has injured the corn and cotton, but if it ,
docs not last too long the prospect is good
for-abundant crops.
The concert at the close of the Norwood ;
High School was a very enjoyable affair, j
The music and acting were good, reflect- f
ing honor on lxtth teachers and students. '-.
High Point.
Our town, of 1,800 people, is one of the
important, progressive, promising places
of Piedmont North Carolina. The county
in which we are located is among the best
agricultural and one of the wealthiest in.
the State. Quite a number of new, ele
gant, model dwellings have just been
completed, and a better class of busi
ness houses cannot be found in the
State than those of our town. High Point
has a flourishing high school, with one
hundred and fifty students, under charge
of Professor W. A. Blair, a graduate of
high honors at Harvard University. In
the town there arc tobacco factories and
wood, factories of all kinds, and a
large cotton factory. There are two good
hotels here, with ample rooms for the ac
commodation of summer visitors. Persons
searchinj; a place for investment or for
pleasur-; will find it to their interest
visit our prosperous and 'healthy town.
High Point Enterjtrine.
STATE TREASURER WORTH
to I
- . r t- ; r . 1 1 --. 1 1
wnemamusmm p .u r - , have dea, of
onel ijeasiey, pledging ms neany coopew.- , . ,
Will Acept BoNomlnatloB.
tion to the measure, and endorsed it most
earnestly. The resolutions were then
adopted. Captain S. B. Alexander moved
the election of officers. Dr. George W.
Graham moved that Colonel W. F. Beas
ley be declared elected the president of
this association. Carried. Julian S. Carr,
Esq., was elected Secretary, and the meet
ing adjourned.
are now
and some in the
Two Little Girl Strangled.
From the Ogdensburg Journal, May 30!)
A singular accident occurred the other
dayin Essex county. A six-year-old
daughter of 'a farmer, playing in her
father's-barn, undertook to creep up from
the cattle hay-rack through a scuttle to
the hay-mow. Pushing open the trap door,
which" closed the spout leading to the
mansrer. she had pushed herself partly
through when the door fell, and catching
She
her under the chin pinned her fast.
was evidently quickly strangled
l)ody was
.missed.
found not long after she
Her :
was
There
cases of fever in town
surrounding country.
Our community was saddened by the :"
death of Mrs. Elfcn Marshal Wright, con
sort of Captain J. M. Wright, on May 18, i
aged 34 years. She was the daughter of j
Lewis and Eliza Christian, and was born i
in Montgomerycouuty and educated at J
Cape Fear and Davenport Female Col- j
leges. She was a consistent member of j
the Methodist church and an earnest
christian. The lereaved husband, mother- J
less children aujd sorrowing friends and j
relatives have the sincere sympathy of -all. j
Our people are! becoming interested in
political matters and arc determined to go I
to work in earnest for'1 the success of the
Democratic party.
The Register is very popular in this i
section, and all bid it GoD.specd in the !
good work it is doing for North Carolina i
and the Democratic part v. j
" E. R. Wood. j
NOTES ON THE WING.
From the Hartford Post, May 30.J
Here; in a Connecticut town the other j
day, one of the most heart rending of
single deaths occurred. A little scnooi-
girl forgetting her fan, went to the de
serted scnooi-nouse, aiier it. itaising
window to get in, she was caught beneath
the falling sash and held there until dead.
In this position she was found. The clap
boards were smeared with blood, and the
window glass was broken, and yet there
the obdurate and fatal sash remained with
the little girl in its vise-like grasp.
Stateavllle.
Why They Decorate.
From the Lewieton (Me.) Journal. )
One if the Auburn school committee
visited a school in the Barker Mill district
Thursday, The scholars were answering
a few closing questions from the visitois.
"What is the holiday to-morrow?" was
asked. "Decoration Day,'" was the reply
in a shout. " What do they have Decora
tion Day for?" " To decorate the soldiers'
graves," said several. " Why should they
decorate the soldiers' graves any more
than yours or mine?" There was a long
silence. One little fellow finally stuck up
a hand in the further corner of the room.
The visitor asked him to speak. The boy
said, "If you please, Sir, I think it is be
cause they are dead and we aint." The
visitor stopped his questioning.
The Old Adam.
Here is another instance of the tyranny
of landlords. A Scotch farmer recently
came to his landlord to pay ' his rent.
Throwing down a roll of notes, he ex
claimed: "It is my last shilling, but I
supjMise you'll take it." The landlord,
counting tlte money, said, ''There i fifty
ounds too much." "Odds, man," said
the farmer, "I must have put my hand in
the wrong pouch."
A different sort of sailor was one who
had, a terrible habit -of profane swearing.
Having undergone the experience of a
protracted meeting, he became in many
things, a new man; but it was sometimes
difficult to prevent, says our narrator, the
old A-tlam breaking out. One day one of
his shipmates let ,'a block fall, which un
fortunately came.jdown upon the pet corn
of the regenerate mariner. Human nature
is weald, especially (when come at through
one's corns, and dancinir with pain, while J
he hopped alwut holding his toe. he
screamed, "God bless you, my man!
you kpovy what I mean J"
Statesville, May 31, 1884. Erroneous
views are very often held of a place or sec
tion of country when we have no other
data from which to draw inferences than
the occasional glimpses snatched from the
windows of an express train. And -the
nature of our conclusion is still more un
certain if that place or section of country
happens to lie off the railroad at an inde
finite distance. More than one town on
the Western North Carolina Railroad steals
away from the noise of the locomotive, and
so hides from the traveler's sight, as to
prevent any correct estimate of their nature
or size. One of these is the town of
STATESVILLE,
situated one-half or three-quarters of a
mile from the railroad and largely obscured
by the rich growth of shade-trees which
beautify its streets and houses. I had
passed over the road not fewer . than a
dozen times ; but when I stopped off a few
I days ago to take a more careful survey of
the place, 1 found statesvuie aitogetner
surpassing any idea I had formed of its
proportions. With 2,500 inhabitants, it
conducts a business that would do honor
to a place three times that large. It con
trols a large retail trade, and has two of
the largest wholesale houses in the fetate.
It has two tobacco warehouses and two
wholesale liquor' houses. The town can
also boast a very conspicuous place in the
Revenue Department. This is an industry
never to be lost sight of.
One of the most interesting, as well as
most extensive branches of commerce at
this place is the root and herb establish
ment belonging to the Wallace Brothers
and superintended by Professor M. E.
Hyams, a skilled botanist. The house has
a hundred-feet, front, is one hundred and
twenty-five feet deep and three stories
high, packed full of roots and herbs, ready
for shipment to all parts of the world,for the
healing of the nations. They are collected
fromll parts of the State to the number of
about twenty-thref hundred ' varieties and
shipped to the amount of three million
pounds annually. Professor Hyams has
i Ashboro Courier.
Raleigh. May 18. 1884.
(rettfe 8. Brndtluiir, Eq..
Aldro N. C:
Dear Sin: In reply to yours of May
26, 1 have to say that if nominated again
I will cheerfully accept the position.
My earnest wish lias leeii to be useful to
the State, and if the convention can find
a man. who in its judgment will fill the
place tatter, or oue whose name will
strengthen the party or the State ticket
more than mine, I will cheerfully abide by
its decision. I have no claims upon the
people except my constant and faithful
performance of duty. I have never writ
ten a letter-to, or asked any one to attend
a convention in my interest at any time in
my life. I feel proud of having partici
pated in the management of the State's
affairs for the past eight years. I have
given my earnest and sjiet-ial attention to
the compromise and adjustment of the
State debt which has resulted so well as
to largely aid us in restoring the State to its
present unexampled prosperity. After
having twice been nominated without op
position, and my eight years service known
to the people, I do not feel justified in mak
ing jiersonal appeals to be continued in
office, but leave the party free to act as
they think best.
There is so much money in the treasury
at present that I feel it would not be out
of place in this letter to advise the people
to be careful and not let any of the old
Republican bosses of 1808-09 get back
while the money is on hand.
I feel very grateful, for the honors con
ferred and thank you for the interest you
have always taken in me.
Yours truly,
J. M. Worth.
CLAY AND CHEROKEE.
Good Crops Fine Stock JeweU.
Asheville Citizen.
A Michigan company recently purchased
the Warren gold mines near Brasstown,
Cherokee county. They are preparing for
work on an extensive scale, with splendid
prospects of gold.
The Gainesville (Ga.) Advertiser, in a
recent allusion to the discovery of a fine
silver mine, locates it in Georgia; but in
fact the mine is on Bell creek, Clay county,
near the Georgia liuc. It belongs to Mr.
H. N. Berrong, and is said to lie very rich.
Three very profitable mica mines arc
being worked on Tulula and Nantihala,
in Clay.
Mr. Daniel Bedford found a ruby in Clay
which he sold for $15. It . next sold for
$3,000, then for $6,000, and a lapidary
bought it, and after working upon it sold
it for $18,000. A Michigan jeweler, -see-inff
it. and learniiwr where it came from.
has been spending some time in . Clay4-wear and paint
Correspondence New York Post.
Rockingham, N. C, May 14. Agricul
tural fairs have always had a considerable
hold upon the affections of the people of
Nprth Carolina. Besides the annual State
Fair at Raleigh, there are a dozen or more
county fairs that are now permanent, and
have in their way done a world of good
for their respective neighborhoods. Many
others have existed, but owing to the lack
of proper management, or to the fact that
they had degenerated into mere gambling
shows, are now extinct. Other States,
however, have their county fairs and
granger associations, and in this respect
North Carolina does not materially differ
from her sisters.
But there is an institution here, coming
under the category of fairs, which I im
agine is peculiar to this State, or more i
precisely to one section of it, and which
now gradually disappearing before the on
ward march of civilization, is at once
unique and interesting. Its technical name
is "Scotch Fair."
Last November I was in attendance at
the Cumberland County Fair, one of the
oldest and most successfully operated as
sociations of the kind in . the State, and
it was here that I stumbled upon the relic
of this once important custom. Passing
along a side street in Fayetteville, the
county seat of Cumberland, in company
with a friend, we suddenly came upon a
motley assemblage of men and horses oc
cupying a vacant lot. At a glance I saw
that the company was made up of a slight
sprinkling perhaps of the desperado ele
ment, a few negroes, and largely of that
class commonly known here as " poor
white trash " that class that in North
Carolina corresponds to the South Caro
lina "cracker" and the Georgia "boomer."
It required more than a glance, however,
to take in the character of the horseflesh
before me. All the " hacks" and "scrubs"
of the country seemed to have been gathered
there. The great majority were horses
the scarcity of whose flesh and the promi
nence of whose bones were actually pain
ful to see. Raw-boned, ill-fed, roughlv-
! used, wind-broken, spavined, distempered
horses, with all the ills and deformities !
horseflesh is heir to. were among the num- I
! ler. Some of the men were mounted,
I and were riding their horses about as
recklessly as the limited space and tha ;
l condition of the poor creatures would al- ;
t low. Others were leading theirs, and all
f were propounding to each other such
queries as these: " How'll you do it?"'
I "Who'll better it?" "How much boot?" etc. i
To my inquiries upon the subject I was !
! told this was a " Scotch Fair." These i
" crackers " come here once a year while j
the County Fair is under headway and !
dispose of and interchange the "scrub" !
horses of the surrounding country. There I
are no professional jockeys among them, '
and yet they seem to have a mania for !
horse trading, and this fair affords them a
good opportunity to follow the bent of
their inclination at a small outlay. They
come here to sell or "swap," and sellor
"swap" they will. No hairbreadth dif
ferences are allowed to split the bargain.
Horses are bought and sold for $10. Di
lapidated saddles and sets of harness,
cranky vehicles, and fractional parts of a
dollar are taken in "boot."' And it is
even said that some times the premium of
exchange has been only a bundle of fodder.
Occasionally a man gets a small bargain
here, but generally he fails to better him
self. Red-eyed corn whisky is distributed
right freely among the buyers and sellers,
and when night sets in the rowdyism be
gins. Such was the brief description I
heard of this "horse-swapping" gather-
: ing. For obvious reasons this institution
is in disrepute with the public, and it is
' probable that the city authorities will soon
take it in hand, and make the custom lit
erally a thing of the past.
This " Scotch Fair" of to-day, s I have
j described it, is, however, but a feeble off
j spring of a larger and more respectable
fair that was held for a number of years
; in Richmond county, the attendants and
; supporters of which were the sturdy
I Scotch tenantry of the surrounding coun-
try. The fair was then held in the prime
i val forest, and lasted for several days and
nights. Regular camps were set up. The
women and children came with the men,
and the fair was the people's annual gath
ering for feasting and jollity. While the
dealings here were principally in horses,
they were not restricted to them, but every
merchantable article likely to be readily
exchanged was brought. Very little money
was used, and "boot" was almost univer
sally given in barter. It is supposed that
these Scotchmen brought the custom from
the mother country, or perhaps it was the
outgrowth of necessity in the early colo
nial days. At any rate the gatherings
were very popular, and were enjoyed both
. ..fi . ji, i
Dy participants ana looners-on.
A favorite plan with the horse-dealers
was to carry on their transactions at night.
This was supposed to give all parties con
cerned fair play, and' one man was as
likely to fare ill as another. As a result
of this custom an amusing story is told,
the authenticity of which is well vouched
for. On one occasion -a young cavalier,
mounted upon a milk-white steed, put in
an early appearance at the fair. His ani
mal seemingly possessed exceptionally
good points," and the owner readily suc
ceeded in closing a very satisfactory bar
gain, and might have ended his day's
work very creditably had he only been
content to leave well alone. There was a
kind of fascination about the business,
however, and this, with his greed for
gain, kept him upon the ground. By sun
down he had been the owner of six dif
ferent horses, and he was not as well
pleased with the last as with the first.
When the moon had risen, and the night
trading began, he unexpectedly came upon
a black horse whose carriage and general
appearance tickled his fancy so much that
he decided that if he could get him into
his possession once he would rest content
I and leave the trading ground far behind
him. He finally came to terms giving a
neat little sum in-cash to boot, and mount
ing his purchase, galloped homeward,
chuckling over his good luck. During
his night ride he was overtaken by a
thunder-storm, in which he and his horse
were drenched. With the first light he
discovered, much to his astonishment, that
his horse had changed color and was
white. Imagine his indignation and dis
gust when he further 'found that he had
been duped, and had returned home with
his original horse, a little the worse for
Who Reat the Carpet-Badger.
New York Herald Letter.
Mr. John R. Lynch is from Natchez,
Mississippi, and was born in Concordia
parish, Louisiana, September 10, 1847. He
learned to read and write at a night school
in Natchez, and afterward devoted much
time to study. After the war he was a
photographer iu Natchez until 1869, when
General Benjamin F. Butler's son in-law,
General Adelbert Ames, then the Gover
nor of Mississippi, appointed Mr. Lynch a
Justice of the Peace for Adams county,
whence he was elected to the State Legis
lature in 1809 and 1871. lie was during
his last term Speaker of the House, and
was subsequently elected to the Forty
third aud Forty-fourth Congresses. Mr.
Lynch was said to have In-en elected from
the celebrated "Shoestring District"' to
the Forty-fifth Congress, but the seat was
given to General James R. Chalmers, al
though the colored majority in that district
was i,()U0. .Mr. Lynch, however, de
feated General Chalmers for election to j
the Forty-seventh Congress by a majority
of 10,000 of the votes polled, though this
by the number returned was reduced to
663. He is a man of pleasing address,
being affable and modest, and has good
use of the English language. Mr. Lynch
has always been a Republican and is a
warm friend of President Arthur.
WISER THAN IT 8EEM8.
Perhaps the selection of Mr. Lynch is
wiSer than flippant judgment might at
first have thought. In the first place, he
is a black man (there can be no doubt of
that), and he produces the impression of
sobriety, seriousness and dignity. Self
respect and possibly self-esteem are evident
in his bearing and manner. His speech
was rather long and entirely personal, but
it was well conceived and fairly well de
livered. He is a better speaker than War
ner Miller, and not unlike Roscoe Conk
ling in seesaw deliver'. He concluded at
a quarter of four and regular business was
in order.
DCBING THE ROLL CALL.
General Clayton, feeling tolerably cer
tain of his election, left the hall, but
Brother Lynch kept tally. He is a little
fellow, with close cut hair. His skin is as
black as that of a princely Newfoundland.
At times the responses of Clayton and
Lynch would alternate with amusing regu
larity, and Lynch saluted every announce
ment of "John R. Lynch"' with an ex
pansive grin that revealed a set of teeth a
professional lcauty might envy.
DAVIDSON.
A PIEDMONT COCNTY
Prospering In Town and Country.
SO .TIE NORTHERN WAYS.
marrying In Harte Repenting at Lela
nre.
THE EMPTY SLEEVE OF
Artnur's Man Whom Rlalne Bougbt.
Powell Clayton, the notorious Arkansas
carpet-bag Senator of more rogue-reputation
than most of his tribe, attitudinized
as a patriot at Chicago. During the speak
ing that preceded the ballot for temporary
chairman, the Herald's report says that
Clarke O. Carr, of Illinois, General Lo
gan's touter, with Logan's voice, a bald
head and a sandy moustache, spoke of
Clayton's "great and grand name" and
generally utilized the English language
rather profusely, and when he protested
against "putting down a man who car
ries an empty sleeve " he was greeted with
such a medley of cheers and disapproba
tion that he sat. down quickly. He was
followed by Postmaster Taft, of Charles
ton, South Carolina, and he by Patrick
Henry Winston, of Winston, North Caro
lina. Mr. Winston has a bald head and
an extraordinary voice, and at great
length he indorsed Mr. Lynch. At this
moment some sensation was created by the
circulation of the following:
I saw Clayton's arm amputated at Little
Rock, Arkansas, in 1867. Cause, acci
dental discharge of shotgun while hunting.
GRANT CONK LING ARTHUR.
What Broke up That Ring.
Chicago special to New York World.
I asked a New York delegate to-night
about the talk of Conkling preferring
Blaine to Arthur. This gentleman, who
is a great friend of Mr. Conkling, re
plied that the ex-Senator was very much
disgusted with Arthur because he did
not turn all of Garfield's and Blaine's
friends, out of office ; that he did not
want Arthur to be President again ; that
in fact he did not' want any Republican to
be President, but in his heart would be
glad if a Democrat was elected. A noted
New York politician who was standing by
added that he could give the secret of
Grant's coldness towards Arthur. He said
soon alter Arthur went into tne w nite
House Grant Called on him and urged him
to intimate to Secretary Teller that it
would be agreeable to him if some of the
desirable Indian contracts were given out
to Grant & Ward. The President, he
said, answered General Grant that he
could not, with due regard for the dignity
of his high office, " interfere with such
matters, and Grant went away sorrowful
and indignant. The New Yorker con
tinued and said that shortly after Arthur
became President he remarked to a party
of his intimate friends who were remon
strating with him because he would not
do something which they wanted, "Boys,
I cannot forget that I am President of the
United States and you must not forget it.
You must appreciate that there is a vast
difference between being collector of the
port of New York and being President."
HOW BREAKING BANKS
Marshall H. Pinnix. J
Davidson County, is one of the largest
and finest counties in the State. It was
established in 1822, from Rowan, and was
"named in compliment of General William
Davidson, who fell at the passage of the
Catawba River at Cowan's Ford during
the Revolutionary War, February 1,1781."
It is situated in the central portion of the
State, in the Piedmont section. Whether
viewed from its eastern and western or
from its southern and northern boundaries
it is nearly in the centre of the State, al
though Lexington, its county site, is one
hundred and seventeen miles west of
Raleigh. It is bounded on the north by
Forsyth, east by Guilford and Randolph,
south by the Yadkin River, which sepa
rates it from Stanly and Kowan, and on
the west by the same river, separating it
from Rowan and Davie.
Lexington is its capital, a most flourish
ing and beautiful village.
The population of the county, by the
census of 1880, is 20,333 an increase of
about 3,000 during the last decade. Of
this 16,341 are white and 3,992 colored.
The county is out of debt, with a small
surplus in the treasury. In 1879 it pro
duced 549.906 bushels Of Indian corn
which quantity was" exceeded by only four
other counties; oats 122,063 bushels, being
exceeded by only five counties; wheat,
174,671 bushels, which is 36,393 bushels
more than was produced by any other
county. It is the eighth county in the
production of tobacco, and the second in
the value of orchard products ; first in the
production of hay 8,667 tons; first in
Irish potatoes 26, 108 bushels.
It has numerous mines of gold, silver,
copper and lead." A large number are
now being worked with handsome profit.
The most noted are the Silver Hill, Silver
Valley, Conrad Hill, the Lalor, the Ward,
the Welborn, the Hoover and the Emmons.
The North Carolina Railroad runs through
the centre of the county, entering on the
east at the Guilford line and running to
Thomasville, Lexington, Linwood and to
the Yadkin River where it enters Rowan.
It has six villages besides Lexington,
to-wit: Linwood, -Jackson Hill, Teague
town, Clemmonsvillc. Yadkin College and
Thomasville. The Erst three are small,
with but few inhabitants; the fourth and
fifth are somewhat larger, but the sixth
: Thomasville has some five or six hundred
' inhabitants, with several stores, a large
i number of shoe shops, and is one of the
! prettiest villages in the State. Lexington
! and its suburbs have about 1,200 inbabit
, ants, twenty stores of various kinds, among
them a drug store and hardware store, a
I steam grist and flour mill, cotton press,
! two foundries, two steam saw mills, and
agricultural implement shops. . three to
; bacco factories, two warehouses, six
churches, two beautiful blocks of stores
! and quite a large number of dwellings and
! business houses are now being built and
S repaired ; a fine male school and several
private female schools.
I Davidson has two fine colleges one male
and the other female. Yadkin College is
j ten miles west of Lexington, at Yadkin
! College village, and the Thomasville Fe-
male College is at Thomasville, ten miles
east of Lexington, on the North Carolina
i Railroad.
There are other colleges close by, though
not in Davidson county, viz : Trinity Col
lege, seventeen miles distant, Salem Fe
male College, the .old and celebrated Ger
man school, twenty-one miles ; Greensboro
Female College, thirty-five miles all with
in a day's ride.
The Yadkin River and other streams
that traverse the county afford some of
the finest and most productive lowlands or
bottoms to be found anywhere. About
two-thirds of the county, embracing the
western, northern and a part of the eastern
portion, is of the very finest kind of to
bacco land, and when well cultivated and
the tobacco well cured large prices are
obtained by the farmers and heavy profits
realized. Some farmers are known to
have made $900, $1,000 and $1,100 on one
acre of land by raising fine tobacco.
About one-fifth of the county, known as
the Jersey Settlement, in the southern part
of the county, is the cotton producing sec
tion, where nearly 1,600 bales were raised
in 1879. These lands are rich and fertile.
And while cotton and tobacco are raised
to perfection in the sections named, the
whole county is emphatically a great grain
producing section of the country, as is
shown by the figures above given.
The climate is pleasant and salubrious,
not being subject to the extremes of heat
and cold. The numerous springs and
I wells afford the purest, clearest and cold-
I est drinking water to be found in any J
I State. The celebrated Healing Spring, a j
j pleasant summer .resort, is -fifteen miles j
i south-east of Lexihgton.
Taken all together the water, climate, I
j soil, educational advantages and accessi- 1
I bility to market, Davidson county is a j
most pleasant and most desirable place to j
! live in.
New York 8un.
A year ago Charles Borgwordt, a well-to-do
farmer of Jerusalem, Long Island,
visited this city, ne was a widower, with
four children, and came here to get a
second wife. While walking along Third "
avenue he met a young woman about
twenty-five years old, who smiled on him.
Charles smiled, too, and they struck up
an acquaintance, at once, and visited a
neighboring oyster saloon:
The unsophisticated Charles informed
the young lady of his object in visiting
the city. He said he had a large farm at
Jerusalem, money in the bank, and four
small children, and was looking for a wife.
The young lady said that she was single. -and
that her name was Annie Miller. She
asked :
" How would I suit?
" Suit?" exclaimed Charles. " Vhy dot
vos shustvhy I tole you all dot. Annie,
vili you tole me vonce dot you marry me?"
"Indeed, I will, and I mean it, too,"
replied the fair Annie.
"Den dot seddlcs it," said Charles. -They
went at once to the house of a
clergyman, who, in the presence of his
hired" girl and a gentleman who was visit
ing him, made Charles and Annie one.
The next morning they started for Jeru
salem, where Mr. Borgwordt and his bride
received an ovation.
Everything went well until cold weather
set in. " Then Mrs. Borgwordt suggested
that it would be better to sell the farm
and move to the city where the children
could be educated. Charles refused to
sell the farm until Jerusalem real estate
brought better prices, but he sold all thu.
live stock and farming utensils, realizing
about $1,-000, which he handed to his wife.
They closed the old farm-house, returned
to this city, aud went to board in West
Forty-second street. '
The night they arrived here Mrs. Borg
wordt went out to call on some friends, and
did not return until the next day about
noon. Charles was very angry. In tbjj
afternoon Mrs. Borgwordt visited Jerusa
lem, and Charles, suspecting that some
thing was wrong, followed her next day.
He found every article of furniture re
moved from the house.
On his way back to this city he met his
wife at Hunter's Point, and had her ar
rested on a eharge of stealing. She was
arraigned before Justice Kavanaugh, but
Charles relented, withdrew the charge,
and his wife was discharged. They re-f
turned to their boarding house. ' i
In the evening Charles- went out for a
walk, and when he returned, about nine
o'clock, he found that his wife had left
for parts unknown, and taken everything
she could carry with her. She left a note
informing her husband that she had aban
doned him forever, and that the best
thing he could do was to return to Jeru
salem, if he had means to take him there,"
and if not he "could go to the devil."
Charles went to Inspector Byrnes instead
and reported his loss. An alarm was sent
out, but Annie could not be found, and
Charles returned to Jerusalem a poorer
but a wiser man.
He advertised for Annie in the papers,
but without success, And yesterday aban
doned all hope of ever seeing her again.
He called on a lawyer of Long Island
City and instructed him to bring suit for
divorce immediately, as had met another
young lady whom he wished to marry.
A Great National Failure.
Hard on One of Them.
Inconvenience tne Rich.
hunting for more. Found some fine ruby
sands. .
Squire B. also report wtieat and ohts
very promising, and stock in good condi
tion, of which a good deal had been sold.'
Sudden expectations, which kindle the
mind to a fever, sometimes chill the heart
to a frost.
North Carolina is now agog over the
prospect for a State Exposition next fall.
Her successes at Atlanta and Boston have
infused new life into her, and there is
every reason to hope . for a creditable ex-,
hibitioo. But whatever may be her suc
cess in that, she will not soon have a more
curious institution than were those "Scotch
Fairs" of twenty and thirity years ago.
New York Tribune, J i
After the Marine Bank failed a friend of
mine said : " I dp not require to go down
town anyway more than once in two weeks,
so I will keep my account up-town, and
there is the Second National Bank which I
know to be good." He was about to open
an account there when a friend told him
that on one occasion he "had received a
notice that as his deposit account was un
der $6,000 the bank did not care to be
bothered with it. My friend had so much
respect for $6,000 that he did not put his
money in the Second National. As soon
as he "could get over this rebuff, that he
was not fit to be a depositor even at no
interest, with $6,000, he said to himself:
4 ' I will go to one place where I will be
respected. There is the West Side Bank,
which probably would esteem an account
of $6,000 as something fine." Before he
had made up his mind just when to go
there, the West Side Bank graduated a
clerk who could get off with nearly $100,
000 and not be missed. So my friend said:
"I think I will be my own" banker for a
little while to come," and now he sleeps in
the midst of an armory, full of dreams of
thieves, so that if he would only get up in
the morning and write his dreams out he
would be a great novelist.
Texas Sif tings.
A horse ran away in Austin one day last
week, and knocked down an organ grind
er, who was playing for all he was worth
on a corner, and on an organ, too, of
course. The mnsician was seriously in
jured, and his instrument damaged be
yond repair. When the driver of the
horse was arraigned for fast driving he
was fined $100. "But, your Honor, the
horse ran away, and I could not control
him. It was not my fault in the least."
' ' I know that, " replied the judge. ' 'And
then, your Honor, there is another miti
gating circumstance. The organ was" to
tally destroyed, and the organ-grinder will
never be able to turn a handle again."
"I know that, too, but you are a life in
surance agent, and a bigger nuisance than
the organ grinder. I shall not remit your
fine. It is not often that two birds are
killed with one stone. This is a great
day for the country."
Grin and Bear la,
Texas Sittings. J
"Well, Uncle Pete, how are you this
morning?"
"Po'ly, Boss; monsus po'ly. Ize dun
bus' up entirely. De finanshal sitarwashun
am mighty low down."
" Broken up, are you? Why, that is too
bad."
" Yes, sah ; me, an' ole Gin'ral Grant, an'
scb'ral mo' ob de patri'ts, hab been bus' by
speckalashun."
"Why, Uncle Pete, I didn't know you
had anything to lose."
"Thousan's ob dollahs, sah thousan's
ob good hahd dollahs an' dey's all gone."
"Has your cabin gone?"
"No, Boss, dat "longs ter my wife."
"Well, how about the cow, and the pig,
and the mule?" , :
" W'y, dey's all rigjt; dey was all 'sined
ter dc chillun w'en I made dat 'sinement."
" Then how could ou lose anythiig?"
"W'y, dis way. Yer knows, Boss, dat
dollah w'at yer gib me las' time I seed yer?"
, ' ' Oh ! yes I generally remember an oc
currence of that nature after every time lt
meet you."
"Well, I dun "wested dat dollah in a
lottery ticket ter draw de hunnerd thousan
dollah prize."
"And what did you draw?"
1 ' Nuthin', Boss. I jess loss dat hunnerd
thousan' dollahs, cl'ar, an' Ize all broke up."
I " This is really too bad, and you have
my sympathy, but it does not amount to
another dollar this time. What do you
i propose to do about it?"
"Ize gwine ter ply ter de uuD mentrur
'lief. My son, "Sam, he say de Gub'ment
oughter gib me dat hunaerd thousan' dol
lahs, but I reckin Til be satisfied wid a
pension an' a reserb seat in de so'jers po'
house."
" Why, what claim have you on tho
Government? Didn't it pay jou for your
services, give you a bounty, and free you
from slavery besides."
"Dat am so Boss; but den I fit fur. de
country; conserquently, w'en I bus' up in
my speckylashuns it am a Nash'nal 'saster.
I tells yer, Boss, Ize lookin' fur de Gub'?
ment ter come up mighty promp' wid de
'lief fur me, fur dis am er great Nash'nal
failure." ' r
Relief for tbe
Doctor Whose
Died.
Patient
He is rich who is satisfied with what he
hath whether it be little or much.
Rondeau. " -
To grin and bear it is the best of ways
To treat a trouble when it once erets in.
And tangles up the the threads of nights and
days . i
Which the swift Fates with nimble , fingers i
spin, - !
So that it gives no clue along life's maze, i
And gets, at last, so long drawn out and thin, I
As quite to vanish from the closest gace! i
And we have got use rats wnnm a gin
To grin and bear it !
It often makes the brain feel near akin
To getting in a state ef chronic erare,
But then hope cones with brighter thoughts to
win
t Our hearts to struggle on, nor care a pu;
And we conclude the better plan's always
TO giin and Dear it :
Lost time is never found again.
Medical men will be relieved by the re
sult which has been reached in a singular
case beforethe English courts. The plain
tiff was the father of a child who suffered
from "croup." It being necessary to in
sert a tube in the child's throat to relieve
it from threatened suffocation, the opera
tion was skilfully performed. After the
insertion of the tube the . physicians re
quested the father to free it from the accu
mulated matter with his lips, which he
instantly did, the doctors neglecting to
tell him that be incurred any risk. - The
child died, and its disease proved to have
been diptheria, by which the father, in
turn, was soon attacked. He sued the
j doctors for damages. The case was tried
' twice and was much discussed in the En
j glisb. press. Upon the first trial tine jury.
I disagreed: But Lord Coleridge told the
! second jury that the doctors were right is
i telling the father to free the tube, and a
verdict for the defendants was found. The
principle, we suppose, is that it is no part -1
of a doctor's duty to incur danger in the
I discharge of his profession, when the act
I to be performed require no particular skill
and catt-be devolved upon another stand
ing in relations of blood nnd affection to
! the patjent - ' ' '
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