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) i f'EssE'iGEH i;iteeiug;:cer WADESBORO, 'N. C, FBB. 24, 18P8. JAS. G. BOYLIN, Publisher.' STATE COXVKXTION CALLED. The btate Democratic Executive Committee met in Ilaleigh Wednes day night The meeting wa3 large and enthusiastic and the state con - f entiou was called to meet on Thurs day, May 26th. The following res olutions were adopted: Whereas, the Democratic orrani zation of North Carolina is apart of the National Democratic organiza tion, and whereas this committee is the custodian of the interest of said organization in North Carolina. uesoived. 1. That the committee endorses the patriotic address of our JNational Chairman, Hon. Jas. K Jones, seeking to unite the silver . forces in the upbuilding of Congres Bional contests. Kesolved.2. That the chairman of our committee be requested to call a state convention to meet in Kaleigh, . N. C. Oil t.hfl 9fifh flarf f0TT t QQQ u i. i '. " I Aiauama . . which early convention has supreme I Arkansas. . auLuoruy ana will shape all matters t-aiiiornia or party policy. w Kesolved .3. That in accordance with the' resolutions heretofore adop ted, all white electors who intend to vote with us in the next election and '-who desire the re-establishment of MILITARY STATISTICS. Since the .battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor there has been much talk of war between, the United States and Spaing This talk, in a great measure, has doubt lees been inconsiderate and, yet, if the explosion which wrecked, the big battleship is found to have been caused by an emissary of the Span ish government, there is good reason to believe that this government will be forced to take a hand in the Cu ban struggle for independence. While the Messexger axd Ixtel- lioexcek does not Deneve there will be war, still the possibil ity of Buch an outcome of our pres ent strained relations with Spain i3 not so remote but that the following statistics of the fighting strength of the United States, taken from a re cent issue of the New York Sun, will be of general interest. Accord ing to the figures published in the Sun the present organized military force of the. United States aggre gates 114,362 officers and men. The total available men which each fetate and territory could furnish, accord ing to the War department statistics, are indicated in the following table: .................... 165,000 250,000 214,029 Colorado 85,000 Connecticut 108,646 Delaware 28,0S0 Florida.............. TO.OUO Georgia........ .. 4,U2l Idaho..:... 3U,UW Illinois ToO.OOO Indiana 50u,(X)0 Iowa.. Anglo Saxon Supremacy and honest I Kansas , ana good government in North Caro liiia, are cordially invited to partici .pate in all our primaries and con ven- tions. - : -. Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan Minnesota Miuaiccinnt 233.48(1 bam Jones, the noted evangelist. Missouri.... : 4uo,ooO lioo orT)r a ut x- il . . I Montana... dl.ssi , uomciauiy to megayety Nebraska. 101,926 oj. me.campaign now in progess in Nevada.,.. e,2cu Ueoreia by announcing himself an S!w ampsnire 294,874 100,000 361,137 135,000 106,042 150,000 433,975 260,000 175,000 independent candidate for governor of the state. Sam has written a long letter, in which he cuts right and left in his usual nimitable style, and in which he leaves the pol iticians in doubt as to whether he is in earnest or only joking. He an nounces his platform as "sinmle. un adulterated, unnnrrihasahlp 11. Utah rW,M ' Vermont... Lrovernor Kussell has removed Robert Hancock from the presiden cy of the Atlantic and North Caro lina liailroad. The Governor's ac tion in this matter is proof positive xnat iiancock is guilty of the re volting crime witn which he is charged.All that.the good white peo pie want now is just half a chance to retire the entire crew of incom petents who have disgraced the btate for the past year and a half. New York ..... 800,000 North Carolina... 245,000 North Dakota......... 19,937 Ohio..... -. 650,000 Oregon 59,522 Pennsylvania. e(,d4 Rhode Island....... 82,000 South Carolina 177,000 South Dakota 55,000 Tennessee 180,000 Texas..... 300,000 , 25,000 44,164 Virginia 364,7 Washington 87,b79 West Virginia.. izo.wo Wisconsin 372,152 Wvoniinsr 8,000 Arizona...... 20,000 New Mexico 80,000 Oklahoma.............. 50,o00 District of Columbia.. 4J.0OO INQUIRY BEGUN Board Meets on Lighthouse Ten- der Mangrove at Havana. CAPTAIN SIGSBEE EXAMINED A MIXE ODER THE CRUISER? I'ASSEXUER FARES REDUCED. HORRIBLE AFFAIR I. SOUTH CAROLINA. Total unorganized. Total organized Grand aggregate. . . .10,301,339 .. li 4,862 .10,415,701 ,. W e have heard of only two occa sions on which Representative Mar tin has opened his mouth since he has been in Washington. The last time was last Friday night, when he made a speech at . the reception of the .North Carolina Society, his sub ject being "JNorth Carolina folk lore." if he knows as much about this subject as he don't know about politics and statesmanship his speech must have been a "gem of the first water." The Poblic Beads. Mr. Editok It appears that the annual 'road fever" has reached the eruptive stage, and we ask space in the 31. & 1. to say a few words for our present much abused road law. It makes us "tired" to see so many jumping on our present law and branding it as a laiiure, wimoui giving a single reason therefore. i.veu our good preacner-eaitor oi ine aiorveu x.uierynse, joins in and brands the law as woruiless. lie doesn i realize wnai me oiu iw uas done for the roads in Morveu township. lie lias not been with us long. We were unable to undeistand the meaning ot the notices published in the M. & I. recently, requesting the different township boards ol supervisors 10 meet, uum t auesuuro township published hers, saying the law required the supervisors and overseers to meet on the first Saturday in February. Is it possible, that all of these supervisors are so ignorant of our present road .law they do not even Know wneu me raw requires them to meet ? It eertaiuly seems so. lhe law requiring the supervisors and overseers to meei in F ebruary was repealed leu years ago. Xow, are tne supervisors as lgnoram of the other requirements of this old law ? We hope not! we wouiu line to asK tuera, Robert Hancock, the deposed rjresi dent of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, has written an open letter to Gov. Russell in which lip save that v.o I and all others Who are so ready to "cuss" ItilS UiU law, IV " uwuuuoi i vj jwu. supervisors a legal record, showing your township lines, your roaus iaia on into con venient sections, together with a minute of al! vour procedingS! Do your supervisors "po over and personally examine all the roads of their townships" during the week of their meeting m August s' Do tney see to it. that every overseer they appoint re quires every hand allotted to biiu to work six full days oi "lioi less man i nor more than 10 hours," on the roads, and iu case of damage to road by storms, etc., do they see to it that tne overseer cans out nis nanus and repairs the damage at once, without counting the time as part of bis six days work? do tney require me overseers 10 make the sworn report as required by law 1 Governor oWrf t. x.:Z WIS Old law, a lew questions v a.i.uau xiiui ui 1113 suion proviuea he (Hancock) would I make a violent personal assault xmon josepnus uamels, Esq., editor of the Kaleigh News and Observer. Russell denies that he made any such proposi- Lion io nancocic, but Hancock says he aid and that he can prove it W. JL Hearst, owner of th xorlf Journal, has offered $50,000 i . . . - - - lewara tor exclusive informaHnn which shall lead to the detection and Do they make their report io the superior conviction of the person, or nersons court as reqiurea by me law.' in a worn, mviouii, VI UC1BU1JB, j Kaiila nf ennprVKnra plininlv Willi vi gOTreinment ccnminallv resnonsi-1 tim rpnuirementiof.this much abused road ble for the destruction of the battle- law? - ALuot'oW,iy no1-; ,fre ,fbey SWU1U uuitcio . . .IV) I' . i ri i a inn. tuai every man in our couuty ought to know, is not enforced, what right have we to expect that any other law wouia be eniorced i in our opinion tne trouble is not so much in the law, as in the failure to execute it The load nana usual ly iooks on road working day as a day of frolic, and does as little work as be can; bis neighbor, the a war ship, to be named the I says nothing. The result is they go over Oeorge Washington and to be eaual to I me roaa cut a lew Drusn throw in a mud 6hip Maine. In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, presented a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on naval ahairs to inquire aDd report whether la Deference to Spain the Pub- lie Will Not be Tola the Testi mony Until All Has Been Re eeiyed and the Findings Con sidered. Havana, Feb. 21. The board of inquiry into the Maine disaster met on the lighthouse tender Mangrove at 10 o clock this morning, with Captain Sampson and Chad wick and Lieutenant-Commanders Potter and Marix present Captain Sampson presided, and Lieutenant-Comman der Marix, recently executive officer of the Maine, acted as recorder. Captain Sigsbee, the commander of the Maine, was the first witness called. He was under examination until 1 o'clock this afternoon. Captain Sampson received the Associated Press correspondent im mediately after the morning session He said, in the course of the inter view: - "I would be glad to give the Asso ciated Press news, but owing to the delicate situation the board has de cided to make nothing whatever pub lic. I do not know what testimony may develop, or when, and it is only fair to the Spanish' government not to tell the public the tistimony until all has been received and the findings have been considered." Captain Sigsbee, on board the Mangrove, told the correspondent that he was quite pleased with the examination and that he was able to answer all the questions asked, not only as to his act, but as to those of his subordinates on the Maine. SPANISH DID NOT INTERFERE. Consul-General Lee says the Span ish officials are not interfereing with the investigation into the causes of the disaster. He has notified the captain of the port that the wreck ins: tne; Rightarm will be here to morrow from the Merritt & Chap man Derrick aud.Wrecking Company. No objection will be made to the presence of the tug or the prospect ive work. She will probably make an early attempt to save the big gun's, and, it possible, the more val uable parts or the Maine s machin ery. Today the divers found a copper cylinder used in conveying charges to the six-inch guns, lhe tact that it had exploded seems to show that there was an explosion in the maga zine for fixed ammunition on the port side forward. All the wounded men except two are doing well. This afternoon the court of in quiry personally inspected the wreck of the Maine. By their invitation Captain Peral, appointed by the Spanish government as a special judge to investigate the disaster, and his secretary viewed the divers at work. Captain Peral expressed his appreciation of the courtesies shown to him by the court of inquiry. A number of bodies were discover ed today in the forward hatch. It was not possible to remove them im mediately, but they will probably be removed tomorrow. WORK OF THE DIVERS. Gunner Charles Morgan, of the cruiser JNew xork, arrived on the Mangrove and is in immediate charge of the divers. The latter have beeu at work all day, but up to the time of sending this dispatch no discoveries of importance have been made. It is believed that the salvage by the wrecking company will be considerable and valuable. ANOTHER SHIP TO BE SENT. Washington, Feb. 21. The Navy Department has not yet deter mined definitely which of our war ships shall replace the Maine in Ha vana harbor, although it has deter mined that, as a matter of policy, another ship must be sent there. The choice lies between the Mont gomery, cruiser, now on her way from San Domingo to Key West, and the Nashville, gunboat, now at Galveston participating in the Mardi Gras festivities. Belief Crowing Stronger That the Maine Was Wrecked From the Ontside If So, It Was a .Mine, and Not Torpedo Junior Spanish Officers Sus pected of Knowing Something About It Revelations Expect ed at Any Jlomeut. Havana, via Key "West, Feb. 23.-r- The Railroad Couimissou IU duces Passenger tares on Xuuiber of Roads iu the State- Free Passes Prohibited. Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer, 21st. Yesterday afternoon it was the . view of Railroad Commissioner used to be the Governors figure, but The situation, which may be changed at Pearson that the rate of railroad fare any moment by fresh discoveries may be Rhonld be rednce'd to 21 cents for summed up, when this dispatch is sent " . . 9l fnr ap(,m1(i . nia Kic ofOFnrmn cnhctflntiollir oa rtwo. nihb UlttCSO OUU s Th rtivfr having d i rr vptW! rncoa nf I Tk was Vnown that Chairman Cald- brown hexagonal powder for the ten inch I troll fa vnred 21 and 2 cents. This ill i . - I guns unexpioaea, ana Deneving also that others unexploc'ed will be found in the ten inch magazine on the starboard side forward, the conviction grows that these magazines did not blow up. If this be so, and many have insisted from the first that it is, the further conviction is forced that the explosion which wrecked the Maine came from the outside ot the port bow. As previously wired, the mam portion ot the wrecfe.as seen above and noted from below, was blown to star board. The highest American officials here arc confidect that General Blanco and the other high Spanish officials had no knowledge, direct or indirect, of tbe conception or execution of a plot to blow up tne Maine, it sucn a plot existed, but they believe the junior Spanish officers, Negro Federal Official 'la South Carolina and Child Killed By i Mob Others Seriously' Injured. Charleston, S. C, Feb. 22. A special from Lake City, South Caro lina, to The Lvening Post says: "About 1 oclock this Postmaster Baker, a negro, and his child were shot to death and their bodies cremated. It is said that a mob numbering several hundred sur rounded Baker's house, where the postoffice is kept, set fire to the build- : FLOUR AND . V . ." I. i jc :a AfnnKit snnt now since hs desires I us oueueu lire wnu guua uuuu a compromise effected with the it. Baker was killed and his wife, bis c.,v,; oi ioin(T hv the latter two aaugniers ana one son were se- L1UULUC1 II tj" , i nf tho At.lanr c & JNorth Uarolina riyusiy wuuuueu. I mi ii - t T?im,l t -n ner cent and the pay- J-ne woman naa a oaoy in nei ino- by the Southern of the $12,000 arms and she says that the ball that nr .-215 000 expenses tne uoveruor ""6" JCl -auvj- has incurred in his fight against the ease of the North Carolina road. But it appears that just a3 the Governor was about to dismount fmm his "hiorh horse" the two com missioners of his own creation, fail- pr! in crivp. him a hand. Jnow has he who from the nature of things are more faiieri or has he gotten back on his -n wore infr unrh m rrf An a vi I -n, rmn I V . . . i horse again? Will Caldwell ana Pearson lose their heads for their tpmprif.r in triflinff with the im- " J a nerial will and wisher.'' I hose are the questions which members of the Governor's following astcea to-uay. The friends of Caldwell aud Pear son declared -the latter, could not conversant with modern explosives than their elders and superiors, were at the bottom of the disaster, if there were any outside agency. It is pointed out that it would not be impossible tO" plant a mine oi wei ana ary gun cotton near where a foreign war vessel was directed to anchor, such a mine communicating with an electric battery on the shore. It is regarded as an interestng point that tne niaine, ior me nrsi urue during ner . .... i v i.,,, M-u ..! .u-i i i it , Istnlh-fV t.hpmselves bv turning like soot where she was at the time of-the weathercocks as the breeze shittea, through the baby, killing it and it fell from her arms. The house was afire and the occu pants who were able ran out, but the cremated bodies of Baker and the child were found in the ruins of the house this morning. All the wounded are maimed for life; the two girls may lose their arms. All or the mail matter was totally destroyed. catastrophe, and it is said, tnoueh not of ficially verified that the Maine was the first foreign war vessel moored to this particular buoy since the troubles in Cuba grew acute. All stories as to lax discipline on the Maine are without a shadow of truth un me contrary, captain bigsoee was complained of by some of the rigidity of ms rules ana tne strictness with which he enforced them. Moreover, the Maine has been in commission for years and never had a serious accident uatil an chored in this quid harbor. In reply to after thev had let it be understood they were going to cut rates, inen, too. thev argued the commissioners . ! 1 had nothtn? to do with ranroaa leases. This moorniug Commissioner Pearson falling in line with Chair- mau Caldwell's views a3 to a bigger fnr. in rates, introduced the toiiow- ins resolutions: "That on and alter March 23, 1898, the transportation a question put by this correspondent to J of passengers shall be 2i cents per a insn American omciai as to wnat tne outcome would be, if it were proved that the disaster was due to an outside agency, the onlcial in question said: "bir, the American people could not be restrained. It would mean war. Still, I doubt whether it would be necessary to hre a snot. A.amirai bicaru could an chor tiie-Iowa, the Indiana, the Massa chusetts ond the New York outsideJIa- . i . -1 1 - ci ...... mile ior nrsc ciass tiKets, cculo jc. mile for second class tickets on the following- railroads in North Caro lina: The Wilmington & Wei don from "Wilmington to Veldon, aud from Concentuea to the South Caro lina line: the Petersburg Railroad from AVeldon to the Virginia State Slews oi" Pee Dee. Our farmers are fnrther advanced with their work than usual for this time of the vear. Some of the ladies in oureommunity have been gardening a great deal. We fear they are too early. We leant that oats in some places have been killed by tbe recent cold snap. We hope the fruit will stand the stortn and that there win oe a Dounutui crop. Mr.J.l). Stewart, ot Kocfcinimam, spent a few days in the city last week. Mrs. vv. s. Cox ana daughter, Miss Blanche, spent Saturday and Sunday in and around Lilesville, visiting friends and relatives Some one passing thiongh the yard of Mr. W. S. Cox's last Friday night broke one leu of the wiue-tauieu bird uoj;, fowler. Mr. N alter Harris, who has been sick for some tune, dietl last f riday night. W alter was a Rood man, and a member ot the Gum Springs Baptist church. .Mr. J A V all has a wild goose that is per fectly lame. It follows the other geese all the time. With best wishes to the M. S 1.. 1 am still Blue Eyks. Killing Babies in Slew York. New York Dispatch, 12 h. Infanticide in Xew York is on the increase. lAke the same crime in vana harbor to prevent the ingress of the Uue; the Tarboro branch from Ttocky France, it is not only a monstrous crime, but threatens to become a any m the world, can be built, armed and commissioned within twelve months in the United States partly cover, make a few bull-heads" and go home. The supervi sors know the overseers to be good fellows they hate to hurt his feelings so sav nothing. The grand jury knows the su pervisors to be good clever fellows no doubt several- of them are on the jury, for J. l"s. are so thick now, it would be hard to get a jury without a few of them on it and no presentment is made. Our judges some times have something to say about this road law, but its violation is seldom brought to their attention. Now, we assert, w ithont any fear of sue the omce, claiming that he is tected by the civil service law. matter win oe carried to the cour to be settled. r pro- The Mr. Speucer Blackburn has been appointed assistant district attorney for the western district of "North Carolina, but Mr. D. A. Covinetou. oi juonroe, who held that position under Cleveland, refuses to surrender I cessful contradiction,thatif every one, from imu uauu iu supciiui cuuri lUUKc. WOUIU do their full duty and strictly enforce this despised road law, that within a few years me roaas oi our county would be improved an wunareuper-cem. . vv e Know what an honest effort to enforce this law has done tor the roads ot Morven township. Ah, but some one says, "yours are sand roads." Not all of them, by any means. We are sure that there are no worse roads in the county today than our river roads were a few years ago. They were almost one con tinuous mud hole, red mud, mud up to the axels, almost impassable; today they are fair roads. Now we do not claim that our present road law will give us such good roads as Mecklenburg has around Char lotte, but we do claim that if strictly en forced it will give us much better roads than we have. Much. has been said of the Mecklenburg road law, all interested should read that law as it stands to-day and they will see that we cannot adopt it. The Union coun ty law is better, but there are objections to mat; nowever, u uie town oi w auesDoro B.F. Keith, of -Wilmington, has an nounced himself a free silver candidate for Congress in this district. A Queer Accident in Church. Richmond, Va., Special to Portsmouth Slar. By a unique accident the celebra tion of the communion service at Broad Street Methodist church, yes teruay, was aoruptiy brought to a close in the midst or tbe service. This is one of the largest Methodist wiU d0 as .tbe town ,9f Monroe did, we .l,nvni,00 c .i A I think the other townships will adopt the cnuiches in the bouth. An mi- j aw as m union. mence congregation gathered at the seivice. Kev. Dr. "W. G. Starr, the Now, Mr. Editor, much of this "road talk" in the papers of the county is non- canca Onr pimntu rnmmiainnpra pan Ipvv pastor, after the bread had been I no tax. work no roads, without some law fiPl'VPfl llnool- flip fmm nniAri -o hln I directing them to do so. True they may ..r y vUU.mu.uu nrHprm. PlPAtk.n mi the a 1 tern alive road aiiu an me wine was spilt on the I law. which.however. no one. unless its our lloor. There was a plio-ht. fittpr friend. Little Brown Creek, seems anxious ttirmio-hmit il,n,.nm(L n,,. I to experiment with. I hat law would prove throughOU; the congregation. IhlS I a nr,stv pxneriment for the countv. We was followed immediately by a dense 1 are as much in favor of good roads as any silence, and then Dr. Starr snd.lpnlv one- VVe fully recognize their importance ' - " " 7 dnd I'Qliia o ml d-a bo tava lhoro iq nrain Uismissed the audience. I enough in old Anson to set up a road law that win oe lair, lust ana equitable to an I parts of our county, and give us as good roads as any in the state. f, Took a Severe Cold after the Uig Fire. ' After the bie fire m Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; tbe cold only be coming more settled. After using three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy, both the cold and-cough left me and m this high altitude it takes a meri torious cough remedy to do any good. G. B. Henderson, Editor Daily Adver tiser, Cripple Creek, Colo. Bold by J, A. jiaroison. Mori and nioHi!noa ara in f? rrtirl Yw what they do. The great eures by Hood's Sarsa- parilla give it a good name everywhere. To those who drink whiskey for pleas ure; HARPER Whiskey adds zest to ex istence. To those who drink whiskey tor health's sake: HARPER Whiskey makes life worth living. Sold, -By MILLS & MILLS, Wadbsboro, N.C. " food supplies withont which the city could not exist a tortmgnt. "Cuba is a waste of ashes and desola tion- .tiven tne noteis ana caies fiere in Havana, live from hand to mouth, on supplies brought from the United States- it Aamirai csicari demanded the sur- sender of Havana, giving 24 hours for the removal o the women and children, sur render would follow. The forts are old sttuctures and could be demolished by a six-pounder. Such new guns as have been mounted are short ol' ammunition and have never beeri tried. If General Blanco should decline to surrender, the Spanish merchants here, who represent 8u per ceut of the property and pay 75 per cent of the taxes of the island, would compel him to accede to Admiral Sicard's terms. As for the volunteers, the men are lor the most part the em ployes ct these merchants and the vol unteers orncers are largely their sons or their junior partners. i-"It is well to look these things in the face. At the same time it is well for the Americans to restraiu themselves until there is some prool ot outside agency in the explosion. VVe can afford to wait a little longer, seeing that we have waited so long. We could not wait after it had once been proven that the Maine disaster was the result ot a dastardly plot, fopan ish officers from the old country hold to the unaccountable beuet that their arms would overcome us in a few weeks, but the Cuban merchants have no such de lusion, and they would control the situ a tion. Hence I believe that no shot from a big American gun will be necessary ACCIDENT THEORY WAXIXU. Divers Fiud Evidence of Two Explosions on the Battle Ship Maine. New York Herald. Havana, (via Key West, Fla.,) Feb. 22. The further the inquiry into the causes which led to the Maine disaster proceeds the more remote appear the chances that any evidence will be dis covered to show that the United States battleship was destroyed by accident. I am able to give you the result of the in vestigation made by divers. Those who penetrated into the forward part of the wieck found that the whole forward end of the ship, from a point just abaft the forward turret, had been twisted fifteen or twentw degrees to starboard. That part -of the vessel was a wilderness of debris and curled and twisted plates. The sharp, jagged edges of some of the plates added danger to the difficulties of the divers, getting lifelines into a tangle and fraying the cords, and, in one instance, ali&ost cutting through the rubber t ube which supplied the diver with air. Americans in Havana have been qui etly notified by Consul General Lee that it might be well to take their families to a place of safety. These precautions" were taken iu view of the fact that there is strong suspicion that the volunteers and Weylerites have been inspired to create trouble in case the Maine inquiry proves that the catastrophe was due to design. THEORY OF TWO EXPLOSIONS Oce important discovery made was the position of the corpses found in the wreck, one hundred of which were float ing .about the torn compartments. A full score of these were examined by my informant. All of them were in ham mocks, and all had the arms curved up ward as if they had been startled by some sudden shock of danger and were in the act of reaching up for their - hammock hooks to swing themselves on deck when death came. This seems to confirm what has already been said about there having been two explosins the first startling the men into the act of arising from their hammocks, the other dashing the life out of them while they were in that position. THEORY OF ACCIDENT IKIIIXU. VAX- So Says the Stair Correspondent ol' the Washington Star. Washingion, Feb. 22. The Evening Star has received the following from its staff corresDondent iu Cuba: "Havan, Feb. 23, via Key West, Fla. Innuirv into the Maine disa ter pro gressps along definite lines. The result so far may be sumr ed up in the State ment that the probability that it was an accident seems to decrease with the pro- cress of the investigation. "The most intense anxiety is shown by the Spanish officials here, who are in con stant communication with Madrid. They Mount to Tarboro and the Norfolk State line; the Raleigh & Gaston from Weldon to liuleigh; the Sea- hnsml k Roanoke from Weldon to the Virginia line and the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line from Raleigh to Gibson: the North Carolina from Goldsboro to Charlotte; the rij mont from Greensboro to the lr ginia State line; the Northwestern North Carolina from Greensboro to Winston: the Western North Caro lina from Salisbury to Paint Rock; the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio from Charlotte to Statesville; the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line from Charlotte to the South Carolina line and the Charlotte. Columbia &, Augusta from Charlotte to the South Caro lina line." This was adopted. Caldwell aud Pearson voting are; Abbott no. Then Chairman Caldwell intro duced the following resolution: " Wliorpna ftpplirm 4. rhunt.pr 32(1 of the acts of the General Assembly at its session of 1892 known as the railroad commission act, makes it unlawful for any 'common carrier' within the State, either directly or indirectly by, auy special rates,rebate, drawback or other device, to charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service render ed or to be rendered in the transporta tion of passsengers than it charges, demauds, collects or receives from any other persou or persons, and whereas section 2o of said act enu merates the exceptions alone per mitted, and whereas absolute equal ity is the demand of the law. "Resolved, That said act con demned and prohibits free pass or free mileage, transportation to all editors, staff correspondents and em- great national evil. France is be coming gradually depopulated. May not this follow here: 1 he bodies of 20 infants have beeu found iu New York city since January 1st. fourteen were tound in Harlem alone, or three tunes as many as in the rest of the boroughs of New York. This unusual record has stirred up the police. Captain Creedon is not alone in his belief that there is a baby farm in Harlem, from which most of the dead little ones have been takeu. But the local fact is only a small affair by comparison. The genersl increase is appalling. Miraculous Benefit RECEIVED FROM Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure. stant communication wun iu&unu. i uey i - , . f i Cft0 realize that the relations with the United ployes of the newspape s of the State. There are three little things which do more work than any other three little things created they are tue ant, the bee and be Witt's Little Early Kisers, the last being the famous little pills for stomach and liver troubles. James A. Ilardison. : States were never so much m danger of ruptureas now. This is the general feeling. "The commercial classes here are nope ful of American intervention on peaceful lines, but what they base their hopes on is unknown. "The insurgents continue to win minor military successes. The autonomists are rastless and some of the leaders seem on the ooint of breaking away frorr. the srovernment. Army officers continue to. show an anti-Amarican sentiment. They are aooarentlv the only class that does not look for an early crisis. "Pepper. THE COURT OF INQUIRY. Havana, Feb 23. The United States court of inquiry into the loss ot the Maine mot ihis morninsr at 10 o ciock, ana ex amined Dr. Honeberger, Paymaster Ray and Chief Engineer Howell, ot the bat tleship. There was a recess ordered at noon, and it lasted until 1:30 p. m. Sev eral witnesses, whose names are not now obtainable, were examined during tne ai- ternoon. A visit was made to the wreck by Captain Sampson, president of the court. The captain savs he has no idea of the length of time the court will re man in session here. It al) depends upon the testimony and new features re quiring futher investigation thalmay de velop at any time. THE CONTRACT CLOSED. Washing roN. Feb. 22. The term3 of the contract, as concluded and signed to day, provide to the wrecking companies the sum of $S71 per day for their regular plant, and an additional payment ot fouu a dav for the use of the Monarch, while the latter is actually employed. An ex press provision is made that the govern ment may terminate the contract at any moment. It is also provided that the compensation shall not exceed the sum of money ($200,000) appropriated by congress fir this purpose in the joint resolution passed yesterday. Finally it is provided that if the companies suc ceed in raising the Maine and towing her to Norfolk they shall receive a bonus of $100,000. "Resolved, That said act applied with equal force to free pass or free mileage transportation to attorneys within the State, not actually em ployed by the common carrier for a certain aud definite sum and not the actual and bona fide employes of the same." . Your correspondent asked Chair man Caldwell what he had to say about this free pass resolution aud the reolv was "I want to test it. The u courts will have to 'decide whether we are right or wrong. We don't know what editor has a pass, so as to bring a test suit." A substitute offered by Dr. Abbott that the commission consider the re- duction-of .freight rates instead of passenger fares was voted dewn by Pearson and Caldwell. Mfni.'t Hi- Miloc TtmiMaf. t.mm. J'ffs as if by a miracle, i .1 v. -ii j-,. rj Hrf. nnlo a Trail in .lllrt guarantee, first bottle HuMisiiOlJISS oenenis or money re- gw Restore funded. Book on dis- LW uj-v v eases of the heart and L I . nerves free. Address. DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. MOLASSES. We are still carrying a Large Stock of FL0UB and N. 0. MOLASSES. Prices are higher, but we bought before the advance. HARD I SON CO. $w,oootooo. IS. This is a large sum of money, but your eye sight worth more than this amount. Preserve this valuable organ of the body by the use of a pair of my CELE BRATED "CRYSTAL GLASSES." As perfect as hu man mechanism can make them. Accurately fitted and guaranteed or no charge. Some rare bargains in Sewing Machines, Bicycles, Watches and Jewelry, Standard Books in sets, ioo China Ware Dinner Sets, Tobacco, Box Paper and many other things. My line of Toilet Goods, Sporting Goods, Cutlery, all kinds jCrockery and Glass War, Books, Stationery, School Supplies, Guns, Pistols and all other goods I will sell you at the very closest prices. Picture Frames made to order or will sell you the moulding. Get a free picture ticket without fail. Respectfully, H. CROWDER. Jewery, Book and Noveity Store. Whooping couh is the most distressing malady; but its duratiau can be cut short bv tne use oi one Minute uougn cure. which is also the best known remedy for croup and all lung and bronchial troubles. James A. ilardison. e I?. II. Pintston Has lovei ffls ml oi FANCY QR OCERIEb ! lLI P. BABCOCK. of Avoea, N. i a veteran of the 3rd N. Y. Artillery and for thirty years of the Babcock & Munsel Carriage Co., of Auburn, says: "I write to express my gratitude Ior the mlrac lous benefit received from Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. I suffered for years, as result of army life, from sciatica which affected my heart In the worst form, my limbs swelled from the ankles up. I bloated until I was unable to button my clothing; had sharp pains about the heart, smothering spells and shortness of breath. For three months I was unable to lie down, and all the sleep I got was In an arm chair. I was treated by the best doctors but gradually grew worse. About a year ago I commenced taking Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure and It saved my life Into the brick store room, on Rutherford Street opposite the store of Covington Bros., where he will be glad to serve his friends and the public generally. He will also in the future carry a full line of ffEVY GROCERIES. Remember that his prices are as low as the lowest and that he meets all competition. W. N. PINKST0N. Dil You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine bas been found to be peculiarly adapted to tbe relief and cure of all Female Complaints, exerting a wonder ful direct influence in giving strength aud tone to tbe orxaus. If you Lave Loss of Ap pttiie, Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleenu-ss, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled itb Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is tbe medicine you uetU. Health and Strength are guaranteed by itf use. Fifty cents and fl.UU at James A Hardison's drus store. The Spanish warship Vizcaya, which was some time asro ordered to visit Americau ports, arrived at New York inday. The SvnboartI Air Line Scores Another Point. Portsmouth Star. The Seaboard Air Line ha, for a long time, contended that as it could not set its sleepers south ot Atlanta ana norm ot W ashington, while ottier lines were al lowed this privilege, it should, therefore. be allowed a differential rate. This m at- ter was taken up recently with the south eastern nassenser association, the Trunk Line association ana tne association oi Virginia and the Carolinas, and the Sea board Air Line's claim for differentials was allowed. The tariffs just published by the above associations show standard rates by all lines between the north and south, as well a the differenti vl rate via the Sea board Air Line, which rate is $3 less than that shown by other lines. The standard rate between Is ew iorfe and Atlanta is $24; the differential rate via the Seaboard Air Line is til; the rate between wasti- insrton and Atlanta is $17.50, the differ ential rate via the beaboara Air Line is $14.50. This differential applies between all imDOitant cities in the southeastern passenger association's territory, and the Trunk Line associatiou territory. The Seaboard Air Line now has the matter up with the iNew bngiana pas- - . - . .i 1. sensrer association, loosing to tne puo- hshins ot these ainerentiai rates in tneir tariffs. As sooa as this is granted it ii understood that the Seaboard Air Line will then go to the Mississippi passenger association with a request that they pub lish like rates lrom tneir territory. V hen this is done the Seaboard Air Line will have a differential on all business which it is competitor for, east of the Mississippi river. iliS Implement Co., I. w. PtmMmI. U2 E. BUS STSEET, RICHMOND, YA. WOOD, L. B. SPE5CEB, FORMERLY CALKS Richmond Agricultural Implement Co. ilV FARMERS NEED THE BEST AND CHEAPEST S PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, BARS WIRE, WIRE NETTING, it ENGINES, THRF.SHF.RS. , v, SAW MILLS, g BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS, rum ro, nmo( 'Ai WIND MILLS, K V CRIMP AND CORRUGATED ? Write for Price. ROOFING. ,? S '-i Cataloenes Pre. v0 "i 5"' ?!'' 1 -J''- ."V AJ! v""- vi? W vi? vrs- v;5 v.i? '-it? Hit '.,5'.. nougii 3?oOd, Hay, Fodder, Shacks, Peavines and Oat-straw for sale. Also Red Seed Oats. Apply to W. A. SMITH, Ansonville, N. C. T. W. DAVIS, Watch Maker and Jeweler . Has just opened np a Shop in the t Central Hotel in Wadesboro, N. C, whtre he is filed for doing all kind of re pairing in Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Engraving also done. He makes to order fane Gold Rings, lluttons. Studs, &c. All work warranted to be first-class and satis faction guaranteed. If you have a good watch always hunt a careful watch maker to repair it, if you don't your watch will come back to you in worse condition than w hen you parted with it. Try and you w ill be pleased. H. J. Bierman, I Commission -MerGbant PH. W. AT ROSE, Genera! Insurance Agent. Office Corner Martin and Ruth- " erford Streets, Wadesboro,, N. C. Sale of Land by Commissioners. By virtue of a dtcree of the Superior Court for Anson county, X. C, matte t the . January term 18VS, in the case of John J. Uunlap vs. Martha Smith and others, the undersigned Commissioner will, ou Mon day, the 7th of March, 1898. at Vi m., at the court house door in Wadesboro, X. C, sell to the highest bidder for cash a tract of land lving and being in Anson county, N. V., adjoining the lands of Dr. J. V. Hen nelt, t. T. Flake and others, containing lorty acres more or less, and more fully de scribed in a mortgage from L. A. Smith and wife to Suan ki Little, recorded in the orticeof the Register of Deeds for Anson eounty, X. C, in trust book Xo. 24, page S6, to which reference is hereby made. Saul sale is made subject to the confirmation of the court. This Febrbarv 4ih, ibVs. L. D. ROBIXSOX, Commissioner. Sale of Land by Commissioner. By virtue -of a decree of lhe Superior C.mrt for Anson fount?. V. C. marit at l Iu. i January term, lsv8. in tbe case of Chaa. M. ! Burns vs. V. G. Huntley aud wife, Fannie J. Huntley, tbe undersigned Commissioner will, on and dealer in all kinds of Country Pro duce, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Fruits, Veg etables, Pork, etc. Quick sales; prompt returns. Consignments solicited. Market ! reports, references, etc., free upon appli cation. 105 S. i ront St., Vv ilnungton, X. C. Wanted. Raw furs and skins, such as skunk, mink, musk-rat, ottr, larcoon, opposuni, etc, by tbe Providence) Fur Co., Providence, R. t. Buying agents wanted. VT AXTED TRUSTWORTHY AND V active geht lemen or lady to travel for responsible, established house in N rth Carolina. Monthly $65 and expenses. Posi tion steady. Reference. Enclose self-aid-, dressed stamped euveloped. Tbs Dominion Company, Dept. R., Cbica. Monday, tbe rth day of March. isat 12111 t at ine court nouse door iu Wadesi oro, X . C-, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, a tract of land in Anson county, X . C, adjoining the lands of W. A. Pol It, M. A. Polk and others, containing two hun dred aud three acres more or less, and more fully described in a mortgage regis tered in theofheeof the Register of Deeds for Anson couuty in trust book No. 19, page -3SI, to which reference is heieby made. Said sale is made subject tothe court rmatioa of the court. This February 4rh. isi. L. D. ROBIXSOX, Commissioner. 9 Valuable Town Proper for Sal My house and lot, near Mr. C. S. Wheel ers residence is Ior sale. Any one wishing to purchase may apply toeither Mrs. 1.. E. JMcColluua, Heath Springs, S. C, or C. S. IV heeler Wadesboro, . C. Ior inloraatioo S-
The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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