SANFORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON TO]
1 .. may 34 1891.
6; “In the ninth year of Hoshea, the Kina
of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel
away Into Assyria," t Havingspent several
weeks with the servants of God, tbeprophsts,
and listened to thstti pleading with Israel to
return to the Lord, we now turn back to ih<
actual history, and this lesson brings befon
ns the end or the ten tribes as-a nation, until
they shall be regathered in the last days tc
form with thetwo tribes one nation, in their
own land never to be divided nor putted up
any more (Ezek. mvi., 21, “
auj more ir,seK. ZZZV1., 21. 22; AmOS ix
tfnu^i rebell*11 t*11 years of con
time nineteen Kings reigned’ovCT tt/ea7 no
one of whomdid right In the sight of tlx
Lord. .Shnlinaneiser. King of 1 “
‘ Of Hoshea and
—-s veafs took ft -and carried Israel
nto captivity (vs. 1-5). < ,
t 7' “F°rao it was, that the children of
Imel bad sinned againstthe Lord their God.
which had brought them up out of the laud
ftf Rownt 1) ofn ' 0^4 AL__L If_ a
--uuuut up UUPUl UUP news
of Egypt,” etc. God, through. Moses, and
through His servants HoseD, Amos and Jere
mmli tvwilro'n —__i._^ e__ _ . I ear* »
T uuoou,ruuus turn ti ort}'
miab. makes frequent reference to His bring
InIV thom nilf rap P.rwtvnd- no . -__i.L2. 5_
lug them ontofEgvpVas'a reason ~WhyYhey
Bhould obey Him. when He gave the ♦*"
commandments at Sinai, speaking to the
People out of the midst of the fire (Bent, v..
4-32), as He never did to any other nation.
He began by saying, "lam the Lord thy
prri. '’■opb have brought thee out of the
tend of Egypt, out of the house of bandage.”
i hen He gave them His commandmente that
they might keep them and live (Ez. zx, 1.
3; Dent, iv., 5; zzxii., 16, 47).
8 “And walked in the statutes of the
heathen, whom the Lord east out from before
the children of Israel.” 'Hot only did He de
liver them from Egypt mid take care of
them all through tiS^Sdemees, in spite of
their murmuring*, but He east opt nations
before them, and gave them a good land,
with ever? good thing in it, entreating them
to {poke no covenant with the nations or
their gods, but to walk in His ways, and thus
He might through them prove to all other
“Uttons the difference between the true God
and the idol gods of the nations.
3. "And the children of Israel did secretly
those things that were not right against' __
Lord _ their God.” Not only publicly bt
they “mingled among tin
neatnen ana learned their works" (Ps. cvi.
3®. In the dark they did wickedly, saying
The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath for
saken the earth” (Esek. viii., 12).
"“wj ddu uucui uu ujuniceo SUu
groves in every high hill and under every
green tree.” Even Jndah did thiBaleo in the
days of the son of Solomon (I Kings sty..
28, 83), and then followed the t
the templeof the King of Ef
four years after its dedicate™ ..
*?; 25, 28). When we oonsidar the
plam commands of God not only not to set
up these places, but to destroy afl such things
and places which the heathen had set un
ment Tvi 81 99.- Tit <n tT.
""" F*“VW> "UIVU tuo uvatuou UBU 0N op
(Deut. lvi.,81, 88: xli., 2), we are apt to adT;
‘How could they thus flv in the face of Godl**
11. “And there they burnt the incense in
nil the high places, as did the heathen whom
the Lord carried away before them;
wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord
toanger."_ Thepeopfe of the otfly living
andTrneGod, the Almighty, the Lorded
Hosts, the God of Israel, the Host High God,
possessor of heaven and earth, who done re
deemed them and cared for them, turning
from Him to worship and rely upon idols of
wood and stone, which oan neither see, nor
hear, nor talk! It seems impossible.
12. “For they served idols, whereof the
Lord had said unto them. You shall not do
this thing.” Besides the second command
ment recorded in Ex. xx., and Deut. v.,
listen to Lev. xxvi, 1, “Ye shall make yon
no idols nor graven image, * * * to bow
down unto it, for I am the Lord your God.”
Jehovah their creator and covenant keep
ing God desired to be their portion. He
wanted them all for Himself, and He would
be wholly for them. He would be their
shield and their exceeding great reward, as
Hesaidto Abram. And they should have
said, ♦‘The Lord is, my - portion, saith my
soul, therefore will I hope in Him.”
1ft ttVn^ T _L-J. -r_ .
iu UIU1.
13. “Yet the Lord testified against Israel,
and against Judab, by all the prophets, and
All t.hn RO0PC oouinir Tumi wn fwnn. —--!l
»11 the, seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil
ways.” See some of His pleading with them
in Tam 1 1A If. 1%. f. T_:■! Tn >
in Isa. 1, 16. 17; lv., 7; Jer. iii., 12; xxv., (h
Bsek. xxxiii.,11: Hos. idv., 1, “Tjius saith
the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, In re
turning and rest shall ye be saved; in quiet
ness and in confidence shall be your strength*
andye would not” (Isa. xxx., 15). Not only
dkrHeurge them to return, but He told
them hpw to return, and even put the very
words in their mouths which they might say
(see Jer. iii., 18; Hosea xiv., 2).
14. “ Notwithstanding they would not
hear, but hardened their necks, Hke to the
neck of their fathers, that did not believe in
the Lord, their God.”, On the last verse we
quoted from Isaiah the sad words, “And ye
would not.” It was the same all through
their history, till Jesus Himself uttered the
»me words shortly before they crucified
Him (Matt,, xxiii., 37).
15. “And they reieetfed His statutes, and
His covenant and they followed vanity and
became vain.” He is wisdom, and wisdom
is the principal thing, better than rubies or
gold or silver; but fools despise wisdom; it is
too high for them. In Jer., x., 8, 14, 16,
idols and idolatry are called lies and vanity.
When the pecfple of Lysfera took raui ana
Banmbas for Gods, and would have wor
shiped them,< Paul exhorted them to turn
from these vanities unto the living God who
made all things (Acts xiv., 1»). There
might be some excuse for the Gentile* of
Lv8trn, but none for Israel who had the
knowledge of the true God, and yet turned
a why from Him.
10 ‘ And they left all the commandments
of the Lord their God, and made them
molten images." The calves at Dan and
Bethel, and the idol groves every where, pro
claimed their folly. They turned their Inoka
on the Creator and worshiped the wo.-U of
His hands, sun, moon and stars, rather than
Himself. It seems to me that if we a* be
lievers think move of the gifts of God than
of Himself; if it is Heaven or happiness, or
our own personal welfare we are chiefly seek
ing, we are in danger of committing Israel’s
sin.
17. “And they caused their sons and tlieir
their daughters to pass through the fire, and
sold themselves to ao evil in the sight of the
Lord.” The Molochs of to-day arejMi&tety,
fashion, pleasure, the dance, the theatre, the
card table and to this destroying fire from
the pit how many sons and daughters are
consecrated God only knows. For an • vwn
ing’s pleasure many who bear the iw • of
Jesus will for the time being sell them l ive*
tathe devil. Jesus has bought our bone*
and souls, and He wants all there Is to us for
His gtory.
18. “Therefore the Lord was very an|ry
with Israel and removed them out
sight”“He could see them as wall in Assyria
as In Samaria, so In that sense they were not
out of His sight, but His faoe did apt shlna
His favor
Him anil
BW and left
_i to the' idol* they had ohosen. So will
He do with all who persistently turn their
backs upon Him. / '•
“There was none left but the tribe of
Judah only ” These He would spare a tittle
longer, for they had not sinned as grievously
as Israel, and they had not been without
sincere repentance on the part of some.
Hesekiah, whp did right In the sight of tbs
Pit* is extensively cultivated in New
York State lor its seed.
MONTH 0’ MAY BLOSSOMS,
Pleasant
Gossip In A Glorious
Climate,
Burronded By Nature Clothed
In Her Host Beautiful
Attire.
Virginia.
It is stated that Chicago parties will
erect 378 houses at Lambert’s Faint tad
■ 573 on the property of the Elizabeth
{.and Co.
A colored infant was killed and thrown
in the river in Danville by an unknown
party.
A heavy frost throughout Virginia
played havoc with the fruit and vegete
ole crops.
the Moseley rioters in Powhatan coun
ty hive been convicted, their sentences
ranging from sir months in jail to two
years Ih the penitentiary.
Dr. Baker and Mrs. Gilmer were in
dicted by the grand jury at Abingdon
for the murder of Mrs. Baker.
A collision,occurred between the rear
and front sections of a freight train near
Zuni station, on the Norfolk and Wes
tern railroad, and a locomotive and
twelve cars were wrecked.
Helen Gardener, whose novel, “Is
This Your Bon, My Lord?” has created
such a genuine sensation, reaching a sale
of 85,000 copies in five months, is a
descendent of Lord Baltimore. Her
mother was a grand nice of Sir Robert
Peel. The gifted author is a natine of
Virginia, her father being a well-known
clergyman in that state.
The Richmond Hydro-Carbon Heater
Co. has been been incorporated to' man
ufacture and sell heaters and heating
apparatus, especially by the use of hy
dro-carbon gas.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The electric street car people of Ral
eigh closed a contract with the Edison
company for complete equipment.
A remarkable phenomenon occurred by
the appearance of a supernatural stream
of light at a funeral at Trbor church.
The railway commissioner of North
Carolina has issued orders to the Western
Union Telegraph Company regulating
the charges of messages.
The postoffice at Eugenia, Mitchell
county, has been discontinued. Mai!
goes to Frank.
a posromce nos Deen estamisnea at
Umbria, Durham county, H P. Mangun,
postmaster.
Immense crowds attended the Musical
Festival at Charlotte, and it was estimat
ed that four thousand people were
present. A Swell German was giv
en on the clofe of the Festival in the new
postoffice building.
Archibald Andrews, the oldest man in
North Carolina, died near Hillsboro,
aged 107 years. He leaves a
brother, Henry, now over 100 years old.
They were born near Hillsboro, were far
mers and temperate. Both wen great
hunters. Henry, after he was 00 years
old, regularly caught over ninety ’pos
sums in winter season by night hunting.
Archibald wailked seven miles to vote
for Olevelend.
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Max Gumbert, one of the largest mer
chants in Florence, was taken from his
store and whipped in front of the post
office by Stackley Bros., two other mer
chants. The cause is unknown. Gum
pert was most severely thrashed. He
nas had warrants issued for the Stackley
boys, charging them with aggravated
assault and battery and suing for $10,
000.
A box of canned salmon came very neti
getting in its deadly work on Frank
Hayne and his family, who live at 4h
Reid street. The family, five ip num
ber, were all taken sick immediately af
ter supper. A physician was called' and
he pronounced it a case of poising and
that the family had had a narrow escape
from death.
A small child of Mr. J. R. Cato’s, nea.
Cheraw, died from the effects of drinking
some concentrated lye, which it thought
harmless.
TENNJSOU5B.
Mrs- Elizabeth Reed, mother of Opie
P. Reed, founder of The Arkansas Trav
eler and famous as u writer of backwoods
sketches, died at her home _ in Bummer
county. Of her large family only four
are-now living, being 0 D. Reed, Opie
P. Reed, W. B. Reed and Ml*. B. D.
Butler.
Humboldt and Gadaen shipped seven
carloads of strawberries yesterday. Man;
of the growers failed to get over their
fields on account of a lack of hands to
gnther the fruit. It is quite a misfortune
to this country that pickers are scarce for
the reason that the berries ar* selling for
fancy prices.
Tom Smith, now under f10,000 bond
In the Circuit Court of Lincoln County
for the killing of young John Brook)
about three years ago about a young la
dy, is reported to hare killed James
Wai efleld, whom she married since ths
diet killing. Wakefield and his wife were
On their way to McDowell’s mills, near
Pulaski, to visit her father when Smith
met them and fired two bullets into
Wakefield, killing him.
The 20th annual meeting of the grand
, lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Tennes
see met at Nashville with all their-grand
officers present and 61 out of 69 lodges
represented. The grand keeper of the
records and seal reported lk new lodges
Instituted in the past year. During 1800
over 700 members were added, making
tho membership about 4,800. The new
lodges organized since Januarv innr«s«
the'fiumKF'to about 8,00o. Thk Jfrknd
master of the exchequer reporta |6,400
in the treasury. The grand lodge de
gree was then conferred on 84 past chan
cellors.
OBOBQIA.
There are 885 divorce cases'on the
dockets of Muscogee court, about equal
y divided between whites and blacks.
Sheriff Wier has returned from
South Carolina where he went to take
Charge of Will Johnson, who had been
arrested inf QreenviUe, B. C.. charged
w^ththa ynjirder of JoBT *
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ens, Oa. Several days ago, no mot Webb
at Wright’* camp/on the Georgia. Caro
lina and Northern railroad near this city,
and escaped. He admits the killing, but
says it was in self-defense. The evidence
in the matter points to premeditated
murder.
At Mr. J. N. Darvis’ mills, on Little
river, the county line between Cherokee
and Milton counties, Arnold's postoffice
is kept. "Mr. Gregory, the miller, is also
the postmaster. For some time Mr.
Gregory has been missing com and meal
and postme stamps and money out of the
office ana mill. This caused him to
keep a close watch over the mill. On
Sunday he went to the mill and found a
young white man, by the name of Oscar
Swofford, in the null, with the money
that belonged to the postoffice, and also
some stamps on his person. A warrant
was sworn out for young Swofford. He
was carried before Justice Mastillo, of
Little river district and committed to
jail in Alpharetta. Young Swofford is
about seventeen years old, and is of a
good family, and has been well respected
up to this time.
FLORIDA.
A corporate company owning 730
acres of "land adjoining TompKnsaville
will, it is stated, build a new town to be
called Inverness.
Matt Armstread, the parricide, was
hanged at 11 a. m., at Quincy, in the
presence of an immense crowd of people,
chiefly negroes. There was an excursion
train from River Junction to give the
people an opportunity of witnessing the
execution.
The steamer Dolphin has arrived via
S., F, & W. railway from Wilmington,
N. C., where she was built for Dudley &
Co. She was built for the upper trade
on the Suwannee river, where she will
run in connection with the steamer
“Belle of Suwannee.” The launch was
successfully made. She is a steam-wheel
boat sixty feet long, and promises a fair
speed.
OTHER STATES.
The Bank of Alien county, Scottaville,
Ky., and Welch & Brown have assigned,
assets and liabilities unknown.
Miss Winnie Davis will unveil the Jef
ferson Davis monument erected by the
Ladies’ Confederate Monument Associa
tion of Mississippi on June 8.
Dr. W. H. Bolling, one cf the most
prominent physicians in the South and
dean of the University of Lotityville,
died Thursday. He was 51 years of age.
Edith Brown, of Marion, Ala., a beau-.
tiful girl of 7 years, was frightened to
death hy_ a St._ Bernard' dog. 8he was
passing'ilong thesfreef,’ snathe dog rail
viciously to the fence and bounded
against it, climbing up on the palings.
The child screamed and fell to the ground.
Passers by came to her assistance, but
when they reached her she was gasping,
and in a few moments the child was
dead.
MONSTER LABOR MEETING.
Over 200,000 Working People at the
Meeting in Hyde Park.
London, [Cablegram.]—The atten
dance at the labor meeting in Hyde Park
is variously estimated at from 200,000 to
800,000. The procession in connection
with the meeting included workers at all
the trades, And was miles long. Its
route was by way of Westminister,
Victoria street, and Grosvenor place. It
was interspersed with bands, and many
banners were carried. Traffic along the
line of march was blocked for several
hours. John Burns, Thomas Mann, the
President of the Dockers’ Unions Ben
iamin'Tillett, the'Avelings, and Mr: Gra
ham, the Socialist member of Parliament,
were among the speakers, who were as
signed to twelve different platforms,
which had been erected in the park. An
identical resolution in favor of a compul
sory labor day of eight hours was moved
at all the platforms.
From various despatches it is ascertain
ed that, in general, quiet prevails on the
Continent. 'A number of labor meetings
in Berlin passed resolutions favoring the
compulabry eight-hour labor day. They
were conducted in a orderly manner.
The city was guarded by mounted infan
try.
Shrewd Canadian Bank Officer*;
Cincinnati, [Special.]—A Wooster,
O., dispatch says, on the night of Au
ft SO, 1890, the farm residence of
hael Shelby, near this city, was forci
entered by four masked men who
bound and gagged Shelby and his aged
wife and stole cash amounting to $12,000.
Mrs. Shelby died from nervous prostra
tion brought on by the excitement of the
robbery. The detective’s bureau has
just caused the arrest of Henry H. Hinck
ley, his grandson, Harry Webb, and his
son, Daniel Binckley, who are neigh
bors of Shelby’s. Daniel Binckley was,
until a few weeks before the crime was
committed, a member of the police force
in Kansas City, Mo., where he was dis
charged. Among, the bills stolen was
one of a $1,000 denomination. Daniel
Binckley’s wife made atripAo Canada to
get this bill changed. Canadian bank
officials, suspicious of her actions, took a
snap shot picture of her as sbe was're
cctving the money. The men will also
be prosecuted for murder.
A Little Hero.
Montgomery, An*., [Special.]—As
the fast train from Savannah was chining
to this city over the Montgomery ana
Eufaula railroad, and. when about fifteen
miles out, the engineer was waved down
by a little white boy, who had discovered
one of the rails- broken. The point at
which the. rail was broken Was an cm-'
bankment about ten feet high, arid it is
believed that if .the engine had struck it
at full speed the whole train would have
been derailed.
Jack Froat.
Report! from all quarters are to the ef
feot that heavy froete prevailed through
out the country last we<*, and that the
fruit crop is badly injured. This will be
unwelcome news. Last year was a bad
crop year, and from present indication*
this will be no better. .:
LATE ALLIANCE NEWS.
Matters of High Importance to The
Order.
The Held Carefully Gleaned and
19m Cropjtaxoered War
The Alliance has planted its banners
in every State except four in Hew Eng
land, and these will tie set afire in a few
weeks. Oregon is next to be organists
us a State Alliance.
r . * * •
BUI Nye says offta Alliance mow*
meet: “It is backed by a power and
principle that when it wine, will make
the professional politieian hunt a cyolonl
cellar and take an mslmUa' with him."
* * *
C. H. Bills, of South Dakota, has ben
appointed national organiser, and is now
■ at work in New England. Late reports
are to flte effect that he is dojung well,
and, contrary to expectations, the fatm
er3 Ip that section are anxious to join the
• * *
Arkansas (Searcy) Economist says:
rphe Alliance is sweeping the whole Stat*
Texas, not only in the country, hut in
* -e cities, towns and villages. The com
pound credit system of Wall street,
which enslaves and robs the labor of thi
country, will be crushed out by the coK
* quering Alliance.
Outside of the States of Missouri and
Mississippi the Alliance', Kays the Natibn
.1 Economist, is having a general boom.
Texas is just now experiencing a revival,
"while North add Soujh Carolina are do
ing splendidly. Private advices from
Georgia shows that the Order is stronger,
more united and determined than ev&r.
The Weekly Union, (Butler, Mo.) sayo:
While farmers and laboring men of all
occupations may differ on some essential
ssues pertaining to their common inter
ests, there is one point upon which they
are practically a unit in sentiment —they
can never obtain a realization of their de
mands except through close organization.
Many of the “differences” which hare
kept them apart were purely imaginary
and are being dissolved by the inteUi
genee born of interchange of thought.
• * *
Returning from organizing Iowa State
Alliances, President Polk and Lecturer
Willetts attended a district meeting of
the Patrons of Toil at Moundsville, W.
Va. This meeting of delegates from six
ty 1 dges in the Panhandle voted to con
solidate with the Alliance, thus adding
2,500 member* at one time to West Vir
ginia.
* * *_‘
Southern Alliance Fanner (Atlanta,
*3a.) says: If every' man in America
owned his own home what a glorious
country this would be! What a nation
of patriots we would have! There is
land enough for every family to have a
a home, and the government which will
allow that land to be bought up by aliens,
is no friend of the people.
* * *
Lansing, Mich., [Special.]—From sta
tistics issued from the State Department
it is shown that the wheat crop m Michi
gan for 1889 costto produce $18,200,328,
and that its value wad but $16,728,803,
or an actual loss of $1,471,625. The to
tal cost of the corn crop was $12,269,032,
and the total value $7,254,245, or a \o§a
of $5,014,787. The cost of the oat crop
was $10,130,655, and its value $7,390,
457, or a loss of $2,740,198, a total loss
on the production Of the three crops of
$9,226,510. The value of the hay crop
in the State was 7.02 per cent, of the val
ue of the lands on which it was grown.
The total'value of all crops from the best
ssdata available for 1889 Was $54,490,231,
hay being second in rank, $14,016,194.
Chicago, Iul., [.Special.]—The an-,
ilexes of agriculture in the World’s Co
lumbian Exposition along the shore
to the southeast corner of the Park, will
exhibit, under roofs designed by Me Kim,
a sap mill, a brewery, a dairy, etc., and
a Fanners’ Alliance building will span
out of, Agricultural Hall on the Stock
Exhibit side. All important buildiegs
are to be on terraces, raised four feet
above the general ground as a setting.
Messrs. Olmsted & Co. are already col
lecting rare plants, shrubs, etc., in prep
aration for adornment of the grounds.
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The magic elbow-touch of working
men and farmera all Over this broad land
should be the great incentive of all. Per
sonal, party or local differences must be
banished, and the greatest good to the
greatest number should be our motto.
Those who would breed dissensions
among you or attempt to divert your
strength into side issues should be sent
to the rear and placed under guard as
aiders and. abettors of the enemy. Fol
low the example of capital, federate—
that is, pull together; close up your
ranks; drum up recruits.
* * *
The partisan press is just now publish
ing interviews with what they term prom
inent New England farmers, in which
they declare that they will have nothing
whatever to do with the Alliance. Ten
to one these prominent farmers so inter
viewed could not, for the life of them,
tell which end of a plow the team should
be hitched to, if put to the test. The
practical farmers, in thoir interviews, will
talk and act differently. The scheme will
not work. They also report the Alliance
is a failure in the West, and at present
badly disrupted.—Nevadn (Mo.) Indus
trial Review.
New Confederate Home:
Ralbioh, N. C., [Special.]—The Con
federate Homo was formally opened and
dedicated on the 10th of May. The cere
monies were quite elaborate. Many visi
tors from s distance participated in the
ceremonies, and a large crowd was
in attendance, especially the old vete
rans of tho war. Governor Holt made
the opening address, and Gen. Wm. R.
Cox delivered an, address on the life of
Gen. Ramseur, Who was killed in the
VeHej ©/-Virginia.
THREE GRAND PETE DATS,
An Attractive Programme Prepared
Far She Celebration of Meck
lenburg*» Independence.
At Charlotte, N. C., commencing with
May 20th and continuing three days, the
people of Mecklenburg will brilliantly
celebrate the 110th anniversary of her
Declaration of Independence.
The preparations have been grand and
the Queen City will crown her brow with
new taurels.
There will be three base ball games be
tween the champion Winston club of
North Carolina, and the Charleston or
Columbia clubs of South Carolina, for
the championship of the Carolines.
An exhibition of military drills and
manoeuvers will be participated in by
crack companies from many towns and
cities, including the prize-winners from
the Columbia Centennial, who will enter
the list for another prize at this great
Charlotte gala time.
Fireworks! $8,000 expended will make
a grand illumination of the heavens op
the evening of May 201 That is the
amount set aside by the North State
Club for the display.
A greased pig race is not to be despis
ed for a good, jolly, side-splitting laugh.
It is announced as one of the features ar
ranged for the pleasure of the visitors.
Great interest is centering in the fire
men’s contest. Heroic boys from manv
towns, constituting their city fire com
panies, will compete for the liberal
prizes.
Special excursion rates have been
made by all the railroads.
But we have not named all the attrac
tions for these three grand fete days.
The visitor will enjoy his greatest pleas
ure when he bowls along in Charlotte’s
new electric street cars, to be completed
by May 20, out to Dilworth, and is in
troduced to that beautiful “City of Ave
nues.”
Dilworth is a wonderfully located and
enchanting town site of 450 acres, almost
nestling wider Charlotte’s south wing.
Many hundred thousand dollars are be
ing invested in making it one of the
most desirable residence spots in the
Southern States. Ninety acres in the
centre of the property embrace Latta
Park and Forsyth lake, so^developed and
bewitched as to excite the admiration of
even those who, owing to some defect of
intellect, or a film being still over their
eyes, see no beauty in nature.
An immense sale of lots will be held on
these three days of festivities. The pur
chaser of a lot or lots will be rewarded
with the return of the cost of his railroad
fare to the sale.
Celebrated music will aid on this in
viting festal occasion.
Consul Corte Cries Sad Faith.
New Orleans, [Special.]—Sonor Pas
quale Corte, the Italia* Consul here,
-iocs not like th" Qra rd Jury report. “I
had taken pains to bring before those
gentlemen,” said Mr. Corte, “allthe doc
uments, papers, an I information in my
possession relative to the record of the
men implicated in the Hennesay murder.
I now find that the Grand Jury has not
used my information as I had given it to
them, and that much that I did say was
only partly made use of. The oath of
secrecy as to what transpired in the
Grand Jury room precludes me from say
ing anything more on the subject.
I will send a copy of the report and an
account of my actions to the home Gov
ernment very shortly. T!>e state of af
fairs consequent upon this report of the
Grand Jury may lead to serious compli
cations.” _
He Can’t Keep From Killing.
WinchesKy., [Special ]—Circuit
court is in session and among the ii.in.li
pal cases to be tried are the celebrated
murder casa'. growing out of the brench
Uversole feud, of Perry county, which
were transferred to this copnty on account
of the lawlessness existing in that section.
Among the principal defendants is
Frank Polly, who is charged with par
ticipation in the murder of Ed Campbell
and John McK night, and who is out on
<7,000 bail. While on his way to this
county hr stopped at a saloon in Breathitt
county, where he became involved in a
difficulty with the proprietor, Alexander
Davidson, In which Polly was badly beat
en and Davidson was shot dead. Polly
was arrested and lodged in jail at Jack
son.
Senator Horace Chilton.
Austin, Tex., [Special.]—The new
United States Senator from Texas to suc
ceed Mr Reagan is Horace Chilton, the
first native-born Texan who has become a
United States Senator. He, by the force
of his own talents and energy, rose from
the farm life, to which he was born thir
ty-eight years ago, through various expe
riences, beginning with the trade of a
printer, following With the profession of
lawyer, and thence into public life in va
rious prominent positions. It is reported
that in the contest next year for
the full term Governor Hogg and Hr.
Mills will be contestants,
The Sun’s Cotton Review.
New Yob*, [Special.]—Futures open
ed at three points’ decline, closing stead
ily at four to_ six points in sdvance. The
weak opening, in response to the palter
ing Liverpool market, was followed by a
quick rally, and then a steady advance,
most decided in the next crop. Froat
accounts began to be received from the
Piedmont sections of the Carolinas and
Georgia, and Tennessee. No great im
portance was attacheed to them, but they
worried the shorts into covering con
tracts for this crop and led to some buy
ing for long accounts in the next. Spot
cotton was firm and fairly active.
The Hand-Sh-ke.
Englishmen who come hero complain
l hat we are forever shaking bards. Tho
r oot should be on the other foot. It is
' he American in Engl .nd wCj should
r omplain that the people over there So
cot shake hands. It grows to be a
frightful predicament when it has hap
pened twenty tiihes in a day that you
have put out a hand to seal an introdutp
lion or a meeting with a shake, and have
“bund the other fellow looking at your
hand coldly, and not offering to put out
bis own. We are the ones to complaie,
not t]je English.
jVER the cross-tees.
Richmond and Danville Extension.
—The track on the extension of the
Murphy branch pf the Western North
Carolina division has been completed to
within two miles of Murphy, N. 0.,
where connection will be made with the
Marietta and North Georgia. The end
of the track last December was at To
motla, 22 miles from Janetta, where the
branch, begins. The work has been
delayed neatly by the heavy rains, which
have washed away the road-bed on the
newer portions of the line, and have also
damaged the old road. All the grading
is finished, and the work now being done!
is by forces employed by the company.
The country is very mountainous on near
ly the entire extension, and especially on
the southern part, where 14-degree curves
willjbe necessary. The maximum grades
are 4.6 per cent.
On the extension of the North Carolina
Midland from Winston, N. C., about
eight miles of track has been laid to a
point north of Clemmonsville. The
grading has been finished through that
town and Shady Grove to Mocksville, the
terminus of the extension. The branch
will be about 25 miles long, and extends
in a southwesterly direction from Wins
ton. The entire grading has been com
pleted and the track is being laid by the
company. The principal engineering
work on the line is the Yadkin river
bridge, which will have five spans, 125
feet long each, from centre to centre.
The road is being built with a maximum
grade of 4.1 per cent., and maximum
curves of eight degrees.
A * v +
Seaboard and Roanoke Branch.—
Six ! and a half miles from Pendleton,
Northampton county, N. C., a point on
the Roanoke and Tar River branch, west
to Murfreesboro, is nearly completed.
The road will be open by June 1st, and
will be operated as a part of the Seaboard
Air Line system.
Interesting Notes Condensed.
Ten thousand London carpenters are on
a strike.
The world’s visible supply of cotton is
8,137,391 bales.
Exports of gold from New York last
week were $4,570,770.
The American department of the Ber
lin art exposition is a great success.
The New York banks hold in reserve
$7,443,400 in excess of legal require
ment.
Caterpillars are so numerous in a swamp
near Charlotte, N. C., that they almost
prevent the passage of trains on a road
that runs through it.
Bismarck’s election to the Keichstag is
having its effect on the Government pol
icy, which is now more conciliatory to
all parties, especially to the Poles.
The American Academy of Medicine,
with a fellowship of 515, to which 36
were added, and the .American National
Conference of State Boards of Health
met in Washington,
The effects of the May Day excitement
continues in Italy, Austria, Hungary,
France and Belgium, and the working
men are only restrained by the determin
ed action of the troops, a number of peo
ple being killed and wounded at various
places.'
An English army officer says it has
rained only twice in 29 years in Aden,
and then only enough to lay the dust.
The last time it rained there was three
years ago, after 26 years of drought.
The Italians who are coming to this
country are not very desirable immi
grants. Their household effects consists
of a stiletto and a brass finger-ring.
A Western paper making company has
decided to spend $30,000 in putting in a
small, though complete, paper mill at the
World’s Fait, and will show all the pro
cesses of paper making, from the grind
ing of the blocks of wood into pulp tq^
rim of the paper into a web press, print
ing a description of the plant and other
information about paper making.
Embalmed to Hide Poison.
Abin<jton, Va., [Special.]—Dr. John
A. P. Baker and Mrs. W. E. Gilmer
have been arrested on the charge af mur
lering Mi's. Baker, wife jf Dr. Baker,
;nd an attempt to nluider W, R. Gil
mer, husband of the woman under ar
gHife - - ---- --—:
Mi's. uaKer uieu more turn a year ago,
and all that time it was thought that her
sudden death was due to heart failure.
Her husband, Dr. Baker, had her body
embalmed before burial.
In house cleaning and moving furni
ture in Dr. Baker’s house a few days ago
letters were found written by Mrs. Gil
mer. They showed that there "Was a
criminal intimacy between her and Dr.
Baker, and that she and Dr. Baker had
plotted Sirs. Bakcrls death. Mrs.
Gilmer thereupon confessed that Mrs.
Baker had been killed. Poison was ad
ministered, and it is believed that Dr.
Baker had the body embalmed to hide
the traces of it. It is also admitted that
Dr. Baker sent Mm. Gilmer pjson and
instructed her how to adm' aster it to
her husband. She dil so, but her hus
band’s life was saved by t _,e timely arriv
al of Dr. Gilmer, a brother ot the poison
ed man.__
Closs of a Chattanooga Revival.
Chattanoooa, Temn., | Special.]—The
great gospel and tabernacle meeting,
which has been in progress here for five
weeks, ended tomight. The big build
ing was packed and jammed to the clos
ing sermon, delivered by Rev. George R.
Stuart. There have been about 400 con
versions and 8,000 have asked for prayer.
All protestant ministers of the city have
taken part, and there has been a united
effort of all the churches. Mr. Stuart
announced to-night that Rev. Sam Jones
would arrive here neat Sunday and open
a new series of meetings, and battle
against sin and Satan in this great and
wicked city.
Riant More Peanuts!
America is draing away the population
of some parts of Italy with remarkable
rapidity. The exodus is most marked
in the Polesine region, on the Po, near
Parma, whor e 400 out of 3,000 families
have emigrated this year. Ninety-five
families ’.eft Orespino together last week.
Gavello, which a year ago had 5,000 in
habitants, now has but 800. Polesella
has lost thirty-seven families, who all da
pari*-1.**-*, ■ J.V *.;• Kit#!;
HE FORGED $1,560.
She Name of Si Wittkowsky, of
Charlotte, Used to Obtain the Money.
Charlotte, N. C., [Spec's!. A for
gery in which Charlotte wm interested
but did not suffer, hit been discovered. '
Two drafts were drawn on the Mer
chant* and Farmers Bank by the Bank of
Florida, in Jacksonville, the tret for $75t
and the other for (803. Both checks
were made payable t* T. C, Kellogg, and
signed by N. Wi*t$owjky. They were
certified to by J. B. Hotlsrn, and had
rthe appearance of being bona fide checks,
Shut the officers of the bank soon detect
ed the forging. The officers of the
Jacksonville bank were immediately no
tified, but as the drafts were drawn April
28th, it is feared that the tharper has
gotten to parts unknown some day*
since. . ■ / wS
Tlie name N WittkowrkT wee intend
ed for 8. Wittkowsky,tte 1'
learning the name exact. Who T. C.
Kellogg is or how he get the Mcrdhantl
and Farmers bank checks s a mystery.
Frank Hunter, Pauper.
Norwich, Conn.—Frank Hunter, who
had been a pauper all his life, and an ex
pensive charge to the town of Norwich,
died at the Norwich town farm a day or
twoago, aged 22 years. Twenty-two years
ago Ms mother drifted from Bridgep—‘
to this city with Frank, then an inn
in her arms, and she went up the raili
track to Yantic Cove in the afternoon,
placed the babe on the bank, waded into
the shallow water, and drowned herself
almost under the windows of the toiirn’t
almshouse. For fifteen years there was a
lawsuit between Bridgeport and Norwich
to determine which town should support
young Frank, who had been taken to tha
almshouse here at once after his mother’s
death. Six years ago the courts decided
that Norwich must support the waif.
Hunter was queer. He wac simple mind
ed, and had epilepsy. He was partly
paralyized and had hydrocephalus all his
life. An autopsy showed that his brain
was not larger than a base ball, and-that
it had been drowned by water in a sac
that had grown in his skull.
BcmitiCnl Experiment With Diamond*.
Ia a recent article on “Preclone:
Stones,” a most beautiful experiment in
the absorption of light by diamonds
which was carried out in Paris during
the exposition was referred to. On this
occasion a collection of 150 diamonds
was placed in a dark room. In a side of
the room was inserted a lens, outside of
which an arc lamp was hung. Thelsns,
which was employed to concentrate the
light, was covered with violeUcolored
giass, so that Dhly ultra-violet rays fell
on the gems, of which but three of the
entire number proved to be phofphores- —
cent. All the others assumed a beauti
ful violet tint. The two stones whose '
phosphorescence was most marked were
perfectly transparent white Stones, One '
having a bluish tinge. The phosphor
escence exhibited by these stone is de
scribed as extremely beautiful, and
remained visible with gradually dimin
ishing intensity for fifteen minutes after
a metallic cap was put over the lens.—
Chicago Newt. . . «S
What is Thought in Washington.
Washington, D. C., [Special.]—The
failure of the grand jury in the New Or
leans case to find indictments against the
leaders of the mob that lynched the Ital
ians in the parish prison in New Orleans
last March is the subject of general dis
cussion here. This disposes of the case,
and causes no surprise here, as nothing
else was expected. Government officials
will not talk about the matter, sod the
Count Imperiali refuses to diseuss the
subject. ’ . .
A Great Tobacco Smoke;
Cincinnati, [Bpecial.]—The large
frame tobacco-drying and warehouse In
Covington, Ky., belonging to F. W.
Dorham and Son, of Cincinnati, with con
tents, was completely consumed by fire.
To loss includes 300,000 pounds of to
bacco belonging to Dorham and Son,
SO hogsheads of fine leaf tobacco, tha
property of New Orleans parties, The
loss is $50,000 witi^ insurance of $18,000
on the stock and on the building $20,
000. Origin unknown.
The Gallant Cleburne.
The monument erected at Helena, ...
Ark., in memory of Gen. Pat Cleburne
was unveiled oh the 10th of H», Gen.
Gordon, of Memphis, delivered the ora
tion, and there was a military and civic
procession. A large representation of tha
Ex-Confederates of the Mississippi Valley,
many of whom served under the gallant
Cleburne, were entertained in handsome '
style by the citizens of Helens. -
Bride and Oroom Gowhidtd.
Columbus. Ind., [Cpecial.J—Chas. Jj.
Williams and tie wife, formerly Maggie
Dieven tig, who eloped f.om LouisvUlo
ind were married in Clark county, were
vigorously cowbided by the groom’s ii„ta
mother. WlMUms is only IT, and he
secured the performance of the ceremony.'
by wearing a false mustache and having
a companion testify he was of age.
Minister Porter Kay Return.
London, (Cablegram ]—A special die
patch from Rome says it is reported that
the American Minister Porter will shor
ly depart from Italy, leaving a sec eta
in charge of the legatie"- K
Prefers the Word “Vogro.
John P. Green, o colored
Ohio, ie opposed to tha term /
ican for his people, sad ad'
■so of the word negro.
Richard Reddick, of Beaver,
one hundred and fourteen,
chewed tobacco from babrhood,
ways swallows it when nl*
out of order.
The only onyx poltehtag tforka
country, located In RutMnd, Vt.,
removed to Missouri and engsgi
paring for market the vast 4
onyx mined in Crawford sad
counties.