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VOL. V SANFORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 18*1 SABBATH SCHOOL. __ INTERNATIONAL LESSON TOR JUNE 14, 1891 HX) years old. David good use of it, but it part neglected, and as tty Bible to-day lying king.” As Shaphan Went, to rep ktngfConcerning the accompliahme work he took the book with him, hi read it for.hitiiaelf (H Kings xxii., before he refers to the book he count of the work that it is being accomplished. Josiah. the king, terested ih the contents of this boo] already acting according to home < oepte, although he was not aequ&i book. And Bhaphan read in it before the king.” Nothing so grand was ever read beJ fore peasant or icing as the word of the King of Kings, and no greater honor could be con ferred upon any mortal than to be a moutfaJ piece for the Lord God of Hosts. 19. “And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent kils clothes. ” By the law is the knowledge of sin (Bom. ill;. 20). and as Josiah heard the' ' law of the Lord he saw as he never had ha lf are how great the sins of the nation were. ■ Hte heart trembled at the word, and there 'fore he was a blessed man (Isa. lxvi., 2). What a contrast between this king who rent his clothes when he heard the word, of God, and that other king who, when the word was .read to him, cat it with a penknife and threw Jit into the fire (Jer. nm, 23-24) . 20, 21. “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, {and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found.” These men were appointed by the king to ascertain more fully concern ing these words. Sere is a priest and a king, but a prophet is wanted who will make plain the word of the Lord. i “Great is the wrath of the Lord that is .poured out upon us, because our fathers have 'not kept the word of the Lord to do after all that is written in this book.” There is more ' than enough in any of the last six chapters of Deuteronomy or in Lev *xvi. to cause .Josiah to have uttered these words; and it '-was manifest to all that many of these curses (had already actually come upon the land rand uponthepeqple becaua 22. ‘‘And Eulkiah and th« had appointed went to Hull the prophe-Jj ___ __ ___ HP __ SeJ'i/nA Josiah’s reign, or five years after Jeremiah j began to prophecy (Jer. L, 8), and we won der that they did not go to him. Zephaniab also prophesied in Jonah's reign (Zsph. i., ij), but for some reason the messengers go to 'Buldnh, who dwelt in Jerusalem. It may, , be that neither of the others was in the city 1 at the time. This is the only connection in JWhiob her name is found in the Scriptures, “Jdttkon'y mentioned hsre and in II Kings ‘ x-irsssrsrM?.privileged * ^ * Mk s Bre written in the book.” There comes a ine when, both in the history ot nations gnrt of individuals, God’s spirit ceases to strive (Gen. vi., il), and the Ions restrained judgments sure allowed to fall. This is still 'if1®,??3' ot m«fcr- b"t »oou the Lord Jesus aiiaII be revealed from heaven in vengeance pn them that know not God and obey not the ^^Ttk/h^e forsaken me. and have burned inoense unto other gods.” Many .Were the entreaties by Moses and Joshua not so forsake God, and solemn the warnings as go what the result would be if they forsook §Um (see Deut. xxxt, Id, 17; Josh, xxiv., S»). And yet that very thing they did, so Uhat the prophets and Psalms are full of hunentatiQns because Israel forsook the God Of their fathers. ’ ' 88" “And as far as the king of Judah, who ■eOkyou to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye hay unto him.” The evil spoken of was to ■sine upon the ungodly people, but the Lord Rnoweth them that are His (U Tim. ii., 101, and no evil can befall them. 37. “Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God when »bou heardet His words.” The Lord is nigh ■nto them that are of a broken heart. A broken and a oon trite heart, OGod, thou wilt 1168-foot World’s Pair tower win l> tons of \q4 post $3,000,. LATE SOUTHERN BRIEF!?. Knowing That Variety Is The Spice Of Life, We Present to Our Benders All the Home Hews, Fresh, Spicy " And Condensed. VIRGINIA.. Sheep industry is showing steady ap preciation in Virginia, ; ' - Charlottesville wilt observe the 18th of June as Memorial day. The Richmond Dispatch publishes a letter froin Prof. Job Atkins, a mining engineer, which chums an unlimited sup ply ol natural gas within 14 miles ol Richmond. ! The Norfolk & Western Railroad it looking nfter its tidewater terminal facil ities, and its last proposition to’the Nor fork city council, which was accepted; gives to Norfolk, Mahone lake as a park, after it is filled in, and a loan of $89,000 (to be expended in improving streets), returnable in tbrfee years. Among the late sales of iron ore prop erty we note that of the mine bank situat ed on theShenandoah Valley Railroad, about 16 miles southeast of Staunton, Va., by the heirs of Isaac Newton, to the Virginia Mining & Investment Co., for $55,000. It is said that the mine bank coveres about 58 acres of solid ore. A representative of the Piedmont Land Co. has taken up options the com pany bfcd on the Lewis and Price water power sites and about 2,000 acres ol land along the Roanoke & Southern Railroad. It is reported that $100, 000 was paid for the property, and that E. M. Stewart, of Roanoke, for the company, has secured options on othet property. NORTH CAROLINA. Trotting and running races for $500 prizes, will be held in Raleigh on 4th July. -j.. Gov. Holt has commissioned C. M. Jeffrey as quartermaster of the First Brigade of the North Carolina State Guard on Brigadier-General Otfcen’s staff. Philadelphia capitalists have purchas ed iron miues in Wilson and Nash coun ties and will develop Bame. At the commencement of Livipgston college, colored, at Salisbury, Cot A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, delivered the annual address. A $300,000 stock company has bees organized for the purpose of de veloping and utilizing the water power at Lock ville, in Chatham county, to erect twe cotton mills and establish other indus tries. The deal by which the Blackwell Bull tobacco plant becomes absorbed by the American Tobacco Company has post tively been consummated, and Presidenl J. B. Duke, who came to Pufbam from New York, Monday on thqt business has returned. Gov. Holt formally issued a commis sion to Prof. J. A. Holmes; of tire North Carolina University, constituting him State Geologist' in pursuance of the act o1 the recent General Assembly. SOUTH CAROLINA. The City Bank at Greenwood has chartered. 1 A.W. Ray was elected Prolate Judg r J. n. Kinglet of Richland county over , Gov. Tillman has decided to pardo Minus Simmons, colored, who was sei tenced in 1876 to life impiifonmeht in tt Penitentiary for murder. A commission has been issued by th State to the Garrett Hydraulic Motor Cc of Marion to manufacture the Garre! water motor. A party of young men at Laurens vis ed a white man of mat town and adini istered about 800 lashes. A mulatto v man was ordered to leave in one hoi The white man has a family. General Wade Hampton is sug as the next president of the South lina university. .Application will be made at the n< session of the legislature for a charter build a railroad from Barnwell to 1 gusta, Ga. Books of ' subscription have be opened to the stock of the Chesterfii A Kershaw Railroad Co., chartered build a railroad from Cheraw toCamdc The Confederate Veterans Associatii of South Carolina was formed at Colu bia Thursday, and Gen. M. C. But] elected president. This society suecec the State Survivors Association. TENNESSEE. Two new cnees of small pox have been discovered in Knoxville. The whole lo cality is rigidly quarantined. The students of Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Wednesday, elected a can Kentucky, and Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsyl vania. Bishop T. W. Jolce has been re-elect ed chance'lor of tlio U. S. Grant Univer sity, which embraces the Chattanooga didate for the degree of bachelor of ug liness. H. E. Bemis, of Texas, received a majority of the votes, and the degree will be conferred June 1®, The Harriman Boom Co. will construct a lumber boom on Emory river to con trol 25,000 acres of stumpage. The Nashville and Chattanooga Kail road Company has notified the secretary of the treasury that it is prepared to re deem June 1st *500,000 of its held by the government, together with -Interest amounting to *10,000. The following members of the House of Representatives were the committee attending the funeral of the late Repre sentative Leonidas C. Houk, of the Bee oud district of Tennessee: Messrs. Tay lor, Enloe and McMillan, of Tennessee Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, Mr. Wilson, of M. V. College, and the Athens, Tennes see Colleges, vice Hr. J. F. Spence, de posed. Dr. Spence, however, is retained as president, a new office created foi him. This is the result of a long and acrimonious quarrel between two factions in the board. Several new buildings will b» added tfee qawlog jht. GEORGIA. Charles Andrewi, a negro telephone lineman, ia suing the Augusta Elcctrir Railway Company in the city cour for $10,000 damages .from injurie received from an electric shock from the railroad1* electric wires. -% The people of Savannah favor dividing the first congressional district and say that "the seacoaat of Georgia needs, ana should have, two representatives in coa Xress.t’ Th«. Rev. F. B. Carswell, a Baptist preacher, of Atlanta, has been figuring on the prophecies of Daniel, and he brings out the year 1801 as the time when time shall be no more. His calculations are said to haw* impressed a number of people. Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has suggested th. t an Ex-Confederate soldier he placed at the head of the pension de partment, on the ground that no one could then accuse the commissioner of impartiality. » ■ ' The South Georgia Teacher’s Institute, in session at Thomasville, has finished its labors and adjourned. It was a highly interesting and instructive session. Gov. Northen end State School Commissioner Brad well were present and made ad dresses. FLORIDA. Fire at Liverpool did $12,000 damage. A railroad will be built from Oviedo to the Indian river at Coquina. The old city jail at Jacksonville will won be turned into a laundry and fibre factory. _ The legislature has incorporated the town of OrongePark. Tallahassee is congratulating herself on the rich find of phosphate upon her western borders. * v A bill has been introduced in the leg islature entitled “an act to appropriate the sum of $2,000 but of the general fund of the State of Florida for the pur pose of aiding in. the construction of a suitable building for the Confederate Children’s Industrial,school for the needy descendents of Confederate soldiers and sailors of the whole South in the town of Springville, St. Clair county, Ala.” The Confederate Corps of Veterans qf Brooksville had its annual reunion last week. It was attended by an unusually large concourse of people. The ladies provided a most elaborate and sump tuous banquet, at which the old veterans nnd those assembled regaled themselves •ifter the speech-making at the court house, where den. Dickerson addressed the people. Ceil. W. French, of North Carolina, made a stirring speech. OTHER STATES. S. D. Ford, while resisting arrest at Belton, Tex., was shot and killed by Constable Russell. Fully 2,000 people assembled at Ray mond, Miss., Thursday to witness the i xedition of Anderson Harris, col., for • he murder of Hon. Gillie M. Lewis, mayor of Clinton, on the 10th of last October. Harris made a speech from •he gallows, acknowledging his crime. The biggest orange tree in Louisiana ■5 claimed to be in Terrebone Parish. It is 15 feet in circumference and 50 feet high. Its yield this year is expected to reach 10,000 oranges. Texas is now offering temptations and donations, and enterprising companies •ire not only advertising inducements but ■re coupling their proffers with decided * vidence of faith. The New Birming ham (Tex ) Iron and Land Company an nounces that, knowing the hidden wealth of the city, to any any legitimate man ufacturing concern will be donated a site and a loan upon the plan to be erected of 60 per cent, of its cost. Longevity in North Carolina. Pigeon River, N. C. [Special.]—Not long since a paper contained a notice oi the death of one who was claimed to bo the oldest person in western North Caro lina, in Alleghany county, at the age of 102. , — In justice to the remarkable longevity of some of the inhabitants fef this “Sky land” region, it should be mentioned that Peter Mason, a blacksmith, died only a few weeks ago at the age of 107. On the Saturday before his death (Wednesday) be took a turn to the mill, a distance ol two miles. His health was good, and hi worked mere or less to the time of hit death. •*> Uncle Elisha Phillips has seen the sunshine of 104 summers. Not long ag» William Hampton died at the age of 11?, In this county. There are, no doubt, many other such cases in western North Carolina, but these are all from Haywood county, and are known to be correct from good authority obtained by the writer. Bought mi Own Tamlly, Charleston, B. C., (Special,]—Rev. Jacob Mills, probably the oldest negro preacher in the United States, died here Monday. He was 81 years of age, and had been an exhorter even in slavery times. He named half the colored peo ple in Charleston, and was the spiritual adviser of four generations of negroes. Since the close of the war he has been connected with the Centenary church, which is in the northern Methodists’ con nections. The funeral took place in the afternoon, and took the form of a public demonstration. Mills was given his free dom when quite a young man. His mas ter and mistress died soon after, and Mill’s wife and five children were put upon the auction block to be sold to set tle the estate. He bought them himself, and paid for them out of his earnings. Swept by a Scorching Whirlwind. Wathesbobo, Ga., [Special.]—The whirlwind that passed over the Powell place, at Shell Bluff, recently, had many curious features and resulted strangely and disastrously. It was so severe and of such .a dry, parching nature that it de stroyed between four and flvo acres of cotton. After the wind passed the cot ton weed, whiehlrefore was growing vig orously, would crumble to powder Tn the hand when handled. Harvard University has 885,000 bound volumes in its library; Yale has200.000; Cornell, 150,000; Columbia, 90,000; Syracuse, 75,000; Dertmouth, 98,500; Lehigh, 97,000; Brown, 99,000; Prince ton, 80,000; Union, 90,000; Bowdoin, SalTWty of Ylrgloit, 40,000, ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. News of the Order Prom Kan? Points. An Alliance E^cha^f BeMUiehed in Richmond.—The Ea«t Tenn enee Farmer’* Convention. - Hon. Jerry Simpson addressed an out door meeting of the Partners' Alliance of Loudoun county, Va., at Aldie, May 23. ****** Hon. J. 6: Bell, of AAerillc, baa been appointed Itfeturer of tte 9th district in North Carolina. / * * * * *-* The State of Oregon Jiad last week eighty-sis sub and tour county Alliances, and the brethren notified Secretary Turn er that they want to organize tbe State ■ Alliance early in June. ****** The Raleigh, N. C. , Progressive Farmer says: Brother Worth, our State Business Agent, tells us that he shipped more than seven car loads of sugar to the brethren during the month of April. The Agent perpetrated some elegant witticism about sweetening in telling us about his success, but we wejp too stupid 'o understand it. Richmond, Va., [Special.]—Tbe exe cutive committee of the Farmers’ Alliance was in session at the office of Major A. R. Venable, the secretary of the ex change. The question of capitalizing the exchange was discussed at some length, and was finally decided in the affirma tive. The establishment in Richmond will be the central office or distributing point for the local exchange through the State. Knoxville, Tekn., .[Special.]—The ■Bast Tennessee farmers’ convention as sembled here Tuesday, in sixteenth an nual convention. There was a large attendance and many questions of interest to southern farmers were discussed, among the leading topics ‘ ‘Sheep Rais ing” and “Is the Trotting Horse a Gen eral Purpose Horse!” The opening pa pers were read and were followed by a general discussion. The opinion of the farmers seeins to be that the native American trotting horse is the best gen eral purpose.animal. ****** The House of Representatives of the Pennsylvania Legislature has, by an almost unanimous vote, adopted a con current resolution looking to the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. ****** Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, now in Washington, says that he leairned from his inquiries in New York that, “perhaps 90 per cent, of the farms in that State are mortgaged for more than they would actually bring if sold now.” «•**•• The Fanners’ Alliance was organized in North Carolina in 18C7, the first charter being granted Ashpole Alliance, in Anson county, with a membership of five. To-day, four years later, the num ber of Alliances is more than two thous and, and the membership is over 100,000. Notwithstanding this marvelous growth the order is increasing every day. Every county in the State is represented, and the power of the order for good or evil is immense. A new lodge was organized in this county a few days ago, making about twenty-five, with a membership of nearly 2,000. There is also about a thou sand members of the colored all ance in the county. The two do not affiliate. Atlanta, Ga., [Special.]—A party of farmers were discussing the viciousness of Jersey bulls, in the agricultural de partment yesterday afternoon, when Dr. Hurmicutt, of the department spoke up “The common old Georgia bull is about as mean as auy,” said he. “I had an ex perience with one when I was a young man that I never shall forget. I found a neighbor’s bull in my cornfield one day and went in to drive him out. I had nothing excep- a small stick with me, as I did not fear an attack. But judge of my surprise when I went up to the bull and struck him, to see him wheel and charge ait me. I had no time to get out of his way. He struck me in the back, knocked me down and pinned me to the ground with his horns, one gracing my leg and the other resting immediately against my side. Had it not been for a big dog of mine, near at the time, he would have killed me. The dog, how ever, attacked tne bull, catching him by the nose and druggiog him away, thus saving my life. But I have never recov ered from the wrench to my leg, which is the cause of my present lameness.” >»**** The State Lecturer, A. D. Foster, of the newly organized Stfcte Alliance in Ohio, issues the following letter to sub AUiances in the Industrial Union. This has the true ring, and shows judgment and experience, and that Ohio is having the same tight that prevails throughout the North and South: “We find in many localities cunning poli icians, who are trying to get persona initiated in the Alliance to work for them by proxy. Finding things thus, we desire to say to every sub-Alliance in the State of Ohio that it stands you in hand to guard well your threshold. It is true we want every eligible person, who is Alliance first, last and all the time in the Order; but who comes in for special favors or to represent anything other than th,e true Alliance principles We have no use for, knowing thut one enemy inside ia harder to manage than a hundred outside. Bo if you have any person who is not true to our principles say to him at the first opportunity, by ballot, “Out of the po sition which you are not worthy to occu py." And say to all pcifons who want in for a special purpose or favor, “Gentlemen, stand .pack.” Wc haven great battle to fight in the State of Ohio and must have uuity all along the line. *• Sumter, 8. C., [Special.]—As adver tised the meeting of the 7th Congression al District Alliance was hold in this city Wednesday. The attendance wan small. Major Terrell, the National Alliance lecturer, made a private address to the meeting. When he began to discuss the sub-treasury scheme the doors were thrown open to the public. TtoJOfitififf mi&mtit ddre#*^ by State Lecturer Talbert. Mr. Talbert spoke quietly but earnestly and in a good humor, urging unity and work in the Order. Hi# address was without any offensive or objectionable feature, such as has been charged against him in other places. He is for the Alliance first, last and all the time. Thursday a large public mass meeting of the Alliance men and farmers of Sum ter county was held. Major Terrell de livered his usual address, in which he very strongly advocated the sub-treasury scheme ana the other aims and objects of the Alliance. Mr. Talbert also 6poke After Mr. Talbert got through speak ing Ex-Congressman J. 8. Richardson irose and announced that while he wai not altogether, he was almost a sub-treas ury man now after hearing Major Terrell . or words to that effect, and iotroducea a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, “that the 7th Congressional District Alliance stand as a unit in sue tainiog the demands of the Ocala Con ference, and that we endorse the position taken by Brother W. J. Talbert, tha» there must be unity within our Order.” The Alliance in Sumter county is very strong and is in a prosperous condition NEGRO PRESBYTERIAN^ What the Freedmen’s Board of the Presbyterian Church, North, Says of its Labors and their Results. Detroit, Mich., [Special.]—In the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day the report of the standing committee on freedmen was read. It says that the present generation of negroes will largely decide the character of ail the swarming generations who will come after them, and who, for good or illwill, so gravely influence the future of the country. The only solution is Chris tian education for him. No man can tell how much the negro can learn. He has just started, but twenty-five, years have proved good capacity. You will see to night several young colored fellows that look as well and can preach as well as ; many of you. Then they are coming to the front in various lines of business. One of them in Arkansas owns a street railroad and is buying another. They pay taxes on $1,900,000 of property. Their churches have been self-supporting. There is encouraging progress at Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C., Concord, N. C., Crockett, Texas, Cotton Plant, Arkansas, Augusta, Ga., Abbeville, 8. C., Danville and JBarkville, Va., Chester, Charleston and Beaufort, 8. C., and Pine Bluff, Ark., and we hope, to have one in Mississippi under the patronage of Illi nois ladies. We received from 1866 (our first Vear) to 1869 $126,298, from 1870 to.'1880 $513,326, from 1881 to 1891 $1,186,490 ; total in twenty-six years $1,836,026.21; total for last year $176,326.90. This does not include what the freemen gave in self-support. The total number of missionaries is: White 14, colored 120; catechists, white 4, colored 19; teachers, male, white 16, Golored 64; female, white 32, colored 85. Churches organized in the year 7, to tal churches under our board 269, mis sions 17, communicants added during the year on certificate 193, examination 1,296, total communicants 15,486 ; total Sabbath schools 259, total pupils in Sab bath schools 18,212, total schools 84, to tal pupils 11,029, total teachers 197 ; number of churches contributing 2,891, Sunday schools contributing 324. women’s missionaries and bands contributing l,*21v : The freedmen are here to stay and must be educated in the South. There has been much increase in their wealth, but not much improvement in their moral condition. Religious labor among them , is fruitful as almost nowhere else. We have been mainly laying the foundations —we must enlarge in order to make the right use of what has been done. NORTH CAROLINA DOCTPRS. Asheville’s Cordial Hospitality to the State Medical Association. Asheville, N. C., [Special.]—II Asheville has ever hitherto shown her self remiss in the entertainment of her guests it is surely not so in the case ot the present assembly of the State Medi cal Society. After the session Tuesday afternoon the doctors were tendered a most delightful entertainment by Dr. Von Ruck at the Winyah House. A more charming affair can hardly be im1 agined. Everything needed to make a charming evening was at the disposal of the distinguished guests. The feature of Wednesday’s programme was the magnificent dinner tendered by the management of the Oakland Heights Sanitarium, which was simply perfect in detail. The crowning feature of the ses sion, however, was the excursion to and banquet at Hot Springs, Thursday after noon. This was undoubtedly the hand somest affair ever given to a convention in this section of North Carolina. Death of Congressman Houk. Knoxville, Tens , [Special,]-Con gressman Leonidas C. llouk died here early Monday morning, from the effects of an overdose of arsenic, taken by mis take. Judgre Houk had been suffering from heart disease. Sunday he went to a drugstore to get a prescription put ■ip. The druggest made it up and put it dovin in a glass near another contain ing a strong solution of arsenic and he took the latter by mistake, Under med ical treatment he seemed to be recover | ing, but became worse towards morning and died at 7 o'clock. The druggist has been exhonerated. Judge Houk was the leader of the Southern Republicans, and was a man of much intelligence and 'force of character. He dressed in the most careless and slip shod manner, and .as a rough and ready humorist occupied much the same place on the Republican side of the House jthat John Allen of Mississippi does on the Democratic side. He was 6n terms of friendship with public men in Washing ton without regard to party. George E. Olmstead, a Brockwater, Pa., boy just out of knee-breechas, has been offered fi0,060 for a fire-escape ha has patented. Like a sensible boy, he is going to take the money nqdr |pv« him » good education, A.MEMORY OF THE PAST, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Jackson Re ceive 400 Southerners At Mrs. Mason’s, in Brooklyn. —The Misses Witherspoon, of MaysriUe, B. O., Assist at the Reception. New Yohk Citt, ffipecial J—Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Miss Winnie Davis, and Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, received more than 400 of representatives of Southern society in New York and trook'yn, Wed nesday evening, at the residence of Mrs. Dr. Lewis Mason, of No. 171 Joralemon street, Brooklyn. Mrs. Mason is the great grand daughter of John Wither spoon, a signer of declaration of Inde pendence, and her nieces, the Misses Witherspoon,, of Maysville, 8. C,, assist ed at the reception. One of the features of the reception was the presence of a negro quartet, which sang southern mel odies and played southern airs during the evening. The affair was spoken of as “a memory of the past,” and was pure ly southern in tone and representation. Among-those present were the Rev. Ar thur Kinsaling, the Rev. Wesley R. Da vis, Dr. H. McGuire and Mr. and Mrs. Dr. James, Mr. and Mrs U. 8. Packer, Lieutenant Brumley, U. S, N., Dr. Mar tin Sims, Dr. Raid, Dr. Kemp, Lieuten ant Albert Gibbon, D. 8. N., and a num ber of persons prominent in social life. Cards were read from well known south erners from all parts of the South, and altogether the reception was a brilliant affair. THE MONUMENT TO MR. DAVIS. Gen. Gordon’s Eloquent Appeal to Ex-Confederates Throughout the United States. Atlanta, Ga. -Gen. Gordon baa is* sued the following address to his Confed erate brethren: Hdqhs Unit’d Confed’hate Vbt’ranb, 1 Atlanta, Ga. { My Confederate Brothers: Upon you has devolved in a large measure the re sponsibility for raising funds for the pro posed monument to the memory of Jef ferson Davis. No argument, no urgent appeal, no special effort on bur part is needed to secure your hearty co-opera tion in this cause. You will esteem it not only a sacred duty, but a high privi lege to enlist in this work and to secure the aid of all our people throughout the Union. With unfaltering fidelity to every in terest of our whole country and sincere appreciation of all great Americans of every section, we will build monuments to our peerless heroes as an inspiration to coming generations, and we will erect a fitting one to our great chieftain, whose public and private life was without fear or reproach, whose services to his coun try in peace and war, will yet command the respect and win the plaudits of all his countrymen, and whose dauntless de votion to his convictions has scarcely s parallel in history. The details of the plans for raising the necessary money may safely be entrusted to the different Confederate associa tions, bivouacs, camps and local organi zations, but the committee appointed by the Southern Press Association, itself largely composed of Confederate vete rans, has issued a call for the people to meet on June 18 next, to take proper steps to forward the course of voluntary contribtions or other methods which they may deem best. This seems to be both opportune and wise. I thereby most re spectfully and earnestly urge all Confed erate organizations tojmeet on that day for this purpose, and all Confederates not members of any organization to unite with the people and assist the movement in their respective localities. Funds raised by the special efforts of Confederates may be sent to Judge W. L- Calhoun, Atlanta, Georgia, who will act as treasurer, receipt for all remit tances, and place the same in bank to the credit of the Davis monument fund. •T. B Gordon. Commander,,U. 8. Confederate Veterans. The co-operation of the sons of Con federate veterans, and especially patriot ic Southern women, is invited and assur ed- J. B. Goudon. Foreign Notes of Real Interest. The highest pried at a recent sale of Van Marcke’s pictures was $6,200. Twenty-three thousand bushels of ap ples and pears made the last greatest car t o of fruit brought to London from '"asmania. A member of: Parliament named Hun ger proposes that the Scotch deer forests should be bought and converted intc popular farms and pleasure grounds. A French dictionary to supersede even lattre is awaited, as the work of twenty years’ collaboration by three scholars. Germany’s new despatch boat Meteor *s, excluding the torpedo boats, the fast ' st craft afloat. Her length is 262 ieet, draught 13 feet, with 960 tons dis placement. Her engines develop 6,000 horse power, and at full speed she goes 24 knots an hour. A platform thronged with children collapsed Monday pear Chesterfield, Eng land. Two boys were crushed to death and thirty injured. The invasion of destitute Russian Jews cause alarm in England. The Daily News warns the Government that unless the influx is checked there will grow up an anti-Hebrew movement, besides which the New Orleans feud would be insignifi cant. A Georgia State Normal School. Atlanta, Ga., {Special.]—The City of Atlanta will establish at once~a State normal school for Georgia. Such ad in stitution has long been needed, but dif ficulties always arose. At a meeting ol the city board of education to-day Com missioner P. J. Morgan introduced a' res olution that Atlanta should establish and support such nn institution unaided by the State. Lecturers will be selected from ono hundred and thirty teachers in the employ of the city, and from distin guished citizens of the State. The school will be opened on the second Tuesday of Usting three weekf. A UNITED EXHIBITION Of Tennessee, Georgia end Alabama at the World’s Fair. Chattanooga, Tenn., [Special.}—A few weeks since at the instance of a pub lic meeting of the business men of Chatta- — uoga, a convention was called of repre sentative men from East and middle Tennessee, north Georgiaand north Ala bama, territory, known as the Chatta nooga mineral district, for the purpose of making a united exhibit at the world’s fair at Chicago in 1898, The conven tion was called for June 10th. Such great interest has been aroused in the project that it is now contemplated to, take in the whole of the three states named and make a united exhibit of the progress of the central industrial south since the war. The three states , will be asked to contribu e a fund of #500,000. The convention at Cbatta. nooga, June 10th, will be attended by several hundred delegates including the governors of the three states. Two Railroad Presidents Meet. Atlanta, Ga.,—Judge McWhorter is (’resident of tne f.shortest railroad system in the world. It is something mere than three miles in length, between Crawford and Lexing ' TO. ■ Of this road Larry Gantt tells a good ■dory on the Judge. “Hamp was in New York a few months igo,” said Larry, ‘‘and _ while, in Col. Ibhn Inman’s office he mllfw’Jay Gould illi w as introduced to the Wizard as the !’resident of the Lexington Terminal. ‘Yes,’ said Mr. Gould, ‘I am glad to meet you. By the way, Mr. McWhorter, how many miles are there in your sys tem?’ “ ‘Nearly live,’ replied Hamp. ‘ “All under one management?’ asked ,'lr Gould from force of habit.” Cost of a Capitol. Columbia, 8. C., [Special.]—On June 1st architect Niernsee turned over the St a e Capitol to the Commission i” charge. For the past fiye or six years he has been in charge of the work of com pleting the interior of the building. The work done under bis supervision has cost the 8t ate over three hundred thous and dollars. Work on this building was interrupted by the war over a quarter of a century ago. The interior work is now finished. Whether the work upon the outside of the building*called for by the original plans will ever be under taken by the State is not yet deter mined. The Attitude For Worship. Birmingham, Ala., [Special.]—The Southern Presbyterian Assembly revived an interesting subject through the dis cussion upon The second article of the re Sort submitted by the Committee on the lircctory for the Worship of God: “The standing posture in public, pray er is sanctioned Try Scripture, is dictated by reason, is a posture of reverence and service, is recommended by the practice of the primitive Church and by immemo rial usage of Presbyterians.” Rapid Transit in New York. New York Citt, [8pecial.]—The rap id transit commissioners to-day approved :he plan for an underground four track railway under Broadway, from South Ferry to 59th street, under the boule vard to 169th street, under loth avenue or under private property immediatelv to the west thereof, thence by viaduct across Spuyten Duyvil Creek and by tun nel or viaduct to the city limits. Thf motive power is to be electricity, or some other power not requiring c mbustioa with the tunnels. Going to Stop Hia Biggest “Ad.” Washington; "D. C.—“President Har risongfiliy^igmrminated and re-elected, but I slum not be his Postmaster-General in his second term. On the 3rd of March, 18911, I shall hand him my resig nation, and nothing would induce me to take this or any other Cabinet office * again,” says Postmaster-General Wana maker to his friends, as I have heard sev eral times in the past six months, and last ol all in the past six days, since the return from the tour. trait*. Ladd. The vote democatic The South at the World’s Fair. The determination that the South shall be well and notaMy represented at the World’s Columbian Fair, at Chicago, in 1893, appears very decid d, and the con vention to be held at Pulaski, Va., July 13, 14 and 15, is already reviving it* proper inundation in sterling efforts for success. A stirring call has been issued, and prominent gentleman diiectly inter ested in a full and fair exhibit of the State’s resources are aiding and urging every endeavor. The field for their en terprise is broad eno.ugh to demand every available assistant. Alarm Corsets. All Paris is laughing . about an American Inventor who is said to hare patented a corset that is to bring about the reign of morality at once. U ono of these articles is pressed by ■ lov er’s arm it at once emits a shriek like the whistle of a railway engine; and the inventor claims that he has already mar ried three of bis daughters, owing to the publicity thus thrust upon a backward lover. •* Cleveland in the White Bonea. Washinoton, D. C., [Special.]—A large portrait of Ex-Prescient Clevel painted by E. Johnson, was receivtd __ the White House Tnesday morning, and was, temporarily, hung on the east wall main vestibule in fuff view of every pe son who enters the house. It will I subsequently given s place in an iuteri other ’ Tregis -[Special.J lature met and after orgai ' rately met in grand committee, the returns of the April election state office™, declared that tbers been no election and then elected •dad by O re nizi
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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