Vol. III.
SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1888.
No. 13
A BIG RAILROAD DUAL.
PHILADELPHIANS TRY TO ^REA K
THE COMPACT.
Wall Street Sharpen Work to Unite
AH the Important Southern Lines
Under Pne Management.
(From tlio Philadelphia Record.)
A deal of gigantic proportions,
by which all the railroads' ill the
southern portion of the country are
to eventually come under the con
trol of a syndicate of Wall street
sharpers, is now under way and
should'-the pending negotiations
reach a successful consumation,
which it is thought likely they will
there will be created one *of the
greatest monopolies that ever exist
ed; a trust that will rule Southern
industries and manufactures with a
rod of iron and an' organization so
extensive in its ramifications that it
will eventually control the whole
section of country in which it con
ducts its operations. This section
is south from the Ohio River to the
Gulf of Mexico and east from the
Mississippi River to the seaboard.
AT0 INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF THE
oUl.TH.
The little handful of men who
even now are at work with all their
shrewdness and cunning on this
scheme are gamblers in railroad
stocks and bonds-^men who have
no interest whatever in the welfare
of the country in general, aud men
who would not scruple to ruin the
the commercial interests of the en
tire country if their own private in
terests could be benefited thereby.
In the event of their success they
will make their own rates for the
shipping of the freight. They will
control the output of agricultural
and manufactured products by regu
lating the amount of freight to be
carried, and, having a complete mon
opoly will dictate practically what
shall become of the goods.
T1IE FI11ST STEP IN THE DEAL.
The first step toward carrying out
the deal was taken a few days ' ago
when the Richmond Terminal Rail
road Company bought up tlio Geor
gia Central Railroad and all its con
nection's. This bargain has already
been consumated one half of the
$4,200,000 purchase money having
l.een paid.
AN ATTEMPT TO STEM THE TIDE.
With a view of preventing this
deal or at hoist of undoing wlint has
has been done the Law Counselors
Samuel Dickon and Joseph I. Doran,
representing Nicholas Thouron and
William Barr, of this city and other
stockholders, applied to the Chance
ry Court of Tennessee at Knoxville
for an injunction against the lease
of the East Tennessee Railway sys
tem to the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company. The Court di
rected the hill to be filed, and has
fixed November 10th for argument
I he applicant is made upon the
ground that, the Richmond and Dan
ville is a competing line both in Ten
nessee and Georgia with the Knst
r Tennessee Rond; that under the laws
of those States the leasing of one
road by a competing road is forbid
den, and a penalty forfeiture of
franchise is insured. It 'is believed
thut the consolidation of these sys
tems would be very disastrous to
the development of the resources
of the country abont Atlanta, Chat
tanooga and Birmingham by mak
ing those points solely dependent
upon one line of communication
with the outside world. By the
block given to the development of
the progressive interests at these
points it is believed that eventually
the East Tennessee system would
greatly suffer.
1 ~ mnniNO ttOB all i.inm.
It was stated yesterday by gentle
men prominent .’in railroad matters
that prices had been plotted upon the
Norfolk and Western and Shenan
doah Valley, East Tennessee and
Louisville and Nashville systems,
and also steamer lines from Boston,
Providence, New York, Philodilphiu
mid Baltimore to the South, and fot
the Riant system of steamers run
uing from Florida to Cuba anil
other West India Islands. Itealiz
ingthat they will become involved in
trie meshes of one gigantic system
that will crush them out of exis
tence as soon as it is started, some
of these corcerns, if not all, are seri
ously considering the advisabillity
of accepting the offers made to
them.
SEEKING TO CONTROL 7000 MILKS OF
' ROAD.
By the eonsHmatiou of this im
pending deal of vast monopoly will
control about 7000 miles of track,
extending through at least seven
Southern States. One main line,
sweeps from Alexandria Va.,
through Danville, Va. Charlotte N.
C. and At,lanta,Ga. to the Missis
sippi River at Greenville, Miss.
From West point to Danville, Va.
runs an important stem. From
Bristol, Tenn., another main line is
carried south to Moble, Ala., and
West from Clevelund Tenn., to
Memphis, and southeast from Cleve
land througn Atlanta to Burnswick
on the Atlantic coast. By the re
cently acquired, control of the Geor
gia. Co. the Terminal secures other
important lines from Birmingham
and Montgomery,Ala., Atlanta Ga.
Greeenville and Spartenbueg, S. C.
to Port Royal and Savannah.
There are also negotations under
way for the purchase of several
smaller roads that have.their termi
ni at important points in the South
and which will be essential to the
completion of the contemplated
monopoly.
WHAT TO THANK GOB FOR.
(Thurman’s Last Speech.)
No, my friends, lot me tell you,
you have many things for which to
thank the Almighty. You have to
thank Him that you live in a coun
try so bounteous; so plentiful as
this. You have to thank Hint that
you live in an age of civiliza
tion and progress; and you
have especially to thank Him
that you live in a country of free in
stitutions when* every man stands,
in law, the equal of every other
man; where you can walk with head
erect, as high as the proudest man
in the land and as much entitled to
respect if you behave yourself well
and live a virtuous and upright life
You have a good deal, therefore, to
be thankful for, hut you have noth
ing to be more thankful for than
that you have the rights of an
independent American citizen. [Ap
plause. A voice “Thank God.”]
Whenever you allow those rights to
be trampled on, whenever you sur
render your independence, whenever
you give up that God-bestowed
right which makes you the equal of
all men and entitles you to receive
the fair rewards of your own think
ing and your own voting, whenever
you give that up, you will no longer
lie free American citizens, but they
will ride you, booted and spurred
for their own interests and not
yours. [ Applause and cries of “ Yes,,
“Yes."
Quick Work.
(Buffalo Carter.)
•* The jute bagging manufactures
must feel nearly as biul as these
who staked ami lost their all on the
results of last week’s election." Hav
ing obtained a practical monopoly
of the supply of the material used
ill hugging cotton, they combined to
put the price to an .extortionate fig
ure) With one voice the cotton
planters of the South cried aloud for
a substitute for jute, so that they
might be protected against the ex
actions of the Bagging Trust, and
American ingenuity was prompt in
coming to their relief. The substi
tute has been found, and now the
demand for jute bagging has rapidly
declined. The result is that the
mills at Salem, Mass,, have been
compelled to shut down, and other
mills of the combination are running
on short time. This is swift retri
bution, but terribly severe on the
workmen who have been thrown out
of employment by the overweening
greed of their trust masters.
WASHINGTON.
LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
; —
How Mrs. Cleveland Tookthe Political
Defeat— A Beautiful Picture of Home
Felicity - The Pets of the Household.
Mr. 8. E. Archer writes in the
current number of the Epoch an
interesting sketch of the White
House life which gives a glimpse of
the inner circles such as is not usu
ally accorded to correspondents.
He says:
“That Mrs. Cleveland was disap
pointed over the result of the eleo
tion, she very frankly admitted to
the intimate friends who gathered
about her on the evening of Nov, 0.
when the day was lost and won, and
electricity was flashing the returns
over the wires to the White House.
“She sat in the Red Parlor with
her mother, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs. Vilas
and her daughter, Secretary and
Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Endicotti
and chatted over the disaster which
was clearly predicted after t'he news
from New York and Indiana had
been received. To those who were
trying to find topics of greater pleas
antness to discuss she lent a ready
smile and cheery word, and when
some (due would try to offer an expla
nation of the astounding news she
would dismiss the subject with a
quiet reply and talk to Mrs. Endicott
of her daughter’s approaching mar
riage. With a girl’s enthusiasm she
entered .into the particulars and
made many kind inquiries regarding
the event. Her ready sympathy
went out to Mrs. Endicott, when one
of the company asked her if Miss
Maty would live in England, and
that lady falteringly answered in the
affirmative. Miss Endicott, like
MrS. Cleveland, is an only daughter,
and the latter, with the impulses of
a warm-hearted woman, expressed
regret that the couple were not to re
side nearer to the old home of her
parents. Mrs. Cleveland readily
accepted for her husband and herself
the invitation to Ire present at the
marriage ceremony, and kept up the
drooping spirits of all present by her
animation and cheerfulness.
“The President was busy in his
office and did not join® his wife and
guests, and when the latter had de
parted Mrs. Cleveland went at once
to her own apartments to meet him.
“Callers occupied her time for a
brief period the next forenoon, but
she was enabled to get away from
the White House early in the day
and go to Oak View, where she was
alone with her mother until the
President and Colonel Lamont ar
rived for dinner. On Thursday
morning she returned with the Pres
ident and busied herself w'ith her
|H>rsonal affairs until callers came,
when she appeared as radiant as usu
al and as annarentlv unconscious of
self. Only her friends were admit
ted, and she seemed to enjoy their
presence. To one lady, for whom
she has a strong liking and is on
somewhat intimate terms, she said
very seriously: “I am sorry for the
President, and for his sake wish it
had been otherwise, but what can
not lte helped must be met.
“You will stay among us here af
ter next March, we all hope,’ was
said to her in reply.
- “‘Too early to talk of that,’ smil
ingly replied Mrs. Cleveland. ‘We
love our country home here and we
love New York, and we women fol
low our husdand's fortunes, you
know.]
“‘And you are happy, anywhere,’
said her friend.
“‘I huvc never had cause to bo
long otherwise.’ The old gay man
ner had come back, and Mrs. Cleve
! land wns soon laughing and talking
with other cullers.- This same friend
i in speaking afterwards with Mrs.
I Folsom, remarked upon her daugh
ter's admiruble manner and behav
ior, and in complimentary terms
spoke of her career as “the lady of
tire White House.’
“Mrs. Folsom listened and then
made ihe reply that from her ear
liest years her daughter had been of
a loving, joyous nature and not even
sickness could dampen her ardor.
‘She is always the same happy nature,
was the fond.mother’s comment as
she looked at;her beautiful daughter.
“In speaking of the defeat of the
President, this same fethority said:
‘You will never hear pf anything
imprudent emanating1 from Mrs.
Cleveland. She is wonderfully pru
dent and cautious iu all her words
and conduct. The President has the
greatest of blessings in his young
wife, and he is in his Heart too hap
py to be long cast down by political
fortune. Though older, consider
ably, than, she, he does not permit
her to realize it, and her affection
for him is extreme. Do you remem
ber George Eliot’s saying that the
happiest wife is she who finds com
bined in her husband the tenderness
of a father with the devotion of a
husband? Mrs. Cleveland looks up
to her husband with the trust and
confidence she felt as a child in him,
and she is very proud of her heart’s
choice. He is indeed that, as you
would have seen for yourself Tiiid
you witnessed their meeting after
one of her absences of several weeks
not a great while ago. Mrs. Cleve
land saw the coachman’s livery from
the car window at the depot, and as
she stepped to the door as the train
stopped she looked towards the car
riage anxiously. It was empty and
her face revealed the disqppoinment
she felt. The President was direct
ly beside her and saw her eager
glance and the look that succeeded
it. He smilingly touched her and
as she caught sight of him she impe
tuously threw herself into his arms.
ihe rosy blushing face was kissed
and the President handed her to her
seat and soon the prancing horses
had dashed away with the happy
pair.’
“How will she like to return to
Buffalo?’
“ ‘Mr. Cleveland has no interests
to take him back there, and he will
live wherever she will be hsppiest.
Tliere is no question as to his future
residence, and the matter was deci
ded long ago. He is ndt so ambitious
in any direction as he is for the hap
piness of the beautiful girl who made
a hero of him hefore she was out of
short dresses, and who looks at him
through the glamour of love’s young
dream. The only oomfort I find in
the defeat of the President is that
the public will have an opportunity
to correct some misapprehensionsen
tertained toward him und his wife.
He is a>peculiar man, but one of the
noblest in the world.”
"irom tmssame lady, whose fa
miliarity with the White House life
entitles her to speak, were learned
several pleasant facts all bearing out
her assertion that no home circle in
the land is more delightful than the
Clevelands’. She- said that Mrs.
Cleveland is extremely fond of pets
and talks of her dogs, coos to her
birds and caresses her horses with a
child's delight. But when others
are about she at once restrains her
feelings and gives herpets only such
notice as is a necessary recognition
of their delight at seeing her. So
with her school-girl friends. At the
table she is as dignified and mature
in manner as is the President, uml
far more gracious naturally, but in
her private apartments her merry
laugh and gay conversation are heard
continuously. When she has her
schoolmates with her the President
is ever ready with suggestions for
their entertainment; uud he finds
frequent excuses for going to her
sittingroom, where he is sure of a
hearty welcome. There is a kind
and friendly Welcome fmymjry one
whom his wife cares fo^Bl as a
host he is most urbane amhitlentive.
| The long line of Women who have
presided as hostesses of the White
: House have had new luster thrown
nbout the position by the graceful
| girl who was the first and only one
among President’s wives to celebrate
her wedding in the historic mansion.
She will be ranked iu coming time
with Mrs. Madison and Miss Harriot
Lane ns one of the throe most popu
lar women who have held the por
tion.
“Side by side with the queenly
Martha Washington’s portrait
should hang that of Frances Fol
som, the sweet girl-wifeof the twen
ty-second President of ine United
States.”
OTHER EDITORS.
It is thought that there will he a
sharp contest for the seat in the
Senate now held by Matt W. Ran
som, who is a candidate for re-elec
tion. Hon. A. M. Waddell, recent
candidate for elector-at-large on the
Democratic ticket, is an aspirant
for the position, and a strong one;
but there is. another factor which,
for the first time, enters into contest.
The farmers’ Alliances, has 00,(XX)
members in the State, all white
men and full of faith, which is to
support Alliance men and principles,
and who, it is said/twill press its
president, Oapt. S. B. Alexander, of
Meeklenbnrg, for Ransom’s place
in. the national Senate. In case Al
exander is not chosen, many Alli
ance men will, it is reported, favor
Waddell.—Reidsville Democrat.
The Landmark still sees in the
result of tile election more of the
sectional issue than anything else.
The great mass of the”Northern
people do not feel the South has any
right to a part in the administration
of the affairs of this government.
The Republican Presidents all dealt
with it upon that idea. Mr. Cleve
land has treated it.exactly as if it
were the equal of any other section.
He invited three Southern men in
his cabinet;he appointed h Soulhern
man to the Supreme Court bench;
he sent tliemas ministers to foreign
countries aud appointed them to
places ofjhonor and trust in Wash
ington. The Northern mind revolt
ed against this treatment of “Con
federate Brigadiers,” and felt toward
the President that he was com
pounding a felony. Then come his
veto of that father of all iniquities
the dependent pension hill, which
practically provided for quartering
upon the public treasurery every [one
who saw service in the Union army
during the war and is yet alive, and
the relation of those who are dead,
The act angered the Northern' sol
diers beyond expression and not only
the soldiers themselves and all the
the survivors of those who are dead,
but the families of both the living,
and the dead to the remotest branch
es, and these make a great many,
for nearly every family in the North
was interested directly or indirectly
in this monstrous scheme for raid
ing the treasury. Not stopping
here, the President issued an order
returning to the States of the Con
federacy the battle flags captured
from the “rebels” during the war
and stored in the War Department
at Washington; and then the “loy
al” North felt that he had sold out
bag and baggage to the brigadiers.
The angry clamor against him
girdled the continent and its echo
was not allowed to die out before
election day.— Statesville. Land
murk.
WEST VIRGINIA.
The official returns from West
Virginia are sufficiently ascertained
to warrent the announcement of*
the election of Judge A. B. Fleni
! ing; the Democratic candidate-fur*
Governor, by a small but sure ma
jority; the rest of the State ticket
being elected by larger majorities.
The legislature will stand on joint
ballot forty-six Democrats, forty
four Republicans-' and one Labor
Union independent The Demo
cratic I'residental ticket is elected
bystbout 1,000 majority. The Re
publicans concentrated all their ef
forts and resources in the personal
contest of Gen. Goff for Governor
and to secure a majority in the leg
islature, in which event he would
have been elected to the United States
Senate. Therefore the close con
test in West Virginia has been up
on the Governor and legislative
tickets. So make formal an
nouncement Mr. T. S, Rily, chair,
man Democratic State committee.
HARRISON AND THE SOUTH
Tht While People ol This Section Intend to
Control the Government.
Montgomery Harveeter.
If Mr. Harrison is governed Jby
patriotic impulses, and not by parti
san and sectit nal ideas, he v'ill set
his face resolutely against the men
who threaten the reconstruction of
the South.
Augusta Chronicle.
The people of Georgia and gthe
people of the South must stand to
gether in favor of white supremacy
and good government. In this rests
our only hope for the development
and civilization of the Southern
States.
Savannah News.
President Harrison can relieve
the Southern people of a burden of
apprehensions by announcing in his
inaugural address ihat he will not
pursue a policy calculated to breed
race, troubles, and that he recogni
zes that the race problem can be
solved more readily by the Southern
people themselves, and without out
side interfernce.
Macon News,
We bespeak for Southern men
alive to the interest of their section
and its great possibilities a fair and
manly reception of the’ administra
tion to be inaugurated by Gen. Har
rison.
Macon Telegraph.
What the Republican policy to
ward the South will be is, of course,
very' uncertain. It is possible
that it may be directed
toward dividing the white vote rath
er than toward keeping the negro
vote solid. The latter policy",, pur
sued for twenty-five years, has ' de
prived the party of all power in the
South. The solid negro vote has
l>een a source of weakness instead
of strength, because |.it forced all
white men into opposition.
Memphis Avalanhee.
What causers left open to the
Democratic party of the South? We
must wait and see. If it is shown
that the policy at which we hinted
is to be pursued, the necessity for
strict organization with the Demo
crats of the South becomes of para
mount importance. If for no other
reason than that of self-protection,
it is in the highest degree important
that they should stand together to
a man.
Brunswick News.
The country has progressed too
far from the era of civil war to tol
erate the opening of old wounds.
In spite of all the efforts of dema
gogues the several sections have been
drawn closer together by business in
terests, and it is not at all likely
that these interests will permit the
South to suffer.
Jackson Clarion Ledger.
It matters not who is the Pres
ident of the United States, a large
majority of the people down this
w*y, white and black have got to
work just the same for their daily
bread.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
If the Newly elected President
goes wrong the people will very soon
put him straight again; if the re
publican party uttempts to play any
fantastic tricks or distinguish the
peace and prosperity of the South
and the country at large, it will be
relegated by the people—its masters
—to sudden and deserved obscurity.
HARRISON S.SOUTHERN POLICY.
He Will Express His JViaws Opportunely and
May Change Them
Augusta, Ga., Now 19th.—The
Chronicle of this city says:
To insure some expression from
the President-elect on subjects which
are now nearest the Southern peo
ple, the Chronicle addressed a com
munication to Indianapolis last
week, to which the following reply
has been received:
“Editors Augusta Chronicle:
Your letter of November 10th has
been received. I do not feel that I
can comply with your invitation to
write something upon what is com
monly called the “Southern ques
tion, for publication in your paper.
I have declined all overtures of the
correspondents here to submit, to
any interviews or to outline any
politics. What I have said dur
ing the campaign is accessr
ible to you. When ah ap
propriate time comes, I shall’ not
hesitate to express such views as Jjl
hold, and shall hold, all my, views
subject to. further modification.
Very truly yours,
Bemjamin Harrison.
CLEVER CHURCHILL.
A Sensible Speech From a Dashing,
Brilliant, Growing, British Statesman
-West Was Indiscreet
London, Nov. 17.—Lord Ran
dolph Churchill in a speech at Had
dington to-day, said that; he attach
ed the greatest importance to this
country maintaining an impeturablo
and friendly attitude towards Amer
ica. He thought that Cleveland’s
attitude towards it after the reaction
of the fisheries treaty unfortunate
but the utmost allowance ought to
be made for the America position at
the time. In regard to the dismis
sal of Lord Sackville, though the
President’s action was sharp, the
speaker deprecated the menacing
sneers and sulks indulged in here.
“A war” said Lord Randolph, be
tween England and America, would
be more attrocious and dangerous
than any waged since G od ‘ created '
the earth."
He trusted that the minister’s
policy toward the new government
at Washington, would be conceived
with the view of England’s best al
lies on all questions, producing a
durable friendship between the En
glish speaking races, and guarantee
ing to humanity the true blessings
ofliberty and peace. Lord Randolph
approved the government’s course in
repressing crime in Ireland and also
strongly advocated the restridion
of liquor tariff.
LonPom, Nov. 17.—In a speech
at Paddington to-day, Lord Ran
dolph Churchill expressed the hope
that the post of Minister to Wash
ington would soon be filled. He
said there was no doubt that Lord
Sackville had been primarily indis
creet, and - made an inexcusable
blunder. No fault could be found
with the U. S. Government’s action
towards the minister. The Ameri
can people were essentially just and
proud of their relations with other
nations.
The speaker depreciated the in
sulting and menacing articles which
had appeared in the English press
regarding Lord Sackville’s dismissal,
and said thatevery Englishpian ought
to inform the Americans that they
cherish no ill feeling toward thorn. •
Lord Randolph's remarks was
received with cheers.
Supreme Court Decisions..
(From 'Sowb and Obaorver.i
Currie vs. Clark.
When a plaintiff brings an action
to recover possession of land, claim
ing title under a sale on execution,
and the defendant sets up a defense
that the judgement on which the ex
ecution issued was dormant,it is pro
per for the cdhrt to set aside the ex
ecution and having the land and the
judgement with its lien brought be
fore it on the equitable defenso of
the defendant, to make an order for
the salw of 4he-land to satisfy • the
lieu if the same be not otherwise
paid by a stated day. But in such
cases, since the action was begun to
recover! possession, costs' will bo
awarded against the plaintiff. "
Currie vs. Clark, guardian.
A bond executed in 1858 is gov
erned by the statute of presump
tions in the revised code, which is
not a statute of limitations. When
in a suit on such a bond- the. jury
finds as a fact thut the bond has not
been paid, it does hot matter wheth
er the suit was brought within ten
years or after ten years.
It is stated* that the maid of tlio -- •
mist is liemg^ courted by the nittE—
beau.—Life,