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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1890
FATHER BOYIE ACQUITTED.
The second trial of Father
Boyle, accused of ravishing Ge
neva Whitaker of Raleigh, took
place last week in the superior
court of Wake, Judge ilcRae
presiding. After two days the
jury returned a verdict of j "not
guilty." On his first trial last
fall Father Boyle . was found
guilty. An appeal was taken
to the supreme court and a new
atrial granted. However great
the condemnation of father
Boyle's action, the public mind
concedes the justice of the ver
dict. The facts did not make
out a case of rape. Every cir
cumstance upon which to base
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a prejudice was arraigned
against him and yet the; jury,
superior to such motives, apquits
him of the crime. I
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
This Spring will witness prob
ably the most disastrous over
flow which the lower Missis
sippi valley has ever experi
enced. Numerous immense
crevasses have already occurred
below Memphis; and large por
tions of the rich alluvial oil of
if
Arkansas, Mississippi and Lou
isiana are, .under water. The
storms in the west of last I week
with heavy rains will (again
flood the Ohio and Missouri riv
ers, making the overflow n the
lower Mississippi still worjse.
Sergeant Dunn's sensational
predictions to the effect th it the
city of New Orleans wall be
overwhelmed and life there will
not be worth five cents s be
yond doubt an ignorant and ex
aggerated statement. ' It is rid
iculed by the New Orleans pa
pers and to those familiar with
conditions on the lower Missis
sippi is absurd. Nevertheless
the damage to property through
out the valley will no doubt be
immense.
THE ANTI-LOTTERY LEAGUE.
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An anti-lottery league has
been organized in New Or eans,
composed of a number of busi
ness men and politicians. TKis
organization will make a vigor
ous fight against the proposed
extension of the charter of the
Louisiana Lottery Company."
The anti-lotterv league has is
sued a circular in which itcalls
attention to the effort Of the
lottery to secure a renewal of
its charter, says the passage of
a constitutional amendment to
that effect would imperil the
Democratic party iirfthe .State,
and would involve virtually a
submission of the question to
the decision of the coloredj vote,
and that it behooves all j good
citizens who desire the abolition
of this great gambling mstitu-
tion and the removal of its cor
rupting influence from politics
to give a helping hand in the
contest. In conclusion it urges
organization in every parish in
the State, and calls upon the
leading spirits in each locality
to join. .
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS .
The applauding of father
upon his acquittal )f the
charge of rape in Raleigh was
I remarkable. There is certainly
nothing in the history of the
case, whether rape or not jrape,
which calls for that sort of
demonstration. The only pos
sible apology for it seems to be
in the idea that justic tri
umphed in the face of prejudice.
But that Boyle should receive
any personal consideration and
be called on, as he was, for) a
speech, was
carrying the reac
tion in his favor rather too far.
The greatest damage by the
cyclone in the West seems to
tiave been in small towns j in
Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee.
Several of these were complete
ly wiDed out with much loss of
life.
V A.
The Charlotte News has been
enlarged and has new type! It
is greatly improved in appear
ance and continues to be the
best local paper in the State.
The Drift ; in Massachusetts
The publication of the leading
features of
the McKinley I bill
has thrown
the manufacturers
of Massachusetts into a state of
mind. They had hoped I for
some concessions to New Eng
land's industries, but find that
Pennsylvania ideas dominate
and that they are left out in the
cold. Free wool is deemed very
desirable by them, for they
have seen the advantage of free
hides and untaxed leather ; and
free coal th'ey say they must
have. Their cry of distress has
fallen on deaf ears, and their
disappointment is keen. There
is consequently a great commo
tion m the Bay State. Associ
ations are forming on different
lines from those that have here
tofore sustained the Republican
party in that section, and j Re
publican firrns are not a whit
behind their Democratic breth
ren in the new departure. The
Legislature has been asked to
petition Congress to give j the
desired relief.
JThe proposition to tax hides
has stirred up the boot and shoe
men particularly, and there
seems to be an impression that
this, together with the general
drift of the bill, will result in
swinging the pendulum on the
side of the democratic conten
tion for freeij trade, j
Mr. Means, the noted shoe
manufacturer, having 'under
stood that Congressman Morse
was opposing the duty on hides
because there are shoe factories
in his district, has addressed
him an open letter begging him
not to do so, but to pile on the
tax. He gives his reasons as
follows : ' . j1 ; j- H
1st. Because wool is the key
stone of your protection arch,
and if' we can knock that lout
your whole flimsy structure
tumbles down. I
2d. Because " consistency is
a jewel," and if you protection
ists wish - to j be consistent you
ought to put'a duty on hides so
long as you keep a duty on
wool. f
3d. Because the people of this
country do not yet fully appre
ciate the fapt that a duty on
wool is an Oppressive burden
upon them all, and this fact
will be appreciated when it is
taught by a proper object les
son. Such ah object lesson will
be furnished by a duty on hides;
this duty, if imposed, will j de
moralize the whole shoe and
leather industry for about six
months, and thus expose in its
nakedness the mischief work
ing scheme which your party
chooses to call ' ' protection for
American labor." :
4th. Because the thing which
you call protection has been
and is nothing more nor less
than a government pudding.
The pudding seekers swarnl to
Washington, each one trying to
see how much he can get. The
pudding distributors are vainly
trying to satisfy the seekers!
The impossibility of harmoniz
ing conflicting interests will
make it impossible for you to
continue the! distribution of I fa
vors to those who come to
Washington falsely claiming to
represent the j people.
5th. Because I have been
taught by (practical j business
experience to believe that pur
country cannot attain the high
est possible industrial prosperity
until every particle of the pro
tection element is eliminated
from our tariff schedule, and
because I believe that the plac
ing of a duty on hides will
quickly bring about this result!
Cth. Because I believe in a
tariff for revenue only, while
you believe in a tariff for polU
tics only, and because I would i
like to see you and your protec
tionist friends commit political
suicide by an act of supreme
folly. - !) .-!.. !
7th. Because it is beautiful to
see the advocates of a tariff I for
politics only! tying themselves
up in a knot,' and because the
tighter you tie the knot, the
better it is for the interests of
the people. 1 1 I ! if
8th. Because you protection-
ists have it in your power to
make the hide -a"n instrument
for the salvation of our indus
tries. If you put a duty upon
it, we shall struggle and suffer
for a few months, and after
that American industries and
American labor will be able to
entirely throw off the burden of
all oppressive tariff taxation,
and will enjoy all the prosper-
ity which your party now
de
nies them. j
Does . Farming-, Pay ?
The State Chronicle, after
commenting upon the loss sus
tained by farmers in the cotton
section, says :
While this temporary depres
sion rests heavily upon a large
body of our farmers, it is grati
fying to know that in the j to
bacco section of the State,
although the! crop has! not
been large, ihe farmers have
been paid larger prices for their
tobacco and are more prosper-
ous than for
best part of
years. And the
this is that the
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bright tobacco belt, which was
once supposed! to embrace only
a few counties, extends from
the Virginia line to Pitt county
on one hand, and to South Car
olina in another direction. Five
years ago Nash county had
never raised ahy bright tobacco
and its farmers did not know
that the soil was adapted to it.
A number of farmers tried it,
and now Nash ranks with the
best of the old! tobacco counties.
On the 14th of j February Mr. R.
H. Ricks, a praminent farmer
of Nash, sold in Henderson, 22
lots of tobacco 4,579 pounds,
for $1,934.77, an average for all
grades of $42.25 per 100 pounds.
He had in tobacco i last year 45
acres and will javerage for the
entire crop $45 per 100 pounds.
Mr. Ricks says that farming
does pay, and will this year
plant 75 acres intobacco.TWhat
is true of Nash is in less meas
ure true of j Wilson county,
which is preparing to follow
the example of Nash. !
Vance county farmers find
that farming! pays well. In
December, 1889, Mr.1 D. YJ Coop
er bought a farm -of 519! acres,
3i miles from Henderson, for
which he paid in cash $5,080.
This year the crop of tobacco
alone on that farm ' will bring
him from $6,500 to j $7,000. Mr.
Cooper owns three farms near
Henderson which cost him about
$10,000. Theyj pay! him annu
ally a 20 per cent, dividend.! Of
course he has the best tenants
that can be had, and makes
every edge cut'. But so do, all
men who understand their bus
iness. What 'enterprise in the
State is paying so ! handsome a
dividend ? Mr. Cooper says
that raising bright tobacco does
pay, and pay handsomely. On
the same road,
neighborhood
and in the same
in
which ! Mr.
Cooper's 518 acre farm is situ
ated, are othpr farmers who
have done quite as well with
tobacco. Mr. S. H. Satterwhite,
a progressive I young farmer,
sold the product of two; acres
for $695.50. For about 200 acres
of land he paic( $1,000, and now
from two acres he gets nearly
enough to pay the purchase
price. The value of his tobacco
crop alone this year will be
about $5,000, ahd it has not cost
him to exceed $1,000 to make it.
Besides the tobacco, he j has
made all his supplies. On the
same road Mr. Frank Wortham
and Me Thomas Bj Floyd, both
progressive young farmers,
made a success. Mr. Wortham
solcl one 2 -horse load of tobacco
for $650.55. His crop will brine:
mm aDont $i,uuu, and hq made
it and his supplies
at a qost of
about SI, 000. Mr
Floyd, with
two horses, will sell his crop for
$3,000. In this same neighbor
hood we might give the experi
ence of other gentlemen who
will answer the question ("Does
tarming pay? in the affirma
tive.
Mr. Roswell Pettibone Flower
Representative in Congress from
New York, has j been frank
enough to declare that .the New
York delegation wciuld Vote for
a $25,000,000 River and Harbor
bill on condition that New York
should get a fair share j of the
"pie." Such is statesmanship
in this favored! land of the free!
Philadelphia Record.
"The Court Bureau Limited,"
is the name of a
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unaer emi
nently respectable directorship,
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to act as a sort of social clear-
ing-house, through
which cards
and invita-
may be exchonged
tions issued and received
The Brooklyn Eagle has
4 'slated" three New (York states
men in the following order:
Cleveland for President, Mayor
Chapin for Governor, and Gov.
Hill for United States Senator.
Cutting and Arranging Food.
! It pays to be nice about it.
Never use any but the bread
knife to slice bread, and if pos
sible cut no more than is actu
ally needed.
! It is a good plan to follow the
modern fashion of "slice as
wanted," though this may savor
of stinginess to our country
mothers.; A lot of bread to dry
is not economical. It does not
add to thej attractiveness! of the
table, especially if a lot of
crumbs are allowed to remain,
hence we bay cut just enough,
j See to it also that your i knife
is sharp, or your slices will be
ragged and irregular, j Evenly
cut slices, not too thick or two
fchih, are! more tempting. !
In cutting a pie that is to
race the table before ! serving
it is well'to bring geometrical
fitness to j bear. The. eye and a
little trained carefulness will
generally jdo it. A chicken pie
so cut that some pieces are a
third larger than others is not
illustrativje of this carefulness.
In the cutting of pies, as all
other things, it is a good plan
to do it j Well. A pie that is
carefully, neatly trimmed round
the edge in making looks nicer
upon the table or plate and slips
upon the I knife better. j.
Perhaps' all housekeepers are
not as careful to have a cake
knife as one for bread, but I
consider it quite essential. Only
yesterday
ate a piece of cake
1 am sure
was cut witn a Joiiie
used in peeling onions iust be
fore, and it did not add to the
flavor of t ie cake. And again,
cut cake into regular blocks;
calculate! a little before begin
ning; you will have a nicer
looking dish for your table.
I We have not quite become
accustomed to "cut as you go"
in cake, but I am not sure but
the day is fast approaching.
Sauces for tea in a glass dish
with glass
add to the
preserve plates beside
tea-table. It may be
less conventional, but ! surelv
has a cheerful look, especially
if the berry spoon rests near.
I The butter plate also receives
less attention in many homes
than it should. Glass is, I think,
preferable!, and should j have a
good cover. Two covered but
ter dishes are within the means
of almost every family.! They
should never be used for any
thing but butter, and should al
ternate often. A tidy j butter
dish will ! sometimes redeem a
poorly set table, and really
there seenis little reason why
we should j ever have a poorly
set table; yet such is the posi
tive fact, notwithstanding many
costly luxuries are upon it.
(jrood Housekeeping.
Freemen of Maine.
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The Baltimore Sun says, the
Democrats1 of Biddef ord,! Maine,
have advantages over j their
Southern brethren. They can
elect their entire ticket; and
.while doing it resent the improp
er interference of partisam fed
eral officials without being ac
cused of I rebellion against the
best government the world ever
aw. It is to be noted that their
victory follows hard upon the
exploits of Speaker! Reed, a
Maine man, in demolishing the
safeguards of the minority that
existed in. the rules of the House
for a hundred years. The peo
ple of Maine are perhaps asham
ed of their representative, and
in giving Democratic majorities
in their lo6al elections mean to
teach the same lesson that was
taught in ihe recent municipal
elections in New York and Iowa.
They are tp be congratulated on
being in a (position to teach any
thing. If I they lived in ihe
South the census would be
quoted to show how their elec
tions went! It is still , therefore,
a privilege! in some respects to
live in Maine.
A Northern Club.
A club composed of Northern
ers is to be organized in Atlan
ta, Ga. One of the promoters
of the enterprise thus explains
its object : "To work! assid
uously and incessantly for the
best interest of the States in
which ve make our home.
There will) be absolutely no poli
tics in the organization. We
believe that we, who have made
our homes in Georgia and her
sister; States, are in the best
possible position to tell the peo
ple of the North the truth about
the South! We are all of one
mind on the subject. We can
tell the people of the North the
true state of affairs here of the
South's wonderful resources, of
her great growth, industrial
and otherwise and of the many
other features which make this
section the most desirable on
the continent. And we propose
to do it."
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