North Carolina Newspapers

THE XEKRTAL TIMES. : : , ? K. F. YOUNG, Manager. LIVE AXD IiET LTVE r G. K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor, xqh. I. , DUNN, HARNETT CO., NC., THURSDAY, OCTOBER'22, 1891 NO. 35 AUTFMN WHISPERINGS.. Xeli It xNTot That Our Southland Is Prosy. We Will Tell You About Many Im portant Happenings that Have Occurred During a Week. VIRGINIA. Vms'-m'-nd farmers are busy digging j.piri'it-. Ttir r. M annual session of the Virginia Mt-th-xilr-t Conference met at Fairview. ' nvif t will be employed on Alexan dria ' urity r'ad. A bridge will le built over the James rjv r aFllowardsville. An electric ear line is to be built from ll;;,n-,tnn to New port News. The right ,,f w r. Ins all been secured. Tl: - Vr( -sbvteii in Synod of Virginia, 10.!1 st -si"ii. was in session at Roanoke Tl,'- I van hop fumaee is again in blast an-1 time are beginning to "look up" in Ivashoe. Winchester is sti'l without a mayor. Tu-'lav the council elected E. Holmes ("nnr-vl, a lawyer, but on account of ,,hrr business he declined. Thf damage suit of Joshua Fletcher, against the Richmond and Danville, in Trine- William county, has been coin j.r.niiv .L by the plaint ilT receiving Several -ample lots of sugar beets grown 'inFr-lerirk r ounty have been sent to the Aeri' uSttind Department at Washington f r an ilvsis. One lot grown by Capt. J. K. M'Can'n showed JO. 5 per cent of supir. The new sanitarium which is coutem plated at Hot Springs, and which is-ti cost one hundred thousand dollars, will soon be begun. Sunday wa3 the fortieth anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. J. R. Graham, D. I., at - the Kent-street Presbyterian hurh, Winchester. Otcy's bar-room at Wytheville w as bro ken into by thieves a few nights ago and two or three hundred dollars' worth of fine whiskies, brandies, etc , was stolen. TheRichlands Iron Co.decided at a re cent meeting to raise additional capital for the purpose of building 50 coke ovens an! opening new coal mines. iv. David R. Hid stopped at Rich mond Monday en route to Atlanta He was the guest of the Powhatan Club and at night addressed the Democrats of Richmond. Mrs Fannie M. Farren, aged seventv, TO w as murdered at Cape Charles City Tues day night ly the clerk in her merchan dise stoic. Robbery was the cause. The murderer, who is a joung Pole, was ar . rested and con f esse 1. The wiud at Caj e Henry during the late gale reached a velocity of betwien seventy and eighty miles an hour, and thru th instrument was blown away, so it r ml 1 not be told how much more it ri a he I. The Fincastle Herald says it is reported i hat engineers of the Chcspeake fc Ohio railroad will as soon as they finish sur veying the routes from Newcastle to the Norfolk and Western begin" to survey the rout s from Bessemer to . Fincastle and from Fincastle to Salisbury. , A horrible accident occurred at Tan nersville. nt far from Greenville, Sun day night. A child of Levi Garner was left alone in a room with an open grate tire The little one, hardly able to walk? climbed upon a chair near the fireplace and fell among the red-hot coals. Wheu the little one's mother arrived a few minutes later the baby was dead and the b'dy was rapidly roasting. NORTH CAROLINA. The Colored North Carolina, 31. Conference met at Winston last weejv The annual meeting of the North Caro 1 ni Agricultural Society was In. Id at Raleigh Thursday night. A stock company is being organized in Knoxville to develop a gold and silver mine in Wautauga comity. President Harrison hai appointed Geo. C. Son lock; colored, postmaster at Fay ettevillo, vice David F. Wemvss, remov ed. Rurglars broke into the hardware store of Deuny Brothers, at Reids.ville, Tues day night, stealing a lot of pistols, pock et knives, razors aud shears. C. W. Gallagher, of Baltimore, is or ganizing a company to build an electrical railroad from Shelby to the Cleveland springs. Arthur Rosier and T. J. Mock, two Salisbury boys, au horize a State chal lenge for the champion-hip of best pool players, twenty-one games to decide the contest. The counties of Rabujn, in Georgia. aniT Macon and Swain, in North Carolina, will, it is said, subscribe $100,000 each and donate right of way to secure the1 building of the Cumberland alley & Unaka Railway. James M. Pendleton,- secretary and treasurer of the Twin City Cliib, of Winston, and manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company at that place, - has skipped, leaving his creditors in the lurch and carrying with him f 1,250 of the Club 8 money. The Mauney sulphur miu near King's Mountain, was extensive! v wgrked : til ing the civil war. The a'tention of capi talists has recently bet-u called to it. and this week experts have been sent to give it a thorough examination. Another sul phur deposit has recent I v been found in the same vicinity As sulphur springs of celebrity in Cleveland county have hug been visited by health seekers, it is not improbable that scientific exprts may be abl - to find many more deposits of this mineral. , s A novel emigraut team p issed through Salisbury Wednesday en route from Vir ginia to Georcria It contained W. M. Canady, his wife, seven children and his mother-in-law, and had much the ap pearance of the proverbial squatter team fV49 hastening Westward to the gold fields of California. Mr. Canalv is just returning home from the late war. having enlisted in "a Georgia' regiment twenty-eight years ago, and after the close of ar, married a lady near Madi son Court House, where he settled down as day laborer, and has just accumulated a sufficiency to purchase a team to carry his family back to his old home, a dis tance of 1200 miles. He has recently in herited a small estate near Americus, "Ga., whither he is wendinc his wav to make it his home. The Art Club, of Asheville. was ortr.in- ized Thursday nielii. Col C. W. Wool- sey, a geutleman of wealth and artistic taste was elected president. The club was originated by F. A. Grace, an artist, with a view to the advancement to art bv the co-operative study of its principles and for the benefit of residents and visi tors who desire instruction and improve ment in ai without regard to mere social onsideratiVns. Mr. Grace is manager and Loyd Free-nan, another artist, ,is general instructor. The quarters of the club will be spacious and convenient It w ill have behind it an incorporated joint stock company. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Beau'ort Volunteer Artillery . have donned new uniforms. The name of the West End Bank at Greenville has been changed to the Planters Bank. . The contract has been awarded for a bridge across the Saluda river at Chap- pels. Cupt. Geo. D. Brvau has received the renomiuation for the mayoralty of Charles ton on the Recril.ir Democratic ticket. CoinmodoreDuneanNathaniel Ingraham died at Charleston Fridty morning. Preparations for the annual State fair to be held in Columbia next month arc in active progress now. At Columbia Judge Aldrich refused the petition for a nw trial in the case of the boy Wade Haytfes, convicted of the mur der of Miss Hornsov, and sentenced him to be hanged on the 11th of December. Gen. Wade Hampton has written a letter ta the press urging action to be taken in regard to raising money for a State ex hibit at the World's Exposition, Chicago lie suggests the Texas plan. . The work on the Ashley River Railroad extension is progressing as rapidly as it can with the one hundred And fifty la borers at work and under skillful man agement. Dr. Allard Memminger, of Charleston h:,s just been awarded a gold medal and di, loma by the Parisian Academy of France for a recent discovery of great irerit. He has also been elected corres ponding "honorary member ot the So ciety. The Railroad Commissioners held an other nieetiog fast week, and confirmed the recent reduction they have made in the freight rates up6h cotton. The S uth Carolina, the Richmond and Danville, and -the Atlautic Coast line Railroads will fight the cotton rates adop ted by the commissioners The rate fixed is 20 per cent, lower than ever be fore. Two of the gentleman interested in the Columbia companies are now in New York with the object of making a combi nation between the Gunn and Wallace in terests. It is also said that one the lar gest merchants in Columbia was endeav oring to aid the movement and to enlist other representative Columbians in the design. - R. Pennington, of Lynchburg,, twenty miles below Sumpter, was shot and killed at the depot at that place last Saturday night by Wiliie Phillips just after the arrival of th; train from Sumpter. Phil lips surr. udcred h'msejf to Sheriff "Car son and i.- now in jail. Governor Tillman has received a letter from J. R. Planter, charge de'affaires for the. United Netherlands at N. T. , in which he asks on behalf of the minister of foreign affairs at The Hague a copy of the election laws of the State, the ma chinery for a fair count, etc , etc. Pri vate Secretary Tomkins lias furnished the information. t TJiere are more taxpayers under the internal revenue law" in South Carolina thaa in Maine or West Virginia, and many other States, -says the News and Courier, and but a small part of these are engaged in the liquor traffic. Indeed, in Maine, with its -prohibitory laws, the liquor dealer is quite as numerous as in South Carolina. - The following state ment shows the number of special tax payers in South t arolina under the inter nal revenue system: Rectifiers, 2; retail liquor dealer?, 984; wholesale- liquor dealers, 17 ; manufacturers of cigars, J2; dealers in manufactured tobacco, 7,531; manufacturers of tobacco, 3; peddlers of tobacco, 1 ; brewers, 1 ; retail dealers in malt liquors, 14; wholesale dealers in malt liquois, 11; total special taxpayers, 8.510. It is of sufficient interest to note the fact that this small army of taxpayers contribute over $40,000 a year to kep this government in smooth running order. The specific sums paid by each line of business are as follows : . Rectifiers 108.33, retailjiqaor dealers $21,323.16 wholesale liquor dealers fl.uO, manu facturers of -cigais $87, dealers in manu- cd tobacco $15,730.25, manufactur- ers ot touan u fjAj pea J lers oi toDacco $15, brewer's $i0O7rttail dealers in malt liquors $2$!.9'.)! wholesale dealers in malt liquors $595 84; total $40,017.57. At the "New Capital.-' A company composed of Northern men and Ocala capitalists have purchased the property of the Ocala Co., of Ucala. fla., which includes the Ocala House and 20,- 000 lots. An electric car line and Boule vard is to be, constructed from Silver Springs to Ocala and extended to the west end. The Ocala House is to be made four stories high by the addition of another -storv. -The new company will be kuown as the Ocala & Silver Springs Co.. capital stock $10,000,000. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, ex-governor oi Maine, is president. Shot Dead by His Mule. "From the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche Jacksox. Tenn C. N. Hammond, livinrr two miles south of this citv. heard a noise at his barn, and, thinking that a thief was about, took his pistol and went out. It is thouffht he went near a mule. which kicked him, causing the pistol to .... . . . go off. The ball . passing through nis bod v. "lie lived but a few hours and died without ever speaking. I . - . - ' ' MR. WANAMAKER IS PLEASED. Going to Extend His System of Fro motions in the Post Office Department. WASHINGTON, D. C Postmaster-General is so much pleased with the success of his plan of promo tions, recently tried in the Post Office Department, that he intends to describe ts workings at length in his annual re port, and not only indicates his purpose of continuing it, but to apply it to the whole pos'al service wherever it is possi ble. In both of his annual reports be has advocated promotions for merit alone. believing that the department force, and, indeed, the whole postal ststem. could be made more efficient if every worker in it knew that he would succeed just as his work showed that he deserved. The plan was begun on Jnne 24 last. t The test of efficiency, as determine4 y ths examinations, taken in connection with an office rating to be kept daily upon the subjects of health, attendance, ability, industry, habits and adaptability, was offered to be the basis of the final ratings upon which the promotions were to be made. These examinations were strictly competitive, but not compulsory, and advancement-was limited to a single grade at a time and to each bureau or office independently of every other. The plan provided that a clerk especially fit ted, in the judgment of his head of bu reau, for additional advancement might have opportunity to skip a grade by tak ing the higher examination with others of the grade immediately below the one to be filled. This plan, the Postmaster- General says, has worked very' success fully. The subjects of the competitive exami nations are rated at a relative importance of 40 points, and the six subjects which together form the office record are rated at a relative importance of 60 points, making a total of 100. The questions in the competitive examinations, almost without exception, have particular appli cation to the postar fervice. None of a general character that can possibly be dispensed with is introduced. THE WILL TO BE CONTESTED. The Grounds for Contesting the Will of the Widow of President Polk. Nashville, Tenn., Special. When the will of Mrs. Polk, widow of Presi dent James K. Polk, was admitted to probate recently it was found that Mrs. Polk had let c the Polk place to Mrs. G. W. Fall, her niece, who had resided with Mrs. Polk, at the Polk Place, for many years. It was soon understood that the will would be contested, and the expected struggle to retain posession of the Polk place on the part of Mrs Fall, and the determination on the part of the consan guinous heirs of President Polk, was be gun by the filing of a bill in the chancery ' court at Nashville by the Polk heirs through their attorney. The bill, recites at length-- the provis ions of President Polk's will and the will left by his widow, Mrs Sarah Polk, and gives the names and locations of between forty and fifty heirs the property. The bill declares Mrs. Fall refuses to leave the premises, and the complainants ask that a receiver be appointed who shall take, possession of the place and col lect rents, pay taxe3 and take care of the property on the ground that G. W. Fall is insolvent, and rents cannot be collec ted from his wife. The bill states that Mrs. Fall's claim to the property is based upon the residuary clause of the will of the dead president, by which"; in case his will does not , go into operation, Mrs. Polk would come into'posession, and, as Mrs. Polk left everything to Mrs. Fall, the defendants claim that she is the rightful heir to the Polk place. This will form the basis of the contest of the coutest in the suit which, owing to the prominence of the parties interes ted, will agitate the social surface. HIS PATIENCE REWARDED. A Man Grows Rich and Gets Mar ried at Last. Pakkersburg, W. Va , Special. The marriage of .John Ring, aged seven ty, of Cabell county, and Miss Mary Don nan, a-ed twenty, of St. Albans, is some what romantic. An old friend of the at'ed "room says that Ring was at one tune in love with Miss Don nan's mother, but onaccount of his then com paritive poverty was forced to see her wooed and won by her present husband. He remained true in his feeling, however, and when his present bride was a little girl became much attached to her.' In appearance so much like her mother,- the old gentleman found in her childish af fection a solace for the loss of her moth er's love. As the girl grew to woman hood the old gentleman became a wealthy man, and when he sought the hand of Miss Donnan a short time ago found the mother a ready helper in the match. The groom has just purchased a farm near the Donnan home and will enjoy his last days in the sunlight of the smiles of his young bride. SHABBY TEN-CENT PIECES. j They Are Genuine, But Some Coun terfeits Look Better. St. Louis, Mo., Special. The New Orleans Mint will have to stop coiniDg dimes with the dies now in use or many innocent citizens will be placed behind the bars Henry Jost was arrested here on last Saturday on a charge, of passing counterfeit dimes, but, on being brought before United States Commissioner Craw ford, he was released on the evidence of Money Expert McCulIough, who pro nounced the dimes of legal issue, but cast with imperfect dies. The suspicious point aboutthe coin is the rough rim that remained on the edge. Carried by Lotteryites. A New Orleans special says at a meet- me of the State Central Democratic Com mitteo a motion providing for the con struction f a committee of credentials wa carried bv a vote of 3i lottery to 33 auti-lottery votes, chairman Lanier, aut'.- lottery, not voting. f FAKMERS' ALLIANCE; 'The Logic of the Alliance" From An Illinois Standpoint, j vt 'A Sunday Reflection" in Alliance Circles at Raleigh, N. C. The .!; Duty 'of Patriots. ' The Illinois Alliance, Springfield, says: In its summing up of the "Logic'of the Alliance," in iU Saturday's issue, the uiobe-Democrat makes the mistake that is usual with it when considering JA.ll i ance matters. It is true as the Globe Democrat asserts the "Alliance was or ganized upon the theory that the depres sion then existing in'agriculture wa due to certain political influences," but ;it is not true, as it assumes, that a possible' temporary return of prosperity caused; by the misfortune of the farmersin the old world will deprive the Alliance oi any further necessity for being. While this assumption is a very comfortable one Hot those who have in the past eujoyedi the fruits of the farmer's toil, it is an insult to the farmers themselves. It implies that the farmers are contemptibly child--ish in their thoughts, .and, hence, that their organization, instead of being allogi cal protest against wrong cnxlitions which might be righted by oi gammed effort, was simply a childish kick-against conditions which were perfectly natural. ine Alliance is not a .protest against nature, but a protest, against a devilish condition of things under which fafniers have not only been legally robbed df the Iruits of their past toil, but under a' con tinuation of which, even the increased prosperity which will come to this coun try by reason of foreign crop failure! will be principally gathered by the same'gHng oi vuuures oi w nose rapacious greecj ane . f u r i 1 4i I farmers have heretofore been the victims. Already transportation compauies Every where are increasing their freight charge, npt because a fair profU demands the increased rate, but simply because r.'the traffic will bear it." Already .whispered word comes from the East that ' "slocks of all kinds are advancing" begaucd .the mighty inflow of gold invoked by 'the eno mous foreign fales of American (farm products . Already the 'commercial and manufactur-' ng outlook has vastly im proved" because the toil of our farmeis' has been rewarded bygood crops. . And iu the fact that "a billion dollar Congress" has been succeeded by a prolific seas!o4 in agriculture, partisan organswhose polar brand is the same as the 6lobe-Dcmo- crat's, find inspiration to say that "there isn't much room for mourning afteratl." All things taken together, show that 'i all the forces which have heretofore blekl the farmers, from the stock cramblers down to the little seven by nine partisans have already discounted the prosperity -jikely to come from the unusual conditions; sur rounding our farmers. It Ss not jalone because farmers have suffered and'stjatved that they have organized, bu,tit is because: they have suffered and starved undeser vedly. It is because while they Have suffered, others have thriven and grown r . r -'i i "1 r .1 ;T . 1 1 iai i.rom xriDuie exacieu irora inemswun- out reason or mercy . And it is because J these tribute takers are under the protec tive wing of the same "political Bpflu euces" which sheltered them wheij Jthc Alliance was organized that will continue to exist. Its .mission 'is one of justice, not ffjlly. Its promoters are mnf joT brains, not'idiots. It will cease to - be oaly' when the causes which gaveitsbeing 6hall have disappeared, and that viilVbe wheu "political influences" are rpbbed of their power to create "agricultural de pression." . ' H'"-': A SUNDAY REFLECTION. - I'. The following is an extract from ' the Raleigh Progressive Farmer, (President Polk's paper) :' j f ' . "The more we read" of the underpaying principles ofth-3 Alliance the more we. see in the spirit of the Order something' tp admire. It is declared 'vvc aim t ele vate men by blending together more inti mately the ties ofc brotherhood and "hu manity in social life, thus dissolving prejudice and selfishness in the sunlight of human love.' ' 1 " 1 nis is a sermon in a r.utsnell aeq no sentiments are more noble or commend able. Whenever any member of the Al- nance sceKS to ureea prejuaice anq. to implant hate and distrmt, he is Inot a gooa Aluancemau. lie is untrue Co' the underlying teachings of hte Order. 'if The above is quoted' from our esteemed contemporary, the State Chronicle.! '.j The Progressive Farmer endorses, most hear- tily, every word of it, but we quote it especially to supply what Bro. Daniek left out. "Whenever any mm .seeks o breed prejudice against the Alliance' and to implant hate and distrust" against that Order or it,s officers by downright lying and slander, he is unwoithy jof res pect, "He is untrue to the undrlvjng teachings" of all true morality and man hood. Let's have it all and in fun,lBrb. Daniels. . I That there is bitterness and jntense feeling between certain would-be Djemo-. cratlc bosses and the Alliance, canpot be denied; but it cannot be ' de nied that these bosses j 4 and their slanderoijs tools the narrow minded editors of certain papers, are to j blame for this stateof things. Yet yofi may take the average farmer by the hand and appeal to his manhood, to his tcksse of justice and honor, to his patriotism.; and vou may lead him, but when youttll him that he is a fool, that- heJ;":shall d") your bidding and shall jcrouch at the feet of corrupt, j dicta torial power, ninety-nine times oqt 'of a .hundred you will get a fight oq -. jour hands. j ; :,i . The teachings and principles and sen timents of the Alliance are ."uobl"i and "commendable." The Alliance f wants peace. It -wants justice. It wans only an open fie'd and an equal 'cbancfe; i-with1 others in the race of life. But we erve notice now upon the politicians andfring sters of this country that "if jipthing will do them but war,, they can hiive it to the knife and the knife to the' hlt;" There are one hundred thousand nen in North Carolina as good citizens , as' ever honored the name of any State, fho, in tend tobi heard in defense ,f their homes, their families, iheir rights s'.nd their liberties. They are not to jbv de WORLD'S This building is the gem of all the ar chitectural 'jewels of the . Exposition. Constructed of material to last two years it will cost $650,000. Although it covers space but' 250 feet square, yet, it is one of the, noblest achievements of modern architect urj?. It will occupy the most commanding position on the Exposition crrounds. The build iug consists of four pavilions, 84 feet square, one at each of the four angles of the square of the plan, ftnd connected by a great central dome, ceived. They are, not to be intimidated nor bulldozed. They are men and pa triots and they will prove it. , f. TI1E DUTY OF PATRIOTS. As President Polk welt said, the N. )f A. & I. U. deserves immortality for its war on sectionalism and its- patriotic efforts to briug about a real union of fra ternal feeling and purpose between North and South, if for no other reason. Ari the same is true of t.rr- People's party, which is largely tha result "of the noble work of the Alliance in this ' direction. The Worst obstacles today in the way. of harmony and homogeneity among the various sections of our country, wi'hout which it can never accomplish the glo rious mission for which our forefathers designed it find be indeed a -government of, for and by the people, is the continu ance of the two o!d parties, which are necessarily sectional, whose, roots are steeped in ane'ent bitterness, and 'under whose poisonous shade patriotism dies and national'maty is impossible. When Col. Polk and other Southern brethren came among us, discussing with their Noithern neighbors, measures of national policy in which both are equally and vitally concerned, and bearinga mes sage of fraternal interest and sympathy, such partisan organs as the Register greet him with a hatred a.hatred whose venom has not abated after a quarter of a century the same is true of leading Southern Democratic journals when Kor'thern brethren ''invade the South." . Thcr.- can be no true peace, fraternity or union until they are buried beyond ths possibility of resurrection. It must , be done it will be done. Iowa Tribune. The Alliance in California has' become the wonder of the organization. Its rapid thouch substantia crowtli, its. ouick nerceDtion of the aims and purposes of jthe Order, and the readiness with which it has fa'len into line and entered the con test with all the vigor,, intelligence and determinations of the older organiza tions, is a marvel to-all who give it a moment's consideration. The brethren of that great State hav set an example worthy oi emulation througnout tae en tire OrdeR. California is today one of the banner"A.Uiance States. Its officers are of the highest rank, vigorous, faith ful and intelligent. 'They have done their work grandly and well, and are entitled to the reward which shovlklfollow such ac tion. The Alliance press of thp State has done a great work and is worthy of all praise. . T.iken as a whole the Alii-' ane of California should have a position in the front rank, among the most im portant States. The ' Alliance demonstration at 'synesburg, Pennsylvania, September' -vas the largest assemblage ever seen Y i:i .een county. The marching proces was estimated at nearly five' miles sio long, and the streets cf the- little city were gayly decorated in honor of the event, showing that no jealousy of the Alliance exists on the part of town peo ple. Four brass bands participated, and many thousand people listened to ad dresses by District Lecturer Carskadon, of Keyser, West Virginia, and N. A. Dunning, associate editor of the Econo mist, followed in short talks by Senator Brant and lion. N. M. Hartley. Few sections of the Alliance jurisdict on can report better progress thah this southwest corner of Pennsylvania. ALLIANCE KEWB XOTES. National Lecturer J. F .Willets is one of the hardest worked men in the Order. He has b.-en at his post of duty all the thetime, patient and untiring in h:s ef forts to discharge his full obligations to the Order. Brother WiUets has endeared himself to the membership bv his fearless vet unassuming man uer, and his earnest and persistent labor, lne gooa sense and judgment which have characterized his management of the important posi tion of national lecturer cannot be too highly commended.. The Alliance fires nrc burning bright and with increasing warmth.. The out. look is most-hopeful and encouraging- The great work is moving steadily for ward. 1 he people nave, at last, opened th ir eyes They are coming together all over the land. Our Or t-r is- urovvii e everywhere. It is Wore solid aud more determined than ever before. Let there FAIR DEPARTMENT BTJ1XDING. 120 feet 'in diameter and 260 feet high. In the center of each facade is a recess, 93 feet wide, within which is a grand entrance to the building. The first story is in the Doric ordor, of heavy proportions-. The second story, with its lofty collonnade, is ia the Ionic order. Exter nally, the design is divided into three priucipal stages. The first stage con sists of the four pavilions, corresponding in height with the buildings grouped about, which are 65 feet high. The be ont purpose and one common effort in this mighty struggle to rescue the coun try and our government from . the iron grasp of monopoly. Alliancemen,be temperate in language. Be calm. Be firm.- Do your own thiuk ing. " Act on your convictions of duty. Wear no man's col'ar. Reach your con clusions with due deliberation and stand by them. Be a man. ' ' , President Polk will deliver an address at Albemarle Park Fair, Elizabeth City, N, C, on Thursday, ths 29th of October. A friend writes that such a crowd as will be there on that day has never becu; seen in Eastern North Carolina. A grand Alliance rally was held at Spring Lake P;uk, Talladega, Fla ,' on the 24th of September. A number of prominent Alliance' speakers ' were present. The State meeting of Kentucky will be held at Elizabethtown, Nov. 10. 1891. The Granville, N. C. , brethren held, a pic mcvat Stovall on the 15th of October. Hon. A. H. A. Williams and Rev. P. H. Massey both delivered ' interesting ad dresses. - ' Marion Butler, President of the North Carolina State Farmers' Alliance. -waS one of the converts af a religious jeviyal at at Clinton last week. The Michigan Farmers' Alliance was in session at Lansing last week. Nearly 1,500 delegates attended. MORE IRREGULARITIES. Hoey'js Crookedness Coming to Light; He May be Arrested. New York City, Special. Henry San ford", the newly elected president of of the Adams' Express Companj-, has i-tarted a thorough investigation intx the affairs of the company. The examination thus far is said to have rcvea eu lrregu- arities, though to no great extent.' Vice-President Lovejoy says that mis appropriations have -been found other, than the the Shcrbourne-Taft deal. There is nQf telling what the future will develop, and it will be some time next week before they can tell how much the ex-president has taken from the company, but if it were sufficient to affect the standing of the company it would have before this become apparent, as the money was ta ken so long ago. Mr. Sanford refused to' say whether Hoey and Spooner would be arrested, but s-tid it would be left to the counsel of the company to determine the most effective means of securing the misappropriated funds. . ' BISHOP OF MASSACHUSETTS. Dr. Philips Brooks Consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese. Boston, Mass. With service j solemn aud impressive 8s have ever been wit nessed in.ths city, Dr. Philips Brooks, rector of Trinity church, was made bish pp of the Episcopal diocese of Massachu setts. The audience was a nolable one. The bishops present were Right Rev. John Williams, of Connecticut, presiding bish op of of the American church; Right Rev. T. M. Clark and Right Rev. H. B. Whipple, bishops respectively of the dioceses of Rhode Island and Minnesota; Bishops A. N. Littlejohn of Long Island, and W C. Dome of Albany, and Right Rev. C. H. Poiter-of New 'York. There were also' about one hundred and sixty clergy of "Massachusetts and t wo hundred and sixty-five lay delegate.). Bishop Pot ter pleached the consecration sermon. she'useithe'hide. The! Righteous Bristol Punishment Bartender. of Bristol, Tenx., Special. Some ex citement was caused here when Mrs. Burroughs,' a handsome looking woman, went to Henry Burk's saloon on Front s reet, und began whipping the proprie tor with a cowhide. He wrenched the weapon from her hand, but she proceed- ed with her umbrella. The result was r"not fatal, though the whip left several marks on his face." "Mrs ' Burroughs in--dicsed Burk for selling liquor to "her bns bnd on Sunday, and when he gained the suit she said in mbstance, "You have lreat me in' the c nit, I will leat you in the face." I second stage is of the same height, and vi a continuation of the central rotunda, which if 173 feet square. The third stage is the base of the great dome, 46 feet Jiigh and octagonal in form, and the dome itself," rising -in graceful lines, richly ornamented with heavily moulded ribs and sculptured pane's, and having a large glass skylight. The interior effects will be even more gorgeous than the ex terior, resplendent with carvings, sculp tures and immense pa ntings. ONLY FIVE NEGATIVE VOTES. a- The Farmers' Alliance Resolutions Finally Rushed Through. ; Georgia's "Legislature". Atlanta, Special. The Ocala plat form his been engaging the attention of the" Legislature for several days. As this Avjis the last day of the session the Alli ance members made a rush for its pas sage. A resolution was introduced re citing that "as Democrats, we owe our allegiance to the Democratkparty, whose platfprm of principles ft in har mony with the demands . of the great mass of the people,", and resolving that "iu view of the decided Democratic ma jority in'Congrcss we urge upon them aa our representatives the importance of . taking such action as will best sccurcto the whole people such legislative relief na will meet the exigencies presented by the changed expositions of orreommon coun try.'' " The 'roll call slioV? thatMhc above was repudiated by a vote of DO to 51. After this the house adopted the .following: "Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be and they a-e hereby requested to use their inrlu "ence and votes to secure leg'slati' n which will correct the evils, complained of by , the National Farmers' Alliance, and In dustrial Union in convention at Ocala, Fl iand the evils complained of by the Democratic pirty, especially those that, rel telothe present v financial ' condition and taxation.of tire iovcrmeut." The insertion of the clause, "the eviU complained of by the Democratic party coupled with the fact that rcistance was useless, made a stampede toward the? adoption of the resolution. The result was 138 yeas to five nays. These nays were composed of one white Repub'ican, one black Republican. and three Demo crats. DAMAGE SUITS Aggregating Over $100,000 Brought Against the Railroad. Suits have ln-en commenced in the Su perior Court of Runcombe county, N. C, against. tmV Richmond & Djnville rail road company for damages as a result of deaths and injuries cfiUHcd by the wreck -on the Western North" Cmolina railroad division near Statesville. - These suits are brought by the follow ing parties: y Ceo. McCormack, of Alexander!, ad ministraitor of Mrs. Geo. 3IcCormack. L. G. P. Carruth, of jiouth Carolina, -severe injuries. A R. Leatherwood; administrator of Dock Wells, porter. Adolphui Hubbard, porter on car "Daisy," injuries. : Pattoo, administrator of Charles and Perry Barnett. Marshall Nix and John E. paze, of -Asheville, injuries, x. w. J. Worley, As'scville, administra tor of W. E. Winslow. J. C. Brown, Asheville, administrator of Samuel Gorman. . The names of some of Asheville's beat legal talent appears on the summons, as representing the suitors. These are (Judger and Martin, II. B. Carter, J. M. Gudger, Jr., M. L Carter and Chas. 3L Stedman. The amounts sue I for range from $2,- I 000, "to $23,000, and aggregate over $100,000. Other brought. I suits are yet to be HER EARS CUT OFF: A Woman Has the Alternative of Losing: Life or Her Ears. Columbia, S. C Fred Kempcon, an escaped convict weut to th?-" house of a woman in Lexington county who had been instrumental ii seenritjg his prosecution aii I conviction for H iuk and battery .it - intent to kill, tied her iip and told her lint Ie would either rut her throat o hoju.IT her ears, and that fchsJ might i loose. The woman decided to lose her, ! -irs and the fcoundrel lnc ke i them off with a dun knife. He then untied th woihau an(j left the neig' :boiho.-l. The Cleveland daughter Ruth, u r