E. F. YOUNG, Manager,
"LIVE A2TD IiET LIVE."
G. K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.
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VOL. I.
AUTUMN WHISPERINGS.
Tell It Not That Our Southland Is
Prosy.
re Will Tell You About Many Im
portant Happenings that Have
Occurred During a Week.
VIRGINIA.
A fpoke and handle factory is being
fretted at Fjncastle.
The two-masted schooner Ellen May
was wrecked off New Port News.
A Fredericksburg citizen was fined
14.50 for maltreating his child. .
Resolutions were adopted in Stafford
rountv, Wednesday, in. memory of the
late "VV. II. F. Lee.
Conductor T. N. Echolds was acci
dently killed by an engine at Pulaska
City, Thursday. ,
A. S. Bacon, Superintendent of the
Richmond Paper Company, -was crushed
to death in an elevator in their building
Friday.
A mass meeting of citizens was held in
Culpepper and suitable resolutions adopt
rd in respect to the memory of the late W.
II. F. Lee.-
A white man was arrested at Buena
Vista, Thursday, named John Campbell,
who, iis believed, is wanted in Maine
for murder.
The State TV. C. T. U. met in conven
tion at Richmond last week. Mrs. R.
H. Jones, 'of Norfolk was re-elected
president. Delegates were appointed to
represent Virginia at the National Con
vention to be held at Boston Nov. 13.
Winchester was chosen for the next an
nual State Convention.
Contract for macadamizing about sev
en miles of streets bas been let at Roan
ke. The work is to be completed in
four months and will cost $85,000.
The Forest Inn Hotel, the hrgest and
principal hotel at Natural Bridge, bum"-'
ed Wednesday, also two adjoining cot
tages. The property of guests was saved.
Lossj $50,000. Iosured. The hotel be
longed to a company of Boston capital
ists. A number-of school teachers in Mont
gomery have been put on the "dntvn
grade'' by the county superintendent,
and some of them "barred out" by a fail
ure to receive certificates. Consequently
a number of schools to' which teachers
have been assigned are vacnt. - Appli
cants from competent teachers to fill
these vacancies are in order. , -
George W. Jones, of Rivermont,
has some fine pippins this year from a
tree that had never borne before. Last
spring Mrs. Jones determined to doctor
it wirh quinine. . The drug was inserted
in several places and seem3 lo have acted
like a charm. The tree is now hanging
full of magnificent fruit, as a result of
the physicking it received. If quinine
possesses this virtue it should be known
to fruit growers.
The Buena Vista Company, from its
mines and forests, sends a large display
of raw material to be exhibited at the
Fair of the State Agricultural Society, at
Richmond, iron and manganese ores, fire
days, glass sand, ochre, &c. In the col
lection of iron ores are two boulders of
almost solid iron that weigh over fifteen
hundred pounds apiece. The pink col
ored building stone as it will appear in a
miniature wall of rough ashler and joint
ed masonry, representing the style of The
n'w passenger station of the Norfolk and
Western railroad approaching comple
tion, at Buena Vista,- will doubtless at
tract the attention deserved. In connec
tion with the contribution of the Buena
Vista Company, there will be exhibited"
f-pecimens -of the various manufactured
products which' successfully conducted
plants at Buena Vista, are turnings out
namcly: Sample of the pigiron, the
several shapes for different purposes into
which the tire clay is wrought, one speci
men weighing over 209 pounds; a full ,
line of the products of the g'ass works,
the assorted products of the paper mills,
a package having all the differents classes
of woolen goods turned out at the cassir
mere mills, several specimens of the Marr
egg-crate, the different kinds of wagons
turned out at the "Wise wagon works,
and saddles for both ladies and gentle
men as they came from the Wilburn Sad
dle Company, running a largo establish
ment at Buena Vista.
NORTH CAROLINA.
An electric light plant is to be erected
at Elizabeth City.
A cotton compress will be erected at
Monroe by the Seaboard Air Line.
Contract has been let for a canning
factory in South Morganton.
Geo. Fitzsimmons rode a bicycle from
Greensboro to Charlotte last week.
Alfred Downs (colored) was convicted
of burglary in Charlotte and sentenced
to be hanged Dec. 3.
The Cumberland Company, organized
at Fayetteville contemplate building as
street car line there
The Greenville County Farmers Alli
ance Tobacco Manufacturing Co. has in
creased its capital stock $10,000.
Endeavors arc being made to organize
a stock company at "Greenville for the
purpose of establishing a smoking tobac
co factory.
The Wilmington board of aldermen
have granted the privileges nsked for bv
the owners of the street railway, which
assures the electric system being put in.
Gov. Holt authorized a special term of
the Montgomery Superiors Cetirt to be
held December ?th for riuiinal cases,
Judge Armfield presiding, and author
izes an exchange of courts between
Judges O..H. Browu and K. W. "Win
ston. John Pitt escaped from jail at Lenoir
last week. Twenty-four hours later he
returned and surrendered himself. He
lost his way in the woods and got very
badlv scared, and concluded that he
.would be very much safer and more com
fortable in iail. so as soon as be sot his
bearings he made a bee line for captivity.
Kev. Dr. A. W. Miller Las resignea as
pastor of the F rst Piesbvteriau church
of Charlotte, having served tht congre
gation 39 years.
Amr-ffenientsliAve ln-cn litrfeoted for
a series of thie;- fuot-ball ;:iwes iu Hal
eigh November 3d,4th and 5th, on which
date Washington and Lee University
teams will play Wake Forest, Trinity
College and Chapel Hill teams of this
State.
The charter -of the Wilmington and
Southport Railroad has been purchased
by parties who have organized under the
name of the Brunswick, Western and
Southern Railroad Co. The road will be
ifoperation from Wilmington to South
port by April 1. It is proposed to make
Southport a coaling station for ocean
stearr ships, and with this end in vie- the
promoters of the scheme intend building
the road southward from Southport and
then westward to connection -with the
Chattanooga and Cincinnati;
There is vesy great ignorance about
the eastern part of North Carolina, and
comparatively few people fully appre
ciate the resources and the possibilities
of the section. There are probably few
who are aware of the fact that a trucking
farm in Eastern Carolina for 'which $8,
000 was paid only a few years ago is now
yielding an annual profit "of nearly $100,
000. SOUTH CAROLINA.
.i .
Aiken it figuring on the cost of water
works. A company has been f ormed to erect a
canning factory at Elko.
A. L. Ottis reported las to erect a flour
mill at Elloree.
The Presbyterian Synod, of South Car
olina, convened at Sumter. 4
W. E. Fowler is endeavoring to or
gan'ze a 'national bank at Spartanburg
with a capital stock of $100,000.
Assistant Attorney General Tdwnsend
is at work making abstracts of the insur
ance laws Of this State and other States
for a purpose that will hereafter be given.
Governor Tillman has received a very
pressing invitation from Col. John Tem
ple Graves to attend the Piedmont Ex
position at Atlanta and deliver an ad
dress.i Secretary of Agriculture Rusk in his
October crop report says: "The corn
crop in South Carolina is fine, both in
yield and quality. It will probably be
one of the largest ever harvested."
J. B. Bier was appointed postmaster at
Pelzer, Anderson county; J. H. Allen at
Brewerton, Laurens "county, and M. J.
McAllister at Dry Grove, Abbeville
county.
The handsome old Elmore place at Co
lumbia was razed to the ground last
Thursday. In the building were stored
the books, paintings and furniture of the
Darby's, who represent the old Preston
and Elmore families. The library was one
of the finest private collections in this
country, embracing many rare books. In
the collections of china, paintings and
furniture were. many piece s-highly prized
for their antiquity.
" " Some days ago when the British st cam
ship Kara entered the port of Charleston
the boarding officer of the port discover
ed that the captain had no manifest on
board and reported the matter to Collec
tor Johnson, who imposed a fine of $500
upon the vessel. The master appealed to
the Secretary of the Treasury, urging that
he was ignorant of the law,-md supposed
that as she was in ballast he had thought
it unnecessary to have a manifest. The
Secretary has reduced the fine to $20,
which has been promptly paid.
Governor Tillman has granted a full
pardon to old Dr. Bond, who bas been
. , . .
in tne otate fenuenuary ior some years.
Dr. Bond was one of the men who was
convicted in Carleston of defrauding the
insurance companies. The method of
procedure was somewhat original. Poli
cies would b j taken out upon the lives of
obscure parties or of parties who did not
live at all, and in the course of time Dr.
Bond and his associates would bury a
corpse from the hospital or bury an emp
ty coffin ana draw me me insurance.
They were makiug money too rapidly
and the insurance men caugnt tnem. .
OTHER STATES.
The Co-orerative Town Co. has 6elec-
tpd Elizabethton. Tenn., as the site for
their proposed town enterprise.
Judjre T. II.. Barrett, a member of the
Georgia Legislature, left Atlanta while
Legislature was in session, ior nis nome
last wtek and went to hauling cotton to
the gin, saying that he was out of money
and had to do it.
The erreat activity in shipping interer-
ests in Southern ports is illustrated in a
local item from the Savannah News,
which reported a few days ago that there
4 . 11 1 A.
were then bo vessels oi an classes in port
loading cotton, naval stores, lumber, etc.
Of these there were 20 steamships with an
aggregate capacity of about 120,000
bales, loading cojtton for foreign ports.
A mammoth scheme is on foot to turn
all the machinery in Athens. Ga., by
elctricity. At.Barnett Shoals, about
eight miles from Athens, is enough wa
ter power to ' turn any number of ma
chines. A party of Atlanta capitalists
have made a proposition to the owners
of Barnett Shoals to secure the use of ten
thousand horse power. The company
will n-rant. "this riorht. and an electric
plant will be put in, from which, at a
small cost, the motive power can be trans
ferred to the citv.
TT f! Colston, a fanner near Paris,
Tex., - chopped a midnight burglar to
death with an axe.
The Masons expect to build a college
at Allardt, Tenn., jearly next spring at a
cost of $100,000.
Lynched for Killing a Negro Woman.
New Orleaks. La. A mob of mask
ed men went to the jail at Qolumbia, La ,
Monday night and hanged a white man
named John Ruse. who. on the 15th in
stant, murdered an old negress named
Ann Sterling. Russ was drunk and he
held two men with one hand while he
fired two pistol balls into her body with
the others
Two Husbands Within 15 XXinutea.
fFrom the Ban Antonio Daily Express. 1
Bsuhiu. Tex. In the District
Court. Corvelia Stewart obtained a di
vorce from her husband. William Stew
art. She stepped across the hall to the
Countv Clerk's office, and in fifteen min
utes from the time she was divorced she
was married to William Fullington. .
DUNN, J3ARNETT CO., XC, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1891
HIS Y0UN0 WIFE ELOPED.
The Blow Causes Jacob Master-man,
Aged 70, to Kill HimeelC
Plymouth, Pa. The marriage of a
mas nearly 70 years of age :.with a girl
only 19 has resulted in an tlopem'enr, a
robbery and a suicide.. . Two years ago
Jacob Masterman, a w ealthy Tanner, liv
ing in Fairmounf; township, sixteen
miles from here, became infatuated with
Ida Dimmick; a buxom servant girl on an
adjoiaing farm. Ec gave her many
E resents and proposed marriage to her,
ut she persistently refused owing to the
difference between"' heir ages Her rela
tives attempted to.influence - her to wed
ihe old man, and she gave - her consent.
Masterman, who, had been a widower .for
nearly twenty years, with many married
children, " handsomely refurnished his
house, and made other expenditures to
conduce to the happiness of his bride.
and last December they were married.
1 hey lived in seeming happiness for
several months. Masterman eave up ac
tive work on the farm tonjoy the com-
jany oi nis wile.- Iwo months ago Wil
iam Belas, a fine-lcoking young man
about 25 yeara old, was engaged as a farm
nana.
He had been acquainted with Mrs""
Masterman for years before her marriage
Their conduct soon aroused the husbad's
suspicion. He txed his wife with being
intimate with Belas, but she indignantly
denied the accusation and declared that
not even the slightest friendship existed
between them. After this Masterman
became so exacting that be would hardly
let his wife leave his sight.
Early Friday morning he awoke' to
find that hiswife was gone. As this was
unusual he arose and tesrehei for her.
A visit to the ban showed that his best
team and carriage were missipr and that
Belas was absent from his accustomed
work. Nearly seven hundred dollars
in cash had been taken also. -
Masterman hitched a horse to a busrsv
and drove in s arch of the fugitives," say
ing to neighbors he met on tLe wav that
he had sent his wife for a holiday to
Philadephia.
After driving to Uunlock's Creek, the
nearest railroad station, he then discov
ered that the elopers had bought tickets
for Philadelphia. The team and carriaere
were recovered in a barn near the depot.
Masterman drove back to his home where
he sat four hours without speaking. All
through Saturday and Sunday ho at
brooding in his parlor, refusing to ear.
His friends feared that his troubles had
affected his mind, and did not wish to
leave him, but at his request they went
away, leaving him alone.
Early yesterday morning James Collins.
a farm hand living in the house, heard a
pistol shot, on ruhing into the room
found Masterman on the floor with a bul
let hole in his temple. He soon breathed
his last.
rMatrmetn75"6ff6 arc tarmci gj--hmTt faey
have taken charge of their father's re
mains. It is believed the elopers have
gone West. Belas at one time worked
on a farm in Minnesota. lie hail ex
pressed a wish to own a farm in -that
State. "
TERMINAL BONDS BEING SOLD
Tinder the Condition That They Not
to Be Resold at Present.
N Y. City. rSnecial.l Richmond
Terminal bonds are all ready for delivery
and are being sold privately at par ana
interest, with the understanding that
they are not to be resold at present. The
bonds will be brougnt out joinuy uy
Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, and
Brown Brothers & Co.. who foimcd a
syndicate of banks and trust companies
- - - . . m, 1 1 1
to take the bonds at yo. . iney win ue
offered to the public at par and interest,
and half the profit between 95 and what
thev sell for is to be divided equa'ly be
tween the syndicate and the promoters,
who are alleged to have had a call on the
bonds at 90.
MANY PRESENTS FOR BABY RUTH.
. The influx of baby presents tol Ruth
Cleveland has been so extensive and con
stant that a small room has bten arrang
ed with tables for their proper reception.
It is now full of gold spoons, silver
spoons, gold-lined soap boxes, silver
brushes for her little head and a thousand
and one other dainty and useful articles
for infantile use only. George W. Childs,
of Philadelphia, sends an elaborate and
costly set of solid silver infant's toilet ar
ticles lined with gold. Anthony J. Drex
el's present is a solid silver gold-lined
pomdge bowl and spoon. .
THE NEW PRESS ASSOCIATION
The withdrawal of the Son and Trib
une froin.the Associated Press leaves the
Mail and Express," the Journal of Com
merce, and the Times, in control, and the
presumption is that this will not suit the
World and Herald. That one or both
these papers may- go with the Tribune
and Sun on the cards, and that there will
be a rattling competition in news gath
ering and distributirg is anticipated. If
the National and United Press Associa
tions work together they v ill be very
strong. ' -
Grow Apples!, Grow Fruit!
There are but few crop records remain
ing unsmashed after the phenomenal har
Yests in the United States this year, and
the few Vemaining apparently only stand
because those particular crops are not yet
gathered. As the late crops are harvest
ed the records are1 surely going under.
Virginia's pippin crop is said to be ''simp
ly immense,' and the fruit is of a quality
nvr urrtftsepd. One fruit crrower in
Albemarle county sold 600 barrels in one
week at $2.75 a baneL . and has about
1,500 barrels yet to ship. Queen Vic
toria is said to prefer Albemarle pippins
before all other apples, and, as it now
costs only $1 a barrel to ship the fruit
from the orchards to Liverpool, her Maj
esty should not bs stinted. The Oregon
prune crop is just about harvested, and
it is much larger than" last year and bet
ter in every way. Prune growing in Or
egon is proving a ' big success, and the
fruit men look for a very great increase
in the production next year. The raisin
crop of California is placed at 1,800,000
boxes, which is about 300,000 boxes
more than last year. Prices foi" raise ns
are lower than Jast year, but the growers
will stiii be ahead of the record all rouud.
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FARMERS' ALLIANCE
A Texas Alliaxca Esycotti the Town
; -1 of Laiosia. 1 -II-Li;
-t
The Northwestern Fanners' Protec
tive Association Organized at f : :
Grand Forks, 17. Dafeota, to
. Handle Its Own Wheat. ' ;
Beshax, TEx.-One of the latest
moves of the Farmers Alliance is .the
boycotting of the town of Ladonia, n
the northeastern part of the county. . The
boycott was inaugurated because the
Town Council enacted a aw prohibiting
jhe running at large of stock in the cor
porate limits. "The boycott was" brought
about by the impouding of three horses
belonging tc Gf W.-McGve." a - member
of the Alliance. Prang Gap Alliance .fis
the first to open war, and their resolu
tions are as follows: '
"Resolvkd, That we forever sever ;otir
commercial reUtious with the town of
Ladonia, and use our influence in behalf
of other towns, unless said town iof
Ladonia slnll so amend its stock law and
return McGee's stock or the ' equivalent
' "That we - petition the Alliance i and
good people in Delta, Fannin, and Hunt
counties to take some action to secure- the
return of said stock and amendment!, to
the Ladonia stock law." :
. "
Grand Fobks, (n D. The North
western Farmers! Protective Association
has been organized in this city for j the
purpose of looking afte r the interests of
its members in the disposal of their
wheat and other farm products. It : has
a memve ship of over 800 in North . Da
kota an i Minnesota It has -elected ; m
agent or manager to be stationed at
Duluth, who has given a bond of $75 ,00)
for the faithful performance of his dutiesJ
He will receive and dispose of all j the
grain of the members at Duluth, or ship
it to Eug lish markets, as deemed advis
able. . ;
An object aimed at by this association
will be to ship pure No. t hard wheat,
without an opportunity for, mixing," di
rectly to English markets, and, by thus
establishing their grade there, ! to secure
the highest market price, mounting in
many instances to a considerable percen
tage over that of the mixed wheat usually
shipped. Many -of-the' members ihave
large grain farms; and it isasserted fthat
the association will" handlef from. 3,000,
000 to 5.000,000 bushels of-wheat this
year. They have one or tw. elevators,
and are building others at various points.
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FIFTY-EIGHT TEARS PRICKS OF COTTOK.
In the present condition of the cotton
market the following - prices especia'ly
collated for us from 1834 to 'date for the
crs. The rates are on Middling Uplands V
in New: York: . . 'T-Fi
YEAR
1834-35, "
1836 37,
1838-39,
1840-41,
1842-43,
1844 45,
1846-47,
1848-49,
1850-51,
1852-53,
1854-55,
1856-57,
1858-59,
183061,
1862-63,
1864-65,
1866-67,
18G3-69,
1870-71,
1872-73
1874-75,
1876-77,
1878-79,
1880-31,
1882-83,
1884-85,
188G-87,;
1888-89,
1890-91,
PHICB. YEAR
17.45 1835-36",
13.251837-38,
13 36 1839-40, '
9.50-1841-42,
7.251843-44,
5.631845-46,
11.211847-48,
7.55-1849-50,
12 14-1851-52,
11 02-1853-54;
10.391855-56,
13.51-1857-58,
12 08-1859-60,
13 011861-62,
67.211863-64,
83.38-1865-66,
31 591867-68,
29 01-1869-70,
16 951871-72,
18.151873-74,
15.001875-76,
11.73-1877-78
10.831879-80,
.11 341881-82,
10.631883-84,
10 61885-86,
9 431887-88.
. 10.311889-90,-lO.OOto
7-56.
PRICK. 1
16 50 1
10.14 1;
8.92 ;
7.85 V;
7.73
-7.87
8.03 I
12.34
9.50-!
10.fl7i
10 30 1
12 23
11.00 i
31.29 i
101.00 i
43.2a i
24:851 '
23.98
20:48; j
. 17.00 ;
13.00 ;
1128 j
12.02
12.16
10 64:
'918:
10 18
11 2S
- i;-;. -;
These rates are for
averages
in. the
years given T v.
It is thus seen that the present price is
lower than any previous in the list, :with
two exceptions 1834 44 when! it
touched 7.25 "and 1845-46 when 5.63 was
reached. . . : if "
REDTJCK TUB COTTON AREA.
We are glad to record the fact thatAl
liancemen in Georgia and South Carolina
have begun to move in thj matter of a
marked reduction of the cotton area j, for
1892. Th sis, indeed, a step in the
right direction By c-operation '.the
Stae Alliance can put this movement on
a solid basis and make absolutely certain
a policy frequently suggested in past
years but always disregarded, -The,, s ab
sence of organization rendered it impos
sible to reduce the acreage any .oneTear
or series of years. -The situation is dif
ferent now, and the d!mmd"for concer
ted action more pressing than ever in the
history of the country. r
"In Georgia, at the weekly conference
of AUianccmen who are members of . the
General Assembly, Hon. Mr. . Smi;h;;of
Greene countv, put the ball in motion in
a series of resolutions which w.re unani
mously adopted, calling upon the State
Alliance to solicit , the co-operatioii! of
Alliances throughout . the South
and that aj fixed plan - of f ; ac
"t on may be agreed upon as to the acre
8re to be planted in cotton in 1892.'
The South Csrolina State Alliance has
spoken encouragingly on this important
question. . u . . ijf
- O. K. Lanham. of Staunton. Va . i a
gentleman of considerable wealth,4; for
merly of Chicago, has offered to the Piir-
mers' Alliance of Augusta county - Vs.,
to build s.beet-sugat factory with a ca
pacity of from 150 to 350 tons of beets a
dav, provided the fanners of that county
wiil plant not less than 1,500 acres in
beets. "Mr. Lapham also aerees toil fur
nish the seed and the fertilizers required
and take it out in beets. This is a propo
sition that ought to be accepted atxroce.
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MORTG AGE DEBT IN ILLINOIS " .
The ceusus office October 2 isued a
bulletin which bhows thatlhe real ftfre
mortgage debt in force in Illinois, January
1, J891. was $384,299,260, of which
$165,289,222, or 43.01 per cent, of the'
total, was on acre tracts, and $21,010,038,
or 56 09 per cent , was on Tillage and
city lots. The debt of Cook county, con
taining Chicago, was $191,518,209, of
which $14,065,305 was on seres and
$177,452,904 on lots. The debt of seven
other principal counties are as follows:
Kane, $5,515,508; La Selle, $5,960,488;
McLean, $5,3Vd,300; Peoria, $5,988,972;
Sr. Clair, $5,134,309 ; 8an gnmo, $5,851, -540,
and Will, $5,465,917. The Cook
county debt is 49.84 per cent of the, debt
of the State, and the debt of the eight
counties named is 60.06 per cent of the
total.: Fifteen principal counties, in
which are included the preceding eight
and Adams. Bureau, Champaign, Iroquis,
Livingston, Vermilion and - Winnebago
counties, owe $262,221,032, or 68 23 per
cent of the State's total debt In these
fifteen counties are situated the cities of
Chicago. Peoria, Springfield, Blooming
ton, Joint, .Quincy, Elgin. East St. Louis,
Aurora, Ottawa, Streator, Belleville,
Danville and Rockford. The debt of
Chicago is shown to be $24,373,170 lar
ger than the farm debt of Kansas, $42,
703,564 larger than the farm debt of lows,
and $112,068,830 larger than the entire
mortgage debt of Alabama and Tennes
see.' The per capita debt of. Illinois is
$100, while that cf Kansas is $165 and
that of Towa $104 National Economist.
. FACTS
WORTH REMEMBERING.
There are
States.
3,000,000 tramps
in the
There are 9,000,000 mortgaged homes
in this country.
In New York 10, C00 children starve
to death every year.
"We have 10,000,000 peoplewho seldom
get a good, square rneal. .':'
Of the 2,000,000 people who live in
New York only 13,000 own ther homes.
; And about 20,000,000 more will soon
lose their homes by mortgage foreclosures.
v In o precinct in New York twenty-
seven murdered babies were found in six
vaults.
In this land of the rich and home of
the slave there are, 38,000,000 peonle
without homes.
There are 40,000 millionaires in the
United States. About 1,000 of them live
in New York.
In New York 40,000 working women
are for. ed to starve, seek charity or sell
th ir bodies for bread.
When you hear a man say "I know the
Alliance will win if they will only stick
together,". a?k him if-he will stick:
Labor creates about $1,500,000,000 a
year. &o we lact over $1,500,000,000
ach year of paying the interest on our
debts.
British capitalists have about $10,000.-
000,000 in .our industdes. 80 they b'ced
The interest-bearing debts of this na
tion amount to. nearly $40,000,000,000.
The interest on this at 8 per cent, is $3,-
200,000,000. " ' -
.Farmers owned 65 per cent, bf our
weal h in 1860, and it was not mortgag
ed. Now they own 23 per cenf: and
most of that is uader mortgage.
One half of the wealth of this country
is owned by e.enty families. - And they
have a mortgage on the r. st of the coun
try and intend to foreclose soon.
A BARREL OP WHISKY FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
It Appears to Have Come, from An
drew Carnegie and to the Care
of Mr. Erhardt.
A dispatch from New York City, says.
There was entered at the Custom House
a cask of Scotch whiskey which wa d's
tinguished from other rasks of whiskey,
by the fact that its destination is the offi
cial residence of the President of - the
United States ' It arrived ' by ihe steam
er Furnessia, from Glasgow, on Thurs
day. The 'papers" for the entry" were
made by Broker E. M. Anderson to Col
lector Berryman, of the Second Division,
and were in the name of Col. Joel B.
Erhardt, ths Collector whom the Presi
dent recently forced to resign. The in
voice was made to "Mr. Andrew Carne
gie, t luuy Castle," and a notation at the
fo: t of the invoice stated that t'ue pack
age was "to be forwarded to the Execu
tive Mansion, Washinton, for the Hon.
Benjamin Harrison, l'fcsidet."
The formality of having Col. Erhardt
appear to enter a cask of whiskey intend
ed for the sideboard of the chief who dis
carded him wase waived, and Broker An
derson was . authorized jtJ act for the
President instead.. When the whiskey
Vis been eampl- d and gauged it will be
shipped to the White. House. ,
. , BUGS IN CIGARETTES.
The Only Tobacco Chewer That is
Known Among the Insects.
St. Louis. Mo., f Special.! Dr. Oh-
mann Dumesnil has made an important
discovery He is a creu cigarette amok
er. nd had often noticed small brown
holes in the paper surrounding the weed.
A few days ago. he decided to investi
frate. He found that the holes were
made by a little insect To a Sun cor
respondent he stid, as be displayed a
number of the bugs under a microscope:
"This singular bug is what we call a
coleopterous insect. There are thousands
of this family, but those I have under ths
class and in vondT box are the only to
bacco chewers I know of. This insect
is very small, as you see. .It crawls into
a box of cigarettes, bores a hole through
the rice paper, lays an egg, and then es
- ' I 'I Mr.tAhM IfltA m WAI 111
and. for the want of something better, it
mis .tobacco. You will notice that the
mothtr insect always commences her op
eration near the end of the cigarette. The
worm knows nothing except eating and
escaping, and he starts for the end 01 the
,-irette. In due course of time he be-
. nm, an insect, but does not lose his
' -Wha-- do you think of a cigarette
hat lias entertained one of these bugs,
D.-tor!"
I.onMder such a cigarette a poison,
ami I attribute many mysterious cases of
bronchial affection to this source."
GRABTS IIONUMENT.
It 7i
UBTeiled By
Daughter.
His Little
"LiUr&Uj Loving the
: Peace" tho Son! of
Nation Into
Henry W.
Grady Was Called Home.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.! The monu
ment to the late Henry W. Grady, was
unveiled in Atlanta at half past one
o'clock. The streets of Atlanta were
thronged with visitois from every state
in the South, snd when the veil fell from
the bronze statue which stands on Mariet
ta street, between the Government Build
ing sad the old Capitol, thirty thousand
people joined in cheers ss the familiar
figure of the beloved Georgian stood in
bold relief above the ' great, sea of human
faces. The monumept was unveiled by
Miss Gussie Grsdy. Never in the history
of Atlanta has a more imposing proces
sion passed through its streets than the
e which oassed from Canitol to the
monument.! Every civic and mi itary
organization in the city and many organ
izations from surrounding cities partici
pated in the procession, which was not
less than a mile and a half longT Con
federate veterans "and members of the
Grand Army of the Republic marched to
gether and were greeted with applause
all along the line. Gov. David B. Hill,
of New York, orator of the dav, rode in .
the first carnage," drawn, by four white
horses. By his side was Gov. Northen,
of Georgia, When everything was " in
reaamess at the monument the l and
struck up Dixie, and the greet throng
went wild with enthusiasm. Col. C has.'
H. Northen, President of the Grady
Monument Association, presided. Prayer
was offered bj Rev. J. W. Lee, of this
city, after which Fulton Colville, in be
half of the Monument Association, told
the story of its construction; The mon
ument originsted 1 in a call by
the young men of Atlanta the
day sfter Grady died. The association
was organized in Grady s old room in
the Constitution office, and it at once
resolved to make an appeal for funds
w th which to build a monument,' stat
ing that it would ask for contributions
to this fund for only one month, af
ter which time it would build the monu
ment with whatever amount it' had suc
ceeded in collecting in that time, wheth
er large or small. . Contributions came
from every hamlet in Georgia, and from
every State in the Union . Subscriptions
were received varying from five cents to
a thousand dollars. In thirty days $20,
000 had been raised and designs for the
monument were asked . for. Mr. Alex
Doyle of New York, was yselected as
sculptor, and shortly afterwards the con
tract was signed for the monument . to be
brief waa the work and the history of the ?
monument. - ' '
Hon. Clark Howell, Grady's successor;
as managing editor of the Constitution
and speaker of the .Georgia House of
Representatives, introduced Governor
Hill. '
Gov. Hill was greeted with great en
thusiasm. " . '
The address occupied about fifty min
utes. It was a splendid oration and was
well received. The Governor delivered
it slowly and with evident feeling, and
was frequently interrupted with enthu
siastic7 applause.
At night GovernorHill and those that
were with him from New York were en
tertained at a banquet by the Young
Men's Democratic Club.
At the banquet Mayor Hemphill wel
comed the guests in behalf of , Atlanta,
snd General Northern spoke for the De
mocracy of the State. -' Speeches were
made by Governor Hill, Senator Voor
hees, Hon . Fleming Dubingnon, Hon.
Patrick Walsh, General Henry Slocum,
and Hon. John Temple Graves. Gover
nor Hill left for New York Thursday
morning on the Richmond and Danville
vestibule, limited.
MAUD S'. RECORD BROKEN.
Sunol, the California Trotter, "Lowers
- It by a Half Second.
Stocktos, Cal. Marvin redeemed bis
promise and put Sunol over, the kite
shaped track, beating the best time of
Maud 8. by a clean half second. The
morning opened bright snd sunny with
very, little wind blowing. At 11 o'clock
the temperature was 76 degrees, and
there was a light breeze stirring. Marvin
left his hotel at :80 o'clock for the
track. He said he had made up hit mind
not to speed Sunol unless all conditions
were favorable, even if he got no show
against time this season. All through
the afternoon it looked bad, but about 5
o'clock the wind died wsy and only a
gentle breeze was felt. ...
The track wss in fine condition and
Marvin decided the conditions could
never be more favorable. He had the
mare rubbed down carefully and when
she came out she looked less nervous than
usual None of the usual trials were
needed for on the first attempt Marvin
nodded and was off. The mare made great
time, going the first quarter in 31 sec
onds. Nothing could exceed the beauty
of her pace : She moved like a pin and
Mar in sat like a statue. The same even,
beautiful pace was maintained to the
half, which all timers marked st 1:04
flat. 'When this was announced it looked
bright for the record. ; At. the half the
mare was met by the runner, whose pres
ence seemed to encourage her. and she
nassed the three-ouarter pole in 1:37.
Then Marvin began to urge her, and
with the runner doing his best to keep
un. she made the last Quarter the fastest
of the mile. .
As she rushed don the stretch the
men - who were holding watches said
"She'lf break the record, and they were
rich, fof when the crcat young mare
passed under the wire hundreds of watches
clicked ss they stopped at Ztt", nau
)-ond betterthan the record held so
many venrs by Maud 8., who is also
Min -y Robert Bonner, the proud
o jtne-r of ths present queen.
In 1776. six dsys after tHs TViftA
seize 1 t " city, a fire s j . - . - -:
wfcs. '. It of lie Yuri O.. j,
Broadway to the river.
NO. 36
Hi JUSTICE TO THE E0UTH.
An OSlcial letter by HsJ. Fiaffer in
Xtegard to Public Cchools. .
Ralsuos, N. C.
Mr. W. J. S wink, Secretary and Treasu
rer, Concord, N. C. :
' "" Dkax Sir I enclose check for $750,
Peabody money, to be applied to your
city public schools. You will bear ia
mind that this money cannot be used for
any other purpose than ths payment of
teachers for both races. The intention
of the Peabody trustees is to help such
communities as wul help themselves and
will so conduct the schools ss to be most
helpful to the general public school sys
tem. . -?:---r.,.s
In some communities in which annual
taxes are levied to supplement yje gen
eral school fund I have not found ; such .
support to the general public school ays'
tern as I thought there ought to be in the
use of the State list text-books.' This, I
think, is an important . mat'er. -The
State list books are . are. non-sectional,
fair to the South, and ss good ss soy
books published. As far as they nuet
the wants of the city schools ' I think
they ought to be used; in fact that is
what the law contemplstes. The city
boards ought to add such other books as
the additional length of school and the
additional studies desired indicate to be
necessary. I take it, of course, that your
board will add the high school course. .
There is a disposition on the part of
publishing -houses to - press into ' the
schools of the South books that are en
tirely "unfit for use by Southern pteple.
You may set it down as a fact that it is
impossible, in the very nature of the case,
for a Northern man to write a United
States history that will be fair to ths
South. Even if he were, dispoted s to
write an impartial history tne probability
is thas he would be ignorant of the fte'f
or would lay less stress upon them' torn
is due. - As an instance, I refer to Ele-.
Eton's history, which has no In it even a
reference to the Mecklenburg Declara
tion of Independence, nor to the battle Of
King's Mountain, which Jefferson: ill d
was the turning point of the Revolution
ary war, and it has not even a copy
of the general PtclaratiofT ,of Independ
euce. This ia oriiy a. sp3imen of , tho
sins of omission that Northern authorities
are guilty of in reference to the 8outhi
You will find the same thing running
through their geographies, readera ana
all other common school books. ' - The
houses that publish these books not u
frequently secure their introduction by
unfair argument and other unfair means, '
as well as by pleading specially their fins
mechanical execution, etc .
Some years ago, when I first came Into
the office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction, I negotiated for the revision
of Holmes readers, and one request that
I especially made was that the books
Suoui6! conftfnnmn" &fori!thzi
matter as much recognition of too Sputa
as to its product, character,'' resonfees, .
eto., as of the JNorth. Upon exarama-
lion I think you will find , that this re
quest .was complied with, and besides,
tbat the books areihoroughly well graded
and adapted to our schools The proof-'
sheets passed under my own eyeAa to
Maury's geographies, they certainly have
torv contains more facts of United States
history than can be found in any book In
the same compass and the same price, and
it tells the truth in a lair, sod impartial
manner, and is well written. ! For higher
classes I think Stephens' history ' cannot
be excelled. San ford 'a : arithmetics are
the product of a Southern nianr-ndars -most
excellent books; indeed it msy be
said that all the books on the State list
are excellent. Upon examination I think
you will find that the prices at which ths
State list books are to be sold to the chil
dren are low, and that the 'business ar
rangements by which the books ? can be
obtained from one depository by mer
chants all over the State and at reasonable
discounts to them, are all thst csn be de
sired. I send you a marked copy of ths
school law for information on these
points. " ?; '
I would not write so .mucn at lengia
on this but for the fact that when ths
city schools and country schools use the
same books there is harmony, much lesi
confusion, and the public schools -interests
are thereby better advanced. Wo
not know who your superintendent will
be: if I did I would write htm to the
same strain. This is an otaciai ; letter 10
you as secretary of the board. , Do ma
the kindness to lay it Deiore tnem ana
your superintendent when he is elected. ,
Trusting thst your school will meet
with sbundant success,
I am, yery truly,
8: Mv Frsrotx, v
Superintendent Public Instruction.
Can't Shake It. . '""'
While every other man in Maine i snx
ious to secure an office of some kind, . ths
Postmaster at East Turner is doing' his
best to get relieved of his official respon
sibilities, but he seems unable to work
the trick. The office is small, the salary
smsller, and the Postmaster tbinkS it
hardly worth his while to continue - as
servant of Uncle Sam, to a few; months
sgo he decided to resign.- l offered to
recommend several of his friends, 1 nt
none of them wanted it. No reply jesms
from Wsshington regarding his resigna
tion, and of course he had to run the of
fice until the matter wss .ttled;:lB one
way or the other. A' second notice of
resignation was sent in, but s ill no reply
came from be department. Mr. Wana
maker evidently being satisfied with his
servant. Finally a circular from ths de
partment reached the office, asking sev
eral questions regarding; the establish
ment, one of which wssfls liquor sold
in the building. where the office is?" Ths
much-worried Postmaster thought he saw
a chance here to finally get rid of hi un
desirable commission, and so he "prompt
ly answered, Yes." Then wait-d pa
tiently to be fired out, but sa. he ..hasn't
yet received his wslking papers "he is
about discouraged. He can't very a ell
' desert the office, f-r he is under bonds
to conduct his business properly until his
successor is appointed, ana at the last
accounts this weary feeder at the public
crib was contemplating suicide as tr.eonl
means of escape. , '
It is reported that there is a deficit of
$2.000. 000 in Haiti's " fintaces- :