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THE CENTML TIMES - K. F. YOUNG, Manager. LITE AND LET LTVB.r G. K. GKANTHAM, Local Editor. VOL. I. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1891 NO. 37 , , -- . . ., . . . . t x i i f i " I - ' - . I' - ' "" " " "" " "" " ' "" - , I, ... -I ! I II I I A I I I 'M N WII ISPERING S. it Not That Our Southland Is Prosy. We Will Tell You About Many Im portant Happenings that Have 1 Ocurred During a Week. VIRGINIA. I f. - Vi: uini i Conference of theColoied A.ti; 1 1 -1 Ki'nju)l church, met in Pct-,.-!.!. ! week. vt.. ..fju nt of No; folk and "Western iRi !r 'i C-jTipnny for September, 1891, .'i-.-- fin iiKifi-e of $18,281 in gross and i r,T in n t f-frnincr. Ht:r Fi'lifax. of Loudoun and Fau t M.ii !is -will probably be the fuc-fV---.i in "Ogress of the late Gon. W. 11. I". I .. Mr. Fairfax i a planter and ! ,'!. i ' i f ( uiture. ' A -i" i ll from Martinsville says two n i v iv killed and three wounded near ti, ,! .,w!i Ftiday morning by a cave-in (,) ll'i uiokp and Southern Railroad. I If. Frie. president of the Koauoke h:, ! . itiif rn Kailroad, expects the road it, 1 in full operation, with regular ti i.ii- lKw-e:i Roanoke and Winston, by .T:i'i'i:ny 1st. 1 : Ibn.-t Ordnance Co. has been in ij".i;t'fd fit Alexandria Au'horized , ..; ti -tof.k. i, 000,000. Tii" P' ;k'!ey Arms Hotel at Buchanan, Thi'!i u ' ff tally destroyed by fire at 1 f.V!.k in th1 rn ruing, was the largest i.i l.r State Lo ?. ?100.000; insurance, ir, 1, i m. o.fmo. The fire is believed to , i!,. v.. iik of an incendiary, as the ho i f- imimished and unoccupied. I-itMt y five thousand people attended tli St;if Fair, Thursday.. It vras one of ill- !:ii'"-t crowds in the history of the i !y. The managers ase well pleased uirh tlii? excellent financial result. They nr.- jubilant over the patronage from citi- n- f all parts of Viriri ia. The Virginia Board of. Pharmacy began it-; tm tings at Staunton, Weelneselav. Tli'' number "f applicants for certificates in rii iiinary present is twenty-four, ouo f )::n is a lad v. -At n -' :al meeting of the city coun cil a plan was formulated by which the I'nmisity tf Vingiria is; to have a waUr main of its own fiom the Chailcttesvillc re-'TVfiir. ' The steamer City of Augusta, from Sa vannah, picked up the steamer Chatfield, from (Jalvest-n for Liverpoo', sixty miles south of Cape Henry, with her propeller gone, a d towed her in to Fentress 'Mon roe. NORTH CAROLINA. Th- ai a in w heat in the section be tween Greensboro and Rah ig his the Iarg- t o;i record. The revenue ofhYcrs have news of the rapture of a meonshine still owned by three brotliers named Stanly, in Guilford county. W, H. Gibson, of Charleston. W. Va., jumped from a train near We don and was killed. Three thousand people saw the bicy cle race-bet ween Fftzsimmnn; aud Wynne Thursd ay at the Ualeih Exposition. I a the first mile Wynne fell and broke his pedal. Fitzsimmons won, time 10 min utes and 4 seconds Wynne's time being l'i sctorids slower. Mrs George James, of Burlington met death from a peculiar." accident Wednes day irght. Slie went to the yard to get ' a stick of wood and stumbled and fell v. r a wheel I arrow. I) ath resulted in a few hours. Rev. IV-sihau of Wilmington and Rev. Momt of Monroe are a. tempting to stir up an anti-Sam Jones movement in this State. The former has challenged the Rev Sam Jones to a public debate. Th:s meeting -will take place in Chailotte if Mr. Jones is willing The 'report that the Winston and Sa lt in post offices were to be consolidated his tanked considerable indignation a'inon the citizens of Salem ami they passed resolutions against, it. which with, similar resolutions by the Winston-Salem h unber of commerce were sent on lo f Washington. SOUTH CAROLINA. A eh iter was issued to the Safety Catch Gun Compa-iy. Rock Hill. Min.ieMta an. I Wisconsin parties have purchased the Cash property near Cheraw for $?.oi)0, and will improve same. It i; proposed to build a courthouse an 1 jail at St. Matthew V. which is to be the co'.nthou-e of a new county to be known as Calhoun county. Greenville and Butl r townships have voted $:'.0.ro and $12,000 of bonds, re spectively, to he projected Cape Fear & Cincinnati Railroad. P. C. Hodges, of Atlanta, has received from the Governor the 10'J reward of- fered by Governor Richardson for the cap ture of Manassas Barnwell, who has been wanted ever since 1887 for murder in Aiken. A very large and cultured audience greeted Dr. Joseph LeConte Wednesday night at the South Carolina College, Col nmb'a, to hear him discus "Organic Evolution." He was introduced by President Woodrow. Gen. John B. Kershaw, now a circuit judge, presented to the R "chmond Sur vivors' Association Friday night at Col umbia sever. 1 tattered old Confederate flags. The presentation speech was made by Gen. Leroy F. Youmans. Representatives from the college's, of South Carolina, North Carolina, Vir ginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tenuesee met at Charleston for the purpose of organizing a Southern monu ment for Jefferson Davis. James Barnes, cashier of the Bank of Marlboro, at Bennettsville, suicided Thursday morning at 5 o'clock. He was about forty, lie lcavts a wife aud several children. He was a pillar of the Bap tist church. His accounts are believed to be all right. He told his wife hat he was going to kill himself.. She wf nt for their pastor. Bef- rehegot back he had gone out n'o th back yard and shot himself. Dtat i whs instantaneous. OTHER STATES. A Doo'y County. Ala., man is ereri- entinff with wine makinc from fh juice of the watermelon. He claims that it is makes a most delicious wine, and he storing away quantities of it. The syndicate that was formed in fior. mf any last summer for the nurnose of p- tablishing colonies of German farmers in Alabama has procured a tract of land in that State. The work of enrolling th colonists is in progress in Germany, and it is rr ported that a body of them will be ready to take their departure for Alabama next month. If the first colony, which is to be in Washington county, is suc cessful other colonies will be rapidly or ganized, so that within a few years the State may have a large German popula tion. , SOLID SOUTHERN GROWTH. New Movements That Tend for Southern Advancement. The Manufacturers Record, of Balti more, of October 31, in reviewing the in dustrial progress of the South, says: "The business situation throughout the South continues to improve, and the out look for the future is very promising. Speculative operations are not in much favor, but the work of solid business de velopment is commandiug increased at tention. Shrewd capitalists, realizing the intrinsic value of good mineral and timber propert es, are making a number of purchases, and mainly for immediate development. In West Virginia some large sales of coal lands have been made, ana in other States oreand timber lands have changed hinds The phosphate interests in Florida show increased ac tivity in the sale of lands and in the or ganization of mining companies, seven new companies having been reported du ring the week with capital stock of from $50,000 to $100,000. In Alabama a very important contract was closed, se curing the building of a railroad from the Warrior coal fields to deep water river navigation at Tuscaloosa, which will open a water transportation route for Alabama coal to the Gulf; this contract alao calls for coal-mining and coke mak ing operations at Tuscaloosa. At Gal veston the'eontract has been closed for building a 1,000,000 bushel grain eleva tor at a cost of ,$200,000, and large en gagements haxe. been made for grain shipments from New Orleans this winter, while at Baltimore the grain trade is so active that on. two flays of this week alone charters were made for the export of 2,500,000 bushels to Europe. The cotton movement continues very heavy, due in large parf to the perfect weather for gathering the crop, and the Southern ports are crowded with vessels loading for Europe. ' I rv general indus tiid matters there is steady progress, and among the new enterpri cs reported for the week are $100,000 water works com pany at Helena Ark. ; acid and chemical works at Portsmouth, Va.'; $250,000 de velo4 meut, mining and manufacturing company in Florida; a $50,000 and a rli',000 manufacturing company in West Virginia; a $20,000 knitting mill com pany, Norfolk, Va.; a $30,000 compress company, Americus, Ga. ; a $500,000 cartridge and powder company, Coving ton, Ky. ; a rolling mi'l and a 6ash and tloor factory at Tyler, Texas; a 200-barrel llour mill, Baltimore; a $102,000 devel opment company at Chester, S. C. ; large lumber mills at Irvine, Ky. ; a $200,000 general manufacturing company at New Orleans; a $100,000 ordnance company, Alexandria. Va. ; a $50,000 automatic sprinkler company, Columbus, Ga. ; $100, 0 10 development company, Richmond, Va; a 50 ton ice factory, Mobile, Ala., and one of same size at Fort Smith, Ark. ; refrigerator works, Hot Springs, Ark. ; water works, La Grange, Ga. ; tobacco factory, Greenville, N. C. ; a $25,000 cot-tonseed-oil mill company, Corsicana, Texas; a $100,000 electric light manufac turing company. Cumberland, Md., etc. ''This summary shows a steady, solid growth all along the line, and indicates a very healthy elevelopment activity that promises well for the rapid increase in the progress and prosperity of the South.' INTER-STATE COLLEGE CONTEST. Representatives from Southern Col leges Orate in Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Special. In re sponse to a call from the College of Charleston for the Southern Inter-Col!e-giate Oratorical contest, representatives from the following institutions convened here. W. C James, Richmond College, Va ; Thos. Pmckney, University of Virginia; J. B. Whaley aud Geo. N. Cornelson, Jr , Davidson College, N. C. ; Fred Opp, University of Texas: J. Talbot Jackson, Central University, Ky. ; E. L. "Mounger, University of Mississippi; E. Mac Davis and John" Randolph Neal, Tennessee; J. C. Blazengaun and Greene F. Johnson, University of Georgia; B. W. Audrews and A. S." Thomas, South Carolina Mili tary Acadtmy; Jas. C. Blasingame,of the University of Georgia; Isaac B. Brown, F,eetwoodGruver,H. SwintonMcGilivray and J. W. Canty Johnson, of the College Charleston. After very spirited and creditable ef forts from each representative, a gold meJal costing one hundred dollars was awarded to J. Talbot Jackson, of the University of Kentucky. His subject, "Freedom, our heritage; its consecration, our trust " The principal subject of orations was Confederate memorials and an association for a monument to Confederate soldiers w as organized. SUCCESSFUL TES. Of the Willis Lipscomb Cotton Picker Near Atlanta. Atlanta, G a., Special. Quite a sen sation was created over the work of the Willis Lipscomb cottonpicker. In a large cottou field near the picker was put t- work under the direction of Lispenard, the inventor, and performed its work to the satisfaction of hundreds of planters who had come to Atlanta to witness its tc-t. Everybody was unanimous in pro nouncing the machine a success A bale of cotton was picked in a few minutes. ALLIANCE TOPICS. The Illinois Convention Decides Against Monopoly. The Florida Farmers Held Their An nual Meeting at Dade City and Excluded Reporters. Spbikgfield, III. The ftate assem bly of the Farmers" Mutual BeneGt Asso ciation adopte 1 resolutions in substance as follows: The favoring an equal as sessment of all classes of property, real, personal and corporate; graduated income tax; increase of the circulating medium to a point that will admit of the "business of the country being done on'a cash bas is; free and unlimited coinage of silver and declaring the present system of stor ing silver a fraud; demanding that all 6tocks and bonds of corporations be is sued on such basis that when they call for $1 they shall represent 1C0 cents le gitimate, and that all watered stock shall be retired; opposition to foste.ing cer tain industries by government bond; in favor of the co-operation and federation of all the farmer. and labor organiza tions; denouncing dealing in futures on all agricultural and mechanical products; favoring the enactment of laws to pre vent the adulteration of food products; opposing alien ownership of land; favor ing the uniform system of text books for public schools, to be furnished by the state at cost. The resolutions also favor the election of president, vice-president, United States senators and postmasters by a di rect vote of the people; advocate patron izing manufacturers who use home-grown fibres in the manufacture of binding twine, rope, bagging; etc. ; favor the ex tension of the free postal delivery system to people outside of towns an I the elec tion of men of agricultural colleges to the halls of the legislature. The following resolution led to a pro tracted debate, but was finally adopted by a large majority : We are opposed to all monopolies anil want it distinctly understood that the or ganized liquor traffic is included. We oppose the unholy alliance of the govern ment with the said business. Asa rem edy, we propose that the revenue and li cense laws, high or low, must be repeal ed, both state and national. THE FLORIDA BUETIIBEN- hJAVK City, Fla. At the second day's session of the state alliance, President Rogers appointed all committees for the routine work of the- convention and de livered his annual address. In this he referred sharply to the dissensions in the order, arising chiefly from admission to membership of persons who gained ad mittance for the purpose of office or po litical influence. The stibtreasury scheme was warmly endorsed. The president closed his address as follows: It is a fact that a partisan press has distorted the truth in reference to the Ocala platform and subtreasury plan, and in our state the democratic press'is wont to read every man out of the party who advocates tho Ocala platform and sub treasury plan. The result of such an on slaught upon the alliance has caused many of our members to advocate a third party. This condition of allairs is to be deplored. My judgment is that the Ocala platform contains not a syllable which cannot readily be endorsed by every true democrat throughout the coun try. The reports of the state secretary auel other officers followed the delivery of the annual address. United States Senator Pasco was, the delegate from the Jeff ison County -Alliance, and there was strong opposition to seating him. the opposi tion being based on the theory that he is a lawyer anel not a farmer. He was duly accredited, however, and the president haviDg declared in his favor, he was scat ed. There was a fight over the passage of a resolution offered by Thomas Hind, of Putnam county, to exclude all press rep resentatives from the hall. Hind's motion, he said, was not aimed at the corresponOent.s present, but chiefly at the Florida Times-Union, which he re garded as a great enemy of the alliance because of its opposition to the subtreas ury bill, and its denunciation of Polk, Macune and Livingston. The debate lastel neatly two hours, and was finally compromised by the adoption of a resolution excluding re porters from the hall, but permitting them to examine the secretary's notes, with an injunction to semi nothing ojt for publication except what is approved by President Rogers. THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FHOGHAMME. iNPiANArons, Ind The Stats Far mers' Alliance met in secret session with eighty-one delegates present. The following programme for the meet in s here of the National Alliance was adop ted: On the first day. Tuesday, Novem ber 17, the addresses of welcome w.ll be delivered at Tomlinson Hall by Major Sullivan and President Fcrce, of the State Alliance, aud response will be by J. F. Tillman, national secretary, and J. F. Willetts. treasurer of the Alliance The forenoon will be devoted to i xecu tivc session and in the evening President L. L. Polk will deliver his address 'On Wednesday addresses will be made by the presidentof the F. M. B A , Na tional Lecturer J. F. Willets. and in the afternoon the executive session will be continued. In the evening C. W. Ma cune and others v ill speak Thursday morning Jerry Simpson and Alonzo War dell will speak auel in th? evening John P. Steele mid Mrs Anna L. Piigs. Fri day the forenoon addresses will be made by I. H. Turner and B. H. Cliver and in the evening by L. F.- Livingstone, II. L. Loucks, Saturday J. II. McDowell and Senator Peffer will speak, and at night T. V. Powderly and Ben Terrell. On Monday evening Ignatius Donnelly will address the council and on Tuesday, the last day, William Erwin, Mrs. Lease; R. M. Humphrey and J. W. Weaver will speak. MAIL AT THE FARMER'S TJOOR. New York Citt. An organized ef fort is being made among farmers to se cure from Congress fie: mail delivery in country towns. The Farmers' Alliance, Patrons of Husbandry and other Orders are canvassing the matter. Letters j aie being written to Congressmen in favor of the project and petitions to Congress ;fdr free delivery are being circulated: in many parts of the country. Farmers sssert that a daily mail delivery at ; their door will add perceptibly to the money value of their farms and will be worth still more because it will keep them -"in touch with the markets and the outside world and rob farm life of its isolation and monotony. Farmers are writing j to the agricultural press ihat this conven ience would enable them generally ' to take daily papers as well as to subscribe for local papers more liberally. In the American Agriculturist for 'No vember Postmaster General 'WanamHkfr states definitely for the first time that' ex periments made by the postoffice depart ment for free de-ivery in the farming dis tricts show that the increase of revenue more than pays all the increased expen.c. He believes that universal free 4e':very would therefore be self susfainipg. Wanamaraaker's article also contains this statera nt of th? cise: ' j . When a town grows to 10,000 popu lation and puts down footwalks,; ,and puts up the numbers of the fcouscs,1 - the postofnee department is authorized by Act of Congress to establish a carrier ser vice to deliver mails at the doors of' tliie houses and offices, as the town ' -incicasfcs postal sta'ious are established, and ! tius the postolfice service keeps pace with; the growth of the town. While alllthas pestoffice work is going on at the thiqkly populated points, farmers, quairymcp, blacksmiths, millers and artisans'; sill paying regulation rates of postage,;! are left to get their mail as best they; Icin from the postoffice in the village of1 ; at the railroael etation. In a hamlet of ; one hundred houses perhaps sixty persons from the district and the vicinity make;,a daily pilgrimage of a distance of one block to two mile3 from home'to the post office to find out whether there lV ariv mail or not, and a hundred or more jper--sons within the circle of the office doint find it convenient to go to the postoffice oftener than once a week. One , hun dred or more persons each day, in 1 all weathers, are making trips to the post; office, often at great personal inconven ience anel discomfort, when a single j car: rier could once or twice daily mke' -;the round of the village and deliver the mail aud save the hundred unnecessary idaily tramps, collecting the same time iom boxes located at the street corners j the mail to be forwarded. A newspaper brought every day lo the door of the far mer or work mm who has no one tp .Vgo to the postolfice would find a thankful subscriber and light a new lamp in the household. True enough the village;-or crossroads inhabitant or dweller on ; 'the farm chooses his home for his familyy and might live in the city where gas: and water and mails are brought to his doot; but when the people everywhere; ay the same rate of postage, " why should one portion have mail facilities- clrjiejd to other portions? Is it fair to rural"; lo calities to refuse postal service,, equal; to that provided for cities? Is it not a f re reflection on the intelligence and aspira tions of the farmer and artisan to ignore his need of conveniences of con esponderjc1 e aud supplies of newspapers and mag$ ziues? Does it not retard the settlement of country districts to neglect to; provide in some form the means for , daily inker- course with the rest of the world? Iu Oklahoma the Alliance is fairly well. The condition of the doing CQtin- i try and many other matters have hereto fore retarded" the growth of the 0.lcr? but by persistent work the brethren li;ive placed it on a more sure footing and? an increased membership may be expeeteil in the immediate future. The territory has received no aid from national speak ers, and has really made itself wha'itis. There is no division in the ranks arut the brethren are encouraged at the prospefct. j ; The reports from all over Soutu - Carb? Una disclose a continued healthy' grqwth of the Order. ' The brethren of -..tin State are firmly united and are making a gallant fight for the principles of the!Alf liance South Carolina was the f first State to hold its election this year, j. jand eveay member of the Order remembers with pride how nobly it stood by the de mauds of the Alliance, and in spite i of desperate opposition unanimously adap ted the Ocala platform. This act set the example which all the other States 'have so far followed. Its State officer si are conservative aud fearless and able to de fenel the doctrines of the Order against all comers. The State organ is ably and intelligently managed, and is supplemen ted in its good wark by many excellent county papers. South Carolina can -be trusted to take good csre of itself National Lecturer Willets in pursuance to a proclamation of President Polkfjorf ganizei the State Alliance of: Washing ton at Colfax. October 28. ' . Jl I WHICH WILL SHE TA&E? I A Mississippi Girl Who is Hard to Please in the Choice of ; Shebcta, Mia?., Special. This usu ally quiet little town is overflowing in sensational excitement the past twenty- four hours. The question in everybody s mouth is, "Which lover will she accept? and the story runs in this wise: iMiss Mamie Bass, one of our prettiest girls, has more strings to her beau than thelav- crage Mississippi girl. She has two -de voted lovers, and has promised to marrv both of them, first breaking with one arid accepting the other, and soon, for several times, chajpging her mind, withiivithe pat few months Both J-oung men are highly respectable. . They are James Sha man, of Shubuta, and "Will Smith, of Alexandria, La. "Wedding tickets were printed iu favor of Sharman,1 but withdrawn. Both rivals are hourly ft pected to arrive, each believing he tvill pr ;ve the winner of the fickle fair! one's band. ' Depot Burned. depot of the Cincinnati, The deDot of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad at Rockwood, Tennessee, was totallyvde- LADIES DRAW THE LINE. Evangelist Fife Asks Too Much of Them. The Christian Ladies of Danville Will Not Go Beyond the Saloons. Danyiixe, Va., Special.!. The Fife meetings here have developed some eaturcs strange to Danville. The evangelist asked for a meeting of Christian ladies. The meeting was held and he then asked that committees be ap pointed to do certain work. He wanted female committee to visit the saloons aid ask-the proprietors to close during service hours so that their employees and themselves could attend the meeting; also that committee of ladies be appoint ed to visit houses of ill-fame and request the inmates thereof to attend the meet ings.. The women drew the line at the last proposition, but agreed to send out a committee sec the saloon men. The committee, composed of about a doaen matrons and young men, started out at o p. in. to visit the saloons. They car ried a paper, which was an agreement to close from 11a. m. to 2 p. m.. and from 7 p. in. to 9 p m. the hours the Fife meetings arc in progress and ask the sa loon men to sign it. The answer of the most of them was: "We'll consider the matter aud let you know." Some agreed to corapl v with the request. This proceeding does not 6trike Danville with a great deal of force, and it is doubt ful if it will help the cause it purpdtts to support. - SFURGEON'S SUPPLT. Rev. Dr. Fierson Astonishes the Great Preacher's Congregation. ' London, Cablegram. Rev Dr. Fierson, the American divine, who has stipulated to supply Dr. Spurgeon's pul pit while the latter is taking a vacation, preached his first sermon today and start led the congregation by a bitter attack upon ritualism. He went so far as to ex press the hope that calamity would befall i ? tabernacle here prostituted to secular artv At this there were plain murmurs of disapproval . j A number of the members of the; tabernacle, who were interviewed after the service, expressed their astonishment at Dr. Piersoh's criticism of what had been approved by the man whose place he was filling temporarily by courtesy. The extravagance of language which the preacher had fallen into was excused on the ground that it wa3 doubtless unpre-' meditated. ' ' - CURSED OUT THE COURT.- A Railroad Employe Grows Ked Hot in the Courtroom. Albany, Ga., Special. The mayor's court of this city was enlivened by a gen eral cussing out, which the entire city government received at the hands of one W. II. Moore, a former employe of the Central railroad, who was arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct. "i)o with me just as you please," said Moore to his honor, Mayor Gilbert. "I can't get justice in your d n court." He was sentenced to forty-five days at hard labor oh the citv chaingang, but, being shackled and placed on the streets to work, resolutely refused to do any thing. Moore was engaged in a shooting scrape in this city some time since, and was shot in the mouth. He hails from Macon and is considered a tough custo mer. A HONEYMOON IN THE CLOUDS. An Unpleasant Experience of a Bri dal Couple Who Went up in a Balloon. Birmingham, Ala. At midnight great anxiety is felt iu Birmingham over the fate of a young couple who were married at the State Fair grounds and went ona bridal tour in a balloon. The party in the balloon consisted of the aeronat, Baldwin, II S Hutchinson, the young groom, and his bride, who was Miss Min nie Conssion. The balloon shot up like a rocket to a great height and then slowly drifted almost duenorth. It was last seen high up it the air passing over Newcastle, thirteen miles north of Birmingham, on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The balloon was going steadily toward the remote" mountain regions of North Alabama, and directly away from railroad and telegraph lines. "The Fiddle and the Bow." Elizajjethton, Tenn., (Special. Ex Governor Robert L. Taylor, of Tennessee, has signed a contract to deliver a lecture this season in the leading cities of the South. The subject of t he lecture will be "The Fiddle and the Bow." The lec ture is said to be written in the Ex-Governor's most brilliant and humorous style, and will be apt to bejwell received by the public. It is related that Ex-Governor Taylor is indebted to "The Fiddle and the Bow" for his present political promi nence. The story is that he was deeply in love with a beautiful North Carolina belle, who made it a condition of the ac ceptance of his offer of marriage that he should secure a seat in the Congress of the United Stites. Mr. Taylor was a Democrat, and lived in an East Tennes- see district which was strongly nepuDii can. But he secured the Democratic nomination, and being an unusually good violinist he combined mubic with politics and actually "fiddled"7 himself into Con gress As a reward he secured as a wife the North Carolina belle, and the union has been an exceedingly happy one. Time Around the WorU. The time required for a journey around the earth by a una walking diy and night without rest would be 423 days; an express train, forty diys; sound, at' a medium teJiparature, 31$ hours; cannon ball, 21 hours; light, a little over one tenth of a second ; electricity, pacing over a copper wire,a litUe less thi one tenth of a second. S". LortU-Republic EIGHT TRESTLES IN FLAMES. V Determined 'Efforts to Wreck Train on a Georgia Railway. Macpx, Ga., Special. In the night about 8 o'clock a tramp iwalking from Oconee on the Central railroad, about sixty miles from Macon, discovered the trestle near Oconee to be on fire. He returned to Oconee and awakened the agent of the road. The alarm was quickly given and efforts were made to save the trestle. It was soon learned, however, that eight other trestles between Davisboro and Wadley were also in flames. lYhen an attempt was made by the railroad officials to telegraph to Macon and Savannah, it was found that some one had cUmbed a telegraph pole two miles from Oconee and cut the telegraph wires. All travel was suspcc2dt and inform ation as to the fires reached Macon ifi time to hold the midnight train to Sa vnttoau. The railroad officials think the trestles were set oofire by friends of the men now in jail for having robbed the express car near Forsyth about two months ago. The Marshal of Tennille pursued two men on suspicion, and arrested them. They provea to be the brothers of Hor ton, one of tho express robbers. One n'ght last week the telegraph wire was cut with a hatchet near Davis boro, and the trestle was - fired. The company has received ' an anonymdus let ter threatening vengeance in case the ti ain robbers were not set free. COLONEL POLK'S SPEECH, r The Alliancce Must Be Recognized As the Balance of Power, He Says, A special says: Col. L. L. Polk, President of the Farmers' Allianee, in speaking at Elizabeth City, N. C, Thurs day, said in part: I have known farmers to leave their crops knee high in the grass to go to the court house and for hours sit in a hot room to hear a pot house politician speak and tel them to stick to the party. Thev stick and the dance, of death goes on after election day. A sticker said, "all is darkness down here, what of the night?" And the an swer comes, "all is well. Plow on." They talk about politics, the Alliance is as full of politics as an egg is full of meat. Yes, sir, wc are into politics, and in there to stay. They talk about party. What is party? It is a nice little collar with a chain. I don't care who is nomi nated I will vote as I please. Who has a patent right on politics? It depended on whether cither party recognized the farmers as the balance of power, whether there would be a third partv. The peo ple have arisen in their might and assert that they have a right to help rule this country and they are going to do it. Mr. Polk then - ad vocated, the sub-treasury bill, and when he called for pledges to support it nearly every hand went up.' He said eighteen states were pledged to this scheme. ' " A 'STATUE OF JEB STUART. Meeting of Veteran Cavalrymen to Erect One. Richmond, ,, Special. A meet icg of veteran cavalrymen qf the Army of Nor hern Virginia, was field here and a movement started for the erection of a monument and statue to the memory of General J. K. B. Stuart.- Charles A. Taylor called the meeting to order and introduced General Fitzhugh Lee as chairman, who made a brief speech. Short speeches were then made by Judge Garnett, of Norfolk; General Thomas P. Garhett, of Lynchburg; General Thomas L. Rosser, of Albemarle; Judge rarrar, of Amelia. Permanent officers were elected as fol lows: President, General Fitzhugh Lee; secretory, Charles A. Taylor; treasurer, E. A. Catlin. Among the vice preeielcnts are: Generals Wade Hampton, G. W. Curtis Lee. L. L. Lomax, T. L. Rosser, McButler, Thomas T. Munfoid, William II. Payne, Bradley T. Johnson, Rev. Dr. Randolph McKe, Colonel John S. Mos by and others. A MAMMOTH POTATO, Which Twenty Persons - Were Not Able to Devour. Stlvakia, Ga., Special. Mr. George W. Scott has brought into the The Tele phone office a half dozen of the largest sweet pototoes ever raised, perhaps, in this country. They are ."new issues," and the six weighed fifty pounds. The largest one was given by the editor to a family in which there were eighteen members the husband and wife and sixteen ctildren all of whom were great lovers of potatoes. Sunday they decided to have it for dinner. It was fried a part of it, at least and . was amply enough for all of the family, besides a married daughter and her husband who were spending the day there. The re mainder of this mammoth potato was made up into potato pone, and furnuhed desert enough for the whole crowd and to spare. Mr. Scott is one of our best farmers, and will make about five hun dred bushels of potatoes ou his c-r- ncic patch. . The Georgia noaa congress. The Georgia Road Congress, in t ess ion at Atlanta last week, adopted the follow ing: It is the opinion of tb's Congress that it is to th? interest of the people of the State that the labor- of her convicts should be utilized upon her public roads, and that no lease of con- victs should be made after the expiration of the present lease. We fuither hold that the present convict force now used in working the public roads can be and should be greatly increased by lowering the penaltiei for certain crimes. Dillon Attacked and Hurt. . A cablegram from Cork says :. John Dillon is now hors de combat He was pursued and attacked while driving :o the anti-Parnellite meeting, pelted with stones, and during the affray received" a severe blow on the knee with a stick. On account of the swelling th pfyv;ciai ordered him to keep quiet. CYCLONE IN OHIO. Great Damage Done and Total Loss of $100,000. A' special from Conneaut, Ohio, says: At 6:S0 p. m., a terrible cyclone swept over the town, destroying about thirty houses The streets are blocked by . trees and debris from demolished build ings. The largo Jmtter tub Victory own ed by G J. Record, is badly wrecked, thousands of dollars worth of stock be ing completely destroyed. Record's loss is about $50,000. 1 he planing mill otJ U. E. Pond, adjoining Record j is great ly damaged. His lumber Is strewn alX over the town and some stocks blown , down. Many fine residences suffered heavily,. roofs being torn off and windows broken. Telegraph lines of the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate railways are down. Telegraph poles were blown through the roof of the Lake Shore Do- , ot. and the baggage room was complete- v destroyed. Debris from the building was strewn along the tracks, rendering it impossible for the moving of trains. The following were also partly destroyed: Weldon and Bobbin's store . Orin Harts horn residence; Charles Patterson's resi dence and about thirty other buildings. Total loss about $100,000 . RICHMOND TERMINAL. . Report of Dissensions Positively Denied. New York Citt. fSoecial.l President Inman, of the Richmond Terminal Com pany, denies repoits of dissensions in the Terminal board and General Thomas au thorizes the following statement : Refer ring to many reports telegraphed over the country about Terminal affairs, I wish it clearly understood that I am a personal Iriend ot John n. inman and jonn u. and Patrick Calhoun. I have not and never had anv -disagreement with them and no trouble exists about the relations of the companies in the system. I regard John II. Inman as the strongest, ablest and most important man in the organi zation, with more power and capacity to managetp.e present situation man any one in the Terminal company. There it no truth in the statement thRt I have been required to assis him finan ially in any manner. I am not a candidate for his place or for any other, and under no circumstances would I accept any- posi tion in connection with tho Terminal company without Isman't full spprorsl and cordial support. DEATH OF COLONEL LOCKET. A Well Known Southerner Dies in South America. ; Knoxville, Tenn., Special In formation reached thb city of the death of Colonel 8. H. Locket, of Bogota, United States of Columbia, South Amer ica, on October 12th. Colonel Lockett was a native of Alabama, a graduate" of West Point, aud served in the confeder ate army wih distinction. After the war he was for a time a professor in the University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, and then went to Egypt, where ho served the Khedive for several years. He was elected a professor in the University of Tcnncss-.e in 1877, and came direct here from Egypt,v serving fo ir years in the chair of mathematics. Afterward he was connected with a con tracting fiim of New York as an engineer, and did work on the Statue of Liberty, A year or so ago he went to South Amer ica as engineer for a firm building a rail road.there. His wss with him at the the time of his death. TILDEN TRUST VOID. And Judgment Given in Favor of ths Heirs. Alranv, N. Ym Special. -The Court of Appeals rendered a decision in the case of George A. Tildcn against Andrew II. Green and others as executois, etc, appellants and Laura B. Hazard, et als. Respondents affirming judgment with costs payable to all parties out of tho es tate. This renders the Tilden trust void and is in favor of the heirs. Under the statue of distribution that regulates the inheritance of property tha issue of Mrs. Ptlton and Henry A. Til den, s'ster and brother of of Governor Ti'dcn, come in for equal susres of $8, 000.000. Mrs Wm II. Hazard is the oulv heir on the Pelton side", and thus is cn it led to $1,000,001. The oth?r four million is subject to six children of Henry A. Til Jen. They are Geo? II. Tilden, S J. Tilden, jr., Mrs, Win. B. Whi lesv, 3Irs. Swan, widow, who lives in New London, Mrs. Willis Payne, sad Mrs. Schwartz, of New York City, SOUTHERN New" ASSOCIATION. Organized in 27Vr York by Southern Newspaper Men. Nu:w Yohk Citt, Spccisl A num ber of leading newspaper men in business in Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missip pi, Louisiana aud Tennessee met in this city at the Astor House and organized the Southern Associated Press as a busi ness enterprise. A large amount of capi tal was subscribed. The As-otiation is to commence at once the gathering of news throughout the country and to sup ply their report t cewsj apers and news organize' ions. It will be a strong Asso ciation. New Orleans's Sinking Land. Nkw Orleans, La., Special. The Louisville & NashvIe ltailroad has ceased ruoning its trains over the sunken lands at the French Market, and they stop about a mile and a half from the regular depot. The Southern Pacific is still running its trains over the danger ous spot, but a speed of two miles an hour, so as to cause no j irring. The sinking of the laid continues, and it has no v reached the level of the river. A conference of the State and city engineers and railroid superintendents took place to consider means to meet the emergency. The oyster dealers are heavy sufferers as the caving in of the oyster landing leaves them without any regular landing, and they an find no other convenient place it which to unload their cargoes. stroyed by tire earlv Thursday morning Estimated loss at $20,000. ; - I r . .k- -. i : 'V
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