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G. K. GRAXTHAM,.Editor
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VOL. II.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. 0M THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1892
NO 6.
BIRCH OIL.
HoTf It Is Manufactured A Connec
ticut Industry.
One of the very few ways that the
farmers of Connecticut have of getting
a living is ly cutting the birch brush
from thoir pastures and selling it at the
rate of $3 a ton for the manufacture of
birch oil.
Birch oil is manufactured largely in
Connecticut. There are eight mills in
the State for that purpose, and all of
these are located in the Connecticut
River Valley.
Six years ago all the birch oil that waa
placed upon the market was made in
Pennsylvania by a company of Germans
who owned a mill about twenty miles
from Philadelphia, and the sale of the
oil was controlled by a firm of druggists
iu Philadelphia.
The first birch mill built in Connecti
cut was erected in 188., at .Johnstown,
by Thomas Dickerson, a Baptist
preacher, who was as shrewd in business
matters is he was eloquent in the pulpit.
Mr. Dickerson decided to turn the forests
of birch, that cover the hills of Connecti
cut, into account, and he sent his sou to
Pennsylvania as a book agent, and in
structed him to get employment in the
birch mill if possible, and when ho had
acquired a knowledge of its practical
workiiig to return. The son was absent
two vears, during which time he had ae-.
complished his purpose. I'pou his re
turn the mill was built at Johnstown,
and it was not very long before an em
ploye of Dickersou v Son started an op
position mill. The manufacture of the
oil was very profitable, and within two
years thero were eight establishments
engaged in the business.
At that time the oil readily brought
$rJ.0 a pound and cu"h ton of brush
yields four p'liinds of oil. Tor each ton
of brufdi laid down at the door of the mill
." are-paid.
The average birch mill is equipped
with a set of three tanks, three, tour
and six feet square. These tanks have
copper bottoms, over which are coiled
steam pipes. Into these tanks the brush
is put, haying first beoa cut into pieces
froirt an inch and a hilf to live inches
long. A foot of water is put in each
tank and the steam turned on. Th.f
water is allowed to boil six hours. The
steam from the boi ing waler escapes
through a pipe that enters tlu t: nk near
the top, to a coil set iu a barrel of cold
water. IJy this means the steam is con
leiis: d Jiiid the oil drops from the bot
tom of tho coil into a glass jar. Before
steam is tur.iedoii. the lid covering each
tank is cleaned and made air tight with a
p iste mad-' of grab un tloar an I water
poured around the edges.
The secret of clarifying the oil by
theinical processes is carefully guarded
by tho in umfacturers, but it is simple
Jtnd very effective. It is as follows.
When the tank is tilled an I ready for
boiling, over the top of the contents is
spread a blanket of white -wool satur
ated with water. Through ibis blanket
tho steam passes to tho worm and the
fabric absorbs all sediment and taint of
copper or iron that the ste im inay con
tain. When crude, birch oil is dark red
in color. When 'clarified it is a v en
light green. It is very heavy. Thirteen
lluid ounces weigh a pound and it sinks
in water liko lead.
During tho last two years the price of
tho oil has decreased. The manufac
turer now gets but one dollar and a half a
pound. This shrinkage in value is due
to tho placing upon the market of an
adulterated article known as synthetic
oil, that is larg dy used for the- purposes
for which birch oil was formerly em
ployed. Birch oil is used iu the manufacture of
confections and essences and flavors,
where it is known as the essenco or tho
extract of wintergreen. It has a strong
wintergreen flavor. A great deal of the
oil is sold to tanners, who use it to give
n peculiar odor to a kind of leather that
they make in imitation of an expensive
Russia leather.
The oil can bo manufacture 1 only dur
ing tho .winter' when the bru-h is free
from foliage and then only Jhe black
birch, which is well kno.vn by the names
of mountain birch and sugar birch, is
used, there being no oily substance in
the bark of the white or the spotted
birch. That the strength may not escape,
manufacturers are obliged to ship the
oil in glass bottles and jars. Detroit
Free Press.?
'Wild 3Iustangs in Peiinvlvaiil.i.
On Black's Island, five miles from tho
City of Philadelphia, on the Delaware
River, are a drove of eighty or more un
tamed mustangs, not one of which has
ever been shod or touched with a strap
of harness. The island is a bleak waste
of moadow land, covered by a heavy
growth of thick grass. Hero the mus
tangs live, as wild and uncared for as
though on tho Western plains. The
horses are owned by Messrs. Richard and
Lewis AVistar, two wealthy and eccentric
Philadelphians. In 1873 they took a
couplo of Chincoteaguo mires up from
the South and placed them on Black's
farm, just below Fort Mifflin. Both the
mares were iu foal, and they were turned
out on the island and allowed to run
wild. From that beginning tho herd has
increased as stated. The ponies are at
perfect liberty all the year round, and are
without shelter in winter as well as sum
mer. In fact, they are to all intents
and purposes, as wild as the wildest
mustangs in the West. The co'.ts are
foaled without shelter of any kind, and
grow up strong, rugged and as wild as
though hundreds of miles from civiliza
tion. During the winter, when the
ground is covered with snow, the Lorses
are obliged to paw holes in the snow in
order to get at the dead grass under
neath. After the manner of wild horses
they divide themselves into smaller
herds, each havinga stallion for a leader.
There appears to be a rivalry between
these herds, and royal battles are waged
between the stallions. In color the horses
are mostly bays, creams and piebalds,
ai.d range from thirteen to fifteen hands.
Although the Wistar brothers have not
visited the islai.d for thirteen years, they
steadily refuse to part with any of the
ponies under any consideration. Phila
delphia Record.
At the present moment chenille ii the
iwit aUooftblt of trltnmlngi.
HARBINGERS OF SPRING
News Note as Fresh as the
Air.
Crisp
The Most Interesting: Event Hap
pening in Three States
Chronicled Here.
VIRGINIA.
W. S. Gravely, treasurer of Henry
county, is dead.
$9,000 has been s ,bcribed to build a
new Methodist church in Staunton.
Two traveling men were in Salem last
week, who weighed respectively 300 and
400 pounds.
Chatham postoffice is raised on April
1st from the fourth class to Presidential
class.
Planters of Luuenbnrg are, shipping
large quantities of loose tobacco to Rich
mond. Henry E. Barksdale, Commonwealth's
attorney of Danville, shot and killed
himself at Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wed
nesday. The Junior Order of United American
Mechanics is growing popular throughout
Virginia. At Petersburg they are arrang
ing for a big 4th of July celebration. "
The marriage of John Jasper, the octo
genarian colored preacher, of Richmond,
took place last Thursday. Though
the Rev. John still affirms that the sun
do move, he admits that love makes the
world go 'round.
Caney West, the young North Caro
linian arrested at Danville for obtaining
money on false pretences, pleaded guilty
on three counts, and was sentenced to
pay $5 line and serve 15 days in jail for
each.
At Indian creek, Norfolk couuty,
Irene, the little daughter of Edward
Iionney, was playing around an open fire,
and in some way her clothes came in
contact with the flames. She was burned
to death in a few hours.
NOBTH CAROLINA.
Work on the West Asheville and Sul
phur Springs Railroad has begun
Commissions were issued to the fol
lowing as notaries" public: T. C. Guthrie,
Rockingham; W. P. Tooner, Wilming
ton; W. II. Twitty, Charlotte.
The farmers in the lower end of Hali
fax couuty will plant lice this yea1, and
if successful iu that, direction will enter
Lrgely into the cultivation of that cereal
hereafter.
The State Prohibition convention
which met in Greensboro elected
Edwin Shaver and T. P Johnson, of Sal
isbury, delegates to the national con
vention at Cincinnati June, 29th.
At the next commencement at the
N. C. University, ou alumni day, Tuesday,
May 31, II on. Alfred M. Waddell will
deliver an oration before the Alumni
Association on "The Life ami Charac
ter of Col. Win. L. Saunders."
Revenue officers raided a still house
belonging to George Ivwder in Stanly
countty a few nights ago. The still
was found in an old "smoke house"
which had been rolled against his dwell
ing so that the smoke would escape
through the chimney of the house.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
An abeslos mine has beea found at
SA'itr.er's in Spartanburg county.
It iA rroposed to hold a colored fire
man's tournament in Columbia in
July.
At Charleston last Thursday the Phil
adelphia base ba'l club beat the "Wash
ingtons 7 to 5.
Col. W. Ii. Utsey, of 90, accidently
shot off his right Kg last week and will
be a cripple for life.
Dr. Walter C. Fisher, Columbia's next
mayor, is nearly 0 years old, and a
bachelor.
The Governor appoiuted James H.
Cranston to be Commissioner of deeds
for South Carolina, at Auinista.
The bodj of C.ipt. Anderson, who was
drowned a week beore, was found on
the Mount Pleasant beach Wednesday.
"The Marlb ?ro County Mercantile As
sociation" is a new rganization formed
at Bennettsville by the merchants of the
county, for mutud protection.
Johnson llagood. a 3-oung son of the
late Col. Lee Hajool, who 1ms beeD
taking a course in the South Carolina
College, after standing the examination
at Atlanta, has received the appointment
as Cadet at West Point.
Dave McCain and Henry McNeill,
two negroes, while working the road
near Benncttesville, quarreled. McNeill
struck McCain with a shovel, killing
him
Owing to the failure of railroads to
pay their taxes, the Greenville graded
schoo's will have to close a month ear
lier. Southern extension of the Wilson &
Fayctteville Railroad, between Fayette
ville, N. C, and Florence, was opened
for traffic on March 28th.
R. L. Studstell, a brakemau on the
South Carolina Railway, was found dead
near the water tank, Aiken, having been
struck bv an overhead bridge.
Prince Bismarck 111.
A Berlin cablegram says: Prince
Bismarck was attacked to-day with a sud
den illness. In view of the condition
of affairs here, the news
has caused intense anxiety. Many mu
nicipalities and other bodies throughout
Germany have begun their prep
aaatiou3 to celebrate Bismarck's ap
proaching seventy-seventh birthday, on
the 1st of April. The illness of the
Prince is said not to be serious, and the
latest advice represent it as no more than
an indisposition. Owing to the attack,
he has given up his intended visit to
Ratzeburg, the capital of his duchy of
Lauenburg.
Seven Babies at a Birth.
Guyaqcil, Ecuador via Panama.
Marie Juneau, a French woman
living on the outskirts of
this city, gave birth yesterday to seven
children, ail perfect and healthy.
JASPER WAS MARRIED.
The Famous Sun-Do-Move Divine
la Ag-ain Wedded.
Richmond, Va. Rev. John Jasper and
Mary Cary we're married in the evening at
4 o'clock. The ceremony took place at
the bride's one-story home, No 102
west Hill street. This thoroughfare is
about ten squares north of Clay street
and two blocks west of 8t. James. it
is not a fashiomble portion of Jackson
ward, neither do the residents thereon
go io for progressive euchre during the
winter months or lawn tennis during the
summertime. For ways that are dark
Hill street could tnke the premium ov r
any Celestial that Bret Harte ever met,
and for mud-puddles, broken down
pavements and sickly-looking gas lamps,
the thoroughfare would Compare most
favorably to any street in Beaver Dam
or Screamersville.
Loug before the hour for the cere
mony a large crowd collected in front of
the house, and the small front room was
packed with people fully,, a half-hour
before Jasper arrived. R. H. Glover,
the pastor's son-in-law, acted as door
keeper, and it required hU best muscu
lar efforts to keep the crowd out, while
those who wcr.: entitled to admission
completely tilled the room. Hot is not
expressive enough to convey r.ny idea of
the temperature of that room. It war
something awful, and there the people
stood wedged against each oth-r like as
many human sardines. To reach your
handkerchief to mop yotir face required
about as much physical exert on as Ru
sie uses to prneh nine innings, and once
your hand above jour head you could
never get it down to jour waist again.
About 9 o'clock Jasper arrived attired
in a dark suit, including a Prince Al
bert coat, white neck-tie. gold shirt but
tons, lavender gloves and a silk hat. The
bride was attired in a lilac silk, em
press style, trimmed with chiffon and
lace, and a wreath of orange blossoms
mixed their lily wh teness with the
black kinky hair. A white lace veil com
pleted the costume
The ceremony was performed by Dea
con J. W. Turner,- of R-v. Jasper's
church, and Rev. C. II. Phillips, of Bea
ver Dam, offered st prayer during the
ceremony. The Episcopal service was
used and the patois was something incom
patible with the usual rendition of the
eremony. As soon as the benediction
had been pronounced, Turntr in a sten
tir:a:i tone said: "Salute your bride,"
and Jasper gave his wife a loud resound
ing smack; The Crowd present im
mediately closed in on ihe coup'e and
kissing and hand-shakes were soon as
common as mosquitoes in August.
The groom is about eighty years old,
and this is his fourth marriage. He is the
father of two daughters and a son and
several grandchildren. The bride was a
widow with one child and three grand
children. The bride carried a boquet of violet?,
pansies, lilies and hyacinths, the gift of
two white friends.
LITTLE-FR ANClS WHALEY.
An Ediato Island Child to Live Hers
after Like a Princess.
New York, N. Y. Francis Marion
Whaley, three years and eight months
old, is hereafter to be maintained as be
fits her social position, at an expense of
$3,742 a year, if the report of Referee John
A. Foley, just filed, is cobfirmed. Her
mother, Louisine McCrcady Whaley, who
died in October, 18SD. was the daughter
of Nathmiel McCreadj', formerly pres
ident of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company. He died October 3, 1887,
leaving an estate of about $600,000, from
which the child's income is about $13,
000 a year. She has spent only $2,000
a year heretofore. The child's father is
William Whaley. Her guardian, how
ever, is her aunt, Mrs. Marie Whaley
Chisholm. who mantains the chil i on a
cotton plantation on Kdisto Island, S. C
The child is "rickety," and has othet
phjsical defects. Dr. Snyre recom
mends that it have horseback exercise,
and also the services of a nursery gov
erness. He does uot think that the
baby should be brought up in a hotel,
"as a hotel-bred child is not likely to be
a good member of society, and as it is
not a , good place to rear children."
Therefoie, the child must have a home,
which, together with servants, nursc3
and other domestics, and horses and car
riages, will be very expensive. The
referee thinks that $3,742 will not be too
much, and that the guardian should re
ceive an allowance of $1,000 a year.
BERRY TURNER CAUGHT.
The East Kentucky Outlaw Caught
by .the Sheriff After the Partons
Failed.
MiDDLEsnoROCGH, Ky., Berry Turn
er, the- noted outlaw and desperado of
eastern Kentucky, was caught in White
Oaks, near here, bySheriff John C Col
60U and four deputies.
He was at the home of his sister, and
when the little house was surrounded
saw that resistance was useless. He was
heavily ironed and brought to this place.
For eight years he has been the leader of
his side of the Parton-Turner feud in its
many bloody tights. He always escaped
any serious, wounds.
The lsst battle occurred on Saturday
last, and was in South America, on the
Tennessee line. The fight was brought
on like the previous ones. The Partons,
tired by the spirit of revenge and hatred
and tempted by the reward offered for
Turner, made an attempt to capture him.
The result was thj probable mortal
shooting of Ike Parton, a Turner man,
and a slight injury to Alvis Parton.
Turner escap d easily.
The Partons, who have been constantly
on the lookout for Berry Turner, got
news of his whereabouts on Saturday,
and determined to capture him. Alvh
Parton, who was acting as leader, de
manded that the occupants of the house
come out. The answer was a shot from
a window. The ball made n flesb
wound in Parton's wrist. The attacking
party then opened fire, and after a while
ventured to break in. The besiegers
Jiscovered only one enemy, Ike Parker
who was known as one of Turner's
Btanchest followers.
rrpu.u ro posts to travel uii revo.Uiiou
ary agitators,
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
Some Hard Nuts To Crack For Poli
tieians. "The Alliance Greater Than Its Lead
era" the Subject of a Bright Art
iele By Farmer's Advocate.
The" Alliance Greater than Its
Leaders. The Farmer's Alliance, as the
great farmers' organization that is awak
ening so much atarra In political circKs is
Called, is infinitely greater tban any one
Or dozen men in It. There is not an
individual member enrolled on its list of
membership, from the president dowiij
that would not be given to understand
by evidence most unmistakable that h's
Services are only necessiry in so far as
his utterances and influence harmonize
with the demands of the United organ
ization. No man, we care not who he
is or what have been his past services,
caa deviate a hair's breadth from tnc
course mapped out but that he is check
ed by a remi der that the path in which
he is to walk is as straight and narrow as
the way to glorj'. and the admonition,
"walk thou in it," accompanies the re
minder. There is no instance now re
corded where any one man or set of men
who attempted to run the machine to
suit his or their personal ambition, but
what he or they Ciine to grief. If this
is so with ihosc within the ranks, It Is
also true of those without as has been
already forcibly illustrated. This is one
of the most significant facts which goes
to make Up the grand aggregate of testi
mony that the Alliance is most thor
oughly organized, and it is A unit in its
conception of the evils against which it is
coatending and thoroughly in harmony
as to the remedies necessary to correct
existing abuses. No out?ide issues seem
to disturb or distract They have their
eyes and mind steadfastly fixed upon the
goal they have set out to reavh. Ridi
cule, sophistry, abuse or appeal are
equally vain. They are moving as an
avalauche, gathering in volumes of mem
bers as they move, and defeat or di aster
awaits every issue or policy which im
pedes their advance. One year ago pol
iticians scorned and ridiculed it one
year hence they will tremble and rptake
as they are scattered like chaff iu the
current which accompanies it. The
cloud is gathering; the stornl is approach
ing. Weare an army of mCn evWy'Onc
of which is a leader, arid the singleness
and oneness of purpose quiet) discord
and f mothers jealousies. Farmer's Ad
vacate. Washington, D. ,C, Electiicity for
the farmers is Senator Peffer's latest
legislative idea. The Kansan has intro
du ed a bill which requires the Secretary
of Agriculture to establish an electrical
experiment station in which shall be de
termined the question whether electiicity
can be profitably tised and applied as a
motive power in the propulsion of farm
implements and machinery. Before the
station is established somebody has to
donate to the government the use of the
grounds and buildings Ivhich may be
necessary; Without this individual or
municipal generosity there can be no
.station, and the Secretary of Agriculture
will have ho Opportunity to spend the
10,000 appropriated by the bill.
Twenty-three immig ants who ar
rived at New York on the steamer "Al
len," were debarred from landing by the
Alien Contract Labor Law. This may
seem a hardship to some, but the majority
of our citizens feel that immigration
must be regulated much more carefully
in the future than it has been in the past.
The alien tide grows fuller and stronger
every year. Our superior advantages
here, such as the greater liberty, freedom
from burdensome taxation and from mili
tary servitude for a term of the b st years
of life, higher wages and fewer hours of
labor than in the old countries, the op
portunity of rising socially all these
operate to increase immigration. And
along with many sturdy, honest, industri
ous men and women seeking homes and
larger opportunities for good citizenship,
comes a horde of paupers, criminals and
convicts that is a curse and a reproach to
any people. This is the laud of the brave
and the home of the free, but it is not a
poor-house, nor a peni en iary outlet.
People's Aid and Allinnee lietiew.
" The Alliance Herald (Montgomery.
Ala ) says:
Three billions of dollars mortgages on
the homes of fanners an iniquity
brought shout by a finam ial system that
is a disgrace and shame to a sensible peo
ple. Two hundied and fifty million
annually taken from the pockets of the
people by syndicates, combines and
trusts organized, stimulated and en
couraged by an inactivity of legislators
that is criminal, and licensed by a gov
ernment to rob those it extorts money
from as taxes to pay it to protect. Four
hundred and twenty millions annually
extorted by freight bills, in the nature
of a tax, by railroads on watered stock
and bonds Why? Because the people
sit listlessly while the robbery progresses
and their representatives hold their
peace, when they should be at work for
redemption of their constituents from
this robbery. What is to be done about
it? Talk party ism and prate about
partisanship until tho people are bank
rupt and English syndicates awn the
country? Or be on the alert ready to
strike a blow for freedom from vampires
and redemption from robbery? Are you
free men or slaves? If free men, why not
address yourself to the task of redress
ing your wrongs and remedying the
evils? If slaves, crouch at the feet of
jour master, beg that you may be per
mitted to kiss his toe and pay obeisance
to his tyranny and oppression of you,
and the enslavement of your children.
TWELVE PROPOSITION!.
The Reformer lays down the follow
ing propositions, and challenges anybody
to successfully contradict them upon the
authority of any respectable writer on
political economy or by the experience of
the pa t:
First : That the proper and real f unc
tion of m-ney h Jo facibtate exchange of
property.
Second : That the volume necessafj de
pends upon the population and business
of the country, and not on the product
Of mines.
Third : That prices rise or fall in pro-
tion to the increase or decrease in the
volume of currency.
Fourth: That coin money (gold and
silver) has failed every civilized nation
that ever tried it.
Fith : That when coin failed, paper
money came to the rescue and answered
every purpose of coin money.
Sixths That t preserve uniform
prices of commodities, we must save a
Uniform volume of currency, expanding
as occasion requires.
Seventh: That bankers cannot be de
pended npon to preserve a uniform vol
ume of currency.
Eighth: That a uniform volume can
not be sustained with gold and silver
Cither as money or a1 basis for the circu
lating medium.
Ninth: That there is not gold and sil
ver enough in the world to furnish one
tenth euough money for the convenient
transaction of business.
Tenth: That ia the light of past his
tory and experience specie Irtsis is a
fraud and a relic Of barbarism
Eleventh: Th
country has nothi
t the money of one
lg to do with the mon
at the balance of trade
money, but in coin a$
e of an other; tli
is adjusted not in
a commodity. Thje money of one nation
is not money in any other nation.
Twelfth; That paper money, founded
upon the credit of the government (all
the people), made a fu l legal tender,
and receivcable for taxes of a'l kinds, is
the best and most perfect medium of ex
change it is possible to have. Rational
lief oi VI.
WnO IS THE FOOL?
Laboring Man Mr. Banker, I want to
deposit $100 for a year; what interest do
you pay?
Banker If you leave it a full yeir I
will give you 4 per cent
L. M All right give me the chectt.
B. Certainly, my noble fellow, here
it is.
L. M. Now, I guess that I can loan
some money out here to farmers, and at
a good percentage, and as you are pay
ing me four dolalrs for the use of my
$100 I will leave this check with you as
security, and I want you to lend me
ninety dollars on it at 1 per cent, per
per aununt.
B. We don't do- that kind of biig
iuess; YoU mdst think we are fools to
let you have money and then pay you for
the privilege of doing so
I . M. Is that the name you call fel
lows who do that kind of business?
Why, old fellow, that is what Uncle
Sam has been doing for yod these many
years past. Do you mean to say that he
is a fool? Farmer? Gazette.
Table showing.by States -and Tcrito
ries, the population of each on June 1,
1891, and the aggregate capital, surplus,
undivided profit! and individuil de
posits of national and State banks, loan
and trast companies, and savings and
private banks in the United States on
June 30th, 1891; the average of these
per capita of population, and the per
capita averages of such resources in each
class of banks and in alb
Popala All batiks.
States and Tefl- tion Arer-
torles. June 1, Capital, etc. age per
1S91. capita.
Maine. $S 1, 25.1,063 $12155
New Hampshire.1 37!.'X) ,iZ5.8J5 253.89
Vermont, aH.iXKJ -,!Mi,uU Ii34l7
Massachusetts!, 2,i).ti) 7 1G51,3I4 3-.J3.tlU
lihovle Islaml, XX.MI U7.Vi..XI 261.15
Connecticut, THi.uw iw,53.331 261.71
New York. 6.1l",'rJl l.teS.OUi.U.J 2i2.37
NewJersev. 14X4,ttf 119.7(ifi,7T9 8U.70
Pennsylvania, 5,:i,.M S4G.7.t-53 101.50
Delaware, 17-'.tx-0 l-t,88(!,n5t) 87,56
Maryland. 1.4S,u l.il,i)'.;,s) 96.46
Dll of Columbia. 236.0 0 S.146,171 85 37
Virginia, 1,67' ,W 4J.i3l.(55 25.43
West Virginia. 770t 14.H3.SSI 18-26
North Carolina. I.C'H.OO ll.frr!,74 6-47
South Carolina, .66.Vit) 14,.V.2$3 1149
Georgia, 1,8;.000 ?.',HS2.IM 12.14
Florida, 4(!5.'j0 S.ixr.r. 20.95
Alabama. 1.53S.01H l!,9!.Ma 9.69
Mississippi, 1.3-O.UM 11.754.333 8 9S
Louisiana. l,137.HiO 35.1S.i49 30.90
Texas. 2.3l.m.'J 65.u7o.337 2i24
Arkansas, I.I6I.000 7.6i7,97l 6.55
Kentucky, 1.87,ouo 86.o78.(iH 46.o3
Tennessee, 1.773.ooo 42,6o3,23i 24.o3
Ohio. 8,7-Jo.ooo 2Jo.297.991 69.81
Indiana, 2.213.ooo 71,753.81 32.45
Illinois. 8,K9:.ooo 27,5i3,lt (W.61
SUchiRart. 2,ir,ooo 124.33l.29. 63.15
Wis:;onsid, 1.72S.o :,M 98.14
Iowa. 1.w;".,imh lll.fisi.f.ifi 57.87
Minnesota, l,:stK,ooo Io2,4vj,i7o 73.33
Ml.souri. 2,;34.0oo IGl.oir.tJi 60,00
Kansas, l.l!S,ooo M.S:tt,5:B 37.19
Nebraska, I.USjkjo CJ,r3.62o Go,39
Colorado. 44o,ooo 4o.4So,47 92-eo
Nevada, 44.000 1.176.791 26-77
California, 1.244,.oo 27i,l:.3i5 218.00
Oreiron, I 33V k 17,8i8 2o4 53.65
Arizona, 6I.000 1.272,356 20.86
North Dakota. i9,ooo 8,9S5.3o8 46.56
South Dafcota, Sll.ooo !l,6u9,lol 34.17
Idaho. 93,ooo 2.5HS.25S 27.83
Montana, 145,ooo 2o,277,49i 139.83
New Mexico. 157 003 4.413,963 2S.13
Indian Territory, lsl,3oo 28.S34 1.5c
OVlahOHift, lln.000 48o,:;47 4.18
Utah. 21 4,ooo 5,359.o(;4 71.77
Washington, 37"..ooo .27,S5y.3l7 74.49
Wyoming. 66.WJO 5.j;j.;.5o 81.43
Total-
Cl.lc.3oo
3,510.438,191 91.0
Children Burned to Death.
Ouaxgeburg. S. C Annie Inabinet,
aged nine year, daughter of A. H.
Inabinet, of the Dull Swamp Section, met
with a horrible death hist Monday. Her
father and mother left her in bed asleep
and alone in their residence, with a fire
burning in the bed room. Upon re
turning, they found the house in flames,
r.nd tteir little on? at the window, hes
itating whether to jump to the ground
or not. In this condition she was over
taken by the flame!?, and, with the house,
was soon entirely consumed.
George Hane, a white child, five years
of age, was burnt to death in the Mid
dle St. Mathews section. His pirents
left him at home to take charge of a still
younger child. Soon after their de
parture the little fellow went out of the
hou-e and beg.m playing with some em
bers left in the yard His clothes be
came icnited, and there beinj no help at
hand, he soon burned to death.
To Refund the Cotton Tax.
Washington, D. C- A bill to refund
ti producers the internal revenue tix
collected on cotton was introduced in the
Senate by Mr. George. The bill directs
th; Secretary of Treasury to acertain the
amount of internal revenue tax collected
on cotton in each of the States, and to
refund the proportionate amounts, to be
held in trust by the States for payment
to the producer. Claims under the act
may be tiled within two years after its
pasnge.
A Pension foi oren. Harllee.
Wasiiixgto.v, D. C, Senitor Butlei
will introduce a bill to grant a pension
to jtn. W. W. Harllee. of South Carolina,
for services ia tho Florida war.
BLOODSHED AT HAILE.
Serious Shooting: Affray Between Ne
groes of the Two Carolina.
IvEnsHAW, S. C. A general shooting
affray occurred at the Haile Gold Mine,
on Suaday. between the negroes of North
Carolina and South Carolina. It seems
that a negro named Bill Re d was dis
charged recently by the underground
foreman, Win. II. Reid. Later the
negro started toward Mr. Reid, making
threats, and one Andy Abel interposed,
asking the negro please not to hurt Mr.
Rcid. A fracas eusued. Bill was frdm
North Carolina, aud there was bad feel
in'' brewioj; between the negroes of the
two btates. So on tuoday morning a
few workmen from each State decided
that they would settle the matter. The
result was that three men were wounded,
namely: John Hart, shot between the
shoulders; Milus Stokes, shot in the leg;
George IIarlickf shot in the arm- The
woun s are not necessarily fatal, but
John Hart's casa is not very fnvorable.
CZAR REED STOLE HILjVS IDEA-
Tho Senator Claims' a Copywright on
Quorum Counting1 Method.
WiNxsBono, S. C, While passing
through South Carolina last Saturday
Senator Hill was entertained by the ed
itor of the Nes and Herald.
Speakiag of Speaker Reed3 ruling in
the Fifty-first Congress, the Senator
said that he had never taken any stock
iii the Democratic critic ism of Mr. Reed's
method of countiug a quorum.
"In fact." said h , "Mr. Reed st de
that ruling bodily from'me. I ruled the
same way agaiust the Republicans when
1 was President of the New York Sen
: te. I had my reasons entered on the
journal, and Mr. Reed took them and
made use of them in his own case."
Senator Hill said th it he might have
ued this as capital for himself, but he
saw that the Democratic party was
being benefitted by pitching into
Reed's position, and ho did not say
anything about i s having been stolen.
Progress of the South.
In its issue for this wrek the Manu
facturer? Ilecord, of Baltimore, pre
sents a summary of new enterprises
stu ted in the South since the beginning
of Ihe year, showing that new concerns
have been organized as follows: 1 blast
furnace, 21 machine shops and foundries,
2 agricultural implement factories, 18
flour mills, 9 cotton mills 0 furniture
f ic'ories, 2 gas works, 18 water works,
G carriage and wagon factories, 36 elec
tric light plants, 130 mines and quarries,
123 woodworking factories, 20 ice facto
ries, 14 canning works, 3 stove found
ries, 23 brick works, G miscellaneous
iron working establishments, 2 cotton
compresses, 10 cottonseed oil mills and
283 other establishments of miscel
laneous character.
Commenting upon these figures, the
Manufacturer? liecord sas;
"We want to disabuse our readers of
the idea that the South is booming, and
in place of this impression we desire to
prove to th world that the South is de
veloping steadily, surely and in . a
healthy manner. Enterprises that are
no .v being established in the South arc
put there to ttay. They arc not being
projected to make a show of activity, but
to continue upon a legitimate, sub
stantial basis. There is probably less
speculation iu the South at picsent than
at any time in many years pas', and this
it the most encouragf.n of the present
situation. The South is moving forward
now upon the Hues of conservative leg
itimate business, and in the long run
this means more good honest money in
the pockets of all concerned."
In its usual weekly summary of new en
terprises the Manufacturer? liecord gives
the following as being organised during
the past week.
A $1,000, U00 coal and coke company at
Cornith. W. Va ; a $500,000 develop
ment company at Kenovj, W. Va. ; a
$o0,000 cottot seed-o'l mill at Kyle,
Texas; $15O,C00 coalmining company at
Calvert, Texas; a $ "0,o00 ice and coal
storage at at Gren:id:i, Miss ; a $200,000
starch manufacturing company at Rome,
Ga. ; a $100,000 company at Fort Smith
Ark.; a $250,000 pho-pnate coaripanj
organized by New. York parties to ojer
ate in Florida; a $100,000 mica mining
and manufacturing eomp-ny nt Rich
mond, Va. ; a $50,f:(i0 tlour mill com
pany at Wichita F.ll., Texas; a $250,000
sewerage company at Austin, TVxas; a
$100,000 land Yt.moany at Conway,
Ark. ; a $75,000 development company
at Cedar Town. C. ; a $100,' 00 lane'
company at Florer.c . S. C; nud a $100
ton cotton seed-oil miii at. Fort Worth
Texas.
SCHOOL TEACHER COULD ARGUE.
Ha Stood Out Against Eleven Jurors
and Made Them Yield.
Atlanta, Ga. Robert II. Horton, a
poor white cropper, was convicted in
Washington county last week for man
slaughter, and citizens of that county are
herc"tryiDg to induce the Governor to
pardon him.
It was brought out at the trial that
Horton was employ, d ia 1884 by J. J.
( iarner, then a rich citizen of this county.
Garner, af er m Kiths of tempta
tion ruined the ucor white cropper's
hmdsome wife. Horton moved away
and Garner followed. Last year Horton
kill-d him.
After the case was given to the jury
it became apparent that, the jury was
'hitched," ana juage wnggs exclaim
ed: "There is a school teacher on that
jury, and he is quibbling over the mean
in" of the words 4 in imminent dan
ger "
The verdict, was returned Saturday
morning and it became k own that the
jury on going out stood eleven for ac
quittal and one the school teacher for
conviction. The latter held out and
brought the other eleven over to
him.
The new.y tiiscoverei cal mines la
the Argentine Republic have caused
Cancellation of the contract with Eng
land for tioal for the railroads in that
country.
Ths Convention of Straichtouts.
Columbia, S. C. The South Carolina!
convention of straight Democrats, in ses
sion Thursday, appointed a committee
to name a ticket and present a platform, ;
and after midnight this committee
brought in a platform which was adopted'
bv the convention and named the follow
ing ticket, which the convention heart
ily endorsed :
Governor Jno. u. fcneppara, of luogc
field.
Lieutenant-Governor James L. Orr,
of Greenville.
Attorney-General W. Perry Murphy,
of Colleton.
Comptroller General J. B. Humbert,
of Laurens.
Secretary of State L. W. Youmans,
of Barnwell.
Superintendent of Kducation Tha
Rev. I). W. Hiott, of Anderson.
Adjutant and Inspector-General- W.
W. Dixon, of York.
Treasurer R. E. Mclver, of Darling
ton. Both Governor Sheppard and Col. Orr
appeared before the convention and
made brief addresses of acceptance.
These are not formal and final nomi-;
nations but arc nominations which are
to be passed upon by the Democrats of
the State in their primaries in view of
the State convention to nominate a ticket.
The plan adopted is, indeed, the Till
mau plan of two years ago. It is" con
templated to work upon him the samo
ta;tics that he worked two years ago
upon his opponents.
The ticket named would appear to bo
one of exceptional strength. Governor
Sheppard, a very popular man, is of Till
man's own county, Edgefield, and Col.
Orr, of Greenville, is a geutleman to
ivli.im Iks ntrnwrVitmita 'Saomll tfk tlftVCi '
naturally turned as a leader in this
frujergency.
ADVERTISED FOR A WIFE.
The Romantic Marriage of an At
lanta Policeman.
Cjiaulotte N. C., R. T. Thompson,
a member of tho Atlanta polico force,
was married here to Miss Lydia J. Henry,
a twenty-two year old daughter of 'ilr.
John Henry, of Iredell county, N. C It
appears that Policeman Thompson ad
vertised for a wife. The Iredell young
lady opened a correspondence with him.
They exchanged photographs and nil
that sort of thing, and arranged to meet
each other at Charlotte. Policeman
Thompson arrived in Charlotte, on tho
morning train from Atlanta, and wa9 at
the depot when the train came in, watch
ing out for his girl. They had never
met, but as the passengers got out of tho
train, the people in tho yard saw a good
looking young lady rush up to a tmt
rate looking man and throw herself into
his arms, - It was the first meeting of
Thompson and Miss Henry. They
hurried up town, secured the license and
were marriedby Esquire-Maxwell . Then
they took the afternoon train for Atlanta.
M'ENERY WINS IN LOUISIANA.
The Result of the Democratic State
Primary for Governor.
New Orleans, La. The electioncl
passed off very quietly. New Orleans
gives McEnery 11,302 start in tho
race.
The Times-Democrat this morning,
snys editorially: "Not only has the
Crescent City declared in favor of tho
levee Governor, but all that has yet been
heard from the parishes indicates that
instead of the New Orleans "majority for
McEnery being lessened by the country
vote it will be increased by that vote.
There is thus a practical certainty that
tlic McEnery ticket has been elected by
:i majority which will be at least 9,000,'
inl is more likely to be 10,001 or 12,
000." . The Picayune says : . -There is no rea
son to doubt that in the primary elec
tions. Govenor McEnery, with
the ticket for State offices which he heads,
liai been decisively victorious. The
.McEnery ticket has carried . the city by
about the same majority as in the No
vember primaries of last year." .
Delegation to New Orleans.
Raleigh, N. C. The executive com
mittee of the North Carolina Confeder
ate Veterans' Association made
the following appointments of delegates
to attend the meeting of the United Vet
erans at New Orleans, April 8 and 9 :
State at large E. I). Hall, R. F. Hoke,
Rufus Barringer, A. B. Andrew. W. L.
DeRossett, M. W. Ransom. Z B. Vance,
II. C. Jones, Klias Uarr, r. H. Jiuboee.
First District C. J. O'llaan, W. I.
Pruden, W. P. Robert. Second Dis
trict W. W. Carraway, W. R. Bond,
Thomas W. Masou. Third District
Matt Manlv, James S. Kenan. Fourth
District W. II. S. Burgwyn, W. C.
Stronach, W. L. London. Fifth District
J. S. Carr, J. Turner Morehcad, J. R.
Long. Sixth District J. L. CantweU,
R. f . Bennett, S. B. Alexander. Sev
enth District W. M. Bobbins, John A.
Ramsev, M. O. Shcrrill. Eighth District
C. B. Watson, "J. W. WTil.on, W. H.
II. Cowles. Ninth District T. F David
son. G. 3. Ferguson. E. Everett.
Inventor of the Catton Picksr Dead
Momgomert, Ala. The death an
nounced of James Williamson Wajlia,
the inventor of the mechanical cotton
nicker. He died at his homestead in
Memphis, Pickens county, on the 14th,
aged seventy-six. He founded the town
of Memphis, and for many years was an
extensive cotton planter." Since the
war he has devoted himself to inventing
a mechanical cotton picker, and a
few months ago his long struggle
in this direction was crowned with
success. His invention was practically
tejted and pronounced by expert judges
an unqualified success He has been as
sociated with George Lispenard, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., in his enterprise. He
leives three sons and a daughter.
Mill Gets th Texas Senatorship.
AcsTix, Tex.- R. Q. Mills was unan
imously chosen United States Senator by
the Legislature. The joint session fur
nilly ratified his electiou.
It is curious that butterflies and -beea
have tastes akin to those of the human
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