r Cent Times. rai H A G. K. GRAXTHAM,.Editor Render Unto Caesar the Things tliat are Caesars, tfnto God, God -a. 1.00 Per Annum, in Advance. 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 fjuailTf . .. "V

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