North Carolina Newspapers

r Centra A V - - - 1 " " M"' - 1 1 j, --. G. K GRANTHAM, Editor Render Unto Cncsar the Tilings that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. gl.00 Per Annum, in Advance. . VOL. II. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C., THtTftSDAY, MAY 12, 1892 P" ' No7l2 J THE AGE OF ORGAHTZATIOX. - ' Xew Boarder "Well! -well! This is the first place I've struck where they l. j 4 i : ,1 u jam instead of stewed prunes. r Old Boarder All owing to organiza tion, my boy. Us boarders hare a mu tual protective association with iron-clad rules and heavy penalties. ' "Oh, ho! You kicked against prunes, did you?" "Not much we didn't. We passed a law that whenever prunes caino on the table every member should eat a quart or pay $10 fine. That settled it. The landlady found prunes too expensive." Xew York "Weekly. cot vp head. : Motj.er (proudly) And so you got to the head of tho spelling class to-day? . Little Son Yes'm. Tho whole class missed on spelling a word cept me. "And you didn't? "Xo'm. 'There was only one way left to spell it." Good News. WHY DID IIIKV I. A UGH? "How are you, Fogg?" exclaimed Fen-, ilersoa; "I've been on a regular wild gooso chase, and I'm glad I've found you at last." Fenderson thinks he must have said a good thing, the way the boys laughed, but he can't for the life of him tell what it was. lios'oa Transcript. Ill" Ft IL RIVALS. Village Beauty I see that there new firo cngino has been named after Jack Hansom. Admirer (a rival of Jack Hansom) Va-us, that new engine is a good deal of a squirt. Xew York Weekly. THE POINT OF VIEW. Mrs. Xewliwed I do so enjoy a bright day. Now, last .Monday was a superb day.- Miss Spinn It was -a perfect day for a walk or a drive. .Mrs. Xewliwed Yes. but I was think- ing of tho wash Xew York Sun. UKOINMNIJ AT TUB TOP. Hicks I thiuk I shall brinpr up my boy to follow tho sou for n livelihood. Dix Why havovou settled on that? Hicks It seems to be the only indus try'in which ones is notexpectod to begin nt the bottom.' Brooklyn Life. TIIK SUMMER SIKEX. The hills and dales a fresher green nro wearing, The crocus blooms again, And the sweet summer girl begins pro paring For her campaign. New York Press. KVEX TIIOUiJH IT'S LEAP YEAR. "I declare,' sobbed Miss Serandyel low, "the deceit fulness of the newspaper hoadlincs is something dreadful! What do I mean? Why 1 saw tho announce ment. 'Proposals,' in a paper this morn ing, and cut the articlo out, and what do you suppose it was? No, nothing of the sort not a word about marriage, butjust a lot of bids for some horrid old steam boats." Boston Xews. r.EriiAYED HERSKI.F. Bloobumper I read to-day an account of how a female forger donned male at tire, and for a long time eluded arrest but at last she gave herself away. Spatts -;She stopped to look in a milli ner's window, J suppose? Bloobumper Xo; in a moment of absent-mindedness she asked a woman if her hat was-rm straight. Harper's Ba : ar. A KOMAXCK OI T.IK PiiUlOD. "Mildred," passionately exclaimed the voung man, throwing himself upon his' Knees, near me. ror memos l nave carried your image in my heart. You have never been absent from my thoughts one 'moment. -The contemplation of a future unshared with you would drive ine to despair to suicide! Listen! For more than a week, Mildred, tho dread, the 'suspense, the uncertainty, tho horri ble fear that I may fail to win your af fections has oppressed me by day and banished s!ooj from my eyes at night! For moro than a week 1 have not slopt! With straining eyeballs I have tossed on my restless couch and' - "Harold," interposed the gentle girl, with tears'of compassion in her eyes, . "I should consider myself the most heartless of women if 1 could look unmoved upon your sufferings when a word from mo can banish them. If you are troubled with insomnia, Harold, you will find in stant and certain relief by using I levy -pide's celebrated Xerve Squelcher, prieo C0 cents a bottle, for sale by all drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded, testimonials on application, delays are dangerous, life is precious, nn'd what is life - without, sleep, send for umple, if used according to directions. Will cure in twenty-four hours, mention this paper." Chicago Tribune. Railroads of the Earth. According to a recent report of the "Archivs fuer Eisenbahnweseu, 2," the entire length of all the railroads of tho earth on December 31, lb'.U, was 505,767 kilometres, representing a distance al most fifteen times the circumference of the earth at tho equator, and 200,000 kilometres more than the mean distance between the earth and the moon. At the end of tho year 1879, the length of the earth's railways was only 350,031 kilo metres, so that moro than 215,000 kilo metres were constructed in one decade. From 1885 to 18Si, railways covering a distance of 108,000 kilometres were Tbuilt. Of this number, 08,079 kilo metres fell to this country's share. Can ada, Mexico and Europo follow in tho 'order named as regards tho increase in railway systems. Germany, in that time, put up '4,222 kilometres. At the end of 1889 tho United States, according to the same authority, had 259,087 kilo metres of railway; Prussia, 24,9G8j Ger many, including Prussin, 41,793; Aus- tria Hungary, 20,501; Great Britain and Ireland, 32,0SS; Franco, 30,348; Russia and Finland, 30,140; Italy, 13.003; Bel gium, 5,174; Switzerland, 3,104; Spain, 9.800; Sweden, 7,910; European Tur key, Bulgaria and Koumania, 1,765, and Europe, 220,261. The fastest ship afloat is the City of Fekin, owned by the Pacific Mail Com pany. She cost 11,000,000. ALLIANCE SAYINGS. Some Bright News For Our Alliancemen. Congressman Livingston of Georgia Pushing the Sub -Treasury Bill. SOXQ IN THE SWEET BYE AND BY3. I. We've all heard of that beautiful land, The political haven of bliss, But when enframe the people demand, They receive some such answer as this In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc. II. When reforms and redresses we seek, And petitions most humbly present. We are told to be patient and meek, That we'll all see the promised event In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc. fit. Many promises thus we've received, That redemption would soon come about; No more will this yarn be believed, For our votes they will fruitlessly shout In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc. IV. There'll be Help for the poor bye and bye, But not 'till the toilers employ Independence t do and deny Part in schemes, to let others enjoy In the Sweet. Bye and Bye, etc. V. There's a land that is hotter than this, Where the old party leaders will stew, And feaSt on the visions of bliss, Which no more they'll hold up to our view In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, We will vote as we ne'er did before, In the sweet, bye and bye. We will suffer in siience no more. HON. L. F. LIVINGSTON, OF OEORGTA, ON THE SUH-TREASURY. Washington, D. C With a view to ascertaining bottom facts as to what has or will be done for it this .session by re form brethren, the presentee of the bill, Colonel Livingston, of Georgia, was seen at the Capitoh "It is neither dead or sleeping,' he said. ''Just as soon as4.be Noyes-Hock-well election case is finishe'd the committee on referment have promised me a heiring before them, and I have agreed with Sir. Watson of Georgia," to each take an hour in its advocacy." "But you don't expect the committee to give it favorable report?" "No - adverse. But we shall have a favorable minority report; it will go on the calendar, and no effort will be spared to get it before the House for considera tion." "That would fake unanimous or ma jotity consent, would it not? now can this be effected when a single T object' lays it to sleep, unless a plurality vote for it?" "I am not prophesying, but if work will get it up, if fight will get it up, you will hear some of the best sub-treasury thunder and lightning on the floor of the House you ever listened to. Tell the Alliance all over the Union that the sub-treasury lies next us, and its standard bearers will see it takes no step backward, but. on the contrary, onward." OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS. Represent itivc Oates of Alabama has introduced a bill to provide for refund ing the taxes laid and collected on raw cotton, in event that the Supreme Court holds than the laws providing for its col lection are unconstitutional. The Pan American Bureau reports that in seve.al places in Central America flour is now made from bananas, and contains more nutriment than rice, beans, or corn, I learn that the condition of winter wheat is reported to be good in Kentucky, and Kansas: fair iu Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan; and ba:l in Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa. Nebraska. Minnesota and th'i Dakotas During the first quar ter of this year 101,000 bags of American flour were received at Havana as against 85,374 last year. ,A recent circular issued by the Agri cultural Department with respect fo the application of insecticides, gives the fol lowing as a formula to be u?cd against true bug3, plant lice, and sca'c insects: Kerosene 2 g:ifv, water 1 gr.l , common soap or whale oil soap ll. For the treatmeuc of the apple scab, it recom mends the following to be applied just as the flowers n-e opening, then 12 r 14 days la'cr, and then twice more at sim'dai intervals: Dissolve four pounds of copper sulphate in ten or twelve gallons of water and stir in five pounds of washing or sal soda; then add three pints of strong aqua ammonia, dilute to 45 gallons. The cir cular advises thai for the curculio on the plum, cheny, peach etc., twoor three ap plications be made during the latter part of May for the purpose of destroying the adults before they lay their eggs. Tender-leaved plants, such as melons and cucumbers, are injured by repeated ap plications of poison, while plants with firmer and smoother leaves, such as the orange, are little affected. Boot plants, such as beets, turnips, radishes, etc . are but little injured, whereas foliage plants show what injury there is at once, and honey bees arc liabl to be killed by the poison if appl ed while the phnts are in bloui. The poi on should in all cases be highly diluted, and following a rain another application should not be made for sevtral days On the whole, the De partment believe? from its investigations, that insecticides are not severely injurious to vegetable life, and it rccomends their use in moderate quantities and with dis cretion. THE COTTON OUTLOOK. There is no improvement to note in the position of cotton during the pat month, yet we are of the opinion that the pres ent low prices will gradual improve. The certain y that the last crop will not exceed 0,000,' 00 bales is more assuring than the uncertainty of previous reports Tiiere has been a variety of c uses to de press the market to a point lower than it has touched during the pat 50 years The .ignorance prevailing as to the ex tent of the crp, the large for aid move ment of cotton, the decline in silver, which affect d Euopeui trade, aud the conservative policy of close buying, which has been adopted by the. Mnmbes- ter spinners, all these circumstances have had a bearish tendency. Cotton planting is now over, and, as far as" can be learn ed, the area will be decreased by 30 per cent. In Alabama the receipts of ferti lizers this season hate been" but 80,000 tons, as compared with 106,000 tons last year, and in South Carolina 130,000 ton3 against 185,000 a year ago. This shows Conclu ively either that the area to be cultivated will be proportionately less, Or that the crop will receive insufficient fer tilization, and must, consequently, be di minished in yield. The planters, more over, owing to the low prices received for their last crop, are not In a position to thoroughly cultivate and care for the next one. Tr de abroad cannot be worse, but must improve Manufacturers in England are holding very small stocks of cotton, and have beett running Tght as their business - was Unsatisfactory. Aiiy improvement in this direction will at once stimulate the market for the raw material It should also be borne in mind that, in addition to a reduced crop area, there is a grave probability that the n xt yield w 11 not be so prolific as the last was, for It is exceptional to have three excessive yields during three suc cessive years. From another source we find the In lia crop to be some 400,000 short, also that India cotton is, being de barred from European markets, owing to the habit now in vogue of adu'terating the long-staple India cottons by mixture with short-staple cottons. So much has this been done that manufacturers in India arc even compelled to import long; taple cotton from Egypt. The with drawal of any quantity -of India cotton from the European markets will cause, by that much, an additional consumption of American, and the low prices, which will result in the more ext ndt d use of Amer icas cotton, will also tend to its becom iig more firmly t stablished In continent .:! European markets. American Agri culturist. Tho Heart Is a Pump. A When pumps were first provided with valves to direct the current of water hither or thither, the inventor was no idoubt very proud of his achievement. a the heart within his breast, in his own veins and arteries, were valves engaged in the same task of rightly directing the , flow of blood. In the simpler kind? of pumps, which linger here and there in' (our farmyards, the action U jerky, the . stream flowing and ebbing fro n moment to moment as the arm of . the pump rise3 and fal'-s. Quite as jerky would be the tide of the blood were not tho walls of khe arteries highly elastic. Their elas ticity serves the same purpose as that of jthe air in the chamber attache! to lare pumps to equalize and steady their fl.v. Examination of the heart bring out a principle of its structure, cariouly par Jalleled in modern invention. So po wer- . ful are the explosive charges me I in the great guns of modern warfare that no mere increase of thickness in the; metal would prevent their bursting. To avoid this peril was the object of the ingenious method of manufacture introduce! by General Rodman. In this process a cur rent ot water passe3 through the core of the gun as it lies in the mold, and the 'gun barrel is permitted to coal from its outer surface with extreme slowness. A gun cast in this way may be regarded as a series of cylinders, the outer ones of which are successively shrunk on the in ner; as these inner ones ard taus strongly compressed the force of compression is added to that of the metal's powerful cohesion, and so tremendous explosives are safely resisted. At t'.ie sain j time the outer cylinders of the gun are in a state of tension thatds, they would fly apart were they of less tenicio.n metal. At a distance as they are froaa the dis-( charging powder, they are still: strong enough to withstand as much I of the strain of firing as comes upon them. In Um ingenious nianuer the founder dis tributes throughout the whole mass of his metal the prodigious rupturing forces of modern explosives, explosives which would rend a3 paper the cannon uel by our grandfathers. The structure he builds up closely rese nble thut of tb.3 heart. Initstw inner paris the fi'ore3 of that organ are wound somewhat like two balls of twine, and these in tura are tightly compressel by a covering of other similar fibres. The heart has to resist no such explosive forc-j as that which comes ; upon a gun, but in propell ing the blood throughout the system it has to exert great pressure. Tuis pres sure by the organ's peculiar structure is uniformly distributed throughout every part. In the frame of an ordinary man the labor of the heart in Uventy-four hour3 is equal to lifting 124 tons one foot 'rom the ground. Courier-Journal. The Czar to Visit the Kaiser. A Berlin cablegram siys: The Czar and Cz iriua will leave St. Petersburg for Berlin on the 21st of this month, to visit Emperor William. The Emperor will have the visit treated as an event of the first importance, indicating to the world the good relations which exist between Germany and Russia, aud giving further assurance of peace to Europe. Flocking: to the Faith-Cure Priest. Pittsburg, Pa. The lame, the halt and the blind are again coming into the city in large numbers to see Father Mollinger, the ruth-cure priest, and to bow at the shrine of St. Anthony in the chapel on Troy Hill. Most of the newcomers are from the South. Thus farftlm season no remarkable cures have been reported. The Church in Politics. ! From the Atlanta Constitution. Tnere will be no regular sermon at the hurch to-morrow, as the preacher is running for Congress. Deacon Jenkins, however, will deliver a short discourse on natio'-al politics, after which a collection will be taken for the benefit of the cim- paign. A Woman Preacher. Lincoln Daily Nebraska State Journal. Ashland, Neb. The Immamiel Bap tist Church of this city has extended a call to Miss Frances Townsley of Chicago to supply the vacant p.tstorate. - Miss Townsley has accepted the offer and will enter upon her duties next Sunday. Quadrennial methodists. Tidal Wave of Methodism Spreading to Every Corner of the Globe. OMAtiA; Ner Bishop Warren, the. millionaire' bishdrj df Denver',- presided at the opening session of Thursdays Metho dist Conference. Dr. My ley. of New York, conduc ed the devotional exer fcises. ; After the order tjf business had been tak'n up B'shop Foster began re:idng the episcopal address. After congfiat-. ulating the assembly upon its auspicious meeting and passing eulogies upon be dead offi ;trs and laymen, it states t int the past quadfinnunl had been a pros perous one iil the church and that n'o bishops had died. The bishops hstve made more than fifty thousand assign men's of ministers and families with biit little dissatisfaction. Work in foreign fields has been given mote than ordinjary care. Bishop, Waldf Oh visited Mcxjico and South America in 1890 and held cbn feremes in vxrious South American St-tcs Bishop Warren visit' d Jawah and China, being the first bishop to va Corea; Bishop Newman visited Japhri ; liistiop JM tic visited 31CX1CO, and Bishop a owlet Circled the globe under assign ment and held conierence in the van pus nations of the earth. Bishop Andrf ws and Bishop Goodsel visited Asia, and Bishop Mallalieu looked after Russia and Bulgaria. These vis ts have tad beneficial results, as the same kind Methodism prevails in every court of try visited. The increased number of b sh ops has not decreased the work .to $rjr special extent. A century of growth Iras It h e made our book-concern the world. largest in A LAW SUIT FOR A VILLAGE; The Title to Tryon City in Litiffar- . tion. Mrs. Curetott Sues for Possassion. ShcClby, N. C. Tivon City, beautiful for situation and perched upon a moiinj tain. is njw the subject of a big lawsi it.; Mrs Mary M Cireton, daughter of C oj van Mills, deceased, the widow of 'r. thomas Cureton, formerly of Charlotte, has begun a law suit and sues for hje possession of nearly the whole of Trjon City i i Polk doUuty, and she is the o&ly surviving heir of Govan Mi'ls, cliimsjtik tie through a Sta'c grant for 3o0 acre3 of land given in 1790 to Jas. Logan. In a recently decided law suit against Mr.- Garrison for the possession of!a lot iuTryon City, the plaintiff, Mrs. M. jMj . Cureton, gained the lo and in this s$iq Cessful suit she first discovered th t hb 850 ac re grant covered the greater partjejf Tryon City. Then the question arisje, will the statute of 1 mitations prevent heir rec very of th's tract after i he lapse .cjf so many years? Her lawyers assert toat she is not bane. I by the statute of li nl tf.tions. for she married Dr. Cureton jq fore she was 21 years of age, and she re mained a feme covert, or a married wo man, until 187S, when Dr. Cureton dieel, and the had begun hi suit before .hc seven years had expired, counting fnbm her husband's death . The defendants in this case, iuvolvjixg many thousands of dollars aud miny beautiful residences, assert that they fare ready for tho issue and that she canhat recover. So both sides are confident f victory and the lawyers will have iiije pickings and gather many shekels ifito their empty treasury. This case wil tried at the Polk county court. BLANCHARD UP "SALT RIVER, The 'Czar" and the " Watch Dog of the Treasury" Break Lances. Washington, D. C. In the House Friday over two hours were occupied In attempts to secure amendments lnvolvim: small appropriations for small creek?, none of which were carried. Mr. Caruth humorously appealed If Or f d,000 for.Salt river, Kentucky, in be name of defeated candidates for office all over the country. He urged the chair man of the committee, Mr. Blanchardj to grant him this small boon. j Mr. Blanchard replied that so many gentleman had ppoken to him abont rious rivers that he did not recollect the gentleman from Kentucky. j J Mr. Caruth naively inquired if the gen tleman from Louisiana thought this stit? ment was a proper one to go publicly .q to the Record. Laughter. Why wis he not more ingenious in his remaitkH The "Salt river" was the one stream I in his district in which he had a specialiia- terest. Laughter. A bad snag was encountered when Iie clause was reached to appropriate f 13,000 to complete the embankment on the Solillh side of the Great Miami river near junction with the Ohio. Mr. Reed its Maine, and and Mr. Molman, of Indiah$, had quite an acrimonious discussion, injd pending discussion the committee rose arid the House took a recess until 8 o'clock this eveniog for the consideration of irl- : 1 T , a I aiv peusiuu uiu. i Status of the Chinaman Settled Washington, D. C. The bill entitled "An act to prohibit the coming I of Chinese persons into the United States'" reached the White House about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and was at once referred o the Attorney General for examination. Shortly before 4 o'clock, after conference with Attorney General Miller and Sej: -retaries Blaine and Foster, President Harrison gave the bill his approval. Tne following statement was made in connec tion with the announcement of that ffcjt: "Upon an - examination by the Attorpfy General he thought it a verv crave ones tion whether or not all existing restrictive legislation did not expire tne nextuav therefore the necessity for prompt appro val of the bill." A Prisoner Lynched by His Guards!. Knoxviixe, Tenn. Charles Miller vas arres'ed in Blount county about a wek ago, suspected of murder. He proved to be a brother to the man wanted, andj fie was turned over to two brothe s nariid Buchanan to guard while the officer rjc sumed their chase. After their depart ure the Buchanan brothers tied Millef ko a tree, cut his throat and riddled his bbjly with bullets, and then tecretedthe bejdy. The body was found yesterday. I ji stated that Miller was concerned4 in:tic murder of the Bach,aqans, some yearj i4o. Three states' bhiefs. A Condensation of the Principal Happenings. The JfeWs Gleaned From All Sources and Prepared Fof Our Busy People. VIRGINIA. A Y. M. C. A. is bclfig" Organized at South Boston. Preparations are being made to bore for oil at Stanardsville, Albemarle county. , A $50,000 residences being built at Manassas. The city of Petersburg has bought fof $75,000 the Virginia and Carolina rail road. Gov. McKinney has made a large num ber of the appointments for the auxiliary board of the Stale Falf Commission, which is to cons-st of two members from each county aud city, a total of 226. An old restaurant bill printed in Rich mond in January, 1864, gives the war time prices in Confederate money: Soup, $1.50; chickens. $3.50; roast beef, $3; ham and eggs. $3 ; raw oysters, $2 ; cof fee, $2; bread and butter, $L50; a bot tle of champagne, $50; a drink of rye whiskey, $2; a bottle of ale, $12. and a cigar, $2 NOBTH CAROLINA. A creamery is being built at Charlotte. . A summer school auxiliary of Trinity College will be established at Pilot Mountain. The work of grading the Eranswick, Western and Southern rai'road between Sou hport and Wilmington has begun. R Merrill Shaw, a lad attending the Horner School at Oxford, was drowned last week in a small fish pond. Col Eugene E. Harrell, quartermaster general of ths State Guard of North Car olina, is at Wrightsville inaugurating the arrangements for the annual encampment. Durham town taxes for the last fiscal year amounted to $61,379.39, less $3, 063 45 on hand at the beginning. The expenditures for the year were $59,566. 83, , j A memorial arch is to be erected over Independence Square at Charlotte for the 20th of May celebration ; f 300 was ap propriated by the board of aldermen for its erection. A permanent arch to cost $3,000 is then to be erected. SOUTH CAROLINA. Edward J. Sawver has been appointed as postmaster at Bennettsvil'e. 1 The South Carolina Cotton Od com pany has been completed at Charleston with $350,000 capital stock. An im tnense oil mill will be erected. The Charleston cotton mill will in bll firobability be moved toXockhart Shoals, n Union county. It is; proposed to buy the Lockhart Shoals site for $50,000, and, after effecting a complete reor ganization of the company, move the works to that point. The Charleston New3 and Courier set on foot an extensive system of enquiries as to the probable reduction in cotton acreage the replies received figures the percentage at 25. It is learned that the farmers will devote this 25 per cent, of acreage to food crops . OTHER STATE 3. The G. A. R. Department of Georgia has bought the old Andcrsonville prison ground, says Dr. Kane, of Atlanta, and will present the property to the G. A. R. at the encampment in Washington next September. Congress will be asked to establish a solders' home on the ground. VERY PRECIOUS" T0 CATHOLICS. A Relic for the Devout Worshipper from the Basilica. A New York special says: In a gold lined casket on the altar in the quaint little French church of St. Jean Baptiste, No. 159 East 76th street, has lam each diy since Monday from 6:30 until 10 a m., the most sacred relic in Catho'ic eyes of the days when Christ walked the earth, which ever reached America. It is a large fragment of the arm of St. Ann, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, moth r of Jesu. For many centuries it has been guarded more jealously than were ever guarded r-iyal jewels or kingly crowns by the Benedict monks at Rome, ia the great basilica of St Paul's, outside the walls. No v, by special request of His Holiness, the Pop-, a portion of it is sent to increase the faith and devotion of a'l members of the church in the United States and Canada. i This r lie, which will be regarded by Catholics everywhere with the deepest feeling of piety an I joy, is to be kept at the Church of St. Anne de Beaupere, on the St Lawrence river. Another piece of arm is on its way, and will becnshriried in the church where the fragment above referred to is exposed. 1500 SOUTHERN BAPTIST.S A Large Convention at Atlanta. Condemning the Chinese Exclusion Act. Atlanta, Ga. The Southern Baptist Convention met in Trinity Methodist church. Fifteen hundred delegates are in attendance, and Judge Jonathan Har ralson, of Salem, Ala., was re-elected president Joshua Letering, of Mary land; W. J. Northen, of Georgia; James P Eag'es, of Arkansas, and L. L. Fos ter, of Texas', were elected presidents, i Before the convention adjourned a res olution condemning the Chinese exclusion act as destructive to Christian missions in China will be presented. A fight Will probably be made on the home and for eign missions boards' Dr. Hawthorne Welcomed the convention to Atlanta, and Governor Northen to the State. j Measure for Measure. F oai the Dawson, Ga., News Two gentlemen in this country married ea :h other's sister, and now they have nine children each. One family has tWo - i i , i .i : i . ju is ami seven uoys", aau iuu ov'rt ?au'M jkis two boys and seven girls. PRESENTED TO BLAINE. A Virginian Accosted Him On the Steps of the White House and GrAve Him a Cane. Washikgton, D. Ct At about 3:30 in the afternoon as Secretary Blaine was go ing into the White House, where he had some business with the President, he was accosted by Mr. A. B. Crowell, a Virgin ian, "who Said "Is this Secretary Blaine?" Yes," replied the Secretary, looking somewhat annoyed. "You do not remember me, do you?" continued the stranger. "No, I can't say that I do," replied the Secretary. , "Well," continued the Virginian, "I met you here in Washington sir years ago, sad I came here to find out where you were Htlng so th&t I could give you a cane that I made myself, which is some what historical in its character." - - "You are vcy kind," replied the Sec rttary, looking more comfortable and ev idently well pleased at the un-que work mtfnshio on the stick. The Virginian said that the cane was made of Georgia pine from one of the joists in Libby prison. The head Is formed of knots of loots from the battle field of Seven Pines. There are three bullets embedded iu the head, which were picked up on the battlefield of Fair Oaks (u making this explanation the donor of the cane became quite enthusiastic and tipped the Secretary familiarly on the chest several times, either by way of em phasis or to test the Secretary's lungs. When the cane was handed to him Sir. Blaine flourished it around several times, aid it was very handsome, and that he greatly appreciated the gift. As he was about to go upstair?, where the President was awaiting him, the Virginian drew from his pocket two handsomely carved napkin rings made from an oak recently felled at Fair Oaks. "Here, Mr. Secretary," said the Vir ginian. "I did not forget the ladies of your family. I trust you will be kind ineugh to present these rings to Mrs li aine and your single daughter, and say made them especially for their use.".' The Secretary was profuse in his thanks, and assured his friend that that the ladies would prize the rings as high!y as he did his walking sMck. Mr. Crow ell thereupon closed his talk by saying that he had always been a great admirer of Mr. Blaine, and hoped that the he .might eventually become President. SHOT WHILE STEALING CHICKENS. An Anson County White Man a Poor Representative of His Race. Wadesboro, N C Bobert, or Bob Jowers, as he was always cal ed, a young man about 25 or 30 y ars of nge, sou of Atlas Jowers, was shot thr ugh the head by Davis Talton ii the night and instant ly kided. The circumstance? are as fol lows: Mr. Tnlt n and Jowers were neighbors, living 2 miles from Wades boro. About 10 o'clock in the night Mr. Talton heard a noise about his fowl house, which was only a short dis ance from his dwelling. He grabbed his pis tol and ran out of the house, and upon reaching the yard discovered something coming out of his fowl house and moving around it, which he thought perhaps was a dog, on account of its appearing so close to the ground ; but to be sure, he hailed and no one answered. He then fired. Seeing the object move around the fowl house and stop, he took the precau tion to b til again, and receiving no re sponse he fired agai i. About this time Buck Birmingham, a young man wh as sociated with Jowers a great dcl, ran up and cried to Mr; Talton, "For God's sake not to shoot any more for that was Rob Jowers around there, and expected Bob was killed " Thf-y got a light and went to the fowl house and found Jow ers dead with a bullet through his head. A sack was found in the fowl house with one dead chicken in it and another with its head pulled off lying outside the sack. Jowers was barefooted and Birmingham had stood off some distance from the house, holding Jowers' shoes, while he was "getting the chickens. It said than Birmingham and Jowers rnvde the p"6t last Sunday to s eal the chickens and t.ke them to a nc ro house where they were frequent vis:tors and havj; them cooked. They were both un der the iufluence of liquor. Significant Imports of Cotton. Notwithstanding the enormous (r p last yealour importations of cotton have been fnc easing. These importations are from Egypt and Peru, the cotton being sold on samples or types furnished by exporters. They are required for special work in manufacturing and cannot be obtained i Iswhere, and are cot grown in this country. The Egyptian coSton is somewhat similar to our Sea Island, and is of peuKrly silky and long fibre, with a yellowish' ting. It is used mainly by tliieadnanufactuters and makers office yarns foj underwear a-in hosiery. - The Peruvian co'ton is of a rough texture somewhat like wool and of long staple, and is used for mixture with wool. It i harsh, with a long stroug fibre. It reduces the teuUency of goods to shrink, and at the same time causes a thrinkage in their cost. The total ciop of thi'-lo-igh Peruvian cotton never exceed? 50, 000 bales and our largest imports were 12.50J bales laU ytar. It is put up in bales of about 180 pounds. TheTlgyp-ti-n cotton is pu up in bales oh.about 750 lbs. each, of which we imported last year 25,000 bales Most of these tbipraents reach us by way of Great Britain, as there is no direct steam communication with Egypt or Peru. Though we have applied to numerous manufacturer and agents of American cotton, we "cannot learn that these importations interfere with the growth of American cottons, but the Egyptian grade might perhaps be cul tivated in the meist districts of the is lands of the Atlantic. The Peruvian cotton is a sort of cheap fchoddy used to turn out cheap woolen goods, which are no credit either to the manufacturer or the dealer. We also imported last year over 10.000,000 lbs. of cotton from Turk ish territory, our total imports of cotton from all source ii 1891 amounting to 20,003,817 lb, valued at 2,825,C04. POLITICAL EVENTS. The Campaign Ball Rolling Rapidly Along. Many Men Studying1 the Best In terests of the Dear People. Representative Watson, of Georgia, predicts that the Third party national ticket will be Polk and Weaver. After having held St. Paul, Minn., by 1,400 majority fbr!two years,Ythe Demo crats lost it Tuesday,-by 1,500. The Washington Post says that Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, is au vavowcd can didate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Elections occurred Tuesday in various cities throughout Indiana. The results show Democratic gains in 13 towns and Republican gains in 17. Senator Hill declares that the record made by the recently adjourned New York Legislature has left the Democratic party in splendid fighting trim. Bev. Sam Small joined a sub-Allianco iu Fulton county, Georgia, Thursday, preparatory to runnning for Congress in the Atlanta district. It is said that if Grover Cleveland ber nominated for the presidency Don. M. Dickinson, of Michigan will be chosen chairman of the Democratic national com mittee. 1 PROHIBITIONISTS MEET. Bangor, Me The Prohibition Statee Convention met here this morning, and chose delegates to the. National Convent ion, including Neal Dow. PEOPLE'S PAItTY G KO WTO" IN FLORIDA. Ocala, Fla. The People's party of Florida has issued a call for a State con vention in this city on July 1. The Dem ocratic State Convention will meet iii Tampa on the same day. The People's party has oflate grown rapidly in Florida, and ir is predicted that it will cast about 6,000 votes next fall. The counties are rapidly organizing for the campaign. THEY WILL VOTE FOR HARRISON. Nashville, Tknn. More than GOO del ega'cs were in attendance upon the Re publican State Convention., The Hon. John E. McCall and the Hon. George W: AVinsted were the candidates for the nom ination for Governor. The latter was nominated ok the first ballot. He lives iu Lexington, and is only 34 years old. He has been a prac ticing attorney for several year?, and has been prominent in party affairs. The election of delegates to the National Con vention resulted in favor of ex-Congressman Henry C. Evans of Chattanooga, the Hon. John C. Houk of -Knoxviile, the Hon. David A. Nuun of Brownsville, and James C. Napier of Nashville. No instructions were given, but delegates are for Harrison. the' four S. C. Pyott of Chattanooga was the "temporary chairman and II. B. Lindsay of Knox county the permanent chairman, KENTUCKY FURNISIIES A CANDIDATE. Frawkfort, Ky. Senator John G. Carlisle's presidential! "candidacy was formally presented to the Democracy of this State by a caucus of hi? friends held here. The meeting was a representative gathering of Kentucky politicians and were presided over by State Senator Mc Carn, one of Mr. Carlisle's friends. Res olutions setting forth that in the present . condition of national politics it was the deliberate sense of the meeting that the party stood in need of a leader, and com mending John Grifiin Carlisle to the De mocracy of Kentucky and of the United States as eminently fitted to win the con test for the Presidency before the nation al Democratic . convention and lead tho the party to victory in November, was . adopted. It is regarded as practically : settled that the State delegation will go i to Chicago instructed for Carlisle. 1 . CLEVELAND DEMOCRATS. Shelby, N. C. The Democratic con vention was the stormiest ever hek7- n Cleveland county. . The convention was called to order by James L. Webb, chairman of the execu ive committee. A fight arose over the eport of the credentials committee. After a session of two hours and a half he committee reported in favor of seat ;ng two regular delegations against con- . testing Third party delegations thatia w' two other precincts there wa3 no repre sentation, the delegations have been sent by meetings that refused to suppot the nominees, and that on the canvass of votes Holt and Sandcrlin received an equal number of votes, and recommended that the delegation to Raleigh be divided equally among the friends of each. BOIES WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT. Waterloo. Iowa. -The name of Iowa's Democratic Governor will be presented to the Democratic national convention for the first place on the presidential ticket. That decision was reached at the Black Hawk county convention here, when res olutions eulogizing Gov. Boies and urging the State convention to select Boies dele gates to the national convention were adopted. The chairman of the conven tion eulogized ex-President Cleveland, but said he was out of the race. VILAS IS THEIR SECOND CHOICE. Milwaukee, Wise It is understood that the State Democratic Convention, which will meet next week, will instruct the delegates to the National Convention "o vote solidly for Cleveland at first, but if it should be found that his nomination is nof YfJt&Q the Wisconsin delegation is slpected to throw its votes to William r Vilas, ex-Secretary of the Interior. It is said, however, that the latter is in no sense a candidate for Presidential honors. TILLMAN'S VICTORY. Columbians. C The county conven tions were held throughout the State and as far as heard from Gov. Tillman made a clean sweep with the exception of Rich lands and SpaOanburg and the possible ebception of Darlington. At the Spartan burg meeting a chair was thrown at the chairman and there was almost a riot. A marked reduction in the produetioi of copper as against preceding years reported.