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VOL. II. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1892. . NO.18.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A SALAD OP LENTILS.
TTave the lentils cooked in hutforpcl.
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salted water, and drain; rub a bowl
with onion, and stir in also a tablespoon
ful of chopped parsley to a quart of len
tils; add some chopped egg and finely
siireu leuuce neaa; season wun salt.
white pepper, oil, and vinegar, and
decorate with little lettuce leaves or
ar.lev. New York Recorder.
TIPS ON LAYING LINOLEUMS.
While it is difficult to follow a system
in fitting oilcloths and linoleums,' a few
'cardinal rules must be observed, and we
venture to suggest them. In cutting
linoleum from a diagram allow an inch
at the ends. If it is not to be laid at once
allow also a fraction on the width, for
shrinkage is probable both ways. Get
the diagram correct to the fraction of an
inch, so that if cutting must be done for
centre pieces or register holes it can be
done before the cloth is laid on the room.
Tuck linoleum after butting the edges
evenly within an invisible brad, say
four itches apart, and if possible line
the edges with an adhesive paste. Get
the floor smooth by dressing the planks.
Do not try to even it up by laying
strips of paper lining over sinks in the
floor. Nothing but a jack piano will
serve. Tho future service of the cloth
will depend upon the floor being per
fectly smooth. A nicely laid linoleum
needs no binding, but should binding be
desired for sake of appearance, use one
half inch brass binding. Let linoleum,
like oilcloth, lay face down several days
in the store before fittiug it. Another
reason for having the cloth made per
fectly ready for the apartment is to avoid
scratching the baseboard with surplus
cloth, and the ceitaiuty of cutting the
ends untrue. The balance of the detail
must be left to the skill of the layer.
We otler no antidote for blisters and
pulls which appear in the centre of
sheets of linoleum or oilcloth. The
manufacturer conies in there. The seller
had better lie low and hope that Mrs.
Jones will not put much stress on that
'little swell," for he is powerless to help
it. Carpet aud Upholstery.
STUAWBEKRIES.
' "Some one has truly said," writer
Mrs. E. R. Parker, iu the Courier
Journal, "the sight of strawberries in
tha :uarket is one of the most delightful
suggestions of the fulinessand perfection
of spring, aud taste of then is our most
delicious aad omplete realization."
While nothing can be daintier than
strawberries and cream, or strawberries
dipped iu sugar, jet a variety iu serving
all fruits renders them mro appetizing.
The following recipes will therefore be
useful.
Strawberries and Whipped Cream
Stem ripe strawberries, place, a layer in
a glass dish, cover with pulverized sugar,
and put another layer of berries and
sugar. Cover the top with a pint of
thick cream, the white of two eggs and
a teacup of sug.ir, whipped together. Set
on ice untd chilled.
Iced Strawberries Put ripa straw
berries, after capping, in a bowl, cjver
with powdered sugar and the juice of
three or four large oranges. L'Jt stand
one hour. When ready to sorve,sprinkle
with pounded ice.
Strawberry Pyramid Crush a pint of
ripe strawberries with a pint of suar;
beat the whites of four eggs; beat alto
gether until it stands in a pyramid.
Strawberry Tapioca Wash a cup of
tapioca, cover with cold water and soak
over night. In the morning put on the
lire with a pint of boiling water an I let
simmer until clear. Stem a quart of
strawberries and stir in the boiling tap
ioca, sweeten to taste. Take from the
lire, pour in a dish, aud stand aside to
cool. Serve very cold, with cream.
Strawberry IJavariau Cream Cover
half a box of gelatine with half a cup of
cold water aud soak half an hour. Wash
a quart of ripe strawberries snd press
through a tine seive;a ld a cup of sugar
and stir until dissolved. Stand the gela
tine over boiling water, and thin with
the strawberry juice; mix well, pour in
a tin pan, est on ice, stir until it thick
ens, add a pint of whipped cream, mix
carefully. Pour in a mold ad 1 set in a
cool place to harden.
Strawberry Sponge Dissolve half a
boJi of irelatine by working half an hour,
and then pouring over half a pint of
Doiling water, and a cup of sugar aud a
pint of strawberry juice, strain iu a tin
pan, set on ice until thick. Beat to a
froth, and add the stiffly whipped white
of four eggs, beat smooth, pour in a pud
ding mold, and set on ice to harden.
Servo with vanilla sauce.
Strawberry Shortcake Stem two
quarts of strawberries and sweeten, mash
slightly with a wooden spoon. Rub two
ounces of butter into a quart of sifted
flour, add a teaspoonful of salt and two
of baking powder, with sufficient sweet
milk to make soft dough. Mix quickly,
roll thin, put in a greased p in, aad bake
in a very quick oven. When done take
from the oven, split into halves and
spread each lightly with batter. Place
the lower half in a large, flat dish, put
half the berries e?er thi., over with the
other half of the shortcake. Spread the
remaining berries on it, pour whipped
cream around and serve. f
Strawberry Pasfait Vhip a quart'of
cream to a fioth and sweeteu, a Id a pint
of mashed strawberries, mix carefully,
put into an ice cream mold, press thtf
lid down tightly, pack m salt aud ice,
and f reuse three hours.
.StraT Water Ice Stem a quart
of strawberries, add a pound of sugar
and the juice of two lemons, mash, and
stand aside one hour, strain, add a quart
of ice water, pour in a freezer and freeze.
Frozen Strawberries Stem a quart of
ripe strawberries, add half a pint of
sugar, let stand one hour, squeeze in the
juice of three oranges and a quart of thin
syrup, stir, turn iu a freezer and freeze.
Teak timber is now being used so ex
tensively that in less than teu years the
forests of Burmah and Si&tn will be prac
tically exhausted,
TO RELIEVE DEPRESSION.
A Plan For Converting Land Into
Bankable Security-
Edward Atkinson, the Boston Politi
cal Economist, Weaves a New
Scheme For Getting Money.
The following interesting communica
tion from Edward Atkinson to the Man
ufacturers' Record presents a novel plan
for increasing the value of real estate as
security for loans:
BosroN, Mass.
Editor Manufacturer? Record:
I observe that an article which I lately
wrote in the Century magazine upon the
Torrens system of registering laud titles
has attracted the attention of General
Alexander and other of my Southern
friends. I may venture to call attention
to a matter whereby land may be con
verted into a security on which money
can be borrowed from banks and bank
ers without the necessity of making a
conveyance of the land as security for
each loau. It is a plan which has not
yet been adopted, and to which there
may be objections unknown to me, but
in all but one respect the suggestions
that I make are a part of the common
practice in many places, especially in
Philadelphia aud Baltimore. What I
suggest is this:
The conveyance of land by the ordi
nary method is by registry of deed, un
der the guarantee of a title insurance
company and on condition of the pay
ment of a ground rent without any
promise to pay a principal lump sum se
cured in part by mortgage in the usual
way. I do not promise perpetual ground
reDts, but ground rents terminable at the
option of the buyer or lessee on given'
notice, not terminable at the option of
the seller or lessor. It is the common
practice, notably iu Philadelphia, to sell
and convey land subject to a terminable
rent under an insured title to capable
men, who, being in good health, also
get their lives insured for an amount
equal to the valuation of the "land. The
lessees then join a building society, and
thus procure the means for building a
house on the leased lot, becoming ulti
mately their own landlords by paying up
their assessments in the building society
aud by ultimately compounding the rent
by payment at a valuation in one sum
either iu installments or iu one payment
The plan which I suggest is to add
one single element to this method, name
ly, that the obligation to pay rent upon
the land should be represented by w hat
may be called rent or rental certificates,
to be registered at the otlice of the title
insurance company, containing provisions
both in the conveyance and in the rental
certificate that on a given notice at a cer
tain period in advance of a payment of
rent at such ofliceof registry the lessee of
the laud may become entitled to. purchase
each or all of these rent certificates by
depositing at such office of registry a
given sum of money for each certificate.
Example : Let it be assumed that John
Brown buys or leases from James Brown
a lot of laud of which the valuation is
$1,000, upon which he builds a house
valued at $2,000. The ground rent is to
be $00 a year. This rent is represented
by ten registered certificates of rent, each
of $G per annum, provision being made
that at any period three months' in ad
vance of any part of the reut becoming
due, John Smith may file a written no
tice at the registry that, on the payment
of $100, together with the rent then due,
he desires to become the owner by pur
chase of rent certificate No. 1, and so on
through Nos. 2. 3 up to 10. When he
has purchased all the rent certificates at
$100 each he will have become his own
laudlord. These rent certificates consti
tute a lien upon the land as good to him,
John Smith, as they are to the original
holder, and he need not cancel them.
Or let us suppose that John Smith, be
ing the owner of land free of encum
brance, upou which his house stands aud
which constitutes his farm, executes rent
certificates recorded upon that farm with
a trust company, title insured, aud him
hiinself becomes the possessor of such
certificates, would not these become the
first Ten upon the land, not as a mort
gage, but as a lien, subject to foreclosure
if the rent is not paid. Would not these
transferable reut certificates then become
available to be deposited with banks,
bankers or trust companies as security for
temporary Joans from season to season?
I am not a lawyer and ca'uuot tell what
technical difficulties there may be iu the
way, but this seems to nie to be the easi
est way, under our present foimof regis
try of title by deed, to put land into a
form iu which it cm be assigned as se
curity for temporary loans w ithout ijoing
through au examination of title, and
without the execution of papers oi con
veyance aud mortgage each time that a
loan is made.
Iu presenting this subject, permit me to
call attention to the fact th it the raze
for more depreciated money in the form
of depreciated silver coin or for govern
ment paper or for government lo.uis. has
about run its sh rt and dangerous course
The South, of all sections of this country,
being dependent upon the sale of its ex
cess of product for foreign export, has a
greater interest in mniutaining thc present
standard of value on the unit of a gold
dollar than auv other section of this
country. Its lack has not been want of
money, but want of credit want of bank
ing institutions, and want of facilities
for borrowiug money even on good secur
ity.. The South, of all sections of this
country, can least afford the discredit of
debased silver, and also possesses the
surest control over th'e gold of the world,
if it chooses to maintain the standard of
value. It, ihercfore, seems probable that
the movement which is now being made
for taking the tax off the circulation . of
State banks, supplemented by methods
which may render it easy to borrow true
money of the best kind on the best kind
of security, will presently plice the South
ern States again on the road to progress
and to greater and creater development.
In is with this end iu view that I pre
sent these somewhat crude suggestions for
readily converting land into a l anknble
security on which loans may be negotiat
ed, payable iu standard coin of the est
kind; that is to say, iu coin which is
worth as much after it ii melted as it
purports to be worth in the coin itself.
That is the only kind of coined money
that is good. Our present silver dollars
are bad money leeause they do not meet
this condition. They are worth b:it
seventy cents after they are melted.
Yours truly,
Edward Atkinson.
NOW COMES THE JUNE RISE.
the Mississipi Levees Are
Crumb-
ling Away.
New Orleans, La. The river Mon
day morning reached the highest point
known here for the past 45 years, and in
consequence New Orleans is to-day, lit
erally speaking, an island. Crevasses
above, crevasses below, the raging river
in front and the rapidly rising Lake
Pontchartrain in the rear, have hemmed
the city in and traffic on three roads has
been - suspended. At midnight
the gauge read 18 feet above high water
mark. People who knew well what this
rise meant hoped that by morning there
would be a decline, but when daybreak
came and the gauge was scanned old
timers were staggered when they read
18 2 10.
At six o'clock the first break was re
ported. It happened at Belmont place,
about twenty miles above the city on the
Mississipi Valley roa'd; 75 feet of the
levee gave way at one clip aud the water
wiihin an hour's time had dug a channel
twelve feet deep. " The Valley tracks
were -quickly under two feet of water and
all traffic was stopped.
Following closely on the reports from
Belmont came the news of three breaks
eleven miles below the city, all within
one mile of each other. The first break
occured at Stoney's near where a crevasse
occured a month ago but now closed. It
started at a fifty foot race, but widened so
rapidly that by noon it was one hundred
feet wide and ten feet deep and still
breaking. The .second break was at
Villere's plantation, a half mile away.
Fifty feet was its width. Two hours af
terwood the levee gave way. The third
break is at the Merrick place, a mile below
Villere. It was twenty feet wide and
hopes are entertained of closing it. The
three crevasses have tied up the Southern
Railroad, which runs from the city to the
Gulf.
Hardly had the engineers recovered
from this disastrous news when a tele
phone message was received from Wag
gamau, thirteen miles up oa the other
side of the river, stating that the entire
levee at that point, several hundred yards
in length, had toppled into the rushing
waters. The Texas and Pacific trains are
just behind the levee aud the swish of
the water washed the tracks up for a
considerable distance. The Texas and
Pacific people have shut down on tiarlic.
The last break to occur was at the Sur
py Prospect plantation on .the Valley
road a few miles below Belmont. It is
twenty-five feet deep and five wide aud
will assist in widening the Belmont break
and also worry the Valley officials. All
of these crevasses following so closely on
each other have cccasioned considerable
alarm throughout the city.
BLAINE AMD THE SENATE.
Talk in Maine of Electing Hira to the
S9at Occupied by Mr. Hale.
Augusta, Mb The question as to
whether Mr. Blame's political career is
ended has begun to attract the serious at
tention of his most devoted friends in
this State, and it has been discussed by
many of his townsmen who do not waut
to see him retired from public life. Next
winter the Maine Legislature will elect a
United States Senator in place of Eugeue
Hale, who will have held that office for
twelve years. Mr. Blaine's name is be
ing mentioned for the place, and it is
said tliot a movement will be started in
his interest. Mr. Hale is a candidate for
re election, and his plaus have long been
laid to get it. In Maine they have a cus
tom of returning men to both branches of
the Legislature for a second term. Two
years ago Mr. Hale started his Senatorial
tight for securing the election of men
committed to his re-election. These men
will be returned this winter with others,
who will be pledged to the Ellsworth
statesman's support. If Mr . Blaine should
consent to be a candidate, Mr. Hale would
have an advantage ovr him at the out
set. Mr. Blaiue ia iguorant of the talk. He
would undoubtedly have the influence
and support of Tom lieed and Captain
Boutelle. Diugley would naturally grav
itate to Blaine, but he would do nothing
to imperil his chances for Frye's place in
1895. A fight between Blaine and
Hale would shake up the Republican
party in Maine. It is not unlikely that
Gov. Burleigh would jump into the arena
as a candidate. Mr. Blaine's friends are
in earnest in this matter. At the coming
Portland Convention, when the Republi
cans nominate their candidate for Gov
ernor, it is said that a resolution will be
presented recommending Mr. Blaine for
Mr. Ila'c's place.
Probable Cabinet Changes.
Baltimore, Md. One of the mo?t
promineut Republicans in the city has
received a communication from President
Harrison which speaks in glowing term
of General Felix' Agnus' services to the
administration during the past four
yeais. The gentleman who received this
letter said: "The President finds it nec
essary to place a Southern man in his
cabinet. It is an expedient and wise
move, but ihere is no one close enough
to the Presideut in the South' to be creat
ed Secretary of State. The final arrange
ment will be found to be that Secretin
Tr.icy will be given the portfolio of State ;
Secretary Elkins will be put in charge of
the Navy Department, and Geneial Ag
nus will be created Secretary of War.''
Restricting the Turpentine Output.
Savannah. Ga. --The committee from
the sub-associations of the General Tur
pentine Operators Association of Geoi-!
gia, rlondaand Alabama mt-t the factors
in private session here, and decided that,
in view of the present pr'ces being so
low that operations were conducted at a
loss, each operatoi should reduce the
working of the yearlings and old boxes
at least 2 per cent. They Klicve th:t
this will soon have the desired effect i n
the receipts aud a beneficial result ou
prices.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Telegrams and News of Importance
'From Everywhere.
Some Remarkable Events Happen
ing Within and -Without
the State.
Father Molliuge-, the faith cure priest,
died at Pittsburg at 1 :50 p. m. Wednes
day. A horse breeders' association will be
formed at Raleigh, N. C, on August IS.
William Walter Phelps is now talked
of for Secretary of State.
The Utah de'egati'U t Chicago is com
posed entirely of Gentiles
Congressman Stackhouse of South Car
olina was the eight Representative in the
present (52d) Congress to die.
Eighteen persons were prostrated by
heat iu New York city Monday, and four
died.
The British House of Coinmo- s has
added f 50, 000 t the fund for England's
exhibit at the World's F..ir, Chicago
$300,000 altogether
Ex Congressman Jesse J. Yea.tes. of
the first district of North Caro imi, is
very sick in Washington of Bright's dis
ease and is not expected no live.
A very remarkable marriage ocenrre I
near Allendale, in Barnwell county, S.
C, one day last week. A man 87 years
old married a little girl 14 years old
Au anthracite coal mine which has been
worked in Peak Creek mountains, near
Pulaski, Va., for several years, has recently
developed a vein twelve feet thick.
The House has passed a bill to declare
Indian children citizens when they reach
the age of twenty-ooe, provided they
have had ten years of industrial tr .iuing.
The Kansas People's party State con
vent ion met at Wichita, Thuisday, and
nominated L. D Welling for Governor. 1
Mrs. Lease succeeded in getting a
woman's suffrage plank in the platform.
One hundred South Carolina teachers
will attend the annual meetings of the
Southern and National Educational As
sociations which meet iu Atlanta and
Saratoga Springs, respectively.
Hackburn & Willett, of New Berne, N.
C, have thus far shipped 10,000 barrels
of cabbage this season aud have 0,000
barrels more to ship. Their gross sale of
cabbage alone from their farm will amount
to $40,000. ,
The daily mortality from cholera at
Meshed, Persia, is now 400. The strict
est sauitary regulations have been estab
lished, and the Ameer threatens to be
head auyone who does not comply with
them.
The Newbeny Cotton Mills at New
berry, S. C.earned last year $4 per spindle,
the largest earuiugs with oue exception
among the mills of the State. A reserve
fund is beiug accumulated with a view to
doubling the capacity of the mill.
The Russian government has approved
the proposal of Baron Hirsch providing
for the immigration from Russia of
3,500,000 within the next tweuty-five
years. The exodus for 1892 has been
limited to 25,000, but the number will
be increased annually.
Elias Carr, candidate for Governor;
R A Doughten, candidate for Lieutenant
Governor; ex-Congressman W. R. Cox
and II. A. Gudger, of Asheville, will par
ticipate in the St. John's Day exercises
at the Oxford, N. C , Orphan Asylum and
all of them excepting Mr. Carr will make
speeches.
James H. Wood row, son of Dr. James
Woodrow, and proprietor of the Presby
terian Publishing House in Columbia, S.
C, died last Saturday of typhoid fever.
He was thirty-two years of age and leaves
a widow and two children.
Senator Ransom had first one son and
then another for private secretary in
Washington. The second one looks so
much J ike the first that most people fail
to discover the substitution. The Sena
tor's oldest son is now practicing law in
Asheville, N. C.
The following are widows,living in the
South, of Revolutionary soldiers: Mary
Brown, Knoxville, Teun. ; Nancy ( loud,
St. Paul, Va. ; Naucy Jones, Jouesboro,
Tcnn; Rebecca Mayo, Newberu, Va. ;
Nancy Rains, Carter Furnace, Tcnn ;
Meridy Smith, Newman, Ga. ; Mary
Snead, Parksley, Va. They all draw
pensions .
An offer to finish a room iu the Vir
ginia State building has been received
from the North Carolina Pine Lumber
Co., of Norfolk. It is the desire of the
company to finish the room in an artistic
manner for the purpose of displaying the
beauty aud skill with which North Caro
lina pine can be used in various kinds of
trimmings.
John Smith, a prosperous farmer living
eight miles east of Anniston, Ala., was
stung to death by bees Moncjay. lie was
having a swarm of bees when the limb o i
which they had swarmed broke, falling
upon them In a moment he was c ver
ed with the oees and stung so badly that
he died within a tew hours, despite all
the efforts of two physicians who were
called in to attend him.
New Enterprises in the South.
The summary of new enterprises or
ganized during the pst week, as given
iu the current issue of the Manufacturers'
Record, of Baltimore, shows the follow
ing among th more important items:
A $25,000 cotton compress company at
Birmingham, Ala ; a $ 5,000 tool com
pany at Pensacola, Fla. ; a $1,000,000
electric light and railway company at
Tampa, Fla ; a $50,000 electric light
company at Rome, Gs. ; a $50,000 saw
mill company at Louisville, Ky. ; a $15,
000 grain mill company at Richmond,
Ky.. $500,000 lumber mill company at
New Orleans, La. ; a $40,000 asphalt
works company at Washington, D. C. ; a
$60,000 brick and terracotta company at
Columbia, S. C. ; a $250,000 machine
manufacturing company at Harriman,
Tenn. ; a $500,000 abottoir company at
Dallas, Texas; a $100,000 nursery com
pany at Fort Worth, Texas; a $50,000
compress company to build at Mineola,
Texas; a $10,000 dairy company at Alex
andria, Va. ; a $50,000 brake manufactur
ing company at Charlottesville, Va., and
a $23,000 tannery company at Llano,
Tz&s. i
THREW A BOTTLE IN THE YARD.
For that Reason Mr. Sullivan Killed
Mr. Gilreath.
Greenville, S. C J. M. Sullivan, a
native of this place and a son-in-law of
the late John W. Stokes, shot and killed
He man G. Gilreath, a member of the
City Council and a prominent citizen.
The killing occured on the southwestern
corner of Main and Coffee streets, and
was witnested by many persons The
cause which led iij to the murder were
of a trivial character.
Mr. Gilreath was a memlerof the Bun
combe Street Methodist Church. He was
iu the garden of the parsonage with the
pastor, the Rev. J. Thomas Pate; Mr.
Gilreath's coachman was doing - some
ploughing for the minister.
Whib walking around on the freshly
ploughed ground Mr. Gilreath kicked up
au oid bottle and carelessly tossed it in
to the next yard, owned by Sullivan's
mother-iu-law, and where Sullivan resides
with his wife and three children.
This act of Mr. Gilreath caused the
killing. The men met Monday and Mr.
Sullivan became ab'isive, and, it is said,
told Gilreath to "fix himself," that "the
gage is down "and will stay down be
tweeu us."
They met again iu the morning, $nd
Sullivan told Gilreath he was no gentle
man. Gilreath replied with the same
expression. Sullivan told him to go
away, and the Alderman, being a peacea
ble man, turned to walkaway. Sullivan
followed him, and, as he was about to
step in his buggy, shot him in the back,
aud fired again before Gilreath fell to the
ground. Both balls took effect, the last
one in the head, and the first in the
b:)dy.
Gdreath never spoke again. He was
a half brother of Major W. W. Gilreath,
and a first cousin of the Sheriff. Sulli
van is well connected, but once got into
a difficulty with his father and shot him.
He is in jail, .and will be closely guard
ed. He is about 5 t years old. Gilreath
was 40 years old and was well to do.
BLOODSHED IN EDGEFIELD.
Result of the Actions of a "White
Cap" Mob.
Edgefield, S. C. About 12 o'clock
Monday night several white men went to
a negro house iu town where several
Degroes were, and knocked at the door.
One of the white men, John E. Paul,
pushed open the door, and as he was en
t.ring the room he was shot and killed
by one of the inmates.
One of the negro; s has been arrested
and a posse are looking for the others.
This is the legitimate result of the
actions of a mob calling themselves
"White Caps."
LYNCHING THREATENED.
Charleston, S. C. About 10:30
o'clock Tuesday night, Governor Tillman
received . the followiug telegram:
Edgefield, S. C.-Gov. B. R. Till
man: There are threats of lynching
Henry Grilfin, who killed John E. Paul.
The friends of Paul live here, and it will
require a guard, possibly until eourt, to
prevent it. It will be "best to move him
to some other jiil. W. S. Oozt, Sheriff.
The Governor replied, instructing
Sheriff Outzs to protect the prisoner at
all hazards
Greenville, S. C The coroner's
jury, investigating. the killing of H. G.
Gilreath by J. Mims Sullivan, this morn
ing rendered A verdict of felonious and
willful murder. Seme of the jurous de
sired to express the verdict ia stronger
works.
LOOKS LIVELY FOR OMAHA.
The Third Party Convention May be
More Than She Can Chamber.
Omaha, Neb. V. O. Strickler, who
has been deputized for the present in the
place of II. E. Taubenecker, president of
the national executive committte of the
People's Party, is preparing for the con
vention to be held here July 24. He
said: "The people of Omaha must do
some active hustling in the next three
weeks, or there is grief in s' or for us.
We have secured accommodations for a
little over 0,000 people, end there will be
10,000 here from this State alone.
"Every State will send big delegations,
aud Kansas and Iowa will pour immense
ciowds iu upon us. -Mr. Wilkins, chair
man of the State committee, says that
they will have ninety two delegatious,
and will bring an army of sightseers.
They want to arrange for a small hotel
for their exclusive use.
"Indiana is in the same fix. A gen
tleman was here last week from Jerry
Simpson's district in Kansas, and engag
ed fifty rooms at the hotels for visitors
from that congressioual district alone.
This convention will bring from 30,000
to 50, COO people "to Omaha, and thej
must be provided for."
BETT1E THOMAS-LEWIS CASE.
An Important Suit by Which a Mu
latatto Woman Receives a Fortune.
A specid from Wytheville, Va., says:
The famous Bettie Thomas-Lewis case
was "decided in the Court of Appeal,
Judge Leake's decision in favor of the
defendant being sustained. Judge Lacy
. dissent d. The opinion was delivered
by Judge Fauntleroy and was fully con
curred in by three of the other judges.
The i state is valued at $225,000, and
it is said th.it Betrie Lewis will receive
about $90,000 as her share after the ex
penses of the trial have been paid. Eac h
of the lawyers will receive $10,000 with
the exception of Mr. Edgar Allan, whose
p rtion. it is said, will be $-50,000.
Nearly $18,000 goes to the heirs-at-law.
liettie Lewis is a mulatto and is the ille
getimate daughter of the late JIs. W. A
Thomas, who was a well known resident
o' Richmond. The case has been in the
courts since the spring of 1890 and has
attracted great interest throughout the
entire countrv.
Sockless Jerry Renominated.
j Wichita, Kan. Jerry Hnipsnu was
re i ominatcd for Congress here by axel -mation
by $he Pcophs party conven
tion. ' ' '
COL. POLK'S FUNERAL.
The Alliance Chieftain Laid Away
. at Raleigh.
Impressive Ceremonies at the Grave.
Senators Peffer and Irby
- Present.
Raleigh, N. C. The largest private
funeral ever held here was that ef L. L.
Polk. The First Baptist church, in which
the services were held, could not contain
half the people. And yet it was a city
funeral. Ihere were very few Alliance
men present. The news did not reach
them soon enough. Many of them
thought the body, if brought here at all,
would be brought later.
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when
the special car from Washington arrived.
In this was the body and the following
ladies and gentlemen: Senators Peffer
and Irby; Representatives E. T. Stack
house, of South Carolina; J. G. Otis, of
Kansas; W. A. McKeighan, of Nebraska;
W. A. Brand, and S. B Alexander, o!
North Carolina; O. M. Kerr, C. W. Ma
cune, C. 8. Moses, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Baker, W. F. Wynne, J. H. Turner,
Hugh Smith, Ur. W. C. Murphy, Mrs.
Jerry Simpson, Mrs. Ben Terrell, Mrs.
N. A. Dunning, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Al
brittou, Mrs. F. A. Dwyr and M-s. J. G.
Otis. f There were fully 500 people at the
station. A procession wasloruied. The
pall-bearers were of the Washington par
ty. The remains were at once taken to
tne First Baptist church. During the
passage of the procession through the
streets the bell of the city hall was tolled
At the church the casket was opeued and
was banked with flowers, many of which
were brought from Washington. In the
audience' was Gov. Holt aud the officers
of the State Alliance, (save President
Marion Butler who could not reach here
in time,) the mayor of Raleigh; Vice
President A. B. Andrews, of the Rich
mond & Danville Radroad; Grand Sire
Busbee, of the "Odd Fellows, etc. Rev.
Dr. J. W. Carter, pastor of the church,
read a passage of Scripture, Rev. Dr. T.
E. Skinner prayed, and Rev. Dr. J. J.
Hall, pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle,
read another selection. A short sermon
was preached by Rev. Dr. Carter, from
the text: "Thou knowest not what a
day may bring forth,!' in the course of
which he alluded to Polkas earnest work
for the church in the State and country.
A quartette choir sang, "Abide with
me," and Dr. Carter announced that the
body could be viewed. A thousand peo
ple passed in single file by the
casket k and took a last look at
the face of the dead. The expression was
calm and natural. The, pallbearers took
the body out of the church, and it was
then taken in qharge by other pall-bearers
appointed here. These were J. M.
Heck, N. B. Broughton, Jno. E. Rae, G.
W. Sanderlin,W. S. Barnes, W. J. Peele,
G. M. Allen, S. Otho Wilson, A. J. Dalby
and H. E. King. These represent the
church, the Alliance and citizens . The
procession, which was a very large one,
then made its way to Oakwood Cenetery.
Iu a carriage was Mrs. Polk and her three
daughters. The burial place was on the
slope of a hill and when the procession
arrived there more than a thousand people
were found on the spot. The three preach
ers took their positions at the head of the
grave. Rev. Dr. Carter made some re
marks, Rev. Dr. Hill prayed and Rev.
Dr. Atkinson pronounced the benediction.
The party which came from Washington
left at 6:15 on its return. There was
much curiosity to see Peffer and Macune,
particularly. There were no Alliance
ceremonies whatever, although the order
has an impressive burial service.
Already there are, of course, specula
tions as to who will take up the work
which Polk was doing for the Third party.
It is said a Minnesota man is prominent.
Of course it is not yet known what will
be done with the Progressive Farmer.
He left no fortune. He was a member
of no order save the Royal Arcuunm and
the Alliance.
At a meeting of a number of friends of
the late Col Polk, held liere in the even
ing, it was determined to call a public
meeting here June 22nd for the purpose
of organizing the Polk Memorial Associa
tion, looking to the erection of a suitable
monumtut to his memory.
A Receiver for the Hailroad-
A special from Atlanta, Ga., says:
"Upon the petition of W. P. Clyde, T.
C. Maden and W. A. Goadly, filed in the
Circuit Court of the Unite i States for the
eastern district of Virginia, Judge Bond
has appointed F: W. Huidekoper and
Reuben Foster, of Baltimore, receivers of
the Richmond & Danville Railroad Com
pany, and all its leased and operated lines
of 'rail and steamboats. Mr. Huidekoper
is now in Atlanta and has received pos
session from President Oakman. Orders
will be immediately issued appointing
the same operating officers now in control.
This movement has been taken in an
ticipation of possible adverse aetion by
Judge Speer, upon the Georgia Central
petition now before him, for the protec
tion of the property in the interest of all
security holders."
Orders have been issued by the receiv
ers for the transfer of the offices of the
company from Atlanta, to Washington
where the headquarters will be re-estab-IMiwL
The operation- of the va i uis lines of
this great system will continue, at least
for the present, without change and to
the general public the condition of re
ceivership will make no difference.
A Murder Followed by a Lynching.
Sedko, Wash. A report of the brutal
murder of the foreman of the Smith
Urothers camp by four Italians, followed
by the lynching . of the murderer, was
brought here. John A. Nelson was the
victim. The white men at the camp,
numbering about CO, lecame so enraged
that they seized the Italians and lynched
them
Chain-Gang for Charleston.
Charleston, S. C. At a special meet
ing of the city council the chain-gang
bill was rat fied and became an ordinance.
The following compose the board of com
mi.ssione.3 who will have the matter in
charge: Alderman J. D. 3Iurpbyand A.
A. Kroeg and Messrs. Benj. Mclnnis, Jr.
Gadsden Phillips and Henry Sahl.
THE ALLIANCE TICKET.
Talk of Nominating Senator Stewart
of Nevada for President.
Omaha, Neb. The news of the death
of L. L. Polk, President of the Farmers,i.
Alliance, was received with many man
ifestations of regret among the party lead-
ers. It seemed assured that Tolk would
be either first or second at the Omaha
Convention. It was apparently generally
understood that the independent nom
inees should be selected with a view to!
concentrate the West and South, as tho
latter section should receive the second
place. -
To-day a new plan developed which,
seems to meet with much favor among!
the leaders of the new party in this sec
tion. It is proposed to nominate United
States Senator-William M. Stewart ot
Nevada for President and Thomas E.,
Watson, Representative in Congress from.
Georgia, for Vice President It is now
said that Gen. Wreaver, who has been most
prominently mentioned for the first place,
is strongly inclined to favor this ticket..
Railroad Earnings in South Carolina.
Vorkville (S. C.) Enquirer.
Secretary Bartlett has prepared the
March statement of the railroad earnings
in this state. The report is not at all en
couraging, as the past nine months show
up a decrease of $409,912.14 as compared
.itbthe nine months of the previous
year. As compared with the same month
of last year, the earning for March, as
applying to the roads of this section, aro
as follows: Atlanta aud Charlotte Air
Line, $CG,714.09,a decrease of $2,289.92;
Charleston, Cincinnati ami Chicago, $14,
280.00, an increase of $922.02; Charlotte,'
Columbia and Augusta, $53,054.28, a de
crease of $13,862.20; Cheraw and Chester,
$1,400.32, a decrease of $278,87; Chester
and Lenoir, $2,209.73, a decrease of $278.
87; Georgia, Carolina and Northern,
$14,551.91, an increase of $2,528.27.
The total earnings of all tho roads in
the State for the month was $731,074. 70r
and the total decrease, as compared -with,
the same monCih of last year, $73,415.9).
An Opera Bouse Manager in Troublei
Asheville, N. C A telegram was
sent from here to Roanoke, Va,, to arrest
Ed win M. Spencer, of Asheville, on five
warrants, chargiug him with obtaining
money under false pretenses. Spencer
left here Sunday with the Balfe Opera
Company, of which he was manager.
Saturday night before he had his. personal
checks cashed and gave checks to several
hotels iu payment of bills of the company.
When the check's were presented Mon
day it was found that Spencer had no
money in the bank, and his creditors
decided on his arrest. The total amount
is about $350. Spencer was manager of
Grand Opera House here aud until Sun
day was proprietor of the Morning Ga
zette. Two 'Possums for the President. ,
From the Washington Star.
Some time ago President Harrison "ex
pressed a wish to Uncle Jerry Rusk for
two good 'possums as soon as frost set in,
and this morning two fiue 1 young 'pos
sums were received at the White House.
These were delivered by Adams Express
Company, and were in a box marked :
"To the President. Two citizens of
Maryland Mr. Protection and Mr. Rec
iprocity with the compliments of John
R. Howlett? 1,411 N street, northwest."
Each of the animals had a red, white and
blue ribbon round his. neck, one marked
"protection" and the other "reciprocity."
Five DrowneH.
New Orleans, La. A ferry boat
crossing Bayou La Fourche at Napoleon
ville Monday night overturned aud pre
cipitated the twelve persons on board
into the water. It was so dark that it
was impossible to give the men any as
sistance and five of the twelve persons
wre drowned. They were Edward
Schneider, Jacob Nardilly, an unknown
Italian, Robert Atkins and a negro
name unknown. .
Healing: the Breach in Louisiana.
Baton Rouge, L..-rTvo conferencor
corriraittoes of the divided Louisiana
Democrats have reached a mutually satis
factory agreement providing for an
amalgamation of the two factions of tho
party and the sending of a single Demo
cratic delegation, uninstructed, to Chica
go. The Foster faction has been recog
nized as the head of the party iu the
State. Uninstructed delegates at largo
to the Chicago convention were elected.
Crawford Re-nominated.
Asiieville, N. C The Democratic
convention of the ninth congressional
district met at Waynesville. J. D. Mur
phy, of Asheville, was chairman. All
the counties except Clay were represent
ed. W. T. Crawford was unanimously
re-nominated for Congress and Locko
Craig, of Asheville, was chosen for prcs
dential elector. The State platform w as
adopted. The convention was very har
monious. Attempted Suicide.
Asheville, N. C. Mrs. Betsy Cham
bers, living in Haywood country, attempt
ed suicide by cutting her throat with a
razor. Three ugly gashes were made in
her throat, exposing but not severing
the jugular vein. Physicians say she'
will die from nervous prostration if tho
wound does not kill her. The reason
given is that she couldn't sleep at nights
aud didn't feel well. The would bo
suicide U 90 years old.
Novel Telegraphy.
Tho celerity of telegraphic communi-1.
cations was well demonstrated daring''
the recent Oxford-Cambridge boat race.!
The press boat, as it steamed up" tho
river, paid out a cable during its en tiro
course, aad at every point in the race thet
news was immediately flashed by meaiis
of this line direct to London.
Prof. Joynes at Washington and Iee.
Lexixotok, Va. The Washington and
Lee University commencement was held
in the University chapel. Prof . Ed ward
8. Joynes, an old and eminent schohr of
Nashville, Tenn., a former professor at
the University,' and now a professor in
the South Carolioa College at Columbia,
delivered the annual address before tho
literary i ode tie i.