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r G r ENTR IMES 1 - - - ' i i in " rV' "' ' 1 " ' " 11 iii , -i . in-.ii. i- I i iii. iii -i ., i ' ' -jjl G. K GKANTHAM, Editor Kender Unto Caesar tbe Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. $1.00 Per Annum, in Advanc ' ' ' ' 1 r I ' -- : VOL- n. DUNN, HART CO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1893. NO. 52 ' 1 t- 1 r 1 ' 1 : : ' TO BRING BOHEMIANS SOUTH. Two Thousand of That Race to be Settled in Diuwiddie County, Va; A Baltimore oi-patch says: Anthony Kozel ulU Frank Layer, of Chicago, stopped iii this city while ,on their way to Petersburg, VTa., to complete the pur chase of five thousand acres of land in Dinwiddie county, whereon will locate three hundred fainilirs of Bohemians (two thousand people all told,) who are at present farming in far west States, but who seek a milder climate. A $2,000 CnicKen Fignt. 'Charleston, S. C. The big chicken fight that has- been in progress at Ten Mile Hill during the past three days has come to an end. The main was for $2, 000, between M. S. Moore of Atlanta and Esslen Bros, of "Washington, D. C. The Washington birds were whipped. To Open the World's Fair "Without Prayer. Chicago, III. ---Two reasons were given by the World's Fair directors for arrang ing a programme for opening the Ex position without th3 prayer usual on such occasions. The first. wa3 the difficulty in selecting a minister who would be agreeable to all Churches. The second reason, as given by Director Lawrence, was tint ''prayers are not necessary on such an oc( auon.' Then Mr. Lawrence added: "We will open the Exposition just as a store or bank is opened for tMisines.-. and robody ever heard of a store b.ing o; -cried by prayer." It is thutdit probable that the National Com mission will demand a place on the pro gramme fur prayers. Senator Allen, Populist. Lixoln, Neb Judge W. V. Allen, Populist, was elected United States Senator, receiving seventy votes, four more than wtre necessary to a" choiee. Mr. Allen is the present judge of the ninth judical ciicuit. Ali the Demo crats voted solidly for him, and eich man was cheeied heartily as he cast his vote. When the result of the ballot had been declared, Vendor Tallt, Republican moved to adjourn. This was taken as an insult to the. Senator-elect and Taflt was roundly hissed, thu.ch Howe, Re publican, sprang to his ftc; and made a strong fcpeech in favor of showing courtesy to Senator-eke' Allen for th' honor of the State.' A committee nas apj o.nted to cscoit Judge A lieu to th" had. lie came and made a biivf s-pcf tli, iii which he prom ised cons : 1 vat i v ;: ticn. Further than this he m ide no pr .nil.-es All the D m ocrats wt ie ciiisr.it'd .It ,d by tbe l::de pendei;t, as e :i as ote was a uoui:c d FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, In t he Senate. SOrn Day. Th Senate spent two hours in t'ae conn ler-itioa of Housj bids on the calen tar an I passe t eighteen of them Mr. Morgan introduce! a resolution, which was ar.e I to. requesting tna President to sea l to the Seiate the draft of the an nexation treaty neotiat?l in 1S54, but not oomph-te bat .ve?n t'i-3 plenipotentiaries of th. L'titfe 1 States anitb? kingdom o Hawaii I'heiSen it'e then passed the House bill to 1 itify and o j.i.irai an areeuiint with the Cner 'iee Nation of in lims of t'ie Indian Tt-rrit jrv an I aniropriatinj fS.5'J5, 735 to carry it mt Menorial proceeliags in iiie mry of Mr. G.-r.nble. o: Sou'h Dakota; Mr. For', of. Michigan, an 1 Mr. Staekhouse, v 8 u'"i Carolina date members of the H-vinf 11 jn -.-entative ), were beun at 4 r. :n., an ! a V-.' euio ties ou eaca of the dead Il?;ir.-3rit ttive-, tiie customary resolutions wr-i e a:rc l to, and the JSenate adjourned. 4)ni lur.-By a vote of forty-two to t went v-rinve tin Senate declined to take up t!ie !mI; fr ib repeat of the Sherinin Sif v.t I'.iivlusjatt. Mr. Iliil made a speech in law.r of (res coiuaga Mr. Harris's 1 trantin 3 bill was substitute! for the House btil and passed. It confers National quarantine powers on the M-irina HosDital. 41st Day rhe Senate took up unob jecle i to House bills and passed a number of them, inciu iinjj sixteen pension bills. Tbe bill tor the relief of the assignees of John Roac-j, topay the balancidue on the despatch boat Dolphin, $8165, was also pas.-el i'he bill to require automatic couplings and continuous brakes on freight cars was discussed The Senate refused to consi ler the New York and New Jersey Bri ige bill t he Senate ratified the Rus sia Extradition Treaty with amendments. 4:d Day. Mr. Morgan has introduced a b ll vh;ch will give the President power to establish a temporary Government in. Ha waii pending the establishment of a perman ent one I'he Car-Coupler bill was dis cuss 1 . 4;;n Day. The whole of the day's session after tli9 morning hour wa3 devoted to a discussion of the Railroad Automatic Car Con r bill. ' 44t?i Day. The Vice-President presented ta memorial of the Chicago Chamber of Com -leici favoring the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands The conferenca report on the bill to restore to the public domain a portion oi the White Mountain Apache Indian reservation was 1 agreed to The Kit 1 1 road Car Coupler bill was further disc's-;;.!, but went over The Legis lative. Executive. and Judicial Appropria tion bill was referred, . , ! In tbe House. ; 42d Day. The opening feature of the sej ron wii the spontaneous expression of r grct manifested by his colleague at th v. iauiaiy relii ?jnt of Mr. Blount c G -ori, from the seat which hhas filled fo twenty years. I"Jever before in the history c Congress has a member been so honored Tha Hous then, in Committee of ths "Whole (Mr. Hatch ia the chair), proceeds to the consideration of the Diplomatic an ? Consular Appropriation bill. There wa no general debate, aa i the bill was read fo amendments.' When the committee rose th bill was passed The Military Academ." Appropriation bill wis then taken up Thrre Was no opposition made to the bit wan-It was passed without division Public business was then suspended to en ar-'e the House to pay tribute to the late J V. Kendall of Kentucky. After-remark bv Messrs. McCreary, Pavnter, Carutb Bnnu, G. W. Stone", McKinney Smitt, Weaver, Wilson and Belknan, the House pu." of respect to the memory of the deceased a i journed. 4 ?d Day. The House filibustered all day a;ainst the Anti-Optioa and Bankruptcy bilif. 44ra Day. The Legislativa Appropria tion bill was iisU5eJ. 45th Day. The Electoral rotes wer, couare 1 in joint seioa in the House, and the result was declared Tha Legislative Ar.propriatijn bill was considered. 46ra Day.. The friea is of silver sustaine the .leaiand for thj previous qusstion on th Sdver Pocua-e bill The Lsgislative bill wdsu si-i! 'hjRDeal bill was passed by a Vv'taof l-"2 ti 143. -.7t Day. Tue Invalid Pension Appro rri:it: "'.i i Vl v.- cvnsi tere 1 iu Committee o? the Wlio'.e. Without closing the gen era: ie.ae tue cnnittee arose, anl the House tVi a v assu itit 8 o'ctoc'f, the evn iiu 5 -s-- o 1 b-i ig sievote 1 to the cousilera-ti-ja o: private I'tusioa bills. i THE N. C LEGLSLATUKE. What They are Doing in the General Assembly. Bills Upon Bills All Intended for th? Good of North. Carolina. ' Raleigh, N. C. 28th day. Senate. Bills were intioduced: Asking for the establishment of a colored normal school in Clinton, Sampson county. Senator Battle introduced a resolution askiDg for appointment of a committee to consider the matter cf a department at the peni tentiary for the manufacture of car wheels. The bill pending that certain money voted the Guilford Battle Ground Assooiation shall not be paid until 1893 was taken up. An amendment was adopted and the bill passed its third reading (under the provisions of the bill, the association can only draw $500, or $250 per annum for the next two years.) House: Bills were introduced: To repeal the act prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors ; to provide for tim ber inspectors in Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey; to es tablish a colored normal school at Dur ham; to allow persons under 21 years of age to change name if the parents or guardians join in the I petition for such change ; to amend The Code by provid ing that no days of grace be allowed on any draft, etc., unless otherwise stipu lated thereon, but that the same thalf be due and payable as therein expressed on the day named, .without grace; bill to take effect in one year after ratification. The Ilouse then went into debate on the bill appropriating moneys to the Guil ford Battle GroundJAsBociation and pass ed the bill a3 amended (not over $500 is allowed to be drawn from the two years ending in February, 1895.) The bill to allow the people of Stokes county to vote on the question of county govern ment was taken up, with an adverse committee report. The vo'e was ayes 57, noes 18. Republicans voted against tabling, as did ateo the Third party members. . Raleigh, N. C 29th day. Senate. Principal matters were: A bill to de tach certain territory from Stokes county and add it to Forsyth was tabled. The bill to pay solicitors an annual salary was passed over informally. The bill inakiDg judgment due on personal prop erty a lien was tabled, on the ground of unconstitutioaality. Among the bills introduced in the Mouse the chief ones were as follows: To require fire escapes to be provided in hotels and lodging houses, two stories or more iu height; the escape to be a rope ladder kootted, an inch in diameter; to . amend Tue Code in regard to partition of land; to amend the act incorporating ihe Bask of Commerca at FayettwiUo, by making the name Bank of Cumber land, the charter to ran for 60 years; the apitat 9ock to be $100,000; to give the town of Seaboard the benefit of local option ; to amend the charter of Raleigh, by extending the boundaries and allow ing the issue of $50,000 in improvement b nds. The repoit was submitted on the inauguration of Gov. Carr. The ex penditures of the $500 appropriation were shown to be $383. The material used in dccorationJiave been turned over to the Quartermaster General. Adopted. Bills pas3ed, amending the charter of the Peoples' Bank of Asheville; repeal er g the charter of the town of Kill Quick, Edgecombe county; to amend the char .ei of the Commercial Security Company find changing its name to Southern Fin ishing and Warehouse Company; to le gal zt; the marriage of Rev. David S. Gjorge and Marietta Myers, of Gaston county ; to allow the commissioners and justices of Madison to elect a tax col lector; to incorporate the Bank of North Carolina for 99 years, its location beiug t Lumberton. By consent Mr. Cook introduced a, bill to give portions of Cumberland county the stock law. Tte following bills were ratified to-day ind are now laws: To incorporate tie Burlington & Southwestern Railroad; :o incorporate the Beaufort County Bank; to allow Llarnett. county to sell the county home property; to incor porate Kelford, Bertie county; to in corporate Hatcher Lodge, A. F. & A. M. To incorporate Waco; to allow Burke county to levy a special stsck law tax in Lower Fork township; to enable Dwner3 of land to establish boundary lines thereof; to incorporate Fallston, Cleveland county ; to allow Rocking ham county to levy a special tax; to incorporate the town of Inanda, Bun combe county; to allow Rutherford county to levy a special tax to build a jail. To incorporate the Boone and Blowing Rock Turnpike Company; to repeal the act establishing the Edenton graded school; to j allow Anson county to issue bonds for the purpose of com pleting and repairing'its court house, and j-ul; to establish;' Jason township, Greene county; to incorporate Siloam Academy resolution instructing mem bers of Congress to vote - for the Nicar jgua Canil bill; resolution calling for, financial statement from tha bursar of the University. Raleigh, K. C 30th day. Senate. Bills were introduced: Requiring rail road companies to furnish equal but sep arate cars for white and colored; to si low the commissioners of Mecklenburg and Gaston counties to erect a" public bridge over the Catawba river at Pwell"a Ferry. The bill to divide the crime c murder into two degrees and define th same (the bill draws the line definitely between murder and manslaughter) pass ed its third reading. The bill concern ing the contracts of married woman. It allows married women to contract, etc. as same as if they were unmarried. The bill failed to pass its second reading. In the House these principal bills wei introduced: To make it unlawful to ell whiskey in such quantities to any one having a wife and family as to make him drunk; to incorporate the city of Fsyetteville ; to incorporate the Bank ef Commerce, at Wilmington or Southport. The bill to provide for an exhibition at the World's Fair of the State's resources, appropriating $40,000, came up with a favorable report. The money is sei'apart out of the direct tax fund, of which $62, 000 is on hand; this to be replaced if evr called for by claimants. This bill caused prolonged debate, and was at last tibled by a vote of -48 to 34. It wes ar xangtdt Jiowevert forthe bill tq.comeup again and it will almost certainly pass wun air. Lioveira amendment, making $25,000 the sum. Raleigh, N. C. 31st day. Princi p X busineis iu the Senate was: A reso lution to purchase a plaster bust sf Jef fcT:on Davis to c:st $12 passed its third red-ng. The bill to allow the trial by j iry in c:itain ccsts passed its third r. a ling. It allows railroads or individ tivs whosj lands are condemned to' de maud a trial by jury. The bill in rela ti n to the Attorney General and the S ipreme Court reporter, passed over in fo rm a ly. It provides for an annual sal ary of $2,000 for the Attorney General an I $100 for ea?h term of the Supreme Couitacd also furnishe3 the Attorney General with a clerk. The bill to incor porate Carr Academy in Stanly county passed its third reading. The bill to provide for the completion of the nor mal school at Greensboroand paying certain indebtedness (appropriating the sum of $5,000 for the completion and $9,000 for indebtedness), came up and passed second reading. House. Bills introduced: To incor porate the Atlantic, Yanceyville and Reidsville Railway ; to attach a pait of Craven ta Lenoir county: to allow the Aberdeen & West End Railway to con struct two branches; to incorporate Clara ford, Greene. county; and to incorporate Saatillon,Greene county ;to repeal chapter 100, Acts of 1887, rearding divorces; to allow doves and larks to be hunted at any seasen ; and to allow Irwin county to issue bonds; ts incorpor ate the "Credit Foncier;"the appropria tion bill for the Woild's Fair was taken up, amended to $25,000, and passed; the House teok up as a special order the bill restoring the right to give and re ceive free railway passes; the committee report was unanimously unfavorable and the bill was tabled without any debate; Mr. Vance's bill to encourage sheep husbandry, by requiring all dags to be listed as property and to pay tax of $1, was taken up and discussed at some length. The bill was tabled ; the fol lowing bills were ratified and are now laws: to protect birds in five counties by making the close of season begin Octo ber 15; to allow Madison county to elect ataxcollector;to authorize the trial of the issue'of fraud in the conveyance and en cumbering of land less in value than the exemption before the determination of the homestead; to appoint a justice of the peace for the manufacturing town of Haw River, Alamance county v a resolu tion requesting our Senators and Re presentatives in Congress to use their influence for the establishment of aJNa tienal park in WesternNorth Carolina . A bill also passed amending section 1, 844 of The Code in regardto elopements, by providing that in case a wife slopes, abandons her husband or is divorced he may sell and convev hia r,',1 " ' he were never married and the wife shall be barred of claim for dower therein. HALEiGn. JN. C. 32nd day. Senate. Introduced: A bill to amend section 32 of The Code relative to bastardy pro cecdings; to repeal the act to establish a geological survey; to incorporate the t iwn of Hampton, in Rutherford county, pa-sed its second reading. The resolu tion to appoint a committee of five on the part of the House and three on the part of tbe Senate, to consider the mat ter of a Confederate monument, passed unanimously. The principal bills introduced in the nouse were as follows: To regulate the acts of railways regarding lost freights; to grant pensions to all soldiers over 70 jearsof age, who are worth under $100 ;to punish persons whorob game traps ; Mr. Silf(Pop) to allow the peopleof Chatham county to vote on the question of county government.The calendar was then taken up, and the following bills passed: To incorporate Fayetteville aB a city; to amend section 1478 of The Code, in re gard to personal estate, providing that if there be no chil l or legal representative of a deceased child, or any of the next of kin of the intestate, then the widow, if there be one shall be entitled to all the personal estate of such intestate. A bill was tabled, extending the remedy by in junction in cases of trespasses on land. The bill to allow railroads to issue free pacses to persons traveling in the inter est of orphan asylums passed third read ing; the House declined to concur in the Seuate amendment to the bill securing the right of jury trial in certain cases where damage is done by railroads to lands, the amendment being that it should not apply to pending cases. It also de clined to concur in the Senate amend ment to the bill prohibiting persons call ing themselves detectives from carrying concealed weapons. It was stated that under this act, allowing pistols to be thus carried, there were gross frauds; the following bills were ratified today and are now laws: to repeal the act of 1891 forbidding the sale of liquor in Gaston county; to authorize the Secretary of State to replace copies of The Code, Col onial Records and Laws burned in Moore, Harnett, Bladen and Clay coun ties ;to amend the Act of 1891 . regard ing special fence tax in Robeson county; for the relitf of W. N. Harrelson, late treasurer of JCaswell county; for the re lief of the sheriff of Currituck; to pur chase a bus! of II in. Jefferson Davis, i Raleigh, N. C 33rd day. The principal business in the Senate was the debate on the bill to create Scotland county. An amendment was offered submitting the question to the entire people of Richmond county; the rev ions question was called and sustained. The ayes and nays were ordered on the amendment of Senator Aycock, and it was lost; an amendment was offered by Senator McRae, of Robeson, to annex ceitain portions of Robeson, defining certain boundaries, etc., the amendment was lost; the pievious question was or dered and. the bill passed its third read ing: ayes 25, nays 11. House. Bills introduced: To incor porate the Carolina Pyrites Company of Charlotte; to let the public printing by contract; to make it unlawful to catch in anv way diamond-back terrapin between A pril 1 and November 30. Bills passed tlurd leading amending the charter of fe,l-sbury;to submit to the people of Stokes the question of the retailing of liquor; to amend the charter of Shelby. A bill to require the payment of poll tax, as a prerequisite to legistration, came up with an uafavcrable report and was promptly tabKd; as was one in regard to tbe abandonment ol animals. At-noon tfee Speaker announced the special order, the bill to amend the constitution, jn re gard to the homestead. A lengthy dis cussion resulted. The Speaker announc ed that tbe homestead bill, now utlder discu sion, would come up as unfinished busine33 to-mor.ow . At 2 :30 the .House was adjourned. An Easy Way to Build Cotton'rat . tories. h :; The cost of a cotton factory f or-'j the production of jarns, commonly callgd a "spinning mill." is usually about $1S to $20 per spindle, the variation being due to varying local conditions and pricels of materials, and to the kind of equipment put into the mi'd in the shape of cotton machinery, 'pover, fire protection, ' jltc. The cost of a mill to spin and weave ialso vary from $18 to 25 per spindle. M ' The factors. ie at enter into the cost; of a mill are land, bricks, lumber, labor? and machinery equipment. Of these;? the the land, bricks, lumber and' labor exhist in abundance ia any Southern communi ty. In saying this it must bo understood that bricks are nothing but a combina tion of clay and labor, while lumber is nothing more than the combination of timber and labor. Therefore, when a factory is built in any Southern commu nity the only money actually necessarjr to be sent cut of the community is the money for the machinery. The money paid out for making brick and the mQey paid out for sawing lumber and ,:.the money paid out for labor all stays inrthe South, and thtse all cost the Soutb no extra energy. The money to pay forjina chinery must be raised, and, of course, while the money required for bricks, lumber, etc., stays in the community, money must be used as a medium of, ex change. iK There his been devised at Charlotte, N. C, a plan by which a cotton factory may be built oa easy terms and yet ; be entirely successful. The plan is as-j gol lows: Organize a company of say $80, 000 to build a spinning mill of 5,000 spindles, with twisting spindles to corre spond. Let all the stock be subscribed, payable fifty cents per w.eek per share. A subscriber for twenty shares, $2,000, .would thus py $10 per week. At .this rate it would require four years to pay the stock to par. With 8 )6 shares sub scribed the mill company would havejan income of $1,600 and upwards per moth, or nearly $20,000 per year. With jthis latter sum all buildings could be con structed and some surplus still remaijto pay on machinery equipment. Having the buildings construct-d and paid 'for and seme surplus in the treasury, latnd the company having an income from the stockholders of about $1,600 per monh, a contract could then be made for the power, shafting and about one-half the cotton machinery, starting in operation with say 2,500 spindles wi hin eighteen organisa tion of the company. Having once suc ceeded iu getting 2.500 spindles in opera -t:on, the remaining equipment is simjsly a matter of putting in the machinery as the money comes iu from the stockhold ers, until in a little less than four yers the entire capital stock will have been paid in and the entire mill should berfn operation. ' W ;: At Charlott?, N. C, three mills have been built on the above plans, with sqre modifi .ation as to detail. In the case pf one of them the' capital stock has ncjW been paid in full for about two years ald the mill has paid regular semi-annilal dividends of 4 per cent, since comple tion. The stock of the other two is rxM yet completely paid in, but both mifjs are doing well, and the stocks of bo$h are considered god property. In tfie vicinity of Charlotte quite a -number ;pf mill companies have been organized, arid iu some cases the mills have been put a operation and others are in course of coin etruction, the mil s already built or being built on this plan promising success witjj- ut exception. The plan is explained in detail because it seems feasible and desirable for South ern towns, where land, labor, lumbar ard bricks sre abundant and cheap, and h1- most anybody coul 1 afford to take tin share, equal to $1,000, payable in week ly installments over a period of fo0r years, and any businessman or firm coui well take twenty to fifty shares, and out of the business tnat would come out 'f the construction and by the easy terns amount subscribed aud never feel thV weieht of the Davments. V 1 A spinning mill of 5,000 spindles would employ aDout sixty canas, wun a paif roll that would amount to about $2 (TO per week to the labor alone, besides which the money paid for salaries, fj supplies and profits would all go in circulation in tne town, inis money i j - : i - i ; wouiu go iniu iiicuiauun every wees i$ the year, and as fully in the summer t& fall, and would have a tendency to makfe business better all ihe year round in thS cases of towns where farming industry alone supports the. mercantile interestt, A mill of $5,000 spindles running fx yarns irom no. lb to iNo. 2b would rt quire about twenty bales of cotton per week, or about tnree bale3 per day. ' ,T. The first action necessary for the con? struction of a mill on the above plan isfc get the stock subscribed and then en? ploy an engineer to make plans and specifications of buildio6sand machinery in such detail as that the officers of the company may complete the mill by fol lowing the plans and specifications. iii These two things being done, th baianci is piain sailing i). a. dorupi iins in iuauu-aciurei s uccara. After the Cotton Oil Men. Columbia, S. C. Fecretarv of State! Tindall h s issued instructions to fer tilizr agents to tne enect tnat civil and criminal suits would be brought against? the parties controlling the oil mill whichU has been reported as swapping off their meal to be used as fertilizers without tagging it. He has issued orders tti swear out warrants against all officers and employes cqnerupd. ' It is under?.? stood that this has reference to the South ? ern Cotten Oil Mill Company, whicV recently announced to the farmers thaJ they would exchange cotton meal for.? cotton seed. l Gresham for Secretary of State. ;' Chicago, III. The Herald prints New York dispatches stating that Judge Wal'er Q. Gtesham has been tendered; the Secretaryship of State by Cleveland" and has accent d. The dispatch also; states that Cleveland will make the fact: public in a day or two. DIXIE NEWS. The Beloved South Gleaned and Epitomized. AU the News and Occurences Printed Here in Condensed Form. Chalmers Gibson, an 8 year old colored boy was killed la3t week at Chester, S. C, while attempting to climb on a freight train. Southport is to have a $500,000 harbor and coal company. Aiken will have a branch Keeley In stitute, established in elegant quarters, ,in a few days. The Cityi'Councils of Norfolk, Va., voted an appropriation of $4,500 for the naval rendezvous, scd $500 for the Vir ginia Board of World's Fair Managers. The leaf tobacco sales for January in Asheville, N. C, amounted to 588,804 pounds and brought $51,110. Maryland's Governor, Brown, will not pardon State Treasurer Archer, who stole $132,000, until he gives up available cash. A Virginia oys'.er police steamer re cently surprised" a lot of illegal dredges on the wrong side of the line in the Po comoke. Active steps are being taken to make the forthcoming Danvile, Vs., centennial celebration a grand success. Raleigh, N. C, had a disastrous fire last week. ? A warehouse containing sev eral hundred bales of cotton burned down. Loss $1500; fully insured. Regarding the recent purchase of 5,000 acres of land in Dinwiddle county, Va., for the settle nent of a large Bohe mian co'.ony, there is already a large Bo hemian! settlement in Prince George county, and tha people are prosperous and, well satisfied. Mrs. Vernon Belder, wife of a well known farmer near Woodstock, Va , was without a moment's warning paralyzed while at breakfast and died instantly. She was a niece of ex-State Senator H. J. Smoot, of Luray. An amendment to the naval appropria tlon bill empowers the Secretary of the Navy to purchase for naval purposes cer tain plats of land adjacent to the United States naval station at Port Royal, 8. C. An appropriation of $10,000 is piovided for this purpose. A report of the South Carolina railroad commissioners, lately issued, covers the month of November in 1891 and 1892. The comparative earnings of thirty six roadre given for each year. The show ing, while bad enough, is still an im provement on the October statement. Of the thitty-six roads twenty-six evi dence a decrease in eatings of 476.860. 79 and tea an increase ol" 49,9oo.63, mak in" the total net decrease $26,904 16. There is considerable excitement in Butltr township, near Greenville, S. C, over the action of three negroes, in chas ing a white woman, Mrs. Flemmons, from a branch where she had gone for water to her bouse, and afterward break ing into a colored woman's cabin. The negroes are known but have so far es caped. . A man was also intercepted by a neighbor while trying tobieakinto the house of a Mr. Burns, where his five daughters were alone at the time. A warrant for his arrest has been issued. The beet sugar factory at Staunton. Va., has now been in operation for nearly two weeks, each day converting about 100 tons of beets into sugar. The ma chinery has worked with remarkable smoothne s, and every pari of the plant is in satisfactory condition. During next fall they will probably require some 10, 000 tons of sorghum cine, in addition to all of the beets which he and the farmers can raise. This would be a profitable business-for other parts of the South. Rev. Edward Mack has formally ac cepted the call to the pastorate of the First Presbjterian church of Charlotte, N. C. The congregation tendered Mr. Mack a salary of' $2,400, which he de clined, naming $1,8!)0 as his sdary. The church w.s not willing for him to accept less than $2,000, and" u-ged upon him the acceptance of that amount. "I will accept it on one condition," said Mr. Mack, "tkat $200 of the amount shall be paid annually to the support of a pastor at the Victor chapel. " The Vi ter chtpel is a mission of the First church. "It is not at all i uj robuble that North Carolina will berepies ntcd in Mr. Cleve land's Cabinet," remarked a prominent citizen of the Old Nor.h rtate at the new Hotel Aragon, at At'anta, a few days ago "The people of the State," he con tinued, are strongly urging Colonel Julian S. Carr, of Durhun, for a portfolij p3 s'tion, and it is a known fact that the President e'ect is conside ing the matt:r with no little degree of seriousness, and should he se'.ect Colonel Carr, it will be only a just recognition of his sterling worth and valiant services to the party, and such action would cause rejoicing among all Deruccrais from the mountains to the sea in the Tar Heel State. The . thousands cf friends of Colonel Carr throughout the South would also be re jeiced to see him honored with a Cabinet position. He is one of the most enter- prising and useful citiens in the South. Texas Indignant at Paris Lynching:, Laredc, Tex. Great indignation is manifested throughout this State over the barbaroui torture which was inflicted by the people of Paris, Tex., upon the negro Smith for the brutal assault on little Mvrtlc Vance. Indignation meet- j - C3 " ings QHve been held in several towns in the southwestern portion of the State, and res ilutions have been passed con demning the torture as a disgrace upon humanity and the Sta'e of Texas. A moss-meeting was held in this, city Hst night, at which speeches were made by prominent members of the bar and the e'ergy, and resolutions were passed con demning the outrage. For the Belief of the Cherokees. Washington, D. C Senater Vance has introduced a bill for the relief of the eastern band of Cherokees. It amends the llth section of the act of July 15, 1810,so as to give the Circuit Court judge complete jurlsd ction in all matters in dispute between the1 eastern and western Cheiokees. Also all matters in dispute betweeu the eastern band and the State of North Carolina, growing out of the act of cession of 1783. THE WONDERFUL COTTON SEED Aggregate from an 8,000,000 Bale Crop Amounts to $122,000,000. The oil companies are now paying from $20 to $21 per ton for cotton seed. The prices of the product stand about as follows: Cotton seed hulls for cattle and sheep feed $2 50 to $5 per ton in different parts of the South; cotton seed oil, 60 cents per gallon ; cotton seed meal $25 per ton At present market prices the 4,000,000 tons of seed that would come from an 8,000,000 bale crop of cot ton would be worth to the South $100, 000,000. , Deducting $1,000,000 tons of seed for planting, there would be 3,000,000 ton3 left, about 1,500,000 tons of which the exhisting mills work. If the whole 3,000,000 tons could be worked the following products would be obtained: S.ooo.ooo barrels of oil at S3o per barrel $3o,ooo,ooo 1,000,000 tons of meal at 3S.ooo.ooo l,5oo.ooo tons of hull at S3 ' 4.Vx,ooo 125,000 bales lint at $2o per bale 2,5oo,oeo Total . S122.ooo.ooc Thus,-at present prices, the product out of the cotton seed of the South, over and above that necessary to re-plant, would reach the enormous sum of $122, 000,000. As a matter of fact, about half the spare seed are worked in the mills and the South is getting the money for the products at the rate of about $60, 000,000 for the entire season's work. This leaves out of consideration the cattle feeding business that has been de veloped at and near the mills by the use of hulls and meal as feed stuff. MURDERER PAID THE PENALTY. John B. Boyster Hanged for the Mur. der of John P. Eppes. Suffolk, Va. John B. Royster, the negro who murdered John P. Eppes on the night of July 29, 1891, expiated his crime on the gallows in the county jail yard Thursday. Royster was visited in jail by a large number of people in the morning, includ ing the white and colored ministers of the town, who read the Scriptures and prayed with him until the hour of execu tion. He was led to the scaffold at 12:10, when Sheriff Baker read to him the or der of court for his execution and gave him an opportunity to say anything he might desire, but the condemned man was too frightened to make any connect ed statement. Prafer' was offr red oa the scaffold for h;m. At 12:27 the drop fell, and at 12:40 life was pronounced extinct by the at tending physicians. He died almost without a struggle No one claiming the body, it was buried as at . PANAMA SENTENCES. The De Lesseps Imprisoned for Five j Years, Other Sentences. Paris, (Cablegram.) The Panama sen tences have been just delivered. M. Ferdinand De Lesseps sentenced to im prisonment for five years and to pay a fine of 5,000 francs. M. Charles Do Lesseps is sentenced to imprisonment for five years and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs. M. Marius Fontaine and M. Coftu each sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of 3,000 f ranfes each. M. Eiffel is sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of 20,000 francs. The sentencts have caused a profound sensation, espec ially that of M. Ferdinand De Lesseps. Southern Governors' Convention. Governor Fishback, of Arkansas, has issued a circular letter to the governors of Southern States proposing a conven tion at Richmond, Va., about April 12 The convention, as Governor Fishback says, should be called "The Southern Governor's' Convention," to give it eclat, but the State geologists, presidents of State fairs and horticultural associations should be invited as delegate, and whrn assembled there should be adopted some short, simple but emphatic method of 'calling the attention of the world to tbe magnificent inducements of the South. The idea is to present to the people who will attend the World's Fair the advant ages which the South offers, and to turn in that direction the investors and im migrants wh will likely follow the ex position. TOO MUClT KISSING. Ohio Health Officers and Pastors Will Oppose the Custom. . Columbus, O. A crusade agaiust kiss ing ha? been inaugurated by the Ohio State Board of Health. It has success fully appealed to the Pa tor' Union to aid in stopping the custom of indiscrimi nate kissing the almost universal habit among ladies of kissing friends on greet ing them or bidding them good bye, of kissing babies and ch Idrcn and urging babies and chi'dren to kiss each other. Mcses is cited ts a smiUriau on the subject. The use of th c mmunion cup is also to be abolished, if possible. North Carolina Militia Boll. Washington, D. C An abstract from the latest report? transmitted by the Sec retary of War to-day to Congress shows the North ' arolina militia force to be as follows: One general; 20 members of the gen ral's staff; cavalry, 3 commis sf ned and 8 non-commbionei offices, 7 musicians", 26 privates aggregate cav alry, 34; artillery, 4 regimental staff, 17 c rapany officers, 32 non-commissioned rfficcrs, 1 musician, 206 privates aigre gate 260; infantry, 58 regimental, 100 c mpany officers, 324 non-commissioned offi ers, 110 musicians, 1,131 privates 1,716 aggregate The aggregate force of thf t itc s 2,036. $1,500,000 PROFIT. A Few Bulls in the Chicago Lard Mar ket Make Big: Winnings. Chicago, III. More than $1,500,000 ha been cleared this season by two firms whi h control the lard market. The price made a jump this forenoon from Ml S2J to $12, and even a shade higher. I rcrjui ed little effort to send it soaring. ' he market is cornered. Th mc are only about 7,000 tierces here, nnd there are shorts to the extent of t ity times that quantity. UNDER A PROTECTORATE; U. S. Minister Stevens Takes Charge of Hawaii TJncle 'Sam's Marines Par ad j tho Streets of Honolulu. Sau Francisco, Cal. The most im- j portant news brought by the steamship j Australia, which arrived from Honolulu' Wednesday night, is that United States ' Minister Stevens had established a pro-. tectorate over the islands. It was ac knowledged at 9 o'clock on the morning of the 1st instant, when Stars and Stripes were raised over the Aliuolani Hall, andj Minister Stevens issued the following proclamation: "To the Hawaiian People At the re quest of the proui-ional government of; the Hawaiian Islands, I hereby, in th! name of the United States of America, as-' sume protection of the Hawaiian Islands for ths protcct.ou of life and property, snd the occupation of public buildings on Hawaiian eni l as far as may be neces sary for the purpose specified, but not in terfering with the administration of pub lic affairs by tfje provisional government, -This action is taken, pending and subject to negotiation at Washington. (Signed) John L. Steven?," Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Plenipo tentiary of the United States. United States Legation, Feb. 1. 1893. "Approved and executed by C. C. Wiltse, CapUin United States Navy, command- . ing United States steam '-hip Boston." The Advertiser says reg tiding the Stevens' proclamation that the action was principally due to incessant ngita'ion on'' the part of certain whites, who have al-j ways been a curse of the country,coupled ' vith Eng ish and native newspapers i efforts to discredit and block the new government. These ag..-nc;e3 spread a feeling of uneasinesj and distrus The T provisional government concluded some positive step was necessary, aud it would be wise t to call on the United States for direct a"sis'nnce. The Advertiser continuing, says: "At 8:30 a. m. on the 1st the Boston's bittal ion landed under Lieutenant Commander Swinburn and were up to tbe Govern ment t uitding, where detachments from voluuteer companies of the provisional fiovernmcnt wera also drawn up. Lieut. Rush read Minister Stevens' proclama tion and oa the stroke of 9 the Star- on the tower. Tho flag wai saluted by : troopj and mariners aud heavier guus of; the Boston, nnd H iwaii was under Uncle ' Sam's wing for th s time being at least. Hawaiian fhg still flies in the palace courtyard.. The palace, barracks, . police stati n, custom hous 4 possession nt the provisional Govern ment, which will administer public busi ness as usual The arms and ammuni tion will be withdrawn from Aliuolinl Hall, which, until definite intelligence arrives from tho United States, will be gu rded by a detachment from the Bos ton. The event of Wednesday is hailed' with joy throughout the community. It : will bring about peace and prosperity, and will please all except those who doi not want Hawaii to enjoy these or any' oth r blessings. It is not the act of ag gression, but of friendliness, done at the, instance of the Hawaiian Government. May this friendliness result" in union which shall endure forever. President Sanford B. Dole on January 20th issued a proclamation announcing that all powers, duties, etc., required of the sovereign of tha .Hawaiian Kingdom should be hereafter vested in and per formed by the President of the provis ional government, and that the execu tive council would perform the dutia of the Cabinet. Anotherproclamation an nounced that if any person recruits sol diers or sailors within tbe Hawaiian Is- lands to engage in armed hostility against the Government, or acts in any other treasonable' manner, he shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, not less than six months nor more than six years. The proclamation also demanded that all persous in the employ of the Government take the oath of allegiance within twenty days. At a meeting of the executive and ad visory councils on . January 23d it was decided to organize a national guard of four companies. W. G. Ashley was ap pointed marshal and J. H. Soper com mander of the force', with the rank of colonel. Martial law still continues at Honolulu, but the hours have heen 1a. ened. Its proclamation resulted in the maintenance of complete order, and in fused a feeling of security throughout the community. The provisional governmene volunteer arm) is increasing visibly. Leg islative Hall and other rooms at the Gov ernment building have been converted into a barracks for the men. J. R. Caste has been appointed executive council, by the new regime. The United States flag now floats over the public buildings at Honolulu. Shrewd Way to Capture Mosqulloe?. An icgenious method ot capturing adult mosquitoes in the house is in ex tensive use iu some localities in New Jersey. We have not seen it described in print and mention it here in the hop that it may be new to some of our read ers. It consists in nailing to the end, or rather the top, of a stick the lid of a small tin box, such as a yeast powder box. The stick must be long enough to enable tbe operator to reach the ceiling and the tin cover of the box is nailed to it in an inverted position. Into this re ceptacle is then poured a tablespooaful of kerosene, and the mosquitoes at resfr upon the ceiling are easily trapped by simply placing this kerosene cup under them aud close up to the ceiling. In their endeavor to escape they fall at once into the kerosene and are killed. Of the morning of September 25 the writer captured ia this way seventy-five mo squitoes on tbe ceiling of the room which he had occupied during the n'ght New York Commerciftl Advertiser. Wife of Ex-Secretary Whitney Dead. New York. Mrs. Wi Ham C. Whit ney, wife of tbe ex-Secretary of the Navy, ditd at her home, No. 2 West Fifty-seventh ttreet, at 3 o'clock in the morning of he ;rt disease. Only Mr. Whitney and the nurses who attended her during her illness were present at the death bed, the end coming unexpectedly.