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,! - - j: NO. 2.
THE
pile Ir.
i:y conan doylb. ,
Ml-jw lodger might well despair of
ever finding the clew.
1 'inch in lane was a row of shabby
tw storied brick houses in the lower
quarter of Lamlicth. ' I had to knock
, f'.r some time at No. 3 before I could
make any impression. At last, how
ever, there was the glint of a candle
KMnl the blind, and a fac looked out
nt tlx- upper window.
"'!'", yu drunken vagabond,"' said
the fcc. "If you kiek up any more
r-vJll open the kennels arid let out
furty-three dogs upon you."
.'I you'll let one out it's just what I
have foine for," said I.
; n!" yelled, the voice. "So help
m graeious, I have a wiper in this bag,
an M il. drop it on you're "cad If you
.lon t IkhMc it."
""Hut I want a dog!" I cried.
' I won't' be argued with!" shouted
Mr. Sherman. "Xow stand clear: for
then I say 'three, down goes the
J per.
Mr. Sherlock Holmes " I Wg,,.., tut
? words had a most magical eff"'t.
the window instantly slammed
L .... "
kvn. and within a minute the do,..
unlarred and open. Mr. Sherman
a lanky, lean old man, with stoop
shoulders, a stringy neck nnd blue-
r d glasses.
friend of Mr. Sherlock is alvaj
me.. said lie. "Step in, sir. Keep
trof the badger; for he bites. Ah,
Mity, naughty, would ycu take a
it the gentleman?" This to a stoat
- which thrust its wicked head and red
eyes -between the "bars '-of its cage.
"Don't mind that, sir; its.'only a slow
worm. It hain't got no fangs, sol
gives it the run o' the rom, for it
keeps the beetles down. Yon must not
"mind myt bein" .just little sWtrt wi'
vi u at first, for I'm guyed at by the
children, and there's many a one just
comes down this lane to knock me up.
VYhat was it that Mr. Sherlock Holmes
wanted, sir?"
"He wanted a dug of Yours."
'Ah! that would be T by."
"Yes. Toby was the name."
"Toby lives at Xo. 7 on " the left
here." Me moved slowly forward with
his candle among the queer animal
family. which he had gathered, round
him. In the uncertain, shadowy light
I con. l see dimly that there were
glancing, glimmering eyes peeping
tluuii 'at us from every cranny and
comer. Even the rafters above our
heads were lined by solemn fowls, who
la.ily- shifted their weight from one
h';r to .the- other as our voices dis
tarhed t heir slumbers.
Toby proved to be an ngly. long
haired, lop-eared creature, half span
id and half lurcher, brown-and -White in
color, .with a very clumsy wifddling
rait. It accepted, after some, hesita
i tiou. a hunp of sugar which the old
naturalist handed to me, and, having
t'm-s sealed an alliance, it followed me
to the cab. and made no difficulties
aK.nt accompanying me. It had just
ft nick j hive on the palace clock when
1 found myself Kick once more at I'on
ilicherry lodge. The ex-prize-fighter
McMnrdo had. T .found, been arrested
- as an accessory.. andv both he and Jlr.
Miolto Ji;i t lccn marched off to the
station. Two constables guarded the
- uarn w ..gate, but they allowed me to
p-i-s with the dog on my mentioning
the ileti ctivc's name.
Holmes was ..standing on" the door-f-'ej.
with " his hands in his pockets,
Muoking his pipe.
"Ah. you have him there!" said he.
' lioo-l dog. then! Athelney Jones has
, PMio. We have had an immense dis
play of energy since you left. He has
arrested not only friend Thaddeus, but
the gatekeeper, the housekeeper, and
the Indian servant. Ve have the place
t ourselves, but for a sergeant upstairs,
l eave the. dog here, and come up."
.. We tied Toby to the hall; table, and
rennvnded the stairs. The room was
as we had left it, save that a sheet had
l'-n d raped over the central figure. A
earv-looking police sergeant reclined
iu the corner.
l end me your buirs-eye,"sergeant,,;
vai.l my companion. "Nov tie this bit
f card rountl my neck, so as to hang it
n front of ' me". Thank you. Xow I
. lri'it kick off my lvxts and stockings!
Ju-t voU carry them down with you,
"iitson. - I amgoing to do a little
e.imbmg.. And dip my handkerchief
into the oreo.-ote. That will do. Xow
"m" nP hito the garret w'ith me for a
.n3"ment." .
clambered up through the. hole.
i"jmv turned "his light once more
l!P"n the footsteps in the dust.
I wih you particularly to notice
i i-e f.H.t marks." he said. "Do you ob-
rv''- iinvthing noteworthv about
th.-mv
l :'y Kd.mg." t said, "to a child or
' J:,1iil woman." .
Apart from their size, though. Ia
thyre anything else?"
- lhey appear to W much as other
v
PNliwE
liu tiiifdiiifrniffitJiff. a ii-'lflff tiinililfTirTTTTTTJi
llnuatiif.i -
"NOW STASH CI.KAIl."
TrTol aTi Look Iie-rel This Is the
lrint of a right Xootln the dust, Now
;I make one with my naked foot beside
naiisine cnlel difference?".
"Your toes are all ernmrwd surtfh
The other print has each toe distinctly
uinuu
"Quite so. That is the oolnt. TVbt
that in mind. Xow, would you kindly
ricp fiver 10 ine nap-window and smel
the edge of the woodwork? I shall
stay over here, as I have this handker
ohief in my hand."
I did as he directed, and was In
6tantly conscious of a strong tarry
DIUCU. 4
"That is where he put his foot in rot.
ting out. If you cairtnrec him, I should
think that Toby will have no difficulty.
Xow run downstairs, loose the dog,
anu looif out lor i;iondin."
Iby the time that I trot out into th
grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the
roof, and I could sec him like an enor
mous glow-worm, crawlinc verv slowlv
uiong me nugc. 1 lost sight of him
behind a stack of chimnevs. but h
presently reappeared, and then van-
isneu once more upon the opposite side.
YVhen I made ray, way round there I
found him seated at one of the corner
caves,
"That you, Watson?" he cried.
"Yes."
"This is the place. What is that
black thing down there?"
"A water-barrel.
"TAnnn if)"
"Yes."
"Xo sign of a ladder?"
"Xo."
"Confound the fellow! It's a most
break-neck place.' I ought to-be able
to come' down where he could climb
up. The watcrpipe feels pretty firm.
Here goes, anyhow." ' I
There was a scuffling of the feet,
and the lantern began to cf me steadily
down the side "of the wall. Then with
a light spring he came on to the barrel,
and from there to the earth.
' "It was easy; to follow him," he said,
drawing on his stockings and boots.
"Tiles were loosened the whole way
along, and in his hurry he had dropped
this. It confirms my diagnosis, as you
doctors express it."
The object which he held up to me
was a small pocket or pouch woven out
of colored grasses and with a few
tawdry beads strung round it. In
shape! and size it was not unlike a
cigarette case. Inside were lialf a
dozen spines of dark wood, sharp at
one end and rounded at the other, like
that which had struck Bartholomew
Sholto.
"They are hellish things," said he.
"Look out that j-ou don't prick j'our-
I'm llirli.tl to 1 tLnm -?
the chances are that they are all he
has. There is the less fear of vou or
me finding one in our skin before long.
1 would sooner face a Martini bullet,
myself. Are" you game for a six-mile
trudge, Watson?"
"Certainly," I answered.
"Your, leg will stand it?"
"Oh, yes."
"Here vcu are, doggv! Good old
Toby! Smell it, Toby, smeJl it!"
He pushed " the creosote handker
chief under the dog's nose, while
the creature stood with its fluffy
leers Kcnarntd. nnd with n. most pnmiral
cock to its head, like a connoisseur snif-.
ling the bouquet of a famous vintage.
Holmes then threw the handkerchief
to a distance, fastened a stout cord to
the mongrel's collar, and led him to
the foot of the water barrel. The
creature instantly broke into a succes
sion of high, tremulous yelps, and,
with his nose on the ground, and his
tail in the air, pattered off upon the
trail at a pace which strained his leash
and kept us at the top of our speed.
' The east had been gradually whiten
ing, and .we could now see some dis
tance! in the cold gray light. The
square, massive house, with its black,
empty windows and high, bare walls,
towered up, sad and forlorn, behind
WITH A LIGHT PPIXG HE CAME OX THE
BARKKI-
1 . iL.
us. Uur course leu ngni across wie
rounds, in and out among the trenches
and pits with which they were scarred
and intersected. lhe whole place,
with its scattered dirt heaps and in
grown shrubs, had a blighted, ill-
omened look which harmonized with
the black tragedy which hung over lt.-
fm reaching the boundary wall, loby
ran along, whining eagerly, underneath
its shadow, aud stopped finally in a
corner screen by a young beech.
Where the two walls loined, several
bricks had been loosened, and the crev
ices left were w-orn down and rounded
nron the lower side, as though they
had frequently been used as a ladder.
Holmes clambered up. and. taking the
dog from me, he. dropped it over upon
the other side.
"TVipra's the print of wooden-leg s
hand," he remarked, as I mounted up
beside him. "You see the slight
smudge of blood upon the white
plaster. What a lucky thing it is tnat
we have had no very heavy rain since
yesterday! The scent will lie upon the
road in spite of their eight-and-tweniy
hours' stsrt."
I confess that I had my doubts my
self when I reflected upon the great
traffic which had passed along the Lon
don road in. the. interval. My fears
were soon aptteasetL LOwever. ' T6tr
never hesitated or swerved, but
waddled on in his peculiar rolling'
fashion.- Clearly the pungent smell
M It . . a, .
oi me creosote rose nigh above all
other contending scents.
"Do not imagine," said Holmes, "that
I depend for my success in this case
upon the mere chance of one of these
fellows having put his foot in the chemi
cal. I have knowledge now which
would enable me to traee them in many
different ways. This, however, is the
readiest, and. since fortune .has nut it
into our hands, I should be culpable if
i neglected it. ( It has, however, pre
vented the case from becoming the
pretty little intellectual problem
which it at one time promised to be.
There might have been some credit to
be gained out of it, but for this too
palpable clew."
"There is credit, and to spare," said
I, "I assure you. Holmes, that I mar
vel at the means by which you obtain
your results in this case, even more
than I did in the Jefferson Hope mur
der. The thing seems to me to be'
deeper and more inexplicable. How,
for example, could you describe with
such confidence the wooden-legged
man?"
"Pshaw, my dear" boy! it was sim
plicity itself. I don't wish to be
theatrical. It is all patent and above
board. Two officers who are in com
mand of a convict cruard learn an im
portant secret as to buried treasure. A
map is drawn for them by an English
man named Jonathan Small. You re
member that we saw the name unon
the chart in Capt. Morstan's possession.
He had signed it in behalf of himself
and his associates the sicn of th
four, as he somewhat dramatically
called it. Aided by this chart, the
HOLMES CLAMBCRED UP ASD TOOK THE
DOG FROM ME.
otricers-or one of them crets the
treasure and brings it to England,
leaving, we 'will suppose, some condi
tion under which he received it unful
filled. Xow, then, why did not
Jonathan Small get the treasure him
self? The answer is obvious. The
chart is dated at a time when Morstan
was brought into close association
with convicts, j Jonathan Small did
not get the treasure because he and his
associates were themselves convicts
and could not get away."
"But this is mere speculation," said I.
"It is more than that. It is the only
hypothesis which covers the fasts. Let
us see how it fits in with the sequel.
Ma j. Sholto remains at peace for some
years, happy in the possession of his
treasure. Then he receives a letter
from India which gives him a great
fright. What was that?"
"A letter to say that the men whom
he had wronged had been set free."
"Or had escaped. That is much more
likely, for he would have known what
their term of imprisopment was. It
would not have been ajsurprise to him.
What does he do then? He guards him
self against a wooden-legged man a
white man, mark you, for he mistakes
a white tradesman for him, and actual
ly fires a pistol at him. Xow, only one
white man's name is on the chart.
The others are Hindoos or Moham
medans, f There is no other white man.
Therefore we may say with confidence
that the wooden-legged man is identi
cal with Jonathan Small. Does the
reasoning strike you as being faulty?"
"Xo: it is clear and concise."
"Weill, now, let us put ourselves in
the place of Jonathan Small. Let us
look at it from hig point of .view. He
comes to England with the double idea
of regaining what he w-ouldj consider to
be his rights and of having his revenge
upon the man who had wronged him.
He found out where Sholto lived, and
very possibly he established communi
cations with some one inside the house.
There is this butler, Lai Rao, whom we
have not seen. Mrs. Hernstone gives
him far from a good, character. Small
could not find out, however, where the
treasure was hid, for no one ever
knew, save the major and one faithful
servant who had died. Suddenly Small
learns that the major is on hi death
bed. In a frenzy lest the secret of the
treasure die with him, he runs the
gauntlet of the truards, makes his way to
the dying man's window, and is only de
terred from entering by the presence
of his two sons. Mad with hate, how
ever, against the dead man, he .enters
the room that night, searches his pri
vate papers in the hope of discovering
some memorandum relating to the
treasure, and finally leaves a memento
of his visit in the short inscription upon
the card. He had doubtless planned
beforehand that should he slay the
major he would leave some such rec
ord upon the body as a sign that it was
not a common murder, but, from the
point of view of the , four associates,
something in the nature ' of an act of
justice. Whimsical and bizarre con
ceits of this kind are common enough
in the annals of crime, and usually af
ford valuable indications as to the
criminal. Do yon follow all this?" .
"Very clearly." ; . ,
J. B. Norris, a railroad man. tras
killed at tfle union depot, Petersburg.
Va., leaving a wife and three children.
BIG WHISKEY STEAL.
10,000 GALLONS OF CORN JUICE
STOLEN WITH A SIPIIOX.
Brought to Light by the Investigations
or United States Internal Revenue
Officers.
The facts in one of the most remark
ale robberies ever known in South
Carolina have just been nnearthed by
the internal! revenue officers at Wal
halla, S. C.
In 1892 Henry Bieman sold four
government 'distilleries, with bonded
warehouses situated about a half a
mile apart along the banks of a creek,
two miles from Wulhalla, to W. C.
Tatnm. They were built on the side
of the hill sloping towards the stream,
and the warehouses contained ten
thousand gallons of corn whiskey. Ta
tnm at once closed the distilleries and
the warehouses were locked and the
government seal attached, it being the
owner's purpose to hold the whiskey
three years before paying the tax as al
lowedby law.!
During the latter part of Anguat of
last year Collector Townes wrote to
Tatum several times informing him
that the three years were about to ex
pire and urging him to be ready to
comply with the law. On the night of
September 5th" two days before the
expiration of the time, three of the
distilleries were burned to the ground.
The fourth (only contained seventy
gallons of wliiskey. Deputy Collectors
Vanderford and King were deiailed to
conduct an investigation. Visiting the
sites of thej burned buildings- they,
could discover no signs whatever of
whiskey, although they expected to
find the ground saturated for many
feet aroui-d where thb burning fluid
had flowed, j Gradually the evidence
was developed &nd tinallv confessions
were obtained substantially as follows:
Soon after! the purchase Iw Tatdm
one of the warehouses had be'en enter
ed, the burglars drawing the staple of
the door, ljien they had inserted one
end of a piece of hose into a barrel
and drawing it through a crack in the
waif phfed the other end in an
empiy oarreiai ine loot oi the hill in
to which thej whiskey was siphoned.
This process was repeated night after
night until every gill of the whiskey
had been stolen, the siphon arrange
ment enabling the thieves to operate
deliberately and avoid the danger
which hauling away a large quantity
at Ot". .." -l .U..rt ifmttrxrr.l ..... TUa
revenue officers say that the tax on the
whiskey is t,ecured by the bond.
The facts above related were grad
ually developed, and the arrests of
John Farmer Afhbury Hide, William
Whitman, Tony Watkins and John
Rowland followed. They have been
given hearings before United States
Commissioner Hawthorne atGreenville
and were held for trial. Some of them
have made full confessions.
A 1 . 1 ! 4 i 1 t t m . a
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Secretary Gresham, who was 63 on
St.' Patrick's Day, is the oldest mem
ber i of the cabinet, and Secretary
Smith is the baby.
Pages in Congress will hereafter be
summoned by touching an electrio
button on the desk instead of noisily
clapping the lauds
For years there have been many
prominent Cuban annexationists in the
United States. The question has never
been made a political one or annexa
tion might have been accomplished be
fore this. Itj would be difficult to find
two men wide;r apart upon everything
political than Senators Morgan, of
Alabama, and Frye, of Maine, are, but
just iead how perfectly they agree on
Cuban annexation, and do not forget
that they are "both members of the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations,
Senator Morgan being the chairman.
Said Senator Fry, of that little diplo-!
matic flurry with Spain: "It looks as
if Spain would make the required apol-:
ogy and as if all would soon be settled-j
I had hoped it would be otherwise, and!
that Spain would assume such an arro-i
gant and belligerant tone that it wouldj
be necessary for the United States to?
go over and take posso66ion of Cuba.
We certainly jought to have that ielandj
in order to round out our possessions!
as they should be, and if we cannot1
buy it, I for one should like to have an
opportunity to acquireit by conquest."
Said Senator Morgan: "I am in favor
of purchasing Cuba or of acquiring it
by any other just method. I have al
ways been a Cuban annexationist, for
the island is an important one to the
United States. If the revolutionists
are able to hold out for a year they
will be able to' secure material assis
tance from persons in this country,
not only in the way of money, but ic
men, in spite !of all efforts to prevent
it. There are many men w ho are
ready to go into a war for Cuba, or any
other war, and there will be no way of
keeping them! out of it if the men wno
are leading this revolt show that they
command any real strength at home."
Since these public uiterances the pre
diction is freely made, that a new
movement for the annexation of Cuba
will soon begin to 6how. itself in this
country. In j fact, many believe that
Secretary Gre6ham made his recent
demand upon Spain unnecessarily,
harsh with the hope that it would make
Spain do something that would justify
an attack upon her.
Sued AshrvJUe for $15,000 and Got
! $l,10O.
Ashevilce, March "'20. Miss Janet.
Reid Sheldon! has sued the city of Ashe
ville for $15,000 damages, having been
injured by a fall on the sidewalk. In
the Superior Court this afternoon, the
jnrr rendered a verdi?t allowing her
$1,100. i
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
C. H. More, vice-president of the
New England Granite Manufacturers'
Association,' is traveling in the South
with the view)! buying quarry proper
ty: He has recently been prospecting
in the vicinity of Charlotte, N. C.i
A' meeting of the stockholders of
the First National Bank of Buena
Vista, Va., will be held on April 12 to
consider and determine a proposition
to remove the bank to Lexington Va.
Anderson, S.C., has sold $20,000 of
school bonds to J. N. Brewer, of I that
city. - j.
Charter has been granted to! the
Kershaw Banking & Mercantile Co., of
Kershaw, S. C, with Leroy Springs,
president; William Sanson, vice-president,
and J. M. Heath, treasurer.
The capital stock is $25,000. i
The Manhattan Investment Associa
tion, of Camden, S. C, has been in
corporated by D. Wolfe, W. F.. Ma
lone; J. S. Lindsay and others. The
capital stock is 85000.
Davis & Zoeller of Wilmington,
N. ' C, dealer? in drv croods.
notions, carpets, etc., have assigned
with Frank H. Steadman, assignee. '
Preferences about 86.200. of which
about $5,000 to local creditors, j ,
20,000 bales of cotton were burned
at the New Orleans, La., cotton com
press last week. The loss is over r
million dollars. .
- The Columbia " State thinks . that
there arc yet 200,000 bales of cotton
in South Carolina.
Rev. t Dr. William Brown Yonce,
professor of ancient languages at Roan
oke College, Va., dropped dead from
apoplexy about 8 o'clock Friday evening
at the Lutheran church, in Salem,' Va.,
just before the commencement of ser
vices.
Painter Falls 23 feet and Killed.
Greensboro,' N. C, March. 23.
While two roving f-ign-paioters were,
at work painting a large f-ign for: the
Greensboro Music School, one end of
the plank swing on which they were
standing became detached from its
fastening and Robert M.cDqnnell,; th
painter who was pt that end, fell head
long to the brick pavement, 25 1 feet
below, his head striking first. ! His
brains and blood spattered the side
walk for several jfeet around aiul he
died in a few moments. Hi paytntr
succeeded in catohinff hold of n window
ana xnus. saveu This me. iuuiyuam-n
was from Chicago and his partner,
Low Macon, is from New York. They
were both excellent painters and were
getting plenty of work to do here.
The remains of the unfortunate 'man
were taken charge of , by an undertaker
and interred here. !
TO TAX BACHELORS.
And Establish a Home for Old Maids.
The Object of a Bill.
SriviNGFiEL,r, 111., March 25. A bill
to tax bachelors and establish an "old
maids' home" when the tax fund shall
have reached $50,000 was introduced
in the House -by Representative Wal
lick. The bill defines bachelors as sin
gle men of thirty-two years or over who
have never been married nnd exempts
men who have reached sixty-five, Who
are physically unfit or who can prove
to a board of iinmarried women over
sixty years that they have proposed
marriage at least three times to mar-'
riageable females and been refused
each time.
A Busy Man's Misfortune.
Thousands of people all over the
country will sympathize with Charles
Broadway Rouss, the New York mer
chant prince, who is threatened with
speedy and total blindness.
Mr, Rouss was a" gallant confederate
soldier in Stonewall Jackson's army.
After the war he went to New York
'penniless and friendless, and, by his
pluck, energy and foresight, accumu
lated a fortune of $10,000,000. His lib
erality to his old comrades, his friends,
the deserving poor and his native town,
Winchester, Va., is well known to many
of our readers.
v The Drummers Organize.
, Winston, N. C, March 24. The
North Carolina Division of the'
Traveler's Protective Association of
America was organized in the chamber
of commerce rooms, Thursday night,
by W. J. Crump,of Richmond, Va. The
names of 33 members were enrolled at
the first meeting, composed mostly of
traveling men and manufacturers of
Winston-Salem. This number will be
largely increased.
Xcw Officers.
A telegram from Washington says:
"Major Edward M. Hayes, Seventh
Cavalry, has been ordered to proceed
to Raleigh, N. C, to report in person
to the Governor of North Carolina for
duty pertaining to the National Guard
of that State to relieve Capt. Thad
deus W.' Jones, Tenth Cavalry.
Sentenced for Libelling Taylor.
Washington, D. C.,-March 25. W.
Calvin Chase, the colored editor who
was convicted of the criminal libel of
C. H. J. Taylor, the colored recorder
of deeds, some days ago, was senten
ced to ninety days in jail by the Judge.
S ' I .
The Seaboard Announces Another Cut.
. Washington, D. C, March 23..
The Seal)oard announces, a cut in the
rate from Washington to Atlanta on its
vestibule limited from $17.50 to $14.50.
Capk Cozxr, South Africa, offers Canada
twenty per eent. advantage over the United
States in trade, -
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LIST OF PATENTS
Granted to Southern inventors last
week:
F. C. Amsbary, Little Rock,
stop and waste, valve.
M. H. Baer, Hagerstown,
metallic stay for wire fences.
J. M. Christopher, Baltimore,
alarm for vehicles. -
J. R. Ciunkleton, Baltimore,
bicvcle-support. -
Ark.,
Md..
Md.,
Md.,
J. C. Deyerle, Salem, Va., brake for
rail way -cars.,
V. L. Emerson, Baltimore,
lumber-drier.
Md.,
A . Eustis, New Orleans, device for
assisting infirm persons. j .
T. Gaskins, Arcadip, La., carcoup
ling. , I
E. J. Griffin, Zion, Ky., wire fence.
J. House, Princess Anne, Va., rock
ing frame for tanning-vats.
B. H. Johnson, Dickey, Ga., scrub
ber. -
W. H. Kable, Staunton, Va.,' ThriU-
tncr.
S. E. Kierolf, Jackson, Tenn,,
building-block.
B. Lowehberg, Norfolk, Va.,
vertible car. .
O." P. ' McDonald, Daytona,
fumisrator.
con-
Fla.,
S. M. Neely. Smith's Turnout, S.
C, baling press. I ,
W. H. Roberts, Knoxville, Tenn.,
combined file-case and desk.
L. Sennett, Russell, Ky., air-brake
coupling.
C. H. Smith, Birmingham,
car-coupling. .
N. P. Taylor, Henderson,
blind slat-holding device.
J T. Thorpe, New Orleans,
eras controller.
Ala.,
Ky.,
La.,
A. Volkenrath, Huntington, Va
nan-lifter.
C. A. White, Carlisle, Ky., harness-
trimming.
Chauncey Made a MUtake.
RrrwTRFOjmTON. N. C. . March!
10.
At Rutherford college today seventy
five students went to the depot to
meet their professors. As the profes
sors left thecars, the students set up
a yell. "Chauncey Depew was aboard
and thought they were cheering j bim.
He left the car and made them a politi
cal speech. The train moved off be
fore Dr. Depew Baw the joke that tfas
on him. ' - : V
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SODTH'S PROGRESS.
INVESTMENT OF NORTHERN CAP
ITAL IN SOUTHERN FARMS.
Numerous New Industrial and Ball
dlug Enterprises Reported for
' avreek.
Baltimobk, Md., March ;22. The
weekly review of Southern: business
conditions reports a very deci
ded increase in the sales of South-;
era properties, including both farm
and mineral lands. There is a greater
inquiry from the We6t and, the North ?
for Southern farm property than ever
known before and the1 tendency seems
to be increasing. j - .
In industrial enterprises cotton mill ':
interests continue to attact the largest
share of attention. A very snccesef ul
North Carolina mill has voted to in-,
crease its stock from $300,000 to $400,
000 with which to bnild anew 20,000
spindlo milL At Cheraw, ;S. C, a
$10,000 knitting mill is projected, at
Laurens, S. 0., a cotton mill, at Salis
bury, N. C., a 30,000 spindle mill,
while cotton mill companies are being
organized at Jackson, Tenn j Shrieve
port, La; Salisbury, N. C;Rijitherford,
N. C; Piedmont, Ala; Demopolis, Ah,
and other points. j
A $350,000 sugar refinery; is to be
built at New Orleans by sugar plan
ters, a company now being organized '
for that purpose. A $50,000 agricul
tural implement company is! projected
at Brenham, Texas; a $50,000 wood
enware factory in Virginia; $30,000
match factory and canning- factory ' in
Mississippi; an electric light plant,
lumber mill and tobacco jworks in
North Carolina; $10,000 brick com
pany in South Carolina, and phos- .
phateplant and packing house in Ten
nesee; $30,000 water-works; $10,000
extract works in Texas. j
Among the new building enterprises
reported were a $150,000 Opera Hduse
projected at Charleston, S. (; $25,000
jail in North Carolina; a S40.000 house
at Stanton; a 200-room hotel at Atlan- -ta,
and a number of miscellaneous
building enterprises. j
The leading railroad projects for
the week are the reported purchase of
about 300 miles of narrow guage lines
in Florida, which will probably be
changed to standard guage," "and the
reconstruction of 25 miles iu Georgia.
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Northern People Coming toj Virginia.
One Lynchburg real estate firm re-
from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan and Western States,
9,187 acres of land, and expect many
more to settle- in their section this
year. j
An agent at Richmond, Va., reports
that he has had in sixty days 1,200 in
quiries for farm lands coming from
every Northern and Western SUto
and from Canada, England, France
and Sweden. Fifteen per jcent., or
18U, of the inquiries were from Penn
sylvania, about 10 per cent, each from
New York and Ohio, the numbers, re
spectively, being 121 and 128. The
next highest State, 69, was Michigan,
and tho next Iowa and Illinois, 58
each. From this it will be jseen that
it is not only from the remote and des
titute Northwest that farmerkare seek
ing to move South, tut fromj the older
and wealthier and presumably more
contented East. j
A Petersburg, real estate firm sold
43 farms in 1894 to farmers Ifrom out
6ido of Virginia, aggregating 7,000
acresT as follows: .Michigan 12; Wis
consin, 1; West Virgiuia; 2; New
York, 4; Indiana, 2; South Dakota, 6;
Ohio, 3; Germany, 2; Illinois, 4; Ne
braska, 3; Kansas, 2; North Dakota,
1, Pennsylvania, 2. During January
and February, 1895, they have more
than doubled the business of any pre
ceding year of 18 years in the real es
tate business.. j
Similar reports came-from all over
Virginia. 1
Cut HI Finger ofrj
At Yorkville, S. C, Ernest Parker
caught a pig belonging toj him and
was about to crop its tail. iTho j pig's
tail was wrapped about one finger of
his left hand and in his right he held
the knife. He mistook his finger for.
the tf il and at one stroke Cat it off.'
The llncror was never found and the
pig went his way rejoiciDg.
WAsftaoTO Cinr has a soup kitchen which;
Is feeding some 2000 ooor a Cay; j
. Viboivxa had seven snow-storms in fwo'
weeks.
money Er-re?sCA L.T'r
tl M W M
xfv. ntt nrrn. DEALERS ean sell
you machine cheaper than yon can
get elsewhere. Xhe HEW BOJIE la
our beat, bat we nuke cheaper kind,
sncb. mm the C 11 31 AX, IDEAL and
other HlKh Arm Full nickel Plated.
Sewing machines for $15.00 and up.
Call n our agent or write us. We
want your trade, end lrprtee. t;n
kuJ m are dealing will win, we will
have It. We challenge the world to
produce) a. BETTER $50.00 ftewlnx
machine for $50.00, or a better $20.
Sewing machine for $20.00 than you
ean buy from us, or our Agents.
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