North Carolina Newspapers

; . . - - TJLtU 0 DMT Y jl0 GiiiNTham fc Pittman, Proprietors tl.OO Per Tear In Adijaiic 'PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD." DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1895. . . . . i i NO. 11. THE ' 1 ft lib 1 r.Y ( ON AX DOTLB. I" lv x I! 1 U wa-. r my mouth with giving a scream, if it one, which mjffht alarm I fl. th T' th i was never in luck's way r:, .knly, without a note of ?hi- frreat muting' broke upon !.,.. nth India lay as still and . ' . all appearance, as Surrey tt- next there were two hun-::-anil black devils let loose, .:mtry was a perfect hell. Of ,.u know all about it, gentle . a I more than I do, very like-r-':.ding is not in my line. I .-. what I saw with my own ;r plantation was at a place :Vr:t. near the border of the provinces. Night after - whole sky was alight with t:u-r liingalows, and day after .ail small companies of Euro-;--kig through our estate with . a nd children, on their way to L. n- were the nearest troops, iv. liitc was an obstinate man. it in his head that the affair .. ;..-aggerated,aiitlthatit would .,., r as suddenly as it had sprung Tht iv, he sat on his veranda, ;;; j- whisky pegs and smoking ,i w hile the country was in a .;,.., nt him. Of course we stuck .ii. land Dawson, who, with his .iiM'd-to do the bookwork and the uj. Vell, one tine day the a:ni". I had been away on a plantation, and was riding h.-iiK" in the evening, when my 1 upon something all huddled r at the bottom of a steep I r lc down to see what and the cold struck mv heart when I found , va- Dawson's wife, all cut .-ii.i.-ons, and half-eaten by jackals ,n i i.a'ivV d..gs. A little further up )., j : Dawson himself was lying n !. - face, quite dead, with an i i .i ,i t "i . i vi r in ins uuuu auu ium l ing across each other in front ii. 1 reined up my horse, wonder-iii--h way I should turn, but at that lii- i'u-nt I saw thick smoke curl in. from Abelwhite's bungalow and t;. 1 i:ns lvginning to burst through the rin.f.. I knew then that I could do mv . hiplover no cood, but would only throw my own life away if I meddled i i i in- matter. l'tom where l stooa tMul.l see hundreds of the black , i with their red coats still on laeks. dancincr and howling nind the burning house. Some of In ni pointed' at me, and a couple oi -'l,n"l!et- samr rast my head; so I "l.r..Vf- aw-av iu-rifrs the paddv-fields, and found iu. lf late.at night safe within the walK at 'Agra. As it prove!, however, there was no t s-ifetv there, either. The whole ujti v was up like a swarm of bees Y lift-ever the English could collect in little Lands they held just the ground that their trims commanded.- xwery wlu-re ele thev were helpless fugi tive-. It was a tiht of the millions ai-nnst the hundreds: and the crudest part of itwas that these men that we f !;-ht against, foot, horse and gun- tie'--..- were our own nicked troops, whin wi had taught and trained, handling our wn weapons, and blow "it.g .'iir own l?ugle calls. At Agra' there were the Third Hengal Fusiliers, some Midi-, two troops of horse and a battery if artillery. A volunteer corps of eh ru-s a r.d merchants had been formed. an 1 this I Joined. 'wooden lecfandall t'e went out to meet the rebels' at ? . - . i t :;:Higunge earlv in my, ana we at litem back for a time, but our .viler gave out arid we had to fall U upon the citv!i Nothing but the r-t news tame to us from every side A hieh is not to be wondered at. for if v ni hk at the map you will see that we were right in the heart of it. Ijuck w is rather better than a hundred to the east, and Cawnpore about a far to i he south. From every point on the eon i pass there was nothing- dui t.'tture ami murder and outrage. ".The eitv of Aerra is a great place, Mviirmitiir with fanatics and fierce 'ilevil-worshipefs of all sorts. Our hand ful "f 'men were Tost among the nar r. 'w. win. ling streets. Our leader iu"e"l "across the-river, therefore, and t -i k "un his ixisition in the bid fort of . l. . . .. . 1.- I urn t know it any oi you pen- h-m.-.n have ever read or heard any- ing of that old fort. It is a very queer place the- queerest that ever I w as in. and J have been in some rum enrneVs. too. First of all, it is enormous in size. I should think that the inclos- ure must W acres and acres. There is a modern part, which took all our gar- r;s,.n. women, children, stores and everything else, with plenty of room over. Hut the modern part is nothing the size of the old quarter, wnere d v goes, and which is given over to - . . . - . tie veornions, mid the centipedes. 11 IS LiU of treat deserted halls, and 'ti ling passages, and long corridors -tuiL' in and out. so that it is easy f-T folks to get lost in it.-j For this rea- :t it was seldom that anyone went into it. though now and again a party ' Th torches miirht go exploring. The river washes along the front of he old fort .'and so protects it, but on he sides and behind there are many rs. and these had to be guarded, oi e- urse. in the old quarter as well as in that which was actually held by our trooni V rirp short- handed, with i. hardly men enough, to man the angles of the building and1 to serve the guns. It was impossible for us. therefore, to nation a strong guard at everyone of the innumerable gates. What we did w as to organize, a central guardhouse in the middle of the fort, and to leave each gate under the charge of one w hite man and two or three natives. I " as selected to take charge during cer- .t- lam hours of the night of a small iso lated door upon the southwest side .of the buildino- Two Sikh troopers were placed under" mv command, and I was instructed if. anything went wrong to l.re inv musket, when! might rely upon help cominn- at once from the central guard. As the guard was a good two &3dreji .paces away, however. &ng.ag the women and children be treated as thev wprp' in raiuinv.i. -r . , J mujjvjc. .lldj UC JUU gentlemen think that I am just making out a case for myself, but I give you mv wnrrl hat re-Vi, T t though I felt the point of the knife at my xnroai, i opened my mouth the intention of was my last th mam iruard. i The man who held me seemed to know mv thoughts: for. even as I braced myself to it, he whis pered: -uon't make a noise. The fort is safe enough, i There are ho rphel dogs on this side of the river.' There was the ring of truth in what he said, and I knew thatnf I raised my voice I was a dead man. I could read it in the fellow's brown eyes. I waited, there fore, in silence, to see what it was' that they wanted from me. 'Listen to m' sahib.' said thi tallpr and fiereer of the pair, the one whom tney called Abdullah Khan. 'You must either be with us now or you must be silenced forever. The thing is too great a one for us to hesitate. Either you are heart and soul with us f " ' ' v, si- i-a. v. l'l i ! l th t! lii t! all y. t'A : I TTSEP TO 6TASD OUTSIDE THE GATEWAY. on your oath on the cross of the Chris tians, or vour bodv this night shall be thrown into the ditch and we shall pass over to 'our brothers in the rebel army. There is no middle way Which is it to be. death 'or life? We can only give you three minutes to decide, for the time is passing, and ail must be done before the rounds come again.' How can I decide?' said I. 'You have not told me what you want of me. But I tell you now that if it is anything against the safety of the fort 1 will have no truck with it, so you can drive home your knife and welcome. f " 'It is nothing against the fort,' said he. 'We only ask you to do that which vour countrvmen come to this land for We ask vou to be rich. If you will be one of us this night, we will swear to von linrni the naked knife, and by the threefold oath which no Sikh was ever known to break, that you shall have vour fair share of the loot. A quarter of the treasure shall be yours. We can sav no fairer. '"But what is the treasure, tnen. T asked. I am as ready to be rich as you can be, if you will but show me how it can be done " 'You swear, then.' said he, 'by the bones of vour father, by the honor of your mother, by the cross of your faith, to raise no hand and speaK no wora against us, either now or afterwards?' " 'I will swear it,' 1 answered, -pro vided that the fort is not endangered. " 'Then mv comrade and I will swear that you shall have a quarter of the treasure, which shali be equally aiviaea among the four of us.' There are but three, said l. tne space Deiween was cut up into a lab3Tinth of passages and corridors, I had great doubts as to whether they could arrive in time to be of any use in case of an actual attack. "Well. I was prettv. proud at having this small command given me, since I was a raw recruit, and !a game-legged one at that. For two nights I kept the wnteh with mv Funiaubees. They were tall, fierce-looking chaps, . Ma homet' Singh and Abdullah Khan by name, both old fighting men who had borne arms against us at Chilianwal- lah. . They could talk English pretty well but I could get little out of them. They preferred to stand together and jabber all night in their queer Sikh lin"-o. For myself, I used to stand outside the gateway, looking down on th broad, winding river and on tne twinkling lights of the great city. The beating of drums, the rattle ot tom toms, and the yells and howls of the rebels, drunk with opium and with ban"-, were enough to remind us an night of our dangerous neighbors across the stream. Every two hours tne om cers of the night used to come round to all the posts., to make sure tnai an was well. - The third night of my watch was dark and dirty, with a small, driving rain. It was dreary work standing in the gateway hour after hour m sucn weather. I tried again and again to make my Sikhs talk, but without much - At f it . success: At two in tne 'morning tne roundspassed, and 'broke for a moment thewearinessoi tne miu. mums ninns would not be led into conversation, I took out my pipe, and laid down my musket to sinne a match- In an instant the two Sikhs were upon me. One of them snatcnea mv firelock up and leveled it at jny head, while the otner neiu a jrrcui kuhc to mv throat and. swore between his teeth that he would plunge it invo me if I moved a step. 'Mv first thoun-ht was that these lei- lows were in league with the rebels, and that this was the beginning of an assault. If ourdoor were in tne nanas of the Sepoys the place must tan, aoo (To be continued ) It is claimed that Late Erie pro duces more fish to the square nine than any other bofy of water m the world. SOUND MONEY- MEETING. The Convention Disposes of Its Work Quickly and Adjourns. Under a banner with the insert ntinn Round Currenev and Ittpr Tiankimr Facilities be tween seven and eight hundred representa tive men or tne Southern States assembled at Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, to express their opposition to the free and unlimited coinage oi silver and to declare In favor of the con tinuance of present monetary conditions. . .... . .1 1 1 XT. was essentially a garnering oi --soiiu men," bankers and merchants, farmers and wtAwtVAT4 j-tf mAfaoo(Ana vri h inHn of rial lUCUillO V piUl VOOl WA TT VU MiV lt-b interests. It was especially commented upon Hint Liie pojiiiciaus were uuiutiuuvus 111011 V U VOI'VLUiJO UllVu jviiMW-Mw chairman, and said: "No convention has ever assemDiea in tnis region ior a niguer or mjtA viaKIa vwinroA "KJi-k a man haa frm A here te advance any personal end or to ac- believing that the free and unlimited coinage of silver would be disappointing to its advo cates and disastrous to all public and private 4 . a m m "Let us go home determined to stand res olutely for sound money though the world, views are sanctified by the approval ot all the intelligence of the country outside of political life. Let us stand by" our colors and . i i i i i : l. ngni as a man ngnis wno unown uo una rijm on his side. The great heart of the American people always responds to the truth at the proper nme, ana ii is impossible iu ucnco that 67,000,000 of people, composing tho OT-Anttwrt trrwarnmunt wnllffi dflilxratelv Cllt gLVW.W, VIV4UUVU ' " J themselves loose from the civilization of the world and ally themselves wnn Mexico, China, Japan and people of that sort." The selection of a committee on resolutions was next in order. There was no response when the States of West Virginia and North Carolina were called. Mr. Carlisle's sheech occupied one and a half hours. He spoke with unwonted energy and made but few references to his notes. He was listened to with profound attention, the audience being apparently anxious to grasp and follow the trend of his argument and the mass of figures with which it was supported, and there were few interruptions of approval until toward the close, when, with quivering forefinger, he declared that the hard-earned savings of the poor ought not to be sacrificed to the avarice of the wealthy mine-owners or the ambition of as piring politicians, his hearers fairly went wild, and when in his peroration he urged that there could be no prosperity for one. section at the expense of the other, but that all must stand or fall together, it looked for a moment as though the enthusiastic audience would storm the platform. At the night session, Judge Bose of Little Rock, chairman of the committee on resalu tions, reported a series of seven resolutions opposing free coinage and favoring a single orvM ctnnHii-H A clansn nt the second rcso- Aa . W(t are therefore. ODDOSed to the free, unlimited and independent coinnjje of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 when the mark et or commercial ratio is more than 30 to 1, and the difference between the bullion value a mii nnA eilver Hollar is ahont 50 Cents. on the ground that such action, instead of restoring tue Di-metaiuc sianaaru, wouiu m Tho nuniiitinnu favored international bi metallism, but until this was assured, the 1 ... . . - L J 1 . 1 . . . maintenance oi tne existing stanuaiu in muc The resolutions ended with an endorsement of President Cleveland's record on nnance. The convention adjourned after a speech lrom congressman raucraun. LAST YEAR'S COTTON INTERESTING CROP FIGURES. THE ARMY IN GRAY. Reduction of Acreage Not Likely to Ever Occur. i BRADSTREET'S REPORT. The Onward Move in General Trado Continues Unchecked. Bradstreet's report for last week says The moderate reaction in the stock market the past two weeks caused primarily by re peated frosts and reports of severe damage to cereal crops and other farm products, was followed only in part by a corresponding check to the movement in general trade. Our special telegraphic advices turmsn tne mosi cirii in (.vlrlpiii'n of u Ii roa A en i ji d of demand for staples yet produced, and the following data, telegrapneu tne journal, are mt; must bullish made public since the upward turn heenn on or nlmut Marr'll 1st. No one of the larger grain States confirms the reports of severe damage to wneai anu corn with which the exchanges have abounded jnul there is less reason to believe in the ex tent of it as currently reported. The most l.i.iiiih fuotnrw nf tin' u-hent situation lies in the announcement of restriction of Argentine and Russian exports, reduced export ability of nearly all leading producers apd shorter aiinnlieuof imnoriiriif countries. iFew believe wheat has touched its highest pint on this wave, aitiiougn cems peruusiici ouuvo l-k-ncf uinf-e the nfinic. Woolen nianriifacturers are working on old orders and some refuse to stoc-K uji wun raw mntnrini Ha nriiis nt the interior are above a parity with those at the seaboard. Western views are that manufacture may ' v? short of r.iia to me-t all contracts. Relatively' the greatest improvement in demand and prices '.,.i,(,.ra nimiii Chii-:iL'n St. Louis. St. l'aul. Minneapolis. Detroit and Milwaukee in tha West aud Northwest, and about Savannah, Augusta, Memphis and Galveston at the boutn. MEADE REPRIMANDED. A Bi-HUant Career Tarnished" Is the vv the President Puts It. Admiral Meade was placed on the retired r.ut on Monday with a reprimand, becretarj Herbert recommended and the President endorsed thereon as follows: "Executive Mansion, May 20, 1895. dation approved. Ail" 1 111 1 11 1 v v ' , . r,i v. Meade is hereby , i o.itira service pursuant to Action iS oIUiV Revised SUtutes. The President regrets exceeaingiy uin iuc .v, active service of this officer, so brilliant m its earlv tages. and so often marked by houor able'incidents, should, at its close be tarn- l-j ... .i,mt t variance with a com- mendable career, and inconsistent with the example which an officer of his high rank . ,S :..v. cunoriiination-and sub- nouii luiuisii v. u - -. . .. niis.-icfti to restraints of wholesome discipline and manifest propriety, ned-i GhOTEB Cleveland. I D ' neiAn rrotton Exchanffe State merit. CroD statement from September 1st., 1894, to May 24th, 1895, inclusive- Fort receipts 7,852,236 bales against 5.7o6.127 lat year, 4 839 639 year before last, and 6,879.873 for the sametime in 1892; overland to mills and Canada.949.514 against 803.943. 843.191 and 1 196 817; interior stocks in excess of Sep kXSlk. 54.627 against 57.976 8 K20o. and jti 579. southern mill takinss 622.839. bi, 594' 606 663. and 546.601; crop brought into siehtdurin 226 days to te 79.316 against 7 ogo 6456.378. 703.aad 8.79i.07;v.-rop brought Into sight for the week 20,100 against 21,967 Sr the aeveo days ended May 24th last year 34 710 and 24.921; crop brought into sight for the first 24 days of May 101,978 against 94.244106,161 and 132.312. Comparisons in these reports are made up to thefcorresponding date last year, year before and in isvz anu "" corresponding week. Comparisons by weeks would take in 267 days of the season last year 268 year before 'last and, 270 in 1892 against only 266 days this year. .; The synopsis of the report for May of the statistician of the United States department of agriculture, showing among other things "the progress of cotton planting j and of "spring ploughing-' in the States and Terri tories apd "the revised report on the cotton "crop of 1 contains some interesting figure's. The toil crop for 1894, as reported, was 9,482,913 ; -ales, produced i a sixteen States and Territories as Follows: Njrth Carolina 454,920 South Carolina 818.330 Georgia 1,183.924 Florida 48,005 Alabama 854.122 Mississippi 1,167,881 Louisiana.. 728,069 Texas 3,073,821 Arkansas 709,722 Tennessee:. 286,630 Indian Territory 104,887 Missouri.., 24,114 Oklahoma:.... s.... 13,001 Virginia.... 12.735 Kentucky... 2,685 Kansas 6? Without giving the figures (census of 1890) showing the population of the several States, it is interesting to note the relation of cotton production for the year to the population of the; larger cotton growing States. ; North Carolina produced one bale to every 3.5 per sons, South Carolina one to every 1.4, Georgia one to every person, Florida one to every 8 persons, Alabama one to every 1, Mississippi one to 1.1, Louisiana one to 1.5, i i-L-Q.ia-u nne to 1 S . Tennessee one to 6 persons, Texas produced 1.4 bales to every person. Indian Territory makes a surpris ingly large showing, more than double that of Florida, but its 'population" is too un certain to admit cf comparison for the pre sent purpose. Missouri, it may be added, made one bale to every 111 persons, Virginia one bale to every 128, and Kentucky one to 620., " ! An especially interestinp: feature of the ex hibit of course is that, with a larger relatUe negro population, South Carolina. Mississippi and Louisiana produced less cotton pr capita than either Texas or Georgia, which fact should go very far torard correcting some current misapprehensions as to the supposed intimate relations between colored aud vheap" labor, and cotton production VI W ' 1-11.,' .... jjOuisiann nun Arwiusas, n again, have about the same population' mi produce about the Mine number of bales, at precisely the same rate per capita for their whole population; yet the colored popula tion of Louisiana exceeds that of Arkansas by more than 50 per cent. i Keturning to tnesiauHiiciuii.a icyy, u- ever, we find the lollowmg interesting aunc or,, i toi.i.v with tho exnlanation that the statement relates to "progress of "cotton planting and eoutempiaceu aurcaa lKJl 1895. . i The amount ' of the proposed Dreaam planted prior to the 1st of May was 78.5 per cent, against 86.6 last year and 85.3 tho year before beintr 10 points lowr than the acre age usually planted at that date. The re turned estimates oi area piamcu l-j States are as follows: North Carolina, 55; South Carolina, 75; Georgia, 79; Florida, 95; Alabama. 87; Mississippi. ; iiOuiMu, j Texas. 75; Arkansas, 79; Tennessee, 79. The delay was caused principally uy backward spring, while in some sections u was the result of dry weather, ine muica- tions at present point to about tne usual acreage ir thi States oi ronn nu wuiu Carolina, Gaorgia, Alabama anu aiu. and a reduction in the States of Mississippi, t Aiiiainnii Tpva nd Tnnnessep. The above statement 'is taken from reports of county and State agents, haier a specwi icFUino to acreage will be given out. made up from reports of a selected corps of correspondents on acreage. "The following table gives tne prupumuu of cotton planted May 1 for a series of years: 1895 1894 1893 18STC 1S31 North Carolina. .55 South Carolina.. 75 Georgia 79 Florida 95 Alabama : w Mississippi 84 Louisiana ..no Texas 75 Arkansas 79 Tennessee 79 74 85 70 63 88 90 83 78 86 92 85 80 95 92 , 90 92 83 93 83 80 83 85 78 77 81 87 72 78 84 81 83 79 CI 71 64 76 65 76 45 71 Veterans of the Confederacy Slarch Onee More Shoulder to Shoulder. At Houston, Texas, the fifth annual reunion ot the United Confederate Veterans was formally inaugurated at the Winnie Davis auditorium by General Gordon on Monday. President Cleveland made a brief address. Under the conquered flag, he said, they had come together to honor the cause for which it waved. They had met to-day under the blessings of peace, in cheerful acceptance of their heritage of defeat without criticism. He welcomed the delegates to the hearts and homes of Texas, the realization of their brightest dreams. Gen. Gordon in his address said: "Around the name of this State are gathered glorious and hallowed memories aud high hopes of rich contributions to the -futurd- of the, Republic. She has a genial climate and a rich soil. In history she has the memories pf the Alamo, Oolaid and San Jacinto, the deeds of Houston, of Austin, of Travis and Lamar. The assembly of these war-scarred veterans in this war-scarred State roealls a striking 'contrast in their war experiences. Sixty years ago Texas won her fight for national independence. Thirty years ago these Ex Confederates lost their fight for separate nationality, but Texas in her victories was not more glorious and grand than were these brave men around me in their overwhelming defeat." He recalled three achievements in the history of. the peace career of Texas. "The first," he said, "is the reconstruction, mainly through your instrumentality, of the t thin fair ofhrtlnn. Tt had been destroyed, yet you undertook its recon struction and adapted yourselves to the new conditions. The second was your astound in mioppsa in Aehievincr financial indenen- for vour families. You have fousrht your way to competence, provided for your disabled comrades., until scarcely one is without the comforts of life. The third is the passionless and. peaceful manner in which hovn laid nawle the trnrmincs of the oamn for the modest trarb of the citizen and the silent restraints fit civil government. I in tha nrivileiA of bearins? to VOU fraternal greetihes from the great body of . . a.j - !,..!. T brave men wno conironieu you m uumc. assure you that the overwhelming majority .. . . . ji . ti it:.. oi the urand Army oi iub wpuuin, ." posed of soldiers who were brave in battle and who are generous in peace, courageous, knightly and true.; bear neither lingering bitterness nor sentiment of distrust. In the Eresence of your continued conservatism aud efore the higher and nobler sentiment of our country these will vanish like vapors before the rising sun." Gen. Gordon concluded by reassuring the Eeople of Texas of the appreciation of their oundless hospitality. The action of the commander in suspend ing the" constitution adopted at Birmingham was endorsed and a committee to adopt a new one was appointed, with one member from each State comprising tho late Confed erate States, from the Indian Territory and the division of the North. . The committee was as follows: Gen. Stephen D. Lee. of Mississippi, chairman; W. E. Mickel, of Alabama: John W. Harold, of Arkansas: Clement ! A. Evans, of Georgia; Frank Phillips, of Florida; E. Taylor Ellison, of Virginia; J. A. Charlton, of Louisiana; John H. Hickman, of Tennessee; A. T. Watts, of Texas; E. D. Hall, of North Carolina; B. H Teague, of South Carolina; John L. Gait, of Indian Territory; Joe Shelby, of Missouri, from the division oi me flurui. At 9 o'clock the convention adjourned for tbaday. ! i, rar.nUrm ttji; tendered Miss in- nie Davis at the residence of Judge. ' Mast or son. One thousand invitations were issued and" the reception was the social event of tho week. 1 At the second dav's session the veterans elected Gen. H. H. Boone to succeed Gen. Boss as major general of the State division, and selected Dallas as the place for the next State re-union. The State meeting then ad journed, and the United Confederate Veter ans as a body were called to order by Gen. John B. Gordon. A letter received from Charles B. Rouss, ot New York, a private in the Confederate army, offered to give $100,000 towards the estab lishment of a memorial association, under the auspices of which an illustrated history ot" the war shall be published, and war relics etc collected and preserved at one central point. A committee of ne from each State, to be selected by the State, was appointed to confer with Mr. Rouss on the subject. Gen. Gordon was unanimously and enthu siastically re-elected commander. Gen Wade Hampton was then elected commander of the department of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. W. L. Cabell or the trans-Mississippi department, and Gen. S. D. Lee. of the department of the Army ot Tennessee. ! . CLEVELAND'S VIEWS ON SOUND MONEY. The President's Communication to the N. Y. Democratic Editorial Association. WASHINGTON LETTKR. Gen'l average...78.5 81.6 8o.3 7.d a.o mi i ; ij cwn shows a reduction in acreage for 1895 as compared with the two preceding years. Whether it is due more to the weainer ui i r- Tesed determination oi iu to plant less cotton remains to be seen, it is somewhat discouraging to be told that the indications at present, or last week, point to about tne usual arirns , sct.-ites. and we can only tope that the special report to come later. will irive promise oi wu , . r all that fas been said for them on the subject, and aftrr the lsou of last year, the farmers of these five States plant their "usual acre- o! cotton this year, we nrou """v - eet1hat anv coivert-l movemem ior a. general red net -on of ncrea wdl o v t prove success! u!. fi:;iiiwu Courier. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. t, u-avuriu iTote tt'as burned at Hot Springs. Ark.,' aud the night porter cremat ed. - L.oss bu,ir.i. The Florida House, on Saturday passed a resolution favoring the free coinage of silver at a raric of 16 to 1. rri. .,,, rvw.!.- ATiiuiiu Comianv was or ganized S:iturdav at Scottsbor... Ala., with a cai.ital stck of S100.000 to mine for gold in a . . . frrtnn Sand Mountain, lounecu Scottsboro. .v,T-.i.,i-;i:t. ii; .-nil r.tv iail n Saturday a mob succeeded m locating Johu Hall, Jr., and William Rove in rheii cells, took them outside and hauged tl.m f..r assaulting Miss Laura Bamett. t 'ii!inipshas acrreed to build the proi osed new .-tract u.-e for the Southern Methu-list Orphans' H-jme, at St. Louis, and ground has been biofc-M-. The home will cost 70,000. In the Old llu'ey .'o'irt at London, on Saturday. Ox tr Wud.-, the hijstle of assthe ticism, w.v. -iitueed i,iw.- years imprison ment at hard iitr, for j'"ossly imraorar vj.tiiuct. A'.ir.-u Taylor, a eominioa of Wade's, was aLsc aiveu two years for the same "ffeU"e. In Cejlon the Government Joes are often. ' settled by payments of fcinna mon doves &nd&lpic6i At Atlanta application was filed in the State Court for a charter for the Whittier Mills. The capital stock is 1250,000, of which 70? 000 haa baen paid in. Atlanta and Lowell, Mass., furnish the capital. Presbyterians on the Liquor Traffic. In the Genera' Asmbly or th Northern Presbyterians at 1'ittsburg, Ta., on Saturday, the report of ue standing committee oo temperance wa rend. One resolution d dared that in jler to secure more effetiTe renressive legislation .herr! shoala be ln cTeised endeavor to .ar, by ejection and appointment to official position men of deaa hands ana pure heart,, who have not lifted ur their souis or.U vanity noi sorc de.tett rullv ard anpnncd efforts u, prevent the Moment M men of known intemrate StateV municipal .uthorlty. An amend mnt 'calling upon ail '.oters o. the rrespy teriaa Cnurru to work against tt, licensing of pl4 "or the sale ot intoxicating liquors excite opposition from the " The amended , resolution was adopted by " almost ufiaaimous tfc' A Few Words of Comment on tlie In come Tax Declssion. If calling a man a' socialist . or an anarchist would answer arguments, those contained in the dissenting opinions of Justices Harlan. Jackson. Brown and White, who voted against the decision j jf the Supreme Court which wiped out the ; income tax law, have, been thoroughly answered. But there are, people lots of them,; too who refuse to ac cept personal abuse as answers to plain, .Antmnn nw arsrument. These people be lieve that the position taken by the dissenting justices to have been right and will continue. to so believe until somebody answers the ar guments they used to support their opinions in some other way than by abuse. It is not the first time that Justice Harlan has stood up as the special champion of the great com mon people and fearlessly pointed out the danger of the continued encroachments of wealth, and it probably will not- be the hist time. , , Certainly the following, from Justice Har lan's opinion, are not the words of an anar chist: "In my judgment to say nothing of the disregard of the former adjudications of this court, and the practice of the govern ment for a century this decision may well excite the greatest apprehensions. It strike y,a Vorv foundations of national authority. in that it denies to the general government a power which is or may become vital to the existence and-preservationofthe Union Are those in whose behalf arguments are made that rest upon favoritism by the law making power to mere proirty and to particular ieetions of the country, aware that they are provoking a contest which in some countries has swept away, in a tern pest of frenzy and passion, existing social, organizations, and put in peril all that was dear to '"en-is of law and order? The practical, if not direct, effect of the decission is to give to certain kinds of property a position of favor itism and advantage that is inconsistent with the fundamental principles of -ur social or ganizations, and to invest th- m with power and influence that may be perilous to that portion of the American jople upon whom rests the largHr part of the burdens of the government and who ought Mot to be sub jected to the dominion of aggregated wealth any more than the p-op ?rty of the .-cmntry should be at the mercy of th. lawless. Apropos of the decision is the gossip now floating around Wahiu2ton Uout the cost .w oiAnt i. loved to tt2ht the eon- ttitutionality of thci income tax. Mor money was paid to lawyers in this case than would nav the salaries of the nine Justices or the Supreme Court for a period of five years. One man Joseph H. Choate got a fee ot 200 000 These things furniih significant proof of the truth of some of J ustice Ha rlan s warning words. Carlisle Hanxed In Kflljry. A Fpecial from New Oriewis s.-.ys that Sec retary Carlisle was hanged ii. mgy in Natch itochee Thursday night -m, account of his anti-diver speech. .Naicbiuwhe for free silver bat obic or the people regret the efflgy busiaess. Two hundred and twenty-seven editors and their friends were present at the ban quet ot the Democratic Editorial Association of the State of New York held at Delmonico's, New York city, on Friday night. Letters ex pressing regret at inability to be prefeent from President Cleveland, Postmaster Gener al Wilson, Secretary of Wax Lamont, and many others, were read. President Cleve- land'a letter was as follows: "Executive Massiox, Washington, D. C. "To John A. Mason, Esq.. Chairman, etc "Mr Deab Sib: I regret that my official duties oblige me to decline the courteous in vitation I have received to attend the annual banquet of the Democratic Editorial Asso ciation on the 24th inst This re-union. of Democratic editors, will, I am sure, be an en jcvable occasion to all who participate;; but I shall be much disappointed if the fellow- . - . . A 1 A I. ;ll rr t ship and Interchange oi senumeui u ford, do not stimulate the zeal and efTort of the fraternity there assembled in behalf of the Democratic cauae and Democratic prin ciples. . ' "Our party is so much a party oi power, and its proper action and usefulness are so dependent upon a constant adherence to its doctrines and traditions, that no tendency in our ranks to follow the misleading light pf a temporary popular misapprehension should go unchallenged. Our victories have all been won when we have closely followed the ban ner of Democratic principles. We have, al ways been punished by defeat when, losing sight of our banner, we have yielded tothe blandishments ot un-Democratic expediency. "There is a temptation now vexing the peo Airrmn cr.ti,i of the country which IID 1U Uiuoivn. ' " . - w assumes the disguise of Democratic party principles, inasmuch as it presents a scheme which is claimed to be a remedy for agricul tural depression and such other hardships as afflict our fellow-citizens. "Thus, lnscause we are tho friends oi the people aiid profess devotion to their inter ests the help of theanembers of our party Is invoked in supiwrtbf a plan to revolution ize the monetary cbndition of the country, and embark upon an experiment which is discredited by all reason and experience, which invites trouble and disaster in eVery avenue of labor and enterprise, and Which must prove destructive to our national pfes tige and character. When a campaign is ac tively on foot to force the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver by the govern ment at a ratio which will add to our circu lation unrestrained millions of so-called dol lars, intrinsically worth but half they ur- i .wo ,. with no orovLsion or i re port IU IUIIiraJk, i- , source to mako good this deficiency in value, and when it is claimed that such a proposi tion has anv relation to the principles of Democracy, "it is time for all who may in: the . least degree influence Democratic thought to realize their responsibility. Our -party is the party c.I tne people, noi wafted hither and thither by every sudden wave of popular excitement and misconcep tion, but because, while it tests every propo sition bv the doctrines which underlie its or ganization, it insists that all interests should b3 defended in the administration of the gov ernment without especial favor or discrimi nation. . - . , "Our party is the j arty of the people be cause in its care for the welfaro of all our countrymen, it res'sts dangerous schemes born of discontent, advocated by appeals to sectional or class prejudices, and re-iuforced by the insidious aid of private selfishness and eupiditv. Above all our party is the party of the people when it recognizes the fact that sound and absolutely safe money is the life blood of our country's strength and prosper ity and when it teaches that none of our, fel low citizens, rich or poor, great or humjble, can escape the consequences of a defenera tion of our currency. ,. ! 4 "Democratic care and conservatism dictate that if there exists inconvenience and hard ships, resulting from the congestion or im perfect distribution of our circulating me dium, a remedy should bo applied which will avoid the disaster that must follow in j the train of silver mono-metallism. What I have written has not been prompted by any fear that the Democracy oi mo oiaie ui York will ever be an accomplice in such an injurj- to their country as would be entailed by the free, unlimited and independent coin age of silver ; nor do I believe they will be Kwillwx of nnrtv interests as to support ...ill i mnvAmfnl 1 b :i ve referred to this subject in the t-elief that nothing more tho attention of A DEFENDER OP SILVpR. Senator Blackburn's Answer to; Carlisle j The Secretary's Change. niackburn. who wis adver tised to answer Secretary Carlisle Tonoelm nr. K v.. whs ffrot-ted by a dienceon Saturday. He spoke su!-lantialiy as follows-. "They were not satisli -I to let Mr. McCreary, Mr. Luckner, Mr. Bown and Trir fiLTht this Ivitt'b on its merits :fnw) b m.in .hi. Is renter ihn k Ttin.Hut to Hriv back ibis silver ..oil it KnU mi derstand thai am goin to say alnrnt Mr. Cariisl said in th kindest' terms possible ,.mi,lain of Wlr. Carlisle fv 1.! nwi. stnto to ttneak. Hi right to come. It was not neeesj-ut to apologize for coming. "I do not know in what Mi.i".tv a .... ... T,,a a 1 1 1 1 noke.whct!ier he ... .r ..1.1 .ni!Tioiivcn!th or as Secretary of the Treasury to .It- tjilo to his neoide whattoao aiMJi'i question, nut iu who he is, I have the right to aus aud that is what I am going to Jo ..-.11.1 s..o'rilelTi foi mrt to H ."l .. ., T would retlv to IS irren n mm., i - l . , dent should he come down here an ta?e is sue against me. (Appiacse.; "' get so big in mind or boly b it H.iJi be can be answerea. Mr. Eiackbuin went on to show termed Mr. Carlisle's inet usisWicy in Covington that he had never i "If tho speech he made in 1873 j-as not a free silver spHn, &hki ju. Unlet hi srxx-h GOl br si'V enteen years without saying ai.ylhiiU' against it ; wow ne comra oui u 1 Well. then, we vi t nr isle and not his speech go on and give yo.i litlle proot that On the 7th day of NovemlxM, 187, lisle while sitting by n.y si.le u the Representatives, voted for tho Ui bill which as you all know, was a .,t nt out. I du not usU you to word on this vole but look on pagf 144 of Journal i.uc.lings of the I hi I! niis.sed that bill; so did Carlisle yet ho is m kqitik n i enoecn tnai am- at Law- lanje an- nut th-y in is Joint eraze ,s what I will bo I dc not r coming has tow lv for una khc gen- nportant k.-r him. It may i) to so. ic l'resi- what ho n -aving . for 1 1 to t;LH not a iH'lievo itiktl I wi.ll is proof. Sir. Car Ilouso t)f k Bland silver bill take my 143 and orty-fifth Ive veaiu 1 votM against tikiug the made then. t i ... wii". smv showiuir Ids incon- NUW 1 mum .,' "... -j -, . J v Bislency dtres not auswer his argument. I know that, and I am now going to answer his argument, every point of it. "I thought wneu vu" uiij,"'j V. . . thev were going to throw new .vi.T ...v.;t lint thev illil UOt. Iln ad vance a single new idea, t irst, ,1 Aw.i ..coortion that if vou have free v' silver yon will put the country orj basis and would cinve uu a TKlo la .it true WCi hi couniry. , i. . , It oncef and when we quit we nad three dol- i . acta, r-v rkriH fifiita.1 lit 't1 ' ' " wi.n we heiran. He says tbiscoun the .liimnlmr ground for all silv it.. i ffthi.ro for ours is the on under the sun that has silver bnlUdn The speaker weni lino every !" Carlisle speech, and was generously Mr. Blackburn then paid his rr spects to the administration, saying: x ai t...,iir.Q.ir.((l t.ut let Messrs. Clove 1IIIMII-"I'K l . ... a uii th rest take the slump 1I3IC IM1U . f J win this race In splto of the whole tion iuht on did not io makes joiuage of a .silver but of tho sav tried try would r bullioo. y nalioa nt of the npplaml- nm greatly and, Car- and 1 Will coinblua- IIUGH HIcCULLOCII DI :ai. An Ex-Secretary of the Treasury loe to Ills Final Account's Ex-Secretary Hugh McCulloch d morning at his country home near ton city. The cause of death was breaking down of the system, due to extreme age, aggravated by lung trouble Mr. McCulloch wevs advanced in t ing 86 years old. He had been livj tirement near Washington, and j landed interests in Maryland in th of the capital. It is upon one of that thn vnnernble financier died. Jnhn Sherman; Mr. McCulloch runted as tho ablest of the ex-Sec ret a ric of the Treasury. He was born at Ivennebunk, Mej, in 180.! IT a rruii rlont of the flHlilltlH SfltC Bank when Lincoln made him (uniptmlili'r of tho; Cipwukv In 1ft5.' Tn this uosition he .settled: many of the details of the national banking) .nioin Tn iw;s he became S tcrct.lry of tho Tppncnrv remninlnff SO until 101. H theni uctf.blihea the biinkin? firm of Juv CooUe. -Meniilloch A Co.. and in 1874 returned to thul TTnitoH Ktjts a:id retired from business. ed Friday Washlug- a general ears, be- ntr in re- ;ad large vk-inity lis. farms Next to a i rathe American people or tho national Democracy and in the conviction mat iuu twiot i Democrats of New York, through its press, should constantly be heard in every State. "Yours very truly, ! I "Gkoveb Cleveland" The Karthqtiake Twisted 300 Years Old. A feries of earthquakes on Sunday virtual ly razed the town of Paramythla, Turkeyl Fifty people were killc Church European and 150 seriously. Injured. The inhabitants were nanic stricken and passed the night in opeit GOLD AND SILVER. Estimates of Products of the Whole World During 1804. The Director of the Mint in a report just issued estimates the production of gold; by the mines of the United States, approxi mately, during the calendar year, 1894 to have been 1,910.800 fine ounces, of the coin ing value of 39,500,000, an increase Over 1893 of 3,500,000, which Is the largest amount produced in any year since 1878. The pro duction of silver from the mines of ithe United States is estimated to have approxi mated in 1894 49,500.000 ounces, of the coin ing value of $64,000,000, showing a decrease ha',.nmi,arfti with 1893. of 10.500.000 ounces. In the production of Kold California leads with an output of $13,570,000. Colorado coming second with $9,491,000, Montana third with.$3,6ol,000, and South Dakota f3, 299 000. " I Colorado heads the list in silver by an Out put of 23.281,400 fine ounces of the coining value of $30,101,200; Montana second, with a production oi 12,J.UUW nne ounces, lonoweu by Utah with a production of 5,892,000 fine ounces, and Idaho with 3,248,500 line ounces. At the average price of silver for the calendar year, 1894 j (0.C35), the commercial value of the silver product of the mines of the United States is 31,432.500. j The estimates of tho agents employed by the Mint Bureau to gather the statistics of the product of gold and silver for the several States and Territories make the gold product aggregate $43,630,000, aud the silver product 51.000,000 ounces. The estimate of the Direc tor of the Mint ie based upon the deposit of domestic bullion at the mints and assay offices, and upon the returas from private refineries, whoahave courteously reported the amount of-their output of both gold and silver, and the source from whence the ores from which the same was extracted were re ceived, and not from the report of mine owners. - i.. In regard to the product of the world s i,i anA tiivfr for 1H94 the returns are 'in complete, but so far as received f.how an in crease In tho production of gold over 1833 of about 21,000,000. the Urgent Increase being In Africa, viz., $9,600,000; Australia $6,000. 000, followed by the United States with an in crease of $3,500,000. Australia leads the list of gold-producing countries for 1834 with a production of $41,000,000, the United States taking second place. I - The production of silver in the world It is estimated will be from 145,000,000 to 150.000, 000 ounces for the year 1894. The heaviest failiug off in the production if- in the Unitd States, followed by Australia, Mexico show ing a gain of 2,700,000 ounces. Mexieo also gains in her production oi goi one un wu nan million couarv - , ,. . ,...w Tli t..tl ulimWT OI blM The Greek church, which was built) ago, was moveu several yaru standing. . Dnrincr 1894 wo exoorted tJ Britain 500,000 eheep, more gam total of our exports for cediner eicrht reara. ks was 2G, 300 years but is Bill Great han tho he pjo Arr rm- , n rwk I I II t 1 , I V1 v JU Ii - I E W'WJWc3, MONEY EIpH . yr IT 13 The Best iEWINS 1 MACHINE MADE TE OH OUIl DUALEItS nn sell yoa machines cheaper than oucn get elsewhere. Xlie NEW HPJIE l oar bt, bat w make ebMper kinds, neb -tlie'CI.IIHAX, IDEA W and other Illcb Arm Fall NlekeVPlat Sewing Maehlne for $15.00 nd up. Call on our aeent or write fis. want your trmde. and If vrtcUlr?n unre aeauns will win we win have It. We challenge tho World to produce a. 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