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TIECED .1 ; - i i iJkantham & Pittman, Proprietors. 'PROVE ALL TIIIXG3 AND HOLD, FAST TO TIIJ.T WHICH IS GOOD." $100 Per Yer In " Art franc VOL. V. DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JXJXE.12, 1895. NO 13 Tiirc ait nv coxax doyle. T ' Well, we carried him In, Abdullahj Akbar and I. A fine weight he was, -. for all that he was 60 6hort. Ma hornet Singh was left tb guard the r We took him to a place which t i,r Hkbs had already prepared. It was ir me distance off, where a winding pas-leads-to a great empty hall, the i k uallsof which were all crumbling t ..;.-. cs. "The earth floor had sunk in ,., rf place, making a natural grave, . h it Achmet the merchant there, t :. . 'rir first covered him over with i,.. .(. brif-lVs. This done, we all went k to tbo treasure. Ft ! n - where he had dropped it when , nr-s fmt attacked. The box was 1 1 nme which now lies open upon r table, A key- was hung- by a 'n ''rd to that carved handle upon W-e oncnofl it. and thr lirrTif . f tU lantern gleamed upon a collec ts . r, ,.f ;-omr, such as I have read of and -..-.it'htalMuf when I was a little lad : I '. rsl:in. It was blinding to look ?!i--m. When we had feasted our , . w- t'Hk them all out and made a i -t .,f tli. ni. There were one hundred r.n i f.-rtv-three diamonds of the first V: ?..t. "m'-linling one which has been , : I believe; 'the Great Mogul,' ;.'.! ? :vtid to be the, second largest ; ..r... in existence; Then there were ?':.r:etyseveri very fino emeralds, and .- iuii'!red and r-eventy rubies, some , f ... i.i, !i. however, were small. There f.-ily carbuncles, two hundred :,;,! t. ? v ;ipphires. sixty-one agates and ;, (:r,.'j,t quantity ef beryls. onyxes, catS" e tnro noises and. other stones, the v v n rimes of which I did not know at ft f t line. tlrogh I have become more f;.r,iiii,r wjth them since. Uesides ti,;.. there- word nearly three hundred r. ". five pearls, twelve of which were : ,.f .., n goM. coronet J Uy the way, ft.,... i3ct iyj.fi been taken out of the r.iv.l were not ' there when I re- ', . . ; , , .! it. f" v we hail counted our treasures ... i.nt them back into the chest and r i. -1 thera to the gateway to show ''I'-n 'o Mahomet .Singh. Then we J. !!?!!v renewed our oath to stand by ! nt her nnd be true to our secret. - nrrreed to conceal our loot in a f it'-- place until the country should be peace again, and then to divide it 'pi flly among ourselves. There was r- ..es dividing- it at present, for if P'm of such value were found upon v. it would cause suspicion, and there i'ii?nn privacy in the j fort nor any. pl;ee where we could keep them. We e.'i tried the box. t hercfore, into the s;nne Jinll vvIhtc we had buried the l lv. ;ind there, under1 certain bricks i't t he best -preserved wall, we made a h"!l v and put our treasure. We made ;n efiil note of the place, and next day I drew four plans, one Tor each of us, fed put the sign of the four of us at bottom, for we had sworn that we r'"'Mld each always act for all. so that ti.'d.. mitrht take a'lvantage. That is :.u oath that I can put my hand to my I'.-.irt ami swear that I have never ! I'.Jo'll. Well, there's no use my telling you, l ntlerncn. w hat cnnie--of the Indian ':nrt.n.v. . .fter Wilson took Delhi and ir -ol vin 'relieved Lueknow the back f i he -business was broken. Fresh '!- came pouring in, and Nana S'iV-h made himself scarce over the Iffo-.ti, r. A flying column under Col. o -it head came round to : Agra and rid the Pandies awav. from it. e med to be settling upon the t iiptrv, and we four were beginning ' !.ope that the-time wa? at hand , .., v-, might safely go ofF with our :- - f the plunder. In a momen, ' v.. m v. our hopc?4 were shattered b "r arrested as the murderers of . !...,..t. "It aine about' iri this way:. When t1' inph put his jewels into the hands ' " V h;net lie did it because he knew '"'.it !'. waa trusty man. They are ' - pirions folk in the east, however; so " !,at does this rajah do but take a see on I een more trusty servant and set ""l to play the spj- upon; the first? Ti i reeond man was ordered never to hmet out of his sight, and he fol '"'.ed him like his shadow. He went ''' r fiira that night, and saw him pass "'Vouch the doorway. Of course he " nrht he had taken refuge in the "t.Miid applied for admission there n. If next day, but could find fo trace of Achmet. This seemed him so strange that he spoke '''"it it to a sergeant of guides, brought it to' the ears' of eo-rnmandant. A thorough search v '"- 'luiekly made, and the bod- was , ; -vered. Thus at the very moment we thought that all was safe we "'re all four seized and brought to ,r;d on a charge of murder hree of ' - Kv3im we had held the gate that r-'L-hf. and the fourth because he was W-w-n to have been in company of the ' -ni-dered man. N.ot a word about the j' Aeis came -out at the trial, forjthe T;' had been deposed and driven out 'f India: so no one had any particular r;st in them. The. murder, how- v -r. was clearly made out. nd it was f'-rtain that' we must all have been " " '-erned in it. The three Sikhs got 1 nal servitude for life, and I was con- ' nned to death, though my sentence "as afterward commuted into the sanne as the others. It was rather a queer position that nf fvu.nd ourselves in then. There M' were, all four tied by the leg and - ,vnh precious little chance of ever get l ''i'.: out again, while we each held a r.-t which might have put each of us ln a palace if we could only have made tise of it. It .was enough .to make a man eat his heart out to have to stand tlie kick and the cuff, of every pettr jack in office, to have rice to eat and water to drink, when that gorgeous i 'rtune was ready for him outside, just ; rafting to be picked up. It might have ''riven me mad; but I was always a rttty stubborn one, so I just held on 8s-'Ltlded mtirne, . EM fa ast it seemed to mo to v.-, I was chano-ed Madras,, and from there to iSlair island in the Andamans. ; There are very few white conrcts at this settlement, and, as I had behaved well from the first, I soon found mvse If a sort of nrivilf-o-i person. I w.as given a hut in Hope town, which is a small place on the slopes of Mount Harriet, and I was-left pretty much to myself. It is a dreary, fever stricken place, and all beyond our little clearings was infested with wild canni bal natives, who were ready enough to blow a poisoned dart at us if they saw a chance. There, was digging," and ditching, and yam-planting, and a dozen other things to be done, so we were busy enough all day; though in the evening we. had a little time to our selves. Among other things, I learned to dispense drugs for the surgeon, and picked up a smattering of his knowl edge. All the time I was on the look out for a chance of escape; but it is hundreds of miles from any other land, and there i little or no wind in those seas; so it was a terribly-'difficult job to get away. 'The surgeon, Dr. Somerton, was a fast, sporting joung chap, and the other young officers would meet in his rooms of an evening and . play cards. The surgery, where I used to make up my drugs, was next to his sitting-room, with a small window between U3. Often, if I felt lonesome, I used to turn out the lamp in the surgery, and then, standing there, I could hear their talk and watch their play. 1 am fond of a hand at cards myself, and it was al most as good as having one to watch the other?. There was Maj. Sholto, Capt. Morstan and Lieut, llromley Brown, who were in command of the native troops, and there was the sur geon himself, and two or three prison- officials, crafty old hands who played a nice sly sale game. Avery snug little party they used to make. "Well, there was one thing which very soon struck me, and that was that soldiers used always to lose and the civilians to win. Mind. I don't say that there was anything unfair," but so it was. These prison chaps had done little else than play cards ever sinco they had been at the Andamans, and they knew each other's game to a point, while the others just played to pass the time and threw their cards down anyhow. Night after night the soldiers got up poorer men, and the poorer they got the more keen they were to play. Maj. Sholto was the hardest hit. lie used to pay in notes and ! gold at first, but soon it came to notes of hand and Jfor big sums. He some times would win for a few deals, just : to give him heart, and then the luck would set in against him worse than ever. All day he would wander about as black as thunder, and he took to drinking a deal more than was good for him. "One night he lost even more heavily than usual. I was sitting in my hut when he and Capt. Morstan came stumbling along on the. way to their quarters. They were bosom friends, those two, and never far apart. The major was raving about his losses. " 'It's all up, Morstan,' he was say ing, as they passed my hut. 'I shall have to send in my papers. I am a ruined man.' " 'Nonsense, old chap'. said the otlier, slapping him upon the shoulder. I've had a nasty facer myself, but That was all I could hear, but it was enough to set me thinking. "A couple of days later Maj. Sholto was strolling on the beach; so I took the chance of speaking to him. " 'I wish to have your advice, major.,' said I. '' '"Well, Small, what . is-it?' he said, taking his cheroot from his .lips. " 'I wanted to ask you, sir,' said ' I, 'who is the proper person to whom hid deu treasure should be handed over. I know where half a million worth lie's and, as I.cannot use it myself, I thought perhaps the best thing that I could do would be to hand it over to the proper authorities, and then perhaps they' would get my sentence shortened for me.' "'Half a million. Smalt?" he gasped, looking hard at me to see if I was in earnest. "'Quite that, sir in jewels and pearls. It lies there ready for anyone. And the queer thing about it is that the real owner is outlawed and cannot hold property, so that it belongs to the first comer. " 'To government, Small.' he stam mered 'to government.' But he said it in a halting fashion, and I knew in uiy heart that I had got him. " 'You think then, sir, that I should give the information to the governor general?' said I, quietly. " 'Well, well, you must not do any thing rash, or that you might repent. Let me hear all about it, Small. Give me the facts.' "I told him the vhole story, with small changes so that he could not identify the places. When I had finished he stood stock still and full of thought. I I WISH TO HAVE YOTTB ADVICE, MAJOR. (To be Continued ) When they take the census in" Japan they count the houses and figure oa "(ive pereons to each house. " '"At come. CAST DP BY THE SEA. GRAPHIC STORIES OP WRECK. Hairbreadth Escapes and Harrowing Scenes When the Pacific 31all Steamer Colfma Foun dered. On Thursday at San FrancL"oo the San Juan arrived from Panama and way ports with survivors of the wrecked .racing Mail steamer Colima. George D. Itos., formerly a mate on the cruiser Olympia, gave the United Press re porter the following graphic account of the wreck: "We left Matzlan Sunday, May 26. at 4 o'clock P. Ji., with a fair breeze blowing. Toward 9 o'clock in the evening the wind Increased a little and continued blowing pretty fresh ali night. Next morning at six o'clock the wind moderated considerably un til it acquired the proportions of a hurricane. The Colima labored heavily and it was evi dent that we were in a very precarious pre dicament. The greatest excitement prevail ed on board. '"Unfortunately just' at the last momenta fatal blunder was committed by the third of ficer, who cut the lashings of a deck load consisting of 32,000 feet of lumber. Some of this was washed into the sa and what re mained on deck was driven out. knocking down and maiming those whom it struck. A farticularly heavy srta struck the ship, tumb ing the foremast and smoke stack. Shortly before thi, however, a succession of huge waves had punched a hoi in our starboard bow, through which the sea poured. Wo men screamed and rushed up the companion way. imploring th men to save them. The ship gave a couple of hea-jy rolls, and an enormous sea climbed on us. smashed the hurricane deck and with one mighty lurch the ship went down. As she was making her last lurch I dove into the sea and when I came up she was out of sight. People were floating around, clinging to all sorts of wreckage, and some sinking under our very c eyes. Some who had nonaged to grasp hold of boxes or planks were knocked sense less and drowned. The force and. effect of this floating mass of lumber cannot be de scribed. It caused the death of many who might otherwise have been saved. "Jt is a difficult matter to say to what cause the wreck ot the Colima is attributable. She must certainly have shifted her cargo, as her strong list to port showed. -. "I firmly believe that but for the shifting of the cargo the ship would have ridden out the gale. I had been in the water some little time, clinging to one object or another, when finally I managed to get hold of a good sized piece of hurricane deck, upon which I climbed, and being closs to shore was soon picked np. T. J. Oriel, an electrician on his wav to Mexico, gave about the same version of the commencement of the storm. He said the Colima, during the height of the storm, fisted so badly after each succeeding rush of waves that she did not recover. About 0 o'clock on the morning of th -vreck. he said: '1 went below to the steerage quarters and noticed water coming into tho starboard seuppers. Buoniy uitej n;u n -udiicnniKiei C"Tne down saying the captain wanted to see the engineer. The latter went orrdeck. but re turned to the engine room in three or four minutes looking like a dead man. His fact was ashy pale. That was the last seen oi him. "By this time the steerage passengers hal all gene below. Then the seven mfn-or-warsmen from the American cruisers Olympia and Philadelphia tried to consolo thost around them. One of these finally told u. we were doomed. "We shook hands, said good-bye and he knelt on a sack of Hour and said prayers. I then started to gc on deck, but the ship listed bo badly I could scarcely make my way up stairs. At this time the third officer out the lashings, that bound tho lumber deck load. The smoke-stack had toppled over. I made for a boat, intending to cut it loose from its fastenings, but was unable to do so. The ship was on her beam ends, and the decks bulged cfdt and were finally rent. I then jumped into the water, seized a box and was washed about from one float to another .like many others. The heaviest squall came just following the disappearance of the ship. While it prevailed many of those who were struggling in the waves were mangled and drowned by floating lumber. Five of us, Tom -Fitch," Jack Carpenter, two Mexicans nnd myself, got on a raft and were picked up by a boat in command of Capt. Cong, formerly captain of the Colima. A Mexiean named Zerrabia went crazy from drinking saltwater." George Kowan. another passenger: agrees In the main with the previous statements of the storm and added: "There was absolutely no discipline, no organization of - any kind. Everything was b panic. The captain stood on the bridge. Women screamed and the children cried, clinging in desperation to their parents and even to strangers. As soon as I became convinced that the ship was doomed I hastily pulled down some life preservers. When seen by the steward he ordered me peremptorily to discontinue what 1 wa3 doing. Without paying any attention to him I kept on pulling down life belts and passing them out. As T am unable to swim I tied one of these belts around me and Jumped into the sea. Three times I sank, and had just reached for a piece of wreckage when I was again knocked under by some- thing, presumably a plank, a large gash was cut in my head and I am cut and bruised all over. After floating about for twenty-four hours on a large piece ot wood I was picked up by a boat frcm the San Juan." The following is the list of the survivors landed: Third Mate Hansen, Tl. Avilles. A. CarpeDter, A. liichardson. Thomas Fish, members of crew; II. A. Sutherland, C. II. Cashing, J. M. Thornton. H. H. ISo.vd. George Rowan. Brunocendc, Jose Manuel. G. D. Boss, Louis Sangiene. T. J. Oriel, Juan A. Ramos. - The following survivors were landed at Mazatlan: Thomas Seralia.. D. Olivas. A. - Guttierez. Carlos Luits. NEXT CONGRESS POLLED. Clews of Members on Silver, Tariff and the Income Tax. The New York World publishes a tele graphic poll of the next Congress, as far as obtainable, upon the silver, tariff, and income tax questions. It sums up the result as fol low?: In a general way it may be said that out ot 11& members who gave unequivocal answers to the fre silver question. 55 are unquali fiedly in favor of free coinage, 44 favor bi metallism generally, with the proviso of an international agreement. Onlv seventeen can fairly be classed as favoring a single gold standard, and the attitude of some of thes-e even is not definite. The South and far Western States are almost unanimous for free coinage;' the Central State? lean toward silver, with international bimetallie qualifications, and it is only in New York, New England, and adjacent Eastern States that there are any avowedly gold s-taidar 1 men. In regard to the tariff, only twenty-eight members are against ad change, while thirty five favor mo lernt- changes and thirty-eight are pronoun. -ed for radical changes. A tew are free-traders. The moderates are chiefly those who think changes will be necessary in order, o increase revenues. The income-tax question brought out many sharp and piquant answers. Forty-nine congressmen say they favor the principle of the tax. Forty-seven oppose it. A great many evalel" the question, or failed to answer it. THE LATEST NEWS. GLEANINGS FR03I 3f ANY, POINTS. important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Southern Dots. The first car load of peaches to leave Geor gia this season was shipped from Tifton Thursday. " r A six year-old daughter ot Charles Mitchell, who lives in 8vannah, Ga., was killed, it s claimed, by falling out of a bed and striking her he3i on a saueor. The paren.s of the child could not be found and the case is a very suspicious one. Tha Atlanta and Florida railroad, running from Atlanta to Fort Valley, a distance of 101 miles, was sold atjubUo outcry by the United States marshal, and was bid in by the Central Trust Company of New York, which held it in mortgage. The road wa3 bid in at 275,000. At Knoxville, Tenn.. the Bristol. Elizabeth- ton & North Carolina Railroad was sold at receivers' sale on Friday to the Pennsylva nia Sieel Company for $178,000. The road is in operation from Bristol lo Elizabethton, Tenn., a distance of twentv-six miles and it will be extended to Asheville. N. C; President Samuel Spencer says that the Southern railway has acquired control of the reorganised Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company by the purchase of a ma jority of the outstanding bond certificates of the reorganisation committee. The line is most direct letween the Ohio river and Southern Georgia and Central Florida. Mortuarj-. One of the victims of the heat in Washing ton on Monday was James Tilton, son of the late commander Edward G. Tilton, U. S. N. " Labor. At Harrisburg. Pa., notice of a ten per cent, increase in the wages of the. employees has been posted at the Pennsylvania Steel Worka l our thousand men are affected. Crime. At B?thleham, Ta., Jacob Lucky murdered John Mullock and then hanged himself. Mul lock gave?-protection to Lucky's abused wife. At Toledo, O., the gran 1 jury found indict ments against County Commissioners Knight and Gibson for soliciting bribes from bidders on the new court-house. At Detroit, Mich., Mrs Nellie Pope was found guilty of causing the death of her husband, Dr. Horace E. Pope, on the night of lebruary 12. last. "Washington. The Presideut has appointed H. Clay Arm strong, of Alabama, secretary of the' legisla tion at Madrid, vice Stephen Bonsailr of Bal timore, Md., resigned. The treasury circulation statement for May shows that on June 1st the circulation of all kinds of money in the United States aggrega ted $1,606,175,556, an increase isince. May 1st last or $6,745,402. The decrease in circula tion since June I. 1804, is 560,490.000. The percapita circulation on Juuo 1. 1805. as based on an estimated population of 69,753,000, is Miscellaneous. The report of a committee to the Illinois Senate is very unfavorable to the moral and commercial value of Chicago's department stores. On Tuesday seven persons were overcome with the heat in Pittsburg, Pa., and died. Six fatalities occurred in Washington, D. C. and 35 of Philadelphia's policemen and fire men were disabled by the heat white on pa rade, and three are expected to die. Foreign. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Tangier says that the Sultan of Morocco has officially informed the for eign representatives that the Government is powerless to guarantee safety lo travellers, and that foreigners going into the in terior should be warned of this state ol af fairs. Free Silver Scintillants. The Frankford, Ind., Times, an indepen dent newspaper, published a call for a Re publican convention June 11. to organize a free silver league. The names of 500 promi nent Republicans in the county attached. The democrats of Yazoo county. Miss., held their nominating convention on Wednesday and after naming a full ticket, adopted a free coinage platform aud made candidates for the legislature pledge themselves to vote for uo mau for the United States senate not in' full sympathy on that question. ARE GOING UP FAST. Exposition Buildings Will Be Ready In h vll 1 line. The apprehension which was strongly felt n many quarters that the Athinta exposition buildings would not be in readiness by the date set for the opniuir.ua.? been completely dissipated. Alrea i v a half dozen of the biggest build ings are almost completed. Four ate in the last stages ol compieuee. a wo are com plete. Kfkt rnlir iatliA -r-i'.- rf lniiliiini? construc tion in a most satisfactorv state of progress, . ' -4- . i .,..,1 ing ine grovintl. prejUiniISlliOl.ciini.-r-a ami wa'ks and scooping out the lake has kept pace with it in advancement. i 1 1 v i . vi.i .'.'--, - - - the grounds. A city seems to have sprung up in a night. Where, a few weeks ago, was a rugged, uneven area of ground, is uow a lovely park.nnfu witn nareiooie ounuings far advanced toward completion. A most marvelous transformation has taken place. Druggists Must Have a License. In an opinion read by Justice Field, the eupreme court of the United States af firmed the judgment of the Connecticut courts, sustaining the law requiring drug gists desiring to use liquors in the dispens ing of prescriptions, to procure a license therefor. Mason P. Gray, a druggist of Gor ton, was fined for violating tho law, and he endeavored to secure a reversal of the judg ment on the ground that the law was in vio lation of the "fourteenth amendment to the constitution, in that the law rendered par tially useless a pharmacist's license previous ly granted him, thereby depriving him th use of his property without due process of law. Justice Field said there was no tres pass upon any of Gray's rights under th fourteenth amendment or under the state constitution, ty the imposition of the fine, and the judgment was therefore affirmed. Ingenious Method ot Testing Gems. An ingenions method of testing; gems has been devised by a Holland expert. He nses doable nitrate of silver and thallium a liquid so dense that all gems will float upon it, jet capable of being gradually 'dilated. The stones to be tested are floated on the surface of th liquid, together with standard gems' of various kinds; As ther liquid is dilated and becomes less dense one after the other' sinks, .according to its specific gravity. Of coarse, if the stone is genuine, the standard gem of the same kind sinkt at the same instant ; otherwise it will not, Kew York Boo OL.NEY SECRETARY OF STATE. Judson Harmon, an Eminent Ohio Lawyer, Becomes Attorney General. On Friday afternoon the following appoit ments were announced from the White House: Secretary of State, Richard Olney. of Mass achusetts. Attorney General, Judson Harmon, of Ohio. Mr. Harmon i3 a man about 50 years of age, possibly a few years over that number, and a resident of Cincinnati. His name had not been used in the gossip about the succession to Mr. Olney, except possibly in private. For tome years he was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton county, and upon the removal of ex -Governor Hoadley to New York he became the head of the law firm with which the latter had been connected. He is said to be one of. the foremost lawyers of the Central States. THE ADVANCE IN PRICES. This Is the Feature of the Week Ac cording to Bradstreet's. Bradstreet's Commercial report say$ of last week: Tee speculative spirit which seemed to dominate j both commercial and financial circles until a week or ten days past is still less conspicuous in all lines. While busiuess throughout the country may be characterized as quite raw. the tone of staple markets coutiDues strong, and confi dence in a good demand when the fall sea eon opens next month rerfiains unabated. The feature of the week, rs heretofore, is the continued long list of advances in prices, notably those in iron and steel, and the up ward movement of bank clearings. Higher wices are recorded for some cotton goods, shoes, bides, leather, paper, pig iron, steel galvanized iron, black-sheets, canned goods, hogs, wheat, corn, oats and seme grades or wheat flqur. Prices for live cattle, wool, coal and lumber are reported unchanged and firm, with silver, cotton petroelum and lardaiona noteworthy' as showing lower prices than last waek. Southern cities In most instances report trade and collections fair, with no special change from last week. A light gain in de mand is reported from Atlanta and Jackson ville, where collections are also better. An improved condition of business prevails at New Orleans. Failures in four weeks of May showed liabilities of $9,329,181, of which $3,401,875 were of manufacturing and $5,315,306 of trading concerns. Last year the total was $9,787,921, of which $4,061,692 was of manu-' facturing and $4. 281,886 of trading concerns. Failures for the' week have been 195 in the United States against 216 last year and 25 in In Canada, against 40 last year. A HOPEFUL OUTLOOK SOUTHERN BUSINESS IMPROVING New Cotton Mills, OH Mills, and Other Enterprises Building. Special reports to the Baltimore Manufac turers' Record covering .the industrial and general business progress of the South dur ing the past week shows continued improve ment, with a steady Increase in railroad earnings and back clearings as compared with the corresponding period of last year. There is a very marked improvement also In the condition of trade, with a very hope ful outlook for the futnre. Cotton mill in terests continue to command wide attention both on the part of Northern investors who are contemplating building mills in tbe.South , and on the part of Jocal;peop!e of the South. Among the cotton mills reported for the week are a $500,000 company now being organized to build at Charlotte. N. C, a 10,000 spindle mill at Athens, Ga., an 8,000 spindle mill at Graham, N. C, $25,000 of new machinery is being added to a niiil at Augusta, Ga., and a new mill is to be built at Mount Holly, N. C. A Western company will build a $100,000 plaut in Alabama for fhe manufacture of charcoal and the utilization of the bi-product in making wood alcohol ; a &50,000 cotton seed oil mW company has been orgauized at Fort Gain's, Ga.. a $40,000 oil milt at Home ; a $12,000 oil mill at Spartanburg, and an oil mill js being crgauized i:t Blacksburg, S. C. A $150,000 barrel oil refinery aud soap works are to be built at Meridian. 'Miss.: at Greenville, Miss., a $100,000 cooperage plant is to be started, and at Meridian. Miss., a $100,000 lumber company hasbeen oaganized. A $1,000,000 minting company, composed mainly of Northern people, has been organiz ed to operate in Wctt V rginia. The fertilizer works being erected at Blacksburg, -S C, will bave a capacity of about 25.000 tons pers'ear. THE COTTON ACREAGE. North Carolina Shows the Greatest Decrease In Acreage. The New. York Chronicle has issued its annual statement of cotton acreage, stand and condition. The estimated decrease in acreage by State3 follows: North Carolina, 20 per cent.; South Carolina, 10 per cent.: Geor gia, 13 per cent; Florida, 5 per cent. Ala bama. 11 percent.; Mississppi, 10 per cent.; Louisiana, 14 per cent.; Texas. 11 per. cent.; Arkansas, 12 per cent. ; : Tennessee, t9 per cent.; other States and Territories, 12" per cent. The average decrease is 11.6 per cent. The acreage is 17,707,603 against 20,107,24J. The small decrease in Florida is due to larger planting of sea island cotton. The crop is unquestionably late. The weather up to May 27 was not favorable. It is not certain whether permanent injury has resulted or not. Trobably serious harm has resulted in only limited areas. Cultivation lias not been a3 thorough as it was a year ago. There has been very heavy decrease in the taking of commercial fertil izers, but of home made fertilizer a slightly greater use is reported. The condition of the plant was less satisfac tory at the close of the month than at the same date last year. The States of less promise are the Carolina and Georgia,, but "the plant is late almost everywhere and so Is farm work. The condition is not necessarily unpromising, but more depends upon further developement than has been the case in some other pro ivctivs years. The Government Gets Its Gold. The $S0.000 in gold bars stolen from the Carson mint was recovered in a most unex pected way when the Government officers dug up the treasure in the wood-shed of Wm Tickler, an employee in the inciters' and re finers department, who had not even been suspected. Piekler wa.- betrayed by a wo man with whom he had been living, and whom he ha i abused. She came to the offi cers on Monday night and told them that she would discloss the hiding place of the miss ing bullion. True to her promise, she ap peared and gave minute directions fon. dig ging In one corner of Tickler's wood shed. There the bars of gold were unearthed jnst as they had been stolen from tha mint. This discovery bears out the case which the gov ernment "experts had formulated against the employees in this department. If any one of the gang now turns State's evidence the whole truth will come ont. The latest fish etory s that the shape of a fishhook haa aot changed in twenty centuries. .... FOR FREE SILYER. THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION Platform Adopted Judge Samuel McCounell's Speech. The Dlinois Democratic Silver Convention met at Springfield on Wednesday. Secretary of State Heinrichsen, by virtue of his office, chairman of the Democratic State central committee, called the meeting to order. Temporary Chairman Crawford, said J be would not delay the proceedings of the con-x-ention by making a speech. He would, however, say that the eyes of the whole country were on this convention. Let j its action1 be no uncertain one. Let it not beat about the bush, nor mince matters, but de clare unconditionally for gold or for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, After disposiug of routine business th following platform adopted: . ''Whereas, silver and gold have been the principle money metals of the world for thou sands of years and silver money recognised and used as honest money between nations notwithstanding the varying ratios betwfeea silver and gold, and, ' "Whereas, Tho demonetization of silyer has deprived the people of the free use and benefits ot an invaluable and original money met-J, and has increased debts and added to thf burdens of the people by lowering ihe "lue of labor products, and, f f'Whereas, The constitution of the United States prohibits the use of anything but gold and silver coin as legal tender for the pay ment of debts, thereby recognizing that coin composed of silver and gold is honest money and fit to be used as a legal tender"; there fore, by the Democracy of Illinois, in con vention assembled, be it I 'Besolved. That we are In favor of he use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the United States, and demand the free and unlimited coinage of both metals at the ratio of 16 to 1 wdhout waiting for fhe action of any other nation, and that such coins shall be a i legal tender for all debts, ooin puDiic ana private, ana that ail c tracts hereafter executed for the paymen money, whether in tola, silver or coin. be discharged by any money which is by 1 a icgai lenaer. i "We hereby endorse the action of the Democratic Slate central committee in calling this, convention, and we instruct the cojm njttee to earry out the will of this conven tion as expressed in its platform by inaugu rating and carrying on a campaign of educa tion in this State, and to thoroughly organize the Democracy of the State on the lines laid down in the platform of this convention. "Resolved, That we request the Demo cratic national committee to call a Demo cratic national convention to consider the money question not later than August, 1895. If the said national committee refuses to call such a convention, then we invite the Demo cratic State committers of the other States to take concurrent action with the Democratio State committee of this State, iu calling such convention. "RsoJved, That j "the Demcratic members of Congress and members of the Senate from this State J?eand are hereby instructed jt 9 principles-above uunciated. " Judge Samuel P. McConnell was then con ducted to the chair and,spoke as follows: ;This convention has a most peculiar and most important significance. Heretofore,, managers of political parties have 60 ar ranged that party policies should be declared only at the time candidates were chosen, 4nd only a short time before the gathering of the franchises of the people. The result pas leen often that our conventions Lave put forth a mere assertion ol general principles, or on live issues expressed themselves Ln meaningless compromises. "At the very beginning of this contest let xis make up our minds that we will notj be frightened by nursery tales, and that we won't give up our tight because they call us names. Let us. bear in mind, in view of the direful predictions of the mono-metallista that we have not much gold at present, and that what littie we have we bought with! 4 per cent, gold interest bearing-bonds, and that even what littie we have we keep through the courtesy of B iron Kothschild and Mr. Morgan. Remember ali the time we are not only depressing trade, but straining our financial resources to perpetuate a financial system which we don't believe in iwid which we never knowingly established. "Internaii -.nal agreement is by no means necessary.. Until human wisdom has devised some other plan than that now recognised by the entire, world, gold and silver will cpu tinueto be used.rts money. And so long as we are to use metal as a representative) of value and as aid to exchauge, we cannot afford to dLspeuse with either silver or gold. "We who are in favor of the remonettza tion of t-il.ver say there is no injustice everj to the creditor, if the government shall restpre to silver its old. place iu our monetary sys tem. The time has come to rebuke thoso who distrust the wisdom of the people and accept the selfl.-sh wisdom of the money changer and the bondholders. The system we want restored has been approved by l'ing experience, has been sanctioned by our progress, is justified by our situation, an is necessary to our national independence and prosperity. We must rid ourselves of the" veto power of New York and London. Let" the people command and our official servants must obey." After some further business of an un im portant nature the committee adjourned. Iowa's Silver Democrats. At the conference of silver Democrats held at D-S Moines, la., last week, reports were read showing that popular sentiment on the money question in the various districts was overwhelmingly in favor of free coinage re gardless of party.: The following resolutions wer adopted: "Resolved, That the democrats o,f the State of Iowa, in conference assembled, do declare and affirm that gold and silver eoina are the constitutional money of the country: that we are in favor of the free coinage 01 both on terms of equality, and reaffirm that the free and'unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the actiou of other nations, is the cardinal principle of our faith, and tha such . coinage shall be a legal tender for all debts,' both pnblie and private." Prominent local democrats made speeches in which they declared that the time liad come to abandon party, If necessary, in order to secure free coinage, and the con ference ad j on rued amid continuous applaijise. Tne Tar Heel Sailors Get a Nice, Snug Amount. . Acting Secretary McAdoo aC Washington" allotted among tha State naval militia batal- lJons the $25,000 appropriated by Congress for their aid, withholding 500 for Instruc tion books. North Carolina with 255 sailor men gets $2,318.15 ;South Caro'Jha 165 men, $1,500; Georgia 52 men 472. 3; Jiassacuusetts fl mires highest in the list with i'i sailors and 3.717.1. aod New Yor -oa 1 with 387 men and $3,513.13. Gecr':a makes the smallest sbov:r . Free Silver Seintlllants. The Frankford, Ind.. Times, an indepen dent newspaper, published a call for a Dublican convention June 11, to oreaniie a free sllrer league. The names of LOO p roau- nent Republicans In the county attached. ThailomnArtltt fif Tuinn ern lit v ' HI Is . 1 eld their nominating convention on Wedae day and after naming a run ucuei. auopiea a jfree for for (ha lMric1ntnm r,lric themselves to vote no man lor the United States senate not In full sympathy on that question. FOREIGNERS AT THE FAIR. The; Regulations for the Adm lsslon of Skilled Workmen and for their j Return. Acting Secretary Wike. of tho national treasury, has issued a circular prescribing the regulations in this country for the em- ates and ployeesof exhibitors at tho Cotton St International Exposition at AtlantaJ Congress passed a joint resolution author Atlanta foreign luuz the foreign exhibitors at th Expotion to bring to this country, laborers from their respective co unit rtes for making the purpose of preparing for and their exhibits. U gulations were is issue 1 under this! Act to collectors of customs nd com- misioaers of immigration to roiuire the iS3uan?e of crtid -ates to ea-h jf rson so lanaeu, ana it luriner nrovi-iea uui alt in one year after the close of said lis ik it ion the commissioners of immigration and of customs who have issued such ce olleetor rtiflcates will: report to the treasury depa nent th holder lr render . nuniber issued, and whether an thereof, giving nam?, as fuiied to his ir her certificate and depart Cro m th country: aa l in ca any such hold from a port other than that at whl" she entered the commissioner or co! wheim the certificate niav be surreinl r depart 11 he or Sector to. ered will traqsmit the same without delay to the ofllqer who issued it or his su'eeesso Cotton Crop Statement The New Orleans Cotton Ex- Jiruigo. rtate- ment is as follows: Sacrotiry II jHte has just lssueu a statement ol t!ie 1 exas cotton crop and movemenls from th Gulf and Atlantic States, showing actual d'lierW from the Statp of. Texas for the first niti" months ot the fceason to the chse of M i y imdiiMiVe, of 3.1S8.20O bales, against J.'.'Vii.ksi bait s for the same time last season. iiiH iing a m-t increase of 1.211,370 bales. Til- dtiiverH at the Texjts seaboard show an in'-rea-"1 of C13.711 baliS; shipments via C.iiro and fH. Louis 143.$'JK to New Orleans 40y,0i and railroad shipments to Mexico 'W.'JT J. ' Whde he -shipments across the Mississippi, rivr lorth ot St. Louis have decreased 13,174 bale. Secre tary! Hsster savs that the deliveries' trora the- State of Texas from nnd after M;lv 3t hist year were 82,170 bales,, the conimervi-tl.crnn. of Texas last yeajT having been p,0."J,0 J9 bales. I Mr. Hester has also; issued .a statement givijig an analysis of themovemeut of cotton into sight, dividing the cotton It it into three groups, viz: tirst-. Texas an I India Terri- toryt second, other Gulf States, c 1 bracing.' Arkansas Louisiana, M'si.uippi mid Tenn- esseo; . lulid. Atlacli-? Mat. em!irH"itig North ' Carolina, S;utli Carol.n.i, lorgia. Florida and AUbum;t.. Tii.s analy.- s .shows, the crop brought into sight for l he lrt nine months of the seasofi to the elose of May. in clusive, as follows: Texas 3,1H-U;6 bales, agninst 1.987,177 in 1S91. and 2,()t 7.01S in 1893"; other Gulf Slab s 2.7'.U.fi76 luiles1, against 2,120.381 in 18U4. and 1.770.846 in Is;:t: At lantic States 3.540. 9.j3 lml.-s, against 3.190,677 in 1894, and 2.583.133 in iS93. The sjateinent ! does; not divide Texas and other tla f States for il892. the '9,035,000 crop year, as there wen no-separate monthly llgtms 11a lo up for Jexas in that year, but it gives I he follow- Ing comparisons between this year and 1892: lexas and other (iult States . .together ' this. y.ar;5.979,132 bales, .against 5,37 1,02B In. 1692." against Atianti'. htat".", tins year ,&4u,..j: 3.587197 in 1892. Excess -om pared With 1892 Tlo difference in the Texas crop. Ins given above, and Texas in sight consists of the fact that khe Texas crop embraces onlv cjlton tualljy' shipped out of the Stiite to th close of Mavj whereas the insight includes also stocks at cduntcd interior towns atthe close of May ill excess of September 1. v- An; important feature in Mr llcstei's report is th? showing of the amount brot ght into sight! from the different groups after the close at May in the past three yeurs. Tl ey were as follows : From Texas 80,8;3 dultjs in 1894 ond il.305 in 1893; from otlier Gulf States Wi.O'Jl bales in 1894 and 93,720 in 1893. From Texas and other Gulf States togetlj. r fiO,979 bales in 1892; from Atlantic Stabi 74,809 bale in 1894, 111,143 in 1893 and l3,182 iu 1892.1 IJe G'ot tho Pass. An application for an annual pass wasmado to Commodore Vaiiderbilt by khe president of a road about twenty-five miles long. "Ybv. r road doesn't seem to cover a great amount of territory," suggested the Commo dore to the applicant. 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