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- j ' TROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH 13 GOOD." I j M Cr Yer In Advptc.
1 lTT VV "V - I linirkTrifiiA -r . i n- -t w - ... An ' I - - "7 lit -
GRAND OLD .
LIBERTY BELL
OIMIAIj GREETING TO
IHF lll-IOKICMASS OP IRON.
glM w
Great rhi'-f Justice, for Whom
the !! 'I I.t Tolled, Wai
- cut and Highly" " '
Honored. '1
j::. I r'-'Mve ceremonies that
. I tM- progress of the Cotton
fi- iii-toric old Liberty
! . iiy formerly placed In
: .1 authorities. The cer
i - ijjtho broad stairs lead-
! .-ri'nn'ylvarJa Building,
! Mi'.- beautiful park and on
: 4Thoday was fall of
f ' h-nu of a striking charac
:uikant va3 the declar--rif
tic the -cause of Cuba,
. .it i fl'-t by. both Governor
. -L.-i.-i. and Mayor "Warwick,
' '. h of whom aroused wild
ryat. o r j wi that heard
1 i t dramatic scene when
, i;. th" course of his bril-
j .1 t-j Mi:?s Eleanor War-
v. as ii the I platform, and
',!-. .ut lif-ri hand, intro-
i-'-..t-';randiiris;hter'of the
'.,Mrt j'.Mtice at wbofie
i . ! i ii lud tolled for the
- riill. iii a strikingly
: " jl v- ry j.retty. She Is
i r nVl trrai-cfjil, and her
rill'-Iwitli t"ars, and she
! ti !i as Philadelphia's
i th--. nio.-t raeful compH
i'i fibij.; to a young woman.
ti-'--'-
tL-
. :' i
?!
in:.
: -ntly than!iv.ln'"Mnt'r5hall for
: ! f (refftn' ttf.T'dWeendanl. of
ii- a m in -if riTl Attired 'that t HO"
:,.it tilll Ii isi-iv-t at that ihi"Kuent
r I -- Urg tb ii;tliat iio'WO-uld tell
'i ti. inor . bestowed -oipon
i I 1 1. 1 hi c-heithle;roemory of this
' ii J of thi ir'liyV.. j .
: fMiii i-m-'jv"fi. "yii hand as the'
;t I t it--H-ti";t' pln -o at Tied-"
'in.. I-- ti;fn-'?-tMrd-4f tho'iiunr
- liildri-iu-i . Mi-j yeoTioOls
i, nor t thoJ belU-v'J"ha-"f-oial!
ii av i, t lfl,-jfjtfoiis" Fifth Ropi
lni.i:.tr. until recently the
iuma'id of G.rn;r.il Nelson A.
-iTM.ir A t k hio ft 1 Jfiid-" h is' stall
!;;!!
t !
IT fci
;--r
i. .-.ii-! I Ii--:: ;t5fVi"-'t1j--i Fifth Ii.cj -r.-i.i
Vilionai tluard.-J, COO strong;
i Artiik-ry and thoLcraek Qover-
a r' !!
r.iirir l-, --oiBiioM'd of-the very
t ! l;i. 'iuiil; iuuuiiulhi. xui-t!i-
inilitary . pu-aeut was a l6ng
oj.' ii c.-irria rvs. j'ontainintr . the
Sri:
f I'iul i-H-!t?in:t 'and ""Atlanta, the
-1 i-.i-ij if rrif'.ii"' lire yusur
. i t n' I-x'al lulftii'-lfayf Tecption coin
iii-lu-!c(iftiany ofitAhfcuita's most
i-' ' rnft .-irial'and;t'UiAKSS men. - .
r ::ii-lvatua JnjiJduig.4ho bell was.
1. on iii'afp,Mj,atCiafoot of,
i; durin-Vno prb'&P.ss of trfo eereV
. i if ?rho.irtrldrn'rfd-ftihTio'res
tiiasst-l Htho, rroadvip'6fche-of ;
n whili: ii..thH; phtlrm ' :thor;
ii i li.-.tinL;iiiKircd' !. gjiesta. icupied
i'li thetn .vyyfo ja.wy offtGeosirgia'sv
nit i S" 1 1 1 juaiUaud piatrcnl " Tho.
' biuMuiir.ivas crowditf with 8tate
i i M il c.-l.rsyattd .flafloatejV'from.
' !' in f-iht;'- " ' "
i" til. Misund - sfi(H'lldren:!ang,
"Mv
fry, 'tis-rti wjWl: nttnMNmbfr-y
I'ni.l. M:Prtterkioi?iQ:a".
h forn.,wwtn'!thri:beli, .
r v.irwii.-k . .rosiuleiU;.,,-
in p ut: -'.fh.'Me5&m that i4(iht.-
hnl -l-Hftfonof Vne'-fjirty-:
as- n'Hn1teTp"eifk 'ixb&dv&f.
ia . h'tina nf.-aat io.irrTtoyalty'Ms
I wahiu j,-at.iitteSi's)Ut-:. iS'W
.v.tii..u;4!iai tjir, ard r-liajt3-:
i '-i-Mt s:jyf"t!uiN ; brdors .of-.' the...
M.'- "a a'u'd Ujxoa s li:jc js' t'ut a"
d iiivVi..n thTlt-ltas -rt 'plac'ef on
1 .' not in the hearts bffhe'n.iribn.
! has ;one through the land
i:- silnee." vtt,: TCxW-rlie rath ins
t-nt tli piiit are t-tjll ringing
! ;!:- pr-opk- and Appealing to
"l"hoiigh"it""uictaHlc tones Te
'I - lm'u frointli anvil, the,, plow,
:!u' Hroidf. j "
; ir. h we.pudwid ok to Kichoxond
I h. wiilr' no bitter'neii .ihl.t'urs
r i i in outh'atnls.;l "Ve njarched'
TLria. not:iwifh ftrei'rta JffJrtP-
" and peaw .ThevJffnly delays "4
i i- peoplebo .Sf.to.piwd; us to'bless
. ' vlff all tie jpurneys ol therehe.
-'inu'saM: '-Th.il? iij ,noV "oii' Kejl,
- vt but bold itih-trnst'Tor'thft
'iv !.!i.t' ttHttt'nM t3r.f;liirrl'-Atd..'
i i'' op;uTiiys oJ.-pnitSlltidn
; 1 :it o.-,ajrrjl'h:Ut3rik Xt)
ii Lrnviut .iiwli;Kt'0 i&$o fat
"' "T tlJJ.rOyiA.Si? ; is c'oBcuruett.
f t ih'ZtJnyitt.sa ?uch ft
i - r.-o-M!tiin thn?lf6-tnal
work' wffl'ek 1ia fceVa'tldmif
. r,i f Sii,;.n.!tivk')rt',tfo(Sttlei-' f
' tns st'tj-ya DfXl5-:deurytnd
. i - r--aiV-tnV4ilfifcil,at'bw
i n r.-iTeutatim iu. laviaz dowir
! 'a which botljcive niay-st,!ind
i api-roval of t IJe'w hole Von n-
t MiEtuorvVarren
,-ia;-.'d her hand ajLthe loxe .
aii l listened t a gkvVW eub-.
e ire.! i.'.-fat Uer. . .il'Vtke
ii.- Supreme Court, nt whose
' -i- )-li erank, while telin"jst
sh remained" standing.'
f
- it of Mr. Warwi-Ji whj.tent
-r. ''ful atfj.tivlo.while lie'Rtd
oit v.-r well As thV rver-
- :h- ! m.I ehief Justic e. This
" 1 tlicsr.-a.-e.4teithusiasau
;i n i women waved their hand
i ;' -trikiug tableau, and It was
! - !" fore he could continue.
- 1 i-ii- M--iyor Warwick said :
that oiice issued from its
I a.-ro-s the waves of the
. lieer and comfort to that
iu of the Annies, wUfiifi
X
!..
I- .
t:-:;' -!
Jnrfri?b a"strusling to throw off the yoke
and despotism of Spain."
-Governor Atkinson made an eloquent re-
p I'? tract froBa whih follows:
Standing here to-day in the licbt of the
onrlV atYy cious of our power!
our prestige and our unity, it is the duty of
this government to do something more than
to secure the liberty of her individual citi
Pf: L s stand prond and strong as the
loyal and loving friend of her sister republics
and her sister people on American soil and
fay to the people of the whole world that
whether you seek to intimidate the little gov
ernment of Venezuela or to impoverish and
oppress a little island under the shadow of
thl. i''-0 ot liberty, America will not be
an indifferent spectator.: Great applaus!.
vte welcome, my countrymen, this old bell to
OaorsriH, and let me say to my distinguished
ftiend that lam zla 1 that he has learned on
his trip to Georgia that the war i3 over and
that he finds a loyal people who have award
ed to their former slaves more. liberty than
they can iind anywhere else on the earth,
or than wa3 ever before awarded lj au
emancipated people."
SOUTHERN PRQGRKS8.
AConlract of the "Old South" With
the "New." Her Industrial Future
Very Hrlght.
"The South") is a very ; largo ex
pression, and irogress in the South in
dicates a movement distributed over
many btates not at all alike, either in
natural advant tges or lately acquired
'enterprise. Some parts of tho South
nre Ktill very backward, while others
have nmdeadvancesof late yars which
it would lie difficult to iind'excelled in
atiy otlier pection of the country. Peo
ple have become familiar with the
rapidly increasing production of the
great agricultural staple of the South.
Be tween 18S0 and 188-3 the crop kept
within G.0D0.000 baljs, by 1S86 it was
f,500.00- Imlesi and by 1883 close on
to 7,090,000. The maximum was
thought to have: been reached when the
crop of 1890 exceeded 7,300,000 bales,
but that was thrown into the sha.le
when the extraordinary crop of last
year showed a total of nearly 9,500,000'
bales. The present year's crop will
be very far bhort of this in quantity,
though thanks to the advanced price,
its value may bo as great. In the
natural order of things, the cro2 of
1891 will not btand loug without k
rival. When Texas grows more cotton
than a'l the South did before the war
and site is still at the beginning of her
agricultural development, the eottou
producing possibilities of the South
are very far from being exhausted.
-- Sido ly side with the growth of what
used f o be the only source of Southern
wealth there has been growing up a
more diversified Agriculture and the
beginning of u wide rnnge of manu
factures. It is fharactjiibtic of the
new spirit ot the ooutn that tuo cctton
seed Oil industry is the growth of the
period since the war. A product
which was reckoned useless in 18 JJ
figured in 1890 as having a value, alter
treatment in the mills, of $J5,b31, 00 ,
an! is today the bais of an investment
in building and machinery of $ JO, .)'):),
000. In 1880 the whole South pro
duced only li:),000,000 bushels of
grain, last year the yield was 6') i,o;k, -000.
The number of tons of c al
mined iu 1880 was but little over
6", 000,000, while 1891 it was 30,09 ,
000. The output of pig iron in the
South in 189 was 197, .;'M Kns, au 1
in 18 J 1 l,.";.t.i)ii.) tons. The Milne ef
the product of the saved ami pinned
lumber, which i:i 1880 was $10,908,000,
had riseuiu 1891 to $114,740,074. The
true vnbte of Southern property ac
cording to the census returns of ISSil,
was $7,911,090,000; last year it was
etim;tted at 57 per cent more.
There are to-day some $S0!, 000,000
invested in manufacturing enterprises
ii; the South, with an estimated annual
value Of product of $1,009,000,000.
tit the former, about $108,000,000 is
invested in cotton mills, or live times
as much as in l880,and some $93,000, -000
is invested in lumber mills. A
recent writer on the South remarked
that with the possession of all the raw
rhfiterials entering into manufactures,
with cheap labor aud cost of living, the
,;mivetrial future of the South , should
,be,of the brightest. iut the fact that
these resources remained so Ion un
developed and nre now coming ro fully
into e'vidence argues n change iu the
spirit of the people more significant
than".' the inexhaustible bounty of
nature. No one; at all familiar with
the ohl South can fail to be struck with
:the.resolution with which the men,
whom the war left penuiless,set them
selves to-repair their wasted fortunes.
-' While there were many that succumb
ed to the .struggle, as well ns many
th'at surmounted it, they have, ns a
rule, left there some much better lit -ted
for the competition of modern life
than they were themselves. The rapid
acceleration of Southern progress may
Ire due partly to an infusion of North-
.erli e'iiergv, but jt is mainly the work
..el Southerners who were too young to
know ttUY-nung oi me war or us pas
sion$, .or .who were horn after it? close.
Iu tlie hands of this generation the
South" has'taken its first great stride of
real-progress.
A STEAMER -GOES DOWN.
Apd All on Board the Ill-Fated Vessel
Are Lost.
Ajspecdal from Stokes Bay, Ont, says:
Reports Indicate that the steamer Africa, of
Oijeh Sound, Is lost, with all on board.
following. ts a complete list:
: Larsen, H. P., captain Toronto; Anderson.
Wmi,,mate, Owen Sound; Hay, , chief en
gineer, Toronto; Forrest, Edward, second
engineer. .Toronto; Mann, Wm., Toronto;
King, John, Oakville; Lee, Miss, cook, To
ronto; two firemen, two deck hands, names
"Unknown.
" The Africa and the schooner Severn, of
Toronto, were on Lake Huron bound up
.ttftfTcbal from Owen Sound last Monday
night. When twenty miles off t'ove isiana
'lrrtfboth boats were making bad weather
dn.the heavy, northwester raging, and the
steamer let go of bier consort. When lat
seen from the Severn the Africa was rolling
heavily and suddenlv disappeared from view.
The Severn Anally fetched up on the beach
Ave miles north 6f Loyal Island. 8l v be
came a total loss. The crew were saved by
some fishermen after teing in the rigging
twenty-eight hours. The Africa's hfo boats
and preservers were picked up on the
Island.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS
important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
The Cotton Crop Is Short.
Pit turns to the Department of Agri
culture for the month of October
makes cotton show a decline of 5.7
points from tho September condition
which was 70.8 against 65.1 for this
month. There is a general complaint
from oil the counties reporting, of (ex
tensive damage from early raine, re
cent drouth aud ravages by bollworms
and other insects. The crop is e
poitccl a failure almost everywhere and
the yield f-Vtened by premature
opening. Tlo5percentage of Virginia
is 78, uud Nijrth Carolina 68, South
Carolina (il, Georgia 72, Florida pi,
Alabama 70, Mississippi GJ, Louisiana
61, Texas" 58, Arkansas 72, Tennessee
(0, Missouri 85.
Terrible Drought,
two months a severely
For
elt
tfrought Las reigned west of the Alle
ghany mountains, extending oyer
Western Pennsylvania, "Wett Virginia,
almost the entire State of Ohio and in
parts of Indiana. At many points
railroads are being forced to hiul wa
ter for their engines. In Lawrence,
Mercer, and adjoining counties of
Pennsylvania farmers are selling thir
hock because of the difficulty in keep
ing cattle watered
Newsy Southern Notes.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons are now in
tiaining at Hot Springs, Ark. j
The Episcopal convention at Min
neapolis decided upon Atlanta as the
next place of meetsng. j
The First National Bank of" Alexan
dria, La., 'capital $50,000, haB been
authorized to begin business. )
At Mount Meigs, Ala., while waiting
for a train, Miss Murdock was run
over and killed by the fast train from
Atlanta. j
A $50,000 fire which destroyed; 30
houses was started at Cumberland,
Md., by the careless handling of a
lamp in a store. J
The tobacco crop in Lincoln, Logan,
Wayne and Cabell counties, West Vir
ginia, has suffered great damage! by
frost. The damage thus far is esti
mated at $60,000.
At Lexington, Ky., on Thursday
in
the $5',000 stapes, Lynne Bell won the
first two and Bouncer the last three
heats. All were close and exciting.
Best time 2:10J. j
Gen. Mahone's body was interred in
the family vault in Petersburg, Va.,
in the presence of an immense con
course. Several camps of Confeder
ate veterans attended. j
At the conference at Dallas, Tex.,
regarding the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
fight, Hot Springs, Ark., was selected
as the location for the battle, October
31st. The authorities of the State will
oppose it.
The scarcity of water ia, becoming a
serious matter with farmers in cential
Kentucky. Water is so scarce and
valuable that farmers whose wells are
not dry resort to unusual means: to
prevent theft of their supply. j
Tiinrsdsy was the 29th anniversary
of the first attempt at Cuban independ
ence. "The day was celebrated with
speeches, processions and great enthur
siasm at Key West, 'Fla.. A cannon
burst and a negro's head was blown
off.' -
At Abbeville, Ala, while William
Sfliinde'rs and a gang of laborers were
repairing the bridge across Abbey
Creek the false work gave way, and the
structure fell, killing John Alexander
and. David Williams, and ID juris g
Saunders. i
Three-fourths of the town of Bayard,
W. Va., was wiped out by fire Thurs
day. The postoffice, 'six business
blocks and thirty dwellings were burn
ed. ; Among the buildings burned was
the only church in the town. The loss
is estimated at $65,000. ' j
Farmers in Grant County, Ky,, nre
discouraged over the prospects of the
tobacco crop there. They eay tLat
the crop will be almost worthless this
year. It is estimated that the late
cold snap destroyed fully 25 per cent,
of the tobacco in that section. 1
The Green Connty, Mo., Bank
failed to open its doors Thursday
morning, having been ordered into the
bands of a receiver by State Bank Ex
aminer Jones. The bank is closed to
protect the stockholders. The depos
its in the bank are small, something
over 300,000, and the cash on hand ex
ceeds $20,000. Other asset will
amount to over 3130,000. j
Political Dofnfi. I
Democrats of Norwich, Conn., hare
-met in convention and endorsed Clare-
land for a third term.
Miscellaneous.
The Episcopal House of Deputies
session at Minneapolis, 'Minn., decided
by 55 to 37 in favor of the term "Bis
hop Coadjutor," instead of Assistant
Bishop. j
Washington.
- I
It is believed that when the order is
issued by the President placing fourth
class postmasters under civil servioe
rules it will also include in the classi
fied service internal revenue deputy
collectors.
The receipts of the government tor
tho first three davs of the current
month aggregated 9,157,668 and the
expenditures $16,573,000; deficit $7,
415.331. The deficit will probably be
reduced during the remainder of the
month.
TELE.RAIIIIC TICKS.
-The entire village of Campbells, N.
Y., was burnt d Saturday night.
Thirty dwellings were consumed.
Butch Lyons was hanged in the
county jail at Chicago for the murder
of Alfred B. Ma-on last February.
Thirtv-t wo persons were killed by
the collapse of the spinuing mill at
Bocholt, Wefctphilitt, Thursday.
The Alabamians formally opened
their State building at the exposition
on Friday. Governor Gates made an
address.
At Scrantou, Pa., the thermometer
Saturday morning, registered 32 de
grees above. Heavy frost and ice
formed on pools.
At Camden, N. J., Richard Ester
brook, founder of "the first steel pen
manufactory in the United States, and
manufacturer of the Esterurook pens,
died on Saturday.
Four mtu were killed and seven
others were probable fatally injured as
the result of in accident at the Cleve
land, Ohio, Polling Mills Friday night.
The casting house collapsed.
Part of a large bnildiifg used as a
spinning-mill in Bocholt, Westphalia,
Germany, collapsed Snturduy and
workmen were buried iu tho ruins.
Several dead bodies have been taken
out. -
Tho Greek consul at Trebizond,
Armenia, has sent a report to his'
government in which he 'says that
400 persons wore killed or wounded
during the recent conflicts there be
tween the Turks and Armenians.- -
The A.. P. A. candidates for mayor
councilmen were elected hist week at
Nashville, Tenn., by about 173 ma
jority. The A. P. A's male a clean
sweep after a hot and stirring . cam
paign. 4 .
The Holland radiator works at Bre
men, Iud., wore entirely destroyed by
an incendiary lire Saturday. The -loss
is estimated at $100,000, aud the in
surance placed at only $2,500.
The receipts of the Government for
the first ten days of the current month
aggregated $9,157,6(38 and the expen
ditures $10,573,000; deficit $7,415,-331.
This deficit will probably be ' reduced
during tlno remainder of the month.
A poll of the House of rteresenta
tives in the next Congress shows 216
opponents of free silver coinage, 88
who favor free coinage, aucf 52whore
fur.e to declare themselves. Of the
free silver llepresentives there are 51
Democrats, 00 Pepublicans and 7 Pop
ulists. Should the uncommitted Re
presentatives all vote for f ree. coinage,
there will still be a majority against it
of 76.
Dr. Talmage In Washington.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage expresses
much satisfaction with the change in
his affairs which makes him a resident
of Washington . He says:
"My pastorial relations, "I have no
doubt, will be of the most agreeable
Bort, and my associates and I will get
along famously. I know almost every
minister in the city. Dr. Hamlin
preached the dedication sermon for my
last Tabernacle . I have preached for
Dr. Radcliffe in Detroit, and I preach
ed at the dedication of 'Dr. Thomas
Chalmers Easton's church. I want to
say that Washington may well be proud
of the fine group of ministers of the
gospel whom she has in her midst.
"I propose to give the people of the
First Presbyterian church my best
work. T feel that it is best for me to
preach once every , Sunday in the
evening. I shall prepare my sermons
in the usual manner. I have always
been favored with an especially good
stenographer or two, and my sermons
have been spread broadcast. At what
do I estimate their circulation? I can
hardly say. But Henry W. Grady
once estimated for me that 20,000,000
people a week read them. I know the
circulation has increased remarkably
since then. I shall continue my edi
torial work for the Christian Herald
and toy special articles for other
periodicals. "
The rooms which Dr. Talmage has
engaged for his present residence are
those in which Owen Meredith wrote
"Lucille," and where a great many
other men distinguished in r literature
and art have at some time or other oc
cupied quarters. They comprise a
suite directly over the rooms tenanted
by Secretary Gresham down to. the
time of his death.
Richmond Tobacco Market.
Sun-Cured Tobacco Lags, $2 to $5; short
leaf, $ 5 to t8; long leaf, S to 12; wrappers,
tia to $20. ; -; .
Bright Tobaccos Smokers: Commdn.:4.00
to 5.00; medium. 6.00 to 7.00: fine, 8.00 to
10.00. Cutters: Common 10.00 to 12.00; me
dium. 16.00 to 18.00: tine. 22.50 to 25.00; fan
cy, 27.50 to 30.00. Fillers. 3.50 to 4.00; me
dium, 4.50 to 5.50: pood li.09 to 8.00; fine
10.00 to 12.00. , Wrapix-rs: Common. 12.00
to 15.00; medium. 15.00 to 20.00; good. 25.00
to 30.00; fine, 35.00 to 40.f0; fancy 45.00 to
50.00. Wrappers. MhIm .-any: Common. 12.00
to 15.00; medium. 2'i.OO -o.22.00; good 25.00
to 32.50: fine 35.00 to 40.00: fancr, 45.00 to
50.00.
Dark Tobareos Lugs. 2.00 to 4.25: short
leaf. 4.50 to C.50; Ion - leaf, 6 00 to 8.00; se
lections 12.00 to 12. CX
Six Persons Creamated.
Near Tweed, Ont., the dwelling house oc
cupied by Thomas Lindsay and family was
destroyed by Are and six of the occupants
tere cremated. The family consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. Lindsay and 11 children. Six of
the children were burned to death. They
worn two young women, aged 18 and 20
years, twin babies, ajjed about one and one
La !f years and two others.
A .Nov.
W. W. Ilimiit
lli--lc Record.
n rjd'- mf? uni-a'-ed a
Ivnver. Co'., i i two miua:--': and two-fifth
vfase.-yud. The Us previous record wa
2 07 1-2. Hamilton: record is official a
he had obtained the s taction from the L. A
W. triaL
There has been organized in Egyp
a Patriotic League, for the purpose o
driving the English out of Egypt,
NORTH STATE
CULLINGS.
OCCURRENCES WORTH NOTING
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
Who Will Speak at the Fair ?
The following is a list of the speak
ers who will make addresses during
Fair week:
Col. W. F. . Green, Franklintou
"Mission of the Board of Agriculture."
Col. Allen Warren, Greenville
"Indigenous and Foreign Grapes."
Dr. J. J. Mott, Statesville "Dairy
ing." . . ,
Mr. - P. Van Lindley, Pomona
"Trees and Fruits. "
Col. John S. Cunningham, Canning
ham "Tobacco growing and Curing."
Col. A. Q. Holladay, Raleigh
"The Importance of an -Agricultural
Education to Our Boys."
Col. W. F. Massey, Raleigh "Irish
Potatoes as a Market Crop in North
Carolina." ...
Dr. II. B. Battle, Raleigh "Benefit
of Experiment Stations to our farm
ers." Dr.' D . W. C. Benbow, Greenboro
"Peas for Green Manuring."
S. Otho Wilson, Raleigh "Irriga
tion nud Trucking,"
; Col. S. L. Patterson, Raleigh
"Benefit of the Fertilizer Control to
Farmers."
Colonel P. N. Newborne, Kinston
"What's the matter with the farm
er?". Mr. Henry E. Alford, United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C.
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Cows and Tuberculosis.
The beautiful but delicate aud high
ly inbred Jerseys that are kept closely
confined -and strained to their limit for
large yields of milk and butter, are
tyi ical subjects for tuberculosis along
with otlier highly bred ones,, such ns
Guernseys, Holsteius, etc. -Among
such cows there have been many eases,
as proven in New York and other
States, where the Boards of Health
have been studying the subject. The
uative animals and grade cows, on the
contrary, are almost entirely free.
From a North Carolina Experiment
Station Bulletiu.
The Penitentiary Cotton Crop.
" We planted an area of 20 per cent,
more cotton this year on the peniten
tiary farms, " said Superintendent
Lt-azar, the other day, "and from
present appearances we will gather
about the same number of bales that
we sold last year. If this expectation
is realized, at present prices, we will
get in the neighborhood of $25,009
more for the crop than Jast year. If
the price goe-i to 10 cents the increase
will be over $30,000.
Dr. Benbow, of Greensboro, is put
tiug the Crown Cotton Mills, shut
down for a couple of years, in shape
to begin .work, and 100 persons will be
employed. Some additional equip
ment will be put in. Five years ago
the co-operative cotton mill there was
finished. It was never equipped. . It
also is being equipped.
It is said that at the present moment
no less than sixteen cotton mills are in
course of erection in this State. The
Holt family must be the largest mill
owner, as it controls sixteen mills,
thirteen of which are in Alamance
county. The Worth family, of Ran
dolph, probably ranks next.
At the Winston Tobacco Association's
annual meeting the old officers were
re-elected. Col. E. C. Edmunds is
president. His report showed the leaf
sales on the Winston market during
the past year to be 13,110,050 pounds.
No less than 555 brands of commer
cial fertilizers are on sale in this State.
Years ago there was a license tax of
$500 on each brand. Now there is
only a tax of 25 cents a ton. Hence
the great increase of brands.
Asa reward for his saving from
wreck the vestibule train last week by
informing the agent of a misplaced
switch, the Southern has given Rev.
W. H. Bryant a pass over its 'system
for five years.
The Winston Sentinel says the leaf
tobacco business is at a stand-still there
and all over the State. The weathei
ia so dry that the leaf cannot be
handled.
Cotton receipt at Raleigh on Satur
day reached 100 bales, and it sold for
8.34. The banks paid out to the farm
ers on that day over 830.000 in cash.
A farmer says td the Gastonia Ga
zette: "Last year I 6old four bales of
cotton and got 94 ; this .year I eold
three bales and got $124."
Cotton is past beirg hurt save by a
severe wind or prolonged rain. Both
drought and frost have done their
work upon it.
The cotton crop for Cabarrus for
this year is estimated at about 8,000
bales 4,000 Jess, than that of last
year.
It is rumored that a $300,000 cotton
factory is be built within a mile of
Fayetteville, says the Observer.
The Buffalo thread mills at Concord
are completed and this week begin
work.
Liverpool Cotton Statistics.
Total sales of. the week 56,000 bales,
American 50,000; trade taking, including
forwarded from shipside, 67,000; actual ex
port 4.000; total imports '23,000, American
19,000: total stock 188,000. American 932,000;
total afloat ?2,000, American 87,000; specula
tors took 39,000, exporters took 3,200.
Nail biting, according to a French
locor, is hereditary. Almo-t one-third
f the French school children bite
.heir nails, and the girls are worse
than the boya,; . .
FINAL WEATHER CROP REPORT
Issued by the North Carolina State
Weather Service. j
The reports of correspondents of the
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, for
the past week, indicate a very unfavor
able week. ; The temperature was con
siderably below the normal, with frosts
on three mornings, damaging tobaooo
and other crops considerably. Drought,
continues to prevail, practically ne rain
having fallen anywhere. Cotton is j a
very poor crop, is nearly all open, and
will be all gathered much earlier than
usual. All late crops have been injur
ed by the drought, and turnips ajre
nearly ruined. Gathering corn ia un
der way, but fall plowing continues at
a standstill. .
Eastikn Distkict. The past week
has been very cool and dry, with more
than usual amount of sunshine. Frosts
occurred on the mornings of the 1st
and 2nd. The drought continues uh
abated, injuring peas, potatoes and
turnips, and killing young berry
plants. Wells and streams are lov,
and. some mills have stopped running.
Cotton, which has opened very rapid
ly and is a! poor crop, will probably
be all out by the end of October. Corn
was beyond possibility of injury ad
isbeiug housed. P.eanuts being stack
ed. ! Rico crop is fair. Second crop
of Irish potatoes poor. Very little,
planting and no fall plowing has been
done.
CentbaiJ District. A dry and very
cool week, jwith frosts on several days,
which damaged immature pea-vines
and killed considerable tobacco which
was uncut and some late corn. High
north to horth-ea6t winds prevailed;
wet ther clpr and dusty. Cotton will
be picked out very rapidly. The yield
of sweet potatoes is not good. Gath
ering corn and making molasses are
the chief work of the farmers at pres
ent, as long as fall plowing is impossi
ble. No rain fell anywhere during the
week; mills on small streams have
stopped and some wells are going dy.
Western District. Frost occurred
on three mornings, which damaged to
bacco considerably, as there was more
uncut in this district than in others.
Pea-vines were also injured and some
late corn! Drought continues un
abated, and turnips are practically
ruined. Gathering corn and digging
potatoes aro progressing. The cotton
crop appears to be nearly all open.
More than- the usual amount of feed for
stock has been put up. Some farm
ers are trying to sow wheat.
Note to Cor.r.K.sroxrENTs. This
is
the last bulletin for the season of 1805.
The director desires to express jris
obligations and thanks to all crop cor
respondents, without whose assistance
the issue of the bulletin would be im
possible. The bulletin will be resumed
in April, 1896, when it is hoped the
hearty co-operation of crop corres
pondents who are now experienced j in
the work
iinav again oe secured. ti
B. Battle,
Ph. D., Director.
WHY NOT DIG CISTERNS?
State Geologist l.?olnies' Recommends
Them as Against Wells.
The Charlotte Observer's Raleigh
correspondent writes as follows regard
ing the scarcity of cisterns ia North
Carolina: j It is always "a pleasure to
travel with that courteous and well-informed
gentleman. State Geologist
Holmes, lie was called on not lojng
ago by the owners of the Hope Mills
cotton factory, near Fayetteville, lor
suggestions as to the betterment of
heir water supply. He suggested Ian
artesian well. Mr. H. E. Knox, Jr.,
of Charlotte, bored this and Prf.
Holmes has a photograph showing the
well complete, throwing a four iuich
stream of water to a height of eight
feet. It forces the water 32 feet abojve
the ground level in a pipe. It gives a
flow of 50 jgallons a minute, or witl a
steam pump 300 gnllousa minute. In
other words, it is a great success, lihe.
water is free-stone with a very slight
trace of sulphur. There are only 20
artesian wells in this State. The ques
tion of a supply of good drinking water
is a grave fne, and Prof. Holmes will,
during the coming winter, issue a bul
letin on this question so far as North
Carolina Is concerned. The water
vihirh this! well yields is that which
falls in the great sandhills near South
ern Pines. At Sonthport this same
water can be had by boring to n depth
of hay '1,000 fett, sys Prof. Holmes.
At Hope Mills, hh indeed nt many of
the factory toAns, and indeedgHt other
towns in 4 he State, there' has bec-u
much sick new this year aud considera
ble mortality. The dry season has
prevented a How of water in ma jy
wells and springs sufficient to carry off
the Vegetable impurities, and. this ia
astigned by Prof. Holmes as a g-dat
cause of the trouble. In this particu
lar part of the State artesian wells'are
declared to be impracticable, owing to
the geological formation, but in all the
southeastern counties the chances are
pretty good for water by this means;
much better than in the northeastej'n
counties. Prof. Holmes says he cah
oot understand why people in the in
terior of the State do not build cis
terns; that these cost but a trifle more
than wells and gjve pure water. The
only reason he can assign for the lack
of cisterns lis that the fore-fathers bf
these people dug wells, and that the
dresent generation Bimjly folJows'tbe
customs of its predecessors.
TWENTY YEARS' IN THE PEN.
("it Kin KHep- Convicted of the 3Iurder
of Roy Latham.
Calvin Filer was convicted of innr-
ler in the siecond degree at Athe cout
or killiugj Roy Latham last AprijL
. he piisoner gets twenty years in tile
. enitentiary. The trial occopieil
iht days j of court. . Eller is only
ifcttccn years old, and the evidence
,,'ainst him was circumstantia
.at ha ni was about the eame age and
lb.- hoii of a former therm of Ah
iii j i Iter's body was found in a creek.
He was last seen with Ellerf
WATHINGTON LETTER!
War With Japan Predicted.
The Ne-
gro and Liberia.
By Our He gular Correspondent. 1 -r
Members ot the Diplomatic corps seldom
express theic opinions : for publication, and'
when they do they usually get into rouble
either with this government or their .own,
as was the case with the predecessors of th
present Spanish and Hawaiian minlstt rs, not
to mention Lord Sack vllle West who 1 as Just
bobbed up again, whoso troubles are remem
bered by most ncwspaer readers. ) a pri
vate tho diplomats often express very Inter
esting opinions upon international oples.
For Instance, tho following, which can e from
well known European member -of -the
crops and was given among personal I rlcnds
with perfect freedom, and with no Id a that
It would ever bo published. The conversa
tion had lieea! upon the .present attack of
jingoism which has seize! many of oui news
papers, and when tho diplomat was jni.lng
ly informed by his host, "it's up to yc u," he
smiled and said: ''Hub! there isn't tho slight
est danger of a war bctwoou tho United
8t ues and England, over Venezuela, or any
thing else. The two! countries have too .
much In common, lhiring a long id ay iu
this country I have noticed that the newspH
jcr talk of a war with Ilugland begins regu
larly about a year lefor yohr Tresi icntial
campaign and ends on diction day, It is
merely a way your politician h-ivo bl excit
ing public interest. This year Hpn in has
lieen added to En3luad. owing to the revolu
tion in Cuba. -While the Spanish talk may
not be entirely for political purjosts, It is
practically meaningless. Spain neither has
them ney, nor the meu to fight th U. 13.,
whatever her inclination might 1h should
this government take official notice of the
continually increasing publi' sentlnent in
favor of tho Cuban revolutionists. : The TJ.
SI may, however, find itself engaged iu war
in the near fut ure, not with a Kuroj can na
tion, but with Japan. The Japs thl ik be
cause they lieked a lot of unorganiiel, poor
ly armed and worse fed Chinese that they
ean liek the best army iu the world, They
also think that their country is destined to;
become a great maritime and mercantile ua- ;
tion. Having such thoughts It naturally
follows that they should have a di-slre to
spread out, as it were. They propo se as a
slvter to tho spreading process to i .ttempt
to get possession 6f Hawaii, and if ac excuse
cun be found will not hesitate to use force.
If they should, what can this government do
but fight? It is true that your present ad
ministration has been unfriendly to the pres
ent government of Hawaii, but your Con
gress has declared that no foreign rountry
should interfere with Hawaii and your con
stitution places the power to decli re wae
solely In the bands of j Congress. Murk the
prediction; if your country has a war In the
near future It will be with Japan.
Some talk has followed an address advis
ing the Negroes to go to Liberia, which was
delivered here this week by Bishop Henry
M. Turner, of tho African M. E. Chuich. Hf
declared that tho Negro had no future In
America, while in Liberia he might lecotm e
a great statesman, a great general, o r a mil
lionaire. After-expatiating upon the, num
erous advantages of Liberia, which ha called
?'the Negro's promised land," he mude the
astonishing statement hat 2,000,000 thrifty
and industrious American Negroes aie ready
and willing to go to Africa, but luck the
means to do so. He said this government
ought to run a line of steamers to jlberla,
carrying free the Negroes who wish d to go
there, and, on behalf of the government of
Liberia he promised that every family which
went there should be given 25 acres of land
Tor cultivation. It seems difficult ti get at
the real facts about Liberia. Notwithstand
ing the statements of Bishop Turner, others
equally worthy of belief have declared that
Liberia bad no advantages to offer tbs Amer
ican Negroes, and that those .who ha re gone
there would gladly return It they could.
EARTHQUAKE IN TARHORO.
On Sunday Mornlnz n Distinct Shock
Whs I Felt.
Sunday norning at 11:30, Tarboio
was si ai tied by an earthquake Whock.
It first tant-.e in noise , as a distinct
iii iug of artillery, (hen came al wav
motion (hat inndo the crockery and
lamps rMttle, and then passed away as
quickly as Jit catue. - It frightenbd thn
peoplo very much and many itarte!
to rmdi out of (heir houses with their
.liddrcTi when there was an end of the
eiirth.-tuiKc. It was not felt nt William
Kockv Mount or A ilson, .b
fit ex-
tended
county.
nearly nil over Edgdcomle
The Tobacco Loses by Frost In Kea-
tacky.
A well-ln-formed tobacco man of Augusta,
Ky., says: "Tho loss from frost to tobaooo
In this section is much larger than warehouse
men are willing to admit. Be ports from 183
farmers in Bracken,' Robertson and) Maooo
counties, in a total of 1,247 acres, show a
total loss of COO acres, or 46 1-2 per cep.
nam age."
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