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NO. 45.
SABBATH SCHOOL
IN i I.KNATION'AIi IKSgON
NOVEMBER 24.
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VV.'oe unto them that rise up early In
itioriiing that they may follow strong
This is given to us as n temperance
..ri. but tho six woes of this chapter In
a good dal .more than tho strong
ii: ij jestioD. Tho whole chapter tell3 of
!';- sin and the coming judgments and
I--'.-!
- -ijirg'Stive ?'ns ' tne day which are
:;') in the church everywhere. The house
I-rael was the Lord's vineyard and the
i T Ju iali His pleasant plant. Ilo did
k rvthing posrdhln for them and expected
! !i theui the fruits of righteousness, but
f j!i i only oppression and covetousness and
s- -rf -indulgent! (versus 7, 8).
1 2. "They re;;nrd not the work of the Lord,
tlier consider the operations of His
!; in K" Then is such a thing as being
''ruii'ien, but not with wine flsa. -xxlx., 9;
M.. '2l AN kinds of living unto sell and for
-!f make us blind and deaf to the things of
'I'd, As strong drink tenia to produce a
f.iNe and transient exhilaration, making one
'i;' t sorrow for the ti"ne baing, so what
. t blinds us to the realities of our relations
t ,r,od and man i3 a'kind of intemp;-rancr
a.i l drunkenness.
1 . ''Therefore my people are gone into
captivity because they hava no knowledge."
'I ri - leaders who in those day3 should have
.ui-jht the people the knowledge and fear of
i- Lord were living unto themselves, and
i-i'i'iig the people smooth things and lie
i - k. xxxiv., 2; Jer. v1., 30, 31; vi. 13).
.1 i-t m strong drink is a deceitful thing and
i r"s a man's vision and mind to be ail
!-:!:, so the world and the flesh controlled
- tlrs devil blind and harden men and-they
'. li-vt; liesand consider them truths. Tho
'kii'-wiedge of the Ijord is the remedy.
1 1. "Therefore hell hath enlarged herself
ft, I opened hr mouth without measure."
Tt.e pl.ieo of tho lost Cnot the lake of Are
.-:, i 'h is the final abode of the lost, but the
',.'! -e of departed spirits' where th." lost in
t
I
inent await the resurrection of the body)
ijueg rapidly filled by the literal and fls;
itivedrunkards who will not receive th?
vledge of Ood; so that it looks a? if the
might have to be enlarged to receive
who come, so great is the multitude.
. "And the meau man shall be brought
I vi. and the mighty man shall be hum
l.l." Compare chapter ii.; 11, 12. 17, and
-e hrw all taat is lofty and naughty anl
'.r.iii I anil lifted up shall ba brought dowr,
.i: ri 1 1 he Lord alone exalted in that day. Even
N-.bucliadnezzar testified that "those that
v.aPv in pride Ho is able to abase," for he,
when hardened in pride, was made to come
'v.-i (iJan. iv, 37; v.. 23, margin Jere-r-
i-'.h testiiles that Jerusalem came down
v "i derfnlly (Sara, i., 9).
!;. "II it the Lord of Hosts shall be exalt-
l "t j i dgment, and God that is holy shall
i - luetiii l jn righteousness." It is the
i ;-;. e of i.d to set His Kingupon His holy
liiil "f ion (Ps. ii., 6). and He has swore,
- tying, ".Surely as I have thought so shall it
o.r.e vt pa-s, and a3 I have purposed soshalf
it stau.1" (la. xiv., 24.) "Behold, a king
t-hall reign in righteousness, and princes
f-Ii ill rule in judgment" (Isa. xxxil., 1), then
tin! Je.ns have the pre-eminence.
17. J'Then shall the lambs feed after their
tn:;u!irT." "They shall feed in the ways, and
their pastures shall be in all high places'"
( Ki. xlix.. 9. "David, my servanr. shall
be king over theai, and they all shall have
shepherd" ( t.e'c. xxxvii.,' 24). Thea
shall the upright have doniiutou over ti-e
lingo liy, and the drunkards shall see their
follv u'lmn it is too late.
is "Woe unto them that draw iniquity
wi-.h cords of vanitv, aud sin, as it were, wit "i
a eart rope." One in a certain place sug-ire'-ted
that if the man they sought was iu a
city they would bring ropes and draw tho
(soln i-itv info th river. 80 we havein this
vc
r-i" mat prevailing iniquity iu: ssems i
carry everyining ana every one aiuux vviiu u
(I Sam. xvii.. 13).
1!. "That sav. Let Him make speed and
ha-den 'His work that we may sea it." They
M'.-tT and blaspheme and dare the Almighty
t His Ta je. We think of all that was heapad
n our Lord in the days of His humiliation
and how He kept quiet and answered not a
word. God is still keeping silence, and wero
it nt that wo understand somewhat of His
ways we might think that there was no God.
But see Ps. 1.
'JO. "Woo unto them that call evil good
and good evil; that put darkness for light
and light for darkness." There is a fear ml
amount of miscalling of things because peo
ple are not subject to the Word of God. All
mi n tiro called children of God, and there is
a spark of the divine nature in every one,
and there are no hell and no devil and we
arc in the millennium now. All this is
drunken talk and lack of subjection to sueh
wol ds as John viii., 44; ill.. 18; Horn. viii..7.
21. "Woo unto them that are wise in their
own eves and prudent in their own sight."
From V.ll such the things or God are hidden
ii'.i 1 revealed untobabes (Math. xi.. 25). At
1 (-t we onlv know in part now (I Cor. xiii..
12 and "If any man think that he kuoweth
Hnvthin?. he knoweth nothing yet as ho
ought to know" (I Cor. viii., 2). God re-.-isteth
the proud, but Kiveth grace to the
huml.ie; if, therefore, we will humble our
elves to know nothing apart from the Book
we shall be wise. -
22. "Woe unto them that are mighty t
drink wine, and men of strength to minglo
Mrong driuk." These are the mighty on
their own behalf, for their own pleasure and
l.eru'rtt mighty to enjoy self. The Christian's
ambition is to glorify God and enjoy Him;
to bo mighty for God and not for self. The
Mvp-t is to receive and yield to Him of whom
it i. -aid. "The Lord thv God iu the midst
f thee is mighty" (Zeph. iii., 17). As tothe
v. orld's mighty ones it is written that 'Not
manv mi;,' hty are called" (I Cor. i., 26). and
that v.-o are not to glory in wisdom or might
or riches, but in understanding and know
ing the Lord (Jer. ix.. 23, 24).
'2:1 "Which justify the wicked for reward
and take away the righteousness of theright
eus froinliim." These are the unjust judges
who take bribes and declare the guilty inno
ce:it and the innocent guilty; they call back
white and white black, because it suits them.
They have cast awav the law of the Lord of
H-sts and despised the word of the Holy One
it Israel (verso 24). There la but one right
w.iv and t hut is the way, even Jesus Christ,
the Righteous One. He is the only hope for
the drunkard or the moral man. He receives
:.H who come (Isa. xlv., 22; Actsiv., 12; John
vi. , 37). Lesson Helper.
The Negro Congress.
Tin- National Negro Congress, comprised
I -tin leading spirits of the colored race
'iir.nighout the United Stales, was called to
"r.U-r Monday in the Atlanta exposition
Mu.litoriurn. The congress will continue in
"sion until NoveuaJier 22nd. From ail
' tions of the Union the negroes are coming,
t'.v th. thousands. The colored soldiery of
the South parad-d at thee? pos tion grounds,
manned lip and down tue plaisanoe and
pa.ed the negro building in review. The
execution of the tactics by the soldiers was
cood and the movements elicited frequent
M-plause. At nisrht the auditorium was
.;!'d and several addresses were made. Com-!ii.-ioiier
Garland IVnn. chief of the negro
department of the expsition, .introduced the
?f eakcrsaad spoke at Iength"uponthe future
the race in the South.
loha C. Daney, of Salisbury, N. C, spoke
; n the negro exhibit and what it meant for
the South. He said the only way for the
negroes to become great in those things that
"vould lift them to a higher plane of living
'vas to demonstrate to the people of the
'vorl.l that they were capable ol appreciating
inl iiviaijip "to the highest "ideal of life,
i : -y vcre j-jst as eager to learn, he knew,
race, and ii they only hah tho oppor
i hat many other races had the negro
v mIu !e in the front rank of civilization.
A. Pledger, who is wefl known in
'r-i.i, made an address, pledger's re-;-rks
were loudly applaudedi:-,He said that
'". exposition in Atianta, waso result in
; --- tc-04 for the raca.
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NORTH STATE
CULLINGS.
ABSTRACTS OF TAXAIJLHS.
As Sent in by Two of the Largest
i
Counties In the State.
Thus far ."30 counties have sent la
Iheir abstracts of linb-X taxaUes, Htato
Auditor Furuian says. Two abstracts
are as follows: New Hanover general
tax, $15, 14; special tax for pen
kioiik, S2,Cr0,65, schools, $18,718.57;
county t ixes for county purpose, $18,
Glo.07; poor, $5u2.()0;j special, $19,
CG'J.08; total for county, $38, 860. 05.
There are 711,532 acres of land, value I
at $515,055; 1,266 town lots, valued at
64,784,043: money on hand, $123,749;
solvent credits, $303,835; shares in
companies, $67,650; olher iersonal
proiH?rtv, $764,193: total valuation of
property, $6,942,235.
aggregate $102,118.
Mecklenburg 324,6
lue incomes
3 acres of land,
value $2,465,474; 2,947 town lots,
value $3,023,355, money on hand,
$153,133; solvent credits, $888,18.);
shares in companies, $1,001,118; other
personal property, $082,177; total
property, $9,001 ,2 14. J Increases $63,
668. General tax, $19,623.24; special
pension lax, $3, 565.74; schools, $27,
227.07, conuty taxes for poor, $1,921;
road s, $7, 68 2 ; con vie ts, $1 8, 4 07 ; co:i n ty
pnrpopees, $21,520, special county
taxes, $18,717; total for couuW, $71,
198.55. . i
200 Hevrard for a 3Iurdcrer.
Governor Carr has offered $200 re
ward for D. W. Jabtice, who murdered
a negro named Madison Quick, in
Richmond county. Justice is forty
years old, white, and. is five feet, eight
inches high. In a drunken spree he
6hot the negro, who hud in no way
provoked him, and before tho sheriff
heard of the murder, escaped to
south Carolina.
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Mrs. A. C. Hiller, of Shelby, has a
tree with 70 oranges on it.
llev. Dr. Columbus Durham died nt
his home in lialeigh ou Thursday night.
Congressman Lockhart has chosen
Mr. John M. Harrison of Wadesboro,
as his private secretary.
United Jjtate3 M:irshll Cirroll is
very ill at his home iu Rileigh. He
has symptoms of appendicitis.
The field trials of the United States
Field Club, which were to have beeu
begun at Newton, Tuesday, have been
postponed until the 25th.
At a tobacco warehouso in Winston
Tuesday night somebody fired a pis
tol, a mule heard it, gt scared, jump
ed back and broke its tieck.
The Greensboro Record learns that
trouble is brewing in tho Order of
Telegraph Operators, j The men claim
that they aro being worked unmerci
fully. .
Mr. J. B. Bennett, the former prin
cipal of Peace Institute, at Ralergh,
has made an assignment. Ho was a
trnckej, and had a fruit farm and
dairy.
Mrs. Anna, wife of Rev. T. Tago
Ricaud, of the North Carolina Confcr-
ence, M. E,
Wilmington
69th vear.
Church,
Tuesday
South,
died in
night,
in
her
Monday nisht while Mr. Calvin
Shrum was on his way home from a
show at Liiucolnton hei was thrown out
of a road cart and his neck broken.
He was 30 years old. j
The inter-denominational Snnday
Fchool convention of Wake county will
meet in Raleigh on Thursday, the 21st.
Trofessor n. M. HarrUl, of tho Inter
national Committee, will tako part iu
the convention. j
A new lease on life has evidently
been taken by the Raleigh Chamber of
Commerce and Industry this fall. It
has a membership. of 140, and 21 stan
ding committees.
Tho $200,000 mill to be built at
Fayettcvillc, is to be piu-hed to com
ple'tion at once. Mr. W. L. Holt of
tho Elmira Mills, at ! Burlington, N.
C, will erect and own the plant.
All of the buildings! at the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College will soon
be steam-heated. The firm which
got the contract are at work now put
ting in the machinery as fast as pos
sible, bo that all may be ready before
cold weather sets in. j
The Governor has granted a condi
tional pardon to Lena Cline, a pretty
white girl, who was serving a one-year
term iu the penitentiary for larceny.
The King's Daughters secured her
pardou, and she was seut to a homo of
refuge, in Baltimore.
Lieutenant Barnes has been assigned
to succeed Lieutenant Henderson as
instructor in military tactics at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
He takes charge this week. Lieuten
ant Henderson, it will be remembered,
lias been assigned to duty on board
the battle-ship Indiana. I
The puttiug into operation of a train
ing school for nurs? in connection with
'the Stata Hospital at Morgauton,. is
imeetiug with favor at the hands of the
public. It is proposed to give a
ithorough course in all branches; then
when there ia need of trained nurses
!in the hospital, either for body or
'mind, they will be available. Later
ithese nurses will be allowed to go out
'into th'e world, where they can com
mand, higher wages, i It is shown that
their couree of training for the dis
eased mind will in ; all probability
prove of invaluable assistance in many
cases outside of the asylnm.
The export of gold from Wester 4
Australia during 1894 waa. 239,573
ounces, a large increase orer the cx
jvjrs for 1893.
THANKSGIVING PROCLA3IATION.
The Governor Appoints the 2Sth as
the Day.
Governor Carr has issued the follow
ing Thanksgiving proclamation :
"The people of North Carolina have
much for which to be thankfnl to Al
mighty God in the year which has just
passed. The earth has brought forth
abundantly of the food prodnctsin ro
spouse to our labors, the prices of raw
materials have advanced, industrial
progress has been ' awakened in our
midst and the "future looks brighter
than the past few years of disaster and
want.
"Our people should be thankful for
the blessings vouchsafed to them, aud
in grateful remembrance of His good
ness and in obedience to our laws und
the time-honored custom of our fore
fathers, devote one day of the year to
His service.
; "Therefore, I, Eli as Carr, Governor
of North Carolina, do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 28th day of. November,
1895, as a day of solemu aud public
Thanksgiving to God for past bless
ings and of supplication for His kind
ness and care over s as a State and
nation.
"I earnestly request every citizen of
this great Commonwealth to 1 y aside
his usual business, assemble either in
the churches or around the fireside
and make this annual festival a day of
raver
and
ThanksgiviuK. Let not
the day bo devoted to amusements,
but with grateful hearts give praise
to God for the preservation of our
liberties and the advancement of our
natiou in prosperity and greatness.
"This State has ever beeu tho home
of freedom and the abiding place of":;
virtuous and noble people. - Let the
day not pass without acknowledgment
of all these blessing; and let us re
member in our prayers and offeriugs
the charitable institutions of the State,
the wounded and needy soldier, the.
forpban, the poor and alHicted and by
substantial giving fhow foith . the
thankfulness of our hearts."
l'O PRESKRVK FORT RALKIGII.
Permanent Materials to be Used in the
Restoration A Memorial.
Work is to begin immediately on
Roauoke Island for the restoration and
preservation of" Fort Raleigh, which
was built there by Sir Walter Rafeigh's
colonists. It is one of the most historic
spots in the United States. Tho fort
and the surroundings have been care
fully surveyed. It is shown to have
been laid off by skilled engineers, It
is 185 feet from one bassion to another.
A part of it yet remaius. In the res
toration permanent materials will be
used, and the fort will have, as near as
possible, the appearance of the origi
nal. The fort is within a quarter of a-'
mile of Roanoke sotiHd.and within
two miles of Albemarle sound.
'I he work of restoration will be done
by an association whose members nre
mainly in North Carolina and Mary
land and Graham Davis, of Newbern,
is president. Roanoke Island is iu
Dare county, which the Legislature
some years ago created and named af
ter Virgiura Dare, the first white child
born on American soil. The associa
tion will also erect on the island near
Fort Raleigh a memorial out of the
ballest thrown overboard by Amadas
and Barlow in 1584.
TELEGRAPHIC TICSIS.
The daughter of a poor Philadelphia
gardener is' the sole heir to an estate of
$15,000,000.
Fire destroyed the Lenz blo-k at
Sherman, Tex., Saturday. Loss $100,
090, fully covered by insurance.
The Legislature of Georgia has
selected the first Tuesday1 in December
as the day for Secretary 'Hoke Smith
to address tb.it body.
At St . Paul, Minn., Saturday Judge
Kelly filed a decision, in the Great
Northern Pacific case, granting the
injunction restraining the consolida
tion of the two roads.
The M.-srs Cross, of Charlotte, N.
C, stivs ti" Observer, have fallen 1: irs
to an vi t v lined at from one tt vo
million ilolla s, part of which is in this
country mid Hid rt-st in Brazil.
The pro '-'diii i of the gtuieral as
sembly, of the Knights of Labor at
Washintoti wore without , interest.
The ef.'nt to forma union betweeu the
knighu uud the alliance is to be re
newed. Theexecntiveuonimittee of the Flor
ida Press asso .nation met at Jackson
ville Saturdiy, and arranged the
itineary for lh-. National Editorial as
sociation which will visit Florida iu
January.
THE WEEK'S NEW ENTERPRISES.
A Week of Progress In the Southern
States.
Special reports to-the Baltimore Manufac
turers' Record show the projettiou of a num
ber of new industrial enterprises dutiag the
week. Details are published of the machine
shops to loi built at Alexandria by the South
ern llailway Comjiauy at a cost of about
$250,000. to employ, wheu in full operation,
five to six hundred hands. Austin I'orMn. f
New York, is preparing to build fifty miles
of railroad in Arkansas to reach a larjro cot
ton plantation whirh he and others own. and
to open up adjaeenf laud Northern capi
talists are investicatini? for a sijht in the
Sjuth for building a print Hotta mi'd of 1,000
looms capacity.
Among other enterprises reported are a
?75.000 water works anl elevtn ; likcht plant,
coal mining and gold miainjr operations iu
Alabama; leading Cuba: tobacco growers
ha- organised a 150,000 company t culti
vate and manufaotu.e tobacco ia Tlorida;
Georgia reports a large cold tturujce l int, a
tlO.000 cooperage company, brick anl tile
plant and electric lijfht works: Louisiana a
35.000 sugar 'mill, water works, electrio
iitrht works and oil mills; North Carolina, a
2G.000 spindle mill, reported as to le built by
Philadelphia people, harness factory, spoke
mill and a shuttle mill; Texas 5.000 acres of
coal lauds to be developed: a 430,000 oil mill
company in Tirainia, a $ 50,000 lumber com
pany and a 100,000 raining company; and a
number ol miscliaaeoua enterprises in otfi
tr S;atea.
LATEST NEWS '
IN BRIEF.
GLKAXIXGS FROM MANY POINTS.
Important Happenings, Roth Home
aud Foreign, Briefly Told.
Ncvrsv.Southrro Notes.
A fire in Punta Goula, Fla., caused
a total loss of about $14,000.
Tom Mastin, Jr., committed suicide
at Montgomery, Ala.irby t-hooting him
self in the head with a pistol.
The gate receipts at he Atlanta Ex
position on Wednesday, were heavier
than those of any- previous day, and it
is said that the geat fhow is now pay
ing all expenses.
The Randolph Paper-Box factory
at Richmond, Va., tho largest concern
jf the kiud in the United States, waB
almost totally destroyed by. fire on
Tuesday night, entailing a loss of
'about $125,000.
Further details of the wreck pn the
Southern Railway at America, Ala.,
discloses the fact that four men were
killed and four injured. The collision
occurred betweeu a freight aud work
train, the latter backing on the former
without placing signals out.
The Executive Committeo for For
eign Missions of the Presbyterian
Church, met in Nashville, Tenn., on
Weduesday and decided to send at
once to Corca as a missionary Rev. W.
B. Harrison, of May Lick,' Ky., and
Milieu Ellen Emerson,' of Fredericks
burg, Va., and Junem Rice, of Laura
viile, Fla., both to China.
The south -bound express train on
the Houston & Texas Central, which
leef1; Dallas at 7,30 Wednesday night
collided with a train on the'Northwest
ern branch nt Bremen in the station
about midnight. Engineer Welfey, of
the Northwestern train was killed, and
Engineer Clark, of the main line,
badly injured. Nearly 20 passengers
received slight bruises.
Northern News Notes.
Kev. Fr. Samuel Ashton Keen, an
evnngelist and author, well known in
religious circles throughout the Unit
ed States, is dead.
Tho Lawrence .Beach Hotel, a sum
mer resort near Far llockaway, N. Y.,
was burned. Loss $100,000; covered
by insurance.
The plant of the York, Pa., Wall
Paper Compauy was completely de
stroyed by lire Tuesday. .The plant
was worth 200,000, aud wasiusured
; A'ihlast explosion occurred in the
WflxAifrof the Iroquois Furnace Co., at
South Chicago by which four -workmen
were fatally burned and three
others badly hurt.
A wreck on the Cleveland, Loraine
mid Wheeling ltailroad at 'Warwick,
15 miles south of Akron, Ohio, at 3
o'clock Wednesday morning, resulted
iu the death of Conductor Charles
Ernst and braleman John Adams. .
Two freight trains on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul collided while
runuiug at high epcyd Friday morn
ing. Alfred C. M6rtag, an engineer,
was instantly killed 'and Frank Stock
was badly injured. Both locomotives
were badly smashed and half a dozen
cars were ditched.
Washington.
The November returns to the De
partment of Agriculture make the corn
crop the largest in volume on record,
with a rate of yield per acre of 26.2
bushels.
Tho yearly report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Jones shows that
during the vear, under his supervision,
a saving of 81,395,577 was made. The
gross receipts of postofEces were $60,-
538,007.
At the request of the Interior De
partment, Gen. Wheaton, command
ing the Department of Colorado, has
been instructed to hold a troop of
cavalry in readiness to dispatch, if
iM.crssary, to the scene of the killing
t,i two Indians in Southern Ute agency,
Colorado.
-
Political Doings.
Senator David IJ. Hill, of New York,
favors the nomination of lion. Wia.
:.lt. Morrison for the Presidency by the
Democrats.
Senator John Sherman, of Ohio,
has'determined to lend his assistance
iu leading the Republican forces for
McKiuley for the Presidency.
Foreign.
The Cuban village of Sabanilla de la
Pal ma, in the Cardenas district, was
'mi ned bv u band of rebels Thursday.
The Irish parliamentry party has
tdecided to summon u convention of
Irepresentatives of the Irish throughout
'.the world.
CHILDREN BURNKD TO DEATH.
Thirty-One Bodies Taken l'roni a
Uurned School Building.
A Special to San Antoaio. Tex. from
Grenada, Mexl, dated 'ovniler 10th. sayt :
" school building here hi which 150 chil
dren were present caught lire and b'trtre
anything could be done, the whole lu !'Jn
was ablaze and in spite of the beroie fforts
of the people the building W3s destroyed.
Thirty-one charred bodies, iiflodiju,- the
teacher, luvo so far been taken out. The
ilro is believed to be of incendiary origin aud
two boys, who had been severely punished
by th: teacher and suspended frona the
schGo!. are believed t l iao uutbora of the
crime.' They have been arrested bat bo far
have not confessed."
Minister
t'J Swl!.rrUi:'
I: is rep.?rte-l fr.a: President Cl -V aud has
t:v!er-:d to :dr. J.sn L. lV:xk. a Xai& City
inv.v.T, the a ppi't!Keiit of uiioir to
Switzerland. i-c J. U, Jiroali'eai el 5t.
reef ytly r-iKuei ,
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Digest of the Opinions Handed Down
Daring the Past Week.-
Reported by Perrt.i Has bee Ewj.. of the KlefRa
Bar.
C. H. McDonald vs. J. M. MeBryde et al
(appeal by Hodges and Pope) from Har
nett eounty. Opinion by Avery, J.
The bondsmen of a defendant, who
has consented to a judgment against
himself and his sureties, in claim and
delivery, aro Dot entitled after judg
ment to an order making them party
defendants and vacating the judgment;
nor for an injunction. Such judg
ment can be set aside only by civil ac
tion; not by a motion in the cause.
' 2. It is no ground of complaint on
the part of the sureties that defen
dant coascLtjd to the judgment
before the maturity of the debt sued
upon, snch agreement not being ne
cessarily fraudulent. Aud even were
there fraud or collusion, tho proper
remedy is a new civil action.
No error. Affirmed.
State (appellant) vs. William Yeargan, from
Wake county. Opinion by Fairclotb, C. J.
1. Between the ages of 7 and 14; an
infant is presumed to be innocent and
incapable of committing crime, but
that presumption may bo rebutted by
showing that ho can discern betweeu
good and evil. In such cases as ag
gravated battery, use of a deadly
weapoUj attempt to rape and the like,
malice and wickedness supply tho
want of age and public justice demands
that the majesty of the law should bo
vindicated.
2. But upon : an indictment for a
simple misdemeanor (gambling by
"shooting craps"), where, the jury
found in a special verdict that the de
fendant knew right from wrong, but
d:d not know that he was violating the
law, and that he was between the ag?s
of 13 and 11 years; Held, that it was
not error for tho court to hold that
the defendant was not guilty. .
No error.
Ii. Y. McCless et al vs J. C. Meekuis ct al
(appellants) from Tyrrell county. Opin
ion by Montgomery, J.
1. Wliere, in an action to retain a
sheriff from paying into the general
county treasury a special tax fund,
which the plaintiff alleges was collect
ed for his own benefit it was objected
that tli3 complaint was defective in
substance in that it did not show that
the county orders, for which . the
bonds were issued, were given for nec
essary expenses or by the sanction of
a majority vote of the qualified voters,
and that therefore the orders were
void; Held, that as the complaint al
leges that the orders vere !. and
overdue, the pleading is surricient, the
presumption being that the Commis
sioners acted in good faith and within
the scope of their authority.
2. The County Commissioners not
only have the power, without the sanc
tion of the popular vote, to coutract a
debt for its necessary expenses, but.
also the right to acknowledge the debt
by the issuance of an order on the
treasurer of the county for its pay
ment, and to substitute bonds of the
county for the orders which it has prc
vions'y issued for the same old debt.
3. Where an Act of the General As
sembly gave to the County Commis
sioners the X'over to isaue, without
the sanction of a popular vote, bonds
for any and all indebtedness of the
county, whether for necessary ex
penses or not; Held, that bitch Act is
void only in tho part in conflict with
the Constitution, Art. VII., 8cc. 7.
4. The Act of 1895, Ch. 278, is un
constitutional as seeking to imiair the
the obligation of a contract.
No error in granting the restraining
order.
N. C. School for the Deaf and Dumb vs. N.
C. Institute for Deaf, Dumb 'and Blind.
(Both sides appeal.) Opinion by Mont
gomery, J.
The defendant institution at Raleigh
was created by the Act of 41-45, Ch.
37, for the purposo of educating and
maintaining the poor and destitute
deaf mutes and blind persons of this
State.
The plaintiff corporation of Morgan
ton is a- school for white deaf aud
dumb children of this State, chartered
by the Act of 1891, Ch. 309. Section
5 of said Act provides that when said
school shall be completed, the white
deaf and dumb pupil a, who might then
be in the institution at Ilaleigh should
be removed to Morganton and placed
in the school there.
In 1861, one John Kelly bequeathed
to the defendant's board of directors
and their successors $6,000, the inter
est thereon to be used for the educa
ting "poor niutes."
The plaintiffs bring this action to
have themselves declared the trustees
of the corpus of this fund and compel"
the defendant's board of directors to
pay it over to them.
The fund consists of $1,000 in State
bonds and a library; Held,
1. The statement of the above facts
in the complaint in this action is not
sufficient to have the courts revoke the
trust and place it in the hands of the
plaintiffs.
2. The library and the interest of
the fund should be divided pro rata
between dhe white and colored deaf
mutes of the State under the care and
training of all the institutions now es
tablished or to be hereafter estab
lished bv the State, such apportion
ment to be based upon tho official re
ports of said institutions as to attend
ance. The interest should be dis
tributed annually and the division o
the books made at once.
Affirmed and modified. Avery, J.,
concurring.
Ktfttfl vs. James Griflis fcDpellant), Irora
Wake county. Opinion, by Avery, J.
Where, in a criminal action before a
justice of the peace, puigmeut wa
suspended upon the payment of cotts,
ttlioronnnn it a 1efpndant aillJCilei.
Held, that while the law ordinarily
presumes that such judgment wns en
tered either at the request of the de
fendant or by Lis conseijt. the, facttUat
in this case the defendant appealed im
mediately npon the rendition of the
judgment rebuts such presumption,
and in such case tho Superior Court,
should order a trial de novo and not a
writ of recordari. ;
Error. Judgment reversed.
State vs. John N. Sherrard (appellant), from
Wayne county. Opinion by Clark, J.
1. A town may forbid by ordinance
"disorderly conduct," which docs not
amount to an indictablo nuisance or
other offence forbidden by the general
law of the State.
2. Where the words "a damn high
way robber" were uttered only once,
but in a violent and abusive manner in
a jmblio restaurant; Hclc, that such
language is profane, whethci the prefix
"God" was added or not; and such
conduct, not being so repeated and so
public as to . become a nuisance, is'
properly cognizable only under the
town ordinance.
No error.
State -.vs. Nick DeBoy '-'(appellant), fro n
Wake county.Opinion by Clark, J.
1. "Raffling" is 'gambling,, within
the purview of the Act of 1891, ch.
29, and the persons getting up the
raffle, those who purchase chances and
those who - 'throw" th dice, whether
owning a" chance .or not, are equally
liable as principals.
2. "Shooting for beef" (shooting nt
turkeys), where .each participant pays
for his "chance," and progrsssive
euchre parties, and similar entertain
ments where tho hostess offers prizes,
are not "gambling," within the mean
ing of tho statute, as", in tho first case
the ownership of the turkey depends
upon skill; in the latter the players
eaunot lose and bet nothing.
. No error. k--
A BIG EXPRESS' ROBBERY.-
$120,000 Taken from an A
rent
by
Two Masked Men.
The express office at tho Santo Fo depot
in Colorado Springs, Col., was robbed of
$20,000 late Wednesday night
The Wells, Fargo Express Company has
given out the following official statement re
garding the robbery-.
"Twenty thousand dollars was sent from
Denver to the First .National ll.iak of Color
ado Springs oarly in the afternoon. This
money was in currency of small denomina
tions and was received about 4 oVlock, too
late to be delivered to the bank. Tho pack
age containing the money was placed in the
deoot safe and both doors locked. There
was nothing to indicate its value. Evidently
me inieves Knew oi iu exisieue?.
When train No. 6 came in about 9.31, thoro
were other packages aboard with currency
to the amount of $35,000 consigned to tho
sams bank. These paekaares wero delivered
to the agert and placed in the safe with the
others. After tno train naa uepartea, tno
rgent, George Krout, was met at tho door by
two masked men with drawn revolvers. Tho
package containing the $20,000 was demand
ed and the agent V a3 compelled to open the
safe and give it up. The agent said nothiug
about uvi remaining packages, ana tue rou
ters left at once. A posse with bloodhounds
is in pursuit.
The express company's officials believe
that tho robberv wa3 committed by A. J.
Gray, alias Sam Wells, and J. G. Ktuart,alias
C. J. Starr, who were arreated for the theft
of $10,000 from tho express wagon at Crip
ple Creek, April 11, and who recently, in
company with Tom McCarthy escaped from
jail in this city. It. T. Montgomery who was
a prisoner at the time of the escaje, notified
the police at Denver several days agrJ that
Gray and Stuart plotted wheu iu jail to rob
the Express compauy again. The officials of
the company believe that tlie robbers had aa
accomplice in tho bank.
LARGEST CROP ON RECORD.
Hut the Rate of Yield of Corn Wns
Helow the Average.
Tho November returns to the Department
of Agriculture make the corn crop, tho
largest volume on record, with a rate of
yield, however, somewhat less than that In
dicated by the returns for1 oats, being 20. 2
bushels per acre. This must le regarded as
preliminary and not a final estimate of the
yield.
In the Virginias and Carolinas, some coun
ties of Pennsylvania and Maryland, tho
greater part of the great lakes and Ohio val
leys. California and New Mexico, reports are
conflicting, owing to tho different action of
tne universal drought upon differeni sous.
lhe average, yield of buckwheat is i.o.i
bushels against 16.1 last year. .
The average yield of potatoes is lw. i
bushels per acre.
Tobacco 745 pounds, and hay 1.05 tons.
The crop of apples is reported as 71.1 per
cent, of fnllcrop.
THE COTTON YIELD.
Cotton returns to the Department of Agri
culture for the month of November show aa
average yield per acre for the entire cotton
belt of 155.6 pounds, distributed by Mates .
follows: Virginia, 199; North Carolina, 16;
South Carolina, 141; Georgia, 162; Fiorhte,
148; Alabama, 135; Mississippi, 160; Louisi
ana, 177; Texas, 151; Arkansas, 183; Tenut-s-ee,
181; all other States aud Territories, 207.
A large majority of tbo correspondents of
the department complam of short yield,
many reporting "half crop," tho poorest iu
thirty years," or something similar. The dry
weather, which has principally destroyed tLe
top crop in many localities and injured ii
everywhere, has been favorable for picking,
so that the fibre generally is reported clean
and in good condition. The damage Iron:
the drouth Is not confined to particular
States, none being free from it.
THE NEW SIIA'ER PARTY.
A Convention Called to Sleet at Wash
ington on January 22.
At a meeting of the executive committee of
the American Bi-Metallic League, in Wash
ington City, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
That we accept the Invitation of the Na
tional Silver Committee of Chicago, and that
in accordance with its recommendations, the
president of the American li-Metallic League
be authorized and directed to unite with the
National Silver Committee and the National
Bi-Metallic Union in calling a conference of
those who believe that th settlement of the
question of currency reform, by the free and
unrestricted coinage of gold and silver at the
existing ratio by the United States, independ
ent! v, cannot be effected through any exist
ing party, and who are willing now to unite
in organizing and supporting a party formed
for the purpose of carrying this cause to suc
cess, to meet at Washington, D. C, January
22ua. 1896, to appoint committees and ar
range for a national convention; the invita
tion to sueh conference to be left in the -discretion
of the presidents of said organizations
each organization to be entitled to an equal
representation therein, the total cum'oer not
to exceed twenty-five for each crganlzation."
A Xew Party Probable.
. Three hundred Populist, disaffeet'ed Dfaa
oerati and Republican?, held a coaferenwat
Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday. Hoii. J
V. S?bley, of Pennsylvania, ni-ile a w r.n
silver speech and was loudly cheered, if Is
possible a new party to be known a.- the rr
Silver Honest Elections party? V"UI ; jr-iraaizedV
THE MARKETS.
. K?w TABS COTTOX FETCHES.
crf.vufv mi.liliimr uulands. -8 9-16,
middling cuif,8 13-1G. Futmes doted steady
Sales 303,100 bales. ,,sa
December. .8 20 S 3 21 April . . . . . .8 S7.cS 40
January. . . .8 2? 2S May. ,T. -J2
February. ..8 aitS-a 31 Juuss 43s
March ts JGS 33. July.. 8 f
I . - ' Auiitt . . ...! io(3 54
livERrOOX. COTTON UX&KJCT.
dotton, active doinand, lower. Middhng
4 3-:i2. Futures steady. 15a lea 15,003. In
cluding Ame ican, 13,14)1.
Nov1 4 25 2U Mar t Apr.. .4 2
N. & Dc.. .4 21 Anr & 5Uy..,.4 2i
Del A Jan. . .4 25 M m Jsae. A 2s 99
JanT A Feb.. .4 25 ; Jam -Hily.. l 3031
FaliM;tr....423 i July A Au'. .4 3d
CHICAGO C.RA1S AND I'U.tMH fc
Wilt AT
ixvuix
le. . ... .&7X
Miy.......
62
23
2.-'
3 45
5 H5
42J4'
Nov 29'i
May.. .
Mv
Mav.....
May
oatH De:
fob Ja a . . . . 9 10
la Bin Jan.... 5 62
task Jun 4 57 j j
home .corros
MAUKETS.
Char
lotte. vS
8W"
Col- Cliar
Good mljhlling.....
Strict miuallog.
Middling!. -i-
8JS
RI.'
8
8
Vi
8
Strjet low middling. . . .
Lo-ir middling......... '
Middling fair
Fulpy middling
I AT OTHER FOISTS.
CivrTON Middling quotations: Augusta
steady, 8V;. Norfolk, linn 8i. Charleston,
steady, 8. lijston quiet. Savannah
dull, 8 3-16. liiltimoro steady, 8;V l'ldUdel
phiii quiet. 8;.'. i Wilmington quiet?
N-.My Orleans steady. 8 3-16. ; -
I " REA 1PLAKD COTTON.
The sea island eotton market was firm this
weik wtthsalesof .OU'Jbasrs.
llie quoiaiiouu
line, 26 to 27c. ;
are Medium line. 23 to 23;.
fully line
2Sto 0.; extra line, 3j to 4Ue.
i:i.iiuii new cottox. ,
Mi
Uing 'iiOi
Stri
et middling...; ,,. .ivj
GoM middling....!.-. .....8.S(a'.'
Market quiet.
UAI.EIGIT lOBACCO MARKET.
Smokers, Common
. 3(B 5
. GtfTlO
. 812
.1520
.25(S30
2( 3
. 7
..20f35
w4060
i i.i .. . j ..
Culjt,.rs, Common
Gootl ,
Fiuo
rs, Common Green. ..... i:. ... .
Good
Fine .:.
Fit
Wrappers," Common
Goon. . :
Fine.:.,...
Fauev .
05(0-85
Jlurket sir with advance on all grades.
11ALT1MOKK FBOUUCK JIABKKT.
Flock -Dull. Western aiinernno 'i.VMeS
2.65; . do extra 2.703.00; family S3.20
3.50; winter wheat patent $ 3.55 (j 3.85
prtng wheat; patent 3.704.00; spring
wheat straight $3.55S'3.75. !
Wheat Dull; spot aud November 6i(S
CIV; December 65,V6 65'; May 69?4(?70j
t-.'iiincr No. 2 red ClJi(SiG2; Southern wheat
by imi!eG5a:6G;do oa grade, G2, j& 63.'.
Qoun Firm; spot 36(S37; November,
neW or old 35Kr.35!: the year 84i'(&34?j
Jjsiiiry 31JJ1'; Foruary, 9iwUi
Stehmer mix-Ad 85,HiS;355 Southern vhiu
uotu 34R37; do yellow corn 34,! i&Mi.
6ats Firm; No.; 2 white western 23Jtf
24 1 No. 2 mixed western 22-.j8 23.
ItyeDiiil; No. 2, 4415, near by; No.
wclstern 4547. . j '"-- ,
IlaySteaJy; choice Timothy tl5.00. ,
NAVAL STOKES. ! '
Wilmington, N. C ltosln Arm, strained..
1.25: cood v strained. 1.30; Tar steady:
1.30; crude turpentine quiet, nara l.iu,
t. 1.60: virtrin. 1.00.
Cotton Seed Oil. New I Y ork CottouJ
seid oil strong; prime crude 21(24i, yellow
prime 28i asked; oil grade 2$.
kick. j ;
The rice market was steadv at Charleston
Tli
e ouotations are: Prime 43 imii ; GoodJ
3
a iX; Fair 3a3j; Common 2a3.
COUNTBV FBODUCE.
Country Butter Choice Tennessee 18a25eJ
medium 12J; to 15c. . i
low l'eas 90(3 ami l.uw per uusnei.
Poultry Grown fowls, choice 3.50 to 3.75j
I
dozen. Chickens l.7aa.&u per aozenj
icjeording to sfze: and
quality.
Ducks
31
iseovy 4al.50
G-'cse,
young
4.50 peri
dor.c:). i
K .ri's-'-E.ras 15-. ncr aozmi
Wo jl Washed 153 per pound; unwashed
11
Hides 11c to 12c. Wax 253 to 27c,
IN' FOR A DECISIVE BATTLE.
To ict the United States to Recognize;
Tli cm at Belligerents.
A dispatch from CienfugosJ Cuba, to the
Irnparcial s;ys it Is reported that Maximo
G6mez has abandoned his position nt Bieg
uncia and is leading an army of 4,000 men
unonlledios.
rVcording to this authority: Gen. Martlnea
Can pos will at once march upon Sicguncid
:iid an encounter is expended. It is assertec
tlifit G mez has changed bis tactics in con
s:ituence of the action of the revolutionary
askjmblv in New York, urging the rebels iii
Cuba to light a decisive battle in order to in
12 iionce the United States to I recognize the
insurgents as belligerenUC .
An Immense Block of Gold.
,The Bank of Montreal in New York ha$
received from Kootenai. British Columbia
tlie second largest block of gold that has evef
passed through tho New lork Assay ofnc
It! is in the form of a sugar loaf weighing
2J35 ouucen. and is valued at tH.857. The
gild conies from the Caribou mine. The
bink ha-s also received from tho Horse Fir
mine in the same sect'oa aeold brick, weisu
idK 1.511 ounces, valued at $26,154. Th0
metal is virin gold of greenish tint, Bimilaf
W Australian gold.
J Chcfinrre cLcfso threatens fobecotui
M ' r il . 1 ' . !.
a luiDg Ol me pasi. . xor ioar yeurp
the price has been steadily falling and
is now half what it was in 189 1. Deal
ers tell tho English farmers that thp
dhang'i is likely W bo permanent, anil
rtdTis them to turn to butter-making
rris ,l
The Best
SEW1HS I
MAD XL
Money
ton machines elicar' than yonean
tclsevrbere. TbeHEW ZIB!"
OarbetfbatwemaaecociH
ocli as tUe CE,!., lcE;,.E,e.
other HUH Arra Full mUA ",I
Bewins nacUlaa tor $1 500 anluf.
Call ou our ts-iit or wrlt3 ua. o
trnt yonr trale --'1 Wrlccz t-n
ku; ua.re ciaiin g will win, wc wlll
ibara It. T cballenz tlxo world ?o
pf odnce
meal!
Sewlqgi
T r"-
GAINE7 & JORDAN Duca, X. CJ
a 52tTIEii 950.00 bww:
ie wr S3.t-r " -M"-v' fr'
. . e r i t -i v.la
n bur from ru, or car "t" ,
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