0OMTY
PflOVE ALL THINGS XND HOLD EAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD"
VOL IV.
DUNN, N C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1896-
NO. 27.
THE" REUNION
AT RICHMOND.
TIIOL'SANDS OF CONFEDERATES
AM) O I HERS ATTEND.
t
(.overnor O'Ferrall Mad(e ttatt Welcome
.I!rers. IJeceptiott tb Mrs. Davis.
;ch. iorlue Speech. An
iiiio. to Hampton.
Other Notes.
''!,( sixth annua! couvention ot theConfed-r.t-
V :-t-r.-tufs i" Richmond, Va., Tues
:;ty.
V 1
. r!
k. the arrival of Gen. John B.
i:aiider-in-chlef nt the Confed-
. 1 r was greeted by cheers and
...-, i !-' "Dixie." He Iras then pre
,! . i-.iyi which Gen. Gordon an-
as .! vl(i from a tree cut on the
! C'uickamauga. He then
1 ! !ti -iivi-ntion by Introducing the
a-.ii. u-v. -T. W. Jones of the Confeder--r
.;!-. -.vlio m.-.-.lo aa eloquent and im
: r i r hih was followed by the
1 , ; (l sparer My God to Thee. On
- crated all the dignitaries,
''..-m tl.,v. O'Ferrall, Mrs. Geo. E. E.
!. i: . .v f VV.ishinrton-; Mayor Taylor,
I;i Gen. Peyton Wise, Gen.
i i! . L-e, Mr?. Gen. Gordon and
: t r. x M'uMor to Spain J. L. M. Cur-
. ! r-n. ! and numerous others.
r- .;i introduced Gov. O'Ferrall,
3 i- .ti th;j programme to welcome the
: t.. Kicr-.tnond. But that gentleman
!i ir ily leun to speak when a cheer
i- t t!i from the far end of the audito
the venerable form of that gallant
' .i -iiT. (leu. Wade Hampton, was seen
1:1,' t til stand. His progress through
-.'I :i-ric was greeted by the wildest
r- .til l wlin at last he reached the
'. 1. en. Gordon announced him as the
.-..!! tnander-in-chiet of the Confeder-,
:a!ry.'' which called forth another;
! f Tbeers and "recel yells." Order
. r-stfr:d. Gov. O'Ferral was re-intro-1
! I h? welcomed the veterans to Vir-i
Cli'
M :
i ! .".jV'rnor was warmly applauded,
'' r -rbr.iit his entire speech, which was an;
rf ut 'tribute to the bravery and fortitude
i ''i'-( tuft-derate soldier. He asked: Ami
. ; ! juc your sentiments, comrades'?"!
;.i 1 v;.-: answered by a rousing cheer. 1
u : jT'lon. in the course of his remarks,
, 'i
v.,-, Will not wonder that I am literally1
, . -.vii'-l'iied by the flow of emotions which
t voke As we look upon tnegriz
1 1 I if-ks I't-.'i furrowed brows of these stal
wart . i. ho thirty years ago were soldiers
" .r!" whieh they immortalized by their
.ht-n their presence in Richmond so
i J'.y pvulls that heroic era in which they
." 1 - tin heroic actors; when we remember
t- ,i o.-itiou of Richmond, of Virginia,
thr'nihoul whoso borders ana over whose
h. the tides of war swept, from first to
it, with their wildest and most de
tr'i tiv- floods; . when we recur to
'.k" dauntless prowess of her sons and
i- ',''.:' fortitude, und almot-t martyrdom of
.1 s-di tious vo2a, who for our sake
trii ,. their homes of the simplest com
; rt -wtn-u, I say, all these deathless mem-
.ri--.-thrill us afresh when we gather again
iiitiiis lung beleagurCd and ever-beloved
'': . how utterly inadequate are the words of
lips to express the emotion of our
f.irt.-'" Applause.
1 !! 1 ail a most eloquent and touching
?r;; i-.t- to Virginia as the foster mother of
A'!i- ri an freedom whose alarm bell gave the
h i! that aroused the Colonies, whose sons
us the Rill of Rights and the constitu--.in
! who gave the Revolution and the
' . lrai y their illustrious commanders in
;. :!. tej hen D. Lee, chairman, then read
' '. report of the history committee which set
forth tint great injustice had been done to
; ti;- South by partisan histories and recom
' :;;-ii .! I that measures be adopted to have a
r: '-. t and trustworthy history of the Con
! I' rate side of the late war published.
' in. Wade Hampton whs clearly the hero
' t!i eoiiveutiou today. The ovation he re-
i m d was thf heartiest and most euthusi
rtie of the day. He made a brief speech in
! ;isr to calls and was loudly cheered.
! l:.ittle Abbey of the South "committee
! ! important meeting at which a charter
' r a onfe derate Memorial Association to
t ike .-barge of the battle abbey was discussed.
;!!. t'abell, of Texas, made an eloquent
M 'e, i advocating the continuance of the
-v. ;k for a year or least six months before
! i linr on a location. Gen. Garrett, of
N M: v:lle,disv-ussed the conditional subscrip
:i and stated what Nashville would do for
th - at. I ey.
i-n 1 harleton. of Louisiana, opposed con
'I :' nal subsir tions.. They had subscribed
. MM! 3.000 of which had been paid up and
!':- ha-i a t150,000 site to offer. They were
t iis-ourai;ed but sure of success.
' !. A, B. Diekinson, who represents Mr,
! :.-. Rroadway Rouss, of New York, then
f-a i a eorrespondence with that gentleman
v : : h developed a new plan on the part of
Mr i; :.i:ss. who had previously offered a con-
" i i 1 ' nai ;'.. uation of SIOO.OOO for a battle ab
' y -u the South. Mr. Rouss now proposes
ntribute ?500,000 for the purpose, pro-
' !' t the South raised an equal amount, and
-;tt ...e building be located in the city of
"hi!-,gton. This puts quite a new aspect
1. the "battle abbey movement, though Mr.
U h aves the matter entirely with the
iation.
I ! r t-eption tendered Mrs. Jefferson Da
' at the Confederate Museum, the former
"Whit- House' of the Confederacy, was an
v,-r Aii'-lming affair. It was a success as far
" .!: i-tt-.wd of Indies and their escorts were
- a nod, but a failure as to management,
"a -fourth of the people who wished to pay
t-t :r respects to Mrs. Davis and her daugh
' ". Mr. Hayes, could not gain admission to
I -aiding.
bribes for designs for the Davis monument
'awarded as follows: Percy Griffin, of
V York, first; Edgerton Rogers, of Rich-
0- i,i. second; W. C. Noland. of Richmond,
l tlriflln's design will be adopted. It
i ' 1 1-s for a memorial to cost $200,000.
INCIDEXTS OF THE SECOND DAY.'
It .-o-eond day's re-union was called to
; r-l.-r at 10:30 o'clock by Commander Gen.
r i u. There were over 2,000 delegates
ir-seut. Tlie committee on credentials re-
rt -4 that 850 camps were" represented by
'i'-i-vutes from the States and Territories as
f.-Iljvvs.
1- a-iana 1G1. Marylsnd 18, Virginia 116,
N fth Carolina 86, South Carolina 194,
r-i t 127. West Virginia 2, Florida 46,
Au'-ania 2D7, Mississippi 99, Texas 449, Okla
h":a 1 2. Missouri 188, Tennessee 96. Arkan
sas 55. Kentucky 84, Indian Territory 14,
M Jiitaua2. California 6, District ol Columbia
12. Total 2.045.
N-iit on the programme was the historical
Ureases of Dr. Jabez M. Curry, ei-nucist-r
to Spain. He was eloquently intro
ou ed by Gen. Gordon and was warm' 7
"reeted by the veterans. It was one of the
highest ,,rdT of litterary merit and will be
vaiu-ible contribution to American history.
H disenssed slavery, nullification, secession
id d th war in detail, in the most eloquent
manner, and was most attentively listened to
1 " the thronged hall of the convention.
H- was evidently heard with great Interest
aiid pleasure, aud many of the strong points
made in vindicavion of the South's course
er loudly applauded. Dr. Curry con
t'uded his address amid great applause. A
Solution of thanks was unanimously passed
ij'l t-n thousand copies of the address wer
r lered to be printed for distribution.
feu. Gardon. in a handsome speech, in
troduced Corporal James Tanner, a maimed
WUon aoltiUer who wu present.
mJ h4 ,eg!S Q lh W, and now you
was cheered to the echo and the
band played Yankee Doodle and Dixie,
xne scene in the convention at this time
' the mo8t Inspiring nnd enthusiasm
nlh htre"unlon- The cctPOral made a
thT?arfcrist-'!o! teman and aroused
ivti Conerates to the utmost degree of
icited patriotic feeling. He related num
?i t.?168. beginning with stories of
aiaivern Hill and coming down to the pres
ent, all of which were humorous or exceed
rJSfy touching. He paid a most elegant
. the women ot the South the nov
wrinkled women but who were still the girls
of the South.
' Speaking of the re-United country, he said
ae would like to see Gen. John B. Gordon
In the White' House Cgreat cheeis and pro
longed applause) and he believed that if he
was there it would not be long before the
last Ve6tige of monarchial institutions aud
government would be banished from this
hemisphere. He hoped that in the near fu
ture he would pee a free and independent re
publlo in the island of Cuba. (Cheers.)
Gen. abell, of Texas, then read the re
port of the Davis monument committee,
Which included all that has been done in the
way of collecting funds, selecting a design
and locating a site in Monroe Park in the
city of Richmond for the monument. This
was approved and the report was adopted.
The next scene was the introduction of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis by Gen. Pevton Wise
and Hon J. Taylor Ellyson. The band
playe i Dixie and Mrs. Davis, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Hayes and her son,
who was decorated with national and Con
federate badges, came to the front of the
stand. The convention cheered, the ladies
bowed to the right and left and the whole
body arose and waved hats, flags, and ban
ners, and yelled until they were hoarse.
Gen. Gordon made a feeling speech and
wound up by pressenting Mr. Jeffeson Davis
Hayes, the eleven-year old grandson of the
President of the Confederacy of the conven
tion. After the recess and as soon as order was
secured and the delegates seated the Battle
Abbey Memorial Hall for the South was
taken up. The committee having the matter
in ftharge submitted their report. This re
port.was adopted by the convention and on
motion the States named a trustee each aud
the following were presented, Gen. John B
Gordon being elected as an ex-offlcio mem
ber of the board of trustees:
Alabama. Geo. D. Judson; Arkansas, Maj.
Wm. P. Campbell; Georgia, Gen. Clement A.
Evans; Florida, Major W. G Chipley; Indian
Territory, Gen. B. M. Haley; Kentucky, Gen.
JohnB. Briggs; Louisiana, Gen. J. A. Chal
leron; Maryland, Gen. John Gill; Mississippi,
Col. J. R. Mcintosh; North Carolina, Thos. S.
Kenan; Oklahoma, John O. Cassler; South
Carolina, Dr. B. M. Teatrue; Tennessee, Gen.
W. H. Jac-ksou: West Virginia, CoL R. W.
White: Missouri, E. A. Asburv; Texas. R. L.
Ross; Virginia, Col. John B. Carey.
The question of electing the members as .a
whole was then put, and the Confederate
memorial hall or battle abbey board was duly
elected. This board has charge of all mat
ters relative to the battle abbey, and they
shall, when properly incorporated, direct
where the building shall be located and
whether the $100,000 proposal of (Chas. B.
Rouss, or his latter proposal of $500,000,
with their respective conditions shall be
adopted. The final ' important mat
ter which the convention took up
was the next place for the annual
reunion of the United Confederate Veterans,
and when the nominations was closed and a
call of the States was ordered, it was soon
desoerned that between Baltimore and
Nashville, the latter city was decidedly the
most popu'ar. Gen. Douglass, then, on the
art of Baltimore, in a neat speech, with
drew the city of Baltimore, and the selection
of Nashville as the next place of meetiug w.15
made unanimous. A resolution Was then
offered that the next re-union be not later
than the 15ih of May. This was defeated and
the time of th-3 next meeting was left to the
committee of arrangements to be fixed here
after. THIRD AND L.AST DAY.
Laying of the Coner-Stone An Im
posing Parade Exercises at
Monroe Park.
The final meeting of the sixth annual re
union of the United Confederate Veterans
was called to order by Gen. Gordon. There
was a large falling off in the attendance ol
the veterans whose places in the auditorium
were pretty well filled by visitors, both mili
tary and civil.
Gen. Gordon, on behalf of the confederate
veterans, thanked the people of Richmond
for their unbounded" hospitality. In doiug
so the general made a feeling address, in
which he expressed the heartfelt and ever
lasting gratitude of every veteran, whether
from North or South, to the grand people of
the dear old city of Richmond and her proud
Mother of States, Virginia. He believed that
every man. woman and child who came to
this reunion had been made better by being
Jiere. He had nothing but pity for the man
Who would say that this great meeting had
been for any other purpose than for good to
the country and mankind.
An invitation was received from the Phila
delphia Brigade asking the Confederate vet
erans to attend a re-uoion of the Blue and
Gray at Washington, September 16th, when
a monument to the brigade is to be unveiled
on the field of Antietam. General Gordon
said this paper would bo spread upon the
records and a copy sent to the camps for
action .
The three days' meeting of over 100,000
Confederates ended with the laying of the
corner stone of an imposing monument to be
erected to the memory of Jefferson Davis,
the President of the late Confederate 8tatea.
This was what called from the North, the
West and the East and the South erery old
confederate soldier and sympathizer.
There were 20,000 men" in line with 100
bands of music and 200,000 or more on the
streets to witness this grand parade of youth
ful millitary cadets, stalwart militamen, and
venerable gray-bearded and battle-scarred
veterans, who "had seen service on the hard--fought
battlefields of Virginia.
In the line were numerous mementoes of
the late war in the shape of bulletholed and
tattered Confederate battle flags, uniforms
that had been worn on many a bloody field
knapsacks, canteens muskets and rifles that
bore evidence of service in many a cam
paign. Two venerable old soldiers carried
fiddles with which they entertained camp
life during the war. Many had empty sleeves,
and many others wooden legs, but they
stood the fatigue of the four hours' march
with all the . fortitude that . characterized
them over thirty years ago.
The procession marched as follows :
Mounted Police..
Children's Brigade, 1). Smith Bedford, Com
mander. Chief Marshal and Staff.
Virginia Military Institute Cadet Corr s as es
cort. Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia,
escorted by the
Commandery of St. Andrew, No. 13. K. T.
Governor of Virginia and Staff.
Blacksburc Cadets as Kseort.
Military.
Brig.-Gen. A. L. Phillips, commanding.
Carriage?.
Orator of the Day. Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
Davis Monument Association.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Family. ,
Invited liuests. '
Sponsors from the Southern States.
Memorial Associations, etc.
Council of the City of Richmond.
Major-Generat T'ho-- A. Brander and
Staff.
Richmond Light Iniaoiry Blaes' Battalion,
escort to the Vinrinia Veteran Division.
Grand Camp Confederate Veterans. ,
Colonel W. A. Smoot grand commander.
West Virginia Veteran Aisociation.
South Carolina Veterans ;
Mississippi Veterans.
Florida Veterans.
. ' Alabama Veterans.
Georgia Veterans.
Louisiana Veterans.
Texas Veterans.
Indian Territory Veteran?.
Olahoma Territory Veterans.
. Arkansas Veterans.
Tennessee Veterans.
North Carolina Veterans.
Kentucky Veterans.
Missouri Veterans.
Maryland Veterans;
District of Columbia Veterans,
Sons of Confederate Veteraus
Veteran Cavalry Division.
Here the Grand MasOnic Lodge of Virginia
took charge of the ceremonies and, escorted
by the Knights Templa reached the bite se
lected for the Davis monument, where a
stand for the orator aud distinguished guest
had been erected. Whm the privileged crowd
had been seated and the Richmond Blues and
other military organizations placed as cop
1 lemeutary escort to the Templars, the Ma
sonic ceremonies In the laying of a corner
stone took piace. concluding with the follow
ing proclamation by the crand marshal :
Oyez! Oyez. All within the sound of the
gavel take uue. notice, that the craft has
ceased from their labor and that the corner
stone of the Jefferson Davis monument is
now true, trusty and well laid by the Grand
Lodge of Virginia in its one hundred ad
nineteenth year."
After this announcement, Hon. J. Taylor
Ellyson, president of the Davis Monument
Association, came forward and caUed upon
Bishop John C. Granberry, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, to offer prayer, and that
eminent divine delivered a most fervent and
appropriate appeal to the throne of the Al
mighty. After this Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the orator
of the day, spoke.
When the reception to Mrs. Davis, at the
Jefferson, had concluded, the lady was taken
to the Masonic Temple, where she was greet
ed by a large assemblage of the sons and
daughters of the confederate yeterans. This,
with other social reunions, concluded the
meetings which have been productive of so
much good feeling attendant upon the sixth
annual reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans and the laying of the coraer-stono
of the monument to Jefferson Davis.
After-adopting resolutions of thanks to the
people of Richmond, and giving three cheers
for Gen. Gordon, at the suggestion of a one
armed veteran, the sixth annual re
union of the United Confederate Veterans
was declared by Chairman Gordon adjourn
ed sine die.
TIIK DAVIS MONUMENT.
The Designing Artist Describes Ilii
Creation in Marble.
In submitting his plans for the Davis mon
ument, which, it is " estimated, will cost
$200,000, the architect thus describes its con
struction and finished appearance:
'I strongly suggest that you should de
part from the ordinary statue monument,
which might be composed of groups of stat
uary around a central figure, for it seems to
me that if a monument bo builtj which is in
itself architecturally good, graceful and
massive, of stone work, that we can aceom
plish a result for more digniged and appro
priate and even more interesting than would
be obtained by a single figure standing either
alone or with its surrounding -groups, in the
midst of your park.
"Above the trees will rise the dome with
its golden top giving a bright crown to the
monument. From all sides will it look
equally well and may be entered from four
directions, in the centre will stand the
statuo of Mr. Davis directly beneath the
dome, and in spaces at the tour corners may
be placed battle flags, or else statues of gen
erals who were identified with the cause.
'I propose building the monument of
Tuekahoe marble, whioh is most durable in
its character, and a stone which shows to
the best advantage good carving and mould
ing. "I would introduce a fine freize of color
beneath the roofs of the porches, and behind
the columns under the dome, using a quanti
ty of gold leaf in the latter place to give a
tone of warmth and oolor to the exterior. A
judicious treatment of colors on the interior,
which makes a surrounding for the statud
which are in keeping with the architecture,'
will be both appropriate and beautiful.
Added to this coloring there would be tho
light fallinx from the centre of the dome and
through the colored glass windows below it.
"Would not these surroundings be far bet
ter for such a monument than to place it in
the centre of the park, exposed at all times
and to all weathers?
"The monument would stand on a concrete
foundation and all the construction to be in
masonry and not of iron. The marble inside
and out to be 'Tuekahoe,' I would suggest,
and the floors to be of marble mosaics. The
estimates which I submit are as follows: Ma
son work and marble work. 125,000; statuary
and bronze work, 855,000; decoration, $20,
000; total, $200,000. "
'The color scheme for the interior may be
made stunning and beautiful in its treat
ment."' DUN AND BRADSTREET.
Less Cotton Mill Production Doing
Business Without Profit.
Dun and Bradstreet's weekly report of
commercial affairs are as follows:
Complete failure reports for the second
quarter of 1896, April-June 30, inclusive,
cover 2,995 in the United States against
2,855 In the same quarter of last year. Fail
ures for the week have been 257 in the United
States against 195 last year, and 22 in Canada
against 24 last year.
Current movements have been so largely
of a temporary characser, or else purely
speculative on 'the day-by-day plan, that
they are not wholly instructive. Thus an ex
tensive shutdown of cotton mills is solely in
tho hope that production in July and August
may clear a largely over-stocked market.
Extended reviews of the half year's opera
tion in leading branches of manufacture go
far to explain numerous stoppages. In wool
ens they are without concert, mills waiting
for orders; the sales ot wool having been not
a third of last year's for the same week.
Prices are depressed, but still depend on for
eign possibilities. In cotton goods, the clos
ing many mills, both North and South, for
half of July and August is in effect a recog
nition of the fact that heavy stocks of goods,
manufactured from cotton costing between
1 and 84 cents, could not be expected to
show profits If the mills go on manufactur
ing until a new and probably heavy crop of
cotton is ready. The reduction of prices has
brought out a large demand in many cases,
but not enough to meet the output of the
mills. A further decline in print cloths to
2J' cents is significant, when such a decrease
in production is assured.
Comparatively few changes are noied, but
a ost of them are decreases in either prices
or demand. Quotations for wheat, Indian
corn, cotton, oats, iron and steel are lower.
Sugar has re-acted after the decline last
week. Leather remains conspicuously firm,
with shoe factories busily employed and
petroleum and anthracite coal are higher.
The sentiment of the trade at many points is
that the immediate outlook for business is
not favorable. St. Louis jobbers report
some Texas merchants countermanding or
ders, owing to the effects of the drouth.
There is a fair demand for grain, groceries
and staple dry goods at Minneapolis and Du
lutb, and in fabrics and groceries at St. Paul
and Omaha, while Louisville reports a bet-,
ter demand for hardware, with collections
Improved. Similar advices ome from Balti
more, Savannah and Charleston. These con
itltute the most favorable reports concern
ing the state of trade. At Chicago the vol
ume of business for six months is smaller
than last year. At New York, Philadelphia,"
Buffalo and Pittsburg there are no character
istics, except those of extreme dullness.
The general industrial situation shows no
Renewed activity.
latest news
in brief;
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS.
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Southern News Notes.
The Louisaua legislature has killed
the "Valued Policy" insurance bill.
Roland A. Tolbert, of Villa Rica,
Ga., died Wednesday.! He was 97
years old, and had lived" under every
president. .
Near Iiincolnton, Ga,- Thursday a
(negro was hung up to a limb of a tree
find riddled with bullets for an assault
upon a Mrs. Mercier, white. '
The Confederate Veterans in their
sixth annual convention in Richmond,
Va , Wednesday, deckled to hold their
'next re-union in Nashville, Tenn.
At Hartsville, Ala. Thursday, en
gine 230, of the Louisville & Nashville
Railioad exploded, killing three men,
parts of the engine being blown a mile.
At Halifax, N. C, Thursday Henry
'Dowden was executed for the murder
!of Engineer Dodd at Weldon on the
22 of February last. The execution
was private.
Near San Antonio, Tex., a devastat
ing prairie fire is reported. Many hay
presses and much farm machinery has
Deen destroyed. Residences were saved
,by plowing around Ihera.
In accordance with the election held
$n February under special act of the
legislature, the cities of Danville and
Neapolis, Va., became one Wednesday.
Greater Danville is now a city" of 20,
000 inhabitants. ,
At Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, Judge
fNewman, of the Federal Court, removed
kludge Bigby as the! receiver of the
Eagle and Phoenix Mills, at Columbus,
Ga. This action was taken on the
ground that the receiver was a large
stockholder in the property and had
been president. j
Eugene Spalding has been appointed
a co -receiver of the Marietta & North
Georgia Railroad Company. The
syndicate which bought the road has
paid $100,000, making $292,000 paid
on it. There is still about $650,000 to
be paid, and the decree requires that
the balauce shall be paid in install
ments of $100,000 every sixty days.
At Gaalveston, Texj, Thursday, four
blocks of the wharf front of the Mal
lory steamship lines, twenty-six rail
road cars, 5,000 bales, of jute, besides
a large quantity of bagging and ties
were destroyed by fire, and the loss
will probably amount to from $200,000
to $300,000. The cause of the fire was
the spontaneous combustion of wool.
1
Northern News Items.
I
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe died at
Hartford, Con., Wednesday.
f The National Educational Associa
tion wi'l convene in Buffalo, N. Y.,
.July 7th. Teachers from every State
(are expected to be present, and many
interesting essays on I educational top
ics are to be introduced.
The New Bedford, iMass., mill men
ave decided not to go into an agree-
riiiinf i.'lb 4,baT'allT?.ix7iil mannfaturara
and will not shut down.
Col. Wishou, the young Ohio man
who organized a company of Ohio
soldiers and with him joined the Cuban
insurgents, has been killed in a skir
mish with the Spaniards.
The Eastern National Show, whicl
is to be given by the National Cycle
Board of Trade throughout the country
has selected the Grand Central Palace,
of New York, and the time of meeting
has been set for February, 1697.
The Southern Passenger Association
met in New York Tuesday, to elect a
commission. Vice-President Erwin,
of the Plant System, occupied the
chair. Joseph Richardson, of the
Florida East Coast Railroad, was
elected Commissioner.
John J. Quinn, manager of Peter
!Maher has accepted the offer of the
National Sporting Club of San Fran
cisco, Cal., to match Maher against
Joe Choyinski for eight rounds fight
.forapurseof $6,000, the contest to
take place August third.
Cattle are dying from starvation in
tall directions on the ranges of Arizona,
the lack of feed being due to the fail
nire of rain. The greatest loss is in the
Verde country eastward from Flagstaff
and to the Southward in the Skull Val
ley ranges, where the animals are dy
ng by the thousands. !
The strike at Brown Hoisting Com
pany's works, . Cleveland, O., has
Teached a point where the authorities,
as well as the strikers j are in no mood
for trifling. Strikers stoned a non
union workman Thursday, and he fired
into them. Cleveland soldiers charged
them with bayonets and held them at
bay.
Foreign Notes.
Frederico Errajuriz has been elected
President of Chili.
At London, Eng., Wednesday, the
Irish land bill passed its third reading
in the House of Commons by a vote of
292 to 140. j
3,500 Saloons Closed.
Hugh Coyale and rresidentPnn.of 31 Park
Row,of the Liquor DealersAssoeiation.of New
York.say that as a result of the Raines law,
which went in to effect July 1st, 3,500 faloons
and other licensed places will be closed a nd
about twenty-five thousand men will be
thrown out of work in New York and Brook
lyn. Teacher "What is taxidermy?"
Johnnie "I &ues I know, teacher
Teacher ;Welt, Johnnie." "Johnnie
"It's putting down carpets," Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
WEATIIKR-CROP BULLETIN
Of the North Carolina Crop and Cll
mate Service. -
Below will be found Director H. B.
Battle's Climate and Crop Report for
the past week, aa reported by one or
more correspondents for the past
week:
Eastebit District. The past week
on the whole was very favorable except
in a few localities, and all crops made
rapid growth. The temperature was
high on all except two days of the
week, but with more sunshine than
last week, It was too wet in Wayne,
Greene and Pitt counties, and the
ground continues soaked in Gates and
Northhampton. Cotton has improved
and is blooming freely, and lice are
disappearing to some extent. Corn
fine and nearly all laid by except in
the north. Tobacco curing has been
commenced by some farmers. Sweet
potatoes continue very fine; vines
nearly covering the ground. Some re
port of grapes rotting. Watermelons
ripening and coming into market.
Centbal District. A warm week
with frequent rains favored the
growth of crops, except where excess
ive precipitaton washed land and hin
dered farm work, as occurred in
Guilford, Stokes, Davidson and Anson
counties, in which sections crops are
very grassy. Cotton is blooming
freely, which is very early for the sea
son; lice are disappearing; there are
some complaints of cotton becoming
too weedy. Corn is being laid by as
fast as the weather will permit; damage
by chinch bugs continues, though
where heavy rains occurred the insects
have been washed away. Thrashing
wheat continues. Much tobacco has
topped; in some places it is growing
up too fast.
Western District. -Warmer weath
er with frequent rains made the week
a very favorable one for the growth of
all crops. Rains were excessive in only
a few counties (portions of Surry,
Rowan, Madison), keeping crops gras
sy and preventing plowing, but at most
places farm work was not seriously in
terrupted. Corn is in good condition
except where checked by chinch bugs;
crop is being rapidly laid by where
this work has not yet been done; corn
planted in stubble land is doing well.
Cotton has been damaged some by lice,
but is now looking better; blooming
freely in south and promises a fine
yield. Oats yet to be f harvested will
give fair results. Wet weather has in
terrupted haying to some extent. Wa
termelons are fine.
A BIG DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR.
Government Expenditures Exceed Re
ceipts by $26,042,244.
The comparative statement of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures issued by
the Treasury department shows the total re
ceipts from all sources during the fiscal year
Just closed to have been $326,189,226 and the
expenditures 1 352,231.457 which leaves a de
ficit for the year of $26,042,244. Although
there was a surplus for June of $2,349,430, it
is expected that the figures for July will show
a deficit of at least $10,000,000 and probably
more.
The appropriation of $5,000,000 for sugar
bounty payments is now available and it is
the expectation that all of the claims will
have been settled and paid before the nd of
the month. During July the payments on
account of interests, pensions and naval ap
propriations will be exceptionally large, so
that the deficit for the month is likely to be
above $10,000,000 rather than less. The
showing for the year is far from satisfactory
to the Treasury officials, and What is equally
as disquieting A fact is that the imme
diate future promises nothing betten
The receipts from Internal Revenue dur
ing the year amounted to $146. 508,264. near
ly $11,500,000 less than the Secretary's esti
mates sent to Congress. The customs yield
ed $160,534,351 or $11,465,649 less than the
Secretary's estimate.The total receipts for the
year, however, show a gain of about $12,
800,000 over 1895. The customs increased
about $8.2500,000, the Internal Revenues
about 3.000,000. The receipts from" mis
cellaneous sources make up the balance.
The pension payments during the year
amounted to $139,434,046, a reduction of
nearly $2,000,000 from last year's payments.
The interest payments during the year in
creased over $4,250,000.
INSANE HOSPITALS.
Second Sleeting of the Southern As
sociation to be Held In
Ashevllle, N. C.
The second aonual meeting of the Associa
tion ot Southern Hospitals for the Insane
will be held at Ashevillej N. C. on Wednei
day September iB. The second article of
the constitution of the Association declares:
i4The object of this Association shall be
the study of the habits and conditions of so
ciety and of individuals that induce insanity;
the study of pachlogical, defective and dis
turbed conditions of the brain and other or
gans that constitue the cause or basis of in
sanity; the discussion of methods for the
cure and treatment of the insane; the presen
tation of ways for the be'st construction,
maintenance and management of institutions
for the cafe of the insane; and the dissemina
tion of proper popular information and in
struction in reference to the insane in the
several States of this section."
. - Article III (of the constitution). Any hos
pital or asylum, for the care of the insane, in
the 8outhern portion of the United States,
which is a State, municipal or otherwise pub
lic institution, can send one or more memi
bers of its medical staff, or f its board ol
trustees or managers, as delegates, who will
be members of this Association in any of ite
meetings.
This Association, thU9 constituted, can also
elect to its membership any physician, 01
other person, who has become distinguished,
or who has exhibited marked iuterest in the
lines of work that relate to insanity, eithei
by attainments in neurological or psycholog
ical medicine, or by philanthropic work in
the interests of the insane.
The success of the first meeting of the As
sociation held in Atlanta last November has
encouraged Its members in the Work they
have undertaken, and they look forward to a
wide field of use! ullnees for their organiza
tion. A Georgian Kills His Wife.
John McCullough, a farmer in Clayton
eunty, has been arrested charged with mur
dering his wife. Her body was found In a
field. McCullough said that she had gone to
Eick blackberries and he suggested that she
ad been murdered by a negro. His neigh
bors, however, suspected that he killed her
to get $1,000 Insurance on her life. The Mo
Culloughs lived 15 miles from Atlanta.
Sniggs (breathlessly) Phew! I'm all
out of wind. Briggs It seems to me
that the wind Is all out of you. Phila
delphia North American, q i
NORTH STATE
CDLLINGS.
A MURDER-MYSTERY CLEARED.
A Death-Bed Confession Reveals the
History of a Crime.
About twenty years ago a man by
the name of McGuire suddenly disap
peared, and a diligent search was made
for his body, but it was never found.
It was supposed that be was killed by
some one, and his body buried. About
18 months after the killing another
search was made for his body, and ; it
was supposed to have been taken up
and buried in another place. Every
thing quieted down for some 18 years
until last week, when Jacob Holler
died, revealing the whole affair to the
public just before his death. Holler
made his statement to an old woman
living with him and Mr. Jule Poovy.
We have been unable to get the
exact statement he gave, but the
substance was that a man by the name
of Bolch shot him, and he (Holler) and
two women had buried him. He told
where they first buried him and where
he was buried the seoond time. On
last Saturday Deputy Sheriff Calvin
Hawn and about a dozen men sum
moned, went to the place, which is
about two miles northwest of Hickory
on the lands of the late Holler, and
commenced digging for the body.
Nothing was found that day. On Mon
day they dug and on that day they
found the first grave he was buried in,
and also some hair they judged to be
his, also the stiok that his body was
carry on which answered to the one
that Holler described in his dying
Statement. Up to the time of publica
tion no more search has been made,
but we have heard that they will ' look
'for the remains again. If the remains
are found, it is thought a good many
will be implicated in it. Hickory
Pre8.
Buffalo and Elk at the Fair. '
Secretary Nichols is looking around,
In every direction for curious and in-,
teresting things to add to the attrac
tions of the State Fair. The latest ad
dition is a pen of buffalo, deer and elk.
The buffalo is almost extinct, and is
now one of the rarest of animals. The
elk is not common by ny means, and
-Will be a novelty in this locality.
There are to be two each of the three1
. varieties of animals. They are exhib
ited by a wire fence firm from Adrian,,
Mich., who give the attraction for the
privilege of furnishing "the' fence that
holds them. A site for this exhibit has
been fixed on "The, Midway." - i
Goes to Texas. .
Dr. George Taylor Winston, presi-
dent of theTJniversity of North Caro-:
Una, has been unanimously elected,
president of the University of Texas'
and has accepted. The salary is $5,-'
000 and his term begins ! August 1st'
He has for ten years been president of)
the University of North Carolina . and
has trebeled the number of its students
and won a reputation in the South.
An old darky living about two miles
from Huntsville, this State, discovered
a kind of herb growing near his place,
the roots of which were worth $3 per
pound. After procuring eight pounds
of the stuff at very hard labor, he took
it to the herb store at Cana, Davie
cointy, and sold it for $24. That just
"set the fur" on the entire community.
William Gilbert, of Roanoke Island,
26 or 27 years old, aud captain of the
sloop Missouri, committed suicide in
the town of Washington by taking
poison. He had a wife and child on
Roanoke Island but fell in iove with
Miss Beacham, of Washington, and
they were to have been married. He
cut the knot by taking his life.
At Salisbury Wednesday, R. J.
Holmes' large tobacco factory and P.
H. Thompson's foundry were totally
destroyed by fire. Loss about $40,000.
jThe fire originated in the carpenter
(department of the Thompson foundry.
Insurance 3o,uuu.
A boy living flear Monroe, takes a
patent stopper beer bottle, fills it with
unslacked lime, pours water in it, stops
the bottla and throws it in the creek.
The explosion kills large numbers of
fish. r '
The building committee of Mecklen-.
burg's new court house awarded W. W..
McAfee, of Atlanta, Ga., the contract'
His bid was $i0,865. His bond is filed
for $25,000. The building is to be
completedby Maylst, 1897
Indian Uprising Threatened.
Gieat excitement has been caused by the
receipt of a letter containing news of j a
threatened uprising of the Pitt River Indians
Redding, Col., Judge Edward 8 weeny of
Redding received the message and the author
Is W. Bailey, a farmer living with his family
in the big bend of the Pitt River, about sixty
miles Northeast of that city. Bailey stated In
the letter that a friendly squaw came to bis
house and informed him that the warriors of
the Pitt Blver tribe intended to have a pow
wow near his farm on July 4, gathering as
many braves aa possible and designed to fol
low their savage orgie.4 by a massacre of ail
the white settlers who live along the North
banks of the river. Sheriff Hutson is organis
ing an expt dition t mrry onto the threatened
region. This trioe is the most powerful
and thoroughly organized in Northern Cali
fornia. Thousands Out of Work.
The annual depression in manufacturers'
circles has arrived at McKeesport, Pa. The
entire plant of the National Tube Works, Na
tional Rolling Mills, W. Dewes?e Wood, Iron
and Steel Mills have shut down. Twelve
thousand men are out of employment. Some
of the mills will lesume work, while others
will be idle several months. The Braddock
Wire Works and the .Consolidated Steel and
Wire Co., are going to shut down when the
yearly scale of the Amalgamated Association
expires. This will throw 25,000 men out ol
the tin plate mills and twice as many more in
other departments.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Johnson, the negrj who murdered
Baker Bars, in Atlanta, Ga., has been
tried and a mistrial as declared. ;
The Malt by House, of Baltimore,
Md., famous for its hostelry ' and poli
tical headquarters, has been closed.
The decline in value of business at
postoffioes throughout the country has
resulted in 22iof the presidential of
fices falling 'helow the required limit
and being relegated to the fourth-class
list. !.": -
At Jacksonville, Fla., on the fourth
of July, Pr,faV Powers won the 5 mile
Southern championship, tandem paced
by a quarter wheel over Geo. N.
Adams. In the mile open Adams won
by five wheels ahead of Powers in
2:10. j : . ;
At Philadelphia, .Pa., Thursday
Judge. Terkes overruled Ihe motion
for a. ae.w. trial for Jas. B. Gentry,
who 'tfras j recisnfly"--' convicted of pie
murder of Madge; York; aud imposed
the death sentence online prisoner.
An appeal will be taken to the Gover
nor for life imprisonment.
T. C Meade, of Howard County,
Missouri, j has recently made a ship
ment of I thirty-eight hogsheads, or
45,000 ponnds of tobacco direct to Liv
erpool, Eng. The tobacco was raised
near Lisbon, and is said to be the
finest ever shipped from . Missouri.
The cost of shipping is 68 cents per
100 pounds 'delivered in the queen's
warehouse, Liverpool.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
Crops Have Made Rapid and Healthy
Growth. The weather bureau tt Washington, D. C ,
in its report of crop conditions, for the week
ended June 28th; says: '
The week ending Jane 29 has been excep
tionally favorable and most crops have made
rapid and healthy growth.
Winter wheat harvest continues in the
central and northern portion of , the winter
wheat belt,1 but has been interrupted to some
extent by cloudy and rainy weather in some
sections . ;
Corn has made exceptional progress dur
ing the week, and the early part of this 'crop
is being laid by in excellent condition as far
North as Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. In
Texas and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Oeorgia corn has suffered
from drought, the early crop in Texas and
Arkansas being too far advanced to be saved
by rain. ! I
Cotton has Improved over the Eastern por
tion of the cotton region, bnt continues to
suffer from drought over the western por
tions. The complaints of injury by lioe are
much less numerous than during the preced
ing weeks
Reports generally indicate that tobacoo la
in exoellent condition, especially in Ohio,
Indiana and Eentuaky, Curing has begun
in North Carolina. i
CORPORATE RIGHTS.
A Decision Which lrr Effect Seems to
I Invalidate. j
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has just
handed down a decision which in effect
seems to invalidate the corporate rights ol
most of the village governments in the State.
The court holds that the act authorizing cir
cuit courts to Incorporate villages is invalid,
inasmuch as a corporation can be created
only by legislative enactment. If the decis- '
ion is sustained it is estimated that nearly
every village government iu Wisconsin is
without standing In the law, and the bonaa
it has issued are worth nothing .unless the
various village residents are moved by clvio
pride and honor to stand good for them. The
whole case is a remarkable instance of the
fallibility of human law and the majestic
blunders whichare possible in the conduct ol
public affairs. Until the matter is fiually set
tled tome of the Wisconsin villages will be
puzxled to know whether they are villages or
not and whether their claims for taxes are
not spurious. They have been going along
serenely under what was supposed to be an
authorized government, and suddenly a
court decision shows them that they are
without government, nnd that their organi
zation has been nothing more than a com
mon pact, based upon the false notion that
that pact was authorized by law. I
Fuddy-fFrasher lias the reputation
Of being a great wit, but for niy part,
I can't see anything very bright Sn his
writings, i Duddy That's queef. Why,
his Jokes have been owed by the reat-
est wits that ever lived. Boston Trans-
cripjt. 1 " : I r
"I would h-i mighty willin'to work,"
Mr. Dismal Dawson explained, 'if I
was 011I3' able." "You look able-bodied
enough," said the harp-iio.M.Tl la.Jy,
"What Is there to preVj'Ut you work
ing?" "Me pride." Indianapolis Jour
nal. "She, said the adoring; young mau,
"is an angel." "Oh, of course," said the
elderly friend. "I have proof, almost
Indisputable proof. Even mother thinks
ihe will make me a good wife." Indian.;
apolls Journal- j
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