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i m- "PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD PAST. THAT WHICH IS GOOD." ' VOL IV. DUNN. N., C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1896 . NO. 35. v ' ' ' ' ' . I ' " BILL ARP'S LETTER HABITS AND PREJUDICES DIS CUSSED AT LENGTH. fixe Philosopher Calls Upon History - to Sustain His Deductions. Ben Franklin said that man wu a baudte of habits. Somebody else said he was a bundle of prejudices. It is fair, to say that his habits outlive his prejudices. Mine hare, I know. My order of life, my daily pontine, my food and clothing, my time to go to bed and to rise in the morning hold faster than they did thirty years apo. Habit comes from the Latin -word "habeo," to hold to hold fast JL cact hoe or chop left-handed. Un consciously I drees and undress the Mme way every time and always put on ' mj left shoe first When my good friend, Major Foute, lost his right arm in battle he was young and soon learn ed to write with his left hand. If I ere to lose mine now I do not believe I would ever learn to use my left. I am too old and the habit has held me too long. It is hard to teach an ofd dog new tricks. Brutes are subject to the same force. I had an old mare who contracted a- habit of letting the bars down to get into another field, and f be would let them down to ! get oat of a good pasture into a poor one. But I feel sure- that I have got over some of my prejudices. Daniel Web ster told his people they had conquer ed? everything but their prejudices. Nothing but old age and reflection will conquer them. They are hard to give up, for most of them are born with ue. Our religion and supersti tion and political faith, as a general rale, are inherited. Like father like son, like mother like daughter. If the old man shakes a piece of silver coin at the ' new moon or makes a cross mark in the road when ha turns to go back, the son will do it, too. If the mother will not begin a garment on Friday the daughter will not. And so it is with our religion. . I am a Pres byterian because my parents were. - I could have just as easily been1 a Bap tist if they had been. Or I could have been a Methodist or an Episco palian. It does not shook me to say so now, and I hope it does not shock anybody else. Sectarianism abounds in prejudice inherited more than ac quired from rational methods. One Christian faith is about as good as an other if it suits thes Christian. I would not proselyte any of them if I could. I would not disturb the peace of a Methodist family by seeking to draw away a single member f it -to my church. I like my church not because I believe it to be the best, but from long familiarity with its mode of wor ship. I feel more at home there. The Presbyterian habit has got hold of me just like the Methodist habit has got bold of Father Wikle. In fact, I be lieve a better service could be made up by calling out the best things in all the churches.- ' For instance, the Methodist and Episcopal communion service is more solemn and impressive than oars, and fio is kneeling and bowing in prayer. The Episcopal church has . too much rising up and sitting down the other churche3 have too little. I would like to see the Litany adopted in all the churches and hear every child pin in the responses. But of all prejudices the strongest and most unreasonable are of a politi cal nature. Political intolerance is not tempered or toned down by Chris tian charity. Bitter partizans . may appear to be friendly, but at heart are enemies. When a prominent one dies his political foes thank Ood for that much. Those who covet the offices will use all kinds of hypocrisy to get them. What makes the matter so ridiculous is the absolute ignorance of the masses of these partisans concern ing the principles of their party. When David Bennett Hill straightened up and 6aid, "I am a democrat 1" his utterance was eohoed from a million throats all over this broad land. Vhat did he meant lam sure I do Dot know. It has been nearly fifty years 6ince I cast my first vote, and it was for a democrat. But there were no such issues then. The great ques tion was whether the federal govern ment should make appropriations for internal improvements or not. Up to that time no rivers had been cleaned out and no postoffices or public build ings built in the interior cities. But now every muddy creek and every two horse town must have an appropria tion. Free trade was once an issue, but it is not now. Tariff reform and protection have been occasional issues for fifty years and more, but some times the parties compromise on inci dental or accidental protection. The republicans claim to be for protection Qd Mr. McKinley championed a bill through that did protect his party "iends and left out those who were nt. He took off" the duty on manga nese and ruined the best industry we Jad in this region.. A company that had invested $300,000 in this oounty in that business and was paying out 82,000 a week for labor. Everything JQ Cartersville prospered and we could Pay our little debts with alacrity, and even pay our doctors bills and our preachers their salary.' But Carnegie wasn't happy and got the tariff taken ff and then got all his manganese from South America and the West India is lands.. The collapse came here, xl course, and the business was aban doned. That's the kind of protection we got ' ; But what is a democrat now? Some times a consequential gentleman who , hankers after an office will swell up and exclaim: VI am , a Jeffersonian democrat, and the editors have a nest eg in Jeffersonian democracy and i hatch it frequently. What is that? His biographer says the most material ?I?oIe?n PHtioal creed was that the will of the majority must govern. This may sometimeo err, but its errors are honest, solitary and short-lived." There is no special democracy in that. All parties endorse it. Jefferson said that a difference in politics was not a reason for the removal of competent and faithful officers and he did not re move but very few while he was presi dent, and those were for . misconduct. But now the democratic doctrine is to turn the rascals out and every office holder is presumed to be a rascal. I have tried in vain to make these modern political garments fit Thomas JeffersoD, but they won't do it. In his day there was no quarrel over gold and silver, nor state banks, nor income tax. He went into office in good circumstances and came out insolvent. Even his home at Mon- ticello was levied on and would have been sold but for the generosity of a few wealthy friends. After his second term was out he was not sure of being allowed to go home without arrest and giving bond. "On becoming a publio man he resolved never to engage in any kind of enterprise to improve his fortune. He kept this resolve faith fully for fifty years, which was as long as he held office.. He married a young and beautiful widow and could play the violin exquisitely, both . of whict were democratic usages, and still are, though neither playing the fiddle nor shooting ducks are put in any modern platform. '! But the issue now is concerning the currency, an abstruse speculative ques tion about which the average man knows so little that he ought to be ashamed to talk and thereby show his ignorance. And yet there are here and there good citizens who profess to know all about it and will talk about "sound money" and Jeffersonian democracy as gushingly as n professor of political economy in a northern col lege . . ' I wish we could put the X rays upon this question and explore it, but as we cannot and as the great men of the na tion conscientiously differ! on it I am going to pin my faith to the purest and best man I know of in public life. He is aa pure in private life and as poor as Jefferson and could have written the , declaration of inde pendence if he had lived in that day, for Jefferson was then only thirty-three years old. My admiration for .William J. Bryan is very great, and I shall bank on him with more reliance than on the platform. A republican con gress can knock a democratic platform into fits, but they can't move Mr. Bryan from his convictions nor his in tegrity. - When these gold standard papers assail him and make sport of him he can say to them as Job did to his three friends: "No doubt ye are the people and wisdom ' will die with you." BrLii Abp, in Atlanta Constitu tion. . CONDITION OF TRADE. Brudstreet's Weekly Review for tne . v Past Week. Business conditions have clearly Improved, though business has not. It is the torpid season, and better prospects haveJittle effect as yet. Odd expo'rts have been stopped and foreign advices are more promising as re spects an early and large demand for Ameri can products. The operations of foreigners in the stock marked have reflected little beyond the troubles of speculators at the London settlements and varying de press of Ignorance about American af fairs. The prospect for large crops of cotton jaud corn are still excellent and neither move ments of wheat nor markets give countenance to low estimates. Several weeks of extremely slack demand for cotton goods have brought a further reduction in print cloths to 2.44 cents instead of the advance expected Incon sequence of the stoppage of 4,000,000 spin dles, but prints, are selling more freely, while brown and bleached goods are dull, except for export kinds. The woolen mills do not gain, light weights opening 5 to 114 Pr cent. lower in price than last year, and sales of woolens reported less than one-fourth of a week's consumption. Orders taken in light weights have been very few and for low priced goods,Tbe boot and shoe industry has secured slight further advances irom the lowest point, in brogaos and calf -boots and shoes, but new orders are scanty, mora so because the permanence of advance is ques tioned. Leather is stubornly held without chance in prices, and in some grades is real ly scarce, although manufacturers are bay ing only for actual needs, but hides have turned downward sharply at Chieago, de clining 5 per cent, for the heavy aceunxnlsv tions. It is not surprising that failures have been considerable in magnitude and In 23 days of July neianlted liabilities were $12,069L481 against f 8.832,727 in 25 days last year. The 'failure for the week have been 281 in the TJai ited States against 261 last year, and 40 in Gan 'eda against 23 last year. ENGLAND'S QUEEN. Rumors She Will Retire in Favor o.' the Prince of Wales. A special from London says: The rumor that Queen Victoria intends to retire in favoi of the Prince of Wales is again current and it is added that court circles are greatly troubled regarding the condition of the Queen's healthy Bneh reports have frequently ap peared of recent years, only to be smi-o fa cially contradicted later. But it now seems that there may be some actual foundation tor the statements made. It Is added that Her Majesty has decided to spend her time in fu ture at Balmoral or at Osborne and that she will give the Prince and Princess ol Wales the use tf Buckingham Palace and Windsor Cas tle. There is no doubt the Queen seems to feel greatly the weight of her years and bereave ments, and Her Majesty is quoted as bavlcg repeatedly remarked during her last stay in London at Buckingham Palace upontho oc casion of the recent marriage of Princess Maud of Wales to Prince Charles ot Den mark: 'This Is my last visit to London." Too Heavily Insured. Some of the Insurance companies In Atlan ta a. investlMilnar the sudden death of Dr. tv- t Tnr et Monroe. Qa. He was in-T sured for $45,000, and died suddenly. The insurance companies knew when he was in creasing his policies that he was a man ot very modest meanaNow they are not satisfied wjih the proofs of death.The policies were for goo ooO In the Mutual Reserve Fund associa tion. $10,000 In the Fidelity Mutual. 10,000 ln the Washington Mutual and 1 5,000 In the Atlanta UuinaL . S OF THE WORLD. ARRANGED PARAOKAPniOALLT FOB THE BUSY READER, Happenings Both Home and Foreign as Taken From the Latest Da , . patches. Notes From the South. Virginia's State Labor Convention' will be held in Richmond, August 11th and 12th. j Wednesday three people were killed . tn a freight train wreck near Craw- i fordsville, Ind. ' Thursday some parts of Virginia ex perienced a severe hail storm, doing considerable damage to property. Augusta, Oa., received her first bale of cotton for this season Thursday. It was raised in the adjoining county of Burke.. Gen. B. E. Colston, who commanded the Stonewall brigade in the late war, died Wednesday at the Soldiers' Home in Richmond, Va. John Sheaman, of West Virginia, has 'Jbeen appointed & government director of the Union Pacific Bailroad to succeed Consul General Lee. Near Clearwate, Fla., Mrs. Edward Martain used kerosene oil in kindling a fire. Thecrn exploded. The house was burned. Mrs. Martin was cre mated. '. At Louisville, Ky., , Wednesday the committee of distillers appointed to secure signatures of distillery owners4 to an agreemert to suspend operations for eighteen months, met again and fV ported no progress. The first bale of Alabama' cotton U this season's crop Was marketed Tues day, 'classed as middling, and sold for 9 cents. ' It is twenty-one days earlier than the first bale last year, and breaks the record for early cotton in Alabama. At Lima, O., Wednesday a fatal ac cident occurred at the bicycle races in the half mile professional. Jos. Greb ler came to the front. He was on the outside. Instead of making the turn, he swerved and hia wheel shot up an embankment. The rider was thrown into the air " and came down on his bead, fracturing his skuli, death re- suiting one hour later. Throughout the North W. B. Clarke & Co., booksellers, of Boston, have assigned; The assets ami liabilities are not known. - Bryan- will bo . officially notified of his nomination at Madison Square Garden,-New York, August 12th. The International Typographical Union will meet in annual session at the Printers' Home at Colorado Springs, CoL, in October. The Republican Club of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania has recently presented McKinley with a life-size marble bust of himself. Reports from the fearful storm which visitecL Western Pennsylvania the first of the week is appalling, and the death list is up in the twenties. Roman J. 'Lubof, claiming to be a Russian count, committed suicide Wed nesday in a New York police station, he having been arrested for a hotel bill. Happenings at Washington. The President has issued a long proc lamation warning American citizens from aiding the Cuban cause by giving assisting to filibuster expeditions, thus violating the neutrality laws. ' ' What the Cable Brings. Insurgents in Santiago de Cuba are prohibiting farmers from preparing sugar for export. Dr. Jameson add his associates, in the famous Transvaal raid, were found guilty Tuesday in London and sen tenced to various terms of imprison ment. Half the business portion of Hfra combe, the well known bathing place on the north coast of Devonshire, has been burned, involving a loss of $5C0, 000. Dr. J ameson and his five companions, who were convicted Tuesday for vio lating the neutrality laws in the Trans vaal raid, will be closely confined in jail aa second class prisoners. A special dispatch received at Lon kon, England, from Vienna says that the explosion of a fire works factory at Fuenfkirchen resulted in the death of five persons, the injuring of 80 others and wrecking of the town hall. Consul General Fitzhugh Lee has telegraphed the State Department at Washington, in. response to inquiries made1 at the instigation of Gen. Miles, commanding the Department of the West, that there is no information in Havana regarding the reported killing of Pierce Atkinson near there. Mr. Bryan Appreciates It. . Mr. Bryan, when asked If he bad anything to say In regard to the nomination of him self and Mr. Bewail by the silver convention, In session at 8L Louis, replied: "I appre ciate both the nomination and the unanimi ty with which it was given. I do not consider it as a personal compliment to Mr. Bewail and myself, but as an evidence that the dele gates assembled are willing to make the res toration ot bimetallism the paramount issue of this campaign, and are willing to support the Chicago ticket, regardless of differences upon minor question-" Must Not Take Any Part. Postmaster Oeaeral WDoos has Issued an order to all railway mail clerks directing them not to take an active pert in the politi cal campaign, such as would be lavolvad in their attending po)"ic I conv tioas ca dele gates, making pol&cal speeches or "Pvting in the msvafm. t of political campaigns. ThePoT' r. r Gvnarers circular expressly states that he docs not desire to eontroltheSx m retinal H-trii ' , v HE . - - - - , - i - - . i , SOUTHER PROOSESS. . : i v. I Trend of Grain Shipments Toward Southern Porta.' ' ' The Manufacturer's Beoord reports that the most conspicuous feature In the business Interests of the South at present is the re markable activity In the shipment of grain from Kansas and other Western States to gulf prost for exportation. Large contracts are being made for transportation, and western roads are reported in some eases as being short of sufficient rolling stock to meet the demand for grain bound to the gulf. At Charleston, 8. C, a rtoe .storage warehouse is to be turned into a train elevator with a capacity ot 200.000 bushels. This wUl anabla Charleston to better compete for hv1Hng grain intended for expor. v - ' , j A 910,000 company has been organized to build a knitting mill at Barnesville, Oa.; and a 1 10,000 knitting mill company has been or ganized at Union, 8. C. ; ' ! A Glasgow 'handle manufacturer will es tablish a plant in Alabama; the Oxley Stave company of Chattanooga will build two 1 25, OOQ plants at other points; a 1 50,000 company has oeen organized In New Orleans to make cotton picking machinery: 40 ton cotton mill will be built at Winona. Miss., by a $30,000 company just organized; Gaatonia, N. C,wul issue 1 18,000 for water wbrksi the Anderson Light and Power company of Anderson, 8. C, will issue 1 200,000 of bonds to develop 5, 000 electric horse power . for tranmlssion of of Anderson: Martin. Tenn.. will construct! 813,000 water works: several hundred eoke ! ovens are to be built at La Follette. Tennl noon the completion early in October of a 1,5 raflrnari nnv nnrir AnncfrnMUfi m-nA al - v-., u w . yyiin.. I.VI.VH IV. . $50,000 electric light and power 'company has' been incorporated. j 4.O00 PEOPLE DROWNED. j," - 4 A Tidal Wave Inundates;' a Chinese Village. j Saturday news reached Shanghai, China, of a terrible disaster involving great loss of life. A tidal wave estimated to have been about five miles in length, swept in from the sea on Sunday last and inundated Haichau in the northeast of the province of Eiang-Su. The damage Was very great. Many villages were destroyed and it is estimated that at least 4,000 people were drowned. In addition an immense number oL cattle perished, the rice fields were submerged and almost totally de stroyed, with the result that l a famin is feared in tnat district the coming autumn. Haichau is situated opposite Yu-Chau Island on the coast of the Etang-Su. The surface is mostly level which may account for the great loss of life. Kiang-Su is one of the most f er ttle provinces of the empire and exports more silk than any other part of China. The Kany-Tse-Liand entersvChlna through this province, the principal city of which is Na Klng. ' 1 .. i ! ' . . . ea Editor Steel Suspended. The book committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, had . suspended Bev. 8. A. 8teel, the editor of the Epworth Era, and placed Bev. William . Green tempo rarilv in eharcre. The book committee has not been pleased with Dr. Steel's editorial nolicv. and gome weeks aero had him up and catecbisehim for three hours. The first known of the trouble was a pthUoation in The Era stating the facts and the charges that were brought against him. iSter , juati- committee that he proposed to edit The Era to suit Wpm1, and if the book ooauaittea was not pjeueo, it wouia nave to proceed againt nim nnaer cnuron law . JONES READY TO FUSE. He Cannot Take sewall Down, But Is Ready to Open Bids for Fusion. ' The Atlanta Constitution Thursday printed a telegram from Senator James K. Jones, Chairman of the Democratic National Execu tive Cammittee. as follows: "I cannot consider any proposition for the withdrawal of Sewall, but I will entertain as far as I have power, and promote to the best of my ability, any Just and lair proposition for fusion on electoral ticket."; Signed "Jamxs K. Jones. This telegram was sent to the Constitution In reply to an inquiry as to the polioy which would probably be adopted in regard to the electoral complication. Southern Dental Association. The Southern Dental Association, which has been la session for three days at Ashe ville, N. C.', adjourned Thursday after decid ing on Old Point Comfort, Vs., as the next place of meeting and electing the following officers: W .H. Richards, of KcoxviUe, pres ident: E. Beadles, of Danville, first vice president; A P. Johnston, second vioe-pres:-ident;F. P. Welch, of Pensacola, Fia.; P. B. Brabson, of Knoxville, treasurer; C. L. Alex ander, of Charlotte, corresponding secretary; S. W. Poster, of Atlanta, recording seretary; W. B. Clarkson, of Waco, Tex.,, and H. E. Beach, ol Clarksvllle, TennT, executive com mittee, urnim ' " Married on His Dying Bed. " At New York, Hoard E. Benedict, the son St James H. Benedict, and a relative of E GL Benedict, the banker, died Tuesday, eight hours after he had been married to MissMar raret Lloyd, a society belle of Cincinnati, nd daughter of Cob Harlan Page Lloyd. Ihe marriage was celebrated in Mr. Bene iict's apartments in the club house of the Beventh Begiment Veterans! Club and it was there the young man died. He was a mem ber of the firm of Benedict Brothers, bankers and brokers. On July 1 he was strioken with typhoid fever. W ben it became known a few days ago that Mr. Benedict's condition was critical Miss Loyd, who was visiting Wends in Washington, was telegraphed to. Silver Party's National Committee. Charles D. Lane, chairman of the National Committee of the National Silver party, des ignated Messrs. O. P. Keeney, of New York eity; O. S. Nixon, of Nevada; JB. O. Flower, of Boston; W. H. (Coin) Harvey, of Chicago; and C J. Hillyer, of Washington; members of the executive committee. These appoint ments complete the membership of the com mittee as L N. 8tevens. of Denver, Col., was elected vice chairman, W. P. 8t John, of New York, treasurer, and Mr. E. Diffendorfer, of Philadelphia, secretary, at the meeting of the committee held in Bt. Louis last week., BesTUteU Tn moooshed. The renewal of the strike at the Brown Hoisting Works resulted in ; bloodshed at Cleveland.' O., Saturday. First the rioters began to shout at the non-unionist audthen to hurl bricks. Then the workmen drew re volvers and began shooting at the crowd. Several shots were fired but only one took effect John Priz, a f oundryman, was shot through the body and fell from the pavement. This outbreak resulted in the calling out of two eompaniee of militia, and by the middle of the afternoon eighty policemen, to addi tion to the mil Jury, had been massed In the vicinity of the Brown works- No more trouble occurred. It is thought that a long and bitter struggle 'ill ensue. To Meet August 1L ' Senator Jones, chairman of the Democrat! national committee, has Issued a' call lor a meeting of the full committee at the 'Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, August 1U He requests member to be present in person or y proxy. He also requests all members who expect to be present to notify W. P. 8t. John, treasurer of the committee, at HW York.-. T ' TWO TRAINS COLLIDE .- " " ' i AT ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.J AND FOfiTY ARE DEAD. On Was a Fast Express and the Other . an Excursion Train Eighty , ' 1 . Injured. At Atlantic City, N, J. ,Thuday a terrible railroad catastrophe took place at the Ifead ows about two miles out of that city; result ing in the death of, forty people, so far as can be learned, and the wounding of eighty others. A train left here consisting of ''seven cars, over the West Jersey railroad .bear ing a special excursion of Bed Men and their friends, ' of Bridgetown, N. J., and Salem, and had reached' the crossing of the BeadinavBaUroad when it was struck by ! the down express from Philadelphia, de molishing two cars and telescoping the - two V following. Th engine ef the Beading train ' became a total . wreck, - killing the engineer -and fatally Injuring the fireman, and tEa ear behind it was also thrown from the track and many its occupants killed or injured wm. xnunow, ine operator at the block tower situated at the crossing, has been placed under arrest by order of tie coroner. Leaving Atlantic City, the track of the West Jersey road run parallel to those of the Camden A Atlantic until after they cross the drawbridge. , . I John Greyner. the engineer of the West Jersey train, saw the Beading train approach ing the crossing at a swift speed, but as the signals were open for him to proceed on his way, ne continued, ttis engine had barely cleared the track of the Beading road, when the locomotive of the latter train, whloa left Philadelphia at 6:46 p. m., struck the first oar fall in the ceatrq, throwing it far off the track, into a near-by ditch, and completely submerging it The second oar of the West Jersey train was also carried into the ditch, the third and fourth cars being telescoped. The engine of the Beading train was thrown to the other side, of the track, carrying with it the first coach. A few minutes after the collision, to add to the horror of the situa tion,' the boiler of the Beading locomotive exploded, scalding several to death and east ing its boiling spray over many of the injured passengers. 1 . Mrs. Edward Farr, the wif o of the Beading engineer, who met death with one hand on the throttle and the other on the brake, when informed of her husband's tragic death, was unable to withstand the shock and fell to the fioor dead. THOSY E. WATSON. The Populist Nominee for Vice- President. -' .. ' Thos. E. Watson, of Thompson, Oa., was born In Columbia oounty, Oa., September 5. 1866. He received a common school educa tion and was then sent to Meroer University, Macon, Oa. At the end of the Sophomore year he left college for the lack of funds and taught school two years. He read law for a few weeks under Judge W. B. MeLaws, of Augusta; Ga., and was admitted to the bar commencing the practice of the profession at Thompson. Ga.,hls old home, November, 1876. He was a member of the Georgia Legislature ' In 1883-63; was Democratic elector for thetate at large in 1888 and besides the practice of law had been largely interested In farming. He was elected to the flfty-seeond Congress as a Democrat, defeating Anthony 2. Williams, Republican. Mr. Watson served but one term in Congress, being sucoeded in the fifty-third by James O. C Blaokwho was eleoted as a Democrat over Mr. Watson who ran as the candidate of the People's party. Mr. Watson also ran as the Populist candidate for the flfty-tourth Congress: from the same district, but was again defeated by Mr. Black. Watson's unique personality made him a conspicuous figure in the House of Bspresentatives. He was a fiery debater and took part in numer ous hot parliamentary fights. , In personal appearance Watson is thin and angular with a clean shaven face of intellectual . cast and a thick mop of auburn hair. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS. t - ' The Populist National Committee Se lects That Place. The National Committee of the People's party, otherwise the Populists, has decided to make Washington the headquarters of the organization. ' The campaign literature) stored at various places, has been shipped to that city. James Adderton, of Nebraska, secretary ot the committee, is expected there, and Senator' Marlon Butler, of North Car olina, chairman of the committee, will also be there as much- as possible. i The indications at present are that the Democratic and National Silver .party com mittees will also make their headquarters in Washington. The Silver! tea are desirous of having headquarters in the same city as the National Democratic Committee, and in case the Democrats decide upen some other place they may alter their plans. ' I SEABOARD AND SIMONTON. The S. A. L. Withdraws Its Reduoed , , . Rates on August 15th. ; The Seaboard Air Line gave the inter-State commerce commission notice of withdrawal of its reduced rates to Southern points, the withdrawal to take effect August 8th. . Judge Simonton's Injunction requiring the Seaboard and the Southern Railway to quit rate-cutting and appear before him and show cause why the injunction should not be made per manent is returnable August 15. - ' j The action of the Seaboard is thought to be due to a modification ot the injunction ianued by Judge Slmonton. The original . order of the court commanded) the Seaboard to re store its old rates at once. . The Seaboard has asked Judge Slmonton to modify his first or der, and it is assumed that the judge will do so. y , f. : -.tp : . LIGHTNING AT SKA. An Italian Warship Burned and Sunk jr. by a Torpedo. 1 I 5 A special from BorneItaly; says: 5 During the- prevalence of a thunder storm lightning straek the coast defense warship Boma and set fire to her. The fiam-s spread rapidly in spite of the efforts of the crew to subdue them and her commander, seeing that they were approaching the powder magazine gave orders to attach a torpedo to the hull of the vessel and then lor all hands to abandon ship.' When the small boats containing the crew were at a safe distance, the torpedo was discharged, tearing a great hole in the un and causing the Boma to quickly sink. No body was hurt, v J - '. V - 'f ' ' "xiz s v To Hold Up Awhile. s ,1 . Trtiiakev-makine In Kentucky is to be al most totally suspended ' for m period of 18 months. The committee appointed at a meet itgof Kentucky distillers on July .15th, to hrfn aixrat a susoenslon agreement, met Friday and announced that they had signed all the Bourbon and Kentucky distilleries in the J2f per eept. allotment provided for. IIORTB STATE : ' CULUIIGS, The Winchester Dead. TThe ladies of the Confederate Monu mental Association of North Carolina, consisting of vice president in every county in the' State, have been strenu ously exercising every effort since the erection of a monument in the Capital Square of the State to raise the amount necessary to mark the graves of our no ble dead at Winchester, Va. They now have on hand a sufficient amount to put up small head-stones, which will be done at once. The contract Jor the work is now under consideration. It is earneetlv requested that all ladies holding money for this purpose will send it at once to Mrs. Armistead Jones, President, or Hon. C. M. Cooke, Sec- retary of State, aa the size of the head- stones will depend on the amount re ceived. Snaafe Around a Man's Leg. .. -The Greensboro Record says Joe Climer, who is Irving with his brother-in-law, Henry Wilson, at his farm in the country went out one night last week .to run a man out of. the melon patch.. In hot weather Mr. Wilson sleeps on the porch' of his residence. When Joe returned from his chase, Henry was asleep in his accustomed place, the moon shining brightly. Mr. Climer's attention was attracted to something on Mr, Wilson's leg, and looking closely he saw a big black make coiled about the leg half way be tween the knee - and ankle. Without waking him he got a hoe and out the make in two. About this time Mr. Wilson awoke , and when he saw hia escape he was a much scared man. Discovered at Last. It will be remembered that sometime ago "ELenelon Lewis," of Raleigh, was praised very highly through a Wash ington special in saving the United- States government many thousands of iollars in refusing to receive a check tor Sir, 600 on a claim that had been settled years ago. -Now it turnes out that the 'Raleigh Observer haa dia sovered that it was not "Kenelon Lewis but Dr. A. H. Lewis, and that "Kenelon Lewis" was only acting ts guardian for Dr. Lewis. Don't Want Joint Canvass. i A letter published in a Winston "pa per from Judge W; D. Russell, Repub lican nominee for governor, shows that he is opposed - to a loiat canvass Df the State with Hon. O. B. Watson, Democratic candidate, who favors meeting Rnsselll on the hustings. The udee says he. will consent for Mr. Watson to meet him at his (Russell's) tppointments up to September 15, but no longer. si A Murderer Sentenced. At Concord. Andrew Harris, alias Henry Forrest, has been sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for at tempted murder. While on trial he was recognized aa Nady Harris, the murderer of Herbert Leroy, a wealthy farmer of Anson oounty. Harris killed Lerov three years aero and fled. He had not been heard of sinje commit ting the orime. - 1. Concord to Aberdeen. At Concord a proposision by parties interested has been made to citizens to build a forty-three mile road through Cabarrus and Montgomery to a lumber road, whioh now" runs' out from Aber- ieen. on the S. A. L. The proposition is being considered by business men nd4t is believed it will be aeoeptea and work will be started soon. . Caused Instant Death. While Mr. Robert Malone, a young man about 21 Tears old, near Oorbett postoffioe, in Caswell conuty, son of Mr. Bartlett Malone, was felling a tree in whiAh was a coon s den a . limb new back striking him on the neck ' and ihonlder. breaking hia neck' end collar bone, and causing instant death. . A Full Set of Teeth. One of the greatest freaks of nature that has ever been known in the estate, haa been revealed to the sight ot man at Concord, when Mrs. Irsaao Biles crave birth to a child that bore in its tinv montn a xuu set oz peariy wnio tAAth. The child lived only a few days. ... ess Joe Myers, the S. A. L. defaulter, haa been taken from the New York tombs to the Mecklenburg county laiL He has-been given a prelimnary hear ing before 'Squire Maxwell and bound over to the September term oz tne. Criminal Court for that county. His bail was placed at 5,000. I - Geo. W. ; Vanderbilt. the multi millionaire, who has in Biltmore, near Asheville. the finest private . estate in the world, is to make an exhibit at the Stata fair at Baleiffh in October that will be the leading feature of the fair. He has engaged ninety feet for his ex- kibit. Claims Against fpaln. , A number of claims "against Spain are ac cumulating la the State Department at Wash ington, on account of American dtizns who have suffered In property and in persons from the operations of the Spanish troops ia Cuba. One or tne lew tnat nss ontainea a woman ef 60 years ol age of Spanlah birth, but. who Tmarried an American and was naturalized in 1870? She claims that her property to Santa iTara wasdesUol plantation burned and herself fired upon by R Danish troons. although the United States flae floated over her home. -For this she asks aa indemnity of 1 200,000. THE LATEST NEWS. The President has appointed Mac Grace Coxe of New York to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary of the United States to Guate mala and Honduras, vioe Pierce 1L B,' Tozn, who died in New York recent ly while on leave of absence. Cincinnati, O., was visited Saturday by four rain and hail stoma, and much) damage to property "was dose. No loss! of life reported, but several injured. : , The Golumbua Buggy Co., of Col umbua, O., has made an assignment.'. Assets C300.000 to $1,000,000. Con-j tisgent liabilities large. This company la one of the larext la the world, Iu factories covered three squares. ; ; ' At the race meet of the MaesaohnV eatts Athletic Association on the? Charles Biver track Saturday, a world's record for the uspacsd tandem ntlaj was made by Nat and Tom Butler.! They clipped the old record from 3:C3j made on the Jan Jose track to 1:63 l2.i There were fifty prostrations from heat in St, Louis, Mo., Thursday! tea of these died. M Another cabinet crisis is believed to be imminent in Spain, growing oat ofl the conduct of the Cuban war. . TRADE MORE ACTIVE. Dixie' 's axercnants Are uooKing xor a Good Business This Fall. Business conditions in the South, as re ported by The Tradesman's hundreds of cor- ' respondents, remain unchanged. At soma points more activity is noted, but, generally speaking, trade in all lines Is quiet and no marked improvement la expected before September. Both merchants and manufao turers look for a good business in the fall, 11 the fine crop prospets are realised and tht political disturbances are not too demoralis ing. . i . i 1 . r The lumber industry shows no new res tores. Buying is done on a limited scale, and while some good orders are reported, the volume of business Is not large Textile manufacturers report a quits trade, and the prospects are not very favor able for an increase in demand, at present. The following new industries are reportec for the weekt A brewery at Cueru. Tex., elec- r light plants at Barnesville, Oa., and Hempstead, Tex.; a 100-barrel flouring mill at Denton, Tex.; a 1 25,000 ice factory at Greenville. Miss.; a stone quarry to be devel oped at Btverside. Tex., and a szs.uuo para mill at Lynchburg, Va. At 20.000 oil mill will be erected at - Bhiner. Tex. ; a paper mm ai Sugarland, Tex.; a 990,000 sugar refinery at Dontldsonvule,.La, cotton gins at For syth, Ga.. and Orance and White League, Tex.; cotton, mills at Douglasvllle, Ga.. . and Mebane, N. Cja knitting mill at Athens, Oa, and a tobacco factory at Bichmond, Va. Woodworking plants will be established at Brewton, Ala., Harmony Grove, Ga., Odd pock and Orange, N.- C, Charleston. 8. C., Georgetown, Tenn.; and a f 25,009 lumDsi mill at Beaumont, Tex. Among tne most important new nuuaings C- A 4 A AAA .k U k 1 .4 X?n mAt and one to cost 940,000 at Baleigh, N. C.: and $80,000 government building at juerioian. Miss.; a 925,000 library at oxrora, ua.; ana a 950, oo j opera house at nnoxvme, xenn.1 I' FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The Treasury Department Has a Little Book Full of It. ! : In view of the great number of requests for information on financial questions, the Treas ury Department at Washington' has prepared a pamphlet of 64 pages answering as nearly as can be foreseen the questions asked and expected to be asked. 'The book gives a his-; tory of United States bonds from the earliest issues, ana now tney were aisposea of: coin age of all sorts,' and Treasury issues of paper money of every description now in circula tion. The various kinds of notes 10 in num berare described and amounts issued and in circulation. Fractional currency also has a pargraph, and the system of redemption ot United States notes; is explained, statistics are very elaborately given, covering the world's production of gold and silver; Amer ican production from 1792 to 1895; monetary events since 1786, arranged chronologically, the value, weight, and fineness of all Ameri can coins and the changes and dates, of Issue. The purpose of the Department is to send a ' copy of this book to every person applying for information, with the page and paragraph ' marked which contains the answer to the query propounded. - , j j - Locomotive Goes Through a Bridge. At Crawfordsville, Ind., Wednesday about , midnight a. locomotive went through the Yandalia Bailroad bridge, over Walnut Fork, killing three men. The run was being maue to see u tne trace was saxe aiter heavy rains of the past week. Five men 'were aooara tne engine wnen it wew uuwu. Engineer Frank Bowman, of Terre Hute, es caped with five bruises, but Boad Supervisor J.S. Brothers was severely injured. The killed are: Fireman Hlbber, ol Lrfganspon; "Breakman Chas. MeSenzle, ot Terre Haute; Conductor N. B. Fowler, of Terre Haute . Fowler's body is still in the creek, - Nobody Can "Remember. , '.' Miss Willard siys it Is no longer con sidered n breach of courtesy to de cline a drink in Kentucky, i When was the experiment ever tried? Louisville Commercial. - - . MONEY;-'U- j Mnr .t r w m ' WE Oil OTJE DEALERS can rou macblsee cheaper tbaii you can gea eleewliere. The NEW KOTIE te -our beet, lat went aire clieaperkJad. ' neb as tne CIOMAXi IOEAI, and titer TUc Ana Fall Tliefcel Plated Sewlns inacniaea for $15.00 and up. Call on oar a sent or write uo, , w want your trade. S ir arlcce- tZa aZ. ar aeannff wm-vvin, we will , ltave It. TTe challenge ine world to krxaehlne for f SOO, or . gwlnsSXaeb!ner 92C.OO tri you can 6y from w, or er i - i in trrif tjtx. skit - roH bale er BAnnrr & JORDAN Dunn, 1L C. AND (tS! ( ABSOUimY
The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
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Aug. 5, 1896, edition 1
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