North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. V. DUNN, N. C, DECEMBER 9, 1896. NO. 50. IS As Submitted by .Secretaries Fran cis and Herbert. INTERIOR IN GOOD CONDITION. Herbert Deals With the Subject of the Militia at Some Length Num ber of Vessels 3,339. David' R Franei3, Secretary of the Interior, . and Hilliard A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, have submitted their reports to the President. Below are extracts from the offl oial papers: "The appropriations under. Francis' department for the lost -fiscal year amounted to $157,179,656. The esti mates for the present fiscal year are about $1,000,000 more than was appro priated last year. Tne actual public domain is now 1,W9,072,537 acres. The public lands still vacant amount to over 60O.0U0.00O acres, not inclading Alaska. About 85,729,751 acres have been patented, to railroads and there are yet duo railroads and wagon roads tinder their grants an aggregate of 111,726,639 acre3. Tne total acreage segregated from tho pnblio domain was 946,219,160 acres. The Secretary deems it desirable that our waste acreage- shoujd be taken up by actual settlers aDd they should bo given every encourage ment and pays if tho rate of settlement con tinues in tho future as la the past bat little vacant land will be left in 13 years' time. He urges legislation for the preservation of -the forests and states that a report will be sub mitted to Congress by the forestry commis sion which has lately returned from a tour of inspection. "Secretary Francis Is of the opinion tha the free use of timber on public lands for commercial purposes should be discontinued. "On tho pension question, he says that about -070,678 persons are drawing about $110,000,000 per annum in pensions and the branch of ' the service should be conducted with great care and dist retion. He gives a table which shows that the total amount paid by the government in pensions and the cost of disbuif-iug the same during the last 31 years was $2,034,817,769, which laoks only $345,712,525 of being equal to the high water mark of the interest-bearing public debt. He suggests a number of ammendments of the pension laws. One hundred and forty million dollars is thought to be sufficient for the payment of pensions during the next ilscal year unless pensions are Increased by further logislation. The secretary recom mends that an increase from $8 to $12 per mouth be granted to all ' survivors of the Mexican war who are wholly disabled and destitute. . , ' "The Indians, he says, now occupy about 85,000,000 acres of land and they should be protected from the sinister machinations of unscrupulous men. He recommends that the Indian bureau should be conducted by a commission of three members, two to be civilacs of different political parties and one an army officer. "Concerning the bond-aided railroads, the secretary summarizes the recommendations of bis predecessors and the result of the litigation. He calls attention to the fact that the tables he presents clearly show that the . Central liclno Railroad is in default to the government, or will be on January 1st next, $2,432,000 additional of its indebtedness, to gether with thirty years interest there on, will fall due and must be redeemed by the government. "On January 1, 1897, $6,640,000 additional bonds of the Union Pacific will mature; inter ests on same. $11,032,000, will be then due, and if not paid, the Uuion Pacific will un questionably be in default. He has therefore declined to patent Iand3 to the Union Pacific railroad or the central Pacific railroad, ex cept in cases where it can be shown that the lands for which patents are asked have been soid to bonafide purchasers. The Central Pacific railroad was, on June 30, 1896, in de fault to the government to the extent of $288,143 on its "bond and Interest" and its "sinking fun" account." Tho Naval Militia. Hon. H.JL nerbertinhis report as Secre tary of the Navy deals with the subject of the naval militia at some length, and it is shown that at the close of the last adminis tration the number of naval militia lawfully certified was 1,794, divided among the States of Rhode Island, Maryland, South Carolina. North Carolina, Massachusetts, California and New York. From the last returns they now number 3.339, in the States of Califor nia, New York, Massachusetts, North Caro lina, Rhode Inland, Maryland. South Caro lina, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, Georgia and Louis iana, and the Depaitment has been informed cf the prospective formation of an additional battalion in New York, at Brooklyn and an organization in Ohio. What's Next? At Ccrcdo, W. Va., a match for $500 a side has been made for a fight between Thomas Stevens, of Cattlettsburg, Ky., and a vicious lO-mocths-cld bear cub. Stevens is to be provided with a hunting knife with a four inch blade. The battle is to take place at Catlettsburg, Christmas Eve, in tho opera house. Washington Pointers. In accordance with a resolution of Con gress tho Fish Commission during the past year made a thorough investigation Into the fisheries ot the Florida coast. Special atten tion was given to the ascertainment of the fact whether sponge could be sucessfully cul tivated in those waters. The report is now beinc nrenared and will ba sent to coneress within the next two or three weeks. Prior' to its transmission to that body the commls- , eion declines tc indicate what the report eon- tains or the recommendations he may have made. The President has rardnned. fnr tha rnr. pose of restoring to citizenship, Frank J. ' Byas, sentenced in North Carolina to two . J ears and six months imprisonment for per ry. The German government has lodged an enenretic nrotest with tha KtaiA TAniirtmAnt against the action of the President imposing tonnage dues on German ships enterlffg I American ports. The receipt of this protest 1 will be duly acknowledged, but there the iuikoc ts uKBiy io res umess tne uerman government takes steps to remove the charges on American shipping, which formed the basis for the President's proclamation recently issued. The Launchlngs Were Successful. The new gunboats Vlcksburg and Newport were launched from the yards of the .Bath Iron Works Saturday before an Immense crowd. The launchlngs were successful In every respect. ' Greater New York. According to some ot the members of the Greater New York Commission, the commit tee on draft, although it has arrived at defi nite conclusions, will cot be ready to renort to the full commission before January "ist. No attempt will be made to present the re port and charter to the Legislature before February 1st The borough plan has been) decided upon; there will be two houses in the municipal Legislature, The borough board will take the initiative In local affairs and the power of the mayor will be greater than that of the present chief executive of New lork cjty. . 1 WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. Southern Pencil PoInUra. At Morganton V. C, A C. Averv, Jr., son of Justice A. a Avery, of the North Carolina, Supreme Court, was assaulted by negroes and ttabbed in five places. The negroes ha e been captured and placed in -the Char lotte Jail for safe keeping. A Sweedish sailor was picked up flinging to a small batch Boating in tho Gulf, .stream, Off the coast of North Carolina, last Friday. He was the last of his crew. The Westham Quarry Company, ownlftg large quarries and dressing sheds in Chester field, Vs., has made an assignmaat for th benefit of their creditors. Liabilities . ar $89,000. It is believed that tho assets will pay the company out. .. . v The losses, amounting to $30,000, sustained by the Germania bank and the National bank of Savannah. Ga., through forged South western railroad stock certificates, said to have been hypothecated by Maj. A. L. Hart ridge, have been settled in full. At Dallas, Texas, County Treasurer, W. IT. Coo has been arrested on a grand jury in dictment charging him with embezzli&g-$5,-695 of the county funds. ' - -Miss Emma Monroe, the 15-year-old edi tress of the Attalla, (Ala.) Beacon, met W. II. Cat Lee, editor of the Herald, on the streets and cowhided him. At Ben am old. Milan county, Texas, con victs escaped while at work by the guard being shct by a mounted desperado. - Frying Pan Shoals, near Charleston, 8. C, broke nway from her moorings during last week's storm.-, - ... -i The Ftate Baptist Convention. -of South Carolina, i In session at Charleston. Dis tinguished Baptists from all over the United States are in attendance. The Louisville baseball club has disposed of Shortstop Eustace and Right Fielder Mc Furland to the Indianapolis Clnb. The con sideration is 6aid to ha vo been $S00. - Chas. A. Collier, the president of-Soutbern States Cotton Exposition, has been elected Mayor of Atlanta, Ga. Ho had no opposi tion. Governor Johnston has been sworn in by the Legislature of Alabama, as Governor of that State. ' ; The last census sh ws that in North Caro lina there are 115,000 farms, land 11,352 mortgages, aggregating $9,060,351. ;, v At Richmond. Va., Mrs. Mary Sincindlver, charged with, snooting her husband with in tent to kill, was acquitted on the evidence of her husband, who said the shooting was ac cidental Private advices from Havana received at Jacksonville, Fla.,areto the effect thatWey ler will soon issue another tobacco order pro hibiting the exportation of Remedious tobac co from the Island of Cuba. This was not included in bis other order, and a great deal has been exported. Havana manufacturers have petitioned Weyler to close the Cuban ports on this tobacco as Northern and East ern manufacturers were buying it all for ex portation to this country, and he is expected to issue the order in a few days. A bill has been Introduced In the Georgia, Legislature prohibiting the playing of foot ball In that State; also prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper. The First National Bonk of Tyler, Texas, has failed. Af the date ot its last report, the capital of the bank was $250,000. Geo. II. Hotter, cashier of the first National Bank of Lebanon, Ky., is a self -confessed embezzler to the extent of $110,000. Ho has been at it for six years. A special to the Louisville Times from Danville, Ky., says: An attempt to burn the town of Danville has been made and property to the extent of $15,000 was destroyed. An unknown negro who was driven from a liv ery stable is suspected. A special from Versailles, Ky.. says all toll gates in Woodford county has been cut down and destroyed by a mob. Similar depreda tions have been committed recently in Frank lin, Owen, Anderson and Washington coun ties. The mobs are composed of men who demand free turnpikes in Kentucky. At St. Lous, Mo., the national convention of the W.-C. T. U. adjourned sine die Wed nesday. To the executive committee is left the duty of selecting the place for the twenty-fourth annual convention. A number of cities have urged their claims. It is believed that the ehoice lies between Buffalo, N. Y.. and Detroit, Mich., but the choice may not be made for some time. All About the North. At Milwaukee, Wis., 500 people hav e been poisoned by arsenic being put into flour at a bakery. A large number of the cases aro considered 6erious. Arrests haye been made. Dynamite Dick has been killed at Kildare, I. T., by a posse of men which have been looking for him since last September when he, with others, escaped from the jail at Guthrie. There was a reward of $1,000 for his capture. t Fire in Mason City, la., destroyed the potsofflce and all the mail and several busi ness bouse. Loss, $100,000. Insurance am ple. George Y. Coffin, the famous cartoonist of Washington, is dead. Chippewa Falls, Wis.. Is threatened with death and destruction, owing to an ice gorge which formed in the rivor just below the city. Water is two feet deep in the city. An other gorge Is forming above the place which if it should break suddenly wouid" swep the whole town. The people are panic stricken iud are moving out. The thermometer , is be'ow zero. At Park Plaee.Pa the Packer Colliery No. 5, owned by the Lehigh Coal Company, has closed down for an indefinite period. Eight hundred men-and boys are threw a out ot employment - The steam tug Levldavis of Newark, N. J., from savannah to Norfolk, Va., crew of seven stranded four miles southeast of Southport. N. C. The crew were saved by means of urfboats. - " A hundred bushels of grain have been burned at 8t Paul, Minn. Loss, $100,000; Insurance, $30,000. In New York. Frank P. Slavin, of Austsalia. and Bob Armstrong, of Chiccgo, fought. In the fourth round Slavin after two minutes and fifty-six Seconds of fighting, threw up his hands and quit miscellaneous. For November the Southern Railway earn ed $1,677,502, a decrease ot $209,843. At San Francisco, CaL. 8harkey was awarded the fight between himself and Fitz gimmons at the end of the eighth round, i'tough Fitz knocked him out It is said. The attendance was 15,000. The executive committee having In charge the arrangements for the National confer ence of commercial bodies at Indianapolis, Ind., have changed the date for the confer ence from January 5th January 12th. The principal offices of the Southern Rail way supply department, it Is understood, will be removed from Richmond, Va., to At lanta, Ga. The statement of the publid debt Issued the first of the month 6hnwstbat on November 80, the debt, less cash. In the Treasury, amounted to $995,769J59, an increase for the month of $8,270,203. .This in crease-Is. ac counted for by a -corresponding decrtase la the amount of cash 'on hand. mm mm. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Figures From the Next Report of Su perintendent Scarborough. I ' N The following figures' in regard to! the pnblio schools of North Carolina, are published by the Biblical Be- -corder. from the advance sheet of the annual report of Son. J. G. Scarbor - ougb, Superintendent of Public In struction: . - . ' . There are 635,452 children of school age (between 6 and 21 years) in North Carolina, Ninety-five per, cent. . of these, which is 603,673, are dependent on the public schools to teach them to read and write. If she does not pro-, Tide schools 603,673 of the children in her borders have no hope, no opportu nity but to grow up illiterate, ignorant utterly. If she provides poor schools, sorry teachers and keeps them only a few weeks in each year, the chanoee for these 603,673 children are but slightly improved. And it . is no re flection on the teachers to say that this is the condition of the aver age publio school; v the reflec tion is upon the General Assem blies which haye met without making better provision; it is a shame upon the people who are intelligent enough to recognize these conditions and to deplore them, but who have indiffer ently tolerated them. No patriot can stand by and see 603,673 children out of the total of 635,445 in the State, coming tor manhood in ignorance be cause they haye no schools, or because such as they have are bo mesgerly sup ported that they are not even kept open long enough to teach a pupil to read or write or figure. There are 7,171 public schools in North Carolina. The amount expended upon the teach ers is $690,161.54, which is an average of $95 for each school a year. The total number of school districts in North Carolina is. 7,807, that is to say (bearing in mind that the number of schools reported is 7,191) that in 616 districts there were no schools at all. The total amount of, money expended on the public schools for the year is $835,265. that is to say (bearing in mind the amount paid to teachers) that $145,104 was expended for school houses, sites, expenses of cdunty boards, furniture, fuel, etc A Remarkable Crop Year. The first report of the new arrange ment of the climate and crop service has just been issued. - Instead of being called the North", Carolina Service, it is now called the "North Carolina Section" of the climate - and -crop .service. This number contains a re view of the crop' season of 1896. It says: 'The crop season of the past year in North Carolina was a remarkable one in several respects. There probably never was a year with a larger number of warm periods. " Unusually favorable "weather prevailed early in the year, resulting in a splendid condition of crops; but the severe drought at the end of the season disappointed all hopes. The winter was favorable for farm work." Ought to Be Impeached. The Biblical Recorder speaks about Judge Norwood's intemperance' and says: "This is not the first time such dis graceful conduct has been reported of Judge Norwood. He seems to be a hopeless subject of strong drink. He ought to' resign for his own sake. If he does not, he ought to bo impeached. The bench should be kept above re proach, above all other parts of the government. Found to Worlt Admirably. The Charlotte Observer's Baleigh correspondcat says: "Itis learned on high authority that a number of coun ties will ask the Legislature to allow them to adopt the dispensary law. It is asserted that in Haywood coun ty it is found to work admirably." Spencer, the new railroad town near Salisbury, will have electric lights by Christmas. Had No Power. " The electoral college met in Raleigh last week, ten of its eleven members beingjresent. A telegram from Tyre York, the absent one announced his sickn As, An opinion of the Attorney General was read, that. the college at the session nnder the State law had no power to declare or fill a racancy. The pollege after an hour's session, adjourned to January 11th. - Conditions of the Treasury. ""The balance in the Btate Treasury at the end of the year, November 30, ac cording to the books of the State Au ditor, was: - . General fund . . . . V-. -. . $107,552.95 Educational fundt. . . . . . . . 35,058.31 Total.... ........ .$1 42, ull.26 The Durham aldermen refuse to pay water rent, saying that theyeom- pany has not aeps me conuacu It is said that Sheriff Ellington, of Johnston, has the honor of being the first sheriff to sottle his taxes for 1896. He made a complete settlements The halls of the two houses of the Legislature have not experienced the touch of the kalsominers and painters this year, so says the Baleigli corres pondent of the Charlotte Observer. Both are very dingy. L. The furniture has been repolished. It is all very fine mahogany, put Jhere in 1838, itis aid. The Supreme Court has decided that roats come under the head, of cattle. The opinion in this' case is written by WEEKLY 603I2IEKCI AL REPORT. The Stormy Weather Has Had Its Im pression or Trade Conditions. Bradstreet says general trade continues In moderate volume, jobbers aad wholesale dealers being agreed that there will be no "business revival this year. There is activity fn holiday goods. . Bain and stormy weather South and cold, severe weather West and Northwest, have checked f rafflo on Interior country roads and otherwise Interfered with the distribution of merchandise, except at seme Northwestern centres where more seasonable weather, has stimulated the de mand for heavy textiles,-clothing, hats and shoes. Throughout the central Mississippi valley there has been no increase in the de mand in wholesale lines, and at the South trade is characterized as dull. Nails have again re-acted on the dissolu tion of the pool; tin plat prices have been cut and Basemer pig iron has sold-down 15 cents a ton. The weakness In hides contin-. ues and prices are lower, though thus far without effect on Quotations for leather. Pe troleum prices have re-acted and quotations are lower for coffee, lard, oats and corn. No material change is reported In prices for pork, print cloths and lumber, while those for turpentine, tobacco, cotton, sugar,wheat and flour are all higher. November bank clearings reflect the spec ulative activity following the election. Com pared with months immediately preceding, the showing Is a good one. Only, once be fore in 13 years baa the November total ex ceeded that for October, and with the excep tion of January theXovember totalis the heav iest for any month this year. But in spite of this the. total November clearings were smal ler than a year ago and, with New York ex cluded, quite a baavy Jailing off is reported. The total clearings at C5 cities for November aggregate $4,564,307,804. a decrease from a year age or 2.8 per : cent. Outside of New "York the total clearings of all the cities fell off nearly 11 per cent, from a year ago. Only two large cities in the country show increases New York with 8.6 per cent, and Baltimore With 4.3 percent. There are 359 business fal.ures reported throughout the United 8tates for this week, which Is an increase of 63 compared with last week and 44 compared with the corres ponding week one year ago. CHIPPEWA FALLS IS SAFE. People Becoming Reconciled and Business Men Are Moving Back. ' - The situation is more hopeful. The watej has receded one foot and it is gradually go" ing down. The. river has forced ' a channel for itself under the gorge. The weather i moderating and unless, all signs fall, the water will continue to recede. It will prob ably be two weeks before ; the river returns to its normal state, and the people are less excited and-all feel very hopeful. CoL Jones, a United States civil engineer, says: "I think the ice in the gorge will remain until spring and that the river will 1 orco a channel plenty large enough under it. ' In the spring theice will gradually melt and will cause no flood.' Many of the merchants have commenced to move back to their places Of business. Ey namite was not -used to break the gorge. Contemplating Coming South. The Peppereli and Lnconia Mills, of -Bid-deford, Me.rhav petitioned the Legislature of that State for the privilege of increasing their capital stock, the former to $1,500,000, and the latter to $2,200,000. It Is believed that the oompany contemplates operating branch plants in the South. The corpora tion officials are reticent but the petition states that the object of the increased cspt tilization is to purchase and hold any real estate essential or convenient for tbeir busi ness and to carry on their business elsewhere than In Elddeford or Sico. . Old-Tlmo Kentucky Killing. : A special from Lexington, Ky., says a fight between old man Harrison and two sons, Tom and Caleb, occurred 1n one of the mountain c6unties. As a result the elde Morgan is dead and both sons are dying Both of the Harrison boys are also dead. The battle was fo'ight with revolvers. The Mor gan family were strong supporters ot D. Q. L'olson and the Harrison family supporters of John D. White is the recent election fox Congressman In Lotcher county. Hanna Favors "The Ball." Concerning the report going the rounds to the effect that the Inaugural ball may possi bly bo omitted at the coming inauguration of President-elect McRinley in March, Chair man M. A. HaLna who has charge of the ar rangements pertaining to sucn matters, says "1 think the inaugural ball will be held as usual. It has become a time-honored cus tom in connection with the Inaugural cere monies and there is no reason why it should oc omitted now. London's Total Debt. -The total debt ot London is now 37,941,- 701. This Involves a charee on the rates ol 2523,447, 0f which 1,217,437 is Interest and 1,306,010 repayment, equal to a rata oi Is. 57d. in the pound, and equivalent to near ly 111 per cent, oi tns ratable value. . "Will Not Pay Sharkey. A special from San Francisco says the An-glo-California bank, on which tho prize fight check for tlO.COO was drawn by the National Club, has refused payment. The check was presented by Lynch, Sharkey's backer. The bank officials told Lynchv they must decline to pay the check until courts, decided that "Sharkey was entitled to the .money. The bunK omciais say tney are acting on legal ad- vice,. - The South's Population. Within the last twenty years the .popula tion of the South has increased about 54 per cent, while the school enrollment his made a gain of 130 per cftnt. A very large part of this gain Uio the education of the negro race. While the latter paid only 5 per cent of the taxes, they recei ed one-iourtn or tne expen ditures for public school purposes. . . " "Cyclone In Jamaica. ' A cyclone, accompanied by heavy floods, has swept the eastern West Indies, causing great loss of lire. At B Vincent and Mont serrat estates have been completely wiped out. The islands of Trinidad and Barbadoes have also been flooded, earning Immense damage, but no loss of life has been report ed. - - . At Vineland, N. J.. Are destroyed the New T.ro. training school for feeble minded children. The 200 children were. taken out without accident. . ixss2a,w.o. Washington Echoes. - By far the most elaborate work on forestry topics yet issuea oy me wrpajiuirai oi Agri culture has just made its appearance. Itis a monogrcph on tb timber pines of the Southern States by Dr. Charles MobrKwtth a discussion of the structure of their wood by Filibert Both, the whole prepared under the direction of Dr. B. E Fern.w, chlel of the division of forestry. - A. J. Jackson hay been appointed posr-ma-ter. viceW. H. Osmond, resigned., at Bath. Beaufort county, N. C. Those com missioned am Alfred Pockery, at Docker's Store, N. C.; Charles Bond, 0,uiUna, N. Cj John B. Council, Iilalto, N. C. A new odce has been established at Adlai Union county, N, C with Willi aa Jt. Lee as rxftn'-r- - TOW IS MTE. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson Reviews the Cuban Situation. " - THE SPANISH ARE WHIPPED. Patriots Belong to Every Class Cu bans Cannot be Starved Their Arms and Equipments. In discussing the situaticn in Cuba, Gen eral Bradley T. Johnson, who recently re turned from there, says 'that It is impossible to get reliable or accurate information as to the Cuban army. "I investigated carefully," said ha, and was never satlf fled. Consider the slate of mind in Baltimore and among Southern sympathizers during the civil war, and recall the exaggerations of their enthus iams and the dreams of their hopes. Then intensify that a thousand fold and yon have a faint idea of the condition ot things In Ha vana to-day. All the Spaniards are for the government all the Cubans are for the re bellion." . "What sort oi peoplf are supporting the rebellion," the general was asked. "The bankers, the planters, the writers, the lawyers, the doctors, the professors and the people. The University of Havana Is a hotbed of patriotism. The boys run off by the score to join' Gomez and Maoeo, and some of the professors are ministers pleni potentiary to the 8outh American countries and to France. I think, the property, the culture and the courage of the island Is on the side of the rebellion. - - "The insurrection Is supported by wealth, directed by intelligence and conducted with genius and courage. . I think the rebels out fight and out-maneuver the Spaniards, and that they will wear them out.' VThereisno chance of the rebel? being starved out of the Pinar del Bio district for the woods are full of cattle, hogs and sweet potatoes. They will always have plenty to eat. They are armed with Bemingtons, Spencers, Mausers and every variety of car bine and revolver. "Cuba's area is equal to tos Pennsylvania; its population is 1,102,899 white, 485,187 ne groes and 43,811 Chinese. Negroes include all mixed blood ; white means pure blooded. You perceive the population is about equal to that of Virginia and is similarly mixed about two whites to one of all the other races. . . - v "With peace and order restored there, bow long would it take for two million American mechanics to take jxweseton of the island?" i "Such an immigration of skill, energy and industry as would flow into Cuba the world has never seen. Thct would dispose of the Domfhgo-Mexlcan-nlggerrepubUc epook. "Maceo is the genious of tqe war. He is a quadroon. His mother was the daughter of -a Spaniard of rank, as he is the son of a Spaniard oi ranic. tie is well eduoateo, bright, alert, dashing and daring. He will wear the Spaniards out by guerilla war constant surprises, ambuscades, attacks and retreats. Mosby, with 809 men, kept 10,000 men constantly employed for two years In the mountains of Fauquier and Loudon in Virginia, chasing-him up and down hill and dale, but they never captured him, and he cost them thousands of men and millions of money. . : "It is a condition and not a theory that Mr. Cleveland and the Congress are bound to meet, and a condition cannot be dodged. It grasps men and nations and makes them act on tho subject." - . . THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. Fifty Delegates Present Addresses By Prominent Men. The monetary conference called by the Indianapolis board of. trade met at the Denison House," in Indianapolis, and was called to order by Justice C. Adams, president ot the board of trade. About fifty delegates were present at the. opening ses-. sion, among the more prominent being M. E. Ingaiis, of Cincinnati, and J. C. W. Cowles, of Cleveland. Each . commercial organization present was allowed three votes, and upon motion of E. B. Martindale, of this city, ex-Governor 8tannard, of Missouri, was made permanent chairman. Ex-Attorney General Miller and John B. Wilson, both of Indianapolis, ad dressed the convention at some length. ' A resolution was adopted declaring it was the sense of the conference that a general conference of commercial bodies be called at Indianapolis about January 12, for the pur of suggesting such legislation as may be nec essary to place the currency system of the country upon a sound and permanent basis. It was found, however, that the hall could not be secured on January 5, and the date was lert to a local sub committee. It proba bly will be fixed at January 12. . ' -S I. Cleveland's Private Fortune. - The New York World says President Cleve land's private fortune is estimated at 1 1,000, 000. He paid $40,000 for his new house in Princeton, N. J. There Is talk that he will be dean of Princeton College at the expiration of his term. . , - A Boy of 20 Kills a Man of 35." A special to the' Atlanta Constitution from Thomasville says as the climax of bis persis tent persecution, Jeff Carlisle, a white man of about 85 years of age, who lived la the upper part of Thomas county, attacked Tobe Bryant, his neighbor, a youth . of 20, with a knife, and in a desperate fight that followed was shot and killed by - Bryant. - The latter immediately surrendered to the sheriff, and is now in jail awaiting an investigation of the affair. ' Both men were prominent in the county. Cigarette Law In Iowa. -The Iowa Prohibitory cigarette law sesms to have been knocked out The tobacco trust has discovered that the State law can-, not be forced, because it interferes with inter state commerce, ' and large shipments of cigarettes were received from New York, sold in the original s-eent packages, and no at tempt was male to prevent it. :" ' ' ra " ' ,' Ari Illinois Earthquake. . ' A special from Cairo, Hh. says that a se vere shock of earthquake was felt in that city at 1:13 Tuesday afternoon, the vibrations lasting several seconds. .Buildings swayed so perceptibly that the inmates became alarmed and rushed into the streets. No serious dam age was done, - An Extra Session of Congress. The Washington Post says: A Republican United States Senator, who has been in tho city for the past two weeks, and who has made it a point to call upon and talk with every Senator of his party, who was either here before him or has come since, states that he is positive that there will be no tari3 legislation at this coming session, and that an extra session will bo called by the 15th of March. This, he feels well satlsfled, will be the line of action, or rather inaction, decided upon by the party caucus. He is also confi dent that, at the extra session, the taxiit bill which will be "framed wiU be put through, provided there is no Dernooraiio filibuster, in three months time, and that theextra sezeja will ts adjoursei l?ef3re tfcj z cf July, BILL ARP'S LETTER. WILLIAM IIELP3 TO FIND LONG. LOST" RELATIVES. A, Heavy Mail Attests tho fchlioso " phers .Popularity, " Now if there is any old soldier liv ing who was in the Indian war in Ore gon during the years 1859 and 1860, nnder command of General Joe Laoe, and knew Captain George W. Bey nolds, in that service, let him please write to his widow, ,at Mars Hill, Mad ison county. North Carolina. The poor woman ib entitled to a pension for her husband's service, if she can prove it It is a long shoot and a car row chance, but maybe some comrade will seo this. It would rejoice" my heart to see a little of that pension fnnd coming down this way. .V I am not a bureau of information, but receive many letters of inquiry about antebellum days and families and events, and am always pleased to answer them and give the information if I can; Many of them are from old Georgia soldiers who removed west soon after the war, and they or their widows have heard that Georgia is paying all her invalid soldiers or their widows a pension. Please let me say to all concerned that there is no pro vision for Qon-residents in our Btate pension laws. This seems hard upon those who felt constrained to emigrate, but it is the law, and that settles it Then there are many letters from aged men who look back to old Geor gia with longing hearts and wish to trace np ineir Kinarea. it is a sura. sign of gray hairs when a man or wo man begins to . hunt ..np their distant kindred or the companions of their youth. Here is a Mr. John A. Harris, of Pass Christian, Miss., who wants to know about his father's rela tivesthe Harris family, of Appling and Macon and also about hfa moth er's kindred the Bledsoes, of Athens and Augusta. And here is Mr. Bed wine, of Bed wine, La., who 'wants to know of his kin of that name in Geor gia.: Alas, my old venerable friendf, Judge Clark is dead and so is C. O. Jones, the only two men who knew all the old families of Georgia. It would perplex even . them to identify any branch of the Harris family; for tbeir ,namels legion, but the Bledsoes and Bed wines could no doubt be traced by some of the octogenarians still living. These are very unusual names and their kinship is not so remote. ; I was ruminating about the origin4 of names, Anglo-Saxon came., ' and find it to be a enrions and interesting study. For instanc, is it possible that the original Bledsoe was wounded in a fight or by accident and bled so much that it gave him a name ? Is it probable the Bedwine ancestor had a vineyard and made wine of that color, or maybe did not have a' vineyard, but was much'given to lookingupon the wine when it was red? It seems that the common pcoplo didn't Eeed but one name until loDg after the Chris tian era. The Bomans, however, be gan a system to honor and distinguish distinguished people. They adopted a pre-nomen a nomen and a cogno men as Pnblins Cornelius Scipio Pnblins was his Christian name, as we call it, and no doubt the boys called him Pub. Cornelius, his family name, and Scipio was hismost notable char acteristic, for he was good to his blind old father and led him abont withr-a staff, and Scipio means a staff. I have great respect for Scipio, . Horace was called Horatius Flaccus because he had very large care, and Flaccus means flop -eared. It was not till the eleventh century that family names were handed down to succeeding gen erations, and this custom was adopted because of a law req;ring births and marriages and deaths to bd registered in the parish books. As late as the eighteenth century many families in England had no surnames, and tho children were . given nicknanus, as Nosy, Soaker, Sucker, Sntggletoolb, Cockeye, Jumper, Bowlegs, Bedtop, etc. -'. : ; ' ' As people multiplied, new methods had to be devised to distinguish them. Prefixes and affixes were resorted to. The word sou was added to distinguish the father from the children, as John, Johnson, Will, Wilson, Tom, Tomson. The word Fitz was a prefix to Norman names and camo from fi's or film, a on. Vitch in the Busian language has the same meaning, and so has von or van in German, and Mc in Sootoh and Irish, as MaeDonald; the son of Donald. O is an Irish prefix and means grandson.as O'Connor, O'Barr, O'Hallaran, etc. ' Da or Due is the French prefix for son and Ap means the same in Welch. - These afuxes and prefixes will classify a great number of names,' for from John came Jonson, Johnson, Johnston and Johnstone. The Smith family name had a pecnliar origin. The old Anglo-Saxons, were ever on the lookontfor invasions of the island, and hence they kept a large force of men on the hills near the coast to look out for the invaders and to smite them when they came. These men had but a single namp, ts John or Jack or Will, but they were known as John the Smiter or Jack th&Smiter,or Will . the Smiter, which was soon abridged to John Smiter and then to John Smither. and finally to John Smith. A smith is a smiter a gold smith smites cold, a blacksmith smites iron. . And so all these soldier on the highlands became Smiths by cane, and were rood patriotic firhung siocx. Hurrah for the Smiths including Joha. The Jones family era cf Welch extraction, and no doubt hsd a similar origin for the original name was J one and the'S was added for a rlaraL Bet Eis3 Trere ttill t'zrzzi lia pecpbf zd f ? thsytiij ii r::::t occupations 10 aistinguisu. mea ; iieta came the honeet names of larmer, Carpenter, Mason, Baker, Gardner, Tanner, Weaver, Taylor, Draper, Cooper, Miller, Porter, Joiner, badisr, TtfAorov Ttarhpi. Tnrnf: Plumber." Thrasher, Carter. Currier, Granger, Cook, Bridgman, Bowman, etc. Scores of others could be added that indicip trades and occupations. Not long after, as the people multi plied, they were named .for the places wnere tney uvea or some natural oo ject .near by, as Hill, Dale, Forest, Wood, Grove, Fountain, Lake, Pool, Rivers. Brooks. Branch, Basb, Urubb. Tree, Stone, Banks, Shore, Beach, Birch, Waters, Wall, Cliff, Peak, Seay, Rain, Bainwater, Timber lake, luce, Wheat, Corn, Allcoro, etc - " They even appropriated the names of animals, bird, etc., as Lion, Lamb, Hog, Colt, Fowl, Bull, Bullock, Beaver, Bear, Buck, Deer, Swan, Hawks, Dove, Crane, Bird, Herring, JBbbs, Trout, Salmon." And next the fruits ana flowers, ei Apple, Orange, Lemon, Plum, Cherry, Berry, Haws, Coffee, Turnip and Tar nipseed. Colonel Turnipseed was col onel of the. Ninth Georgia regiment Of flowers and trees, there is Bose, Violet, Primrose, Chestnut and Holly. Then they had to encroach on the nobility and clergy, and so we have King, Queen, Prince, Earl, - Lord, Duke, Knight, Page, Stewart,. Cham berlain, Pope, Bishop, Priest, Abbot, Prior, Deacon and Bailey. And on the heavenly bodies and heavenly things and precious stones, as Sun, Moon, Star, 'Cloud, Wind, Gale, Sky, Angel, Diamond, Pearl, Gold, Glas", Jewell, etc And on parts of the body, as Head, Heart. Beard. Hair. Arms. Leers'. Foot. Shinn, Back, Hipp, Hand, etc And on colors, as White, Black, Brown, Green, Bedd, Blue, Gray, Hoar and -Violet. - Some were named cn account of per sonal peculiarities as Long, Long fellow, Stringfellow, Short Small, Strong, Meek, Lightfoot, Good, Best, Bliss, Wise, Witt, Wisdam, Fite and Fitten. ! But there are enough for the young folks to build onto and make a very good catalogue of name?. Charles Lamb says that the original namo of Bacon was Hogflesh, who was a very wealthy and clever gentleman, but his girl wouldn't marry him because she couldn't bear to be called Mrs. Hog flesh. ' It would be awful. And so be applied to parliament and had his some changed to Bacon. He couldn't give up the whole hog, but took it cared. Many names were abridged or changed from circumstaeces. John at - tli - Moor"was ihnin rn- Atmnw and At the Wood to At wood and Peter at the Seven Oaks to Peter- Snooks. Will, the taylor, had a sign of a. 1- - l-.- -1 - J 1 1 u peaoocK over uib mup, nun gut iu uo called Will Peacock. Anslem, the pawnbroker, had a sign of a red shield, which' in the. Jewish language was Bothschild, and so he and his brothers were called Rothschilds, and became the richest men in the world. The old story of the firm of L Ketchum and U. Cheatham easy have .never ex isted, bnt before the war there was a firm in Borne of Wise k Goodman, and close by was a Wit and a Wisdom. iPk... i. Pmit. .nil Tit. r tersville, and some years ago there was a Fitten. ;Tho poet aiks what's in a came? There is a good deal, and if I was a pretty girl, and had a pretty name, I wouldn't change tt for a Hogg or a Sheepshanks. Bill Abb in At" lanta Constitution. As a persistent and tireless Ques tioner it is probable that LI has few equals, instead of being interviewed to any great extent he has interviewed everyone who came within bis range, and with aDDalllnz capacity for greedy absorption of facts. lie asks tne rail way magnates what salaries they are paid for their official services. lie asked the j president of the Pennsylva nia Railway Company to give him the gauge of his railway and rebuked him for not giving it accurately to the half inch. When a. adv newspaper corre spondent attempted to Interview hlni be asked her what salary she received, how much she saved out of It and If she ever bad any of her articles reject ed. Instead of accepting banquets ana other silly and unprofitable stomach destroying functions El has-requested to be taken throuzh factories, ship yards and locomotive works, where ha asked comprehensive and practical questions. - ' ". ;. 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