North Carolina Newspapers

I ' ! ' " " i 0UMTY OMIM0 . Cja. r -.--- - r-rtr.--. Tf S -iT' :$--My t 'Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." Vol. 6. ' " ,r OIlXIMIV, TM. C, xJUIME,16, 18T. No. 23. 322 KLE KLE h. if ' 1 vou see a cm of I5ak i . ir i i. ; - wit li the iifi'iM ami lecture of '' if :l naraiit.t:i of puiity I',.- Kiiv !''0li.r me nest ami cneip- ... i,,,..l!-r. It ''stands the lushest i ;im:i1 vi- of any brand-- on tin; .'.-.rivet Give it a trial ami won will ,,.r nn K" "! ' Sold bv Ii; W..J HI.X IGAN' fc CO. I ,y r:!i-n". iJiui.'i, NT. C. pKon-SSIONALaCAKDS. Attorney-at Law. SMI ! HI'IHIJ), N. C. ruiviMi ciiiiDii to any civil matters rn-tc I ro lii-cai in tin; courts of ll.irnctt. County H L Godwin, AT'i'iKNKV at Law i'i.-n. N. C. i Mi .or lo Po-t OHiec. in 1 he courts of Harnett M'i;u! ! 'i.t: count ic and in the I"' Kill .1 1 tcntiiio uiven to all busines w Murchisou, JOXKSIJOUO, n. c. i .i-'l id- in Harnett, Mooie and ,,;lii-r Mimric-, fiiir nor for fun. F.li. -in 1 v. ' I saac a- iviurcnison, 1 - If 1 . FA YK n'KVILliK, . C. tii ..9i in Cmnhei land, Harnett :hi here services are wanted. TOWN DIRECTORY. HURON KS. M. tin , list rhtnvli. lU'V. K. C. Sell, Pastor. s 'ivu-. s in-si suinl.-iy iniriiT, ana lourin an- i:i ninmiiit," mot mlit. ( Jrayermeeting v.-ry V.,!in'sil:iy nifrlit. JSuhiIay schce! Vei-V S',;ulav lllttnilliir lit ltt O flOCK, U . K. Idniiitniiiii Siiiieriutciulfiit. Uapiivt Churcli. Rev. L. H. Cnrroll,paat'r. Services every second Sunday morning1 and nielli. rr:ivei iiiec-tlnr every Thursday night iii(Uiy Sc'iool every Sunday morning, R. J Ta lur Sui'iiMiiteiident. i'rest.ytei-ian Cliureli. Rev. A. M. Hassel h ainr.. s-i vices every iirst and hfth Sunday in. rniii and niirlit. Sunday school every -ituday ni..iiiiii, M. L. W ade Superintendent. l'isrii.lo ( h.inh-Rev. I. W. Rogers, pas- t'ir. Services everv tliiriL Sunday morniner , anil ni-ht. Cm isi inn Kndeavor Society every Tues.Uy niurlit. Sunday School every Sunday even in-' at . o'clock. Mc, llolliday Supt. Kive Will Baptist Ciiurch.t-El(ier R. C. Jartisun. i.;itor. Services everv eeoud Suil- lay iiK-niiiiu' and nigla. fniiaitive iSaptsst Cli.urcli on Broad street Kl.ier'W. .. Tiiruer, Pastor. Regu tar servi- nson tin- tliird Saldiath morning, and Satur ilay lefi.re. in each month at 11 o'clock. Kl-J- r 1". I). I ,,f Wilson editor of Zion's laii'iinai k. reaches at this . church on the fourth Sunday' evening in each month at7J "I'llK'li. Kvi.i-vl....U- Invitn.l tr uttelld - " ' ' ' 1 1 1111 ILVl. .V - tlirs, services. Venn- Mens" Union Prayer meeting every Nun.iay . -veninir at 1 o'clock and Friday night ut : id o'cli ick All . ,ipili-illi7 invited lo 4"'iil these 'services. Aii invitation is ex-"t'-ii'le.l to the visitors. LODUES.. Inckimw Lodge, No. 115, I. O. O.F. Lodge f "'111 llVi-p I H !...... t 1) . -..1.. - ......it ' ' v.-ry .Monday night. L. II. Lee. N. U.; xt.iii. v. ti.; .. K. Grantham, Secre- Al! Odd Fellows are cordiallv invited II tarv t" attend. 'Im.v i a Lodge, No.1 117, A. P. & A. M. Hall "V'T Free Win Baptist church. P. P. Jones W. A. Johnson, S. W.; E. A. Jones ' w-; I (i. Johnson, Secretary.- Regular l1"iiiiii,i,-,-tti,.iis are held on the 3rd Satur ,!:yati,i i.'ciock A. M., and on the 1st Friday at .:.;.i nvi.-.-k p. in. in each month. All Ma- ""s-ig-od standing are cordially Uitteud these communications. c'ovxty Officers. invited Nll'n:r..i.u. l'oj.e. Cleik. r. M.McKav. v ' R ------ i n neet.s J. McK. Byrd. -- . 'i. xi. .-ieilL'e. Iir"iicr, j. j, wilson. 'rvey(.r,j .A . o'Kelly. ' uiity Examiner, Rev. J. A. Campbell. "'astir.. Ii t - u'lUls.-.uneri! .T A nr.an Phnirman ami Aeill ?4cLeod. . TOWN OFFICERS. U-I-- fi.. .lwin. Mayor. P Commissioners W V 'n '""1--J- J- Dupree. J. II. Pope" - 1 I eH ri ... 11. X R; ... . . 1 and F. ersni. s'i- avl. Policeman. SKWIXG MACHINES. I bin announce to tne peopie oi Wuti - .. . sn-ouiulmff country that 1 lln.j; tiH. wheeler and Wilson No. Vh i St!1Hlard Stiwing Machines, 4ati f :U,' ll:lrantecd t give perfect paction, on reasonable terms. 4C "' ,.,jet machine oil, needles, fixtures tiii'.V' Ways on han(1- 1 also repair "ii-J""'4 ut- moderate cost. Work thoi- i ulMnaciune business anu am '""gtily acquainted with them. Yoii,K"':i,1(lUarters are at Mr- E- F' hr,J" s aore where I will be pleased to Knv '"y machines Yours to iilease. it ne neu ;.. 4i . . . . J years ex- pi2tr. Mr' J. M. HAYES. Dunn, N. C. W.L Douglas $3 Shoe. Stylish, durable, perfect fitting. Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. wVL. Douglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes are the productions of f&iVed workmen, from the best material pos sible at these prices. Also $2-50 ana $2 Shoes for Men, $250, $2 and $1.75 Boys We use only the best Calf, Russia Calf, French Tatent Calf, trench Enamel, Vlci Kid, etc., graded to correspond with prices f the shoes. If dealer cannot supply you, write Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. J. A. MASSENG-ILL Sr Co Dunn, C- Wealth of States- Kansas is worth $1G0,891,- 689. Vermont is worth $80,806,- . o. -. Arkansas is valued at $8G,- Elaine is worth 400,364. The State of $235,978,716. , Oregon is estimated to- be worth $52,522,084. Dele ware' miht ho boniht for $59,951,753. Soutli Carolina's wealth is estimated at $133,560,135. Louisiana, :sugar plantations and all, is worth $160,162,439. Colorado was estimated at the last census at $74,472,693. Texas has in its enormous ter ritory a wealth of $320,464, 515. California .was valued by the assessors 01 loUU at o4,bV,- 036. J New Jersey's real and per sonal property is valued at 702,- o 1 Alabama, including cotton fields and iron mines, is worth $122,867,228. Florida has a smaller valua tion than most of the Southern States, being estimated at only $30,938,309. North Carolina, although a large part of its territory is 1111- cultivatable land has a valua tion of $157,100,202. Connecticut is enormously rjC1 jn cOmDarisOll tO it-S size, . t ililVlIlii (til (IfiOCSSCU . V HLlttl,iJlJ. Ul $327,177,385. Ohio comes very clos"e to Pennsylvania in the matter of wealth, having an assessed talue of $1,534,360,508. Georgia has developed greatly since the war, the estimate now reaches the respectable total of $254,963,124. Minnesota has developed more rapidly than any other North western state. Its assessed val uation is $258,028,697. . Missouri ranks high among the Western States; the as sessed valuation of real and"per sonal : property being $561,630, 771. Rhode Island, in proportion to size and population, is among the richest of our common wealths, being assessed at $252, 336,673. - Massachusetts is one of the richest of the states, having a valuation of real and personal property amounting to $1,584, 756,802. Virginia is not so wealthy as before the war, at least in the estimate of the first families, but still has a valuation of $318, 331,431. ' In 1850 the total wealth of this country was $7,136,000, 090. about $308 per capita ; in 1860 it had risen to $16, 160, 000,000, or about $514 per head ; in 1S70 it was $30,079,000,000, or about $780 per head ; in 1880 it had risen to $43,642,000,000, or $870 per heacl, and in 1890 to $62,600,000,000, or $1,000 per head. Ex. V A female tramp was seen at Raleigh Saturday morning. She saidjier home was in New York but had recently been liv ing at Salisbury. She gave her age as 16 years, and claimed to hSve a baby two months old that with its father had got lost from her in tlie route to Raleigh but she seemed to care about it. nothing 'TWAS ALWAl'N SO. When the pies are in the pantry, And tlie chicken 5 in the pot, And the house is neat and t'uy. Then the company Cometh not. nut when Ihe-pantry sheh re empty, And the picked-up dinner wait: While the Imhv ha.- the cnii, . Then they enter at your ;:;. Wlie;: liie tabJe !oth is dirty,f Stained with ravy and fth squash The lace curtains at tlie Jaundry, And the bedspreads i if the wash. When you're doinir the f dl cleaning, Hus and cariets on the line, Then your husband's, dear relations Coin.; to visit or to dine. So they eat the picked-up dinner, And iIkjj' decide they" cannot stay; They "must .!o a little shopping," And tli'y quickly haste away. Then they tell all the relations How their visit was a call ; That 'Mane is no wife for Jteuben; She's no housekeeper at all.''" When they're gone you tell the baby. While you wipe, jour misty ees,. "Baby,--when we make a visit We'll not take them by surpris2." Ex. OHIO Ii? fILLED WITH TRESS- DIS- Canton, O.. June G. Cries of industrial and commercial dis tress go up from every count' in Ohio. The whole common wealth is prostrate. In spite of the absolute certainty that the tariff bill will become a law within a few weeks, the times are growing worse instead of better. Everybody sees that the new tariff will help the su gar trust and' kindred forms of combined and rapacious corpo rate wealth, which are already; powerful enough to- write the jaws and dictate to the presi dent, but nobody sees how the agriculture, industry or com merce of Ohio is to be helped. It is impossible to exaggerate the distress in this state . Farms have actually shrunk to half value, and figures show that ever since Mr. McKinley's elec tion values have shrunk not less than 10 per 'cent. The de pression is so terrible that the loan institutions are holding thousands of overdue mortga ges, which they do not dare to foreclose, because prices have sunk s low 'that farming land frequently fails to bring the price of the mortgage at auc tion. From the figures already in my possession, I am satisfied that the list of assignments, forecloseures and transfers of property for debt since the be ginning of this1 republican year of prosperity in Ohio averages more than half a million dollars for each of the counties, and that the total for the state is more than fifty million dollars. I frive in this dispatch the offi- cial figures, so far as they are Mc- obtainable, for President Kinley's county. But shocking as they may be, $iey only faintly shadow the real situation. Wages are be ing cut down in all directions, factories are running only part of the time and; usually with re duced forces. Thousands of idle workingmen join with the ruined farmers in. the cry for the prosperity which was prom ised. The free silver movement is increasing I by leaps and bounds. Everybody knows it. Nobody denies it James Creel man in New York Journal. Fell From th3 Mood. In a catalogue of Mexican aerolites M. Castillo, the astron omer, tells of one of these "air stones," which exploded before if reached the surface, scatter ing fragments over an area of forty-five square miles. Meas urements and estimates place the combined weight of these fragments of stones at not less than three thousand tons. At one spot two immense flat plates of the aerolite were discovered lying close together, the two weighing about eighty tons. M i Castillo says that there is no doubt but that such stones fall from the moon. j - You have no idea what F. P. . Jones has unless you exam, ine his stock, and his prices can sot be questioned. Little Girl's Soff-SacrificiDg Deed- I She lived in Placer count", not far from where the pretty town of Auburn now stands, t for it happened many years ago, in. the early bU s, and 1 expect that but few now residing there l.nm v. ouww of iimj,tt!i li t iriit iiirii iiit. rfi. fair. The family, consisting of father, a miner, her mother and little brother, dwelt in a small shanty erected under cover of a convenient ledge. The shanty was a miserable structure of two rooms, but it het what many a grander dwelling failed to contain, a loving household i The mother lay sick with a fa ver, and Oarmen, then a girl of twelve, performed the drudgcrj of the house. Her little -broth er, a curly-headed rorappvej' was Carmen's great responsi bility. The father wa&'avay from early morning, until llate at night at his work, and so thej little hands of twelve found! plenty to do. In common with the custom of miners, the fath er kept a store of giant .'powder m the house, which in the pres ent case was contained in a sack placed in an old wooden box that stood at the foot of 'the bed Avhere lay the sick mother. The upper part of the shanty, under the sloping board roof, was util ized as a storage place for old dunage. : One night the father was ab- sent in the mine, means the shanty By some took fire, probably from the cracked and defective adobe chimney. Car men awoke to find that the roof was afire and sparks dropping down. Springing up she loud ly cried to awaken her mother and Tommy, but the little boT became trightened. and hid his head beneath the covers of Jiis bed. Carmen sprang to lift him from the bed", when she saw shower of sparks falling on the j)owder box. Recognizing the awful danger, she attempted to leave the child for a moment and carry out the powder, but in her excitement she caught her foot iii the overhanging bed clothes and fell to the floor, breaking her thigh bone. Un able to arise, the brave girl crawled to the box of powder and, drawing herself up, cover ed the box with her body. .The mother had by this time suc ceeded in getting out of bed and getting outside tlie now furious ly 'burning shanty, and manag ed to take with her her little boy. I The cries of Carmen : "Oh, take Tommy out, won't you !" turned for a time the mother's thought from her daughter's danger. The fire had aroused some of the neighbors who speedily ran Qo the burning shanty and lent what aid the could. Carmen was discovered and removed. Her rescuers found her almost buried beneath a mass of burning cinders, her back frightfully burned. Ten der hands bore her to a neigh boring shanty, where all that could be done to alleviate her sufferings was eagerly bestowed. But human aid came too late. The brave little spirit lingered until the following day and then departed for a brighter land It was not know until after she had recovered consciousness, a short time before she died, that she had broken her leg. Her last words were: "Kiss me, Tommy, dear; I've saved you, and I'm so happy." San Francisco Call. English Baked Ham. boat a medium sized ham in tepid water for 12 hours. Trim off all the rusty pieces and make a dough of flour and water. Roll this out rather thickly atid envelope the ham entirely iiWt. Place in a baking dish and bake in a moderate oven for 'four hours. When done, carefully remove the crust and skin, rub the ham all over with yOlk of egg and sprinkle with very fine bread raspings, or, if preferred it can be glazed in the usual way. Baked ham is a very de licious dish and considered by many to be . very superior to boil ed. Subscribe for this paper. A UTILITY OF METALIC CONDUCTOKS. The utility of properly con structed metalic conductors for securing protection against in- U1A J "g"ng mis oeen so nil demonstrated bv tlie exper w w ience of mankind since theorig- inai discovery oi rranklin, -that lt is scarcely reasonable to sun- nose that any but the most io-- O norant entertain doubts about the subject. The most eminent scientinc men ot the age, r.di- sun, on- xxunipnrv unvy, vrago, Faraday, Harris, Brewster, Lardner, Bache, Johnson, Hen- aim uuiws, jiu nave uevo- ted themselves to tlie investiga- .1 ..a. 1 ii . - . - . r v. --- i.v-LvuL luun- biorxus anu me action ' OI - rods. -below a few of these most celebrated modern scientists' opinions will be found. M. Arago, president of the French Academy of Science, says : "We deduce from facts alone without borrowing anything from theory, simple, uniform and rational rules for protecting buildings from the effects of lightning, which, when properly-observed, reduce to insigni ficance the danger to be appre hended from thunder' storms." Prof. Joseph Peniy, Secreta ly Smithsonian. Institute, Washington, says-s- "In a house properly provi ded with lightning rods, howev er many discharges ma", fall on it, we are well assured, from full experience and established principles, no damage can en sue to the occupants w i t h- in." Prof . Johnson in his work on natural philosophy, states : . "Conductors attached to build- ings do really protect them from injury by lightning, as has been abundantly proved by actual experience t h) u s a n d s of times -' ' ! . Sir W. ' Snow! Harris. F. R. S., wlio investigated the subject in the interest ; of the British Navy (which ships were pro tec- ted after his design) and who -a 1 1 1 I afterward designed the light ning conductor for the new houses of Parliament which were erected thereon at a cost Of 2,814, or $11,500, says : A judicious application- of conductors, nave witnout excep- .V11ce without cost to the St ite tion given positive testimony in The incubus is the central pris favor of the use of lightning on -with tho. lifo-timo nrinn0ra pointed conductors, both on ry yet remains and is used for land and sea, is; not only desir- horse stables, able but in general is absolute- January G, 1870, the peniten y essential to the preservation tiary was opened and forty con pf buildings and ships from the victs were placed in it. The ravages of lightning. first one was Charles Lewis. The following is from the pen pf Prof. Merriam, of, Brooklyn Heights, iN . i . : "lam in favor of lightning rods generally, as the best pro- tection of hie and property, This favorable opinion is the re- suit of observations that have extended over more than half a century of time, and over a large extent of geographical sur- face. Uur record ot lightning 'phenonienon is, without, doubt the most minute and extensive dn the globe, extending in all climates and to the remote dis tricts of the earth." ' These records furnish the - -& most abundant evidence of the protection proper metalic con ductors aford against lightning. The facts we have cannot but be convincing to intelligent observ ing persons. No d e a t h by lightning have ever been known on steamboats, in a railway car, in an iron building or iron ves sel. No death by lightning in a hip or building properly fur nished with a system of good lightning conductors. ! It may seem to many unnec essary to use such quotations as the above to strengthen the proof of the efficiency of light ning rods, in this enlightened age, but it must be borne in mind that the mases have not access to that class of informa tion that sheds much light on tins suoject. nence, ; there is more skepticism on it than is generaly supposed notwithstand ing the genreral use of lightning rods. Thousands would pro vide protection who do not. if they were as positively certain that lightning rods will protect as they are that water will run through pipes. And all who have thoroughly investigated this subject know this to be true. But the masses have not the facilities for demonstrating these facts. STATE- Its Capacity, Cost and Pko- portions Convicts Farms. The following' history of the (state penitentiary is clipped from the Charlotte Observer, it bein? bv its Raleio-h corrotinti- dent There is no problem in North Carolina .creator man t in tom. tpnt.in.rv : that it mninton l . " l' I J 7 " " J ...... the dregs of the State s crimi nal class, the aged prisoners, the sick and the incurables. rni 1.1 ine prooiem grows greater an greater nually and less than 125 con victs are the prime cause. There are 80 "life" criminals, and of these only 00 can do hipnvr wm-k- The penitentiary maintains five farms ; three on the Roan oke, one in Anson and one at Castle Hayne. Only four in the broad sense can be termed farms, and all are on leased land. There are today 153 con victs in the penitentiary, itself, 36 at Castle Hayne, '153' at the Anspn farm, G55 on the farms on Roanoke river. The total is 997. Of these GO are women. The penitentiary was estab- i-:ii i ii t i, nsneu oy ine legislature in 18G8. Before that the modes of punishment were death, the jail, the whipping-post and the It was propos ed that the location; of the pris on should be in Chatham coun ty, on Deep river. But Ral- Uigh was finally selected after landsharks and carpet-baggers had made some money out of the State in the matter of land for the site in Chatham. The penitentiary as first built here was primitive. Two long houses were built of logs as quarters. These were low and - - were like a set of houses facing each other with a roof covering all and the corridor between. In each of the rooms there were 10 or 12 convicts. The stockade was of pine poles or small logs. part of the original penitentia sentenced from Johnston coun- Uy, for four years for robbery. The oldest nrisoner now within the walls is Andy Winecoff, who Was received June 18, 1877, for life. The total number of con- victs received is 11,990. The penitentiary building is 0f brick and granite, all made or quarried on the premises. In fact the granite for the founda- tion came from under the build- hnp - That from the immense wan came'from the quarry with- in the stockade. First and last . the cost of construction approx imates $275,000. The main building has a front of 750 feet. It is a great shell, enclosing the st wing "cell blocks, which are simply masses of brick and cement in which are the cells, rising four tiers high, like bur- rows in a mountain, ine wesi wing has no cell blocks, but is a vast open space, availing for manufacturing or other purpos es. In former years the Legisla ture used to appropriate $12.,- (VlO nnnnnllv fir tlir nonitonti;i- jw j " -' ' - " 1 ' - ry; During the past four years, it cost the State only $74,000 for the entire period. This was the excess over earnings. Last .i year there was no expense. This year there is a contingent appropriation of $2o,U00, of which the new superintendent says not a dollar will be needed if there is no damaging freshet in the Roanoke. Last year a freshet swept away about 1 .000 acres of corn there. He says the best farm in the State is the "Caledonia," there, which is offered at $9 per acre for its 7,000 acres. The State has an option at that figure. PENITENTIARY IV 1 1 u. ci-;? w imil k ii ? Whcaoo did they' come v ho trxl this earth U-forv u . v N'ow vanished like loud-hhad.mn in I In uieiv. A-td u l.l:!iiw ent? () answer, pale Mar I o'er us ! Win-it- are th drifting kdow of yv ; ter-year? Whence' coin'' tin tide that fn-l the f a r-b ft' yea-shore, -Wliert the Joyn to wliiv li Mir end heart clings Y ' Whence' came the love that ie -ff j life? And yea inon Where are the blossoms oftheiii j dead Spring? Wheure cohhm thW uiled sad--ed ; maiden. Wan Sorrow nverw'ntry meadows ! lone And whither weyr, to n h it f ir !it;int ! Aldell Bright . Plea-i'ire who walked "with in l.jusl ajfoiM'r Whence Wliitlier? We cry aloud, our ipicsiimi an-wer j misses ; We; only know hold while y-i we may Our little cra between the vaf al I )i '.Uli's Of Iife's T-iiu)rrow Y'tei-day. ami But when our faiutlnir "piit falls u'ul i falters From scaling lu-ihti no hiunau foot i has trod, We hold to thi one thlnsr that noihi- ir jaltel lie Mho front ae to aijc U our (Jod, Ami when with work onoth forever : ended t We launc i out on the IkhiimIU's Silent is. a IVrchauce we llnd life's Whence ami ! - Willi lier Mended In the ;rcat ocean i fKt'rnity. i Ikknk Nokman Mi-Kay. bT ATE NEWS. Items ov news oath kiikd from all parts of the state. The colored teachers' associa tion is in session at Raleigh this week at Shaw University. The Salisbury Sun tells of an old negro woman in that town that carried a lot of eggs in her bosom until they hatched and now she is raising the chicks, i Two negro children were placed in the penitentiary lat week: a boy and a girl, brother and sister for the murder of their, father. The girl is 1G years of age .and the boy 15.- The earthquake of last week so frightened the fish in tlu?. French Broad river, says tlu? Ashevillc Gazette,, that they jumped out of the water on tin? bank land several were caught by some men. who were at the river at the time. The State Medical Society met in annual session at More head Citv last week. The fob lowing officers wen? (fleeted for the ensuing year: President, I)r: Frances Duffy, New Bern; vice presidents, Drs.C. K. Reg ister, Charlotte?; J. B. II. Knight, Williamston; A. T. ... Cotten, Morriille, and F. II. Russell, of Wilmington ; secre tary Dr. R. D. Jewett, Wil mington; treasurer, Dr. M...P. Pearry, Mason.' Charlotte was selected as the place of the next meeting. Wilmington e.-cap"d the storm vesterdav, or th;4 rain and hail of it, at i .;st. I he thunder and lightning was severe oir and 6u all the afternoon and part of the night ; there was but little rain.- Passengers com ing in over tlx? Wilmingtoii and Weldpn Railroad reported, that the storm was violent between Mount Olive and Warsaw. At Ocean View the ground was strewn with h.ii! st i , some of them as l;..-v as guinea eggs. There was u 'wavy wind also, but no lanj.gc. Wilmington j Star of Sunday. The Raleigh corrcondent of t h e Wilmington Messenger writes that paper on June 9th : "Sheriff Smith brought two con--victs o the penitentiary from Richmond county. He says he has during his sixteen years as sheriff brought 450 to the peni tentiary. What is known as' the "maple louse" has been dis covered here on the premises of a physician. The tree on which its uiiwelcomcd presence was discovered came from the west. It is a dangerous pest. This is its first reported appearance in North Carolina. I