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Totter. Salt-liheum and KczeroS.
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is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains," frost bites
and chronic f-ore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
Dr. Cady's Or: 'lit ion Powders, are
;just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
erniifnge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
For nalo by N. B. Hood, Dunn,
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Profesnional Cards.
James II. Pou. Edward W. Toe.
W. II. Young.
POU S: VOU 0 YOUNG,
Attorneys at Law,
LILLINGTON, N. C.
(Associated in tLe trial of civil cases)
in the Superior courts of Harnett Co.
C. vLIFFOItl),
Attorney at Law.
DUNN, N. 0.
Will practieo in all the courts of tho
Stato where services debired.
L . J. m:s T,
Attorney at Law,
DUNN, N. C.
Practice in County Courts of Har
nett and surrounding couuties, end U.
S. Courts. Special attention given
collections. -
IJJIM'LEAN,
Counsellor and -Attorney at Law.
DUNN, N. C.
Practice in all courts. Collections a
specialty.
TF. e. jiuitcitisoy,
JONES BOKO, N. C.
Practices law in Harnett, Moore and
ether counties, but not for fun. 3 201y.
jsaac a. Jiuitcmsox
Favetteville, N. (J.
Practices law in Cumberland Har
nett and anywhere services are wanted.
WILMINGTON & WELDON R.R.
AND BRANCHES.
AND FLORENCE RAILROAD.
Cond-nsed Fe'ie.lule Dated Jan. 17th, 1898.
THAIS, GOING SOUTH.
Leave Wel.Pn 11 52 am, 9 43 pm.
Arrive Ko-k v Mount 12 55 a.ro, 10 36 pm.
L'-avo Tarboro 12 12 am. fi 01 p m.
Leave i:. cky Mount 100 am, 10 36 pm,
G 15 pm, 5 1) am, 12 47 pm .
L'-ave Wilson 2 20 am, 11 1C pm, 7 17 pm,
0 2:am. 2 37 pin. ,
I.favo Sflina 3 15 am.
' Leave FayttTi'ville 4 47 am, 1 14 pm.
Arrive 1'lort-nee 7 35 am, 3 15 pm.
. Arrive (loldsboro 8 00 pm.
Leave UoM-txro 7 01 am, 3 20 pm.
Leave Magnolia 8 05 am. 1 24 pm.
Anive Wilmington 9 30 am, 5 50 pm.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Leave Florence 9 48 am. 8' 15 pm.
Leave Fayeiteville 12 13 am, 10 15 pm.
Leave Seina 1 47 am.
Arrive Wil.-ou 2 35 am. 12 09 pm.
Leave Aniimnyton 7 15 pm, 9 35 am.
Leave, Magnolia 8 55 pm, 11 02 am.
Leave Cloldsboro 5 00 am 10 10 pm, 12 05
am.
Leave Wilson 2 35 pm. 5 38 am, 12 12. am,
11 20 pnii 12 55 nn.
Arrive lim-kv Mount 3 29 pm, 6 15 am,
12 49 am, 11 57 pm, 1 10 pm.
Arrive Tarboro ( 4" am.
Leave Tarboro 12 12 pm.
Leave Koeky Mount 3 29 pm. 12 49 am,
Arrive Weldon 4 33 pm, 1 42 am.
Trliin on tho Scotland Neck Branch Iload
loaves Wel.lon 3 55 pm, Halifax 4 30 pm, ar
rives Scotland Neck 5 20 pm, Greenville" 6 57
pm, Kiistou7 55 pm. Illuming leaves Kius
tou 7 50 am. Greenville 8 52 am, arriving
Halifnx 11 18 am, 7WMon 11 33 am. daily ex
cept Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leave Wash-lnpto-j
8 20 am and 2 30 pm, arrive Parraele
9 10 am and 4 00 pm, returning leave Parmele
9 35 am and & 30 pm, arrive Washington
11 00 arr nil 7 20 pm, daily excer t Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. C, daily except
Sunday 5 30 pm', Stinday 4 15 pm, arrives
Plymouth 7 40 pm, 6 10 pm. Returning leaves
Plymouth daily except Sunday 7 50 am, Sun
day 9 00 am, arrives Tarboro 10 05 am and
11 03 am.
Train oa Mid. and N. C. Branch leaves
Ooldsboro daily except Sunday 7 10 am, ar
riving Smithileld 8 30 am. Returning lea
Braithfield 9 00 am. arrives at Goldsboro lfM
am. , ,
Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rocky
Mount at 4 30 pm. arrive Nashville 5 05 pm.
Spring Ilope 5 30 pm. Returning leave
Spring Hope 8 CO am. Nashville 8 35 am, ar
rive at Rocky -Mount a 05 am, daily except
Sunday."
Train on rimton Branch leaves Warsaw
for Clinton daily, except Sunday. 11 20 a m
and 4 15 pm. Returning leaves Clinton at
7 00 am and 3 00 p m.
Train No. 73 makes close connection at
Weldon for all points North'dailv, all rail via
Richmond, "
H. M. EMERSON,
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
J, 11. KENLY, Gen'l Mauasrer.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
Confessed the Crimes.
Abe Storm has confessed to the
murder of Mrs. Fanny Bathburn and
her daughter, Mary, near Burlington,
a j.ue confession was made to Chief
of Police Grenier, and the county attor
ney. Storms says he committed the
deed Sunday night, Jan. 23. He killed
the mother first in the cellar. Then
he enticed the little girl into tha bed
room aboye and after a terrible strug
gle to outrage her, cut her throat.
Good prices for hops have prompted
I alifornia growers to largely increase
the acreaffo.
.There is continued persistence In the
Cuban question, because It looks as if
nothing short of freedom vrill answer. ;
UW ML
Reported With an Amendment by
. Senator Tillman Regarding
ISSUANCE OF FREE PASSES.
All Freo Passes Issued by Railroad
Corporations Shall Be Signed by
Some Officer of the Corporation.
' Washington. (Special.) -The Sen
ate committee on inter-State commerce
on the 3d authorized a favorable report
on the anti-scalping bill, -with amend
ments. The mo3t important of these
amendments was the following, offered
by Senator Tillman, relating to railroad
passes:
"That the giving of free transporta
tion to persons or property, except as
allowed by section 22, of the act
'to regulate commerce,' approved
Feb. 4, 1897, shall be deemed an unjust
discrimination under section 2 of said
act, and shall bo punished as provided
in section 10 of said act; and in addi
tion to the penalties upon individuals
provided in section 10, the corporations
which may bo guilty of any-such of
fences shall be punished by fine as in
said section provided.
"That all free passes issued by or in
behalf of any railroad corporation sub
ject to the provisions of said act, shall
be signed by some officer of the cor
poration authorized by vote of the di
rectors to sign the same, and every such,
railroad corporation shall keep a rec-.
ord showing the date of every free
pass, the name of the person to whom
it is issued, the points between which,
the passage is granted, and whether a
single trip or lme pass, and, if the lat
ter, the time for which it is issued;
and this record shall at all times be
open to the inter-State commerce com
missioners, or to their representatives
who may be duly authorized in writing
to examine tha same."
CRAZY MAN WITH AN IRON BAR.
Becoming Frenzied in a Religious
Argument lie Kills Three People.
A special from Little Rock, Ark., of
the 3d, says: Sol. F. Autrey, a farmer
of Franklin county, accompanied by
his family, went early yesterday morn
ing to visit his aged father and mother,
living near Mulberry. Shortly after
his arrival, Autrey became engaged in
a religious argument with the old folks.
Suddenly he grasped an iron bar, kill
ed his father, mother and his ten-year-old
son, and wounded his wife and
three remaining children, two of whom
are not expected to live.
His wife and eldest daughter, al
though badly hurt, managed to notify
the neighbors. When they reached tiie
house they found Autrey a raving ma
niao with his clothing on fire. He was
oyerpowered after a hard struggle.
Autrey has been chained all day, talk
ing incoherently, swearing that witches
are the cause of the act. Some doubt
his insanity.
COST OF THE CUBAN WAR.
For Two Years it Amounts to $240,
000,000. The cost of the Cuban war from Feb
ruary 1805", to the end of 1807, is offi
cially estimated at 3240,000,000, besides
the arrears due from the Cuban Treas
ury, amounting to $40, 000, 000.
The Imuarcial complains that the
commercial negotiations between Spain,
Cuba and the United States are being
intrusted to Seuor de Lome, the Span
ish minister at Washington, and urges
the government to appoint experts to
examine the terms for the treaty on
Spain's behalf.
TKACIIKR AND CHILDREN LOST.
Almost Frozen to Death When Found.
House Blown Down.
On the 3rd, a terrific snow storm pre
vailed at Leachtown, W. Va. Brock
Gaines, the teacher; Samuel Day,
Carl Auderson and two children named
Catrill, were lost for two hours in the
storm. They were nearly frozen when
found. The house of Wm. Henthorn
was blown down. Several barns were
destroyed and many fences demolished.
The thermometer was 0 below zero.
.Both the Ohio and the Kanawha rivers
were frozen over.
To Circulate the Bible.
An association was formed in Chica
go for the purposo of spreading the cir
culation of tho Pible. Already the sum
of 330,000 is in hand, and this with all
subsequent capital, is to be expended
in placarding dead walls, rocks, bill
boards and street car signs with Bibli
cal texiB.
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3Iedical Marriages.
Representative Chas. Wr. Parker, of
Cuyahoga county has introduced in the
Ohio legislature a bill requiring all
persons applviug for license to marry,
to pass a medical examination. Persons
having dipsomania, any form of in
sanity, hereditary tuberculosis or con
sumption or siphilis, are barred from
marriage by the bill. An examining
board of three physicians in each
county will be created by the bill if it
becomes a law.
A New York World's Fair.
Senator McNulty introduced in the
New York legislature a bill providing
for a world's fair in New York in lyOl.
It provides for the issuance of munici
pal stock to the amount of two million
dollars.
National Pet Stock Association.
The National Pet Stock Association
held its second annual meeting at
AfoJcnn flnnara Garden. New York, on
the 3d, with the thirty-four members '
present. A permanent examination was
adopted and plans were discussed ior
the holding of a pet'stock show soon in
this city. This ticket was nominated
for officers for the year, the election to
take place later: President, H. B. Sav
age, of Texas; vice-president, L. Banks
Holt, of North Carolina; secretary, Jos.
Lawrence, of Massachusetts; treasurer,
Henrv Hcpcon, of New York.
IE
FfFTY-FlFTH CONGRESS,
Proceedings of Both the Senate and
House Day By Bay.
THE SENATE.
80tjt Dir. The Senate passed two of
the general approDriation bills that
for the army carrying 23,143,432, and
that for the legislative, judicial and ex
ecutive departments carrying 621t6C8i
520 werb pessed, the latter consisting
of 121 pages, occupying the attention of
the Senate during "the greater part of
the session. Tillman presented the cre
dentials of John M.McLatirin, as, a Sen
ator from South Carolina to fill the un
expired term of the late Senator Earle,
the term ending March 4, 11)03. The
oath of office was administered to Mc
Laurin by the Vice President.-
81st Dir. In the Senate Senator
Piatt, of Connecticut, opened the de
bate for the annexation of Hawaii, and
the friends of the treaty are determined
to press it to a final vote. Senator
Thurston made a motion to postpone
further consideration, but was yoted
down. Senator Pettigrew spoke against
annexation in opposition to Senator
Piatt. Sixty vote3 is claimed sure for
annexation.
32d Day. The Senate discussed the
annexation of Hawaii. Twenty thous
and dollars was appropriated for repre
sentation at the Fisheries Exposition,
in Norway. Cullom, of Illinois, of the
appropriations committee, called up
the agricultural appropriation bill. As
it passed the House the meastfrxj carried
33,360,902. As reported to the Senate
the bill carried 33,512,202, an increase
over the House bill of 3151,000.
33d Dat. In the Senate Senator
Caffery, of Louisiana, challenged the
right of t the admission of Cor
bett to a seat a3 Senator from
Oregon, claiming that the Gov
ernor had no right ta send him.
Martin, of Virginia, presented the cre
dentials of Daniel as Senator from
Virginia, elected for a term of eix years,
beginning on March 4, 1S99. The ag
riculturial bill, - carrying $3,527,202
passed with amendments. Piatt, of
Connecticut, read a lettler from a
member of the Connecticut Grange, in
which thestatement was made that the
seeds sent out were bad. Bacon, of
Georgia, thought there ought to bo a
reform in the distribution of seeds.
34th Day. The Senate passed a bill
providing for the erection of a public
building at Beaumont, Texas, at a cost
not to exceed 3100,000. In' the execu
tive session Senator White concluded
his three days' speech in opposition to
the annexation of Hawaii. He review
ed at length the'general policies and
theories of our government, declared
that the question jwas above all poli
tics aud that it was a step which, it
taken, could not add to our glory or in
crease our wealth, or be regarded as
in accordance with our honesty. Sen
ator Lindsay spoke to question of per
sonal privilege on the resolution recent
ly passed by the Kentucky Legislature,
demanding his resignation. He denied
that he had betrayed the trust of his
constituency, and stated that he fully
represented the whole people of Ken
tucky and that he wss not the agent of
the Legislature. The Senate adjourn
until Monday.
; THE HOUSE.
34th Day. The House buried the
Teller resolution declaring the bonds
of the United States payable in silver,
under an adverse majority of 50 votes.
The Republicans were solidly arrayed
in opposition, with two exceptions.
Linney, of North Carolina, who voted
with the Democrats and Populists, and
White, of North Carolina, who an
swered "present," when his name was
called. The desertions from the Dem
ocratic side were McAleer, of Penn
sylvania, and Elliott, of South Caro
lina. Both voted with, the Republicans
against the opposition: Speaker Reed,
though it is not customary for him to
vote, had his name called, and, amid
the cheers of hi3 followers; went on
record in opposition to the resolution.
The vote was reached after fivehoursof
debate.' under a special order adopted at
the opening of the session.
35th Day. The House is still harp
ing on prosperity. The District of
Columbia appropriation bill was not
completed. Simpson read newspaper
clippings to show that tho lumber in
terests in Maine were not prospering,
but, Dingley, ' in reply, declared that
the Maine papers were full of evidences
of the improvement in the lumber in
dustry. Mahany, Republican, of New
York, presented in open House, the
protest of 10,000 German voters against
the Lodge immigration bill.
30th Day. The House -after three
days on the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill, mostly in political de
bate, passed the measure today, and
then took up the bill to provide for tho
coast defenses of the country. Mr.
Ilemenway, Republican, of Indiana, in
charge of the bill, explained its pro
visions. The estimates of the War De
partment for fortifications and other
works of defense, armament, etc., were
313,378,571, while the amount carried
by the bill was but 34,144,912, tho ap
propriations for continuing the policy
inaugurated by the Fiftieth Congress,
since which time 339,384,253 had been,
spent. The bill was generally criti
cized and the debate continued.
37th Day. The House spent the day
ostensibly considering the fortifications
appropriations bills. McClellan,
(Dem.) cf New York, offered an amend
ment to increase the appropriation fo.
guns and mortar batteries from 31,
000. 000 to ,3-", 000, 000. It was voted
down. An amendment offered hy
Foote (Rep.) of New York, to appro
priate a 339,000 for Fort Montgomerj-,
Lake Champlain, N. YT. , was voted
down. In reality, the major portion
of the time was consumed in the dis
cussion of political topics.
38th Day. In the House a bill was
passed to amend the act of Jan. 81, 189-3,
granting rights of way through the pub
lic domain for tramways, canals and
reservoirs so as. to giant those rights for
cities and private corporations. At
present the rights of way are given only
for mining and irrigation purposes.
The evening session was devoted to the
consideration of private pension bills-.
39th Day. The House had un
der consideration the bill mak
ing appropriations for fortifications
and coast defences. Little interest
seemed to be manifested in the pro
ceedings, less than one-half of the
members being present during the ser
sion. The bill was passed carrying 34,
144,912 against 39,517,141 last rear.
'A doctor may spend money like water
but he doesn't get it from the weli.
DUNN, N. ;C, FEBRUARY
STREETS 1 POST MR.
Judge Simonton Renders an Im
portant Decision.
RICHMOND AND BELl COMPANY.
The City Cannot Drive the Company
From Its Streets--Chartsr Revoked
and City Enjoined.
i .
At Richmond, Va. , an, opinian has
been handed down in the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of
the city of Richmond vs. the Southern
Bell. Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. The opinion" as delivered by
Judge Simonton.
Judge Simontou's opinion holds that
the decisive cpuestio.,8 raised are these
First Does the complainant come
within the protection and ie it entitled
to the privileges ceatained in the act of
Congress of 18(50? (This act i3 con
strued to hold that streets, of a city are
post roads of the United States.)
Second If it comes within the provis
ions of that act, how far has it limited
and restricted itself by accepting the
provisions of the ordinance of the city
of Richmond? Third To what extent
doest the protection of the act of 18G6
go? Does it make the company ac
cepting it free of tho control of the
municipality in which it does business?
Judge Simonton then discusses the
question as to whether the act of Con
gress of 1856, which speaks only of tel
egraph companies, is intended to in
clude telephone companies, and con
cludes that they are the same and
that both are entitled to the protection
of the act. As to the question whether
the company limited and restricted the
privileges which it enjoys under the
act by accepting the ordinance of the
city of Richmond, he concludes that the
council of the city, by its own act, has
put an end to any contract with the
company, and but for the act of Con
gress referred, to, it would be a tres
passer.on the streets, but that under this
act, it has the right to maintain and
construct lines along any of the- post
roads of the United State?, and when
an effort is made or threatened to deal
with it as a trespasser it can refer to
this act. As to what extent the protec
tion of this act of Congress goes, and
whether it frees the company from any
control of the city through whose
streets it goes, Judgef Simonton holds
thatf it shall be controlled by the city
ordinance, cud be subjected to the law
ful exercise of the police powers.
"These conditions, regulations and re
strictions," eajTs the opinion, "already
preserved by the city council, appear
to be stimulated by a decree to oppress
and control, perhaps defeat the exist
ence of the complainant and so are not
the lawful exercise of tho police pow
ers." The Bell Telephone Company's char
ter having expired, the city exercised
its stipulated right to revoke it, but
was enjoined from interfering with the.
company's poles and wires. The effect
of the decision is to modify the injunc
tion so as to prevent the city from driv
ing the company from its streets, but
the city is to retain her police power
over it.
Falling Wires Kill Horses.
Boston, Mass. , last week experienced
the biggest snow storm in twenty-five
years. All branches of business and
street car travel was paralyzed. Falling
wires killed horses Jind burned a 3100,
000 residence. Shipping also suffered
a great loss. In New York the mercury
vas 20 degress below zero and snow
was three. feet deep, causing the Long
Island railroad to bo closed. Phila
delphia, Fa., and Gloucester, Mass.,
also suffered greatly by the storm. One
thousand vessels and thirty lives were
lost at Gloucester.
Taken From Jail and Hanged.
An unknown negro, who was refused
the privilege of walking through a tun
nel of the Norfolk and Western Rail-
tvnJ, near Bramwell, W. Va. , shot
Harry Draper, the watchman, killing
him instantly. A posse soon formed
and captured the negro, later placing
him in jail, but soon afterwards fifty
men took the prisoner from the jail aud
lynched him, after which his body was
riddled with bullets.
Turley Kiected Senator.
At Nashville, Tenn., the Democratic
caucus on the first ballot on the 1st,
nominated for Senator Thomas B. Tur
ley of Memphis -to fill the unexpired
term of Isham G, Harris. Mr. Turley
was appointed by Governor Taylor
after Senator Harris' death. The bal
lot stood: Turley 40; McMillin 43; Tay
lor 1. Turley is an ex-Confederate, a
1G to 1 silver man, and his term will
not expire until March, 1901. (
Wages Increased for 1,500 Miners,
The Carnegie Mining Company,
operating four of the largest iron mines
on the Gogebec range, Wisconsin, and
employing1 1,500 men, ha3 announced
an increase of 10 per cent, in the wages
of the employes. From expressions of
other minc owners, it is probable an in
crease in wages will shortly be made by
other companies.
' Spain May Abandon Cuba,
Gen. Arolas has said that Spain can
not carry on the war in Cuba beyond
July, and that if by that time the island
is not pacified Spain will be obliged to
abandon it for lack of resources. He
also expresses the belief that Premier
Sagasta and Senor Moret, the minister
for the colonies, intend to abandon the
island by July next
A New Powder in Germany.
It is said on good authority that the
Prussian government has bought the
lole rights to a new gun-powder invent
ed bv Herr Otto Hempel, a druggist of
Wiedo. Its merit consists in being I
perfectly smokeless; it leaves no resi- I
due whatever and the weapon only re-1
fuires two-thirds of tne present chartre
to produce the same effect, while the
explosion causes but little noise.
Po5tollice Uobbed.
By blowing open the safe at the Can
ton (Mass.) postoffice thieves secured
2.000 yorta of stamps.
9, 1898.
NEWS I N NORTH CAROLINA,
Illjch Prices for Tobacco.
The Wilmington Messenger, in gath
enng reliable statistics cf fine farming
in this State, gives these prices f to
bacco as an example of a great mady
reported: "Frank Wortham, of Vauce,
averaged 357.23 per hundred pounds on
10.00U grown on eleven ecrffs. Oh four
acres he averaged 3000. That is flnS.
When was this done -lately or ten or
twetlty years ago? Have prices any
where obtained within two or five
years. J. M. Green, of Vanee, ob
tained $3,500 from twelve acres two
years ago. Henry Hart, of VanCeV
paid $1,100 for a 'farm of thirty-six
acres. His first tobacco crop fetched
31; 183 and the time seven months.
That is splendid farming. People
leave North Carolina where such thing
happen. We heard a farmer offer to sell
J. C; Cooper, of Oxford, his farm for
$1,300, That year he and his fourteen
year old boy supported the family and
cleared $1,400 on the tobacco alone
3100 more than the farm was offered
for. That was about 1870-72. S. H.
Satterwaite, of Vance, is worth $30,000
and owns one of the best farms. He
began some years ago as a day laborer.
D. Y. Cooper, of Vance, sold $7,000 of
tobacco from his first crop upon a farm
that cost him $3,257. Ie raised other
crops. These are certainly remarkable
examples. What State can equal or
beat it? In the same county John Nor
wood paid $450 for a small farm. He
grew his own supplies and sold $1,400
worth of tobacco. Still, in Vance, Ira
T. Hart leased a farm for $150. His
crop of tobacco for four years past has
averaged $3,500, a most satisfactory in
vestment. Such lands ought to rent for
$100 an acre, as they sometimes did in
old Granville within the last 20 years.
There are other very striking exam
ples given from other counties or sec
tions. We are not sure, but think the
following examples are from Granville:
"J. C. Fleming obtained $1,975 for a
five-acre crop. His brother, B. H.
Fleming, secured $1,787.50 for four
acres average, $446. Ralph Currin
got as much. E. E. Freeman, for
crop of three acres, averaeed $37 per
hundred; John Hall, of Durham coun
ty, averaged $56.31 on entire crop, or
about 350 an acre. Near Raleigh, A.
M. Council received $096 for product of
two and a half acres. W. B. Upchurcb,
of Wake, planted six acres and receivod
$1,510."
Kxplanatlon From Davidson.
The author of the special telegram
from Davidson to the Charlotte Even
ing News of June 25th under the head
of "Projectoscope Manager Assailed,"
has the following explanation of the
matter in the same paper under date of
31st, as well as a card from Mr. Butt,
which throws a different light on the
whole matter:
"Mb. Editoe: I ask leave to correct
the statements made in my account of
Mr. Butt's entertainment at Davidson.
I did' not attend the lecture myself,
noif was I in the neighborhood of the
building during the evening. My cre
dulity, I regret, to say, was imposed
upon by my informants the next morn ing,
and I wired the story I heard,
"I find upon investigation:
"1st. That nothing, at least nothing
visible to the audience, was thrown
upon the stage during tne whole enter
tainment, i
"2nd. That the performance did not
'go to pieces,' but continued to its close
without intermission, when thei exhibi
tor dismissed tho audience.
"3rd. That of the hundred or so of
ladies present, not one left the hall till
the entertainment was over.
"4th. That the president of the col
lege was not present at the entertain
ment, nor was he or Mr. Butt locked up
in the building afterward.
"I very much regret the harm that
may have be3n done by my haste and
credulity, and hope this correction may
have as 'wide a circulation as the orig
inal account. "
Mooresville, N. C. , Jan. 27. Your
Davidson correspondent in last Tues
dsy evening's News badly misrepre-,
seuted things at my entertainment at
Davidson, Monday night. I had as re
spectful an audience as usual wliese
there are such a large crowd of boys.
The boys did not bother me, and none
of them struck me with anything. No
one left the chapel till I tifiished the
entertainment. Please give this the
same special place in your paper s you
did the notice ,that was circulated to
injure. Arthur L. Bctt.
Gems for the "City of Charlotte."
Mr. Arthur M. Fields, of Asheville,
has made a valuable addition to the ex
hibits in the North Carolina car, "City
of Charlotte." It is a box of North!
Carolina gems, valued at $2;000. The j
gems have been given conspicuous i
places in the mineral exhibit. Capt.
Ramseur is in receipt of a number of
letters from wagon factories North,
asking the addresses of lumber dealers
in this Slate. As there are no addieea
in the car, Capt. Ramseur would like
to have some. Charlotte Observer.
Delegates to Quarantine Convention.
Governor Bussell appoints as dele
gates from North Carolina to the South
Atlantic and Gulf States Quarautins
Convention at Mobile, February 9th,
Dr. John Hay Williams, of Asheville;
Dr. Richard "A. Whitehead, ot Chapel
Hill; Dr. J. B. Alexander, of Char
lotte; Dr. J. L. Ludlow, of Winston,
and Dr. George G- Thomas, of Wil
mington, president of the State -Board
of Health.
Pencilgraphs.
Asheville's new bank, the Blue Bidge
National, was opened last week. .
Of the railroad from Baleigh to Lil
lington twelve miles have been sur
veyed. At Charlotte a) horse away and ran
against a fence, at splinter 23 inches
long piercing his side.
W. A. Boyce, W. L. KitchumandB.
G. Saunders, of Asheville, leave for the
Klondike this month.
A Washington special says it is well
understood that Skinner will oppose
Butler for the Senate in 1900.
The Agricultural Insurance Company,
of Waterton, N. Y.t has been licensed
to do bnsiness in North Carolina.
There are now 165 convicts at -work
on the grading of the branch of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad from Elrod
to Ashpole. j
The Freight Traffio Association of
Greensboro asks the railroad commis-
siod to reduce the freight rates on coal. '
The rantter "will be taken np on tha
THE S1ATIUET9.
JTEW TORK COTTOS rCTTRES.
New York. Cotton quiet Middling
opland, 6 15-10i Middling Gulf 6 3-16.
Futures closed steady.
Opening. C!?3in$r.
January.... .... ....
February. 503 5 C7
March 3 72 5 60
April 5 74 5 73
May.... 5 73 5
June ;.. 5 83 5 80
July. 5 83
August 5 83 5 8$
September.... 5 89 5 67
October..... ....
November
December.
LIVERPOOL COTTOX MARKET.
Liverpool. Middling 3 7-32. Futures
closed nuiet.
January.... :
January and February. . 3 08(2,00
February and March. ......... 8 08&09
March and April 3 oewOi)
April and May 3 03 b
May and June; 3 10 s
June and July 3 11
July and August 8 1K&12
August and September - . 3 12(13
September and October 3 13 b
October and November 3 13(14
November and December 3 14 b
December and January
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
Charleston. Cotton steady ; middling
Wilmington. Cotton firm; mid
dling 5f.
Savannah. Cotton quiet; middling
5 3-16.
Norfolk. Cotton quiet; middling
Memphis. Cotton firm; middling
5 C-16.
Augusta. Cotton steady; middling
5 9-16.
Baltimore. Cotton nominal; mid
ling 5f .
Columbia Market quiet; goood mid
dling 5 3-16.
Charlotte Market steady; good mid
dling 5.40.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
Baltimore. Flour dull; Western
superfine $2. 803. 20; do extra $3.45
i. 1U; do family $4. 404. 70;winter wheat
pateuU $4.855. 10; spring do $5.1Ui
5.tu; '-spring wheat straights $4.90
5.05.4
Wheat Easier; spot, month and
February 9999j; March UUiO'JO;
May 97j97i; steamer No, 2 red
9495; Southern wheat by sam
ple 9599j; do on grade 95l'-MH.
Corn Dull and easy ; spot," month and
February 3333f; "March b;j(a.3.;4;
steamer mixed 324 bid; Southern white
corn 3234i; do vellow 3234.
Oats Firm; No. 2 white 29J30;
No. 2 active 28.
NAVAL STORES.
Charleston Turpentine firm at 32.
Rosin firm and unchanged.
Savannah. Turpentine) firm at 32
bid. Rosin firm and unchanged. Re
ceipts 3,729; water white 2.45; window
glass 2.10; N 1.95; other grades un
changed. Wilmington. Turpentine firm at3l.
32. Rosin firm at 1.15(&1.20.
Crude turpentine steady at 1.40&1.90.
Tar steady at 1.00.
COTTON SEED OIL.
New York Cotton seed oil firm;
prime crude 19 asked; prime summer
yellow 22; off summer yellow 2H bid;
prime winter yellow 27$ to 28$.
JjAST YKAK'a CHOPS.
Estimates of the Quantity and Value
of Different Products.
The final estimates of acreage, pro
duction and value of the crops of the
United States for 1897, made by tha
statistician Of the Department of Agri
culture, are as follows:
Wheat 39,465,0('.G acres, 5C0, 149, ICS
b sheis, $428,547,121 value; oats 2
..;0,35 acres, 608,765,800 bushels, S 147,
t74,719 value; rve 1,703,561 acres, 27,
803,324 bushels, $12,323,647 value; bar
ley 2,719,116 acres, 60,857,875 bushels,
$25,142,139 value; buckwheat 717,836
acres, 14,967,451 bushels, $6,319,188
value; potatoes 2,534,577 acres, 164,
015,964 bushels, $89,643,059 value, hay
42,420,770 acres, 50,604,876 tons, $401,
390,728 value.
Tho final estimate of the tobacco pro
duction in the United States for 1806,
made by the Agricultural Department,
place the total yield at 403,004,320
pounds, valued at $24,258,070. The
area cultivated amounted to 594,740
acres. Seven States produced a crop
valued at more than a million dollars,
viz: Kentucky $6,032,202; North Caro
lina $5,490,334; Virginia $3,013,983;
Tennessee $2,464,816; Ohio 81.000.00t);
Pennsvlvania $1,299,542; Connecticut
$1,325,"068.
Spain's Relations With the U. S.
A cablegram from Madrid fays: At a
racent meeting of the cabinet council
Senor Gullon, the lcieign Minister
announced that the relations of pain
with the United States were good, aud
he expressed a hope that a commercial
understanding would 6oon bearrauged
"Want a Duty on Dicycles.
The bicycle manufacturers of Canada
have asked the government for a spe
cific duty of $3 on each bicycle imported
frcm the United States, with the pro- i
vision that in no case shall it be le,ss !
than the equivalent of 2-5 per cent, ad
valorem, 'ihe present tariff imposes a !
duty of 30 per cent, on bicycles.
Must Pay the Tax.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has
decided that the newspapers of
Norfolk must pay the tax recently im- !
posed by the city council, thus revok- 1
ing the opinion of Circuit Judge Pren-
tiss, who ruled that it was illegal, be
cause the city could impose no tax
where the State had failed to do so.
An Aged Couple Slurdered.
"Virginia Bill" Friley, an old citi- 1
zen of Elliott county, aged 80 years,
and his wife, about 70 years of age,
were murdered at their home in Elliott
county, Ky., and robbed of from $80)
to $1,200. There is no clue to the mur.
der. A maul was the instrument need.
No one was at home except the old
couple. The crime is shrouded in mys
teiy. Intense excitement prevails in
the neighborhood. If the perpetrators
are discovered a lynching will follow.
NO. 1.
1TF.MS ON VAHIOUS SUBJECTS
ertalnlu to the Industrial Progress
of the "ouutry
Work has begun on the new water
works at Auuto, Ga.
The building of the John T. King'
enlargement at Augusta, 11a., it now
completed nd the machinery is now
arriving and bciDg put in place.
-Iffilf a million dollars stock and
bonds of tha Avondale Cotton Mills,
Birmincham'a new indnntry, have
ben disposed of 2nd tho plant will be
gin operations May 1.
A special frcrn Gaffuey, S. O., to
the Columbia State: py the Southern
is now tearing up its many useless side
tracks put in here to keep the Ohio
River and Charleston from enteriug
the city as at lirst intended.
The Ancjior Mill, at Huntersville,
N. C, is to poon double its capaoity,
putting in additional machinery. Tht
authorities tay they will begin making
the brick to enlarge he building in the
early spring.
The Indian Head Collon Mills, the
largest in the State, has begun opera
tions at Cordova, Ala., employing
1,000 persons. The capacity of the
plant is to be doubled at onco as the
output for several years has been sold
in advance.
The third week of tho Ne Belford,
Mass., etrike has begun with no nearer
prospect of a settlement than was ap
parent three weeks ago. Some of the
collectors who have been at work iu
neighboring cities have returned. bring
ing satisfactory reports, at which the
members of the general committee are
much encouraged. The Union weavers
will receive strike paj.
. The trustees of the Georgia School of
Technology have decided to have plane
of the necessary buildings drawn and
a list of the necessary machinery pre
pared before beginning the movement
for raising $10,0u0 uecoKary to cecure
the appropriation of $U,0oO,"inade by
the legislature for the textile depart
ment in the school.
Tho all-sorbing question of the hour
at Houston, Tex., says the Manufact
urers' Record, is the ship channel from
Houston to the jetties at the mouth of
Galveston bay. A bill has been intro
duced before Congress asking for ap
propriation with which to build this
channel and a delegation of prominent
Ifoustonians will go to Washington in
behalf of the measure.
I
The largo tobacco factory of P. II.
Hanes & Co., of Winnton, N. C, one
of the most important tobacco manu
facturing concerns in that soction, re
sumed operations last Monday after a
two week shut-down, work having been
ptopped in order to install a large
amount of additional machinery and to
mike other important improvements
for the purpose of greatly increasine
the capacity of the factory. They have
purchased a large Ptock of fine quality
leaf tobacco from which to manufacture
their celebrated brands.
The production of minerals and tho
manufactured product therefrom in Al
abama during the year 1S:7, as re
ported to State Geologist Eugene A.
Smith by the producers themselves, is
as follows: Coal, 1 14, 12'J short tons;
coke, 4,252,624 short tons; pig iron,
839,793 long ton-; iron ore, 2,112, 400
long tons; limotue, 289,973 long tons;
bauxite, 10.53J long tons; building
stones,. .183, H' cubic feet; partial pro
duction brick. 2J,210,U00; partial pro
duction potteiy, 10,000 gallons.
The value of Southern exports tt
New York is illustrated by a shipmerit
of sheeting which recently arrived at
the metropolis of loading on ship
board. It consisted of 1,000 bales aud
was: placed on board a coasting steamer
at Charleston to be reloaded at Now
York for SLanghai. I bin is only a por
tion of the consignment of Southern
goods sent to the different markets of
the world through New York which
will be shipped direct from Southern
porta, as fcteamshij) owners and agents
realize the opportunn es fordireet lines
from cities along the South Atlantic
and Gulf coast.
! A Manchester special says last week
was a dull one, though there was a fair
inquiry for varns from Japan, and the
makers of tfiese are now engaged prob
ably until May. Home users are buy
ing from hand to mouth. The cloth
business was hindered in adequate
limits, but the regular India and
Chinese atables were engaged in exe
cuting old orders. As for domestics,
printing, dyeing and finishing varieties
are moving siowly, because the makers
are trying to resist the beating down of
the limits. The minor marjtets were
are week's main stay. . France and Ger
many were buy on old engagements,
and new bnsiness was scarce for the
moment.
The equipment of new cotton mills in
18'"7, by states, is shown a follows, as
taked from tho January issue of the
Textile World, of Boston:
Alabama 4 75, 000 2,292
I'Joricla.. 1 2,000
(Jeortria 7 45.00J 626
Louisiana 1 1,000 10
North Carolina... 9 3,0S0 80
South Carolina... 11 9VJO0 2,472
Tenn esses 3 154
Kentucky 1
South... 37 . 250,780 6.C72
Massachusetts.... 2 35,840 25
Rhode Island.... 1 107
New York 1
New Jersey 3 40
Pennsylvania 5 4,000
North 12 39.840 173
Confessed the rlrnrs.
Abe Storm has confessed to tho
murder of Mrs. Fanny Rathburn ,and
her daughter, Mary, near Bnrlmgton,
la. The confession was made to Chief
of Police Grenier, and the county attor
ney. Storms says ho committed the
deed Sunday night, Jan. 23. 'Hekilled
the mother first in the cellar. Theu
he enticed the little girl into tha bed
room aboye and after a terrible strug
gle to outrage her, cut her throat.
Good prices for hop have prompted
California growera to largely iocreiie
the acreage. .
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