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A.J rivo I !. ky Mount 12 55 am, 10 36 pm.
Lavt! Tivrlfiro 12 12 am, 6 01 p m.
Leave Ji eky Mount 100 am, 10 36 pm,
6 45 pm, 5 4-) am. 12 17 pm.
Leave W liters 2 20 am, 11 16 pm, 7 17 pm,
22 am, 2.37 pm.
Leave Helma 3 15 am.
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Arrive Florence 7 35 am, 3 15 pm.
Arrive (ioMsboro 8 00 pm.
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'Lea-re Florence 9 49 am, 8 15 pm.
Leave F.vyetteville 12 13 am, 10 15 pm. ,
Leave Selma 1 47 am.
A;rrive Wilson 2 35 am, 12 09 pm.
Leave Wiluaintcton 7 15 pm, 9 85 am.
. Leave Mauolia H 55 pm, 11 02 am.
Leave Goldsboro 5 00 am 10 10 pm, 12 05
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L-ave Wilson 2 35 pm, 5 33 am, 1211 am,
11 20 -im, 12 55 pm.
Arrive Kooky Mount 3 29 pm, 6 15 am,
12 4i am, 1157 pm,,l 40 pm.
Arrive Tarboro 6 4) am. .
Leave Tarboro 12 12 pm.
Leave Hooky Mount 3 29 pm. 12 49 am.
Arrive Weldon 4 33 pm, 1 42 am.
Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Road
leaves Weldon 3 55 pm. Halifax 4 30 nm, ar
rives Scotland Neek 5 20 pm, Greenville 6 57
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tou 7 50 nm. Gieenville 8 52 am, arriving
llaiifux 11 18 am, Weldon 11 33 am, daily1 ex
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Traiii lavet Tarboro, N. C, daily except
Runday 5 30 pm, Sunday 4 15 pm, arrives
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riving Smithlteld 8 30 am. Returning leaves
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Sunday.
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for Clinton daily, except Sunday, 11 20 a m
and 4 15 pm. Returning leaves Clinton at
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111! CRUISER MI U
Army and Navy Register Publishes
This Information
WHICH SHOW THE CAUSE
Of the War Preparations Made Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Bl I UNITED SI1IE8.
Bids for Shot and Shell Opened Tor
pedoes for Key West--The New
War Map Made UpNorth CaolIna
Is in the Division of the East, and
South Carolina in the Gulf Division.
... :
Missouri andjTexas Departments
Abolished. "
The Army and Navy Register, in
its issue of the 12th, says: "The Reg
ister is in possession of information,
the correctness of which it has no rea
son to question, that certain evidence,
gathered by the court of inquiry at
Havana, has come in a semi-official (
form to the President from two promi
nent members of the board. Th,e in
formation has been in the hands of the
President since Sunday and has served
for tho occasion of the unusual activity
during the present week. :
"The information is that the Maine
was destroyed by a government subma
rine mine, planted in Havana harbor
and deliberately exploded. More than
this, it appears that the Maine was pur
posely moored in the! vicinity of the
mine, and that the explosion occurred
at a moment when the ship had been
opportunely carried by wind and tide
directly over the mine. These facts
have been hinted at and written about
in dispatches from Havana and Ma
drid, and among the varied statements
made the actual conditions have been
touched upon, but nothing authorita
tive has been permitted to escape from
the court.
"That body is understood to have
completed its work, but nothing is like
ly to be officially promulgated in regard
to its findings for a 'week or more.
There is obvious reason for such action,
the objects of which cannot be defeated
by independent newspaper statements:
There can be but one outcome of such
a report, and preparations for the inev
itable results are being industriously
and indefatigably prosecuted. The
work of the week shows that the gov
ernment at Washington appreciates
the situation and will be ready to meet
what has now ceased to be a mere
emergency."
ORDERED EAST.
Nearly All the Regular Army to Be
Brought to the Atlantic.
"Washington (Special). Substan
tially tho whole regular army of the
United States will be brought to the
eastern seaboard with all possible
speed. Cavalry, artillery and in
fantry will be moved to forts in the At
lantic and Gulf StateB. Only sufficient
troops will be left in the West to pre
vent any possible Indian uprising.
Orders to mobilize tho twenty-four
thousand trained soldiers are in pre
paration and will be issued by the
War Department as soon as tha plans
for transportation of th9 troops can be
made.
This action of the authorities fur
nishes conclusive evidence that the gov
ernment has advanced beyond the stage
of preparing for trouble as a precaution
ary measure. It now anticipates trouble
and expects it. The annual appropria
tion for transportation is wholly insuffi
cient to move this great body. It has
been determined therefore to draw upon
the fifty millions defence fund for this
purpose.
It has been decided that Gen. Merritt
will, command any military forces sent
to Cuba by the United States.
Bids for Shot and Shell. .
The War Department at once will
open bids for one of the largest orders
of shot and shell for heavy calibre guns
ever given, including armor-piercing
projeotiles, and deok-piercing and tor
pedo shells.
THE WAR alAP;
N. C. Will Be in the Depti of the East
and S. C. in the Gulf.
The text of the War Department or
der establishing the new Department
of the Gulf, and making other changes
is as follows:
General Orders, No. 7.
Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant
General's Office, Washington, March
11th, 1898.
The following orders have been re
ceived from the War Department and
for the guidance of all concerned:
War Department, Washington, March
, 11, 1893.
By direction of the President the fol
lowing changes are made in the terri
torial limits, designation and head
quarters of geographical departments:
The Department of the East will em
brace the New England States, New
Yofo V itUSJB Pennsylvania, Dela
ware, Maryland, District of Columbia,
West Virginia, Virginia and North Car
olina, with headquarters at Governor's
Island, New York.
2. A department is hereby established
to be known as the Department of the
Lakes, to consist of the States of Wis
consin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennesse, with
headquarters at Chicago, 111.
3. The Department of Dakota will
embrace the States of Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and bo
much of Wyoming and Idaho as is em
braced in the Yellowstone National
Park, with headquarters at St Pan!,
Minn.
4. The Department of the Columbia
will embrace the State of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho (except o much of the
latter as is embraced in the Yellowstone
National Park) and the territory of
Alaska, with headquarters at Vancouver
Barracks, Washington.
5. The Department of California will
embrace the States of California and
Nevada, with headquarters at San Fran- ;
cisco, Cal,
6. The Department of the Colorado
jwill embrace the States of Washington,
(except so much thereof as is em
braced: in the Yello( Btone National
Park). Colorado and Utah and the
Territories of Arizona and New Mexi
co, with headquarters at Denver, Col.
i 7. The' Department of the Platte will
embrace the States of Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri. KaDsas and Arkansas, the
Indian Territory and the Territory of
Oklahoma, with headquarters at
Omaha, Neb. .
b. A department is hereby, estab
lished to bo known as the Department
of the Gulf, to consist of the States of
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, with headquarters at Atlanta.
The Departments of the Missouri and
Texas are hereby abolished. The rec
ords of the Department of the Missouri
will be transferred to the Department
of the Lake3, and those of the Depart
ment of Texas to the Department of
the Guif.
Major General John R. Brooke is as
signed to the command of the Depart
ment of the Lakes, and Brigadier Gen
eral William M. Graham to the com
mand of the Department of the Gulf.
The officers of the several staff depart
ments now on duty in the Departments
of Missouri and of Texas are assigned
to like duties in the Departments of
the Lakes and of the Gulf, respec
tively, r
The transfer required under these or
ders is necessary for the public service.
R. A. AliGEE,
Secretary of War.
j By command of Major General Miles:
i ' H. C. Cokbin,
Adjutant General.
Talked Peace.
; On the 12th the new Spanish envoy
Don Luis Polo y Bernabe in presenting
his address and his credentials to the
President expressed the hope that he
would be able to cement more closely
the friendly feeling between the two
countries. President McKinley replied,
saying he would do all in his power to
"draw the two countries more closely
together on a friendly footing. "
Ordered From Fort Riley.
Orders received at Fort Riley, near
Junction City, Kan. , directed the send
ing of three batteries of artillery to the
South. Battery B, of the Fourth Ar
tillery, Captain Anderson, command
ing, will go to Fort Monroe, Va. ; Bat
tery F, also of the Fourth, Captain
Taylor, goes to Savannah, Ga., and
Battery F, of the Fifth, Captain Riley,
to New Orleans.
Torpedoes for Key West Harbor.
The steamer City ot Key West, from
OMianii, has just landed two car-loads of
torpedoes and torpedo buoys at Key
West, Fla. These will be laid in this
harbor.
Strength of the Spanish Navy.
The Liberal gives the following as
the i resent strength of the Spanish
navy: Protected ships 17, unprotected
20, gunboats 80, torpedo boat destroy
ers 14, torpedo boats 14, transports 25.
L.oan of $60,000,000.
The American Embassy in London
ba? received information that Spain has
raised sixty millions for the purchase of
warships and that this amount was -secured
from a London bank.
PJeuty of Ships Available.
The latest from Washington says an
office will be opened at 26 j Countlandt
street, New York, at which owners and
agents for ships will be invited to make
their proposals for turning over to the
navy such vessels as are of value for
war purposes. The naval officials say
there will be no difficulty experienced
in obtaining all the vessels that are de
sired as there are hundreds available. .
Finishing Up. Cannon.
At the Washington gun factory there
are now in varied stages of construction
no less than 15) guns of formidable
character, on which work is being done
night and day, with a view to their
early completion. No new guns are be
ing started, but the entire eft'orts of the
factories are devoted to finishing those
now under way.' A naval officer said
there woufd be enough of them when
finished to constitute a fair armament
for probably 30 more auxiliary cruisers
should so large a fleet be found neces-
n-v to supplement the regular war
ships. Perfecting Plans to Moove Troops.
The government is perfecting its
plans for the movement of troops to the
coast defences, orders for which have
been issued by the War Department
and published, A conference was
held at Washington by repre
eentatives of the following railroads, to
arrange for the transportation of light
artillerymen and their accoutrements:
The Atlantic Coast Line, the Southern
Railway, the Seaboard Air Line and the
Chesapeako and Ohio.
Florida's State Troops.
From all reports coming into the Ad
jutant General's office at Tallahassee,
Fla., and letters from commanders of
companies, it is learned that the Flori
da State troops are -now recruited up
to the full legal standard, with offers of
enough men to put three thousand more
in the field in a week. In Tampa and
Jackeonville especially the war fever is
strong, and the commanders of com
panis there, both infantry and Jrtill8ry.
DUNN, N. C, MARCH
report offers of hnndreds beyond their
needs.
5 pain Will Sot Provoke War.
Madrid (By Cable) The view held
in official circles ia that Spam will not
provoke War, because if she did, she
would find herself isolated, but if
America gives the provocation, Spain
will not be alone in the struggle. The
general opinion is that in the event of
war, Spain will not need to attack
American territory. It will suffice her
to pursue a war of privateering. As
America's comrarce is seven-fold
greater than Spain's, American inter
ests would suffer most. War would be
madness, benefiting neither nation,
and good sense, therefore, counsels
peace.
Working Day and Night,
At Wilmington, Del.,, the powder
works of the E. I. Dupont-DeNemours
Company is now working day and night
on a government order for hexagonal
powder for the big guns. In addition
some of the buildings 'are being en
larged and additional machinery is
being put in. The daily capacity of the
works is said to be 10 tons of hexa
gonal powder. ' -
SNAPSHOTS AT "I HE NEWS.
The South.
Georgia will be represented at tho
Omaha Exposition.
The safe in the postoffice at Ashland,
Va. , was blown open Friday night and .
robbed of $600 in stamps.
Nat Butler took the honors in the
professional bicycle races at Jackson
ville, Fla., on theth.
A military signal corps is to be or
ganized in West Virginia.
Alabama Republicans met at Calera
and nominated Aldrich for re-election
to Congress; re-affirmed the St. Louis
platform; endorsed McKinley and de
clared for Cuban independence.
'At Jacksonville, Fla. , the tug Daunt
less was libelled by the government,
charged with filibustering. The vessel
is now in charge of a deputy marshal. .
At Augusta, Ga., Miss Nina El
dridge, a young woman of good family
marries an old Chinaman of 50, named
Li Choy.
Kentucky has found a supposed rival
to the old famous Mammoth Cave. It
is called the Cavern Cave, a curious
collocation considering the meaning of
words.
Geo. W. Vanderbilt proposes to con
tinue the development of the model
village of Biltmore, near Asheville,
N. (!.
Claude Lawrence, treasurer of the
Atlanta (Ga. ) Soda Company, com
mitted suicide by faking sixty grains
of morphine. Nothing is known as to
the cause. His books are correct.
At Meridian, M;ss., J R.1 Royals,
hi3 wife and the' letter's sister were
poisoned by a servant, a 12-year-old
negrq boy; Royals and the young lady
are at the point of death.
At Blacksburg, S. C, will Hum
phries, white, in a quarrel over a game
of cards, was shot and fatally wounded
by Emanuel Ear le, colored. The negro
fled, but was captured. Humpries
chances are against him.
The North.
William O. Hutchins, of Providence,
R. I., one of the best known manufac
turing jewelers in the East, was shot
and killed by a burglar.
John Wanamakerhas consented to be
the candidate for the Business Repub
lican League for Governor.
Alexander MilUt, a Chelsea (Mass.)
peddler, claims the ??3, 000, 000 estate of
John Green, of Portland, Ore.
The Fifth' Maryland Regiment of mi
litia is to have an armory bruit by the
State at Baltimore, to cost $400,000.
Two hundred thousand Massachu
setts wheelmen have asked the Legis
lature to make railroads carry bicycles
free.
Chief of Police McCullagh, of New
York, has issued renewed orders to the
captains to clcse gambling houses,
policy shops and. poolrooms.
Edward B. Coombs, formerly a cor
oner of Brooklyn, N. Y. , is on trial on
the charge of manufacturing mysterious
cases of death for the sake of fees.
John Wanamaker is expected to ac
cept the invitation of the Pennsylvania
Business Men's League to run for Gov
ernor against the Quay machine.
Edwin S. Thyng, town treasurer of
Exeter, N. H., has beten arrested,
charged wiih embezzlement of $20,500
of the funds of the town.
Charles Reich and Thomas Flaherty,
painters, were killed by the breaking
of a rope on a platform at the eighth
story of a building in New York.
Through a telephone call the life of
C. C. Wingate, son of General Wingate,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., who poisoned him
felf at a Washington (D. C.) hotel, was
saved.
Geo. B. Erb, formerly of Sherman -town,
Pa., who thought he had divine
power and could fly, tried it and is at
the Eastern District Hospital, Brook
lyn, N. Y.t suffering from internal in
juries and a broken leg.
Eoy Gehiig, of Milton, Pa., Bhot,
and perhaps fatally, Will B. Davis, of
St. Clair, Pa., at Millersville and then
killed himself. They were both in love
with the same girl, and he left a note
saying it was a double suicide.
At Kansas City, Mo., horse meat was
served at the annual banquet of the
Kansas City Veterinary College.
Though the spread was elaborate, not a
morsel of meat other than the flesh of
the horse was served. From soup to
roast it was all horse. The students
and faculty who gathered around, the
board made merry and insisted that it
was appetizing.
Wm. H. Heath, manager of the Cen
tral Electric Express Company, of St.
Louis, Mo., was found dying in Forest
Park, from a bullet wound in the head.
It was evidently a case of suicide. The
young man was taken to the city hos
pital, where he died. He is a relative
of Perry S. Heath. Assistant Post
master General.
Miscellaneous.
The death penalty for larceny of over
$100 is to be imposed in Alaska.
Senator Mills, of Texas, has with
drawn as a candidate for re-election.
At San Francisco, Cal.f Choynski
and Sharkey fought e'ght rounds to a
draw. ; . . . .
16, 1898.
BRYflH AT DUE WEST. S7 C. 1
It Was Truly a Gala Day for That
'Town.
HE SPOKE ON BIMETALLISM.
He Said Gold Monometallism is Only
an Experiment and Has Proved Dis
astrous to This Country.
The 11th was a gala day for Due
West, S. C. The occasion was the visit
Df the Hon. ' W. - J. Bryan, and his
speech on the silver question. Every
body who could reach Due West was
there. From the rough coated farmer,
whose heart-felt admiration of the
great Nebraskan shined forth in his
face, tojthe well groomed politician re
splendent in his silk tile and broad
sloth Prince Albert was in attendance.
Not only were visitors from South Car
lina, but they hailed from many other
States and all seemed as happy as the
ideal spring day is pleasant. There
was not one single episode to mar the
day, and the weather was absolutely
superb.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
present were: Gov. Ellerbe, Senator
McLauiin, Congressman John Lentz,
of Ohio, Congressman Showalder, of
Pennsylvania, Congressmen Latimer
and Norton of South Carolina, Hon.
Geo. D. Tillman, Col. W. A. Neal,
Hon. J. D. Hazelden, HonJVI. R.
Cooper, Hon. Knox Livingston, Hon.
Frank Gary, Hon. Josh Ashley, Sen
ator Waller and many other well known
to the people of the Palmetto State.
When Mr. Bryan made his appear
ance the applause was tumultuous,
and it was some minutes before Presi
dent Grier could command order. The
auditorium, which seats normally 1.C00
people, was packed with fully 2,500,
and everyone of them, man, woman
and child, was making all the din pos
sible. When quiet was finally restored
the exercises were opened with a
prayer by Rev. Mr. Daniel, of Abbe
ville. President Grier then advanced to the
front of the stage and announced this
is Bryan day at Erskine, and stated
that a pleasure and'honor was conferr
ed on the college by the visit of a man
whose name and fame grow brighter as
they are subjected to searchlights of
public criticism. Prof. Grier then in
troduced Governor Eilerbe as a man
who was honest, fearless and intelli
gent. Governor Ellerbe then, in a
very neat and enthusiastic address in
troduced Mr. Bryan to the audience.
Mr. Bryan spoke for tvc Lcuis, cud
proved himself a thorough master of bi
metallism in all its many branches.
Only once or twice did he attempt any
thing like oratorical flights, but when
he did the audience responded prompt
ly to the eloquent words and thrilling
action of the orator. Mr. Bryan's voice
is in very bad shape. He has made
speeches on an average of two a day
for the last four or five weeks and it is
safe to say that he has delivered more
addresses in the past year than any
other public speaker in a life-time. As
a result his throat is quite weak and
he cannot attempt the grand bursts that
characterized his canvass for the presi
dency. In a calm tone raised just a
little above the conversational, hedeliv
his address. Interest was intense at
all times on account of the simple man
ner in which difficult subjects were
handled and the earnestness of the
speaker.
Mr. Bryan began by thanking the
people for their attendance and said he
was particularly Jdelighted to speak to
so many of the student body, as when
once a student was converted he im
mediately became an apostle and would
preach the doctrine lucidly at every
opportunity. In ordinary times, the
speaker said, the money question was in
his opinion paramount to all others.
In times of danger the safety of the
nation takes precedence. He then
went into the subject of his discourse.
Bimetallism, he said, was the old
historic standard of value that had
come down through the ages since
money had been adopted as a medium
of exchange. Gold monometallism is
only an experiment and has proved a
disastrous one for this country. Bi
metallism is the only economic prin
ciple that has never been denounced by
any political party until the bolting
democrats of 1896 declared that gold
was the only hope of the country auu
that party received less than 1 per cent,
of votes of this country. It carried only
one precinct in the United States, and
that was one in western Kansas where
there were six votes. All three of the
great parties, Democratic, Republican
and Populist, had always advocated bi
metallism; therefore it must be the
choice of, the people of this country.
The Democratic defeat of 1896 was not
a defeat of bimetallism because the Re
publicans promised to endeavor to es
tablished it by international asreement,
and the election of Mr. McKinley only
meant that the people were willing to
defer a straight out fight for four years
in the hope that it could be obtained in
this way.;
Mr. Bryan next explained the claims
of different people that silver had been
demonetized in 18b'4 and in 18-11. and
demonstrated that the law of 1834
merely let up on the coinage of silver
dollars, but kept up the coinage of the
smaller denominations and at that
time they were full legal tender. The
act of '51 merelv changed the ratio
from 15 to 16 to 5.
That the desire for bimetallism was
not confined to this country alone, Mr.
Bryan proved by the records cf the
lower house of the German legisla
ture, which had prseed a resolution
declaring for bimetallism; a conven
tion of agriculturists in France Lad
done the same thing, and the Houee o
Commons, in England, passed a reso
lution urging on tbe government the
necessity of making some contrnct with
the American bimetallic commission
which was then in that country. Mr.
Brvan then rehearsed his argument
about leaving tbe financial fate of this
country in the hands of British finan
ciers and ended with an eloquent per
oration urging all to stndy the vital
question, and having once been con
verted to war for it on all occasions.
Pandemonium broke forth as Mr.
Bryan retired. People stood on chairs,
waved hats, umbrellas, flags and
r To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK.
, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA' the same
that has borne and does now J2f-iP-r on CveriJ
bear the facsimile signature of Ota&ffi&Z wrapper.
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cheered until the sides of the audi
torium fairlj- shook.
President Grier next introduced Sen
ator McLaurin, who paid a glowinsr
tribute to Due We3t's educational in
stitutions and the "next president of
the United States, William Jennings
Bryan."
Possibly the most pleasing and in
teresting episode of the day was the
presentation of a bunch of beautiful
lillies to Mr. Bryan by the graduating
class of the female college. To make
the presentation address (he young
ladies selected Congressman Luetz, of
Ohio.' Mr. Leutz represents Mr. Mc
Kinley's congressional district, aud in
his address he recited these facts and
ended by declaring that it was only
right for the present president's repre
sentative in congress to present the
next president with flowers.
During the evening Mr. Bryan was
tendered a banquet by the faculties of
the three colleges and leading citizens
of Due West.
Mr. Bryan, on the route from Augus
ta, Ga., to Due West, had to make short
addresses and shake the people's hands.
At Greenwood, S. C, fully 5, 000 people
greeted him. A stand gaily decorated
with national emblems had been erected
in the public square near the depot and
from the branch of a tree that acted as a
canopy for the rostrum hung a large
silver heart. Mr. Bryan's speech here
was short and more humorous than his
talks usually are.
ONE MAN'S STORY.
Evidence on Which the Hoard of In
qulry are Based.
A special from Washington to thf
New York Journal says the followin
ealent points have been established bj
the court of inquiry:
First A piece of cement found onlj
within the 4 'outer skin" of the Main
was blown high in the air and landec
not only on the after deck of the Maim
but on the deck of the City of Wash
ington many feet away.
Second The outer sheathing of th
bottom of the Maine was found withir
two feet of the surface of Havana har
bor something that could not posiblj
have occurred had the explosion beez
internal in character.
Third The fact that a certain sea
man who was in the bowels of the shij
at the time of the explosion was blowr
into the air and subsequently picked
up in the water.
This man's story, when it ia mad
public, will live in history as probablj
one of the most hairbreadth escapes oz.
record. According to the testimony hi
gave, corroborated by others, he wa
not more than three" feet above th
keel when ' the Main went up. O.'
necessity he was below the magazine.
He is a iiving document that the explo
sio i came from the outside.
Had the explosion occurred in any oi
the magazines he would have been
blown downward. This man's testi
mony will occupy several pages of the
report, and will furnish the most con
vincing evidence that the disaster wa
due to an external cause to those whe
refuse to accept a scientific deduction
from physical conditions.
Enterprising French Village.
In the commune of Monceau-sur-Oisp,
not far from Paris, a little village of
nly 250 Inhabitants, the streets are
lighted by electricity, electric lights
are found in the church, In all the
bouses and even In the stables, and the
farm buildings In the nelghborhod of
tbe village are illuminated In the same
manner. Mor than this, th commune
possesses a large thrashing machine
driven by electric power and capable of
thrashing IXX) sheaves of grain per
hour, besides turnip cutters, crushers,
sorters, pumps and other agricultural
machinery, all set In motion by elec
tricity. The power i derived from a
waterfall and by combining their in
terests the Inhabitants of the commune
have made science Illuminate their
streets and houses at night and drive
their machines by day more cheaply
than these things could be done by the
old methods. San Francis,co.Argonaut.
NO. ft.
CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY RT.
Johm Gill, Receiver.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
IN EFFECT JANUARY 23RP, 1898,
North Bound. , No. 2, DUy.
Lv. Wilmington 9 00 a M
Ar. Fayetteville. ., - 1210 pm
Lv. Fayetteville , 1218 pm
Lv. FayettevilhJ Junction.... 12 25 p m
Lv. Hanford 1 43 p m
Lv. Climax 8 47 p m
Ar. Greensboro 4 20 pm
Lv. Greensboro 4 30pm
Lv. Stokesdale 617pm
Lv. Walnut Cove 6 47 p m
Lv. Rural Hall 6 15 p m
Ar. Mt. Airy 7 45 p m
South Bound. No. 1, Dally.
Lv. Mt. Airv 8 40 am
Lv. Rural Hall 10 04 a m
Lv. Walnut Cove 10 83 a m
Lv. Stokesdale 1116 am
Ar. Greensboro 11 65 a m
Lv. Greensboro 12 17 p m
Lv. Climax..... 12 45 pm
Lv. Snnford 2 86pm
Ar. FayettHville Junction 8 65 p m
Ar. Fayettville .4 00 p m
Lv. Fayetteville t. 4 10pm
Ar. Wilmington 7 2pm
North Bound. No. 4, DaLy
Lv. Bennettsville.... 8 00am
Ar. Maxton 002 am
Lv. Maxton 07am
Lv. Red Springs 9 35 a m
Lv. Hope Mills 10 20 a m
Ar. Fayetteville 1" 49 a m
HTthBound. No; 3, lnlly.
Lv. Fayottf-vilie , 4 60 p m
Lv. Hope Mills 607 pm
Lv. Red SpriuKS.... 6 53 pm
Ar. Maxton...... tllpm
Lv. Maxton 6 15 p m
Ar. Bn.iQitavllie 1 16 P na
NirBouiud. No. 1C
Lv. Ramseur.... 6 40 am
Lv. Climax... 8 30 am
Ar. Greensboro 9 17am
Lv. Greensboro 9 35 am
Lv. Stokesdale 11 7 f m
Ar Madison H 65 pm
BouthBound. No. Ib'i
Lv. Madiaon 12 85 p m
Lv. Stokesdale 125pm
Ar. Greensboro 2 45 p m
Lv. Greensboro 3 15pm
Lv. Climax 4 25 p m
Ar. Ramseur 6 10 p m
fMeiJs. UMlxed, dally exc pt Sunday
COXJIICTIOSS.
At Fayetteville with Atlantic Cat Line, at
Maxton with Carolina Central Railroad, at
Red Spring with tbe Red Springs nnd Bow
ruore Railroad at San ford with the Seaboard
Air Line, at Gulf with lb Durnam and
Charlotte Railroad, at Gr-enf.Uro with
Southern Railwav, at Walnut Cove with Nor
folk &. Western Railway.
J. W. Fbt. K. Ktxr,
Gen. M;r. Gen. roa. Agt
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toink you can prt Ute "bt ir.ue. 5r.h o.v4
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CJaincy A' Jordan, Dunn, N. C.
Mrs. Fassay Everybody uiys rny
daughter got her beauty from me.
What do you say to that? Mr. Witts
Well, I think It was very unkind of ier
to Jake It from you Uo to DaVj.