North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. XVHI. GREAT GOAL STRIKE. i.N.'sVLVAXlA COAL MIX KS STRIKE FOR LIV ING WAGES. POACHERS TAKE SIDES WITH THE MINERS .i. Hold luuneose Ma Metlac- mt.trn Kiuploiac 8pl to Walefa Mu A Coal Famine 1'rwticteU. rorrepondent of the I'hiladel 'lVlegrapb, writing lroai Ha : in the heart of the threat au itM coal region in IVniwyivanla, Ib-re nevei was a trilcM lit. i iii- Jrgaiilzed labor ws never so Kill Wully handled, and Instead of ex- NtMiingjt greatest strength at the ...un?t,a isjlally gathering niomen t .in, rri piling mine alter mine, to ttn tonirthment of operators and iri. ntirM couutry.Iiut while the i riku leaders are active the oiera- They Ktr-. urc by no means Idle. dHrjilaiiuing to break the back ot it" ttrike, aud they do not hesitate io u- pies in order to learn the . uk points of the eneuiy'd line. 1 li.-M jpiett arebeut into the striken' ii.. inert, andthereMult of the move ment im likely to bring atout start ing developments, but certain it Ls iiintjhe effect of theoperatora' plans ran not be long delayed. One aug ust lonjms beeu mauo that fcthe op .Tators will work quietlyainong the ineii, endeavoring to induce i hem to -oiler lot returnto work in certain ,at a iiecineu . time, the mine to be fc started without the Mowing of a whistle, bhould the plan Jail, it isjiaid that the old fcone of egging the men on to violence will lie lollowed in order that the strength of the strike might be bro ken with the military arm of the ."State." The miner were never more firm ly united man now. The Miner.' t 'ulon in the Hcranton district now uan a membership of 100,000 and is ilaily gaining members. At Car ixmdalo, lawt Wednesday, a big rally was held, attended by 'about live ihouMandminers, with their wives am! children. The leading speaker uh ltev. 11. J.Whalen, IK 1., pas tor of the First Baptist church ol Uarboudale. Among hid parishion ers ar several large operators and the attitude of their pastor is diw-lusu-lui to them. Ikit Dr. Whalen o earnestly espoused the cause ot the strikers that the talk of disrup tion in his church did not deter him in me least, and he came out bold and strong in behalf of the strikers, ills gospel to them is to organize ana keep tne taith plighted one to another, lie told them they had better go back to the mines defeated as an organization than win their contention through individual com promises, lie aroused the men to a very high pitch of enthusiasm and the leaders affirm that it was the most successlul meeting that had been held since the strike began. Here are a few of his characteristic utterances: "iou men nave just pusneu your head up and struck something. It is the oppression of the operators pressed down upon you. And Iwg of you, In God's name, in the name of the church, in the name ol your wives and children, never to end the struggle you have entered upon until you have won. "If ou men have not asked for enough additional pay to enable your boys to go to school and let their work be accomplished by men, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. "You men have only your hands. They are your capital. The opera tors have money-capital. They have organized theirs. Why should not the laborer organize his? It is prop er that capital should be organized, and so should labor. "This strike is lounded on justice and honesty, and the right must eventually win." It is said that non-union miners are not available in the mining re gion, and operators cannot get men to run their mines, even if me strik era should offer no resistance. The prospects for success were never bet ter. The price of coal has advanced greatly since the strike, and a coal famine Is Imminent. Why He Left and Why He Will Return. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Banchman and Millionaire W. C. McDonald, of Van Tassel, Wyo., .is not seeking vengence upon the man who eloped with his daughter. On the contrary, he is trying to find the couple with the view of giving them his bleHsing and a fair share of his fortune. MI suppone that young dude my gal irarried is afraid I'll kill hlin," said the wealthy ranch man alter reaching Omaha, but he mdu't be. Of course, when I found my gal receiving the visits' of the little dude I swore I would fill him lull of holes if he didn't stay off the ranch, but of course I didn't mean it. What suits my gal suits me, any way. I am going to give my gal a check for $10,000 whenever I find them, and make her come home and live on the ranch with her dude. Of course, he is no account, but what Muits my gal Anna suits me." . Europe not only produces more than one-half of the world's whea erop, bat consume almost the en tire world's surplus. IT IS AIL A FARCE. Atlanta, G. Atlanta Camp 149 United Confederate Veterans, at IU li!fVn adPtei lution couched strong language, taking exception to a resolution passed a r?.' A' K reUtive o Southern jehooi.hlstorlee. It was held by the A. R. resolution tht ........ the histories used by Southern school children gave a partisan view of the historical laets of the Civil War. Alter giving briefly several inci dents in the wirlbenMiiitinn tod byfcthe Atlanta camp concludes: "In the language of th of the Grand Army, we ol the South also call upon all uatrioth .tna am in banishing from our shoola all ooos ami teachings J of a partisan, sectional or disloyal . character, but we remind our fellow citizen nf th Grand Army of the Republic, that o long as tne Northern schools are supplied with books that teach that the war between the States was or ganized rebellion designed to destroy tne Union, that Jefferson Davis was the arch traitor (while John Brown was a hero and martyr) that Bob ort E. Ie, Albert 8. Johnson and Stonewall Jackson were euiltv of treason; that Semmes, Tattnall, Bu chanan and Waddell pirates, and the Southern armies were bands of rebels, the adoption of these resolutions by the Grand Ar my of the Republic is but a hollow larce. The resolutions themselves teem with partisan anger and misrepre sentation. Whenever the unfair partisau books of the North are cor rected and all evidences of hatred to the South eliminated therefrom, It will then be time enough for our Grand Army friends to call for re- torm in the matter of Southern his tories." AN INDIANA FARMER. Immense Crop Produced on One of the Large Indiana Firms. A report from Indianapolis, Ind., to the Chicago Tribune says: Computations have been made on the crops of B. J. Gilford's 33,000 aero larm In Jasper county. His oats, which, will thrash thirty-five bushels to the acre, will bring him 45,000, and his corn, at sixty bush els, will bring him 160,000. In addition to this he will have over 125 carloads of onions. Mr. Gilford uses an engine over nineteen miles of railroad in moving about his farm. . He is following his usual plan of giving one-third of his crop to the tenants that raise it. He dictates to a corps of stenographers instructions which are sent over the farm as to the time for harvesting crops and all the details of the place, which Is the largest swamp in the world. He is extending his little railroad to Chicago, so as to market direct all his crops. He is still reclaiming thousands of additional acres of swamp land from the Kankakee riv er, and the soil is so rich with de cayed vegetable matter that care has to be taken to keep it from being set on fire. Two great steam dredg es have been working overtime this year ditching the new lands. Fire in Beaufort. Washington Messenger. Mr. N. S. Dixon, of Chocowinity, who was in town Saturday, tells us the great fire that has ' been raging for the last five weeks, in the swamp head of Chocowinity is still burning, and the destruction wrought is fear ful to behold. The ground to a depth of two feet has been burn ed, much valuable juniper and cy press timber destroyed, and the num ber of cattle and hogs that have been surrounded by the fire and burned will never be known. Bears and other wild animals that made the swamp tneir retuge, nave been run out by the fire in such numbers that the sight ot them is a daily occur rence. Its orijrin is attributed to some negroes who were shingling. Pointed Paragraphs. Chicago News. Civilty Is a priceless possession, yet it, costs nothing. If you would tire , your friends blow your own trumphet continu ously. .-. The more the average man stud les love the less he knows about It. The mule is the most stubborn of all animals but man is a close sec ond. The man who goes where duty calls, usually goes home after ; busi ness hours. Girls should set good examples for the young men who are always following them. If the wages of. sin Is death no man can nossibly manage to .live on the wages. In accordance with the eternal ht- of thincrs'the scales of a fish should weigh the most. - Many a woman who lean speak seven languages hasn't althusband to growl because she can't bcw on button. . - Flowers that are open to fevery bee and lips that are free to be kissed by any one soon lose their desirabil ity. During the courtship many a man . . . . A S thinks he has discovered an earuuy angel, but after marriage his thoughts may not be sulUDie ior puDiicauon Governor Bay en of Texas,, says the loss of life -occasioned by the storm in Galveston and elsewhere on the Southern coast eannot be leas than 12,000 lives, while the loss of property will aggregat $20,000,000 THE RAOJUESTIO. Ort PtoUmi MMI Settled tr Um Cfcurck. Editoe Caucasusi: It baa beea said that the race question in the Sooth Id of all questions th moat difficult. 1 have observed the tread ol event connected with It for a long time, actthave never aen the proper meaaurtg by the proper ones aet on foot that will pat the negro out of reach of any political party without leavlDg bltterne behind. The PopaliBU' proposition In their I last SUte platform was a step In the right direction, bat It did not cover the ground. Unfortunately the race lSSae has been slobbered over and made po- Htical capital of by political parties ever since It hits been a question. To think that politicians will ever cease to use the neirro as a stalking horse so lonir aa It nrovea effactual to put them in office, Is foolish. We must listen to the politicians on the negro again this fall in the nation al campaign, after they have said that the negro question would be settled by the passage of the amend ment. it is a lamentable fact that the church In this State allowed itself to be brought down to the level of the politicians on the race issue. This one backward step on the part of the church has done more harm to the moraJs of the people than can be atoned for in many long years. The race issue is a great moral issue with bat one side to It. There is no political par ty that is qualified to dt al with it. The church should deal with it as it does other great moral questions. When it does this it will not be led by the leaders at the head of any political party. It will be led by the spirit, that guides the church when it does a righteous act. The elections of 1893 and 1900 are blots upon- the escutcheon of the church not because the Democrats went into power, but because It was a party to the fraud, blood-shed bit terness and hatred that character ized the two campaigns. The church will suffer until it comes together as a body of Christian brethren and undoes some of the wrongs It has been a party to, and as such a band of brethren sets upon foot a plan of j ust settlement of the race issue. The politicians now say that stopping the negro's vote is not a settlement of the issue, when be fore the election, they said it was. We have the race question as a beautiful aspect before us just at this time. Mr. Bryan,' the Democratic can didate for the presidency, is court ing the negro for his vote, while the State Democracy claims with Mr. Bryan that the Philipinos ought to bs free, but say that the negroes of the South, after living in a Civilized country for over a hundred years, are too low a species of human be- Ings to be allowed the rights of cit- izenship. If Mr. Bryan is right the State Democracy is wrong. If Mr. Bryan is wrong the State Democracy is wrong because it believes in free dom abroad and slavery at home. The Bepublican party's position is more consistent because it seems to believe in slavery abroad and free dom at home. If the church was to take up the race question, it would not adopt any political partisan methods, but would deal with the question as Christians and not as politicians. Then all political parties would have to laj aside the fiddle and the bow with regard to the negro. IiINDSBY PURGASON. Logan's Store, N. O, Sept. 21. Ready Wit. London Tit-Bits. At the burning of. a provision shop the crowd helped themselves freely. One man grasped One man graspea a nuge ham as his share of the plunder. Ris ing up with it, he - found , himself lace to face with a policeman, and with, admirable presence of mind put the plunderinto the officer's arms, saying: "You had better take care of that, policeman, or some one will be walk ing off with it." A Souvenir of the Civil War. Frederick, Md During the civil war a number of knapsacks were left by soldiers at Locust tirove, the home of the late John A Gordon, in Spotsylva nia county. They were stored -in the garret, but was cus open by Federal cavalrymen during a raid of the prem ises. Among the articles left was a Bi ble, in which was written: "William Francis Robertson, Charleston, d. C , April 4, 1860." This Bible was kept by Miss Mary A Gordon, how a resident of this city. She wrote a letter some time ago to the postmaster atn harles ton, S. C, stating it was in her posses sion and mention was made of it in a Charleston, (S. C.) newspaper . Satur day Miss Gordon received a letter from Miss Virginia Uark Robertson. . a daughter of the soldier who owned the Bible, asking that it be given to her. M iss Gordon has sent the souvenir the war to the young lady. It had been In her nossession for thirtv-six- vears. w mf m Even in the'hottest weather some people are all wrapped up in them selves. 1 Woman eame alter man, been after him ever since. and RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER SHALLin BE FREE? FARMERS DENIEir'0IC GOVERNMENT., IN BOYCOTTED BY TKE BALLOT STUFFERS m THE LAST ELECTIC5I. M""t Act Now to Preserve Talr Smffr Um LiiMtrtiM of Tbtr cu4ra. Editor Caucasian : By the mo&t notorioailj corrupt and fraudulot methods known to politic, the Simmona ballot-stuffing mtchine in tne August election inaugurated and executed a boyoott on the honest, stifrdy farming population of the State by absolutely denying them, in many counties, any voice whatever in the se lection of meh to control the affairs of government. This boycott was done by stealing the votes of these farmers who pay their taxes, loyally, do their duty as citizens of the State, and always stand ready to render her any aid in time of need. These men are the great conservative force in the State. They have to bear the greatest burdens in proportion to their means, and should, of all classes, have the right to be heard in the selec tion of men to whose care and keeping the interests and welfare of the State are committed. But they, in a great measure, were boycotted by the town rings, under the instruction of the Simmons "fraud and force" machine. '1 heir votes were stolen thus boy cotting them by refubing recognition in the law making and governing pow ers The Simmons usurpers began the boycott in August, but tbe farmers have the power in their hands now to bring some of these , fellows to their senses. In a great number of towns ballot stuffing, anarchy, mob violence and redshirtism were openly saLctioned by tbe business men, though there were some notable exceptions. Now, the farmers living in counties where there were such hot-beds, of fraud, corruption and anarchy prior to the election, an retaliate by boycot ting those towns or bubiness men who endorsed or took part in such an infa mous campaign. It men, born free, cannot give ex pression to their choice of men at the ballot box to serve them, and have their will properly recorded, then they should usa the boycott in business against those persons who endorse the denial of their rights. The boycott will be a most effective weapon, and will be the means of teach ing the towns that they eannot rule tbe State without the "consent of the governed." At every indignation meeting a res olution, declaring a boycott against all business men who ec dorse or take part in tbe corrupt and fraudulent methods in politics strould be adopted, and eve' ry farmer who is denied his sacred con stitutional right of voting and hating his vote honestly counted, should sol emnly resolve never to trade with, sell to, or have any business dealings with ballot thieves, or men who uphold, en dorse or tolerate them in politics. Now is the time for action ! Human liberty is trembuog in tbe - balance in North Carolina, and the overshadow ikg and paramount issue here is Shall men, bobh frbs, remain so, .and enjoy their precious political rights, or shall they tamely surrender and be come base, cringing and Ignoble slaves of a hell-born political oligarchy? Our Revolutionary ancestors thun- dered against the wrongs, injustices a - S . l at ana oppressions oi weurge ne iniru, c.us w-.. """"""'-I- resentation i tyranny." is the solemn duty of every man in the State who loves iusiice. honor, honesty -uu w 'uw Wi and fair dealing, to put his seal of con- . . , ... I AMhtw ttr n wm wSwm W a Tin fxmt . n AltlAflA whereby fbkk bosm American citizens were botcottcd at the polls in the Au gust election. ." Edmund Burke, one of the- greatest of Englishmen,-who recognized the jus tice of the American oolonies in de manding , representation in govern ment, and wno was always friendly to tbe cause of the colonies, speaking in thtir behalf in Parliament, in one of his eloquent efforts exclaimed : '-Right, more dear to us than our existence." It is "right" and justice the honest yeamanry of the State jnow demand at tbe ballot box. , inaugurate a boycott on the town rings, their aiders and abettors, , and "fraud, fore" and corruption In poli tics will disappear. ' ' ; JlTSTICX. A Sea Food Trust. An organization has been formed to ' A A n Ta 2 Zmm .mm..mmm 4-mA war4 - 71" w , " : : -V;;: lincanitalists. The name of the com binatioh is the National Sea Food Com- pany, and all the large packing con- cerns have joined itv Operations willlthjit the new order will be born, it commence as soon as the next lobster I may be in much pain and anguish, and soft shell crab season opens, bat of r yer or wo the corporation will not attempt to control tne oysser ana om oP"- Th .TnU f!arr Dm6arat are afraid that Simmons and his srowd through the CaroLnax. through Miss are going to steal them out in the issippi and Texas, has no occasion - . a . I . - a Sa M t a. At- fl...l!s Senatorial primaries and net tney will . too. Now you see . to '.ilv - ' ;I Willi i . has I low jr'w" you, SIZSSS? CISFRASGSftttKC SCSECt. Imm Ua DwmfUlc rptr la KJcft Warm VlrgiAU UuwmU Aiilm it. The Richmond Time, a promi nent Independent Democratic newt paper of Richmond, pubilthe the following editorially: "In discussing the qation of limited suffrage, The Times has endeavored to make these two things apparent; First, that tbe Su preme Court of the United State will declare any state constitution void which is so framed a to be an tagonistic to the fifteenth amend ment; and second, that however the constitution of a state be framed, If the election provision be enforced by the officers of the state In such way aa to discriminate against the negro, because he la a negro, ths court will equally declare such con stitutional provision to be void. It Is perfectly clear that the fif teenth amendment was framed with the purpose In view of preventing any state from discriminating against any voter because of his race, color or previous condition of servitude. The languige is plain and the Intent of the law was clear ly set forth In the report of the committee on reconstruction whioh recommended it. It is equally clear that the constitutional pro visions adopted In Mississippi. Louisiana, South Carolina and North Carolina were tor the pur pose of disfranchising the negro because he Is a negro. No secret Is made of his, and it Is well under- stood In all oarta of the countrv. I Now. whenever an Issue involving these two indisputable facU . u brought before the United States Supreme Court there can be no question as to the decision oCthe court. We cannot believe but that sooner or later a case will be made up from some one of the states which have disfranchised the ne gro and carried to the Supreme Court on its merits, and when that is done the court will surely decide that all such laws are in conflict with the fifteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, and consequently void. We think, therefore, It would be risky, to tay the least, for Virginia to rid herself of the negro vote by any such device as this. If our con stitutional convention should adopt the Mississippi law, or the Louisi ana law, or the South Carolina law, or tne North Carolina law, the chances are, that it would not be long before the Supreme Court of the United States should say that the law was void and the work would have to ba djne over again. In the meantime there is no know ing what embarrassing, complica tions might arise. "Whither Are wo Drifting? Appeal to Reason. . The Mutual Life Insurance Com pany boasts that it ' has sufficient means at its command to put a fleet of sixty battle ships of the first class on tr e ocean and could sweep from the soas eyery fleet that floats and lay tribute and destroy every seaport- on the globe. That it could place ao army of six hundred thou sand men in the field and maintain them one year ; that it could build a railroad half way around the earth ; that it could build the Nica ragua canal and buy enough land around it to start a station as large as New York ; that it could buy at i.25 an acre as much land as 143 gtates the size of Rhode Island. Here la - comoratlon greater than the government, and when a few .JL ' B"m Ui u"' wia w" iv. i i i a. tm ana ine oiigarcny openiy proclaim . " . " itseil master as it really is today. . . I 4 mm awm Kvl i Arr mm v m m m m W ir, T.r;: "r m m W (WUMb. wmmtmm, mmy mm mi wwf vrWWowv the same forms were being gone througbJ There is coming a hot old time in the next few years. If such corporations as the Mutual and the Standard Oil Companies can hire enough people to keep the oth- era cowed down they will hold tne fort, otherwise their names will be dennis with a little ' d." The stron- ffer the rin. the weaker and less J powerful the people. When the! people are strong, the king Is weak in temporal power. The United Btates is nearing the- line where it wQl be a straggle to the death be tween the corporations and the peo pie. . The people will win. That is the line of human progress and ev olution. Allttlemore concentetUon,allt- more squeezing out of the little I merchants and factories, a little - eio sno of contempt for com mon jpeople hud the laws, ' and the clock will strike the hour that tells Dat it will bo safely placed in the yoakm of thb people who .will rear maturlty. "The party which will not allow the Constitution to follow tne nig t to aiawe ukk aoout m vomuw - i . . a nnn ;i - 1 .At w'lProm RannhlUan Rtat Plat. I noil'f 1W1IBVJ i,vw huh miwimm .vYr: - - 27, 1900. CAlttSTMTO KBCIIT tW Gwit A special from Austin, feiaa, last week, quotes Governor Bayers at saying: MI look for the rebuild lag of Oal veston to be well under way by the Utter part of this week. The work tit -luHnr th fttr rt nnHtthra1 I . --j . reraaeana burying tne 4e4 will have been completed by that time and all th available labor ta ths city can be applied to Its rebuild, inf. If the laboring people of (HI. veston will only get to work-in ear- nest prosperity will soon again miie on tne city, arrangement! have been made to pay all laborers working aoder the direction of the military aathoiltles fL&o and ra tions for every day they have or will work. An account has bean kept ot all work done and no labor-1 er will lose one day's pay. "The money and food contrlbu tlons coming from a generous peo ple have been a great help to the people of Galveston, as it has re lieved them of the necessity o! spending their money to support tne neeay, ana it can now be ap plied to the Improvements of their own property and putting again on foot their enterprises. "Five dollars a day are being off- eredto the mechanics who will come to Galveston, and with the as Burn? ff?a wpnUWe Physicians wm "l im - of lcAk OBtolde 1borer """" uy" " -w"y wm p- on the storms wept rnln. The tele- railroads have been exceedingly generous and liberal since ths great calamity. They have not only giv en money, bat everything has been transported to that city free ot charge, while those desiring to get away from the harrowing scenes of Galveston have been transported free. The people of Texas will long remember with grateful hearts the kindness of these companies. It la "enaea in ine wmvenwon oi i now an assured fact that trains will to be unobjectionable u Mr. be running Into Galveston this Gaston, (who aa a member of the week and with uninterrupted com- Catholic jshurcn) and to that ele munication with the outside world mn la lne 8uw- u u jd tn1 Galveston should soon assume her P wrote Judge Gaston an normal condition." autograph letter, thanking him for Arrangements have been perfec- ted for the immediate renal rind and refurnishing of the medical college at Galveston. The session will be opened Thursday, Nov 15. A careful consideration of the situ ation enabled the board of regents to-day to announce that all arrange ments will be perfected to open the medical college on the above nam- ed date, with the same faculty as heretofore. The State will rebuild at oncA th anarantin station d. stroyed by the flood at Galveston. PAPER MILL IN NORTH .CAROUMA. Tar Heel. Editor Determined to Free -Themselves from the Paper Trut. A dispatch from Wilunngton to the K chmond Times says: Editor Z. W. Whitehead, of the Southern Milling and Lumber Jour nal, who was appointed at the last meeting of the State Press Associa tion chairman of the committee to Inquire into the feasibility of erect ing a paper manufactory in this State, has placed $15 000 of the stock. Gen Julian S. Carr, of Durham, ageed to take $10 000 worth of stock. Mr. Whitehead has now seen red the promise ot a wealthy business man 1 Ealeigb, who does not wish his name disclosed to take f 5,000 la stock. ... The otjet of the movement Is to circumvent the newspaper trust, on aecount ot which the North Carolina Press Association has been earry- ing a ehip on its shoulder ever since I th nnM of "new" trot ao nnreuon - I ably high. Editor Whitehead has I w BT mm B associaUd with him on the commit - teeW.C. Dowd, ot the Charlottes News, and J. B. Whitaker, of the Winston Sentinel. There seems to be little doubt that .. ... . . of paper. , Moore County Manufacture Its Own Crop. 3nford Express. A bale of cotton is now bringing nearly twice as much as it did two years ago. The chances are that the money value of this year's cotton crop in North Carolina will be larger than any ever produced and as more of it will be manufactured by us than ever Rafnm the t.ar1 will hrinr intA th State, for lint, seed product and " mestic fabrics, a revenue Immensely .t.F thn It hit r don befora. which In Moore county oar own lint. is the best in the State, will go over our own spindles. "You love my daughterl" ejacn lated the old man. "Love hext". he exclaimed,. pas sionately: "why, sir, I would die for her! For one soft glance front those i sweet eyes I would hurl myself front yonder cliff, and perish upon the 1 V.AA W.1m tney wui suooeeo m orsraniamg a ed abov. 1154.000. The railroad corn strong company for the manufacture I contracu to pay U per cent, of The .nan aaook his head, "rial in convincing her that yon were the mthinof aliar myself." he i ' . W - " lm mahvIi fm tU fanUyliks piaer r wmm I ntn.rr t ITri J sr - . a. The Raleigh corrpodt ol tfce Greeceboro Patriot aay i "I can Ufta our JoaraaiUtlc fam ily talk this wtsek with noUueg mors latereatlB than a little vara miliar State hutory. which has aa- mi? twasMoi aa VBt which has jost occarrva Yesterday the beautiful new Presbyterian th arch (occupying the old site oa the soath wret ooraerof Morgan and Salisbury strw scrua rrom !to, udlD) WM foT. Lyoc - iUd - aadth by hangs . This charch Is en hUtorte ground. Before WIS the confiscation held service In the cspltol building, bat la 1813 a handsome brlek building was erected, and remained in use up to three year ago. Before the bulldlagof the charch the pastor! arraagvmeai in Kal elghwaa a novel one. Tne town took much interest la lis aeadwmy, and from about l&tt to 15 16, its principal was called th "Principal ot the Academy and raUr wf th City." The lacumbeot wre all Presbyterian ministers, except on Huguenot mlnlsWr who nlled the position for only a few months. la 1835the first eapltol build ing having been consumed by fir and the present building not being completed-the State Convention met in this city. In rotaro for past favors, the Presbyterian church was loaned for the slttliu of the Convention. IWHKX CATHOLICS OOCLDXT HOLD oFrica. It was In this building that Wll Utio Gaston made his memorable speech which resulted in a change of the constitution regarding Ro man Catholics. Under the Halifax Constitution of 1776, section 32 was PP" w xvuh w. Um m holding civil office in w. CaroUna. This section was o Vw" " v"w at a m i A a a ouprem wur ui the State was also tendered tne "nse of the Sunday school building, which we accepted and the building so occu pied. With some changes, the main walls remaining practically as built in 1818, this historic building stood memorial of the past, until AOi, wnen " w" ""B repiacea Dy tne present nanasom i tut . I uuuuiug. A BIG DEAL FOR FREIGHT CARS. Seaboard Air Use PurcbMee 2.000 New Ctw-Ajiwant Ueeorded. Raleigh Post. A $1,354,000 agreement between Blair A Co., bankers, of Wall street. New York, and the Seaboard Air Line Kail way Company for 2,000 freight cars, to be' delivered witnln tbe next few months, has been recordei tnthe Wake county register of deeds' effiee. 1 be document contains 7,000 word. Tbe cars are to oe manutacturea or toe ttouth Baltimore (Jar Works, atd tbe contract stipulate that there are to be 1,000 flat-cars, 700 plain box-cars and 300 ventilated felt-iined box-cars. Tne agreement is to the effect that 600 felt-lined cars must b delivered to tbe Seaboard Air Line on or before SeDtemberlA. WOO: that 600 of tne m - w pain bos-ear aust b delivered on or befor October 13; that 100 plain car must b delivered on or before October 35; that 400 flat-cars must be delivered by November 30, and that the final SOU ventilated cars must be completed by December 35. 1 A 11 the cars are to be floubed accord- ingtospcciflcUon.iaml.bed by tbe 1 rauroAd company, and are to have I Phttos on either side with "Blair A Co owners," engraveo loercon. i do cars are manufactured for Blair A Co., who in turn sell them to the Seaboard Air Ma, the nurchasa Mice beinf. at sttt- ' - I tne purchase prioe in cash and $50,000 quarterly, with 6 per cent, interest an- I m tbe full amount of th contract Is I paid. Planet Venus Plainly Visible by - Day. Wichita, Kan , Dispatch, 17th. The planet Vnos was plainly visible In the heavens yesterday from day break until about 4 o'clock in the af ternoon. The day was remarkably M'TT'r" " I .1 J .k -A- I .. mXMWK- I"1" ' I 1UnX person stood in tbe streets I nd mde prophesies. Some considered It to be a sign tnac an intensely severe winter was at hand, others war, others flood and pestilence. At the different edacatiosal ' institutions in . ths city huge teleseopes were used for observa tion. Tbe planet was especially bright danng th middle of tbe day. Winning Her Favor. "I believe yon boarded with your vifa mothar before the happy vaat. Did von have any trouble re' -noi i a. uiiii mm . . I boani m aUVaaO,' r-VlViau a.1 . - . . . TO i a tm.i. iVtzlzu No. 42. THE WORLD'S THREE VJfln ttl'SSlA.NS MAJvSACIU: FIVL THOUSAND CU1NAM FLING TilEIil tiuiUES INTO THE UIVtlL unci ricimciim mumsis. War Im tuf a WU1 r mm IUUmI. Tae XoMtt eerrepa4aat et U Leadaa 8aaiard ads a aorrii aw ry of maaaaer of Caia at ttlag veheak, dsnag U reat tree nls la that pan ot Caia a. B4larw that the whale Cal a popalattoa t taeladiag westa and eaddrs, wre orte4 oat of ta tewa oae aseralag t a spMflfmil ap ta rtvr. Tha iay wr led in batch ( a tw haadred at a Urn to ta rtvtr bask aad ordered te ros t th CUa side. Na boats were provided, aad th rivr is a mi) wid at tats eeiau Men, vonta aad eaddrea wreitfc er throwa la to u nrtr, r last shew of rutaa stabbed or shot by th ort, wkih was eomposed et Raasiaa werkmet aad some paaat. A ey of the Car ease who at ten pled to lead after be lag thrown into the river, wre euaat club bed or shot. None cpA. Tar j river bank was strwa with eerp (or a mil blow aad abev th tewa. Ta maar.th orrespondnt ssrs was undoubtedly perforated aader ai ret orders from the sathortua A ud of slaughur was tans let loeae Utroagnoat the Amur rogioa. Ua forth every Uutsiaa kaw that a was fully licensed to kill as a cats. No leu than 7.UUO Cataa were similarly murdered in y ilia gas ea the UusAian bank. A dispatch received at Wasklag ton epu 'JUih from Ueaeral Mae Arthur, dated at Matula, bpU lh, nporu great activity of th iasar- gents lu the l'uhppias. The in surgent fores la th vieimty of Car ru and KiUlla Is limited at 600, vnd avral sever agagaaats have aken plae. Aa Bgacmat o- urred on the 17th i&st at m&iloas. situated at th at nd of Ls4roai- de Bay, between a foree of oae taousaud Ktlipinoa and dtaeamats jt th Ftteath aad Toirty-vath Uoiied States iaiaatry rgim&U, now that 24 msnars dsad.laeiadiag uose who bar died from th effects a! their wounds siaee the fighting and the missing, aad that niaetewn are wonaded, including CapL Joha E. Morgan, ot Company 1, ot th 37th regiment. Ta number of Amer icans sngaged is now anaoassed to o 134. . Gen. Eobrts informs ths London War efflee that th South Atrisaa war is practiealiy ehded. Ta Bnt tah eommaader ia chief aanoaa that thr is nothing left of the lior aimy except a few roving bead. U ays that when the burgaers ral ized that their eaase was hopalassa general tumult ensued and the feder alists destroyed considerable ordi nate. The British general are eoatiau- iag their forward movemeats and are meeting with comparatively little opposition. According to 0 antral Kbrt no thing is left of th Bsr army bat a few marauding baad. Tae Beers oar destroyed their L jag Tanas aad other heavy gun. Preside At Kroger will probably go to Jloilaad. India Famine Almost Over. Ahvill QaastU.) Ta famine in India is now almost jver, owing to relief f aads aad tae coming ot rain. Yet, though th rain have almot every wsr been plentiful andth agriealiaral oat look Is bright, th namvar oa fasua rUef are still some six aad a quarter auluoa people directly dpnaat on ovrumen( fortaeir daily brrad, wnd u n amber of those Indxrestlj so is much larger. Tae reason ot this is that, though crops have been own and are promUiag wU, th people will have Holding to lire oa said those crops hav ripened, waich will not be for a couple of months or so yt- The great major ity ot the funds collected for the re lief of f amine eiricken ladia have Aom from EagUad whoMoatri oatlon kmoauu to sm 1,700,000, ad this, too, at a time wba tae war m 8 jnth Africa and other manifold finaraies' have been msxiag heavy calls on the gnersty of ue pabUe. America has eontnnated nooiy to toe same cause, aad ej, too, aa Germany, bnt It is stated oa good uthority that the great nauvc cuais of India, although they are always proclaiming their deep sympatny with ths peopi, nav oon pracu- eally nothing. Many of thm are extremely weaiuy man, oat au ap- Da have been la vaia. m nea asa- d to giv some solid proof of their maeh-vannted sympaxny tney nave tui ned a daf ear to the famine roan collector. This In vwvel th ort heard claims for the value of the Bnldhut religion Is drsinsant. A pious gentleman in Greely, Pa., iasisted upon - having prayers jast before dinner. Uis wife and dasgh tcr objected so streauouAly laat ths pioas gcatUman attacked thm with a fork, and serioasly wonaded the wife. ILwiana. T