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LARGEST PAPER
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CONTAIN MOKE REAPING
M V! ' I T.li THAN ANY OTHER
IWI'KII IN THIS SECTION.
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lionnl.
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Villi it'tic citizen would inten
tly favor legislation that would
i Violation of the United States
tiiution, at least he ouyhtnot.
;i li-l rcasui y t 1 mii hits be?n pro
,!, ;um1 is boiiitf discussed, and
;M;l;!l those wllO OppCSC it,
1 . ... 1 '.. .1 jv.i, ft
b'i
Cos:
le:"
.UHlS V ' Will !,. iviifjirj.'.ujiiu
J;,-:,! Alabama, to deny thecoustitw
t ' .::ilitvof such a uieaure. I am
v i Vi j-.tr to ivc Colonel Oates credit
f. r i'"' f'y. fl" posessinff the
ut his convict ions'' a trait
t.iruiv in the latter nays amoug
viM'-c J'-en. I have had personal
lu-Viiiaint Jir.ce with lain for thirty
ve il s, n e:u-e and it was, arid have
Vvvi'vs found him ready to eucoun
U i d in i" t'!,! defense of tlle
i.m-iph'S he believed to bo right.
11. me I shall not iinpuj".! his motive
uorc-t diseie ht on the aegreo of
moral i:.u:iw mpusite m a membe r
of ('! '-m .-s iviosciiiii J?an asncul
teia; jM-opie to antagonize iecisia
ii'v.i tl.itt. m niv judgment, would
ivdr-usid ;.Matly to their hap mess
and prosperity. Being myself a
v.-i ;i ever luiny years &iuuu
i; ..' 1 iU to consider, in a calm
nri"l '': ' v '''ie manner, the eonsti-
tu::"i : i '.vsnon sprung uy my cs
ttciiii i Jrieisd, Colonel Oates- As
lawvfi lie and 1 are about the fmu
i!, le'. -s.h f experience, both having
luiii admitted to the bar at thesasne
term oi the court in Alabama, by the
mi::;1 judge, in 1S3S; however I feel
' " . t
iilu-itv to take greater privileges
. - .1 T . i I . " ..11
with mm man l oiuerwise wouiu,
i.v he has attained no small dis
tt'.HtU'U la puoiie ;iie. wuue x am
vr rin iiiiiiui.u iiinriuit; ui j-in.ivii.:ii.
, 1. 1.. .i:.. r it..
Kent, and Story.
1 lie reason urged for the uucoii"
stitmumaiity of the sub-treasuiy
j.ian is that there is ' no authority
in tin Constitution for the Govem
mt vt to loan mouey." Grant for the
sake of the argument that the sub-treiis-uiy
plan is a pi m by which the
Government is to lend mouey to
fanners ou their deposit of produce.
1 do not admit this in fact, for I
think the editor of the Economist
meets this phase of the question
most successfully. But grant that
it is is there any power in the Con
stitution for the Government to give
money? Such legislation is very
common. On occasions ot great
il.-asitr by flood, or drouth, or
storm in some particular locality,
(A nsre.-Fs larely ever fails to come
so tie front with an appropriation
i ,: the Mifierers. Cougress made
!aig- lippropiiations for the wc rl i's
f iir lieid at New Oilcans in 184 5,
iir. l in Philadelphia iu 1870. By
what auttio.ity was this done?
T:.i-r.e v. ?! ' gifts; but is there a pro
v ii n in the Constitution authoriz
ii..; a Lii't thai will uot at the aauia
tin:'-, at: .1 :'or the same purpose, au
t'joi 'Ize a loan?
Sei-iion s of the Conslituiiou de-
elm-es uitr v.ougress snasi nave
pown: 1. ia !iy ami collect taxes,
luti-:;, uaj.ovts and t-xcisfs; to pay
t e debts and provide for the com
iii-!! ih ;' i se ii!,.! general welfare of
thr l' States." It is undr the
.-raf uelfare' clause of this sec
tion ti .it authority is claimed for ail
of '.a .-:cts. Is it for the gene! al
u i a: .-, is the pa. amouat qiiesiou j
ii. : ..:.-..!! in? the constitutionally j
o; h i ,rt ui Congress making appr)
prutioiis lor any oi tuese tilings.
I' tt is Congres-s is the sole judge.
I :iji ( e that some of its appropria
te! sue difficult to reconcile with
the !'t:eial veifaie. Pensions or
bounties woui-.i be Laid to discern
as c i::i.i Touting to the welfare of all
tin- p( epic, or uf this people of all
ti:f S'aits. But Congress in the
iiut iio of things is the judge iu its
legislative conscience. Tlieie fire
no tests of the "general welfare"' by
wl.ich this judgment of Congress
could be reversed ou on appeal to
the courts. It i a matter of judg
ment not suscepti- io of proof by the
lega rules of evidence.
Li t us run the analogy between
the United State- national baukmg
t-j btem and the proposed sub-treasury
plan suggested by the Eurmeib'
Alliance. Ve vi 1 start with the
deposit of bonos in the United
States Treasury. Iu what does tLis
differ fiom t!.e deposit by the farmer
ef his cotton or wheat or tobacco
in the United States warehouse?
Does tliefact that one is a paper
li tf rest-bearing bond make it more
mctptable under the Constitution
I I an substantial things of intrinsic
Ai.hie, like the articles named above,
m d if so, why? In the one case the
Gove.nuient does lend its money to
the broker to the amount of 90 per
cent on the face value of the bond at
1 pi-r cent interest, and pays interest
iu g.ild on the deposit. Iu th other
tin Government gives its receipt for
f "per cent of the, value of the article
deposite I, which receipt is to circu
late as a represent ttio of value.and
in th - hands of the last holder may
be surrendered and the deposited
article withdiawn from th ware
hoi.se and sold to the consumer or
tin- manufacturer on the payment of
1 p r i ei:t, net as interest, but to
deli i'.v the expense incident to the
deposit.
ow which looks most like a loan
by the Government, the United
Stales national banking nystem or
the Alliance sub-treasury plan?
' "i!el 0U'h voted for the act ex
t'ulii g theeh uter of the national
l anki- By ,l;:tt sort of logic or
ick.-.oi! he e.ii: (.( lend the one as con
stitutional nvl a.v-es t the other as
imcoi.sfihiii.,::;:', I am unable to
eon prelienu. I deny that the na
tional basikmg - vstem was or is cal
culated to llli.i'ioil-. flio ".rfiinr,I
W( 1 aie." hut i.!' thi itniifriKS wns
the judge, and if decided otherwise.
1 hold that the Government ia able
to manage our financial allairs bet
ter lor the people than any set of
men Lent on ti massing fortunes for
thcn)S-lves. 'the Government cun
an I ought to issue and legulato the
ii'iiount of gold and silver and paper
money in chculation, and uot leave
' .n the power of a few by contract
the circulation to double tlu
. .f what, they have. J. M.
m i.ilehead in Xatioaal Economist.
lie who is anxious to tie his
'o.'iig'if ill knots will do well to at-I'-mpt
the following exercise in pro
mulgation: A day or two ago, dur
ing a lull in business, two little boot
blacks, one white and the othvr
thick, were standing at the corner
doing nothing, when the white boot
black ..greed to black the black
bootblack's botts. The black boot
Mack was, of course willing to have
his boots blacked by his fellow boot
black, a-,d the bootblack who had
greed to bl ick the bl.ck Lootbhtek's
I oots went to work.
VOL. III. NO. IS.
Vance itnd The Alliance.
The Sunday Constitution gives svn
excellent portrait of Senator Vance,
ami tv- five column interview with
him upon the various pertinent
topics of the times. Among these
prominent topics, he is asked his
views m regaru to tne tarmers
movement, suul we give below his
views, it will per naps ne a matter
of surprise to know Senator Vance's
position in regard to the matter, sis
judging from the tone of this, he
seems rather doubtful as to the ex
pediency of the Alliance measures
now heinsr advocated.
And now, senator, what do you
think of the future of the demo
cratic party'."
''Well, I don't see but one little
cloud on the horizon. I think it is
by far the greatest party that has
ever existed in American politics,
ami that is has more vivalitv and
more power of endurance and per-
sistance than any party that we have
ever had, for the simple reason that
it has stuck inside of the strict letter
of the constitution, the bond of the
union. As no religious sect ever
nourished at any time iu our coun
try that was not founded on the
strict letter of the word of God, so
no political party that is not founded
strictly on the letter of the constitu
tion will stand successfully in our
politics. There is only one little
cloud upon our horizon, and that is
the interference with our party or
ganization that may be effected by
these farmers' movements. The
farmers "have suffered from our finan
cial policy so long and so greatly
that, having turned now and begun
to struggle for their rights, the fear
is that they will strike about them
rather blindly and hit the party
that has been their friend all the
time as well as their enemies. The
financial policy of the democratic
party has all the time been favora
ble to the farmer. It is the God's
truth that all these evils under
which the farmers- have suffered and
groaned have arisen from the policy
of the republican party. It has
compelled them to sell their surplus
produc ts in the cheapest market in
the world and to buy necessaries of
life in the dearest market iu the
world. Thev have so hedged our
country about with a protective tar
-
H that the farmer now cannot sel
I
his bacon, wheat or beef iu Europe
because Europe cannot sell us any
thing in exchange for them, and
therefore, he is burning his corn in
stead of feeding it to hogs and send
ing his bacon abroad. The same
thing would have taken place with
our cotton but for the fact that the
God of nature has given us a sort of
monopoly in the crop. So far as
England could she has fostered the
growth of cotton elsewhere with th
view to relieve herself of her depend
ence on the southern cotton fields,
and she is now getting the bulk of
her wheat from India, Australia and
Xew Zealand, and she is getting all
her wool from Australia: and when
ever she can, by building railroads
and stimulating native production
get her supplies of cotton from In
dia, there is no telling what on
the face of the earth will
become of the Southern people.
The policy of the republican par
ty has been to destroy, so far as it
could, the profits of cotton growing
in the south, just ua it has destroyed
the profits on corn and wheat in the
west. Now when a man has been
driven to desperation, aihas the far
mer, and gets a chance to redress his
wrongs he don't look at things as
nicely as the lord chancellor or lay
down his rules and regulations ac
cording to the strict square. . He
hits back and retaliates on those
who have oppressed him. He strikes
blindly at everybody that 13 in his
way and like a man on the court
green who is spoiling for a fight, he
will strike one of his friends rather
than not have a fight at all; and now
on the eve of congressional election
when we need the utmost unanimity
in the democratic party, I am very
much afraid that the alliance people
will damage the party. I don't
know how it is in your country, but
I suppose it is the same as it is in
North Carolina. The men who are
in these allianses are just the best
men and democrats in our State,
in our state, and I hope there are
men of consideration among them
who will see that they don't do their
friends a damage in trying to defeat
their enemies, and punish them tor
the injuries they have suffered from
so Ions:."
Out in Montana the minister be
gan : "Will you take this woman to
be your wedded wife ?" when the
strapping groom interrupted as fol
lows: "Say Mr. Minister, quit yer
fooling' and get down to bizness.
You know I'm here to take this
lady, an' so what's the use o asking
me ? Besides, I don't allow nolody
to call her a woman. She's a lady,
she is."
Stkinhrrn Protilty tcriniiH.
Asiieville, X. C, May 1C The
second day's proceedings "of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church opened at 0:30 this morning
with prayer by liev. C. A. Hillman,
of Alabama, and Moderator Park
presided. After considerable dis
cussion of the clause iu yesterday's
minutes as to the propriety of the
Assembly accepting an invitation to
a bampiet at the hotel.
The Moderator announced the
standing committees.
A communication from the 'Ameri
can Bible Society, asking the Assem
bly to appoint that society agent of
the Assembly for a fuller and more
general distribution of its publica
tions was read.
On motion of Dr. Hemphill, of
Kentucky, Kev. Dr. Milean addressed
the assembly on the subject. Dr.
Hemphill then offered resolutions
which were adopted after an hour's
discussion, appointing the American
Bible Society agent as requested.
liev. M. II. Houston, Secretary of
the Board of Foreign Missions, of
Nashville, reported, showing that
during the past year fourteen mis
sionaries have been sent to the mis
sion field; the largest number ever
sent out by any church in one year.
The receipts of the treasurer have
been larger thau ever before, and are
from all sonrcess for the year
amount to $107,037, $11,572, more
than for any previous year.
The amount received from legacies
was largely increased, being nearly
$15,000. The sums from other sour
ces were but slightly increased over
former years. The committee urges
the assembly to restore to foreign
missions the same proportion of col
lections as at first w hich w as one
fourth, instead of one-sixth, "as now.
The committee spoke more encour
agingly of the work in Japan, Mex
ico, China, Brazil, Greece and Afri
ca. In view of the great interest
and importance of the last named
field the committee request the as
sembly to make it a subject of spe
cial prayer and thauksgiing.
During the discussion of "The
faith once delivered to the Saiuts"
by Dr. Hemphill at the banquet last
night, he urged in the most forcible
manner the steadfastness to old
standards and opposed the revision
of the confession of faith, lie said
he hoped God would direct his
brethren of the North Church, now
in session and keep them true to the
faith once delivered to the Saints.
He was most enthusiastically ap
plauded. The Assembly is clearly
opposed to revision.
TUK NOIiTIIKHX AS5EMHLY.
Saratoga, N. Y., May 10. The
speakers yesterday in the Presbyte
rian general assembly studiously
avoided the subject of the revision 01
the confession of faith. But Dr.
Herrick Jonnson, of Chicago, speak
ing for the revisionists, nominated to
be moderator, ttev. AVm. L. Moore,
of Columbus, Ohio, perimuient clerk
of the assembly.
There was no other nomination
and Dr. Moore was elected by accla
mation. At today's session it was
stated that the clerk reported that
on the general question of revision
132 Presbyteries had answered in
the affirmative, 70 iu the negative, 7
declined to answer and S had not got
reported. A committee of five was
appointed to canvass answers to the
overtures.
A North Csrollninn m Jitll.
The newspapers were full of
news about the killing at the time,
especially those in Northern Caro
lina and the Monroe papers. This
Mr. Evans was a relative of Mrs. L.
J. Foil, of ML Pleasant. Ed.
Hearing that a son of our State
was confined iu jail on the charge
of murder, a number of us went
there Monday morning. In a felon's
cell, with a jury's verdict against
him, and waiting to hear from the
Appellate Court, we found J. W.
Davis, formerly of Chapel Hill, N.
C, son of Dr. Davis. lie graduated
from the University in the class of
'08. Is now thirty-nine years of
age and is a fine looking man weigh
ing about ISO pounds, lie and his
widowed mother came to this State
some 15 years ago, and for five years
he was a salesman for B. C. Evans,
the man that he killed on July Oth,
1S89. Mr. Evans was a wealthy and
influential merchant, and his death
created great excitement thoughout
all this section so much so that
the jail had to be guarded for sev
cal nights to prevent Davis being
lynched.
Davis told us tht he was pro
voked to commit the terrible deed
while inflamed with liquor, and that
he would have secured a different
verdict but for his poverty. He
still looks with strong hope for a
new trial from the Appellate court.
He referred to a number of his
friends and acquaintances in North
Carolina, and to the great kindness
of one in particular, who furnished
him $200 with which to employ
counsel.
In the afternoon I called on his
old mother, and did all I could to
comfort her. She told me of her
kinspeople in North Carolina. Her
maiden name was Elizabeth A. Cot
ton, and among her relations are the
Alstons and Williams, of Chatham
and Warren counties. The condition
of this mother is pitiable, for she is
wholly without means or income.
She is now cared for by a kind lady
with whom she and her sou boarded.
Her son was the only earthly idol,
and the doom that threatens him is
breaking her heart. N. B. Brough
ton in State Chronicle.
Writing from Fort Worth, Tex.
CONCORD, N. C, FKIDAY, MAY 23, 1890.
All aorta of Paragraphs.-- ,
Luck is a good thing to have, but
it is a poor thing to wait for.
In Bengal there are 48,644 widows
under ten years of age.
Which is the most questionable
letter in the alphabet? A queer E.
The Alpha and omega of Christian
patriotism is honor to God and gdod
will to men.
The worst mistake a funny man
can make is to be funny at the wrong
time.
More bridal couples are said to
have visited Washington this spring
than ever before.
La Grippe cured a crowd of luna
tics in Massachusetts asylum, and
they have been released.
When a barrel is full it generally
gets bunged up. And this is the
case with a man.
The two great wants of the day is
better mail service abroad and better
female service at home.
Bob Jngersoll says he will smoke
as long as he lives. And probably a
good deal longer !
More than two thousand farmers
have applied to the agricultural de
partment for seeds of the sugar beet.
The work of rebuilding unfortu
nate Johnstown has been going on
at a rapid rate, but there is a short
age yet, it is said, of over 1,000
houses.
A cedar stump on a farm near
Shohomish City, Ore., measures
twenty feet in diameter. A photo
graph was taken of it with thirty
men and five horses standing upon
it.
It is estimated that only 12 per
cent of the population of Russia can
read and write. The number of
primary schools is 38,0 '-''for the
population of over 100,00,000-
The highest salary paid to any
man, official or semi-official, in, the
United States, is $100,000, which
amount is paid to the president of
the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany. When one man sees another v ;ih
a hat exactly like his owa he cjin
plimen's the other fellow on his
taste; but when a woman fees her
new hat duplicated she either buyo
another one or sits down and cries
because she can't.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis writes that
her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hays, of
Colorado Springs, and her husband,
have changed their little son's name
to Jefferson Hayes Davis "so that
there shull be one to bear the beloved
and honored name of his own
blood."
According to figures given by a
San Francisco newspaper, California
is the bloodiest State in the union.
In 18S9 it had one homicide to 3,
479 of the population. In the other
States it runs up from one in 8,012
iu Kentucky, to one in 80,000 in
other States.
An organization of saloon keepers
in New York has under considera
tion a proposition to sell beer by
weight. A good idea. The man
who knows how many pounds he
can carry would not be so iiable to
stagger home under a bigger load
than he am holn up under.
A pair of curled poplar logs were
shipped to Germany from Swain
county, N. G, each twelve feet long
and six feet in diameter at the smal
ler end. The The logs will be
hewed and polished for exhibition at
Berlin this year. The farmer who
sold the logs was paid sixty dollars
for each.
The sacrifice of widows on the
funeral pyre still goes on in Bali
an island near Javi. They are
buried abng with the remains' of
their husbands. The latter's slaves
also share the same fate if he be of
high rank. A short time ago three
wives of a chief were cremated I here.
The total land grants made by the
United States for educational pur
poses during the first century of its
existence, amounts to over eighty
millions acres, one hundred and
twenty-five thousand square miles,
a territory greater than the area of
of Great Britain and Irelaud, and
evual to oue half the area of France.
A Deep Mysteky. Early this
morning a body was found about a
mile and a half south of Durham.
The limbs were scattered about in
different directions, and at this wri
tiug, so far as our information goes,
it has not been identified. Strange
to say upon the body was fouud a
roll of money, about $20 in green
backs, some silver, several keys, a
note or two, but these were not mo
lested. It appears the body, not yet
identified, was horseback, and the
horse was not touched in the least,
which went right on after the rider
had left his back. Durham Sun
16th.
TANDARD.
Foul Play Snupct-leil.
Charlotte News.
The news a few days ago men
tioned that Mr. Clay Baikloy, a
prominent farmer was drowned, to
gether with his horse, at Robinson's
ferry on the Catawba river. Mr.
Barkley was driving in a buggy and
horse, buggy and man went down
the river.
There' was something quite mys
terious about the affair from the
first, and Mr. Barkley's neighbors
were not satisfied that it was an
accident. They determined upon a
thorough investigation of the case,
and the further- they went iuto it,
the more deeply they were con
vinced that there had been foul play.
It was nothing until there was a
settled conviction iu the neighbor
hood that Mr. Barkley had been
murdered and robbed, his body
thrown into the buggy and the
horse and buggy driven into the
river. Mr. Barkley's body has
never yet been recovered.
Mr. F. A. Kern's, who lives in the
neighborhood, was in the city to-day
and says the general impression i3
that Mr. Barkley was murdered.
The parties investigating the mat
ter have secured evidence that makes
this more than probable. One ar
rest has been made, that of a man
who said that he saw Mr. Barkley
just before he reached the river, and
that he looked like he was sitting in
his buggy dead then. This man
was arrestep and is being held for
future developments. Mr. Barkley
had $90 iu his pockets when he left
home.
What Koule
Will the
Sonth.
It. A- S. take
Winston Daily.
'The above questions is of vital
impoatance to Piedmont North Car
olinians for many reasons. There
is a great deal to gain from the
southern extension of this road, and
nothing should hender its being ex
tended immediately. Many thriving
young cities south of us are bidding
for it, and there seems to be a heat
ed race between High Point, Lex
ington and Salisbury for this valua
ble enterprise. The section through
which it will pass is bound to be
materially helped and especially the
towns and cities along the line. To
some it will give railroad facilities
never enjoyed before, while to others
it will furnish a competing line and
this is what all need that can ret it.
Competing lines of railway should
always be secured when possible, for
it is too 01 ten the case when a town
or city enjoys the benefit of only one
road that it sutlers ironi excessive
freight and passenger charges. It
is an evident fact the Boanoke and
Southern is coins to be built south
of here, and it is a further fact that
when completed it will be a rreat
trunk line with its extreme ends
touching Roanoke on the north and
Atlanta on the south."
Lexinsrton will make a strong
light for this road, so will Salisbury
If Concord comes into the ring,
then Salisbury's chances are Jjood,
and the union will be equally as
helpful to us. Business men and
citizens, w hat say you?
A City Terrorized.
State Chronicle-
Cedar Falls, F!a., May 14.
Mayor Cottrell has succeeded in
terrorizing this city, and has caused
much lawlessness since Saturday last
On that day the light-house keeper
was shot at on the street by Cottrell
but was not hit. The same after
noon Cottrell "held up" the asrent
of the F. C. & P. railway with a
double-barrelled shotgun, but the
railroad man disarmed him. The
mayor next visited the U. S. Collec
tor of customs, and with his city
marshal by his side, both with
drawn pistols, insulted him foully
and threatened to put him in jail
the moment he dared to leave his
office. Cottrell also threatened to
horsewhip the Episcopal minister
and his wife, most estimable people
The clergyman went to Tallahassee
to complain to Governor Felming,
andon his return was escorted to his
home by his parishioners. Cottrell
has committed a long list of lawless
acts. He killed his brother-in-law
over a drink of whiskey shortly af
ter the war. He had eight indict
ments to answer at the last term of
the comity court, .but as matters
were so arranged that the jury
drawn was an illegal one, he got off.
He was formerly a deputy collector,
but the present collector discharged
him.
Collector Pinkerton left for Jack
sonville on Sunday 'and a telegram
ha3 been received trom mm saying
that tjo will return to-day with four
deputy U. S. Marshals to capture
Cottrell and his allies. A large
nnmber of prominent citizens have
left town with their families.
It is said that the Georgia railroad
is the only road of its "size- in the
world that has never killed a passen
ger and never had a mortgage on it
The Cnrable Insane.
State Chronicle.
The executive committee of the
board of directors of the North Car
olina Insane Asylum met here yester
day. Among the business transacted
was the issuing of orders to put
some of the criminal insane to work.
It is learnded that the authorities
of the Insane Asvlnm have deter
mined to make room for some of the
many curable cases in the State, by
sending from the Asylum to their
respective counties, such of the in
curable cases as are perfectly harm
less. Notice under the law have
been issued to the county authori
ties to remove the parties designated
by the board from the Asylum, but
as yet no action has been taken ex
cept by the counties of Johnson,
Wilson, Halifax, and Nash. This
is a duty imposed by the law on the
board, and the board feel that the
crowded condition of the institution
with harmless incurables, together
with the large number of curable
cases now in the mils and poor
houses that can be profitably treated
in the asylum, and the greater num
ber of dangerous cases in this divis
ion of the State, demand the en
forcement of the law, against the
sheriffs and other county authorities
for failing to take away from the
asylum the harmless insane, that
they have been notified to come for,
according to law.
Nndden death In n Hole.
Selma, N. C, May 15. Two John
ston county moonshiners, David
Britt and sou, engaged in illicit dis
tilling near Graves' Mill on Nense
river, on the night of the 13th, made
themselves known in a very tragical
way. David being drunk fell in the
well pulling a barrel in with him
aud broke his neck. His son sought
aid from Graves Mill to extricate
his father from the well. They re
covered the body and set watchers
over it.
Two unknown parties, at mid
night, offered to relieve the watchers
over the corpse, and during this
time the still is stolen, and the
morning of the 15th finds the corpse
all alone. State Chronicle.
A Seeret Marriage.
Lenoir Topic.
Last week a secret marriage con
summated in Morgan ton on the 30th,
of March, was brought to light, and
it was discovered that Miss Etta
Coleman, daughter of Mr. E. A.
Coleman, formerly of Lenoir, and
Mr. Marshall Jubin, of Morganton,
were on that date married quietly
by Squire Sim3 and had fcince then
been passing as single. The 'young
folks enjoyed the surprise they
caused their trieuds and were doubt
less glad that the 'denouement was
made. Mr. Jubin is a nice young
fellow and was engineer at the cot
ton factory.
Tne crops of the State.
The following is the crop summa
ry for April, showing the percentage
of a full crop made up from .reports
received at the Agricultural Depart,
meut from all over the state: Wheat
843 oats 18, rye 86, orchards G4,
corn 90, cotton 92, tobacco 91, sor
ghum 91$, clover 95, meadows 934
gardens 91, stock 951, sheep 91 1-5,
swine 821. The reports this month
cover 92 of the 96 counties in the
State. The correspondents from
whom these reports are received and
to whom blanks are sent out monthly
by the department number one thou
sand. CnimluK Factory.
The profits of canning are being
inquired into more and more. The
Durham Globe gives a favorable ac
count of the profits from experi
ments made. The cost is $150, for
outfit, and $40 a day profit' can- be
realized. It thinks they should -he
greatly multiplied and so they ought
to be. People will eat and canned
goods are really very essential to
housekeeping. Wil. Messenger. .
This is worth thinking about.
There is no excuse for so much
fruit of all kinds being lost for the
want of means to preserve it.' It is
not easy to form an idea of the
quantity of our products Jost ;jnst
on this account. ."We beliete the
above estimate too small, but a
splendid outfit can be purchased fpr
at most $300. Why not start a com
pany and give the young men an op
portunity to branch out in a business
of this kind. Beans, com, apples,
cherries, tomatoes, peaches, black
berries, etc. are at home in the coun
ty, and many of ; them grow with but
little care and attention from hit
man effort. .. . .
Another feature that deserves our
notice is, such .an. enterprise would
make a market for many a one who
could avoid himself of it and thus
aid him in buying those things that
he can raise or manufacture. Again;
why depend on other sections for
food that flourished right here at
home? Will not some one move in
this direction? .
WHOLE NO. 12.
The Rmlrontt Jleellns.
The rail road meeting so earnestly
advoeatedby The Staxdakd in the
interest of 'the .proposed' new road,
the Roanoke & Southern, 'assemh'kd
at ihe appointed, time in ,thV coiirt
house.'. Capt. J. M. Odell presided
over the meeting and P. B. Fetzer
acted as secretary. Resolutions ask
ing co-operation with Salisbury and
pledging thneand money for the
purpose of continuing the road were
enthusiastically offered and adopted,
and a healthy tone wa3 manifested
throughout. Several speeches were
made and a committee of citizens
were appointed to meefsft. Salisbury
on the day of their meeting,' 'the 24th,
and urge our claimes and promise
whatever help necessary for the ac
complishment of the object.,. The
meeting was composed of the several
business men of the town and had' it
been necessary we have no doubt. in
saying that the amount needed for'
grading the. joad from .the Rowan
to the Union line would have been
premised righ then and there. Scl
dom have 'we witnessed so much in
terest manifested Jby our solid busi
ness community as were shown by
the meeting Friday. And if money
is all that is wanted to secure the
Roanoke & Southern road why that
can be secured without any trouble.
The foiling resolutions were unan
imously .'passed:
Whereas, We. learn, with great
gratification that the Reanoke and
Southern contemplate extending
their road from Winston to Monroe,
and there forming, a junction that
will secure to us., a ..competing
through freight and passenger line
north and soutlu Therefore .
Resolved "1st. That we are sure
such a road would be of inestiriia
ble valuer not -only .to CohPord," but
the whole' section through which - rt
would pass.. -:
2nd. That wir hereby pledge to all
interested our hearty sympatj-, co
operation, private and public coiitri
uutions and influences. . '-' '- '
' It was ordered that tlie, chairman
appoint a committee of fifteen per
sons to meet the authorities in Salis
bury on the 24th, andthatthe chair
man be added. The committee are
P:'B. Fetzer, -G. M.'Lore,'D.'B. Col
trane, J. -P. Allison, C. G-. Montgom
ery, S. F. Patterson, R. E Gibson,
John Alexander, Geo. W.Patterson,
D. F. Cannon,- M. L. Brown, Dr. R.
S. Voting,-Jas P. .C00V, Ambrose
Hileman, John A. Bernhardt and J.
M: Odell. - -
JJoalli or K. B. Ilnrns, r.sq.
4 We regret to announce the death of
E. B. .Burns,- -which occurred on
Monday night last, at 'his home in
Camilla, Ga. . -
Mr. B.urus. was-'formerly-a resi
dent of iliis," State, .aud Tfor, m.any J
years, represented Jus" native, county,
Cabarrus, in the' State legislature.
He married the daiighter'of 'the late
II. J. Brown, of this city," who 1 with
five children is left-'to mourn .his.
loss. . . .
.'Mr.' Burns .lived to a good old age.
He was a loving husband and. father,
and a faithful citizen and was honor
ed and esteemed by all who knew
him. ' .! - v :;':'
-The Visitor extends . its wiarmest
sympathy tp the family-of the de
ceased. Raleigh Visitor. v.' .
; . Mr. BurnsJVas elected and , rep
resented this county in the Legisla
ture of 185S-9. He belonged" to'the
Whig party. z He was a good man
and a prominent farmer, owning at
the time the farm how known as the
Archibald place. , He, was GO years
old at hfs election, and a bachelor,
but before he served out'his .term as
legislator he took unto hims.clf a
wife, a selection, from,Raleigu's.fiur
maidens of 1 5 8. ' .
PoJte Root Bin! KheivuiAliNiii.
Mr. J..W. . Moose, was in to see us.
"What about pblie root.as a cure for
rheumatism?" Joe laughed and
proceeded to relate.- . "Well," said
he,- 'it has been recommended time
aucLagaiu, afupmy friend of Forest
Hill .was,, Buffering (intensely from
rheumatism, and, I prescribed, poke,
root and. whiskey for him.; , Ajy
friend is a prohitjitiqnistv but.-he'll
use whiskey for medical (?) purposes
only; he-had the rok'riwHbuU'np
whiskey and. then he.' didn't care , to
mix them as hS'-thought the .w-hiskj
would spoil 4 the root;.. . A u .: idta.
struck'hrm; 6,0: he.te'',the robtand.
expected to s;o'dowB towij.to get jh
whiskey., . He, got .pretty.;ickr but.
manageu to get to town, but there
he' struck a bigstlagahuan insur
mountably one-iie, had-rid pre
scViption 'an'di'' -.Abraham -.Brown
was itivjuil; .'-tlle liken to - died.'?:
Here, frieuVl Joe got so tJed ai
full of himself tljat he refused to go
farther. " The gen'tlenian, , who - was
afflicted got well ' oft the poke root
Due nis rneumansm is vvui oau.
James Hi nes took -up" a son-it
claim in Arkansas. : He. was warned
offVbnt decided not to go, 'and he
held out' fof the. thftfe 'fears.' ' Dur
ing that (time he was shot at .thirty
three times; tvounded four.- times,
liQd his cabin set on fire ty,ice, ,hi
wife was driven -to suicide and his
boy ran atay, and aV"latH the" 'man
grew wewyapa nangetf himself.
T II Ea? STAH DARD.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
job wobe:
IN THE
VEA TES 1 M A X.XEH
AND AT ,
THE. LOWEST EATES.
Forest' Hill Xors.
Mr, Will Branson was here Fri
Jay-. :
The public school closed here Fri
day. Mr. W. A. Stone, the teapher
treated the little follows to 'all the
lemonade they could drink and sent
them hime rejoicing.
. The water to supply the tank at
the bleachery will be conveyed
through pines from Cook's spring on
the BeatVs Foard road. The ditch
is now being dug mid the pipes laid.
Tlfe spriilg being higher -than the
tank, -the water will go by the" force
of gravity. '
ne hH'asles are raging and in a
fe' instances when connected with
flux, have proved fatal. Dr.
rows' IS year old daughter
Thursday and 'was carried 'to
former home in Stanly for
Bur
died their
inter-
ment. About a week ago Mr. Dry
lost a child and on Friday-another
did. " The one was disintered and
both were carried to .Stanly county
to be buried. Others are serious ly
sick.' . W. "
Xews From . Cnlifomln. "
Warren-. Coleman, a wealthy tuid
enterprising" colored man of - our
town gave us a paper, "The Okla
homa Daily Capitol." This paper
has a large number of cuts showing
scenes of prairies, struggles, booms,,
small building aud further, on a cut.
showing a 'most magnificent street
with street car?, etc.. The. territory
was thrown open in April 1SS9, and'
noV it 'is quite a city. Another pa
per was shown n.. This paper con-.-tains
a long account of the marriage
of Sarah R. Young ni'Redding,Tal.,' '
sister of Warren" Coleman of liii.
place." "'There wc"re'"2.s bridal pres
ents, many of them costly' ainl "p re
sell ted by white friend's.' Our -read- ;
"ers will VenienuVr ' that' about 'one 1
year ago "a large number' f colored
people went to California.- ; ' '
I. O. O. F. forlCiiwjiiiiar Year.
"Grand Master, Dr. Join: 11.
of South Mill's.
Pool,
Deputy Grand Mailer,
John
Bruton, of Wilson. .
Grand Warden, John I). Bellamy,
Jr., of Wilmington.
; Grand 'Secretary,' "B. Tf.-Woodell,
of Raleigh. ' .',.'""'
Grand Treasurer, R.. J. Jones, of
Wilmington. '.
Grand Representative, Jo.;, (i.
.Brown, of Raleigh.
Trustee of Orphanage, Nathaniel"
Jacobi, Wilmington.
The Grand Master appointed the
following officers:.
Grand Marshall, John D. Deans,
of.Toisnot-; Grand Cotidncfor, E. T.
Crews, of Oxford; Grand Guardian,
dJF. W. Rotter, of Moyock; Grand
HjraldVj. F. Willeford. of "Concord;
Giimd Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Watt, of
Raleigh.-- . .
I6 It Here. .
Mr. J. W. Cannon, secretary and
treasurer of the Cannon Manufac
turing Company showed us a sam
ple .'of "liight gown cotton" goods
manufactured by his company. It
was perfec 'y white, having been
Tdeached at . a bleachery way up
in Rhode Island, and then shipped
back here. This part of. the busi
ness will cease after two weeks, for
our bleachery is about ready to com
mence operations. It is said that
the. bleachery in this place-is the
only one iu the South.
' t
A Stranger In Feathers.
R. J. Cook, of No. 5, has a little
circus that he is carrying around in
a' cage, hat. his mends might see.
The object of so "much interest is a
fowl of some "kind, but no one could
find a name for it. It is altout the
size of a half, grown shanghai chick
enj with a bill, the half of which is
red and the other a beautiful yellow;
its legslire 'one-half green and" the
other 'a bright red; its feathers
are a dark blue and those on
its. head are -perfectly black. Tim
fowl is desperately in love with Mr.
Cook, sticking closer to him than a
brother.
iillletl. t " ,
" jWeJearu from the Stanly Obser
yef- that Jouas Rowland, formerly of
that county, - got killed in South
Carolina, by' lying down 011 a rail
road track' and Ictfmghe train crush
his life out. Rowland had a fine
Plantation, good stock, splendid i-
hides, a good residencesome money
and and a nice little wife to start,
"with"! i if a few vears he had lost all
his "property x through carelessness
that is caused :'-by hard drinking.
Rowland was good hearted and had
naj eWmies cNcept'oiie in in his own
clothes:' -- -'A
: V-v. -:-
A .womau- has. been, found living
iu New York city whose expenses
average four .. cents., a day. She
makes -bHttou. holes when she can
get them to make aud finds that
the reveuue derived from her foil
J compels her to depend for sustenance
on oreau wunout ouuer, ana- tea
without lnilk. A five cent loaf of
Jbread lasrta-hertwoday.B. . .