VOL, II NO, 36.
SUMMARY. u
The I'- Senate was kept busy Saturday,
;,:it lil nothing of any importance.
Whii' the -House had under discussion the
1 Vtoin e appropriation, bill, Mr. Mason, of
Illiri"!-, wedged in a partisan speech on
,,uih Carolina elections. : The President
h i- re-moyed Judge Edgerton from the civil
4rvice rtiinriiission, and nominated Hon.
jlucrh S. Thompson, of South Carolina.
The w:tp'- f the employes of another Penn
,vlvani:i blast furnacedias been reduced 10
j,cr ivnt. The British Parliament will open
'on the "Jl-t. In the Dakota .Legislature
Fridav the female. suffrage bill was defeated
l,v :t v..tf -of to i!2. A furious gale with
hitter co-Id weather is now prevailing in
1 Indian' 1 ami Scotland, and numerous wrecks
are reported.- Riotous demonstrations -con
tinue in Rome among the unemployed work
men; cavalry have been called out to. guard
the ltiildiiigs.: New York harbor is to be
defended-by. some dynamite guns. All
was tjuit't in loldsboro Saturday, though the
ti.wn was full of negroes. .
i:ditokial. briefs.
(ioi.n-r.ono realized $182 from fines
1 li it.. iL f T
and penalties ior inc luuuui oi jau- j
tjir"
.m Edwin Booth and Lawrence Bar-
re u receiveu cv,uuu casn ior seven
1 ir" rrt i c
performances in Louisville.
Thk Germanton 1 ime& and the Far-
m r and Mechanic, at Walnut Cove,
tlie breensboro Workman learns, arc
to be revived.
One gentleman in town says he is
the nutt numerous - subscriber The
1'lant has. His live dollars repre
sents about five regular readers of
the paper. .
It is live dollars fine to say any-
i Lilt; n I .,ltf I x r-Y llf 1 11 I fW-l ttT ' '
uun.y,uui uie- uMuuiui buu .
not beautnui ; we have not seen
any mat was since we were aooui
tell Vl'liTS Old. .
.V'mkmbeu of the Legislature has
iiuumuu;cu a urn to auoiisu cum i-
house , rings, whereupon the. Ashc-
ville CiIkc savs : "A bill to abolish
flo , ., ; , ..
the ,UuI is next m order. -
fun Pennsylvanians are becoming
aroused over the question of State
prohibition. A liquor prohibitory
amendment to the constitution will
most probably be adopted this spring.
We hope the resolution of the
Lexington convention to plant only
about fifty per cent, of last years
crop of tobacco will be observed, i It
will help both the farmer and the
dealer.
The Washington Critic contains
the following tender epistle:
'"Dtir Ben: I take ray pen in hand j
To write what gives me pain : I
h New gets in your Cabinet, i
There ain't room there for Blaine.
Yours, J. G. B."
Ini: New Berne Journal estimates
that the" veterans of the late war are
dying at the rate of six thousand
a year. Still the Federal pension
rolls an- nnt JiminicWn, W onv
'
hk Treasury experts say the de-
It'Use in tho mvenno nnlpr thp Spn-
ate t-arifT bill will not amount to
more thnn fr., iio i,v nn a on .
NJij.iNM) ruL ;
Orrnvo, 4V. T . ..
taxes tne Republicans are going
teil-
Ti i k w i l m i n rr f v
More nilKUr cnirit n ml pridpnppfl
" enterprise among the people of
-orth- Carolina, have developed
1 1 1 1 tlP tncf 4 it-r i.nn .. (lion rni I
te has known throughout her
wholeliUtr..
ftory.
Goldsboro Argu?, of Sunday,
s:l.V;5 : "All day yesterday the streets
01 ur city were - thronged with dar-
kevs-I,,, un n ,.i
not HI Called" meeting did
off ,P f 6 thC PaSSet
1 orderly and even more or-
Clerk' tbor, U J.J Oil
,j luc usual crowueu oka-
Ury in this city.
It seems rather a curious way to
begin a newspaper article on a sub
ject by the confession on the part of
the writer that he does' not. know
anything about the subject rnatter.
If a man does not appreciate his
citizenship highly enough to pay a
cent toward supporting the govern
ment that guarantees his rights as a
citizen, he should not be
take part-in filling the o
that government.
allowed to
Rices under
The Savannah Xeivs
say:
The
Baltimore Sari suggests that Sena
tors Chandler and Kvarts take a trip
to Marion, 111., to investigate the race
trouble there. Messrs. Chandler and
Evarts won't go. They are too busy
working the Southern outrage mill."
We are extremely sorry to hear
of the death of Col. Charles R. Jones,
which occurred in Charlotte on Sat-
urday. Col. Jones
W2S
for
some
I'M rs fr i trr nf th o Pli a rlrvff a Dhvtw
" "" vwn. ,
nriM TinHor hlJ DHltnrD ni -if mnr.
"nvivi no v-nnjicuip 11, wan
one of the best newspapers in the
State.
The New York World comment-
ing on Governor Hill's recent visit to
Washington city, says : "At this dis-
tance a live Democratic dovernor of
. i . C,L , . J ,
the Empire State seems to be more
popular in Washington city than a
Democratic President with onlv one
month's salary in sight."
The Columbia (S.-C.) Register 8&y&
with truth "Tf i rdnin fn n flipn
j
with thegovernment at Washington
the result will be to give one set ol
. l
states, having the controllof the cen-
tral government, the mastery over
Infhpr mpmlws nf fhp ITninn "
v The New Berne Jontasavs : "An
authentic silver dollar of the Con-
federate" States is valued Ijy coin col-
lectors at SI, 000. Only a few were
coined." We were under the im-
pression that only two coins (which
were half dollars) were struck ofi by
the Confederate Government, and
one of them was lost.
TOWN TALIvl
Cold and growing colder.
Whoop up the new factories.
Commonwealth Club! to-night.
St. Valentine's Day nextThurs
aay
Meeting of the Durham Light
Infantry to-night tor drill; :
The Tobacco Board
of Trade
held a meeting this afternoon.
There are many vacant houses
in Hati since the colored! exodus to
Mississippi
There, were two accessions to
Main Street Methodist Church yes-;
terday morning.
-Thp nnlirp rpnort considerable
drinkin yesterday. Where did the
1 . ....
whiskv come irom ? -
rrw f o. ,M-;li";J o
institution and-ivesus a city like
appearance. Patronize it
Qnorinl mpptinor nfl Durham
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.J
lO-IllKUl.
ork in the second degree
They say llickstown
is in a stir
over the bill introduced m tn
islature t0 repeal it8 charter.
Remember the valentine
n,.n l-r Kill lntrnniiffin in thp I Pit-
. i
ine party
and . fejstival, on -Wednesday ana
and festival, on Wednesda
Thursday nights of this week.
Tmnortnnt mpptlnor of
Link No H4, I.jjQ.
to-night at 7:30 o'clock. Re
tr nr iroinpn
r i ti
ure to
i-iyid
We presume the withdrawal of
low rates to the South, by the Rich-
low rates to the South,
mond & Danville railroad, will put a
quietus on the negro exodus. j
Alma Lodge No. 5, Daughters of
Rebekab, will meet to-morrow night
at 'i:30 o clock, snow or blow. .Lvery
member reque'sted to be present.
was quite a surprise to our
hponle to find the around covered
I X' 1 n
witn snow mis morning
Nearly all
of it disappeared during
the day.
DURHAM, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1889.
-To-morrow niht the Ladies'
Aid Society of Main Street Methodist
Church will give an oyster supper
at the church to its honorary mem
bers. Fo.ur persons applied for mem
bership at the Black well Baptist
Church yesterday. There are indi
cations of a revival spirit in this con
gregation. The Kpworth Band has pre
sented the V. M. C. A. with a beauti
ful centre table. This gift from this
band of young Christian workers is
highly appreciated.
Sheriff Sharp, ot 'Little Alec," j
passed through Durham Sunday
morning in charge ot a man convic
ted of manslaughter and sentenced
to the penitentiary four years.
Interest increases in the propo
sition to establish a shoe factory in
Durham and we hope to soon be
able to announce that definite action
in this direction has been taken.
Don't forget that one way to
make things prosperous is to patron
ize home enterprises Stick a pin
right here. Don't send away for
anything you can procure at home.
fUV Inf. 'inf vnlpntinps nnrl a
fresh supply of Triumphant Sonss
ust received at the Durham book
store of J. B. Whitaker, Jr., & Co
See advertisement in to-day's Plant.
The youngest child of Rev. and
Mrs- T- M- u- George met with a
Pamtul accident yesterday by fa ling
againsi a suck, wnicn protruaea tne
roof oT thft. mnnth innp nntl.
ing serious will result from the
wound.
Those who were so badly taken
in by the tricky quack, on Saturday,
still mourn for their lost dollars. It
is estimated that the lellow cleared
mnnv hif nf hia iv;t n,, if ,r;no
the old adage, "Truth is stranger
They say The Plant's runner
went wild Saturdav vrhen the quack
passed alon the street throwing
awav the nickles and dimes. He
had been left in charge of the sanc
tum and while the chink was living
around in the air, Adolphus yelled,
in imploring tones : "Oh, Jim! Jim!
Somebody come and stay here,
1 " "."V" ' ' ,., 1 ''
Blaekwell Baptist To-Night.
There will be services at the Black-
well Baptist Church, at 7:15 o'clock,
to-night. Preaching by the nastor.
Rev. W. B. Oliver. The public, and
especially Christians, are invited to
attend.
W. C. T. U,
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will meet at the Y. M. C.
A. rooms to-morrow at o:30 p. m., at
-which time it is proposed to perfect
u.iti organ izauon cu u e riower.uisr
pense charity. to Durham's poor.
The New Berne Fair,
The Richmond & Danville rail
road will sell to parties attending
the fair at New Berne, which opens
on the 19th and closes on the 22d,
tickets from Durham to Goldsboro
and return for $i0. Ihe tickets
will be on sale fromthe lGth to the
A'Sia ana wiu oe goou returning unui
the 24th. ' We do not know what the
are wi i be irom uouisooro to Aew
ierne, out presume it ui ue iuv,
probably not exceeding bL.)() tor the
round trip.
Absurd Stories.
Tt i mVl thht n nirt nf our rol-
r ,
I nAiMil.itiAn is in 1rrm mntmn
and trepidation over bare faced lies
that have been circulated among
. i li t . i
ioem pruma uy u
were trying to induce them to leave
rnif cpci nn ... i mp re i ii ir i i 1 1 rii i 1 1
"-- . ,.
. ' I narrrrtaa nxvix irr1t ! KlrA UlrA tHp.
1 4ie mi iiu in i inv iuvj
did the Indians. Anotner is tnat
when ; Harrison is inausuratefl
the ne oes are to' be colonized
. . ,,f i- ,
We suoDOse that other lies
equally as ridiculous have gained
currency among them. To intelli
gent persons a refutal of these things
may appear absurd, but as they are
believed by some of the negroes and
molests their peace of mind, we
would assure them that they are
free from all danger right here as
long as they are industrious and
well-behaved.
PlaiJt I'liotojjraplis.
Mr. J. S. Manning went to Kak-igh
to-dajy. t
r 1
Mn L. (i. Cole spent yesterday in
Oxford. i
'Mr
V. J. Exum went down the
road
Mr
to-dav.
J as. It.Uireen spent Sundav at
Chapel Hill
Rev. H. T !
Darnall preached at
Chapel U yesterday.
Mr,
day a
Mr,
T. E. -Whitaker spent yester
ternoon! in Raleigh.
F. J. Ila-jre has returned from
a busmess trip to Oxford.
Mr. F. P. f Burch spent Sundav
with relatives;near Mebane.
Mr.
Telepi
day.
Geo. II. Glass, of the Raleigh
lone Exchange, is in town to-
Miss Salliej Yates is confined at
homelbv sickness, we are sorrv to
hear. j
Mr. T. A. Noel, of Henderson, was
in toyn yesterday, and left for Ral
eigh to-day. 4 j
Dr. I J. P. Monroe is back froni a
visit jin anotner county. lie re
turned alone.
Kev. C. J. Curtis, of Lincolnton J
officiated at fet. Philip's Fpiscopa
viiurcn yesieruay.
Mis3 Xanriie Cobb, of Caswell
county, is visiting the family of her
brother, Mr. j. B. Cobb. "
Kev. T.M.X-George, of St. Philip's
Episcopal Chllrch, held services at
Bingham School last night.
Miss Pearl Yates is sutlering from
the ell'ects of a fall. Hope she will
soon recover from her injuries.
Jude Walter Clark passed through
Durham yesterday evening. He
convened court in Union county
to-dav. 1
Miss Sallie pavies, of Chapel Hill,
who is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. J.
Kirkland, will return liome this
evening. .;
The Cotton Factory.
Thej town of Lenoir wants the cot
ton factory, referred -to in The Plant
some days ago, as will be seen! from
the letter published below. . What
steps are being taken by Durham to
securej the factory ? What answer
shall we give to the gentleman's in
quiry We refer jthese questions to
the Commonwealth Club, which, we
hope, will have a meeting to night.
Here is the letter:
: Lenoir, N. C., Feb. 8, '89. .
Editors Durham Plant :
1 hr.ve seen! an extract from 'Our
paper to the effect that a Pennsylva
nia manufacturer wished to move a
cotton, and woolen mill plant to
North Carolina, if the citizens would
take a. certain! per cent, of stock. If
his proposition has not been accepted,
will you kindly forward me his ad
dress. Our citizens are wishing to
investl in a cotton mill, and will take
stock liberally with the ritrht parties.
By giving this your attention you
will greatly oblige,
lours very trulv.
Y W. C. Ervin,
Mayor of Lenoir.
Strike While; the Iron is Hot.
Let ever' member of the Com
monwjealthjClub be on hand at the
meeting to-night. Mattfrs of im
portaice to Durham requite consid
eration, and we hope thai we will
not ha ve to report to-morrow that
there was no meeting for the want of
a quotum, j With proper effort Dur
ham may enter upon a new era of
prosperity. Our people are awak-
ened uy tne; importance oi new m-
. i v
! "USineS, anU
the time to strike is
is hot. Organization
U1IC .lllC
is necessary, however, to secure the
result? so greatly desired arrd that
are within our reach.
The! Commonwealth Club was or-
ganized for the purpose of taking the
:maii)e m sucii mailers auu 101 con
tnbuUng in every possible way to
tne successiui culmination oi plans
set ori foot to advance the interests
of thel town. ,,jThe people, therefore,
are lopking toj the Club to act. Shall
they be disappointed? Let every
member answer no; by attending the
meeting to-night with a disposition
to del everything within his power
to pu$h forward .' plucky t progressive
Durham in her march towards
greater prospent.v.
Blank Books. .
Various sizes and qualities, at the Durham
bookstore of , 3, B. Whitaker, Jr., & Co.
The 3Iutual Lifevf Now York.
The following items culled from
the annual statement of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New
York, which appears in The Plant
to-day, will give an idea of the im
mensity of the operations of this in;
stitution during the year 1888 : To
tal assets, S12(),082,15-j.50 ; insurance
in force, 8482,12-5. 1S4.3G ; new risks
assumed in 1888, $103,214,201.32; in
come in 1888, $20,215,932 o2 ; paid
policv holders, 514,727,550.22 ; sur
plus." four per cent., '-$7,04.0,003,63;
numbers of policies in force, 158,
300. This company, of which Mr. Rich
ard A. McCurdy is president, is rep
resented in Durham by Mr. W. H.
McCabe, who says it is a strictly
first-class life insurance company,
and that there -is ho better in exis
tence. ' Y .
Celebrated Gardens.
The celebrated "Hanging Gar
dens of Babylon" were within the
precincts of ihe palace called "The
Admiration of Mankind.'-' They con
sisted of gardens of trees and flowers
on the topmost of a series of arches
75 feet high and built in the form of
a square, each side of which meas
ured 400 Greek feet. The city of
Babylon, with its famous- gardens,
was razed to its foundatio'n, GD0
B. C. -
Two thousand, five , hundred
and seventy-inne years . . later we
find the celebrated gardens of James
Yick in Rochester, New York. For
description, 'catalogue of . seeds, ad
vice how to obtain free a copy of
Vick's Floral Guide and also of the
famous new rose, called "Vick's Ca-!
price," address, James Vick, Seeds-!
man, Rochester, N. Y.
Error in the Statineiit of Iur
hani's Death Itate for Novem
ber. -
It will be remembered that W
stated several days ago that some of
our authorities claimed that the
death rate of Durham for the
month of November, as published
by the State Board of Health,
was incorrect and that we promised
to investigate and report. We ad
dressed a letter to Dr. Thos. F. Wood,
Secretary of the Board, in reference
to the matter, and in reply we have
received the appended letter, from
which it will be seen there was a
great error in the report, the tempo
rary annual death rate being only
about one half what it was repre
sented. ...:.'
Our statement was based upon
what we considered reliable author
ity, the bulletin of the Statfe Board
of Health, and of course the respon
sibility for this injustice to Durham
does not rest upon - us. It had al
ready been published throughout
the State, and had not been denied ty
our authorities, and it was very nat
ural for us to conclude that the re
port fcwas correct. , A
. Exceeding care should be exer
cised in the report of mortuary sta
tistics, for their value must depend
entirely upon their correctness. We
are glad to learn from the Secretary
that greater vigilance in this matter
will be exercised hereafter.
Xow, because there was error in
the report, the temporary annual
death rate being much less than rep
resented, let there be no relaxation
in sanitary efforts. Durham has the
reputation for striving to reach the
top in whatever- she undertakes
Let not the matter of health, the
most important of all material
things, prove an exception, i.et us
. i 11 n
utiijze an our means tor securing
cleanliness and consequent health
fulness, and let us endeavor to secure
for Durham the lowest .mortuary-re
port of any town in the State.
Here is Dr. Woods letter-:.".
X. C. Board of Health,
)
' Secretary s Office,
- j juh.m.h, r eu. o, oo. j
! J. B. Whitaker, Jr.. Esq., Eddor Plant,
Durham. X. C.
Dear Sir: I reply to vour favor
of the Gth inst., I. beg to reply aa fol
lows :
Our rule for finding the temporary
annual death rate is to divide the
population into the number of deaths
per thousand and multiply this by
twelve.
The death rate for Durham is not
given correctly for November, though
whose mistake I am unable to say;
but in my annual report, which will
be extensively circulated, it shall be
$5.00 PER ANNUM.
corrected. I note that proof ot that
issue was not read at this office. The
total number of deaths for Novem
ber, 1SSS, in Durham, was 7, and not
0. The death rates are as follows :
Whites, 13.2 ; colored, 0.0 ; total, 9.0
In the future I shajl insist opon
proof of bulletin being carefullv re
vised. Very truly,
: J Thomas FYWoor, M. D.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Pure Harvey Lard.
20 pound pails, W.J. Wyatt A: to.
Triiuiiphaiit Songs
Just received. Sold at publishers' prices :
So cents each ;'. t0..; per dozen. At the
Durham bookstore of
J. Ii. WlIITAKEK, Jli., Si Co.
Valentines,
Sentimental and comic. Various qualities
and prices, at the Durham bookstore of
J. B. Whitaker, Jr., & Co.
If You Love Me i
(Jo to the Bookstore of J. B. Whitaker,
J r., A: Co. and get for me one of those ex
quisite alentines. Go at once before srme
other fellows get the pick of the lovely stock.
I--
Seed Oats and Grass Seeds.
All kind Seed Oats and Grass seeds at
W. J. Wyatt Co.
For Stationery
Of all kinds, go to headquarters the Dur
ham bookstore of
J. B. Whitaker, Jr., & Co.
School Books
For Public Schools, for Graded' Schools,
for Private Schools, at the Durham bookstore
of J. B. Whitaker, Jr., & Co.
STATEMENT
-OF-
The Mutual Life Insurance Co.
OF NEW Y0KK.
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President!
For the year ending Doc. 31st, 18M8.
Total Assets, - $126,082,153.56.
Increase in Assets,
7,'275,3il. CH
l.G45.C22.11
17,42
10,301
$103,214,201.32
j--.J3,7S6,792.H5
$4H2,125,1H4.3G
$r,4,4.6.2ri.8r.
20.215,932.52
" $3,096,010.06
; 14,727.560.22
Surplus at tour per 'cent..
Increase in Surplus,
Policies in force.
Increase during year.
Policies written,
Increase durinit year.
Risks assumed.
Increase during year.
Risks in force,
Increase durina year,
Receipts from all hources.
Increase during year, .
Paid Policy-lloldcrs,
THE ASSETS ARE INVESTED AS FOLLOWS:
Bonds and Mortjcag,
$49,017,874.02
$48,616,704.14
21, 786,1 25 .34
$ ,H 13,277.00
3,24U 72.46
Lnited States and other securities.
Real Estate and Loans on collateral.
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies
at interest.
Interest accrued. Premiums deferred
and In transit, etc.
12fi,0H2,153.56
Year.
I'.isks
Assumed.
$ 34.61,420
40.507.139
56,832,719
69.457.40H
143.214.261
. Kiik'k ,
Outftandint?. '
$351,7K9.2H5
368,981,441
393.809,2
427,62,3
4S2.125.184
Surplus.
$4,743,771
5,012,634
5.643,56-t
0.294.442
7,940,063
1H'4
1SH5
1880
187
ROBERT A. OR ANN 18, Vice-President.
IS.V.C Y. LLOYD, lid Vice-Pn-pideiit.
WILLIAM J. EASTON. Secretary.
RRESEE k SONS, General Agents.
Baltimore, Md.
O. F
A GENERAL MEETING
-OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE
Lynchburg & Durham R. R. Co.
By virtue of a resolution of the Board of Inroc
tors of tbe LYNCHBURG & DURHAM RAILROAD
COMPANY, passed at a meeting id Bard held In
the city Of Lynchburg on Thursday. February 7th.
1"89. a general meeting of tbe Stockholders of the
LynchbnrKi: Durham Railroad Co. U hereby call-d
to be held at the SOUTH BOSTON HOTEL, In the
town of South Boston, in the county of Halifax.
Virginia, at 1 o'clock p m., on THURSDAY, the
14th day of MARCH. 189. And all Stockholder
are hereby notofied to attend said meeting.
By order of the Board of Director.
PETER J. OTEY, President
fed-dtpm
- DO YOU WANT
NICE VEGETABLES
In your garden thia eeaon? If o. don't plant
anything without uicg
DURHAM BULL FEETILIZEE
Remember thla FertHiier aurpa anything you
ran get for your Garden or Lawn.
Cheaper than Anything Else.
GET A BAG 113
LATELY.
DURHAM FERTILIZER CO.
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