North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. II NO. 64. SU3I3IAKY. i in- laitt telegrams say that the coroner's ;, rv nturnetl a verdict that the killing ojf ( tr tain I:iwson was malicious C. C. U'att tl'f I istrict Attorney for est ir 4ni;(, rcfn-l to resign on the request of Y"'riHV General Miller. John L. Ad orns, the former, w10 nas fasted for twenty - ,-ven u ;1vs died at Meaon, Ga., Wednesday -The hotel, Gulf House, at Thom- ville ( i;i ., was burned Wednesday night. Ulthe k'ue escaped. Lord Tennyson, hu'.di out ot danger, makes slow progress ward reeoverv. The representatives of :'.,rt'ifii govern ments stationed at Washing- ,,u nllvd (mi the President in a body yester , r,l;iv A terrible boiler explosion oc- curred at l'ittsljurg, Pa., a. little afternoon vt-urdav. Four bodies have been taken from the ruins and others are thought to be under the debris. A vessel was wrecked veA'rdav near Virginia Beach, Va. Four of th.MTi w weKMlrowiud. The rumor of the naval battle at Apia has as last, been proved to he entirely without foundation. The French "Senate yesterday determined to pros ecute the Tat riotic League. The debate on din question was such that it is expected several duels will result from it. Admi ral Porter thinks he could make short work uf destroying the German commerce. The t'unneetieut Legislature . has passed a' bill prohibiting the use of tobacco, for smoking, iiiv nunors uimer uie age vi sixteen. xvooi i . ,.r nt. gel, son of the Pension Agent, pleaded Wilty of forgery in New York courts yester- l:iv. EDITORIAL. BRIEFS. The way of-the transgressor now 'ads to a lilt office. Tiik all absorbing question now is kill Mr. Blaine succeed in getting he appointment to the Court of St. ilamesfbrhis friend, Whitelaw Reid? The jury of inquest in the Daw n alfair have found that Dr. Mc- ow was guilty of felonious killing nd that his butler was an accessory. Ashkvii.lk, especially her hotels, ems to be on a big boom. All the utels are full and telegrams are aiing in engaging rooms in , ad- ance. I'kksident 'Harrison is credited Kith advising Komf nf hi frfpnrls tn J'slov and not press too hard for he removal of the present incum- Nts of offices. l'o thousand more weavers have out mi strike at Fall River: ;uT held a meeting in the park ycs- tr 'tla.v, which was attended by four 'Ousand strikers. r loks just now as if Mr Harri- p was going to run this adminis- aton all bv himsplf Rnt. thn fmv elephant has not had time to 1' liimself yet. t ax the Wilmington Star suggest Pun of taxation which would not ' ln any way a double tax and at emetime bear alike upon all Nof- property ? A was lynched near Tasley, l" n Wednesday, for n rriminnl k j , upon a Mrs. Mac! Cready. - "e aoout seventy-five men lhe lynching party. VU-N Manufacturers th rnntrhnnt. : u.c icuucuig ine wages -eir Peddlers twenty-five cents Miat a glorious thing tor filers is this high tariff. Washburn family are in luck " 'Cally. Therpia SDno(nr WoV.- Auburn c t . nisterv , iUassachusetts, and pd U1U sem 10 r?witzer- "V Prkiaf 1 ot rsew 1 .A I MM r f ' m - -- pas a i) 7 "lilt;u- inis sneives ! u ential possibility un- c rule f "pwu mm proves ive ' r tia said the Democrats i c never -. . . pident u a Married man . The records show; that the Penn sylvania Railroad alone carried over a hundred thousand persons to witness the inauguration. Thk State of New York is repre sented in the departments at Wash ington by one Cabinet officer and three assistant secretaries. Mr. Har rison knows how to pay for valuable services. ; At a meeting of the directors of the Cape Fear fc Yadkin Valley Rail road at Greensboro, yesterday, Mr. Geo. Wj Williams, of Wilmington, was elected a director to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Col. Eugene Morehead. . So Treasurer Clarkson, tlie man who stole, or was accessory to the stealing of the Voice's maijing list for the Republican campaign com-J mittte, gets his reward for his dirty work. He is made first-assistant Postmaster General. " : . j The number of deaths from pneu monia in Washington city since the inauguration is fearful to think of. This city is one of the bleakest places in the Union. Why not change the commencement of the Presidential term to April 30th the day on which the term of our first President began ? . Col. Elliot F. Shephard has) for the time being, turned his attention from abusing the South to urging the Sunday law observance. We hope he will here find work to oc cupy his attention for some time. This is more in keeping with jthe Biblical quotations he puts at the head of his papers columns every day than abusing and lying upon us of the South. In the course of a murder trial in South Carolina the c-ther day, it was discovered that several of the jurors were in the habit, during the recesses of the court, of going to the jail and playing poker with the man on whose life and death they were sit ting. This is the sixth or seventh time this man has been put on trial for the same crime with the result of a mistrial in each case. TOWN TALK. New plug factory. On the Upward beam ! Now push along the shoe fac tory. - - - rMaking tracks toward a boom. Keep on. j Seats are being placed in the new courthouse. j Don't miss the lecture at Y. M. C. A. hall to-night. We publish the amendments to the local option law in our issue of to-day. March asserted herself last night and got in some pretty lively zephyrs. The prospects for the shoe fac tory are hopeful. Call on Mr. R. I. Rogers and subscribe to.the capital stock. Another industry to he added to Durham's manufacturing inter ests a new plug factory. Success to it. A telephone is being placed in the store of Mr. W. H. Proctor. His number will be given in The Plant to-morrow. rMr. P. W. Yaughan has taken out his hot soda water apparatus and is now prepared to famish cold soda, mineral waters, etc. The new courthouse is now the property of the county, it having been received to day by the commis sioners from the contractorsMessrs. Ellington, Roy ster & Co., of. Raleigh. To-Niglit. Lecture to-night, at Y. M. C. A. hall, by Rev. H. T. Darnall, on "Myths and Superstitions." Go and enjoy this intellectual test Admis DURHAM, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1889. Postponed. I On account of the inclement. weather the meeting of the Reading Circle has deen postponed from to night until Friday night of next week at the residence of Mr. Geo. E. Lougee. j Fraternal Visit. j The following members of Central Lodge, Knights of Pythias, attended thei meeting of i Durham Lodge last last night, viz : Messrs. W. G. Se parks, W. W. Wilson, John Ward, C. W. Lambert, F. H. Briggs, J. F. Corde, Frank Ward and Walter Woolcott. The visitors were given a cordial welcome by the members of the home lodge. Come again, gentlemen. Always glad to see you. The Plug Factory. 1 The necessary stock has been taken for establishing another plug tobacco factory in Durham and the brick building on Chapel Hill street, near Five Points, has been secured for this; new enterprise. The building is commodious and the location is eligible. The stockhoMers in this industry are Messrs. J. F. Corbett, R. M. Jones, W. J. Christian, J. W. Carlton and T. J. Walker. Success to you, gentlemen, in your undertaking- ; .' - Jw , Street itailwayi Extension. More than half the stock for the extension of the street railway from Five Points to the cemetery has been subscribed for and it is thought that; the balance will be taken within the next few days. The ex tension will materially increase the revenue of the Company and thus prove beneficial to the entire line. We commend the wisdom of the stockholders in making this effort!, and We congratulate the community upon the prospects of this advan tageous increase ofour street railway service. ; '' j. Good Neu s From the Lynehhurg and Durham.; I Mr. C. B. Green, proxy for Dur ham county, is back from . the meet ing of the stockholders of the Ly nch burg & Durham railroad, held yes terday, at South Boston. He brings a very encouraging report from the meeting and says that the contractors expect, with favorable weather, to complete the road to Durham in, eight' months. ! The construction company has ample means to carry out its contract. Mr. Green says he has no doubt that the road will be pushed on to the South in the near tuture. World's S. S. Convention. There is talk of sending one or two delegates from Durham to the World's Sunday School Convention, to be held in London, on July 2, 3, 4 and o, j Special arrange ments have been! made by which 160 will purchase r round trip ticket on a Cunard steamer from New York to Liverpool and return, fare by rail from Liverpool to London and return, and board while in Lon don at the Midland Grand Hotel, all necessary expenses included, for 31 to 33 days. A cheap trip and a very favorable opportunity for Sunday School workers with the time, and jthe inclination, and the money, to 1 take an excursion across the water. Any information rela tive to the trip will be furnished by Mr. W. N. Hartshorn, 50 Bromfield street. Boston, 'Mass. Only One Jule Carr. Another evidence ot the gener osity and big-heartedness of Mr. Carr has come to light. The Orange County Observer, received to-day, "Julian S. Carr, of Durham, has written a letter to Sheriff Hughes in which he says " that he has seen in the papers that some of the people of Orange county, are in a suffering condition. He wants to know about it, and , tells the Sheriff if he says so, he will order a car load of corn to be sent to Orange at once. Mr. Carr says that while he has enough and to spare, he cannot see the peo ple of Orange suffer. Sheriff Hughes is at home sick and up to Thursday, had not been able to answer Mr. Carr's letter. There is only one Jule Carr in North Carolina. He is worth more to the State than a county lull of such men as we have in our mind." Plant Photographs. . Mr. S. J.' Lewter is on a visit to Chapel Hill. j .. Capt. Jno. S. Lockhart went down the road to-day. "Dr. Geo. W.'lMacknall, of Raleigh, was in town this morning. Mr. Walter Aiken, tobacconist, of Raleigh, was in Durham this morn ing. Mr. R. W. Rice, of Baltimore, the clever dealer in gents' furnishings, is in town to-day. Mr. Thomas Hill, representing a Baltimore drug house, interviewed our pharmacists to-dayT. Rev. W. W. Staley, pastor of the Christian Church at Suffolk, Va , was in town this morning, ' Miss May Woods, of Kinston, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. S. Lewter, left for home to-day. Maj. W. A. Turk, Division Passen ger Agent of the R. & D. road, was on the west bound-train yesterday evening. Encouraging. The efforts now being made to ad vance the welfare of Durham and the probabilities of success in these efforts are very encouraging. The plug factory is assured and head way is being made with the More head Banking Company, the shoe factory and t the extension of the street railway line. A telephone ex change has just been established; the Durham and Henderson rail road will be here in a few days, needed improvements about the Richmond & Danville depot are in progress and the construction of the Lynchburg & Durham railroad is going on. Are not these facts suffi cient to encourage our people to press forward in their onward march? Let everybody extend a helping hand in promoting the in terests of the town and a brighter era will be assured. Roll of Honor. There is in circulation in the town a list asking subscription to the capi tal stock of the Morehead Banking Co4 also a list soliciting subscrip tions to capital' stock of the Street Railway Co., for the purpose of ex tending the street railway system to theicemeteryj and beside these two lists, there is one seeking subscrip tions to the capital stock of a pro posed shoe! factory. Show your readiness to help and put Durham on her feet again by subscribing to one! or all of these enterprises. The formula for position upon the roll of horior ought toshow like this: Christopher Duncan, five shares in the Street Railway Co. Christopher Duncan,twenty shares in the Morehead Banking Co. Christopher Duncan, twenty-five shares in the proposed shoe factory. Christopher Duncan, twenty-five shares, more ; or less, to any other enterprise that proposes to help Dur liana. Come, gentlemen, let's hear a good report of you. Aid for the Flower Mission. The ladies of the Flower Mission are being appealed to almost daily, by the needy! people of our commu nity, for help,- without having the necessary supplies on hand for their relief. These ladies will gladly visit any applicants at their homes and relieve them as far as is deemed ad visable, provided the public will furnish the supplies or money for purchasing the same. Without this help the organization can accomplish nothing. Capt Freeland has very kindly consented to receive any pro visions that may be donated, and distribute the same upon order only, of one of the district superintendents. Mrs. Robert Holloway, the treasurer, will be glad to receive any contribu tion in cash, however small, which the ladies will try to invest judi ciously for the relief of the poor. Let contributions be sent in at once; the ladies must have gome thing to work with. While the work of the Flower Mission is a branch of the W. C. T. U. and the 'daughter of temperance," membership in the W. C. T. U. is not obligatory to becom ing a member and active worker in the Flower Mission. Let every lady in our city consider the importance of this work and determine to lend heart and hand to make it a success ful organization!. Second Quarterly Meetings. The following are the appoint ments of the Presiding Elder, Rev. J. T. Harris, for the second quarterly meetings on the Durham -District : Chapel Hill Station, March -23, 24 Durham, at Main Street, Mar. 31 and Apr. 1 Durham, Trinty, " 7, 8 Leasburg circuit, at Concord,-:. " 13. 14 Person circuit, at Mt. Zion, " 20, 21 Granville circuit, at Bullocks " 27, 28 Mt.lTirzah cirquit,at Allensville, May 4, 5 Alamance circuit, at Bethel, " 11, 12 Haw River circuit, at Ebenezcr, " 18, 19 Durham circuit, at Pleasant Green, " Zo, 2G Durham, at Carr Church, June 1, 2 Pittsboro circuit; at Hillsboro, " 8, i Pittsboro circuit, at Brown's ' Chapel, " 15, 16 Ask Us .Something Hard ! If a State puts a premium on drunkenness, by licensing dealers to make men drunk, through taxation, thus creating a' rum-mill monopoly, and in effect subsidizing gin-slinging, has the law any business to step in and punish a man for Crime com mitted under the influence of liquor, in the drinking of which the poor devil is helping the State to increase her revenues? We would like to have the opinion of The Durham To bacco Plant on this hypothetical question. Wilm inylon Messenger. We are surprised at such a ques tion from a newspaper that is in favor of 'licensing dealers to makt mecj drunk, through -taxation!." bui if our lricnds of the Meengcr will not sit in judgment upon our convic tions and charge lis with "intoler ance" and "assumed infallibility," as theyj did a fewj weeks ago, we will cheerfully respond to their invitation to express an opinion upon the ques tion propounded above, and with few words. We have always con tended and still think there is great inconsistency in "licensing dealers to make men drunk," and then enact ing laws to punish men for crimes committed as the natural result of the said license, j We are not in favor of relieving criminals of punishment, but jwe are, from "hat to heel," in favor of removing the cause of the crime and hence we stand i solidly 'upon the side of prohibiting the sale of spirituous beverages. Change in The Law. Will we have an election upon lo caPoption this y;ear ? We hope not. It seems, however, that the law has been changed so that an election may be held this year. Ostensibly, the change is to place these elections in off years, or when political elec tions are not held. It is not a bad idea to have the prohibition elec tions thus separated from political elections, but we have a suspicion that the motive that prompted the change in the law was to give Our Raleigh friends (another whack at the enemy before next year. How ever this may be, ,we hope an elec tion will not be called in Durham. Not that we are particularly fearful of the result, because we feel that the prohibition majority is larger now than at the! last election, nor that we woulds hirk the performance of duty, because if the election is called we shall roll up our sleeves and wade in. h Among the objections to holding an election this year in Durham is the fact that the people voted for pronioiiion ioraierm oi two yeais and it isn't right to force them to the ballot before the time has expired. It is like electing a person to office for a term of years and then, when his term is only half out, to compel him to go through another cam paign o see whether he or another fellow shall serve the balance of the term. Everybody will admit that this would be wrong. , Another objection to holding the election is the fact that it would create strife among our people and this should not be done any oftener than is absolutely necessary to se cure and maintain the law. People should not get mad over such things Of course not. Rut they do and we must look at things as they are and not as they should be. We belive that a number of anti-local option ists as jwell as local optionists are opposed to an el ecton this year upon this ground. There will be no elec tion this year unless the anti-local optionists demand it and we hope the demand will not be made. $5.00 PER ANNUM. Accident. This afternoon about 4 o'clock, Joe Bynum, a colored employe in the cutting room of Blackwell s Co-Op-erative Tobacco; Factory, got his hand caught in a cylinder, breaking one finger and terriblv lacerating the entire hand. Dr. A.G.'Carr was called in and rendered the necessary surgical aid. Mr. J. G. Piper, manager of the department, says this is the worst accident that has! ever occurred in the cutting room. Amendments to Local Option Law. t - y' '- - Section 1. That section one, chap ter two hundred and fifteen, laws of 1S87, be amended as follows: "After the word 'Township," last word of said section, insert the words, "And the first election under this act may beheld on the second Monday in June, in the year 18S'.), and no elec tion shall be held under this act, ex cept in 1SS9, andj every two years thereafter." T J Sec. 2. Thatsaid chapter 215, laws of 1887, be amended by striking out the words "spirituous, vinous or malt liquors," wherein such words occur, and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "intoxicating liquors." Skc. 3. That section 3113 of the Code be amended Jby striking out all after the word "one-fourth," in line two thereof, down to the word "of" in line three, of said section, and in serting in lieu thereof the words, 'one-fourth of such voters, whose riames appear upon the registration books." Sec. 4. That chapter 32 of the Code be amended by striking out section 3114 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following : "Such county, town or township election, when so ordered, shall be held under the same rules and regulations as prescribed for holding elections for members of the General Assembly, so far as the same may be applica ble, and the returns made to the board of county commissioners, who shall meet at 11 o'clock on the Wednesday following said election, and who shall canvass the returns ot same, have record of the result en tered upon their minutes, and de clare the result in the same manner as is now required by the board of county commissioners, in elections for members of the General Assembly- Sec. 5. That section four of the acts of 1887 be amended by insert ing in line three thereof, after "a" and before the word 'practicing," the words, "licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners," and after the word "interested," in line ten of said section by inserting the following: "Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing, under the penalty con tained in section six of this act, any druggist to refill any prescription for intoxicating liquors." Sec. 6. That the possession, by any purson engaged in any mercan tile persuits whatsoever, of intoxi cating liquors in bottles, flasks, casks, kegs, barrels, or other vessels, shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to dispose of the same contrary to the previsions of this act, and in all prosecutions for a violation of this section, the person convicted shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 7. That this act shall be in force from and after ' its ratification. Ratified the 11th day of March, A. D., 1889. i mm i - ' A Narrow Escape. CoL W. K. Nelson, of Brooklyn, came home one evening, feeling a peculiar tight ness in the chest. Before retiring he tried to draw a long breath bat found it almost impossible. He Buffered four days from pneumonia, and the doctors gare him up Dr. Acker's English Remedy for Consump tion saved him and he is well to-day. K. Blacknall &, Son. BUSINESS NOTICES. For the best sewing machine ever made call on W. B. Murray, agent at Durham, and get the Light Running Domestic 3Iaoaaetarer ana dealer ln Hand Made Harnett and Saddlery OF EVERY DESCETfTIOX.-. a uu urn; vm uufdJ wuiym. scpunng aone UJ or night. 8a tu faction guaranteed. Second band vagon and tragtnr harness on hand. Harneaa cleaned and pat in first-elan order. Gire me a call. . mar sion free.