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VOL, II NO, 127. SUMMARY. notlier cuse' of felonious assault upon a white girl by a negro comes from King (ieore county, Virginia. The conference of the anti-Mahone Republicans of Virginia helJ in Washington yesterday, was attended ,v about seven hundred and fifty of that j.artv. Senator Riddleberger was one of the -jieakers. Mrs. Florence Atkinson, who created a stir in South Carolina last year by marrying two' men within ten days, was. ar reted yesterday and bound over to court on a charge of bigamy -The President and party left Washington for New York last evening.- -Mrs. Randolph Brandt, of Bren harii, Texas, became suddenly insane Tuesday and seizing a pistol, killed two of her children, ;1red four and six years.. She then took her voiingest, a babe, "and escaped to the woods where she still is in hiding. J. S. Spencer, president of the Commercial National Bank, of Charlotte, N. C., was removed Tuesday as the disbursing oflicer of the fund for the Fed eral building in that city. J. R. Holland i another Democrat), cashier of the Mer chants Bank, was put in his place. The Su perintendent says the reason for deposing Mr. Spencer was that he is a stockholder of the Charlotte l'(fWce. Nearly one thousand names have Dteeii signed to the petition ask ing for a local option election in Danville. Four hundred and seventy-two are all that the law requires. The panel out of which will be drawn the jury to try Editor Dawson's murderer, was drawn yesterday. Out of thirtv-six in the panel, fourteen are negroes. This is an unusually large proportion. Daw son's friends claim the jury list has been tam pered with in McDow's favor. The negroes of Charleston were hostile to Dawson. The jury examiner is a mulatto. Excitement there is intense. EDITORIAL BRIEFS. The once famous Kentucky racer, ;Proctor Knott, seems to be playing out. He was beaten again the other day. Although pushed to his utmost he came out last in the race. Mr. Sims, the English novelist and journalist, has caused a sensation by preferring a charge of, assault and battery against his Grace- the Royal Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British army. Andrew Carnegi's skilled labor ers are about to experience another blessing of high tariff. Their bosg has just made another cut of twenty-five per cent, in their wages. They have to submit to this or starve. Such is the brotection high tariff gives the laborer. A high-tariff paper announces the fact that ten leading Pittsburg C.r'. Ml 1 . .... I".. ""us win ouy out all tne ntue oper ators in hitn 1 W thp PT nenditnrp nf aUm io nnn mo ami so dictate terms to consumers in all i . - urge cities from Pittsburg to .New Nutans. Ihree men have already been in dicted for the murder of Dr. Cronin and 'tis said warrants have been is sued against eight others high up in 'fash circles, who will be arrested at .the proper time. All kind of ru mors are in circulation as to the dis coveries made by the police. - ; Salisbury made the statement Q the IIousp ' that tliere never was more uncer- iai&ty that the present rulers would continue in t- ? nW5 . us statement, made in reference to e crwned heads of Europe, was a ark-able one to come from a niem y of the nobility and the Premier 01 England. The first information that there s foul play in the death 0f Mr. avhrinl- rse t . j j. t " 7U) laverpool, was gameu lettaeld f the Parents dropping a Uer m the mud. Her niece opened lbelettprrt . v piace it in anoiner eu fcipe and discovered that it was fro led er Aover xuia Bult aQ investigation which re ofc , ,ln Mrs- Mavbrick being with the poisoning of her The Visitor, of Raleigh, with good reason, hopes the cotton factory, soon to be established there, will prove to be the entering wedge to a series of manufactories in that city. As it seems that Pea body street in front oi the hotel has got to come own, would it not improve the ooks both of the street and the hotel to grade the sidewalk down to the street level, and instead of having a wall where the fence now , have a sloping terrace well sod ded ? The Tarboro Soutlierner says : UM. H. Weathersbee tried this remedy for a balky horse. His horse hitched to the buggy refused to go and lay down. He placed gun powder un der its nose and applied a fuse, the horse balked no longer and Mr. Weathersbee has bought a new buggy." It, is said nothing has caused so much excitement at Washington since the dismissal of the British Minister as the withdrawal by the President pf the names of General Lew Wallace and Hon. Burley Tucker as; Commissioners to settle the Haytian troubles. This is con sidered as a snub direct to Mr. Blaine. These appointments were made at his earnest solicitation, es pecially that of Mr. Tucker, these two being the closest of friends. The appointments were withdrawn with out consulting Mr. Blaine and were without his knowledge. 'Tis said Mr. Blaine did not hesitate to tell the President he had made a blun der. - ! TOWN TALK. Federal memorial day. Graded School concert to-night. Our new postmaster. Col. W. A. Albright, received his commission to day. At the concert to-night the doors will be open at 7 :30 o'clock, and the performance will begin at o:dO. The present session of the Dur ham Male Academy, Prof. L. T. Buchanan, principal, will close to morrow. Commencement exercises of the Graded School to-morrow morning, nr. Stokes Hall, at 10 o'clock. The public is invited. We learn that the Blackwell Baptist Sunday School , will give an excursion to Goldsboro in June. The exact date has not yet. been fixed. We were sorry to hear iust be fore closing our columns of the death, at. Oxford, of Mrs. Eugene Crews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Y . . ' -v a m- T - V- Lunsford, ot our town. Regular meeting of Alma Lodge No 5, Daughters ot rveoeuan, to morrow (Friday; night, at 5 o ciock. Business of importance. Every member requested to be present. Go with Trinity Sunday School to Oxford on Saturday and spend a day of pleasant recreation. Tickets, $1.00 for persons over years oi age, 50 cents lor persons unuer years. A horse and cart tumbled on the embankment this morning, in front of the Hotel Claiborn, where they are digging out for the moon shine road. The horse bumped his head on the cross-ties, but was not seriously injured, we understand. Special Train. The following is the schedule for the special train to the University Commencement, on Wednesday and Thursday of next week : Leave Hen derson, 5 a. m.; arrive at Durham, 8:07. Leave Raleigh, 7 ; Carey, 7:20 ; Morrisville, 7:30; Durham, 8:35; Uni versity; 8:55 ; arrive at Chapel Hill, 9:55. Returning, Leave Chapel Hill at 8 p. m.;' arrive at Durham, 9:25; Oxford, 11:30 ; Henderson, 12:35 a. mV Raleigh, 11:45 p. m. Passengers on'the going train get breakfast at Durham. The fare for the round trip from Durham is only 75 cents. DURHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1889. To-Day's Sale. The property advertised by Messrs. Ballard & Halliburton, trustees of Col. W. T. Blackwell, to be sold to day, was offered, but the sale of only two pieces was confirmed, viz i The Blount place, corner Liberty and Dillard'streets, for SI. 750. to Mr. J S. Carr, and-the Hanks nlaee. on Libertv street, adjoining the first named, for 81,250, to Mrs. T. W. XT T . 1 narris. rune thousand six hun- Bank Ired dollars was bid for the building and permanent fixtures'. but it was declared "no sale. Death -of Mrs. J. C. Younirer. After a lingering; illness of several months with consumption, Mrs, J. C. Younger died this afternoon,! about 1:30 o'clock. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from Trinity Church Rev. Dr. E. A. Yates officiating. I Mrs. Younger leaves a husband and sfx emiuren to mourn tneir loss. v e er tend our sympathy to the bereaved ones in tlieir deep sorrow and conir mend them for light in their gloom," for comfort in their grief, td Him whom the dear wife and fond mother trusted and who so graciously miri- istered unto her in her last days. ? The Way to Settle the Whiskey Question. j- Let every man take this question to God in his closet and there,! with himself and his God, where no hu man eye can see or ear hear, ask God, who knows all things, to direct us what to do.and if we are honest m our desire ne will direct usJ We "1 1 l'1-l -m t t take it for granted that every? man when he prays to God intends' to be honest, lor he well knows there is no chance to deceive the Almightvl We may deceive ovrselves, but God ; mt is not mocked. Let us all cease to discuss this question with men, but take it to God in prayer. I V Alex "Walker. ' Ellis' Dry Goods Emporium. We take pleasure in directing at tention to the attractive advertise ment of Ellis' Dry Goods Emporium, which appears in to-day's issue of The Plant. The doors of this popu lar establishment were thrown open to tne public yesterday and ic is a source of gratification to nisi many inends tnat tne clever proprietor is again prepared to serve his ;custo mers. We dropped in the Emporium yesterday and, while we don't pro fess to be a judge in the dry goods line, we believe tne ladies will sus tain us in the opinion that the new stock of summer goods now ! being offered there is one of the nobbiest ever opened in Durham. Another desirable feature is the very moderate prices at which the goods are nwkedi Go and see. Why Is It? a.. . .1 i .1 lsn t it strange tnat tne reyenue officials fail to take cognizance o the continual violation of the in ternal revenue laws in Durham ? It strikes us there is something crooked somewhere. Here contraband whis key, whiskey upon which no tax has been paid, is bought and sold in bulk and i3 retailed by men who have no revenue license. It woulc not be very dimcult lor a revenue officer to establish these facts. These things are contrary to the revenue laws and it is tne duty oi revenue officers to enforce these laws and yet every effort to induce them to;ferret out these flagrant violations t haye nroved futile. If it is because the present officers are careless and in different on account of expected re movai. the sooner the removals are made the better,provided men shall be appointed who will perform- their duty. t Town officers are not to oe ex cused for lack of vigilance in this matter, but at the same time, we be lieve the revenue officers could more speedily and more effectually put a stop to these unlawiui pro ceedings. Why do they not do it Will the Collector and his deputies nr the District Attorney, give us some light upon this subject? I there be a reason for it the people would like to know what it is, for as they see it now, it appears as nothing short of a wanton disregard of duty and they do not wish to have this idea of men who are charged with the execution of the law. Turn on the lights, please, if you can. DEATH DEALING WIND. Tohacco Factory Demolished and Twelve Persons Fatally In jured. ; Special to The Plant. Daxmlle, Va., May 30. 5 p. m. At three o'clock this afternoon, the arge tobacco iactory in course of completion on Bridge street, belong- ng to i'cmbcrton & f enn, was com- )letely demolished by a terrific gale of wind. About twelve workmen were caught in the fall, six of whom up to this time are dead. The rest hare fatally injured. I Lyon & .Wilson Plant Photographs. Mr. A. W. Graham, of Oxford, was in town to-day. Mr. F. H. Busbee, of Raleigh, was on our streets to-day. Mr. Early Whi taker is on the sick ist, we are sorry to know. Mr. John W. Fries, of Winston- Salem, was in town to-day. Miss Annie Cain returned to-day from a visit to Chapel Hill. Rev. Dr. Hume, of the University, passed down the road to-day. Dr. J. H. McAden, of Charlotte, spent the afternoon in Durham. MiBs Lelia Allison left yesterday atternoon on a visit to Asheville. ! Mrs. Nat. Lea is confined at home by sickness, we are sorry to hear. Mr. Pulaski Cowper, of Raleigh, Was on our streets this afternoon. Mr. J. W. Thackston, of Raleigh, was on the east-bound train to-dav. Col. H. G. Springs, of Charlotte, was among to-day's visitors to Dur ham, j Mrs. R. L. Bobbitt, of Granville county, who has been visiting Mrs. J. Ed. Lyon, left to-day on a visit to Wilmington. Miss Laura V. Brown left this Imorning on the Oxford train to visit pier sister, Mrs. E. P. Algood, at Petersburg, Va. Mr. Washington Bryan, President of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad, ' was on the west bound train yesterday afternoon. Mr. Chas. Dewey, of Goldsboro, was in town to-day. He was here 4s an expert to assess the value of the machinerv at the burnt ice fac- itory. I Prof. J. H. Moore, of Wayne county, was on the west-bound train iyesterday afternoon, en route to the closing exercises ot the rsew Garden Bcbool. j j Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lunsford were summoned to Oxford to-day' by a telegram announcing the critical i li feless of their daughter, Mrs. Eugene Crews. 4 Governor Fowle passed up the froad yesterday afternoon to attend the! commencement exercises of jGreensboro Female College, where he will present the medals. To-Night, ' ' Graded School concert, at Stokes Hall, to-night. Admission, 25 cents for reserved seats, 15 cents for gen eral admission. Tickets may be se cured at Vaughan's drug store. The proceeds will be for the benefit of the ! Graded School library. We hardly think it necessary to urge a large attendance, as we presume very many of our citizens have al ready made up their minds to go. The Registration. j We are unable to say whether the registration books closed this even ing lor whether they will remain Open to-morrow. The legal frater nity is divided in opinion upon the subject, and at 5 o'clock this after noon the registrars had not reached ja conclusion. If the precedent es tablished in the late municipal elec tion is followed, the books will re- : a 1 main open until to-morrow evening. Some contend, however, that this is illegal, and that the ten days referred (to in the election law means that ten .days shall intervene between the 'time of closing the books and the j day of election. In the midst of the doubt the only advice we can give, if you have not registered, is to go and see about it to-morrow. Found ! At Trinity Church, Tuesday afternoon, part of a gentleman's cuff button, which the owner can get by calling and paying for this notice, at j Tut: Plant Office. Miss Kate Field. Messrs. Editors: -There is no lo-! cal question of so much importance at this time to the people of D ham as prohibition ot the whiskey saloons. Your contemporary, the Sun, published an article in favor of the bar-roomsover the signature of Pro Bono Publico, ' and was replied to ,y, V, r?hibitionist. Immedi- ately following the article of "Prohi- x. r uivua the force of the argument by insert- mg the views of "Jws Kate Field" iow, it is this Miss Kate Jbield tb at I wish to take my hat off evening. As a woman, making her self a public Held, she is a fair sub j vau ject for criticism, and must not ob ject to the field being looked over a little so as to get the lay of the land. I believe in all my reading and study of this subject this is the lirst woman that, to my knowledge, has ever es poused the cause of the bar-rooms. She says, "people seem to think it strange that a woman should take my stand in this matter, but I simply wish to be what the most of my sex are not consistent. I call the at tention of the good women of Dur ham to this intemperate boast of superiority on the part of this para gon of feminine sweetness, and in passing wish to ask them what will become of our homes and mother.1- and boys and wives and sisters when they are brought under the domina tion of such elements, and buried beneath the filthy soil of this "pot ter's field ?" There could be no bet ter argument against the bar-room than its exposal by this Miss Kate Jjield. bhe is so superior to all other womankind, and has so much more brains than the almost universal womanhood of the United States, that it is no wonder she is singled out and selected by the great North west whiskey power to espouse their cause : and sne, a woman, lor tne sake of a few dollars, welcomes an infamous notoriety. :Of course she has no children. It is a pity she is not the mother of boys ! and then we should be sure that her mother's heart would get the better of the maidenly Smart Aleck This young woman "wishes to be what the most of her sex is not con sistent Indeed ! is it consistent for women to espouse the cause of the whiskey saloon? Then we are thankful that our women are incon sistent. Is it consistent for women to be in favor of enticing boys to strong drink the future husbands and fathers of this land to have them reeling home to heart-broken mothers and crying wives : to be in favor of the brawling, cursing, fight- ing, stabbing, shooting and horrid blasphemy that belongs to the busi- ness of bar-room keeping; in favor of making widows and orphans by law ; oi nuing ine jans ana iurnisn- ing the gallows with victims? Is tnis womanly consistency i it so, heaven keep our women inconsis tent ! But why should those who favor bar-rooms in our midst single out what this poor unfortunate female should say against prohibition, and not wise," it only means that thefe say nothing ot what the tens of thou- ought to be some law to "coerce" sand3 of other women are saying in these men who adulterate good whis opposition to bar-rooms ! How tre- key to do that which thev do not mendously the argument from the wo- man side of this question must press upon the advocates of the saloon, when they seize upon the silly utter- ances of this poor, unfortunate and disappointed female, as against the testimony of the hundreds of thou- sands of mothers, wive3 and sisters all over this land ! JNow, let us see now mucn sense 1 this Mis3 Kate Field has, judging from her logic. She says first I am opposed to prohibition because it does not prohibit." Then, why in the name of common sense do you make SO mucn IUSS aDOUt it, and wny are m 0 the whiskey men pouring out their money to prevent prohibition ? Per- haps this Miss Katie will tell us that yjmj vwv. puu.umyu tne interest oi virtue tnat n we have the open bar-room men will be saved from sneaking around and getting it slyly. In other " ' " w . r , their fellow-men, just license them! to kill under certain restrictions and in the interest of virtue, with the ad dition of a little revenue to the town treasury, and to help business. liut near Miss Katie again, bhe $5.00 PER ANNUM. says, "secondly, it is undemocratic to trr tn PnPrPft nnr nna in ,lr t,.kr,t they do not wish to do, and it does not man's nrim haM Now. let n see m na Katie knows about the things she assumes to discuss. Men have "pri- Vate habits" of keeping gambling dens and enticing the boys into such places and pushing them along to- uius nun. .mss rvaiie is opposed to such laws as have been enacted against these "private habits." Men have private habits verv nrivate U1 sluuuui, 01 rouuinsr ana Durninsr. Miss Katie, to be ''consistent,'' would All? k ntin tr r ''nnnoiot nnt- ttv-wi11 have all laws against these repealed ! Men have some other jirivate habile, the mention of which I will snare Miss Katie though; she does not de serve such considerationand against which "private habits" severe laws have beenenactcd. To be "consis tent" she must throw her influence against these laws. She must either do it, or not. If she does not, she is inconsistent. If she does, she is either a fool or a knave ! Listen, all ye ends of the earth, at the statemanship of tins young Miss Kate Field : "It does not 'concern the State to interfere with a man's private habits !" And yet, I dare say, that' she would be the lirst to arraign the gallantry of men u it did not interfere to deliver her from some men's "private habits" if she should happen to be the object of their infringement ! Hear her once more. She says, "It is undemocratic to try to co-. erce any one to do what thev do not wish to do." So, bo lack-a-dav ! Well, Miss Katie, suppose when you get married, (for I presume vou are not so old as to have been disap pointed in this matter,) your hus band should get tired of supporting you and your children, but not tired of supporting the bar-keeper's wife and children, and leaves you to suf fer for food, medicine and clothing, and vou annlv to that ennd. neiah- borly christian woman for help, and she suggests that the law will "co- erce your nusband to support vou. what then ? Why your consistency will cause you to oppose the law to coerce anyone to do that which he does not desire to do! Oh, Miss Katie, Miss Katie, would you do that ? Did you ever think far enough into this subject to enable you to glimpse the fact that you know nothing about it ? liut hear her once more. She says, "tne evil cnarges against it, (I suppose she means the bar-room,) "results more from the oualitu than the ouanlitu drank !" And nrav. who is to improve the quality I a law, against the man who adulterates' the whiskey? But he does not de- 8ire to improve the quality of the whiskey, and you know it is undem- ocratic to try to coerce any one to do what he does not wish to do." My dear young friend, do you see how you have tangled your little feet in it. It is the quality, is it, that does the damage ? Then when the Bible Ravs that "stroner drink is rainir. and he that is deceived therebv is wi8h to do." But the trouble is, Miss Kate Field is opposed to such undemocratic laws, But, "prohibition does not prohib- Now. Misa Katie, did vnn fcnnw you were repeating a polly-wants-a- cracker falsehood ? It does prohibit much a nv ntW law nrnh;K;t. wrong doing. But when you say it does not prohibit, do you not see that you are only impugning the faithfulness of officers sworn to exe cute the laws.' It is just such as you X 1 A. A. - A. A it T max, are irymg o prevent me pronio iling. The up-hill work that virtue ha in nnnrwintr viVa wo a narcroAnn. Pr Ren$mal annetitp in thp wtfiflVoV drinker, and foolery in such as you, i constituve me triDie Dower thrown CON'CLUDED ON FOURTH PAGE. BUSINESS NOTICES.? That Frenchman, JftS&SSSSXKS .fe 1 J B. Whitaker, Jr, & Co. Leave your orders for piano tunine at WmTAKER,the Inimitable
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