5
VOLvIH NO.'7.
SU3I3IAKY.
The a.itornevs for lawyer' Biggs, tiled on
td.(.,va!i amended petition for a writ of
', ,i t,a. ,.orpus. The matter was to be heard
!,, .liv :it tt I1 o'clock. ne Chicago au-
li.,ritie have n doubt as to Burke's extradi
.j n. The striking seamen at Liverpool
, . .L.w.rn.med to continue the strike.
j.;lVt; uuu -
-ail'T liel :it Norfolk yesterday from the
-t falling from the mast oi a schooner.
sj.Tchil election for a member of the
.', it.,1 in the election of a Socialist over a
lluiilant. Switzerland is busy arming
rj-ir(.ts. -A shock ot earthquake was
.:.. f..;,,.. Simrl.-iV niffllt. Col. Wnnd-
W,H ( (.lninander of the English forces in
vpt.i- m pursuit of the Dervishes,who are
;i!,ut live thousand strong. Baltimore,
ur nit ui.M i"'" ----j - -
t..rni if friminal ronrt tn dinner
i.ftln- increased ampimt of indictments.
Humors reached the departments at Wash
i li r.
tM ltll LU'n " - j - w. .
.nirtnii voicruii ijiji ciiun icici as init
ialling n the Mexican coast from Tampico
-.1 .-.1 TIio ro;il nnmp rf Pant
Iiawsoii, ot v nariecion, o. v., wiis sum io oe
, .1 1 . . Ci 1 . 1 a V
Hecks, lie changed it to Dawson when he
f... . lwtmo irwl rntvio ir Artio.!in
EDITOKIAL BKIEFS.
W'y. wish the soldier boys a pleasant
line at Vrirhtsvillc
Weistek's Weekly tells of a Primi-
me iat)iisi pruacnor who. m me
, i i i .li
a a
carl v iart of his ministry, preached
tivt'i" .;u.) sermons a ear.
So the big prize fight took place
r f. 11 T" 1 . i
in Mississippi alter an. it lasted
fur over two hours, and Kilrain gave
mi ufter theseventv-fifth round.
We akk glad to know that the re
cent wet spell did not destroy the
blackberry crop. Now if nothing
happens to the persimmons we
way count ourselves fortunate.
Thk farmers and the more con
servative element of the Republi
cans captured the constitutional
convention of North - Dakota which
inet at Bismarck on last Thursday.
Ir looks as if the Grand Army
ot the Republic was having more to
J with running the administration
than any member of the cabinet.
Mr. Harrison seems to be pretty
wuch in its .power.
fou.v Waxamakeii wants the size
ftt" the postage stamp reduced. Too
h of their emplover's time is ta-
up by clerks and book-keepers
o:the "big concern" of the country
111 licking these big stamps we have
i.nv.
IiKOOkT.VV 1.11 it Koa orr1iorl r
courts for an injunction restrain-n-T
her husband from staying out
lae at night-ami from walking with
l'HiY girls. It will soon get so that
D"'n will have no rights that the
fin- ...Ml
ui respect.
A Tomiistonk in a Petersburtr. Va..
fjjaetery contains the epitaph,
lonor was his only vice." Have
3 Oil lint cnn , , i i
tcu men wiio liaa sucn a
,1 - A IUC11 J 11 11 HUUUA
tthey would lie about it? There
14 1'eniy ot 8Uch in this country,
reports from Ohio are to the
Hat ChanCe f carrying that
e- .Republicans savForaker will
i te, hl a large majority. But
Kel)uWicans who talk this way
l'Crally vote sMv when election
'J) C0,s around. ; ' i
T .
fai.(')Y fter da the Republican
com r0ds 0f the last campaign be
l thmore aPParent, and it is little
th0r, apn a 'Judgment upon the au-
t0 find that the first
Picuous evidence of the misery
hi aaratlon brought about by un
laainta blirdensme taxation to
own J? monoPolies is in Harrison's
htslurcj Post. .
The partners of the Royal Rakin
Powder Company had a falling out
which resulted in a law suit. Of
course the lawyers get the best of it.
One of them is said to have received
a fee of one hundred thousand dollars.
Corporal Tanner and family are
well provided for by the administra
tion. He draws a pension of $SG4 a
year, and gets a salary of $1,000. He
has two daughters in office, one on a
salary -of $720 and the other of
SI, 700.
Last fall the Indiana coal miners
were parading the streets behind a
flag bearing the motto: "Harrison
and Plenty." They got Harrison,
and Morton has a plenty for his own
luxuries, but the poor miners are at
the point of starvation through Har
rison's high tarift rule.
More people were killed in New
York city by gas than by electricity
last year. So says the city Board of
Health. New York had better
change her means of executing crim
inals from electricity to gas if that is
the case. It seems to be the surer
life extinguisher of the two.
'Tis argued that the appointment
of Fred Douglas as Minister to Hayti
is evidence that the President in
tends to carry out his policy of
teaching the negro his place and re
quiring him to keep it. We did not
know he had such a policy. He
has not let it be seen down South.
The "Wilmington Messenger wants
more money for our schools,: and is
ready, willing and awaiting for the
Blair bill. It says : "The North Car
olina educational system has reached
the point of perfection that calls for
the application of money in large
and liberal sums. We are now fully
ready for the Blair bill." j
Here's a state of things !; Our
Washington correspondent notes a
rumor that a commission as route
agent to a North Carolina j negro
found the appointee in the peniten
tiary. Perhaps some who are now
handling the mails know more about
how to get'in the pen than they do
of their present avocation.
The Evening Visitor, of Raleigh,
says : "There is a stalk of corn on
Martin street 24 feet high, and a
man stands by it day and night,
and has for two months, and still
the com is not as high as the man's
head and the man as only 7 feet high.
Any person doubting this will please
call at 14 East Martin street where,
they Avill have the. pleasure of taking
a look at it.
The Progressive Farmer is still
quarreling about the failure of the
passage of the Railroad Commission
bill. Is not Brother Polk ever going
to forgive the farmer members of the
last Legislature for not voting as he
directed ? He should not be so vin
dictive. Farmers, even if they are
members of the Legislature, should
be entitled to opinions of their own
as well as editors. i
The Albany Argus having ex
pressed the belief that Col. Elliott F.
Shepard was "laboring under tem
porary aberration of mind," the
Washington Post takes it to task for
expressing such an opinion in this
wav : "We regard it as our duty to
censure the Albany Argus for inti
mating that Col. Elliot F. Shepard is
'laboring under temporary aberra
tion of the mind.' He; is doing
nothing of the kind. In the first
place it is no more labor for Colonel
Shepard to act that way than it is
for a red-haired man to wear red
hair, and in the next place there is
nothing whatever to justify behet
that it is temporary."
DURHAM, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1889.
TOWN TALK.
Stand by home institutions.
More .factories ! Let's have em.
r-G"at riding at the Masonic
lodge to-night.
The prize fight has been a popu
lar theme of street gossip to-day.
Thirregularity of the mails is
a source 'of annoyance. Turn the
coons out.
We look for good reports from
the Durham Light Infantry at the
Encampment.
The Reams warehouse property
is to be surveyed and divided into
lots for building purposes.
Ain't it warm ? was an oft re
peated question to-day. It got an
affirmative reply every pop,
Let's work the co-operative idea
and start enterprises that will re
dound to the welfare of Durham.
The Granville Grays, of Oxford,
Capt. W. A. Bobbitt in command,
arrived on the early morning train
and left on the special military
train for the Encampment.
--Did you see Bud Walker's little
boy, Ed., in his uniform ? He looked
cute and as if he anticipated a big
time at the Encampment, to which
he accompanied his father.
The vacancy upon the police
force occasioned by the resignation
of -.Mr. J. J. Tyson -has been tempo
rarily filled by the appointment of
Mr; J. M. Davis. A permanent elec
tion will probably be had at the
meeting of the Commissioners on
Tuesday night of next week. j
Thought they said the D. & N.
track on Peabody street was to be
pui.down like the street car track,
so that vehicles could be driven upon
it anywhere along the line. Don't
looik much like it now. We would
suggest that the town authorities en-!
deavor to have all the tracks in the
vicinity of the depot placed in pass
able condition.
I
Masonic.
Members of Durham Lodge, No.
352, A. F. & A. M., are reminded of
the regular meeting to be held to
night, at 8:30 o'clock. There will
be jwork in the third degree, and a
full attendance is desired.
A Bigr Fish.
German Carp, thirty inches long
and weighing twelve pounds, was
caught from Blackwell's pond, back
of Dandy street, yesterday after
noon. It was a fine fish, for a fact,
and Mr. C: A. W. Barham took
pleasure in exhibiting it to the press
fraternity.
New Officers.
The following officers have been
elected by Alma Lodge, No. 5,
Daughters of Rehekah, for the ensu
ing term :
N. G., Mrs. Ella F, Miller.
V. G.. Mrs. J. D. Goodwin.
R. S., Miss Alice Woody.
Y. S.,Mrs. W. E. Wood.
Treas J Mrs. J. A. Stout.
Special Train.
The special military train for the
Encampment passed here to-day at
12:28 o'clock. The train consisted
of eight passenger and two baggage
cars. The regular mail train fol
lowed in 30 or 40 minutes, and
aboard of this were the two Reids
viHe companies and many civilians.
The indications are that the En
campment will be largely attended.
We hope to have a daily letter from
the1 Durham Light Infantry.
Now You're Talking.
The Henderson Gold Leaf says :
The life of an editor is anything but
a perpetual elysian dream, as some
people seem to imagine. "He who
works for the public has a thousand
masters, each of whom insists upon
being served in a different way."
This is exactly the position the edi
tor finds himself in. Do the best he
can, be as conscientious as he may,
and somebody will "take offense at
something either done or not done
by the man of the quill. The editor
of a country newspaper stands, as it
were, on the verge of an abyss, and
step as carefully as he may, he is
sure to tread on somebody's toe.
Verily, the path that an editor walks
is full of thorns and pit-falls ; and
his bed is not one of downy ease by
a large majority."
I j .vv;.-V.v'
PllIXCE ATjBE'KT victor of
WALES.
Prince Albert Victor,
son of the Prince and
the eldest
Princess of
Wales, who is going to be married to
his cousin, Princess Victoria, of
Prussia, was born in January, 18G4,
on the return of his mother from a
skating party, and is therefore two
years older than his bride. He is
well liked in England, j He is ex
tremely well behaved, and his con
duct has never as yet gven rise to
any scandal. hue not exactly
brilliant, still he is exceedingly
painstaking, methodical and consci
entious. His education1 has been
verv thorough. When he wras a boy
of fifteen he ,was entered, together
with his brother, Princej George, as
a naval cadet on board the H. M.S
"Brittania," and made the voyage
around the world in the "Bachante,"
wThen he also visited Australia. He
then spent two rears at Cambridge,
where he followed the usual univer
sity course. Four years ago he en
tered the army, becoming a Lieuten
ant in the Tenth Hussars, a regiment
m which he is now a major; he has
been quartered most of the time at
York, and has attended most assid
iously to his military duties, only
coming to London whenj court festi
vals required his presence. He is
rather handsome, and resembles his
mother.
-Oft' for the Encampment.
The Durham Light Infantry left
at 12:2S o'clock to-day, oh the spe
cial military train, for the Encamp
ment at Wrightsville, in! command
of Capt. W. A. Gattis. We wish the
boys a most pleasant trip and a safe
return. The following is the roll of
the members who left to-Uav :
Capt. W. A. Gattis.
Lieut. T. J. Winston.
Lieut John W. Jones.
W. L. Walker, R. L. Gattis, J. B.
Walker, IL G. Griffin, C. G. Mark
ham, D. W. Andrews, WJ C. Brad
sher, F. F. Brown, D C. Christian,
L. Chamberlain, II. B. Chamberlain,
p. Holloway, T. A. Hutchings, S. T.
Holloman, C. G. Koonce, W. E.
Lunsford, Arthur Lyon, W. R. Mur
ray, J. M. Martin, J.R. McLane,T.J.
O'Briant, J. W. Sneed, Chas. Stray
horn, R. B. Spivey, A. L. Wiggins,
J. A. Woodall, W. P. Whi taker.
Drummer, Jas. Davis. Total, 31. '!
Tax Assessments.
The County Commissioners met
this morning to hear complaints rel
ative to the tax lists. Their duty in
reference to changing valuations not
being clear, the following telegram
was sent and the appended reply
received :
Durham. N. C, July 9, 1SSD.
Djuahl W. Pain, Sate Treasura
Pat-
eigh.X. (J. :
Have Commissioners
riht
to
change valuation of property where
no improvements or no depreciation
has occurred since last assessment?
Section 28. Wire at once and oblige
W. M. Lowe, Chairman.
THE REPLY.
' Ralek;h, N. C, July
jr. M. hnxe :
"They have not
D. W.
9, 1SS9.
Bain,
State Treasurer.
This means, evidently, that it is
the opinion of the State Treasurer
that the County Commissioners can
not change the valuation placed
upon property by the assessors unless
it can be shown that there has been
either improvement or depreciation
thereupon.
Plant Photographs.
Mr. S. W. Hoi man went down the
road to-day. j
Mr. John Bowers left to-day for
Wrightsville. j
Mr. Charlie Yoorhees nassed clown
the road to day. I .
Mr. J. W. Petty has returned from
a visit to Archdale.
Mr. and xMrs. Vj Ballard left to dav
on a visit to Beaufort.
Dr. Geo. W. Blacknall was on the
east bound train to-dav.
s
Mr. E. Lieberman, of Raleigh,
was in town this morning.
Mr. W. G. Burkhead went up to
Greensboro yesterday afternoon.
Mr. QVE. Rawls left yesterday af
ternoon on a business trip to Win
ston! , .
Mrs. J. A. Robinson returned yes
terday'afternoon from a visit to Mor
ris v ill e. 1
Mr. Talbot Smith is caterer for
the Durham Light Infantry at the
Encampment.
Major and Mrs. S. M. Finger
passed up the road yesterday after
noon, en route for their home in New
ton. Master Ed. Carr accompanied his
father, Major Doctor A. (J. Carr,
Brigade Surgeon,1 to the Encamp
ment to-day.
Rev. Mr. North, '-pastor of the
Chapel 'Hill church, will preach at
Trinity Methodist Church next Sun
day morning.
Mr. Will Year'by left to-day for
Wrightsville, where he will com
pound prescriptions for the troops, if
such service is needed.
Mr. M. E. McDowell, of Philadel
phia, Vice-President of Blackwell's
Durham Co-Operative Tobacco Com
pany, arrived on the train from the
North to-day.
Mrs. R. F. Whi teh urst has- suffi
ciently recovered from her recent
sickness to take a trip to her former
home in Kinston. We hope she
will soon be fully restored to health.
Miss Kate Durham, who has been
spending a day or two with the family
of Mr. II. A. Reams upon her return
from a trip to the western part of the
State, left to-day for her home in
Pottecasi. ;
Revs. J. A. Cuninggim, W. S.
Black, AV. M. Robey, and F. L.
Reid passed up the road yesterday
afternoon, en route for Greensboro
to attend the meeting of the Trustees
of Trinity College,1 heid to-day for
the purpose of taking definite action
with reference to the removal of the
college.
Dr. A. G. Carr, Brigade-Surgeon,
left to-day for the; Encampment at
Wrightsville. We hope he will have
but little to do of a professional na
ture, for we want! all the boys to
keep well. If they! do get sick, how
ever, ! they will be in good hands.
We all know the Major-Doctor will
get a good time Out of the trip if
there is any good t time in it.'. He
appeared well in his fatigue uniform
and they say his dress uniform is a
daisy. j ."
Dissolution.
The firm of Lambe k, Gorman,
clothiers, has been dissolved by
mutual consent, as will be seen
from i announcement in this issue of
The Plant. The j business will be
continued, at the' old stand, by Mr.
T. J. Lambe, of the late firm, who
has our best wishes for prosperity.
Look out for his advertisement in a
few days.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Triumphant Songs
Just received. . Sold at publishers' prices :
35 cents each ; - $3.60: ?r dozen. At the
Durham bookstore of j
J. B. Wjiitaker, Jr.. A Co.
Bottom Dropped Out.
The remainder of mv stock of Hens' cele
brated Shoes is offered at the exceedingly
low price of $4.00. Call soon if you want a
pair, at j Pam Lehmaj,
' " ' Durham Clothing Hall.
Rubber Stamps. (
Orders taken for Rubber Stamps, of all
kinds, Seal Presses, Ribbon and Seal Stamps,
etc., at the Durham bookstore of
J. B. Whitaker, Jr, & Co-
Pencils.
Rubber head pencils, only one cent each
at the Durham bookstore of
J. B. Whitaker, Jr., & Co.
$5.00 PER ANNUM.
Iuy at Home.
ouldn't it give our tobacco mar
ket a great big, genuine boom if all
our manufacturers would resolve
that they will buy just as; much as
possible of their supplies upon our
market ? 1 1 strikes us that way. As
it is, the Durham market is a hum
mer, but the course indicated would
lift it away above where it now is.
This habit of buying upon, other
markets what might be secured upon
the home market is bound to effect
deleteriously the home market, be
cause the planters know that some
of our manufacturers buy from other
markets and they" do not see the
special necessity for bringing such
grades to this market if some other
market is nearer to them and easier
to reach. But, just let it be under
stood tjiat the leaf for Durham man
ufactured tobacco will be bought
only upon the Durham market,
don't you know the planters would
bring it here in larger quantities and
thereby help the market? More
over, it appears the manufacturers
could afford to pay a little more for
it here, as they would save the freight
which they pay upon tobacco
bought upon other markets.
In the interest of Durham we ask
our manfacturers to consider this
point, and if practicable carry it
speedily into effect.
This idea of home patronage
should not be confined to tobacco,
either. It should reach every bene
ficial business in the community.
We need not expect our home me
chanics to thrive if we send away
for workmen every time there is
work to be done. And we need not
expect our mercantile pursuits to
flourish if we cling to the idea that
our wants can be better supplied else
where, and that an article bought
away from home is necessarily
better and cheaper than if bought at
home. '
Make it a rule to patronize home
enterprises as fan as possible, not ex-"
eluding your home papers, and you
will at least have done something
towards benefitting the community
in which you live. The (contrary
rule is discouraging and does not
tend to add an iota to the prosperity
of your town. :
DISSOLUTION.
The firm ol Lambe A: Gorman is this day ilinsolv jj
by mutual conwut. 1 lion. M. Gorman retiririK.
All -laims agaiust the firm will be icttlcd by T.J.
Lanibi-. - !
T. J. LAM1JV.
THOS. M. OOKMAX.
I dceire to return thanks to the people of Durham
and surrounding country for their liberal patronage
and trust to merit a continuaiice-of the same, an I
will continue the clothing bu-iu-nH iu Durham, N.
C. Mr. Thos. M. Gorman in authorized to receipt
for any fund that may be due the firm of Lambe
& (iorman.
THOS. J. LAMBE.
I take thin method of thanking the people of Dur
ham for the many favor shown me wbilxt in butti
ii(.s8 and tniHt they will continue to nhow them to
Mr. T. J. Lambe, who will continue the cloth in
busmen. Respectfully,
THOS. M. GORMAN.
Durham, X. C, July 8, 'K.-lw
Sale of Valuable Land !
liy virtue of authority, under a dtrree of the Su
perior Court of Alamance county, in the cane of
tvter L. Sellarg and other, againMt William W. 8el
lars and other, the underpinned will nell at public
auction, in the tow n of Burlington, in Alamance
county, on Monday, the 6th day of August, 1889, at
li o'clock, M., the lands of Mary E. 8ellara, The
original tract containing about WX acre, aub-divid-d
a follows :
Diviaioji No. 1. Bounded on the North by the
land of the N. C. Railroad Company, on the couth
by Edwin Tcague, on the went by Bettie Moore, on
the eat by Joseph Fix, and containing about 125
acre.
Division No. 2. Bounded on the north by the
laud of Beltie Moore, on the Mouth by Joseph Fix
and Lemuel Sbeppard, on the west by Peter L. Ray,
on the east by James "league, and containing about
Via acres.
Division No. 3 Bounded on the north'by the
lands of Daniel Worth, on the south by W. H. Tnr
rentine, on the wont by Peter L. 8ellar and John
Coble, on the east by Jainea D. Bason, at.d contain-
f ing about 200 acres.
These divisions have already Ix-en laid out into
desirable rarcels and well situated town lota, and
will be sold in such parcels and lots. Barlington.
in the county of Alamance, in and around which
these lands are located, is one of tne growing towns
in middle North Carolina. It is the site of the N. C.
B. B. Shops, and alto has within its corporate
limits three large cotton mills. The climate and
water of Burlington cannot be surpassed, and the
country aronnd is noted for the intelligenc e of its
people and the variety and .productiveness of the
soil. ; i
Terms of Sale : One-third cash, one-third on a
credit of six months, and one-third on a credit of
twelve months. Bond and security for deferred
payments with interest from date.
These are valuable lands, most conveniently lo
cated for railroad and other facilities, sold for par
tition, and will be, if necessary, farther sub-divided
to suit purchasers. For further particulars
address James E. Boyd, Greensboro, Jt. C, or Peter
L. Sellars. EauviUe, Va.
JAMES E. BOYD.
PETER L. SELLARS.
Commissioners,
jy 12-; w ' :
Blank Books.
Various sizes and qualities, at the Durham
bookstore of J. B. Whitaker, Jrn & Co,
s
f
l i
S !
! !