North Carolina Newspapers

liJtl'J KSTAHLISHED 1887. GOLDS1SOUO, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1893. VOL. VII. NO. 13. Headli 1 I I H X AJLlh OOfiMTION Is called the "Father of Diseases." It is ra'ised by rv Torpid Liver, and is generally accompanied with LOSS OF APPETITE. SICK HEADACHE, BAD BREATH, Etc. To troai constipation successfully It is a mild laxative and a tonic to the diger-tivo organs. Bv talcinc Simmons Liver Regulator you promote digestion, bring on a reg ular habit, of body and prevent liiliousness and Indigestion. "Mv wife rns sorely distressed with Constipa tion una amtfiini;, followed w,th ISlcedine; Piles. After four months use . f Simmons Liver Regulator she is almost cntirelv relieved, paining strength and flesh." W. B. L'ctrnit, Dd.iw.irc. Ohio. Take only the Genuine, Which has on the Wrapper the red Trade mark and Signature of J. II. ZEIUN & CO. Keep Your Purse Closed! Fntil yo:i come p THE N. Y. RACKET STORE Where y..;i ;) a cinpletelineof Drv Goods, Notions, Shoes, rhlliiii!!. drnts" Fiirnisliins (Ms. All of v. hi.ii were bought by ourNcw V'rk buyer at Snn' Cash. and. will lie At Such Prices That" will astonish everybody! We !.:-!-.ne iii i'iiek Sales and Small Froli;,". w ;'u-ii ntoiie seems to be the secret of o-ir -iicn'ss ever since our be ginning. Wa Give You a Bargain In Everything You Buy! And uuarantet very article as repre .'i indies for a vard ented. We 'JM' ' oid !-' for a doen DON'T VOIHJKT THK PLAIT, When Coining In the City. We shall make il to your interest to trade with u by saving you many a dollar on your purchases. All you need is to give ! 1 s a call when you start out buying. A. M. SHRAGO k CO, Prop'rs. IF NOT, WHY NOT? Go ami see the latest styles and novelties in FALL AM) WIMEB MILLINERY. Ladies Hats and Honnets; also a handsome line of head geav ir the little ones. A NICE LIKE OF HOSIERY For Ladies, Misses and Children. Ladies' Fancy Handkerchiefs In t-iidh-s.s va:i'ty and excep tionally low. J. Henry Edwards. West Cen! re St., Goldsboro, X. C. A Happy Welcome f s CI'AI.'AXTKKI) TO T1IOSK WHO I- uiH ..all at iiiv saloon, which is Mocked at all times with the choicest of I .met:c and Imported Liquors and Wines ! Ai! the latest drinks compounded and manipulated by skillful men. DoiTiSstic and imported Cigars, 4 NI A LKGF. bOT OF FINK TO - bacco. For I'iire North Carolina ( oi-a Whi-kev me place is headquarters. Mr. Ceilen' Hmeli is with me and would l,o pleased to see his friends. Jas. L. Dickinson, At John (Jinn's Old Stand. Or. J. h. Parker, IM-NTAL NUMJK0X. tV Oilice Koom-i over L. 1. Giddens' -lore. West ( 'cut re Street. A Song for Thanksgiving. A few late roses linger and smiling deck the sod, And the world is like :i picture where the harvest smiles to God; '1 here's a greater j,,v m living for no Messing lie denies, And the soul's divine thanksgivingdrifts in incense to the skies! Through the darkness and the danger through the peril of the past. To the starred and storniiess haven He has led our ships at last. And with richest treasures laden we have furled the Hags aliove. For the garlands of his glory and the banners of his love! Sing sweet thy sweet thanksgivi soul! and ring ve liells. r. O, ;and Till the world shall" catch the chorus the anthem heavenward swells! For His love and for His mercy for His cross and chastening rod, For His tender benedictions, let the whole world thank its Cot!! Fkank L. Stanton-. Why We Should Pe Thankful. What a world it is in which, when the great festival of Thanksgiving J comes on its veavlv round, there is always something to bo found to be thankful for, even, it would seem, in Northern people and Federal sol the case of the most wretched! cl'10rs wlu1 avo willingly to the cause. Are we poor? "We might be beg- gars. Are we beo-o-ars : e mo'lit be epers. Are we lepers? Our sickness might be unto death. Is it unto death? We have vet a heaven be- yond. For all let us give thanks thanks surely if we are in health of body and mind, and even in illness there is much reason and occasion to ne found for a grateful heart. Has trouble come to us now? It might be Are we alone? There is I poorer company than ourselves to be had. Have we lost our dearest and i t? They, at any rate, are not here to suffer. Has the vear dealt crush- blows in business? It has not taken away also our power and will pensions, or at least was exhibiting to work. Have we work? Then for j a very inquiring mind about them, that and the rest we give thanks i This pension business is the vital again. G h e thanks that we live and j question up North. It is their sal breathe and have our being in this ration nml v,m iimrlit :i well m:i!-f world of wonder and light and beau-1 ty. for poor and sick and sad though j we may be, though Other hands may grasp the liei.l and ; forest Proud proprietors in pomp may shine. P.ut with fen cut love if thou adorest. Thou art wealthier all the world i thine! Thor.gtits for Tliaaksgbing. Thanks to God. who has made and pre served us a nation. And if as a nation there is a doubt existing that 0m1 of the great privi leges of Thanksgiving day is ignored or neglected, is not the same true of individuals in many instances, even j among those who pause at this time j from the rush and hurry of business , and social life to reckon up thought- iuny ana inamauuv tiieir mossing j and mercies? Is not the merchant apt to be j thcnkful only for increased profits j and a name famed for reliable and j honest goods, the farmer for barns tilled to oversowing- with good and plentiful crops, the professional man for a large practice and handsome fees, the housewife for additional adornments and luxuries in her home, the mother for the growing graces of body and intellect among her children? All these are indeed cause for thankful hearts, but the greatest blessings are not temporal ones and are within the reach of all. 1 haaksirbiiiir IN'th-dions. The fields are brown and bare, but the garners are full, as our hearts j should be of thoughtful kindness to others. Some motives have their incentive from above, like the overshot water-: wheel, while others are moved by the undercurrent. The best and most precious of gifts are without price and come to mor tals, sometimes unsought, because before unknown. Some lives are so good and sweet and full that they impart to all about them their goodness, as do sunshine, fragrant flowers and melodious mu sic. What tenderer memory can there be than that of other and bygone thanksgivings, when, as children, we surrounded the fireplace with loved parents and friends, now departed, in the dear, deserted old home? The Festival of Simplicity. There is a homely poetry about Thanksgiving day of which Ameri cans should be especially proud. It is itself a poem of religious worship and of home worship combined. Its 1 typical characteristic in both is the element of simplicity. Io give thanks for the year's blessings and to renew the ties of kinship and home life con stitute the whole observance of Thanksgiving day. Su --ter Than Hoiiry i" the IIoii'.v oml. -What in life is half so sweet. As the hour when lovers meet." XoUiim' is sweeter to the youthful and robust in health, but alas! too manv 'Court in poetrv and live in prose at ter marriage, this is especially true of the wives whose changed relations bring on weaknesses and derangements pecu liar to married women, so that their lives become "prosy." To all such. Dr. Pierce's Favorite? Prescription is a great boon. It cures weak backs, headaches, neuralgic and '-bearing down' pains, displacements and irregularities of the female organs. It is likewise a restora tive and invigorating tonic, streiigthen inr the nerves, and imparting new life to the tired ami debilitated, bringing' hack the "roses to the cheek. and the 'rainbows to the eyes. Sold by a.! dnig"isK under guarantee from its makers of satisfaction in every case, or price (if t.O) refuuded. HILL AKP'S TRAVELS. Hp Has Just Returned from a Trip to Kentucky and Ohio. I 1 have long considered Louisville the Queen City of the South, not on ly in the magnitude of her commerce but in the character of her popula tion. There are more high-toned, cultured people in proportion to pop ulation than any other city, more colleges, literary and religious, more notable ministers, lawyers and edi tors and mare intense independent Southern feeling. I was called there to deliver an address in behalf of the ex-Confederate soldiers, not to re vive any sectional feeling or any of the bitterness of the war, but to raise money for the dependent Con federate soldiers, to keep them from want while they live and to bury them decently when they die. This humane and patriotic purpose coin- mends itself to all people in Louis- vble, and I had before me many 1 was surprised at the number of P - "ut ut 1 ilu l u 1 itlls "1U sun live. for Anno Domini is working on them everywhere, thinning their ranks. "pensioned -soldier do not live for- ever, nor do they increase in numbers Ils t,!' years roll on. outs ;lU Fcei?t tli.'iensioi..-i s,.i, Hei And ibis reminds ine of a hurried vkIi i. m,;o -n.. ,tt,,... ,i.,,- ...... McKinlev had almost a walk-over in the late election. In the town where T tonn.l f,w n !-, T t., ,,,,! ie,t most of the Democrats voted for MeTCin'ev lux-niK.. TT,Ve smth w-:w believed to be opposed to Federal war noon a man's rolbn,,n as noon the soldier's right to a pension, More pensions and bigger onsions is the demand, for if the soldier or ; his widow or his childrsn get it the i outsiders get a whack at it. and it 'soon becomes distributed in the com- munitv. It averages over $100.000 averages to each county in Ohio tiinl is ti:ii(l paid out twice a year. Just think of that sum coming in to a Georgia county every year world without end and coming for nothing. What a glorious patrimony it would be! Then would we sing, ""Hard Tmu.s Co;;ii A.yhl Xo More." How it woul(1 1rii) ulit a sllort wlu,at t.rop Qr a 1)ulf t.rttton t.rop; Uow it would h(,lp us to pav tho plVacher and save tlu, il0aliR.n ami l)Uy the girls some clothes! No wonder those folks up Xorth hug to the pension laws, whether they are right or not right, xw. everv just man knows, of cour.-e. that our soldiers are just as much entitled to pensions as theirs, and it will be so set down in history, but the tide is against us, for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth. And so we have to do the best we can. These good people in Louisville have got an association that makes pro vision for them, and while they can't pension them, thev get them sonic- thin to do. Captain Leathers is iding spirit of this good work Hie j and he lias such men as General Has- il Duke and General Taylor and Maj or Davis and Captain Kaston and Dr. Rroadus and Dr. Hemphill to help him. All the people encourage them. One day a dilapidated man on crutches called on Captain Leathers and said: "Capon. I heard that you were look ing' after the old vets of the Confed eracy, and I thought I would call and tell you that I am one of them and would like to have a good square meal once more. It's about dinner time and I haven't had anything to eat to-day." He had a good, honest, suffering face, but the captain dident believe him. '"Where were you wounded?" said he. "At the battle of the Wilderness, on the loth of May, lsfi-i," said the man. '"What is your name?" said the captain 'William W. Heazley," said he. The captain was very busy, and as he handed the old vet a dollar, said: "Now go and get something to eat: then go to a barber's and get cleaned up and come back here at 3 o'clock. I wish to talk to you." Precisely at '.' o'clock Heazley hob bled in, leaned his crutches against the wall and sat down. He was much improved. "Now, Mr. Heazley.'" said the captain, ''I want to cross-examine you, for we have no money to waste on imposters. Where do you live and what have you been doing and what regiment did you serve in? Tell me all about yourself. Heazley smiled and said, "That is all right, captain. I'm not afraid nor ashamed to give you my history. I was a private in Company H, Fourth Alabama. I lived in Selma. I am a printer by trade and have been tramping around and hunting work and thought I might get on the Courier-Journal, but they said I was a back number, which is a fact, and now I am afloat without a dollar or a friend. My wound has never got well and I'll show it to -ou if you wish to see it." ''No, no,"' said the captain, ''who was your colonel?-' "We had seven or eight," said Beazley, but the last one was Colonel Scruggs. lie is living down here in Huntsville. He knows me. You can write to him and he"ll tell you that I'm no impostor." Captain Leathers did not wait for credentials, for the man's face was credential enough. He bought him some decent clothes and set him up in a little stand by the bank with a few dollars' worth of cigars and newspapers and little tricks and told him to sell them. '"Trade with that man." said lie to his acquaintances who came into the bank where the captain is cashier. "Trade with that old veteran, he was wounded at the Wilderness." And they do trade with him. He has paid back the money and is now making alout $12 a week and is happy. I talked to him and found he once worked in Cedartown and knew all 1113-old-time friends down there and many in Home. Captain Leathers afterwards met Col. Scruggs in Florence, Ala., and the colonel said, "Yes, I knew Hill F.eazley. At the battle of the Wil derness, on the 10th of May, 1SG4. my color bearer was shot down and the boys were about to waver, for they were falling right and left un der an awful fire, but Heazley rushed forward and picked up the colors and waving them over his head, cried out, "Come on boys." and they ral lied on him. and followed him to vic tory. That's the kind of a man Hill Heazley is. Hut he was shot in the hip in that same charge and I don't know whether he is living- now or not. Hut why do you ask?" The captain told him and he was much gratified. Every survivor of the Eighth Georgia who was in the first battle of Manassas will feel interested in this, for the Fourth Alabama fought right beside them in the pine thick- jets, and scores of both regiments j foremost fighting, fell among those ! pines, j.iu jieaziey was tliere and : he i i'- " "out unto ! disabled in the Wilderness. now many ot such heroes Laptain Geaihors lias 111 charge, 1 know not. but a number of the old veterans met at Captain George Norton's one night, and those walls heard many a yarn. Captain Norton came from Rome to Louisville as soon as the war was over and soon found friends and kept them. He has made a good name and a slow fortune and uses both with becoming-dignity. A slow made fortune will stick to a man. but a big pile of monov will make fool f anybody on short aequaint- , ance. j Politics seems to have subsided j somewhat. I dident circulate much "P i' Ohio. We have a boy living up th re in charge of some water- works and I kept cry secluded. I dident care a cent about McKinley's '.in. 000 majority, but I did care about the old dead line coming to life again. Xot a Northern State is now Democratic and not a Southern one is Republican. That old historic line of Mason and Dixon is still the line of discord. The fact is if more Xorthern people don't move down here and more Southern people move up there we had just as well estab lish the line for good and be two na tions. We used to fuss about the runaway niggers, but that is all set tled and we will give them yankees just as many negroes as they want. Lord help us all. I wish the niggers did love them well enough to divide. We'll keep the old ones and let our Northern brethren have the new set. Then maybe we would all have peace. T saw a mixed school in Ohio about five hundred whites to fifty negro children. They poured out of the big school building at recess and went to playing, not all together, but separate. They ha-e to stud y together and set together in the schoolrooms, but human nature as serts itself just as soon as they get out. The negro children flock to gether both from choice and necessity-. Theory is one thing and fact is another. Hi 1.1. A iu. Tried to Liijlil His Cigraretle. Durham Sun. There are many green people in this world, but one of the greenest seen in Durham in many a day was here last evening. He was a tall, muscular fellow, and was walking down Main street when he came to Heriy's store, in front of which was suspended an electric light. lie stepped, pulled out a cigarette, and with a tragedian air, placed it against the globe and began to puff away but it did not light. When ho dis covered his mistake he stalked away and the bystanders roared with laughter. The A1 vert i.sinff Of Hood's Sarsaparilla is always within the bounds of reason because it is true; it always appeals to the sober, common sense of thinking people because it is true; and it is always fully substantiat ed by endorsements' which, in the finan cial world would be accepted without a moment's hesii ation. Rood's Pills cure liver ills, constipa tion, biliousness, jaundice, sick head ache, indigestion. A NATION'S DOINGS. The News From Everywhere Gathered and Condensed. Columbus", O., suffered a million dollar fire Friday night. Two thea tres and a hotel went up in smoke. While out gunning near Rome, Ga., Tuesday, Jeff Fortune, a young farmer, accidentally shot and killed himself. There were 387 business failures in the United States during the past week, against ISO of the same week last year. Tumbling out of a fourth-story window, Monday. Mrs. Dora D. Kimmish. of Xew York, was instant ly killed. Domestic troubles caused Fred L. Duck, of Elgin, 111., to murder his wife at their home, Monday, by 'shooting her. While p'a3'ing with a pistol, Fri day, Mrs. William Shell, of Bremen, Ga.. accidentally shot her husband through the heart. An express train killed Abram Carman, his grandson and their horse at a crossing near Roekville Centre, L. I.. Monday, To illustrate his sermon on gam bling, Rev. W. G. Warner, of Spring field, O., played three-card monte in the pulpit last Sunday. The entire business portion Tf Hanihal, Mo., was swept by fire Sat urday night, caused by the explosion of a lamp in a millinery store. Three cows derailed a train on the Kansas City and Memphis railroad, at Carbon Hill, Ala., Thursday caus ing the death of three persons. Prompted by jealousy, James Fit 2- treivild -it Kt T.iinis Ei'idav shut ",,.",,.,,. , ;. T ,. and killed Miss Annie Larsen. his sweetheart, and then shot himself Three boys, under twelve years of age. while skating on a pond near Scran ton. Pa., on Thursday, broke through the ice and were drowned. While attempting to rescue a pet dog from a railroad bridge near Lau rel, Del., Thursday, John Waller was struck bv an engine and killed. I For challenging Editor Hrvan. of i tlu. i;K.imiond Times, to tight a duel, i .T..T..r.m W.H-w.. on FH.lt.v w:i j fmed $5 and imprisonment an hour. j Fire destroyed the Merrill House, ! t..t-i-;ii I'-. t,...imi- ni.riit ;..v - j en guests were roasted to death and I several others were seriously burn- ed. I In a duel at Turant. O. T.. on Sat- urday, William Durant was killed by j Sandy Folsoni. then lludd Durant. j a brother of the former, killed Fol 1 som. Crazed by incessant cigarette smoking, Marion Ci Pa., on Thursdav, sua. of Hod ford, fired a bullet through his heart and expired almost 0 1 instantly. While in a tit of religious insanity, j Gustave Truhn, a well-to-do farmer. near Perham, Minn., on Tuesday, j killed his wife and child by choking, I while both we're asleep. For the atrocious murder of seven members of the Kriedcr family last June, Albert Romberger was sen tenced at Cando. N. D., Thursday, to be hanged January 111. In a fit of temporary insanity, John ' Foster, of Uniontown, Ind., Satur day night, killed his wife and their three children with a revolver, and then blew out his own brains. On Saturday, a six-year-old daugh ter of John Callahan, at St. Louis, Mo., and sixteen-year-old Mattie Winn, at Columbia. Mo., caught lire from stoves and burned to death. Seven lives and nearly SSoO.Ono worth of property were destroyed by tire at Detroit, Mich., Thursday, which swept away the wholesale dry goods house of Edson, Moore & Co. In the foot ball game in New York Saturday, between the teams of the North Carolina University and Le high College, the game was won by the latter by a score of 34 to noth ing. Unlucky speculations induced Wil liam P. Parvin, president of the Eastland, (Tex.) National Bank, to blow his brains out Thursday night in a room at a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Thinking that he accidentally shot and killed his friend, Chateau Ear ned, of Tom's River, N. J., Satur day, placed the same revolver to his forehead and ended his life with an other bullet. While temporarily insane, Mrs. Antonia Lebecky and her daughter Fannie, committed suicide at their home in New York, Monday night, the former by hanging and the latter by bleeding herself to death. Jealousy caused Joseph E. Smith, of Kankakee, 111., to murder his di vorced wife and her companion, Mrs. Graybill, Friday, and then shoot himself. A seven-year-old child of Smith is the only living witness of the tragedy. While in a fit of mental derange ment Mrs. Elizabeth Colby, wife of j President George Colby, of the Uni-! versity of California, committed sui cide, Saturda3r, at her home in Oak land, Cal., by shooting herself through the heart. Fi nance and Trade. j Special Correspondence. j New York, Nov. 27, 1S!3. The fact of hopeful augury in the business situation is that the change in condition from week to week is a change in the direction of improve ment, although the progress of bet terment is disappointingly slow. There has been some further recov ery during the last week; but it has not kept pace with the expec tation of traders. Improvement has been seen in nearly all of the great indus tries. The sales of wool have nearly doubled; the settlement of the wages difficulty in the Western iron trade has been followed by numerous and important resumptions by recently idle mills, and more machinery has been started in the production of cotton, wool and leather manufac tures. The highly satisfactory re sults of a great trade sale of cotton goods in Xew York have greatly strengthened confidence in that branch of business. These are en couraging features of the situation; but there is still a large jn'reentage of unemployed capacity in various industries awaiting the incentive to renewed operations, which are con tingent upon a further depletion of stocks and a more general revival of demand. The low range of prices for agri cultural staples, and the shrinkage in values of many kinds of manufac tured goods, which in spite of the great curtailment of output has not wholly ceased, have discouraged a more rapid expansion of trade. Con fidence is gaining ground, and tliere are indications of a halt in the down ward tendency of prices; but there is a prevalent disjosition to confine Operations within the limits of near 1 1 . requirements. The caution and con servatism of traders is a natural se quence of the severe business de pression of the last five months. Re covery from the effects of that de pression will necessarily be very gradual, but the tendency for some weeks has been in the right direc tion. The failures during' the last week throughout the United States and Canada aggregated -121. an i increase of il over the total of the ' r.reeedmo- iv.x-.l- Cotton prices declined 3-1 (J of a j eent per pound early in the week: ' but the loss has been full v recovered as a result of more favorable foreign advices and of bullish speculation in this country. Receipts have con tinued to exceed those of last sea son; but exports have increased, spinners' takings have been more liberal, and the auction sale of cot tons has developed an improving prosjx'ct for manufactures of the staple. The fact that nearly ?:2.ion.- 000 worth of cotton goods were dis- 1 iii uti'l On-nmdi tb. miction rooms : . . , . . , . ., . - ' ri a single day at prices only A to .) y (.(int jKloAV 1YU',ar quotations. I instt.ad of 10 to 15 per cent, as usual ; limcr such conditions, has imparted confidence to buyers, and demand through regular trade channels is steadily improving'. There has boon a good demand for wck1, and for the first time in many months the re ported transactions in the chief mar kets during the last fortnight have exceeded those of the corresponding period last year. Wheat prices have advanced 1 to 1 1 cents per bushel, while values of corn have declined I to 1 cent ior bushel. The Western corn move ment lias continued large in compar ison with that of last season; and weather conditions in the West have been favorable for drying the new crop. These have been the main causes of the slight recession in val ues: but, in spite of liberal receipts, the consumption and exports of corn have been large enough to cause a further depletion of visible stocks. Exporters have been moderate buy ers of corn: but tliere has been no activity in the new demand. The partial recovery in wheat values is due to a stronger speculative senti ment, which lias been encouraged by a moderate decrease in Western re ceipts, and to a general conviction that the value of the cereal has been unduly depressed. Exports have continued moderate; and new pur chases by foreign buyers have not appreciably enlarged, owing to the congested condition of foreign mar kets and the underselling of Ameri can by Russian exporters. Values of provisions have slightty declined, as a result of limited speculative in terest and larger receipts of hogs, on which prices have receded to a point nearer to a parity with the market for products. Tru" Economy. No matter how many hundred doses of any other medicine are ottered for a dollar. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery is the cheapest blood-purilier sold, ' through dnijfgSts. because it's guaranteed, and your money is returned if it doesn't lK-neAt or cure. With its use you only pay for the good you get. Can vou ask more? Men are never so likelv to settle a I question rightly as when they discuss it tree! v. It is strange that some people will suffer for years from rheumatism rather than try such an approved standard remedy as Ayer's Sarsaparilla; and that, too, in spite of the assurance that it has cured so many others who were similar Iv af.licletl. Give it a trial. ALL OVER THE STATE. Summary f Current Events for the Past Seven Days. Moore county is overrun by wild geese. In the election held Tuesday Lau rinburg went "wet" b-30 majority. The Confederate State monument will be built from Iredell Co. granite. .A party of fourteen from Davie count j' left Winston last Friday for Texas. The exhibits from this State at the World's Fair received 124 medals and awards. J. W. Jones & Co., dry goods deal ers, of Durham, made an assignment Friday. Two prisoners in Rutherford coun ty jail knocked the jailer down, Sat urday, and escajH'd. J. I). Dinkins' barroom at Newborn was broken into Wednesday night, hit safe entered and over $1.2(1(1 stolen. At a colored festival in Cabarrus county, Thursday night, J. Atwell fatally shot Sandy Gibson, and made his escaie. The ladies of Charlotte have or ganized a sewing society. They meet nightly in each other's rooms and sew and talk. A. D. ("Ruck") Jones, consul gen eral to Shanghai, China, has been granted CO days sick leave, and has already sailed for home. The six-year-old son of Wallace Carruthcr, colored, in Mecklenburg county, shot and killed himself Thursday, while playing with a pis tol. The barn and stables of Levi Gun tor, in Moore county, were burned Friday night. Nine horses and mules, two cows and some hogs perished in the flames. The latest report of the peniten tiary shows l,l.n convicts in the State, of which 12S are in prison. Hi at the phosphate mines and 'XW on State farms. While fooling with a loaded pistol, John Wacaster, aged 12. accidentally shot and killed his first cousin, Pris cilla Hudson, aged 1. in Catawba county, Sunday. The editor of the Maxton Chief re ceived a 11101103- order from Scotland, Monday, for a half-penny, and had io pay 10 cents "postage due" on the letter containing it. The scaffolding erected for the purpose of repairing the Anson coun ty court house fell Monday, carrying with it two colored workmen, who received serious injuries. For being disappointed in love, All)ort Webb, a j-ouug colored man. committed suicide in Fayettevillo. Thursday night by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. Grave robbers have made their ap learance in Mecklenburg county. An old negro named Milas Rlack was buried Tuesday and the next morn ing the grave was found empty. A "walking tourist," stole a hand some gold watch from Jas. E. Roun tree. at Wilson. Thursdav. while Mrs. Rountree was engaged in pre paring something for him to eat. There are three couples living in Robeson county who were married the same night in Lumberton over a quarter of a century ago. each hav ing fifteen children born to them. A Charlotte merchant found a dol lar bill in his drawer last Thursday bearing the following inscription: "This is the last of an ill-spent for tune. Reware of women and wine. J. H." A few days ago an illicit distillery outfit was captured in Moore county and placed in the Sanford depot for shipment. Saturday morning the depot was broken into and the outfit was taken and carried off. Two Mormon preachers are oper ating in Cabarrus count' and the congregation of Rocky River Pres byterian church held a meeting last Sunday and adopted resolutions warning them to clear out. The four-year-old son of S. P. Waddell, in Anson county, was burned to death Thursday, by his clothes catching fire while lie was standing near an oven in which sweet lotatoes were being baked. A young lady of Albemarle, while singing in the choir of the Methodist church Sunday night, was stung on the finger by a wasp, and the wild scream which followed came very near breaking up the devotional ex ercises. Two desperadoes, Garland Goode and Wallace Hopper, who have been terrorizing Cleveland and Rutherford counties were shot and killed Sunday night, while resisting arrest, by a posse of citizens, near Island Ford, Rutherford count. The North Carolina M. E. Confer ence meets at Wilmington, December C. Bishop Wallace W. Duncan will preside. This conference will be composed of 170 preachers and 3(5 lay delegates. Bishop Duncan will also preside at the Western North Carolina M. E. Conference, which convened yesterday at Charlotte The latter has 100 preachers and 40 laymen. Out of the Elevator She Went. ( 'harlutte Oliserrer. Yesterday a funny, and yet what might have proved a serious affair, occurred in Raruch's. An old color ed woman went in to buy a cloak. The cloak department is on the sec ond tltor and is reached by the ele vator. The woman was told to get in the elevator. She demurred, but being told that it would not hurt her. she stepped in behind Miss Lula Smith, who was going to show her the cloaks. Miss Smith pulled the cord and up the elevator went. As it was between the two floors. Miss Smith and those in the store below were startled and frightened by hear ing the elevator door burst open and to see that out shot the old woman. She landed on the flivr on her hands and knees, barely missing hitting her head on a bar across the frame work of the elevator. Tliere was a rush elevaterwards. every one expecting that the old darkey was killed. But not she. She got up. and moving away from the elevator as far as tH)ssible, said. "That thing riz and riz. until I was skeered so I lit out." The wonder is that she was not caught between the elevator and floor and killed. Why Ilnrglars Should Swing. Clinrtottc OW-nrcr. The law of North Carolina which prescribes capital punishment for burglary in the first degree, has bivn characterized as cruel and unnatural. The recent dispatches told of burg lars having invaded a residence in Chicago and, being discovered, hav ing shot three memlxTS of the fami ly, one fatally. In this incident is to be found the reason wh' North Carolina hangs for burglary. A er son having entered a house in the night for the puroso of committing a felony, has the sleeping inmates at a disadvantage, and the theory of our law is that, rather than le tak en, he will commit murder. How sound this theory is has been demon strated in innumerable instances that in Chicago is the latest. Our law has been modified by dividing the crime into degrees, which was, no doubt, well enough, but it should never be modified to make burglary in the first degree anything short of a capital felony. Inconsistency of a Populist. Mtinni' KiH.iiirer. There is a man, a Populist, in Un ion county, whose name we with hold, who refuses to pay his pastor simply because he votes the Demo cratic ticket. A man who does right and acts fairly and honestly, as dios the pastor referred to. will never lose by it. An all wise and righteous Providence so rules affairs in this world that a man who does right and stands by his honest convictions and lets duty be his guiding star will nev er lose b- it, let bigots, fanatics and fools do what they may to injure him. The minister did not lose any thing by voting as hisudgmont and conscience dictated, for a Democrat, not a member of any church, when he heard that the populistic church memlx-r refused to pay his pastor because of the way he voted, went to, the minister and paid him the amount the Populist was due him. The Miittakr of life are manv some great, others mall. 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