North Carolina Newspapers

T-T T f .oL E ADLIGHT. ,; .. .!:!. iSllKI) 1887. GOLDSBOHO, N. C, TIIU11SDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895. VOL. VIII. NO. 51. MM ri ; :.- it ':'.y A" Livr.n Rim v; V Livki: Mkw- , at our readers 'it that. It is the .. Men the old folks were never uis .; : hor good rccom- I-S that it i.S BETTKIi r ; . rl i r..jvt-r we:ik i such an easy and ik Mature itself, that t r.r.d- sui". mul one -:. It never fails, t.-.l'e a liver remedy, c.ild take only Sliii iator. it. The lied Z 13. Zeilin 4V: J. - HdiiliifiSS. HutUe. .'UUi I i.lS Powders: ve l'ii MTft firn I V rJ IN THE . sVclJ WORLD. 53.00 $2.59 r- F r Beys i l,. .iiO: . BRITT. !lf y ! COME! GOIE! . :i line "Me To ri OF TOBACCO ; 1 t- a hun- CAMS NO II 1. 1) i'S Uiiusonfiiiro. r -,r. a. pIIDl, -t ' :iIC". : '1 woman in tc T'r.itfi'l !;. ipinm an, I Whisky , ! ,.r.ks on itiet-e .lis ''. v.'' -.'.: . At':inta, Ga .1 '.jC sou free. r. Ma,-' Ni-rve l'liisti-M. 1 ii: iicr en Yalniit Street, j i . -..!.::;,' l' iivnny j L'iwci Than tow. 1 1 in- general pull- j -..I.,.- ;t- t !i.-e of oilier j 7Xi d....r m Weil li. i ;;,l,!en-' jewelry I I Woman's Warfare. S;iv. do women join tin' army? A;iv! for women an-too frail: In the midst of hauh-'s terrors lender hearts like 1 heirs would fail: 'hit I say a woman riseth. Day l.y day within her home. I'o eneomiter foes by legions !io for deadly combat come. Say, what an-a woman's weapons? Needles, scissors. duster, broom; ( 'arviiijr knife, ierchance. or haplv Some loni-hand!ed iron spoon; I'm to meet thus single-handed. Myriad foes, in .t-rn array, Is a courage all undaunted Not less than the blood v frav. What alh f vani died; What'. Hoiwh. 'l-iiillLT oinpared wit li realms of earth, 1 joy and loved ones' safety; of rare and priceless worth- Ilea'th and li ,i! oftimes reason e-re il.es,. foes, Victims fall. be. Lives are tarni-he.i And there follow - are saddened mt less woe-. Woman 1 in your daily conlliet, W ield sonic migluier weaions thou lelil the -word of ( iod s fj And before it all shall .bow pint: Scripture texts wield with power! Own and feel that prayer is might! And thy true and phantom legions Slialt be (uickly put to llight. -MaIIV W. (iI.KASON. AImmiI Had Tempers. It may sound paradoxical to say so. but it is true, that the best peo ple sometimes have the worst tem pers. In the same way, saints are those who have overcome the most sin. "Persons who ft A deeply, ' whose sensibilities are keen and stron.ir rarely find it easy to main tain a uniform p'aeid exterior, and the struro-lo between their passions and their calmer wisdom is often a terrible one. There are others who never seem to be troubled who are j amiable with an amiability that it i seems impossible to rullle who nev- j or show any siiis of irritation, but who are aiwavs eo;iable and cheer- ft;!. Such persons are doubtless much to be admired, but their socie ty becomes in time not only exceed ingly monotonous, but even exceed ingly in will, wi cravat in-'. Try tlumi as we u' cannot jjvt them to show fire ire devoid of enthuiasm, a: They thev ey tire incapable of alitor. Xothlnir disturbs that serei.e still ss. which is certainlv not the still m s of death. A heart v ;n impossibilit v. Whate lo or say, they never iret cross with .is. or call us objectionable names. All this is undeniably irritatin It mite refreshing to pass from the I company of one of these to a warm. ! full-blooded individual of susceptible i passions. It is a treat to feel that !tl leoid wbl.d, oi-nsi.s ours could if ! . be. stri.ve hard. It mav sound , j very paganish to say .-. Imt wo do; ! love a little piei-e of human nature.: ! Stnrdv truth and faithfulness en-; I - ! jerallylie behind some capability of: ' honest anrer. We know that tliose ' friends who oftem seem most cross ' and irritable are really our staunch : est and ni'.t reliable. Xot that I temper in itself can ever be an ad mirable thine-. Iit tlsat it is often : accemjxinied by very sterling tpiali j lies, ft generally co-exists with t re'VL'th of charaetcr and independ ! ence !' spirit. Mean and treaeher ; ou.s people are frequently amiable: ; lmttcr wili not melt in their mouths, ! nor at their hearts. About Siiccc The world measures man bv his lie is all success. If he succeed:-. rMit in public estimation no mat- ter bv what means he lias attained it. The world has not lime to look into the methods by which the suc cess has been attained and whether thev be honorable or otherwise. - There are some important lessons to he learned from this fact: fore most of which should strive for is that every man success. Applause follows it. Kverybody bows to the winning man. 1 Jut important as it ! to succeed, success ought to be irained only by honorable means. I b.nestv is the best policy, and the stin the end. and a permanent w: sueci in on IV uc UTiaiueo o mn- orable means. Many leniporarv success a man gams v dishorn means and llouri.shes for awhile; but he is found out and his success Hits awav. and is gone. (mmmI Manners. Don't forgot to say "Good morn - mg: and sav it cueer!u!ly. and wnn a smile: it will do you good, and do your friends good. There's a kind of inspiration in every ''Good morn- artly spoken that helps to i n g make hope fresher and work ligiuei. " It seems really to make me moinm od, and to "be a prophecy of a good iday to come after it. And if tins do true of the '"Good morning, it is so also of kind, heartsome greetings: they cheer the discouraged, rest the ! tired one, somehow make tlie wneeis ! ()f -lf-(. run ,nore smoothly. Be liber- ai wuh them then, and let no morn- in-r pass however dark and gioomx it ,nav be, that vou do not help at least to brighten by your smiles cheerful words. and . . . i i wiif d with a very !X - - ' , )jS,M,.lk ere coin; w. is -i""' , I- .ill :l. Vised Hie H cuuskil . r... : v,,ticiii- ( liainlierlain ' ' , . Ue.I in the St ( oUU'll lveineii .ti.w i,ttl.. Paul Yolks Zeitun- I i .r - r.-t 1 a 1 -tt U . :ld after .akin-U a short m ctirclvwell. I now most heaitih n - cnniineliil lliis l-ell r,.,-',i,r u it li :i C lv to nil V one sill ,f Wm." K km., C.T Se!l)rAe.. St. 'l'a'il, Miim. tor sale J. II. Hill Son. and i iSr lire.. ilriigTists. M. F. lti'bin- He (Jr.otcstlio l'dch That Wealth Docs Not IJring Happiness, The blues are a masculine malady and afllict men more than women. Women have more grief and sorrow, but when there is no great trouble in the house they are naturally more cheerful than the men. I notice it very frequently that while I am worried and perplexed about tempo ral things and can't see my way out and find myself in a fit of the blues, my wife and daughters keep their spirits up and other women come and go and ta'k and laugh and say bright things. That is all right. It would be awful for the whole family to have the blues at the same time. 1 n fact, nobody ought to have them and nobody is obliged to have them. They creep stealthily upon a man sometimes, and if he does not light them o!Y lie is in very poor company. My w ife says I look like I dident have a friend in the world. The best remedy is to quit thinking and go to work. Do something work in the garden, chop some wood, fix the window curtains, tie up the flowers, s winer the grandchildren do some thing to divert your mind from your self. It is better to read a storv than to think and brood over trou ble that may never come. The body is so mysteriously connected with the mind that the blues impair di-e-ostion and that causes loss of appe tite and the first thin"; a man knows he is sick sure enough. Tt has been si:pp stcl that the heart was the eat of the affections and emotions, but that is a mistake. It is the stomach, and if that is out of order the whole bod v is sick. The Dib'e te.is about Ooueis ot mercy and oow-' els of compassion. J Another oo,,d way to drive off the ! blues is to write letters to kindred j and friends and ventilate your trou- j lues and abuse somebody. O tve ; your feelings an explosion and you will find relief. I had such a letter j from a friend the other day and he wound up by saying-. "And now I j piarrel is I think 1 feel better, plague take 'em." j no more now. Then 1 had no re r we mav i Sometimes a view from the other : sponsibilities and could 'o to sleep side produces a reaction. Consider the folks around you who are worse off and yet keep cheerful and thank- ful. "Yonder comes the old man with his wood," said my wife. Yes. he is about as old as I am and is wearing my old hat and coat that she irave him, and like the ''son of -vu.uomoc, ne ne ei compuuu II. lives six miles away. He cuts a load of wood one day and hauls it to town Ihe next day with a yoke of steer's, and when he can't sell it for 7." cents he knows he can haul it to my'houe and Mrs. Arp will take it. lie always wears a smile and says: "'We are eytt'me- alonir fairly well at my houst is your people all well?" He throws two or three chunks of liehtwood on top so as to keep the cook in eood humor. Ox awful slow motor in these a'"" an lightning times, bat they are cheap and don't die and nobody will .steal them and thev suit an infirm old man better than mules. They never run away or kick or et out of temper. A man can drive oxen until he jrets slow and amiable and serene, lie becomes thankful for what little he has irot and he joes to meeting on ; Sundays and chews his tobacco and 'enjoys his religion. ! Poor folks ought to enjoy religion, j for they don't have1 much else to en j joy. Just think how many things ; the upper cru-t have to distract i their minds from the comforts of re- lhlon. There are the shows and nieaters and sewing societies and the parties and buggy rides and bi cycles and shopping and fashion magazines and jroing to the springs and visiting and receiving visits, be sides the domestic affairs of putting ; Up jtpv am j.im and pickles and The old wood hauler has i preserve.- : none of these things, but he does t i, i'.,,. tevts r.f s.-riv.tiu-e that have are worth them all and more, too. Ti,.. re,...l.- slm'l inherit the. earth and the poor in spirit the kingdom of Heaven, and if there is anything else j to Inll(,,.-it j aont know it. Poets, 1 pifiiosopliers and i-'ich men have all ; testified to the vanity ot riclies, and . y(,t everv rascal of them wants more ; llulll tilc.y have got. And so do I. Soiuo of us are fools enough to be- ! piCVC that we want money to do good . witl alu l10l p other people, there i a,.e a jeu- nclimeii oi mat Kino, uui thev are rare. There are still left here and there at lonely distances a Peter Cooper or Pea body or George W. Scott, who do not wait until they die to do good with their money. Carnegie and Rockefeller give off a slice occasionally, but they hold fast to the bigvnd of the rope and keep on piling up. The Xew York World sent out in quiries not long ago to all of the millionaires to know whether or not I great riches brought happiness, i Carnegie said: "Wealth brings hap- ,. . . . ,.a. n.vnnr fU puiCsS oui in. n un. a'.mv.jo,,. the hungry, clothes the naked, en dows institutions of learning, founds hospitals and does other countless - - s i '-Wealth does not bring happiness, I . thinks himself wealthy. Xo man is so rich but what there are others richer than he is, and that fact makes him feel poor. Practi cal; v. there is no sucli thing as a illv. then rich man. ries and c Money is like straw be r eam nobody ever gets enouh. 'Don't you think you have had enough. Ethel?' said her aunt. 'I may think- so auntie, but I don't feel so,' said Ethel. Xo, the fact is that k'reat wealth brings unhappi ness." llussell Sare said: '"Riches are all vanity and vexation of spirit. Few people have any idea of the trouble and inconveniences that wealth brings. The rich never ask such a foolish question as 'Does wealth brin' happiness?" A rich man is constantly in the public eye. Privacy is impossible for him. The public is curious even to know how lie opens his letters and puts on his shoes and what he has for breakfast. An incognito is impossible. Xo. riches do not brinj happiness." Hussell A. Al,rer says: '"Men are no happier when rich than when poor. A millionaire is no happier when driving a ?."(. 000 horse than a clerk who ets only SI." a week and is out driving a livery stable horse on Sunday evenings with his best ourl by his side." John W. Mat kay said: "I am surprised that any one would for a moment think that rich es brought happiness. I was hap pier during my early strujriy.s with poverty than 1 have ever been since. 1 enjoyed the toil, privation and hardship 1 endured to win wealth. When swine'in pick and shovel as a miner I was as happy as I ever can be." Levi 1. Morton said: "When I was a poor youn- man of twenty! I)urinjr u dispute about some land, years clerking in a country store 1 D,. j F Fristoi. shot a,ul k;I1(,tl used to think that if I ever t to be I j.:du-a!-d Camuboll near Evnchbui worth spin. OiiO I should be the hap-' t,,., plL.sf man alive. Now I am worth that and more, but feel that I am no happier than in my poorer days." ( ;eor'e W. Pullman said; i-l am certainly no happier than when I had not a dollar that 1 could call my own stive that for which 1 worked fr,,n; morn till niht. 1 can wear ,u om. suit of clothes. I ate three square meals a dav then and can eat J when my head touched the pillow. Now that I have vast interests and I business cares rest'iur; upon me, 1 cannot sleep like I did then. 1 was happier then than I am now." And manv others answered on tin same line. Aow the question comes : up why don't they lighten the load, j Tf the surplus brinirs care and trou ble, why don't thev stop trying to make it bigger? Why not divide out the responsibility? I know lots of men who would help to carry the load. In fact. T would volunteer my own services. 1 don't understand why these men all write one way and do another way. Hut maybe it is the force of habit like the poor fel low who had staid in jail so long he wouldent come out when his time iKU expired. We all like to see a mau succeed in his business, but we like h'm still more if he becomes his own executor and does not hold on to his riches until grim death has to prize his hand open to make him let go. It seems to me there would be great reward m Helping tlie untortu- nate. borne men say that poverty and misfortune come from bad con duct and bad management. Well, it does as a general rule, but there are j so many exceptions that it can hard- ' ly be called a rule. (!ood luck has; made many a man rich, but he thinks it was his smartness. j The Germans have a word for an j unlucky man that we have no equiv- j alent for. They call him a schlemiel i that is a person who never prtvs- ; pers, with whom everything oes wrong, misfortune, has marked, him i - bad luck follows him. Vet, as thoue-h providence had pit v on him. the schlemiel is always good natured j and light-hearted. A smile i lunn- nates his face, just such a smile as i our woe od hauler wears. I reckon he i is a schlemiel. Lut the good Iortl shapes the back to the burden. The German schlemiel is conscious of hi misfortune and will say with a mer ry twinkle of the eye: "I ain't no goot. I got no sense. I ish a schle miel."' I know some such people good people they are, too, but bad luck has followed them ever since I knew them bad luck in a money way, 1 mean, but 1 like to meet j them; they are so cheerful and ami able and they laugli so merrily at a joke. Dim. Arp. Mrs. Lucretia Hodges, of Pitt county, is lo: years old. She was born July, 12, 17!2, and is in good health. She is the mother of seven children, has M grandchildren and i'3 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Ifer son, S. V. Hodges, who is next to her youngest child is ,VJ years old. lie has 17 living children, 32 grandchil - dren, and three great-grandchildren. Is the cause cf that tired, langui.l feel- iii-which idliieu you at this si-aso... The blood is nnimre and lias become thin and i.o.r. That is whv you have nostivinrth.no appetite, cannot sleep. Pin ify your l.lnod with Hood's Sarsa- panlla, winch will give vou an appe - tite, tone your stomach. Mid invigorate your nerves. ii.... r . iv.iL , ,. ... action ami -.uiv in ellV'ct. 2 cents. " A NATION'S 1)01 ;s. News From F.verj where (iathennl and Condensed. The Dank of Shelby, at Memphis, Tenn., was closed Tuesday. A building at Denver, Col., col lapsed, Tuesday, killing three per sons. The destructive cotton boll worm has made its appearance in Miss issippi. I'obbers looted the town of Valen tine, Tex., Saturday nijht, killing one man. A boiler explosion in a paper mill at Castlcton, X. Y., Thursday, kill ed two employees. A tornado struck llenss laer, Ind., Wednesday, wrecking fifty houses. No lives were lost. premature dynamite explosion in a coal mine at MahalTey, Pa.., Sat urday, killed six Italians. The first bale of new crop Georgia cotton was sold in Xew York, Fri day, at Hi cents a pound. Nine criminals escaped from the jail at Decatur, Ind., Saturday, b overpowering the sheriff's wife. Ueiny jilted by her lover, Miss Evelyn McCormick, of San Jose. Cah, shot herself dead, Tuesday. Two white murderers named Vin cent, father and son. were lynched at E!lenburo Wash., Monday nirht. The explosion of a gasoline stove at Philadelphia, Wednesday, result ed in the destruction of six dwell inLT houses. l)y the burning of d'eore bree's house near Delaware, O daynlht. Mrs. M. II. Case.a; Ells-Sun-1 W, was cremated. Discovered i.i forgeries. C. D. Ilendershot, a prominent lawyer, of Spencer, la., fatally shot himself. Thursday niht. To settle an old feud. David Cull ross and Charles Deck fought a duel to the death with knives at Stine ville. Ind.. Saturday. t Despondent over his tin ken health, Amos U. Dortetield, a war veterean. ciently discouraging to bolster bull of Sclnni, Ind., on Thursday, ended j i-,h speculation. Domestic spinners Ins life with a bullet. While temporarily insane. Mrs ' 'urCcll Layton, of Williamsport: pa e. j frum a porch nHlf i-Vi- ! dav. wifh fata! result. i The entire business portion of I Pikeville. Tenn., was destroved hv j tire Mondav nieht. Only one store remains. Loss, ..):'i.-lu0. While in a tit of mental derange ment, Wednesday night, Dr. J. IT. Whit ford, of Wilmot. S. D.. .-hot and killed his wife and himself. To prevent his son. William, from testifying against him in a murder case. Luke Haynes, of Clay City, Mo., fataliv stabbed him, Friday. At Shamokin. Pa., Sunday, Thorn - as Kd wards was struck by a trolley car. and William Jarass by a locomo tive, each receiving fatal injuries. Py the capsizing of a sailboat in Is(l of wight bay, near Ocean City, ; k,i:1v seven ncrsns out f,f n pleasure party of twelve drowned. The house of Mrs. Sallie Ilarrell near Arlington, Tenn., was destrov ed by fire, Friday night. Mrs. Ilar rell and two daughters were cre mated. Grief-stricken at the loss of her son. Mrs. Carrie Pond of Clllmail Ala., killed herself, Thursday, by steeping some matches and drinking the water. While at supper in her home near lattyville, Ky., Sunday nighb Mrs. I s-'"'1 Kelley had her tongue shot off by a bullet fired by an unknown miscreant. While temporarily insane, Mrs. Pettie North, of East Baltimore, threw her baby from a third-story window, Monday, and then jumped after it, both being fatally injured. At Abbeville, Ga., Tuesday, Dock Wade, a Confederate veteran, was murdered for his money, he having recently received his pension from the State. Two arrests have been made. 'Because her lover ceased his at tentions, Miss Caroline Allen, of Springfield, Tenn., saturated her clothing with coal oil, Friday, ap plied a torch and burned herself to death. While preparing breakfast, Fri day, Mrs. Martha Stowell, of Phila delphia, poured some oil into the lire to make it burn quicker, and al most instantly she was blown to rtoms. j As the result of an old feud, a ; duel to the death was fought with 1 pibtols between Dr ' an(j p)r Robert K. II. R. Holmes Ausplund, a for: mer pupil of Holmes, in tlie latter's' j oi5ico at Portland, Ore., Monday, j AtFairmount, S. C, Monday, , T . T, , , . . i iss Janie 1- owler and her brother, William, were struck by lightning j Q ;nstantlv killed. Two other ! 1 members of the i owler family were j aiso struck, and their recover' is :,, hardly possible. The house was I shattered completely Financial and ( oininercial. " Xew York, Au. V. 1S;3. Siecial Curresitoiidt-'nco. In spite of "do-day" heat and the absence from business centres of many of the men who initiate and conduct important enterprises, the activity of commercial and indus trial affairs during' the past weelv has shown no abatement. Hesitan cy and uncertainty have character ized the financial markets, owing to the gold export movement; but ain serious impairment of confidence has been prevented by the promptness with which Treasury losses through withdrawals for export have been made good by deposits of syndicate gold in exchange for notes. The ap pearance in the market of a better supply of grain bills and the pros pect of an early increase in cotton sh'pmeri fi lvive also helped to main tain confidence with regard to the financial situation. Dank clearings continue to show heavy gains, par ticularly in the manufacturing sec tions: and although August railroad earnings so far as reported show a slight decrease in the aggregate, man' roads show important gains. Taken altogether, the trade returns indicate exceptional mid-summer ac tivity in business. Although crop prospects are a little less favorable than they were a month ago, the general promise of crops yet to be harvested, and notably of Spring wheat and of corn, is very encour aging. Unless there shall be some unexpected disappointment on this score, the Fall season is likely to be one of unusual prosperity. I Just ness failures during last week, as reported by 11. G. Dun & Co., num bered 1 in the United States and 83 in Canada, against 22t in this country and 4." in Canada during the corresponding week last year. A strong speculative demand for cotton was stimulated by the unfav orable Government crop report is sued at the close of last week, and prices advanced ."i-lfi of a cent per pound. The rise has been fairly sus tained; but for several days past there have been less activitv' and a noticeable absence of fresh invest ment demand. The crop news is variable, but on the whole not sufti- have bought spariogly. and there has not been much demand for ex- port, although larger foreign ship-! ments mav be shortlv anticipated. The lii:,'her market for raw cotton iias 'ivt-ii an upwara impulse 10 vai- ues 01 conon goons, anu iracuonai advances have boen establislied on many makes, while bids for lines at the old rates have in great ! many cases been declined. The total i visible supply of cotton for the ; I world is 2. t'.'i t.soO bales, of which j ! 2,2s;k(.'M bales are American, against ! Il-W.as: bales and 1,71.",4SH bales j j respectively last year. Keceipts of : j cotton during last week at all inte-j ! rior towns were ;.'.'2 bales; re-' 1 c.e-.lts from the plantations, none:! fmti in sio-lit ! Tori TiSlsl lciles. ,r, . ' V i The grain trade news has not been of a character to increase sell ing pressure in the wheat markets. English crop advices have been un favorable; and while export demand has been far from satisfactory, it has at times shown some improvement. The interior movement has continu ed small, and visible stocks have a;ain decreased. The market, how-: ever, has been influenced by the prospect of an early and liberal ..r c, ...l.. i ,n,'"t mem i u new opting viueai, nic harvesting of which has made rapid progress; and prices show a net de cline for the week of 1 cents per bushel. Con prices have also fallen 1-j to 1; cents per bushel, but with better apparent reason than for the decline in wheat values. In antici pation of a great crop yield, farmers have been freely marketing their re serve stocks of old corn; and the hea y interior receipts have depress ed pi ices. In portions of the crop belt l'last of the Mississippi river there is growing need of rain to insure a satisfactory harvest; but the gener al promise of corn is highly encour aging. Unless the prospect shall be impaired by later developments the production of corn is likely to exceed all previous records. There has been an active foreign trade in this cereal for both near and late future shipment. Liberal purchas es have been made of the old crop, and something like 4,000,000 bushels of the new crop have already been engaged for early 1S1MJ clearance from the Atlantic ports. Hog pack ing operations in the West have con tinued on a restricted scale, and Chicago prices have advanced "20 cents per barrel on pork and 10 cents per 100 pounds on short-ribbed sides. Mv little !)ov, when two years of age. was taken very ill with bloody ilux. I was advised to use l'liainlerlaiif s Col ic, Cholera and Diarrlnea Kerni-dy, and luckily procured part of a bottle. 1 carefully read the directions and fiave it accordingly. He was very low, but slowly and surely he began to improve. gradually recovered, and is now a stout and strong as ever. 1 feel sure it saved his life. I never can praise the Kenieilv half its worth. I am sorry ev ery one in the worlddoes not know how good it is. us I do. Mrs. L?na S. Hin ton, Grahanisville. Marion t'o.. Flu. For sale by J. II. Hill & Son, and M. K. Hobinson & I'.ro., druggists. AI.L OVFK THE STATE. A Summary of Current Events for the Fast Seven Days. There are now in all 1,21 i convicts in the State penitentiary. The Valdese Knitting Mill, near Morganton, will be moved to New ton. Fruit is so plentiful in Surry coun ty that apples are selling at Mt. Air' at 10 cents a bushel. J. W Tomlinson, of Wilson's Mill, was arrested at Raleigh, Thursday, charged with larceny at Selma. The IUaden county jail was enter ed Saturday night and the prisoners, two in number, were liberated. Alex. W. Wiggs, aged Co, an ex Policeman of Wilmington, attempt ed suicide, Thursday, by shooting. A. seven-weeks-old child of John Gcer, colored, of Durham, was acci dentally smothered to death, Mon day night. The State Alliance at its annual meeting at Cary last week, elected Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow county, President. An incendiary lire destroyed the barn and stables of James Smith, with one mule, in Richmond county. Wednesday night. The balance of the direct tax fund, amounting to .27,MH.."U has been tunw d over by Governor Carr to the public school fund. The Roller Flour Mills of Perkins Bros., at Helton, Ashe county, were totally destroyed by fire, Tuesday. Loss, 7,000; no insurance. The house, with all its contents, of James Rollins, a young farmer of Rutherford county, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin, Monday. Carthage is soon to have a tele phone exchange to connect with all the towns in Moore county. The rental will be only 7.."0 per year. The name. Helms seems to be well represented in Union county. The tax returns for Monroe township aione show uo Helms who pay taxes. For being disappointed in love, William Merritt, aged 21, of Wil mington, tried to end his life with laudanum, Sunday night, but was pulled through. A white man, supposed to be W. M. Reap, a carpenter from Stanly county, was killed by a train on the I Pee Dee trestle near Pec-kindiam, , Wednesd.iv ni'dit. ; During the progress of a tfame of , carJs in Yadkin county, Sunday, dispute arose between Pink Murphy . and Dave llobson which resulted in the killing of the former. Fire, which originated in the pick ing rxm from a hot box, destroyed Albert Allred's wlen, corn and wheat mills near Mt. Airy, Wednes day, causing an uninsured loss of $2.",0U0. While temporarily deranged, Tues day, Mrs. Troy Laws, of Wilkes county, attempted to commit sui- tide by hanging. When found , J . . Z . .. he was nearly dead, but was finally re suscitated. In a jealous raje, Ida llinson and Mary Bradley, both colored, got in to a ibght in Anson county, Sunday, when Ida stabbed her rival in the neck with a pocket knife, inflicting a fatal wound. The distillery of a man named Leonard was moved from near a church in Davidson county recently, by the church members defraying all expenses of removal, which ne cessitated nine wagons. In Chatham county, Monda', lightning struck and burned up the ! barn of Mrs. Baxter Johnson. On the same day another liash struck and knocked down .Manly Durham and killing live of his ho's. At a drunken frolic in Madison county, Tuesday niht, Zebulon Ii Whitt, United States deputy mar shal, was killed by .left" Mace, a. moonshiner. Tlie latter was so bad ly carved up that he will die. Three others assisted Mace in the homicide and are at larje. Mrs. James H. Wood, of Franklin county, died in jreat aony of poi son, Monday, caused from taking the wron,r medicine, which was put up by mistake in a uru' store at Castalia. Xash count'. Two of Mr. Wood's children were ,'iven the same medicine, but the doctors suc ceeded in saving them. While out driving in Davidson county, Sunday, Emmett Swin,r, aged 20, was drowned in attempting to rescue Miss Bettie M. Gallimore, who was plunged into a creek by their horse backing off a bridge. The young lady was saved from drowning by Robert Young who happened to pass at the time. The horse was also drowned. 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