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V. THE WILMINGTON MEiSSfcKGER: THURSDAY, AJPHLL 15, 1597. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The Daily Messenger, by mall, one ear, $7.00; six 'months, $3.50; three -nonths. $1.75; one montn, bu cems. Served In tne cuy aiw.. uw month; one week ,15 cents; $1.75 for three monthsor $7.00 a year. The Semi-Weekly Messenger (two, 8 oage papers), -by mail, one' year, $1.00; x months, 50 cents, in advance. WILMINGTON. K. C. THURSDAY, APRIL, 15, 1897. AN NORTHERN STATISTICIAN ON THE NEGRO RACE. There is a; new -work out entitled Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negroes." It . is "pulbTished by the American Economic iAssocia tion. The author is Frederick L. Hoff man, F. S. S a northern man we sup pose, toy name. Hi's theory is that finally when not intimated the negro rate in this country win became ex tirict The New Tork Evening Post says that foe "has collected statistics relating to the moral, mental, physical arid material condition of the negro. If the accuracy of these figures shall stand the test of criticism and investi gation, portions of the booik will re main useful for purposes df reference." We d not believe in his theory. The negroes . are " extremely prolific and while the death rate is-very high, the ttnrth, rate is higher. The negroes have increased in numbers since they were freed although they show physical de generacy and doubtless moral decline. Mr. Hoffman thinks that freeing the negroes was to their "undoing." Many close observers in . the south have long thought jthat. The doctors"' who prac tice In the cities and towns, and the heads of hospitals and asylums all bear witness to that fact moral arid phys'i cal decay. iMr.. Hoffman must (be per mitted to have an expression of opin ion which is the purpose of thfs edito rial. He says this: "Nothing Is more clearly shown from this investigation than that the south ern iblack man at t'he time of emanci pation was healthy In ibody and cheer ful in mind. He neither suffered inor dinately from disease nor from impair ed 'bod'ily vigor. His industrial capaci- - ties as a laborer were not of a low or der, nor was the condition of servitude such as to pro'duce imhim morbid con- . d'itions favorable to mental - disease, suicide, or intemperance. What are the . conditions thirty years alfter? The pages of this, work give but one answer ' " ; an' answer which is a most severe condemnation of modern atteWpts of superior races to lif t .inlferior races to their Own elevated position; an answer so full of meaning that It would seem crirnjinial Indifference on the part of a civiljzed people to ignore it. In the plain language of the facts brough to gether, the colored race is shown to be on 'the kiownward grade, tending to wards a condition in -which matters will be Worse than they are now, when disease will -'be more "destructive,; vital resistance still lower, when the num ber of births Will fall below the deaths. and gradual extinction of the race This coriiesfrom a northern writer who "is painstaking, laborious and seeks to be' exact. Is he correct in his state ment? If his gathered statistics can be fully trusted lie will .be justified, at least to a very great extent, in bis theory Of final extinction. We "believe that the negro race so long as they live under a white man's government, and tome In contact' With a higher civ ilization than they .Will ever attain to, will .be saved from entire destruction. If isolated, sent off to themselves in three or four states, ' or ' shippekl to A'frica, they might return to the life ofhe natives of fhe Dark Continent, but . they might not necessarily die "out We said at the start tharJthp hcptopq suffered from excessive mortality, es pecially in, towns and cities. The health reports 'in all the southern cities show this beyond any doubt. But still the negro increase In 1880-90 was 13.5 per cent., while the whites was but 14.6. The increase of the negroes was greater here than the increase was in Germany where they are all whites. The increase there was 12.2 and In France for ten years "but 1.5, while . last year there was a positive loss of 17.000. Mr. Hoffman thinks Samfbb fails of duty in citizenship, and. is a tremen dous supcess as a tax paying "Shirk er." In Virginia, he says, the negro is an, "unscrupulous tax dodger." Ditto, it may be added, in North Carolina. But his figures as to Virginia do not sustain hi3 contention. The 'Evening Post examines many of the author's figures and thinks they are. not to be relied upon! What Mr. Hoffman will say in reply We cannot anticipate. It is very certain that, since the freeing Of the negroes in Nortlj Carolina they have been heavy delinquents in paying poll taxes. We suppose it is so in most or all -of the states south of us. That the negroes since Treed have rushed to the towns is known to all southern men. There are three times as many compared with the total ur ban population as there (were in fclav- ery days. In 1890, In Wilmington, there were over 11,000,. we Relieve in 20,000 total. In 1860, we doubt if there were one-th'Ird as many negroes as whites. 'But we have not the figures by us. The INeW- Tork paper quoted from does not; 'beTieve ' that facts show a greater increase of population in town's and cities now than whites. We think that may be so. The great rush to the towns was during the first decade after the war. That tne negroes now do not increase in towns more rapidly than whites is shown iby the Evening Post In i" this wise: v "Using the figures he uses, without supplying any of his omissions or cor recting his tmistake as to .the 'District of Columbia, the population In 1880 and in 1890 of the twenty-three cities in cluded by him in his tables was. ac cording to him, as follows: ' White. Colored. 6,352,204 627,953 '" ....4,525,008 451,191 1890 1880 'Increase , 1,827,196 176,762 Percentage of increase 40.38 39.18 It is admitted that the percentage of deaths is greater- than aonong the whites in the towns. We doubt If there 'is a city or a town of 2,000 people in all southland" that can Show as high an annual white death rate as negro : death rate. We (believe that if all the " towns and' 'cities from 10,000 inhabi tants arid upward Were tabulated as to vital statistics, that the total Would ; show very , nearly or quite double mortality among the blacks. Those who understand their habits, mode of life, indulgencies, etc.y need no special Information in this matter. The Evening Post, -evidently very favorable to the -emancipated race, at long distance, however, admits that, unfortunately, "the mortality among urban negroes Is very great,' arid that "after ell allowance Is made on this score, it remains true that the negro Vieath rate Is , alartnlrrgly high, and that it is so ihigh is owing in a large measure to the low standard of morality stitt so general among the race. Unfortunately, there is as yet very little statistical evidence that the moral standard of the race is rising." We repeat here What we have often said, that the verylbest friends the ne gro race in "America has are the better classes of Whites in the south, and that it is thJ part of benevolence, safety and political wisdom to educate them, to tfive them the Gospel, to have them taught 'by example,, to have their mor als , disciplined while the mind! is In formed. The truth Is, that people of both races sorely net?d to be instructed as to the laws of health -and sanitation. We 'believe that it Would be a. wise tfhing for the city to employ 'a thoroughly competent teacher of sanitary Science and physical "health to give a series of lectures in school houses and church buildings In every ward in Wilming ton, and strive to "bring out the house holders, parents, teachers, pupils and others "to hear expounded the necessary lalws that govern nealfh. Light -here Is needed. We "beHeve farther that it is the Imperative duty of the city tq give every household pure water ' to drink water analyzed by a scientific chemist and also to construct a com plete system of sewage. We doUbt If you can find in all the north a town of the ize of Wilmington that Is with out safe, pure drinking water and a thorough sewage. The latest results of pharamceutical science and the best modern appliances are availed of in compounding Ayer's arsaparilla. Hence, though half a century In existence as a medicine, it is fully abreast of the age in al that goes to make it the standard blood purifier. ' . J HOME FOLKS. The Hamlet Enterprise, is another new paper. Number four is to hand. It is published by Clark and Hester at $i a year. The number before us-is well filled, with local news, and is in telligently edited. The Messenger's best wishes go with this. . We have No. 3 of "The Fair Bluff Times," the first issue we have , seen, Rev. J. A. Smith and Mr. D. H. Harn- ly are in charge. The terms are $1.50 a year. It promises well. Mr. Smith, we think, is a Baptist minister, and has theological training and scholarship and is a man of ability. Success to the new enterprise. It was quite pleasant to us to' receive a letter from New York dated 10th inst from a young, intelligent and well edu cated North Carolinian resident there, thanking us for the recent editorial" on Miller's speech at Oxford. He once de livered an extract from it when a stu dent at Horner's school, but did not ' - know its. history or that it had been de livered in the same town in which he recited it. He is pleased to say: "If there were more such writers as you are in the Old North State her sons would have a. better appreciation of what they have to be proud of. We accidentally omitted editorial ref erence to the -dreadful railroad acci dent reported in our columns of Tues day that occurred not far from Char: lotte on the' Southern- It was. awful reading and must move any heart not of stone. - A slight difference in watch es caused a great and sudden calamity that sent three men into the other world without warning and injuring six, some seriously. Such . accidents will occur, " appear unavoidable, and come when least expected. All' North Carolina sympathizes with those suffer ing in any way from the grievous ca lamity. As baldness makes. one look prema turely old, so a full head of hair gives to mature life the appearance of youth. To secure this and prevent the former, Ayer's Hair Vigor is confidently recom mended. -Both ladies-and gentlemen prefer It to any other dressing. SHARPS AND FLATS. In a paragraph we stated recently that Rev. Dr. Marcus Dods was a New England Presbyterian divine. Rev. Dr. Hoge corrects our mistake and gives us the following concerning him: "Dr. Marcus Dods was a Scotchman though born inBelford, England, where his father was pastor of the 'Scotch church. He was educated in Edln burgh, Pastor of the Renfield Free church Glasgow, from 1864 to 1889, since which time he. has been professor in the 'New College,' Edinburgh. He is the author of several commentaries in the 'Expositor's Bible," and other works. He belongs to the conserva tive wing of Higher Critics." -. We knew of his reputation, of ; his classification as a theologian and some thing of his works from newspaper crit icism. We 'think we were led into the error as to his nativity, strange to say, by a religious newspaper that not long since placed him in New England. We did not have any cyclopedia or bio graphical dictionary at hand when we wrote, or we could have been accurate. All old- readers have been long ac quainted with ' the name of Phoebe Cousins, a . northern woman , who" has been through the decades an urgent ad vocate of woman's rights and especial Mr of the right of suffrage. She ) has changed her note fn one particular that is something startling. She is now old and infirm. She has so changed in her aggressive views as to now urge a dif ferent course on the part of her sex to be pursued. She is for home life and marriage for women rather' than the hustings, the forefront of battle, the work of reforming the world. She ad vises the young women to seek hus bands and not publicity as "leaders, an become good house-keepers rather than good lecturers. It is never too late to mend, and it is better to be right than to be president.' The venerable Phoebe has-become wise and womanly In the decrepitude of years. It is a pity that wisdom comes so late. LITER Alt Y GOSSIP, . - Rev. Dr. "Henry van Dyke has writ ten a critical work on Tennyson that is most artistically wrought, is full of charm from first to last, is profoundly sympathetic, is masterly in insight and accurate in interpretation, and, is altogether one of the Very best specimens of criticism we ever read from American or Englishman. He has recently published a volume of poems which we have not seen. We may not doubt that whatever else they may lack they do not lack exquisite form, ex ceeding chastity of thought, and gen uine rythmical sweetness. He. is also reported - as preparing a volume of storrSfcJIt this he contradicts. Howells has a novel ready called "The Landlord of the Lion's Head." That name suggests the romantic, but Howells!is not of that sort. ,t Kipling has a new story "entitled "The Slaves of the Lamp." His sea story. "Cap tains Courageous" is completed. It ap peared "serially "in McClure. Donald Mitchell's book, "American Lands and Letters," will be soon issued. There have been .written six biogra phies of Thorean. the New England naturalist.. Dr. Donaldson Smith's 'book of trav els "Through Unknown African Coun tries" will soon appear. It is thought to be important. Nathaniel Hawthorne's works are to appear in a new English edition, with Moncure D. Conway (a native .of Vir ginia living in England) as editor.-He knew the great American novelist per sonally. .' . Captain Mahan, United States navy, has just published his life of Nelson, the greatest of sea captains. We have read his account of Nelson's three greatest naval battles, and they are uncommonly good and satisfactory. His three works thus far published will keep his name long before the world. His work on Nelson contains nineteen portraits in photogravure, and twenty one maps and battle-plans. Andrew Lang, the Scotch critic, is laughing at a Frenchman's blunder Prevost. In writing of contemporary English literature M. Prevost referred to "Edmond Gosse, Sainsbury, and Ar thur Lang," as the English analogues of Anatole France, Jules Lemalre, and Brunetiere. The, literary reader will see the errors perpetrated. Lang did not recognize his own name. Professor Palgrave corrects a curious error of the late distinguished critic and historian, 'M." Taine, of France. In 1864, he said "Tennysdn livedin great luxury in his youth." Those familiar with the great poet's life know how dif ferent was that life from this state- ment as it is from much that the latter- day babbling writers are telling of the poet.. Professor Palgrave says:; far fmm this. I assured him that fnr spvpral vears he had gone through real poverty, and asked on what grounds M. Taine had formed nis opin ion w answered: "UDon nis eany TuMtmQ pRrtef iallV his 'Reccollections of " " . , , . the Arabian JN ignis.- oucn is buujwi- ive criticsm!" . Sienkiewlcz, author of "Quo Vadis,' began his career as a writerby writ ing for pubile journals in Warsaw-He afterwards settled ,at Los Angeles, Cal He returned to Europe settling in Paris, and wrote American sketches for the "Revue des Deaux'Mondes," His first famous book was "With Fire and Sword." A sketch of, this able author and novelist in The New York Tribune says: " "The private life of Sienkiewicz has Vwaon nnpvpntful. His wife, a Lithua nian lady of rank, died young, leaving him with two beautirui cnuaren. in tvia lnttM- and in foreign, travel the novelist finds his pleasures. He spends the winter months at Warsaw, wnere he is editor of more than one journal. Tn r,n rf them, the "Kras?". all his ro mances have appeared. As fast as the feuilletons are published, translations are brought out in Vienna and Berlin. Until recently these have been signed with a nom de plume, "Litwos." Dur in? thA summer Sienkiewicz lives at his villa, on the coast of Britany. He is now between forty-five and fifty years old, tall, dignified in carriage and with riftiip-htfnl manners. He is calm, re served, but sympathetic. He is Polish to his finger-tips, with tne wit. artistic taste and pride characteristic, of his omintrvmpn His mind is serious, iudi- cial, fastidious, clinging lovingly to the past. ' As a talker he is intellectual and earnest, he likes to associate with men vf lptters. and he takes a keen inter est in science, but of late years he has not been seen much in general society. Thus he is described -by one who has been intimately associated with him for many years. The Scribners are publishing a hand some edition of Harold Frederick's novels. A new and attractive volume on Thackeray's "Haunts and Homes" by Eure Crowe, is out in England and is republished in this country. Mr. Crowe was a friend of the great novelist and he is regarded as best equipped of liv ing men to prepare such a work. To restore gray hair to its natural color as in youtth, cause it to grow abundant and strong, there Is no bet ter preparation than Hall's Hair Re TO CURE ILLITERACY. Our friend Captain Samuel A. Ashe, of Raleigh, published an article we did not see at the time. Some of our. ,ex changes have discussed it. He ' dis cussed the best way to cure illiterarey in our state a most important matter to our people, whites and blacks. There is as much neglect among the whites as to educating their children as among the blacks we apprehend. Captain Ashe thinks the chief fault is at home. He says: "The children remain illiterate be cause there is no- influence in their homes to make them attend school and learn. It is because there is no ambi tion at home for the future of the chil dren; no hope of improving, their cotPH dition in life; no incentive to equip them for rising to a higher level." -This sort of neglect and indifference is not peculiar to North Carolina or the south. Tne statistics of New Tork state show a very large non-attendane and, of course, a consequent illiteracy on the part of those who are not taught. .It is an error, an offence, i wrong that needs to be corrected. II literate parents cannot well appreciate the advantages of education, and hence they are rendered indifferent and would rather work their children than have them at school. ,We favor education, low and -high, primary and the best, tiut we haye not been able to divest ourselves of the old democratic oppo sition to paternal government." . We 'can not say that we think "jpompulsory" schooling either wise or desirable. It has too much of the Blue Laws flavor, and is too much of -home invasion by autocratic powej or government power. The people are surrendering too much of primal right to arbitrary powier. The tendency is far too much to centraliza tion, to a personal government, to pa ternal discipline. It will grow until a revolution comes as a whirlwind. We would not support a man for office who favored ompulspry education. We would be afraid of him. Captain -Ashe's plan, good or bad, ef fective or otherwise, is this: - ." :. "Suppose there should be a constitu tional amendment that no person com ing of age after January 1, 1901, shall be allowed to vote unless he can read and write; would not that supply the incentive? Would any boy become of age after that date without knowing how to read and write? I think not. There would be an. end ' of illiteracy among the new growth; for if the boys went to school, the girls would, too." A man' to vote in a free republic ought to know' what he is doing. Will he be well informed if he can not read and does not read? He will be often a victim of demagogues who will hood wink and deceive Um.' , POINTED PARAGRAPHS. - The Dingley tariff is a. pretty bitter pill for many republicans. Indianap olis News. w A newspaper that has to be reckless 'or nasty in- order' to make a living ought to be lynched by public opinion. Atlanta Journal. Mr. Hannadeclines to discuss the election in Ohio, because he hasn't had time to "digest the returns." They do set rather hard I on the chest. Balti more News. Notwithstanding the - assertions of their leaders, it appears that quite a numDer or tne : gold democrats have scrambled back : Into the - party ranks. Wshington Post. " ;i Let our. unesteemed contemporary The World cease to writhe in "torture. It may still find some comfort in the proverb, "He that is down can fall no lower." Washington Post. - . ; According to a scientific writer we are losing our atmosphere. Not much. Just linger around some of our sewer openings and you will change your mind. Atlanta Constitution. Some . of the - goldbug . papers are crowing over the fact there is a surplus-of $9,004,664 in the first month of McKinley's administration. What of it? It merely means that capitalists are" making heavy importations of for eign goods to get the advantage of the rise in prices that will come after 'the Dingley bill is passed, and the imports will fall off proportionately afterward. Indianapolis Sentinel. Quinine and other fe ver medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chili and Fever Tonic cures ra ONE DAY. SOUTHERN ITEMS. The majority of The Atlanta Consti tution stock is now owned by Inman, Swann & Co. Augusta Chronicle. Here is a startler. A ' Missouri wo man is complaining1 that her husband's affections have been- alienated by his mother-in-law. Augusta Chronicle. Mrs. Sarah Frances Dick is cashier of the First National bank in St. Louis, and Mrs. Frederick Drover is one of the directors. Mrs. Dick was assistant cashier for a long time, but on her father's becoming president she was made cashier. She, is also a director, She has been chief 'cashier since 1881. That it will pay to raise tobacco in Florida, there does not seem to .be the shadow of. a doubt. Wherever proper ly tested tobacco growing has proven profitable. There is no danger of ' an overproduction of the crop, and there is a constant . demand for the weed Evidences daily accumulate, going to show that the farmers of Florida, who are-making no effort to engage in this industry, are standing in their own light. Gainesville Sun. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. ' Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c STATISTICAL AND INDUSTRIAL France has kept 200,000 tons of coal stored at Toulon since 1893, to be ready in case war should break out. The largest bronze statue in existence is in St. Petersburg. It represents Pe ter the Great and weighs 1,000 tons. A Massachusetts man has invented an umbrella that may be shut up in such manner as to be carried in the pocket. 1 . The just issued official statistics of 1895 show that during that yeatr the deaths were 7,000 in excess of the births in France. The new organ of the church of St Ignatius, San Francisco, weighs more than 100,000 pounds and has more than 5,000 pipes. I Gray horses are usually the longest lived. Creams are decidedly delicate, and are seriously affected, by very warm weather. . Salt water is- highly injurious in its effects upon rubber. Bicycles should not be ridden on roads which are wa tered with sea water. There are eighty-three national cem eteries in this country, containing in all 335,819 bodies, of which nearly half, or 150,697, are unknown, and 9,300 con federates. , Fifty Years Ago. President Pplk in th White Houae chair. 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G - rain and Hay. WORTH, If these goods do not surpasss anything on this market-prove it, and we will pre sent vou with IB PBS 111 Brooklyn n A Card. !.. "" " Wilmington. N. O;, ft&reh 6th, 1897. Mb. Walk bb Taylor, AgentClty. , . Dear Sir; . ! I take pleasure In testifying by my own ex. : . ' ' ' . . ' . - t : j .. perienoe to the promptness ot your companies n the adjustment of Insurance Claims. My loss on building occupied by Messrs. Folvogt St Co. was satisfactorily adjusted, and(I will take pleasure in recommending anyone needing InJ surance to call on you. t S. BKHBENI. f - WILMINGTON. NEWBERN; & NOR' FOLK RAILWAY GO. j IN EFFECT SUNDAY. MAY 17. 18H. Dailv Kiceot Sunday. NORTH STATION. ' I SOUTH I BOUND l I 7 1 I! i M1P M BOUND 61 I8 A MP Ml Wilmington . Walnut Street . Surry Street . .. Jacksonville . .. Jacksonville . .... Maysville ... ... Pollocksville ,. .... Newbern .... 00 Lv Lv Ar, Lv Ar12 40 7 00 2 10 1 S 58 4 SO 4 44 5 20 .Ar .Lv .Arj .Lv .Lv 12 3U 3 25 9 501 12 05 11 00 11 68 10 42 10 2a 9 1 8 K 8 00 Lv 10 09 12 SO Lv Ar, 9 55 9 201 1 SO .Lv P M AMI Nos. b and 6 mixed trains. t ' Nom. 7 and 8 passenger trains. Trains 8 and 7 p. m. make connection with trains on A. & N. C. R. R. for More head City and Beaufort. Connection with Bteamer Neuse at New bern to. and from Elizabeth City and Nor folk Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Steamer Geo. D. Purdy makes dally trips between Jacksonville and New River points. i . Monday. Wednesday and Friday. I Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I Daily except Sunday. H. A. WHITING. General Manager. J. W. MAR TENT 8. Traffic Manager. my 12 tf CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY RAILWAY Ca . JOHN GILL, Receiver. , CONDENSED SCHEDULE, . In Effect April 4thj 1897. South Bound Dally Not North Bound Dally: Not MAIN LINH. 7 30 p m Ar. Lv. Ar. .. Wilmington iLv 8(klam 4 22pm .. Fayetteville l..Ar .. Fayetteville t.;Lv Fayetteville Jun Lv 11 10 am 3 58 p m 11 21 a m 3 5.5 p m Ar. 11 27 p m 2 40pm Lv. Lv, Sanford .Lv 1 DO p m 2 55 p m 3 25 p m 3 35 pm 4 23 p m 4 55pm 5 26 p m C 50pm North Bound Dally No 4. 12 43 D m Climax .... ... Greensboro . . Greensboro .. .Lv .Ar Lv; 12 15 p m Lv. ll 65 a m 11 07 a m 10 S2 a m 10 04 a m 8 40 am Ar. Lv. Lv. Lv. ... Stokesdale ..Lv . Walnut Grove ..Lv ... Rural Hall ., ..... Mt. Airy-.. Lv At Lv. South" Bound Dally NoJ. BENNETTSYILLB. 7 30pm Ar. Lv. Lv. Lv. Lv. Bennettsville ... Jtlaxton .., Red Springs , . Hope Mills ., , Fayetteville , .Lv ..Lvl ..Lv ..Lv ..Ar 8 10 am 9 33 a m 10 04 am 10 52 a m 11 16 a m lspm 5 35 p m 4 46pro 4 25 p m IMeals. . Northbound connections at Fayetteville with Atlantic Coast' Line for all points North and East, at Sanford with the Sea board Air "Line, at Greensboro with the Southern Railway company, at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk and Western rail road for Winston-Salem. . i Southbound connections at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk and" Western rail road for Roanoke and points North and West, at Greensboro with Southern rail way company for Raleigh, Richmond and all points North and East, at Fayetteville with the Atlantic : Coast Line for all points South, at Max ton with the Sea board Air Line for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points South and Southwest. J. W. FRY, W. E. KYLE. ' Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass Agent The Clyde . Steamship Co; JJSW YORK, VD1MINGTOST, N. C. AND ' GEORGE! OWN, 8. C LINES. From Kcw Tork for Vllmlorton. PAWNEE.. ... .. ..Saturdayji April 10th CROATAN ......... Saturday, AprU 17th From Wllrainctoc for New Torh, CROATAN......... Saturday. April 10th PAWNEE ... i .... . Saturday, April 17th From Wilmington for Georgetowa. PAWNEE Tuesday. April 13th CROATAN Tuesday, April 20th Through bills of lading i and lowest through rates guaranteed to and from points in North and South Carolina. : For Freight or passage apply to H. G. SMALLBONES, Superintendent. THEO. G.-EGER, Traffic Manager. 5 Bowling Green, New York. WM. P. CLYDE & Co., General Agents, 6 Bowling Green, New York. Agents Averys Steel Plows, With Wood and Steel Beam. " UNQUESTIONABLY THE FINEST GOODS MADE. Boy Dixie, Clipper, Stonewall. Plows and Castings, Hames, Collars, Traces, , Agricultural Implements of all Kinds. COEEESPONDENCE AND YOUR ORDERS SOLICITED. JacolDi Hdw- Go, ATLANTIC COAST LINE, Schedule in Effect April 15th, 1S97, Departures from Wilmington: NORTHBOUND. J1L,Y Na 48 Passenger Due Magnolia -9:00 a. m. 10:40 a, m., Warsaw 10:55 a. m., Goldsboro 11:SS a. m Wilson 12:46 p. m.. 'Rocky iMount 1:20 p. m.. Tarboro 2:50 p. m., Weldon 3:39 p. m., Petersburg 5:54 p. m.. Richmond 6:50 p. m., Norfolk 6:05 p. m., Washington 11:10 p. f rn., Baltimore 12:53 a. m.. Phila delphia 3:45 a. m.. New York 6:53 a. m., Boston 3:00 p. m. DAILY No. 40 Passenger Due -Magno-7:15 p. m. lia 8:55 p. m.. Warsaw 9:10 p. m., Goldsboro 10:10 p. m.-. Wilson 11:06 p. m., Tarboro :45 a. m., . : . Rocky Mount 11:55 p. fe., Weldon 1:44 a. m., Norfolk 10:30 a. m.. Petersburg 3:24 a. m., Richmond 4:20 a. m., Washington 7:41 a. m., Baltimore 9:05 a. m.. Philadei. phia 11:25 a. m.. New York 2:03 p. m., Boston 8:30 p. m. " SOUTHBOUND. DAILY No. 55-j-Passenger Due Lake 3:25 p. m. Waccamaw 4:32 p. m., Chad-! bourn 5:04 p. m.. Marion 6:05 p.1 m., Florence 6:45 p. m., Sumter 8:45 p. m., Coltimbia 10:05 p. m., Denmark 6:20 a. m.. Augusta 8:10 a. m.. Macon 11:00 a. m., At lanta 12:15 p. m.. Charleston 10:20 p. m.. Savannah 12:50 a, m., Jacksonville 7:30 a. rn., St. Au . grustine 10:30 a. - m., Tampa 5:43 p. m. ARRIVALS AT WILMINGTON- FROM . THE NORTH. 1 DAILY No. 49 Passenger Leave Bos 5:45 p. m.-ton I:03 p. m.. New York 9:00p. " m., Philadelphia 12:05 a. m.. Bill-, timore 2:50 a, m., Washington 4:30 a. m.. Richmond 9:05 a. m., . . Petersburg 10:00 a. m.. Norfolk 8:40 a. m., Weldon 11:50 a. m., ''' -"Tarboro 12:12 p.' m.. Rocky Mount 12:45 p. m., Wilson 2:12 p. m., Goldsboro 3:10 p. m., War saw i:vt p. m., Axagnoiia :io p. m. ..- , ' - DAILY No. 41 Passenger Leave Bos 9:40 .a. m., ton 12:00 night. New York 9:30 a. m.. Philadelphia 12;09 p. m., Bal timore -2:25 p. m., Washington 3:46 p. m., Richmond 7:3(Vp. m., . Petersburg 8:12 p. m., INorfolk 2:20 p. m.. Weldon 9:43 j.. m., ITarboro .6:05, p. m., aooky Mount 5:45 a.,m., leave Wilson 6:20 a. m., Goldsboro 7:03 a. m.,' Mrarsaw 7:54 a. m., Magnolia 8:07 a. m. FROM THE SOUTH. , DAILY Nx. 54 PassengeLeave Tarn--12:15 p. m. pa 9:25 a. m., Sanford 2:19 p. m.. Jacksonville 7:00 p. m.'. Savan nah 12:45 night. Charleston 5:30 a. m., Columbia 5:50 a. m., At lanta 7:15 a. m., Macon 9:00 a m. Augusta 2:45 p. m.,- Denmark 4:55 p. m.-, Sumter 6:45 a. m.. Florence 8:55 a. m., Marian 9:34 a. m.. Chadbourn 10:33 a m.. Lake Waccamaw 11 :06"a.. m, Dally except Sunday. iittjii vn mt; ouuimiHi iecn . rirancn Road leaves Weldon 4:10 p. m., Halifax 4:28. p. m.. arrives Scotland Neck at 5:20. p. m., Greenville 6:57 p. m.. Kinston 75.. p. ro. Returning leaves Kinston 7:50 a. m., Greenville 8:52 a. m., arriving Halifax at 11:20 a. m., Weldon 11:40 a. m., daily Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington 5:20 a. m. and 2:00 p. m., ar rive Parmele 9:10 a. m. and 3:40 p. m.. re turning leave Parmele 10:10 a. m. and 6:30 p. m.; arrive Washington 11:40 a..m. and 7:20 p. m. Daily except Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro. JN. C. daily ex cept Sunday, 5:30 p. m.f Sunday, .4:05 p. m.. arrives fjymoutn 7:40 p. m.-and 6:00 p. m. Returning leaves Pymouth daily except Sunday, 7:50 a. m.. and Sunday 9:00 a. m., arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m. and 11:00 a. m. Train on Midland N. C. Branch leaves Goldsboro daily except Sunday, 7:10 a. m.. arriving gmlthi..a 8:30 a. m.' Returning leaves Smithfield 9:00 a. m. : arrives at Goldsboro 10:25 a. m. Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rockv. Mount at 4:30. m., arrives Nashville 5:05 p. m.. Spring Hope 5:30 p. m. Returning . leaves Spring Hope 8:00 -a. m.. Nashville 8:35 a. m., arrives at Rocky Mount 9:05 a. m. Dally except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves War saw for Clinton daily except Sunday, 11:13 a. m. and 4:10 p. m. Returning leaves Clinton 7:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. Florence Railroad leaves Pee Dee 9:10 a. m., arrive Latta 9:30 a. m., Dillon 9:42 a. m., Rowland 10:00 a. m., returning leaves Rowland 5:38 p. m., arrives Dillon 5:56 p. m., Latta' 6:09 p. m.. Pee Dee 6:30 p. pi. daily. , m Trains on Conway Branch' leave Hub 8:30 a. m., Chadbourn 10:40 a. m., arrive Conway 1:00 p. m., leave Conway 2:25 p. m., Chadbourn 5:20 p. m., arrive Hub 6:00 p. m. Daily except Sunday. Central ' Df f South Carolina . Railroad leave Sumter 6:42 p. m., Manning .7:10 p. m., arrive Lanes 7:48 p. m.; leave Lanes 8;26 a. m.. Manning 9:05 a. m., arrive Sumter 9:35 a. m.. Daily. Georgetown and Western Railroad leave Lanes 6:30 a. m.. 7:10 p. m., arrive George town 12:00, m.. 8:30 p. m., leave Georgetown. i :uu a. in., o:w p. in., arrives Lanes b: a. m., 5:25 p. m. Daily except SundavJ : Trains on C. & D. R. R leave Florence daily except Sunday 8:55. a, m., arrive Dar lington 9:28 a. m., Cheraw 1040 a. m Wadesboro 2:25 p. m. Leave Florence dally except Sunday 8":10 p. m.. arrive Darlington &40 p. m., Hartsville 9:35 p. m., Bennettsville 9:36 p. m.,- Gibson 10:00 p. m. Leave Florence Sunday ojily 9:00 a. m., arrive Darlineton 9:27 a. m.. Hartsvtll 10:10 a m. ; Leave Gibson daily -except Sunday 6:15 a. m., Bennettsville 6:41 a. m., arrive Darlington 7:40 a. m. Leave" Hartsville daily except . Sunday 6:30 a. m., arrive Darlington 7:15 a. m.;- ieave Darlington 7:45 a. m., arrive Florence 8:15 a. m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 3:00 p. m., Cheraw 5:15 p. m., Darlington 6:27 p. m., arrive Florence 6:55 p. m. 'Leave Harts ville Sunday only 7:00 a.' m., Darlington. 7:45 a. m., arrive Florence 8:10 a. m. Wilson and Fayetteville Branch leave AtOVtK ii.Vd J. 111., 11.1U J. 111. l ive C5t?l ma 2:50 p. m., Smithfield 2:58 p. m., Dunn 3:35 p. m Fayetteville 4:15 p. m., 1:10 a. m., -Rowland : 5:38 p. m., returning . leave Rowland l0:0d a. m., Fayetteville 11:20 a. m.i 10:20. p. m.,; Dunn 12:07 p.. m.. Smith field 12:48 p. m., Selma 1:00 p. m., arrive Wilson 1:42 p. m;, 12:10 a. m. , Manchester and Augusta Railroad trains leave Sumter 4:30 a. m.', Creston 5:22 a. m., arrive Denmark 6:20 a. m. Returning, leave Denmark 4:55 p. m., Creston 5:47 p. m., Sumter 6:40 p. m. Daily. Pregnalls Branch train leaves Creston 5:45 a, m.. arrives Pregnalls 9:15 a. m. Re turning, leave Pregnalls 10:00 p. m., arrive Creston 3:50 p. m, Daily except Sunday. Bishopville Branch trains leave Elliott 11:10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m., arrive Lucknow 1:00 p. m. and 43 p. m. Returning, leave' Lucknow 6:05 a. m. and 2:0(1 r m hrriira Elliott 8:25 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. Daily ex cept Sunday. Daily except Sunday. Sunday only, H. M. EMERSON. ' Gen'l Passenger Agent. J. R. KENLY,1 Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. THE KIMBALL PIANO -9 America leads ia the superiorltyof PIANOS and ' ORGANS Over those-: of all other nations. The "KIMBALL" is a thoroughly American instrument In materlaLjmd construction, acknowledged by the last World's Fair jury, the .finest made' Pianos and Organs now i extant.. The price - is .not thereby Inflated, but within reach of all. 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