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J. S. HAMPTON, Proprietor.
ftjBLISHED QAILY, EXCEFr MONDAY,
otrHS of simsckifTiox. is advance:
OiJfi Year .by Mfl;, Postage paid,.!,. .......5 4
six Mtrth, " . .... .. .... .. 2 o
00
00
I 1 WO .miii.
... .L.
1 00
75
- rVlM" -Tv J,lv ' '. . ........ , ,
ii To city subscribers, delivered in any part of the city
., .nets Dcr week. , - j ...-
One Month
Ma advertisements inserted in Local column at any
price. t . . 1,. . - .
An extra charge Svill be made for doable-column
or triple-colunn advertisements.
All announcements and recomendations of candi
tes for office, will be charged as advertisements.
Advertisements to follow reading matter, or to
occupy any special place, will not be received, 'f .
Amusement, and Official advertisements 50 cts per
jquare for each insertion. ' .
Advertisements '"kept- under- the head ofx"New
Advertisements" will be charged fifty per cent, extra.
Payments for transient advertisements must be
made in advance. . . . . ;
Remitances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal
Money Order, Express, or in Registered Letter.
Only such remittances will be at the rsk of the pub
lUhers. t? . .' , .
Unioriht head of "Special City Items," business
notice will be Inserted at the rate of 3 cents a line,
or every insertion.
THE BAII.RO AT3.
ARK1VAI' AND DEPARTURE. OF TRAINS.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.
' '
Arrives from Richmond at
Leaves for Richmond at . . . .
8.55 pm
................ 8.33am
Q SS P m
NORTH 'CAROLINA RAILROAD. ' J r '
Arrives from Charlotte at...... ...... 8.aa m
'f ft f! ...tt ...... .. p m
eavet uf Charlotte at . 9.4a a m
..,11. 9.03pm
.............. 8.3s pm
............ .. xo.sopm
Arrives from Ooldsboroat.
7.40 a m
Q.50 a m
6.00 a m
9.52 p m
Leaves for Goldsboro at......
NORTH-WESTERN N. Q. RAILROAD
Arrives from Salem at
8.00a m
.. - 8.24 p m
Leaves for Salem at ................. .
xp.oqp.iu
i " S, AND v V, BAlLUqAD,
Arrives from Fay etteville at................ 6.15pm
Leaves for Fayetteville at. ... . ..... ...... . .10.00 a m
THE POSTOFFICE.
Mails for the North close at 8.00 a. m. and 9.00 p.m.
" RaleiBh . 9y-93
K galena - - if 99 93
The money order and-registered letter office will
0"""y ue upcu iruiu (.lkj ui. ...j j y. u.
kneral Delivery is open from 7 a. m. until 8 p. m.
xcept when opening mails. Also, half hour after
.opening the Southern night mail.
I Sunday hours, for general delivery, 8.00 a. m. for
half hour ; and 'half hour after th,e 5PgPn5 Qf
jfltM w "in uuwt
I The lock.boxes are accessible at all hours.
RESIDENT CIiEBQ-YMEN.
. - . i .
Presbyterian:
Dr. J. Henry Smith, N. Church St. ;
Rev. E. W. Smith, Asheboro St. S. Greensboro!.
papust : -
pro.
f RSV, j: Msmn. Y.' ifarket St.
I O. P. -Smith, S, Greonsboro.
Rev. J. L. Michaux, Oreene bt
" J. R. Ball, Spring St.
piscopal :
Rev. A. H. Stubbs. N. Elm St
1 . ? .
pples-green, per .bu
. p .
jAoaz.50
kcon hog round
................ "......aQ
......... ...5a8
i8a25
ai8
4 . .I5a20
.............. .....ioais
leef
fitter
eeswax. ..........
hickens old ......
....... . . . .
spring ..........
... . hW
led Fruits Blackberries. ......... ...6 i-a
Cherries 7
ADDles. 3
Puches, un pared 1-2,
a 1-2
59
unpared 1-4,
pared ...
...
XS !
athers. .................
1
ax seed .
..18
40
..75
4 5
ir--Fami!y ....
tt::
....
04 00
;t".
IMIi.MlflK iMV(MIII,"","40a4S
rk ......... M, m 67
u. , ....CoaTS
mci '-irisn ............. ......
Sweet....
js Cotton . .
60
.......50
...... ..1
' . . . 6
.......30
...... .20
..fiai a$
low
3oI washed
unwashed.........
leat. .......
RETAIL PRICES OF GROCERIES.
iftHeg., ...............
o
15
....... .8
.......20
-Hiis.u....
bnourders::
......19 -3io
Vol. I .
THE LATEST NEWS
ment. on nf thft f",)ve:
everstartedamongSouThV
Ieadfn h!"r " ."S.e, the
IS HPlrifT nrrwinmnJ S - n . 7 r"!
coloiW awyer of U,LTci rn p;V a tivo s n'a"on as to tho' rela
iti LrJiTL? J"J??aS .-I.n "'n- H ?st .of gas and electric Hi.hr.
fm7m n 7 , uiewiorea men
cAf n TnW7-,'vt 1- jmi win ne
Kilt ulUe. ?ret week n
S?'on
aependents politically, upon the
principle of votini? with tr, wJ
. - - o vwv wwitu lien ns in.
that will agree to advance the inFd, 2
mauntereste of the negro. He says
wiV ti ,Vx t:
yye nave aeait too extensively in
pouues. ad we paid more attention
to busmess and less to T3olitiM. to.dl
we would be ten thousand timiL
ter off. In States where w6 hnv J
nald more attfintfnn t iC"
to t.nliti nnr T;" "r Ana.n
berf intelligent voters who are reay
and wilhnto cast their lot with any
party m order to accomnlish thn tt,?
siqn referred to." . r
""l-'vwwyeSoulh-
ern Stp The new organization pro-
poses to be' secondarily Dolitical
x.uuuwu ii.w .'VAsuii every iouth-
f . .. rni
ttrst object being to promote the busi-
ness Interests of the negro.
-x
Cxcifemenf JRunnftts High.
a V -
Knobbers," an organ! J.ion fimilar to
ine KuKlux. very effort is bein? made
to lerret out the perpetrators of the
brutal and bloody outrage, and thirteen
Persons nave alreaH
v u" Jiwa tiuu
nine more are expected to be captured
.. r,...,.....;. v.uH.niauw,, vm uc i
held In a day or two. They all protest
their innocence.
Z7e South to Oct Her Oil .11 ills.
Bat .t i Mnrn? Mfl Tanri i xr
-3. TVH uinivn vj. nui"
Wltnotonrlinir cfnnmt. i.1
trary It would seem that the South
will enrol
Oil millet TXrVl ? rVl nrmn tinSivtf nrl K n i-
time since by the South Cotton Oil
Company of which Henry C. Butcher,
of Philadelphia, is president. Mr.
Hi IT nor canrto rhn . ..
pieation tc $ JukzciursK Record :
I -OH pan (Ken yrt rfin noAntn u.
South that this company means 'bu
siness in its broadest sense. We have
taken but one position from the start
and will maintain it. .We have all
the funds in hand necessary to ac
complish our purpose and have no
favors to. ask on that score. The
company propose to build mills at
the most desirable points as fast as
the. pachinery can fee. tniea out
ana to gQ mta the business on a
purely legitimate mercantile basis
rT t 4a J4- ckmilrr f-vr
Gtvcti "Twenty -One Years
HoPKiNSViLLE, Ky., March 16.
Jeff Stevenson, whose rd for wiltul
mqrder errniriated' ' taday, was given
twenty-one years in the state prison. Ste
venson Shot and killed Wm. Calvin from
ambush last August. The jury was in
deliberation nearly four days. Five ia
vored hanging. V .
17a y Uhcat Goes
iriirfiis-
Chicago, Marc;h 15. The pressure to
sell wheat lor May delivery became so
urgent about noon that the price fell to
79 and ruled steady for a short time,
but under renewed offerings of 'long
property, prices broke off rapidly and
May touched 78, and is now quoted at
79, a decline of 7 cents from the top
figures last week.
' needier' s Successor.
New Bedford. Mass., March 15.
It is said by good authority tat Iev.
Matthew G. Jqlien pastor of the Trini
tarian church, in this city, will receive
a call from Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Greensboro, N. C. Mhr.
TZ1E STIZEZTS.
Electric vs. Cits Lights.
Greensboro, N. C. )
AILU1L1I 111- I V..
J37. f
I . '""vbih; 1U VOUr IW,
Pr. yesterday raornin, an fcnonf "
w,a wrannam.
.-""" man u can be demonstrated
wth-a very little arithmetic that
.very, much cnper than'
i K'wriiuu everv nri rranr .. ....n
admit that there 5 no wmr
to the niiiifV j?k ":,..?HH
Take S lYKKi
T lamps on Elm street.
Huugounmers residence to the d&-
Pt seventeen lam ns: th pr of
dollare
hundred iind fnrr i;"1? A!?0
Now four pIpmVT; io""."
one at the 'Zl1 M
wnnlri ,"1. "
rfr "B"LrT.l,u?? v est Market
north Judge Gilmeasidence
and another fmmedStely SuKt
the Benbow Hnnn S-"'.?.?
light Sycamore ; -"i"
ieraeciion or smith Fim
w ersection of South Elm and
Washington streets, and a fourth ut
the depot, which would i.enf it, "1"1'
i r da ill aim i
tension of South Elm street and un
as far as Col. Keogh's residence.
Here we hnvA fnm. t;..i,f,. ."..i.t
considerable dbl
the subject iVhtU Z'Znr
sixteen
electnV nr." ,llw"" :A: v: .
hundred . candle Wer T5rSS
i iiicv uiu seven
combined ilium
ju uiiier woraSt ltwouhl tnkocvnf.
fivo ieb t n,!? SS:
light SbtaiucU fronronTelectr
lght obtiincd from one electric arc
)
To Slim It lin Tf un fol-ft r...
c-andle power each) and estimate the
. 1 1 ii j i ' . l i ; 1 1 1 1 ii ririTT iimi r t-. v .
1 fMUl at nan, say eight
candle power each, we get a total il
lumination from all the city lihu
cuiu iu luuriecn nunurea and ninety-
ight than is produced by o-.e olttiic
?mp and if we U,ke into consider
tinn iPnttmWnn..n,n. l i.
i -... a4 xxiijJO lllxVb numu
be displaced on the cross streets, by
erooti
' -e v-ha,.xio x i it to IIIO
Dlacea mpnrfnnorl wa r.t.i..
x - v. v. j If IIIOY jaw IV
estimate that they would light one-
JOUi'th of thn fitr orixl
electric lights of twoivA n.,.ii
candle nower ear-h u-nnirr Hn-hf k
------ -x in tnu iiuuurvci
candle power each would' light the
whole territory now lighted, Tho
wst oi tnese sixteen arc lights would
be thirteen hundred and forty-four
x x? v. w e present system
COSTS thO Plfv fnnrrrvnn IuuuUa,! i
wi i-uu u y louneen nunared and , "v. . Franklin, cf Winston
lorty-four dollars per annum, or one has been appointed to. tKe Salisbury Cir
nundred dollars a year more than cmt made vacant by the death ol Kev
- - 3 - -ww VVOW
In conclusion, I desire to say that a
proposition .was submitted- to tho
Board of Commissioner In t"he
Thomson-Houstpn Electric Light
Company of Boston, Mass., a few
months ftrrf in rlYVf Itrrlita nnl
' o w.vv iiuio xxitv ixtaiu
tain them for seven dollars each,
monthly. ' '
But beyond an allusion to existing
contracts with the Gas Comnanv
"is u,fjii i(uu rju l
accomnlish it,.
Ycura, f9ryprogressand economy,
Itox.-
QUF.UY.
Editor cf Morning Xeicsz
Paver is nrm-illim' fnr thr
As Tax
gino to go out of town for even ono
hour." what will South Greensboro
do In case of a fire ? The citizens of
that uburg" don't want to come into
the city of Greensboro for fear of the
tjix, and yet enjoy all the blessings
that flow from oar corporation doing
business therein mostly. Now what
will they do in case of a fire. Is what
a small Tax Payer wants to know ?
If the engine can go 'outside the citv
limits then how far ? Is anotheV
question I would like to see discussed.
Citizen,
18, - 1887. .
No. 55
AN APPEAL FOR. THE BOYS.
The communication of Tax Payer
In yesterday's News, created a pro
found sensation in our town. We
give 'place to the following The
writer seems to bo opposed to iho
purchaso of tho
saves his houso from destruction he
rT r corning Aev:-One of thr
f .r' , wJua viewb'many
aJ fdvo9atinfftho purchase of thencw
C,nD)?. owS
i r iuw wiicn inn rnrrfnA hn.
Vvi. "'"company parading in
I . j'sion and showinir their bmnttfni
"they wilfinsure tho train
against runninir olf thn r X ! LlS
wrecking tho eneino. !,t .r:. '.
Mme. u. tffey cbnld nt ff
remained nt linm 7: V
et!nfMiUh fl'
u.bteU or denicnl. Let the boys ro
Shff heir "nlfonns and engine
T.h,s ill do as much poo. 1
pmo 3 likely to do at homV rV
6viuWjUC,.. justuxck.
ANSWER TO TAX PAYER.
Editor of tie Morninn AW. tr:n
VOIl .lrwncTk n1t. "1 '
Juul vaiuaDJO nnnnr tn
1 . - lit
in n j rv inn snnro n
oner me "ntinrt" itni t... t
-, iUA.
ujpany uaa accented and ex-
pec ted to go on Easter Monday. The
ln vital ion u-n nnr mnni..ni At
after the papVr carne ouu Ttat artlcto
ie T lnrl i . x . fc uriCiO
. I ..vent urn to say that the Cnmn,x.
. V a,u lUrtU w,ia incf
Mayor and Board of Com minimi nr
i .v.r "uaui v-oininiaiioner..
nnd if they see fit to grant that per-
nitocl has any thing to do with
in n,elrf?npany U a volunteer
one. and if they aro to bo held in tho
city limits;and not allowed thc-c
pleasure trips, I wish to- ask rr.
m' ,osf llle ."jembewhip
fflHS3r.,I,w nc"nt-d to
flUn lOgCtner Then V mt nennnnt
J the engine without me:, io work
t i miies distant, on Monday, in two
tlt'..S?yA'. or a par'Udr
JtVh i ft
:o.n 9f Mayor and the Board of Cum -
- -iij y Ljiiiiu'rii iMrniu.
M'ioners. -
One of The Company.
-v -
ST1TE.'EirS.
m
Rev. S. D. Franklm sf w;-c
Mr, Stone.
. . u uijdjc IMS
made its appearance in the eastern por
tion of Ttnr!f an4 ...;k: 1 . 1 .
c understand that - ,1 ;-.-... 1
. -v. ..x n(Uttn 4 icw rancs 01
MlCKOrV. which rmh1ke M.!i
Several have died of itkand old. army
mcn..u;ho .vc sccn sali pox. can see
but little difference in the appearance of
patient having either disease. HUkorv
J rtssx 1
AnalmonJ tree in the yard of the
premises occupied by Mr. A. D. Potts
IS in lull hlnnm TV . i n
kx- iicc nu uioom
cioseiy resemwe the peach. There
are sorue half a dozen survejorsia town,
and as we understand it. they are goinir
to re-survey the W. N- C. R. R.with
the intention of straightening curves and
lessening grades with the object of run
ning heavier engines on the road.
Salisbury Watchman.
The case of McAdeu vs. SchifC which
has been mentioned in the Observer, was
concluded in the Superior Court yester
day, and Mr. McAden was given a ver
dict ol $1,885. This was suit for
damages from a, fating building.
Two aged cities died at Forest Hill
recently. ' Mr. )ack Suther. who has
been bed-tidden fcr a number ol years
died last Saturday, and Mr. Sammy
Moore died Sunday morning. The lat
ter had been sick o'nly alew days of
pneumonia. Both were buried in the
ccmrtery..... Whisky ale in this com
munity arc doomed. -Th inrrrr,i:
( ..... 7 vwtuwiauuil
Fciest Hill excludes it forever from
. THE MORNING
p. c TES AtirttrBio:
- ......
irUtey. ........
T , 71
half ot ihe :: i"? a
wJk i nil a n ri a k. z
rim!. ;. 1 iC umiu, wmoi in.
ttc0e.a.l-.'?
fpnnr.ifan election i crdcrrt bi
Urse vote.-Concord 2ImS
Amonrr ih vk:.u . .
b.iclc RiS buiM nff hich wit
Which w U nc or doir;iV,.
the .oHovvinon ,he .Hlee " .?c
I T w 1U440W,ni; on the title oae
c miutu 01 North Care
-A.nT?stract ola sj-sten o! mH
the Hon.
.uaiar t.npm t
c
I on
The OW sav-$ that in o, i '
the in7Z "lAha.l.n Charlotte
drf , . rri"V? "f ,awc? w woa.
a. w. "'"VM"1 l onemiru of what
This is rood.
l lrnt. andS SSZL f0
xllS
Stat- lii- k .:..nv. r?tIinff .over that
A $"STZ l.he bch.
A 4, '7 r ;c5aiong me beach.
A $30 ooo stock company ha h-en
lormea lor the Durcose d 'nnKii.u .
tobethH 0f-thAuu Vi.is
io be the edior.in.c hiri tk. r
.ditor hai S
edit0-
r p r c. A " c-
nnfn. t P,ny hc"naUimorc
I ulllC 1 TOSt 3ncl DCDOSlt Cnmninw n..
KS?"' Bi' ? VOT P5 3 thK
years. So lhaf in .-HM t..ii.. ? V
iuiici is reaj
couctr)-. .
A r- c- '
'jJK rd,2reJ:iorin?strenuouslr to pat
COnClltlOa for the tMmmr ti--l -m.-
w'"a which prevailed
ccM winds which prevailed Monday and
M0nCJ.1V niThf rtm.l .1
liht lnH.:Jr.l-ea.croP ?n
t'gni iana considerahlv i
server thinlS X d?nu-e is abSut t
third. With HlfchuJh? pJosSi SI
that there will be an abundant c?0n
made It U a pleasure to "see ii mln
fine teams o our street! S?me c5
th
show up what we are doinjr intl-e war
? " "ock. larm and wafer product
Tr !i-r.-- A T T
njidJrte trip 11?;!
.Many ol our farmers arebecom-
i nr inT.rr.et.ri
the inr!int;n Al L.f:i
iQhn nn C V1 ?
- m-m m tMt a a tmt, ml i . L J I i x ill J n I r V n '
- r w M.I. liX l.iUiW"
cr on Friday nicht. He was arreued
0V police Officer Kptrhnm
-o years old. attpmnfrH tr 1 ni k:
. 1" . ... X XV . tt IXV
the station hcm. Vmim
e was eiammcd by the county physi
cian and pronodnced insane. - New
lierne Journal.
SPECIAL CITY ITEMS.
Bluo Peter
Is a No. I Chewing Tobacco. TW
U. Sold by Houston & Bro.. Wholesale
agents.
Ask Porter & Tate for Tar Heel Lini
ment. r
Hunter & Michaux are selling Tar
Heel Liniment. if
Cure that Rhumatism by using Tar
Heel Linimeut. Undiav x-?rhn-i-it
. . .... -V...
Tar lfl I inim.nt .1
tl
IVIco unci Sweet.
Grapes I Grapes ! Grapes ! Lake ICea
ka, Catawba. 2 lb. boxes 3; cts.
atM. K.Canams.
Lake Keuka Grapes, fresh and nice,
at M. K. Call urn's.
I have on hand a full line of best
Liquors. Bailey's Rectified Com Whis
ky and Xathms Bros, old Wheat Whis
key six years old. fin Brandies, Gin
Rum. Brer, Wines and Clears. Price
from one to ten cents each. Every
that buys whiskev from Sv tv
drink he gzls a s!ass of pare cpp
Oder free of charge This cider is cicc
.wi use aac; can cc Douat lor
50c per RnJIon.
Very Bespectfally.
J. Iw JorjixxSv.