North Carolina Newspapers

f)e Qcnbcrgon INitm Published Weekly at Henderson, N.C. I SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year. Sx Months....... Three Months.,. ....$1.00 in Advance ... 50 in " ... 25 in C M. BRIDGERS Editor and Proprietor. -3F"!Address all communications to tTrh ITonrlofonn TCn-nrc 11 IT A ' N. C. Office in Burwell Building THE FIRST GRAY lUIR. Our friends at different points vii please seriel in the news; generally in their respective neighborhoods. Now is the time to subscribe to "The Henderson News," only $1.00 a year, in advance. ' - ; " : - ' - ' Parties replying to . advertisements in "The Ileuderaon News." -win n1raao name "this paper. This will confer a faor upon m and will cost you nothing And thou hastcome at last, ; Thou baleful issue of the buried yea s Sad fruitage of the past j Root nurtured in a loam of hopes and fears. j . I hail thee but I hate thee, lurking there, Thou first gray hair. Thou soft and tilkcn coil. Thou milk Thjtc blrom in a midnight tres,! i ' Out fro:;i the alien soil I'll ulnck thee in thine infant tender s' : nes-, .. - As ti e' rude hti!:it dm in up-oots the ;. ' tare.. S ' j Ti.ou ir- iuy hair. I . Everybody should patronize their Lome paper, and now is the time to eubscrita -to "The Henderson News " only $1.00 a year. , . J FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1887. STATE ITEMS. Cupid's Deeadenre. of ill the fl.U cy llu k . Thou art tin? on to .athc soisi-; " " ! .1 to d'j The clo at within the hock. A litth- over half an inch of snow fell here during Friday night,' followed by a fair day. Ashville L.ttzin. (Mr. W. II. Go gory has left the editor ship of the Oxford Torchlight, which paiwr is I now directed by Mr. E. W. Jones. ; Tr. E. W. Pugh, the excellent editor of the WindsoY Vvblie IsJr. has ictired frrim his. nositioh on account of Other business. A bonded warehouse, will, we think, be! established in Durham. Wc under stand that Mr. J. F. Slaughter is the in- & t igat or. r Durh am It ronU r. Mr. John T. Patrick says the silk fac toiV at Wadesboro is a delinitc thing. It vvifl be operated by a firm who already owi.s a Mlk -.factory at Patterson, New JprWv. f)r. T. Ii. Robertson, was stricken with nat.iUsis a few chivs ago at Knap oi The "mid -that on the early harvest lies, j Kcl8 , Granville county, where he went I he mildew on the Moss- ins ol 'H" 1 to practice his profession. Jialtfjh 1 1 ijf . . From the last issue of the Gold Leaf we sec that -Mr. A. Ilatchett lias severed his connections with that paper, and has gone to Viimington, to take the position of city editor, on the"j Daily Mexxenrjpr. -Friend IJaltly has ojir-ivtst wishes where- ertr-fhehjmr go,: a'nd now that we are to have no more "chips" from--"the man on the outside" we hope to enjoy an oc casional "plumb" from the editor on the inside. . "., .'-.: ," P ar " , . ! The first gray . hair. - - ! And thou,-the Judas art, The tattler of .Old. Time,! who doth ; betray The wean worn out heat L Ere yet we dare to dream of its decay. Thou art a hint of wrdck beyond repair, j Thou first gray hair! i Jas.-' Newton Matthews. STREET (ROSS1XU.S If there is any one thing of small cost and of easy acquisition", that is peihaps as badly needed as an' other, and one that will contribute as much to the com fort of everybody whose good fcrtunfc it may to "set foot" in the t wn of Hender son, 'it is suitable crossings for the peo ple to get from one side of t lie streets to the other without having to wade through such "mud 'blot kades" ns they have had to do lot the past weeks. I)urin .' .'' - ' i this time our-streets have been tlirorged with peoplehome people from a 'dis tance and from all of them, men -?;nd women alike, we. hear'' a uwiverstd.com ' i rm. '...... i t. ' -i .v piaiiii, i lie w omen gn.moH'. ana me meu--sonie of the in, swear. Ju behalf of .the comihlssloncis wc can - say that they have lately done .conside able work "in town, -they have cleaned oiit the f ide ditches; remarkably well. anu me endamage oi me . streets is uncx- -ceptionally good, ..still the '"middle of the streets in .these rainy spells from the constant passage of wagons and heavily , Ja Jen drays become badly cut up and IT t -f e.eeeuing rnuuay. io orovisaons lias been made at -'thejpssi-ngs of the side walkf forthe accommodation of the foot men, and in many such places on our 'most .popular throughfares the mud and W ater is shoe deep It appears to its that this could b cheaply and easily remdeied. " A few stepping stones placed at intervals of two feet, would be Of great benefit to the lcSll?liuaalittIe iucimvoriien'ce t i-lAles: It could bclcheaply and easily !lc!jSf;ind no work that the comuiifcston-c-rs could do on the streets would contri ibute more to the comfort of the public '.tlran- to provide better, accommodations ; at the crossings of the Hittcwalks; AN .0 PI'ORTU XII V LOST. , A Mnth Married Pair. .3 Mr. iktl.;y Smithson of Camde thoroughly married to Miss Susan Garrett of this coiintvd Hie knot was trcblv tied" "as follows:-' 'On Thursday of last week. Mr. Smithson appeared to Mr. Wilcox, oi.r -efficient and acommodating reirister of deeds, for a marriage license. As his intended -bride Avas-! under age, Mr. "Wilcox told , him that it Would be liecessary lor him to get .the written c nsent ef her parents and a blank Was furnished for that S purpose; To be in ...iliirM. V.. .,.,,41.. 1 Vt.VI IH ill. VI .1 It1- l.tl UIIII lilt(V.(. out the license, Mr. Y llrox tinisheu it all but his signaure and put in a d rawer." Wn patumay -Mr. Smitlisoii called Ur nd got it, but 'Mr. Wilcox neglected Egnhtg it. In- th'te time the hanpv couple appealed before L. (Srandy, E.cj., of Camden, who tieil the nuptial knot. After their departure he discover ed that the peense was worthless, being unsigned, and hastened to overtake and inform them. Thp doenmeut' was ic- turned, signed arid delivered, and the pair stoe d a second time befoie esquire (irawdy, who welded the broken link. The twic e married pair again started for home,- bet they 'were! soon told by a messenger, from the squire that as the license wan issued in Pastjuitank and. thcy.had been married in 'Camden, the Jaw was not yet satisfied. On Monday they came to Elizabeth City in a buggy, aiul standing in it, in the presence of law ful witnesses, with legal license anil everything "according to lloyle," Squire M, 15. Culpepper, 'stood between the shafts and tied them so tight that we doubt if a Chicago lawyer could divorce tln-m.-EUziUth City Fohmi Mr. C. B. Brooks ir forms us1 tnai ne killed four hogs one day last week that weighed 1,150 pounds. Good size pork ersjthey were. lrxon Cwrur, . vVcek before last A. A. Campbell, real estate dealer, sold two forty acre loMin Cherokee county, Ga., to a New Orleans syndicate for $4,000 cash, which promises to turn out to be rich in gold Murphy JJ'ilMtn : i lAndOver will be a station on the Lyilhburg &, Durham railroad, and it is sivti that ore paity has iiurchascd 1C0,- OOOishiiSgles to cover the dopot, and that another will build a hotel. Durham lie ror ft t (pt. T. T. McCord, of Paw Creek, kilhtd his 11-moiltlis-cl 1 Pig yesterday monilii" and it netted him even four hundred pounds. Mr. Crook Graham, of Sharon, killed one IS months old, whifh net t fed o7t pounds, and' Mr. J. I. Henry, of Lemley's townhip, killed one i: hionths of nuc pou T his farm in Eastern North Caroliua, tini eartjied a brss kettle containing $1,0(10 in' sold; suer and copper, iKsides a In ancient day, when all was Toune. niiu iMit auu liupc Wi Tile Dan Cupid fed on rustic fare. ' Ana lived a country life. lie rose betimes at break of djv Anu rounu me country harried ; Upstirring hearts that were unwed, And soothing down the married. But then, on wider mischief benf. lie nciu mm io me city; And finding much to suit Lis tatc, lie stayed ihete- morc's the pity. 3Ien built him there a golden home. lkdight with golden stars; They feasted him on golden gran, ' And wine in golden jars, They draped his pretty nakedness In richest cloth of gold, And set him up in business, Where Iotc was bought and SDld. And thus he led a ciy life, Forgetting his nativity. tMnce then he's gone fromiuid to worse, From Cupid to cupidity. " 1 Ellivtt bti fl. in the AcnJ, Expenditures of Board of Commissioners of Vance Co., N. C, for the Month of December, 1888. tW''. . IVvvint"r Items of Interest. ionths of aire, which netted V,ATt ds. Chariot te C'h ri i'lr. omas Hills, wliile digging a well on "ela watch, a gold breastpin, and other iiilKiies of jewelry. one of the money heais a nder date than jm1, anel it is supposed that the treasury was buried by Mane ne lor safe keeping during the was ;timcs.--Ivenbvnl I nut The Revival in Raleigh. The great revival in Raleigh, conduct ed by the Rev. R. G, Pearson and parti cipated in by. nearly all our people, closed last Thursday night,- lor nearly four weeks it has bexm going on and its influence upon our city was such as wc had never seen befoie. It reached all classes of our people.' About : 500' souls have been convcited, aiid about the mine r.ui'iuer e-i oacusuder.s nave rict-n The l ayette-ville A: Winston railroad w as soid aiGreensboro yesterday as per an nounccir.etit. I he road as it now is con- ds-of a graded road bed of eighteen miles from Greensboro, franchises, tool md Other propeity. It was benight by Capt: A. 1J. Andrews, of thi city, third icci President of the Richmond & Dan ville Coinpany. and its supposed that the purcjiase was made for that 'company. The 'price paid was 8,0(M). -Raleigh Airffsj 4ii)d Ohmrrtr. ': , A year ago Messrs. Robert. and IL C. Hants, J. II. Walker and S. W. Hubbard entered into a race to see-which could raise the largest poikers within a year. At "killing time-" the other day the hogs (whieh were eight in number, each geu tleinan having two entereil) were weigheel and the result is as follows: J. II. Wal ker, 1 Or, j.nd 315, 720; Robert Ilayii, 3"0 and 3 0, 070, II. C. Harris, 33.1 and 32"), o(;0; S. W. Hubbaid, 23."i, and 330, oG j. j The aggregate wei-.t of the hogs was 3, til 5 poi n-ls, and the average was V27 laurels.--UW-.-' Wttl'y: The Ciown Prince's physicians are hopeful of recovery. Stanley is renorteel as having reached Wadelai in Soptvmber, after great hard ships. They have found a new mammoth cave on the shores of Lake Erie. It is said to rival the one in Kentucky. London and Dublin arc agitated by j two bits of . scandal the former relating to the turf and the latter at an elopement. A little girl while making big now balls by rolling them down hill, whs throw n by one aid killed at East Branch. S. Y. The Gener-d Executive Board f the Knights of Labor, have granted a national charter to the employees of street railroads. The new district Tonu ses to be a stiong one. Some one has figured out that tin present addition to the population of the United Slates calls for 304.ti00 new dwellings each jc ir. Some carpet manu-factcn-r has fgured out that this ought to create an additional demand for at lcat lO.UOO.nuo yards of- new carpet every year. JJext week thr is to In? held in Bos ton a big bazar to Jnlp the cuum; of woman sntTraiic Each State providing j a tab e will have half the net gain from tue same, j ne oincr nan wm go ior i .woman suffriige work anywhere tu the ! Lniteel States. Mrs. Juba ard Howe, Lucy Mom and Cora -coii 1'onn are actively working for the bazar, over which Mrs. Livcnnore will picVidc. Wlun the PicsiJent nnd "Mrf. Cleve land vii:cd Athnta tla.. n-cently they were given a rciepti"ii by the Capital City Club, the swell social organization of the Gate City. The bills hne nil been au lited, and the expeus; vt the affair was iu-d '".s2-2.23. Thtie was a deficit of s?l,tST, which the memU r of the ciub w ill make up by an extra assess ment. Whilst it was costly, the club congratulates itself on having given to the Prer-ideut and his wife the band semest reception tendered them by any social club on the r tour. T Wb'im. -A Urn IUki and wir, John l.inrntrr, M in 1 ill .amrrr. T-m.-)jr Hunt. t. lm ml l h-thm, plummT Wilkltuuo. 1'billip Vancrr. Mi.liir- ukrrmr, ilt-nrr Jot-, l urf HulUirk. M-nh Hurroofbs, A J l-U. ijirlrxU lUltbrop. A T I rnt. A K Kullrr. K Hamilton. Ma-s Mlhin, t Kin. b iv llu k. . Mr Ivtrr ltNnrn. Htlly K.rail tc. I j't tU-nn. Nunrr Tailor. Mnnh. Mr iu Wtt. Knnio Ifevis, Jm Hunt. Anthony Jtirtr. harlr Kojutrr, Kt I-. .ajnt Hukrrwn. Milh lik-Ks. jivrltrt IMUCT, Maria ChaUry. (M-orvt llahin. Mn KrlJjr liurion. l4-ty 'lkcnrr. 'anlinr Trrw. Slrnrv Cbamr'ton, Mv Mrnw. Mr Thonms Wain. inio- in"fn. fjUif t"Urk-. Winntr IMttrrson. MUi Alftttnlor, V in Wyvhc, K.-l lanh l. KOIUrko. William l'nl. I.ucj IniiK. Or Arrrxinl of. TAufrr alkan- (or IW, . r Turt rn far T Total faipT tMirr Nv Ao 14 Mf tS I fe t Z ( 1: 1 i 1 w l- v t s n ll I m tu t i t a m t VOj f i K t I I Ml 1 rti 5 . 9-1 1 !. 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Uata.i M I.ukI m hwk w t ' ' "4 !-"- .ain :j Jail. - !' Kt f. sV aw aawarth. - , " .fl m4 tt -mm u Lm-vxV J I. II V - . , t. ,(TU. T"S .-j.-t: t .,) r-Mri . Kr.c.rmi..vi.os. T-ir rt rivm ... -r.i .t o r: i i Aa a a a t - " 1 aw t a r M k 1 1a a I t ' ai V m I aw V f Mi tta aw I I I !" tit m in I v I tt I aw t?a ".' I I I mm - 1 J:l I a I " I l- I- I I I V- It -4 Ti nmt0 Iimh mm-A A - 4 m ? f T T' I , : a Mr t H av ;j mm t naa l I" mm ,? la ti y II ? II Ti lt m It - ) is. -. a 5 II a. ; . mm km t mm I H m mm ft mm .41 r i m mtm k mm l IK a. r aa r-- :" MM II T w jtktua. rHi- r.-t lor Kif-r. l II Kt-icUU. H-tfr MiaTnhH. Tl rwar txArmx. lr J I' 1-lfiJiil. famiiunrf luntitc. JafQ.- t 'harn(i. . II A!'.-n. IS.-f!t-r ll fl. Tiihi, r. intra, J .tiM l.-r X fmtn. nl" to taut" ra . w It Smith. V-rB. rnlm .iinniiin, n-ic-a of rlrtrn. X V. A INfll. jh t'-l n Jj I rli.r-.. J It Kull'T. lt-ir:lT llutr-U loan.hti.. ;a inlia, J II l4h"". I'fitalil". oKiirj jn tTi-"i-ra o .l4 !...(- JrOrrya, ummt ir ft tin l' II la-. J I VaMinf.act-.aunl Mali- l-l V Wnhlntn. ajl. V II Smith. SlM-nir. J II Klanl. J p IC W I my . J 1. I II All.-n.JI. J I-J4iln. J I. J II Mah..n. "nraM'. A M Jbn-n. MittyiK W II !, J It suintm k, fhria TJtlT. W II smith. J Crtt-r. - on arrinl tajIMn Itt!-". a mm aa i r la Ii li i in ?i a '-I a .i r j, . 1-1 att l m l . r. 5 li I a -. I 111 Vi : '. A mauht A 1 mwri a I: : a.'. 1 ' a II I. . i 1 . 111 a : . Ill at (I a. . T"l Cra! .a m rrf7. I: a a- a-rt a Ul r.xiKNnm Rixir mi; ixiardof ccimisim xsus vam i: CO.. X. (.'., IOR TIU. MONTH OF MARCH, t;. rtfi irari.v. J 7.. wi. !. t afT-a I V. - S. 11 Total ( o-rn raj County nr.a. Ri:c.rnLi..vnoN. Tiat raurr !Nirw " (-i)-ral t'oimiy lurara , Total amount rtja n.l-J Hm-mUr. III Vt -I I. "I n . t . ii . Wi hist A Hold Offender. What Will Sate Our Farmers. from Mr. .1. II. Burnett that while at the' irol 1 mines in For several months, in fact ever since ' ' . I i- i th Tobacco ' fair at Danville, Virginia, lasl fall, it ,'otate that has' been talked all over the j North Carolina must have a lair oi tins Kind next lau. lucre are t many' aivf powerful reasons why it should -have such an exhibition, The many to bacco towns of the State, . realizing''-thisj 'necessity, and duly appreciating, the advantage'- to the particular town tha should hold it, have been at w ork to pro- to secure jt to themselves. hal the option,' or the'tirsl matter." It seems. that. at the SiTiicitaiioii oi some oi our wnie-awaKe and progressive" citi.ens, that (lapt, ,1. T.- Patrickl State Coininissi jiicr of Iniini- vide means llenelerson sav. ih the oration "came down here last week to' see n ' - . ;l L; . . . what .arrangements coula be maile.to hold i such' a fair hcrP.'. Capt., IV rick. offered to aid to. .the t'u'.l ; xtc'nt of li inuivKiuui lniiueuee, aim me niu po-wir of his special deiartment in the-Uoard of Agriculture, - lie )ron)ised. to bring a large nur.ilx-r of visitors from, the North. 'Men 1 means and of enterprise, ithat are look ing for investments in the'South, he also promised -to secure special iedtiootl rates 'on. the railroads, and , to gi'o every accommodation nccessaiy.' in the. way of running extra trains for the c.-nvenienee i k ."of visitors. Notwithstanding these f.Aor able otleis on the part "of Capt. Patrick, the Tobacco Hoard of, Traile HI a-called meeting deiided not to have such a fair at Henderson. We have hot heard the reasons assigned- for .tljis tction of the part of pie Hoard, but pirsunie they were good r.nd sulhcilnt as the matter then appeared to them, but i'lom express ions of opinion that wc haye heard from tome of our business men outside of the tobacco trade, we think it Ipi-obable that if the objections -which iniluencfcd the members '.of the Uocrd of Tj-ade had been 'nvacle know n to a meeting of the business men of the town generally,' and. to rhe citizens, perhaps those objection's might have been provided for, aiul Henderson Would have the prestige ef having held ijhc first Tobacco Fhir in the Slate of rth Carolina. We very much' fear V'h-wc liavc lost an opportunity that ' VCiuanageeli might fhavc .resulted H o .-Aetlts to our iowii and set-timi. tliis connection we .would remind our readers our article in the last issue of ' the News on ';Co-opeiration." We would not have our friends5of the tobac co board to think, that Aye. lack coiiti. dence in thfem, or that wej are disposed, to complain of their action in this matter, but inasmuch as there aiqmanyof our .most enterprising citizens jjwho have "no connections Avith the tobacco trade, and who are -i always prominent in cvejrv - r . - - J movement when the prosjperty of the ton is concerned, we susrarestcu, ana Repeat the idea, of. the' formation Of a.cuv or committee ot our progressive citfeens. from every line of business. .'E&ni'ich for, suggest, and work naent of tin. looKiug iu jiuu f ne WYiuonr fi ,ns. n arc trynVg to lie- trotter ones as" the result of these lncetingsi Our city; has been gieatly. blessed in inatiy resjxets, the mend'crs f the different churches have b(jeu brounht Kcarer to;;etlier,' and niany accessieus nayb been made to ;the differ ent; churches.' Eighty-four iie-rsens hav; joined tlie Method st Church,' and seventA-four have joined .the IJapiist Church and sity have joined; the Pres byterian Church;, so that half of 1 1n converts have already .joined the church Others will join. i : Uro;'-- iVarson . is a man ef w onderf ul piiwer. - lie pr actu s the uie Woiilot Cod in simplicity, and span s no;ene. He preaches the truth plainly ami with power, loll cannot hear him without being bcnciitteu by it. lie has no cl;;p trap no foolishness- about his methods lie believes m geMline Conversion and preaches- it. As a. rule we do hot believe in sending off for an evangelist to con duct a' meeting, but we heartily endorse aiid comment l Isro. Pearson. He. is going to labor in North Carolina for a year or more, lb- is a Christian gentle man. He does not b.little the pastor-, but magnifies them, and helps them. We would' advise 'all our preachers and people to co operate with him wherever they may meet him. ; He is Cod's se rvant ai4d i doing a gre t work. ' lev r n week sL'i county, u rough-looking western moiiiuinecr ilrove up in a two-hor.-jc "Wrlgeti with a iiarrol of the celebrated corn whiU-y and 'commenced selling it out stt " cents per glass, whereupon 'Sipiire Ci oper had him .arrested and staitt-d him to Nashville jail in charge of Mr. II. It. Coop r. On tlm way he effer- l jir, coo; ci io leieasc uim, wiueu I he i Mr. Cooper) very respectfully de j,liiied to do. After driving a few ini.es furtlm r the moonshiner managed ; to lice himself from his bonds and gave Mr. Cooper a severe: blow uii the head and attempted to. run, but Mr. Ct oper re covered himself and drew his pistol, the of wluch halteii the llool-thirty Mr. Cooper managed to get him tied strain and landed him safe in Nash ville Hail. ' It is said that the illicit vendor of spirits had about $1 -.noo on his person w heti arrested. - Jl-tLy Miht l'ntnir. KXPKNDITUKKS OF THK F-OAUl) OF COMMISSKlNURS OF VANCX ci tii." Iook4 . rascal. SKKI1S HIOM OTIll i: M.VS. ('nrio.is' I'lieuoinena Kestiiiin From i Hie lireat Eartliquako of ssi;. Sune ciiiious earth. piake phenomena have just been discovered in an ' isolated Section l.etwecn Summe'rville and Charles Ion, which 1 e irs terrible evidences of lu jug one of the thn(r foci of the great shock of Aiiiiiist, isil. The iTojiud for mi1es) is lite-i ally ovei turned. Tn i con si iiei!ce tlii've are.to he secri many, j deep pits, on the. margin of, which have I bei'ii thrown up pun? white sind. as i i seen only on the seashore On the white, j sand thus upheaved ha sprung up a ;.-dcne grow tii of sea lan:s.-,such n i foumi on the tops of the whiti1 sand hills created by the wind currents on. the islands of this coat. It is evn'c.U' that the seeds from which those plants have sprung have been ejected from great itep'hs, where tin y have doubthsvbeen buried ' many centuries without their germinating power-;. i Tb' Wadesboro luftlliijUKtr says: "It makejs us feT sad when we see a strong, nblerbodied man bound up under a lien and mortgage, toiling on year after year, like a gad -ry slave at the oar, toil ug agaiast overwhelming odds, when ; he shoub.i know, as otheis do, that, there is no nossible chance for him to get his neaL aoe.ve water, as e:iy were it tor a man ,lo lor.l use All.nilie m ean witi n millstone' tied around his neck, as for a mairohccrflutvii, once overwhelmed with an ojd debt, to recover from his embar- ras-in nt by cultiva'ing the poor soil of Anson county, so Ions; as he buys miu- plieg at .time prices. We can see the evil, but -wc cannot point the remedy. We only know there Is no chance for the poor! beiicr. WV can c rjly sell him what we would d , were wt in his place. W" would surrender all, and go to work for t aires until we -uld t. cnouirh j ahead - to buy a few acres of land, and j cultivate cue ciop, without asking for j help. This nlay not be a remedy, it may I not su't every man's case, but it is what we avovI I d, and w e w ould come out solid." .' This is a very important ipicstion, and one that is asked almost every d ij by thoughtful men. as t'.iey yazc over scope of our farming country,' was once beauti ful, level; rich ami i!ruukJly cultivate! but which now present -year after year an aspect of dechniug beauty andfcitili ty. There are two important Uestions for all tln.se who feel an interest in the wcllfarc f their conuty, to c oiiMdrr Crt what is the real caiinc f certain pari of our country so derlinirgf Seonl, wlnt will save the whole vuuutry from be coming worlldes; In icgard te the first, is i. becau-c the farmers do i:ot work as hard as they did, or as steadily as they should? Such eannct be tae taM-, Ii r j almost every f; r.mr will t.-ll youU- .t he I werks much b-rder now than be tid t.n ! years ago, i r beb re the w: r. It i Ih-. I cause the gemr.d drift of thing in t'ue t declining set t.ous eems against fi rmfrJ j Ctrtainlv mt. ! To exi ri-ss .t in the fewe?t w r Is It i I a'.mply been ie the fiTnurs do n-1 t u'ti- ! v!:t i n t 'iisively and scier.tihcally. I he remedy, t'.icn t rest re such ciur.ties, so j ns t make farming j rof.tible, n simply J to larm on . a scientific ana itt-nsive scale; or, in ether wrrds. t . rutvjit ess trinnd "and ei.ltivr.t it 1m it r ' adej t.ng ar.d iiinir all t'ie inot imj rav ed method of cu.tivi.tion. Wliile it is true it will take many years of seemingly and perhaps unprof.t ible !abor to restore such worn o it section, jet then is but one way to succeed in doing so, and that is, as the old adue says, to stick t it, and finally by intensive and M-icntif.c work, by the lit cess.irv restoratives he may bring bis land back to its b nm r fertility, and iiut-ad f decreasing ;n j value, !i r.uw, it will yearly iiu rcasi- un til it .-hall bloom like the rose, and t'n- farmers home spread ai inllmnic fori indu-try, idiication and hti-ti tn'ty t!n.)ii"hoi.t the leiieth ahd breufi f tie ! land. I'ho lloxo 1M i:i.H., in h'.-nmf (",! X-. ' I-A L I I R I L K II 5. It may n t be generally known that some very n mirkable discoveries have been made in this State which ten to prove a state-of something like rivili.a tiem :iLTes a no. One of these discovciies is of leccnt date, and is located at Chronly. ou the line of the Charlotte and Columbia railroad. It consists of losing ', the walls of a building one hundred by rvtt. Ir Arrount rt. j.:mary .VI Martlw listen" hit. John jine.ter. H.tii.UII Mmir, T-tn;-y llml. I j1 mini. I :-! turn. l'liimiii.-r ViikiUtn. 1-hiUn. VarwTV. lli-n emn l'.i-i'-a. " M.llr.' IUkTVIlJ. Henry Join-. Ijsi-v llu'.!-li. M.iri'u ll:irrHtch, A J l,.iell. Ijm-IivU lUtthrnp. A T It-iit. A K l ul'er. K lltnilltn. MM-a lUakina. ijit-v r..w. u. li-w. Kin, IU-IV lln-k. - Mra 1'i-fer IClilvn. it.ti !:. .laim-eh-ij-man, - Hi-nn. N im-v T4lr. " Jan.. Watia, .ill:e SmHh. l.H V lt-e. Mr Una Wyatt. I an me la. Janti-a liunl. M:tlie llH-a-. " ti,-rUvi:iir'r. Mara I lialk'-r. Iniiryr ll.1 MH Mra I'niUv Il'ir1n. .TI hnv Jirtx-a. i"h:ir!- Hier. Kale l-i. iv-jvint llii Veran, VhinrlrHi !(- ta, " I4t-Sv f'alkener. ran tjn" I'n-w. xt''V-f C'lutmr-i"!!, - Jar.ib ll..life. - M.iv Mirnia-. - lr Th-ma Wain, Wiiun" ir--n, ?Sillie I'tark. W innn- l'atiera"n. Mollie l.-n'lrr. t - Ul-y l-. - I.ui - MI. - r'.'l lMnn-1. - William luniel. - Il irnt-M 'U'.y. Allen Il4kirtv - Kieltarl lll.-ur. IVitit r rr tnr Jan , No. .mt r. I I so .1 I 3 ? . I t 4 .Vi I " " a in II r i: I II I 11 I . r. 3 i s r. ' i a i la I f a ri j rr t - . Tl " f. a Ta I ai T. a. I bi 9 5 .at ai -I I lr W ? V' 31 t mt I I i-. I fa t I 3C I ' 3 Wl I t l t : i i i it I 4. 1 t : i I ii 1 Ml ' - Vi I ' i: I a 'm t i t v. Oi I a i ,: i TBta H IT. V"fJi MK 1 . i. : l..jr- I4a irv I . ? t -.- ' l itt, -.r. J - ' I , -.t u, . s . .. A r .ti. , 1. 1 M . ' I- it ' liut " . . l k,, ' l-t.r ii i - i i: ... I-- .-'. ' Jaaa I " trmt Hcvn. N.a I . Jtv 5 'v fsait. ?.. " I r r h " !f Hk H I r ! j, " Jtimm f ,r. l I., ..-6.-. lirB ;:,a ; , " M.-li-t U ri.v. " Itlltnl J-,emm, I ; l. " l an.i t. " MSifr'. K , jt, A., am . I mf-iinr Sr m . " JfcJ- ll-.-. . Ur !,.. " l 1 mmimjt a ft " V. , f . i . t - . ij-lll i a ,r.ftM- -lt mmtmr " V'4. .Wtiiwlft, lain ! " I - t l . I l IVi'. " , W if l.r-. !-, t, " l lllrtl . . . , limllMl'miHt " V.tr. lurf H - 4 " ..;- i.t, w ..-i m if .i I la.a, ij !;..(. Tr4(l lor tat-T tV:. . a... . ! -' - I i I a I 4 I-." 11 14 I.- I. i : i 1 1 m ill 111 l. IW II . ! ! I " I -I I-" I . la I t'-M. I i'.r - . ..-. .. X" K t.m I II 1 i I . . I . " I . i : i ' M !! I" 1- I'l l. I: I -m tW a " J aw 1M r I ' I a - H4M 1 a I I . mt fm mm a t I -I I i m I ai I I I ' I ' I J mm I -I I . I t I I " i I I t I I I m r mM I . m I a I M I Ha a m c;r.i mm. i.oiNTV iTKn-i:s. Total pjnprr purr-a... tl i M.rr a 1 . f aa,tK. Vn, f. I . t , , ffmrmmn I.Ji!. JM J nl l Jl. M l,iill-I.I ftwrnrnTm-mm,. afTlttf fa4 .i Ivnia- H. f.ar ar v-. t-tns " ' . J-n (I.-.'. I'4itnr haa.l. l:Mf Jt.'. II I l.i a. I- llaaj awl J hmr t-rnr inrr I uaM . - - - - - Ja-y - I. A iN'-a.M. . I.r r Vt Jul) tJ.Lija. J A MfTll. i.l H.. l.i.rlVMt, - I Ii i..i . I. y s rwit tv; imt hf tr I. l I. " I I" ji ,l(t.mt. J T W la .,,T,f. I IIYlMi J IllfUlV- lK) I'nJm-f, - tA-l l. -l-t imSag Ik 111 tmt Arlt.l, - i,rin mm t. J II ltals, t" Ijuaiaiar. til I. Ilij-M. !.! -a raw a.!r-. !..:. V... lifci I Ittmmt al pnt T'Taa4 Cwit, W a v n. I m l-ar l.ran Jury .wr AM J.J-"TU l.uiaitsr immmmT, " lt-. ft I - - - I'lS-'l. " , J W V rT m rm hr-tb-rl vl.t. Jmurn a W I a-wa lltwVs t.t.nf I ,jf . I " Jiirr. II I t."l lall I wM ar.r. " I Kt ll -. vit.i lirir4 a I 'i .4 I . It J a-iiaf-l. I tmntr-f in- "?.t In J I. I J I! r'.ax. la Hlm l't. " M ..0. Irraunl hu(.f. T"l l.'twTI 4'taittlf lu....... , nr.cirri!TioN. mmmm4 mm M.mmvt t JZ "-la a ; m " m mm a am Z mm i: .: i: . I . 'mm m, m . i M 1 I -jm ! I a aw l -M . w. tl TT t , C i r- m mtm "a 1 1 V. I mm a , mm a a t a aat ' t II a "-. i: ' . ir Z 3'. mm a "a. a, f. ' w 14. ' A Sweel Yf:c.. I'.KM'.KAIa COUNTY TUKIXjSI. There is no power of love so haVl to ' getandkeip as a kind voice. A kind' hand is deaf and dumb. It may be unite f rough in flesh and blood, yet do the work of a soft heart, and do it with a soft touch love tell hard to get and keen it in the light torn One must st.nl in youth and be on the watch night and day. at work, at pbr to get anel keep a voice that hall speak at all times the thought of a kind l.eart Libit this ii the time when a sharp voice sixty feet, built of well burnt brick. ; As ! IS most alt., ue Pot- Yuu often hear J..hn M tUriM a. maVin 5 1'oTina (r l'aur. J VnilrM-". 1'oiarrUn Triannera, J y.ml hi-rl."OHl. Jj J M S;nth. . . , .- ! t-M-a arvl I ttrumm ri m ,J,",,W,"U i - i. Hut there is no one thing that ; j"' iT'l'i'nn. '-'" f"r ,r"n for J"u so much m vU as a U-i, lo ' 1-, fa.ra. what it means and bels, and it is ' !! V. nii.ni. It. it-r Itiaiia, '.-atvl l".-- . . i i - .i . i . . I " " il.a. 11 Cole. ForOuanlinf li-a,Hirra, iTrX l Vwell. U II Yancey, J .M II ll" nara f'T Ter , - w. IS. - Ul. laa. iaa ll , vi , I. ?itel. ja r diem arvl M.l.-aife. Iinnn. Itie nsKlence i 1 .Mr. tiiarlcs s. V in- i .-..vrro.! m l!n-..n .,.... o.- ,n,i ;,.. i . Tr ...... .v.. .wm 11.11.13 IK-fU stead, Jr. two miles east of Leasburg in traced for several miles. Since the late Person county, was entirely consumed by j ar a wall has been discovered in Halifax iiretui the .afternoon of Sunday the l'Mh. : county, and another was recently dis Ihe tire caught from the flue? of a cook j covered in the vicinity of Asheville All Move, auu a neu nisi uweovereu coulil.: ,,f thio wnlU :iro m.,1 far back as HbO a wall of rock was .lis- I u.ys ami K"1' Jt play with a have been extinguished, but unfortunate ly upon drawing the first bucket of water from the well some of the fixtures nave way, which could "not be reme lied until to late. . . A .great deal of tlie furniture was taken fr m the burning building but was placed to .lie; r, and before the hou"e biirned down "the heat from the ti:iAn set the .furniture .afire, and it was so! . , V neiir and the heat so great that it could j I'wdgh To'ioceo Hoard Ol Trade. not be again removed, so was an entire I . . loss. - This was a line new country i residence completed and furnished within the past three years-. There Was no ; insurance and the loss w ill be nearly $-1,000. The foundation of Hope Mills factory in Cumberland county, near Faycttevifle, is partly built of sandstone rock w hich once formed the"lndian Walls." a solid struct ure fnund in a creek in the vicinity of the factory. These walls are entirely abo c ground. The dUcovcty at Chronly will be thoroughly investigated. , rvV.t v I. stl. Kttra ScrvU-ea rtrnl-rr. tbo IVM. Aflfniiit Anvatfil I U iwl Asl"4. I II 4 m t wi 1 1 '.Ml ft ! a r Z . t; 'al I. Sm -.1 If. It .-. o t ii mil a 4 4 m : : r. r: r. t; i ; ii -. mt r. ; " i m mi " o t o a mi m H mi 1 1 a, r r a U a oi ?miVb. MierttT. on account ol Iti laitra altoe4. Total General Count !"urpaea. ejuick, sharp tone, as u it were the snap - V " 111 ' oi n tv ii i p. nucn oncoi mem jets vexed you will hear a voice that sounds as if it w ere made of a snail, a whin-, and a bark. i-uch a voice often jnaks wore than the heart feels. It s-how mot, i . will in the tone than in tho words. It s virv nftAi in TiiirfK fl0 s-... A . . -v.j ... ill., .fiit j;ci3 i voice or a touc th.at is sharp, and Micks t. him ' . ..... .-t- , .i.- - vm through life, and stirs ..j, ill-will Rd ' FypfUI I LKS OK THK HOARD OK COMMISSIONED Or .MJ. . . v. ....... .a.., ui..poi gau on the - ,i. umoti nf tfni'tMUV iK.S? RECAPITULATION. ' Total rauper rirt"e January. 1C J; - General ouniy Puria-- Ir Jjtntaty. 1 Trrfal amount cla-lll " Total amount cij Total amount rprnle..... fin t: v, ! V. sweet- jovs at home. Such ai thevo -. i i . . Miarp uome voice ior ue, ami keep their i lil'l VfllCO fur tliocA tl.. mm r....... .1. , .... .... , ... j uim eiewin-re. I would say to all boys and girls; "lsc your guest voice at home." Watch "it day by d iv as a jnarl ef great price r.UTtlt iffcl-OM-S. A good deal of North Can-lina t;ml 'Yesterday the Haleitrh Tobacco Roard j of Trade was thoroughly reoigani.ed and j i L'tgan woikx in dea l earnest. i growtii oi the ir Heigh market demands panics being engaged in this bu mi .nini..vui"iiir 1IO IK1 Him Il.TS mil' Tobacco isales. : now wriicti wi;t bean honor to the to , bacco t lade of North Carol'.r- jis well as I liaieign. -, . i .Jlonday," January 2el Sidelight, Davis, , The following gentlemen constitute the Cooper. Ilanis. - j officers until October, Isss. j Tuesday, 3d Davis. Cooper, - Harris, j President: Mr. W. C. Stronach, vice Sidelight. prcsideut, Mr. W.- C. Reed; secretary Wednesday, 4th Cooper," Harris, Side-j Mr. II. Roberts; treasurer. Mr. T. R. light, Davis. tMoseley. i2cutive committee to be ap- Thursday 5th Harris. Sidelight, Davis, . pointed. Arbitration committee, Messrs. Cooper. ' J. E Rogue. M. A. Parker, E. L. Flem- JTriday, Cth Sidelight, Davis. Cooper, ing. Sales committee, Messrs. W. T. Harris. ' Lipscomb, 13. L. Fleming, Henry Wilkin- . 'Saturday 7th Dmis, Cooper, Harris, son. Scales committee. Messiis. Wru. Sidcbt. -.".-.: 1 Weir, W. (1 Moore, I. M. Proctor. Tl,?. S I TV lnr sl,iIMl to En-land, S ot- lan.l and l.ermai.y. three timber cop., i uving engage i in i couuty alore. A lute. T-Whom. IVtiary : - llenry Jern-a. J.4in jinalrr. - ICtniUiI Jiurarcr. Tt-mrx II""'. - vainiirv.1 'h-al ham. flutnitjer W tlhin"". On A--unl of raul--r alkmanra I " 4 lK. I fv c . ... !..!. - 7... , . l 1 ..u, o uun aiorc. A new company-i composed of English capitalists. j,0w putting in a plant along the line of the W estern North Carolina Railroad, mar Morganton, which will have a capacity for saw mg up 30.000 feet of luintir ier 1 clay, ami this extensive rUnt was fur- i nished by Rrem & McDowell, of th. City. These companies ar shipping lm mense quantities o( lumber, ot all thiT" - a . m vaneiics Known to the mountain c-ct;o7 but the cargoeiare principally eompoa1 of oak, hickoryTTe-rry ami walnut. T t timber is abunrlactJ and the aneculator buy it cheap, in rf 7 nwantiliea tbey want.; ht17 "w" - I'hilhi. am-ey. Ib DMinXt "'": M !l ll.ai-TAtIl. Henry Jr-1" w ul'"', l.ucv ll'i:ia. . Mjrlh.4 Inirroufh. J lHell. ji lioU lUltbnT. A T lnt. A K lf. KlUmiU'-n. 1ji v liarell. j-w Klnr. W tv ItK-a. Mra V llotanaim. Itilly IK-e. J inx- t hai-man. I U Kenru Nancr TayHir, Jan.- Waiia. SaUly Mnith. Vratiu VayatU latintc !. t Jamea Hunt. f .Va . 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