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Stfl'e Library MICE PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY ! ENTERPRISE PROSPERITY ! 0tl uiME ;9. WASHINGTON LETTEH. Washington. vOct. 2.",. President Me Kin ley will not begin the work of writing his annim! menage to Con gns until alter his return from Ohio where he will go the 'lost of this week, to remain until he cat his vote for the Republic ui ticket, Irut he is spend ing considerable time just now in ob ' tabling infoi mation from members of th cabinet and m diseu.-iiur with them matters thar will be treated in the !ne.ssare. All -f the member; of the cabinet have furnished him with the Mibstance, of i heir annual reports none of which are ret completed. The administration is not devoting any time to the consideration of the answer of the new Spanish' M inistry to Minister Woodford's proposition, the full text of wi t h is now on its way to Washington. . . citise the substance of it has been kinwji for some time and it has been fu.lv determined to grant the new Spanish ministry a reasona ble time in which to try to put its new policy into effect in Cuba. The only tiling that may change this i.ro gramme is the maimer in which the Spanish reply deals with the elTorts which have been made by this gov ernment to prevent the departure of liliibu.stering parties for Cuba If the tone of the answer is what Spanish publications have indicated it to be, it will be promptly resented by the administration. More than $2,000,000 has been spent by this government in efforts to pi t-vent lillihustering and to live up to its international obligations to Spain, and no intimation that this government hat been negligent will be tolerated from Spain. It is thought that such talk appeared in the Span ish papers solely for its effect at home, and that nothing of the sort will be found in the official communication. Secretary Alger will attend the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, at Milwaukee. He left Wash imrton today. V ben n realty good idea is made known the average person of intelli gence wonders why it had not been thought of before. An idea of that kind was laid before the cabinet by Secretary Gage and at once met with general approval. The government issues three kinds of paper money. and the notes of each denomination of each series have different designs, which are not only confusing, but which are takeu advantage of by that claisof swindlers who make a- practice of raising notes and passing them in crowded places or upon ignorant and unsuspecting persons. Secretary Gage's ideals to adopt one design for all the notes of the same value of the three kinds of notes issue J, an J to make that design so simple and dis tinctive that it will be impossible to mistake a one dollar note for a ten or a two for a twenty, etc. The change, which v.-ill probably be put int o effect as soon as the necessary plates can be prepared, will be welcomed by the handlers of money in banks and busi ness establishments, to - whom the pic torial silver .certificates now in use a e a source of much worry. The resignation of Gen. V. W. Duf Held as Superintendent ot the Coast and Geodetic Survey has been aked for on the ground of his general in ompeteucy to till the positiou into which Mr. Cleveland put him for no other reason than to please Don Dick inson. Charges against Gen. Duilield were tiled early in the present admin istration, and he would doubtless have been asked to resign before, had it not been for the iutluence of his brother, who is a prominent Michigan Republican. Senator Piatt was in Washington Saturday, but he said that his visit had no political significance. He spent half an hour with Fresideut Mclvin ley and told him and hisotuer Wash ington friends that things were look ing more favorable every da for the election of (ien. Tracy to be the first Mayor of Greater New York, and that he was absolutely certain he would win by a plurality ot between ten and twenty thousand. Capt. Chas O'Neill, Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance, of the Navy De p.irlment. is opposed to the establish ment of a government plant for the making of armor plate for our fighting vessels. He says in his annual report to Secretary Long: -The Bureau is of the opinion that the government can purchase armor more cheaply than they car make it. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. The Bureau regard the making l armor a h proper adjunct to a great commercial steel plant. Foreign prac tice eonfirms this vie, and even should the department acquire a plant of its own, the chince are that it would eat a great cost, and that it would lie idle a part of the time and thus suffer great deterioration, and that the expense and difficulty of op erating it, when needed, would more than offet any advantnges gained by such ownership.'' MOUNTAINEERS HIIRREO UP. Southern Mooiishlners Dsrrtin Their Stills for Gillespie' NVw Religion. Charlkstox, S. C, Oct. 22. A bind of religious fanatics, who believe that they have been sent upon the earth to preach doctrines entirely new are roam if) g over the mountainous sec tion of this State ami North Carolina conducting meetings Thev have stir red the religion up, and the rough mountaineers who make moonshine whiskey have left their little distilleries in the caves and come out to the ser vices. In the mountains they are known as Sanctifiers and first appear ed three mouths ago. Franz Gellepie, a little short man, who used to come down from the hills with wagons cov ered over with canvas aud filled with bushels of apples to sell; is the reeog nized leader. During his early life he was a member of a Baptist chnrch. One day he said he would start a world and religion of his own. The world of which be spoke has not come yet, but the religion is here. At first he had difficulty in securing converts. He was shunned and ridiculed and was not allowed to preach. Finally a woman and her husbaud joined his church and gradully the new move ment spread, until to day for miles and miles the country is deserted and the people are spending days and nights in singing aud thanksgiving. Sunday is the big day. Loug before dawn the Sanctifiers come out of the iittle white tents surrounding the meeting place and prepare for a day of labor. They gather at tbe ring, and Gellespie prays and watches for the rising of the sun. When the sun rises over the hills he calls upon the San ctifiers to rise and greet the King of Day. They dance and sing, fling their hats in the air, and sing a chanting ch-rus. On mornings when the sun is hidden behind banks of clouds the Sanctifiers remain kneeling in silence. The feature of these mountain meet ings is the singing. No hymn books are used, but the singers soon learn the lines. There is no me'ody in what they sing. It is one mighty chorus of screams that would go well with a steam piano Here is the song with which the services are opened: Go tell your mother and all her kin They'll never crosA Jordan with all their sin; Sing, sweet Christian, and let me in. Tou can dig my grave with a silver spade. But I'll rise in the coming day; You can fasten my coffin with chains of gold. But 111 rise in the coining diy. The chorus comes in like this: Hell is deep and hell is wide. Its got uo Itottoin, its got no side; And noue can shun but the sancti tied. When the leader is trying to convert some particular person for whom the band has len playing, three hundred throats will open and send up this chorus: Take care, my brother, how you walk that cross. Your foot might slip and your soul get lost. It is all very well for the sanetitien to hold their meetings in the moun tains. When they enter a town ami begin to start up a free religious show there is danger of trouble Ac Soutu port, N. C, ias. week the power of t! e law lmd to be invoked to mak f) -Sanctitiers keep the ace. There al! night singiug did not go in South. rt and m a short time they det-erted th little village a::U .t'iur.ud I., th mountains. Mrs. Jams Walters, ot charges t wo voUli:; men. L Cone id. Jusie !inbiiiier. brothers with attc::ip in.- to criminallv assault h-r The voung men remained in hiding for a time but '. S:;J -. ty -ui render d I heiuct '. -5 ai.u g:i- bon I for their appearance at court. FINISH. ' KENTUCKY'S HOT THE CAMPAKiN CLOSING WITH FIVE KINDS OF ORATORY. Br.nBr.ilur, ..th. Mamp .nd Ml. lu, ! a Setback lor tti- SUver Cu Oold !)- i cnt and it-p-jb:ict Swf ping th stt. j . .,. .ri Louit-vd'e, Oct. 21 The campaign . . . . , . , in Kentuckv is ending m atremendou ! i uiaiuuvoi nil iiiu.iinr . visa uun vi is til November 2 stump speakers will be i heard in every jart of the Sttte. As j wan ;hecHe last vear, the whole bat- tie. as far as the State U concerned, is being waged on the luouey question, and the greatest activity and utmost bitterness are isplayed by the two factors of the Democratic party. Sil verite and goldbug are attacking each other on every stump, while both are striving to keep on good term with the Republicans, Ipuiits and Pro hibitiouists. All of five parties have candidates for the one office for which there is to be an election, the clerkship of the Court of Apeals. The State has been inundated with speakers. The gold Democrats far outclass the siverites in oratorical abil ity, and they have been putting for ward their biggest guns, but there are several first cUss stump speakers in the "regular" organization, and they have been reinforced by a multi tude of cross roads orators. Such is the desperation of the silver claus that they imported Bryan, who made a tour of the State last week, an ex Con gressman Towne and Congressman Bailey will lend their help in several speeches between now and the lec tiou The gold Democrats have had the help of ex-Congressman .Tosiah Patterson, of Teuuessee, 1. B. Buck ner, of Missouri, and one or two others They have relied chiefly, however, up on such well known campaigns as Gen. Simon Boliver Buckner, ex-Judge Y'ost, Senator Lindsay, ex-Represen tative Dickerson, and their caididate for Apellate Clerk, ex Lieut. Got. James R. Hindmau. Mr. Hindmau is an old and popular campaigner, aud one of the best stump speakers in tin Stte. Mr. Carlisle has not appeared in the c impaign, as he is busily en gaged iu his law practice, but he pro bably will make three or four speeches befor j the election. Decidedly the most notable conver sion to the gold side hai been that John W. Caldwell, of Rn.sellviUe. Mr. Caldwell was a Colonel in the Con federate army, which is the passport to success in Kentucky politics, aud is a man of great culture and influence He seived three terms in Cougress and then voluntarily retired. For the sake of regularity he supported tb Bryan ticket last year, but after his defeat came in the conclusion that the cause of free silver was dead. He might have remained silent but for the attack of the silverites. When Bryan visited the State he weut to Russellville and in his eech attacked Col. Caldwell, which roused the old warrior's ire. He has respond ed iu an address which is being circu lated in every voting precinct, which is a'skilful and sarcastic arraingnment of Bryanism The coming of Brvau did not have tbe effect that was elected. It was thought best to keep him in th strong silver districts and not attempt to make new converts. However, the crowds which came to hear him were not so large by auy means as last year. and his oratory w;is disappointing He failed to hold his audiences, as well as the native PotKjcrats who ac companieil bun ou his tour, and this has weakened the cause even among sdverite.-.. Al Henderson he was made tile drawing attraction for a fair, and '-" tent an mission was charged, wti.ch oS -t"irs cut th crowd don Iu aoout J.'Jo The pi'tu-ipal silve. irr rn'- rs have been e ScuaL jr Uiuc-x .iurn, Congress men Kliea. elti- .4id lleeit-r, and I lie c.t.ii. lnle ioi oii;re5 nct yer. lla-r. urn ! a no' spoken oftrii, but .t. iim .. !. .illy gooi stump t..-r. . ; . hi Oil 1 n Iiis jj.ie NeM hi i.r- t.itrt y vi ho can i l.e stump, Sam J. ; c.u.ilidate ror . i -..... i-1 f k . i - i feeble -r.i j-:i-r. rtnd is making a K-i.i nek v voters nr- U'c-i to sp.-aoaes from their candidate and Shakelford'f sileucre is not helping liun. J. ii Padey. :he Republican eanddite, is an active fjeaker, ad Las beea debating with hi Populist op . ponent, Joseph X. Parker. Both have OCTOBER 28, 1897. Vnil,,.v challenged Mr. Shackelford to a joint debate, but neithe; lim inter- j I ' ""HI . I . I IMllMJUJI. l I 111" j Kepublienn io'.icy to fnmnnip- , UpiM . f u turn Ko V:.... I Y . . . - . v ' 4i .iniiuiiai 1 'Cuw (SI, io,Kl d Vt heard the L'oM i'huikthi. aou uic cnaic are mar Mr. Hindman will joll from :tn,(X to 40.is) votes. The gold Democrat in , ... . . , charge of the compaign put hi prota . , . . . , , ' '. . ble vole much higher. ome placing in at ?.o0. but thin seems eitrnva gant. Shackelford elect ion would imjKsible were it not that the Brad lex-Hunter tight hn spilt the Repub- licau ;nrty. (treat effort huve leen j made to harmonize them, and if then j prove successful Mr. Bailey will w in ; easily. Otherwise hi succe dejendi j entirely UHn the vote the Populist ' candidate receive. At present it at the be-inuing of the cotton inar seem that most of the PouulUts will keting senuMJu, will work an injury vote for Shackelford. The Porhibi- j tion vote will h very light. The I chances fovor the Republicans In any event, aud if the gold Democrats oll even :i".000 or 40,000 vote they will dominate the imrty hereafter. That ! is why they are making such a tight. STATE NEWS. There are two State banks in this State run bv negroe one at New- bern and one at Kinston. The farmers of Western N'orth Car olina have harvested one of the best crops of tobacco for many years. Judge Dick expects to hold the Federal Court at Asheville which be gins uext week. A boiler explosion in Johnston county a few days ago resulted In the death of a man named Robert Miller. State Superintendent Mebane rules that a man who manufactures or sella liquor cannot be granted a certificate to teach in the public schools. Mr. Harry P. Deaton, who baa been the local editor of the Concord Stand aid for several years, has retired from that paper and will conduct a job office in Concord. Sam Wright, murder of W. A. Ca?r. in Wayne county, was convicted Fri day at Greensboro and the death sen tence assed uon him by Judge Rob inson. Last Sunday a covered wagon pAs ed through Charlotte, with this in scription; "Farewell Charloate, I bid you adeau; I may go to li I some day. but not back to you. Watauga Democrat. 1 he Citini savs an effort i teiog made to reor.nnize the National Bank of Asheville, which closed its doors Fridwv. If a reo-iver is mi pointed K. D. Carter will probably be the man. It is reiorfed that the right of way for the new railroad from Mccksvllle to aiooresvijie cost tne rxiutheru a good round sum. It is said that one farmer in Rown cot $.000 for the right of way through his farm. in me cnarge- t" rr n uri". Judge Greene, ot the Suii-rlor Court lay particular stre on the crime of perjury, which be sax- i- increasing in our ourts At CaMvrell court 'a- week he fiiminitvd one witue t.. for this olT-loe. A ghastly UhIv .i en-rled Salisbury Fril n? it-riin nnd n flu result Frank Ario. n "f;Irt oung machiir.-t. o' Nnbvillt-. Tenn.. wa kill'il. and l.or- !lnuiurid. a tnnn ofafoitCi ji-nr- of age i - rn jnil chargt! with iniiMler. Monroe Inqulr-r- Tfiouoi Rorie. ft L'tnchester count rrnuity. 8. C.. and Samuel Arant. of Buford towt.ili p. this county. father-in law to each other and each hi own fMher in law. Some time ago Mr Rries wife diel and be married Mr. Arant's daughter. M Ar;ntwaV"a widower and fell in lot with and ujirried Rorie's daugh-t-r a fw week hence the strange reJatioMhip Nora IN-!", an vear old white girl j employl in t eftton mill at Rock I itigiiatu. mi' 71 and criminally ! asaultel ty h n-gro early Saturday morning while goiu.' t her home at i tli mill. Her Uter were with her and tby rnn rr Ieip. but w uen a-i-tnre came, the brute bad ed A Ioe was searching fcr him with bloodhound at last accoants and if caught he will be killed. HUHBEB 43 KKVEK I'llOSTKATES TRADB voiow jck causes use at dis tress 4 THE SOUTH. ; Ttr- Latrt Ttrtf L p la Qr aati a4 ta lpt im m Sti J Trm-Tk Fev U a Urval lUigaa . ( Montgomery, Ala., Oct 21. A nry , ditrein tate of affair exlt in thr , Seal e of Alabama, Miiippl, IxuLt iaua, on account of the yellow fever ! plague. Thee states hate quaran- tinr againt fach other. Commerce ha been almot entirely abandoned In the Southern half of theme state and the railroad have practically ceaed running. The plague coming that it will protuibly require aevermt years to repair. The tx&uic thit follows the an uoiuicement of a case of yellow fever iu a Southern town cannot be Imag ined ebe where. The disease Is tbe Southern bugaboo. It Is a mysterious ina'ady that travels almost entirely by night, and the pnysician have never learned much about It. The disease in each epidemic is so different In Ita manifestation from what it was In preceeding epidemics that the physi cians are almost invariably misled In diagnosing the tlrst case that appear, and the plague is epidemic In most places before it is rt-cogniietl as yellow fever. This has been the eierienre of at- most every city that ha been affected this year. Montgomery Ixad about fifty cases it is believe!, before the ex istence of the disease was announced a . a a on last uoDUay uy li e ivoani ot Health. Under the State quarantine law every town, city, liatnlet and community stood quarantined against Montgomery. The ieople here became panic stricken at once. The trains from here had to pas through the State without stopping, but as rapidly aa they could be filed into stations, they were loaded with passengers. The mad rush has coutinutd almost up to this time. Selma, forty miles away was strick en yesterday. A dozen cases were found and t-nlay ,400 or tbe 2,700 white residents tied. Many well to do families throughout the South are! living iu tents iu the woods, quaran tining themselves against the world. The death rate in the present epi demic is pheuominally small and the greatest injury therefore will result from interruption to businesa. Frost is due inthis latitude iu a few weeks and a heavy frost is always death to the epidemic. Atlanta, Ga . Oct. 24. The tran sient population of Atlanta has been increax-d by reasou of the yellow fe ver refugee from the infected parts of the South. From the beginning of the epidemic Atlanta has opened her gates wido to refugee and although the cit) Im been thronged with stranger from New Orleans, Mobil and other plac. tbe record was bro ken yeaienlay and today by tbe arri val of pple from Montgomery and the other smaller towns of Alabama where cases have tie t eloped and stain peded the inhabitants. There lgiim to a s-rcitv of hotel accommodti ion and the mem ber the l.-gil.tture, which will oouveue tomorrow, Ik gin to fear that they will not - abie to aerure their uunl hcadqutrter. The Alabama town (if S'lmi i almost devoid of inhabitants ou account of the develop ment ot a cajm? of fever. At Camp Detention, on the outskirts, several titpir:ou me are tihg detained, but s high la the altitude of the city aud Mi remarkable ita ree?rd of immu nity from erideinie tliat there i lilt! un-aitei felt. Mrmphia. Tenn.. Oct. 21 President Thronton of the Board of health an- iiiiriMl r(.!i- tluit fittir nw eaa of yellow ferer lul n die'VereI in South Mem phi rr the original Mc Ferrin cae. A family of three oo St. Martin street w. trtken and it ! thought all will die before taoixing. Min Margnret Gr-en. white, the fourth case, will prolvaby die. B.riulrgbajii. Ala.. rt- Ji. The AUImuua Grtat Southern rm.! baa annulled trains south ct here ou ac count of yellow fever.
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