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LEXINGTON AND THC A.SVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 27,1897.
NO. 31.
I 1I8E1 SERMON.i
The Noted Washington Divene's
I Sunday Discourse.
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C-oiI' trfecC' Harmony and the Dlcconl
Jat "XVa Made by SinThe Time U
t ornlnj When the World Will Again
lifsouiid to Heavenly Tfarmonies.
Test: "Who laid the cornerstnn. thinf
v.lt-n the morning stars Bang together?"
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have all keen the ceremony at the lav
fr' of tho cornerstone of ehuMh, asylum or
M.l-oni? temple. Into the hollow of the
-tr.o were placed scrolls of history and im-
,,rrfti:L (locomenis, to he suggestive if, 100
r years- after, the building should be
,1. strrtvu'l! by Are or torn down. We re.
T.,.vr,, r thB silver trowel or iron hammer
that smote the square piece of granite into
Kii "tit.y.l We 'remember some venerable
man wh presided wielding the trowel or
amijjf r. We remember also the music as
h i f lioir stood on. the scattered stones and
tvnUT of the building about to be con
.tr i -f-.i. The leaves! of the notebooks
ilui'Tfit in the wind arid were turned over
v.-itha grfat rustling, and we remember
!khv th bass, baritone, tenor, contralto
;in 1 soprano voices commingled. They had
for rii.'iny dayq been rehearsing the special
r roarranirrxir'hat it might be worthy of the
c-'irri'Tsone laying. .
"u toy text the, poet of Uz oltlls us to a
vr.-t'rvW- ceremony the laying of the ioun--l
i'kn of this great temple of a world.
Tiis forncrstone was a block of light, and
t'i" trowfl was of celestial crystal. All
a', out and on the embankments of clouds
t .. I the angel io choristers unrolling their
li'-r-ttos of overture, and other worlds
!.;. pi'il shining cymbals while the cere
.,rriiy'v'ent on, and God, the Architect,, by
f of light latter stroke of light, dedi-
at I this great cathedral of a world, with
in', int;titis for pillars and Sky for frescoed
iiin:-and flowering ilelds for a floor and
sumi j and midnight aurora for uphol
i. ry. ' Who laid the cornerstone thereof,
whv.i f he morning stars sang together?"
V!i" !a -t is that the whole universe was a
roa!jK-tf cadence, an unbroken dithy
ra:n!i, a musical portfolio.. The great sheet
tit .immensity had been spread out, and
vritt-iion ft were the stars, the smaller of
thi'7nrminims, tho larger of them sustained
iiotfs. The meteors marked the staccato
.H.-sg.i, the whole heavens a gamu with
Jill sounds, intonations, modulations, the
spii-'e between, the worlds a musical in
terval, trembling of stellar light a quaver,
tl;o thunder a bass clef, the wind-rtnlong
tn en a treble clef. That is the wly God
uiHile all things a perfect harmony. " j
P. it one day a harp string snapped in the
jjrwtt orchestra. One day a voice sounded
out of tune. One day a discord, harsh and
terrific, grated upon the glorious antiphon.
t was -sin that made- tho dissonance, and
that harsh discord has been l sounding
'tiironjjh the centuries. All the work of
liritians and philanthropists and reform
ers of all ags is to stop that discord and
'"yet all things. back into the perfect har
mony whiiJi was heard at the laying of the
fc.nii-rstono when the morning stars sang
t"'tli"r. Before I get .through, if I am
!ivinly helped, I will make it plain that
rin is discord and righteousness harmony;
that in general things are out of tune is as
plain as to a musician's ear is1 the unhappy
clash of clarinet and bassoon in an orches
tra.! rendering.
The world's health out of i tune; weak
b.iiiK-s and the atmosphere in collision, dis-
rtlereil eye and noonday light in quarrel,
rheumatic limb and damp weather in strug
glo; neuralgias, and pneumonias, and ctfn
suniptioni, and epileptics in flocks sweep
. tin neighborhoods and cities. Where you
Jlinl one person with sound throat,and keen
eyesight,' and alert ear, and easy respira
tion, and regiilar pulsation, and supple
liml, and prime digestion, and steady
nerves, you And 100 who have to be very
fateful because this or that or the other
physical function is disordered.
'i lie human- intellect out of tune; the
judgment wrongly swayed, or the memory
leaky, or the will weak, or the temper in
flammable, the well balanced mind excep
tional. " J r
domestic life out of tune; Only here and
there a conjugal outbreak of lncompata
I'ility of temper through the divorce courts
or a illial outbreak about a father's will
through the surrogate's court, or a case of
wife heating or husband poisoning through
the criminal courts, but thousands of fami
lies with Juno outside and January within.
Soci. ty out of tune; labor and capital,
their hands on each' other's throat; spirit
of caste keeping, those down in the social
" f ale who are struggling to get up, and
j utting those who are up' in anxiety lest
they lmve to come down. No wonder the
old pianoforte of society is all cut of tune,
wlif-u hypocrisy, and lying, and subterfuge,
an ! double dealing, and sycophancy, and
'harlatauism, and revenge have for 6000
Vl!llJ )....,.. 1 ..i n .-.I.. s ..... i . n . Ka .1 t f-1 1 . t
sta-upinj? the pedal's.
On ail sides there is a shipwreck of har
fiioLics nations in discord without realiz
iiii,' it. So wrong is the feeling of nation
for nation that symbols chosen are fierce
an 1 destructive. In this country, where
our skies are full of robins and doves and
Periling larks, we have our national sym
J'l. the licree and filthy eagle, as cruel a
1 'ird as can bo found in all the ornithologi
'al' catalogues. In Great Britian, where
they have : lambs and fallow deer, their sym-
POl w t ht1 n lerei le linn Tn TliiRCin. wrliArA
in.:.,
I'ctween her frozen north to her
I
doming south all kindly beasts dwell,
they chose the growling bear, and in the
, s iierautry a favorite Ilgure is the
"ragon.the fabled winged serpent, fero
oious and dreadful. And bo fond is the
w rl.l ,-,f contention that we climb out
t.irourth the heavens and baptize one of
t.ie other planets with the spirit of battle
and call it Mars, after the god of war, and
give to the eighth sign of the zodiac
i!io name of the scorpion, a creature which
Mietly celebrated for its deadly sting,
f ti,uft' r a11' tnese symbols are expressive
the way nation feels toward nation dis-
oii wide as the continent and bridging
the (,;ls
1 Mll.oose Von Vin-PA nrflfA1 irktir trftrmlr
in
in lr, e dry goods stores are with other dry
S'X'.is stores, and how hisrhlv srrocerv men
jams of the sugars of the grocery man on
'i110 street;, and in what a eulogistic
allopathic and homeopathic doctors
s.-eak of each other and how ministers will
m-tiiues put ministers on that beautiful
ookuig instrument which the English call
tn- U ran iron rollr with spikes on it and
-th. - ' a crank before a hot fire and
if he minister being roasted cries out
gainst it, the. men who are turning him
th'u m' brother; we are, turning
of v 1 ll for tae Sory ' God and the good
J"irr soul, and you must be quiet, while
ciose the service with:
Tdest be the tie that binds
'Our hearts in Christian love.' '
eir'i 0;rtn is diametered and circumfer
, discord, and the music that was
EAt 'r''d at tbe la?luS of the world's cor
Jjton -when the morning stars sang to
an.i 1S uot heard now, and though here
tarVh a',"1 ?lom this and that Part 'Df the
lev ,ll, ri comes up a thrilling solo of
A-nl' f a marble of worship, or a sweet
rd that shakes the earth.
. 4 A,d while the nitrhtineale. and the
so n ark' the canaryi and the plover
have lI?'so. sweetly that their notes
an "V'n written out in musical nota
kev V, f'?und that the cuckoo sings ii
in th and that the cormorant is a 1
iae Winged' choir vet fsnortsman'a
in the
basso
for'' r' a?'1 ''le,tlinR or dead in meadow or
fiatm.' , aul was right, for the groan in
skv uwns out tne prima donnas of the
fatin' tbe Kreat musical composer,
W'th one night that he made a contract
.itan the latter to be ever in the
composer's serrice. '-But one night he
handed to Satan a violin, on which Diabo
lus played such sweet music that the com
poser was awakened by the emotion and
tried to reproduce the sounds; and there
from was written Tartini's most famous
piece, "The Devil's Sonata." a dream in
genious, but faulty, for all melody de
scends from heaven and only discords as
cend from Bell. All hatreds, feuds, con
troversies, backbitings and revenges are
the.kdevil's sonata, are diabolic fugue, ar
demoniac phantasy, are grand march of
doom, are allegro of perdition.
But if in this world things in general are
out of tune to our frail ear, how much
more so to brings angelic and deiflc! It
takes a skilled artist to fully appreciate
disagreement of Bound. Many have no ca
pacity to detect a defect of musical execu
tion, and though there were in one bar as
many offenses against harmony as could
crowd in betwren the lower F of the bass
and the higher G of tho soprano it would
give them no discomfort, while on the fore
head of the educated artist beads of per
spiration would stand out as a result of the
harrowing dissonance. While an amateur
was performing; on a piano and had just
struck the wrong chord, John Sebastian
Bach, the immortal composer, entered the
room, and the amateur rose in embarrass-
ment, and Bach rushed past the host, who
stepped forward to greet him, and before
the keyboard had stopped vibrating put his
adroit hand upon the keys and changed
the painful inharmony Into glorious
cadence. Then Bach turned and gave salu
tation to the host.
But the worst of all discord is moral dis
cord. If society and the world are pain
fully discordant to imperfect man, what
must they be to a perfect God? People try
to define what siffls. It seems to me that
Lsin is getting out of harmony with God, a
disagreement with his holiness, with his
purity, with his love, with his commands,
our will clashing with his will, the finite
dashing against the infinite, the frail
against the puissant, the created against
the creator. If 1000 musicians, with -flute
and cornet-a-piston and trumpet and vio
loncelly, the hantboy. and trombone and
all the wind and stringed instruments that
ever gathered in a Dus3eldorf jubilee should
resolve that they would play out of tune
and put concord to the rack and make the
place wild with shrieking and grating and
rasping sounds, they could not make such
pandemonium as that which rages in a sin-;
ful soul when God listens to the play of its
thoughts, passions ana emotions discord,
lifelong discord, maddening discord.
. The world pays more for discord that it
does for consonance. High prices have
been paid for music. One man gave $225
to hear the Swedish songstress in New
York, and another $625 to hear her in Bos
ton, and another $650 to hear her in Provi
dence. Fabulous prices have been paid for
sweet sounds, but far more ' has been paid
for discord. The Crimean War cost $1,700,-
000,000 and tho American Civil War over
$9,500,000,000, and the war debts of pro
fessed Christian nations are about flo.OOO,-
000,000. The world pays for this red ticket,
which admits it to the saturnalia of broken
bones and death agonies and destroyed
cities ana piowea graves ana crusnea
hearts, any amount of money sat an asks.
Discordl Discord! i
But I have to tell you that the Song that
the morning stars sang together at the lay
ing of the world s cornerstone is to resound
again. Mozart's greatest overture was
composed one night when he was several
times overpowered with sleep, and artists
say they can ' tell I the places in the music
where he awakened. So the overture of
the morning stars spoken of' in my text
has been asleep, but it will! awaken and be
more grandly rendered by the evening
stars of the world's existence than by the
morning stars, and the vesper3 will be'
sweeter than the ,matins. The work of all
good men and women and of all good
churches and all reform associations help
to bring the race back to the original har
mony. The rebellions heart to be attuned,
social life to be attuned, commercial ethics
to be" attuned, internationality to be at
tuned, hemispheres to be attuned.
Tho whole world must also he attunea
by the same power. I was in the Fair
banks weighing scale manufactory of Ver
mont. Six hundred hands, and they never
had a strike! Complete harmony between
labor and capital,' the operatives of scores
of years in their beautiful homes near by
the mansions of the manufacturers, whose
invention and Christian behavior made the
great enterprise. ) So, all tbe world over,
labor and capital will be brought into
euphony. You may have heard What is
called the "Anvil; Chorus," composed by
Verdi, a tune played by hammers, great
and small, now with mighty stroke and
now with heavy stroke, beating a great
iron anvil. That is what the world has got
to come toanvil chorus, yardstick chorus,
shuttle chorus, trowel chorus, crowbar
Chorus, pickax chorus, gold mine ononis,
rail-track chorus, locomotive chorus. It
can be done, and it will be done;' so all
social life will be attuned by the gospel
harp. ' I
Heaven is to have a;newsong, an entirely
new song. JJut 1 snouia not wonaer ii, as
sometimes on earth, a tune is iasnionea out
of many tunes, or it is one tune with the
variations; so some of the songs of the re
deemed may have been playing through
them the sons? 3 of earth. And how thrill
ing, as coming through the great anthem of
the saved, accompanied by harpers with
their harps and I trumpeters with their
trumpets, it we snouia near some or tne
strains of "Antioch" and "Mount Pisgah""
and "Coronation" and "Lenox" and "St.
Martin's" and "Fountain" and "Ariel" and
"Old Hundred!" How they would bring to
mind the praying circles and communion
days, and the Christmas , festivals, and the
church worship in which on earth we min
gled! I have no idea that when we bid
farewell to earth we are to bid farewell to
all these grand old gospel hymns which
melted and rarjtured our souls for so many
years. , Now, if sin is discord and righteous
ness Is harmony, let us get out oi mo our
and enter the other.
O Lord, our God. auickly usher in the
whole world's peace jubilee, and all islands
of the sea join tne nve continents, sua "
the musical instruments of all nations
combine, and all the organs that ever
sounded requiem of sorrow sound only a
grand march of joy, and all the bells that
tolled for burial ring for resurrection, and
all the cannon that ever hurled death
across the nations sound forth eternal vic
tory. And over all aoclaim of earth and
minstrelsy of heaven there will be heard
one voice sweeter and. mightier than any
human or angelic voice, a voice once full of
tears, but now full of triumph, the voice of
r!hrit savin iTv "I I am alpha and omega,
the beginning and the end, the first and
the last." Then, at tne laying oi iuji
stone of the world's history, the same
voices shall be heard as when, at tne lay
ing of the world's cornerstone, "the morn
ing stars sang together." .
CAUGHT A CHILD ON THE FLY.
Hurled From Runaway Baggy Ba
Saved by a Bystander.
Tka mncf fnrtnnstfl cnteh ever witnessed
in Elizabeth, N. J., was made a few after
noons ago, by a young man wno reiuses to
give his name. I
John Conard, of Elizabeth avenue, was
out driving with his three-year-old child.
The horse took fright and ran away. In
trying to stop the animal Mr. Conard was
thrown out. He was cut and bruised but
not seriously. The child remained in the
buggy until the horse crashed into a lamp
post.. The shock brought the runaway to
a standstill and shot the child into the air
as though thrown from a catapult. The
little one was but a few feet from the win
dows of Homing's drug, and was thrown
straight at them, but, "While in the air, a
young man who ) had been standing in
front of the store, caught the child. The
force with which the child was moving
threw the young man against the window,
but did not break it. The child, was badly
scared but unhurt.
DIPLOMATS NOV AT VORK.
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The Graeco-Turkfsh ! Controversy
Reaches This Stage.
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NEGOTIATIONS EXPECTED TO
Last for Some Time The Sultan's
Policy In Acceding to the Czar's Re
quest for an Armistice. '
London, May 22. (By Cable.) The
Graeco-Turk trouble has now fairly en
tered upon its diplomatic bargaining
stage and the negotiations are expected
to last for some time, j Many important
differences have to be settled, and the
Saltan of Turkey may be counted upon
to drag the j affair along as much as
possible, with the view of bringing
out the latent jealousies of the pow
ers. His prompt compliance with,
the Czar's request to arrange for an
armistice is not attributed entirely to
the desire to please the Czar, but it is
looked upon as a stroke of diplomacy
intended to excite the resentment of
some other power and thus weaken the
concert. Thus far, everything tends to
show that the powers remain in entire
agreement on the question. An' Euro
pean conference is discussed but it is
not thought likely to (take place 'until
the preliminaries of peace are arrange!.
Then the ambassadors at Constanti
nople, with the delegates of Turkey
and Greece, may meet to settle upon
the treaty of peace. There is a strong
feeling in favor of international control
of the Greek finances, without which
the payment of the indemnity to Tur
key and the interest on the Greek debt
is declared to be impossible.
The Greeks insist that if an indem
nity is imposed upon them there will be
a general cohapse and serious internal
troubles wiy occur. They estimate tbe
damage, done to Thessaly at 25,000,OOC
drachms and they say another 10,000,000
drachms will be needed to supply th,
peasants with food and tools. Moreover,
they add, the revenue will be greatly re
duced, owing to the immediate damage
done to cultivation throughout the coun
try, due to the absence of thousands of
workers. This year's budget will proba
bly leave a deficit of 00,000,000 drach
mas. The Greek statements, however,
are now received with a certain sceptic
ism. It is pointed out that by the ad
missions of the Greeks themselves 70
per cent, of the interest of the debt,
which they have not paid, has been set
aside in order that thev may have mon
ey for the war and that consequently
Greece is certainly in a position to con
tinue paying 30 per cent. ; interest and
probably considerably more if her
finances are placed under international
control. , . '.'!',! t ;j ! :
Advices from the scenes of the recent
fighting mention the possibility of a
serious epidemio of disesse when the
heat increases, owing to the putrifying
carcases and horses left rotting in every
ditch. - : ' i . M
The popular feeling at Athens against
the royal family of Greece does not di
minish. The stories of. the "excessive
prudence" of Crown Prince Constan
tine at the front have done much to
weaken the dynasty, j :
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS
And Decide to Fight Tariff Bill
Down on Dear Beer.
The Democratic Senators held a cau
cus last Saturday and decided to in
atigurate their fight upon the tariff bill
as soon as the bill is taken up in the
Senate by a motion to strike but the in
ternal revenue features of the bill relat
ing to beer and tobacco. This result
was reached after a discussion in which
practically all the Senators present par
ticipated. The talk was based largely
upon the proposition to ; increase the
tax upon beer, which was generally
criticised as an effort to increase the
price of "the poor man's beverage,"
which was pronounced j wholly unjusti
fiable in time of peace and with S120,
000,000 of idle money in the treasury.
Senator Karle's Funeral.
At Greenville, S. C.,1 Saturday, the
grave closed over all that was mortal of
Joseph Haynsworth Earle, South Car
olina's late junior Senator. All the
stores in the city were closed during
the progress of the exercises. The
-whole of Greenville mourned and the
people made r no attempt to conceal
their feelings. Rich and poor alike at
tended the obsequies, ami prominent
men from all over the State, as well as
the Congressional committee, paid
their last trilnte to South Carolina's
lionored and j worthy son. I Handsome
iioral tributes were sent from Washing
ton, as well as from the townspeople.
Governor Ellerbe did not attend, owing
to illness in his family. The services
were conducted at the First Baptist
ohurchh by Dr. C. S. Gardner, the pas
tor. I I i "
Cuban-Americans Needing Relief.
A telegram' received at the State De
partment at Washington from Consul
General Lee indicates that the number
of Americans in need of relief in Cuba
is much Iarerer than was supposed at
first. The Consul-General says that
the number I may reach Si, 200. The
consul at Matanzas reports 250 there
and the consul at Sagua 450.
A Bust of Raleigh.
A memorial ! bust of Sir Walter Ral
eigh has been unveiled at Westminster
Abbey, in London, England, by the
Duke of Buooleuch, in the presence of
a distinguished assemblage. Among
the eulogies delivered was one by Col.
John Hay, embassador of ; the United
States. I i I :
Which Will Win ?
Tillman is pressing John Gary Evans
for the Senate.! But Governor Ellerbe
will probably, appoint Congressman
McLaurin.
Bad Blood Existed.
At Charleston, S. C. J. W. Hyer,
an employe of the State dispensary shot
J. H. Doscher president of the Ger
mania Brewing Company, wounding
him in the leg. Bad blood has existed
between the njfa tot months.
T
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Report of the Proeeedlnjri from Day
to Day
SENATE s ! !
TcesdAT. Cuba again occupied the
foreground in the Senate to-day. It
drew large crowds to the galleries, and
brought two notable speeches by Mr.
Mason, of Illinois, in favor of the Mor
gan resolution, and Mr. Hoar, of Mass
achusetts, in opposition to it. lne Illi
nois Senator pictured in fervid terms
the distress in Cuba, dwelling particu
larly on the starving condition of 800
United States citizens, as reported by
the President, and called upon the Sen
ate to throw off its lethargy and pass
the , Morgan resolution. Poring the
day a number of bills ware passed,
among them one appropriating 825,000
to Richmond College, Richmond, Ya.,
for war losses. The Cuban discussion
continued till 4:45 o'clock, when Bur
rows yielded the floor lor executive
session, saying he", would go on to
morrow, p
Weditesday A stirring debate on Cuba
occurred in the Senate today. It was of
the "give and take" order, with sharp
parliamentary fencing. The - main
speeches of the day were made by Sen
ators Foraker of Ohio, Cannon of Utah,
Lindsay of Kentucky, and Hoar of
Massachusetts. It was the first speech
of any length made by Mr. Foraker
since ne entered the Senate and in ad
dition to this the Ohio Senator is one
of the Cuban sub-committee on for
eign relations. He spoke in favor of
a reference of the Cuban resoliion to
the committee but on the general ques
tion declared his purpose of supporting
the resolution recognizing Cuban be
ligerency when it shouhi be reported by
the committee. Mr. Cannon was bitter
in his denunciation of Spanish atroci
ties, characterizing the captain general
of Cuba as "that mad dog, Weyler."
The debate occupied the entire day,
Thurston, of Nebraska, giving notice
that he would speak tomorrow. ; At 6
o'clock the Senate adjourned. j
Thubsday. The long and exciting
debate on the joint resolution recogniz
ing the existence of a state of war in
Cuba, declaring that strict neutrality
shall be maintained by the United
States, passed the Senate by the decis
ive vote of 41 to 14, at a late hour this
aftereoon. The announcement of the
vote was jeceived with tumultuous ap-
filause, which drew from Senator Haw
ey an emphatio protest against "mob
demonstration." Tha resolution as
passed is as follows: "Resolved, etc..
That a condition of public war exists
between the government of Spain and
the government proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force of arms
by the people of Cuba, and that the
United States of America shall main
tain a strict neutrality between the con
tending parties, according to each, all
the rights of belligerents in the ports
and territory of the United States. "
Monday. The death of Senator
Earle, of South Carolina, was referred
to in. eloquent terms by Chaplain i Mil
burn in his prayer in the Senate.1 ; Fol
lowing this Mr. Tillman, of South Car
olina made the formal announcement
of Senator Earle's death, and offered a
resolution expressing the profound sor
row of the Senate. As a further mark
of respect, the Senate, at 12:10 p. m.
adjourned. j
HOUSE.
Thttbsday Cuban affairs furnished
the House with a day of, bitter partisan
debate. The Senate resolution appro
priating $50,009 for the relief of Ameri
can citizens was adopted without a dis
senting vote, but the Democrats en
deavored to force consideration also of
the Morgan resolution for recognition
of the belligerency of the insurgents.
They, accused the Republicans of en
deavoring to evade this issue, but the
dominant party, through its spokes
man, Mr. Hitt, made the important
statement that the Republicans desired
not to embarrass negotiations which
were being projected by President Mo
Kinleyio secure independence for Cuba.
The House at 5:20 p. m. adjourned un
til Monday.
Monday. In the House Mr. Elliott,
Democrat, of South Carolina, was rec
ognized and announced the death of
Senator Earle, which, he said, occurred
under circumstances almost tragic in
their nature. Later Mr. Elliott said
he would ask the House to fix a day
when suitable tribute could be paid to
his memory. He then offered the cus
tomary resolutions, which were adopt
ed. Then, at 12:15, as a further mark
of-respect, the House adjourned 1 until
Thursday. i
Iiomeyn Will Not be Dismissed.
The Preeident has remitted the sen
tence of : dismissal imposed by court
martial pn Captain Romeyn, Fifth
Infantry, who, after a sensational trial,
was convicted recently of assault on
Lieut. O'Brien, of the same regiment,
at Fort McPherson, Ga In view of
the fact that Capt. Romeyn will retire
by operation of law on June 1st, the
President believes that the ends of
justice will be secured by his severe
reprimand.
Republican Organ Goes to the Wall.
The Daily Tribune, the Republican
organ of North Carolina, published at
Raleigh, by the friends of Senator
Pritchard, has been levied on by the
Sheriff of Wake county. The stock
holders refused to advance any more
money, and it is said that they have
already sunk $12,000. Several weeks
salary is due the employees of the pa
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Visits Davidson College.
Last Monday the members of the
Southern General Assembly of Presby
tery left on a special train for Davidson
College on a tour of general inspection,
to looK over the workings of the college.
The train was chartered by the trustees
f the college and was complimentary
to the General Assembly The train
consisted of six cars, ana it was esti
mated that 850 people were aboard.
SIcKInley Will Go to Nashville.
The President has finally decided to
go to the Nasheville Exposition next
month. He has fixed upon the 12th as
the date and will doubtless be accompa
nied by some members of his cabinet.
He will travel over the Southern road
via. Asheville, Knoxville and Chatta
nooga. ' Love is like a tailor-made dress if s
mr.de by a man an4won ppi by
QUEEN VICTORIA'S BIRTHDAY.
Celebrated Throughout the British
Empire Born In 1819.
Last Monday was the birthday o!
Victoria, Queen of England and Em
press' of India. She was born May
24th, 1819. The anniversary was ob
served with the usual artillery salutes,
the ringing of the church bells and
QDIU TXOTOBIA,
military reviews at all the
different naval and military
stations of the empire through
out the world. The celebration of the
event in the city of London taken place
Wednesday. President MoKinley sent
a cable message to Queen Viotoria con-!
gratulating her on the celebration of
her 79th birthday.
DEPLETED SPAIN.
Miserable Condition of Finanoes
Mortgaging Everything.
Madrid, May 25. (By Table) Senoi
J Nevarro Reverter, minister of finance,
in the budget statement to the oortes
estimates the revenue at 858,278.771
pesetas ($170,473,802) and the expendi
tures at 873,865,877pesetas ($174,656,
115). In order to provide revenue to meet
the extraordinary budget, the minister
of finance proposed to raise a loan with '
the Almaden quicksilver mines as se
curity and to obtain navigation dues to
the amount of twelve millions. In order
to meet the increased expenditures and
the ninety-two millions required to
meet the interest and for the redemption
of the late loans guaranteed by the cus
toms, a temporary surtax of 10 per
cent, on all taxes exoept land has been
proposed. By this means it is expect
ed twenty millions will be obtained.
The colonial department will contrib
ute thirty-two millions and the balance
of forty millions will be raised by a loan
on the proposed petroleum monopoly,
giving the exclusive privilege of dealing
in this product during the next twenty
years. Should the colonial department
be unable to pay its share of the in
creased expenditures, it is calculated
that the portion of another loan can be
obtained by a proposed monopoly on
explosives.
Armistice Will be Prolonged.
Paris, May 25. (By Cable.) Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria had a long con
ference today with M. Hanotaux, min
ister of foreign affairs. It is under
stood that the Greco -Turkish armistice
will be prolonged, if,' at its expiration,
the peace negotiations should not be
finished.
Canea, Island of Crete. (By Cable.)
Colonel Staikos, with the last detach
ment of the Greek expeditionary force,
embarked for Grece this morning.
A WHITE 91 AN LYNCHED.
His Negro Accomplice Left to the
Law.
R. W. Stewart, a prominent mer
chant of Tindale, Texas, was recently
enticed from his home and murdered.
Effie Jones, colored, was arrested for
the murder and in a confession impli
cates Will Jones, a white man, promi
nent in the community. Jones was ar
rested and placed in jail, and a mob ap
peared at the county jail in Tyler and
on the refusal of the sheriff to admit
them, broke the doors, went to Will
Jones' ceil and shot him to death as he
sat on his cot. He told them they were
killing an innocent man, but the lead
ers answered they had proof of his
guilt. They refused to kill Effie Jnnet,
saying that as he did not have che
means and influence to escape punish
ment, they would let the law take its
course.
DOWN A WELL TO DEATH.
A Lawyer's Wife Adopts an Awful
Method to End Life.
Advioes from Greenville, Ya. , states
that Mrs. Herbert McGowan committed
suicide by jumping into a well. Mr.
McGowan had gone to his office, leav
ing his wife and children at the house.
She went out in the yard, removed her
apron and shoes and jumped in the
well. The children saw her, , and sum
moning aid they hurried to the well,
but the unfortunate woman was dead
when taken out. Mrs. McGowan had
been in poor health for some time and
it is thought the act was due to mental
trouble. '
Tbe Resolution Signed.
Monday the President approved
the resolution of relief for the starving
Americans in Cuba within ten minutes
after he received it. '"ice-President
Hobart also signed tua joint resolu
tion. " i
BACKS GERMANY DOWN.
Tried to Make an American Enter the
Kaiser's Army.
George Piepenbring, son of Freder
ick Piepenbring, of V ilmington, DeL,
while on a recent trip to Germany had
trouble with the authorities of that
country, who attempted to compel him
to enter the German armjr for three
years. Piepenbring, who is 20 years
old, came to America 14 years ago.
Armed with the naturalization papers
of his father he appealed to the
American Consul at Brunswick and the.
German authorities released him.
THE STATE PEHITEIITIflRY
Has Existed Since 1868, and Pre
sents a Most Difficult Problem.
WHO THE FIRST CONVICT WAS.
History of the Pen Counties, Under
s New Law, May Have the Use of
Convicts.
There is no problem in North Caro-.
lina greater than the penitentiary that
is its maintenance without cost to the
State. The incubus is the central
prison with the life-time prisoners,
the dregs of the State s criminal class,
the aged prisoners, the sick and the in
curables. ' The problem grows greater
annually and less than 125 convicts are
the prime cause. There are 80 "life"
criminals, and of those only 60 can do
heavy work.
. The penitentiary maintains fiive
farms; three on the Roanoke, one in
Anson and two at Castle Hayne. Only
four can in the broad sense be termed
farms, and all are on lease land. There
are today 153 convicts' in the penitenti
ary, itself, 36 at Castle Hayne, 153 at
the Anson farm, C55 on the farms on
Roanoke river. The total is i97. Of
these GO are women.
The penitentiary was- established by
the Legislature of 18G8. Uefore that
the modes of punishment were death,
the jail, the whipping iost and the
branding iron. It was at first proposed
that the location of the prison bhould
be in Chatham county, on Deep river.
But Raleigh was finally selected after
land-sharks and carpet-baggers had
made some money out of the State in
the matter of land for the site in Chat
ham. The penitentiary as first built here
was primitive. Two long houses were
built of logs as quarters. These were
low and were like a set of houses fad
ing each other with a roof coveriDg all
and the corridor between. In each one
of th rooms there were, ten or twelve
convicts. The- 6tockade was of pine
poles or small logs. Part of the origi
nal penitentiary yet remains, and is
used for stables. .
January 6, 1870, the penitentiary was
opened and forty convicts were placed
in it. The first one was Charles Lewis,
sentenced from Johnston county, for
four years, for robbery. The oldest
prisoner now within the walls is Andy
Winecoff, who was received June lb,
1877, for burglarly, for life. The total
number of convicts received is 11,990.
The penitentiary building is of brick
and granite, all made or quarried on the
premises. In 'fact the granite for the
foundation came from under the build
ing. That from the immense wall came
from a quarry within the stockade.
First and last, the cost of construction
approximates $i75,000. The main build
ing has a front of 750 feet. It is a great
shell, enclosing in the east wing "cell
blocks," which are simply masses of
brick' and cement in which are the
cells, rising four tiers higH, like -burrows
in a mountain. The wet wing
has no cell blocks, but is a vast ' open
space, available for manufacturing or
other purposes.
At each end is a building, higher and
divided by a solid wall. One of these
is a hospital and contains cells for the
criminal insane (females) while in the
west wing will be the criminal insane
(males). In front is the administra
tion building and in the rear the bakery,
kitchen, laundry, etc., and in rear of
these a separate building for the female
prisoners. There are in all sixty female
convicts, but most are on the farms.
One of the long time female prisoners is
Maria Hall, colored of Wilmington,
who got twenty years for manslaughter.
She has by uniform good conduct gain
ed three years, and will leave next
month with 395 she has earned. The
females from the farms will probably
all be brought to the central prison
The women make all the clothing. Jv
one year they make 6,000 pairs of troop
ers, as many suits of underclothing and
2,000 coats. The goods are all purchased
in Georgia.
In the criminal insane ward there is
as yet only one inmate, Abe llinson, a
murderer, who is keot chained and has
been so kept for ten years. His desire
is to strangle. His striped clothing is
removed now, and neither he nor any
jf the cr'minal insane will wear the
pri.oa garb.
In former years the Legislature used
to appropriate $125,000 annually for the
penitentiary. During the past four
rears, it cost the State only $74,000 for
;he entire period. This was the excess
ver earnings. Last year there was no
xpenre. This year there is a con tin -rent
appropriation of $25,000, of which
;he new superintendent says not a dol
lar will be needed if there is no damag
ing freshet in the Roanoke. Last year
freshet swept a away 1,000 acres of
;orn there. He says the best farm in
;he State is the "Caledonia," there,
which is offered at $9 per acre for its 7,
XK) acres. The State has an option at
that figure.
This year the new superintendent has
old $20,000 of last year's cotton crop.
He expects to make 2,000,000 brick
within the penitentiary.
There are many calls for convicts. In
June they will build a ten-mile exten
sion of the Carthage Railroad. The leg
islature gave 50, without expense, to he
Marion and Asheville turnpike, but
these wi'l not be furnished unless they
ire paid for. Under the new law the
xmviots are available for road work to
counties which pay for them, from tho
latumn until the following spring.
Vfsny will be thus used. It is a good
law and will lighten the State's burden
nd give good roads. Raleigh Corres
pondence Charlottebserver.
Horses Are Numerous.
Horses are so numerous in the State
of Washington that they can be bought
for froni 50 cents to $1 a head. They
run at large and nobody seems to care
for them. Complaint is made that they
eat the grass that cattle and sheep
might feed on. , ,
To Give $1,000,000 to Charity.
Andrew Carnegie, who usually pre
faces his annual trip to Europe by a
charitable or educational donation, has
decided to give $1,000,000 to charity this
spring: the exact object of tbe donation
is not knows.
Southorn tiaiiivay
FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS.
In effect May 2, 1897.
This Condensed Schedule 1 puMUhed as
Information only and is subject to change
without notice to the public.
RICHMOND TO CHARLOTTE.
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SLEEFI50 CAR KEB ICE.
Km. S7 and , Washington and lou'hwttlcrr
Limited. Solid VttnttMl train Iiwd X or
and Atlaot. Comp'.aed of I'ullmao Drawing Hoofu
&M-t.llij( Car (njluuumn y oilman rate fl( tut.
Ira far). lrmt ciaaa VeatlbuW lty Oach Lrtwrcu
ahlntn and Atlanta. Ibrouh rHH-vaw ar.
ttru Nw Ynrm and w Orieatna, -w York an.l
Meoipbla. tivw Tork, Aabevlil, 11. t l-prtua a. Knox
vlit'. Ctiaxtaanotfa nnd aTl!l anl ew V -rK ai4
lamia, fcoutoera Kali way liolng Car between
Cracaaboru nnl MutiUcutorry.
and . I nitad iu- Faat Mall. Falitaan
hleeplns Car tetweea Saw York. WaanHurtoa. At
Uata, koa ucoif ttry arrl w Orkan. rw fork anl
Jackaoavlile, Mid CharuHM and Auinurta. Cooawx.
tlon at SaiUlwy with xfwik and CaatLaa
Limited for tb Lan 1 of tha Kkr. Ctaunnoaja.
NaabUJand inaTeaoeaaM CnU-ao!al Kipualttoa.
TMOrlat KJerpUm Cra Waahlmrvm to ban fraorlatxv
' ew -Jr.eaxia and bosnaern Farllc Kattway.
wltbool enanjr nee a . a, La-nvtaa vt aaninytu
fcatordaa. arrtln Paa rradu 7 tiurmiar.
horn. IS and is. Norfolk and Cnattannoem Limit.
Between Snrfulk and l'hatutvfa. throufb Mima,
Ha Grvroaboro, haJiafcurr, AatL.. H
an.l k'nuXTliln. fa II man Irrawlas; Room
"-klH an betwaen Kortoik and aabUi.
1 Kronen Ucketa on aala at principal cntiooa to an
fM.ttii. fwr rata cr tnionuaka aptly U any
nfebt of tba Company.
. Ii. our, baneral Saperlsarndent.
W. A. 1uK. General Faaaeacer A?at.
T. M. Cri r. Trafflo Hanarer. uw PaTla., Vua
lnSioa.D.C . LTfaUoa Ck. 'waj
John .W. Gates, president of the" Chi
cago Iron and SteeJ Company, recently
dropped fcls pocket-book, containing
nine hundred dollars. In the dining
room of the Hotel Waldorf, in New
York. Two Trailers found it and se
creted tbe xnccey. aEd when arraigned
in the police court, pealed guilty and
delivered tip their spoil. Bat when
Mr. Gates wanted his coney back, the
magistrate refused to return It. "It Is
not so long ago," te caid, that one of
the old Justice was sued for five thou
sand dollars for making such an order;
and I am not going to lay myself liable
to a suit for this money any time dur
ing five year. The money must
tield until tb case 9 tried." j