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VOL. VII.
LEXINGTON AND TIIOMASVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897.
NO. 14.
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'V Most Optimistic View of the Busi
ness Situation.
S WEEK OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
IlM tW Miners' Strike Likely to Be
j;i 1 d Soon The Phenomenal
ut 'Wheat.
Mrers. i;. (i. Dun & Co. 's Weekly
I'i A Trade, for the week ending
. n -t uya, in part: Not for sev
eral years have the telcgffphic reports
fioiu various cities in all parts of the
(oiisitry been so encouraging or shown
"us rtuifoi 'in improvement as this week,
j lie mai kets are called crazy by some,
I n t f:ii i ly represent the people, whose
i u!:ti'!fiice in the future is strong and
iucrcilsiji. Nothing appears to check
it. Kuinors of injury to crops are not
Mifliciently fiupiorted to have muchin
(lin iicf. The one temporary hindrance
h t!iu strike of the bituminous coal
Illinois, vhioh interferes as yet little
with imlu-tries, and seems likely to
terminate within a week. The demand
fcr liioiK'y improves, taking from New
Vhi k t tli interior about half a mil
lion more lliau was received duriug the
w't-rk, and oilerings of commercial loans
arc iu:ch larger, including consider
iib'o iron' anil Kteol paper, and the
course of foreign exchange is generally
inUrpieteM as an vindication that
Hpf-cri! imports cannot be longer de
I;y; 1. M ;
l iio greatest gain has been agricul
( ualiy. Corn bars advanced a little in
pn' e, but 'is. moving yery largely, so
(lint the last-year's surplus may soon
l.' marketed unless the new crop turns
out better than many now expect. Cot
luii i'Iined an eighth because of an
estimate promising the largest crop
ever ;ri o'.vn, but the goods market is
decidedly-, improving, and eome of tho
luife mills, Utter a few weeks of sus-
l elision have resumed work. Other
lai'ui products are doing well also, but
wheat has advanced about llf cents
fur tho week on actual transactions,
with heavy purchases for export. The
oiiii lal estimate of the yield is entirely
lis-regarded, except as an admission
that the crop will be larger than that of
last year, and it is commonly assumed
that the yield will be 550,000,000 bush
els, or more, though recent reports ol
injury, indicating 'the possibility oi
somewhat small outcome, have helped
the ad uuce in prices. It is well to no
tice that corn reports, continue more
than double last year's also, in three
week's y,.r)l(5,544 bushels, against 4, 119j -211
last year.
The iron and steel industry is push
ing forward in spite of the Btill unset
tled strike of bituminous coal miners,
aiufthe enormous purchases of, ere at
Cleveland, and also of billets at Pitts
burg, show ihe utmost confidence iu
the future.
The old difficulty remains in the bool
ami shoe industry, dealers being un
willing to buy largely at the prict
which manufacturers how ask, though,
dm ing the past week the only changi
has been a slight advance on calf boots.
The market for hides at Chicago- i:
'nt;aia much stronger, prices having ad
winced with very narrow transactions
and buyers are holding off in the belie
that prices have reached the top.
In the woolen business a constant in
n ease appeals in the number of estab
lishmeiits at work, and the demand foi
'fjords has much increased.
I'm! hies for tho week have been 22i
in the United States, against 280 las
year, and 30 in Cauada, against 27 las
year. , .
fcOfiliOW FOU JOHN' P. LOVELL
A (icii'ernl Kxprcsslon of Sympathj
Called Out by His Death. 1
. Heldom has there been such a genera
expression of sympathy over the loss o
(me whose life' has been devoted to busi
ness j ursuits as has been called fortt
by the recent death, at Cottage City,
f ass. .of that venerable landmark o
the business world, the lato John P.
1-ovell, founder and president of th
. .Mm 1'. Lovell Arms Company, of Bos
ton. Almost numberless messages anc
letters of condolence, on the death o
. his honored father have been, received
- by Colonel Benjamin S. Lovell
treasurer of tho Lovell j Arnii
ouiiuny. The wide scope covered
these communications" is in it
elf evidence of the great regard ii
Inch he was held by the leaders in bus
iness and public life. These expression!
. of sympathy have not been confined tc
New England, but they have comi
b ( in ever v prominent business centn
of the North, East, AVest and South ii
'act; from every portion of the Union
because the name of . John P. Lowell
and ! the corporation created by him
bave beeri for more than a half century
the synonym of honest dealing anc
business integrity. Even from England
fioni linns with whom Mr. Lowoll ha
P'ljoyed the pleasantiest business rela
lions for more than fifty years, Colone
Lowell has received messages of sym
latin-.
tile Clothing.
A London doctor has discovered tha
garments treated wiJusolution con
tuining o per cent each of alum' an
1 lmsohate of ammonia are absolutely
- nun -lnnamniable, and he recommend
unit; all children s clothing be s
treated.
j 1 3Hehael (Defeats Starbuck.
At thp crpfif liinvplfl rnnfl n.t IVTanhftttm
I'eaoh, New York, Jimmy Michael, th
eish rider, easily defeated J. t . Star
buck, of Philadelphia, ina33-mile race.
Anne, i;-,i minutes.
' Southern's New Order.
1 he "Winston (N. C. ) Journal learns
that the Southern railway has posted
ea order that ;no employe shall be s
Relative of the .official under whom ht
working, and that all promotiont
""'la Lie based unon actual merit.
' Refused to Eat and Died.
his. Lena Collingsworth, of Clai
"oine county, Tenn., refused to eai
because her husband left her, and ii
au atter . fiftj-fthjlit-dgj' fast, "
NEWS ITEMS.
TheFederal Court at Nashville,Tenn. ,
decides in favor of the railroads against
the ticket scalpers.
The smallpox at Birmingham, Ala. ,
is confined to the negroes -and is under
control. j
-Chief of Police Connelly, of Atlanta,
Ga., is dead. J i
The city council of Atlanta, Ga,, has
auupieu an ordinance requiring women
to remove their hats in theatres.
Norfolk, Va., first bale of new cotton
was received on the 23d. from Clio, S.
C, and v?as consigned to W. D. Koun
tree & Co. It was graded strict mid
dling and sold at 0 cents. , . .
The Comptroller of the Currency has
appointed Virgil S. f Ltisk receiver of
the First National ! Bank of Asheville.
N. C.
Chief of Police Connolly, ot Atlanta,
is dead. . J
Original package agencies are spring
ing up all over South Carolina.
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The council of j Roanoke, Va. , has.
abolished 'nickel-in-the-slot" machines
in that city. j J
Senator McLaurin is much better, but
is still unable to enter the canvass in
South Carolina. j .
The erection of a twenty-ton cotton
Eeed oil mill will be commenced at La
vnnia, Ga., at once.
Wm. Harvey Allen, a young white
man out of work" in Kichmond, Va. ,
attempted to commit suicide.
!
The North Carolina State convention
of the Veterinary Medical Association
will be held at Charlotte Sept. 7th and
8th. f . ;
The small-pox in Birmingham, Ala.,
has thus far been confined entirely to
the negro quarter, and there haverljeen
few deaths. I
It is said that j between forty and
fifty students of Ceorgia University
will spend the summer in Cuba fight
ing for the insurgents.
At Hendersonvilie, N. C, Mrs. Ben
F. Hood shoots and badly wounds her
husband, and then kills herself. Jeal
ousy was the cause.
Charles Cooper, an official of the J-o-siah
Morris bank, of Montgomery, Ala.,
was shocked by a tjve electric wire,
which resulted in his death.
i
AH the prisoners, including Mur
derer Edwin Brown, have escaped from
the Bitch county jail at Harrisville, W.
Va. .
General Bradley ; T. Johnson is out
in a letter opposing the movement to
have the Grand Army .of the Republic
meet in Richmond,1 Va. , in 1890. .
Mrs. E. H. Edwards, a woman mer
chant of Oraniteville, S. C, dropped
dead in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York.
The hearing as to the question of
fraud in the case of the North Carolina
railroad before Special Master Kerr
Craig has been postponed until Sept.
7th. - p
Nearly all the Soand Money Demo
cratic leaders of Virginia announce that
th6y will not suppoit .Tyler for Gov
ernor. If a Sound Money Democrat is
not nominated later they will take no
part in the election. ;
Estimates place the tobacco crop of
Florida this year as the largest in the
history of the State. It will be worth
several hundred 1 thousand dollars.
Much "of the planting was experimental;
but no report of failure has yet come
m.
A numerously signed petition has
been addressed to Governor McLaurin,
of Mississippi, asking him to nppoint
Hon. Patrick Henry, of Vicksburg, a
eilver Democrat, to the vacancy in the
Senate, caused by the death of Senator
George. I
All About the North.
Three thousand cloakmakers
and 1.5C0 coatmakers in New
York are on a strike.
A "spot cash club" has been organ
ized at Valparaiso,; Ind. , for a crusade
against the credit, system of doing bus
jness. J
A crusade against the coloring of im
itation butter is about to be started at
Chicago. j .
The Illinois Republican Club, of
Washington, disgusted with McKin
ley's patronage policr, will disband.
One hundred candidates for naval
cadetship will report for examinational
Annapolis on September 1.
At Eagle River, "Wis. , fire destroyed
the Gerry Lumber Company's yard,
with 10,000,000 feet of lumber. Loss,
8100,000; some insurance.
At Cedar Rapids,' la. , the Republican
State convention nominated lor uov
ernor Hon. L. M. Shaw, of Crawford
county. : " , ) ! ;
A freight train km the Lake Erie and
Western Railroad crashed into a passen
ger train at Lima, O. , wounding thirty
excursionists. J Vf1
The boiler of al saw mill opposite
Mound Citv, 111., in Kentucky, explod
ed, killing the owner, Capt. Hawkins,
of Kewanee, 111. , and slightly injuring
15 persons. 1 i
"The National convention of tho Y. C.
P. U. opened on the night of the 18th
at Indianapolis, Ind. , with 4,000 people
in attendance. The, principal address
was delivered by Evangelist M. B. Wil
liams, of Atlanta, Ga., on "The Bible,
the Word of God."j
Miscellaneous. , -The
government of Peru has ordered
its postage stamps made in the United
States.
There were 40,1G0 applications foi
pensions in the month of June.
The coast survey will publish in c
few days a map of the Klondyke gold
region.
Japan will make a lot of demands
from Hawaii before she will consent tc
arbitration. j E
Tho Grand Lodge of theI. O. O. F.
has decided to bar saloon-keepers frorc
membership. - . j j . - ;
David G. Swain,! U. S. A., retired
judge advocate general, died in Wash
isgtoD, aged 63, of Bright' disease.
PROGRESS Of HOI
Tobacco Cutting is Nearing Com
pletion m the Carolinas.
RAIN NEEDED IN THE
SOUTH,
But General Crop Conditions Are
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Favorable Tobacco Injured by
Storms In Virginia. 1
The United States weekly crop bulle
tin of the Agricultural Department
issued on the 17th says: .
Drought continues in portions cf
Missouri, .Tennessee and j Southern
Texas and tho absence of rain is begin
ning to bo felt in Indiana, Illinois and
portions of Virginia and North Caro
lina. There has been too much rain in
NeSv England, and local storms have
caused some damnge to t crops In
the Southern States .' Oklahoma,
Kansas. Nebraska. South! Dakota,
Wisconsin, Michigan, - Ohio and in
the Middle Atlantic i States. On
the Northern Pacific Coast the
week, although very warm, has been
favorable for harvesting.? lit the cen
tral valleys the weather conditions of
the week have not been wholly fav
orable, being too cold, andLover a large
area too dry. Good rains have, how
ever, improved the crop in Kansas and
Nebraska. The week haa' been very
favorable to cotton, except i in North
Carolina and portions of South Caro
lina, Mississippi and Southern Texas,
where it suffered from drought. Gen
erous rains over the greater part of the
cotton belt have arrested premature
opening and shedding. 1 f
Spring wheat is about fihished in the
South Dakota and southera Minnesota,
and is in progress in the northern part
of the latter State and in North Dakota,
Heavy rains have delayed harvesting in
North Dakota and caused injury to the
over-ripe grain. '-'In South Dakota some
fields in which the stand was thin, have
been ruined by weeds, j Spring wheat
is also being harvested under favorable
conditions in Oregon and. .Washing
ton. ' I. ! '
Tobacco cutting is general in the
more northerly iobftcco States and is
nearing completion in the Carolinas.
In Tennessee tho latter crop is improv
ed, but in Indiana and Kentucky it
has made but slow growth.' Reports
from Maryland j and Pennsylvania, are
favorable. In portions of Virginia lo
cal storms haye caused much injury to
tobacco. i
The reports indicate that plowing for
fall seeding had progressed less favor
ably than in New J ersey, Michigan,
Kentucky and Nebraska, but in Virgi
nia and Missouri, this week .has been
delayed on account of the dry condi
tions of the soil, ! j J ! - .-. ;
THE KLONDYKE CRAZE.
Something About the Situation From
U. S. Commissioner Jones.
William J. Jones, United States
Commissioner to Alaska, assigned" to
St. Michael's, has sent to the Interior
Department the following report of the
gold rush in a letter dated at Dyea,
Alaska, August 4th: I j
"There are nearly 1,800 people in
Dyea and Skaguay routes and both
trails are blocked. People are throw
ing away their; packs and provisions
and rushing headlong to the mines.
Great distress, hardship and suffering
and possible death from hunger and ex
posure is sure to follow next winter, an
ouinion tLat is entertained by all old
Alaska prdspectors who have visited
that part of the world in late years and
know the situation." It
A WIKE TO ALASKA, j !
The Canadian government has sub
mitted formal proposals to this govern
ment to establish communication with
the Klondyke region in Alaska by the
construction of I a telegraph line from
the head "of winter navigation on the
Lvnn canal into the center of the Klon-
- . . rwy-m mm m
dvke district, ine proposals nave been
taken under advisement. They have
been approved by the British secretary
of state for foreign affairs and were for
warded by the Governor-General
nno.rla. t b
vouctIi the British embassv '
the State Department and referred to
the Interior JJepartmenv ine papers
are locked up pending consideration.
VANDRKBILT APPEALS
In the Matter of the Verdict In the
Huntt Damage Suit. !
Mr. J. E. Huntt, who recently got
verdict in the United States court in
Asheville, N. C,, for $8,500 damages in
his suit against George W. Vanderbilt
and Charles MoManee, the damages
consisting of injuries to his leg by a
rock from a I blast falling upon
it, has been served j with notice
of appeal upon the part of the
defendants. The hearing will come
nn before the United States court o
appeals at Richmond, Va., on the first
Tuesday in November, i Judges Goff,
Simonton and Brawley will be judges
nnon the bench at that tune. Air.
Hnntt's attornevs are very confident o
a dismissal of the appeal. Columbia
IS. C.) State.
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He Tells Them We Must nave Bl-
inetallsm by International A;ree
ment. . A
The American Bankers' Association
opened its annual convention in De
troit, Mich., on the 17th, with dele
gates present from all parts of the
United States. I
Governor Pingree welcomed the del
rates. Si leaking of the currency
lucstion, he said the demonetization
of silver reduced the available amount
of primary money one half. To reme
dy this state of affairs it is sought to
effect an agreement among the nations
wherebv the unit measure may again
be in silver and gold at a certain ratio.
He said the use of the cold in the arts
would cause a stringency in the money
markets. . He recommends the taxing
of manufactured gold and said he
avored more stringent laws to compel
corporations to allow honest competi
tion and to prevent the omission cf
honest obligations.
President Lowry'ofthe association,
congratulated the members on the tri
umph of the gold standard, approved
the Indianapolis monetary conference,
and said if returning prosperity is not
here it is on the way. He made the
statement that the association had lost
840 members by the new schedule of
membership dues.
On the 18th the star attraction was the
great -speech of Comptroller Eckels.
With a profound knowledge of the his
tory and science of finance he sounded
a note of warning to the American peo
ple, saying tho financial system of the
United States was a piece of crazy patch
work, and that the only hope is in the
gold stan'dard. -tt.
John W. I axon, of Chattanooga.
Tenn.,. derided Mr. Bryan's claim that
the price of silver controls the price of
wheat, and said tho recent fall of the
one and rise of the other offered con
clusive proof of the falsity of the claim.
Unly lfw of the States failed to re
spond with a statement of industrial
conditions.
Interesting discussions of practical
banking questions followed Mr, Eckels
address. ' 'Is a credit bureau or bureau
of information to prevent losses from
bad debts possible among bankers,"
was the subject of the first paper, read
by John H, Leathers, of Louisville,
Mr. JohP. Branch, president of the
Merchants' National Bank. Richmond.
Va., 'discussed the question "What
legislation is needed in respect to the
currency.' 4,
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS MEET.
Chairman Lamb Downed. But
He
Wlll Call Another Meeting.
At Lynchburg, Va. , on the 18th, the
Republican State committee met with
all thirty members present or repre
sented by proxy. Col. Lamb, the chair
man, did not attend the meeting, he
claiming that it was illegal. Charges
against him were made and the commit
tee voted 27 1-5 to 2 4-5 to depose Col.
Lamb as chairman.
The address to tho Republican voters
of the State is a document of some 1,200
words, devoted largely to a denuncia
tion of the Parker election law and ; the
methods of conducting elections under,
it It says that facts and figures are in
the hands of the committee demon
strating that (in the election of
last fall) the ballots fraudulently
destroyed after they -had been cast
"exceeded by thousands the majoity
returned for the Democratio electoral
ticket. " j
Park Agcew was elected chairman to
succeed Col. Lamb. !
Col. Lamb has the following to I say
on the action of the committee: '
"I consider the action of; the State
committee as illegal. It was called by
four members of the executive commit
tee at an informal meeting held in
Washington without notifying the fifth
member and chairman, myself, which
is not in accordance with the plan of
organization. ' j i
"After consulting with leaders of the
Republican party in the .State, I will
call a convention, which will not be
later than the middle'of September, re
gardless oft the action of the commit
tee." . . 1.
BOMB FOR FAURE.
An Attempt to Assassinate the Presi
dent of France. j
Paris, Aug. 19 (By cable) The de
parture of President Faure. of France,
on a visit to the Czar of all the Rnssias,
at St. Petersburg, on the 18th. was
marked by a scene of the greatest ex
citement, accompanied by the circula
tion of the wildest kind of rumors.
After his departure a bomb exploded
along the- route the president had fol
lowed to the station. I
Although no damage was! done, the
most intense excitement prevails.
It is rumored that the explosion of
the bomb was an attempt to assassinate
President Faure, the explosion having
been ten minutes later than was inten
ded. j
The bomb was-cylindrical in form,
the covering being of yellow paper, and
was filled with gun powder mixed with
long-head nails. Experts upon exami
nation of the infernal machine say the
bomb was a comparatively harmless af
fair. .
An official investigation is in prog
ress, i i
After the assassination of Canovas
del Castillo by the anarchist Golli a
few days ago one of the anarchists
stated that President Faure would be
the next victim.
A dispatch from Paris says a man
named Periar was arrested on the train
on which President Faure arrived from
Havre. The prisoner had a loaded - re
volver in his pocket, and is known to
be a dangerous anarchist, who has al
ready served a term of two years im
prisonment for having in Irrs possession
an infernal machine. i
To Han; for Rape.
At Henderson, N. C, on the 18th,
by a jury, three of whom were negroes,
George Brodie. colored, was, after
seven minutes of deliberation, fonnd
guilty of rape upon the person of Miss
Nannie Catlett, white, of Kittrell, and
was sentenced to be hanged Sept. 1st
next ' !
Wheat's High Water Mark.
In New York on the 18th the price of
September wheat rose to 04f, and the
tales were 16,315,000 bushels. Great
excitement prevailed in.tktj&arktTom
sUrt to finish. "v v i
PINGRKE TO THE BANKERS.
BANKERS ADJOURN.
Congress Urged to Appoint a Curren
cy Commission Brown President
.for North Carolina.
At Detroit, Mich., on the 19th, the
twenty-third annual convention of the
Imerican Bankers Association came to
in end at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Ac
cording to precedent, First Vice-Presi-lent
Joseph C. Uendrix, of New York,
received a large majority of the vots
;ast for first vice-president, cithouj.a
the nominating committee had recom
mended F. A. Tracv. of Illinois, for
the honor.
Joseph C. Heiidrix, of New York
iity? was elected president of the asso
ciation without a dissenting vote.
The members of the executive com
mittee elected are: 1
J. G. Cannon, New York; P; Hunt
ington, Ohio; R. J. Lowrie, Georgia;
f. B. Findlay, Pennsylvania; J. O.
Sands, West Virginia.
The list of members of tho executive
council named by the delegates of tho
rarious associations are; 1'. G. Bige
!ow, Wisconsin; J. P. Branch, Vir
ginia; D. W. Garrett, Missouri; A. W.
'Jampbell, Mississippi; J. C. Hunter,
Ttlinnesota.
Joseph G. Brown, of Raleigh, was
chosen vice-preti lent of the American
Bankers' Association for North Caro
lina. Brown's speech was much com
plimented. A resolution was adopted by the con-
rention urging Congress promptly to
provide for a competent, non-partisan
mrrency commission, to the end that
lound financial legislation may be
ipeedily secured.
Ine executive council re-elected fcec-
retary James R. Branch to serve an
other year. At tho same time the coun
:il voted to raise the secretary's salary
to $5,000 a 3car, this move being mado
to retain Mr. Branch, who had received
in inviting offer from a metropolitan
bank. Walker. Hill, of St. Louis, was
elected treasurer, to succeed William H.
Porter, of New York. Alvah Tiow-
bridge, of the latter city, was re-elected
chairman of the executive council.
Regret of the death of the late Wm. P.
St.. John, of New York city, was ex
pressed in a resolution.
After which R. H. Pullon, of New
Yoik, presented the retiring president
with a handsome gavel, the installation
of officers took place and the convention
adjourned, sine die.
POPULISTS IN IOWA.
Peffer Makes a Speech; Says There ,
is to Be No Democratic Alliance.
The Iowa middle-of-the-road Popu
lists held a convention on the 18th at
Des Moines and' the following State
ticket was nominated: Governor,
Charles A. Lloyd, Muscatine county;
Lieutenant-Governor, D. L. Perkins,
Lyons; Judge Supreme Court, J. A.
Loneburg, WapolloSuperintendent of
Instruction, Wm. Blain, Marion; Rail
road Commissioner, L. H. Griffith,
Leo.
The platform adopted reaffirms the
St. Louis and Omaha platforms; de
clares for direct legislation; for a suffi
cient amount of sound and flexible
money; for the issuance of money to
State, county, township and municipal
governments, the principal to be paid
back to the government at 2 per ' cent,
per annum without interest; the said
money to be a full legal tender; the
Temple amendment is endorsed; the
reduction of freight, passenger and ex
press rates, of salaries of public officers
is demanded, and the deduction of
mortgage indebtedness from assessed
valuations is ur ged.
A protest signed by J. Belangee,
chairman of the Populists who have
combined, with the Democrats for free
silver, was,sent to the convention to
day, but was denied consideration. The
protest called upon all Populists to join
with the free silver Democrats this
year in an effort to advance one of the
theories of the Populists.
The feature of the convention was
the address of ex-Senator Peffer, de
claring himself a middle-of-the-roader,
and saying that there is no more Dem
ocratic alliance.
A RACE RIOT IN TEXAS.
Negroes and Whites Arrayed Against
Each Other at Leonard, Texas.
Earl Meadows, a young white man,
was killed by a negro under peculiar
circumstances at Leonard, Texas, a few
days ago. The whites held a meeting
and warned all the negroes to leave.
All left bnt one, and he was severely
whipped by a white man. It appears
that the negroes had hot gone very far.
and the whipping infuriated them to
such an extent that they procured arms
and are now said to be marching upon
the town. Two wagon loads of negroes
left Clinton on the afternoon of the
19th, en route for Leonard and squads
have left Ladonia and Bonham to join
the Clinton party. The night watch of
the town has ' leen double, arms have
been gathered: and -ammunition cen
tered at necessary points to defend the
town.
TESTING THE SIORTARS.
The Coast Defense on Sullivan's
land Being Made Impregnable.
1st
One of the mortar batteries in the new
fort being erected on Sullivan's Island,
near Charleston, . U., was tested on
the 19th withatisfactory results. Each
of the f6ur mortars were fired once
and then ( they were fired together.
The firing was mainly lor the purpose
of testing the foundation upon which
the battery rests. The target was sta
tioned on Morris Island beach, four
and one-half miles distant. It was eemi
officiallv stated that the test was satis
factory to the officers in charge.
To Marry Schlatter.
It is nositivelv announced that Mrs.
Margaret Ferrris, widow of the builder
of the famous wheel that was the
wonder of the World's Fair at Chicago,
is to be married in Pittsburg, Fa., to
Francis Schlatter, the so-called 'di-
Yine healer," of Canton.
Watches Advance la Price.
The Elgin Watch Company, of Elgin.
111., have advanced the prices of theii
watch movements 10 per cent. On the
better grades and the cheaper grades
have beea advanced frjra. &0 t9 73 eaol
each.
N. C, CROP BULLETIN.
brought Continue to Prevail Over
Some Sections.
The wee"k emtiug Monday, August
&d, was cloudy aud couiinratively
cooL Drought continued to prevail
aver pome sections, especially the central-north
iortion cf the State, but
elsewhere favorable showers occurred,
aud the rainfall on tho 21st wa gen
eral ami very beneficial. Cotton has
continued to jbed in the dry sections
but elsewhere is very tiue. Pickiug
has commenced. Fodder pulling has
become general. Breaking laud for
wheat is progressing and some winter
oats have been sown.
Eastern Distkict.--Drought con
tinues to prevail "with some severity
only in Nash, Halifax and Northamp
ton couuties, and is cutting crops very
thort in those counties. Elsewhere the
weather was favorable this week, with
cloudy weather and gentle showers
beneficial to all crops but interfering
with fodder pulling, some being dam
aged. Over "almost the entire eastern
section crops are fine; old corn is good;
late corn fair; fodder pulling in full
blast. Cotton has been damaged by
drought, has shed considerably, and
there are some complaints of rust, but
it promises a lino crop 3"et; in many
counties it never was better. Cotton
is opening as far north as Northampton
county. All minor crops, peanuts,
rice, sweet potatoes, field peas, turn ip,
etc., are doing well.
Central. District. The crop condi
tions are quite diversified in this dis
trict. . Drought continued to prevail
this w eek in many counties, eti Ran
dolph. Montgomerv, Warren, Durham,
Chatham, Person, Anson, parts ol
Stokes. Richmond, Johnson and Wake;
in most other counties favorable con
dition prevailed with plenty of rain. The
week was generally clouu3T and damp.
Hail damaged crops in Stokes county
on I7t'u. The rainfall on Saturday,
2!st, was general over the district and
very beneficial. Cotton is shedding badly
m the counties wnere iirougui is reiori
ed. but elsewhere is vcrv fine, full ol
fruitage from top to bottom; it is open
iug treuera'lv and i ickiug has com
meuced ia the south 'with first new bale
6old in Richmond county. Late upland
corn is suffering for rain; lowland crop?
fine; fodder being saved rapidly ; sonu
fodder causht by Saturday's rain anc
spoiled. lobacco being cut, leave
broad and of good quality."
Very large melon crop. - Sorry wiu
ter oats and gathering reas progressing
estern J)isthict. Although tu
following counties are needing rain.
namely Burtie, Rowan, Catawba, Sur
y, Davie, Allegheny, Alexander anc
Yadkin; unfavorable reports are verj
few: over the creater portions of the
district tho week we find with-showers,
treneral on the 21. and generally cloud
weather. More sunshine is needed. Uorr
-! 1 1 II" 1
is promising, roaoer pumug ueguc
in south. Cotton looks fine and ha
not shed much; it is opening. The to
bacco crop, though small, will be good
Sweet potatoes and late -Irish potatoei
are looking well, rariners are sow
ing crimson clover, fome winter oat
and saving pea-vine hay. Breaking
wheat laud general. Grapes fane anc
plentiful.
wm: T's
15 li .JUMP.
T
Sensational Advance at Every Market
In the World, Except Purl.
A special dated on the 2Cth from Chi
cago says wheat scored a sensational
advance today at every market in th
world with the exception of Taris. Dur
ing the regular session of the Chicago
board of trade September wheat gained
rJ and December 5'. On tho curb after
the regular hours another advance of 3
cents was made, September selling
freely at 'JO cents.
On the New York exchange Septem
ber wheat for cash reached $1.(M1.; At
the Pittsburg and .Minneapolis i -exchanges
wheat reached SI. 00; St. Louis
also reached the same price. At San
Francisco December wheat reached
1. GO.
The dispathes further say that the
London market is in sympathy' with
ours, but the French market is unre
sponsive anl tiuailected, and that the
bulls are not vet f atisried with their
present victory, but predict 1. 2-1 wheat.
A master speculator is thought to bo
leading the bulls, and some believe it
is Joseph Leiter, a well-known capi
talist and car-builder. No such excite
ment in the cereal market has existed
since Partridge plunged the market
tlown to .ri2 cents.
National Hoards of Health.
The national conference of the Seat
boards of health in Nashville. Tenn.,
Dr. W. L. McMnrray" difcussed the
question submitted by the board of
health of South Carolina, resecting the
placing of jails and prisons under di
rect supervisions of Stat3 boards of
health. The follorviag offieerH were
elected: Dr. Benjamin Lee. of Penn
sylvania, president; Dr. Hnrty, of In
diana, secretary; Dr. PelletWe, of
Quebec, treasurer. A motion recom
mending Detroit to the executive com
mittee as the next place of meeting was
carried, and the convention adjourned
slnadia.
A Lynching Nrar Chicago.
Shortly after noon on the lfcth an un
known man attempted to assault Mrs.
Pauline Fenske, the wife of a German
farmer living in Schilloh Park, a su
burb of Chicago, and was Fbot to
death by the enraged husband and a
posse of farmers. ' . '
. A Murderer Escape Jail.
Albert Yoiers, one of the notorious
Lewis gang of murdererer, under ren
teuce to be hanged, broko jad at Fay
etteville, W. Va. Tho hhenlfand posse
are after him. Jerry Brown is con
demned to hanz with Toierw
.May Iny a Small Wv1c!enl.
The Tennessee Centennial Exposi
tion mir be able to r.tarn Mibsctip
tions and r3V a .small -dividend. Manj
exhibitions will be tent to Pari ii
VJOQ. '
Cot Bullets Instead of Dollars.
At Sussex county (Va.) a negro tratnf
called at the home of John Little, dr.r
iog hit absence and demanded of hit
wife all tho money fhe had in tht
house, but instead of giving hio dollan
e got bullet.
Soufhorn tlaiiuay
FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS. ;
In effect May 9. 1897.
ThU Condensed Shdal 1 puMUhd a
Information only ad U subject to eaa&jre
wlUiout notice to tie publlJ.
RICHMOND TO CnXBLOTTE.
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OrveoTUle.. VI 28
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13 23
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CUAJlLOTf K TO IUClIilOND.
No.12 No.88 No.83 No.10
D'r. D'r. D'y. D'r.
A-k. P.M. A.M. N'n.
I Cistern Time.
..Atlanta.....
7 60 11 60 12 CO
I Central Time.
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'gpartauburjr 8 47 6 37 6 14
Lv.l'harlutie
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7 10
8 20
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HIGH TOINT AND AbUELOliO.
No.41 Vo.ll No. 12 Ko.l
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8 8up V6Oa..Ar..ABbeboro.LT.10 O0a 6 00?
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Dally.
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V CcarlotteaT'e 1 66a
Lynchburg 8 40a
Danville 16 03a 6 60i
.r.arewboro. 7 82a . 7 03a
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Raleigh.....! 145a 1145a
8 60p
7 10a
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12 12
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Salisbury..
AsherUle..
9 87a
2 25p
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8 62p
7 40p
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6 43a
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KnoxvUle... 7 40p
UhatUnoogall 35p
Jiashvllle.. . . 6 43a
Central Time.
Charlotte.. .Ill 16a 9 85 10 OOp 9 43p
"ColumUn 12 60p 187a .....
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'Atken 3 bop
Auguata ilsp 8 00a
'Savannah 4 35p 6 00a
- Jacksonville i) 80p 9 10a ...c
"Tampa. .... 8 10a 7 Oup
gLAug'stlne 10 80a
Central Time.
LvAtlautn. ....
ICentral 'i'me.
Lv Birmingham
top
8 65p
10 lOp
7 25a
70a
6 10a
11 45a
9 49p
810p
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jT Memphis...
Central Time.
Ar New Orleans
Central Time.
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,v Memphis 6 23a 9 OOp
1 Central lime.
.vDfrmlnfcbam .... 4 20p 6 C5a .....
ICentral Time.
.v Atlanta 7 60a 11 Wp 12 00a
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Lv Tamja 7 CO 7 80p
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9 80a 8 80 p 5 40a
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SLEEPING CAR SIR ICS.
na. S7 aod M. WaablBu- and Sovtb
filn4 Cars (minimum pulltoao rt $3.0-: n- r z -tra
tmnit. f Lrst eim VMUbuird Itmy l'ck Klwri
Washloittr.a and AtUota. Tbrouh .ila .ara
octwrra w Tork and hew oriMa. rw Vork al
MeroiiLU. .New York. 11 (1n. Kaoa
lite. CtLtlaon.a ftoU) al hw ,ri b4
1 ami m. bmllM-ra KaJlwa lAulnf Car brt.a
brecmboro aod Moata-rtn-ry.
ho. S aad aa. tmml mu KaM Vail. Pnllmaa
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Uala, Moatsofarrj bU Sw OrUaoa. Srwr torU axxi
Jacaaparlik-. aad CkariotM aai aua-nata. Um
toa at fcaiiatmry with itorfolk ta-1 Caattaaooca
Uiultd for tb Laal cf ih tfkr. tUUakw,
?aahrtll and lUTwt C Dtrublai EiKiiUua.
4u-lat Hlor-iAut Car Waaalncvoa V fen ttnttcimoa,
'a hw Orwana aad bovtacra rctla Kailwaf,
without chAiwr oc a wt Li Wabiatv
fealoidaa. arrivinc tea rraaclaro 1 barrta?,
Ku. 15 aul 14. SarttA.lt aad 4..tkattaAota IJmMad.
k'jrtiAt nl 1'battao.ca. tbrub aunt,
. Urar&abutvj, ailfearr, A mA Ho4
and Haozvllla. tvlimmM trawla IKwU
Hallh.
r prions an 'I k-aozvllla. hUnua LtswIb
wUiu cara brtvara A'orfMk ud aaahUi.
1 bruueb UcMrX on aala at prlaeipaJ af (Uoi to aTt
prrtata. For rata r lafurraaUua a(p to aa
afrc l ot tha Cuaupaajr.
H". Ii. oaaa. oescral SapTlaradpiit,
W. A.I cut. Uaaeral Hi n arr Arnt
J. U. Cn r. Traffic Manager. iai fa. at., V w
tertoO. It. C CbaVlr-i Co. krwtj
I)eslr.l. Informatlut.
WhlUf pn-acbVng a xt.ni:;i : tb? t-o-ir
wltkiiJ of thf ruu!iMtiif. a
prr-ar hr iUiutratcl hU n by say- ,
n that He knows wh'n-b of u- crowa
Ut In ttK sunlight, an 1 wbWi must
have f-had" "You know yrm plant
rr Vn the MiihSw.M h aj. "an!
lu-l'.otroiK? and g-nin!ura; but If you
v.nt your fuch-sLa to grow, you rtiut
kep Uit-ni in a shady njk." After the
seraiou a woman came up to him. her
face glowing -vStb pleasure. 'Oh.
iKjctor, I am so gratrfulJii that M-r-
niou. she nald. c'saiiing his Ua7-ft,
.-hakln? It wannly. Hht heart Rlwel
for a roonitrU only for a moment,
thoujfli. "Yev," ilie went on fervently,
I never knew before what was the
matter with my f uchala."