7 ( VOL. VII. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1893. NO. 2. m- km rat rtljMf wily Professional Cards. J. W.SAIN,M.D, t-LIas located at Lincoluton and of fers Lis services as physician to the citizens of Lincolnton and surround ing country. Will be toand at night at the Lin colnton Hotel. March 27, 1891 ly Bartlett Shipp, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. Jan. 9, 1891. ly. "ill ftlcsmulet? il. DENTIST. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Cocaine used for painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty years experience. Satisfaction jiven in all operations' Terms cash and moderate. Jdn 23 'SI ly GO Tcu BARBER SHOP. Newly litted up. Work away, neatly don, customers pohtelj waited upon. Everything pertain ing to the tonsorial art is don according to latest styles. HeNRY Tasxoh:. Berber. English Spavin Liniment removes a! 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' J I I h K -Ulceus first introduction, Electric Bit ters has gained rauidly in popular favor until now it is cieiy in the lead among pure medical tonies and alteratives cen taming nothing whieb. permits its use as a beveiage or intoxicant, lt i3 recognized as the best and purest medicine for all ail ments of Stomach. Liver or Kidney It will cure Sick headache. Indigestion Con stipation, and drive Malaria from the sys tem. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bwttle or the money will be refunded. Price only 50c pir bottle. Sold by J M Lawing Are yoa interested in Lincoln coantyT Then take the Coueieb 4 Godeya' Lady.' Book. BURNING WATER; OR WHAT CAME OF EARL'S EXPERIENCE. CHILDREN'S STORY. "Rats ! What are you giving usf ' was the rather irreverent reply of Byran, as he Btared at Earl in much the same way that he would if the latter bad proposed to jump np and pull the whiskers of the old man in the moon. "But I can," persisted Earl, somewhat nettled by Byron's con temptuous reply ; "and what's more, X'll do it light hero and now, in this! very room, and before your own eyes. Sic right down there;1' and he placed a chair about six feet iu trnnt of the table, on which was the saucer containing the keioacne. Bryan took the eat, still stoutly protesting: "Tout water wouldn't burn nohow, and nobody could stufl such nonsense as that down him.'' Earl paid no attention whatever to Byrou's remarks ; but begau at once to make rather elaborate pre parations for his mysterious per formance: First he glanced around the room until his eyes caught sight of the saucer on the table. He aps peared quite surprised to find it there, and, going up to it, exclaimed eagerly, as he examined it carefully : "That's the very thing. I'll pour the water in here, right before your eyes. Now watch close,'' he con tinued, glancing &harply toward Byron, "and see that I do every thing fair and above board-'' lie went to the water-pail, which stood on a berch a short distance from the table, and filled the dipper faL of water. After taking adriuk him self, he iuvited Byron to come for ward and taste, if be bad any doubts as to what the dipper contained. Byron, who was quite satisfied by tbis time, expressed himself as very certain that the dipper held nothing but water. Erl now walked back to thft table and very carefully poured just a little of the water into the saucer; at the same time re questing Byron to look close, and ije that it was water, which went into the disb. Of course Byron knew uothiug of the kerosene already there, and which at once, as oil always will, arose to the top, wbile the water sought the bottom. "Byron,'' Earl said in hia most solemn and meapured tones, as he 8t the dipper down, and stood up very erect behind the table,with tbp now almost overflowing saucer in ffout of him, uyou saw me pour wa ter right into this disb, did yon not r ''Yes' replied Bron, very much mystided and somewhat frightened by Earl's strange doiugs. ' Now,'' coutiijud the migVtj' ma gician pro tempore, "if I drJp a light ed match into this atcer, and its contents take fire piid burn bright ly, I have done What you, Byron Ormen, eaid I could not do burnt water, have I not 1'' "Y-e-p," again replied Byron rather faintly, while over his face crept a look of awe and doubt, as be added; "But you can't do it, can you ?'' Earl delighted to give him no re ply; but deliberately lighted a match, held it up higb in his rigbF hand until it burned out brightly, and then, as he mumbled over some mysterious sound'ng words, let it fall gently into the saucer. Never was magician more sue cessful 1 The instant the match touched the oil a blaze- two feet high leaped up in front of Earl. The astonished boy, never dreaming that hia expe riment would prove such a brilliant success, sprang back, almost as much frightened as Byron himself, who stood staring at the flames with gaping mouth and wide, opened eyes, too much amazed even to speak. In a moment the water under neath began to boil, and pushed the burning fluid over the sides of the saucer. Out upon the table and down upon the floor, rau the liquid Are, Then, before either of the boj3 could lift a hand, the table and the floor around it were a mass of flame. Byron was so frightened that he could do nothing but jump up and down aud halloo : uOh ! Oh! we'll be burnt up I We'll bo burnt up!'' At the awful Bight of the climb ioz flames, Earl'n heart seemed to spring up into his throat, and there atop, still, while his body became so weak that he ould hardly stand. It was at this moment that a cry trom little Katie, who had been awakened by the noise, reached his ears. Earl loved his little sister dearly, aud tho thought that unless something was done at once she would be burned alive, almost made him wild. Ilaidly knowing what, he did, he rushed into the room wheiehhe wap, and, grabbing her up from off tie bed, ran with her out doors. Byron followed him, still dancing up aud down, aud hallooing : "Fire! tire ! tire !M By this time Earl began to iealiz' what a terrible thing it wou'd be to have the house, their only home burned dowu. Tbey wera too poor to build another ; and everythiug tbey had, except the garments ou their backs, would be destroyed by the fire. Kis excited imagination saw his frail mother and tender sis ter almost without clothes, without shelter, without food and without money, wandering from house to t ouse, dependent upon cold charity, ail because ot his foolish trick. Stung almost to madness by these thoughts, he determined to rush back into the house and put the fire out or perish in the flames. Thrust ing the crying child into Byron's trembling arm?, he bade him, in a j voice the frightened boy could bard ly recognize, so harsh and strange it sounded : "Take Baby Katy to her mother and then, with pale, set face, dashed back into the burn ing buildiug. All this happened in a very few moments ; tor in times of intense excitement the mind thinks and the body acts with the quickness of lightning. Byron waited only long enough to see Earl vanish in the smoke, which was now pouring through the open door of the old house. Baby Kate had kicked and screamed so lustily, (he moment Earl had turned away? that he had been obliged to lace heron the ground, at a sate distance from the fire, aud run for Mrs. lreil without her. How bis legs flew over the ground, and hov: his frightened voice rang out in the thrilliuj; cry of 'Fire ! fire ! fire !' His mother and Mrs. Ireil heard him long before be reached ihe house. Both women sprang to their fret, while over the lace of Mrs. Ireil swept an ashy paleuess. With out pausing au iustaut, she darted though the door and down the road toward the hoaoe. She was almosi frantic; for she could now see the smoke ris ng above ber owu house. The moment ehe met Byron, she caught hold of him, and inquired wildly : "Where is Earl Where is Katie ? What has happened 1" "Ob, he'll be burnt up! He'll be burnt up ! Hurry I Quick !'' was all she could get out of the terrified boy. "Burnt up, her brave boy ; her darling baby f No, God could not be so cruel." "Oh God ! give me strength and time to save my dear children," was the prayer of her mother-heart. Her feet seemed winged as they flew toward the burning building. She was the first to reach to the house, aud, without a moment's hesitation, sprang through the door out ot which the amoke still contmaed to poor. The table was a charred ruin, and a great hole had been burnt out of the floor in trout ot it ; but the fire was out. With face and hands black with smoke, aud clothes scorcbed and burnt, Earl stood, with the broom poised in his right hand, while the water-pail by bis side told to what good purpose the article had been put, staring, like one gone daft, at the black hole in the floor. And well he might state ; for tberei in a little hollow, chiseled out of one of the large logs which formed the suppol t of the floor, lay Miser John's gold in a great pile of gleaming yel low coins. Mrs. Ireil sprang forward when she caught sight of her boy, with the glad cry of: "Ob, Eil, thank God that you are safe ;'' and not withstanding his soiled clothes and begrimed face, drew him to her bos om aud kissed him again and agaiu ;Oh mother !'' sobbed the penitent boy, "I did not mean to do it. 1 just wanted to astonish Byron. But," as the thought of the treasure came into his head, "I've found Mi ser John's gold, aud you'll forgive me, won't you, mother ?'' But Mrs. Ireil could not stop even to consider gold, until she wa as sured of the safety of a treasure far more precious to her than any Miser John ever hoarded Bihy Kate. "Wheie is Katie?" she asked, a shn glanced with a startled look around the room. Before Earl could answer, tbe voice of Baby Kate herselt was heard cring petulantly : "I don't want you ; I wants my ma, my own pretty mamma;" aud Mrs. Ormen, pale-friced and trembling, placed the weeping child in her mothet's arms. Not until sle had hugged and kissed her little darling more times than I can tell you of, did Mrs. Ireil's eyes turn toward the giitter iug hoard within the log. Then, lifting her flushed face to tbe people who by this time were beginning to crowd into the house, she thanked them as composedly as possible, for the kind iuterest which their press ence maniftsted and the help,which she was sure tbey would have been willing to have rendered had uot tbe bravery of her boy made their assistance unnecessary. "But now,'' she said, "I wish to be alone with my children.5' The moment the last oue of her kind neighbors had gone, a.id the door was shut, and the wiJdowtcur. tains were down, Mrs. Jteil and Earl very carefully gathered up the gold, and with happy, thankful hearts began to count over the rich treas ure. It was past midnight before the pleasant task was finished. When Mrs. Ireil announced that the sum total was just 5,000, Earl spiang to his feet, and with a loud hurrah declared Miser Johu a "trump.' "Earl," Mrs. Ireil said reproving lv, "let us think as kindly as possi ble of tbe poor old man, who, year after year, toiled like a slave, starv ing both body and soul, that, in the providence of God, tbe widow aud the fatherless might, in their time of need, be provided for. It may b that he is more deserving of our pity tbau our censure. G-d alone knows upon what rocks his soul was wrecked.'' Earl, notwithstanding its fortu nate termination, never repeated this experiment. And even to the present day, when telling bis young friends of how be discovered Miser John's gold, he will always close with tbis admonition : "Bovs never attempt to show off you smartness by performing tricks you have not sense enough to understand, aud never do such a foolish, dangerous thing aa to. try tc bum water aud kerosene. That is,'' he will add after a short pause, and with a merry twinkle in his eyes, "unless you can do as I did, and make your folly reveal the hiding-place of some Miser Jonh's golden god.'7 The Herald man has seeu the plans for the Holt monument soon to be erected on the Guilford battle ground, The plan was executed by Architect Orlo Epps, of Greensboro. As described by the Greensboro Record, it is to be a handsome piece ot work ; the base is five feet square and two feet high. The next piece is four feet square and 14 inches higb. The die is to be three feet high and three feet square sur mounted by a cap fourteen inches high. There are to be three broDze plates costing 18o. On one is to be the coat of arms of tbe State; another will be inscribed "Erected by Gov. T. M. Holt, 1893," while suitable historic inscriptions will l.e placed on the others. The who'.e is to be of Mount Airy granite Burlington Herald. i;!"Ioiie to u Toas t Iy T. A. Green, Kwq., at Sue ldltor h ISanquet. While thanking you for the honor of calling me to respond to this toast, permit me to say that you as sign me a very difficult task. The very fact that I am to speak of the industrial developments of New Berne a city old in its history, its intelligence and culture, and its po litical fame, but comparatively new in its material growth and progress, signifies that I am to deal in cold, dispassionate figures, and not in H ere t-eutiment and it eiin; Aud it may be that many of our owu citizens, j igging along the biaten pathway of their daily life, igi-.o rant of the immense resouices ot tuis section, so long left unsupplied by tbe wealtn aud energy of mod ern timet'. We hope that the intel ligent men of the Pieis particularly will inform themselves on this sub ject. We are satisfied that our trucking fitlds, with their beautiful carpets of green, are a marvel of productiveness. Why., gentlemen, do you know that during the year 1S92 we shipped 234.000 packages ot peas, cabbage, potatoes and.oth er truck over our railroal' and steamers hues, fully S0,O0O of thtse packages being potatoes ? Aud that, io the diversification ci crops, ag gregating, iu a goad year, from 200 to 8300 t Ihe acre. Aud while miles away from New Berne the lands have been bougbt up and still there are thousands of acres of good, fertile soil, bathed by the dews and showers of the best clis mate iu the world, awaiting th- cap ital, euergy and 6kill of the indus trious trucker. Aud ucb 13 tbe wonderful character ot this enter prise, that great as it is now, every yearseerHS to add to its marvelous development in dollars and cents. And then look at the almost mir aculous exhibit of our fishing inter, est. One would think tbat the lamp of Aladdin had been suspen ded over our waters from the ro mantic coves and inlets abound Morebead to the winding recesses of tbe Treat. During the last year G2.000 packages of eatable fih, con sisting of 70 varieties, were shipped from New Berne and Morebead, packed in ice, and receiving trans portation to all secttous of the coun try. Fully 2,000 persons were em. ployed at remunerative wages to prepare for and handle those ship ments. It became neccessary, to meet the demauds of tois industry, to establish au ice factory, funning ou full time, and turning out 20 tons of fee per day. Besides, there was au annual importation from the North of 2,000 tons of ice, aud a levy upou tbe natural supply at our doors in our doors in our frozen creeks aud rivers. Toe fishing iu dustiy at Morebead, with its luvet mem of a $100,000- is, iu a lare measure, a separate consideration in making up tbis wonderful esti mate of au industry which only a few years ago a few years fcgo was confined to a lew scattered and helpless fishermen, who possessed neither apparatus nor capital to accomplish such astouitshiug results. Not the least of the expaitsive eu tei prises which in tbe last tew years have given such impetus to tbis sec tion is the lumber mills, which through out Neuse and Pamlico sections have made such a radical change in the appearance of the county and the coudition cf the people. And whatev er may be said of the utility and wisdom of cutting do wn cur treea aud sacrificing our forests, as a mere question of commercirl devel opment this judu:dry ha3 grown to a gigantic propotion, vat acres of laud in the vicinijy of New Beine has been occupied by thee ener getic lumbers companies. Iu the City and within sight of ir steeples twelve steam uaw Tild; are now running, whose out put of dressed and undressed lumber io mx mil lion feet per year. .Many of those miih are cf huge capacity. They have urjif;g kilns ai;d plaining mills attached to them, and used all tbe latest mechauirle im;;!Ove ments. It is estimated, aod adding th numerous saws mills a little din tance from New Berne, over one hundred million feet of lumber are shipped as the outcome of this in dustry, embracing aM sort of lum ber peculiar to our coi', taking tlu ploce of the depleted white pine of the Northern States, aud supplying even the markets of Chicago, and Portlaud in the State of Maiue Thousands of dollars are put iuto circulation through the instrument ta ity, graceful and costly dwellings are erected, and tbe gener.il bilpi. ness condition of the city greatly improved. If I had the time, geutleman, and this weie the place for such a dis' cus-iiou, I'migbr go on to s-cak of our extensive factory for the pro duction of fertilizers, backed by ampin capital, and supj hing our aggneultural interests through an extensive tract of country, 1 might speak of .our canning indus try, turning out thousands ot j ack-ar-, and iachiui the ready de., m nds of the maikets in many neighboring States, 1 might men tion our numerous facilties for inaks inl and furnishing boxes fr truck ers, calling tor matretal and skilled labur, and securing employment foi ndustrious workmen throught ma ny weeks of the year. And iast but not least, I might mention our recently established kuitting fac tory, which though established on la small scale, bids fair to increase and develope, bringing profits to its projectors aud prosperity to the city. We have been incumbered. Genilemen, with many burdens, and pposd by many obstacles. But our motto is "upward and on ward." With the speedy comple liou oi the Wilmington and Onslow Railroad, tbe cry of its eugin9 be lag almost ready so sound upon our sheets, and with a direct northern connection looming up in the future We are not wasting our time in id'e day-dreams, but laying our bands u-.ou the very discoveries of fortune We expect to see our famous c ty, which has stood the shocks of war and the oppressors frown but is still fragrant with the memory of a glorious, departed day, put on her robes of triumph, and stand forth strong in her financial ability and prosperous in her commercial insii tutio'is, as sh has ever preserved the fme and intelligence of her sons, and tbe virtue and beauty of ber women. sYlliunce diarlei Legislation. To the Edi'or of The Greensboro Argus, A few days ago I sent you for publication 60'De resolutions passed by tbe Alliance of Wayne county at its last meeting, and I have thought it proper to explain public ly my connection with said re-obi-tions I am now county secretary of tbe alliance, and as secretary, I turni-hed tbe resolutions for publi cation. Tbey do not uv-et my wdividua' ! approval. A large majority of those advocating the resolutions care no thing for tbe "beloved ordei" ex oeptiug so far as it will tear down and destroy tbe I)emocfatic pary ai.d will Mi3tairi and upbuild :he Third Party and the resolution an engt-ndered i" Third partv spin: at;d promulgated fr Tiiird patty efl'ee-t. What is tbe fuss about, and what's the caus'i ot cnticit-m of the Legis lature? It is tha' the Alliance charter has been to amended tha? now there is no persona! liability upon any member, that ny one who bas put his money iu tbe busi ness agency fund shall have the rieht to withdraw it, and the trus tee of tbe fund refuses to pay, that the Attorney General shall bring an action which will enforce payment and that the salaries of officera shall not be increased beyond those fur nished iu the constitution of the or. der. " These are tho amendments, tbeie was cause for each. As to all except the hsf, I ask President Butler if be did not state in Raleigh 'that they were proper, and ought to be made The limitation upon the salaries of officers was in the interet-t of the , aimers, who Lave their moue iu the fund, and it cannot be objected to, except by someone whose eye has been upon the fuud, aud whot by the amendment, is prevented from enjoying it. A great many of the lecturers of the Alliance iu North Carolina last year were Third party candidates. And still they were paid out of the Alliance fund S4.3G4.18. And if I am not very much mistaken Mr. Graham was called upou for $1,200 to help pay that and other expen- ses os the State meeting. At the last meeting it was seen that the funds on hand were insuf ficient to pay delegates the amount allowed them by tbe constitution And the committee recommended a reduction. President. Butler ruled that tins reduction apply to that meriting as well as future meet tings, aud delegates who had left li.isnr undi-rsiaiidiut; what compeu would be made them, found it re !ucei, although at the same meet- ing $375, ioi rowed by Mr. Butler, him aed he made no objection. At the a:uto meeting President Butler lecomuieuded that the biiBt-ne-s bgtne fuud be taken from tha tiusiee, a bonded officer, and given so the executive commiteee, with out a bond. Many object to the provision al lowing members to withdraw their funds, I tbiuk this was simply an act ot justice. Mauy who are now Democrats, have joiued the order beleiviug it was non political, and in this beleif contributed their mon ey. Tbey now beleive it is political, and that its politics are injurious to the doctrines in which they beleive. B6?eiving this, ou-jht thir money to stay wheie they think it irjurious to their welfare I Tbe amendments were proposed in the presence, and with the aceent ot attorney's employed and selected by tho xVlliance, one of whom was a Irmo'irat and the other for Weaver I do not know that tbey agreed that all amendments were necces sary, but am informed that tbey substantially so agreed. 1 beleive the Alliance originated in an earnest desire to strengthen our institutions and benefit our people, but that it is now a mere machine, upon which men, who are not farmers, hope to ride into office, Tbey have the ear of the people aud, takiDg advantage of our de pressed condition, seek to destroy confidence in our public men, and to create general dissatisfaction. They know that with the boon of contentment their power and influ ence would be dissipated as tbe mist before the fiunr I caunot join in their efforts, and will not do so. Iu conclusion, Mr. Editor, I would say, it now looks like all Democrats will have to retire from tne Alliance, and all others who would teach the rising generation something besides being chronic grumblers. Very truly yourp, J. A. Stevens. McCIatnmy, N. O., April 2G, 1893- Iloko NuiI til InvcntM a Plan. Washington, May 3. Secretary Hoke Smith was at bis; offlce iu tbe lute: lor Department today and ex pressed himself as much improved j oy nis recent trip with the Presw dent to New York and Chicago. The Secretary, realizing the im portance of securing perfect bar mo'iy in the policy to be pursued in the administration of his depart ment, with r-uch varied and impor tant interests as those which are aa signed to the Department of tbe Interior, is formulating a plan by which each of the several bureaus will be assigned a certain hour each day for conference with him- At thU conference it is expected that the beads of tbe bureau will bring to the Secretary's attention such matters as they think requires bis consideration and will have au op portunity to discuss with him the general policy to be pursued in their respective departments. Iu further developement of this general idea, the Secretary intends to have a meetiug ot assistant sec retaries and heads cf bureaus for the purpose of considering all mat ters of common interest. If you feel weak and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS

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