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1 Davie Record. f -1 MOCKSVILLE, X. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1899. 23. lire & Kimbrough, ySICIAXS AD SURGEONS. Irst door South of Hotel Davie. aiQCKSVILLE, N. C. F. G- CHEEK e specialist. . ? -er Jacobs' Clothing- Store, wixstox, X, c. fR. B. Anderson, 1 DENTIST. Jce: First Door South of Is. McGuire & Kimbrough. I MOCKSVILLE, N. C. ; - I Asheville Gazette, I DAILY EDITION: riplion: One Year, 00 00 40 00 Weeks, 1 tenth, y Gazette. One year, 1 ty (iazette. One year, 1 tv Gazette, six months, 00! 50 Jriss: The Gazette, Asheville, X C. JTEREST TO IXVEXTORS. 1. Snow & Co., one of the and most successful firms of f attorneys, whose offices are Je the United States - Patent in Washington, D. C, and lave procured - patents';, for iian 17,000 inventors, say tliat fto the improved conditions, X . S. Patent Office, pateuts pv be more promptly proeur-; fi at any previous time in theiTi iiee of twenty-live years." ! YOU GO TO J CALL OS WN, The Jeweler. h a Xice Line of AYatches, y and Silver Ware, Specia iul Eye Glasses, etc. . Fine Tir done while vou wait and asuretl for one year. Prices the times. jurs for business," 1 BROWX. The Jeweler. jertv Street. Xext door to Iiol eri'-H the gun man. Davie Record 1 ill Publish Xotices s At the following BSr-PKICES.-SS .hstrator's notice - of Sale, - - - uder execution - .2.00 $2.00 ige Sale - - - rotices where fees $. k 3, $3 and $i respec- tively will be charg- S ed. L-figures represent an actual tvinsr of'33i ner cent and l fover,as nowalloM ed by law 1 hi . Kk ii on us oetore vou maice a Sract,for we are ready to meet -A V () MPETITIO N. a; J THBRN RAILWAY. Standard railway If THE SOUTH. I ' 3 Direct Line to all Points. i( . fezas. ($ Ifornia, I irida, pa and to Eico. cVy FiiRt Class Kquij -at on ail Through and Lo- 1 1 rains. "Iman Sleeping Cars on all Night Ins. Fast and Safe chedules. S Travel by the Southed ard $ you are assured a Safe, Coin 's fortable and Expedlous Jour I ney. --v to Ticket Agents for Time Ta les, Rates and General Infor mation, or address 1 VTCKNON, F. R. DARBY, IT. P. A. C. P. & T. A larlotte, N, C. Asheville N.C L0U3LE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. LNK S.. GANNON, M. CULP. l & Gen Man. Traf. Man. W. A. TURK G. P. A. p For President liMK). Jg WILLIAM MclvlAix, Obio. For Governor. JA3Ii:S 13. 1H)Y1, Guilford. For Congress. WILLIAM A. BAILEY, Davie. Election Law Section Eleven. Section 11. That before the next general election on the first Thursday in August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred, provided for in this act, there shall be an entirely new registration of all persons who shall be entitled to register in every voting precinct in the state, and only such persons as are registered shall be en titled to vote in any election held un der this act. That in all cases the applicant for registration shall be sworn by the registrar before being registered and shall state and answer his age, place of residence, stating ward if he resides in an incorporated town or city, number of his house if numbered, and if not numbered then a designation of its locality bystreets: and if not the owner, then the name of the owner or renter. If not a resi dent of an incorporated town or city he shall then siate his place of resi dence in the election precinct; and if he is not the owner ot the nouse in ! which he lives then he shall state the j "i .."e" I. l "r " IZ i same UI upuu wjiusc lauu uc uvea, lulc ; time of his residence in said county, j 1 inn nhrp nf hiK ,ip. whpn and hvi whom employed if employed; if a new , comer irom wnence ne comes, anu ms whether he has been disqualified as a ! & SunSLs ! whether he has listed for taxation his j poll for the current year in which he i proDoses to register, and for the vear next preceding, if liable to pav a poll ' tax, and any other questions which mav he regarded hv the registrar as material upon the question of the j iFinstnri N- V 'i&X1 Vl liiOuUU 11 Vc ;tion. The registrar may require the j ditiohal burdens upou the people. ' ' aimlicant to nrnvs his idtntitv or a p-p I .;. ... dpinitdni iu prove nis laenxiry or aqe ana residence by the testimony of at j ""-.i least two electors under oath. And the : legislative assemblies and voe debts statements made by the applicant for j' T r registration in answer t j any of these ! uPon the Pple, and the Ccustltu questions shall be evidence against ; tion placed these barriers iu the him in any proceedings for false or i ,, e , . , , , fraudulent registration. And the reg-1 Patu of the legislature to prevent istrar shall record the full name by i profligacy and waste, and when the which he is known, his age. occupa- , - , , , , ., , , tion, place of birth and place of resi-1 legislature fails to do its duty as dence of said elector, the name of the j pt escribed by the Constitution, then postofflce, township, county or state Irom whence the elector has removed, in the event of a removal; by whom has listed'his poll for" taxation for the i current 3-ear in which he applies for ! regis era. nou unu 101 ine year next preceding, if liable to pay a poll tax, in the appropriate column of the reg- books containing the said record shall j be evidence against the applicant in j false or fraudulent registration. And thereupon if the said registrar shall adjudge the applicant to be duly qual ified and entitled to be registered as an elector he shall register the name of the applicant, giving his race op posite to his name on the registration books: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any elector or judg e of election on the day of elec tion and when the elector "presents : himself to vote from challenging the right ot the elector of the elector to vote. If an elector has previously been admitted to registration m an' ward, township or precinct in the county in which he resides he shall not be entitled to reg ister again in another ward, precinct or township in the same county until he produces a certificate of the regis trar in the former township, ward or precinct that his name has been eras ed from the registration books of the ward, precinct or township from which he has removed, and the identity of any person claiming the right to be registered in any precinct of the same county by virtue of said certificate with the person named therein shall be proven by the oath of the claimant, and when required by the registrar by the oath of at least one other elec tor. Every person found and adjudged by the registrar qualified as an elec tor shall take the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or alilrm) that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Xorth Carolina; that I have been a resident of the state of North Carolina for twelve months and of the county of . . . : . . for ninety-days v that I am twenty-one years of age; that I have not registered for this election in any other ward, precinct or township: that I am the identical person l represent myseii to. oe, anu j tnat 1 am a bona nae resident oi ... precinct. So help me, God." And thereupon the said person shall be en titled to register. That if any appli cant for registration who is permitted to register shall confess upon his ex amination under oath at the time he i3 admitted to registration that he has not listed his poll for taxation for the current year, if the time of his said applicat ion is after the time fixed by law for listing taxes in that year, or if he shall admit that he did not list His poll for taxation for the year next preceding, it shall be tne duty of the registrar to certify said fact or facts to the clerk of the superior court of his county, and the said clerk shall hand such certificate to the solicitor for the district at the next term of the superior court, and the solicitor shall without delay draw and send to the frrand jury a bill of indictment ! against such elector so registering for t failure to list his poll tax. And if j any applicant shall falsely swear he has listed his poll for taxation he shall be guilty of perjury and punished as prescribed by law: Provided, that has not listed his poll for taxation, shall not be used against him in any criminal proceeding for a failure to list his poll: but it shall be the duty of the solicitor to whom said name is certified, if he shall be satisfied that said alleged delinquent elector is lia ble to list his poll and that he has failed to do so as required by law, to ! send a bill of indictment against such ' lelinquent to the grand jury for fail , uro lo u;'t hi-; poll. The Davie Record, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. E. II. MORRIS, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One copy, One Year, - - -One copy, Six Months, - . -One copy, Three Months - - - $1.00 50 25 Mocksville, N. C, September 6. The Stanley Bond Case. There is a good deal being said iu the papers about the decision of the circuit court in the Stanley Bond case. . Adverse criticism of the court, it appears to us, is un just and.out of order. The Consti tution of Xorth Carolina prescribes the mode of voting and levying bond ed indebtedness, and if the law is not complied with, it is the court's right and diity to decide in accord ance with the law. We are not repudiators of any kind of indebt edness, bat we are of the opinion that the fault lies elsewhere than with the courts. Why not criticise the carelessness of our legislature. .... - . ' i for this almost criminal neglect of j clvvt .11111 1.111 I MM I 'I WM r-k I 1 III J1IU - " mwv, i lra ; , The law says such bills shall pass ! Hir fiiWin,), MO,u, fc- VI til A. VCVvi LU wO several days, and the yea and nay vot? sha11 be reeoraei-is not plain, and are not our law makers to l.io, for not f.mnr,iv;no. cfr;Ptiv l mame 101 ut tomplvmg Strictly with these rules in laving addition- al taxes The " obi tct of the law was to make our T. . ,r , , ... the legislators should be criticised, aiid not . the court, for. doing its tlttty - -. The law says the mortgage j first recorded, and the judgment j first taken and docketed have pre cedence over second mortgages and I judgments. Is not the object of the law in these cases proper and just I Andiu some instances, where men fail to have them recorded and docketed, do they not suffer loss by their neglect, and others who take a second mortgage and comply with the legal requirements, Step in ahead of the other man? Let the legislature do its duty, and when the courts go wrong, then condemn them. i "He who asks equity should do equity." Boyd and Bailey. We noticed in a last weeks' issue of the Charlotte Observer, that its Winston correspondent said that Post Master E. H. Morris, of The Davie Record, was in favor of Jas. E. Boyd for governor, and William A. Bailey for congress in his district, instead of. Hon. R. Z. Linney. It struck us as sooh as we read it. that there was a little meanness in this statement. It I smacked of the idea of E II . Mor- ris opposing Mr. Li inney, and a , . . ley's attention st Democratic desjxe to caliMr. Linney's to the fact our last legislature eliminated Mr. Linney from our district, aud placed Yad- fcm auu jjayie in .Air Klutz's dis trict. .This correspondent should be properly posted before writing for the" press, and it would be no bad idea for him to try and get rid of a few of his small ideas before he writes again. The postmaster at this place wears no man's collar, and he lives in a State which one ot its poets said was "the land of the free and thehome of thebrave." It is not brave to be little." That Election Law. We have given our readers for three issues, section 11 of the elec tion lav,'. This section contains the most important features of the law the qualifications of voters, the many obstacles placed in the way of the poor and uneducated in get ting his name on the registration books, and the penalty hanging - over him for failure to pay his poll tax.' We will select other sections and give them to our readers, and it will be well for all to read them I carefully and preserve them tor future refereuce. Hplton and Settle. State Chairman Holton remarked today that the statement of Thomas Settle that he was for the amend ment to the Constituti n did not surprise him, as Mr. Settle had been talking that way since the legislature adjourned. Chairman Holton could have ad ded, had he so chosen, that he knew of many others of the more brainy and respectable and self respecting men of the Republican party in Xorth Carolina who will at the proper time take the same stand on this "negro issue. "- Winston Corr. Raleigh. Post. The above clipping shows the methods resorted to by the intol erant, demagogic machine element in the Democratic party to carry the amendment. Mr. Settle is a brainy man, and is certainly capa ble of deciding how he will vote, and we do not question his right in the least. But the last para graph shows the contemptible lit tleness of the man who wrote it. There are as respectable and as self-respecting men in the Repub lican party in Xorth Caiolina who are going to vote against t his the amendment as there are iu Democratic party. Such stuff as - that is not going to bluff or scare! - o o I:II 1'IMir. V II lit- I III-' '.I II1MMI I IIIHIIi - , -. niust be very weak when its nurses have to resort to such abuse, and such comtemptible methods to carry it. With a white majority over the. negro of over 100,000, the Democratic machine managers showed plainly by the election law they passed, that they did not ex pect a majority of the voters to uphold them in their efforts to en trench a machine everlastingly in power, in this State. The record from South Carolina, Georgia, Lou isiana and Mississippi shows con clusively that the elimination of the negro bv Democratic methods, as not put a stop to crime among the negroes or whites in these States, The negro question is as much, dis-j cussed in those States to-day as in 1 this. And we are honest iu t.ir opinion that the amendment wfe'l ! ut settle the negro question. We are just as much in favor of white J rule as anyone can be, but as we i have said beiore, we do not see an j danger of negro domination in i Xorth Carolina? How can a race j hopelessly in the minority dominate ! the State ? It seems that the last '. j legislature fixed at least a portion j of the negro counties so the whites could control them. -Now, why did they not fix all of those where there i n it t was a cnanee ior me negroes to control, and thereby settle the question of negro rule, and thus avoid a campaign which bids fair to arouse the , passion and preju dices of the peple unnecessarily. We are opposed to such campaigns, for the effect works injury to the entire State and all of its people. To needlessly arouse the passions and prejudices of the people is a calamity, and all good men should oppose the means resorted to which culminates in arousing bad blood, and often riot and bloodshed. ( We would like to see these vex- in.cr nuestions settled for the good cf all concerned, but we cannot O A voe for a measure which settles Whin-, but which will eventuallv uoimu u - disfranchise thousndsol the white f ppler-i-i Democrat pun denj venom and dirt-flinging and tell us if your election law was drafted and passed with the purpose of! frii'inor M. f fftC ballot aild a fair count. Tell us if you believe your . . ii,.!. i pet scheme - a chance un.i uauvi ftiir count. Tell US if it IS not v crime and perjury to tamper with ballot boxes and election returns. Iloggs liel'ore and After. When the repeal of the Peg leg Williams law was before the last legislature, Mr. Boggs made his maiden and only speech. He said: "If you do not repeal this law, you need never call on the West for help again." They did not repeal it and are calling on the West for help again, are they not ? After refus ing to repeal that law, and against his campaign pledges, Mr. Boggs yielded to their call demands ! .inrl voted for that amendment and 1 one.si(ifcd and tuijrst election law. ! Thisis. perhaps, one of thosethings Mr. Boggs said a man might have to ' - . i do which "no honest man would say was right." Tinies-Merenry in r.c Al r - lo 4n 1 1 lit fM 1 1 1 1 ii in i.nt ill r i i-in v Jia in ' ' - " evror ve fell into the same before the laws were published. If he will examine the acts of the last legis lature, page 536, chapter 381, he will see that Peg-leg cau carry ou his trade unmolested. Let's give them credit for what they did do, be it good, bad or indifferent. We cannot endorse all they did, by a large majority, but what little good has been done should be properly credited on the ledger. VETERANS MEETING. Camp Clement Organized To Picnic 28th Instant. Last Monday morning the old soldiers of Davie, the worthy and only living representatives of the Lost Cause," marched into town um uihibiuoib numueis notw in- beeu fc nfc ()f 1Uetuture standing the fact hat Father Time t fort J ou the subjeet sim. has been constantly thinning their , fa the mau who kuoWB ranks They came, though not as j how tQ extract it E I)emo. hght-hearted buoyant and hopeful cratic politiciau in the State who fJ!i J '' re" has -expectations" from the pre sponded full of fire to their coun seut re jjme has or win'be trj s' call to repel the invaders of forceJ tJ anQ deHver uu able our dear Southland; but they were ; artide on ibe amendment. As the here m the tlesh-some with pjcampaignpropeBMwhavtlwkwl steady tread and bedimmed vision, - in ths able ar- j but underneath the simple garb ot nest yeomanry he same old Con - federate heart still throbbed and sent life-blood through many a i liciuiv; name mat aunricu uuiiuu I ill I 1 I lllll ,11tll 111! B- I I 1- I III III- III 1. t , .v.., , n. ,v-c. hills of Virginia and all along the front for they were there. What a wealth of reminiscence must be each of theirs. Let them asscn- l.. 1 : ? 1 -1 j -I uie. reorganize anu uo anviniij"1 1 reorganize else they may desire, unmolested, uncrilicise;, for in another decade they will all be returned to mother earth, ami the like of them will never be seen again. Having met in the courthouse (hiring the forenoon, the meeting was organized by the selection of Comrade W. A. Williams as chair man and Editor Crowson secretary. On motion a camp was organized to be known as Camp Clement. The following officers were chosen: Commander, W. II. Hobson; 1st ;2d Assistant Commander, C. C. j Sanford; Adjutant, C. F. Bahnsou; Chaplain, Rev. W. R. Ketchie; Commissary, Jas. H. Coley. The reunion will be held in the courthouse here on the 281 h of the present mouth, at 5):30 a. m. After the meeting, the Camp will march to Clement Grove and picnic and fight their battles over. Following is the Committee of Arrangements: W. H. Hobson, C. C. Sanford, C. A. Guffy and C. F. Bahnsou. Rev. W. C. Wilson, sf Winston, will deliver the address. The following were appointed to secure the names of all the Confed erate soldiers in their respective townships: Farmington. Dr. W. G. Johnson. Jtr.itaVm, J. 1?. J'taid. Clarksville, Isaac Roberts. Mocksville, W. A. Clement. Fulton, J. H. Peebles. (alalia ii, Rev. W. R. Ketchie. Shady Grove, C. G. Bailey. A cordial invitation is extended to all, and especially to the ladies, to be present at the picnic. The South aud Expansion. Chief Justice Chambers of Wamoa, has 'een telling the people of the Sonthhow g. eatly they stand in their own light in opposing expan tion, says the Xew York Journal. He favors the United States retain- ing everything it has in the Pacific He makes the point that the trade of that section is a particularly in - vitimr field for the South, aud that j with the completion of the Xica- ragua Canal it will build up a mag-; take in the Anidter J uificent trade in the Pacific couu- ! franchiemjf ot 40, ti.. ; teTcou raging i The Journal has repeatedly sou-hhhe amendment t yoTitj-iniprem,intheJif eopie the verv points so clearly made by Chief Justice Chambers. They will he the Greatest trainers bv ex nansiou. With the building of the i canal. Southern jierchantsaud mau - ufacturers will have a distinct ad- vantage in shipping their goods to! " t-,1(W Anim-iran control our com- merce with the Philippines will in- uo romn rinn sir. The South li Hit cotton croods thft Filipino will need cheaper than any other section of the country. The i where the greatest huminat'ou iu demand for structural iron and steel! the way of disfranchisement ha rails for the building of bridges and beeu forced on them in Georgia, railroads will be extensive. The j Louisiana, Mississippi and South South cau undersell Pittsburg any- : Carolina i where in the Pacific in iron and I 17. A re you not tryingto conduct steel j this campaign purely on sentiment And there is the return trade, j and by the arraignment of preju The commerce of the Philippines : dice f will reach this country through the 18. Is not a campaign so con Xicaragua Canal. Every city on ducted dangerous to good order the Gulf and the Southern coast throughout the State! will receive some benefit from it. j We feel certain that a discussion If this question of expansion wgs j of these questions by the advocates really understood in the South, of the constitutional amendment there would not be a voice raised j would stimulate flagging interest gainst it It is the chief hope of in the amendment campaign. They commercial regeneration for that express doubts that we have heard section The politicians will try j expressed daily they are bridges and blind the people to its advan-; the supporters of the disfranchising ! rrm hnt prPI'T tar-SPCUlEr tp hnt e verv far-seeing business I ' j,l .. ...il. Lrt,Ln:3. - : . o . man will realize mat. tne grow in i our power and influence in Pacific waters, and in the vast territory of the East, must mean new markets for all our products, and that the South is so situated geographically as to receive an ever-increasing beuefit. Amendment Queries. From the Ashevile Daily Gazette. As iar as the Gazette knows eve ry word that has been printed with the sanction of the managers of the amendment campaigu ou the pro posed disfranchising amendment has had a careful reading in the office of the Gazette. This is an ordeal through which, we believe, few have passed. Ever since this lemarkable measure was put forth by the legislature we have taken the utmost interest in all that could be said iu defence of it. There has i H j w hJ read , 1 about ft AnKlo.SaX( over and over A.nglo-Saxon being born to rule; about "negro domination" ami 'white supremacy," and ob served the squirmings and twistiugs of various able writers on the con stitnti-mality of the grandfather clause of the proposed amendment, but these having been exploited ! with all the eager ability of hungry men talking for their next meal, there still remains much unsaid. We would like to ask the nextable writer to branch off from their ma- i chine uniformity and answer the i following questious: ! 1. Are there not twice as many : white voters in this State as there: j are colored , voters f I 2. With a white majority of J 00,- ! 000 in excess of the colored vote in Xorth Carolina is it not nonsense to I talk of negro domination ? i 3. With this white majority 1 would it not be safe to trust any ' honest measure intended to bene fit the whites to the vote ot the white people ? 4. Do you dare to so trust the pro posed constitutional amendment 1 5. If you do why did you pass an election Liw that placed all the election machinery of the State in the hands of your partisans f C. Do you intend to use this elec tion law as a partisan tool to turn the election in your direction to commit a fraud on the entire State if necessary to pass the constitu tional amendment and elect your men to oflice f 7. If not what was your reasou in passing it I 8. Is it hot an insult to the white voters of Xorth Carolina! 0. Is this election law any more honest in purpose than tho consti tutional amendment ? . 10. Are not. lxth of them iu real ! ity simply part of a general scheme i to make permanent the sovereignty of a poll ical ring,..! which you aspire to be a part, iu this State! 11. Can you give an honest man's reason for a partisan, election law, or for a constitutional amendment that violates the constitution of the ; United States ? ! 12. If you knew the supreme court of the United States would declare the "grandfather clause" j of you proposed disfranchising law ; unconstitutional would you advo- : cate it? ! .13. If you would not, do you ; think it is right .when you do not know what decision the .court would in the matter ta-iiSk thf. dis - A- . . 000 Mhite vo- the passage of j 14. van you prouwt-v uu. nt.um- ; tics to show mat man inonsaim j white voters will not be disfrau- r.iii.l whpii the ''protection" oi i the grandfather clause is remoeii, ! even if it is not declared uucou- stitutionat i 15. Can you point to anv tstate : in which the disfranchisement of the negroes has had any oenenciai j result iu lessening "race conflicts" or in anv other way ? 30. Is not the discord let ween the races greatest iu the States measure nave gov www I' llu. ..t !!! VII ! . . . an io h-j AVASIIINGTOS LETTISH. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington. September 4. Secretary Gage, whose position en ables him to know more abo.it the finances of the government than those who are making sensational statements to the contrary, says the increase in the volunteer army will not cause the slightest embarrass ment to tne treasury, and that no bonds will have to be issued or new taxes imposed to raise the money needed to meet every obligation of tbe government as it becomes due. This ought to put a stop to all the wild talk about more bonds and more war taxes, but of course, it will not; the sensationalists are bound to have something to write about, aud the anti-expansionists will try to use a financial scare to make up for lack of real arguments against the Pnilippine policy of the administration, but there is no oc casion for sensible persons to pay any attention to them. Although Secretary Root declines to be interviewed on the matters discussed at his couference with President McKinley, this week, it can lie stated absolutely that it was not about a change iu the com- ; mauder of the army in the Philip pines, aud that (Jen. Otis will re main in command during the cam paign, which both Piesident Mc Kinley and Secretary Root are con fident will result in crushing the Filipino relellion. It is not be lieved at the War Department that the last ten regiments of volunteers, now in course of organizatiou, Mill be needed iu the Philippines, but they will be hurried along just as though they were necessary. Following is an extract from an authorized interview Mith Secre tary Wilson: "The, agricultural interests iu the United States are today in as prosperous a condition u could reasonably Imj desired. The crops in the Mississippi Valley are the heaviest grown there. Kan sas will produce 400,000,000 bush els of corn. Nebraska's yield is es timated at 300,000,000 bushels. Iowa and Illinois will have record breaking crops. The people of tho U. S. are satisfied with the present policies of the ad ministration. They are gratified with the good wages for labor and with the prosperous manufacturing activities. The best people morally, religiously, patri otically, in this country sustain the President in his effort to conquer a peace in the Philippines. They bplieve that when this is accom plished good government will Ik1! established there." Representative Dalzcll, o' sylvania, predicts that the eo session of Congress will lie o. ; liveliest we have ever had. Frank G. Carpenter writes: am told that nearly all of the n nierous small islands alnnit Port Rico have phosphatie deposits. most of them have not been worked and many have not lieen prospect ed. Every now ami then I hear of some new pl-ice containing phos HeBtoricH ifl ,m.erIlinR ail isiaild phates. One of the most remarka which lies eleven miles south of Guayama, aud some distance cast of the Ca jade Muerto. This Is land Iihs about 100 acres, which is underlaid with phosphate rock. The nick lies in veins, like tbo phosphate rock of South Carolina. When aualyzed it tdiows 01 per cent, of phosphate of lime; 5 per cent, of Mater, and o per cent, of clay. It is easily mined, but a small dock and a tunnel will have to be made licfore it can lie gotten out to the ships. One of the army oOii-j14 who in interested in this ' ... .a . . . 1 property tells me that me company iexnertu-Sa ship the product lo ! I Iamburg. Tllissatrtfc Tr.au -ayrv that he knows of another place where there are 3,000,000 tons of phosphate iu sight, u"hic. when in Hamburg, w'll sell for 17.00 a ton. I believe that there are also valuable fertilizers on the mainland of Porto Rico. Some parts of it contain phosphates, and in my rides over the mountains I have passed sqmue miles of stone which hcems to be almost pure lime." The Southern Hallway Company i has increased the wages of its em- J ployees JO per cent., re-establish ing the rata paid liefore the panic destroyed business, says a contem porary. This is not uidy an evi dence that busiuess in the South has caught up if not surpassed its former conditions, but shows that the lienefits of this improvement are being distributod among those who labor as well as thote who are employers of lalior. The South is rapidly gaining on her former pros perity, aud the Old North State is in the front of the procession. A Winston special of the 2d list., savs, late this afternoon Mi. Re liecea Jenkins, a white womau, aged thirty-five, was run over by a shifting engine on tie Southern yard here. Both legs Mere horri bly mangled, and the attend n hi-i:jn sas she cannot liw. The 1 V1 s i X
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