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0 k Ths Passenger Prints . the . News aii'i is sought aftrrbythe peo ple of .M'l..we;, Yancey, Bun c(.:iil. , Kutlierfor.l, Burke nii'l other counties in Western N'.rtli Carolina, and is tbere f..r a Cood Advertising Medium. Bats fiirni?!i"'J on application. A'1Jp'S., THE MEPSEKQER Marlon, N. O, J 6E1TD OKDZBS TOE- J JOB PRINTING I THE MESSENGER, J Marion. fi. C. J Promptness. Accuracy, Keatnes and Good Stoek Guaranteed. Letter Hsads, Nots Heads, Bill Heads. Envelopes, Circulars, Cards, Poa- J it tors. Tamphlets, and any kind of Printing. 1 wwwwwww- . VOL.IL NO.:. MARION. N C, FRIDAY, MAY 21. 1807. "Price l Per Year, in Advance, 1 1 III ARP'S WEEKLY LETTER. (l!S(Isi;s I! Al: M TKIirsTICS OF fill IV M UFA! F.ATFKS. a l:ssertatio;i on gsrdenim. 1 in-fore the 1-U' Lave come, .:' timo..,d ,. lice is i -v. nthing I;.:..-.' is tV it in the ; . ....., ! pli-nt and rs .-.-id thi.--f. -unci and ig in- t like It takes it Wiit.-hing .riginal sin. had 1, t.-h: I i i half a M.-l the :-.-A this this do.-s I ..-nil to ;.;'! will !; t year, licit con Li put it 't i;.-t it. '1 whisk c- bucket II wanted H fi ution I deal erous c Tt SUcll Tiller, s. r 1 c t, v-cild meet here :'.-) t for hovti- idtmists is very 'i :ind Mr. Humph d.-nc :i v., .rid of lie v. tli . f fruit l.ii.cvlcdgc luiiong Her. too, though i a-n..ng us, is v. oi-d iii this part Th. ! uit i - 111 doubt the man. It l.n. r'.y-ic:d labor idy ,-i!:d the reu ard is :i !. I reliving. There fi nil and v. getahles 'od of mankind for man vu created. I i a little talk I deliv nti.n. and pome of ' friend-' have since ..r.t 'I A l.-ked for r.-nrnded me is from his eop'ablo than fruits of the I was t ' i i i : r I' do. ie anil ! the e not foil however. !'..r food. Only a were ii; for nny . such a-; domes ic 1 for beast:, of bur 1 soil and furnish- nide coats of skins. : tli. rd l; the.! t!l ic f:i d ill md vhile- Adam den of Kden, nd the herbs food. After c M'arden the f 1! tl l...rd t the herb f the In I'm- thy face shalt ( iod sent him li lei, to till the c- taken." iboiit eating ilesti I'.ef. was crea- Ad rb and vou it tr. an. Adam dominion over the ! Adam name 1 them, but intimated that they were I a the o-iiera-, "And (iod you shall be ' . arth and the tishes of thing that . i'.vcn as ici you all ic life thcre-r-.f, shall vo I ; tli 1 the 0- .- eame he limited the i that l'ligilt be used ".-U'.c w t i i' especially pl o 1 to tiiiv day no .leu- will of him-.-'if 'by eating hog. - i,-is icver been considcr ov ii i: u.d ii i:g in its in o:i , in- nature, and yet o doubt tie-.t t'n.' laboring :" 'o.ia! f I. Solomon says, oiig the riotous eaters of ic . hi'dreii of Israel chided bringing th.-m away from "is of r.eypt, and so the . vi .i;a;!s to cat for sup-a-.na for 1 Teak f:st. Kven 1- te, tli are called canines, -." a dog, because wc tear ' "tin like a dog. As a man ic car,- lc-s for t'.esh, but ' ! r fruit never leaves him. ii lent Ice his liking for id in't cat much of ii no- "tit that time he loses his 'io idemv admonishes him ': e to pre arc for that spir- m that comet U from above, -"d of the gods called ata it i- made of fruit ami not t'a:.'iiha!s oye ilesh raw y t'.c-h. and even eat hu- ' 1 they arc r.et to dogs 1 ' leatio'.i. No, tli. -re is nt i-l tie. !i eatinc, and yet ' o:,r,..s i b :. t I not yet "r -am; . mm. li to refuse t'i. i.i y i ied chicken or Ool.K'i ith's hermit d'v ! .-art! -oken w hen he ' . : ta. y !r-e I...-.V.T me. A i : i i . t until he found his A A, ., I r.-.-kon he killcda 'real.:;.-!. I'ut it is a fact ' h'a't. d people nidcoll- ' I ad to ,i!l their own ' d o. ; . a:i,l chickens 1'- V would do Without ilesh for a long tiuie. It takes a hard heart aid a strong man to butcher a lamb, and yet it has to be done. I don't mean a hardened heart, but a heart (hat will not faint at sight of pain or blood. My mother would not kill a chicken, but she would dress it and cook it without objection. I have wrung their heads off, but I wouldn't do it now for my own sake. As wc grow ol1er we grow kinder aud have more reject for the life that God gave to all his creatures. That is, except snakes. I never hesitate about ki'l ing snakes. Uncle Sam killed a littl one i ,the lower comer of the garden la-t week ami my wife hasent been in those parts since, for she still i.-ist9 that were there is one there are two. But I don't blame woman for her antipathy to snakes. They gave old mother live a great trouble and it has survived to ail her daughters. "In sor- row thou slialt bring form ehihiren an. I thy desire shall be to thy hi: ! and and he shall rule, over thee." What an awful curse! especially the last. Jt was hard, very hard, on Eve; for the command not to eat of the tree of knowledge was not given to her, but to Adam before Kve was created. Maybe Adam did not tell her in an impressive manner. Nevertheless the curse is upon her and will remain so until she joins the angels, I reekon.--r.iLL Arp in Atlan ta Constitution. lCltr..S!'.l) VAM'I-'.OF KXIM)KTS !:i V. : 1 rii t i . ! ' i:t . ireiit er r.'tey V.'ci-c Per .'hail in t lie Sumo le- ri;.; f.ast Year. A l;.rge increase in the value of ex port , from the South Atlantic and iulf . I;.-.-, for the li'ne months ending ' a. i h of t his year, compared with the -ante eiio 1 of iN.i.Vii'i, is announced tatemcnt compiled from statis- f the j.i iucip.il ports. The city of I'ldtllllO Aid. sh( an increase of ::! i'i' ri'ii! ; I .runs wick, ta , per reiil. ; ( liarlcstoii. S. ()., :i per cent.; v. cwoort News, :i , .": per cent. ; Nor folk and i'ortsmo'ith, a , 200. (Hi per e. oi : : a' iiun.ih, .a , 12. !( per cent.; I'liiinuton, N. ('., 1 j er cent.; i'eiisacohi, i la , lt'i ii er cent.; New Oilcans, 2" per c-ent. ; Tampa, Tin., 51 I er cent. While the iuerca-e at AVilmington and one or t vo other points are due iu a measure to the cotton crop, the phe nomenal increase .-it Norfolk and Ports mouth, ami 1'oii-ni o'a. as well as the increase at Newport News and Oalves' ton. are due to the exporting of grain, provisions and live, t -ck from the West an.! Nor'.hwest by w ay of these cities. While the iiu reuse iti value from all ports dm ing the nine months ending .March, bs:;;. was 21 per cent., and from North Atlantic ports i:i percent., the im-reu-e fro., the South Atlantic port-.. fr:n 1 'eiaware to Florida, was ;7, and for the Ouli j.orts .'!:) per cent. CVI.!M);:i(;.l, COTTON liAI.KS. Koimil Hide Compresses to be Oper Hfe'I on Co-Opcr.itivp Kiisis. The fears of monopoly in the hand ling of cotton by the round bale pro cess, which have existed in some ijuar ters. may be set at rest by the statement in ihe Manufacturers' JYcoid that it is authoritati'.ely informed thai the Amer ican Cotton Company propose; to oper ate its c'.iindikal comjiesses in co operation with local planters and gin ners throughout the South. The plan of opeiations that has- been deci led upon will enable planters u'-.d giiineis to avail themselves of the benefits of this invention on a liberal co-operative basis, with a market for their cotton as siued. I he company will l eu m at once the introduction of roum -bale cotu I re: sc-;. I :i an interview in the Manufacturers' lb-cord Air. Henry llent., president of the New V'ork cotton exchange, calmly and accurately gages the opposition to the new process, and from an indepen dent standpoint, supported by practical experience, he says that "it is abso lutely certain that cotton packed in cyl indrical bales under the system adopted by this company will bring higher prices all the world over than that pack ed in the prevailing style. i Korr.bK is comim;. ( ici-nian v. France and Russia Have I'uitol .gniiist I'.lljilall.l. b'erlin. May 15.- (I'.y Cable.) -The correspondent of the Associated I'ress is informed that during the past week a definite understaudinir was perfected by which the cabinets of Ociinany, France and I'ussia will soon reach the solution of the I'.gypt and Transvaal questions and this will be done system atically in an anti-Ihitisu sense As soon as the ( ireco-Turkish mat ters are settled, the subject will 1 joiutlv taken no unless ii-.at ltritam in the meanwhile precipitates matters, iu which case she will encounter the united, open hostility of the three con tinental powers. The ultimate object of the it'Teement is to force theevacua tion of f gvpt and the nullification of the I'retoria convention of lssit, and to put the Transvaal upon a perfectly dependeiit basis France, in the settlement of peace conditions i-h Oreece. will persistent ly side with Fiesta nint j' iermany. in spite of the strong current of public opinion to the contrary. TIIK A1K-SI1IP ON' T1IK AVI NO. iglit Over Prof, llariiaril Sails Out of the Centennial (iruiiTi.b. At Nashville, Tenn., last Friday I'rof. r.arnard attemi'ted another voy age with Ids air ship. It soared aloft rapidly and a Frof. Ilarnard vigorous ly worked the bicycle pedals of his steering and propelling attachment, the air-ship turned around several times, hut was drifting with the wind. It passed over the centennial grounds, lloated rapidly over the city at a high altitude, in a norih-.'i.-terlv direction, and passed out of sight. At about 7:1' p m. the machine lauded near Madison, r.bi i.t 12 miles .ist of Nashville. "I f.ud that I ci:i manipulate the machine light or left, even in a high wind." said Frof. I'arnard. I his is certain: "' can go direct iv against a wind of S miles an hour, with muscular power as at .present arrange.!, but by cutting across obli.tucly ! can make progress in the duv.tioii desired." "A Just Beast." Doctor Temple, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, is brusque in manners, and has rather a rough tongue; but he is a just man, and as such compels re spect. Says an exchange: Doctor Temple himself delights in telling a Mory of the old days when he was head-master of Itugby, and a boy whom he had had to punish expressed the vigorous opinion. "Temple U a beast, but a just beat." Caused By Prohibition of Exchange of Bank Bills for Silver. LEEAND CALHOUN VISIT PRISONS Kilters a Protest Against tile Yiolation of American .Mails at the Havana I'ostollice. A Fpecial from Kavauua, Cuba, via Key West, Ida., of the 15th, says: "The lecision of the government against the exchanging of bank bills for silver coin lias caused a panic, l'l ices of bread, milk ud other necessity of life have To d 1 -d w ithin the past few days. The working Masses, as well as all government em ployes, both civil and military, openly jxpress their dissatisfaction with the iction of the government in paying diem in scrip, which is HO per cent, be .ow par. It is believt d the government ivill no longer accept paper money in payment of taxes. Iu that event, a 'urtlier depreciation of the paper money nay be expected. "Through Consul (leneral Lee, W.J. 1'alhoun, the special commissioner ap pointed bv the United States to investi gate the killing of I Jr. liuiz, ollicially uotitied the Spanish government of the fact of his arrival, adding that he was iwaitmg communications from the -Spanish government and the naming of representative who is expected to co operate with him. "Consul (teneral Lee and Special Jommissioner Calhoun yesterday visi- ed the city pul and talked with t lie rinsoners there. Among those inter viewed were Senor Vioudi, attorney for ieneral Julio Sanguillv, and Senor larcia, charged with publishing unre iable and alarming anti-Spanish new s. Senor Garcia attempted to plead Amer- can citizenship in defense, but ro tar jas been unable to produce the proofs if his citizenship, and it is doubtful whether he w ill be able to demonstrate hat he is a citizen of the United States. "(Jen. Lee has entered a protest at the palace against the violation of Am erican mails at the Havana postotlice. ' YARN MAN I I ACTl KKKS Meeting at CharlotteAgree to He- luce the Production. At Charlotte, N. C. , a convention of otton yarn manufacturers, was held )n the 15th, about forty varn mills be- ng represented. A number of other otton manufacturers also attended the neeting. An agreement was signed by ahich a cuituiimciit in production of 25 per cent, w ill be made in yarns be low 20's, this reduction to go into effect June 15th. Action was also taken to obtain a reduction in freight rates from southern points to the markets of ho North and West Several railroad icp--esentatives were present, and the sub ject will be prosecuted vigorously. Action was also taken for the purpose f eliminating many extra charges .vhich it has become the custom of ommission houses to make or allow to aurchasrs of yarns. A special com nittee was appointed to look after labor egislation. A permanent organization wasetfect ?d, .1. T. Anthony, of Charlotte, being nade president, and A. P. Khyne, of Mount Holly, being made vice-presi-lent. A board of seven directors were decte.l. The meeting adjourned, snb ect to the call of the board of direc ors. It seemed to bo the sense of the neeting that a further reduction should o made if necessary to do so iu order :o bring the ju ice of yarns to a profit ible basis. AVHAT Tl'KKF.Y DEMANDS. Burned Ail the Ylliages Around Pharsalas Kemly to Surrender. Constantinople, May 15. Cable j The sum of l!,00-,oti( pounds (Turk ish) is mentioned here as the amount )f the indemnity which Turkey will de uaud from Greece. Placards have seen posted in the Stamboul iiarter arotesting against the shedding of Mussulman blood on the ground that die sncritices imposed upon Turkey by die war are out of proportion to the ad vantages she can gain. Athens, May b'S.- lHy Cable, i A pri vate dispatch from Arta suys th.st the Turkish garrison at Prevesa, at the northern entrance of the Gulf of Arta, rhich has been besieged by the Greek land forces almost from the outbreak of the war. was sent the Greek archbish op and live notabilities f Prevasa to :he commander of the besieging Greek may with a message saying that the llreek force is ready to capitulate to :he regular forces of Greece. Headquarters of the Greek Army in iessaly, Domokos, May 15. I Uy Ca D'e. ) A detacl'jnent of 1'urkish cavalry ippeared here' at daybreak this morn ng, lut retired t.j seeing t ie (ireek a l-.-ance posts. The Truks have burned ill the villages around Pharsale.s. Threw a Dynamite Doinb. At Huntington, AY. A'tv, a dynamite lombwas hurled into the three-story irick business block owned by Cd. D. Z. Abbott and occupied by ofiiees of -arious kinds. No one was injured. I lie report was heard two miles away md vindowa were broken in manv .Maces. The building was considerably lamaged. Monument to Washington. In Philadelphia the statue of ATash ngton was unveiled on the 15th. It vas a X'resent to the city from the So ciety of the Cincinnati; President Mc iuley, the A'iee-Fresideiit aud mftuy neinbers of the cabinet w ere present. Pythian Day in Nashville. The 15th was Pythian and Childrens' ay at the Nashville Kxpositiou. Two housaud live hundred Pythians were 11 lin and the procession was a mile unir. Cincinnati pours out ns unfeeling a mob to witness her sparring matches as any that Home sent forth to see her gladiators butcher each other. The other night a pugilist there was killed by a blow from his adversary, dying In the ring, but he was carried off, with no interruption of the general perform ance. It went on according to the pro gram till the police were obliged to stop it on account of its brutality. Cincin nati has many things to be more proud of than the municipal arrangements which permit displays of that eport. NEWS ITEMS. Southern Pencil Pointers. The Governor of Georgia decides to Bell the Northern llailroad of Georgia. Near Randolph, Ky. , a saw mill boiler exploded and killed four per sons. The biennial Council of the Catholic Knights of America, which is in session at Mobile, Ala., has a membership of 2'J,5:ni. The condition of the river at New Orleans is unchanged; the water is at a standstill; work is still being done on the weak spots in the levees. A gang of train robbers, supposed to be from Mexico, held up a Southern Pacific train just outside of Lozier, Texas, Friday, and secured S,(HM) by dynamiting the Wells-Fargo Lxpress Company's safe. The express car was badly wrecked by the force of the explosion. Friday Fx -Congressman Stephen K. Mai lory, of Pensacola. adark horse, was elected" United States Senator at Tallahassee, Fla., by a vote of 5 to Chipley's 44. The other candidates were Call and Stockton. l'ain for thirty-six hours has again flooded the country near Middlesboro, Ky., and thousands of acres of grow ing corn are under water. It is rumored that Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, is to resign his office in ( Jctober to resume his lecture tours. Governor liradlej', of Kentucky, granted a pardon to a 12-year-old girl, guilty of forgery, and is urging a re form school for juvenile offenders. The first seven days of the Centen nial exposition showed an attendance of 17,500. Joe Spriug, a prominent business man of Midville, (la., is murdered and robbed b- unknown persons. Klijah Morton, colored, will be hanged at Mcltae, Ga., on May 21 for the murder of three persons. ('apt. Win. Strong, aged 72 years, was shot and instantly killed near his hojne in Jheathett county, Kentucky, by unknown persons. The National Hank of Gaffney, S. C, has been authorized to begin business, with a capital of .-s5(),(M)(i. The Mississippi Cottonwood Associa tion, at St. Louis, Mo., has decided to advance the prices of all grades of cottonwood lumber 2 per thousand feet. J. H, Westburv w as shot at Isabella, Ga., by E. A. Nisbet, a real estate agent. Cause, an unpaid store account. Nesbit isiu jail audit is thought West berry's wounds tiii'v prove fatal. The Florida joint legislative com mittee have found State Treasurer Col lins' shortage to be ."0.)S1. Collins is missing, 'i he committee charges that .1. N, C. Stockton, a candidate for the United States Senate, owes the State St5,0iio, for w hich no security is held. The annual conference of the M01" mon Church or Latter Pay Saints for South Carolina, was held at Wallace's, Chesterfield county. South Carolina. Fo-tv traveling Mormon elders who are tit work in that State were iu at tendance. All About the North. J. V.. Doehring, ex-city treasurer of I'elleville Fi!., commits suicide because he had overdraw u his salary 500. At Dallas, Tex., three women have a light in which two are fatally and the other slightly wounded. F.x-Teller Jones, of the Illinois Na tional Pauk, has been found guilty of embezzlement at Chicago, for which the lowest penalty is five years in prison. Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt at Anderson are organizing to preserve the natural gas fields. Otto rileguanl, of New 101k city, died from lockjaw- after having pierced his foot with a rusty nail. The annual meeting of the American Tract Society, was held in New York. The treasurer's report showed receipts for the yearof 85:)l,:iti2. A man in the Michigan penitentiary has been hanged for killing a fellow convict; he confessed to having com mitted several other murders. The Johnstown Flood Correspondents' Association will hold its annual meeting and dinner at the Waldorf Hotel, New York, May 31. The Y'ouug Women's Christian Asso ciation convention, of Omaha Neb,, has agreed to exclude Catholics, Unitarians and Salvation Army workers. The Humphrey's bill, extending the franchises of all street Kail ways in Illi nois fifty years, has been been defeat ed in the Illinois legislature. Rev. James Romine. a Ilai.tist Treacher, of Jennings, O. T., was tarred and feathered for cruelly treating his wife. At Chicago Judge Gibbons decides the American Tobacco Company to be an illegal corporation and prohibits it doing business in the State of Illi nois. The South and AA'est Grain and Trade Congress at Kansas City, Mo., has changed its name to the Southwestern Commercial Congress, and will meet next February in Tampa, Fla. A call has been issued for a conven tion of free silver Republicans of )hio in Cincinnati, June 1, to elect dele gates to the national free silver conven tion, June 8th. It is possible that Miss Clara Barton may go to Greece in the service of the Red Cross Societj-. Mr. Demetrius A'asto, the Secretary of the American fund in aid of the Greek Red Cross, re cently summoned Miss Harton for a conference in New York in regard to her possible journey. Miscellaneous. England is becoming alarmed at the strides the United States is making in the steel trade and is beginning to look upon her rivalry with fear. The Supreme Council of the American Protective Association, in session at AVashiugton. elected John AV. Echo's, of Atlanta, Ga. , president. It is reported from London, England. that seventeen miners have lost their lives in nu explosion on the Is! Man in the Shaefell lead mine. On the loth the Brussells exposition was formerly opened in the presence i f the ministers, the diplomatic corps and the civil and military authorities. Im mense crowds of people were present. The inaugural cautate were exectitt I by a choir of l,oo voices. A dispatch to The London Morning Post from Constantinople says it is possible that Turkey will demand a war indemnity of over l';.oo(!,o.i. A dispatch to the London Dai'v Mail from Bombay says that the l.':i boiiie plague is making fearful lavai .-s in the Cr.tchinaudvi di-tricr. thcre bar- been 2o.) deaths in f.- niyht. Ha'f the population has He". The Sultan Will Take His Time About Granting an Armistice. OVER 400 MEN KILLED. fighting in Kpirus Complicates the Situation Turkish Tactics Xot Understood. London, May i4.(Ry Cable) Lx ;ept for the fighting in Kpirus the rurko-IIellenic situation is virtually unchanged from w hat it was yesterday. It is tolerably certain that only a few 3reek troops remain in Domokos, the bulk of Constantino's army having Wiihurawn to Lamia, where it will bo in closer communication with General ?molenskL This probably explains the reported movements of the Turkish army, as a number of F.dhein Tasha's troops have been marching from Trik kala to Yolo. Without doubt the re spite of the feast of Bairani is very welcome to the men. The flghtiutr. in Epirus has been in decisive. The Greeks made a pretext of the protection of the peasants; but they evidently have information as to the reasons for the apparent inactivity of the lurks in Lpirus. 1 his 1st tie sev enth time the Greeks have attempted to advance to Jivuiiia and have met w ith a repulse which the Turks have never followed up. Evidently there is something wrong with the Turkish forces at that point. The recent re port that a number of officers were taken from Janina to Constantinople in chains, may, perhaps exclaim it; or possibly Turkey is holding her forces through fear of a movement from Bulgaria. Loudon, May 11. -(By Cable.) -The correspondent of the Times at Athens says: The resumption of offensivcope rations in Eiurus complicates the situa tion and tends to hamper negotiations for peace. The evident intention of the Greeks is to capture the Turkish posi tions there in order to show that they have not been defeated. In an interview today M. Ralli, the Premier, repeated his statement that humanitarian motives are responsible for the advance in Kpirus, but he did not deny the advantages which might be hoped for from the capture of Pre vesa und the occupation of the adjoin ing '1 urkish territory. "We are still in the midst of war," he said, "and until an armistice is concluded Greece re tains her liberty of action. AVe cannot allow our activity to be confined to Thessaly where the Twks are prepar ing to move. AVe mu.-t act w heie and when we can. Jf we have not already proseciiled the wur Jit various points and among the- islands of the Aegean, it is only because w e have taken into consideration the suffering to which the Greek population might be subjected. 'Ihe government apparently thinks that a renewal of (he war will ha-teii in- -. -ud -f retard the nrntiHiee This cal culation may prove to be correct, but it is more likely that Turkey will seize on it as an excuse Lr delaying the armistice and will deal a crushing blow in 1 lies.-a! v. Art.i. May i4 -idly Cable). The fight ing at (uiloio has ceased and the Creeks have occupied variout heights in the neighborhood. Twenty-live o;licers and -ei.) men n: e hors du com bat. The b.iUle will be resumed t -morrow. Since 4 o'clock p. ni.. the gnu! a at iloti'.la has been attacking icopolis from inside the Giilt id' Am braisiii, with a simultaneous attack proceeding from the land .i le. 'ihe lurks" batteries replied vigorously and iirudv resisted the a'tac-k. The com- ' ing on of daikness stopped the engage ment. Ail the Greek efforts are now con centrated upon ( aptu: ing Nicopolis and ; rovesa. I oudoti, ( 'onstantiiic p .- li'.v ( 'able. ) The respondent of tho Pally 1 cleg' i:ph says: 1 lie .'-Uitan, act ing 'upon the a hii eof Kmp; r..r Wil liam, has declared to M. Camboii the French ambassador, that he cannot agree to granting an armistice until the i.asis ot peace has ) ecu decided upon ami approved by hiin. Lcndo'.i, ?'!ay 15 - ' i'y Cable.) 'I he Vienna correspondent of the Paiiy News says (ieneral Snio'en; ki has dis missed till the iriegulios f;oni his camp, believing that thev are responsible for man;- of the Cret k . disasters and he threatens t punish w ith death any one who intrudes among hi troops. St. Petersburg-. A' ay 14th. 1 By Ciib'e.. An ac:-ideut beicli a military train on the Valki-durjey line t iday. Sixteen cars w ere s unshed. Two offi cers and nearly one hundred soldieis were killed and oth.eis fciio'J.-ly in iured. Canea, Island of Crete, .Vav 1-1. -iRy Cable i- The Creek troops have begun to embark, and their depnitiir.' from the island is appare itly to be unop posed. Ca'tle Freezing in l-'.-.irope. A dispatch from London f the bJth says: Heavy snowfal sand severe rosts oo'.tinue iu :d! parts of Austria and llungr.'-y. 'ih.-re have been avalanches in the Aust. i m t ; rol and the Sa .l:ani mergut. In some parts of Styri.i and in Silesia and 'if-che;;, th people are sle.lgmg. Great damage has been done everywhere to crops, i .es and fruits The' branches are breaking w ith the weight of the snow, which is three feet deep on tho mountains of Carinthia. Telegraphic and telephonic communi cation is interrupted. Sheen aud game are perishing: and there have been eaith shocks near Graz. l iume and ebewhere. A large quantity of snow has f Ulen in the Italian province of Udine. Want to Combine Against I's. At a large conference of Austrian manufacturers, held at Vienna on the 1: th. it was resolved to call upon the government to conclude international i.n-eeme.its with Kuropean powers, with a view of effectually meeting the com mon danger to European economy aris ing from the prohibitive niriff policy of the United States. Mining l:sa-ter in Tor.iics(.c. U the Pinknev. Tenn, ore mines, of ! about twenty -five' miles from Florence, Ala., the trippie tell, Killing seven men and badlv wounding several others. Duck Hearty for Duty. Col. A. F.. Buck, the new .Tat auese minister, and Harold Sewall, of Maine, the new minister to the Sandwich Islands, have arranged to sail for their i posts of duty May 2'.. Col. buck will I stop a week at Honolulu and make a i study of the situation there relative to the conrlieting stories regarding the al leged attempts of the Japanese to coio- j nize and seize the Hawaiian islands, before proceeding to Yokohama ! The late ex- ioveruor Porter, of In- diaua, left an -estate "-orth about l,o. WANTS AX 1XDKMXITY ; Of 4.':i,JO;,OOtJ, an. I Desires to Nego. Gate Direct With the Sultan. London, May 13. (By Cable) The correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph at Constantinople, says the Sultan re eents the mediation of the powers and desires to negotiate w ith Greece direct ly. It this is refused, the Turkish de inands wiil be more exacting. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News savs he learns on excellent authority that the Turkish government demands a war indemnity of jtt.iKH). 000 and the right to occupy Thessaly until it is paid. Athens, May 12.-(By Cable) -The fact that there is no news of renewed lighting must be regarded as good news, but an uneasy feeling exists here. Tho Turks are trying to outtlank the Greek position at L'omokos, and the delay iu the Forte's reply is also iuterpeted to mean that Turkey does not mean to cease hostilities. Telegrams from the iront report that both armies are concentrating iu anticipation of an en gagement. The return of Crown Prim e Constantino to the capital might pro duce disturbances, but he is likely to be discreet enough to avoid Athens for a time. Athens, May 12. (By Cable) It is officially announced that the powers have notified the Greek government that the Greek troops may leave the island of Crete, and that the admirals of the international rleet w ill release all steamers that have been seized during the blockade. Southampton, May 12. (By Cable) General Nelson A. Miles, United States Army, arrived here today from New York, on his w ay to the scene of the Greco-Turkish war. He left tonight for Constantinople, (ieneral Miles in tends to see the Turkish army and the armies of Europe generally before re turning to the United States. London, May 13. (By Cable.) The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail saj-s: "I ascertained at the Italian For eign Office that Turkey will certainly accede to the request for an armistice, and will place herself in the hands of the powers. The general condition of indemnity and strategic rectifications of frontier, upon which Tuekey insists, have been already acquiesced in by the powers. It is probable that the pow ers will land troops in Crete." S K X S AT IOXAIj KKI'UKT. Consul General l-.ee Declares tho In surgents Stronger Than Kver. Consul General Lee has made a re port to the State Department at Wash ington that the Cuban insurgents will win the contest. He declares that Capt. General Weyler has no grounds for stating; that the island has been paci fied. He declares that, as a matter of fact, the insurrection has never been so strong as it is at present. The Cuban force has increased in numbers since his arrival in Cuba, and he thinks the Spaniards will be driven from the is land. The Spanish soldiers arediscon tented because of the failure to get their pay. More than ever before are the Cubans pursuing the guerilla tactics, and harassing the Spanish army. Presi dent McKinley is reluctant to make known the report, but the 6tartling facts are leaking out. WKATIIKU AND GUOPS In the South Con. lit ions Have Xot 15een Good. The weather bureau, in its report of crop conditions for the week ending Hay 11th, says: In the States of the upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys the week ending May 10 has been the best of the season and exceptionablv favorable for farming operations and growth of crops. In the Southern States the conditions have been less favorable, being too cool and in some sections too dry. Corn has generally suffered from the ravages of insects and from low temperature. Cotton has not made fav orable progress over the central and western portions of the cotton belt, the weather being too cool, complaints of injury by insects being quite gen era!, while rain is needed in some see tious. Nearly Six Million Dollars Surplus. At the annual meeting of the Amer ican Tobacco Company held in Newark, X. J., tho following directors were chosen for the term of one year: A. Josiah Brown, James ii. Buffer, John Doerhoffer and Ernest Shefresson. The annual report of. the year ending De,: cember liitj, showed a balance of surplus of ?5.58 t,2Vi4, against a surplus of Ss',i()n. :)72 for the year previous. The net earnings for the year were 8-,51):t.-ltiT and the balance, aftar dividends and charges, SSi; 1. 177. This amount, added to last year's surplus, makes a total of !i;4,5-ist, and deducting from this a 20 per cent, scrip dividend of .?:j,5so,ooo on the common stock the $."i,8S4,54 balance of surplus is left. Two Xrgro Girls Hanged. Recently on two occasions the Kelly family, living in Madison county, Ala., have been poisoned. On the first oc casion, one death followed, and on the last eleven persons suffered, but there were no deaths. Two negro girls. Mollis Smith aud Mandy White, were arrested and confessed to the poisoning, and a num ber of neighbors took the two girls in charge, and their bodies were found sw inging to a limb. The South Helps the North. The Saco w ater power machine shop, at Biddeford, Me., employing :;uo hands, which has been practically shut down for two months, will resume operations with a full force of hands June loth. A large order for cotton machinery has been received from a Southern mill. Missionaries Appointed. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the Missionary Board of the Southern Presbyterian church they decided to appeal to the (ieneral As sembly for funds to place the mission ary boat on the Congo river in pctive service. The following missionaries were also appointed: Dr. and Mrs. Skinner, and W. If. Culrer, of Prince ton, and Lev. W. L. Walker, of Green ville, S. C. Adverse Kcport 011 Allen's liesol 11 1 i.111 The L'nited States Senate committee on foreign relations have decided ni-on an adverse report upon Senator Allen's resolution, expressing sympathy with the ireeks iu their war w ith Turkey, on the ground that the subject has leeu covered in the action of last session, a resolution of which Mr. Cameron w the author. To Kiect a 1,000,000 Duil.liii-. Irish-Americans propose erecting in New York a building to cost 1.0,-.o,o.i 1. which will be a home for members of the race of all creftds. R. G. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade for the Past Week. SALES IN COTTON PRODUCTS. 'he Government's He port of tt Per Cent. Decrease in Cotton Acreage Considered Favorable. R. (i. Pun's weekly review of trade for the week ending May 14th, says in part: "Speculators have enjoyed an advance in wheat, corn, cotton and some other products, though obliged to sell wool and sugar ut lower prices iu order to realize. Stocks have ad vanced 7 cents per$!0; and trust etocks lost :$ cents without enough demand to constitute a market. Imports of merchandise, ljt,:52,tl! for the week at New York alone, are !4 ier cent, larger than a year ago, making the iucr.-ase 47 j er cent, for the past six weeks, and have af fected tho exchange markets and helped f ather shipments of gold, which amount for the week to S2.250, non, but are practically balanced by re ceipt from the interior, and cause 110 serious apprehension of financial dis turbance. Men feel that present con ditions are only temporary, although they tend to prevent immediate im provement in general trade, aud hin der immediate improvements. 'I he government crop report esti mates the cot.on acreage at tj per cent. less than last year, and is considered encouraging because bo slight a tie crease from the floods mar be easily maiie up. Prices have advanced an eighth on Liverpool speculation, with nothing here to warrant the rise. "l iie winter wheat report, which is supposed to indicate a yield of 2l)7,00O,- nuo bushels is contrasted w ith State re ports much better or much worse, but is mainly distrusted because all Pepart- netit estimates of acreage for years have -ten widely erroneous. Western re ceipts continue larger than last year, being 2,10:, 123 busliels, us against I, - 70,:jti7a year ago: and Atlantic exports also increased, amounting for two weeks 111 May to :!, 10 i.n bushels. Hour included, against 2,('H , 11 1 lust year. Exports of corn are still large. .',:'(i't, K.y bushelsfor two weeks, against :f,0!i4.1M last year, und in part accounts for the small demand fir wheat. "1 he output of pig iron for the week ending May 1 was 1:'.52S tons, against 1 7,:!7.t April 2, and the stocks unsold. exclusive ot those hem lv tne great steel-making conn anies, increased only s.sns.O'i'i tons. Several furnaces, espe cially those producing foundry iron, have stopped production for this month, but no important changes appear in pig iron. ".othing new can be said of the cot ton man 11 fact nre, which still lacks de mand enough to lift print cloths above the lowest point everl.iioun. and prices of other grades of cotton do not im prove In general the lilies of cotton products are but moderate. Woolen goods are doing better than for s ;mc w ee'.;-- past, aict yet there is not enough demand to eieafe enthusiasm or to raise pi ices, while there is great uncer tainty legardmg the future of the matket. Sales of wool have sharply decreased and for the week have barely exceeded it week's c insiiinption, whi'o prices are weaker 111 1 astern maikets, nivording to some reports, nearly 1 per cent, per pound at f hi'a lelphia; and at the West the heavy buyers for speculation have be gun to sell at some concessions, with good reason. " 1 he failuies for tho week were .,4 in the United States, against 22 1 hi t year, and :'.! in Canada, against la-t 3'ear. " How Large Profits -Are Made. If first-class bicycles can be manu factured in large .pmntities for twenty t;e dollars each, ho a- much less dots it lost to build type-writing machines'; is theie any rca-ou why such machines hoiil.l sell tor .!((!) each '. Js there a:i. ctson why purchasers should pay s.cii fifty dollars for such? What 11. ikes it po.-sibk- for the manufacturer 1, secure live or six '."mos the oiiginal r-': Persi.-tent and judicious adver isiug. CTHAN Ihe l'i- AMKKIOAN m'kfi;ki:u iileat May Send Special Mess'ige to Congress. President McKiuley h is under e irn e:t consideration the alvi.abilitv of .-'iidiug a message to Congress on thy . pi! :in question, but has not yet com. to a ih ci-ion iu the 1 i- at 1 .resent inclined r.b-r, though in to semi to the iMi'inicatiou sng- legislative branch a comn ::i- iing that measures be pted to ie .leva liPtre.s a-iton Aju'.rieatis m 'nl.it. If it goes in. it will be entirely pacific i:i tone and it can be stated 0:1 g-.-.d authority, will not be of a warlike .r -cu'-iitiomd tenor. The i:r-ct i:ig t the Cabinet last Friday was dev. tc I almo-t entirely to the con- idei ution of the Cuban situation. Judge I ay, the i'-s:-'..i;:t Secretary, says that there v. iil be no objection to aid being ren der, d Americans in Cuba Senator Morgan w ill continue to press his reso lution for a recognition of a state of '.ar iu Cuba. W ins a IJimus of !5f;V'M. The Fnited States gunboat Nashville i-r.vi-: ed the ll'.'-miie course of her "" eiitl trial trip in :i hours, ;;. minutes and 2 'econ is, averaging liJ.7 knots and winning a bonus ot about 'S.,'.j for her lan ders. -;icclioii of Medical Ollicers. 'Ihe American Medico-I'sychological Association in session at I'altmore, Md , -iectcd the following ollicers: Jr. H M. l;uckle, of London. Out .president: Dr. Henry M. H:;rd, of John-, Hopkins I f .-: it.-.I. Baltimore, vi.e presu.-iit; Ir. C. P.utr, of Flint, Mich , ncrMy and treasurer: I Jr. S. P. L. Murphey, f North Carolina ami S. B. Lyon, of Whit Plains, N. Y. , auditors. The next meeting of the Ameii.-an Medico-Psychological Association will le held at St. Louis, Mo., in May. 1 S IS The Chiefs of Poli. e. The convention of chiefs of police ;.f the l'nited State1' and Canada, in ces sion at Pittsburg, Pa., decided on Chi wor, the permanent headquarters f..r j the bureau of identification, instead of 1 ! Washington, a- decided upon la-t year, j in I 1 k ' of assessments was changed j as j i llov.s: ( :tie- with a population ot 1 to ion. boo. y.-.o: l"o,o mi to 2' ''')'. 1 ! ,,ver 2' to, Ooo, ioo. I 1 e rer-ort that Iau P. Howell had i: vi starting another nper in At in:. :a. U., in opposition to the Consti tution, is denied by him. SKILLFUL MALAY TRIBE. Bone nn;l Stpot Swords l'c I Aealnftt S"I4iu In I'liilipp iic Island. Among the tribes of native Philip pine Islanders now In revolt against Spanish sovereignty, are the A'isayas. a Malay people, showing traces of .I.-ijia-nte and Chinese admixture. Thev ar iiose swor.ns. Industrious agriculturist.':, laying out their fiel.ls on the shies of the moun tains with great skill and Irrigating them with artiticial canals. In addi tion, they exec! ill Iron working, nn.l their arms are extpiislte specimens of niotnl work. Their chief wimpon is th kris or krecse, peculiar to the Malay. This, a kind of dagger or short nwonl. they ornament with carved handles, while the blade is of ox.pi'sitcly grace ful design. They tuill retain some of the primi tive weaiMins of ancient savagery, among which the most formidable is a fsword wrought from the blade of a swordtish. The base is cut smooth for handle, while the blades have the Fharp natural bs-th of the natural weapon. No more cruel or formidable Instrument has ever been devised by man. Estimates of tho population of Greater New York must leave out the census of the busy omnninitics on the Jersey side of the North river, tleo graphically, Jersey City, lloboken and Newark ere pails of the ii'".v city, hut legally, owing to State lines, they can not he absorbed. '1 hey are, however, in the metropolitan district and will contribute their share of business, wealth, activity and public spirit to thf general total of New York progress. CHIO RAIL- WAY CTAiCT. Bchedula In KuV-t Monday. Jmi'iery 4,;63Z, at H o'clock. A. M. Noiu 'ii not' vi . x-.. :t:' ; . 11. A M No. 8& r m sno 2 50 soj 3 15 8 30 3 35 3 5i 4 10 4 20 4 30 4 3H 4 49 4r,t 6 0J 6 15 5 30 5 45 600 6 10 6 30 Kast'-rn time. A M Lv. Camden H DcKal . Wcbtvili" 'J l.i Kershaw Heutli Springs.. 11 u P.eiisant Hill. . 11 I- Lancaster Klversi.!-' 1-! :' Ht.rillgilell 1 Catawba Jun.-t'u I L"li Ar. Kock Hill... I.v. lloek Hill... Newport Tirzuh Ar. Yorkvill ... L Yorkvill". .. Kharou 2 Oil 2 2d .. 4 OH .. 4 y . . 4 40 .. 5 00 .. 5 40 . . 0 05 Hickory Orove. 0 :M Hmvrr. "40 UlackstMir V 10 Karls Patterson Hp'ns. .... Hhell.y Lattiiii.T'' Moorcshoro Henrietta H 00 8 20 8 .')' J 10 9 40 'J 50 10 00 10 20 10 50 1 1 05 11 25 11 S5 12 00 12 20 r m Pores'. ity Kutherforiton Millwood Golden Valley Thermal ity Olwiwood Ar. Marion. r m I'M fcOUTHIiOUNU. No. 32. A M Lv. Mnrion Glen wood Tbermnl City Ool lsn Valley Millwood Kutherlorlton Forest City Henrietta Moores'joro Liittimoro Hbelt.y Patterson Hp'u 12. No. 3. 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