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MARIOX. N C, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1897.
Trice $1 Per Year, in Advance.
Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co. Report a
Large Volume of Business.
GREAT DECREASE IN FAILURES.
Ucm.ii liable Similarity totlie Course'
of Prices in 1S7!, When There Was
the Must Wonderful Advance.
Me r R. O. Dunn ,t Co.'s Woeklv
Review of Tr-i'l- fir the week ending
dii.i- : :ivs in n' t: "11, u stateuient
jf failure-, in May by branches of
tin : ih"-s ; i i encouragement.
In amount i f ili t""!tvl liabilities, the
I:. i. Uth V. H t!i( Hi.ullVt (-J !: Sep
tember, Is-' : iu manufacturing liabili
ties, t- . -i-;!' ' - tit the la-t iioiiiIi
-in.-.- .-!!. !".'!. Failures of
! ;, i-rul 1 .ics have nut been us small in
hiiv month us iu May, 1iT. In only
l-vii month., oat of tliiity-siv have
tht-n- In i n ni.u'lrr failure:! in hooks
aid out.; only five in g rorerieP, and
i.i'! on.- 1:1 any trilling c!mss in that
iin.iitii has rcpoitcd failures larger tliau
r; half tin! preceding months. u
clothing manufacture the lnolitii wns
the snakiest exe. pt tniir or, t f t li ilt y
M, except five i:. chuilir.; four in wool
.mhiiIs; r-evii in lufi'liine.--y ; nine in
iuuihor, aii'i o.i-. 1 t!i.' iivi-ni,-.: only
11. nun iin I cotton ifoo'U and eurtheu
woc, owing to si few failures (.f f-I-
. ; : 1 1 1 1 ! : 1 1 Mij..j. Nohiniy can mistake the
!...-u!. 1 ng of -urii ret m hi.
"!h.- !it!-''li:"lit that, except for tllO
t. ;,. 1. 11 iii..;f -M011 in prices, the vol
:u of hibiess transacted is now lalg
1' !h..u ll v;ii in 1 tile year of
1 '-. i) t prosperity, ha !,. 11 1 1 11 est ioii(;d
l - "Hi.-. I'll! a e. !;.pai isou of prices
.m ii'i-k in the h a ting .branches of
. ni.uiiiei me, not only confirms th.it
. :-v. hut shows a remarkable tdiuilar
itv to tin- riiiu-M' of prices iii the earlier
n.etitln of Is.iT, when t li" luo-t W 011
. 1 . I f -1 1 ii-i nil--.- in 1 r.)i I u.-t 11 ti and
- --- . - 1 -r l;t'o-Aii in t!,is or miy other
eoiiii"-y w:i elose nt Inili'I. The key of
tie- Mt'lnt'.on is the excessive in ill 11 -tiou
of tiuino i;oois iii li'lvunee of an ex
i e,t('l nii-ie.-ie in ie:iia!iil. So iu
rrin iiiiij tlo'.i inliial I y quisled, mouth
I y fi.oiith, uutil Miilitenly it was foiunl
t luit t lie (ieiunii'l v. us renter than the
.-.Kil.iy -hi .y. All know how lirioes
1 l.i'ii a ( Miiee.l, nil 1 the liinst lniir eloUS
I io.. ie.s in iii" hi-tory of any country
i. -nile.l u it 11:11 tv. 11 yenr-i. l'epjrts
! "!:i a! I 1 :ii t s of t lie 10 mi try now Mhow
tiiai t -t n 1 i!i-tri!.:",ion of in-o.luet.-i is
11 ,'; u -uu : i - htre st 1 -1 i'lcrciisiii'.
' I 1.. i i :. im'i-o ei.H'iii ill the
l"- l.l! 111 l oiI:!e'tS. ( 'ottoil is
;e I In-!-. 1. a'. -1 the I'.-ln-f that the liext
ilep will 'he hi!-.;i-r. ill Mpito of the
ll'.o.i-, is ;;eii.ial, v.h:l" tile (h'luunil
for i.'.io.i . il-.e- Hot 1 I'lillUi'. altholl'h
t i.e country is luri:c en.ie.ch to keep the
inaili.-t ti,r lu.ist iii) is f ti-.i l v. Nor is
there any Mi! i:.f idol y il'.'inalnl for
v. ool.-n i .'io.is. ami tho Miles of wool for
the w.-eli hiic I .ecu only ."i, s:;.", ;'j'
I oiuni-. 11:1.1 for five weeks :t-l,i;-ll,1 :,
c)iitist l..o iu the coi'i eHpoluiiliir
i i'i i . of 1 s: 1 'J 'u, t!"USiietiojis yreiit
! , eC'-,' l t,,e 'leliiali'l , 0.' tile lllliis, !ll"
t;...u'l. th.-.-c are ln-er than of late,
i -a the l:iali;i!acf,!lers of wot'U'll
is luno steii.liiy it.cniasitisf onlers.
' 'lop 1 . res 1 eels arc nil that t he
1 :i : . ! s i-Msi, iiuary iJ II. is season have
: f. It w 1 'aid a week ic;.)
i:.it iihui' il.e northwestern run-is
l io - ect - were 1 einiukiibly lnie;ht,
h-::hly til vol iiluu reports have
: ' ;.. e.'iH'il f.oni Kansas ail'l
I is. a:nl nr. lven in t:-ihiy"s
ii - ..itch. "i from the I'ucitlc coast,
'lie irceiits nt Western ports
ec -.'.'i "'-. ;:i'i l'iis!;els against '.','i'iii,-
i.i t year, an. I the Athinuc ex-i'-i--,
tloiit- mclu'ieil. wfio v.', 1 :-,; s 7
I'm-. 1-. ii-aiiist -j.:i:f.t.s.VJ li-.it year. The
riiioiis ou!-o of corn continues, rc-
. ' ! : - Ik;m:i : ! 11 ''..' !.".: lu'hels
: , i..: . . v '. for the same week last
i.-r. hli'l th.e i-xiolts Were 1 . '' . -
i : :i'-N a.aiu.'t I .-.",:!. :tii last year.
" I in- i.,i!i.re lor tiie week havt heen
":iu the I'liil.-.l -ta'.-s. against '-'-ll
- t wa: : nil.! c-J in ( u:.:ilu, against ".".
. ' cur. "
. u i: i. r.
.11 c ul'. ill Meet i n j I rt Wtisllililon
in Mi iniirv ol A im 1 ica us.
'a:..'- ciow i -athcveil at tho Na
. .s.. 1 i.. -ii've in Wii-hiii.uti.in last Fri-.!-.
i!:.;.t to atieii 1 the Cr.ltnn tuoetiuit
1 ..i:i.i - of the -nu vicaiis who have
. : ' h cl t i.eir li .s for I'uha. Speeches
!i inn la 1, !te;.rese:itut i e Sw anson,
; 1: alutii. iiu-t ( ireeiie, of Nebraska.
yU I'lc-'i .lcchr.cl that not only
' i i! e I e'ii ccre!icy resolution lie
. -e 1 by I 'u!'.;ri.-, hut ' Spain should
'. ;i :i -.11 ni;iiiv iluvn to take her sol
tr'i :!': 1 -: itn. I. lie luu'lo liuht
!'-. pt- ! -ability of vur wiih Spu.11,
: "i t. 1 -.hat :; slJL. iloclar.vl why
'. !:.c I ir.!il StiitcK, o.t'tMMMHl
i-u.cihl u'iea':i in the scabbard-
" y !.. !l,i.!. :i:,d t'ue blue aod firuy
-. i. a'cii to-.. tiu-r to the music of
Ha l t'.u-ie l-eeii 11 lacksou or
' '. . iu the White llou. he said, he
c i the tu-e ,,f hocrty would miw
th'-ouhout tlie island of
- ' i:- v. ei e adopted ciil'.iinr for
1 ... 1 ' ; i-iv.'i; :t loii of ( 'ul 'an Lei 1 i.uvr
1. :i'i i :i' i:ii:iii:ii: nil wliu niiikt' the
- 1 a:i 1 .ory ol the nation and the
' ::' ! the people siih-eTvient to
i-.tci -t - of the Spam h bond-hold-a-i
l the M:ur trust. "
An rmistlce Signed.
' '' . ;:!.. !.- illy fable - It ii
' ' 1 v a'iii. .l-.r.ced that an armistice
-' i'v:i Mju-il between the (ircok
I ;.i i.-.h imlit.'uy i-oinmanders iu
"--.-I. y ii'.id r.pirus.
Duty on Iflce.
, 1 '! br.-li.d States Senate bill reduces
'' '-n .eane.l rice from .' cents
I I ' ' -. cents; on uncleaned
; ' , to s p,; vn paddy from : to
' :' ilour, l ie' m.al and broken
'" !;;""' I" . cents per pound. Sen
"' 'i ! :c::i:i. . f South t'si'-i'luia. has
' " :: : : -cl that the house rates w ill
1uoi1u' others v, ho have
;: ' y ' di'.tuetitly to convince the Sen
' : ': -i:.'-e co!.,m;ice of its t.n-or in re
' '-' 'h" I'iuuVy bill rates were
:.i I.... PiMlu-r, Samu.l (i. Stonev
1 t"i'i,er ITtz-imtiu'tis of S. tr.
ri'.M-nir WhUkty.
! ' -1 i - I elnu formed in i .onisville.
- '" cor::er two-thirds of ,tU th.e
,: 70 11. t'ue Ijntcd States. Satu'l.
: 1 i. -id. -lit of the American
' ! b.lPifac: urine; t'on.p.my, orijli
plan. The propositi'on is to
;p - '.'i.i'i.ii'iii gallons now iu Loud
"Dry Town."
" I o..rd of aldei nien of Asheville,
1 e. eiitly voted to make it 11 '"dry
I he uctioii was taken when nn
' ou fi.r a renewal i f the liemisps
' -11 shIootis whs !e f.-om .lulv
he whole butch was refused bv'a
'f 4 to -J.
NEWS ITEMS.
Soutlirrn Pencil Pointers.
Col. II. Deb. Clay, one of the learl
in;? ltepublieans in Virginia, died on
the Xh iu Newjiort News.
At Orunuedale, Fla. , a nero vrko
inurderouslj- assaulted a fumili'of four
and probably futally injuring a little
boy, was taken from the sheriff by a
party of men and is supposed to Lave
been killed.
Henr- Wliite was hanged at Colum
bus, (la, for helping to murder three
policemen.
AtOcala, Fla., It. IJ. IMeConnell,
defaulting president of the defunct
Merchants' National 1 auk, commits
suicide to prevent his arrest.
At Macon, (ia., a bill has been pre
pared, and will be tiled, for putting the
Southern railroad into the hands of a
receiver.
Atlanta Uia.) mail carriers will be in
creased five or six members by July
'st.
Kentucky toll al; raiders dei'y State
militia a in I continue the depveda
tions. Fire along the wharf front at Alexan
dria, Ya., destroyed .75.00O worth of
property.
Jus. It. Cnton, of Alexandria, Ya.,
lias announced himself a candidate for
Lieutenant (iovernor of Virginia.
Mrs. ',. A. Godfrey was arrested in
Atlanta, (la , on the charge of strang
ling her daughter's illegitimate child
six years ago.
The steamers Piscayne and Daunt
less have been captured off the Florida
const, charged with engaging in fili
bii. tering expeditions.
During a tire at Charlottesville, Ya.,
a building was wrecked by the explos
ion of a keg of powder, and the chief of
tht: tire department was killed and Sev
eral others wounded by falling bricks
and timber.
The Raleigh (N. C. ) I'rcss-Yisitor
loams that the Tribune is to resume
publication about .Inly 1st. Jt is to lie
published as a lour-piigo morning daily
with an eight page .Sunday edition.
Col. W. W. J I ay ward w ill continue as
editor.
Mrs. Dora Copehuver, of Kdinburg,
Shenandoah county, Virginia, attempt
ed to light a lire by pouring coal oil on
the kindling. The oil in tho can ig
nited, and was thrown all oyer her,
burning the w oman so horribly that she
died within a few hours.
The Midvale rolling mill and spike
manufactory, of Konnoke, Ya. , has
been purchased by the llollidaysburg
Iron and Nail Company. The plant will
be removed from Konnoke, either to
llollidaysburg, Fa., or to Uirming
liani, Ala.
At Columbia, S. C, fire destroyed
.-Jii.imik worth of property, including a
S'.,i:ii't electric plant 111 the lunatic asy
lum. The lire originated in the laun
dry and was routined to that building.
An engine on the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad blew up, about three miles
east of C hristiaiiburg, Ya. , killing the
engineer and iiiemaii and injured 0110
other person. The body of the en-
'b--. : v.;.--. Ivt'l'j t V- t'" T.!o-
sion that the tU-sh was scattere t ovjr a
large space- of ground.
(iovernor Illleibe, of South Carolina,
has announced the following board of
i:iiiiii v to investigate the condition be
tween the students of the South Caro
lina College and police and military,
on the Athletic grounds, ('apt. Henry
T. Thompson, 'ol. J. (1. Ward law and
Ri igaiiier ( iciieial .Joseph L. Stoppel
bein. with Judge Advocate S. ( . May
tield. Rear Admiral Samuel Rhillips Lee,
l S. N., retired, the last of the com
manders of the great squadron during
the civil war. died at his home at Silver
Springs, near Washington, D. C. , after
a short illness, of a stroke of paralysis,
lie was a Virginian by birth, and a di
rect descendant of Light Morse Harry
Lee. of Revolutionary fame. Admiral
Lee's war record was one if the bright
est iu American naval annals.
All Ahoiit the North.
( hio coal miners at Columbus have
decided not to join iii any general strike
that may be railed.
John C Carlisle, secretary of the
treasury under (irover Cleveland, has
opened a law ol'liee in New Yfvk.
The next Ceneral Assembly of the
I'nited I lesbyterian Church will meet
at Omaha, Neb., May , lS.!t.
Fedeial Judge (iroscup has decided
that the city of Chicago is liable for
damages resulting from riots during
the Debs strike of lv'.H.
The American Medical Association in
session at Philadelphia elected officers
and selected Denver, Col., as the next
place of meeting.
Famous old Libby prison building,
w hich was transferred from Richmond.
a . to Chicago, 111., is to be moved to
another site.
The Indian outbreak in the North
west territory has been quelled. Al
mighty Voice lias been killed.
The eighth anniversary of the Johns
tow n disaster -was appropriately ob
served May :tlst.
A call has been issued for the tenth
annua! convention of the National He
pub!ic:;i League, at Detroit, Mich.,
July i::th.
At Denver. Col., n spring wagon driv
en by Henry Marsau, a carpenter, and
containing eight children, ranging
from :t to ! years old. was struck by a
special train on the Denver and Rio
(iramle railroad and as a result four
of the children are dead and the others
are terribly injured, two so bsdlv that
they will ,iA.
Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt
at Anderson are organizing to preserve
the natural gas fields.
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Miscellaneous.
Snow fell at many points in Michi
gan and Wisconsin 011 Decoration Day.
The Cuban army is said to be in good
condition; ( loinez has !0,(.K0 well dis
ciplined troops
The coffee crop of Frazil is for this
year estimated to be !,((, OOo bags.
Commissioner Calhoun may succeed
Consul Oeueral Lee iu Cuba
At Washington John C. Searles. sec
retary of the American Sugar Refining
Company, like President Havemeyer,
has been acquitted by the direction of
Judge F-radley, w ho sustained the mo
tion of the defense.
Spanish officers make reports of sev
eral skirmishes w ith the Cubans, in all
of which the Spanish troops are suc
cessful. North Carolina postoffiee appoint
ments: Poyett. Wilson county, V. F.
Powe: Haru'esvilie. (Jreene county, J.
1'. Srvaue: Hermitage. Ashe county.
I Lydia Farmer.
i m
Programme for the Great Meeting
of Confederate Veterans.
975 HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED,
And About 100 Applications Are Now
Pending -Texas Heads the List In
Number of Camps.
The official programme for the reun
ion of the I'nited Confederate Veterans
at Nashville, Tenn. , June '22, 2'i and
24 has been announced. This gather
ing of old veterans promises to be the
largest ever held in the South. Colonel
Oeorge Moorman, assistant adjutant
general, announces that nine hundred
and seventy-five cairps of United Con
federate Veterans have been organized,
and that about one hundred applica
tions for the organization of camps are
now pending. Texas heads the list
with two hundred and twenty-one
camps, while Alabama and North Caro
lina follow with ninety-one camps each.
Maryland has six camps, Virginia
thirty seven, West Virginia seventeen
and the District of Columbia one. The
following is the progi amine for the
Nashville reunion:
Tuesday, June S?, at 10 a. m.f the
Daughters of the Confederacy w ill meet
at, the State Capital in Nashville in a
general reunion. hi the evening of tho
same day they will give a reception of
the Confederate Veterans. At 1-' m. on
the same day the contention of Confed
erate Camps will hold a session in the
large tabernacle. Fach division w ill bo
assigned to its own position. Speeches
of welcome will then be made and re
sponses. Hon. J. W. Reagan is orator
of the occasion, and immediately upon
the close of his address will come the
usual organization for the transaction
of business.
For Wednesday, June i:t, the conven
tion w ill meet at 10 a. m. and w ill trans
act important business which will come
before it requiring a full day's session.
The evening w ill be devoted in honor
of the sponsors and maids of honor.
They will be seated upon the platform,
w ith especial escort of Confederate Vet
erans. For Thursday, June 2i, the grand
parade, den. 'v H. Jackson, chief
mashal of tho division, will be ia
charge. All divisions w ill be assigned
positions and each camp will carry a
banner or old Confederate battle flag,
w hich will be still more appropi ite. Tho
sponsors ami maids of honor from the
different States w ill ride in open car
riages in front of their own State di
vision. 'The reunion will close with a
general roeeption that night.
C ) XKMcrlxTi' HKIH ) H I S
As to the Progress of Peace Negotia
tions in Ktirope.
London, June 5. --(By Cable)- Con
flicting news is published about the
progress of the peace nogotiations at
Constantinople. (b ove side the s-d.
tan is said to have adopted a most un
yielding attitude, and, tin the other
hand ho is declared to be show
ing a conciliatory disposition and
that the settlement of ques
tions in dispute is only a matter of a
f w days. The Associated 1 lvss, how
ever, learns that the ambassadors at
Constantinople are hopeful that the ne
gotiations w ill be concluded in about a
week, in the sense of Turkey's accept
ance of the peace conditions proposed
by the powers. There is now little ioubt
the Sultan has decided to agree to the
evacuation of Thessaly, and the Turk
ish public is beini' prepared for this
step. The police of Constantinople
have been ordered to confiscate the
leaflets which are being circulated, de
manding the annexation of tho con
quered territory as a duty devolving
upon the sultan. The war songs are
also being f.uppressed in order to stirie
the fanaticism of the lower classes.
It is considered probable that the
conclusion of peace between Turkey
and (Jreece will be followed by a com
plete change of tho Turkish cabinet, as
the palace clique will endeavor to sad
dle the ministry with all the responsi
bility for the peace conditions.
IMAGINATION cTrKI SI'KTDK.
Kli Klundy Thong t He Was Accused
of liic.-ndiai im.
Recently the little town of Clio,
South Carol'u.i, Marlboro county, was
burned by incendiaries. There was 110
clew to the criminals, hut I'I i (Tandy,
one of the most respected citizens in
the community and a prosperous
firmer, became convinced that his
neighbors were accusing him of the
crime. He could not be convinced to
the contrary and last Saturday shortly
aficr going into his field to sYi-perintend
plowing he cut his throat w ith a razor.
He died instantly.
Guilty of Kiiitezzlcnient.
Judge Tyler Cooper, formerly ayor
of Atlanta, and for several mr cljjrk
of the wjtird of county commissioners
has been found guilty of embezzlement
iu the Suerior court. Cooper was
dismissed from the ollice of county
commissioners several months ago, and
a shortage ofSi.a.lt) was found in his
accounts.
Ten Shots in 11 Family Feud.
At .TelTersonville, (la. , K. II. Newly
and J. W. Newly, father and son. en
gaged iu a shooting affray with J. R.
and M. Defore, brothers. Ten shots
were tired and K. R. Newly was mortal
ly wounded. The tragedy was the re
sult of an old feud.
Military (juell a Kiot.
A special to the Charleston (S. C.)
News and Courier of the "th reports
considerable excitement at Lucknow, a
village of lh inhabitants in Suintet
county. It all arose from some target
practice in the streets of the village,
which the authorities could not stop,
(iovernor Flierbe was informed of the
affair and w ired the Rishopville Guards
to go Lucknow. This was done, a
number of arrests were made, and
everything is quiet now.
A Pitched 15 attic.
A sieeial to the Louisville Kvenmg
Post from Paintsville. Ky., says a
pitched battle, in which Tom Lewis,
Preston Lee. Green Charles, J. W.
Charles. Shade Lee and Hemp Lee en
gaged, occurred near the Virginia-Kentucky
border, iu Virginia J. V
Charles was killed outright and Green
Charles, Hemp Lee and Tom Lewit
were mortally wounded. The crowd
had been drikiugand a quarrel ensued,
after a discussion with the above re
suit.
DISPENSARY KKSOLI'TIONS.
What Legislation Is Necessary to Re
6tore the Control of Alcoholio
Mquors to South Carolina
Last Tuesday Mr. Tillman, of South
Carolina, secured the adoption of ths
following resolutions in the United
States Senate:
"Whereas, the Supreme Court of the
United States declared in the case of
Leisy vs. Hardin, that no State had the
right to prohibit the sale of liquors
w ithin its own borders in original pack
ages, upon the ground that it was an
inteference with inter-State commerce,
and,
'Whereas, In order to give relief to
the people of Iowa, Congress passed
what is known as the Wilson law (Wil
son law is then quoted), and
"Whereas, Under the authority
therein granted, the State of South
Carolina, in December, passed the
dispensary law, under which provision
is made for the sale of liquors by State
officers' under strict restrictions and
rules; and,
"Whereas, Under this system the
experience has shown that the cause of
temperance has been advanced and the
good order and quiet of the State have
been promoted, there being now less
than 100 dispensaries in piece of up
wards of s)0 barrooms in lHit'2, and
"Whereas, a circuit judjte of tho
United States court, by judicial legis
lation in a recent decision, has repealed
the act of Congress above recited, as
far as South Carolina is concerned, thus
reducing the State to re-opening the
bar rooms or allowing the free and un
limited sale of liquor iu original pack
ages; therefore be it
"Resolved, that the judiciary com
mittee of the Senate be instructed to
consider what legislation is necessary,
if anj to restorethe,control of alcohol,
ic liquors within its own borders in its
own wa3T in common with other States
of this Union. "
Mr. Tillman spoke briefly in support
of the resolution, saying the public im
pression that tho dispensary law was a
money-making device was erroneous,
aud that it had accomplished much
good in regulating the liquor traffic.
Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia, felt
that the Senate should not be commit
ted to the lengthy preamble reciting the
effect of the law, etc.
Mr. Tillman modified the preamble
so as to avoid the term "judicial legis
lation" iu characterizing the recnt de
cision, and substituting "the judicial
interpretation. "
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, chair
man of the judiciary committee, pro
posed a substitute omitting all the pre
amble, and simply directing the judi
ciary committee to consider and report,
by bill or otherwise, what legislation,
if any, is necessary to carry out the
statute of liio relating to commerce
between the States.
Mr. Tillman accepted the substitute
and it was agreed to.
Tl RPKNTSNK DRIPPINGS.
Concord has raised -,,000 to establish
a high school for boys.
The governor appoints the following
members of the State Board of Health!
Dr. R. Lewis, of Raleigh; Dr. Charles
J. O'Hagan, of Greenville; A. W. Shaf
fer, of Raleigh: J. L. Nicholson,
01 Riehlands; .1. 1). Spicer, of GouU
boro. A son and two daughters of Junkers
Woodliffe, at Oxford, while fishing,
chewed twigs of yellow jnssamine.
thinking it to be angelica. The oldest
of the party, a girl 10 3-ears of age, died
on the creek Lank. The others aro very
ill but may recover.
Governor Russell will make an At
tempt to obtain from the war depart
ment the original letter books of Gov
ernor Yanco, 18'i;!-". These were taken
from the capitol in April, 1W5. Copies
of them w ere made f ome years ago, but
ine copies are now missing.
In Rowan and Rurke counties the
gold craze prevails. At the Scott's Hill
mine, near Morganton, a vein has been
struck tha. is said to pan out ore worth
$100 a ton. Near Pool, Rowan county,
several nuggets have been found re
cently and farmers have discovered
they were the possessors of gold mines.
Auditor Ayer has had a letter from a
Temiesseean. asking the cost of the
lust constitutional convention held in
this State. Upon looking up the rec
ords it was found that the last one held
was in 1S7". which began September
Mh, and ended October 11th. and cost
i'Jii.oii'i. The convention in Ini;.-, cost
;!',0n0. The question of holding a
constitutional convention in Tennessee
is being tilked of. There is one ueeded
if for nothing else than to change the
law aud let the people at the polls elect
a Lieutenant (iovernor. Now the Sen
ate elects a President, and he acts as
Lieutenant Governor. Raleigh corres
pondent Charlotte Observer.
WILL IT PASS?
Free Silver and Election of Senators
by the People.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced a
bill to provide for the submission to a
popular vote, at the congressional elec
tion of the following questions:
"Shall Congress at once enact a law
providing for the immediate free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
the raiioof lti to" 1?"
"Shall the constitution of the United
States be so amended so as to provide
for the election of United States Sena
tors and of the President and Vice Pres
ident by the direct vote of the people?"
It is made tha duty of the Secretary
of each State to forward the result to
the Fresideut, who is requested to
transmit the statement to Conjrresa.
The Dark Side of Christian America
"We have now In America a popula
tion of 7VKiO,000 of people, and yet
three-quarters of a million. ve are told,
lelong the the criminal class." w rites
Pwleht L. Moody, in his initial paper
in "Mr. Moody's Bible Class." in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "And this in
Christian America. It is said that In
six months thirty graduates of two
large European universities were found
by one rescue mission in New York
City. Nor are the American colleges
without representatives in the great
city slums. Our daily papers are but
a living chronicle of the fearful hold
which sin lias upon us as a nation. A
man must have lost all his senses who
says that sin is not inherent, that it is
only a physical weakness which cul
ture may ultimately overcome. Veneer
ing the outer man will make him uo
better within."
Cause and KftVct.
Willie It's always in damp places
where mushrooms grow, isn't it, papa?
Papa Yes. my boy.
'Ts that the reason they look like um
brellas. i;apa?"--Yonkers Statesman.
Massachusetts agricnlruriste believe they
have found a means of exterminating th
gypsy moth which eats everything that
jrrows except tobacco leaves. It will tak
several years to accomplish the wort-
State Cannot Supply Liquors as a
Beverage to Increase Revenue.
A FLATFOOTED DECISION.
Federal Court Judge Holds That the
South Carolina Measure in Conflict
With Inter-Stute Commerce Laws.
In the United States Circuit Court,
at Charleston, South Carolina, Judge
Simonton handed down his decision in
what is widely known as the Vander
cook case, a case which involved the
validity of many provisions of the
South Carolina dispensary law. The
decision created a sensetion when it
was learned that the court had declared
certain provisions of the law in conflict
with the intc-r-State commerce regula
tions of Congress, and that conse
quently it might result in the total
downfall of tho South Carolina monop
oly of the whiskey business within her
borders.
In a syllabus prefixed to the full text
of tho decision, Judge Simoutou savs:
"Any State may in the exercise of the
police power, declare that the manufac
ture, sale, barter and exchange, or the
use as a beverage of alcoholic liquors,
are public evils, and having thud de
clared, can forbid such manufacture,
sale, bai ter and exchange, or use, with
in her territory. Rut when a State rec
ognizes and approves the manufacture,
sale, bai ter and exchaug , and the use
as a beverage of alcoholic liquors, and
the Sti;te itself encourages the manu
facture, engages in the sale of and pro
vides for the consumption of alcoholic
liquors as a beverage, aud so precludes
the idea thut such manufacture, sale,
barter, exchange or use are injurious to
the nublie welfare, it is not a law ful ex
ercise of the police power to forbid tha
importation of such liquors, or their
sale in original packages, for personal
use and consumption.
"Such prohibition under such cir
cumstances is in conflict w ith the laws
of inter-State aud foreign commerce.
"The dispensary act of ISiMj as
amended by the act of 18J7, inasmuch
as thej- approve the purchase and man
ufacture of alcoholic liquors for the
State and provide for the sale of such
alcoholic liquors as a beverage, in aid
of the finances of the State, in so far as
they forbid the importation of alcoholic
liquors in original packages for such
use in this State, are in conflict with
laws of inter-State and foreign com
merce, ami are, therefore, to that ex
tent void."
The court then goes into a lengthy
discussion of the facts and the law of
the case. Judge Simontou's summary
of the facts before him is as follows:
"This is u bill in equity. 'Ihe bill al
leges that the complainant is the o wner
of vineyards in the Stute of California
and that it manufactures from grapes
of such vinej-ards, well known pure
wines, brandies and other liquors, par
ticularly ciarets. Rhine wine, Rurguu
Jiei lie' champagnt?. That by its
traveling agent the complainant
took orders from certain citi
zens and residents of the
State of South Carolina, to deliver to
each of them certain original packages,
products of its vineyards, filled said
orders and shipped from San Francisco
iu California to Charleston, M. C, by
rail, a carload of its products contain
ing 73 separate original packages for
each of its sa:d customers, all marked
with its name and addiess in Califor
nia, adopting this mode of shipping by
carload in order to obtain a large reduc
tion in freight. That the goods so
shipped arrived in Charleston, passing
through the hands of several common
carriers in continuous route; and there
upon were seized without warrant by
1 efendants Raher and Scott and sixty
of the packages w ere shipped by said
constables to Columbia to John l". Gas
ton, then the State Commissioner aud
got into his hands and then the busi
ness hands, aud then into the hands of
his successor, S. W. Vance, w ith full
notice of the unlawful seizure, and that
Vance, notwithstanding, refused to de
liver them to complainant or its agent,
after repeated demands, and threatens
to convert aud sell the same to citizens
of South Carolina. That these same
Constables and others, claiming like
authority, threaten to seize in like man-,
!1 1 1... 1
uui, ail 1UM rmppc.i ley Cl 1 11 poll IIUII I.
into this State wherever found, and for
whatever purpose shipped, arriving in
said city of Charleston, and in like
manner to ship and deliver the same to
said S. W. Vance, who likewise threat
ens to convert the same to the great
damage of complainant, and the ob
struction and destruction of the lawful
business and inter-State commerce and
trade in its wines, etc., with citizens
and residents of South Carolina. The
bill further alleges arrival of the same
iu South Carolina, and the wrongful
seizure of the same by State constables.
That other orders have been obtained
from other residents of South Carolina
for separate original packages, aud that
upon such orders complainant purposes
to ship such packages to South Carolina
in due course of inter-State commerce.
Aud that in the future it intends to
seek similar orders and to ship
thereupon similar original packages
into the Stata of South Carolina.
The bill further alleges that it intends
in the course of its business, further
and in addition to such shipments or
orders by customers in advance.to ship
also from San Francisco, Cab, to its
agent in the State of South Carolina
and to the store aud warehouse in
South Carolina, end to sell in the State
of South Carolina in the original pack
ages as imported as aforesaid, to resi
dents in South Carolina, its wines and
liquors, products of its vineyards, ih
the due and lawful exercise of its
rights under the constitution and laws
of the United States. And that the de
fendants threaten to seize, take ami
earn- away, convert and sell all such
tdiipments. The bill then chaiges that
by the dispensary act of 107, under
which the defendants seek to justify
their action, all wines, beers, ales, al
coholic and other intoxicating liquors
are the subjects of lawful manu
facture, barter, sale, export and
import, in the State of South
Carolina, have been and are be
ing used and will continue to be law
fully used and consumed as a beverage
by citizens and residents of the State
of South Carolina. Aud that the prod
nets of the vineyards are lawful sub
jects of inter -State and foreign trade
and commerce. The bill then charges
that the said dispensary law, in so far
as it authorizes the acts of the defend
ants, or in any w ay atteini ts to abridge
the right of importation of the products
of complainants' vineyards, into this
State and there to seal in original
packages, or in any wise hinders and
prevents its intercourse, commerce and
trade with citizens and residents of
South Carolina in the products of its
vineyards in such original packages, is
iu conflict with the constitution of the
United States and is null and void. The
bill then alleges for the acts snstaining
the jurisdiction of the United States
Supreme Court, and prays for a tem
Iorary, to be followed by a permanent
injunction."
He then reviews at great length the
laws of the case and concludes his de-
! cision as follows: "It is manifest,
therefore, that the same conclusion
must be reached with regard to the dis
pensary of 1897, which was reached by
the Supreme Court of the United States,
as to the act of 1895, that it is not with
in the scope and operation of the Wil
son act. This Wing the case, the la-w
laid down in Leisy vs. Hardin, controls
this case and the attempt to forbid the
importation and sale of spirituous
liquors in original packages must fail.
"The decision of th9 Supreme Court
of the United States must control all
Circuit Courts. Uy this decision it is
clear that so long as the State hersolf
engages in the business of importing
and selling alcoholic liquors, for the
purpose of profit. So long as she rec
ognizes that the use of alcoholic liquors
as a beverage, is lawful and can be en
couraged. So long as she seeks a
monopoly in supplying these liquors
for that use, and in this way looks to
an increase of revenue, she cannot,
under her constitutional obligations
to the other States of the Union, for
bid, control, hinder and burden com
merce in such articles between their
ritizens. ' '
Gov. Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
Outlines His Procedure.
CONSTABLES TO BE RETAINED.
Will Watch Original Packages Plot
Dottles Cannot Tie Sold as Such.
Much to He Done.
Last Thursday, Gov. Ellerbe, of
South Carolina, defined the course he
will pursue in erforcing the dispensary
'av. He said he had decided to keep
the constables on duty, as by his con
struction of the "original package"
ruling there was much for them to do.
"We are not going," he said, "to
seize anything shipped into the State
for personal use or anything sold by
people of other States in original pack
ages. I understand by 'original pack
age' that a man, cannot, for
instance get a dozen pint
packages in one case and sell those
pints separately, but must sell the
w hole unbroken case. The constables
will have to watch those receiving boxes
of bottled liquor or liquor put up in
other shape, and if anything less than
the whole wrll be confiscated.
"As I understand it, the citizens of
this State will not be permitted to sell
in original packages or in any other
way. 1 think, however, citizens of this
State can properly act of agents for
non-residents.
"Of course, h friends of the dispen
sary will not be satisfied with anything
short of an appeal to the court of last
resort. "
There will speedily be a test of the
correctness of the construction placed
on the Simoutou decision bv (iovernor
Ellerbe.
Dozens of men are preparing to sell
liquor in packages as well as half piuts,
importing them in cases and barrels,
and also to sell beer by the bottler. Ac
cording to the position taken by the
( iovernor, they can only deal in whole
sale quantities. This would be no ad
vantage to purchasers, as they can
themselves order such packages for
"personal use," have them shipped di
rect aud save profits of the middleman.
Court of Inquiry to be Callrd.
The faculty of the South Carolina
College have investigated the facts con
nected with the disturbance on the col
lege ball field, in Columbia, and as a
result has reported the conduct of Adjutant-General
Watts to the Gcvernor,
as commander-in-chief, for his action,
(iovernor Ellerbe, upon receipt of the
full report, acting under the State law,
has declared that he w ould order a court
of inquiry to investigate the affairs.
Judge Advocate General Mayfield will
be toe chairman of the court.
Tillman's New Dili.
Senator Tillman, from the committee
on inter-State commerce, has introduc
ed a bill giving States the same control
of liquor imported into a State which
they exercise over liquors of domestic
manufacture. The bill is intended to
in part meet the objections to the State
dispensary law, pointed out in the
recent decision of Judge Simoutou.
The State of Washington Is proceed
ing systematically In the work of re
claiming its arid lands, the operations
ixung under the direction of an Arid
Land Commissioner. A recent report
by this officer says that by the pwoss
of irrigation over 1,000,000 acres in the
State may be made fertile. The work
in hand Is the reclamation of some
STo,ooo acres, which have been with
drawn from the public domain at a
cost, mostly for personal service, of
about ?7.noo. Abundant water for this
large tract can le had from the
Natchez River, re-enforced by a series
of reservoirs, the water to le supplied
by a canal l.V) miles in length.
Man's Bitte'reet "Enemy.
"Sin Is always man's bitterest en
emy." writes Dwight L. Moody, in
"Mr. Moody's Bible Class," in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "It separates
him from his Maker. It separates him
from his fellow-beings. No position is
to ohlgh for sin to debase; no place so
hallowed but it teeks to corrupt; no
home so sacred but It seeks to desiroy.
Sin, like holiness, is a mighty leveh-r.'
says a distinguished divine. And w hat
may be the caus of the thousands of
suicides which have occurred during
the past year If it Is not a loathing of
self? It is sin then which makes a
man loathe himself. It is sin which
makes man's life become a I urden from
which he eo often seeks to free himself
by his own hand."
Philadelphia Record: The kindergar
ten Res at the bottom of the public
school ystem. It is a little nearer to
1k-.1 rock than our system of education
has ever ltefore attained. Congress
man Barrett, of Massachusetts, is right
when he insists that more kindergar
tens should be established, even if the
high schools should have to be aban
doned. We are expending too much
money on the roof and too little on the
underpinning of our schools.
fit LARGEST IN YEARS
Was the 102d Commencement, of
tho University of North Carolina.
A MARKET FOR SURPLUS CROPS.
Summer Law School First Criminal
Insane Convict Question of Court
Jurisdiction.
The one hundred and second com
mencement exercises of the University
of North Carolina was held at Chapel
Hill last week, and the attendance was
the largest in some years. Twenty-five
hundred people were in memorial hall
aud hundreds were unable to gain ad
misrlon. There ware forty-two grad
uates Four delivered orations, com
peting for the Willie P. Mauguk oratori
cal prize, which was won by David
Baird Smith. T. 1). Gold, Jr., won the
medal in the debate contested in by
members of the two literary societies.
At the alumni banquet responses to
toasts were made by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Reynolds, who was acting gov
ernor; Claudius Dockery. George E.
Butler, Edwin J. Hale, Lea S. Ovea
man aud Warren G. Elliott. The an
nual addroH by President William li.
Wilson, of Washington and Lee Uni
versity, was of an hour's length. His
theme was a quotation from John
C. Calhoun: "Liberty is a re
ward to be arned. a reward re
served for the intelligent, the patriot,
the virtuous and the deserving."
He declared that of all cheering state
ments in President Alderman's address
none threw so certain and so bright an
augury over the future which this anui
versary faces, as the enumeration of stu
dents who were, in occupations almost
menial, aro working their way to uni
versity educations. It is the supreme
duty of a university to tit men for citi
zenship. Tho most dangerous of all our
delusions is that free institutions are
easj- to establish or perpetuate. There
is and can be no stable freedom save
historic freedom. The question of a sys
tem of federal taxation and disburse
ment operating evenly on individuals
and sections, is beset with greater diffi
culties than in Clays day. The question
whether we are to peek prosperity from
laws of Congress, or from individual
effort, is raised as it never was liefore.
Railway combinations, tru.ts and mo
nopolies and the relation of the races
may require the hand of !aw to adjust a
system of free government. There are
brave and sincere men iu tho House of
Representatives aud there would be
more of them if there were courage
and support at home. The educated
man who shirks tho responsibility of
citizenship or w ho regards politics as a
field to be shunned shirks the obliga
tion of patriotism.
The trustees have decided to rebuild
an alumni hall at once at a cost of S2",
000. All the old faculty were re-electe.L
A special from Asheville, says: "In
addition to the regular terms, the (lov
er has ordered a special term of the Su
perior Court, to begin in July, Judge
Tiniberluke presiding, aud the order
instructs him to sit until the docket is
cleared. If he does the court will sit
several months, for the civil docket is
over f00 ca"-es behind. Tho last Legis
lature undertook to confer on the judge
oi the Criminal Court civil jurisdiction
as to Buncombe couuty. There are
grave doubts as to the constitutionality
of tho act. The judge says he intends
to open the court aud select some sim
ple case for trial, try it. let the losing
side appeal, making the oint of con
stitutionality, aud he w ill then adjourn
and await the decision of th t Supreme
Court. "
At Raleigh in the Federal court
at chambers, Judge Purnell signed
a consent decree ordering the saie in
two months from Jure :trd, for cash, of
all the property covered bv the deeds
of trust of the Egj-pt Coal Mining Com
pany, and of the Lungdon Heuszey
Coal Mining Company t Cumnock. A.
H. Taylor, of Baltimore, John W.
Hinsdale and Thomas It. Womack nre
appointed commissioners tosell. Judge
Purnell also signed a decree approving
the compromise of the claims of rela
tives of nineteen of the forty-one min
ers killed in the Cumnock mine iu De
cember, ln!t., each suit being for 10,
000, and the total amount under the
compromise being only -0,000.
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An enterprising Allianceman, of
Durham county, has published a card
in one of the town iaers, offering to
buy all the surplus farm products made
in his section at high prices. His prop
osition is to give 1 a bushel for corn,
Sl.tiO for peas, S'-' for cnions, and pro
ortionate prices for other things.
This would be more eucoui aging if the
gentleman's exchequer could.. hold out
for any length of time, for there will
always be a largo surplus at the figures
he offers. Ex.
The summer law school of Wake
Fo est College, begins June 21st, and
will continue ten weeks. The school is
divided into two classes, the junior and
senior. "Students will study subjects
rather 'hau any particular book," says
the announcement. Fifty lectures are
given in each course.
The first criminal insane convict ever
sent direct to the penitentiary arrived
in Raleigh last week. He is a white
man from Jackon county, sent for man
slaughter. He is to remain until pro
nounced cured, when he will be taken
back to Jackson and sentenced for his
The Wa lesloro Messenger estimates
that the farmers of Anson county have
invested gluO.OOO in fertilizers this seas
on, an amount equal to H,WM bales of
cotton at the prevailing price; and that
it will require more than one-sixth of
the entire crop to pay for the fertilizers
used.
Governor Kuue!l and theState Coun
cil have fixed for a loan from the edu
cational fund to the Stnte Board of Ed
ucation of 8"0,000 to comply with the
act of the legislature donating money
to tow nships that vote a school tax.
-
Alexander Oldham, a formei leading
manufacturer, of Wilmington, died in
Anuiston. Ala , aged . He built and
ovned what at one time was thelargst
flouring mill plant in the fc'outb, aud he
wr.s the first Ameican manufacturer to
exoort flour to China. He originated
the idea of employing sawmill w aste a . !
a steam producing fuel for manufactur
ing plants, thereby placing a commer
cial value upon a hitherto worthless
accumulation difficult to dispose of and
practically creating a new industry.
The railroad commission have reduced
telej hon rates from aud to :M
and ,. I
I STATE Will COMPETE
Prices of South Carolina Dispensary
Liquors to Be Reduced.
CONSTABLES TO BE ABOLISHED.
Cities and Towns Will He Called On
to See That "Original Packages
are Not Hroken for Sale.
The Columbia (S. C.) Register, un
der date of June 2, has this to say con
cerning the future of tho dispensary
law in that State since Judge Simon
ton's recent sweeping decision:
"The hazy atmosphere which has
surrounded the Dispensury situation
has cleared away to such an extent that
11 State official s. e beginning to see
"where they are at. " While they are
still iu tho gloom, yet there is light
enough for them to mark out their
pathway until January at least, when
the Legislature meets and relieves
them of the worry aud vexation and
doubt and despomh ncy through which
they have passed very 'recently, and in
times past on account of the discnsarj
law. That there w ill be no extra ses
sion, now seems very probable, for tho
officials believe another course of action
w ill answer all purposes.
"The plan practically decided on. is
to run the dispcnsmy m competition
with those w ho urn certain, under the
decision, to offer liquor to tho public in
"orignal" packages. It was at first be
lieved that the State could not compete
w ith all its vast machinery and officials,
but with a big cut iu expenses, it is
now believed thut the State cannot only
Uudersell competitors, but can actually
drive them out of business.
"The first thinjr it is projised to do
in the way of cutting expeuses, is to
call in the commissions of every one
of the constables. This will be" done
very soon, and in fact tho two chiefs
have boeu telegraphed for to come
to Columbia, possibly to arrange for
the disbandmunt of the force, and also
to receive instructions as their ac
tions in the future as long as they
areofllcers. Instruct ions have been sent
them in the meantime not to make any
more seizures. With this order, their
usefulness is at an end except iu so fur
as they might be able to see that none
of the original packages are broken
or that liquor is sold by the drink. But
this duty will be devolved on tho
cities and towns, and a very broad in
sinuation has been made by one famil
iar with tho situation that if these mu
nicipal corporations failed to do their
duty, then metropolitan police would
be put uimiu every one of tliei.
With the abolishment of th.'T constab
ulary, there would 1 e a saving to tho
State of about $n,i(i;l n year. It ia
said that the pruning knifo w ill be used
elsewhere and that the institution will
be run on the most economical basis.
"The second change to bo unfie iu
order to meet com pet lton. will be the
reduction of the price of all liquors. It
is well known that the Dispensary has
been tnukbig a protVt of ioo percent, oa
all goods sold, Put a reduction of
twenty-five or oven more w ill bo made
to meet competition. The State oilicials
believe that with the reduction and other
advantages, they will have over out
side dealt rs, that they cannot only suc
cessfully compete with them, luit will
be actually able to run them out of
business. It is held in this section that
"original packnges" mean that if, for
instance, a case f a dozen quarts, pints
or any other quantity of liquor is
ordered, it must bo sold as an entiiety
and that the bottles cannot be sold
separately, for the j ackage would the:,
bo broken. It is contended thut
under this construction, it will be im
possible for the outside dealers to or
der liquor iu such convenient sha; cs
as to sell them to the people in compe
tition with the State, which ran bung
it in any shag e and then bottle it as it
pleii'es. In other word-. (he conten
tion is that an outside dealer must order
his stuff in original pints, quarts, etc.,
separate, and not boxed i he idea is
that to ship the goods that way Would
co t so much iu freight and in breakage
that it would make the business ery
unprofitable.
" A bile the State counts on tht so con
ditions to coin pete with outsiders, it is
generally thought that by the time the
Legislature meets, the State will have
disjM.sed of the stock on hand to a lare
extent, and that then prohibition will
be enacted.
" The Attorney Genereal says that ha
does not know what course the (iov
ernor is going to tuke, but. this isatem
porary order of injunction, and under
the I'nited States statute, an apeal
from it may be taken to the Circuit
Court of Appeals. Ibis course may bo
adopted. In the meantime the answer
of the defendants will be fiVi, re
quired by the subpoena, and if ui
order run be had at a sulli.-i. ntly f v'C
date, it is possible that we may wul I (( "v
thut, and if it is against us, take i0 V
peal from it directly to the Suprf
Court of the United States. InfcV V '
; t i. ,.. :-.r.
involved will finally have to be decided
by the Supreme Court."
I'rrnbleiit MrKlniey S-aks.
President McKinley delivered the
opening address at xh.; meeting of tho
International Commerce Conference at
Philadelphia, Pa., at tho Arademj'ijf
Music. On the spacious stage of the
Academy "at the delegates to the con
ference, members of President Mc
Kinley's cabinet and quite a number of
ministers and other representatives of.
foreign countries. Of the delegate
themselves almut 50 were representa
tives f foreign commercial bodies,
principally of Mexico, and Central and
South America.
GEN. WAIT'S VERSION
Of the Recent Unfortunate 'lah of
Militia, Police and IJast ballists.
It seems now that an investigation
will be had into the recent riot in Co
lumbia, S. C. , last week between mili
'.ia, baseballists and police on the South
Carolina College Athletic grounds, in
which several were injured, one being
dangerously. All sides have male
statements, and the last one from the
Adjutant General of the State, Mr.
Watts, says the college boys were to
blame altogether, but it is said that his
statement is not satisfactory and that
his resignation has leen asked for. The
statements from the students of the col
lege say that it was the fault of the mi
litia, and others say that the police and
baseballists caused the whole trouble.
So the matter stands, rending an inves
tigation of the whoie matter, which is
reatly regretted by all.
But after all Chicago can hardly criti
cise Nevada's physical culture perform-an-e
on the s-or- of brutality so hng
as bicycle races against time are tolerated.
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