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Do ft VI Any Information About Farming Lands, Tim bcr Lands, Mineral Lands, Town Lots, Houses and Lots, Factory Lots or Bus iness Local ionsl If so, "write to tho CAROLINA IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. MARION, NORTH CAROLINA Do you want to Live? IN A HEALTHY COUNTRY, A GOOD FARMING COUNTRY, A PROGRESSIVE COUNTY, A RICH MINERAL COUNTY, A GREAT TIMBER COUNTY? HP Write to the CAROLINA JMPROVEME.N1 CCMPAKT About Marion and vicinity. - J. H ATKIM, Gen. Manager. HTCome nere for nealth, HTCome Here for Wealth, Hf Come for Cheap Lancia, HPConie for Beautiful Home, HPCorne for Busmen Oppottunitks. McDowell County ia in the h-althUet licheat an I lcbt part of th Piedmont acction. We have go! J, iron, mica, timber, gioJ farm r, cheap farms, gol railroads, good churthe?, tiro trunk lines cf rail way, good hotels, good people. Come, and tee. Carolina Improvement Company isr. c - . : i I Tho Marion Record, DEMOCRATIC KEW8PAPER. MARION, N. C. The Indians who hare been triel as soldiers have been fonnd wanting. What they want mostly is rations, ac cording to the San Irraccisco Exam iner. A eau&i ik tiiikolot troirt feast lenu- rssee to the Miisisi Vi- It will be a ;r ii 1 worV, in the opinion of the Chi cago Sun, r.n 1 worth hundreds of mill ions io the Koutii. In Irelanl vaccinatiou was madu compulsory in 1353. Sinae th:it timo Ihe Irish Poor Law Gomniissiouers have carried out the law and the whole population hns been vaccinated From 1330 to 13 H tb.3 yearly average ol deat'-M fro.n s-mllpax was 5310, in tb.3 next desa-le it wai 3237 and in the next 1272. In the year 1367 they were twentr, in 1853 they were nineteen and in the next year six. Letters just published, written dur ing the siege of Paris, show what high prices were paid for curious meals. A certain M. Peboos bought up the Zoological Garden an 1 sold the ani mals at a profit. The ctssow-iry was sold for $40 and the kangaroo for only $20. Two camels brought $10)0 anl a will boar $U0. Elephants flesh was a luxnry, and the two were Bold bs s'v.'aks for $3400. A Philadelphia physician think i that a frreat deal of nonsense ha bean writ ten about hypnotism. "Anyone," he says, "may hynotize himself in a fey minutes by closing his eyes, directing them inward and downward, and then, imagining his breath to be vapor, watching its inhalation anl expulsioa from the nostrils. Babies invariably look cross-eyed before going to sleep, ia this way producing what hypnotists all 'transfixion.' Fishermen often hynotize themselves watching a cork on a surface of shining water. An hour passes by as if it were a few minutes." Though tho Chinese have been in this conutry so long a time and have become bo numerous, it is said of them that they do not and cannot compre hend the status of the police, re marks the New York Sun. Their first idea is that a policeman is a sort of feudal ruler, with the right to chop off their hauls or levy on their property or do as he pleases with them. They h'ive no fault to find with such rulers. Thv are used to them in China. In fsct, as soon as they rind out that the police are mere watchmeu on salary set to guard the public peace they be come disturbed and confused and en I the strain on their minds by deciding that the policemen mn6t be soldiers, and that is what nearly every China man thinks they are to-day. The Swiss Government has, for the last twenty years, caused observation? to be made through its forestry sta tions on the temperature of the air, of the trees and the soil in tha forests. These observations 6how that the tem perature in the forests is always below tho temperature outside. The tem perature also varies according to tai trees composing the forests. A beech, forest is always cooler thu a fore3t of larch. As to the trunks of thj trees, they are always colder than tha surrounding air. Regarding the tem perature of the soil, it is found that in the forest the temperature is in variably below that of the air. Out side the forest the soil is always warmer than the air in summer and colder in winter. The crusade of the State Bo.ird of Health against quacks, brings to light some queer characters, and preseut to the New York Independent a mel ancholy spectacle of dupes who pour money into the pockets of these un principled harpies. At ono of til! meetings of the State Medical Society of Missouri, an accouut was given oi an old impostor in the northern part of the Stnte. who clained to hav. wrought miracles of healing "wit'i only three remedies" all froma certaiu rout. Highbobaloruni was obt-iinl by peeling the root upward, and wai a certain emetic. Lu'ialoruni w i obtained by peeling the same root downward, and was a sure c thartic; and Ililobustem, by peeling the r j l, around, was a rank poison an I wonl I carry everything before it, anl was only to be nsed when the others ha failed. According to information receive! by the Bureau of American Republic, the official report of immigration in the Argentine Republic in 1393 shoirs that the country is steadily resover ing from the business depression of previous years. The arrivals nnn bered 110,22o and the departures 61, 100, the balance in favor of the re public being 45,1 2t. Darin the pr j vious year, 1832, ths arrivals wen 93,550 and the departures 55,532, the balance in favor of the country beiuj 30,26?, or 7838 less than in 1893. The official journal of the republio says this is distinctly encouraging. "It is a conclusive confirmation of the f;t that the crisis is lifting and tht Argentina is again entering upon an era of prosperity which, establish j I on more stable because less specula tive ground, cannot fail to be a per manent benefit to the nation. We look upon this increase of immigrat ion as one of the most enouraging f u tures of the Argentine sitnttiou, a-tl is full of promise for all who are in terested in the progress of tbg corn try." The same authority states tfctt the Argentine Congress is considering a bill to authorize the taking of a new census of the country. A general census of the Argentine Republio h-w L ------ I SISAL HEMP IN FLORIDA. 4 NEW FIBRE MORE LUSTROUS THAU SILK. An Important Industry for the South. A Syndicate Organized to Derelop this Business. Fobt PrxECK, Fla. Much has been said and written during the past two years concerning the prcfeeni develop ment and the great possibilities of the ;iRat-herop indnstry in Florida, espe cially upon the east coaft. It is, there fore," extremely gratifying to know that a practical step toward the estab lishment of sisal culture in Florida, both as a permanent and profit-yielding bnsimftr. is to be undertaken. With the exception of the i lantation at New Klvt-r. in the Bay Biscayne eountryj this is the fin t frtep in the practical development of what bids fair to be the greaUc.t industry on the cast coast, if not in sll Florida. C. W. FarsoDs, who has been study ing the siaa! hemp plant in Florida for the pact bix years, and who has prosecuted a system of thorough in vestigation into the possibilities of the iD dusty, has just organized a aydicRta of capitalists for raising eisal hemp and marketing it for profit, from advance reports of the plans of this company as furnished to the Jackson ville Citizen the following points are gleaned: BtXDICAtS OF.ANiAttd& The organization at present contains only seven men, most of them residents of Chicago, New York and the East, and some of them are already engaged in the manufacture of cordage, etc. They have already put up a large amount of money for the preliminary expenses, and have pledged $300,000 for the enterprise, at which figures the subscribers will capitalize the stock company to be organized within the next two or three months. The syndicate has just purchased a tract of abont 5000 acres of land lying a little southwest of the St. Lucie river in the extreme southwest part of Bre vard county, of which 2000 acres will be cleared and placed under cultivation at the earliest possible date, and as soon as the organization of the compa ny is perfected all the necessary build ings will bo put up on the property and a first class decorticating plant will be established. Later on a tram way will be constructed either to the St. Lucie river or to the tracks of the Jacksonville, St. Augustine fc Indian River Railway for the cheap and easy transportation of the hemp. The plantations will be set out with the eisal plants upon an average of about 700 to the acre, in rows abont eight feet apart and with a space about eight feet between the plants in each row. At intervals of fifty or sixty feet wide will cross the plantations for con venience in gathering and hauling the leaves to the mill. THE YUCATAN PLANT. In Yucatan it is not uncommon to find sisal plants cultivated as high as izuu or 1000 to the acre, but the plants attain a much larger size on the Flori da east coast, and in conseonence greater space has to be allowed for ibem to grow in. There is considerable room for im provement in all the fibre machines j now in use, but experimentation has succeeuea in producing two which are particularly adapted to the leaves of the sisal plant, being far superior to that employed by Charles Richards uoilge, of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, in his fibre ex periments on the lower east coast of f Jorida. These improved decorticating ma chines are man n fact u red bv J. C. Tnrlrl of Patersoo, N. J., and by T. Albee omith, of .Baltimore. THE FLORIDA FIBRE OF GOOD QUALITY In recent years the price of Yucatan sisal hemp has averaged about $100 per ton, or five cents per pound. At nro. eDt, howevtr, the price is somewhat depressed, the average juice being about four cents per pound. It is everywhere admitted thai the nnre or ir.e norma east coast is finer, stronger, more durable and better in every way than the Yucatan product, ana tne manufacture -f Umn ducts in cenernl airrco ilmf in . market it will, undoubtedly, bring at least two cents more tcr irmn,l tl.nn the Yucatan. So Mr. Parson's syndi cate connuentiy expects fully six cents per pound for its sisal product when, three years or s'o from now, it shall market its first crop. The waste, or "short fibre," is nlso marketable, bringing from two to three cents per pounu. Of the success of the enterprise there is not the slightest doubt, the promo ters of it looking with confidence for profits of nt Wt $100 the plants begin to yield, at the age of three and a-half or four years. Of this feature of the industry Mr. Par sons says: "As is wt II known, the sissl plant, wheu cultivated for rnarkl n never allowed to come to maturity. It would 'pole' and Mossoin at the hp of seven years and then die. But it is cut down every year, so that all its sirengin goes into its leaves, and thev may be cut for fibre as soon as the plant is in its fourth year. When the plantation is of that 'age the crop is continuous, an. i large quantities of th leaves can be cut every day in the year. KO INSECT ENEMIES. "The plant has no enemies. There is no auimal or vegetable parasite that preys upon it. The land requires no fertilizing, and a crop is always as sured under all conditions of wenther below the line of injnrious frosts. The sisal plant will stand droughts and in undations, but neither of these condi tions is ever likelv to occur en the low er east Coast. The ni1rnntnT(sn u-fciph this section has over Yucatan and the Bahamas are as follows: "Better and cheaper lands, larger an l better plant-, better and cheaper transportation, no frosts, floods or droughts, more intelligent and cheap er lalwr. The improved decorticating machines referred to have a capneitv of 60,000 green leaves per dav, which represents an average fibre product of about two tons. They cost about SI 800 to $2000 each, and in all probability our company will pnt in three or foui of them at any rati' that nnmWr of the lcst machines made at the tira when we shall need them not earliei than 1337. If the conditions warrant it at that time we shall be prepared t nanuie the leaves of any other planta tions which may have leen developed in thj iutorim. Some of the mon sanguine in our syndicate look for i profit of $200 per acre at the outset.' In experiments by Mr. Parsons witL five differeut lota of eisal leaves it waf noticed that the average weight pei leaf in the first four lots was only abont one and a-half pounds, the highest percentage of fibre yield being onlj 4.08. These leaves were from two to three weeks old -when treated, io the machine, and had, of course, lost con i siderable in weight LEAVES WEIGHING THBEE POUNDS. . On the east coast one frequently en counters sisal leave weighing from two to two and a-half pounds when cut, and a few day ago George W. Gill, of Washington, t. C, cut one at random in a garden at Titusville which three days afterward in Jacksonville weighed three pounds. The most striking features of the Florida plant ir the enormous size and weight o' the leaves and their immense yield f fibre. There is annnallyimported into the Jnited States over $5,000,000 worth f all kinds of fibres, of which $7,000, K)0 or $',000,000 woith is leaf fibres, hose lat'er figures represent probably bout 00,000 tons of leaf fibres im irrtd, every pound of which conh1 :isily le produced here in Florida enr1 e sold ut a big profit by the growers The indications are also that durinp he national Hdmin'strationsucceedinp the present one a protective duty will e placed upon sisal hemp,thns giving Vmerican growers an opportunity tc levelop their industry. ENGLISH CAPITAL IN StSAL. English capital proverbially quick to discover and improve every oppor tunity for profitable investment) and in this connection it is a very tighi iicant fact that the Right Hod. Joseph Chambcilin, of England, has ita fecent years purchased and placed nnder suc cessful cultivation m sisal hemp over -5000 acres of land in the Bahamas, most of it upon the Island of Andros, the largest of the group, and he and his sons are now preparing to take np and cultivate 5000 acres more. The Florida east coast is superior to any portion of the Bahamas for the ultivation of eisal hemp,and U6 trans portation and other marketing facilit ies far superior to those of the col juists. The prediction of your cor respondent is, therefore, that within the next fifteen years we will Bee Florida supplying not only the United states with all its sisal hemp at a con siderably increased annual consnmp tion, but also exporting the product to foreign countries. Mr. Parsons says that there is a trong probability that, after the suc cess oi growing and marketing hemp upon the east coast 6hall have been demonstrated, his company will erect and operate one or more cordage factories on the Indian river, where the product of the sisal plantations will be worked up into twines, ropes and bagging of commerce. This will make a great saving in transportation charges, just as the manufacture of cotton fabrics near the plantations in the South is destined to cheapen this class of coods and to make this section a strong competitor of the New Eng land and Middle States. The "Three Cs" Railroad Outlook. The Philadelphia Times states that the "Three Cs Railroad," the securi ties of which are largely held in Phil adelphia, "is now on a self-supportin basis. During the past six months the North and South Carolina divisions have not only earned operating ex penses, but something in addition, as against a deficit for the corresponding period of last year. The Tennessee and Kentucky divisions are also said to have made a good showing. The business of the road as a whole is steadily improving and will continue to increase, as a number of new in dnstries, including an ore-reduction plant and phosphate works nt Blacks burg, cotton mill at Camden a ad other euterpvises, are being established." The limes says that competent judges declare that the entire line is at least in a condition where any new money expended in the way of construction or extension will not onlv easilv earn its interest, but will also produce safti cient additional revenue to cover in part interest on money already in vested. It is estimated that $5,500,- 000 new money would complete the roa 1 as projected, including extensions into teriitory rich in frame. An an nouncement in this connection will be. it is understood, soon made." If this road can succeed in sustaining itself during the present times and un der the present circumstances.this fact ought to be accepted as a proof of the great possibilities of the line. Few people understanding railroad matters have ever imagined that this road could pay its expenses in the shape in which it now is, avhereas if. completed as originally projected across the mOnn tains and made a complete line itcould open up one of the most remarkable mineral aud timber regions of America With the extension across the moon tains made and a revival of trade throughout the country there would be no lack of business for the Three Cs Railroads. A Good Mixtjre for Tobacco. Acid phosphate, cotton seed meal, nitrate soda, and sulphate of potash can be mixed to make a high grade fertilizer suitable for yellow tobacco, as follows: Acid phosphate 13 per cent. - 1200 lbs. Cottonseed meal - - - 575 " Nitrate of Soda - ... 100 " Sulphate of Fotash - - - 125 ' Total 2000 " This mixture will analyze approxi mately 8.3 per cent, of available phos phoric acid, 2.4 per cent, ammonia, and 3.6 per cent, of potash. These ingre dients should not cost more than $23.00 for the ton as above mixed, and the mixing can be done at a nominal cost at borne. Its value in a great degree depends on careful mixing. The ma terials should be made fine by mashing and mixed a short while before use. The ammouia is from two sources, cot ton seed meal and nitrate of soda, and the latter is of special value for a quick growing plant as tobacco. The potash is in its best form for yellow tobacco as considered by long usage. . The ad vantage of home mixing is that you can alter the proportions to suit your indi vidual needs. H. B. Battle, Director, N. C. Experiment Station. WE HUSBANDS ALTHOUGH BUT 42. Death of a Hew Jersey Woman After a Varied Matrimonial Experience. Westwoop, N. J. There has just been buried in Old Hook Cemetery, near this village, a woman who had been married five times. Her first husband was convicted of forgery and was sent to prison for ten years. For hei second she took a Pennsylvania Rail road conductor, who ran off with another woman and didn't come back. Husband No. 3 drank so much that he couldn't support his family; from him she was divorced. No. 4 was a tailor, who died threo months after their union. James Cleveland, No. 5, was just closing a three months' honey moon with his bride when she died. Mrs. Cleveland was only 42 years old. Jesse Seligman, the New York multi millionaire banker died at Coronado Beach, Cal, Monday morning. Hi came to America from PoYariaio 1811, poor boy. PITHY NEWS ITEMS rv.riA.inf TWrr. of New Hamp shire, died at Bristol, Va., Friday. The Baptists will erect an fll.uw edifice at Lexingten, Va. T Ttn.;4A -A .Tim Rnblnann. col- XJK U. II iU re V AUfc ' . - t.i.J HfinuuniL Va.. OrWI tl uuicu mm ' ' Fridayi convicted of criminal assault. tia decreed the sale of the Columbia Greenville and Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta roaas. No Mas will be receivea ior jew ma 1 00.000. The sale is to take place in Columbia, S. C. The Anrora Cotton Mills, at Bur- linc ton. N. C. intends to enlarge its bm! lings very shortly. Arrangements are now being made lor an exunsion of 292 fett. TbA AbhevillA fS. C. Cotton Mill Co., which was incorporated last month, is preparing to commence work on its cotton factory. The increased favor with which V.rth Carolina kiln-dried vellow pine is looked upon in the European market has a marked evidence in the weexiy shipments by the various lines of steamers. Th financial difficulties of the Leaks- ville (N. C.I Woolen Mills have been so arranged thst operations will shortly resume. J. S. Wynnei secretary and treasurer of the Raleigh (N. U.) Cotton Milts, in a letter published i n the News-Observer, of Raleigh, last week, advocates the building of another cotton mill, ana proposes t he organ izatio n c f & l 00, 000 stock company for the purpose. The monthly instalment plan is suggested. . Lumberton, N. C, has yoted a sub scription of $20,000 to the capital stock of the Lumberton & Lumber River Railroad, a project designing to connect Lnmber ton with the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad. ' The Maiden Cotfon Mill. Maiden, V. C, was built 12 years ago, and the Providence Mill, same place, was rected and filled with machinery from the profits drawn from the Maiden. The Hamburg Cotton Mill, Mt. Airy, N. 'C., was sold Thursday by or der of the court. It was bought by C. D. Benbow for $8,300. Mr. Honk, Republican, of Tennes see, introduced in the House a bill ap propriating $100,000 for the construc tion of an addition to the Knoxville, Tenn., public buildings. Major B. B. McCreery, of McCreery fe Bro., Columbia, S. C., and one of the most prominent merchants in the State died at his home in Columbia He was one of the most prominent merchants in the South. A report was made in the Senate postponing indefinitely the bill making in appropriation lor theestabliBDmem of a national park near Florence, S. C The contract for lathing, plastering, tc, for the public building at Charles ion, S. C, was awarded to Lenox & Haldeman, of Chicago, at $9,730. Cant. Phoenix of the steam yacht In trepid, is at Charleston, S. C. He was recently in the neighborhood of Rod cador Reef, where the old warship Kearsarge went down, and has a num ber of souvenirs of the vessel, among them being the brass plate commemo rative of the encounter with the Ala bama. PROHIBITIONISTS IN IT. They are to Take a Hand in the Opposition to tree Whiskey. Columbia, S. C. The Prohibition ists of this State have at last officially taken a hand in the fight that is on be tween free whiskey and prohibition L. D. Childs, chairman of the State evecutive committee of the Prohibi tionists, to-day seat a communication to Mayor Sloan, of this place, asking him tc take cognizance of the fact that saloons are running here without mo lestation or restriction. He tells the mayor that he has been advised by em inent counsel that the recent decision of the Supreme Court means probibi lion. The communication contains no threats but is a distinct warning that the Prohibitionists are now prepared for war and will fight to the bitter end the free system of saloons or even the licensing of saloous by cities. Mr. Childs claims that the law is expressly against the licensing of saloons. It is -believed that the Prohibitionists are ready for hot contests on all sides and that they will not give or ask qnarter from the whiskey element. DECIDE TO SELL IT. The Liqior Traffic Will Be Strictly Re g mte'S at breenviiie. Greenville, N. C. The liquor question was brought to an issue at a meeting of the city council, called to take action as to the ngbt of the city to issue licenses, the discussion was long and at times animated. A test vote was taken, which resulted in a vote of 6 to in favor of issuing liquor licenses. Ihe city attorney was in strncted to prepare an ordinance to license the sale of liquor. The sense of the council was for stringent re gulations to prevent the sale of any intoxicants to minors, inebriates and men under the influence of whiskey. and to limit the hours when liquors can be sold, ihis action of the Green ville council may lead to a legal solu tion of the question by resort to in junction and appeal to the supreme court. Prosperous Tidewater Virginia. On May 1 Front Royal and Riverton Va., celebrated the completion of two handsome iron bridges that have been built across the Shanandoah river to connect these two towns. Despite the dullness and depression In many places. Front Royal and Riverton have grown steadily, and the celebration proved o great material benefit by attracting thousands ol visitors, who saw for themselves how these towns are pro gressing. Hon. John W. Dr.niel de livered the principal address, while trovernor U r errall and other distin guished people were present. Rumored Killing of the Sheriff of Surry. A special to the Charlotte, N. C uoserver ironi idam. . U.. News was received here to-day that Bheriff J. A. Adams, of this (Surry) county, was shot and killed yesterday Dy a man at jjow uap, near Mt. Airy, wnom he bad gone to arrest. This only a flying rumor, and I hope there ia nothing in it, for no county has a braver or more faithful sheriff" than Barry. The Sun's Cotton Report. A decrease of 5 to 10 rr onl In the use of fertilizers and some decrease in the acreage is reported from Char totte, a, v. C0XETS DETACHMEKTS FORMIKG ALL OVER THE VKITEU STMico. Th 0. S. Senate Refuses to Girt the Army a Hearing. t.. Vmm 11 over the west comes the newe that the crusade of the industrials is spreading, vver a dozen armiea are now in the field, in all the large towns companies are rap idly being formed. The armies, de tachments and, divisions row in tM field in the west are: General Kelly, 1 000 men, Neola, Ia. ; General xry, 1,000 men, Terre Haute, Ind.; General Fry's second division, 900 men, Mc Leansboro, III. ; General Grayson, 100 men, Plattville, Col. ; General GaWen, 200 men, Loveland, O. ; Sergeant Ran dall, 500 men, Chicago; iuu men a : 500 men at Butte, liiiiio iuiei . nnn Mon.; 100 men at Monmouth, 111.; men atOttnmwa, la. ; Captain Duiuvaii, i aaa man r'Kioatro: imimenai Anaer- son, Iud.;' and General Aubrey, 700 men, at Indianapolis, lud. The New England contingents num ber several hundred men. Besides these armies, large' numbers of recruits are pushing forward to the various lines of march with the the in tention of joining the large bodies. THE SENATE TUBNS THB COLD 6HOUIiDEB. Washington, D. C By a yote on the Peffer resolution, the benaie .Iiaw1 thnt it had no sympathy with the Coxey movement. The resolution was put upon its passage and was yoiea .lorn-TV by 26 to 17. All the democrats, except one, voted in the negative. The resolution was to appoint a com miitoa tn receive the representatives of the army and hear them. The sen ators are perfectly wining io receive iit petitions from the army and have them referred to the proper commit tees, but to appoint a committee io knar thorn Roeciallv. is more than the Senate has ever done for any body of men and naturally they retused o oo it for Mr. Coxey and bio army. the tbeasuby aitd coxey. Washington. D. C The Treasury officials, while disclaiming any fears of trouble on account of the presence of the crowds incident to the coming of Coxey'a Army, have taken the precau tion of adding 55 carbines and 20 re volvers to the Treasury s supply of arms. ine normal sirengin oi me watch force of the Treasury is 70 men divided into two reliefs, and in addi tion to the two or three dozen revolvers there nave always been 35 carbines in the racks in the office of the captain of the watch, sufficient to supply one to each watchman on duty. It has been thought best, however, to increase the supply in view of the crowds of hangers on of Coxey's Army that are expected to arrive in the city during the coming week. The captain of the "Treasury Guard," a local military organization, composed entirely of clerks in the Treasury Department, informed the captain of the- watch force that in case of trouble at any hour of the day or night he could have every man in his command at the Treasury building in side of 45 minutes. He stated that his men were well drilled in the nse of arms and hence could do much more effective work than civilians. He asked to be notified if there was at any time any apprehension of trouble. THE ENTRANCE TO WASHINGTON. Boonesboro, Md. Col. Redstone, the agent in Washington of the Coxey army, had run out to meet the boys on the road, and .the message that he brought was cheering to the men, tell ing the members of the. Commonweal nnd to the war correspondents who visited him that there is a royal recep tion awaiting the army in Washington where they will be met by a guard of honor of 15,000 men. Col. Redstone heard with interest the proposed change of route from Ridgeville to the national pike and sanctioned it. When Brown's plan of swinging southwest from Krockville and entering Washington by the Condnit road was suggested, he replied that it was the plan be bad been con' sidering, and that he now had negotia tions on foot for securing the old amphitheatre at Glen Echo as the final camp at the edge of the District. SHOULD SUE THE COWS 0WHER. A Peculiar Case Against a Railroad in a Superior Court. xtATjEiuH, a. Li. A curious case came nn in the Surterior court Tiopa W. H. Worthinfftou eues tho Raleigh ana Augusta railway lor $o,U00 dam ages. He was walking by the side of the track when a train which wan rv- proaching struck a cow which had at tempted io cross mo iracK. ihe cow was thrown in the air and ttrnrk Wnr thington and knocked him into a pool oi water, wnen the engineer ran back he found Worthincrton had crawled nm of the water and was Ivinar on a lor l he jury rendered a verdict in favor oi ine rauroaa. Reports made to the agricultural de partment show .that corn plant ing is nearly completed, save on bot tom lands; that a very large crop has Doen planted and is coming np well Most farmers are only beginning t plant cotton, though some is up. To bacco plants have been somewhat in jured by bugs and it appears that i comparatively small crop will be plant ed.' The prospects of the 6mall grs.n crops are improved. CAN THIS BE TRUE? Mrs. Jeffeison Caris Dropped by the Vet erans Because She Lires in New York. A Birmingham, Ala., special says One of the sensations of the great Con federate re-union being held here istlu COld SbOUlder Which haa been the widow of Jefferson Davis. One of be purposes of the association was to see that each Southern State, eontrilm tea a pension of $500 for her support. Ihe committee in charge, of the mh. ject, in reporting that the movement be dropped, stated that as Mrs. Davis had selected New York State for her residence, she thereby lost her ideot ty with the Southern States. This report wan dnniI rwi r Davis' name will be stricken from all future consideration. Historical. The remains of the illustrious Wil Ham Hooper, a signer of the Declaration oi inaepenaence, irom ortb Carolina will rest in the fntare under a monn ment on Guilford battle cronnd ner Greensboro, N. C. Tbey were removed irom tne graveyard at IlilJsboro a few days ago by Dr. D. U. Schenct. artin as agent for the Guilford Battle Giound iompany. Mrs. Ju'ii II ooper Graves. of Chapel Hill, a line-1 decendant of this distinguished mm,, was present at the time. The letters on the old sand stone slab were very much worn by time, and will be deepened. The re mains will rest near those of General 4 euro Booner. r Jolimont Vineyards, Grape XurseHen, MANUFACTURERS OF Pare ITative Wines, French Cognac, BRJ.yiIES and KUM3IEL. Old Fort, N. C. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. A The Senate. Mm Day. Mr. Hawley denounced Mr. Alien s epech on th Peffer "Coxey" resolu tion. .Several tariff peecne Were tn.vle SorH Dat. Mr. Quay read a memorial from a party of Philadelphia workin'ueu . protesting against the pnssag of the Wilsoa till. The Tariff bill was then takn no, anl Mr. Dolph continual his speech la op position to tne Din. oj uiKu " . , the day ended without Mr. Dolpa flaisatng his speech. . 86th Dat. The Senata refusal by a vote tf 17 to 26 to appoint a special committee to spent the afternoon hearlnsr Mr. Washburn mWe a speech against tne inn 87ra Dat. Immediately after the reading of the journal the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive businBSf. -After half an hour spsnt In executive ses--i .-j ..jkr k.if hmir crivento morn'ng lustness of no particular Importance tne ...... . i I if. Mills (f- larin mi was xan T, ,, dressed the senate in eunpon J. wav of closing what Is designate I "general debate." , . . . 88th Dat. The day was aevoxea '""" cusston as to the date on which the Wilson bill should go Into effec. 89TH DAT. speecnes wore mn Vest. Dolph and Wolcott denouncing Mr. i ,i - r-. ---nlntlnn Mr. HlKginS spoke against the Tariff blU. voting his speecn almost entirely io b renew watian question. inomn " " I- arnm in m Ken&tor from North Caro lina to succeed the late Benitor Yano The House. iftfiTH Dat. The day was devoted to the privato business calendar. " 1U7TH UAT. 1 no nous- tuuiiuuva .i.i.tun i- rvtmmtitM of the Whole oi the Dtplomatlo and Consular Appropriation commit tee were voted down. Without Corn - pletln? the consideration oi me House listened to eulogies on the lata Sena tor uibson, of Louisiana, aaoptei iua iou resolutions of respect, an l adjournal, r 108th 1JAT. Airer irugK" proving of the Journal the members settle 1 down to local business pertaining to the District of Columbia, which consume! the 109th Dat. ine rostomao ai'i'iy1 bill was passed. '- , lift- r . w- TYt TMnlnmikMrt and Consular Appropriation bill was considered In Com mittee oi tne wnoie. 111th Day. Mr. Cooper offered a bill to provide for the free coinage of stiver dollars of value equal to gold dollars. The ques tion of fining absentees caused a livery -de- bare, which consumed tne remainder w iu session. An Immigration Conrention. The Southern Inter State Immigra rion una Indnstral Association. Hon. M. T. Bryan, of Nashville, Tennessee, president, and John i. ratrica, o Raleigh. N. C. secretary, and the con vention of Southern Governors hai been called to meet in Augusta, Maydy. THa obiectof the meet inir will be to dis cus pra.tical plans toicduce capital and immigration to Ihe outn; io aaveriise the South and correct many erroneous pimons aho".t the ooutn among Xoi thcrn people. (V Tn revival of speculation Is expected to have a strengthening influence en the moaev mariec SEA B. ABD AIR LINE R. R. NEW LINK. New rjute to Cha 1 U-, jUeigb, Wil- mirg'on, Richmond, Norfolk, Wa-,hing- ob, Baltimore and the E i(. A'so to Atlanta, New Orleins and all points in Texas and the Southwest M. mpbii. Kansas Ciy, Denv.r and a'l points in the Great West. For Maps, Fold r, Tme Tables aad lowtet rates write to B. A. IEWLAND, r Gen. Tr.v. Pas. Agent, CI ail t e, N C. Leave Marion C.. C & C. 6 43 a ni Chirintte 8. A L 11 507 a in Arrive Ilaleigh " 6 00 p n " Wilmington " 0 23 p ni Atlanta 3 0 p m B. A. 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It ia the bold champion of the rv pie's rights, an earnest advocate of th. best Interests of the county of McDo. ell tad the town of Marion. Its iw tiling rates are reasonable, and the scrlptlon price h $1.00 per ytar ta i eanc. . , If you want the best newspaper jn country brimming full of choice readhj matter for business mea, farmers, tts ehsnlca, and the home circles of classes subscribe and pay for tht Rxcokd. If you don't, why just doit and the paper will be printed trtrj Thursday evening as usual. If you haven't enough interest In jom county's wellfare to sustain the best ti rotate of its diversified interests, tad it truest friend the newspaper job ittd not expect a 2-columa obituarj iotic when your old stingy bones are hi from the eyes of progress ia ths ground. All who owe subscriptions to tit Rbcobb will be dropped from our lla unless they psy up at once. Tours Respectfully, The Marion Record, J. II. ATKIN, Editor and Proprietor. Professional Carta. 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