Tho Marion Record.
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER.
MARION,
N. C.
Judge Henry, in Kansas City, re
cently decided that a man muet pay
his wife's debts, even if he is suing her
for divorce. -
It cost $1000 to take a carload ol
fruit from Sacramento, Cal., to Lon
don two year3 ago. The rate now hae
been reduced to $700.
The universal postal union vas vir
tually completed when it received the
adhesion of Cape Colony, South Africa,
the only large civilized community
not yet included in it.
' Germany is considering whether it
would not be better fox hor to buy
part of her cotton supply elsewhere
than the United States.
Including stocks and bonds the rail
ways of the United States are capital
ized at SCO, 000 per mile, while those
of Great Britain are capitalized at
$220,000 per mile, or nearly 400 per
cent, higher than in this country.
Gymnastics are a healthy and
dangerous sport. At least it appears
co from the lat annual report of a
Fociety of Swiss "turners." During
the year, 324 of its T.299 members met
with accidents while engaged in gym
nastic exercises being hurt seriously
enough to draw a sick benefit from tho
pociety during on average time of 16
days.
The South in 1894 raised about flftj
bushels of corn to every bale of cot
ton. The farmer who comes out even
nn his cotton at present prices is for
tunate. The farmer who has a sur
plus of corn is ahead. Tho salvation
of tho South during 1894 was its
great corn and hog product. It is
useless, in the judgment of the Atlan
ta Journal, to say more.
Tho Kentucky Hoard of Railroad
Commissioners has placed the valua
tion of the railroads in the State at
$52,357,910, while that submitted by
the railroad officials is $32,075,319.
In 1893 the assessment was $55,263,
265, the assessment for 1894 having
been reduced $2,941,755, or a trifle
over five per cent., became of thelosa
of revenue Buffered by the railways.
Superintendent Gilbert, of the St.
Taul Public Schools, tells tho "Sun
beam men" of the New York Sun a
etory to illustrate the practical re
sults of moral and humane training,
especially in schools. Tnanksgivng
has been made a subject of discussion
in the schools for some years past,
with the result that the children took
voluntarily to contributing great
wagon loads of food and other crea
ture comforts to the poor on that fes
tival. One text book of the school is
a somewhat famous little volume
teaching the lesson of kindness to
brutcf, and the effect of its teachings
came out one Thanksgivng Day, when
the boys, finding the horse was to
draw a load of their gifts without a
blanket, stripped off their coits to
cover tho animal while they loaded
tho wagon.
The famous codtuh which hangs
from tbe base of the dome in the Mas
eachusetts Statehouse, anl inside the
old room in which the Rcpresenta
tives used to meet, will be absent from
the chamber in the new extension
which they are soon to occupy. Just
why this emblem, which has always
attracted the notice of visitors and
sometimes moved thorn to ridicule,
fihould be ignored in the transfer of
movables from one room to the other
is not explained, and it is even said
that the codfish is doomed to figuro in
a museum, presumably historical. The
following account of its origin is given :
"In lS0t Charles W. Palfrey, editor
of the S.ilem Register, and a member
of the House for several years, under
took to gather all the facts that could
be learned about the placing of the
figure in the chamber. After exten
sive researches, he found much con
cerning the fish, which, luckily, had
been preserved. On Wednesday,
March 17, 1781, John Rowe, a mem
ber from Boston, moved permission
to haug tho codfish in the house as a
memorial to the importance of the
codfichery to the welfaro of the State.
The motion prevailed, and shortly
after the emblem was placed in posi
tion, and there it has remained undis
turbed through all the vicissitudes of
the years which have intervened.
Once it was repainted, but it has never
been taken down from the iron rod by
which it is held in position. Mr.
Rowe, who presented the figure to the
Commonwealth, was a well-known citi
zen of Boston and a conspicuous
patriot, being associated with Samuel
Adam.", James Otis, John Hancock,
and other leaders of the period. He
was interested in commerce and an
extensive property owner along the
water-front, Howe's Wharf and con
tiguous territory being among hi?
possessions. He died o February 17,
THE LEGISLATURE.
DOIXGS OF OUR LAW MAKERS
AT RALEIGH.
Assemblymen Working Hard to Make
This CO Day Session a Memora
ble One.
TUEPDAT.
Senate. A petition was received
from citizens of Davidson county ask
ing for the repeal of the 'merchants
purchase tax; bills were introduced by
Mr. Westmoreland, to authorize the
lettirg of the public printing by con
tract; Mr. Hoover, to amend sec. 101
of The Code, for th9 protection of
females; Mr. Hamrick, to exempt cot
ton and iron mills from taxation if
built by foreign corporations; Mr. Dula
to reduce the salaries of State officers. .
A recess was held until 12 o'clock,
when the Senate re-assembled and pro
ceeded to ballot for two United States
Senators. Mr. Mew borne nominated
Marion Butler and Mr. Obeli nomina
ted Hon. T. W. Mason. The vote 6tood:
Butler 13, Mason 4 Butler getting the
solid vote of the Republicans and Pop
ulists. .
For the short term Mr. Fortune
nominated Jeter C. Pritchard; Mr.
Marshall nominated Lee S. Overman.
The vote was taken and Pritchard re
ceived 43, Overman 4.
House. There was some discussion
of a bill to incorporate the Wampum
Cotton Mills at Wilmirjgton, this being
on the question if license fees for such
corporations should be $50. It was
Btated that a bill was on the calendar
to reduce such fees to $25. A bill to
fix the fees of solicitors in case of ap
pointment of receivers of infants, was
taken up. It makes the fee $10 where
the estate is over $5o0; and $5 if less
than $500. Mr lv;sborn& spoke in.
support or the bill. It passed.
At noon the House voted for Sena
tors, taking up first the t-hort term, as
the person elected for that term will be
inducted into office first. The vote
was Pritchard 66, Overman 41.
The vote for the long term was Butler
66, Mason 41.
William H. Worth was sworn in as
State Treasurer. He was escorted to
the clerk's desk by Mr. Hileman, and
the oath was administered by Associate
Justice Clark.
WEDNESDAY .
Senate. A petition was presented
from the ladies of Taylorsville, against
tbe sale of liquor. Bills were intro
duced: To protect the people of the
State against the sale of spurious kero
sene oil and coal oil; to prevent prefer
ences by insolvent corporation; to
vnlidnto deeds executed by corpora
tions; also to prevent prize fighting in
North Carolina. A lette was read in
viting the membereof theSennte to the
fish and oyster fair at Newborn; also a
letter from Mrs. Lillie Devercux Blake,
the woman suffragist, requesting the
President to ask the Senate that she be
allowed to address it. On motion of
Mr. Cook her request was complied
with and she was offered the Senate
chamber for that purpose. Bills to
make the 30th of May a legal holiday;
in relation to diamond back terrapin;
to amend the charter of the Farmers'
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. ; to construct
a bridge over Tuckaseege river; all
passed 2d and 3d readings.
The Senate proceeded to the con
sideration of the bill to restore 6 per
cent, as the legal rate of interest. The
debate lasted until 3 o'clock. It makes
G per cent, the rate of interest, and
passed by a vote of 45 to 2 (Abell and
Sigmon voting against it.) The fol
lowing is Mr. Cook's substitute: ad
opted "that the legal rate of interest
shull be 6 per cent, for such time as
interest may accure, aud no more;
that violation of this rate shall involve
a forfeiture of the entire interest,
and that the party or corporation by
whom a greater rate of interest has
been paid may recover back twice the
amount of interest paid in an action
for debt. Such action must, be
begun within two years after the pay
ment of the indebtendess. That in
action to recover on such note the
party against whom the action is
brought may plead as a counter-claim
the penality above provided, viz. : twice
the amount of interest paid, and also
the forfeiture of entire interest."
House. Bills were introduced, Mr.
Cheek, to chauge the method of
drawing juries, so that the sheriff and
clerk of court shall from the tax list
each September select the names for
jurors; Mr. French, to provide for the
collection and display of this State's
resources at the Atlanta Exposition;
Mr. McLean, to establish a new coun
ty out of part of Robeson; Mr. Ewart,
to reduce the pay of clerks and door
keepers of the Legislature from $5 to
$1 a day.
THURSDAY.
Senate. Swain county pent in a pe
tition for a larger property exemption.
Mr. Hoover introduced a bill to pre
vent any but chartered insurance com
panies from doing business in this
State; Mr. Dolby to incorporate the
Bank of Granville; Mr. Fortune, for
the improvement of the public roads of
the State; Mr. Hamrick, resolution ask
ing information from the president of
the University of North Carolina; Mr.
Starbuck, to incorporate the town of
Guilford College. Bills to construct a
bridge over the Tuckaseege river in
Jackson count y; and one to incorporate
the Rank of Edeutou, passed 2d and
3d readings.
House Rev. R. P. Troy, of Wel
den, opened the House with prayer,
and prayed specially for Representative
Williams, of Warren, who is very sick
with pneumonia. Mr. French sent in
a petition from the board of associated
charities of Wilmington, asking for the
establishment of n reformatory for
youthful criminals. Now Hanover
citizens petitioned for the repeal of
the stock law. An unfavorable report
was made by the railroad committee
on a bill requiring railroads to honor
at any time the unused portion of ex
cursion tickets. The passage of such
a bill would have knocked the excursion
business sky high. Mr. Peace intro
duced a bill to make the school fund
tax 22 cents; by Mr. Baker, to abolish
days of grace.
In the contested election case Crews
against Lyon, from Granville county,
which caused a long debate, lasting
till 3 o'clock. A vote was finally taken
and was strictly paitisan, being 59 fn
6ioniets in favor of Crews, and 38
Democrats iu favor of Lyon. Ciewi
Wftscworthg
FRIDAY.
Senate. Petitions were presented
as follows:
By Mr. Long, from citizens of Co
lumbus connty, in regard to dividing
line between that county and Bruns
wick; Mr. Mewborne, from citizens of
Johnston county, not to extend Etock
law to that count; Mr. Adams, from J.
M. Worth and others, asking that a
law be enacted to raise a fund for a re
form school; Mr. Wicker, from citizens
of Chatham, asking prohibition of sale
of liquor.
The following bills and resolutions
were then introduced, read the first
time and refeired to committee:
Mr. Starbuck to allow the farmers
of the State to ship partridges and oth
er game; also bill for the relief of John
W. Cook, late fcheriff of Guilford coun
ty; Mr. Stevens, to amend an act in
corporating the Atlantic, Yancey
Reidsville Railroad;Mr. Carver, to reg
ulate the hours o! labor in cotton
mill; Mr. Dula, for the relief of the
Bheriffs and tax collectors of the State;
J. A. Green, Democrat, of Halifax
Senator from the 4th district, was
jworn in.
Bill to build a bridge over theTnck
r.seege river passed third reading; also
bill to work convicts in Bertie county
on convict farms.
Bill to amend Art. 14 of the con
stitution, to prohibit trusts, was with
drawn by Mr. McCasky. To give
dentists further time in which to re
gister, passed second and third read
ings. To regulate the forwarding of
freight by railroads. Mr, White, of
Alamance, opposed the bill and said
the railroads were a great benefit to
the people. This bill makes railroads
liable for twice the value of the goods.
Mr. Cook amended by making it $10
per day. Amendment adopted. Bill
passed third reading, and the Senate
adjurned.
House. The following are the chair
men of the new committees: Banks and
currency, Bryan; printing, Beam; fish
interests, Pool; county government
and justices of tbe peace, Ewart; State
library, Phillips; public buildings,
Harrin, of Gaston; colonial record-?,
Tool; election of trustees of University,
Dolby.
Petitions from the people of Robeson
against the creation of a new couuty
out of a part of Robeson, were pre
sented by Mr. Carlyle.
An unfavorable report was made on
the bill changing the manner of draw
ing jurors by taking that power away
from the county commisioners. A fa
vorable report was made on the bill
to aid the public schools by local s
sessments. Bills were introduced as follows: By
Mr. Henderson, to compel fire insur
ance companies to pay the full value of
the face of the policy; by Mr. Turner,
of Mitchell, to provide for the election
of the chief of the bureau of labor sta
tistics by the Legislature on joint bal
lot; by Mr. Burnham, to repeal the
charter of West Asheville; by Mr.
White, of Bladen, to plant bhade trees
in public school grounds; by Mr. Mon
roe, to afford better tire protection and
to furnish the female department of
the insane asylum at Raleigh; by Mr.
Winborn, to amend the charter of
Murfreesboro; by Mr. Croom, to repeal
the act in regard to fishiug in Northeast
river; by Mr. McLean, to enact a law
for the sale of liquor in North Carolina
on the plan of that in force in Missis
sippi; by Mr. Lusk, to regulate the
hours of labor for womeu, children aud
others in factories, making nine hours
a day's work; also for the relief of ex
Sheriff Reynolds, of Buncombe; also
for the maintenance of the Lindley
Training School iu Buncombe.
Mr. French, chairman of the com
mittee on rules, made a report aud
read the new rules which are printed.
The Speaker is allowed to designate a
Speaker pro tern, for two days instead
of one day. Smoking in the hall is
prohibited. The meeting hour is 10
a. m. All members within the House
are to vote unless excused and not over
two minutes is allowed in explanation
of a vote. Another rule is that n "ms
orjity of all the members elected" may
suspend a rule (heretofore a two-thirds
majority has been required). Yet
another rule allows no member to
speak more than twice on tho same
question, nor over 20 minutes for the
first speech and 10 for the second.
SATURDAY.
Senate. Bills and resolutions were
introduced as follows:
By Mr. Hoover, to admt the Farm
ers' Alliance to the name privileges as
other benevolent societies as regards
insurance; Mr. Westmoreland to incor
porate the Charlote and Mecklenburg
Railroad Company; Mr. Moody, to
regulate the employment of labor; Mr.
Adams, to prohibit the sale of spiritu
ous liquor near Poplar Springs church;
Mr. Dowd, to prohibit the sale of liq
uor within two miles of Emanuel
church, Mecklenburg county.
The following bills were disposed of:
To amend the act incorporating tho
Bank of Louisburg; passed third read
ing. To regulate the time of holding
the Superior Court of Cumberland
county; passed thirtl reading. To al
low an increase of taxation for the
maintenance of the public graded
school at Charlotte; passed second
reading. To provide for instruction
in vocal music in the public schools of
he State; tabled. To have one woman
on the board of school committeemen;
tabled.
House. Rills were introduced as fol
lows: By Mr. CampW-11, to restore
Mitchell county to the ninth congres
sional district; by Mr. Ray. to provide
for the just distribution of the school
fund by the State Board of Education
among the various counties on the ba
sis of school population; by Mr. Turn
er, of Polk, to incorporate Columbus,
Polk county; by Mr. Taylor, to allow
Fayetteville to operate n system of
electric light and motive power;by Mr.
Robinson, to incorporate Steele's Mills,
Roltcson couuty; by Mr. Vickers, to
incorporate East Durham; by Mr. Mc-
Call to amend the road law of 1SK..
The bill to amend the charter of Mt.
Airy and establish graded schools there
passed its third reading, 91 to 0.
A bill for the protection of drinking
water from pollution (enlarging the
provisions of a former act) was taken
up and passed.
A resolution in favor of the election
of United States Senators by the peo
ple was promptly tabled.
MONDAT.
Senate. Th rmnoinal intro
duced were by Mr. McCaekey, to au
thorize a Eub-committee of the Senate
to investigate the management of the
Morganton Hospital for the insane; by
Mr. Candler, to abolish the Inferior
Court of Swain county; by Mr. Lind
say, to prevent the competition of
public schools with high schools; by
Mr. Farthing, to amend the acts of
1893 regarding fishing in Catawba riv
er; by Mr. Fortune, to enable magis
trates at Henrietta Mills to deal out ex
Ret instiee: bv Mr. Bellamy, to amend
the law in regard to the assessment of
taxes; by Mr. Moody, to abolish the
sale of cigarettes in the State.
The bill passed to raise the national
flag on the capitol as did also the bill
in regard to the Charlotte graded
school tax and the bill to make certain
script, checks and due bills negotiable
and payable in cash. This is to pre
vent cotton mills and other corpora
tions from issuing 6nch checks and
compelling the holders to trade it out.
House. Bills were introduced as
follows: By Mr. Ray to extend the
time within which work may begin on
the Har riedn Franklin & South Atlantic
Railroad; by Mr. McClamniy to allow
the Wilmington & Southern Railroad
issue bonds.
Bills passed final reading allowing
the people of Mitchell county to vote
on the question of local assessments in
aid of schools; to incorporate South
Biltmore, Buncombe county ; to amend
the charter of the Piedmont Bank at
Greensboro eo as to increase the stock
holders. ELECTION OF SENATORS.
Toeka, Kansas. Lttclen Baker
has received the Republican caucus
nomination for U. S. Senator which
is equivalent to an election.
Senator J. N. Dolph has been re
elected by the Oregon legislature.
Senator Geo. C. Perkins has been
re-elected by the California legislature.
The Texas Legislature elected Hor
ace Chilton, Democrat, to succeed
Richard Coke as United States Senator
Marion Butler, Populist, was elected
by the North Carolina. Legislature to
succeed Matt W. Ransom, Democrat,
as United States Senator. Jeter C.
Pritchard, Republican, was elected for
the 6hort term to succeed Thos. J. Jar
vis, Democrat, who was appointed by
Governor Carr to fill out Senator
Vance's term.
The New Jeasey Legislature elected
Wm. J. Sewall, Republican, to the
United States Senate.
Senator Pettigrew, Republican, has
been re-elected from South Dakota.
Cheyennee, Wyo. Francis E. War
ren and Clarence D. Clark, Republican,
were the choice of the Legislature for
United States Senators. Warren will
serve the long term.
St. VavIj, Minn. Gov. Knute Nel
son was elected U. S. Senator over
Washburn, present incumbent.
Senator Shelby M. Cullom has been
declared his own successor by the Illi
nois legislature.
Nashville, Tenn. The Legislature
elected Hon. Isham G. Harris, Demo
crat, to succeed himself in tho United
States Senate. The vote stood: Har
ris, 70, Sanford, Republican, 39; Mills,
Populist, 9.
Ex-Sec. of War Elkins, was elected
U. S. Senator by the W. Va. Legisla
ture to succeed Senator Camden, Dem
ocrat.
SAM SMALL'S PAPER SUED.
Rev. John E. Massey the Complainant
and Libel the Charge.
Norfolk, Va. Suit was entered in
the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk
by Hon. John E. Massey, Superin
tendent of Education of Virginia,
against the Norfolk Pilot.a Prohibition
newspaper, Sam W. Small, its editor,
the directors of the company, and R.
E. Byrd, a lawyer of Winchester, Va.,
for libel. The sum is $50,000. The
suit is tbe result of the charge made
by ihe Pilot tbat Mr. Massey was
bribed by the American Book Company
to secure that company's contracts
with the State of Virginia for furnish
ing books to the public schoolchildren.
Leading counsel for Mr. Massey are
Alfred P. Thom and Judge John Neely,
of Norfolk. The notice of suit was
filed Wednesday afternoon and the
process made retunable to tbe first term
in February.
The charges made by the Pilot affect
Governor O'Ferall and tbe Hon. R.
Taylor Scott, Attorney General of the
State, who are, with Mr. Massey the
board of education which gives out the
contract. The trial of tbe case, which
promises to be a celebrated one, will
be watched by the people of Virginia
and of the entire country with great
interest.
Durham's 3Iayor Drops Dead.
Greensboro, N. C. A sudden and
very sad death occurred at the Southern
depot Saturday morning. Mayor I.
N. Link, of Durham, while waiting in
a carriage for the south-bound train,
suddenly expired without a word.
Capt. Link was for a number of years
head lHokkeeper for the Duke Cigar
ette Co., of New York. He broke
down at this and was never afterward
able to resume the work. He has been
mayor of Durham for two years and
w as very popular. He had been mar
ried twice, and the second time only
about two weeks ago.
Mr. Carr Will Have to Pay Income Tax.
The report of the Black well Durham
Tobacco Co., of Durham, N. C, for
1894 shows that the business of the
company was next to the largest in
volume and tbe largest in the way of
profits since the organization of this
company. The report fhows a very
gratifying condition of affairs, and the
directors very naturally accord to
Julian S. Carr much of the credit for
this prosperity. It is said that tho
salary of $10,000 which Mr. Carr is
paid is the largest salary paid in North
Carolina.
A Teacher Found Not Ciullty.
Concord, N. C. Several weeks ago
charges were preferred against Mrs.
Lucy I. Cole, a teacher of the sixth
?rade in the graded school, by Dr. L.
M. Archey, for conduct unbecoming a
lady and a teacher, and manifestations
of temper and ill treatment of children.
Vfter thorough investigation the school
board found that the charges were not
sustained by any evidence that could
be gaiied from the witnesses.
SPECIAL MESSAGE.
THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSES
CONGRESS,
And Slakes Suggestions for the Speedy
Relief of the Present Financial
Situation.
Washington. D. C.On Monday
the President sent to Congress a special
message on the financial situation. In
his introductory remarks he says Con
gress did not approve cf his plan of
currency legislation as proposea in a
previous message, and the situation has
so changed and the emergency now
appears so threatening that he deems
it his duty to ask at the hands of the
legislative branch of the government
such prompt and etiective action as win
restore confidence in our financial
soundness and avert business disaster
and universal distress among our peo
ple.
The President lays down the pro
position that we are Buffering the re-
suits of a false financial policy, and
that the teal trouble which confronts
us consists in a lack of confidence,
widespread and constantly increasing,
in the continuing ability or disposition
of the government to pay its obliga
tions.
An adequate gold reserve is, in all
circumstances, absolutely essential to
the upholding of our public credit,
and to the maintenance of our high
national character. Our gold reserve"!
has reached such a state of diminution
as to require its speedy re inforcement
There need be no fear that we can
not par our current expenses with
such money as we have . There is now
in the Treasury a comfortable surplus
of more than $63,000,000, but it is
not in cold and therefore does not
meet our difficulty.
AVhatever ideas may be insisted upon
as to silver or bi-metallism, the proper
solution of the question now prc6siug
upon us requires a recognition of gold
as well as silver and a concession of
its importance, rightfully or wrong-
fullv acquired, as a basis of national
credit, a necessity of an honorable dis
charge of our obligations payable in
gold, and a badge of solvency
While I am not unfriendly to silver,
and while I desire to see it recognized
to such an extent as is consistent with
the financial safety and the preserva
tion of national honor and credit,
am not willing to see gold entirely
abolished from our currency and fi
nances. To avert such a consequence
I believe thorough and radical reme
dial legislation should be promptly
passed.
I therefore ask Congress to give the
subject immediate attention. In my
opinion the Secretary of the Treasury
should be authorized to issue bonds of
the government for the purpose of pro
curing and maintaining a sufficient
gold reserve.
I suggest that they be issued in de
nominations of twenty and fifty dollars
and their multiples and that they bear
interest at a rate not exceeding 3 per
cent, per annum. I do not see why
they should not be payable fifty years
from their date. We of the present
generation have large amounts to pay
if we meet our obligations and long
bonds are most salable.
As a constant means for the mainte
nance of a reasonable supply of gold
in the Treasury, our duties on imports
should all be paid in gold, allowing
all other dues to the government to be
paid in any other form of money.
I believe all the provisions I have
sugested should be embodied in our
laws if we are to enjoy a complete re
instatement on a sound financial condi
tion. They need not interfere with
any currency scheme provided fo the
increase of the circulating medium,
through the agency of national or State
banks, since they can easily be adjust
ed to such a scheme.
In conclusion, I desire frankly to
confess my reluctance to issuing more
bonds in present circumstances, and
with no better results than have lately
loiiowed that course. I cannot, how
ever, refrain from adding to an assur
ance of much anxiety to co-operate
with the present Congress in any rea
sonable measure of relief, an expres
sion of my determination to leave noth
ing undone which would furnish a hope
lor improving the situation or check
ing a suspicion of our disinclination or
disability to meet with the strictef-t
honor every national obligation.
Signed Grover Cleveland.
WHAT HILL- SAYS OF THE MESSAGE.
Washington, D. C Senator Hill,
when asked his views upon the Presi
uem s message, sain: "me message
states the situation very accuratelv.
Permanent as well as temporary relief
should be granted at once.
trust that there is good sense and pa
triotism enougn in tne present Con
gress not to refuse consideration of
this subject. The business interests
of the country desire and demand ac
tion. and the Democratic party cannot
anord to antagonize that sentiment.
To Raise Orooin-Corn.
Ua V.,n..' A II. t T
county, lex, has agteed to plant
large acreage in broom-corn this year
huu o organize a company to rnanu
iaciure u. ine plan tupgeeted bv
n.. . j?HKer, oi jjampaens. secrrtary,
is for each member to plaut a portion
of his fr.rm in broom corn, and to sell
tbe product to the factory and take
pay m stock lor the entire product.
Five hundred farmers, Mr. Baker
says, will be interested in the proifct
orwl o.A .;n ' ..
- - luumuuie a nn9ii sum
in cash to purchase machinery.
A Howling dale and Four Feet of Snow
In Ontario.
Toronto, Ont. A howling galo, the
worst of the season, with snow, struck
this province from the northeast Satur
day night. Reports from all parts of
the province show that trains every
where are behind time, Bome of them
as much as nine hours. At some points
snow is reported to have fallen to a
depth of four feet. The storm has
ceased and the weather is becoming
colder.
Pittsburg to Build a Large Mill South.
LaG range, Ga. A Pittsburg syn
dicate has decided to build a large cot
ion mill here. ; A land company and a
trick manufacturing company, which
are to be adjuncts of the cottoa mill,
were orgiQiiced fetre this week.
.T T.. GOLAT & SO JST
Jolimont Vineyards, Grape Xurseries,
DISTILLERY & MANUFACTORY OF
Pare Native Wines, French Cognac, Bradi
And FIXE LIQTJOBS.
Awarded First Premium at Exposition of New Rerne, N. C, Feb.,
Old Fort, N. O.
A D1SPKXSARY FOR A NORTH
CAROLINA TOWN.
A Tetition to the Legislature to Au
thorize One, as a Compromise Be
tween the Wets and Drys.
Morganton, N. C Mono-metalism,
free silver, free trade, protective tariff,
and all other questions generally con
pidered of importance, sink into insig
nificance beside tbe question of local
prohibition in a small town. Morgan
ton has been legally a dry town for 20
vears and practically a wet town for
a hundred years, and the question of
trying it wet awhile legally has been
periodically agitated for 20 years; but
of late the questicn has become more
interesting and the wet adherents more
numerous and much more clamorous
for a change. The prohibitionists re
alize that if the question comes to a
vote the result will be very doubtful,
so that a compromise has been sug
gested and the idea seems to catch.
The compromise scheme proposed is
for the town to establish a dispensary,
patterned alter the Athens. Ga., law.
A petition was circulated here asking
the Legislature to enact a law giving
the mayor and commissioners power to
establish a dispensnry and regulate tbe
sale of wniskey, etc., and I uudei stand
that about 100 men have signed, in
cluding a minister, feveral eldets, dea
cons, stewaids aud vcttrymen of the
churches.
cnlnesc Scared to Deatn.
A dispatch to the London Central
News from Shanghai says: "The Jap
anese movement on Wti-Hai-Wei has
caused a panic in Tien-Tsin and Pekin.
The Chinese peace envoys have been
ordered to expendite the negotiation
with the Japanese government. Japa
nese cruisers are watching both chan
nels at Wei-Hai-Wci. The attack up
on the stronghold may be delayed a
week. The siege-trains move slowly,
ihe roads being covered with snow."
The town of Waltham, Mass., will
receive a legacy of about $500,000
under the will of the late Francis But-
trick Walthai
D. E. Ucdotxs,
Mai ion, N. C.
E P. WATSOIf,
Burnsville, N. O
UUDGINS & WATSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors
at Law.
(6)
All business entrusted to them will
icceive prompt attention.
KL. J. EJurgiri,
Dentist.
Offers hia professional services to his
friends and foimer pstron3 of
Marion and vicioity. All work
guaranteed to be first class, and
& reasonable ai fcuch woik can
bo affordid.
Oflke opposite the Fit mining Hmse.
Q O. EAVES,
Attorney at Law, and U. S. CommU
siontr, Marlon, N. C.
3T0ffice on Main street opposite
Eifelf. HuteL
Tonsorial,
WM. SWEENEY,
Practicil and Scientific Barber. Over
Strettm .u's drug store. Call and see
we, as I promise satisfaction in all ia-
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THE
"Marion Recdm
Is the only Democratic Nevifpaptr
McDowell county, and has a lan-e cir
dilation in adjoining countier It pu ;
lithea all the news without fear or
faror, and Is the organ of no rbg 0
clique.
It is the bold champion of tho peo.
pie's rights, an earnest advocate cf the
best interests of the county of McDow.
ell and the town of Marion. Its alter,
tieing rates are reasonable, and the tub.
scrlption price is fi.OO ptr year in oi
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classes subscribe and pay for the
Record. If you don't, why just don't,
and the paper will be printed tier?
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If you haven't enough interest In join
county's wellfare to sustain the best i.
vocate of its diversified interests, and iu
truest friend the newspaper you need
not expect a 2-columa obituary notice,
when your old stingy bones are bid
from the eyes of progress in tli
ground.
All who owe subscriptions to tni
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Tours Respectfully,
The Marion Record,
J. H. ATKIN,
Editor and Proprietor.
Professional Carto.
J L. O. BIRD
Attoset and Counsellor at Law.
Marion, - N. C.
Practices in all courts, State and Fed.
eral. Special Attention given to inve
tigating land titles and collecting claim).
f3TOffice on Main 8treet.
JUSTICE & JUSTICE,
Attorneys at Law.
Mrrion, - N. C.
E. J. JuEtice is located here. Offict tt
upper room of Fleuimiog Hotel.
JAMES MORRIS,
Marion, N. C.
R. B McCALU
Asheviil, N C.
MORRIS & M'CALL,
Attorneys at Law.
Practice in DcDowell, Ruth-rf-H,
Tel, Vancey and Mitchell cu tiM,
and in the United States' C ircuit Oirt
At Asheville and Btatisville, and in
Supreme Court of the St te. I'u i: t
promptly attended to.
M
A. HEWLAND,
Attounf.t at I at
Mal n, - V. C.
Practices in the 10;h and 12th Judi
cial districts, the Supnme f"irt of
N.rth Carol naanl ih! Federal "rU
of the Western dL-tiict of North Caro
lina. J F. MORPHEW,
Attorney at Lit,
Practices in the Court of Mit-lH
Yancey, Buncombe, Watu,M, Ashe;
Supreme an 1 Federal C xirts.
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