The Marion Record.
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER.
MARION,
N. C.
Oat on the Pacific elope they speak
of a "bunch of cattle," a "band of
'sheep" and a "spot of ground."
New York, Paris and Berlin Com
bined lack forty-two square miles of
haying as great an area as London
Among the European countries Ger
many by far outstrips her neighbors
in ths number of electric "railways,
both in operation and course of con
duction. Night refuges in Paris shelter the
arts. The nine establishments in 1893
were used by 137 actors, forty-three
singers, seventy-one musicians, twelve
pianists, twenty architects, 393 artists
(painters), fourteen authors and eight
een journalists.
"Anathesia of the brain" promises
to become an interesting substitute
for the"emotional insanity" plea of fif
teen years ago. It has a superior
claim to popularity in the fact that
nobody knows exactly what it means,
comments the St. Louis Star-Sayings.
Twenty years ago Dr. E. H. Dewey,
of Meadville, Penn., wrote a book
proving that the way to bo healthy
was to go without breakfast. The
cult has lived since theD, and, accord
ing to the New London (Conn.) Day,
there are more than one hundred per
nons in that town who eat no break
fast. The proportion of women suicides
to that of men is small ; whether be
cause their moral couruge is less, their
moral courage more or their woes
lighter, it would be interesting to
know. It may, however, be safely as
sumed that the last named is not the
reason, observes the New Orleans Pic
ayune. One of the tendencies of the age in
the way of railroad improvement,
noted by the New York Telegram, is the
increased length of rails. The Penn
sylvania has laid a few miles of sixty
foot rails, and the Lehigh Valley has
been trying f orty-flve-foot rails. Now
the Oolumbu", Hooking Valley and
Toledo will lay n few miles of the
sixty-foot rails as an experiment. The
utility of the long rail is that it re
quires fewer joints, and, in conse
Iquence, affords smooth riding.
"Dime Novel" Beadle, the man who
became famous as the publisher of
"dime novels" long before cheap liter
ature was so plentiful as it is now,
died at residence in Cooperstown, N.
JT., recently, announces the New Or
leans Ticayune. Seeing the immense
profit to be made on cheap and sens
tional literature, in 1853 Mr. Beadle
established a printing office for that
purpose in New York, and thus became
the forerunner of the many concerns
which now flood the country with
flashy stories stories that fill .the
6mall boy's heart with delight and his
eoul with crime. Parents and police
who have been called on to discipline
little boys whoso heads have been
turned by the wild adventures of
"Blue Mick, the Bjwery Tough," and
stories of that ilk, hardly regard Mr.
Beadle as a public benefactor, but, on
the other hand, one must remember
with abiding gratitude that he inaug
urated the movement that put the best
thoughts the greatest books within
the reaeh of the poorest.
There are only about 130,000 Quak
ers in the world, and the number doet
not tend to increase, remarks the New
York Tribune. In England, Ireland
and Australia it is estimated that there
are 25,000, the remainder bein? iu the
United States and Canada. The sim
plicity of the original faith woulc
hardly seem to admit a schism, yet
they are divided like other eects, anc
each division denies the orthodoxy o:
the others. They comprise severa
different societies with minor subdi
visions difficult to follow, eoiuo s(
minute as to be represented by only i
congregation or two. What are callec
the Old Orthodox Quakers are niainlj
distributed through the Western ant
Northwestern States, with a few scat
tered meetings in North Carolina; in
New England the Wilburites prevail:
what are known as the Primitivt
Friends are only to be found in Phila
delphia, but in that city, as the head
quarters of the faith in America, ar
to be found samples of every variety
of Quaker known to exist. The Hick
isites are to be found principally ir.
New York and Pennsylvania. IIo
the divided fragments of the 6ect dif
fer from each other is not well knowi
except to themselves, and they might
find it difficult to explain to those out
side of the fold what the divergence!
of faith and practice really are. But
all preserve in a great degree the sim
plicity of life and conduct inculcated
by their great founder, and the com
munity baa wrought an influence upoi
the world out of all proportion to iU
nojabsrs.
THE LEGISLATURE.
DOIXGS OF OUR LAW MAKERS
AT RALKIGH.
Assemblymen Working Hard to Slake
This 60 Day Session a Memora
ble One.
tCESDAV.
Senate. Bill to prohibit prize-fighting
in this State (enacts a penalty of
$."00 or one year imprisonment for
principals and abettors); passed sec
ond and third readings.
Bill to permit partridges and other
game to be shipped from the State
passed Becond and third readings; to
amend the charter of the Fayetteville
Compress and Storage Company, pass
ed second and third readings; to amend
the law in regard to marriage licenses
and reduce the fee from 3 to 81.50;
tabled.
House. A bill to allow the people
of the town of Warsaw to vote on the
question of whether liquor shall be
sold or not was taken up and alter a
little discussion was passed.
Bills passed final reading incorporat
ing the trustees of Watts Hospital at
Durham, and also to allow au extenbion
of the corporate limits of the town of
Durham.
WEDNESDAY.
Senate. Bills introduced: By Mr.
Long, to let the public printing to the
lowest bidder; Mr. Chandler, to repeal
chap. 98, laws of 1887, in regard to
town characters; Mr. White, of Ala
mance, to incorporate the Burlington
Banking Company; Mr. Norris, to
amend section 2218 of The Code, for
the encouragement and promotion of
agriculture; Mr. Farthing, to prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors in the
State.
Bills disposed of: To work public
roads by taxation aud employment of
convict labor; referred. For the re
lief of David Fox, of Alexander county,
an ex-Confederate soldier; tabled. To
amend the charter of the Fayetteville
Compress Company; re-referred. To
abolish the Inferior Court of Swain
county; passed third reading. To re
peal chap. 210, laws of 1885, relating
to the stock law of Pender county;
passed third reading. To repeal chap.
320, laws of 1892, relating to the stock
law of Pamlico county, passed third
reading. To incorporate the trustees
of Watts Hospital in the city of Dur
ham; passed third reading. To repeal
chap. 484, laws of 1893, in regard to
the fence law in Pitt county; passed
third reading. To define butter and
regulate the sale thereof. The bill
comjels all dealers in butterine,
oleomargarine, etc., to label each pack
age and place thereon the chemical in
gredients of 6uch article; passed third
reading.
House. Petitions were presented,
among them one from citizens of Yad
kin county, praying to be delivered
from excespive taxation for sale of liq
uor and asking that the license tax be
$25 instead of $200. There was alsoa
petition from Anson county people,
asking for a temperance law.
Bills introduced: By Mr. Pool, to in
corporate the Cedar Lumber and Shin
gle Compauy; Mr. Wooten, to amend
the charter of Kinston: Mr. Hender
son, to incorporate the North Wilkes
boro Academical and Industrial Insti
tute; Mr. Smith, of Stanley, to amend
the charter of the town of Albemarle;
Mr. Ewart, to allow the appointment
of women as notaries public, and for
the protection of hotel keepers.
A resolution came up raising a com
mittee of three Senators and five Rep
resentatives to investigate expenses of
the various departments, the commit
tee to investigate particularly the ex
penses of the Agricultural Department,
Geological Survey, etc., and to be giv
en authority to examine witnesses,
send for persons and papers, and to as
certain if there are any superfluous of
ficials. Mr. Hileman said the purpose
of the resolution whh to save the House
great deal of time in the investiga
tion of various expenses, etc. The
resolution was unanimously1 adopted.
At 11 o'clock the special order, the
bill to establish the county of Scotland
was taken up. It proposes to create
the county out of four townships in
Richmond county. The amendment
of Mr. Henderson, that the question of
county or no county be submitted to
the people of Richmond county next
August, as amended by Mr. French,
that the vote be by the people living
within the territory (the four townships)
then came up. The vote on Mr.
Henderson's amendment was tHkep,
and was ayes 5o, noes 33. The bill a?
amended then came upon second read
ing. It passed, nyes 52, noes 33.
THURSDAY.
Senate. Petitions were presented
from citizens of Warsaw against the
repeal of the prohibitory liquor law.
Bills introduced and read the first
time: By Mr. Wall, to amend the
chatter of the town of Salisbury; also
to let the printing of the county ex
hibits to the lowest bidder; Mr. Long,
to require all railroads to redeem un
used tickets.
The following bill was disposed of
To regulate the sale of leaf tobacco by
warehouses; passed third reading.
House. A favorable report was
made on the bill to make an appro
priation for the Agricultural and Me
chanical College. This is for $10,000
for running expenses each year.
Bills were introduced as follows: Bv
Mr. Nelson, to provide for additional
buildings, etc., at the Agricultural
and Mechanical College ;it appropriates
830,000 lor 1895-V. By Mr. Wooten,
to make a horse or mule come within
the meaning of sect. 1799 of The Code,
so dealers who sell them can take liens
to secure payment.
The Scotland county bill was tabled
by an admittedly erroneous ruling by
Speaker Walser 3
. FRIDAY.
Sknate. The death of Dr. R. A.
Williams, representative from Warren,
was announced, and Senators Cook and
Mercer were appointed to accompany
the remains to Warrentou.
Bills and resolutions introduced: By
Mr. Mewborne, to establish graded
school in Kinston; Mr. White,
of Alexander, to amend the public
school laws of the State; Mr. Carver,
to authorize Fayetteville to operate an
electric and motive power Company;
Mr. Norris, iu regard tobnviug and
selling poisonous drugs; Mr.' Rice, to'
incorporate Nsv Hanover Stock aaU
Poultry Association Mr Dowd, to
incorporate- the town of Biddleville;
also to incorporate the Retreat at Char
lotte; also to authorize the city of
Charlotte to purchase the fair grounds;
Mr. Black, for the better protection
of railioal employes.
Adjourned at 12 m. out of respect
for the memory of the late Dr. S. A.
William.
House. Mr. Smith, of Gates, of
fered a joint resolution as follows:
"Resolved, By the House of Repre
sentatives, the Senate concurring, That
we have heard with the deepest sor
row of the death of Dr. S. A. Williams
the member of the House from the
bounty of Warren, who departed thrs
life at 3 o'clock this mornincr. That a
committee be appointed, with, a like
committee from the Senate, to accom
pany his remains to his late residence.
That we tender to his family and
friends our sincere and heartfelt sym
pathy in their sad bereavement. That
the General Assembly do now adjourn
through respect for his memory until
10 o'clock tomorrow."
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Speaker Walset appointed as the
committee, Messrs. Smith, of Gates;
Yatesj Williams, of Craven and Mc
Lean. SATURDAY.
Senave. The bill in regard to hunt
ing deer in Bladen county caused hu
morous debate. In answer to a ques
tion, Mr. Carver said he was a deer
hunter and knew what he was talking
about. Mr. Fowler: "How many
have you killed?" Mr. Carver: "I
have killed 87 and caught one." The
bill passed second and third readings.
To amend section 607 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. This is an impor
tant matter. It gives any person the
right to bring suit to try the title to of
fice without the consent of the Attor
ney General; passed over informally
upon request of Senator Adams. To
amend section 3063 of The Code; this
adds the Farmers' Alliance to the in
surance exemptions granted Masons,
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias;
passed second and third readings. To
amend the constitution of North Caro
lina prohibiting State officers from
taking railroad passes and franking
privileges from telegraph and telephone
companies; tabled. To improve the
public roads by taxation and use of
convict labor levies a tax of 15 cents
and 45 cents on the poll and to be in
all cases submitted to qualified voters;
informally passed over till Monday.
Bill to regulate labor; tabled.
House. Bills were introduced as
follows: By Mr. Turner, of Mitchell,
to amend the public school laws, to
prevent the State Superintedent from
construing the public school law and
forcing the county boards to accept
his construction, and also taking away
his power to select school books.
Speaker Walser announced that his
ruling in the county of Scotland case
last Thursday was erroneous. He then
laid the bill before the House. The
bill as amended submits to the vote of
the people of all of Richmond county
the question whether the new county
shall be created or not. Without de
bate the bill passed its third reading,
71 ayes, 7 noes. A bill for the relief
of the overseers of the public roads of
the State was tabled.
MONDAY.
Senate. President protem. Franck
opend the session. The bill that fees
under section 1799 of the Code be re
duced to 25 cents registration of lien
bonds on crops gave rise to a long
discussion. It finally passed amended
to 50 cents fee; ami probate fee, 10
cents. Mr. A bell introduced a bill to
prescribe a form for crop lien .
House. A bill was introduced to
increase the appropriation to the col
ored Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege $5,000; also a bill by Mr. Cheek,
to forbid any public officer of the State
from having a free pass on railroads,
making the punishment forfeiture of
office, and the giving of a pass to such
officer by a railroad a misdemeanor.
Bills passed final reading to allow
county commissioners to exempt volun
teer firemen from poll tax: to allow an
increase of taxation for public schools
in Charlotte; to aid in carrying
on the normal school; to incor
porate Booneville, Yadkin county;
to regulate surveying, in case
the surveyor has an interest in the
lands to be surveyed. The House ta
bled the bill to abolish the death pen
alty; also one to create courts of oyer
and terminer. There w as an amusing
debate of a bill to change the name of
Hanging Dog township, Cherokee
county, and it was finally tabled.
There was a lengthy debate on a bill to
provide the working of convicts cn
roads, especially on the amendment to
exclude females, and some cases of iu
humanitv to that sex were cited.
SOl'TII DAKOTA NEEDS AII.
A Pitiful Story of Starvation and Suf
fering in Oregory County.
A Yankton, Dakota, special says that
apathetic appeal for aid for the starv
ing settlers on the Sioux reservation in
the organized county of Gregory was
sent out. Six hundred and fifty fami
lies, comprising 2,500 people, hungry
women and children, are going bare
footed. They have subsisted thus far
on parched corn. Aid should be sent
to Fairfax, Gregory county.
Hunters Want 100,(M0 Acres.
Kaleiah, N. C Before the joint
committee on agriculture there was a
hearing on the bill to allow 100,000
acres of Currituck Sound to be enter
ed just as swamp lands are entered.
Shooting clubs there desire to get this
great expanse of water and offer $50,
000 for it, the money to go to the
school fund. Ex-Judge MacRae made
an argument in support to the bill. A
Mr. Pierver is here as the agent of the
clubs who wish to make this singular
purchase.
Activity of South Carolina Alliance,
men.
The South Carolina Farmers' Alli
ance is taking steps to do some ac
tive work. The Newberry alliance
has made a demand for an extra meet
ing at Columbia the third week in this
month for consideration of fertilizer
rates. The idea seems to be to get
the alliance men toerether and lt
mutually agree to some plan for the
ucuermeai oz ui larmiag clasiti,
Washington Not&
Therft has been no end to talk about
the alleged remarks of a Southern
Senator to August Belmont, the Ameri
can agent of Rothschilds, who came to
Washington to talk about needed
financial legislation. After Mr. Bel
mont had given the Senator his idea of
what ought to be done, the Senator
is reported to have 6aid: "Mr. Bel
mont, you are a very rich man. You
own a great many government bonds;
now let me tell you something. We,
in the South, own a great deal of cot
ton, and cotton is not worth 50 cents
on the dollar today. Now, we do not
propose that your bonds shall be worth
more than our cotton." If that con
versation really occured it is not sur
prising that Mr. Belmont did not re
main in Washington.
Few neonle who have not studied
one of the annual reports of the Public
Printer have any idea of what an im
mense establishment the Government
Printing office is. It costs $125,000 A
tear to run the Congressional Record
more than $lj000,000 to pay for the"
books and pamphletsj mostly reports
turned out every year. In addition Id
the printed matter the office turns out
every year (something bike 350,000
blank bocks. Three of these blank
books are made annually for the names;
addresses,and accounts of the Senators
and Representatives with the govern
ment. Each of these books has 1,200
pages, weighs 85 pounds and costs to
produce $65. It is claimed that no
such blank books are made anywhere
else. Last year the bindery used 35,
000 sheep skins, 3,000 Turkish goat
skius, known as "morocco," and 100,
000 square feet of Russian leather,
which is made from cow-hide, besides
other binding material.
When the question was squarely put
to Mr. Teller, who is by general con
sent regarded as the leader of the sil
ver men in the Senate, would the sil
ver Senators deliberately prevent the
passage of an appropriation bill with a
rider providing for the issue of bonds
or other financial legislation objec
tionable to them? he replied in the
most positive tone: "They would.
We believe that all the present devel
opments are a part of a plan which had
its origin when Mr. Cleveland entered
upon his second administration to put
the country on a gold basis and create
a permanent debt for the investment
of the capitalist class in this country.
We do not propose to 6ee this done,
even if it thould result iu au extra ces
sion. We Lave no fears of an extra
session, aud no threats in that linecau
disturb us. We should certainly fight
an appropriation bill, with such a
rider, just as vigorously as any other
bill, aud you caunot make that state
ment too (strong."
Senator Pritchard, of North Caroli
na, has been invited to Boston by the
Middlesex Club of that city.
Representative Izlar, of South Caro
lina, was at the Postoftlce Department
and found the indications to be that
railway mail service will be put on the
Coast Line between Remini and Den
mark. The House knocked out the omnibus
Southern war claims, which had secur
ed an order for consideration from the
committee on rules. It was to pay
$726,000, $872 of which was due to two
North Carolians. Furneyfold Mercer,
of Jones county, $747, and William
H. Mathias, administrator of Sutton
Speight, or Spikes, of Gates, $125.
LIST OF PATENTS
Granted to Southern inventors last
week. Reported by O. A. Snow &
Co., solicitors of American and For
eign patents, opposite U. S. Patent Of
fice, Washington, D. C.
T. A. Bryan, Baltimore, Md., cook
ing vessel.
E. Cammerer, Louisville, Ky., gas
generating coal oil burner.
A. L. Clark, Jackson, Tenn., imple
ment for removing curbs or tubes from
the ground.
H. W. Crouch, Charleston, S. C,
pile driver.
H. Eisert, Baltimore, and R. B. Tal
cott, Garrett Paik, Md., radiator valve.
C. H. Field, Dalton, Ga., baling
press.
J. D. Gray, Baltimore, Md., direct
acting steam engine.
H. P. Hurst, Summit, Miss. ; breech
loading ordnance.
W. C. Lynham, Richmond, Va.t
means for binding and suspending
packages of paper bags.
W. J. Mi leaps, Fordyce, Ark., pipe
thimble.
J. C. Mitchell, Baltimore, Md ,
bottle stopper.
R. O. Toole, Mechanicstown, Md.,
primary battery.
W. f. Poblman, Woodbrook, Md.,
controller or switch for electric mo
tors. R. R. Snowden and A. C. Ives,
Ocala, Fla., automatic electric safety
system for railways.
D. B. Strouse, Salem, Va., cigarette
machine.
J. C. Swan, Lone Cedar, W. Va.,
nut lock.
R. W. Traylor, Richmond, Va.,
grinding mica.
E. C. Wiley, Bristol, Tenn., circuit,
closer for railway rails.
INCiKHSOLTj lives.
Rumor That He Was Dead Proves
Untrue.
New York. A rumor to the effect
that Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll had
died suddenly, reached this city. Mr.
Ingersoll was found at his residence
and said, when asked as to how he was
feeling:
"Never better in my life. I am pre
paring to make a lecture tour of the
South and I will leave here Sunday
morning. It is a queer thing how ru
mors of my death spread abroad about
three times every year. I don't un
derstand it."
The Sale Postponed.
Chattanooga, Tenn. -The Chatta
nooga Southern Railroad was offered
for sale at Gads.lon Al i. r-
, . , "j receiver
and Special Master J. W. Burke But
one bid of $350,000 was received from
the re-organization committee; the
price had been placed at $500 000
consequently th ' I
. ti i . a I'obiponea
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BILL ARP S LETTER.
DRAWS A LINE BETWEEN ARIS
TOCRAT And democrat.
Animals and Birds as Illustrations.
Florida Still a Paradise.
TLcrc s-renn to le an aristocracy in all
t!iinp. animate ami iniuimate, an 1 the human
face iV no exception to this law of nature. The
Creator nude some ttmgs for honor au l some
fur dishonor, lie made some crea' urea to rank
other creature-; some pe ple to rank other
peopl-, auduob.il.' has any right to make a
f ii-s about it. Tl:e word istocraey Crimea fr.m
the Greek worl triFio, the Lea', and should
not be coufen tided wi:h plutocracy, tho gold
bti; 9, wLo rank money ah ve brauuand virtu.
Gold and silver tre n tful me'aU and tiava al
ways been honored a ove o'hf r metal!1. Il3?ea
tlTs un in the firnt cbaivcr of Ger.es s that the
K' 11 of ih it Ian I w ooJ. The deator pat
eorn? pold in paradi-e aud it has ranked all
metals since. Iron and Wd and copp.-r are far
nine nseftl', but gold ranka them. Just so do
diamonds and p ar.s runs tua-uie ana granue.
In ve,e'ab3e nature we Hud that mahogany and
r rewood and t bony aud the royal palm rank
i lie woo Is that are more useful, such as the oak,
tlie hickory and the ash. The orange and the
pi le raiik otlur finite. The rwe ranks tha
flowers and Marechal Niel ranks all the roses.
I:i animal life the horse slaada at the head of
t! e li-t. "He tmelleth the bittla from afar and
n ocketh at fear." Among the fowls of the air
we see the eagle towering in his pride. He ii
i f no account to mankind, and yet we sing
"Great bird of the wilderness, lonely and
proud,
Wi h an eye never dimmed and a neck never
bowed."
At.d we tttmp Ira Image on our men -y aud
cl lini bini as th great American eagle, Tha
chief difference between him aud the buzzard
is a mat'er of taste one likes live meat, the
0 her prt firs that that is dead. But tin eagle
1 an aristocra aud the buzzird is a d; mocat.
Coin in . however, down, we find the mocking
bird r.mkin the fiwls of tho ar. He is a
cliamin; sing -r, en J. best of all, he is game
lie will fiht. I w.is ltinihiatitiK on this line,
bicnuse just at twibght I saw a pair of them
ttack a screech owl on the front yard, and,
f .er much-ado, they whipped him and drove
him away, ah I then one of them tang ns an
v ning sous. They are building Hear the
boose, and to are the tquirrrli,
it iid I huve seen the birds drive the
squirrels to the;r hiding places. Game chick
inra:ik the c mmon barnyard fowl ntbor
Freeman mya tli-y are betti-f to est, and have
a liuer fl.vor. He had said this ho of ten that
his wife thought she would see if it was 60.
Sho hid rue of his fine shawl necks kdled while
he was away an I had it nicely coo'.ed, and, as
i.c was on joying it, she said: "Now, do you
ica'ly Mk veihat a game chicken is any better
:bao this oue?"' Why, my dear," taid lie,
tlieio is no comparison. This chicken tastes
like all the common chickens, but it hasent got
ihe fltvor nor the delicate juices of a gamo
thicken." She tol 1 it on him-and he hasent
imnsioued the nul j ct since. Nevertheless, it
is a fact that game fidi r.re better than the stu
pid, Hibmissive kind' trout ranks ali the fisfh
ast of the A le.hanies trout aud ypanih
mackerel aro tho gatnest fish down litre, and
they i re the be.-1 for the table. Hut 1 will not
write any mure alont fis'i fr fear of losing my
u 'pii'atioti for ti n h aul veiMcity. I only in
t ii 'cd to illustrate a f cf, which is, ihat cour
uge is the best mark of aristocracy in animal
lit'1; courage of couviciioua. courage in duty,
markthe btst typo of manhood, not only in
war, but in ieac . Galileo aud Luther had it
as stnng as diu Le3 and Jackson. It is force
of character and wi!l power that marks tho
truo rristccrat. Wibster and Clay and Cal
houn were typical aristocrats. They had con
v ctiona ai.d dare I to m iiutain them tegard
Icssiif person 1 poril. We liav, no doubt, a
few hta teamen now of iqual brain power, but
i hey are lacking in moral courage thev deem
it Fafer to follow the p.-oj lo than to lead them.
There is not a uta'efman in the nation who
Ktands up pie-om'nent for his p-ditical wia
dim, Ira moral courage, his unselfishness
and his patiiotifni. Tl.erc is no Moses to
lead ih out of the wilderness party i
a bigger thing than country. If it were not
so, congress would i grcc on a commission from
b 1 1 partiea to frame a tariff bill and a silver
bill that would give the nation peace, and take
those great, na ioual questions out of partisan
p ilitica. As it is lo-v, ne party says to the
other, we will oppose anything you idvocate.
Th5 reflecting, cons' rvativo people everywhere
ara not only t red, but deapaitiug. 'lhey would
welcome tho disruption of the oil parties I
iu Vr-r exps ct to vote aain is a common re
in a ik.
Lut therc'a HTc in the old land yet. The souih
is ge:liug along fairly Wi 11, con idoring the
panic. The people bavj got used to hard
t nie.'", and arc a laptin j: themselves to a contin
uation of the g noral depression. The south ia
a blessed land. I have before me a letter from
a man in northiru O ii, who says: 'Tell your
jKciple who arc discouraged over the leases by
ih ; fucze to bo thankful they are not up heie
in thu north, where we have been buying fee l
for our stock for six mmitha on account of laat
summer's drought, and many are Buffering for
thi commonest ueccaitifa of lif . Our chari
t&t le institutions are all taxed lo their utmost
to relieve them bik,w is now from fifteen to
twenty in lies deep, and tho mercury 20 de
grees 1 low zero, and tho ;cy wiuel blowing a
gulc. How we would n joice to apsnd the rest
of the winter in sunny Florida."
My friend ltobcrt iicCay says he spent sev
ral years in Europ, and mingbd wiih the
common people in their bumble homes, and
found ttrcin luon contented in their poverty
'!.: i-iirj arc jrli I heir com'orts of life. Thov
live on what we would throw to the dogs every
ecrap ia carefully saved. If a German family
has a eon or a father in the army (and nearly
every family has one or the oth.r), they aave
every penny to Bend to him and keep him com
fortable. Just thiuk what a drain it ia upon
the energiea and toil of a people who have to
mainta n half a million soldiers as a atanling
army in times of peace. No, we should not
c ni)lain of anything down here in the south
land, where good crops have for many years
ble set! the f rmer'a toil, and where a man can
live comfortably on 2 cents a day. There ia
no excuse for a man to Lecome a tramp, the
laziont negro can command more than that
anywhere every day in the year.
Tha' ia ao, the wa;es of a negro man has not
fallen below 50 tint a day iu Carte rsville
moar of thrm get 75 rents. Down here in
F.nnda they get from f 1 to $1.25 for nusk lied
labor for gmbbing, baubng, making up mor
tar or digging in th phospJnt niioe.
Tho gieatest source of ois -ontent is envy of
those who arj b tter off. That old dogma of
Thomsa Jeffrrson, who declared (hat "ail men
are by nature fiee and equal," has done much
harm, for it is not true, and never will bj until
the millennium. It w 11 not be true then, for
there are grades and tanks and caseea in the
future atate. There aie ance! end archangel
Gsbriel and Mows and Eliaa rauk higher
than Lazaru. There ia also a heli and a lower
h 11 why should we envy those who rank na
in wealth or fame or j-ower or dignitv? Web
ster rhowed tho right a irit when he Vaid; "I
thank God that if I rinn,lt ri .
the akiea, I have n de-ire to pull an angel
down." Ob, for more of sn h noble ari-tocrats.
But it ia not so be e in Florida for via tor'.
We ere luxuriating on very tine oraogoi every
day, and they cost us only fiftv cents a hun
dred.. The thick-skinned fruit has not been
fr- z n ins de. some of it is a bttlo touched
next to th- at m, t ut wc- cut that off and the
restisg od. Ihev make excellent ambroa:a.
The fi nit thit a ill hangs on the trees ia tener
lly ea'able.
Grp fruit has not tuff-red like the oranges
and we hvj it v-ry morning at the bre-akfast
tub e. The weather ia deligntfuL, and o ir so
called female invalids port every diy on or in
the water, and some of tht m can row a boat to
the nland without a man. I hen the same old
eong ihut I hear at Lome. "Aomin lulcahere,"
and I am content t i take a second place for
my wife ia an ar a .-crat and I am nothing but
a democrat. Li! 1 Arp iiAt anta Constitution.
The Whiskey Trust t;oes Down.
Chicago, In A prand coup was
sprung by President Greenhut nd his
friends and the lug organization known
as the Distillers' and Cattle Feeding
Company is in the hands of two re
ceivers, apj ointtl ly Judge Groseoup,
of the United $tatesDistrict Court.
The receiveiF. E. F. LawinfP.
director of the Fmt National Bank of
Chicago, and Joseph IJ. Greenhut, of
Peoria, riled their boud fr $300,000
each lefore the C'WIIlt and krm rltil
qualified to act.
0" Xi. G-OLAT & SOJST
Jolimont Vineyards, Grape Xitrseries,
DISTILLERY & MANUFACTORY OF
Pure Native Wines, French Cognac, Bra
And FIXE ZIQUOHS.
Awarded First Premium at Exposition of New Berne, N. C, Feb., IS94.
Old Fort, X. C.
THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL.
The Farmer Has a Sfetr Enemy and the
Department of Agriculture Is In
vestigating It.
WisimrxTON, D. C The Depart
ment of Agriculture is engaged in the
investigation of the cotton boll weevil,
a destructive species of wliick has re
cently been introduced into southeast
ern Texas from Mexico. The insect is
practically new to etomologists al
though it has been found that thirty
years ago it caused the abandonment of
cotton culture around Monclova, Mex
ico. Texas cotton planters observed
its work in their fields for the first time
last summer and specimens were cent to
the Department of Agriculture for. in
vestigation. An expert was sent into
the field tinder the direction of the et
hnologist, Dr. L. O. Howard, and re
mained through the fall and early win
ter months, carefully studying the
habits of the insect. A district of
about 6,000 square miles is now infest
ed. The insect bores into the cotton
boll and ruins the fiber aud the seed.
Iu some instances during the past sum
mer it has caused a loss of from 53 to
90 per cent, of the crop. It spreads
rather slowly by flight, but is apt to
be carried into new regions in cotton
brought from the infested fields to the
somewhat widely separated cotton gins.
The Department of Agriculture has
warned the State of Texas, through a
letter written to the Governor, of the
probable extent of the damage to the
crop in Texas in the near -future, and
the possibility of the spread of the in
sect to neighboring cotton-growing
States. Immediate legislation is urg
ed, legislation which will isolate the
affected region and also the Mexican
border.
Convicts to Make Shoes.
Colvmbia, S. C Superintendent
Neal, of the State penitentiary, con
firms the news that a company of
Northerners will, in a few days, start
a shoe factory within the walls of that
institution. Tho machinery is on the
way and the output at the start will be
500 pairs a day.
Q O. EAVES,
Attorney at Law, and U. S. Comtnia
sioner, Marion, N. C.
"Office on Main street opposite
Eifcle HoteL
Tonsoriat
WM. SWEENEY,
Practical and Scientific Barber. Over
Streetm-in's drug store Call and see
me, as I promise satisfaction in all in-
D. E. HrDorNS,
MariOD, N. C.
E F. Wtson,
Burnsville, N. C
HUDGINS & WATSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors
at Law.
4? "All business entrusted to them will
receive prompt attention.
I&. J. IBurgin,
Dentist.
Offers his professional services to hta
friends and former patrons of
Marion and vicinity. All work
guaranteed to be first class, and
as reasonable as 6uch work can
be afforded.
Office opposite the Flemming House.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
(EASTERN SYSTEM.)
E.itm Tlnaw t Savannah and Pt. Worth.
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& v TJ?rouhJrmln between JacMonnile .
N -i. Throuiih Pullman ears St. Aofftntlne
New i ork. Tampa and New York. vU Jack?
fTUe.) AuT,Bt ad N. Y- aleo Dlnln cars
and fl rt-c!ass coacb.
n os. 35 and 3 i Great U. S. Fast Mall. Thrown
Pu lman Bufiet ear J cka nil, and N. Y. Also
Pullman 1 1 ar Ar jtta and Charlotte In conned
tlon with trains No. aud .
N. . Nos. S3 and Si n.ake only a limited num
ber of step). .
Hon. 19 ard SO 35 and 94 do not enter Union
raHon-Co.umbla. but dicbare and take on
K99" nS Bland M. Station.
fAof S- H HARD WICK,
W. H. OHEEN, 3 Vi rrTta
U
THE
Marion Reeoraj
Is the only Democratic Ncwsr-g
McDowell county, and has a Urge jj
cnlation in ad joining counties. It po
lishes all the news without fear t
favor, and Is the organ of no riig j
clique. j
It is the bold champion of the p;
pie's rights, an earnest advocat; cf tv
best interests of the count; of McD;
ell and the town of Marion. Its ijfj
ti6ing rates are reasonable, and the
scriptlon price is $1.00 fer year in
tanu. v I
If you -want the best newspaper ia
country brimming full cf choice reidl-j-matter
for business inea, farmers, ttfi
chanics, and the homo circlss 0( t'V
classes subscribe and pay for t;
Record. If you don't, why just doaJ
and the paper wiil be printed eTen
Thursday evening as usual .
If you haven't enough interest In jc
county's wellfare to sustain tho best iV
TOcate of its diversified interests, and i'
truest friend the newspaper jonnetj'
not expect a 2-column obituary notici'
when your old stingy bones are bii'
from the eyes of progress ia tin'
ground.
AM who owe subscriptions to thi
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Rkcobd will be dropped from our lis)
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unless they pay up at once. '
Tours Respectfully,
The Marion Record
J. II. ATKIN,
Editor and Proprietor
Professional arb0,
L. C. BIRD
Attoney and Counsellor at Law.
Marion, - N. C.
Practices in all courts, State and Fel. f
eral. Special attention given to inven
tigating land titles and collecting claim'.
3"Office on Main Street.
JUSTICE & JUSTICE,
Attorneys at Law.
Mrrion,
N. C.
E. J. Justice is located hore. Office U
upper room of Fleuiming Uotel.
JAMES MORRIS,
Marion, N. a
R, S McCALU
Asheviile, N. C.
MORRIS & M'CALL, t
6'
Attorneys at Larr.
Tractice in DcDowell, Rutlurf'H.
Pelk, Yaacey and Mitchell u- ts, f
and in the United States' Circuit 0rt
at Asheville and Stattsvillo, and in t!i
Supreme Court of the Ft te. i:m:i;
promptly attended to.
M
A. WEWLAND,
ArrortNLT at I a,
Ma' I d, V. C. . 1
Practices in Ihe 10. h and 12th Ju-h- j
cial districts, the Supreme ourt of
N rth Carol na and th; Federal fourti
of the Western di. tiict of North Vvo-
Una. i
J F. MORPIIEW,
Attorney at Law,
Practices in the Court? of Mitchell
Yancey. Buncombe, Wataugi, Ash';
Supreme an 1 Federal Courts. .
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