Tho P-lar ion Record.
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER.
MARION,
N. C.
Jnlian Ralph tays Charlebton, S. C,
is the cleanest city ho has Been in the
United States.
No day in the week is so prolific in
Bres as Saturelav.
One hundred years ago yellow fever
ras more common in Northern citiea
than it in now in tropical towns.
It costs 8 i 0,000, 000 a rear to got
trn New York City. The total ex
pend itn res of the National Govern
ment in 18o0 were no larger.
dent is told, are only incidental at. J
Cornell. They are too apt to be ac- ,
cidental where tbey are not incidental.
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' Deputy Sheriff Uall. of North Caro- ;
lina, stood in that State and killed
an escaping prisoner who was across
tho line in Tennessee. According to .
a recent decision of the Supremo '
Court of North Carolina he seems
i
likely to escape punishment, as he was
not in Tennessee when he committed
the crime, and the crime was not com-
mittcd in North Carolina. I
"Russian papers still appear with
mourning borders on their front
pages. They will continue to do bo
for twelve months from the date of
the late Czar's death.
Nothing strikes tho American abroad ',
more impressively, avers the New 1
York Sun, than tho lower rents.
Nothing strikes the visiting foreigner ,
more than tho high rents in America. ;
Tho sociologist who works out care- i
fully tho condition of the different
orders runs up against the same fact,
itself a factor in National well-being j
and industrial success and in the stress
of industrial competition. Through
out the social order, excepting only
the most opulent grades, ho finds a
larger percentage of the average in
comes consumed by rent in America
than anywhere else in the world.
Tho Korean Governmsnt has decid
ed to borrow 3 , 001,033 fro n th.3 Jp
auese. This little transaction in .tho
opinion of tho Sun Francisco Chroni
cle, definitely settles the .status of
Korea. There will be no moro quai
tion about the suzerainty, for thi
Hermit Kingdom is now ai hopolonly
lu the toils of Japan as Egypt h ia
tho:-o of (treat Brituu. Japan has
fctudicd Western methods to some pur
pose. She fully understands the obli
gation of a debtor, and means to
profit by placing Korea in that posi
tion. Within tho recollection of tho old
est mariner there has not been as dis
astrous a year to shipping and sailor
as the one just ended, declares the
New York Mail and Exprrss. Thou
sands of lives have been lost, hundreds
of thonsauds of dollars worth of prop
erty destroyed, aud hun Ire Is of hopo
ful families nre still waiting for tid
ings of loved ones who went to sea in
craft that were not strong enough to
combat tho wild Atlantic storms and
never camo back. More than a hun
dred strong vessel.", well found and
manned, are on the missing list for
the year, and there i no question
about tho fate of their crews. The
Wilson Lino steamer Apollo wa one
of those of which not the slightest
trace was found after she stenaiod
awjy. What became of h?r, how sh3
was los, how her gallant crew per
ished, are questions that maj never bo
auswered. Tho Atlas Liner Alvo was
another which went on the vojago
that has no ending.
Tho historian of a year, like the
historian of an age, must ignore many
events which seem important as they
pass and occupy the attention of en
tire Nation?, but which are eclipsed by
succeeding occurrences of a similar
nature and are thus forced into ob
livion. Ho occupies himself rather
with thoso events which mark a dis
tinct progress in tho lifo of a people,
a reform accomplished, notable legis
lation placed in the statutes of a
country, or wars adding to a Nation's
domain or diminishing its extent. . He
mutt distinguish, as tho skilled artil
lerists differentiate the explosion of a
blank cartridge from tho fire of a
loaded gun, thoeo events which are
of passing interest from those of per
manent importance. With this limi
tation in mind tho Chicago Herall
thinks the year 1894 is memorable foe
the following events :
I. Tho China-Japaneso War.
2. Assassination of rresiijnt Car
not. 3. Projected Currency Reform i
America.
4. Overthrow of Tammany Hall,
5. American Tariff Legislation,
fi. Debs's Sympathetic Strike.
7. Birth of the Hawaiian Repubii.
8. The Commonweal Moveutiit.
9. Defeat of tho Democracy.
' 10. Death of the Czar.
II, A Piphthe.rUCqrePissoTW4.
PITHY NEWS ITEMS.
Henrico county, Va., is to bnild a
$10,000 court house in Richmond.
Anderson, S. C, will issue $20,000
in bonds to build a eeheolhouee.
There is a movement on foot to re
move the Union Theological Seminary
at Ilampden-Sjjdney to Richmond,. Va:,
and if it is derided positive ly $120,000
will be expended in buildings.
Raleigh, N. C, has a citizen who
has drunk but three glamea of water
in three years. He drinks & glass of
milk once a week and all his other li
quid refreshment is stronger than eith
er milk or water. . The curious thing
about it is that he is always "painfully
sober." ,
The city of Bedford, Va., has a sys
tem of water works which affords a
supply of over 1,000,000 gallons daily,
and which cost but $20,000. The rev
enue from the use of this water is $1,
400 a year, or far more than enough to
pay the interest on the cost.
It is generally understood in Colum
bia that Gov. John Gary Evans, of
South Carolina, will be married about
February 28. The Governor, when
the subject is mentioned, f-miles and
neither 'admits nor denies the truth of
the rumor. His finance is said to be a
Baltimore Jady, prominent in (social
circles.
Delegates from a number of Mary
land, Virginia and Deleware tracks met
in Baltimore Wednesday and organized
the Virginia, Maryland and Deleware
trotting circuit. The dates for the
Richmoud tracks, should they decide
to come into the circuit, were left open
for ten days. The circuit races will
begiu at Cape Charles City, Va., Au
gust 20th, and wind up-in Dover. Del ,
early in October. -
Gen. Rufus Barrirjger. a noted com
rnaidtr in tbe'Confederate army, died
it Chsrlctte. N. C, Sunday, and -he
vaH buried there Monday. He was a
brother-in-law of Geo. Thos. (Stonewall)
Jackson . , .
Hon. David Bennett Hill has' been
elected by the literary societies of Wake
Fortht (N. C.) College to deliver the
address next commencement. He has '
not accepted yet. Dr. I'arkhurst had
previously been invited and declined.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Cotton
Mills are putting in much additional
machinery and doubling their power
The sale of the Hermitage Cotton
Mill, Reidsville, N. C, was not con
tinued by the court, and the judge has
ordered a resale to take place on March
13th.
It is stated that Prosperity, S. C,
is getting up a solid aud legitimate
cotton mill scheme and that a mill will
soon be erected at that plice.
A movement has been started to
erect a cotton.mill at Norfolk, Va., aud
the Business Men's Association is en
deavoriug"to forward the project.
It is stated that an oil cloth com
bination is soon to be effected, the cap
ital stock to be $3,000,000 ami to. in
clude practically all the manufacturers
in the United States.
A cotton mill project is on hand
at Aiken, S. C, for a factory to be
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l II I'J Ml Hill. Alic auuni.ijriiuij Ji.l 10
headed by a
uonnuou oi iu mctub oi -
laud and $3,000 in stock by one man.
The successful launching of the Aiken
Mfg. Co., the new cotton factory which
is to go up at Bath in the same county,
with over three hundred thousand dol
lars of stock taken, has given an im
pel no to the manufacturing spirit.
The Tennesseo University, at Knox
ville, threw open it doors to girls last
year, and fifty entered. Now only
nineteen remain. But. those who re
main stand high and two of them will
take first honors.
The associated banks of Charleston,
S. C, .Monday, aud the chamber of
commerce of the same city, adopted
resolutions endorsing the President a
recent special mcssasre as to bonds and
the gold reserve, and requesting the
State's Senators and Representatives
in Congress to support any measure in
troduced in furtherance of his views.
The Winchester Co., of New Haven,
Conn., Tuesday shipped to Hong Kong,
China. 1, COO, 000 rounds of 43 calibro
Mauser rifle ammunition. This is the
third spipment of the kind that the
company has made since the war began.
Governor Evans, of South Carolina,
has found that nearly every county and
substitute dispenser in the State is
short in his accounts, and began to
make things lively in consequence.
Some of the dispensers have been
found to have shortages ranging from
$800 to $l,t00. Ho will require every
dispenser who is short to give a satis
factory account cf the shortage, and
will demand approved bonds of: dispen
sers hereafter.
General Corse; the'last xy th' full
rank brigadier generals of the Confed
erate army, is seriously ill'jrt' Alexan
dria, Va.
The large cracker establishment of
Gro. R. Hill A Co,; at Alexandria,' Va.,
burned down Saturday night; loss $(10,
000, insurance $-lT,000. .
The Carolina Central pasengvr de
pot at Charlotte, N. -C, -burned down
Sunday night.
Rev. C. E. Todd, of Charlotte, NC.,
who accopted the presidency of Due
West Female College, South Carolina,
was to have been offered the presidency
of an Associate Reformed college to
be established at Charlotte.
Fire totally deetroyed Howland hall,
the main structure of an industrial
school for colored youth, near Manas
sas, Va. Loss, $2,500.
Sunday at Raleigh, N. C, Hon.
Elijah Shaw, of Wales, Mass., in honor
of whom Shaw University there is
named, slipped and fell on the street
near that University. His left leg was
broken below the knee. He is 76
years of age.
Spartanburg, S. C, is to have
another machine shopand irunfoundry.
Tho plant has already Wen Wight asd
cost $18,000 aud work on the building
will soon commence. It is the plant
that was located at Goshen, Va.
The Stanly county jail at AlWmarle,
. C, was destroyed by fire Thursdnv
N
night; four prisoners in the jail set it
on fire and escaped but were captured
Friday, and lodged in the Salisbury
jail.
THE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF OUR LAW BIAKElrfT
AT RALEIGJI "
Assemblymen Working Hard to Blake
This CO 'Da j Session a' Blemora
tle One. .
Tcrsn?, .
Senate. A resolution introduced
instructing bur Senators and Repre-.
sentativf & in Congress to- vote aaintt
all laws that require the" issue of bonds
to be redeemed in gold. Bills intro
duced providing tor the opening of all.
terms of Superior Court on Tuesdays
instead of Mondays; to prevent the
adulteratiou'of food drugs etc.; to
Incorporate toe ftauror.J, Lii!!;ngton k.
Eastern Railroad; to improve the pub
lic roads of the State by taxation and
convict labor. Mr. Moody's amend
ment which was that no woman be
worked on the road and that the su
perintendent of the penitentiary be re
quired to superintend the health, diet
and clothing of ' the convict?, was
adopted. Mr. Forbes moved to amend
by only allowing convicts to be work
ed 90 days; lo6t. The bill passed
ayes 30, noes 10, the Democrats voting
no.
Hottse. A petition from Orange,
was presented, asking that the county
board of education to be abolished. A
favorable report was made on the bill
to repeal the stock law in New Hano
ver county. The judiciary committee
made another .unfavorable report on
the bill to regulate the- hours of labor
in factories. ' Mr. Lu&k presented a
memorial from cotton mill employes
Bsking the passage of the pending bill
to regulate the hours of labor in facto
ries. Bills were introduced as follows:
To abolish the Criminal Courtb of
New Hanover and Mecklenburg conn
tics; Mr. Bryan, to lessen the cobt of
the courts by cutting off the long
epeches of the lawyers. (There was a big
laugh when the Speaker referred this
to the linance committee.) Mr. Lusk
said the lawyers on the judiciary com
mittee were hopelessly in the mi
nority. This statement excited a
trood deal of surprise, but is true.
Vj Mr. Turner, of Mitchell, to provide
lor JochI assessments in am oi puimo
schools. The unfinished business was
taken up, thta being the bill to allow
Wilkes county, aleo Mitchell, Ruther
ford and Sampson, to work convicts on
its roads, which caused so hot a debate
yesterday. The amendment forbidding
the employment of convicts in other
counties was voted down, and the bill
passed third reading. Bills passed
third reading allowing an increase of
taxation for graded echoolsin Charlotte,
the people to vote on tho question of
increase; to incorporate Booneville,
Yadkin county; to ullow Wilmington's
bonded debt to be funded. A bill to
appropriate $2,500 for the Lindley
Training School in Buncombe county
came iij. This is a training school for
the purpose of reforming abandoned
women. The bill was reported favora
bly, but failed to pass 2d reading.
WEDNESDAY.
Si nate. A. bill was introduced to
incorporate tha Carolina & Northwest
ern Railroad Co. Resolution to
adjourn
on account ot tne rom mon-
"m"nt corner-stone ceremonies, adopt-
-i
The bill to authorize the county
of Mitchell to fund, compromise and
settle its debt, passed second reading.
The public printing bill came up as a
special order. Several amendments
were voted down, and it passed third
reading.
House. The . bill to reduce and
equalize charges of leaf tobacco ware
houses was favorably reported by the
committee, as was also the bill to pre
vent prize fighting. A bill was intro
duced by Mr. Crawford, to prevent the
marriage of first cousins. A bill came
up to repeal the stock law for New
Hanover county, and passed. Mr.
French said a compromise bill provid
ing for a stock fencein part of the ter
ritory would be introduced in a few
davs, and that the matter would be ar
ranged satisfactorily) The House con
curred in a Senate resolution that the
House meet at 10 a. m. to-morrow and
adjourn at 11:30 in order to attend the
laying of the corner-stone of the monu
ment to L. L. Polk.
THURSDAY.
Senate. Eill to reduce the salaries
of railroad commissioners from $2,000
to $1,500; passed second and third
readings; amendments to make the sal
ary still lower were lost. Bill to in
corporate the Batik of Granville; pnss
ed second reading. The President an
nounced that he had appointed as he
committee on retrenchment and re
form Messrs. Paddison, Adams and
Herbert. .
House. Mr. Wooten, to allow Le
noir county distillers to sell by the
quart the whiskey they make. TLe
public printing bill then occasioned a
long debate, rrnd it final ly patbed third
reading.
Senate. The Ocala platform, so
far as linance is concerned, was adopt
ed, asking for free coinage of silver, 16
to 1, etc.
House. Thu contested election case
of Dixon vs. Mewborne, from Greene
county, came up, and the former, a
Populist, was seated.
SATURDAY.
Senate. Bill to require Kards of
county commissioners to let by con
tract to the lowest bidder among the
newspapers printed in their counties,
the printing of their annual statements
of expenditures of the county monev,
and the annual statements of the clerks
of the superior courts. T.he bill was ta
bled. Bill to amend section 3143 of
the Code in relation to'the sale of poi
son. Prohibits the sale to a minor un
der 14 years. And one making a
false representation to obtain any
poison enumerated, shall be guilty o'f
a misdemeanor punishable by line not
to exceed $50 pr imprisonment not ex
ceeding thirty days. Add spirituous
liquors as a ioisonou8 drug; passed
second and third reading. Bill to
iucoriorate The Retreat at Charlotte,
N. C, a hospital for the treatment of
nervous diseases, under the general
incorporation laws of the State; passed
second and third readings.
House. The weather was bitter and
cold and many members were absent
from their seats. A bill, in relation to
railroads giving free passes, was re
ported on unfavorably by Mr, Hender-
son from committee on railroads and
railrovl commission. On motion of
Mr. French 500 copies of the bill to
equalize taxation were ordered to be"
printed.
... MOXDAT.
Sexate. Bills were introduced: To
provide for revising the public laws to
provide for the election of a State libra
rian by the Legislature; to provide for
levy and collection cf inheritance tax;
to regulate labor hours in cotton fac
tories. The bill to appropriate $2,500
o furnish a new building for females
at the, insane asylnm was passed;
House. Resolutions werti intro
duced: Giviiig tte penitentiary com
mittee power to send for persons and
papers; to instruct Senators arid Rep
resentatives in Congress to vote for
the Nicaragua canal bill; and urging
CoTgTess to erect monuments to ucn
erals Davis and Nash. Bills were in
troduced: To provide for a railway from
Murphy to the lennessee line; to lor
bid screens in front of bar rooms and
regulate hours of opening and clos
ing of bar rooms; to amend the
charter of Charlotte; to authorize
stenographers to be employed by
Superior Court; to prohibit the use
of profane ami indecent language.
The bill to transfer $26,000 of the di
rprt tax in the State treasury to the
school funds, was made the" special or
der for Wednesday, liill to prevent
delavs in freisht shipments passed. It
provids that whenever suit is instituted
against the railway for violation of any
rniiKPR in rhparer 250 acts 1891. and
the railway company loses the suit, it
shall pay all costs and expenses lrtcimt
insr attorneys fees, providing the ship
per is not guilty of contributing negli
gence or to blame for delays, and it
value or property does not exceed $10.
Kills riftRRP.1 to rtevent urize fiehtinsr
and to amend Mt. Airy s cnarter. ine
bill was tabled to let people of an v
township vote whether they shall go out
of stock law territory. Election case oi
Gatling against Smith from Gates was
taken up, and Smith retains seat .
fiubstitute for Cotton.
Tobacco cultivation in South Caro
lina has been demonstrated to be a
success beyond question in certain
parts of the State, ft is a flourishing
industry throughout the Pee Dee sec
tion of the State, but it has had its
most successful and satisfactory devel
opments in Darlington county. Ten
years ago scarcely a pound of tobacco
was grown iu South Carolina for mar
ket. Last year 1,000,000 pounds were
raised and marketed in Darlington
county alone. The acreage devoted to
the cultivation of the plant was not '5
per cent, of the acreage devoted to cot
ton, yet the value of the tobacco pro
duct was 16 per cent, of all the cotton
raised in the county. The money val
ue of the tobacco crop of the county
was $120,000. The tobacco acreage
will be increased this year from 500 to
600 per cent., and a total crop of at
leabt 5,000,000 pounds is counted on.
National Farmers Alliance.
Raleigh, N. C. Tuesday afternoon
President Marion Butler called the an
nual session of the National Farmers'
Alliance and Industrial Union to order,
forty delegates being present, six of
them females. In rear of the stage
was a large photograph of L. L. Tolk,
framed in the national colors, while
the sperker's desk was likewise draped
and national nags flanked the stage,
Mayor Badger-welcomed the delegates
to Raleigh and the State Alliance Presi-
dend. Mewborne welcomed them to
North Carolina. Responses were made
by.H. L. Loucks, of South Dakota,
aud I. E. Dean, of New York, both of
whom eulogized Polk and 6aid this
meeting at Raleigh was in his honor.
In the evening there was a secret ses
sion. Many more delegates arrived at
a late houri owing to train delays.
Wednesday evening there was a ban
quet at the xarboro. Thursday, after
the laying of the corner stone of the
Polk monument, there was a Polk me
morial meeting, open to the public.
Marshal AIDson to Move Squatters.
Asheville, N. . C . United States
Marshal. Allison went to Swain county
armp.rl- TV! t ll n mrit. mtmirinn
him to deliver to the council of the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians all
lands embraced in the Qnalla bounda
ry tract, comprising several thousand
acres. The case has been in litigation
several years and Congress recently
passed an. appropriation to carry out a
compromise. The marshal will remove
all'squatters, twelve or fifteen in num
ber, and formally deliver the land to
the Indians.
, South Carolina Republicans.
The South Carolina Republican
State convention ' met at Columbia
Wednesday. E. M. Br ay ton was tem
porary, and B. Odell Duncan, of New
berry, permanent chairman. There
were present 128 delegates. Tbey
gave it to be understood that hence
forth the Republican party of Scath
Carolina will take a prominent part in
politics and that it will in particular
right to keep the control of the coming
constitutional convention out of the
hards of the Tillmacites, whose pur
pose it is sail is to disfranchise the
cegtoea.
An Knglne Clows Up and Kills En
gineer and Fireman.
Roanoke, Va. As an castbonnd
freight train was going into the switch
at the turn-table, the engine blew up,
and Freman Deau Henry was instantly
killed. Engineer John King died in
an hour. He was blown to the river
bank, tome distance, and his body was
not found for 35 minutes. Both men
resided in Roanoke. The fireman was
a new man, on his second trip.
Probably Fell From a Train.
Aiken, S. C. An unknown man
was found dead at Rowland, near this
place, on the line of the South Caroli
na and Georgia railroad. The coro
ner's jury decided that he had fallen
from a passing train. A pajer in his
pocket bore the name of H. C. Brown.
Lees, S. C.
The Laurens Factory Assured.
Laubens, S. C Our local factory
subscriptions have reached $75,000,
which makes a $200,000 cotton mill a
sore thing.
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
THE WEARY PIIILOSOrHER HAS
FOUND A MECCA OF REST.
Ue Ruminates, ExpatUtes antt Speeu-
Iate on Human Happiness.
The io JB pxt wro'e:
. "Oh wht re shall ret be fonad
fteet fcr the weary sonl?"
1 he happy -Learkd Torn Jlxre wrote:
'Swet i!o ot Aveca how ca'm caa'.d I rest
iu tbt losom of bliade with t!je fri.nJs I lovtf
Itet."
Efrf-rvlxxiT wants rea' rest front care an-1
ar'Dieliefi-ion rest fro:u pain or irTenrork
rbt for the mind aud the body. Fopa savei
"All the i vs of sense
Lein tbtco wo: d health, pea?e arid compe
tence.
It looks like we all have a natn-al right to
thse. and it is our fault if we do not indent
anderjor them. If a man is prulcnt he will
have htalMi. If lie is k ml-i:eartea ne will nave
peace. If he is frugal and inlus rions be will
have a competence- Tbcra are many things
that war agaiiift tbrsc virtue. A mm may
inherit dinease or fall in the way of pestilencJ.
Qnan.!s -me nabors my destroy Lis peace.
Thieves or rot'btfa or lire may take away hia
comiH-teuce, but thte ate t'CJi'ibra- The
mlo h mill the same. Id tne pft-at rnaj rvr
fcas s the mail who is not bnppy has himself
to biame. If it tttre not 8o Would hate
nio e pity for tho niif.r;una'o. tTnco:ifCiously
wo barb "r the lielicf that they brought misery
upon tbvm elves and m we say if they dance I
they run-it pav the nddlei. I waa talking to an
old friend fr- m Baltimore about this and we
Loth agreed that the most universal cause of
misery wan ill-assorted marriages. My friend
I as truVil d in Europe for many year and haa
I'ficu a c'ose olut-rver of tin manners and cus
tnn ai d domtstic life of different nations,
and ajy that wht refer tho mating of yotlng
per 1 - m done by the parents tho Unions are
more happy than when they mate themselves.
Among the peasantry or uermany ami trance
it is miivcri-al for the parents, to make the
match a::d they do it .bo judiciously
that in nine eases out cf ten it re
en.it in ilonieBtio h:tpiiiie. fn no other
country did lie find Hu h 11 ial respect and
obedience and such kind, considerate rezard
bt'tw (n bn-b-nd hivI wife. Ihfi domestic lire
of ti e Fix uch and tho German peasantry ia
perfectly beautiful, sail he. liow is it in ibis
country. Of 103 insrriigei how many may be
called h ppy. congenial and welladvUed. Look
a-ound cnioug your reid rs and cc unt. ilow
many runaways, hw many divorces, bow
many Ri as willows, bow many 8ui lies, how
many drunken or Unfaithful husbands, how
ninny opium eatinj wives, how many who
would t parate if it were not for the children
or fr fear of talk or scandal? .When you trim
them all down to real happy tnanfiges it ul
be like the cynical old preacher who ea:d that
"out of every hundred mcmlers of the church
fifty joined on a booru or to please their pa
rents or the prencher; twenty-five joined to ad
vance their worldly interests the remainder
joined ont of conscientious conviition, but of
the whole hundred not mora than fifteen are
zea'ons, consistent working members. This it
about the average or every Chris' ian church in
this country ai d this 15 per cent prerves the
church and save it from disintegration, just
like ten righ emu men wou'd have saved
Sodom. They keep abvo ils ch.-uilies and move
its missionary work and Bet their light upon a
hill and so e-dallith good gov in.nient aud ex
tend civilization. This 15 per cent of profe s
ing Christ ans are nevertheless the hope of a
Sinful world."
Just so there are, pcihap', not more than IS
per c nt of real happy marriages, but there are
enough to illuminate the Mir e 1 sta e and set
it np b fore mankind a-t the high, st ideal of
hum m hiippiu 88.
And i-o Bob and I ruminate and expatiate and
speculate on human happiness just lik ve had
an idea of reforming 'mankind an I making
everybody happy. We would if we could, but
we cin't. young people w.Il continue to be f -o's
and marry in haste and n peur. at leisure. Rob
ert McCay is my old collego ma'e. lie and his
wife will sptnd tho winter wi:h us hero mi J it
amuses tlio voung iop!e to see h m an i I get
c'osu tog-ther on the veranda and with onr
ftet on the ballust rs aud onr pipes in onr
mouths talk and talk aud smile and talk again.
W have already be n over onr college daya
with thtir ludlowed memories. We havo
lamented the dead nd eousted
the living on our fingers- Hotter!
is a 1 rev her of our o'd Pre feasor Charles Mc
Cay.. He and his wife have recently returned
from their travels and like the hunted hare
have gotten bac'i to their old haunts and are
reeking their old-lime friend''. It is an in
stn.c'ivc plciibuie to hear thent tell of li ilia
ai dLeips cun l S'rassVirg ami Florence and
Rome imperial R'n.e where tho be t p eplc
of all civiliz d nations congregate. It is the
Mecca of al Christe ml m. It is study ng an
cient and modern history without a book to lis
ten to them tell eif ruins and paintings, and
sculpture and the manner and customs of lb
people. We have a h: ppy fani ly. All of its
nienileis came hero t rest to renew th'rir
vital tVrecs and t escape th ? bard win'ers of
the Piedmont region. 1 lie northern blizzards,
like the comet, -till switch their icy tails around
this way. No more free ze-s have visited n. but
fire ik comfortable at morn anel night. My wife
and I anel Mr. and Mrs. MeCav are the pat
riarchs--the balance whet 1 of i he household.
The young folks wa-it to iuii away with the
wavou foinctinies, arid we have to hold them
elown. Mr. Henry Grady is here witli her
e hildren, and she holds the fort quietly between
the old toiks and the young. Hhe is a smart,
graceful we in n and a i oMe mother. The
there is Mrs. Hill, a ncice of "our Ben," a
,lired, overworked teacher in the pnblic schooli
of Atlanta. Bhe came here for rest, and it haa
renewed her youth. I wish that all the tird
female teachers could spend their winter vaca.
.ions here. The men have built their retreaS
on Cnmbeiland is' and, but the women hava
none. Thete are no clasn of peop'o in the state
who have so much responsibility npon them at
the female teachers, and no class that are no
faithful to the trust. Then we have an invalid
maiden from Virginia the liveliest and loveli
est of all nr family. It would take a whol
college of doctors to tell when or where Mii
Annie is sick, for her merry, contagious langV
is heard all over ttie hous. May the good
Lord afflict ns all with that portion of her mal
ady. Then we have a swet girl graduate, not
long fr. m tho Lucy Cobb. Her rosy ch-eki
and ruby lipj and quick, glancing eves, her
nimble, spr.ngy walk, her meiry wit arid re par.
tec all indichte that she, too, is a very tired in
valiel. Rnt I think that Mara Rath is gaining
strength, for she went ont on the gu!f today t.
fish for groupers and while the billows heaved
so did she in kindred sympathy well, they all
heaved except. Miss Gn-sie Grady, and the onl
reason idie did not was because she did not go.
Sensible gill and sensilo mother. They toedi
an immense lunch along bnt never touched it.
Henry Grady, Jr., laid tht fce had bftrd tint
the ay to prevent sea sickness was to fill tha
stomach and keep on filling it, and so he i
away two trap? fruit. Iulf a d z -n apples, a caei
of Httcd ham, six rolh of bread, one box ef
sai elinep. tome more bam and p cklcg and olivej.
etc., ad infinitum. The-v texk a'ong much'
Cs'iing tackle, bat ne.ne of the pirty wet a Una.
Most of them laid elown in the boat and groan
cd and lamented their awful condition, an (J
twoie off from ever hunting for groupers again.
A couple of handsome young m n, who arcseV
called invalid, tr m St" Louis, played the eatel.
iifea to the girls and ont of re ciprccl courtesy
heaved when they Leaved. The boat was away
ont six miles in the gu'f and was preparing to
a nch or nheu the scene began. Th poor cap.
tain wa di tressed aud alxrmed. Eight bea?.
ing invalids anl no help, 'ihev wera sick
fulsick. Heme of them 1 if elown in tha
oat and groaned, ' O , my! Good Lord bely na!
riea", ciptin, take ns h-roe! Oh my poor
mother, will I ever see her again?" A beautiful
young widow ex'-lvm-vl, iu Ler atronv, "Oh.
ray darling child! 1 will n ver go cfT and leavi
he r again!" Q ic'ety the captain f.hiftei hi
sails and steeied for the hv bor. By this tirca
the empty pafecgeiB w re chilled for it wa
cold and gottinj cehkr. The yonng men ga'-
ln'ly to k eff their coats and covered the gir!
with them Ihe-i they tt.ok the treen ga!(
hk. and ir tubk-1 all ecent H-nry, who
n-dj u U-d Lis I eit and we. t t ejtinz a aim.
I5yj.nl by they reichcl th'; plied wa'ers ol
lh haib ir ard began t islly their perturb?!
M'i'i's. The g"d fh p .ho; like an arrow
thn ngh thf pis sn t ail sail wa soread for the
lie m-Mre'ch. Just 1 f re lauding the f malt
tongues assn:iud thtir fi rcial condition anj
their fices awnmed a ei.kly Bin;!e. and ihey a!!
gred to keep the aJ ir a dea I eecre; and
mad-j the ra;Uii pr.n re n t to telL But
linrder will oat ard I luv; reli'e 1 it jit ax it
w:tl t' ri It a ai awful tini anl
o-.mpl'?t-!y pirhz-d the gronper mdut
iy in ih sregiu i.-Brix Acp iu At inta On-'i;ntioi.
J Xj. GrOLA
Jolimont Vineyards, Grape Xurserie,
DISTILLERY & MANUFACTORY OF
Pure Native Wines, French Cognac, Brandies
And FIITE LIQUORS. '
Awardid Fi st Premium at Exposition of New B.tjc, N. C, Feb., ism.
Old Fout. N. O.
THE SOUTHERN FROZEN UP.
Four Engines Get a Train From Alex
andria to Washington in rour
Hours No JIails Moving.
T). C Traffic with
the South is still impeded, almost hus-
i.i T, Southern Railway man-
in uui u.
aged to get through two mail trains
from tins city, a tiiaui-o ui v-t:u
miles, and reh trip took four honrs,
although four engines were attached
Seven trains are block-
ed between Washington and St. Aaph,
iust north of Alexandria. The Po-
- t-t e jji 1 1
tomac is frozen sona ior v uui uxr
low Washington, and the eteel passen
ar ctonmpm lwtween Norfolk and this
eitv have suspended operations.
-i : 1 WotVii nrrtnn Rot-
o mii irn-i"1 kh . , c.....0 - -
nwtmincr. evoreline to advices
received at the Postoffice Department,
-y m "V- A'.l-
and none iiavearnveti xrom new
t. Postmaster General
Xeilson docs not expect to have the
postal cars running rugiuany ueiore
Monday.
Death of 3Irs. Sarah 1J. Feck,
ir 4 wpnwv-STnvF.Y. Va. Mrs. Sarah
B. reek died here at the resielence of
Prof T. B. English at 10 o'clock af
ter an illuees of live days. Mrs. Peck
was the mother of the late Rev. Thom
as Peck, D. D., who was a professor
in Union Theological oemmary iui
years. She was 92 years of age and
was indeed a mother in Israel. Many
frienils in the turee niaics ui i1"10'
North Carolina and South Carolina
will mourn the departure of this aged
huly, who for years has been a living
de of holiness and true humility
to all these who knew her.
Servant of Goel, well done!
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master's joy.
Oen. Corse Dead.
A t.f.x andria. Va. General Mont
gomery Corse, who served in the Con
fWnte armv during the war died iu
this city Monday, aged 79 years. He
was the last Confederate bngaetier gen
eral.
D. E. U0DGIS9,
Marion, N. C.
E F. Watsou,
Burnsville, N. O
HUDGINS & WATSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors
at Law.
All business entrusted to them ..will
receive prompt attention.
R.. J. IBurgin,
Dentist.
Offers his professional services to his
fries, ds and foiraer patrons of
Marion and viciuity. All work
guaranteed to be first class, and
as reasonable as euch wotk can .
bs afforded.
Office opposite the Fiemming House.
Q G. EAVES,
Attorney at Law, and U. 8. Commis
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f3F"Office on Main street opposite
Euile HuteL
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and the paper will be printed evert
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If you haven't enough interest Id yout
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truest friend the newspaper jou need
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Marion, - N. C.
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Mrrion,
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