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nn ARION -ECORD "A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER." VOL. 1 Marion, x. c, Wednesday, may 22, 1895. no. 20. HE THE Marion Eecdra U the otly Democratic Newspaper in McDowell county, and has a large cir cuVion in adjoining counties. It pub l'.ihes H the Dews without fear or fror, br.d Is tie organ of no ring or I: ii the bold champion of the peo ple'i rights, an earnest advocate of the bi internal of the county of McDow ell &r.d the town of Marion. Its adver inir.p Tnf.n are responsible, and the aub ncrij.tion price U 11.00 per year in ad w. If you want the best newspaper In the coun'rj brimming full of choice reading matter f-r busincfls men, farmers, me rhwifi, the home circles of all r".cn subscribe and pay for the I'.r.coRD If you don't, why just don't, an 1 the paper will be printed eTer? ThuM-lay evening as usual. If jo 1 haven't enough interest In your county's wtllfHre to sustain the best ad Tore of iU dircraified interests, and its tn.eit friend the newspaper yon need notfip'-cta 2-c:oluma obituary notice whrn jour old stingy bones are hid from the ejea of progress in the ground. o All who owe uhscriptiona to the RfoHt will be dropped from our list Vjnlr-s they pa J Up at Once. Y:-urs Rrspt cifully, Tne Marion Record, JAMES VOKUIH, R. S McCALL Asheville. N. C. Mnrii'ii, N. C MOHltl! A M'OALL, Attorneys nt biw. I'ricMre in ivlbiwell, Kuth' rfori. P!k, Vmiccv nnl Mitchell counties, hh'I in the United States' Circuit Court t A heville nml Statisville, and in the Supreme Ciuiit of the St .te. Rusi'-css pr. inptlv attended to. SFABjARDJIRLINE R. R NKW LINK. N w r .utc to Chtuldte, Rdc-gh, Wil ini'iwf,,!!, Uichuiond, Norfolk, Wii-diinu "ii. I'.iltunorc Mul the Knst. Also to t!'i!it:i. New Orleuis and all points in Ti in .in 1 tin- Southwest. Memphis, IH!n-in ( 'it y. 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Jtksmvll!w 1.3ii a . . j.4f. aj . . 10.HO ai . TKLKCiRAIMIIC TICKS. ThSt. Auinftiri, Fla.. hoard of trad nr. dorsed tli- Memphis Hound Money tjonven tion nud r-qj.i.;,l M.-rs. fcarlinj.', JjJs inukosand Hainey to attend. The western division of Kentucky, com prising one-third of the Mate, in the railroad commissioners convention, at Owensboro, came out for fr- silver by acclamation. At Findlay, O., the employee of the Halem Wire Nail Company and the Kindla Compa ny Iihvc ha 1 their ' wairc increKseu 10 per cent. Tbore n re C.000 m-n. The usual Saturday consultation of r!ie Hu prern; Court was oinittvl tK--au;of the an nual planked shad dinner of the Di.strir l nar Association, whi'-h n.me of th Jijtiee de Pi red to att'-nd. The ifiorne tax rumor? re maiji art lant reported, the probithilily ot the .ax he!n4 dMlare.d oft tx'icK "trong. Liter report of the. eohflafrratioD at Urest I.itt ivik, hussian Poland. how that "00 hoiis'-ni seven i-hurches. a sviia'fiyue ard two railway stations, were hurried. Thirty K-r-.ons were killed, a larj?e nurnher injured, some of tin in iathMy. aud 15,00C rendered homehs. rl.--v'ral of the K.vi? mnuntain railways Wer oiip.-lled IrtSt Wek to suspend their reee(,tlv operte.( Aiimrnr Hii;!hS owin to the heavy onow fall. The eold is modera ting now. Uittereold weather, neeompanied 1V t.r... I lami l.-.l, i .. i Italy. The people suflered iniieh from the j iinseu-onal.le weather. The miners' strike at Pittshury;, Pa., end ed in a disast rous defeat all over the districts. The refusal of thu (Jon vention to occept the fdxty-eent rate or meet Jearmit prie with the abolition of the eompany store brought nhr.ut the ri-sult. The Convention called for CO cents or not him;, and the miners zol the latter. The resumption of work is general ami the lowest estimate is that 3.001 men are now at work under contract, leaving one thousand unemployed. THIS IJAXK STATKMKNT. Shows Some of t lie Heaviest Changes Keparted In Months. The New York Financier says the weekly bank stntement shows some of the heaviest rhHuges reported in months. An analysis, however, is an ea-iy matter. For one thing, there is the re-piyinent of 12,030,001) to the banks which advanced thi specie for the last pold loan accounts for the expansion or 15,945,000 in deposits, and also for the In crease of i 11,14.100 in the e.;al tender item. With reference to the latter, it is evidentthat the syndicate repaid its del.t in paper cur rency. Fifteen or sixteen millions in legal tenders were withdrawn from the hankssome weeks since, and the sudden, re-appearance of this money conforms with what the Finan cier said at the time that the fund was held under the control of the syndicate. The on- bright feature of tht statement is the expansion of ifj.374.C00 In loans. From a hankint; standpoint, this Is overshadowed by the increase of Sfi.Sn.hOO in the excess re serve. The hank gained not less than $5,000. 000 from the interior movement and Treasu ry disbursements during the week, although the statement does not show the total in crease in cash. The luss of fi43,!K)0 In specie is due to the fact that some of tlm banks are depositing more gold with the Treasury, in compliance with the "double liability" eon trad with the Morgan-lieiinout syndicate. AN AMERICAN HOUSE WINS. Michael Dwyer' Ilanquet Won the Hlg Rare at New Market. At New Market, England, on Thursday a damper was placed upon the crowing of Eng lish sporting fraternity over the defeats of American horses, especially over the jubilant utterances at the defeat of Stonnell, Wednes day, on the selling plate, when Michael F. Dwyer's horse finished sixth, with Simms up, and was bought in by Mr. T. Hoodless, own er of Crawley, the second horse, for !M0 guineas. Michael F. Dwyer's aged Banquet, won the selling plate of 103 sovereigns Thurs day, and was afterwards bought in by Iwyer for 158 sovereigns. The conditions of the race were as follows: Selling plate of 103 sovereigns, 3 years old, to carry 110 pounds, and 4 years old and upwards to carry 12( pounds; the winner to be sold by auction, for ;!H) sovereigns. The entrance fee 3 sov ereigns; course, one l)itchh-y mile, five en tries, or no race. Dwyer's bay gelding Ban quet, aged. won. The bay horse Droge. six years old second; bay filly Cournnte, three years old third. Ten horses started Banquet and Droge carrying 120 pounds. The bcitiug at the start was 5 to 4 against Bainii'et. Photographed Iy Lightning. At lVnsacola, Fla., John T. Wilkcrson was struck by lightning in his shop door on WVd nsday and was killed. He was standing by a telegraph instrument which was discon nected from any wire, but a loose wire was in cnnta"t with' his body. The other end of the wire was fastened to a pine tree abour. 100 feet away. When Wilkerson's body was undressed, a perfect picture of the pine tree, from the top to the point at which the wire, was tied, was found photographed on each side just under the arms. P uif csmonal arbU L. O. BIRD Attonkt and Councillor at Law. Marion, - N. C. Practices in all courts, State and Fed. eral. Special attention given to invest tigating land titles and collecting claims. y Office on Main Street. JUSTICE & JUSTICE, Attorneys at Law, Mrrion, N. 0. E. J. Justice is located here. Office in upper room of Fletaininj; Hotel. ""jTburcTn, Dentist. Offers his professional service to bi friends and former patrons of Marion and vicinity. All work guaranteed to be first class, and as reasonable as such work can be afforded. Office opposite the Flemming House. J F. MORPHEW, Attorney at Law, Practices in the Courts of Mitchell Yat cry. Buncombe, Watauga, Ashe: ! Supreme an 1 Federal Courts. i I , i Tonsorial, ! WM. bWEENEY. pr.ct!Cl rl Si-u-ntiflc rarber. Over Stiottm n's drug store. Call and see me, as I promise s .tisfjiction in all ia- HAMPTON OYATION. CHARLESTON'S WELCOME THE HERO OF '70. TO The People throng the Academy Hampton's Splendid Speech. Wade Hampton was given a splendbi re ception on hi" arrival at Charlecton; 8. C, on Ve4neda.y mornlngj and more than ever the intense affection in which h la held in tharleston was demonstrated. The streets ani sidewalks were lined with happy, shouting thousands, Gen. Hampton's progress was marked by a continuous ova tion. Men waved their hats, and the old '7d yell, "Hurrah for Hampton," rnt the sky again and again. Ladies and school children Were out in thousands waving handkerchiefs and Confederate flags and shouting with th nut. The Academy of Music at night was packed from gallery to pit to hear Gen. Hampton, Who spoke under the auspices of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy. An admission fee of 50 cents was charged and the. proceeds devoted . iuu iuj u'li'-ui v,uuirurrie eu-raus mwi ineir widows. At 9 o'clock Gen. Hampton appeared on the arm of Maj. Darker. As one man the mighty assemblage sprang o meir ieet men yelled, women and chil dren clapped their hands, handkerchiefs and hats went into the air, and for more than a minute it was a scene of frantic delighted en thusiasm. The Itev. John Johnson delivered a fervent prayer. Then Major Barker arose and was heartily applauded. His first allusion to the speaker was as to the stone which the political build ers rejected in 18'JO, and instantly wild ap plause rang out again. Then as other allu sions to Hampton were made, each was sue eessively punctuated with ringing applause. When Gen. Hampton rose the audience rose with him, and scenes ensued that baffle de Seription. It was the demonstration at the General's arrival on the stage, repeated with redoubled energy. In the midst of it all the orchestra clasped out "Dixie," and the hap py, frantic people continued to yell and yell. oex. Hampton's address. As son as the audience quieted down suf ficiently for him to make himself heard. Gen. Hampton proceeded to deliver the address of the occasion. He spoke as follows: When the flattering invitation from th "Daughters of the. Confederacy" and the "Sons of the Veterans" reached me, it came to me as did the bugle call to arms during the war, for the objects contemplated by these patriotic organizations gave me hope that :liere was "life in the old land yet." In re sponse to the call made on me by your noble arganizations, I have come to bid you God speed in your work, and to pray with all the fervor of a patriotic heart that God may prosper aud bless your efforts, i rowning :liem with the success they so richly deserve. No cause championed by the women of rioutii Carolina can lull those noble, devoted women, always "faithful among the fa;tn .ess;" the real martyrs of th war and iti greatest sufferers; they who, for four years of mortal agony, felt that all that they held most precious was at stake, all whom :hey loved better than themselves were peril jig life and all that made life sweet, in de iViish of the State; who never faltered, who ucver despaired, and who when the end came worked with a devotion never surpassed to redeem and save our State. If I comprehend aright the objects of your associations, they are to rekindle the .iitent tires of patriotism among our people. :o strive to bring them once again together ,n peace and brotherhood, all striving, as in Ihj.j gone by, to uphold the honor and pro mote the welfare of the State, and to instill ui the minds of the rising generation u love of country and a reverence for the memory for thos- "who made South Carolina illus trious in the past. To younger hands than those of the remaining veterans the destiny uf the State must soou be committed, for our tanks are, day by day. mowed down by 'ihe reaper whos.'; name is Death,' and in a few orief years we must all join the great army jf ourde.id contra les who have passed over the river and arc at rest. ThoSv who fell in iefense of our State need no prouder epitaph than that given by the Spartans at Ther moyhr "Go, stranger, at Laccdsrmon tell, 'T was in obedient to her laws we fell." And the living only ask that their fellow citizens will dotheui justice to say that they lid their duty to tneir State faithfully as :heysawit. That verdict is the only com pensation they seek for their services. It will be the task of your organizations and kindred ones, which I trust will le establish ed throughout your State, to p reserve the honor and to preserve from destraction the memory of those who sacrificed everything ill the s-rvice of the State, and that their task will be nobly discharged nonei-an doubt, snowing the patriotic hands to which this sacred duty is committed. You will encounter many grave difficul ties in the prosecution of your work, but be iot discouraged, for it is well worthy ol your labors and vour pravTS. rou win pernaps be told that the 'Old South' that South in which we all took such just pride is dead, and that the N"ew South.' the cardinal prin ciple of which seems to be that the highest imbition of many of its advocate? is the .mutilation of riches, should take the place if the old in our a flections. Others may iy to you that the cause for which so many of otir brave sons gave their lives was submit ted to the stern arbitrament oi the sword, and as the verdict, against which no appeal lies, was rendered against us. the cause for whu h we fought must necessarily have been wrong. Do not allow1 yourselves, my friends, to te misled by that false doctrine false to your faith, to your State and to your G.xl which tells you that liecause of the failure of our cause there was no truth or justice in it. Any human undertaking, however just it may be. may fail, but the everlasting priii- i ples of right and of justice can never i-Noted out. A great truth, like the God-head whence it em mates, is eternal and it will live "till the last syllable of recorded time." if we admit that aa our cause went down in disaster, we were only rrbeL-. we shall brand cur heroic dead, ai well as the living, as traitors, covering all alike with d'-scrvM in famy. Will the living soldier who followed the iitarry cross on hundreds o? battlefields ever consent to deoouu,-e their dead com rades as traitors? Will the sous of thesr vet erans forget the sufferings, the sacrifices, the heroism of their fathers Will the women ol the South, who for a quarter of a -entury have tenderly and reverentlv cherished the memory of our dead, ever be willing t o brand them as rebels Ah. no: thee things can never be, as long as truth, patriotism, h nor, virtue and its svuonvm. icura;-, ar respec ted; as lonst as the fame of the lr.eii in rey goes ound'.:tg down the age: a- long aj the page of history is made lustrous l y ti e dhui of Lt ot J. '.in-oti and of Ja- k r. Let me ror '. undet nool : -..eking t-. re-awaken - " hpiily dying out, nor as counseling one act of dis loyalty to the res-tored Union. I recognize, as every true Confederate soldiers does, the supremacy of the Constitution, the integrity of the Uaifn. and all the obligations we as sumed when our arms were laid down. We, of the South, are now an integral part of tfce great reputUc; its rlag waves unchallenged from the rock-ribbed coc-L of Maine to the Golden Gate and fjr-M?T Alaska, from the snow-capped mountains of the North to tbe orange groves of FbTida. and it is the il uy of every patriot to strive to make that coun try th- fit alxie br fr- :n' ii for ail tit.- to come. But I api-nl eun.otly u:. ftc nt ly for juslicf to my t'onfc derate !.;;,! .4.i-s dead aid living. They discharged lb ir d i ty, bravely and nobly, n t Go 1 ek ne ' n Judge whether they were right or wrong. We are certainly not eald on to admit that we were in the wrong, and every brave man who met us in battle would justly despise us were we to do so. The failure of a cause does not nesarilr prr that it wm an un iu&t one; hor can the deuial of a truth estabi ish a falsehood. When the torture wrung Recantation of the truth from Galilee did the earth cea.se to revolve on it axis? Did th river which swept the ashes of Huastotht sea bury in its waves forever the truths he had proclaimed? When our Divine Master perished on the ero3. did the doctrines for which He died die with Him? While ve rconi2e 1 the obligations Im boseil upon ui by the results of the war; w4 certainly are not called oa to abjure the set tlel convictions of a lifetime; to forget all the honorable, glorious memories and traditions of the past, and to cover ourselves with shame by defaming the memory of our pa triotic dead. Though we have lost much we can at least maintain our self-respect ami fireserve our lvor, so that we can lequeatlt o our childr fair name and Unblemished honor. Whit ' K.-cepting nil the legitimate coiLseijiiei-ct ; of our defeat; We claim the right to ju-ii'y on r.-eive,. to vindicate our motives a:i 1 to honor our dead. By no other means ea-i we preserve our self resject or gain that of mankind. By no other means can we escape the doom which awaits the people who sacrifice principle forsubservient expediency; who abandon their ancient vir tues to adopt the vices of their conquerors, and who are willing to barter freedom for fril bd servitude. To the State that sells Iter birthright, no day of redemption can evef dawn. "She shall be bought And sold, and he an appanage to those V ho shall despise her. She shall stoop to be A province for an Kimiirc. Petty town In lieu oT capita! with slaves for Senates, Beggars for u t'nles. panders for a people; Mi :iOW at e i ithe lowest scale o bwinx Slaves tunea over to tne vanquished by the victo.-s. . Despised by cowards for" their greater cowardice." It is our duty, alike to those who died for lis and for thos who are to take our plaees in the future, that we should strive by every m'-ans in our power to justify ourselves. Will history vlndieat-J us if we condemn our selves? But if we cling steadfastly to th faith taught us liy our forefathers-, if we prove worthy of that faith, we shall not have fought in vain, for though We can no longer defend our cans with our swords, we can justify it before the great tribunal of history, and posterity will do us the justice now de nied to us. I adjure you then, by all the glorious memories of the past, by all tho hopes of the future, to devote yourselves to the service of your State; to use every effort to reunite our people once again in bonds of brotherhood, and to bring white-winged jteaeeto dwell amongst us forever. Bestead fast in the right stand fast! "To stand or fall, free in thine own arbitrament it lies." In the early annals of the Saracens, astory is told of the" heroic conduct of th ! mother of one of the caliphs who was beseiged in Mecca. "When he perceived himself for saken on all sides," says the historian, "bo went to his mother and said to her, 'O moth er! The people and even my own children have deserted me. My enemies are ready to giveme,if I will submit. whatever I can desire in this world. What do you advise me to do?' 'Son,' said she, judge for yourself. If, as you pretend to be, you know that you are in the right, j-erscvere, for your friends died for the sake of it. But if thou chooscst tho present world, alas, bad servant! thou hast destroyed thyself and those who were killed for thee. And if thou sayest, 'I stood to tho truth, but when my friends declined I was weakened.' this is neither the part of an in genuous or .-ligiom i. vt. And how long can you co :f inue in this world? Death more eligible. He took the advice of his mother, and leaving oil his armor, so as to meet death more surely, he sallied forth ant gave his life for the cause ho believed to true." Centuries have rolled by since the brave words uttered by that noble woman were spoken, but they "are as true and applicable as they Were a thousand years ago. "Judge for yourself. If, as you pretend to be, you know that you are in the- right, perseyre in it, for vour "friends havu died for the sake of it." Sublime sentiments, clothed in noble words, inculcating a lesson to the women of the South for all generations to come! Let them teach their children that their patriotic fathers fought for their fatherland; that they were inspired by as patriotic motives as ever fired the hearts or nerved the arms of f reed men; and though our cause has gone down in disaster, in ruin, in blood, not one stain of dishonor rests upon it. If I speak warmly on this subject, bear in mind that it is one near my heart, for I sjKak in behalf of my dead comrades; 1 speak not for the victors, but for the vanquished; not for those who wear the laurel, but for those whoseemblem is our mournful cypress our Confederate dead. "I sing the liymn of the conquered, who fell in the buttle of life Thehvnmof the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife; Not the jubilant sonc of victors, for whom the resounding acclaim Of nations whs lifted in chorus, w hose brows wore the chajilet of fame. But the hymn of the low and humble, the wearv, the broken in heart. Who strove, and who failed, acting bravely a silent and de)e rate part; Whose youth bo-e no flowers on its branches; w hose hopes burned in ashes away; From whose hands slipped the prize they had grasped at, who stood at the dyingof da v. With the wreck of their lives all around them, impstied. unheeded, alone. With death Kwoopin-r down o'er their failure, all but their faitli overthrown. While the voice of the world shout its chorus its paean for those who won While the trumpet is sounditur triumphant, and hiirh to the breeze and the sun Glad banners are waving, hands f lapping. and hurrying feet. Thronging after the laurel-crowned victors, I stand on the ticld of defeat In the shadow with jli ie who are fallen, and wiiiin led and d vin and there Chant a n-u'iiein low. place my hand nn their pain-knitted brows, breathe a praver. Hold the hand that is helpless, and whisper. "Thev onlv the victory win. Who bve foir-'ht the irond tiirht Who have held t their faitli. nnsednced by the nn ze that the world holds on hiitti Who have dared fira hi-'h caue to suffer, re sist, ti -lit if need tie to die.' Speak, Hisiorv! Who are Life's victors? Un- Are they tho-e whom the world called the vie torswho won the -ncces' of a ddV The Martyr- or Nero" TheSpnrtan" who fell at Thermonvlae's trt. Or the Per-ian and Xerxes? HjH judges, or Socrates? ri'.at-. or t hrtst I tM-ak for inv comrades. "Who hnve held their ftith. un-dnced by the nrize t hat th. woi !d li Msoii huh: Who have dared for a bi.-h au-e to suffer. resist, ticbt-if r.ccd be, todie. I speak for the brave men nil over the South, who held to their faith uus-du.-ed, and for tho" who proved th-ir faith bv giving their lives in defense uf it. It is difficult, ii n : irr po-sibly. for a civi lian to c.i-.npr. f.'-n 1 ho .-trong are the tie which, like hooks of -ted. bn.d tot'-ther men wh'j have -t'.NjJ -boulder t should' r amid the storm of Katt!e. T!;--c tis are in1i.-sobi-ble. aud a foldi.r finds in every true com rale a friend. wL-i-evt-r i'r-ev rr.av nv t and what ever tin;-? rt.av Lf-ve ciaj.-. since they met. j Political difie'rn'-er nay -era to have weak- j ned temporarily '.h" txnd of comradeship. ! t'Ut ttie grasp ol in nan-l ani tne ioucn oi the ell-ow wili awaken the memory of the ptt and all dirTreuecs are f.-rcotten. all faults on tit her; le bjrgivep. Th'-s filings Fwav all true s-ol-ic-rs when they mt together, for all f ItLat "Moo I i thicker than water." Ti- Is : it should tx, for men I who were one brotbers-in-aras. should at i leat be fricsis in pca-e. Such have aIwajs I been my feelings, and in every soldier who i was true during the war and has ben true i since, I recognise a worthy eomraie. Bt I have oiJy s-. .m for d-sf-rtcrs or repe-a!-. J j It was my fortun to comuarii. ditr-nsr th- ' ! war. m n fr cu ii-Tiriy evi-rv Sulhom Stat1, and when wr the fjrvivor may ! att' r if my voiv-e ol 1 r -a h them they shoui-i know how prou 1 I ever have t-eea of tleir i gallant deed-, andth ?y jnigbtrett asurr! tnat they never wlin-e forgotten. Aril t'.Sl the memory of their dea l comrades is cher ished by me with affection and reve-vnee. Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of the Veterans, the grateful duty imposed on me by your kindness i discharged, all inad equately I feel; tut believe me it ha been done with a hMrt in full sympathy with vour cause and with rf high appreciation of the honor you conferred on me by making me vour advocate. Th re is. too. another feelinir which has mov d meVyond the pow er of expression, and that is one of graticade lor the kind greeting given me, not oniy here, but on every side, by the people of Charleston: V.f ve first w the light in this heroic city; my earliest memovie and associations are coune-tel wiin it; my ear liest friendships were formed here friend shi whih in many caes are still dear to me and here I have found friends who have never turned their backs r-n me. It is not strange, theD, that I love this old city and her jeople, find it seems lit tn&t mis, m last occasion on which, in all probability, I shall ever address my fellow-citiwns or South Carolina in public, should ? here. 3Iv life work for Carolina is finished, and whatever judgment shall be pas-d on it, no son of hers ever srved her with more willing hands, a more loval "and devotM heart than mvself. My highest ambition always was to serve her faithfully; my dearest hojeto "live in hearts Heave behind." "Land of my sires, what mortal hand Catt e'er Untie the filial band That knits me to thy rii-';red standT E'en as I vit w each well known scene. Think what Is now or what hath been. Seems as to me of all bereft. Sole friends, thy woods and streams are left. And thus I love thee better ttill. Even in extremity of ill." And now, my friends, it only remt'ns to me to thank you grab-dully, to pray that a merciful God may bring p'a- c, prosperity and happiness to our State, aud to bid you far well. OPTISMISTIC VIEW OF COTTO. It Is Relieved tlmt Prices Are Destined To go Still Higher. Atwood. Yiolett A Co., the New York cor respondents of the Charlotte Observer sayt Our impressions of the market, as previously expressed when we stated that prices then ruling would prove to be the lowest of this or many seasons, have been realized to the let ter and we feel that the end of the improve ment is still remote. We have never known the statistical position so strong ns now. hat is left of this crop at ports anl interior will enhance daily in value. The cotton it self is in sympathy with everything else that has any value, speculatively or otherwise, and that it will go higher we are decidedly disposed to believe. The situation in this country shows very little cotton outside of New York and New Orleans, aud with a large short interest in each the stocks at both places might as well not exist, at the moment, so far as they re available for the investor or the spinner. The weekly move ment will be under the same weeks of last year for the next four or live months. It Low becomes apparent to the spinner in this country and abroad that this crop is practi cally in sight and Liverpool begins to s-how ao appreciation of this by raising the value of these local stocks, aod we anticipate an active demand by them. A leading firm connected with cotton in terests announced that they will issue an acreage report before the 31st. inst. based upon replies to inquiries addressed to every coun ty in each of the cotton producing States. W e have had for the past six weeks very ral- ideas on this subject, and have taken the T'pOSjtion that in consequence of inability more than desire, or both, the South would materially curtail the acreage heretofore put into cotton cultivation. Our New Orleans office telegraphs that their spot market is swept of all offerings at one-eighth advance. This improvement in the cotton market is due to rapid ly-diroiuishing supplies, and a demand more likely to increase than remain as it is. There have been occasional set backs but, in our opinion, cotton seems on its way to a realization of higher figures. Ityrium Declares for Gold. Congressman Bynum declares himself ia favor of a gold standard. He said, in an interview at Indianajolis. Ind : "Under existing laws the treasury must on demand redeem the national bank, green back, and Sherman notes and practically the silver certificates in gold. More than a thou sand million of currency is leing upheld by a gold reserve of a hundred million of dollars. "This condition of itself was enough to Phake confidence in the soundness of the system, but when it tecame a, pa rent that the Government could only secure gold to replenish the reserve when depleted by the sale of bonds there was nothing left to support the credit of the Government except an im plicit confidence in the determined purpose of the President and Secretary of the Treas ury to maintain the same at all hazards. "With our currency in this defenceless condition the agitation of free coinage, inde pen en of the concurrence of other government.-, will only increase our embarrass ments and hasten the periisl of a collapse. The banks are the natural repositories of gold, and they, not the Government, should supply the currency and make the redemp tions. The Government w ill have j.erformed its full duty by exacting a security and standing sponsor to the note-holders. "Our laws empowering the hanks to issue currency should ! so amended as to induce a sufficient jiTeas- to tae the pla-e of the greenbacks, which -houl 1 b- retired. This would relieve the Treasury of all embarrass ments and bring into active use our stock of gold, which is now dormant." An Insurgent Victory. A dispatch from Havana, via Key Weft, Fla., says: Both sides claim a vi'-tory in a battle of Jovita Sunday. The government held up all tei.-rams. j-rmitting only their version to l-e published. It was first claimed the insurgent iut 300 dead, including Max imo Gomez, who was overtn miles away. The Government now admits that Gome was not present and places the reld loss at 51 dead and Spanish lo- at 41 dead and ;i5 wounded. Lieutenant rob.nel B-ech was shot through the head at the flr-t fire. Sur geon Ruise. 4ne sergeant and ine eorpond are among the Sraai.-h dead. The battle laxt-d from 5:30 a. m.. till 3 M p. m. The insurgents were led t.y Antonio and Jose Maceo and uum-rM 2.400. The Sj-an-iards nu ml-red :0. The (lJt.jii,. claim tbe government !e-t ever 10 Willed ar.d many wounded. The troops were pursued to the gates of GuatitananiO. which t--iire-l until a regiment sent from Santiago arrive.! Thursday. CALLS AN KXTRA SKSSIOX. fJovernor Turney Minmon the Lxls Iature to Mre J!y 27th. At Nri "ioc, Tenn.. Gf-rercr.r Turney on FHday insijr.l a ..all iu extraordinary session f.f th- s t-vrai a.erijt.Sv to t-egin Var 27tt. Uj l-r tti -ontitt,tio&. this session vim :. ..uir twenty dw awi orly Iht M!f.'je-t -ml..-ace.i it. iti" call rr.y be con sidered The .-ail err.t.ra'-e?. n '2t jor-ts. "J"h first is th peuitentiarr iti-.u. The t 4 subject is the appropriation Hit: third. th revenue bill: '.uxtL. th rguSati-n andexam ination M rtat back: fu'tb. establishing a leve district t- prott overflowed lands in Dyer. Lake, t-audefdaj,- .d Or-ion 'c.Lti-; riitb, to anrn l reji'.rtJ.o law to make rei?tru-a .ers frej .ot. House aod Children Ilurneo. At Felix, a xa!l station l-et-vrr Se'mn. Alv, negro womia loekM her two children up in the huu.-? a."l wi t T. Tie- u- ;al r r.:lt followed. Th" :iO:W i.'.:rr t'.'.wn w.tb tlie fbiiJreu i-1 1'. li-jii! of 4" ef', Were t.'Ke.l to death. THE LATEST NEWS. CiLKAMXC.S FROM MANY TOINTS. Important Happenings, Both Horn ami Foreign, Briefly Told. Southern Dots. Fire at Tratt City,- thre miles from Bir mingham. Ala., destroyed forty-one houses. I.OS-. :0.O00. Mrs. C. J. Bonner, fnd.'lu-ate health, died of fright. The Florida SenMe passed bills making January U, (literal Hot"-rt F.. Ie's birthday, and April A, i Vjufedernte Memorial day, le gal holidays in that State. W. S. Hansbrough, formerly mallearrier in the Nashville, Tenn.. Histomee, was con victed of robbing the mails, aud sentenced to two years imprisonment in the King's coun ty prison. A piece cf timber fell at the Exposition Cotton Company's factory Atlanta on Thursday, knocked down a scaffolding and hurled fi ve men to the ground. Two of these, 8. B. Pluant, white foreman. Will Punlop, colored, were seriously injured and have very little chance to recover. Ella, the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary Scott, was burned to death at ber mother's home, seven miles from Chatta nooga, Tcun.. Thursday a!ternxn. Th child was rending before a tire when her clothing ignated. Before assistance could be summoned she was burned to a crisp. A concession has len let for the star at traction at the Cotton States and Interna tional Exposition. It is the Myres Lang tower, V50 feet high, with elevators running to the top and platforms or gfillcrb-s at inter vals to accommodate spectators. The ut fide will !e decorated vith with electric lights control!! bv au automatic rwit-.h- bourd. At Savannah, fla., Governor Atkinson re viewed one of t'ae largest iMidiea of tr.pt fn Wednesday that ha been witnessed in that city since the celebration of the city's e.-s. il centennialin IH.l. Twelve hundred men were in line with rive companies of marines and blue-jackets from the. I'nited States steamships Atlanta and lUleigh which ar anchored in the river !low the city. The review was witnessed by 20,000 .eople. Labor. The Republic Iron Work at Pittsburg. Pi., have resumed with 500 men, paying amalga mated association rates. Three tho isand employees of the Pencoyd Iron Works at West Mannyunk. P.i., near Norristown, had tUci w a advance.! 10 per cent on Thursday. The strike Ht the Bcllaire Steele Works, Wheeling, W. Va.. has l'n fettle I by com promise, the ttrm conceding a 16 jwr ceu. advance in wages. Five hundred men vill return to work Monday. Jones A Laiighiiu. ojierating the extensive American Iron Works, Pittsburg, Ta.. have Voluntarily a Ivanced the wage of all their skilled workmen 10 jer cent. The wages of laborers remain at tl.20 er day. Aout 4.000 men participated in the advance. MllTxewa. The Sterling Cotton Mdls Company wa pr.:sntr.ed at Franklinton, N. C. with a cap ital 3tO'.-k of 450.000. All the stock has len taken aid orders for the machinery placed. The Erwin cotton mills it Ibirham. N. C., are to I- greatly enlarged. The addition Li 400x75 feet, and two stories high, and will contain -2" more looms, bringing tho number up to 1,000. The Columbus Fertilizer Company whoso plant is located in the lower part of Girardf Ala., has decided to add a cotton seed on mill to its plant at an additional cost of f!0, 000. Work will commence at once and la readv for operation bv September 1st. --- Legislative. The Connecticut Senate nml House passed the bill providing for a State representation at the .tton States and International Ex t... -iii. in nt Atl inta fla and aitroiriated 47.000 as expenses. The bill now go.-s to the Governor. Owing to the epidemic of rabies whi h has prevailed in "ertain Florida counties, he House pasrd a bill putting the control of animal affected with hydrophobia in the hands of the State health officer. The llnuw and Senate have pa.ss:d a modified Austral ian bailot law to take the place of the eight ballot-box measure w hich ha heretofore ob tained in that Slate. The bill onlv rep.ire) the signature of Governor Mitchell to bo come a l.:w. Mortuary. Rear Admiral John J. Almv. UmtM State Navy, retired, died at Washington, I). C, early Thursday morning alter a long blue, aged 81 years. The Turf. The ninth Br.oklvn Jockey C'uh handicap was run at Gravrsend, N. Y., on Wednesday and was won by Hornpipe. The result was a complete surprise, only one of the horse that was well supjorted in the ring flnihing among the leaders. Lizwtrone got the place, and game little Sir Walter w:i third. The la-t named wa In a- tive demand on the fu ture lool and heavily backed oi the track. Washington. ! The Trea-nry gold reserve wa increased j Friday by payments made by the Morgao- i Belmont syndicate, the reserve standing t ! (97,013,114 at close of business. Th is a I gain over the previous day of .H00.Wj0. j - j IXaaMers Accidents, Fatalities, j Cliff Baxter was killed outright and Andrew Campl-Il mortally wfutidel by a premature j explosion of a bla.t in a copjr mine at j Ducktown. Tenn., on Friilay. Financial, i The Citizens' Bnk of Redwood Falls, ! Minn., suspended budnes with ssts ol ! tltt.OOO aod liabibtiefl of flOO.OOO. I Crime, j Recorder Goff. of Nw York, nen?icl i Henry W. Rail. 33 years old, to hree years ! in the enitcntlarv for attempting nulc'de. j ---. ! Miscellaneous. ! Tne New York rfiice r-otgeuiatiort till j was !o-t in thes-nate !.y a vote of ay 1, j iiays 16. A motion to reconider falJM rn like vote and the WU was kil'el. ', GrrnorHa-tings, of Pennsylvania, haa '. pimaM the Farr compulsory ndacalionaj ! LilL New Orleaut Cotton F.xehange tate mrnt. Crop Maten.eeit from Seytemer 1st to May 1"', iiiHcsiv: I ,rt rweijt-. 7.1.270 !iU-. againi4 5, 74.7.j7 la-t year.4.fcl 1.11 year before hvt at.4 C j:.j73 f,r the -Arne ti f: iu 1T?2; overland rr.:i.- a.'.d Canada. 947.134. aginat e,12, tS3 974 aud 17.J2: itt-nor te "Its la rxcm of s'pterri!er lt. 77.4'. against 69.133. 103, laud 17.07: Southern oJll takinirs, 611, 31S. a-ait.t C:C.074. 5i.l4s ar. 1 5.V,1 ; erop rou.'ht into -itt .iunnif 25 days to date, 9. 4".216. against 7.2.67. 6.343.W3 i4 crr.p i rr -.jftt iato wLt for the wek, 23.504. ajra:ct S2.4M V,r e even davs ejd ins Miv 17th. !a year, Si.iSO and 3,643; crop bro .kht iulo aihi for thfl first 17 day of llw, l.Si?, ajaiiist 7i,277, 71,451 aod 10i,- Corspri-rf,e,9 j thee rporls are mad ap to tUr .j'rf-B;''d;u date tat yr, year fore la-t a- d in lj, and not to th eloe of 'nt eirr.-j....:jcir week-. OimparUons by tae -e. i: lvuild tak in 2O0 da-s of tht sea o: !x-t y-ar, 2C1 ytr Oefore last aad 2i'3 ia li'sl, a,-itiujft on'y 25 J '.his year. WITHIN OUR STATE. NF.WS FK03I MANY COVNTIMS. Charlotte' IV pot in Asbes. The tlepot of the Southern Railway at Charlotte, waa burned Friday morn Jug-. The origin of tho fire is a mystery. It broke oot in tho garrrt near tho the south entl of the buihling. Tho garret is said to Lave loen a regnlar rat don. Matches ha.l to 1m carefully kept, rats at timia having gnawed throtighed match boxts. S"-.000. Fully insured. Now that both Iho depots, the Carolina Central and tho Sonthern, are in ashes, it is pniusrd that Charlotte Lave tl.ctn rebuilt to gether as a union depot. A Gloomy Outlook. A dispatch frum Raleigh b tho Charlotte Observer says: Tho report xihich came in alnmt the oidton crop arc all unfavorable. The plants look weak and wck. J?ix or heven days more of good weather will bo ueocnaary to eomplt'te the planting. Cotton seetl ought all to be in the ground by May 10th at the k-afd, and so thry art? in ordinary years. Fanners tell mi they never knew tho ilat.tiii, to be late as it is this Reason, nevi r mw tli seed germinate so hlouly or unw si large a proportion of the crop to be re planted. It has been Ih.' tuU.it uud coldeht spring since that of ltbi. 1 111 Notes. The Erwin Cotton Mills, of Wet Duthsni, is daing a large bnstness. When the mill was lirwt r reeled it uas a very large building but addition have been added from time to time until now it is uenrly double its origi nal rize. Still there is Another addi tion, of immense proportions, in view, and it will possibly be erected this fall. The new building is to be a wing 4W feet loug, 7" wide aikI tun stories high. Iu the present building they are now running 375 looms nnd when tho new one is competed it is propoted to mako this number one thousand. This will be a lsrge industry and will give em ployment to several hundred new hand. Violation of the I'sury I-avr. The Supreme Court at Raleigh ren dered a decision on Wednesday in tho case of Mcrony against the Atlanta liuildiugaud Loan Association. They decided thut the contract of the Ruild ing and Loan Association was a viola tion of the usury law. The decision would be a denth-blow to there asso ciations in this St te were it not that a new act was jisssfd at the last Legisla ture giving associations all the bcopo they desired. The H'ggct M raw berries. The finest strawberries ever seen at Motiroe ore those grown by Mr. J. W. Stten. The largert one found meas ures 4 J inches in circumference and was measured by Mr. (1. M. I'easley and numbers of them measure from 3 to 4 inches. It is tin actual fart that in making pies the berries have to bo cut in halves to get them between tho criuts. Arrested for Kobblug Hie M.IN. At Asheville, Wm. (Srecn, colored, a boy of 14, was erret-U'd for robbing tho United States mail. He was, the mes senger btween the postoflici; and Ken ilworth Inn, and abstracted checks and money orders aggregating $2,rHd. It is not known that (Jreen attempted to carh thebtolcn checks or money orders. An Old Mine. The Reed gold mi tie in Cabarrm was the lirtt gold mine discovered ia the United States. From 1H03 to IH25, the different pieces of gold found ia this mine aggregated 115 pounds, steelyard weigLt. Wilmington For founl Money. At a meeting of the Wilmington pro duce exchange the following resolution was adopted unanimously: "Wherea". B dlevlng that the fr an-1 un- i limited coinage of silver by this country j alone will result in disaster to the wholj j cot;ntry, and espe-ially to th Kouth, we heartily cndore the moveni-rit Inauguratod ! by the Memphis Cotton Kichang and ether j representative Indies toward the propaga i tlon of sounl flnancUl i b s ntid an Inter. change of opinion smoug Houthem j- opleon ' the currency oif-tivn. Ks)lve.j. That this ej-hange app.ir,t t w delegate to the conversion to held at Memphis. May 23rd. ls', to di-vuss the question of sound and stable currency, aud j better tanking labilities." J The railroad in Moore and Mont gomery conntics, which A. V. Page i j building is graded to Troy. It will bo I 12 miles long. Hartman'a regietered whiskey distil j lery at HcfTman Las be-n seized by the J revenue officials for alleged violation of the law. j Governor Carr ar.poihted the fol j lowirg delegate from Korth Carolina to the Mexican Exposition wideb le- gins next April: Frank Coxe, F, Brevard McDowell, George Bellamy, i Fred A. Old and William J. Andrews. RO UT 1 1 K IIS r 1 1 KS H V I II IMA N S. Ir. Hemphill, of l,ouis Mr, Illirf-tetl Ioderator. The General A,jexbly of hs Southern ! Pretjyteriaa Church m-t at I4i!a, T-xa, j Thursday moriiln In the First Prulsierlaa ! church. Orer oo hundre-1 co:t"i.:i'.o3:r wer present from ail paru of the hoatb. Adrted by Dr. N'aJI, of Louisiana, a&4 Dr. xfTere, of Maryland, tho r-t:rin;j mo-lera-tor. Dr. Graham, of Virjiai. rene-l the Aeaib!y with relilou. exef -jv s. sr rcoa was eloquent ail spiritual. i.rlwdy avoiding any reference to mattr of bus! Besa whi' h mi?ht eom tefore the WaNr, The roll harmx bo called. Dr. licrsj-hifl, of LooisTllle, vu uoardTjouly ehesen mod erator. Th report of exevnitir s rctaries of for ei(rn mirsioits, publication and eiucation were then read and rr!err.t to stan-llnir eommitteies. They w r all very cneouraeirw; and fchowed much cralif vin proirre. P.ou tiae business closed the dnt day's eioa.