North Carolina Newspapers

M ARION EGORD H r 'A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER. VOL. . MAHION, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 11,1895. NO. 27. i THE LATEST NEWS. G, j AMNGS FROM MANY TOlffTS. Xmrrjrtnu Happenings, Both Home a u J V'orHgn, IJrIefly Told. 7 ho First Cotton Bloom. T i ;.';mu, Fairbuni, Qa., comes to th .i ! !!r.-t -otton bloom. He brought ' cotton to town last Thursday . t v blooms on it that opened the Ny Southern Notes. ;.-tiS o! Talbotfon, Oa., have organ i k "mpany for the erection ol an rvu'K Mi?s., on Wedneedav, Rob ,-VT Hubbard and Qnnt Wilson I t.n the fame gallows. These . r --v last Marh murdered and !' I:. Kinir. a flatboatmau, who sold ,., t jj r,ttto river people, -'ir'i.-?, a farmer of Troup county, I I a rx-pro boy Tuesd.w.and short -i !- tli-t moth'-r of the l.y attacked : 1 .'attempts to shoot him, v. Miitf Grosa hot her, killing her , r. p'.ro, Ala., Tuesday night, de '); ji'H hou.si and all books of re !! 'iu iho.s-i of the flherift and tax T h': loss is about 20,000. A Mi Mortuary. r .Mm Myers, of the Illinois Rous. -' iit.iMvc. died Wednesday at Free . t: in irrvou3 prostration. It is ti . sp'ikfr Myrs' death Hill have r' n.t tearing on the extra session 'VJ'Mnry, which convenes on the Or"; .'! 1 The Turf. ' I ns won the realization Stake? m I l;-iy on Thursday, lie was n'", K'.-ciiari, lueodds-on favor- ' iny horso that gave him any :is pair fought out the issue for ill length of the homo stretch, was a veritable quigmire. It .-:iily havo been iu worse coa- !,...., .. ii ! !,t . , in- t!,. ill-. '1! : i v ;h- I 1 ii i lie Silver Movement. ' A a!' vh published in The Standard of f ! it ' " i:. in., for a freo coinage mass mcet-!:.i.- i-i ' I -irtown J uly 13th to "elect delegates ',!!! (iniilii -..nvjntion. It Is signed by :i :i:'ii-M. - ifi,:-ns of cveiv calling without "- 1 '" r f. ssi.,u ot politics. Afulldele p i !i 'r !!! I'uH; county will go to Griffin to i-..-. i Mi- u ii -c.f jree silver sentiment in Crime. f, a ( 'a, thirty-eight years of age, white, 'jii 'i nl'i .ucs a small farm on an island iu Hi- T' mi' liver opposite Chattanooga, v. i.- .-h, t and killed Thursday by his I'l ;i loim stic quarrel. A .j l'i-l l. formerly editor of the Tolo l'."t, in ai'lwclt county, Mo., murdered his ! -in I -!nld Thursday morning and com i';:f' I -ui. i'i-at Wlwtdiuy, Mo., where he im- w-iiiihis mother-in-law, Mrs. Thomp f ii. II - ut the throats of his wife and child On I tii-a . ut his own throat. No reason can - 1.-M:. !;! lor the act. A lint. m. Ia , Tuesday, a highwayman i. M ii i and robbed Mrs. Augusta Ware, 1 1 iL-litf r of Ch.i iucy Lamb, the millionaire i : rii t r in a n . It oe-urrure'd on one of the ti-ln .nal.H residence streets of the town, vi I wiO'i-ssed by several people. Hi i K I -t r ur.-' and escaped. AVasliltigtoii. Tr .-f-p-.T Matk W. Harrington, chief of the ' -!'h-r bureau, has been removed byFres i ! i,t ( l--lnn.l. Th-re has ben friction t ' A-.-.-ti Pmlfssor H irriugton. who is ahold- v-T .if th- department, and Secretary Mor l i.. hv "fli-nl ehief, for sometime. 1 ii :i'pointment of Willis L. Moore, of I.iai.... t. be chief of the Weather Bureau, nii'i. '.in-ed from the AVhite House Fri- T Hi- I internal revenue service is now under il-tvireand applicants who desire ii- in the revenue depa'tment must :: I th-ir examinations under th new law i-iv pa.-.-e,. Heretofore the internal w ii'i-i-.Tvice has been separate and dis- 't !t"!ii the operation oi the civil service, ; h.iiiL was trade some months ago. I i c-ni-ral order issued by Gen. Albert ' ' ' ' '-otnmander f the National Guard : iM-triit of Columbia, the National "' i! a .-rack military organization, and ''Viiiner .f several valuable prizes in luter- "::itia drills, has been disbanded. The 1 ) :ii:iied for this action is that the " i inv has fallen below the mark upon ':ti"ti. and during th re-ent encamp- the n'it:;erical strength of th.e company '; 1 ' ' ttie standard. " IK-. inters. Accidents, lratlitles. At M iMi-apolu, Minn.. Egbert Mayer, IIs y-ar-. while celebrating the Fourth, - ! ' i'!y injured by the bursting of a toy 1 - , i e killed and thirty-three injured 'K- r r.l t) f incidents on tho Fourth of Chi-.igo. The fire department was '' - Light were hit by stray bullets. Labor. T! An.-ri an Wire Company's 300 wire '-went on strike at Cleveland. Ohio, I'1 ! -r cent, increase in wages. M: ! l!eborc Ky., tbe Watts Steel and v:s-lioate voluntarily increased its ten per cent. l; ise steel Car Wheel Works. Scraalon. "v.ployinu 200 men have advanced in per cent. The works are crowded i Icrs. t-irnaee men of the South Chicago t th Illinois Steel Company have been ' 1 an increase of 15 per ceut. over tho sit. increase in wages which was : " . voluntarily by the company July 1 " in rca.-e affects the wages of over "J. The men claimed that the volun !1 "f"ase invalidated their contract with "t'i:;v and being insufficient they ' r m. t". I-'-:: !,. -:. IIscellMiicous. n. Kansas, is now a dry town, all living been o.dered. closed perma v Civernor Morril'. Mr;1 i iisine-s portion of Wellington, v uiv !eHences were destroyed bv 'Sunday, oss about $200,000. s'ipre!n; court of Minnesota has 1 for tin? summer without touching i ' f H ayward, the convicted niur 1 l is givtfs Havward another lease of f " : tnxon,the well known pugilist, i-1 ii on tiial nt Syracuse. N. Y., for ,K I -t outhe charge ot being respon " ti.e death of his late sparring part ( a' Kiordan, wai found not guiltj s n. -v free. ,-HAUKDY IN A CHURCH. Th ? t'ongregatioa Jumps from th Windows. M7' "ialt0 the Columbia, (S. C.) State t -V5Jhat a colored church festival at Jxm la"? SatttrJay night, Alexander Brabham, jjH(" Crowded entrance, tread on Adam an J'm bal t0eS" Th latter drew a rtvolvr uM abham dea3, A stamPed0 en drwnnrd BSitho murderer held th exit with th ? , the a3Smblago poured ofet Vh. n. TW9 cordless of shutters or FREE SILYER LETTER SENATOR BACON OF GEORGIA Shj-s He ! tat lrte and Unlimited Coinage and T!h Why. QrifBo, aS. 13 awaklt le, the fact that the b'ooettlMe otQ'tiou 0 jaly 18lh wiL u eif ot th biggest affa'rs the tite tlx erer known,, and the po'!D t7jre are preparing "rCTJraiMl Among many other Jtters to ti! local committee one fcom. Senator A O. Bacon, Georgia's junior senator, finds It im pose!b!eto ccme to Oilffln era eioresse. deep :egiet teciu-e -ndcrses Uie conven tloampstLcftrtily. lie gives his tlews on tti! 5i-abrorbIcg question, however. The letter Is as follows, a ad will peak for Itself; "I am In receipt el vet r leller inviting m to uttetid tbt bWfcUI'ic convention which rtnver,e In Qiirtln od the 19.h "'.nstant. I ett'd. With pleasure, accept IntitaticKi t)jt for the fact that in a-eordancij wi.b plats made four or flva months ao, I wilt leave hotreduriLg the l-reent week fc: a flome what nvotracted iweucc, aud on the d4?6 nan-ied will bo unavoidably out of the tat. "For many ydrs past t have iegarded bl metalMsm as tte m-jst imporrai.t nestlon bcrot tho ,mbilc. u that it, uiore than Any other, concerns the pe-sonai wi'fa:eofthe papier, and tile development a-j.i prosperity cf their Industries. Iu this I neliev tcet I a in in harmony with the vpluV.il oi Ihe inat mass of the Aroailceu f,8opie. 16e cause ot b!metalliin Is 00 strongly Intrenched u the ftibl'r: I'avor that no great political paty has fever dared to go bef te the people iu avowed opposition to :t, ana In advocacy of rconc- fiettilllfiiu of auy iind. It la doubtless trd aat there are iiiLe.'C binietaillsts who hesi ate to commit tuemeelves to fi:a coinage rom honest Sf.p.i.teiisioua as to Its effects. fating no reteiece to Uiem, it J prope? to emaik '.bat rr.arv, if not a !at?e luajosity ot Ihose who a re at Leart gold luonomotaMlsts, ronceal their true suuttnii-Dts, and masque rade as th friends c.f birrela!!lo coinage, rrhlle evct j pofter is exerted by them to Iuaintair. th? single g M standard. Foe the urpese of catching vcles they are theoreti a! bimetaliist; bat for the puipose of reap ag tot themselves a'jd their sl'iefe the golden lai vest from the single staidard, tiey are praeticR.1 gold ir-Cnomftallists. ' "I rJulOe in the hope that the time for (uggling with ambiguous phrases 1 as passed, and that In the contest of the near future all those who ate In either avowedly or at heart gold niouometaiilsts, will be raDed together, and that, on the other side, there will stand opposed to them, all true, practi cal bimetallism, who, while they may differ ns to methods and details, nevertheless real ly desire the restoration to the country of both gold and silver aj primary money, with the coins of each metal of equal Interchange able value with the other. "The man who says such bimetallic' coinage of equal Interchangeable valr.1! Would not be 'soviud money' is not candid; and be who says that such practical bimetal lism is impossible, ought to avow himself as a gold monometalliii, and ehould cease to masquerade as a theoretical biraetaliist. Ou the other hand, all who believe that suca practical bimetallism is possible, ought to adjust among themselves differences o! method and of detail, and make common cause against tb advocates of the single gold standard, wbelhar such advocates stand out boldly as avowed monometallists, or adroitly conceal their true character under the dis guise of theoretical bimetallists. "Truo bimetallism means the use of both gold aud silver coin as the money of final payment. A necessary consequence of this is that practical bimetallism necessitates gold and silver coin of equal, interchangeable value, and opposes a depreciated coin of either metal. Such depreciated coin of either metal would cause the coin of the other metal to disappear from active circulation, and if such a depreciation coutinued. the re sult would be practical monometallism. A single standard of either metal will entnil the evils of monometallism. Bimetallism is in consistent with monometallism of any kind. There is not in the world a sufficiency of either gold or silver, taken alone, to supply the coin necessities to furnish the money of final payment required for the business of the world. This insufficiency of either met al is a constantly increasing insufficiency, through the rapid and continuing increase iu the world's population and business devel opment. The earnest contention of the mo nometallist Is that all nations should have the same standard. If, in accordance with this view, all tho nations now using the sil ver standard should adopt the tingle gold ftandard, this insufficiency would be grossly ncreased. It is difficult to conceive that a gold monometalllst could be found who would seriously contend that in such case the gold of the world would be adequate to the demands which would be ma le upon it. On the other hand, if all nations should adopt the single silver standard, the possible sup ply of silver would be insufficient for the purpose. To meet the demand for the amount of money of final payment necessary to do tho business of the world, the use of all both the gold and the silver of the world which is available for coinage is necessary, The exclusion ot either metal from equal rights of coinage necessarily results in mak ing the coin of the excluded metal merely token money, and certainly effects a contrac tion of the volume of the money of final pay ment by confining the same to the other metal, the coinage of which is free and un limited. From this contraction of the volume of money of final payment, result disasters and financial distress too painfullly known to us all, in the loss of personal fortunes, the stagnation of b.tsines , ani the paralysis of enterprise. "There is no roo.n for denial that by the demonetization of silver, gold has largely appreciated, and silver has been correspond ingly depreciated, in relative .value. Re verse the conditions by the demonetization of gold and the remonetization ot silver, and the relative values of thesstwo metals would also promptly bt reversed. Silver would be the appreciated, aud gold would be the de preciated metal Men may theorize and di3 eus until the crack of doom upon the ques tion ot the true ratio between the two metals, od at ltet the only relation mut be found to practical experiment aad that practical experiment can only be satisfactorily made by coining the two metaL ?pon ttrms of exact and perfect equality. The trje ratio caanot be shown so long as one metal is allowed the free and unlimited coinage which Is denied by the law to the other. When sliver aid gold are thus coined upon terms ot equality, the true ratio or relative value ot the two metals will b correctly de monstrated by experience. If, as many con fidently believe, and as all patriots should earnestly desire, the free and unlimited coin age of gold and silver at the present legal ratio ot 16 to 1 shall prove that the coins of the two metals, when coined on terms ot Eirfect equality, are at such ratio, ot equal, terehangeable value, the important ques tion will be most happily solved upon a basis which will do justice to both debtor and creditor, and restore the proper relative value ot property- and money. If, on the contrary, after & fair trial of such ratio, made vpoa terms of such perfct equably, aud tre coins of the two rr.eUW suould not prove of equal interchangeable value, the experiment thus made will show practically what te the true ratio, and the true ratio, when thus ascertained, should be made the legal ratio. 'Our people ot this section are not inter ested in the products of the silver mine?, bet they are very deeply interested in having that sufficient volume of money of final pay ment which van only be supplied by the coin age upou terms of perfect equality of all the gold and silver available for that purpose, f "The maintenance of the single gold standard immensely increase the power of itbe money centers, and makes them the i absolute masters of the finances and business lot the whole nation. It is ea?y to under stand why the people of such localities should earnestly Javor a system which enables them to domtnate th-eontinen'r, in widen farl ttj and MeaJdy rhHche theia at the Expense 0! all other KcUoas. Bu: fcorfoa I am t A loss to cjacivs how ethers, nt ia6ac2 favored localities. tPn tc induced to favor I intern whlcn mut condemn their people to Vcrptual financial vassalage. "It it were practicable to fix trie ratio oi coinage bv international agreement all woflld prefer it as a speedy aad stable settle ment of the question; but there is ud rascfi able probability of sjch an egre6ment, and Li its abf cce, the pla'n pvactlua: question Is, tlLA we '-emain upon the single gold etan dard with all of its untold evils or will this great nation, with Its vast undeveloped re sources, and with its seventy millions of pro g'essive, restless, ambitious people, go for ward boldly and conQ ientlv ia the settle ment of the question for inerhselteK? 1t'iti iil!erii?yondl agreement pra.tl.'a'lv impossi ble, either independent actlot by this gov ernment, or acquiescence it gold monomet allism, re the only practicable alternatives, All true b'metallists. should recogaize tte Self:evi.J9r fs:-t ILiU by refusing to ro-operate !a the support of the only plan which Jp practicable, they are, In fact, a'tbojgh un wittingly, ia practical a'lUnce with the gold monometalliets. Those who, for any rexsou. favor the slrgle gold standard, with silver only to be nied as tokeu money, (as Is 1107 In effect, vhe case) should Openly avow ih and all ihose Who desire both gold and silver coin as money of final payment, nhould Cease to divide on theories and cordially unite in tae effort to make bimetallic coinage a prac tical success. 'Your convention ia called as a bimetallic convention. Nevertheless I Assume that all of those who will be present are ether now, or have been in the past, members of the na tional democratic party; and I also assume that they are all now believers in the great principles of this party as tney have been handed down to as by its honored founders. The fundamental prlnc-iple of the democratic faith is that the c;giui.ation And methods and practices cf the government should be sdeh as to secure to all equality ot benefits, as well as equalitf of burdens. It requires that all si oull have eq jal opportunities, and condemns tuat wh'rh denies good to the many, in order that &n abundance may be eu.ioved by tue few. The single gold stand ard in j.s contraction of the vciurde ot the money ot flial pavment, in trie concentration of overwhe'ming money power in the bands oft'uetew, and tr the dire consequences which necessarily flow from It, is at wirwith this fundamental democratic principle; but this vital democratic principle finds its har mony, as well as its illustration, in piaotleal gold and silver b'inetallifm, which defeats the concentration of alt money power in the hands pf the few, sr.d insures to all persous aud sections Lhe equal enjoyment of a suffi cient and stable metallic currency. "In the democratic party alone can the battle for gold aid silver bimetallism be suc cessfully fought. If iiimetailists are ranged under several dlffbrent flags, their divided forces will be an tasv prey to the common enemy; but if all the limeta'.lLsts of the coun try can be marshaled under the banner of democratic! party, they wili not only consti tute an overwhelming majority ot the party, but they will win a great victory in the next rational oufti2t. Vtrv truly yours, "A. O. BacoH." RAILROAD STOCK SOLD. The Southern the Purchaser at $1, 500,000. The Southern Railroad was the purchaser of fifteen million dollars worth of stock in the Alabama great Southern Company nt public outcry in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, pursuant to a decree of the United States Circuit Court. Special Master John W. Childress, of Nashville, conducted the sale, there being only one bidder, President SamT Spencer, of the Southern. Alter the reading of the order to foreclose, which was made by the Central Trust Com pany, of New York, through their agent, Mr. Calhoun, President Spencer bid in the bonds for 1,500,000. ' This is the stock formerly owned by the old East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, and by acquiring control of the same, it is said, the Southern Railway has the Queen and Crescent system under its thumb. There were three batches of stock, 5,001 of Queen and Crescent stock; 78,301 shares of ordinary Alabama Qreat Southern, and 34,000 shares of preferred Alabama Great Southern, and 34,000 shares of second preferred Alabama Great Southern stock. The sale was closed lor 10 per cent. cash. A CRAZY MAN'S CRIME. Dies With Ills Wife and Four Chil dren. Insanity the Only Explanation. At Chicago on Friday night, Frederick Ilellman, a masou contractor, 36 years old, murdered his wife and four children by as phyxiation, and died with them. The vic tims were: Ida Hellman, 84 years old; Fritz Ilellman. 12 years old; Ida Hellman, 11 year3 old; Willie Hellman, 8 years old; Hedwig Hellman, 4 years. Thai the murder was deliberately planned by the father of the family during the past few weeks, seems beyond doubt. Several weeks ago Hellman had his pipes connected and fixtures put in the family bedroom only, the entire family sleeping In one small room. It seems now certain that Hellman bad the cas put in for the express purpose of using it In the murder of nbj family. There ia only one explanation and that i3 that Hellman was crazy. He is said to have been fairly provided with worldly goods and to have had no family disenions. He left a note for bis brother in which he gives In structions regarding the disposition of his property. He says that he will not be living when the note Is received, but says in it nothingfof the premeditated deathof the rest ottbefa mily. BURGLARS CSCAPK. Three Desperate Prisoners Hold up the Keepers at Ludlow. Tn re desperate pestofflceburgla-s, Joseph Kil.'oran, Charles Allen and Harry Russell, prisoners of the United Slates government, held up Keepers Edward A. Schpeer and Charles S-hoer, at the muzs!e of three shin ing revolvers, in Ludlow street jail, New York City, on Thursday, seized the keys' iuit optned th? three doors between them and Siborlv and made good their escape. All this recurred in bnad daylight, at 8 in the morn ing. The streets were crowded, as they 'wavs ore in that neighborhood, and a crowd of 1.000 Hebrews chased the escaping prisoners down Ludlow street to Broome, whie the men separated and were soon lost i n the most crowded section of the streets of New York. A Hull Fight at the Exposition. While for several days it has Iwen under stoo l there was to be a bull fight ia the Mexican village at the Cotton Ststes and International Exposition. Atlanta, positive information has been wanting uctil now. A letter from the Concessionaire just received gives the following description which, indi cates that this feature will rival the Wild West show as a drawing erd. The arena will be arranged in the regular way and some of the best bull fighters in Mexico with a supply of trained horses aad of tho finest, bulls will be brought to AUaata. It will be an exact reproduction of the famous bull fights in Spain, with on exception the bull's horns will be padded so that he can do co damage. Tha horses will likewise be pro tected by embossed leather shields, so that the whole fight may be carried out without the slightest cruelty or more bloodshed tbaa Is seen at a Wild west show. The vll'sge ot Bed Deck, nine miles essl ol Dwight. I1L. was nearly wiped out by flra Thursday afternoon. Loss, C 60.000. The Insurance will corer about one-quarter of the l-i QUITS PUBLTG LIFE, WILLIAM KWAKT GLADSTONE. Announces ltis Rctlrcrdedt front tlie World. The Passing of a Great 3Iad. Mr. Glalstone's protrised !-rtter to hla Midlothian constituents in! connection with his retirement from politk-al life waa pub lished Wciresiay at London. After bidding farewell to tho electors wo have Eupported bim at thtf poll for many JearS past And ei pressing his gratitude for their adhesion t6 the principles he advocated; the ex-premit prceeeds to say : "ltis beyonl Question that the centurjj now expiring has exhibited fince the close ol its first quarter a period of unexampled ac tivity, the chances ol wh; h, taken in the roxss, have been in the di 'wtion of true and beneficial progress. An oyer whelming pro portion of the reforms within this period have teu affected within the direct action ot the liberal party at by direct action ot such states men as Peel end Canting, who were ever ready to meet odidm or to torfeit power tot tlie nnblic eod. In all til the fifteen Bar- l aments in which I have served, the people of Scotland have decisively expressed their convictions in favor ol this wiso and temper ate policy and I trust that the electors of Midlothian will continue to lead the people of Scotland ia tho future as they have in the past. fiOSEBERBY OCT Hi3 DEFEAT. ' Lord Roseberrv has written a letter to the secretary of the Midlothian Liberal Associa tion in which he says: "The late government was overthrown by a vote of censure which was petty, but fatal. It ia for Scotland, Ireland, "Wales, and the north of England to consider whether they will allow their interests to remain in perma nent subjection to a hereditary and irrespon sible chamber. With the echoes of Mr. Glad stone's eloquent and venerable voice 6til! ringiug through the lowlands, I cannot doubt their response." THREE NEW TORPEDO BOATS. The Navy Department to Let Contracts For Their Construction. The Navy Department at "Washington on Monday invited proposals for the construc tion ot three steel sea-going torpedo boats for the navy. The boats are to be of about 180 tons displacement The material used in their construction Is to be of domestic manufacture. The vessels may be contract ed cf steel or other metal, or alloy. The contracts will require a speed of not less than 26 knots per hour, maintained success fully for two consecutive hours. If they fail to develop and maintain 28 knots but ex hibit an average speed ot not less than 25 knots an hour they will be accepted, so far as speed is concerned, at a reduced price, the reduction being at the rate of $10,000 a knot, If the speed falls below an average of 25 knots an hour it will be optional with the Secretary of the Navy to reject the vessels or to accept them at a reduced price to be agreed upon between the Secretary and the contractors. The act of Congress authoriz ing the vessels, provided that one ot them should be built on or near the coast ot tho l-'aciflc Ocean; one on the Mississippi river, and ons on the Gulf of Mexico. The act pro vided further that if the vessels could not be built at these point3 at a fair cost they should be built at any place in the United States. Referring to this section of the act the pro posal ssysi in view of the fact that the Department may not be able to make a contract tor the construction at a fair cost, of one of said torpedo boats either on the Pacific coast, or on the Mississippi river, or on the Gulf coast, it is desired that each bidder will state the price for which he will undertake to build one, two or all three of eaid vessels, according to the capacity of his plant, in or der that the contract may, if necessary, be awarded to one bidder for the construction uf more than one vessel." TWO COURTHOUSES BURNED. One in Tennessee and the Other In Alabama. Suspicious Circumstances. The substantial brick courthouse at Lex ington. Her.dcrson county, Tenc, was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, to gether witnthe greater part of a'l the cocrt records, pr pers, etc., of the Lexington cor poration. Not a scrap was saved from the trustees and circuit clerk's offices. Trustee Essary ha- i between f 1.500 .iiid f 2.000 worth ot warrants in his office for which thei is nothing to show. Judge R. II. Thorn, justice of the peace, attorney-at-law and United States commissioner. lot everything, dockets with thousands of dollars in judgments on them. While there is no positive proof ot the origin of the fire, there is something very significant in the fact that the quarterly court on Monday la.-t appointed a commitle toinvestijat some forged county warrants and the committee began its work Tuesday. The loss is very heavy, with no Insurance on anvthiag burned. Thursday midnight fire was discovered In the rear offices ot the Center, Ala., court house and the entire building was soon ia flames. Kerosene had been poured on the walls and floor and nothing could check the fire. The books and records of theCnanery Court, shf riff and tax collector are lost. A heavy rain saved the main part of the town. Los about ?20,000 with lasumce oa build ing ot 17,000. The Importation of Sugar. The Imports of sugar at six of the leading ports of the United States daring the month of June aggregated 323,567,945 pounds, of he total value of f 1,151,055. The receipts at San Francisco, the ose missing port ot cc n lequenee came !n tree of doty, being of Ha waiin origin, and, therefore, the eoild not Affect th matter of -?utcTn?. Mr. Ford, biet of the Bureau of Statistics, states that ifce Importation wa. therefore, much less an that a.&n In the month ol May, and fcucb less than the imports made ic Jane (?4, in quantity an i t-aly about oa hilt in Jue. A Decrease In the Treasury Reserve. The Treasury gold reserve Saturday de ireased tlSS.K".", standing at the close of ousise&s at 107,410,41. Th-s loss, it la fUted.was by b-ary payn-r.t on tke govera eat account at Jjan 1 raacisca. CaJ- fin x coirmtiON op crops. Plenty of Fruit Etery where, and Promising Outlook. ThS Weeiir Weather C?op Bulletin for the past week indicate a general! favorable week. Cotton ia blooming in the southern portion of th State. Corn 14 doing Tory well, and ia being laid bj generally. Threshing wheat has just begun. Fruit iaconcing in very abundantly. Eastt&n Distbict. The past week is generally reported as having been Tery favorable in this district. Only one place In Columbua county re ported an eicesalve rain-fall, but in the horthern part of the district rain is beginning to be needed. The temperature has been high, with plenty ot sunthine. Crops are in a healthy condition and continue to improve. Corn is tasseling; laying by is general. Tobacco is looking well and some beginning to top. Blooms are reported to have appeared on cotton at Elm City, 26th, Laurel Hill, 27th. Bweet potato plants are etill scarce; many are still to be set. Large crop of tleld-peas being planted. Berry crop ripe and very large. Melons are late. CektbaTj Distbict. The rain-fall last week was very ii regularly dis tributed, with enough rain, however, at most places to keep crops in a thrifty condition. A few stations re port rain needed badly. Corn is silk ing and tasseling in the 60uth ; old corn is being laid by. Cotton blooms are also reported. Wheat nearly all harvested in good condition and being housed. Threshing . has begun and will be general next week; many far mers report good results; others in ferior. Oats about ready also. Spring oats are getting ripe. There are a number of complaints of chinch-bugs, especially in north-western portion of district. " Peas are being planted in etubble land. Blackberry crop is very large and fine. Peaches ripe. Fruit co ro ft g in abundance. Western Distbict This has been another week of fine growing weather, farmers from all sections reporting crops making good progress. Wheat, except in extreme west, where it is now ripe, has been about all cut; nd is be ing hauled in. Threshing has begun with what is thought to be a very good yield. Spring oats are lookiug well. Old corn is being laid by. Pea-sowing has begun, and there will be a large crop planted this year. Peach trees .are fall. Fruit is plentiful in markets. Melon vines are poor. Gardens and potatoes are fine. THE WILKES RESOLUTIONS. The Reserves Reserved No Longer- A Suggestion of a Change In the Law. At a meeting the oiher night of the late Charlotte Division Naval Reserves, Ihe following resolutions were unani mously adopted, viz: 'Resolved, first, That, having a high re gard for the courts of our country, civil, criminal and military, we have refrained from expressing to the public our unbounded sonfldence and respect in our commanding Dfflcer, Lieut. J. Frank Wilkes, before a de cision wa3 rendered in the court martial jrought against him. "Resolved, second. That we heartily con ur in the finding of our Commander-in-Chief His Excellency, Governor Elias Carr, ia which he says? "In the opinion of the Commander-in-chief Ihecharges'and specifications are not sus tained by the evidence.' . Resolved, third, That no member of this livlsion had the slightest belief that the charges and specifications were true, and lake occasion now to express to the public our high regard for Lieut. Wilkes as a gen tleman aad a man of honor and integrity. Resolved, fourth. That, at the bowing to the decision of our Commander-in-Chief and the learned Judge-Advocate of the State, Gen. Thos. F. Strange, we would respectfully suggest that if it be the military law of North Carolina that a witness against the accused can be a judge on the court that tries the ac cused, that, in the interest of justice, the next Legislature should amend the law. "Resolved, fiftbThat we thank theeitizens jf Wilmington forhe courtesies shown the iceueed, Lieut. Wilkes, and his counsel and witnesses during his long trial, and eepecial- y the umiDgtpn pap3r3 ior their fair, im jartial and accurate report of the proceed ings. 'Resolved, sixth, That we request the pa pers ot the State to publish theie proceed- THE SHE31WKLL TRIAL. flie Jury Has Been Drawn. Judge Iioj Lin Charges the Jury. At Leziiitoo, on Thursday after noon the jury was completed to ivy tiaxter SLernwell for his life. It is as follows : Joha T. Nooe, T. M. Primm, M. r. Guyer, T. C. Croes, T..S. Swice jood. T. A. Cobb, J L. Shoaf, Solo man Long, W. T. Lawrepce, Geo. T. juirratt. Will Fry, E. S. Varner, T. H. :JitDq. Jrdge Boykin toM tbc jnry ji a few f-elect sentencf-s tbei drty od responsibility, aflcr which he vont adjourned. WORTHY OF IMITATION. Tbe Manner In Which 3Iexlco Deal with Trtn Robbers and Highway men. A pcial te vbe Cb reticle from Nc'es, nzota, y: Four of five men wao fceid op the paymaster ot the Nsa$ri Copper Comply on Juoe IS have ben capture! by the authorities of the S-.ate of Scnota. Met., aad cn Sunday they were taken to tbe sene of their crime and shot to des'.h ncder b new law providing tor the puaiibaiert o train aad stage robjrs In Mexico. World's Visible Supply cf Crjtton. Total Tlsible sufp'y cf cottoa for tn world ts 3,217,210 bales," of which 2,834,040 ba!earArrn:o, ajalcst bales aad 2.110.S93 bales respectively tast year. Receipt of cotton tLl wee t a'l interior towns. 5,074 bates ; receipt Iroa plantations, 649 bales " op la fight, ,J,577 bales. Foreign. At Huntersquay, Scotland, Lord Dua raven's new cup challenger, Taikyne III, was fairly beaien oa Wednesday over the fifty mile coarse of ihe Madhood Yacht Club by "the Trinceo? Wal-s's cutter Britannia and A. Barclay Walker's Arlsa. The Bntznnla averaged 11.27 knots per boar. A canning faHory Is ab)ut t b 'irtiS liahed at Honolulu, the first In Hawaii- WITHIN OUR STATE. RAILROADS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Tery Little BuUdlng Haa Been Done In the Last Year. The railroad commission has begun, the assessment of the railway property Jn North Carolina. The returns are in and show that there are seventy roada and branches, There is but a slight increase in mileage otef last year ai the reports end June 1st, and most of the new lines have been constructed since that date. Only three roads ate cow building, these being the Caldwell and Northern, from Lenoir to Colletta ville, the Aberdeen and West End and the Henderson and Brevard. Only four miles . of the extension of the Aberdeen and West End road are com pleted. The commission is notified that the twenty-two miles of the Hen derson and Brevard road will be com pleted Angust 1st. ON HISTORIC GROUND. A Celebration at the Guilford Cattle field A Statue Unveiled. The annual celebration of the Guil ford battle ground was observed at Greeosboro on Thursday. The ora tor of the day, Dr. George T. Winston, spoke on the life and times of Major Joseph Winston, who played an im portant part in this particular battle. Ex-Governor Thomas M. Holt, wha was to have delivered the address of presentation of the Winston statue, notbeiog present. Hon. Kemp P. Battle read his speech. The unveiling ceremonies were performed by four of North Carolina's handsomest girls, Gen. Hoggs' Testimony. W. A. Maury, special assistant t6 Attorney General Harmon, waa in Winston Tuesday taking the deposi tions of Gen. W. R. Boggs, before United States Commissioner Bessent, in the case of Mrs. Alice Well, widow, and others, in which the plaintiffs claim that Mr. Well had 190 bales of cotton destroyed at Mattrinoras, Mexico, by Confederate troops in Sep tember, 1864. The case is now pending before the Court of Claims in Washing ton. Gen. Boggs was chief of staff in the trans-Mississippi department, Gen. Kirky Smith commanding. His evi dence is favorable to the government. He says he was present at the time stated, and no cotton was destroyed by troops. Druggist's License. Sheriff Ilewlet, of New Hanover, asked State Treasurer Worth if section 22 of the revenue act applied to alcohol sold by druggists for lamps and me chanical purposes, or whether it must be sold only on the prescription of a nracticinsr physician. The Treasurer referred the matter to Attorney Gener al Osborne, who replies that neither the prescription of a physician nor license is required before druggists can legally sell alcohol for lamps and other mechanical purposes. Dealers in liquor, mentioned in section 33 of the act, aro those who sell or handle it for drinking purposes, and alcohol is not used either as a beverage or medicine. The Donovan Mill, at Mo'ganton, was sold under foreclosure of mort gage Tuesday and bought by Col. Tate for $2i,00l, amount of io-tgage. Lieut. Wilkes, of Charlotte.hasbeen 'relieved from arrest by the commander in chief, who says that he was "guilty of great carelessness, but not of in subordination. isone of the bc.iciiag ana Joaa asso ciations from other States are row lend ing money on propertv in thin State, The chnt dowu is complete. Some of the local associations are making loans. Cotton is remarkably small this year. In some places it is pili fully so. At the very best not over three-quarters of a good average crop cau be rnaue. eay tbe best judges. In some sections there will rot be over two-turds 01 a crop The civil service commission has or dered that an examination be held in Raleigh August 3d for the grades of clerks, storekeepers, ganger, and store keeper gauger. Age for clerk, appli cants not under 18, other grades not under 21. The Davidson correspondent of the Charlotte Observer ays: "The crop prospect in this community and in South Iredell is the poorett that haa been for many years on the 1st of July, but farmers have tbeir cotton and corn in the best of condition for growing. and rain has been falling every few days. Considerable-stubble land has been sown in peas since wheat was cut." Wheat this year 5s 83 per cent. againtt oniy C5 n this time last year. Oate, Don H, wete la.t year onlr 68. Rye is 67 against 78. Rice, now 82, was ICO liki vesr. Colton is 63 against 74 last year. The July report will irake, pt'bape, a better ehowicg as to this crop. Cum is SI againtt 6 laat year at this dale. The plant is very email, bft there ii time ttoogb, under favorable conditions, for a full crop. The apple crop is rot much over half a one, Lot the peach crop it certainly fine one- Want Cheaper Rate on Fruit. The rtiiroals decline to make aay re dacUcn iu tte rates ce peaches slipped ia refrigerator cars ni the Fru:t Growers' Association cf Genra acnoun that it will appeal to the Inter-State eorcmr.-e commis sion. The fruit s-rowera made a ca before the Georgia railroad commission, anl the ae vu argued before that body Ir. bow ever, bad no authority to ecfor? a ruling oa Inter-State busin, anl all it eonli do was to make a recommendation that th rate oe reduced. The rvlroa i njn mi-1 that tbv could nt afford to ive th? fa-t and careful service to Iruit demanded by the snipper for any Itn rates than they were barging. MRS. O'LF.ARY DEAD. Owned the Cow Alleged to Have Caus ed the Great Chicago Fir, airs. Catherine O'Leary 14 U CfetafO . last week. 8he wu . owner of tie frac tious cow which In a bara ta the retr ot 50. 1S7 Da Coven street, oa a mmoraMa nltl In October, 1871, kicked over a lung 1 ttarted a blaze which cost Chicago tlJ.CSO, toa Since the night ot that bistort eoa&a gratioa Mrs. O Lry'a lite waa embittered iy the popular belief that she waa tadlraaUj responsible for the loss t Ufa and eaeraova destruction of property. She denied th rtory vigorously and the eommitte wtkfe investigated the ore and cauae made ala Vits that the allegations about herself, tfca cow and lamp were mot true. TOE Marion Record Is the only Democratic Newi paper ta McDowell county, and has a large cir culation ia adjoining counties. It pub lishes all the news without fear or favor, and ia the organ ot bo ting or clique. It ia tho bold champion of the peo ple's rights, an earnest ad t teats of the best interests of the county of McDow. ell and the town of Marion. IU advsr tiling rates are reasonable, and the iub criptioo price ts $1.00 per year in 4 tanu. If you waat the best newspaper la the country brimming full of choice reading matter for business mso, fanners, me chanics, and the homo clrclss of all classes subscribe and pay for the Record. If you don't, why just float, and the paper will be printed erery Thursday evening as usual. If you haven't enough interest la your county's wellfsre to sustain the best ad vocate of its diversified Interests, and its truest friend the newipsper yoa need not ezpect a 2-columa obituary aetlcsj when jour old stingy bones are hid from the ejes of progress la the ground, All who owe subscriptions to tfca Rkcobd will be dropped from our list unless they pay up at once. Tiurs Respectfully, The Marion Record, SFAB'ABD AIR LINE R R NEW LINE. 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