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p I .Tin AEION EOORB. H "A DEUOCRATIO FAMILY NEWSPAPER. VOL. 4. A MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1895. NO. 35. M AN APPALLING REBUKE. A. .Man Who Railed Against Religion vtrl ken Dumb and Asks to be Prayed for. A . -i il from Athens, Ga., toll? ofare- I'i iltit tint occurred nt a Li M-ti. t.v ' !!-'- r ival in progress for tho past il S'j'j;il-i. fourteen miles from William Hoguewood, living at -vit- on -o a Metboli.-t, but had . ' ii'-v-r. He would attend t!i? - :. I iti t!i- ehur-b. but so-jri . a. ild g.-t a 'tow I around him (', wh-.l-.ro---o Hug.. Jiunday f - -1 ' j 1 1 y railing out u;ainst . :.) i whiH in tho j i i-I - 0f ;l i l l. iily :-tor.."d. and h.u nr-L -. Everything p.-.'-si I .. ),.-: I .,-,., ' j hi.; : Imt to no av.'t:1. i "il i and !:-irt v in t-vr , "I It r II ' :if t i fir! ' !if-!i ;'("! l.i v, I i!i in i t tt !; s i i u-i ;l '. !;;. r -in I (,.,! 1 a- i ;.-f .'in i ii mi l in - n"t" to t:i ; i 1 ' t 1'i ; t 'tin r. I', v; t li irdi. 1 ii ,v ! lj.t,- (,.-: !' .. ' i.i-." Tho arr lit has ; :i "!) ; ition. 1! j. still THE Marion Becdrci h 1 be only Democratic Newspaper in McDowell county, and has a largo cir (u'a'ioa in adjoining counties. It pub I shej 11 the news without fear or favor, and Is the organ of no ring or clique. It ia the bold champion of the peo ple'! rights, an earnest advocate of the best interests of the county of McDow til and the town of Marion. Its adver tising rates arc reasonable, and the sub icription price la $1.00 per year in ad tonct. If you want the best newspaper In the countrj brimming full of choice reading matter for businees men, farmers, me thauics, and the home circles of all classes subscribe and pay for the Hecord. If you doa'fc, why just don't, and the paper will be printed every Thursdaj evening as usual. If you haven't enough interest In your county's wellfare to sustain the best ad vocate of its diversified interests, and its truest friend the newspaper you need not expect a 2-column obituary notice when your c!i stingy bones are hid from the eyes of progress in the ground. Ail who owe subscriptions to the Rscord will be dropped from our lis I vn!s they pay up at once. Tours Respectfully, Tfte Marion Record, SFABMRD AIR LINE R. R. NKW LINE. r .utt to Chailottc, Raleigh, Wil n, Ttitdimond, Norfolk, Washing iltimore and the East. AIst to a. Now Oilcans and all points in ;,nd the Southwest. Memphis, - City, Denver and all points in it West. Map?, Folder?, Time Tables and r.drs write to D. A. NEWLAND, Gen. Trav. Pass. Agent, Charlotte, N. C. ii.!! ; n. Atlv T,v, C ivi Marion C, C. AG, charlotte S. A. L. Airivelhiltigh " Wilmington " " Atlanti " 6 45 a m 11 50 a m 6 00 pm " 6 25pm " 'x3 00 pm T. J. Anderson, G'.P.Agt B-A. Nkwlaxd, T. P. C. A. IJiofcsoionnl aru0. L. C. BIRD Atto.net and Counsellor at Law. Marion, - NO. TVietues in all courts, State and Fed (:1. Special attention given to invea tici'in land titles and collecting claims. KTOtllc on Main Street. R. J. BURCIN, Dentist. Offers his prof usionul porvice to Inn iruinls and fornur j-atrur.s d i in and vicinity. All woik K'i aranU-ed to be lirtt cIjiss, Hiitl n.- l onsimaMe us such w.rk fftti l o afforded. "jn.UHte the Flcramint; Houpi-. Tonsorial, WM. SWEENEY, I f et ctl ond Sr i. n ific Carbcr. Over tl e n ,:iuj it.Mt. Call and see '"'al iuouii3c a.tibfaction in aU ia- LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. CLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Roth Home and Foreign, Briefly Told, The Defender Wins Again. At New York tr Defender won the third trial raco on Friday and was formerly select ed to defend tho Amoiieas cup 'Th blw ribbon of tho sea." In a thrash to wind ward of tenmil.s and a run home with spin nakers and balloon's sK, tho itenwhofl ket-l boat beat tho Vigilant handsomely nnd could have beaten her a minuto more had Ph cn pushed to her utmost. The official fin ish was: Defender, 2.02.1; Vigilant 207:4. 2S7PM e: ,efen'lf'r. 2:02:10; Viiisnt, Newsy Southern Notes. At Lexington, Ky., the barn of Foxhall Keen was burned. Uia imported stallion, Ka aerates, by Hermit, and tho American ptallion, Hyderhad, by Uyder Ali, reri?hed in the flames. The coming lice crop, according to th Tittsburg Pa., Dispatch, promises to bo larger than the largest crop yet recorded, that of threo years ago, whn th3 total yield arj proiimated 20,000,000 bags. Colutnbid,S. C.received the flrrd baieof new crop cotton on Friday. The bale classed full style good middling. It was shipped by O. M. Seigmions, of Orarifffhitrg. to Ii. J. MeCarley & Co. and weighed 470 pounds. At Itasca, Tex., John Brown, 23 years of Hg, cut the throat of Miss Boone, aged 13, lu her room and going to his own room, cut his throat, both dying, a. w. Boone, lathe of the murdered girl, objected to tho mar riage of hin daughter t Brown on account or her age. At Savannah, (la., Abe Small, the convic ted murdorer of Policeman JansenNeve, was sentenced by Judcfo Falligant to be hanged October 18. Small's attorneys will take th3 ease to the Supremo Court. The murder 3-as committed in February 1894, when Neve went to arrest Hmall on a charge of burglary. Captain 8. A. Ashe, for years one of North Carolina's most prominent journalists, has in press now a book on the silver question to which he has given much thought. lie isn strong ivoeato of freo coinage. . A prominent politician who is generally impar tial says that all the populists, half tho re publicans and 90 per cent of the democrats in North Caroliua favor the free coinage of eilver. Great interest is taken in tho pro posed democratic silver convention that prominent politicians have called. Forelgu. Tho German torpedo boat, S. 41, capsized ana sant in tne JNortn bea inursday. Tnir. teen of her crew were drowned. A Shanghai dispatch says that official re ports show that there have been 40,000 deaths from cholera in Pekin duriDg the present month. The Convert of Kibordonea village in the province of Turin, has been partially de stroyed by fire. Eight women perished and four others were severely injured. The emperor of Germany revieved the troop3 at Mayence last week after which he addressed the officers, saying: "Always re member that we must bo strong in order to preserve peace, and also that the stronger we are the more respect others will have for us." In London the coroner'sjury investigating the murder of Mrs. Reynolds and her three children at Mansfield, on August 11th, Sun day, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Henry Wright, a lodger in the Rey nolds' house. Wright s abbod tho woman and threo childreu, set lire to the house, and unsuccessfully attempted suicido. 4 Crime. At Omaha, Nek, the Union Pacific train robbers have plead guilty and been sen tenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Chas. Postulka, a New York butcher, murdered his wife with a butcher knife while he was in a jealous rage because, as he claimed, his wife hail wronged him. In rittsburg, Ta., Alex Hutchinson shot James Getty, Jr.. in the latter's wholesale liquor hous"'. Getty was removed to the hospital, where he died shortly after. llf.fkiah Roberts, a young farmer at But ler, Ky., cut his wife's throat and then cut his own. He died instantly. His wife is fatally hurt. He is supposed to have been insane. The bloody de.l was witnessed by iheir three childreu, aged from 1 to 4. Fires. In Lowell, Mass.. a Are started in the large ftore-house of the Tremont and Suffolk Mills, in Little Canada. The building was of wood, and 10,000 bales of cotton were MorM in it. Probably 3,000 bales were damaged and ttiej whole lot thoroughly drenched. A conservative estimate places the loss at about f 60,000. Judicial. Judge Thaver, at Philadelphia, rendered an opinion on Friday deciding that the city could take the liberty bell to the Atlanta Ex position. A suit for damages has been filed in tho United States Court by Mrs. Kate Smith, a resilient of New York", against the city of Jacksonville, Fla,, for 10.000, for injuries sustained bytipping and falling while cros sing Main strct in May, 1304. while the street was torn up, preparatory to paving. Judge P.isofT in the New York Court of Common rieas, handed down a decision holding that the provision of Chapter 370, of the laws ol ipto. enuiifM -an act ior uib in corporation of an association for th im provement of the hreM of horses and to regulate the same, and to establish a State racing association," to be within the scope of the constitution against the authorization of any kind of gambling, and therefore un constitutional. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. During tho prevalence of a squall and hard rain on the St. Clair river near Rarys ville, Mich., a rowboat containing four per sons was upset and all were drowned. Washington. Acting Internal Revenue" Commissioner Wilson has issued instructions to collet-tors of Internal revenue, extending the time from September 1st to October 1st in which claims lor BUgar bounty may be filed. Hon. Matt. W. Ransom arrive.! in Wash ington Friday and appeared at the State De- Krtment, where he took the oath of office fore a notary public to enable hira to re assnme the duties of the Mexican mission. Mr. Ransom's suspended salary will be re sumed from the date of the oath. MAC.ARA PFT TO WORK. The Mammoth Falls Now Furnish Electric Motive Power for Factories. After almost five years' wcrk and the ex penditure of over t3,000,0M the Niagara has finally been harnessed, and the power, gen erated by the monster 5,000-horse power dynamos of the Cataract Construction Com pany, is now sending out electricity for com mercial use. The first power was delivered to the works of the Pittsburg Reduction Company, at Niagara Falls, on Tuesday morning, when dynamo No. 2 in the con Etruction company a power house was set in motion. was ii ixotox LEtren. The Nicaragua Canal Commission Re port. The Muddled Kentucky Campaign t Our Regular Correponient. The official report of the government en gineer commission which, In accordance with an act of CoDgress, recently went over ( the route of the Nicaragua Tlanal for the purpose of making a minute Investigation of what has been done and what the present plans will require to be done, will not be made public until congress meets, but the main polnt3 of the rep it have become known in a sort of semi-offlcial way. The commission reports the general plan upon which the Canal company ha3 been working as feasible, but suggests, if the work Is to be completed, a number of minor changes. And, as was generally expected, the commis sion repoits that the estimates of the cost ot the work which have been submitted to Con gress were ridiculously low. According to the estimates of the commission it will re i quire not les3 than $115,000,000 to complete j the canal. $70,000,000 wa3 the estimate ol the Canal Company. England wants to be let Into the control of the Canal, if this gov ernment is to build it, and when the matter Tomes up ia Congress some lively speeches rnay be looked for on that subject. tho anti-silver democrats of Kentucky want Secretary Carlisle to come out and I make some more speeches in the campaign, 'but the Secretary doesn't take kindly to the idea. Having succeeded in his fight to con trol the platform adopted by the State con vention he is loth to enter upon a new con test which he might lose. A close personal friend of Se-retary Carlisle say3 nothing short of a personal request from President Cleveland will cause Secretary Carlisle to get himself mixed up in that muddled Ken tucky campaign. The politicians regard Senator Quay's per sonal triumph in j'ennsylvania as having a very important bearing upon the republican sido of the Presidential campaign. It will give Mr. Quay control of the Pennsylvania delegations to tho nominating convention, which probably means that the solid vote of the State will bo cast for Reed. With the immense vote of Pennsylvania to start with and the shrew manipulations of Senator Quay iIics-3 politicians think that Mr. Reed will go into the convention with excellent prospects of capturing the nomination. These predictions Hre based upon Senator Quay's declaration for Mr. Reed some time Ho. Politicians have been known to change their mind.?, and even if Quay. wa3 really for Reed when he taid he may not befot him now, or if he wa3 for him now he might not be for him when the convention meets. Nothing is more uncertain than politics. TIIK PKOGUAMME ANNOUNCKO. Arrangements Made for the Dedica tion of Chickamuugit Park. At Chattanooga, Tenn., the general com mittee on the Chickamauga park dedication Lssuedits official programme as follows: Friday September 13th, Saturday Septem ber 14th, Sunday September 15th, Monday September lOth and Tuesday September 17th, the members of the reception and entertain ment committees will meet all incoming trains previously advised and conduct visi tors to the oflleo of the committee where they will be .assigned quarters. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday there will be steamboat excursions on the Tennes see river ami excursions by train each day to tho Chickamauga battle field. Wednesday, September ly-.h Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland at tho court house at 10 o lock a. m . The annual orf tion will be delivered by General Charles II. Manderson before the Society of the Army of tho Cumberland on the uight of that day. There will also be reunions of other societies on that day. Thursday, September 19th As announced by the secretary of war the eeremony of ded icating the Chiekamanga park will takej lu e at the park on yuodgrass hill at noon Sep tember T.tth. Orations will be delivered by G'-neral John M. Palmer, of Illinois aud General John P. Gordon, of Georgia. Friday, September 20th The exer.ises will begin at noon in the city of Chattanoo ga. The orators will be General Williaui Rate, of Tennessee, and General Charles II. Grovenor. of Ohio. The secretary of war also anncmees that meetings will also be held on th" nights of September l'Jfh and 20th (Friday and Siturday) in the large tnt to be erected near the custom House, tnespe. cial feature of which are not yet entirely ar ranged. S'cretary Lumout has appointed General J. S. Fullerton a. grand marshal of ceremonies at the dedication of the park. The local exc-utive committ.'e has a rang ed for a grand military review in Chattanoo ga nt 10 oVIock on the morning ol t.eptem ber 20!h to bo participated in by the organ ized troops present on that occasion. There will number K.O00 or more. Tweuty-tlve hundred United States soldi -r? will go into encampment at the park next week. MYSTERIOUS RAILROAD WRECK. A Macon Excursion Train Is Knocked to Pieces. An excursion train on the Southern Rail road consisting of nine ears, filled with Ma con Knights of Fythias and their friends, was wrecked at Tope's Ferry, twelve miles from Macon. The dead are J. A. Kennedy, of Macon, in stantly killed; attempted to jump from bag gage car; was a well known merchant of Ma con. 35 years old. Mrs. C. W. Hancock, wife of Editor Hancock, of Amerieus; was se ated in the coach next to the baggage car, died half an hour after the n-'eident. The cause of the accident cannot 1-e deter mined. Vi.e President W. H. Baldwin, Chief Engineer Hudson and his assistants in spected the track and eoul i find no reason for the accident. In shaking of it Mr. Baldwin said: -It is evident to all who examined the wre'k that the engine wheels and drivers are in perfect condition; the engine is not damage,!. Every tie was in good condition and the track in perfect gauge and elevation. The woolen culvert was not broken down by the tdow of the eneine. The timbers were sund and in good condition. The track has not been touched since the accident at the point where the engine left the rail and all trains have passed over it. The cause for the accident is entirely beyond us." The Knight's Templar Conclave. The third session of the 26th Triennial Con clave of Knights Templar dosed at Boston, Mass., on Thursday. Pittsburg, Pa., was selected as the place, and the second Tues day in October, 1898. as the time for the next meeting. Eminent Sir Wm. Larue Thomas was elec ted Grand Master. Grand Generalissimo, Eminent Sir Henry B. Stoddard, ot Texas; Grand Captain General, Very Eminent Sir George M. Moulton, of Illinois; Grand Senior Warden, Very Eminent Sir Henry W. Rugg. of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Grand Senior Warden, Very Eminent Sir Wm. B. VeliehoICbio. SCALPERS CAUGHT. ' Jfew Orleans Ticket Broken Were 1 i Working a Great Scheme. The firm of Barnett & Wenar, ticket bro kers, doing buinew on Canal street, New Orleans, hare for some time been giving evi dence that the firm was engaged in a boora i ie g business. For months past the Southern Pacific railroad has been quietly investigat ing the travel to and from points in which jit ia Interested. There was a great passen ger business, but somehow the revenues did not compare with the number of tickets sold. Evidently something was wrong and ;the company tried every plan to unearth the : mystery without success. The more it was investigated the more apparent it became tthat a gigantic fraul was being perpetrated On the Southern Pacific, i Finally new Southern Pacific tickets were printed and quickly distributed in all sec tions where it appeared the fraud waa being , worked. A. minute check mark on these new tickets was the only difference between them and the old issue. The special agent t of the company at tid point then begun to look for bogus tickets. One ticket lacking the check mark turned up and with this clew the special agent son run the trail down. .The conspirators offered the agent $25,000 if ! he would simply kep his mouth shut and let things run along as they had been run ning for so long. He figured out that while he felt sure he had his own case dead to rights, a successful prosecution might fail if the evidence of fraud were not strengthened by more conclusive proof. He asked them .for time to consider the offer aud laid tbo scheme before the railroad company officers. With their approval heapparently penrttted himself to be made a party to the fraudulent practices, but beaa to colle t evidence of the guilt of the conspirators. Saturday the case was ripe au'l Barnett A Wenar, tf 'ket brokers, were arrested and the printers of the tickets and all concerned will be made parties to a fraud ot surpassing interest and Ool ssal proporti-uiA which can only be ad judicated by the United States court. liar net t A Wenar were brought befuro United States Commissioner Wright and placed un der 12.000 bonds for their appearance b foro the United States court on the charge of us ing the mails for fraudulent purposes. Private telegrams from N?w Yotk stale that Clarence Barnett, another member of tho firm, was arr'st"d there and 4,003 of the fraudulent tickets wro found in his posses sion. This case ba3 cau3od a great sensation. THE VOLUME OF BUSINESS Surprises Even the Optimists. The Hlg Corn Crop. Bradst reefs report for the past week says. The concluding week of August surprise even the more optimistic, with a striking in crease in the volume of business with jobber in staple linea at eiich centers as New York, Baltimore, Boston. Chicago, St. Louis, Kan sas City, St. Paul. Minneapolis and to a more moderate extt-nt, at distributing points id Siuth Atlantic and Gulf States, among them Charleston. Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville, Birmingham nnd Dallas In dry goods, millinery, shoes, hats, clothing nnd groceries, the autumn demand is making iti-If felt, with tho prospect for a further improvement in immediate succeeding weeks. The total volume of general trade for the summer has been lagcr tha i in 1S0-J, and in many instances hiirin 1S'J3. with the out look to-day for even a Itetter demand than many had ant i-i paled. The upward and on ward impulse of this week is noticeable. All winter lines of goods have felt an improved request, nnd manufacturers and jobbers in dry goods, hardware aud groceries announce the receipt of many orders for September delivery. Even in Texas, where at the south the State has suffered from drought, and at the north from continuous rains.and where the cotton crop is to be short in consequence, country merchants report a better feeling in all lines and a fair demand from wholesalers. Cotton is rising as if there were no sur plus of 3.000.000 bales American carried over to the new crop which begins next week. Whether exaggerated or not, reports of inju ry have impressed traders, and purchase in three days have amounted to 955,800 i nles. The price has advanced to 8.1'i cents, and as there is no large supply of actual cotton available at this tim', the maiket price can be easily moved. Bnt if the yield is as short as buyers believe, it is not a good sign for business at the South, since the abundance of old cotton in foreign markets must hinder exports at higher prices duriug the very months in which planters are forced to sell most of their product. Already dispatches indicate that the retail trade at many Southern pointsisslack. The volume of domestic trade is but slightly bet ter than in the previous week, exceeding last year's by per cent, against 16.3 for earlier weeks of the month, aud falling 8.1 per cent, below ls'.ti. against 'J.l in earlier weeks. Railroad earnings in August have been hardiv 3 per cent, larger than last year, but IB 3 per cent, smaller than in 1892, the loss of Grangers and Southwestern roads being large.' Tonnage east-bound from Chicago was lst;,7:; in lour weeks of August, 19I.7SS last year, and 207.W5 in 1S92. Failures "in the three weeks of August show l:aiiiitie .if .".,.? 9, 3i. manufacturing $3,517,177, an I tra-iing i 2.H02.JS'. In the same weeks Ia.-t year li.abilit ie were 8.211. 470. manufacturing t2,N5.33S and trading 83.SS4.411. I':. Hares for the week have l-cen 1st; in the United Stat'- against 19C last year, and 42 in Canada against 40 last year. A Mother Loses 4 Children. Rattler Kills 3 and Haby Drowns. At Sullivan, Mo., three children of a widow named Jenkins, while at play, went to a rather out of the way place near the barn to gather eggs. One child thrust its hand into what he supposed was a nest and hastily withdrawing it. exclaimed that the hen had pecked its hand. The either children put their hands in with the same result, and then set up a loud cry. The mother on hearing the children U-came excited and ran to the three children, who it seems ha I b'en bitten bv a rattN-snake. During theex-ite-ntent the hit!" l- iby which the mother ha I left at tire w ;i Ml into th- water and drown ed. Tne three ..tier children also die 1. Stoves to Come Higher. Saturday right the Chattauooga, (Tenn.,) stove works shut down its plant, telling its employees that there would be no further work for them until the price of stoves went up This com pan v emplovs 100 men. and this action will be followed by stove manu facturers all over the South. The reason as sisted is that the rapid and sudden jumps In the prices of iron had not enabled them to accommodate the stove market to the in creased cost ot material. Circulars an nouncing a concerted rise in stove will be sent out this week to the trade by all South ern makers. Killed liv Hi Ono Rrlck. Li Cairo. Ill-, whde Jacob Hl-ia. an ejt-r.-Sive trick maafA-turer. was walking through the yr l "u Mon-la?. a Ilia con taining a ha.lf million of bri:if-!l buryiac him beneath thoavi-ls of I r:-k h-M.-1 el most to a ruvlt -u st-,t. TUo C.. w r--burned from his bo ly an 1 th- iWn from Ids bones, Ha was 65 years of age. The Cotton Supply. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,39 4,73S k., of whl ;h 2,100.53 bales are Am-ri ia. aiiust 2.0Jj,5,s4 bah-s an 1 1,59.41 bah s rer-Tctivcly iast year. Re eeipts of ct.ttoa l'1"1 wk at ay Interior t jwi S.S.'0 1 ab-s. RecHpts from the planta tions t,2- bales. THE SOUTH BOOMING. A Noticeable Sign is the Expansion ot The Steamship Service. The Manufacturers R?cord, in ita weekly review of Southern business interests, says that one of the noticeable signs ot the times id the rapid- expansion of steamship service between Southern ports and Europe. Dur ing the last few diys a number ot important announcements have been male for new steamship lines; one from Norfolk to Ham burg, one from Fensa'ola to Liverpool, one from New Orleans to Colon, and the organi zation of a company to run regular steam ship lines from Qalveston to several Euro pean ports. Among other notable events for the week were the sale of 25,000 tons of Alabama iron to Carnegie for steel makiag purposes. One steel plant is now under construction in Alabama; part of the material has been or dered for another and the capital is now being raised for building a third; Indicating that Alabama is soon to take an active posi tion in steel making. New cotton enterprises for the week In clude a 1250,000 company to build a. mill at Anderson, S. C. ; a Unen mill at Louisville, Ky.; a cotton mill at Toeoa, Ga.; one at Midville, Ga.; one at Bessemer City, N. C: two cotton compresses In Arkansas"; a cotton oil mill in Louisiana; a cotton compress In Mississippi; compress companies and a cot ton gin company in Texas. Other enterprises for the week include a $100,000 fertilizer company in F.orida;two coal mining companies and a water works in Kentucky; water works in Tennessee; a hay press company in Texa; a tobacco company and iron works in Virginia; coal mines and oil companies in West Virginia. In addition to these there were a number of improve ments reported to enterprises now in opera tion, while several furnaces In the South are getting ready to blow in. Death of Octavlus Coke Octavius Coke, Secretary of State, died at bis Lome at Raleigh on Friday after five weeks illness of typhoid fever, during nearly all of which time he was delirious. lie was born at Williamsburg, Va., in 1841, his father being a wealthy planter there. At the beginning of the wnr Le entered tho Confederate service and served gal lantly throughout tho war, attaining the rank of captain. He was severely wounded at Sharpsburg. He became a lawyer soon after the w ar and located at Edenton, N. C, where he married Mise Elizabeth Wood. In 1876 ho was elected State Senator. In 1879 be married Miss Kate Fisher, and made Raleigh his home, be coming a planter as v?U. In ISSOho was elected Democratic State Chair man and thereafter was always a lead ing figure in State politics. In 1891, on the death of Wm. L. Saunders, Governor Fowlo appointed him Secre tary of State to till the vacancy and the following year he wasnuaniinotibly nominated by his party and elected. His funeral took place from Christ Episcopal Church, of vhich he was a member, on Sunday afternoon. Ihe council of state adopted the following resolution: "That, in the death of Octavius Coke, we, his asso ciates in the executive department of the State of North Carolina, have lost an able counsellor aud a warm friend and the State, a faithful and distin guished officer and we tender to his family our sincere sympathy in their great affliction." TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Will Deliver the Opening Address. Judge Emory Sp er, ot the United States Court for the S juthern District of Gaorgia, has a-vepted tho invitaion to deliver the opening address at the Cotton States and In ternational Exposition. Ia his I 'Iter to President Collier Judge Sp ; r says: "I Vg you to convey to the boa d my high sense of the honor they have conferred. I accept with pleasure their invitation, so kindly and cordially supported by your own expressions. Indced, I am unaff.-cte lly happy to bo con nected with an occasion auspicious for Geor gia and the South, and instinct with the vitality and patriotism of your great, broad minded municipality." The Buckeye Marble Mills at McMillan's Station, Tenn., was burned. Loss. 10,000; fully covered by insurance. Libertyville, a small town thirty-five miles from Chicago, narrowly escafwl total de struction by fire Saturday morning. Fifteen buildings burned. Loss. $75,000. At Hogansville. Ga., Mr. W. N. Sims sold the first bale of new cotton on Saturday evening at 10' cents. The first bale of this season's cotton re ceived this year at Opelika, Ala., was brought in by Mr. T. A. Whatley. of B?at 7. It was classed as middling, and brought 7 cents. In Ihe delta region of Mississippi boll and army worms and caterpillars are playing havoc, with the cotton. The farmers are flgbtiug them with Parisgreen and poisons. At Central City, Col., the accidental flood ing of the Ameri 'us and Sleepy Hollow mines caused the death of sixteen miners by drowning. Statement from Mr. SpofTord. In viex of th? constructions that hive l-ecn plRced upon Mr. Spoffcrd's statement that he recently paid to the treasury a sum of f 22.400 on his accounts, the librarian of Corigpjjf-deires that th following explana tion may be mad public; H state- that the payment was what he had found to be the approximate balance bet ween two accounts the tre.asury owing him for several month ly disbursements of library salaries, and he owing the treasury copyright fees, the ad justment of which had been delayed by his engrossment in pressing labors, preventing close scrutiny an 1 prompt balancing of ac count. During the entire time of this de lay, running from October 193. he had con tinued to jtay in tne treasury every two or three months, eopvright fees to the amount of over 955,000 in lo?4 and 105, exclusive of the 1 22.400 referred to. This was the plain state of the case, delayed adjustment of ac counts and not a shortage, as has been widely represented. He distinctly disclaimed that the recent deposit was to make good any wrongful withholding of moneys due to the goverameut, How to Get Small HUM. At Washington.actlng UnilM State Treas urer Heline sent this noU'W to the a-L-tant United States treasurer at New York : "Tor deposits of gold coin or United States notes, in nuns or 1500 or multiple th-reor, made with the assistant treasurer of the United States in New York, hk sums of iper currency (leas charges tor transcora on at bankers express rates) of the denom inations ot t5, to 10 and $20, or of the de nominations of tl and 2, as available at tha time of application, will be ser.t by express to the order of the depository from the treas ury at Washington. For deposits made early in tha day the remltanea will go for ward the same day. Captain Thomw L. H-nry, the once noted rueml'.a of Kentucky, will soon become a preacher. NORTH STATE CULLINGS. COLORED STATE CONVENTION. One Called to Sleet September nth. The Call Presents Hilt of Charges. A call for a negro Stats convention has been issued, the date Wing Sep tember 11th, It says that the negroes have certain things they desire to say to the people of the State generally along the lines of industrial, educa tional and political welfare, and be lieve the present to be the most oppor tune time to give expression to their desires, it being between elections and a time free from political excitement. It is asserted that it will be the most important gathering of negroes that has taken place 6ince th?ir freedom. They desire to say to the politicians of the State hat they should do for the negroes, who compose three-fourths of the voting population of the Repub lican party. The call says: "We desire to nse that vote intelli gently, so that the results of our voting may redound in benefit to the whole race, rather than to a few men who at tempt to lead our race to get places f-r themselves. We want a larger appro priation for colored schools. We want a colored man appointed or nominated to some office of dignity or honor in the State. We want an equal distribution of the smaller offices among colored and white alike. We realize that if we leave this matter to the average politician we can never get tho recognition demanded. Now is the time to speak in no uncertain way, so that those who expect our votes will give us consideration. We have been voting thirty years, and although the men we vote for get elected, wo are not benefited. The only way of remedying this evil, is in union and the expression of the best eeutiment of our people in the State." THE STATE'S FIRST NEW RALE. It Was Sold at Morvcn, Anson County, and Drought 8 Cents. A new bale of ooiton, the first in the State, was sold atlorven on Thurs day. It weighed 558 pounds and brought 8 cents. It was raised by Steve WeBt on J. Ij. Pratt s place. J. M. Hardison wai the buyer. September Cotton Short. The September cotton report will not be so good as that of August, bo it was officially learned at the Agricul tural Department. The persistant low ering of the average of condition forces the conviction that the crop will be short for the amount of land in cnlti vation and also short in the number of acres needed. It is said that cool nights have done a great deal to cause the falling off. 4 The Lexington Cotton Mill is work ing over time to keep up with orders. All the machinery for the largo new Sterling Cotton Mill at Franklinton has been ordered. A new cotton mill j is to be built at Newton, Maj. Finger being one of the principal frtockhold- ers. New mills are to be built within a few months at Salisbury and Hillsboro. Three new mills are now in process of construction at Burlington. Mr. Ed Chambers Smith states that he has received some thirty letters from prominent men regarding the call for a silver convention, sent out bv him four days ago. The letters state that at least 80 per cent, of the people in their sections favor free coinage of silver. Rich payingdirt has been discovered in the Reed mine, Cabarras county. panning out $135 a ton. This is the famous mine out of which tho largest nucruet of cold ever found was taken just after the war. The Governor offers a reward of $100 for the arrest of Arthrr Tnttle, who brutally murdered Henry Carr, col ored, while the latter, a manacled prisoner, was in his custody in Mont gomery county. The police census of Charlotte has just been finished and the city is shown to have 19.853 people. The number of whites is 10.857; of Marks 8,726, making the majority of the white pop ulation 2,131 . . By the premature explosion of a dynamite bomb on the Yorkvilie road, near Concord, one of the laborers had his eye blown out and a six foot drill driven entirely through his arm. The lease of the North Carolina Railroad to the Southern was recorded at Raleigh on Thursday in the office of the register of deeds. The Lumberton Robesonian received an open cotton loll as early as Wed nesday of last week. At the Egypt coal mine, in Chat ham county, three hundred tons a day are being taken out. DECLARE FOR FREE SILVER. Protection and Reciprocity. Utah Re publican Convention. The republican convention for the nomina tion of state senators end the representa tives of Salt Lake county and the election of debnrat- for the state and jodleUl conven tions were h-l I at Stlt Lake. Klutioos in favor of ff" and unlimited coinage of silver, protection and reciprocity and wo man's buCrage were adopted. A Woman's Sufi rage Deellon In Ftnh. At&altLake, Utah, the Territorial Su preme Court rendered Its decision on the woman's suffrage question, bedding that only male citizens are entitled ti rote oa the aloption or rejection of the Sttti eonit-j-tionaud for the firrt State offlrwi. The basis for this d-ewiou. a tatd by ta ro-Kt. was that the El-nun 1-Tii-Kr a-t. whih dt-,fraa:hiI womea iu the T-mtvry of Utah, H still in f rc ari l a;plici'de ua'ilit in r-;-wlt-d or the Territory actually b-vro3 ablate. Aiuociate Ju&tice Klo. diiee-iii-.-d. AUGUST CROP CONDITIONS. The Geaeral Conditions Remain About as Indicated In July. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture, has just published in the Angust Bulletin the followingeummary of the condition of the croi in this State compiled from data sent in by the thousand cor rpon dents daring the month. It will be noted that some improve ments are reiottcd, but the general condition remains nlont at in July. The climatic conditions since the Jnlr report have been in the main entirely favorable, over the State, and this fact has relieved to sonio extent appre beiisions on the part of some farmers. indulged a month ago. Bat, as to . conditions per haj-s luce shows the leat progress; in deed it is reported 1-2 of a point bo low its July record, which was 81 1-2, but there is time yet for this crop to come out. Corn. This crop has improved since last report about four- foints, standiug now At 93. In this report it is but fair to admit that it is a normal condition. Some nutlriti s think tho prosicct above normal. Iu addition to the question as to condition of th crops, it was asked what acrebgo had been seeded, compared with average years, and tin gratifying returns indi cated by 103 i 10, f lions that a larger planting has characterized this year. which meatiH that our people are go ing back to the old and safe method of long ago taising homo supplies. Cotton. fhis crop, reported lat month at 75; the Washington report made.it 74; and now for August tho returns make it 74 1-2 as tho average condition. The icrsifdently low aver- ago or condition, forces the conviction that the crop will be short for tho amount of land in cultivation, and also short in tho number of acres seeded, as indicated in the first rcu t of this season's crop. Tobacco. Hero again wo have the same condition reported for August obtained in July SO. This coudition is hard to explain, phmuup tectums re port the crop fully nornnd. Iield Teas. Ibis crop is repre sented in figure at S'J. 1 ho condition seems remarkably low, and no com plaint of any kind is repotted to ac count for it. Sweet Potato. The picsent con dition of this valuable crop is stated at 811-2. Low as thisnppurs, we an ticipate no waut in this direction. 1'eanvts are repoited at 85, which gives promise of fair crop. SoKOin-M is reported a little better, 87 3-4, which is not far from tho exact condition. Cahbame. This valuable crop is re ported, present condition, at DO, which is about normal. Irish I'otaloes. The condition of the late planted crop is reported at 84 1-3. This crop should receive more attention from our farmers. Fbcits Apples 7D; peaches 77; grapes 89. CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBLE For the Lives Lot lu the Collapsed Hullding. The coroner'sjury which has been investi gating the collapse of the Ireland building, corner of West Broadway and West Third streets, New York, three weeks ago. were on Friday charged by the coroner and retired at 11:45 o'clock a. m. to consider their ver dict. The coroner concluded bis charge as ' follows: 'The question for you to decide U, what was the primary cause and could It have been avoided and the liv of theie men saved' If it could have been, then It U your duty to designate by name every person who you may deem culpable of either negligence, carelessness. Incompetency or indifference. The Jury held the following men respon sible for the death of those who were killed In the collapsed building: John Parker, Thomas Walker, CharW B, Behrec a, Thomas Murray, Edward J. You- Joseph Oulder and John K. Scllerk were exonerated by the Jury. The collapse, tbeiury sayt. wa caused f 'InsufLclent foundation, end that the middle olrinn was weakened .y i-'ini: aiove lu old dJtern. The iron work ol the oi l bulH lng was defective. A NEW STAR ON THE FLAG, j The Forty-Fifth, Representing Utah, Ordered to be Added. Another star, the forty-fifth, is to be added to the flag. The new star will represent Utah and the order for its addition to the national colors was Issued by Br-tary La mont on Tuesday. The tr will be placed to the right of the fourth row from the top. The order for the addition of the star Is aecomianied by one change in the size of colors. Heretofore the standard has be a six feet by five. The new order mkr the regulation abyt five ft six inches by four b five Inch The order provl-W for the new colors to be bwued to all Infantry, artil lery and the tttalionji of engineers and aUo for new standards for ail cavalry. I'Ub will not attain statehood until the 4th day of next July, bat ail Sags hereafter contracted for and Usoed wiil contain the star hraidiag the admbtrtioD of that Territory into the Union of the United States.. cotton ;oix; Dowr. Deports of the Break In the Trs Drought Marted the IWIine. The New York cotton mark-t ha l on Fri day a abarp fl actuation la a wil I, f-v-rtv. way. The drought waa broken ia Texas ao I In some sections there henry rain are ported. This waa at the bottom f the p en sure to sell. It affected, flrt. the New O leana market to a sharp decline. Then N' York found a large number ot selling order and began to move downward. The fluctua tions were about 30 dolnU. An enormot bosiaeas waa done with selling and bayier orders coming in extensively. The sab reached over 515.000 bales. Price wri much unsettled, with about 10 to 12 point, decline. Prices and Wage Advanced. Advicej revived from B ruiiaghim J. te thU the To oesae Coat, Iron ani U iilra?.! Company advanced the price of I Iron fifty cent per toa for aU gra 1-u au. wages are accordingly alvanee l 21-2 eeni prtonto eoal miner. Ciii wining in tb Bir.uiugham district is now at the cigh.f prioo paid for three year. r V