North Carolina Newspapers

M ARION ECORB. JUL "A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER. VOL. I MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1895. NO. 37. E !N V ' KMKRPRISE3. j0,ith Has Raised a ICemarkably I n Crop and Supply of Lar? lro lIons. , t'lrr 5 r.fleord la Its weakly :,Tj'LrQ business conditions, fiiing off in the cottoa croD ; It? ...lw;!h lait year, will ht more u--r . . t,r count:la;acea uym great increase i m'.'.k tii crop u cringing, com- L-,i lt year's. :i to this, the Bouth bu raised a i-irg corn crop, and an abun- . f provisions and dlTersifled thus putting th6 farmers ol t -ttr condition than for mm 7 .1 intre?ts continue actlre and t"k a number of enterprises : ,!' . The Union Mills finm- r inning 13,000 spindles, at Union, j.iuM a new mill to be equiDDed ' .r, '4. -Hi.'! jti'ii"? and l,20 looms at an -t "f ovor 1500,000. v (i ;k company is figurine on the ( . '")), 000 mill In the Mouth. A ! "rga'ii.d at Ooldsboro, v ',' , V .'' ''i -f;.jtl to purchase and , . i'l mill. A 575.000 company j . ; ...', rvn:i-' d Ht Wiiinsboro, 8. C. ' k y ,r. c,i..i ...ion compress company has .... , -I in Louisiana, and a cylin- u , tt'"i ''omprhing company In ,. m :;i'-rj.ii-!03 reported for tfa 1 .-.'". ""0 s-Jii rt nud pants factory ,z :. ; 1. Mi., uiii'diiufl shops and press--..in Hamo Rtate; a $250,000 I ' ... ; .,v, ! 10,000 tannery, a f25,000 , ,. , , :: . , . .M.r.;u.y, n $10,000 electric-light ,: , 1 j' ,'' " 1 pl'ii.'i'u-rtiltivatlnfi compa , . ',.') f-rti!i.r company in Flor , :.?!'.' K' pap-r f.'t-tory and naval stores , , , . i .r(-i-i; a fiO.OOO bicycle com : 1. .- .inii'i, and a $22,000 waterworks J k- ic-irie-light plant and water is. ippl; 'i f:i0,000 cooperage , rv. 1:1 . :. '. I'm.-", and a lumber plant 1 1 :!.; two coal and coke com - ,w;i i-VM.OOO and $G00,000 capital . i r - t i v 1 v in Texas, and a (10,000 - ,i npauy and a $10,000 cottoa : r -- 'iiirHuy. MAIltMA SILVKIt DEMOCRATS. Our ."on r llieni father In Kir-miii-li tm. 1; (o 1 Kesolutlons wcrv Adopted. " ' i 1 'inir.'-iit pilvt-r Democrats at ' ! Silvr D"inocr.itic confer- .' r. 1 .n';.;ii rii, Ala., on Wednesday 1 '. ' 1 v.'. Smf..rd was mado Tresideut. ' ' 1 '' , -n i'"r I'nli in a ppoordi cn Ir l.i;. , nf-r-n-M'. Ho predicted that I ' '- ''.' 1 ' '-'' nvM.-a.' will dedar- 1 ' '' "i ! 'ti. 11 to maintain tho fold : '' 1 "' ''"Mmt prr.lirts that tho i,xt I '' 1 '' ' N ..,nv. i,ti,Ji, will duny ' " 1,1 ' 11 '" S-ii.-.tor Mr-an, ' ' " ' '' l;',Kl,. f,. H..I,l,j:H and Stnl ',' 1 ; ' "! I'' "'"i'i";it turn sl0kc, nil rn- 1 ' ' ..11 ri--.i. Kirns rpoi-to,l Ja , ', ' " " .'.dd and silver ' ' ' ': distrj. t an. I tlvo , ''" : w.i.s p.i:,t..,l ;' 11 ' ": ! ;' ih'i" v, il! j -1 1 ..n f,,,t "' ' I' I' "II ! it t i - - rllll-S ' ' ! I ' " ' ' Ml Hi;- St.itr .Hid '"' '' "' ': "'r '"'ni'-l ..f tlu . , " 'ii n;-. i -i i .:-i;tn,- manv '' ' " I' ' Al.i'.airm. i Ol'l ON MOVKMKNT Mi M.iil:t Into Slsht 10.1,934 -aiii-t I c.-,, '2-l'Jt liast Vear. :i--i: ....11011 ox'hanK Ptatomnt: : ; iii.vriin-nt fmni Si'pt.'nibcr 1st 1 r '''ill iii'dusivo: I'ort receipts a no n.t I0H.K21 last year, C2.202 'i-i. an.! '.iT.ijij fur the same time '! ind mills and Canada 1,774 1 ' V'i-i v...-ir. 5.071 year l.'f.r '' 1 ' ' )..r lh' same lim in 1S02; in- 11 ''v.s of S -.t..:nt,..r 1st. M,7t& '. 1 1 I 1 I v;ir, 7..'i7'.t in year l.rfrre :' i'. I.'i' tin- samH lime in 1 !;; . 1 1 .1 s ihi;s :t 1 .7 JO against 31.252 ' -' . 1 1 .-ar l...f,,,. last, and 2i:.'.4 1 1 ii- in is:j; ,r..p l.roni;lit into 1 ' . 1 : .lavs ,,f Si.ptniif.fr, 10.V.NU I"' I 'l l-1 v.ar. 10 1 ill,; vi.;ir l..l..r.. ( rnp 1 1 l'r tin- sani" time in ISiri, it., si-ht f..r thf week 72,31 '. ii7.iil7 year l.-fore last, Hiul ime time in 1h;ij. SFAB'AIID AIR LIE B. R. M'AV LINK. ""v r lo fliailottc, Uftlc:;h, Wil l: ; Uihnond, Norfolk, Washing '3. I'Mltimoit. and the East. Also to ' 1 New Oilcans and all points in T'Vi i l l the Southwest. Memphis, Kv,, (;,,. i, nvcr and all point3 in !e;r it UVt. F ". Mii., Folder?, Tim; Tables and A,M it.tr write to H. A. NEWLAND, Gen. Trav. Pass. Agent, ChVlottc, N. C. If Mki n C, C. &. C. 6 45 a m " h til. tte S. A. L. 11 50 a m A-r velluhih ' 6 00 pm WiMuington 44 6 25 p in Ailwti 44 ;3 00 pBt p A. Nkwi.and, T. J. Akdubok, T. 1'. c, A. G.P.Agt L. C. BIRD Antt and Counsellor at Law. Ma-ion, - N. O. Putins in all courts, Stato and Fed-tri'- Spceial attention given to inTet. t'evi"-' !ad titles and collecting claims. &0:ri e on Main street. R . J. BURCIN, Dentist. 1- proft'psional eervice to bie ids and former nitrons of Mn ri"n and virinitv. All work UHutted to be lirt-t class, 1 as reasonable as such work ' be afforded. hi: CD! On:,. bl'Qsite the riemming Honse. Tonsorial, WM. SWEENEY, , r-'-t'cl and Scientific Barber. Ofer ' 'i n .irUrr gtore. Call and see .fc,'"s' 1 rotaise i.itisfaction in all i- SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION. 1 PALMETTO LAW FRAMERS AT WORK On the Ifew Constitution. Summar ized Proceedings. By a vote of 109 to 3 the convention re fimod to inereasy the pay of its members from $2 to 4 pr dio.-rt, iii-tnbr.i taking the Kro'ind that th'-y had committd thpm.selvea to th lowr rate .y l'oomin eandidates un-. dT tne a-t of the l.i-Poure Hxing sneu per di.m. Numerous f"woid'a-j :, wcro Introducel --one providing n foiflrao plan eontaining th same fatiirer, as th Mississippi f.lan with alternative property and other qnalifleatious, another providiu a 12,000 property pialif)e K i-m in eitj.- and towns, another irovidm for divor' .-H for adultery upon eonvi"ti' n l y a j irv, another for thfl re.liition of th tv'; if eoiintief4 to &00 f.pi ire miles, maUiij; the terms of county oni'-ial-i f.eir years, e.-ta'.lishiiur county eoutts and e.-etin eoimty ju An effort was made to eommitthe eonven tion affainst eonsid- rin a.pli. ations for the formation of m"v ,.,, ,,t, s i,t it failed. Tho eoiirities of the f-TaTe are abnormally lArft and the oM eoi- -titation r-M-lerin their pnt divisiot; attnost impi -ti' M1.!.-, on neeount of il.s provision: as to area, there is a strong l.l..y seeking th" ereaiion of many new eoniities. The thin) day's .session of th constitution al eonvention oeeupi.-d only an hour aud a half and th.-re was no'liiii of f-p.-ejal interest i'he.ro Imus. M...4 n( tin work was inen ly of a routine rhara ter. At the end new otdiiianees were i nt md need. Provision a. ina le, after a wrangle, for the etahlisl ment of lather a inmpi" eniossin depart ment. T. K. .Miller, the colored Congress man rif a f. w vear-atro. ples-lited a Contest on behalf of the m-ni delegation from Wil ha'i sl.ii 1 con nt y. whi'di was referred to the committee on sullrae. Col. K jlx rt Aid-ii-h int rod need a complete constitution whi.-h was n f.-i r' d. It jr, intended to pre vent lier.f-s trom ev n tioldini; an nffl,.,. in He Stale. A'i anti divorce ordinance was nls-. jtlt rodu'-ed. An impoitant oidin.ince vas a' .o pi. .ruled looking to t he prevention of railroad corpora! ion.s from sc u rinx eon iiol of para'P'l and eompetitive lines. IV-n lilhnaii introdii'-.-d an ordinance providing for tlie.sta'.li-hiiieiit of a new ccunty to he .io'.vii as '"Mart Ci iry"' county, in honor of he memory of General Mart Gary. After If adjournment the whole body was photo graphed in front of the capito!. At the third day's session of th Convention home 10 new iTopowition1 were iutrodticed. It is now it etl v Ihoronphly under Mood thit bi-cmiinl HeKsioris of tli Tjeisbiture will be provided for in ftci'd of nnmial scions; that the terno of the State ofiicet.s will bo made fom years instead of two years, ns hereto fore; lhat Kutallcr coiintiea will be pro vided for ; that county courts will b established, and that judges will b elected by the people direct instead o by the Legislature. Vt'hen rule 11, in regard to the rati fication, was reached, 1 he colored mem ber, "Cnnary" Miller, made an eft'oit to have it referred back to the people presenting tho following ameiidmc: ' to bo added to the ml1: "And the sad constitution, after it phnll have received the majority vote of the delegates present, shall lie sub. mitted to the electors of the Htnto o South Carolina for ratification. Tlu vote of rat ificatioii of the people fdial bo taken on tliesooond Tuesday in. Ton nary, 1S'.)m. The vote shall lo tnki) at tho several precincts in each count of the State. ,4l'he form of the ballots to be voted shall be as follows: 'I favor the m v. constitution,' or 'I do not favor tin new constitution.' Mr. Klird inised the poii.t that thit was not the pro or place to present such n provision, 'I he jrocr way to presold it was m Iho lto of an ordi nance later on. Miller said that this appeared to bim to be the only proper place to bring this matter up. A handful of people h id no tilit to act for the whole people and declare that the dor umt nt after they ha I completed draw ing it up, was Hie constitution of th whole people. 'J he pnsident said: "Tha chair will not entertain this in the shape oi an amendatory resolution to the rule, but n a legnlar resolution and refer it to the proper committee." The re solution took the latter course. Mil Ier's effort will be a fruitless one. J. Wm. Stokes introduced an ordi nance to abolish the State Supreme Court, and establish an appellate court consisting of th circuit judges. Senator Tillman introduced an ordi nance providing for small counties, 400 square miles each. The present area is about .C0 square miles each. Mr. l'atton introduced a snfTerHge providing for an educational qualifica tion; a propel ty qualification of $o00, and for the disqualification of no Con federate soldier or son of such. Sev eral ordinances providing for a four years' term of all State officers were introduced. Mr. Hodges nsks for a three mill constitutional ta for edu cational purposes. giving the tax-payer the right to say to what school it shall be devoted. Mr. Farrow, of Charles ton, presents a strong plan for the re organization of the judiciary. Ex-Congressman CJeorge Johnstone presents a ptrong suffrage plan with al ternative property and educationa qualifications. Mr. McCown has intro duced an ordinance, which is against the wishes of Tillman and Irby and the most ardent dispensary advocates, pro viding that the State shall never issue any licenses to individuals or corpora tions to sell liquor, but can provide for its sale under State control. The committee on municipr 1 colo rations reported recommencirg the plural system of voting in cities, c. upled with a female suffrage which allows the women to vote through agents. The legislative committee has decided to allow Charleston county one Senator. Tha committee is tied on the matter of bi-ennial sessions of the General Assembly and favors the four years Unn of office scheme. Tlie convention's proceeding on Satnrday the fifth session, were of tha greatest interest. The old family feel ing eiifctiog for so many years between the Butler and (i iry " families wai brought up in the debate, and George 1. Tillman presented a eulogy on the Btitb'r family that was of such interest and fco impassioned that the large audi ence seemed to hang on his words. The convention has decided to estab lish no new counties, save one, divid ing Edgefield county into two coun ties. There was a lively fight over the matter. Another fight ensued over the naming. Finally "Butler" was settled on as the name of the new county. Many new ordinances and resolu tions were introduced, one important one preserving Jho right of trial by jury for every olfense. The new county is to be named for the famed Butler family of Edgefield of which ex-Senator M. C. Butler is the representative!. The old antagon ism between Generals Butler and Gary wis nt the toot of the light. Con gressman George D. Tillman, in his speech, lull his hearers almost spell bound and old veterans shook his hand when he conclude . He appeared as tho champion of the Butler family, notwithstanding th fact that liis brother and Senator Butler had such bitter fight for th? Senate lastsiimmer. Ben Tillman was not in the hall at the time. Among other things, he said: "But home people from miserable prejudice object to th; naming of this county Butler.' God pity them!" Ho then 'of erred to G.-rural M. C. Butler, and pointed with pri lo to his rooord on the battle-field, in the United States Sennt , and iu every walk of life. Yet now thre is a prejudice "gainst him. One thing the matter with these peo ple who attack him was tint he could not get ollk'e for ull thos wh hound ed him for patronage like hungry dogs after a rabbit. For two years Mr. Tillman was in Washington ai a hermaphhrodite member of Congrc6i, waiting to get iu before ha becj.imj a regular member. He knew Galbraith Butler, and if the man ever did any thing dishonorable or dishonest ha never heard of it. "I hope (with de liberation) that South Carolina 'ill al ways have Senators there bearing equal reputations for honesty and ora tory. I am afraid, ho paused for a moment or two, "I am afraid that there will be some titno before there will be his superior, even his equal tin re." Mr. Tillman then st ited that lie had been shojke I to so an edi torif.1 in the Columbia Register that morning a brutal and ignorant edito rialon this matter of tli3 Butler name. "1 am ashamed," said he, "t hot men live in South Ctrolin who can do this." Tn all this mass of vn founded prejudice it seemed strnnge for him to stand there and tell the gentlemen of that convention of tho listinguished name he wa advocating. It was confounded prejudice, unjust prejudice. The convention aw arded the contract for all its nrinting to Chas. A. Calvo, State printer, despite the fact that other bidders offered to do it for from 10 to f0 per cent less. Miller introduced another ordinance looking to the referring of the consti tution back to the people for ratifica tion. Mr. Patton introduced the following to prevent men from being sent to the penitentiary under the dispensary law without a trial: 'The ri-'ht of trial by jury as it existed at the foundation of this government shall re main for ever in violate a ;d no person, shall be punish.! under cover of pro ;eedings for eont"inpt f injunction or other civil process or in any other manner, for tho doiug of any a-t which by the law of th rand consti tutes a crinie.exeept upon convictions there of by process of law before a jury of hi3 peers." Mr. Gairis introduced an ordinance providing for the appointment of a la bor commissioner. Congressman Stanyarne Wilson presented the following important ordinance: Whereas. I5y the nature of their avocation, the reHt body ol wage-earners are at a preat disadvantage in the protection of their rights of person and property, and the su pervision aud friendly hand of the govern ment is needful in order that th-a conditions of labor may be known, evils disclosed and the cause of their existence discovered and the proper remedies tor their removal ap .plie 1. a healthy system of labor secured and the interest of the laboring olassss advanced; be'it "Resolved, That the General Assembly, at its first session aftr the adoption of thij Constitution, shall create and provide for th 'establishment and maintenance of State .hnroni rf lahor statistics, which shall be u n- 'der the charge of th commissioner of labor statistics, who shall l appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, and, and it shall also prescribe his term of office, powers, duties and compensation; and succeeding General Assemblies shall provide for the .farther maintenance thereof, with powers of amend ing such original act and amendment thereof. Mr. Mc White introduced a strong ordinance looking to the preremtioB of officials from accepting bribes for BJ publio acts. A CAISSON HLOWX I P. Shocking Disaster tn Louisville. 4 .Men Killed. At Louisville. Ky., four members of the Louisville Legion were instantly killed Thursday morniiuc 'V the explosion of am munition in theraisson of a gun whih was beinc driven to Phoenix Hill for service in ccnnecti.Vwith the G. A. It. Tarad The victims wenCorpl A. L. Robinson. Private C. Woods, i rivate a. ju'urnic auu Adams, the colored driver. The four un fortunates were seated on the caisson. The caisson contained 60 pounds of pow der, enough to Are forty rounds. The cause of the accident is inexplicable. Sheets were taken from the neighboring houses and spread ever the dead bodies. "While 100.000 people wer watching the fireworks along the river front at night a portion of the rand stand on which were seated at least 10,000 people, pave way, and many were injured. No fatalities were re ported. Jacob Urban, an inmate of the I.uliie.m Dome at Mount Any. near lVila 1j Pi.,. !Ms I a;scd hia 102 1 Urthday iu lvuvu.ib!c cjin fori. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF, GLEANINGS FR03I MANY POINTS Important Happenings, Doth Ilomt nd Foreign, Briefly Told. The Columbian Liberty Ball Has Started. The Columbian Literty Bell started from Chicago, on Friday, on Its trip arooad th World. It left on a special train and will first go to Atlanta, where it will remala un til the close cf the exposition. After that ft will be taken through tha Southern States f nd Mexico. From there it will go to Sarope and thence around the world. Newsy Southern Notes. The Southern Railway has announced that H will supplement its two daily limited trains tween New York and Atlanta by the addi lon of a third to be known as the "Eiposl , WonJFlyer." This will make the run betwee Atlanta and New York In twenty-two hours. This additional service will be inaugurated about Octoter 1st. At Atlanta Georpre Adams, aged eleven f ears, was run over and instantly killed on he Rhodes street trestle by a wild ear. His little sister, Nora Kate, aged nine years, bad her right leg nearly severed from her oody at the same time and. but for her bro ther's heroism, who lost his life in trying to rescue his sister, would undoubtedly hare oeen Kiiiea. At Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, Robert J.' won the pacing race from Joe Pate hen and John R. Gentry. He made the cireuit four times without faltering and was In tha lead three times. In the aoncluding heat Joe ratchen was a no6e In front when Pa word was given and he led to within fifty feet of the wire, when he vent off his feet and Robert J. passed in a length ahead. The purse was f 5,000. - Crime. At Philadelphia the grand jury found trot bills of indictment against Herman Mf. Mud pet t, alias H. II. Holmes, charging him with the murder of Benjamin F. Pietzel. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. At Houghton, Mich., a party of men went down shaft No. 4 of the Osceola mine and found twenty-three dead miners at the fourteenth level and two at the third level. Five are still missing. A St-. Cloud, Minn., special says: Passen ger trains Nos. 2 and 3 on the Great Northern had a head-end collision at Melby Wednes day morning. Both were running at a high rat A speed and came together with ter rific force. The dead are: J. K. Emerson, James Thiebodo, W. II. Kershaw, E. T. Johnson, Ira S. Haines, of St. Paul. Thirteen persons were more or less seriously injured. A terrible thunder storm visited Tater town, N. Y., Friday ni;ht.J The storm was of such force as actually to sway the railroad cars near Richlands. The wind and lightn ing were accompanied by a deluge of rain. Reveral farm houses were struck by lightn ing and burned. The cyclone struck tha village of Cape Vincent and the Rome ( Watertown and Ogdensburg depot collapsed. George Godfrey and Thomas Arneel, of Cape Vincent, received injuries from which they died within an hour. Many others were injurtd. 4 Foreign. Rpain has settled up the Mora claims $1,500,000 in Spanish dollars. The Province of Todolia, Russian Poland, has been oiTlcially declared to be Infected with cholera. Washington. United States Consul Barclay has cabled the State department from Tangier, Moroc co, as follows: Cholera is prevailing here. It is not yet pronounced of the Asiatic type. The average mortality is six daily. Miscellaneous. The membership of the Grand Army. June 30, lfiPl. was 371.550, and the gain during the year was 43,040. At Fall River, Mass., the manufacturers' association voted unanimously not to ad vance the wages f the mill operatives aud a letter to that fTe.it will be sent to the weav ers in a few days. At Chicago, rrivates Williams and Coffee, two deserters restrained at Fort Sheridan, wen? defected in attempting to escape and were ordered to halt by th guard. They refused and the soldier fired, killing Coffee ind wounding Williams, who succeeded in .scaping. TKLKUOAtIllC TICKS. A fire at M-'Leansb. ro. Ills., destroyed property valued at $75,000. The little hamlet of Palermo Centre, Os wego county, N. Y.. was almost wiped out by fire Sunday! Addison K. Scudder was killed by the explosion of a keg of powder. At Washington, Pr-.f. C. V. Riley, formerly the entome..gist of the Agricultural Depart ment, was thrown from bis bicycle Saturday afternoon and received injuries which may prove fatal. Satnrdav was funeral day at Calumet, Mi''h. Ten of the victims of the Osceola mine fire w ere buried. Iu ten years 600 men have b.H-n killed by accident in the mines of Upper Mi hifcau. At fe,,ioephead Ray on Saturday On-I-Love. won the two-"ar olds Eastern handi cap of ly.l. of the value of 5,000. The au tumn handi ap. three-year-old was won by Song and lauce. Trter Kearnan. editor of the Evening Tele gram of N'.w Oriean.-, who was indicted of criminal lib. I of Di.-tri.-t Attorney Butler in the Telegram, has I n convicted. The case has eejtcd considerable local interest, and the verdict is a surprise. A force of Portuguese encountered a large bo-ty of natives under Chief Zi.-hacha. on Sunday, at Maul. Severe fighting ensued, in which three hundred natives wre killed. The Portuguese loss was ix killed and twen ty Wounded. R. H. Searle, the biev dL-t who left Chicago t 4 o'clock last Sunday morning, arrived in Nw York City at 3:35 a, m. Saturday, three hours and 25 minutes ahead of the tes; previous record for the wheeling run be tween these two cities. A terrible Rvalanche took place la.-t Wed nesday at Ledmy. iu the B-rnse OberUnd. Tea buildings were .arri-.l away, aad eleven of the inhabitants wer killed. Two l:un dred hea t of cattle were des-treed. Th" country for two rr.ilec round U cover! with hu t suow. In aciicularto cotton planters. Capt. B, F. Kolb. ex-eoinnui. loner of agnciltu-e for Alabama, sav tie ctton crop cannot jos?i bly rK. h T.OoO 000 ba! s anil may falU-elow 6.:0u.noO. He a ivi-s that no cotton marketI within tic next sixty or inueiy lay- evej.t to !uet d' t and a tual d-mao i. If c t'o!i i held until N..'vemr aud :bea marketed flvwiy be predicts tnat it will bring lo .-eut. Pennsylvania Democratic Convention, The Dumoerati.j convention met at Wil liamsport, Fx, en Monday. The platform adopted renews i's u'.Iegiance to, and de clares its faith in. th principles of Democra cy as formulated by Jefferson and i 11 nst rated br Cleveland. It reflliml the flnaacial plank of the lat Democratic national con-veaUon. NORTH STATE CULLINGS. INTERfeSTIXG ITEMS FROM ALL ! OVER THE STATE. A Trolley Car Victim. "Richard Wilson, the (tvenjeax-old son of T. J. WUson, Jr., a tobacoo manufacturer of Winston, was ran OTer and killed by a Btreet car Wednesday. The little fellow was returning from dinner to school, and in attempting to cross the track when the car was close to him, fell, and the car passed over his body, nearly severing it. Both arms were cut off. Life was extinct in a few minutes. No blame is at tached to the motorman on account of the terrible accident. A MAN IN A BOX. A Moonshiner Shipped by Kapress to Kscape Capture. A big dry goods box was shipped from Shell Creek, near Elk Tars, a few days ago containing, instead of goods, a man. Its destinr.tiou was some point in Kansas or Texas, no one save the shipper seem to know just what point. . On investigation, it is learned the man was nono other than one Mr. Cable.a desperate moonshiner, who participated in the battle between depnty United States marshals and moonshiners in this State recently. Cable scouted around Elk Park for several days while tho officers were on the hot trail. They got so cloBe to him that his friends were uneasy and decided to send him in that unique w ay to a place of eafcty. The officers are still on the hunt. POPULIST CONFERENCE. Senator Duller Endorses Non-Part Isan Silver Convention. The Populist leaders in the confer ence at Raleigh, st which Senator Butler presided, called on their people to attend the non-partisan silver con vention to be held at B.aleih Septem ber 23th. Some of tho Republicans make a similar call, and. Senator But ler and B, F. Keith alio issued a call, signing it as officers appointed at the Memphis free-silter eonvention. The resolution is as follows: "A call having been made for a non-partisan .State free-silver conven tion, uniting all persons of all politi cal parties, who favor free, independ ent, and unlimited coinage of silver aud gold into full legal-tender dollars, at the ratio of 16 to 1, and inasmuch as such convention will be on the line of the Memphis silver convention, and will tend to get all true frieuds of sil ver together under one banner to fight the foreign gold trust aud its American Tory allies; therefore, we favor the holding of such silver con vention, and call upon hopebt-money free-silver clubs of the Stte, and all other persona who favoi tho objects of said clubs, to attend." NORTH STATE NEGROES. Action of Their Committee Looking to Greater Independence. At the negro convention at lial eigh on Wednesday C. H. King, of Baleigh, presided and J. E. Shepherd and J. D. Latta were secretaries. Forty-nine delegates were present, representing 15 counties. They were all intelligent and conservative. It is quite noticeable that the Populists ridicule thie convention. The reoJu $ioas which were adoptei were quite long. They declared that the time has come for the negro to assert him self; to put aside prejudice and make friends with his white fellow citizens; that sectional and party Hues are being removed; that there is commun ity of interests; the most urgent need is of good citizens; the cry is for purer politics, better leaders; the lack cf organization among the negroes iri to' be deplored; the new sentiment that every white man and every black man has an equal chance for education; the mistake of the negro for 30 years paet has been reliance on outside in fluences; but the right thing is to work to the true sources, God, our selves and our own Southland for sal vation; progress since emancipation is not what is detired, but this is due to failure of the negro, to organize in his best interest; the choice of good lead eis is recommended; adherence to the principles of the Republican party ia also recommended; accessions from any source are welcomed and people arc calloc" on to unite; rings, cliques and rarty bosusm are condemned; throw strength of negro rote where it. will do the greatest good; units for purer politics; stop tne negro howl and the calamityjjhowl ; let the negroes become land owners; have an interest in the soil; the late Iegklature iscon jemned for its folly in abolishing" county superintendents for schools; ' board" of 22 members, two from each district, and four at large, is to bs cre ated, to be known as the North Caro-J lina advisory board, in tlie interest of the negro race, political, industrial, and tocial, its decision to be final ;i its members to serve one and two years e tch. The Last Member of a Poisoned Fami ly Dies. At LaPcrt. Ind., the family cf Charles F. Krueger, father, mother and six children, ranging in age from sii to twenty years, werj poisoned about a year ago ty eating dLsaae.l irk an 1 despite the bt mdlcal skill one followed another to the grave, the last surviving child. Helen, aged six years, dying Vedndy rught. The physicians pronounced th-ir'diseavi trichinosis. Their bodies were literally alive with parasites. Afrca kills C'i.OOO elephants aimually. rfORTII CAROLINA'S ROADS. Prof. J. A. Holmes Tells About Them -A History of the Roads In ths Agricultural Year Doolc. The Special Correspondent of the Charlotte Observer at Washington says: The Agiicuitural Y.ar Book for 1S94 i the new style, n ith different arrange- 1 ment of the old Agricultural Report ia just out. The concluding paragraph is an interesting paper entitled "Im provements of Public Roads in North Carolina," by Trof. J. A. Holmes, State Geologist and secretary of the North Carolina Improvement Associa tion. There arc eight pages of letter press and two illutrations. Prof. Holmes opens with a general historical sketch, showing that the State in the early part of the century and for more than a quarter of a century devoted considerable share of attention to in ternal improvements. In 1823 Hamil ton Fulton, engineer of the Stats Board of Iuternal Improvement, re commended the adoption of a system of roads under three heads: First, State roads. Second, county roads. Third, private or local roads. The State was to contribute one half of tho expenses of the first class of roads: the counties through which the roads should pass, the rest. The counties were to keep them in repair. Conn ties and individuals, res actively, wertJ to keep in order the other two claswes. This comprehensive plan was never adopted by the State, tmt it co-operated in constructing some pUnk and other roads. But the public mind turned to railroads, to the neglwt of other roads. The modem impiove ment in public roads begun with the passage by the Legislature in 1879 of the Mecklenburg road law, which, however, wan repealed in 1HS1. fie says that the dissatisfaction ith it was due in part to the fact that the work was not altogether satisfactory and was not carried far enough to demonstrate to the people what the benefits would be. But it was probably due more largely to the opposition in the State to any form of taxation for road im provement. A reactiou set in aud the law was re-enacted in 1883 and the popularity of the new system has grown. In 1887 and 1889' new road laws were adopted for Alamance, Ca barrus, Forsyth and Iredell counties and Baleigh township, Wake county. In 1891 and lince a large number of counties have stmited improved road work. The road congress of 1893 was followed by other meetings. The general sketch is followed by a particular sketch of country improve ments. There is a very full account of the work in Mecklenburg, the pioneer county in the new system. In the eleven years of the existence of the law 32 miles of road have been graded and drained, and 30 miles have been macadamized. Ihese roads navo a width of 40. feet for the first two miles from the limits of the city of Char lotte, and 30 feet width beyond that point. They have a maximum grade of 4 feet in 100. Much of the work for permanent improvement is done by couvict laber. The taxation to support the couvict force for the year w as 5 18,- 000, besides which each township levies a tax varying from 7 to 15 cents on each $lfV worth of property. The Mecklenburg road law requires all able-bodied citizens along the public roads cither to labor fonr days of each year on the public roads or to pay the sum of 50 cents per day m lieu thereof, The illustrations are a section of the macadamized road near Camdeu and a section of tho lino sh-ll road between Wilmington and Wrightsville. The report concludes with practical suggestions. NINETY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS. THE OOLD RESERVE DECLINING If It Had Not Ileen for the Third Bond Issue, the Treasury Would Now He Empty. The Treasury general balance on Friday was Hl,(52.0iO, of which W,KH,000 U in gold. The deficit so far this fiscal year Js tl4.000.000, and, with the rTnu run ning at the present figures, this deficit by January 1st, next, will approilmate 125,. OOO.OOO or fi0.0O0.00O. The amouiA resli.e.i by th tbre bond l isdti. mad within the past two years, ej- ch. ,y ODiv .ooo.noo, th total Treasury balance to-d-iy. o without thon? iwus there would now I- an empty Treasury. With a full Tren-uiy. of cour.-e it follows that gold can alway , l-; ha I. but with a Tr-.ury de- 1 pletM I y xnditurs4 xc.ling the reve nue Bu-l with the twe of commerce ex change against us. gold ia difficult to r-Ulo in the Treasury. Th advis r-cdtred the Irea-urv P-prtor-nt frotu Nw lork stated that 4. 200.000 In gold, had n to-day withdrawn for export aud 1900.000 a gold had t-ecn deposit!, making fh net I fi th day :j.:$0O.0OU. Tbw rdu"- the g-H l-ef v to f .A".5l4 Th features .,j t!i Jjy a iewd fron V-binet'.i wr- If a ir-- tuk f Ijazrd r-r-f a-a g .Id et porter Mi Jerit by the Hanover '-ti .ntl lUnk d ?VXHi0 in gold; Hi !rif- '1-rrtau-l for tnll it '4 St oitb- w-sv-rr. poiiit-. in '-haiig- for it:al tenders dej.,-ite l ti Sw York, anl th r-a liuM wi'h whi'-h bank- atile-1 th-rr-HT. of Secretary Orh-l-'s proposition to 4epoMt g .! I in -w lork lor -urrenv l-In'rabl AT LOUISVILLE. A Great OccsiorTlurlogthe O. A. Tt Meeting In a Southern City. Fifty thousand sol liers cf the Union army marehd through Louisville, Ky., cn Mon day. Before thm at the advance cf the col arc n wrre two Kentacklsns wlw eoiis'.ed with the Confdra:e army ail fought to the Uvt dii"h. One bore aloft the Stirs and Elr-pes and the other a silken banner. A!l was harmony and pleasure ConIet ates and Union mn ail Laving a gala day In a Bouthrn city. Many good sfche were made by diUngushd tna. General Lew Wallas marched with bis Indiana troops. Richmond Tobacco Market. Bun -cured Tobago -Lugs. 2 00 to 800, abort leaf, 8.00 to S.W: long leaf, S 00 to 12 00; wrappers, 12.00 to I7.O0 Bright Toba-coe - Smukers: Common, 4.00 to 6.00; medium. MO to 7.00; fin,.. (in to 10.00. Cutters: Coiemon, lO.WMo 12.00; me dium, IS. 00 to IS 00; fin. 22.60 to 25.00; Ii... W Ml In 1 M Fil!r- immn Ml to 4 00; metli.nn, 4 .V) to 6. SO; gooJ, 6.00 to ,00;Bne, 10.00 to 12.00. Wrappers: Com- B1X00 to 15.00; m.liini. 15.00 to 20.00; 25.00 to 30 .00; floe, 95.00 to 40 00; . , 43.00 to M) 00. Wrappr. Mahoganyi Common, 12.00 to 1S.00; medium, 20.00 tn tlOO; good. 23.00 to SJ.tt; fine. W OO to 40.W; faney, 45.00 to M.OO. Dark Towic-o-j..ng,, i.w to i.m; snorv leaf. 4.50 to W; long leaf, 6.00 to 8 00; se lections, 12.00 to 1V00. the Marion Record I the only Democratic Newspaper !a McDowell county, and hat a large cir culation in adjoining counties. It pub lishes all the newt without fear or favor, and Is the organ of bo ring or clique. It is the bold champion of the peo ple's rights, an earnest adrecate of Us best Interests of the county of ilcDow ell and the town of Marion. Its adf r tislag rates are reasonable, and tho tab criptlon price Is 1.00 per yssr eV earns. If you want the best ntwspaper la the country brimming full of choice reading matter for business mas, farasra, me chanics, and the home circles of all classes subscribe end par for the Rkcokd. If you doe't, why just dent, and the paper will be printed aver Thursday evening as usual. 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