North Carolina Newspapers

Y 1 EOQRD. A DEUOCKATIO FAMILY NEWSPAPER" VOL. 1. MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1895. NO. 47 Marion R HE !On .THANKFULNESS. I '.;;. ft j J in mery sends; ,. j.-h n i children, homo anl IricnJs. ,-, f r: in the time, of need, -.-rv kin Hy 1 anl deed, it-j.v '-'.i rutin and holy tali, ,i t-.n in r"ir daily walk r.r I' 'r" I . ,. vorything ive thanks, !. pi thte world of our?, :ti:t j-T.i " nal lovely floweri . f I ir I.-, for hum of be?3 t. ffi Jriiig summer breeze, -im I plain, for .streams and wool, if, sr-it ocean's mighty flood Y r everything give thanks! i, x -t f-I'fp that conn3 at nlghr, t ,' r t'lrnin'.; morning's liiiht, f. l.r'ht sun that shims on high, (,' -t irs L'lilten'n in the- Fky, (!, -in I everything we so, : r -i V r r Y r OL r I ' r hearts wo lift to Thoo I' r v-ryUJn tfivo (hanks! Eiln Isabella Tuppcr. Miss Barbara's Lover. A 1!!ANKS01VI:0 STORT. SHALL !" There was wrath iu Miss Uarbara's tones and deter mination ia her countenance. "Cut, auntie " "I fhall! I didn't make this tf-.--. benefit of the ITm'1 neighbors' liens, and I will kill ono if T mn. J tut fcc that and that!" Ii v indignant finger indicated tho benitocs l.viio' i'1 rc'l ruins at her f i t, tli' ii tli" ragged corn that rose forlornly further on. The currant i hIks win? Mill stirring where the ) i' t mm under had (scuttled" through. Svivia mddonlv smiled. "Aunt i'-, it's a fowl theft," she said. "It i-; and, I can't Mop it by fur inf ill I'll try fowl," responded Miss Ihtrharn, giindy, beginning with nt-traincd vigor to gather np the j Led tomatoes aud lay them on the fcrnif' treliis. "Aro you prepared to to law, mint ie V" "I urn prepared to do anything on r.iy sidii of tho fence. Go in to your ( iMlnoih ry, Sylvia--you'ro of no ns a Fcarccrow." Slio waved her trowel martially, nnd Sylvia fled in laughing haste. Tin- silence that ia vocal with birds nnd injects and rustling leaves settled vi r tho garden, where Miss Barbara's unriM tic fipuro bado defiance to the lh rniomeUr. Charles Dudley War i: r once ppent a trimmer in a garden, nn 1 lnif.1 remarked in consequence that bo lil.es neighbors aud likea chickens, 1ut ho does not think they ought to bf united. Miss Jiarbara agreed with liim warmly." Sho endured much be fen informing her genial, easy-going neighbor of tho mischief his hens vii'tiht daily iu hor garden. Sho had on-lured more Mnco tho complaint, if coinplaiut it could bo called, had proved a failure, and neither faith, Lope nor charity remained to soothe l"r hu1. Suddenly an inquiring 'Vluck" Mrnck her ear with the effect of an electric battery. It camo from th'1 other tide of tho fence. A yellow feathered head protruded through the pickets, the round, unwinking eyes of a li-n surveyed the premises, another fi ri no "cluck" Rounded, and the plump l-o ly followed tho head. Miss IVirlmra cautiously arose, her cxpres-f-ien full of martial fire. I'neonscious of impending evil the inva lers wriggled their way through until a large and cheerful company h:t l assembled. In pleasant expect ancy they gathered around tho laden tomato vines. Suddenly and with vnN'oful furco a missile descended into their very midst. Squawking wildly, theMartled hen3 scuttled into tli' currant bushes, under the tomato plant:, among tho corn. A pause f-pvd to u legislative deadlock fol 1' vevl. Then ono hen after another cautiously emerged and presently prav dated toward tho tomat vines. Ai;niu Miss Barbara seized on Ten petince and tho Move wood. Stick afbr Mick of it flew, like a kind of l-i'l. telling upon tho tomatoes if not upon the hens. Miss Barbara was not unaware of tho facts in the casa, but felt that if she could not kill it was a relief to try. One audacious old hen in particular aroused this murderous hviing. Down tho grape walk, over the beet bed, up to tho door she f'j'ed th.it hen ana ehied her lard tick after it as it flapped wildly wound the corner. To her horror a fharp ejaculation in a man's voice cut tlie air. Her final eQort had made an impression, br.t not upon the hen. ko turned the corner hastily and be keld a stranger pressing both hands against his battered head as ho looked f;agily at her. Consternation, con trition, mortification, animated her c,),Jutenauce ; eelf-mastery slowly calmed his. . "iHd you hit one, auntie? I hope sthat old rooster!" Bounded eud- Henly from the woodshed. Tho face l'f the Mranger turned ghastly. tiionjrht it was a man lived in tUt-' moon," he murmured. "What U you hurl it at me?" Miss Birl 'as this an escaped lunatic? The "ta e tuaing eyes brightened aa they mj ou oyivia. "Iho flowers of nara liie," he whis fere 1, and threw his arms out nncer- laiiily. xc it imfta too much to 1'iek them," he muttered, and sank uu a groan upon the steps. ylvia'a wide, etartled eves met Barbara's. The latter laid her finger u her lips and motioned towards the fcfxt house. Within five minutes eev- rai neighbors had gathered around llie l'rostrate mau, who appeared un- -u!cious unlesa touched, when ho evinced a thorough knowledfio of box- l0- The flrnt-.v rn Vila orripnl lis f tuei to llm Barbara's accooat of b EVEUI DIBD t i' accident with an inscrutable counte nance. He was a calm, keen-eyed man, whose resolute orders eooa cleared the house of superfluous attendants. His attentions were received with in gratitude by his patient until he held an odroous substance near the injured face and said gently : I want to help yon 1 am a doctor it's all right." Tho dull eyes wavered an iustarrt on his face. "Is it? I thought it wasn't I hope you know" with this murmured re sponse the refractory patient sub mitted to tho touch of tho skillful hands. "History repeats itself, Fordham." The speaker, o serene-faced man of imposing presence, advanced leisurely into the private ofhea of a well-known lawyer in Bombay. "So I have heard, said tho latter, glancing up with a smile of welcome. The visitor settled leisurely into a seat.where he received the beneficence of the punkah swung from tho ceiling. Both men wore full suits of white linen, that, despite the unutterable heat, retained their fresh crispness. "Marrying and giving in marriage the world keepB on in the same old way, sain ji.mmett, comiortaujy. This has been borne in upon me since vie arrival 01 me American mail yesterday." "You had news from your brother ! "I believe so! I have just grown accustomed to the pleasing certainty that oil the words in his letters will be spelled according to the dictionary ; possibly you can comprehend the shock I experienced yesterday on reading in his own handwriting that he is engaged to bo married. "I congratulate you, Lmmett, on tho acquisition to your family probably your example recommended this step to your youthful brother as eminently desirable. Let us see he must be about twenty-five now?" "FosBibly by the almanac, but to my recollection ho is still a bidder for tips and 6panking3. The next mail will bring out her picture and his, and these, with the course of events, may compass my comprehension of his present legal age. I shall reply on your assistance, Fordham. Tho most charming girl in the world, you know." "Of course" an answering smile sparkled over Fordham's dark face. "Knowing that you had honored the State of the wooden nutmeg by being born there, continued Emmett. "I thought it barely possible that you micht know something of the family of this young lady, and I shall bo glad ot any information you may be able to impart, provided your fee is reason able." "I believe it is ono of yonr maxims, my friend, that time equals money it is a period of seventeen years, more or less, that you desire me to cover. I will undertake the case for 100Q ru pees down." "Done! lou recollect tnat l always nay in brass. Well, the nanio of this young lady who will soon have the good fortune to uecome my reiaiivo is Nutting Miss Sylvia Nutting and she resides at present in tho town of Brampton, county of Brown, State of Connecticut, U. S. A. Do any of these cognomens c luse the chords of memory to vibrate In your patriotic breast?" "Yes," said the lawyer, laying his pen carefully across its rack, "I had a college friend of the name of Nutting. He was two or three years older than and married very young. As his house was ia Brampton, this young lady is probably his daughter." "I hope that will prove to be the ca"e," said Emmett. He proceeded to impart the information given by his brother uDon the subject, wmcn proved beyond doubt the identity of the young lady's father with Ford ham's college friend. "You will appreciate the first meet ing, Fordham," said Emmett, in con clusion; it was out of the ordinary line. Tom was deeply impressed in fact, hard hit. About tho middle of this eummer he was wandering about the country on ono of those solitary pedestrian tramps he pretends to en joy, aud happened to pass through this little town of Brampton. It was what they consider there a hot day. Tom had covered a stretch of ten miles 01 bo, and, happening to behold a 6hiny tin cup on the hydrant in a yard he was passing, he suddenly felt con suming thirst. Without regard to nieum et tuuo, he proceeded towards that hydrant, but he never reached it. It chanced to be one of those occa sions when the innocent suffer for the guilty, and Tom received on his head a stick of stove wood, hurled by the aunt of his future fiancee nt a sinful old hen that had astray from its right ful premises. The blow nearly knocked the boy under. The aunt appeared HAS HIS DAT. ' from the woodshed, Miss Sylvia came on the scene inquiring: 'Did you hit one. auntie? I hope it's that old roos ter.' And then Tom eaw fireworks and all the stars. He was half senseless they thought he was a crazy man. Well, they called iu a doctor, and ha kept tho boy a prisoner there for six weeks he and Mis3 Sylvia, and the result, you Gee, is a sister-in-law." "A charming result, ' I have no doubt," said Fordham. "It's a strik ing story. " They left the office together and en tered tho lawyer's ghirry that stood waiting iu the street. Tall and state ly whito buildings cast welcome 6hadow3 along tho wido thoroughfare, and in the arcades of their lower floors were heaped jewels, silverwork, wrought brass, silks and shawls. The squatting merchants guarded their treasures with sleepy-looking, keen eyes as they patiently waited for cus tomers. Crowds of shoppers, idlers, coolies and water carriers filled the street, and the tropical sunlight brought out tho glowing riohne33 of brilliant-hued brocades and Bilkeu shawls, the dazzlo of white garments, the satiny shine of bare bronze limbs and chests. Little public hackeries, or cabs, curtained with bright deep colors and drawn by brisk little bul locks, rolled constantly by. Hump backed cows strolled placidly among the throng3, and a pet ram with gilded horns accompanied its Brahmin mas ter. Presently the gharry turned icto a narrow side street where luscious fruits were heaped up in rich-hued piles that freighted the air with spice and perfume. Dusty roads appeared when tho business portion of the city was left behind, and they rolled tho palm-friDged roads of Malabar hill, tho residence district of the wealthy foreigners. At tho entrance to his bungalow Emmett alighted and Ford ham rolled on toward his own homo. It was not far, and he was soon enjoy ing the renovating effect of a bath. Ho replaced his white garments with a "neodigee of India eilk and became ac cessible to his littlo daughter, a lovely child with pale little face like a flower. She had been motherless for a year. Ho took her on his knee and drew out the little story of her day ; then he told her fairy tales dainty fancies, exquisite jesting that older and les3 intimate listeners would have been amazed to hear from the keen-tongued lawyer. Then the little one's ayah camo to carry her to bed. Miss Barbara was walking slowly homeward through the dusk. Faded loaves dropped softly about her and the mellow air wa3 smoky with bon fires. Theso Iudian summer days heralded tho approach of Thanksgiv ing, but the remembrance gave her no pleasure. For some reason she at tributed it to Sylvia's recent romance her thoughts persistently reverted to a long-gone Thanksgiving Day that had begun for her with happiness and ended with sorrow. On that Thanks giving had arisen the never-settled quarrel that had parted her and her young lover. He had gone immedi ately abroad and hastily married there. Not until then did Miss Barbara dis miss tho man ho had accounted his rival. Their world had held her blameworthy in the affiir perhaps she had held herself so. Certainly life had looked darker to her in those days than it looked now. She went slowly up the 6teps of her pleasant home. Far within a girlish voice nang happily and the rooms were cheery with mel low lamp-light that revealed Miss Bar bara a fitting mistress for the lovely old house. Suddenly Sylvia's head gleamed in a distant doorway. "There's a letter for you, auntie," she called softly ; "such a qneer look ing thing I laid it on the piano." It was a foreign-looking letter, and bore traces of a long journey. Miss B.irbara examined the postmarks curi ously. When she carried the letter to her room a moment - later her face looked pale. Behind her locked door the next moment she sat down to read it. With deliberate care she opened tho envelope. It contained many thin sheets written over in a clear, manly hand. She sought methodically for tho signature, and read the name that had once been dear to her. A 6trange, familiar look it wore. Much was written between the lines of the 6tory he told brieflv. He had left his native land hot with passion and the 6mart of their broken engagement. Shortry after his arrival in India a report of her marnage ha J reached him, and, not doubting the truth of it, he paid court to and hastily married the irettv but shallow daughter ol an English Colonel stationed there. Dur ing the years that followed he had striven to bear tho consequences of Lis own mistake, and he had borne them until the burdea fell from his shoulders at a grave, He spoke of his child iu words that brought tear's i to the reader's eyes and then he turned passionately to the old days, and questioned her of the future. The letter fell froji her fingers. She felt as oeo rauM. fee! with the earth rocking under foot. Was tho old love dead in her heart deal like the mother of iHs child? She.thought of that giave u'ader the Iudianjpalms, and ft feeling rosi 6low and strong out of her heart. -No his part ia her life had ended years before. She did not hold herself blameless, but she had Buffered once ; she had no wish to 6uf fer again. She could not change the pleasant, settled boundaries of het life. Toward him and toward that lit tle child of his her thoughts would ever go kindly but hispart in her life was over. She sent her answer before she slept ; and life womt on as if it had not paused. On the evening before Thanksgiving Sylvia went ear ly to choir practice, and Miss Barbara sat down to read the city paper, which had just arrived. A glowing fire snapped in the grate.hatf a dozen car nations scented tho air, and Ophelia, th'j cat, purred lazily ct intervals. Outside a round full moon shone high iu the sky, and the frosty ground sparkled in its radiance. "Fire ! fire ! fire !" shouted a voice in the street. Miss Barbara ru.-5ied to the window ; before she reached it the de moniac sbfiek of tho fire whistle, pro longed and awful, smote upon her ears. Then camo tho souud of run ning feet. Snatching up a shawl, 6he hastily locked the door and joined iu a wild race toward the awed ing mur murs that rose tumnltuoublv in tho air. She was soon in the in;dst of the oxcitement, but paused in the out skirts of the crowd. It wan :t barn that was burning, and it stood out against tho 6mokc-blackencd sky a glowing mass of triumphant fire. Thero was no longer hopo of saving it, though the hoae still played upon it. The rescued horses stamped and neighed, tho firemen shouted hoarse orders, dogs barked aud a baby cried. Sud- denly there arose a cry : "Look cut! Look out ! One of tho frightened -animals had sprung loose aud charged wildly for ward. Mis Barbara felt herself snatched up and borne persistently through the shrieking crowd into a deserted street whito with motnlight. Her rescuer made no motion to release her, and, startled and annoyed, she turned her gazo full upon lain ; the next instant her breath stopped, her face turned white. She was gazing in to tho faco of the man she once loved the man whose letter sho had lately answered. A flock of girls ran laugh ing and calling into tho street. "Let me go there are people about you must let me go," she whispered sharp ly. His arms dropped from her waist, but he walked close to h'-r. side. She moved away towards the further edge of the walk. "Barbara" A loose board shot suddenly down under his feet the other end went up, Miss Barbara went dowu. She tried to rise, but fell back helplessly. Ford ham dropped on his knct;s beside her, speaking passionately. "I am not hurt," she said, her lips white and sot, "it is only my foot I am afraid I must have a carriage." Many weeks elapsed beTorj Miss Bar bara was able to walk again. During those weeks Fordham recsivad her let ter, which had been for.vardeJ from Bombay. He had been too wise to await it there. Emmett had smiled genially as he changed the address upon that letter, lie had always known that more of Fordham's heart lay in the crib of his child than ia the grave of his wife, but had not before divined that his own communications concerning "United Stalos bonds," as he would have phrased it, were respon sible for im friend s siiuiioii journey across the seas. Fordham laid the let ter unopened in M133 Barbara's lap. He knew ths answer it contained, but the writer had verbally admitted that with only one foot to go upon she found it impossible to escapo from fate. An All-Rouud Tbanksirin-r Dinner. Bronco Pete "Whar's th' turkey?" Alkali Ike "I set him outside to cool, an' th cat et him." Bronco Pete "Whar the cat?" Alkali Ikr "A cayoto et hi-n." Bronco Pete "Whar's th ciyote?" Alkali Iko "Th grejhouad et him." Bronco Pete "Whir's th grey hound?" Alkali Ike "An Injan et him." Bronco Bete "Whar's th' Injun 1 Alkali Ike -"A grizzly et him." Bronco Pete " Whar's th grizzly ?" Alkali Ike "Out thar." Bronco P.te "Waal, we'll have tei eat th' grizzly, Ike ; but I hate ter take th leavin s uv a Thanksgiving turkey like that." Harper's Bazar. A OTemh?r Wail. Th wild November comes at last Beneath a v.Ml of rain; Th night win-1 blows its folJa aid?, Her faco Is full of paiu. But wait till wil l NovemtyrV Ron, Wh"a gla t Thanksgiving's faro l3'aten, with its pies ac t cake, r That j.am wilt b j el.-ewhere. Anticipation. Baby Turkey "Mamma, da we cele brate Thanksgiving?"' Mamma Tnrkey "No, my dear; but if we're lucky we will celebrate the day af ter." J u3 je, A NORTH STATE CULLINGS. OCCURRENCE AORTII NOTEIXG FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. , I ( Gold Medals Awarded. I The jury of award at the Atlanta Exposition have given to North Caro lina the gold medal for the Geological Survey of North Carolina. Jessie C. Speight has been elected to the lower house of the Kentucky Legislature from Hickman and Fulton counties. Ho is 31 years old. Mr. Speight' grandfather, Richard Dobbs, was one of the signers for North Car olina of tho United Ssates constitution. And an uncle, Jesso Speight, served in the United States Congress from 1832 to 1S3G from North Carolina, aud was afterwards elected to the United States Senate. The stockholders of the Wilming ton it Weldon Bailroad met in Wil mington on Wednesday. Warren O. Elliott was re-elected president and B. F. Newcomer, II. Walters, Michael Jenkins, J. P. McCay, H. B. Plant, J. B. DeRossett, H. P. Willard, i. W. Ward, K. B. Bordon and J. W. Nor wood were chosen the board of direct ors. All the officers of tho company were re-elected. ' j At Williamston Tuesday night two woouen nmiuings occupied iy a colored man as a storo aud residence were burned. Two children in one of the buildiugs were burned to death.' The man and his wife and one child, barely escaped. The other two chil dren, upstairs, were entirely cut off by me names, ana notnuig- could 6ave hem. Salem believes in helping the native Christians by helpiug them practically. Years ago Mr. C. G. Hegc, of Salem, donated a saw mill to tho Alaska mis sion, and last week, in response to an appeal from Bishop Ilondthaler, J. A Vanco and C. II. Voglo promised to give n. steam mill to a Moravian mis biouary iu Central America. 01. 1. m. jvougiass, Master in Chancery, has filed liis report in the case of the United States vs. D. L jjoyu. ue iinas mat tnero was no evidence of fraud iu the transaction bv which Boyd purchased a largo tract of timber land from the Indians. The( report has not yet been nflirmed, says the Asheviilo Citizen. This decision disposes not only of the claim of tho plaintiff, Mr. Stanford, to the office of Librarian but also of the controversy pending in relation to tho Directors of tho State Penitentiary, which was recently decided by Judge Coble in ake Superior Court upon tho precise point at issue in the Libra riau case. Tho Baptist State Mission Board nave ncia a meeting 10 make Borne arrangement for the misson work of Dr. Durham until tho annual meeting of the Laptist State Convention next month. Dr. Durham's successor will then be appointed, as it is a convention office. Buncombe county Farmers Alliance has passed resolutionH endorsing the actions of the Stato Alliance in de pouncing the leaso of tho Norlh Car olina Railroad, and decided to raise money to assist teMiug tho legality of the lease. The Carthage Brownstono and Luna ber Company has been organized to develop property near Carthage, under laid with a tine quality of brownstoue. and covered with a growth of lou leaf pi no. Maine men are interested The decision sustains in nil respects the action of the Governor in his ap pointment of directors to the peniten tiary upon theground that thecdection 01 mriciors iv lue ljejasiaiure wus without validity. The new mill of Mr. W. L. Holt, at Fayeltevillo, will be two ttories high, with basement, 400x100 feet in dimen sions. About 400 looms and 10,000 spindles will bo put in, and the output is 10 oe piam goojs. A large factory for the mannfacrnre of telegraph and telephone pins was dtst roved bv lire at Wilkrsloro Tues day. It was owned by R. M. Spain hour, who places his loss at sevtra thousand dollars. Thero are now .112 Mudenis at the State Uuiversitv. The new dectrie lighting syptem is working well. To add to the volume and convenience of the tho water supply, several new wells are being dug. The Salisbury World learns that fire at Lin wood Tuesday night destroyp tho More and Mock of Fitzgruld Raper. Los Sf ,500; insurance 2,000, President Wiu.Mon, ol the Univer ty ot -ortu l-aroiina, accepts an mvi tation to deliver the coraraenccment address at the University of Teim. Monday the Crown Cotton Mills of Greenslro, which have been refitted with machinery, resumed work, with 100 employers. The city of Raleigh, will vote on an issue of $50,OvK) in bonds for street im provements on January 1 4. N. K. Stringfellow, of FindUy, Ohio, has a contract t erect the new garbage crematory at Charlotte. A colored child burned to death at Madison Tuesdav mornin?. R. L. Iklk. will factory at A It in. otablifh a broom Relieve It If You Wlh- It is told by a eloae friend of Cajapo, anl is understood by the powers that be ia Ha vana, that th Cuban Insurrection will ermt to an immediate end, for the reason that both Oomes and Ma'eo. the leaders, bare teen bonirht by thi hj.anbh Rovernment, and while th price h.s not been delivered to the seliera, the money for theiali now la Ha ras. - - 1VKKKLY REVIEW. Duo Co., of New Vork Say There ! N'o Reaction In JJusltifs, R. G. Dan A Company in their weekly review cf trai s tay: Failures for th flr.-t half Noveaibcr amount to f 6.1 11.S03 agaiast S602.030 last yeer ani 7,2HT9 in 1S9J. allures for the wevk have two in th-j United State apam-t 322 la -t year and 12 la Canada baint 310 last year. lleatrtion in tmmes there is none. I.norts to eipL-iiu it. or to attribute it to hb or that temporary iDfluenee, am watted. When stoeks bought in advance ot consumption have, b-n Worked off. men will be abl to 11 1i?e what final distribution Li t t- fiw t- eit an I meanwhile, prices are dpre.s.l by the selling of quantities iouc;m tor epeotim- ion bv th' prevcire 01 stocks lor wnien con- sum-rs have rot yet !n fvutd. ami bv th b a that prie may go still lower. ioll expert. naveiwo larr ajnuniine 10 f 2.237.000 lict week find presumably to 7. 3o0.000 this week, but are rather a result than a ftt of existing condition. Prixlueu are lowr, without diturbaneor sirn of pani'1. 1 he eotton market ha ln alstei nil in we k by small rtvejj.ts and remarkably btifT statements of nnr -it y but ha Raial a six teenth, thou-h some think short r"eiU ffii d"literatly orjranlz.-J p?in-.T. It begins to be a dwi.-ive fd :t Thi.t export are small, partly tfeeause stocks abroad re heavy, anl partly iw-i'nu.- th manufacturer abroad ikvs not llnd a market f r th- u-jiwl quantity of good, tho rliitbh teins erpwi.il- lv emarra.-ised. Iu this eountrv tho eotton manufaoturer has fared tetter than most others, c.'aidns an eeissive rise aud th" roMiltio;? deoltn". White torn prices were marked too rihch when entton waj aoove 'J cents ami are low er, most fjoods are held at quoted prices, aid th" inMM ReiiorHlly have ord"rs to eover work iuto next ys-ar, but it is beeominji a question whether retail dis'.rtrmtlon ha i t pji-o with manuid-turerj oraersor wiin sales to retailers. Iron and steel products am lowr, nvrv- pinj 1 per cent, for the week and 7 r cent. from the liit?loa.t. rc-emer, nutnraeite o. 1 aud bar beinj: quoted lower, wbil salej Inf low quotations are Irequent. lliero is ire quent competition for orders, most works haviu a littlo anea-i. ana new iisin-s. u re markably small. Structural work Is cut down by tho striko of- house workers hnt nnd quite a number of mi Hp, principally bar. have stopped within a lew aays. iuo 1 cialions r-.'-nnirin ptl.'ep, but do not enough to keep works bu?y. sell KM If RATI ON IO HIE SOUTH. Reports of It Are Attracting Attention. Northern uud Western Farmers Coming. Various Enterprises Kor flio Week. Reports to tho B'tUimro Manufacturers Ilecord show that the question of emigration to theHouth is attracting increased attention, both in this country ant abroad. Many Northern and Western farmers aro smoking homes in the South, and arrangements are being made for bringing settlers from Europe. AiiMia Corbin. ofNewiork. reported last week a3 going to build a 50-mile railroad in Arkansas to open up lurgo plantations, is bringing to this country nearly a thousand Italians, mninly farmers, who, tt is reported have purchased farms in the Arkansas section which he controls. In some portions of the South where Italian colonists have been set tled for some years, the colonists have greal iy prospered, not only in general farming, but especially in fruit aud truck crowing and have added largely to tho prosperity of the country iu which they have settled. Among industrial enterprises reported for the week was a depot to cost about f 100 .0O) to !e rni lit at Atlanta ty the Keaboard Air Line. A location is leing potiKht in the South by a commission of Northern HDd Southern people for a million dollar cotton mill enterprise. Alabama reports pipe works, ice and cold storage plant, enlargement of engine works, water works and fertilizer fac tory; Arkansas, ice aud cold storage plant, a 20,000 Improvement company, wire fencing and wood working factory; Georgia fmgnt car works nnd aa enlargement of a eotton mill; Louisiana, a 300-barrell rife mill; Mis sissippi, :K)-ton iv) plant, electric light plant ana water works; North Carolina. 10.000 spindle and 500-loom cotton mill; Texas $15,' nilA l.ri'L- u'nrln a St Vi OJlO ..a .Ir I . 50,000 bri.-k works and tl5,000 ash and blind factory; Virginia, J10.000 chemb-al works, $15,000 stone crushing company, Imx factory, brewery, etc. In addition to these, there were a large number of miscellaneous enterprises scattered throughout the South. TIIK KX-CONSUL WALL Kit CASK. lie May Stay in Prison and Try to Col lect un Indemnity from France. While the State iJepartment nt Washington refuses to furnish any information retarding tho matter, the impression exists there tlud tho French government has notified Ambas sador IZudis at Paris that it will not furnL-h a copy of tho record of th court martin. proceedings, against ex-Consul Waller, nsa matter or right. .Mr. aiir r counsel, Mr t rammona jenieiv. 01 nsninctnii. - lieves. however, that the record 111 l fur ni-hed to Ambassador Lu.stis, if requested a? n matter of courtesy. It is not improbable that Mr. Waller will lie n-'tifleii by the Stato Ix.partmejii that the Ireneli Government will release binj from custody a- a matter of grace if this govern ment will waive the question of indemnity, Ko far, apparently, he is in iynoranee ot thin fact. Mrs. iall"r ftrenuously Insints upon a payment of damKn in compensation to his imprisonment, but it is not unlikely that the whole matter will bo referred ti the. ex consul to divide for himself. 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