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M Union. i HE AXTON J f f 1 DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE EOPLE AND THEIR INTEREST. YOl,. V. NO, 8, MAXTON. N Cm TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1890. $1.00 A YEAR TOWN DIRECTORY. R F. Mr LEAN Mayor. H W M XATT n. n. s)v Yv J. (TRKIE, I Com fir, I 'oners. Marshal. KNTGIITS TT HONOR, No. 1,720 meets "n soord arid fourth Wednesday's at ':. ) M. J. 15. WEATHERLY, Dic ruv;r l:. F. McLEAN, Kerxirter. A'. C. A., meets everv Sunday at 7.30 V. M. WM. iiLACK President. MAXToN GUARDS, WM. RLACK. ( ';t j. tain. mr-cta h"r-t Thursday nights iA eiich month nl i P. M. HoSi:N FRIENDS meet on second n-.n'i fouith Monday In each month. Argis Shaw. ( 'hi' f Counselor ; S. W. Varham, Secrtury ami Treasurer. MAXToX LODGE, KNIGHTS OF ! 'IIlfU meets every FViday night, exept rit ii; n-h ner'Vi'h, at 8 o'clock. KOBESON C'Ot'NTV riele society 3t"-v J A Smite.. !'i e-iiie'.,c; E K Proctor. J,r.. 1 ,r I n - ; Ir .7 D ''room. 2nd V : i : A b y,u,,. s-y; vVm bUck, W, j 'itH i-i .Mtary: Er. Com. Rev H U M II. ' !. 1). . s l.,ne-.,(l, j I' McErhern, J O . 0111 amnonzing tne secretary 01 tne treas (Jongh. H Mci; ruVn: Aifthie Com. R ' ury to pay William and Mary college of y ili'K,",i, ( ) II rilf.cker tvl B I) Caldwell. K'lF.rnnT. Committee. Rev .1' f.ph Kvnns, Rev H G Hill, D I), Rev j S Hiark, K-iV t P Meeks, Kev -) r rinlayson, .) McCollurn, f Srrii'h, Duncan McKay, Sr. N Ji lirown, I)r .) L McMillan. AIDITI NO COM M ITTKK. ;l L Smith, I) II McNeill, J A Humph Vhiceof n-xt meeting LumbertOD, N. ihrev3 I iiik- r i! xt meetine' ThursdaV. Mav h. Jss:. at 11 :'.V) o'clock a. r. iit)..- Miid 7ttaments can be purchased cri, nirif.k) isKisioi-y. Maxtou, N. C, -r f".st chnrchc A.wi Pii.ifl SnriMiw i.. h. ! c u..:y .(i to s-ml delegates. j r-.r w-.i nil collections to Wm Black, , -rer-jn r, Marton N C ,.,, ."J, SviVir n r, ! i S!, I ELIAN, REV. DR. H. G HILL. I'astor. herviees each Sahbath , :. 1 I'. M. Sunday School at 1C A. ! M .w r nw,.fJn,cvcv We.lnes.lnv ! ,!-, , no,,,, ,rrww lo;i: J METIPHHST. REV. .L W. JONES 'Ve-iof. Services each Sunday nt 11 A. M. Sui-iiv School at U 30 A. M. MASONIC. MAXTON LOLMJE A. F. & A. M. " . Friday night in each cjfutli at s r. m. GENERAL DIIiECTORV OF Roitl .so.N Coi'N TY. Senator. .!. F. Fayne. Vu'Mrocntaiivi-s, j T. M. Watson. S I. ('. Regan. j E. F. McRne. ! W. F. Moore tV'jntv Ct'H!!iiisiotiers, ' R. Stancil, 1 T. McRrvde. ! J. S. Oliver, v S. ('.. ( ' . P.. Townsend. i-iu'iiir, II. McEachen. Ileg'r Deeds, J. H. Morrison. Treasurer, V. W. McDairmid. ; J. A. McAllister location - " J. S. Rlack, Hoard of Ed J. S. M( Queen. Fupt. Pub. In tr"n, .L A. McAlister. (VtnuieiA Siipt. of Health. Dr. F Lis R Chief Justice Doe, of New Hampshire, .-s decided that sex is no disqualifica li.r membership of the bar. The New York 7V';-(T,7i is of the opinion that the rapidity with which the fair sex has se cured toleration from the courts in the practice of the law is a compliment to the ability and good sense of those mem- , hers of it who first forced their way into , . the. profusion. -- . j The A'j: of St e I has discovered that 1 e o in r,- t'.nn hull as much aiiu to ship go.) Is from New York to Valpa- r.iij a it do.1-; fro n Liverpool or Ham- burg, while it freiunitly happeus that ! the " m T.-h-int in rhili will receive his j , . I bills of la-ling two or ttiree months be- fore he gets his gcMis. The cost of j frL-ih'. by stern jr fro-n Nevv York to ; Valparaiso vi:i Pan am 1 is $IH per ton; i . . ,T , j, . , - h, ivy g , v.U via Ilrnourg, and vis Liven. Ml. Freight shipped from . Liwroj.u. L nd on, Glasgow, Bordeaux o; ilivr1 is 1) it from !$.". 50 to $7. These ?i -ires are explanatory of much that is , r no surpns-at t.ie low eoo 01 our export trade with Chili and southern republics. 1 The moit conspicuous toilet at the last Str.e ball at Bjckiugham Palace, Lon don, was won by the Duchess of Leins tcr. It w is her night to wear diamonds, and sue fairly glittered in them. She wore iliamo:i T - id epaulets, a diamond corse- let, coils of lightly mounted diamonds uiomns xo remain, ana rrscK v auoie , , , oulv iu ior two month, among the laces of her wondrous gown, - . I . . , . Capitalists u-pit -enting Durham, Ham- a diamond tiara, diamond bracelets, a let chatluili hie negotiating for the diamond necklace and more diamond purchase of about one-fourth of Maxtou, brooches and buckles than the dazzled some 400 acres of land, j If they purchase, . , , , , , . . , Lj extensive improvements! will be made at beholder could count. And yet thu 1 T once. t woman docs not live for-dress alone. It , ,n v. 1 . Alexia rhompstm. ;he ntgro cook of is relate 1 to her credit that at Maynooth, Cohen, )f Goldsbro, was arrested Ireland she has established an Indus- Wednesday chu.td with poiMming Co trial Sdiocl lor women and girls, where nenV " fcsom by putting . , . . it in the ct.r- the upiU are t;iught various industries. Tl. 1 .L" .1 f ImDQ rAQnKfifi o jue uunii i.fiacu ... , - class in the institution. OftEAM OF LOCAL NEWS. i The Happening of This And Adjoin, ing States Chronicled. Now Pay Attention and Listen, For Every One of These Items Will Interest You, Whether Healthy, Poor or Wealthy, Lame, Halt or Blind. VIRGINIA-. The Exposition held at Middleton, Frederick county, op. the 3d, 4th and 5th f September, under the auspices of the Middleton Improvement and Immigra tion Association, was a successful affair. The 2d Virginia Infantry regiment, Col. Joseph A. Kulton commanding, were in nip there for a few days. This regi ment is composed of Valley and South- western Virginia companies, and under the direction of Col. Nulton, who was an officer of the celebrated Stonewall brigade during the late war, is rapidly attaining a stai o( commendable proficiency. t Vit- luiiisc cimimitt nn wr nlim at Washington city reported favorably the .C - - , V . . f lrginia. fi4. uuu, to reimDurse it ior tne destruction of its buildings and property during the war. A correspondent of the Danville Regis ter recently came across' a farmer, Mr. William F. Rippetb, 'residing near Weyer's Cave, August Count)', Va., who furnishes an example of industry and thrift worthv of commendation. Mr. Rippcto is an old soldier of Stonewall J Jack son's brigade, aud lost his left arrb in the battle of Gettysburg. That arm was cut off near the shoulder, and vet with one arm he cultivates his farm of forty acres and comfortably supports a wife aud four ehiidtmj In seeding tinve he employs help, but at all other times does all the farm work'himself, and his devoted wife attends to all the affairs of th(. hoUSe Rnd kitchnj . ; A nrt ,u the factory of the Richmond Paper Company, at Richmond, a., 'I' 1 1 . -. : . 1 - j. .1 .1 Thursday night did $25,000 of damage. Terry & Green, real estate agents of Wytheville, have sold to Messrs. Moore and Hibbert, iron-ore experts of Staun ton, Va., and representatives of northern and western capital, the celebrated Glade Mountain iron property lying four mile9 south of Rural Retreat. The property contains - 1,000 acres. There is on it three separate leads of good iron ore which run for four miles without a break. The price paid was $33,000. The yards and docks department wil) soon commence extensive improvements at the south end of the Norfolk navy yard j 1 ii lilt LI 1.1 L1VLI Jl ail a L V. UOt TT X1U1 A. XX VUA I the new dry-dock to the south wall and j making ground for new building, among j them electric light works. The work of plastering the new marine barracks is all now to )ytt done to j complete that fine structure, and the marines will move into their new home about the 1st of Novem ber and occupy the rlnest barracks build injdu the country. f During the session of the Circuit Court at Petersburg Judge B. A. Hancock granted two charters of incorporation. The first was to "The Merchants Tobacco Company of Petersburg." The capital stock of the compauv snail not be less than $",.000 nor more than $100,000, and the real estate to be owned at any one time shall not exceed $25,000. The chief purpose for which the Company is organ ized is lhe purchase, handling, and sale of leaf tobacco. Tlie second charter granted was one incorporating "The East-View Cemetery and Improvement Companv." This company is composed of ""d nieu. The capital stock is to be not less than $5,000 nor more than ) (m NORTH CAROLINA. The date fixed for the execution of Steve Jacobs, the Croatan outlaw now in jail at Lumlei ton. i September 26. Frank L. Bond, one of the oldet citi- J , I zens of Taiboro, left his home, in his night-clothes. Tuesday Jnoruing, and his whereabouts is not kmwn. 'His mind has not been 111 its noimal condition for some tinu. . The colored St;Ul, faif begins at Ral- eigh OctoUr 20th. There is only one company of colored troops in the State (Charlotte) and it will then encamp there, t,u, fair groumls Tht. ri)t pbytehan church of Greensboro ha li t the Contract for a new church building to porter & Goodwin, ot Goldsbore Jim Reid. Frank Cauble, and Frank lluut. all white, sum prisoners in the county jail, made Uijeir escape early Thursday morning. ' The escape was ac- complished bv tiling ihe hnsre iron hinges of the door., and the iron bars. Then tying theii blanket- together, the pris oners made the.iwlvo j free. The last one escaping was -ecu by a person pass ing, and saw the dilution of their flight. 1 "he Salisbury city officers are now on their nail, ami exerting- all efforts to catch them. Neither! had over eight . 1 r 1 . y 1.1 . SOUTH CAROLINA. A COIUUlisMOM i.s ai$o issued for the j formation of tie- Wotern Carolina Land j ' and ImproTement Company, of Anderson, with a capital stock of $150,000 in 'share of $100 each. The principal place ol business will be the city of Anderson, and the general purpose of the company will be the buying, selling, leasing and im proving of real estate in South Carolina, out more especially in the western part ol the State with a view to building up and developing that section. Commission were issued by the Secre tary of State for the organization of the American Bank of Greenville. capital $75. 000. The sheriff of kershaw county, under a judgment for $25,000, in favor of Rice & Coleman, seized a locomotive of the Three C's Road. The engine is worth about $8,000 or $y.000, and will, it is thought, be sold. The judgment is for an unpaid bill for trestling over the Wateree River. It i not known whether this is the first of a series of seizures to be made, but every one hopes that the Three C's will be able to tide over their present trouble. Real estate continues to advance in and around Aiken, and the lands known as the Levels find ready sale at figures rang ing between $f0 and $100 nn acre. The officers of the Atlantic Coat Liue System have promised to visit Orange burg on the 10th of September to decide upon the route of the Augusta extension and select a site for their depots and shops, which have been gratuitously of fere the road by. the city of Orangeburg. Naturally the people of Orangeburg are very much encouraged with their pros pects. The people of Clinton celebrated the completion of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern to that place on last Wednesday by a grand barbecue. Speeches were made by Col. I. G. McKissick. Lieuten ant Governor Mauldin and Col. Irby. Five miles of iron have been laid on the Brauchville and Bowman Railroad, and already the company is- doing a good freight business. In the last few days the company has hauled four thousand crossties, and the business is improving. The South-Carolina Railway Company is boring an Artesian well at Moutmoren ci. Chapman Bros., of Augu-ta have the contract The Richardson Guards at Montmoreu ci received their quota of arms from the State last week. They hope to get their new uniforms before the date fixed for the State Fair, as they desire to attend in a body. They hold weekly drills. It is proposed to form a battalion in Aiken county, composed of the Palmetto Rifles, the Richardson Guards and the Sally Ri fles. The members of the colored Alliance on Wadmalaw Island have made arrange ments for an Alliance store for the island at a place known as Beutz's, arrangements looking to the renting of a store having been concluded with Mr. John Bentz. They will also have an Alliance gin house, having arranged with Mr. F. Schaffer for the ginning of their whole crop. TENNESSEE. The excitement in Chattanooga is a war between the Street Railway company and the city authorities. The latter seems to be on top no v.". Mrs. Neal Phelan died at her home at Treutou from the effect of am overdose of laudanum. Her husband gave her the medicine through mistake. J.. W. Campbell, proprietor of the Campbell IIo-.is..-. Covington, and former ly ou the police force in Memphis, had a wrestling tustle in fun with James Swee ney, a blacksmith, at Coviug.ou: They had tht ir fun on the sidewalk near the hotel. It is not o funny now. In the fall Mr. Campbell had his leg biokeu above the knee and a bad sprain of the arm. Sweeney escaped with a sprained thumb. A tcnible accidcui o-curred at Morris town about !S o'clock as passenger train No. 2 was coming-in. Three box. Tom Foster. Anther Lilly and Frank Blair, were walking on the East Tennessee. Vii -ginia and Georgia trac k about two miks from town ami v. ere evidently crossing what i known a ( arriger' Crossing wheu the train sijv.ck them, instantly killing Foster and Lilly. Blair i still alive, but not expected to live. The boys ages were licm thirteen and eighteen years. Dining th leunion of the Annv of the Cumberland iu Chattanooga last fall sev enteen persons were injured by the ruu niug away down down the side of Mis siouarv Ridue of a car on the electric road. Suits wcrt brought by the injured persons for heavy damages. Eleven of these suits have been compromised, the Electric Street B.dlroad Company paving $12,500 in cash and t.-.kiug a receipt in full. The unset t let I claims will be ad justed bv the Ciit 'tit ( ..-lit next fall. '1 lie leuuu r. "oi the Blue ami tne Grey at Koxville. October 7. ar.d 1, promises to be a notable cvi.t. The reunion is to be under the an. s of the city authori ties and the Cf:i.- i 1. and Grand Army posts of that city. At the inception of the affair $H .. as :.;;sid to Ik- sjx-nt iu advertising. Yhc matit r ha lecn printed and ninth ! it s-;it out. Already lOO.OOt) posteis. joo.. ot) folders ami 180. 000 hand oills i. t.e l.irii sent om. To show the interest which KuoivilL- peo ple are taking in i; may oe stated that six or eiuht men are now trading in various part, of the country to work up an inter est in the reunion. It is exjected that, at least 20,000 ct..ran- will be in attend ance, and preparations are lnring made to take care of .V.noO jK.-opie. Governor Gordon, of Georgia, will oar- of the mot j-opular imt pio.ninent figures at the reunion. GEORGIA. Hon. H. Clay Foster. o:e of the promi nent member of the i, -.ria bar died at hi home at AuL'e-. . -tl-:'- lay night, aird V"- The census office has completed the of ficial count of Savannah's opulation. It is 43,212, or 41 per cent, increase over 1880. Mrs. Kate T. Martin abandoned her in fant in Augusta. She left the child with a lady and mysteriovdy disappeared. Augusta is to have a jockey club, and a meeting of fall races will be secured. General manager Haiues. of the Plant 6ystem, has voluntarily advanced the pay of conductors from $80 to $100 per month. A white man Darned Henry Cook is in jail at Buena Vista charged with the mm -der of his wife. The crime is alleged to have been committed in Chattahoochee county, the home of Cook. The members of the Carpenters' and Joiners Association, of Columbus, are advocating nine hours as a dav's work. Macon's canal project is being rapidly pushed forward. Savannah proposes to build anothei cotton factory. There was a reunion of confederate vet erans of Cherokee county at Cantou. on August tj . The twenty-third Georgia held its annual meeting as the same time. Governor Gordon and other distinguished speakers addressed the people. A Monroe county man recently caught a tish which tipped the beam at seventy pounds, and was said to resemble an ani mal more than a tish. Bids have been advertised for erecting the Cycloneta Farm eating house, which will be the dinner station on the Georgia Southern.. It is to be a first-class restau rant, constructed on elaborate plaus, managed and provided in the best style, and costing $15,000. Mr. J. W. Wommack, who wfcs found dead in his bed, in Macon, had had his life insured for $1,000. He unfortunately let himself get a month behind iu his dues, however, and thus, for the lack of $1.25 payment his family lost a very com fort able sum of money. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. Senator Edmunds Offers a Besolution For a Two Month's Holiday. The Duty on Salt Discussed. Compound Lard Bill Passed. Washington, D. C. In the Senate Friday morning, Mr. Edmunds offered the following resolution, which went over for the present : Resolved, That when the two Houses adjourn on the 19th of September, 1890, it be to meet on the 10th of November, 1890. The tariff bill was taken up, the pend ing question being on the Finance Com mittee's amendment to the salt paragraph to strike out the proviso allowing draw backs on salt in exported meats. Mr. McPhersou moved to strike out the entire paragraph, the effect of which would he to place salt on the free list. Rejected yeas 15: nays 29, a party vote. The schedule of cotton manufacturers was passed over, and the wool schedule was taken up. Mr. Carlisle moved, to strike out para- graphs 357 to :1G9, relating to raw wool, so as to put all raw woof on tne tree list. A general discussion followed, the mo tion being supported by Messrs. Carlisle, Reagan. Gray and McPherson, Democrats, and opposed by Messrs. Sherman, Al dricti, Dawes and Stuart, Republicans. With the motion still pending, the Senate adjourned. - v Iu the House, after the reading and ap proval of the journal, the Speaker stated that the pending question was the vote on sustaining the decision of the Chair ruling that the lard bill was unfinished business. The opposition to the lard bill, so ram pant yesterday, seemed to have disappeai ed. and the decision of the chair wa; promptly sustained by a vote of 130 to 40. The lard bill was then passed- yea 125 : nays 31. THE ALLIANCE CAUSES A GOOD STOKV. One of the ablest men iu House is Judge David B. Culberson, of Texas. The oth er day he entered the cloak room while several Democratic members were com menting upon the havoc made by the Fanners' Alliance in the . South. Infor mation had just been received of the tie feat of a well-known Congressman seek ing a reuomination. He had done every thing that could be done to placate the Alliance early in the season. He had joined it and swallowed its Sub-Treasury scheme. He even went a step farther. He introduced a bill as far ahead of the Sub-Treasury scheme iu extravagance is that scheme is ahead of the strongest pro tective tariff. It was all in vaiu. The Alliance ran over him and left him cry ing bltKxlv murder. His case" remarked the Judge, re minds me of a story of a man I once knew in Texas. He was riding, over a rough road behind a yoke of oxen. He sat in the forward end of the cart upon a pile of l)oxe. As the wheel dropped into a rut the pile toppled. He lost hi balance and fell out of the cart. He was afraid that the wheel would run over him. and he loudly .shouted "Who!"' before he struck the ground. It was too late. The wheel did go over him. But this was not all. He shouted 'Whoa '' so loiid and long that the oxen stopped and backed the cart. The wheel went over him a second time." The Druggist's Mistake. K.voWiLLE. Teun - -John P. Smith, cleven-vear-old-fon of lhe St:- Superin tendent of Iblic Instruction. F. M. S's.ith. and a boy named Hutchin, died Mond iy from a doe of morphine, and three other childreu of Mr Smith's, who had taken another do, wen- made ick by the wue drug 'which was adrniuit-r-d for a -Id iu mistake for quinine. The uiUtake v. .i made by a druggist in filling the prescription. FAKMERS' NEWS & NOTES. The Morrill Agricultural Aid Bill Becomes A Law. Abandoned Land in the South Dis cussed. President Polk in Mich igan. Sisal Hemp Culture. Business Exchanges and Warehouses Becoming Numerous. Alliance lrtsiness exchanges are multi plying in Florida. Tb Jacksonville Tribune states that the Zolfo Farmers' Alliance Exchange, of Zolfo Spring, De Soto county, has filed articles of incorpo ration with the Secretary of State. It has a capital stock of 10,000. The directors for the first vear are Marion G. Carlton, J. P. Child," James II. Brant ly, John L. Skipper, Jr., and D. D. Crews, Jr. President L. L. Polk recently address ed a crowd at Cold water, Michigan, and the meeting closed with three rousing cheers for the speaker and the Alliance When a Southern orator can address a Michigan meeting, and receive three rousing' cheers, it begius to look like the 'bloody shirt"' war was about at an end. Dispite the protests the West and South are coming together at a rapid rate. The Alliance press and missionaries are doing it you know. Lye-Opener. Congress has passed the Senate bill known as the Morrill College Aid bill. -When the recent Federal court decis ion was delivered, fears were entertained that the college would be badly crippled for a time at feast, but this money from the Federal treasury will put the institu tion in a better condition than it ever has been. Every State in which an agricultural college is situated will be entitled to this appropriation. The States in which the colleges have not yet been startetl should hasten to take advantage of this appro priation. The amount is to be increased every year until it reaches $25,000 for each college. Each State must begin with the "work. After the college is in operation it will be entitled to $15,000 the first year and then $17,500 and so on. Without u doubt this measure will boom agricultur al education. Agriculture is a science. Science is knowledge, truth ascertained. We need more science, more system in farming. The rudiment of agriculture can be obtained in a college of this kind. The theory that fanners need no educa tion has long since been exploded. Every young man educated at one of these col leges may not become a successful farmer, but in order to keep up with other peo ple we must have more and better educa tion. We must also see to it that these Colleges are not used to turn out crack base-ball nines. ' 9 ABANDONED LAND IN THE fOUTII. There are in Virginia, the Carolinas. and some other Southern States, large areas of abandoned, or partially abandon ed farming lands. In these districts the plantations have been given over to scrub oak, old-field pine, and brambles, be cause the former system of agriculture did not pay, or because a long-continued robbery of the soil resulted in such im poverishment that cultivation at best would not produce a livelihood for labor expended. Land that has been impover ished by tobacco one of the most ex haustive of crops- or by cotton, as has been done in the South, may be restored bv a change of agriculture, and this resto ration is even now going on. Fruits and vegetables will be largely cultivated in the Southern States on ac count of the good markets for such pro ducts in the large Eastern" cities. It will also be found profitable to raise cattle, grain, wool and dairy products. The re sult of this changed system of agriculture will make the South even more prosper ous than it was in the palmiest days of plantation life. When all the desirable agricultural land of the West i occupied which n but a question of a few years theu these lands iu the Sonthern States will receive attention. Our population is increasing rapidly, and the time will come when these farms will have to be subdivided The average size of our farms in thi. country is four time that of the farms ot France, and in Belgium, ' Holland, Ger many, antl England they are still smaller. While to-day iu many sections farm of 75 and 100 acres will barely pay for cul tivation, the time will come when farms of one-third t r one-fourth that fize mut pay. It is usele to argue that it can not be done; su h farm a.fe cultivated in a way to pav even to-day. and roust become even more generally profitable in the fu ture. It would be well for the respectire State Departments .f Agriculture to es tablish experimental farm in the-e neg lected sections. ti' h experiment farms should be conducted in a manner to dem onstrate to the uii-ut cestui fanner of the State how thev can take their, worn out farms and renovate them; how thrj can carrv on an industry that has hitherto appeared to be unprofitable in a way to t,how a atifactory balance sheet. F. K. Moreland in the AtnerirttH Affriculturut. , UNITED STATES FAKMERS. The National Farmers Congrs met st Council Bluffs.- Nebraska. Delegates were prt-Mrul Irom Alabama, North Dado ta, Illinois, Iowa. Kaiisa. Maine, MUour i, Michigan. Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nebraska. Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. vuth Dakota, Tennessee, Wyomin? and Wisconsin. President It, S. Kalb. of Alabama, presided. Governor Boi made an ad dre aod Mayor Mclbw, of Council Bluffs, also spoke. In his address President Kalb reriewed the condition of the farmers. He spokt of the decrease in agricultural wealth, and1 said: This decrease is all the more shocking because the aggregate wealth ol thecountrv has immensely increased. Hi followed the history of the last forty jears, and blamed the protective tariff as being resKnsible for the fanners present con dition. Keserring to the Farmers' Alli ance, he called it a grand body, to free legislation from its thraldom. .Professor W. J. lii:tmterlin, of the Ainmea ijowa) Agricultural College, reatl a long pajer on "Existing facte and the law that injure agriculture,'' and Profes sor W. 0. Atwater. of the Experimental Station, at Washington, D. C, spoke of the work of that iu-tituion. Sisal-hemp Culture is making marvelous progress in the Bahama. Capitalists from Great Britain. Canada, and New foundland bought 120.000 acres of gvs emmeut land last year, and rue putting it into sisal, but the government hm declin ed to sell more land at present. Unim proved private land can le lxmght for from f H to per aere. It is tHevel that in a shoit.time the exports, which now average about $0- 0; 000, will run uj into the millions. Msai plants tree va great demand, and the price has advanced from six to thirty-six cents per dozen. A plantation once started needs no replant ing for several years. Quantities of old plants have latelv been discovered . on some of the Florida Keys, which suggests a trial of the hemp industry iu Souihenr Florida. " ! There are 34,000,000 persons in the Union engaged in agriculture. Yet with a majority of the population asking for only one measure of relief Congress can not find time to consider it. There will be a considerable shaking up this fall on this account, and many small statesmen who regard themselves greater than the people will -seek the shades of private bfe to consider the fallibilities of things ter restial snd the folly of a fellow growinc too big for his breeches. Allianc Herald. Seven cotton mills in Georgia are mak ing cotton bagging. A new Alliance building is being erect ed at Eatonton, Ga. The Alliance is organized in 79 of the 100 counties in Virginia. The Farmers' Alliance has two thousand members in Maryland, and is rapidly in creasing. ; The Alliance Exchange at Shenandoah will open about the 20th of August, sajs the Luray, Va., Union. The Madison, Ga., AdtertUer report?" the enlargement of the Georgia farmer oil and fertilizer factory at that place, and that it will thi season gin and pack cot ton also. At Griffin, Ga., the farmers' co-operative cotton wed oil and fertilizer factory has also been enlarged and the operations considerably extended over what they were last season. The Macon Telegraph thinks the Alli ance is about to take charge of the govern ment of Georgia and says it's high time, for the government of Georgia needs to be in the hands of such a sensible body of peo ple. Concord Alliance, in Jajer county, Ga., is standing firm this season again; jute bagging, and will not patronize any ginner who buys it for himself or his cus tomers. It asks the co-operation of all other Sub-Alliances in continuing the fight on this line if it takes all winter to win. SHALL BE ABLE TO REAL Before a Voter is Qualified in Mis sissippi. Report of the Com mittee. Jack sox, Miss., Special. The consti tutional convention met at 3:30 o'clock, p. rn., and under call of the counties, which is a regular order of Tuesdays and Friday, a flood of amendments snd reso lutions were submitted, and referred to appropriate committers. The report of the sub-committee on franchise, which was printed Wednesday, does not differ msterially from the outline of its provis ions telegraphed Tnewlay night. The qualifications which are to become opera tive January 1st, Ib&C, are : First, every qualified elector shall be able to read any article of the constitution of the state ; or. second, he shall be able to understand the same when read to him; or, third, he shall own in his own right snd shall have paid taxes on propcrtT of the a.Mwed value of $200 for the. fiscal year next preceding his registration. Sol diers of either army, who served honora bly during the late war, shall be exempt from property or educational qualifica tion. No legidation need lie expected of the convention until the committee on elec tive franchise submit its report. Ttie present indications are that the convention will be in session until Octo ber 1st. Seven Aidemen Arrested. BiDDKroRD. 3!k Aug. 30. -A sensa tion wa created here this morning when I'nited State Marshal Saunders, of Port land. pL-ed under arret seven, alderman of Biddeford, and took them to Portland, a ith several person detained as witness es, on warrants from the United States district. court. The aldermen are charged with neglecting to strike from the Bidde ford voting lits the names of parties Dfct legally entitled to vxte, and for conspira cy in arranging to place on the list the names of persons not legally entitled to rote. ThU action i the culmination of the recent, naturalization troubles lay Bid deford. V,
Maxton Scottish Chief (Maxton, N.C.)
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