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A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS.
VOL. VIII. NO. 13
MAXTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1893.
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One of i'ston's newest notions, and,
in the estimation of tho New York
Times, ona of the be&t of its niauy
good ones, is the establishment of a
mechanic arts high school, to supply
a connecting link, as w explained, be
tween theoretical and practical educa
tion. Its friends claim that this
school will be the crown and climax of
tbe city's common school sytsteim.
A Mexican paper predicts an im
mense invasion of that country by
American ' tourists this -winter, and
eays that the railroads are alreadypre
paring to handle the expected throng.
It thinks that- the prevalence of
cholera in Europe is sure to thia out
the ranks of tourists thither, and
that they must have somewhere to go
to escape the "winter's cold. "The
prediction," adds the New Orleans
Picayune, "seems to be founded on
reason, and the same causes will doubt
less contribute to swell the number
who will seek the delightful climate of
our own State and of the Mississippi
coast. We may prepare for a specially
large invasion this winter."
William Dean Howelle, while edil
ing a certain magazine, one day re
ceived from Elizabeth Stuart Phelps a
etory which he didn't care to publish,
relates the New York Advertiser. It
dealt with all sorts of unpleasant peo
ple ; who used bad English and were
not cultured. As Miss Phelps belonged
to a sacred coterie composed of peo
ple who were accustomed to have their
work accepted, whether it was good,
bad or indifferent, William Dean was
in a hole. But he finally nerved him
self and wrote to Miss Phelps, saying:
' ' Vnll 1.- -l it m 4 Vi i n ma a t1 a a r a -n I
Btory." Miss Phelps changed tho
title originally "Tho Oysterman"
to "Not a Pleasant Story," sold it to
another magazine and cut William off
her visiting list. They met thereafter
as strangers.
Since the Ios3 of lives on the coast
of New Jersey at the time of the recent
great storm there has been an agita
tion in the seaport towns and summer
resorts along that coast in favor of an
extension of the time of employment
of the men in the United States Life
Saving Service. Four seamen of the
wrecked schooner Mary F. Kelly were
drowned at Asbury Park, for instance,
within thirty feet of the shore, while
hundreds of people stood on the beach
unable to help them. Twenty-four
seamen were drowned off the New Jer
sey coast in a range of ten miles, where
there were then four unoccupied life
saving stations. The life-saving crews
are discharged on May 1, and do not
get employment again until September
I. It is argued that violent storms
occur in August, and that the life-saving
crews at least should be employed
from the beginning of that month.
An electric funeral-car is a California
Innovation. About nine miles distant
from Saa Francisco are four large
cemeteries and a crematory, and it was
to bring them near the city that an
electric railroad company introduced
the new hearse. Its first patron was a
benevolent organization, one of whose
members had died. At the time ap
pointed for the mourners to. leave th9
city the electrio funeral-car, appro
priately draped in black, was in readi
ness. The body wa3 lifted by the pall
bearers from an undertaker's wagon to
the car, and the bearers took their
seats in a section reserved for them.
The conductor rang the bell twice, the
motorman clanged his gong to clear
the track of a mob of interested spec
tators, and the funeral procession
started, the mourners in electric cars
following the hearse. The run front
the starting point to the cemetery was
made in an honr. The car was switched
off on a track inside the cemetery gates
and the pallbearers lifted out the coffin.
Then the funeral procession was re
formed and moved slowly off towards
the chapel.
The owner of a sandstone quarry on
Lake Superior conceived the idea of
sending to the World's Fair a shaft that
should far overtop the Cleopatra obe-,
lisk in Central Park, New York - Cityi:
and all the similar works wrought by
the ancient Egyptians. He success-,
fully accomplished his purpose at a
cost of about $15,000. The shaft was
110 feet long, ten feet square at the
base and tapering to four feet at the
top. The tallest of the Egyptian obe
lisks, that of Karnak, is 105 feet seven
inches. But the Minnesota quarrier
could not float his monolith to Chi
cago, as the Egyptians used to float
their works on rafts down the Nile.
The lowest estimate for moving the
great stone to the Fair was $25,000.
Th money could not be raised, and
the u - justed quarrier has begun to
cut up greatest of obelisks into
MONEY IN TRIFLES.
SMALL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
INVENTED.
They Look to be of Small Conse
quence, but They , Have Made
Fortunes for Those That
Conceived Them.
SMALL ideas are sometime
worth fortunes, says a Wash
ington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times. The Pat
ent Office records are full of trifling
suggestions that have won riches for
lucky thinkers. More than half oi
them have beeri hit upon by accident.
Most thoughts are blanks in the lottery
cf the human mind, but now and then
out pops a prize. Catch it on the fly
and you needn't do any more,
i For instance, take a little metal
: paper-fastener, used to keep the pagee
oi documents or manuscripts together.
Though but a trifle, it made wealth for
J. W. McGill, who invented it in 1867.
The rubber pencil tip was devised by
a Philadelphia man, Hyman L. Lip
man, in 1858. It earned $100,000 for
him. It was in the same year that
George A. Mitchell got a patent for
the metallic shoe-tip. His application
for exclusive rights covered shoe-tips
f silver and all other metals, but cop-
! per was preferred. From that time on
; every bootmaker who sold shoes with
i copper toes had to pay a royalty, which
enriched the originator of the idea.
An immense amount of money was
made by William D. Ewart out of an
improved attachment for machine har
vesters, called a 'drive-chain. "
An improved pattern of thumb latch
was produced by PMlos, Eli and John
A. Blake, of New Haven. Thirty thou
sand were sold during the first year
and the brothers reaped a small for
tune. It is reckoned that $1,500,000
has been made out of the simple device
of metal plates for protecting the heels
and coles of shoes and boots. No less
than 143,000,000 of them were manu
factured in 1887. The notion of util
ising the feathers of chickens, turkeys,
geese and other domestic . fowls, as a
substitute for whalebone in women's
eorsets, has been worth more than a
fairly productive silver mine to its in
ventor. The quills are woven into
strips of what is called "feather-bone.
A man named Canfield first conceived
the idea of making arm-pit dress shields
seamless, with a sheet of cloth-covered
rubber. It brought him an income of
many thousands a year.
Heaton, who hit upon the notion of
a metal fastening for buttons, doing
away with sewing, got a fortune by it.
A wooden screw proved a mint for
Thomas J. Sloan in 1864. The man
who invented wooden pegs for Bhoes
was B. F. Sturtevant. He lived near
Boston and went crazy later cm. The
barb-wire fence was worth more than
$1,000,000 in royalties to its origin
ator,. .. ...
Formerly many eggs got broken
on their way to market by rail. A
countryman conceived the plan df
packing them in trays, of pasteboard
with a separate compartment in
which each egg might stand upright.
The happy thought was worth a for
tune, and such trays are universally
used. An ingenious Chinaman of San
Francisco named Cheang-Quan-Wo
made quite a pile of money out of a
gusset for reinforcing the pockets of
overalls. A miner was equally lucky
with an eyelet to be sewn at the month
of the coat or trouseue rocket, so ai
to resist the strain caused by carrying
heavy tools or pieces of ore.
There was a fortune in the inverted
glass bell hung over a gas-jet to pre
vent the ceiling from being blackened.
Big money has been made out of a pen
for shading in different colors and a
' 'darning weaver5 f or-repairing stock
ings has likewise been immensely
tjrofltflbie. The ball-and-socket aloe
fastener was patented in this country
by a Frenchman, named Raymond,
whose idea has proven golden. Rogers
got on independence for life out of his
screw wire . naiL A common needle
threader has brought an income Of
810, 000 ,a year to its inventor. Pat
ents for gold, silver and copper tinsel
yarns for upholstery have fetched a
profit of .$375,000. r .A peculiar crook
in the wire of a recently patented
ioek-and-eye ift producing hundreds
of dollars a day. The roller skate
earned a. cool million for the person
who caught the idea as it floated in his
brain and put it into "tangible shape.
! A self-made millionaire was quotes
a While ago as -saying: that one of the
best ways for young man to makt
money quickly was r to, rack hs brainf
until he found something the peoph
wanted, and to supply it. Common
sense may - be mon? useful to the in-"
ventor than a mechanical education
In using bath-bricks for cleanin
knives, housewives found that the mo&
troublesome part of the -job. was' scrap
ing the powder from the brkii, On? 1
day it occurred to somebody to sell the
brick ready powdered in neat packages,
and he got a fortune by it. Every
body knows how troublesome it is to
pick coins off a smooth counter. A
way to get over this suggested itself to
a thoughtful person, who promptly
devised a rubber , mat, with rubber
bristles standing up all over it. From
this the coins can be picked up as
easily as if they stood on edge. Hence
forth this thonghtful person will not
be compelled to toil for his livelihood.
Few inventions pay better than
patsnted toys. The "return ball
with a rubber string earned an income
cf $50,000 a year for the individual
who struck the notion. Two p.lay7
Lthinsrs that go bf clockwork 'the
walking alligator hav j each won a large
fortune. The "Pigp in Clover" were
worth thousands of dollars a week
while their popularity lasted. Those
odd little fireworks called "Pharoah's
Serpents," which excited attention as
a novelty some years ago, put $50,000
Into the pocket, of tneir originator.
The idea was suggested by certain
chemical experiments. That ingenious
plaything known as the "Wheel of
Life" netted $100,000. The familiar
"Chameleon Top,' which gave such
pretty play room lessons in the com
position of colors, was another very
profitable toy.
Formerly inventions were nearly
always made hap-hazard. People hit
upon them accidentally. Now the dis
covery of new ideas in mechanics is a
profession. The inventor is a skilled
man, employed by a firm of manu
facturers with the understanding that
all his inventions belong to them. The
Westinghouse Company, for example,
picks up trained electricians all over
the world, sets them to work, and
gives them eveiy convenience for pro
ducing .new industrial applications of
electricity. These salaried inventors
are excellently paid. Electricity is tha
great field for invention now. Twenty
thousand electrical patents have been
granted since 1880.
The patented devices utilized in shos
making are more numerous and more
valuable than those employed in any
other industry or art. This country
turns out 1,000,000 sewing machines
every year and these do thework of
12,000,000 women. Mr. Pratt, speak
ing in the United States Senate in
1883, said two-thirds of the wealth of
the United States was due to patented
inventions. Few known fortunes ex
ceed that of Cyrus McCormick, inven
tor of the machine harvester, who
died worth $20,000,000. The Westing
house airbrake has earned .millions of
dollars. Bell, the telephone man, is a
multi-millionaire. Edison,, like Bell
and McCormick, began-life' poor. H
is worth $1,000,000 to-day, and
probably much more.
Two Terrible Men-o'-War.
The English Government has" pro
vided for the construction of two pow
erful first-class cruisers." to b named
the. Powerful and Terrible. Thev will
be larger audmore powerful than any
cruisers heretofore constructed. The
principal dimensions are as follows:
Length, 500 feet : breadth, seventy
feet ; displacement at a mean draught
of twenty-seven feet, 14,000 tons. The
vessels are to be constructed of steel
throughout, but as they are.:-intended
to keep the sea for lengthened periods
they will be sheathed and coppered.
The proposed continuous sea speed in
smooth water is twenty knots, but on
the eight hours' natural draught trial
the expected speed is twenty-two knots
an hour. For the protection of the
vital parts of the ship, which include
the engines, boilers, '-magazines,' etc.,
they will be covered by a 6trong, turtle-back
deck of steel, having a maxi
mum thiokness of four inches , amid
ships, reduced toward tha-extremities.
Between this and the main decks
for the whole length of the. engine and
boiler space, these vessels will be sub
divided into numerous coal bunkers.
At the normal displacement and
draught of the ship about 1500 tons of
coal will be carried, but provisions
will ba made for a bunker capacity of
3 000 tons. The vessels will be pro
pelled by twin in preference to triple
screws their efficiency 'within the
limits of the -proposed power and
draught having been established, by
previous experience in pur largest
cruisers, as well as in the large twin
screw vessels of the mercantile marine.
The armament of the vessel"? will com
prise two 9. 2-inch breech -loading guns',
mounted at bow and stern as chasers;
twelve six-inch, eighteen ' twelve
pounders, twelve three-pounder quick
firing guns, and several machine"
guns. The 9.2-inch and six-inch guns
"will have armored protection, and the
twelve pounder guns will be fitted
with strong shields, revolving with the
guns. Special study has been, given"
to the protection of the guns and their
3rews, and the transport of ammuni
tion from the magazines to the gursa.
trrNew York. Sun- , ' .
LAMES' .COLUMN.
TW KCELE DACGHTSBS.
Five years ago, I'-. P. Bergaminf, r-
Italian banker ot New York, die
owing eight hundred depositors about
twenty-five thousand dollars. Ever
since then his two daughters, Rachel
and Sasselone, have labored diligently
to clear off this indebtedness, surren
dering all of their real and personal
property, inckrding even jewels, pic
tures and bookey supporting themselves
meanwhile, the one by teaching, the
other by working, as an amanuensis in
a -lawyer's office. A few weeks ago
they met the creditor in the cham
berlain's office, and paid out eighteen
thousand dollars in checks, varying in
amount from one hundred dollars t
fifty cents. They hope to liquidate
the remaining debts in time. Argo
naut. AiBASft's EALLADS AJTD MCPTOS FOB OKB.
Mme. Albani has for many years
spent her holidays at the Old Mar
Lodge, which is placed at her disposal
by the Duke" of Fife. Albani has gons
there as usual this year, anck. as it it
near Balmoral, the great singer is not
seldom favored with a call by th
Queen herself. Albani always makes
it a point to send word to the cook t
prepare muffins for these occasions.
Muffins are quite to the Queen's taste,
and she will dispose of several while
Albani sings to her. Victoria prefers
ballads to any other songs. "The Lass
o Qowrie" and "Come Ye by Blair
Athole1 are decidedly her favorites,
though she likes ''Robin Adafr" and
"Bluebells of Scotland" pretty well.
When Albani sings it fs always th
Princess Beatrice who pJays. Alboni
has sung at Balmoral for other royal
persons, notably the Empress Eugenie
and Emperor Frederick. New York
Sun.
NEW COLORS.
For street wear the hues are general
ly of the- unpronounced type, brow
being perhaps an exception, since its
most fashfbnable shades tend toward
the bright and sunny varieties. Cin
namon brown, now called visoir, is
seen is dresp; Ijs snd cloaks whil
a little darker shade, about like alight
colored cigar, and known as tabac, en
joys an equal popularity. The various
shades of purple are much less worn
than they were during the past season,
the only two shades being much in
vogue having a reddish cast ; th
lighter one is pinkish in tone, and the
darker is a reddish plum color called
Sigurd.
An attempt is making to introduce
the old fashioned magenta into gowns
and millinery ; but its general unbe
comingness makes it more stylish than
popular, and the lucky woman who caa
wear it may. at least feel assured that
she will have a novelty that few others
will be able to copy. Demorest's.
FASHION KOTE3.
The deep Empire ruffle will remain
in favor for the evening corsage.
Pearl necklaces with diamond clasps
are the prettiest for young women.
A distinctive flower, color and per
fume mark the effete girl of the period.
Very luxurious infants cut their
teeth on exquisitely chased silver and
pearl ring?.
A pink conch shell and a pearl set
diagonally on a finger ring is one of
the newest frivols.
, Baby rattles of silver and pearl, with
chimes of bells and ivory whistles, are
in favor with irritable infants.
Mink will be as popular as ever both
for garments and trimmings. Many
fashionable capes and jackets will be
made of Persian lamb or black marten.
A three-quarter cape of mink, with
an edging of tails, has a long bertha
forming a deep pointed yoke effect at
the back and ending in points in front
end a roll collar. -
Hop-sacking of .a .rich russet brown
is a favorite material for brides'- - traxr
eling dresses; and " chestnut-brown
sacking is used for girls' school dresses,
with jacket or 6hort circular cape to
match. .:-
"The brocage silks for fall .wear, ara
nearly all in two, three and four tone
colorings tone colors in all -dress is
the rigid rule thia year with-' scrolls
and flounc.'s pf email designv f orruin j
stripes. ;.; ; ' ;.
Babies who know what Is what hava
their nurses dressed .in the Russian
etyie, with wmta cps bound around
with black ribbon, which is - tied in a
bow, the; ends", felling to .the i hero of
the black dress.. V,., .
- Among the newei-dre6sy.tdci!es fer
day wear ars-those f thafe - have crpes
seams about the .waist line, attaching
ap ircular- piece curved; to , fit snugly.
Thja piece is about, bix. "inches de?p,"
and is lined with soft" silk. ' ' '- - '
"Baby books" are among the noyer
ties at the fashionable etatioasrs, JEhey
are bound i white and gold and there
are illuminated blanks for tho full
name, the hour and date of birth, the
first photograph and for the eventful
days wrhen the first tooth appears and
i the first step is taken.
Full ruffs of lace, shot silk, velvet
and embroidered net are as much worn
as ever. Besides these, there are va
' rieties of capes and scarf -like fiehus,
which are very becoming and very
useful for mid-season wear, just when
one wants something which protects
against the ehill blasts without being
heavy.
There are many new hats in small
fchapes, m"de of fine felt, with winjs
and bows of ribbons for trimming.
Some of them are Vaterproof, and all
the. same color, wings and ribbons
matching the felt. These hava a most
novel effect, and are most useful for
country wear looking especial ly well
with tailor-built costumes, which re
quire neat, close-fitting headgear.
Making Books Quickly.
The "novel machine" is a large web
press similar to the kind newspapers
are printed on, but arranged to take
curved electrotypes of each page of a
' book, instead of a single large metal
cylinder, casting. There arfttwo cylin
ders, on each of which 144 pages may
be screwed, and as the long strip of
paper goes through first one side is
printed and then the other, making it
possible to print 288 pages at every
I revolution. The strip of paper, after
I being carried over rollers whih dry
the ink, is cut, folded and brought to
gether into the shape of a small vol
ume, with the edges all trimmed.
Every time the great cylinder goes
around a novel is printed, folded and
trimmed, and 5000 of these are turned
out every hour, while, if it were nec
essary, 7000 or 8000 might be the
quota.
From the priating press these books
are carried to a little machine that
looks like a sewing machine, and two
wire stitches are taken in the back
of each. The stitched volumes are
then carried to the covering machine,
where they are put side to side in a
long feeding trough. At tho end of
this is a little compartment large
' enough to take a book, carried on an
endless chain running over wheels at
each end indeed, there are a series oi
little compartments on this chain, and
as the chain moves along each one re
ceives a book. As the book proceeds
a wheel running in a glue poi presses
against its back, smearing it' with
glue. A little farther along there is a
pile of covers that comes up at just
the right moment, leaving a cover
sticking to the gluey back of the book.
Of course the cover stands out straight
on each side, but as it is carried all
the way around on the chain the glue
thus has a chance to drv. When the
circuit has been made the book drops
off on its back, and by falling in be
tween other books the covers are
folded up against the sides.
In this way fifty books can be cov
ered every minute. Two hundred and
fifty thousand of these paper-covered
novels are thus turned out every two
weeks, and extra editions of 50,000 or
so are often worked in besides.
It is the paper which costs the
most, nearly five times tho price of
printing. But that is only about two
cents for a novel. The rest of the ex
penditure for printing, covers, etc.
is about one cent... The whole it
not over three cents, and doubtless ie
something less than this when such
great quantities are printed. Thif
machinery is not duplicated in any
other establishment. " It is doubtless
by such processes as these thai th
ten-cent novels will be made which
the syndicate with $5,000,000 is prom
ising; to turn out next fall in editiont
of 50,000 at a lime. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Great Lumpy Oi-Llght.
Those who were at the bicyclers' rest
on the Playstead during a part of last
evening witnessed a most peculiar and
beautiful sight. A huge decayed tree
had succumbed to the gale, and sud
denly at its uprooting and fracture the
ground all around it blazed up in lu
minous phosphorescent light ;' the trees
and shrubbery ail about wera filled
with gem-like, shining particles of tha
flying phosphorus-charged decayed
wood. There Were lumps of it lying
; around bigger than the 'famous Kohi-
noor and as a ecene it really looked as
though a diamond mine had suddenly
been unearthed -by the uprooting of
-the tree. Many people took spscimens
home with them, which all night re
mained luminous but this morning the
luminosity had almost entirely passed
away. The scientific reason for all of
this can probably be explained by the
theory of decay, but the sight waa one
that it is not likely those who wit
nessed it will ever in a lifetime again
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FRUITS OF THE FARMS.
Handsome Displays at the State Fair
in Columbia. .
Carolinians Making an Effort for In
dependence in the Matter of
Hay, Grain and Ltve
Stock.
Coi.tMBiA S. C The 2oth Fairof the
LAgTieultural and Mechanical Asscc'atiou
is do drawing big crowds to South
arolina s capital.
Tho xh bit of field crops it in point
of number and qutlity of the exhibi s
qual to that of last year tnd consists of
a bewildering array of cotton, corn, sweet
potatoes, wheat, ta's and other grains.
The hay shown is especially good, in
iica ing that more intf net is being takt n
in this crop, acd that farmers do lot
intend hereafter to scud to much inonry
out of tbe 3tale for this cecessary article.
Some 6plendid bales are shown by L. D.
Childs, of Columbia, he having cured
them sftcr the "green process,' making
the hay look as if it wee freshly mowed
grass.
Several couotie3 have special exhibits.
The most extensive in this line is Lex
ington which has two ehows directly op
posite to each other, icpreeenting d'tftr
ent parts of the county. The one re
presenting the C'ougaree section" of the
county, is viry 6ne. The entrance is
through an arch made cf balc3 of hay,
fodder and peas, the pillars being bales
of cotton, hay and peas. Around the
base arc vegetables of largo aud fine var
ieties, all grown in the county. Hung
around the piUaia arc specimens cf shuck
and bark horse collars and door mats.
Two splendid specimens of toba co
grown in tho county are filso in the dis
play. The other portion of the exhibits
consists of specimens 6f field crops,
wines, pickles, etc., one hundred and
fifty varieties f wocds, and excellent
stmplcs of tanned sheep and deer hi Jes.
An old Revolutionary round tabV, cap
tured from Corn wall is, is als an inter
esting feature. Samples of plaids aud
ginghams, c f th'J Lexington Manufac
turing Company, are also shown.
The othtr exhibit from the county si
(Mju'illy complete bs to the display of cot
ton and field crops and native woods
The display of drilling and licking,
manufactured at the Red Bank Mills, is
extensive.
THE ASYLUM EXHIBIT,
consis icg of handiwork of the convales
cent patients, is very gcoJ, and in tome
instances superior. There are specimens
of needlework, anata, table clotts, v. fief,
laces, painting, wood work, and splen
did srecttaeus of the taxidermists' art.
- -. ART.
Among the many beautiful paintings
none of a cotton plant with open bolls.
The frame i made of cotton w o 1, and
specimen bolls are fa tened on the coi
ners of the frame. It is a very e'ever
idea and will executed. There is a'so a
Iarye oil painting of Calhoun.
The stock and poultry exhibits are by
far the most compute, and a e a credit
to the farmer aud stock rai-ers of Sou b
Carolina.
Nuggets of Gold in North Carolina.
Another sulfate go'd v ine h&s been
discovered in North Caro'iaa. Severa1
weeks xgo goli was located i i Stanly
Lcountyouth property of W. P. Ingra-
ham, who at once gsvs parties perraissien
to prospect for gold . As a rtf-u t an ex
traordinary rich find is report.-d, and a
nugget weigh i g over 10) jennyweights
was picked up. A largo number of
others weighing from one half penny
weight tosixty pennyweights weie also
discovered. The. property cculd have
be n bought for 1509 b for tbe dis
covery, enl th wnr hai s'nee refused
$15,000 fori". Theoldfabioo(d "rocker"
is the only means so far uei in working
thi m'w. tnd the g 1.1 U g neraUy easily
deUc ed w.thou'. the use of the jeektr.
The miiiinj xf tnouozite is a'sia new
indus rv in the g Id b U o' Rutherfor 1
and McBowe'l toun'ies. md the ore
brirgs $100 a ton at the ai roal ttntioa.
Bud Lindsey Silled.
Bud Lindsey. ome of the most not.d
J speradoes in Tennessee, was shot and
fata ly wounded near Jacksboro by J
N..McGhep, a Deputy United States'
Marshal. L nd ey was one of ths lead
ers in the Coal Creek mining troubles,
nd it was he who caplurtd Gea. Ander
son commander of th State trcore, and
held h'm prisoner un.il released by Gen.
Carnes. For several years Liodeay was
a Deputy United Bfats Marshal and a
terror to the moonsh:ners. lie has killed
three meu and w s mixed up in numer
ous bat I s ia the border countie3 of
Kentucky ard Tennessee. He was sbo
in a personal difficulty brought oa by
himse'f. He did not live long after
einsr rounded.
The Augu ta Glass Works at Auguiia.
a., has b.tn pl.ced ! th-s hands cf :e-
G
cei
At Bedford CJ, Va.. a board of trade
ha
s been organized br tbe business men
Tbe Carolina Central It R. depot at
Rutl.crfordtoo, N. C, burced down
Monday night with all the freight there-
in
. A passenger train standing oj wa3
,J1 daD)gtd.
ba
THE FALIi ELECTIONS.
Virginia Goes Democratic Ohio, Re
publican.
Judge May n a d Defeated in New
Tork State.
Riohmosd. Va The Pcm cra'ii.
State ticket bs been elec.tc 1 by a hu;
nvij lity and they will have more than
a two-thirds mj rity in the Le-g'sU'ure.
Tne citi s of Norfolk. IV :V tjr,
Fted ricksburg, Roanoke, Jfl.-itintoii a l
Ljnchbu g show Democratic mjoiities,
while fv&ttering returns from th'-oujliou'.
tho State show the election of the Dem
ocrat c tiiktt. and Col. OTtna!', tho
Dmccrtic nominee for Governor, in s
a little behind his ticket in a number of
count:es.
The lope's party hive carried Bur-j x
and Piincj EdwaMs counties.
Tnesecre:ary of the People's J arty
practically admits that OTerrall is elect
ed, butsajs that he concedes celling
and if the Democrats have carried tbe
State it has been done by fraud.
GREENEtALGK ELECTED.
Bostok, Mass. The returns ?r far
teceived show clear'y that Gr enhalyr.
Republic in, his bea elected Govern-'
by more than 23,000 plurality.
CHICAGO fJEEOCB ATS SfCf EESFt
Chicago, Iix. The Democrats Lave
carried this city by a mnjority that th-j
Republican vote in the cou.ty canoot
overcome. The indications at preterit
are tht Gary, Republiciu candidate fn
Supreme Court judge, is bca'er, al
though he hfs tun far ahead of his
ticket.
m'rinley probably cab n its omo.
ClKCIKKATt, O. The vote all over
Ohio has been very full. Dt finite fig
ures are impossible, iu advance 'f m
turns. The general feeling ii that Mr,
Kinley and other Republican State offi
cers are elected by high'y icspectabl!
pluralities. Scratching was eocfined to
local tickets in cities and wai fictly
practiced, especislly in Cincinnati.
MARYLAND PEMOf HAT.''.
Baltimore, Md. Returns ienet
from many parts cf Maryland hon tha!,
the Democrats have elect el their candi
date for Btate Comptroller by a large
plurality acd tonjoiity. The "ieguin"
Democrats re-elected Fcrdinuud C. La
trobe, mayor of this city.
reiSSYLVAMA ItEETRLtCAX.
In Pcnnaylvanit there is no doubt tL?t
the two Republirau caudiiates for A?"
c':a(e Justice of the Supreme Cow t ami
State tieascte", tespectivjy, aro s-uccetf.
ful.
ROOD Y BEATEN IX Bf.Of'M.YN.
Brooklyn, N. Y. From returns ie
ceivtd by the Secretary cf State it is ex
pected that 8chieren, Republican candi
date for mayor, will carry the city by
from 4 0.0 !o 5,000 ciajuiity.
BOIES DEFEATED
Dks Moires, Ia. Enough returns
have been received to make the election
of Jack6on, Republican, e-rer U'jies,
Democratic, reasonably certain by a ina
jority of do 000. Go7. IJ it:a li n bevu
extrtme'y ill and coufined lo hi bed.
CRr,K E ft COXCfcDEH DEFEAT.
1EW Yokk. Richard Crokc, io au
interview, concedes the de'eat of tha
Democratic State tikrt. The legislature,
be hopes, will be Democratic, but he
fears a Repub'ican cLan 6weep.
Cotton Mi ls in the CaroSinas.
iFrom th"? Charlotte O'a rvet J
Figuring on a basis of oneatxl a lm!f
million spindle beinij opi rated i r Nor;h
Carolina, with rortespondi g looms and
twiters, and putting tho cost at an av
erage of twenty five rlollo s a s ijdlc,
the spinning interests of the f-t tta rCp
:esir.ts about tbii ty-se veti and a ba'f
ru'tHi ns of dol ars. South Carolina. Lsi
about the same amount invested, ael
the amount cow bc'ng invce?d 'i
the two 6!ate3 U m;!is beicg eci
etiucted, is sbo-.it fo'ir rnilioi dollar.
At th? preieot rate or growth tbe tw..
Carolina witl hive within five jea a
over one hu ndred m'bion d-A'crs in t,JC
maiiufacti.re of cotton.
Two Bad Men Gone,
RoaK'jke, Va. J. P. M Ihora. for
merly manager of the Roanoke Sanitary
Plumbing Comp my, was shot aud in
stantly killed by Policeman Gus B. Gcu
Wendosday morn big in the effiee of th
company, at 10 Jeff rson tfreet. OffiVer
Gee, who was attempting to atre.-t Me! -horn,
waa badly fceiten on the head bj
& policeman's c'u'i ia the lands of Mel
boru, wh tcok tbe weaj on frctn lie
officer.
A Savaana'i di-pa'i s's'c.- tb
Tfung busing men f fbaf nty ln
decided t r.rA"' n 1 m -rf- h' ' ',i:
for the j.u'poseof pnir.oiicg c n;miob. i
interests and develo,) u ; the civ. The
gucc ss of sitn'iUr bod e elehe' hows
that fuch an orgaoi:',t ion ctotfTi-c un
told bcceGt if tbe members woik togeth
tr with energy sad hsnuonv.