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a m ' RED II.' .11 i I i I I I u-wri J VUOVJL JLLd I: ' i v - EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL VOL.1. N0.5 . REfo SPRINGS, N.C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL G, 1892. 71. W.TOWTfMrND. Manngcr if f Have jroa noticed, asks the Arkansas Traveler, how many murders and shoot aigs are recordel ia the diily papers luring the past few month? The num vcx if.tttiDj tob sometbio? appalling. The attendance of women at the Bos ton University, mounting ai it doj to 300, illustrates bow the cause of woman is progressing now sdsys with a rapidity that surpaste even that of geometrical trtcssion. Few people perhaps are aarc of the fait, believes the 11 nt'tz Transcript, that there -was onco lotmistres Gencrtl. Shu did not serve ia tiii rountry or in the present renter,, bvit tho fnit that a omi3 ever serve 1 ia that capacity is Indeed reanrkaMe. Drnnirk was the. horn of this reunrk aWe wimvi, whii' name was (Jjuntest tiyldenlore, or flrotnta Krsj, a s'ie was called during hwr term of office, which extended from the year 1703 to 1711. The present ptal syste n in thit rountry, which I .ousidred one of the b"t in th world, was invjMirst"! JT her. The rrcrd f ship budding in New Kaplan 1 for 1 S3 1 V '; I thit thu sad ship i by n mifi a thinz of thi "i.it, even in this rjun'rj, reunrk the New York Tribune. In Knl i'i I the ri'ltiru for tli- same, year ar- ver in re Mif '!-ttT'', the loanvfi inT . of rjht -r rent, bein all in naihri' ve !. S'lilmy vessels,' inorover, coiMitutoI twenty-fl?" per cent. f the to. l con struction of HIM, a,'ain-t ntn per r.;nt. 0 SH7. I'll" obvio'M levri is thst-a l-rotlfitble fiM still exi!s f'r a til lire oiiiiw, and fiatunl'-r certain conditions they are eije.ted to oine'.f iU';c:fullr h ith ktc4dier. If th people ( Arentiu tvouH tun tln ir uttention t" agriculture insfca l o to tetoiuf ion", ttVrr nenn to be m rea '!, tin New Mrlnns I'ir.ijtinr con 'unr why tin rountry should not I iirh nnd iriMMroii. The liureau o Aim-rican Itejmblii hVn b tter from i ttlir in Oiamante, Kntf Itir., Arcn tutu, whh h ay4 th t tt eighty rcipinu. nut Liirio mi'l forty !i ' thrrhini; mi ihitiM wrrr rrceired in tint lHility tat vr, while thot l r. twin1 tise I lor binding h"nt .iniruntfd f ?,1")i, itii I iMtiuiitfit tint this ytnr '.rth nf twin will I u-fd. He sayi tht t In- Ml r thu 'i will n I '), b.. Within tin lit, twi month) 1'inmintf h purrh m-1 f .'iH ,Ho worth f ark ultur.il in v hin ry. Tlie yield f wheat ilurin th pt .-rnon hit averted alni-t a ton an acri, and ii of tij-vrivr ipiabtr. Jamea M. Allen, who'ii itizen of Chicago, HI., retf vniz s I in ISh.i a th I'ldef net t ItT by pre tenting hin with a medal auitably m ;-rit.-1. in lol 'M ii pome intvreat ifi4 remnM",nre. H" wi brought to the lo settle n "it in 1:U, I einj; then two year old, by Iim fitii-r. I'h f amily rtm' frvim b ntt ir-, N. V. Thy took up their rei len'c" in a little boute immediately uth of th picket fence irro'indmj; th fort. It m the only houae left by the Indian after the macre of 112, vvl ft''n.ril NVinflel l St' vtt had once occupie I it. The Oeneral presented to th ;el l-r AHe l three old raonon, whieh woro afterwards thrmt muffle down into the i;r un an 1 iled ti hitching p t. Liter they were t inti a bell for th" t-ourt h u. !d Allen built lhiro tirt d:k, on Hirer treet. lhe rirt witer wrk Chira'o had," lay hi n, '"were operated by Nir Iteivi, wh wd IIel water tt the pettier a th price of twenty -fWr rent m hohea I. The. water work ronited of a two whrel cart on whic'j wa place-la ort of tank, and the whole arrangement, wa drtwo by a horac which old Nick Heii uH to drive. A goJ mtny year after that ray father and Virgil C. Walter, m ler the firm name of Allen fc Walter, oper ated the old hydraulic water worka at the toot of Ijike treet. The water wa conducts to the city in wooden pipe." He continue.: 4,I remember the ol4 ferry acroa the rirer where th Ituh Ftreet Bridge i now; it pullei by i rope attathe'I to a wiodlaM on each bank of the river. There al. use 1 t be a ferry where the Lake Street Brid now winjja. The taije coaches for the Went, which uaed to make flalena their objective potnt, uel to be ferriel ari there. Mr. Allen recnerabera the fir I TfMel Uunchfl in Chicaco, ths Iar guerite AUen. It wa originally tbj courteay) gunlot, and formed one of the fleet thU too' part ia Perrj'e victory on Lak Erie. It vu lengthened and rebuilt a a achooner, and in thia ' form begin it trading career. The llrat hotel wai known at the Oreen Tree IIoue, and waa built by John Gray. The fir.t ateamboat to pi on the lake wat the Jamea AUeo, nimxl after the eldr Allen, ilr. Jamei U. Allen U a ret ran of the war. II claim to ba a great pepbew onjthto Allen. i it m ail X TBIFUE. A kha ba took aad a backward look. And her heart grew wyilcnly lighter: A trifle, you y. to lor a day. Yet thvdull icrey morn aeacnwi trijhtef. For btmrU ar tocb that a tender touch Mat Laib a look of aadocM; , A iaII, bright thing can make us Lut a frown wiU check oar cUlneai. ! The cheeriest ray along our way Is the Mttle act of kio Ineaa, An I the keeoeat stin oriMi caraiaaa tbinz That was done to a moment of blin-ineaa. WetanbraTcly face Ufe in a boms whert No foothoH can dbcover. An 1 1 IoTri still if we only will. Though youth'a bright day are ever. Ah, sharp as iworJ cut the unkind worda That are far beyond reralling. When a face Ilea bid 'neath a coffln-lid. An 1 t ittT tor are falling. We fain wo-jll give th9 Uvea wo live To undo our Hie srorning; Th'-n let u not mtaa the stnile and kLa Wbn we part In the light of morning. San Franciaco Call. ROPER'S THOUSAND. D MOBKMT C. V. METERS. OPEIt went alona Cyttl)lfl atraoeest feelinir he had ever had in his life. He wondered if men with large fcums of monev in A sharp electric liht Hishcd upon a jewt'ler'ad ia pi a y. With a "ort of glow, flopcr felt that he uiiht iro into that shop and buy any one of tho flittering things be pleaded. Then ) c la0heI. Imagine raiaaua with that diirnoud ht.ir on her calico breast! Yet it need not be a ctlieo breait. Hut. tio, he decided, missus would do without diamonds and a sitk dress. For how could he tell her about the money f A hot feeling surged up ' into hu face. Hut wasn't the money his He' could re.uon as well as any walk ing delegate he had ever heard, and his teasoning told bjin tho thousand dol lars io his pocket belonged to him. Ha In't he woikcd faithfully for Hoy 1 A: Co. for twenty year? and hadn't old Hoyd paid ten years back that Ilopcr should le rcmemberel in his will to the tune of a thousand dollars For why? Well, young Tom had comedown to the whirf the diy old Hjyd faid that, and fallen ovctlward anl sunk twice. A thouand t the man who aavea him," cried old Uoyd, like a ghoU. Hut Kopcr was already in the water, diving under a l't, and had the boy on terra tirm.i in live minute, miraculously escaping the craft t lint threatened to uck both of them under. Old Hoyd laughed then, an mid the ducking K'tvid Tom right, and would teach him to behave himself uest time, and Oh I eh? the reward ? ' Well, he would re meiul'ci Hop r to the amount in his will ; and now everybody get to work. Hojht had, always counted on the thousand dollar, and it made tnisus proud, aud Meliaan i Mary Kdith sort of heirt'!'!'. Old Hoyd died a month ago, and nm.u.i and the girls and Miry Kdith's baby went aud looked at the funeral cortege ijuitc as though they w ere relation, aud Koper ha I got a de cent fuit of lack from Isaac Blum, round the corner, and trembled every day when he went down, to the ware bouse. Trembled for nothing; for when old Hoyd's will was opened it was found tint evtiything went to charity, even Tom Icing cut oil with a few dollars. It was Kurd on lloper, for Mother Jones, in the lower iltt, had it on missus and laughed n the Mairs alout people who expected money and did not get it. Miaous aud Meha and Mary E lith were rather cool too; aud missus told him in private how much in debt they were, and told it with a sort of aatifaction. Koper could 'not forgive old H ud. It wajiiot that he anted to le paid for saving the life of Tom erib the thought? Hut tho promise had been piven, and 1 e had lelieved his old em ployer. ' Aud worse had come; for only la.-t week Cadger, representing Co., hid in formed him that sixteen dollars a w,cek for a Krter wai pre potcrou,-anI that hereafter it would be t'vedtv, and there were many who would be glad of the place for ten. Hopcr brooded orcr it; could not tat, could not slrep. And now here he bad the thousand dollars in his pocket. Of course it was his, if old Hojd ha 1 made hia will that day ten years ago there wst not the shadow of doubt but that a tbonnt doIra would have been be queathed to the roan who at the j-eril cd hit own life bad save 1 that of Tom. That the will had uot leen made tt years ago was no fault of Hopct's; it was old Hoyd'a fault. No; it was Tom's fault Tom, tbe raperace, who bail nearly ruined his father, and wh e iH doing had aourrd the oM man. azaint the world. Hut, any wy you ruld fix it, it was no fault of IJ jers. What ws a public chrilv f id be not ned it a much as a church fund ? A church fund! It would go toward building a ruagrificent tempk into which the vr and lost would oever dare to Jook, aaid lloper. Queer, that handsomely dressed lich eopIe should go to abcajtiful room once a week, and. bear aNut lost aleep and sort of thing, and feel good and safe I It was no charity to leave money for such things, and even the walking delegate couldn't have seen that quicker than be did. There was Tom Boyd cut off with a dollar or two. Where was the charity io that I Tom would go to tho old boy faster than ever now, and all the time bis K father' money would go toward keeping up a handsome churcii. Tom had looked very rocky bxlay when he came down to the wharf. Tooa would only b clerk there till the end of tho month, then he would 0 Wat, tad &dtrwpu!d be lid to shake him. Tooa had looked acr when he spoke to Roper this trea i V. and kept him till all tha rest had rjone, tad commtaeraled bJa oa fcariaj bis wage cut down. "And you weren't even raacmbered ia the will," laughed Tooiv "I waa." Roper broke from th yooat fellow at the door, and made for home. Whea he reached the corner, he pulled himself together; he had done something be had cot don ia many year he Lid left the house to Le locked up by some one else. Tom's topping him and tantalizing him hid rattled him. Bo he weat back. Tom had. not locked ud. of course;, the p:ae was empty, the gas burning la the office. Hoper went to turn it down to a -tar, as it was usually left, for the bene-, Ct of the watchman outside. Hi hand :as on the key of the gas-fUture, when l.e noticed that tbe t re- proof waa open, lie did not know bow to lock it; that was Tom's function. Dared he leave the pLr.-e with that fire-proof open! No; he must stay bee till the watchman came, at any rate, for there was money ia the safe; there it lay greenbacks e little pile. How care leas rich people 'e, cr with money ! There was a paper l.eside the notes. He atooped down; tho paper aaid the money-waa the rent for some of old Boyd's property, and Lad tome too late for the bank to receive it. So this also would go to the church fund. I Jo per picked up the bundle, "flow strangely valuable these little bit of paper were! He turned orer the notes, counting them. Why, there are just a thousand dollars here, the amount old Bird Lad said he would leave him in his w ill. Was this a posthumous righting of n wronjf The cold sweat came out on Ids forehead. He looked round him. No, there was no one there. Tom had been the lnt one there-impecunious, intemerate Tom, tbe cut-off, angry son. He would swear Tom had said good night to him oa the step and who had ever known Sandy Roper to lie? . Melia wa delicate, and had an unpaid doctor's bill; Mary Edith's husband did not get ou will, a mere photographer's assistant, nud tbo photographer' shop one of those ou wheels; missus owed a good deal, and Blum wanted the money for that suit of black and here his wages .were cut down. His lips were pressed tightly to gether. He reached and turned down tbe gas, then quickly flared it up to full head, and left the counting house. A he went out he dislodged a newspaper on a chair, then reached down and placed it just as he thought it had been. Then he went into the street, leaying the door unlocked, as he had found it. - A new recklessness came to him; he felf like slapping some one on th back. He came to tbe jewelers anop, ana thought of diamonds and missus. He eroded the street, and plunged into a dark narrow way under the cloudy ekr. His head was burning; it was almost as though he had been to one'of the labor meetings and stood treat to-a doren men, who must stand treat in return. He came to the tall hou'c be called his home. There was Mother Jones in the hall with Hill. Bill," she said, "go get them onions. We ain't having money left to a. And hurry, for it's goinj; to rain." llopct laughed, and told ber it was a lirg evening. He went up to tbe third tloor. There was a buzz of roice there.. Mary Kdith must have come to spend the afternoon with her mother. There was abo a Ood smell; missus always had something nice for supper when Marj Ldith catuo. All at ones he heard the . v . a a coo ol a uaor. lie sioppea soon; no seemed to have lived thu moment be fore; be was coming home, missus was gtttinj; supper, and their first child was gurgling uniatelligibilitiei ia tbe cradle little Huster. Then the foolishness of the thing struck him, and he threw open the door. There was missus at the fire; tbeie was Miry Edith with her baby. 'Halloa, pop! she said. That you, Mary Edith?" he ssid in rttuin. "And,, well, young uni Missus, you l-Kk warm." loud be warm, to-), sne retorted, 'if yaur e)s were broiling out of your head.- She had turned her eves unon him. and she looked as th?ugh,she had been iryiog. ilary Edith- was dtnJhog tbe baby. There was a sort of awkwardoeas in the room. Koicr went and took tbe child. Look out for her bacW," cries Mary Edith; 'it am t strong. As if I nercr had a kid in my arms," laughed Hoper, rather boisterously, throwing tbe child in the air. Don't, Roper," said, his wife from the fire; 'she ain't strong. She's han dled like" She did' pot finish 'the sentence, but turned to tbe frying pan. Mary With looked conscious. "What ailed little Busier, anyway, motber!n .jueried she, gently. 'pinem meningittera, answered her mother. "He got it off of the paste on the bill boards at the corner. He would play there. ; Hoper wondered why. In the name of heaven, they had beeo talking about lit tle Huster! "Where's Melia?" he asked, sharply. "Gallivantin with Smith? She ain't that kind," said ber sister; "and she won't marry Smith till she can get soaie new clothe, she told me. She's upstairs with Mrs. Jordan. Jim's dead at last It's a mercy, walking like thun ' "Yes, he did go . a little lame,n as sented Roper. It waa locomoter taxes, rotunteered .Mary Edith, volubly. "It's aqneernane for disease. y, mother, did he ever work in car shop 1" "Not as 1 erer heard tell of, an swered missus, who, going over to the table, announced that sapper was ready. 'Won't we wait for MeliaP asked Urr Edith. JMia a delicate, said her mother, 'and pities thoa that has aickneas; be sides, Saith'a sister delicate. And she' more pttyia than erer to-day because yon broagnt that. Ob, 1 toper, ah burst out. "don t you kaosr what day ' Hopcr had tlte biby ia his arms look ia down into U. little face. Old ha know what day it as? It was the day when hs had a LauianJ dollars la hia pocket. Missus had the card ia her hand. She cam Jrer to him. The card waa a picture o! their'first-bornj pro duced from an old daguerreotype bj alary Edith hustaed. If little Iknier's birthday, aaid missus. "He'd of been twentj-eight to day." It per looked at the tiny face glimps ing out fiom the card. - "I think of hia orer and orer," missus was goin on. Sometime when I'm busiest, I think of him; some times when I see children on the street, I think of him. How queer It ia he twenty-eight, and me til! think la' of htm as a baby I He was only three. Don't you remember, Roper, how be wed to wait op for you? I'd learnt him hia prayers, and he used to pray for us all, and tbe babj. You was tbe baby, Mary- Edith. But most he prayed for his pop, he liked him so. He died in bis pop's arms, a lookin up in his eyes. Don't you re member. Roper f We used to go to church awhile after .that. We used to take you, Mary Edith, and go out to th? cemetery Sundays; we put clam-shells all around the grave, and fish-geraniums at the head and foot. We've never been able to get a atone." Roper, io a dazed way, thought how little Buster should have a tombstone. Wasn't it kind of Mary Edith re memberin' it was his birthday?" asked missus. "Ob, don't mention it!" said Mary Edith. "Dick look the photo. He said he'd never been able to do much for you and pop, and he was real glad. If he only had three hundred dollar, he could buy out the nicest little stand." Roper thought, ah, Dick should have that stand, and Melia should get clothes and many Smith. "But, i'oine, let'a have supper," said mitsuj. "Melia won't be long gone now. Poor child! bhe's not so well to day. Smith's sister was sayin' maybe lec tricity 'd help her. Smith' fcister wished she could take it her own felf." Ah, thought Roper, Melia should have electricity ; so ahculd Smith's sister. "I wish you lircd nearer us, mother," said Mary Edith. "There's a daisy flat down there, only it's more rent." Ah, thought Roter, they'd take the daisy flat, hey were eating supper bow, the baby awall'jwiu' its lists ou th. lounge. Hut rtoper rial noi neen aoic to say a word about the tombstone, toe, photographer's stand, the electric trcat-j ment, nor the flat and in his packet waa: the money that might do everything. , If bis wife had only been in one otj her tempers he might hare wbaf, might he have done? Could he. tell her about tbe money? There wai no fear in him, but a strange bewilder ment, like nothing else he had ever ex perienced, and shining through it all were two small clear lights little Bus ter's eyes as they hail last looked into his. Why had misius reminded him of that? Why haJ Mary Edith remembered it was little Buster's birthday? Then the door opened, and pale Melia came in. "Poor Mrs. Jordan!" she said. "She sure Jim's iu heavo. Everybody's sure their dead goes there. Weli, Jim did drink, but be was kind. The last he spoke be asked his mother it she wouldn't please excuse hira if he'd erer been cross to her. And he was honest; wouldn't take a pin that didn't belong to him." Honest!" cried her mother. "Who ain't honet? I can say that much for you. Roper. I've been a little crisp with you lately, haven't I, old man I Sometimes I think things upset me a purpose. Don't think of it, Dan, I' But she broke down again. "Oh, Dan, it'a little Buster. He Maybe it'a because it's his birthday and Mary Edith brought the picture; maybe it's because of poor Jim Jordan, but the little fellow seems so near to me to-day. I'm not cryin' becaue he's dead. Roper, don't thnk it. 8'posen he'd lived. He'd be twer.teeight. Mtybe he'd went rong. I often think of him when I see a reelin man in the street, and when a man's a thief, or the like. It'd.a broke my heart if little Huster d turned out that a-way. Don't think me a fool. Roper." She had come round to him, and now positively kissed him. Tha daughter exchanged glances and smiled, and went to the baby. "Dsn," said his wife, "doo't mind about that money tou didn't get, don't mind about the lower waes. Well pull through. Maybe we've been proud over gettin' the money. Lets be proud with out it, for we can hold our heals high; we'ru honest, and nobody can aay we ain't." She left him and weat to the girls. Roper sat at the table. Honest! Banter knew if he was honest or not. Jim Jor dan knew, old Boyd knew, all the dead knew. Only the living did not. . Was little Buster shrinking from him? There was little Buster's picture. He remem bered the time the daguerreotype, the original of that picture, had been taken. It was the Fourth of July, an 1 be and misaus and the baby bti gone to seethe parade. Miasus loved him, his girU lored hire, nobody had much against him. But be waa poor, be had not beta treated right, and his children needed the assistance he would have been able to a fiord thena had he be-n treated right. And yet ah I those pare shining little lights still shin ing in his eye, wu'.d they fa le away and urrrr be foun 1 by hin in the hue hereafter! The women were murmuring over Mary Edith's sleeping child, talking about the hard times and the sorrow of being poor. Poor! said Rop?r all at once. Who' poor I Ouly the thief poor. II glared at then, and mivsos had a word ready for hint, whea she happened to remember the day. A thief! he went oa. asa a thiefr Th wot&ea wert pate. A thief I" he repeated. "Do you hear? A thieir J lli wlf strode orer ho him and caught him by the arm. ! jTou lie I" she sternly aaid. "You are tlx, man I chose for a husband; you are the' father of my children !n J. "Let me go," he cried, jr itil be the worse for yoa. I most go down to the wharf, I tell you. I have sa nethlng to do there. I I didn't lock up'tnd the safe open, tad I uw a thousand pllan thertl" Misaus ran and got his J sat. "QoT he said, a strange look la her face. "Got If need.be, stsy thre all night and watch. Don't com ht sne till that money' sale. Here! take fettle Boater' picture with you take if I say. Do yoa bear me? Take it!" ' Did the suspect the UutU Ho wo aid never know. If she guess d at It ah blamed herself and her' d, blame of him. i - j i ' She hustled him out, jtood at the head of the stairs till he.bi disappeared. He could hardly get his hre4b. He (ore through the streets. Hi reached the wharf'. ) Ye, erety thing was as h j bad left it. Not quite; in the office tas a man. Roper afopped abruptli , angered to the soul rage for tbe otjbIe thief there, rage as dire as man aever ciperi enced. He peered through tho gits partition letting upon tbe fSce, and fell back the man was young; Tom Boyd, hia head down upon his da Jr. there. Drunk, thought R jger. J He went boldly in. --Young Tom never moved. Roger uttered hi name. Then th figure sprang upjjromtbe,dcsk. He caught Roper by tbe llroat, but his hand slid away, and he la; ghed hyster ically, j; "Sandy, he said, "I's) had such .a care. Tho money I Tilt' it in your hand I I see! You found the fire-proof open, and took tbe mooej? with you for safe-keeping. I " Herburst into a torrent of grief. "Sandj Tin a scoun drel. I left that mono j there for a blind. I meant- to take 4, and fasten the guilt on you. You Jjcc saved my life, add to the debt by fo giving a poor wretch who will try from tjiis night oat to be Well, worth w;jiat yuu have twice done for him.' t put out his hand, and caught Ropv's. Buster's picture was in Roper's and, and was clasped between the two p ilms. "Put the money back iijto tbe safe," said young Tom. i i Then the store was locked, and tbe two went outside. Youni Tom lightel a cigar. if "Good-night, he said quietly, and tbe two' separated. But he called to Roper, and came back d shook him by the hand one morey then moved rapidly away. " j Roper stood for a little if bile looking after him in the darkness. J Father, and son Doth to ill-treat ntmi lie almost forgot what he had done, fi Just then be glanced t to the sky. Two' stars looked out fron the clouds there. He thought of jfuster's eyes, and the guilt that bad assailed him, And Tom had aaid be wou'd hence f oil h try to be worth what he bt1 twice done for him. He! "Lord help us botbj" he. said, brokenly, "young Tom a;d me!" HU rough hand tigbtl clasping the littU picture, he stumble on, anxious to get to missus and bis g(;ls. Harper Weekly. ' COURT MARTIAL OFJlN OFFICER. For Direpect to the Memory of Ad miral Porter and fjr Oensral Profanity and Obscenity. nimuasD. Va. The!court' ruattial tryiog Commander Jas. ij. Graham, ic cently commandant of thr United Rati. i .- i t r :v. ... monivor tying utw nn mvuu, u '- the second time . in tbe cutomhouxin thiaritr. Cantain Mont'omerv Scaid. who had not arrived on; Monday, wa present ana was mum iu r iu;uut i He ronrt. The rdeadinc ! of the accus ed were presented by on Itf his cunsel, . . i i lapt. james x sner, , lapiam, and allegations were sprea I on the record i.rinirirfor the charrts. Af ier an excitini? legal tilt between Judge AJ vacate Lamh- he inter and Lapt. l araer- me proaetu tien was announced as r ady to Ugin, and Past Assistant Surgion Oeorge P. Lumsden, was the first sritnesa called He testified in reference t) the fftnivc language' used by Commtoder Graham, relative to th death of .admiral David B. ;Porter, and . the- surgeon testified thai the accused aaid Jt.otU fS is dead. He, ought to have been (lead lotg go, the son of a . He hYi gooe to hell and I wish I was a firs-cUss fittmsn there, for I would make Jim roast; iiod him." j: , Assistant Paymaster ' J ohn Quilmsn revolt testified in reference to the wear ing of the badge of monryiog fur Admi ral Porter, and stated thtthe mourning was not nut on by Comrjaoder tirahaa the day the department cioeieu u u uo dne. Mills Oliver, !otwio, testified ia reference to Commander ttrabsm curs- inc him. Oliver one ds- brought back to tbe monitor sioaa oi pjpvuions oa tne steam launch, whea b sh uld Lave brourht back coat He Tdid so through a misunderstaodiog. Wen he reached the fleet. Commander t.raiara, seeing tbe . . a a DTOvisioes and ei pettier Xieeoai. tjgan. so Oliver allrges, to eurssaisa. Said h was a fool, a a's, and too (Jed ignorant for aaTtbia;. Oliver ton f erred charrr sgainst thVommand'f to be aeat to the department, but Graham sigaiog an agreement wth him, Oliver kert the chsrres back. -This acre me tt provided that Graham slxiald not ill treat Oliver or the 'crew of tbfsbip, and that Commander Graham would ue all efforts te be detached from tb ttonttor by ru ruary 10, 1?7?. The counsel objected to Olirtr's testimony. ' Dansnlle'a Xaf Tolcco frad. Distills. Vl Sale of loe leaf i bacroon tts sriiket ia a'jsrth amounted to 5,3.IS wds. ftte frn lt. Ur to Manli 3. the first ,hlf f ll"sir. rent totrMero sear. tOJVll.170 i-mods The Mareh ulr were tin. lrj;rt i J eat mcath la the biatosjf tbe market ALLIANCE LVF0RHATI0N. The PIio of the Allliace Aid De gree ExpUioed. New Hot and Current Comment Upon th Great He form Xormnt. WasHtsoTojr, D. C Hundmls of inquiriei come pouring ia for more complete explanation sad in formation relative to tbq new degree au thorized by tbe Supreme Council at In dianapolis, shotting a deep interest ia plan, and a deatre to know more of It and to avail them e Ires of It benefit. The decree is a fraternal and coopera tive one, designed to fulfill a patt cd the original intention of the rwgsniatioe, viz., to help ourselves instead of helpless ly and blindly depending upon others, whoae only interest la us was what they could make out of us. The resolution establishing the degree read as follows: Whereas, one of the cardinal tenet of our Order is the duty we owe our breth ren in distress, their widows and oipbags; and whereas, our charter eipresaly pro Tides for a fund for their relit! ;' there fore, be it Resolved, Thit a co operative degree be instituted to the Order for the pur- oe of creating and maiotainiog a fund or tbe benefit of families of deceased worthy members, and that the eiecutive committee he instructed to establish aaid degree as soon as practicable. The National Alliance Aid Degree is the rrMilt, and it provides for life insur ance on the assessment plan precisely siinilsr in general features to the ancient order of I'nitcd Wot k men, Knicht of Honor, Wo.dmen, Old Fellow, andJ Masonic and other secret order aid asso ciations It admits all roeml-ers of the Farm is' Alliance and Industtial Union, men or women, between the ages of eighteen and fifty five years, h ran ires the required careful medical easml nation. Members over fifty five, or th' se physically disqualified, are welcomed as honorary members without fees, and do not paiticipate in the insurance, but do in the other advantages. A member can take either a t00, . $1,000, or $3,000 police, or a man and wife can tske a joint '$1,000 or $2,000 policy, in which case the survivor receives entire amount of joint jvolicy. A joint policy costs one half more thsn a siogle policy of same amount. The entry fees aie low; just enough to pay expenses of securing menitiers, Tlr, 3 for f'OO. $5 for $1,030, $6 for $2,000. A reUtry fee of $1 on all policies, re gardlea of amount, except joint policies, whit bare $1.50, is alio collected fot office expenses.' All unused fees ar turned into the benefit fund at close of ca h yeu. . Where a sub-Alliance or county Al liance withes to establish a degree lodge, and seven or more members toio st one time, seven being lowest number a char ter will te issued to. The fees may be reduced to $3 esch, but only to charter members, and tfpardless of size of poli cies taken, thus making it an object for an Alliance to join io a body. Assessments ate made not oftener than once io two month, and then only when deaths occur, and are graded according to ae, and never advance aflat a mem tier once joins, j A member 18 to 1 is as sessed. $1 09 on each $1,000 carried by him;fiqm 25 to-30. $1.10; 30 to 3A, $1.20; itt to 40, $1.3); 40 to 43, $1.50; 45 to 50. $1.75; 50 to 53, $2; $5O0 pol icies one half as much, and joint policies one and one-hslf time as much. On a joint iHjliey where tbe ges differ, one half the sum of their ages is taken a a bssis. A Washington dispatch says: The Fa.mers' Allisnee haa opened a campaign headquarters in this city, and will com mence this mouth the publication of a party rgao to be known as the National Advocate. i 0 Stenographers of Congress declsre the prrseut House uierior in grsmmar to the Fifty first Congress. Ye demagog ue of plutocracy! Is it possible that 'hayseeds aie ; not only better xsted upon legislative enactments and rotomoa law, but surpass ye in diction and sya tax? National Txonotnist. "At a mottse sale in Yotkville beat lat Fiida;, full groo, w broken ox sId for $2; a good milch tow with vounz calf for $3 2): a tbtse ouarter Jersey heifer .for $173, a good sii year old mate for f Z . Mill tbe farmers, ought not to tslk about hard times, dis cum finance or take any hand ia poli tic."-Vli (A V) AW. WniTc.T,t D. C At tbe Afiicul tuMl l paitment it Is learned that the pt (xIh iio of iitt in lo9 waa far la etrrsa of the couumtti'n. sod for 190 and 1I ssaa alwtt 2.f0.t00 bales i a exrr. .Tbr foMowiog a'ateveot of tb c rndiMtionia com and wheat for the ast three scats, is of interest: Bushels In I9, l4, l.lll.tl.000 " 1,49.70,0O0 lfll. " J.00.n4,f0f I W heat, 40..VAOO0 . - 3w,?ei.oco li. ii.:m,ojo Our et banc's are glowiirg with the most glosiing rett frin all parts cf the country of tb tofr of our cause. A great A!laiwe ft sisal is gig tm frotw New Y"k to ta1ifmi, and from Mich igaa to Texas.. The M. I.ouis Coasra ttoti pvolaed mighty grusd seell that will show its power in the cosnieg flee tions. I et the friends of neforni take frrb t"irsge. Uijjhtef day ia de ieg. IV-up arvl Ioib Work ff tlx caur. Hl by your principle, -! Willi welLVyreaiT Wrsaer. . WsintsoToa, V. C. Ea M!aiatet Fre. leruk DooglssV (colored) has pvo-curt-tl. by prtaoaal eff.wt, for a aU-r of hia former master prwittow ia the le parfmeat f agriculture. b Is a f4rm er's lstrd'ter, nd. hn rscentssly en icarynoj to frn th salxay drawp from the go vera meat, bears grateful witacas to the Urge-heartednea of th man who owes! no grudge, but, oa th contrary, feels th tenderest and noblest sentiments toward the family who once owned him." LAUXCIILNG THE SHIP. The U. a Crtlier -RilelgV b Afiott ChriUa4 tj Oct. IXolt'a Daughter and ftlipped From th Stay la Bight of an Imntsis Throi g. NoajoLK. Va. Dei pit e lowrtieg cloud jiad the prospect of rala at any moment, at least 25,000 peopl state bed the aew steel armored cruiser ' Halt ih slide gracefully lato the water at th aavy laid st 11:33 Thursday mot d I op. Tug (.ats, steam Uuochee, trges ad crafts ef all kinds and descriptions wer pre. ' ed isto service, and every tlevatioa ad house top from which a view was possi ble was croaded with enthusiastic hu manity. Large passenger boats were turned into excursion boats, for th tim lHog, and wer literally packed with crowds of spectsters. At 11.34 Mrs. Hsywood, dau(hter of Governor Holt, of North Carolina, step ped forward, sod with the usual formu la br ok a bottle cf champagoe, Kyly bedecked with red, ' ti bite and blue nb bni, over tbe new cruiser's lo sr. The blocks were then removed, end amid cheer, yells, and a deafrnlog eheius of steam whistles, the ilaleich" mosed slowly Into the stream. A long tow of logs were ia the path which the Hal eigh took whea off the stays, sod sh crashed into it, cutting it completely in to. One of the men in thsrge ol the taft had hi left arm crushed between the t'oitier and horribly iujuted. A shed on the roof cf which a large crowd had aisemMed, waa unable to stsnd the strata, aad suddenly gav way with a crash, .throwing the cttopants of the ' fr ail roof into a coofucd or more or less jajured heap on the ground. Only oo man, an artilleryman, ia the nsvy yard, wsssetiously Injured, his leg ltng so badly crushed as to necessitate amputa tion. Many were bruised and badly shsken up. Amoeg the ptominent eople on the reviewing stsnd were Fecrrtsry Tiary, and prominent naval officials, Gofrroof Holt and staff, f North Carolina; Hon. J. 8. Carr, of North Cetoliaa, and many other. The Cruiser waa ordered built by Con grea oil September 7, at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000. Tbe speed pre scribed was 19 knots, with a piemium of a.0,000 for each quarter of a knot ddi tiooal. KILLED A NE0R0 BISHOP. n Pr ached Perfect Hollnss and Waa BitUag In Ilia Pulpit Whe Bhot AcocsTa, Ga. New haa beea re reived here of the murder of Bishop Jones, a noted colored preacher Io Al lendale, . C, on Thursday night. Jone formerly preached here, but went to Allendale to preach saoctiflcatioa end perfect holiness, lie succeeded la ga ting following, nv-aily sseroen. borne of the husbands of the women objected, aad ther was a divlslou among the colored people of tb to. 1b snti holineaa people tried to dislodge th Bishop. Ttoy prosecute! him for va grancy, but he wad a gol showing oa the trial, maoy women testifying that they willingly contributed to his sup port, and that they wuld give him the last cent of their earnings If tee-ry. Then several men, disguised wo men, waylaid the IJUbop at night. He was benlldeted and overwhelmed at, so much feminine attention and tesdily fell Into the arms of hi aaaailanta. A short lime aft ward his adherent built a thuteh, in which th Bishop preached. On Thursday night last service was ?oing on in what they called the Holy rmple. Th Bishop had prated and taken a chair io the pulpit, rod an as ststsot bad begun to preaeh. A aid wjodow was stealthily 'joed, he muz xlexjf a gun waa tbruat through, arid report followed. The dow of the thureh was shut. lle murderers had taken th prteautivn to fasten it fro th ouUide. Cn th discharge of tb gu ettty light ea tioguiabed. TVa there was gest. on fuaiwo. 33 omen screamed aod e-eted Instant death. ' tome ooe finally struck a light, and it was found that lb Bishop waa dead. Justice Missoa and a jnrv d fonteen white citizens invtstlgstetl the matter foe two dsys, but tip to a late hour to clue was foud tswarraot the arreat A any one. Ol7u PaiaUd Ilim 3U4. SarLT Bra. Maaia, Caaaoa. A tslf dota oroeaiaeat yg woosea ef this city adopted a novel wy toaight of pun ishiag Vni Clay tea, a young maa whs haa been sratteriag acaadalous tales re garding them. Dreaaed ia old clothe aad sriowd with lirusheaod two l-sxkets of Uight red pi. they calk-d at his home ad Inveigled him out Four of Ibejouag wotoea seiid asd drsggd him half a Idoek dowa th street n I held him whli lb temslaleg tw vigr ousl r p lied the paint brush Whea lley fially release! Ltm tlete waa not a t n his eVth-s, faee if bead that was Msirrl with a roat uf fiery red psiat Cos verted to Catholicism. Boston, Mas Dr. tVilli-rs II Itul diek, of Krtlh IlosUm, (of years a pi pud IbxmI fijr" Masoiecirclesithisity, a4 berrWloft a leading sreewUr f the fbttfcls of the Advent, ha Ht the Kpw ropal Cb'Mth mini brcoott Itotns t'ath olic Hewasa 324 dsgree Mau, and wascoeantrd with aiae difTenat Us eowk bode( free all ef which be ha it , ,BBa-MaWBwww- Whea OHpaack, a coeamercial UurUt died, shortly before the foaeral hU wid ew was told that U had begu B "1! fr TTae," aaW Ike afltd caa'tUJoha. ! doat tkiak aytbiag cWd asortify his. Hf hat beta H jotg oa th read," A I
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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April 6, 1892, edition 1
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