VOL. 2 -NO. 40
the world's NEWS.
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lim noM Ayrea. Heavy Storm at
Washington, It. C.
TIH ItsnAV. VKMIiKK 19.
Ferdinand C. Latrole was yesterday
fvvo.rn i" as Mayor of Baltimore, for
the sixth successive term.
John Brown's fort is being carried
from Harper's Ferry to Chicago, where
4l will lc placed on exhibition.
A dispatch received at New York
states that forty-six bales of cotton
unloaded at Ii''vpoovfroin the 'steam
slii Virginia, from Wilmington, X.C
caught fire and was destroyed.
The Richmond Dispatch is out m
au editorial favoring the giving of a
'l.nsion by the Southern States to Mrs.
Jefferson Davis as widow of the late
President of the Confederate States.
The immense wholesale grocery
house of Griggs, Cooper k Co., at St.
Paul, Minn., was entirely destroyed
hv lire yesterday. The entire block
was burned to the ground and an ad
joining block was badly damaged.
Loss about $730,000. I
POKKIGN.
The Victorian Parliament has passed
a bili for a loan of $30,000,000, to be
u Lm constructing productive works.
The Krench Ministry will support a
measure for the free importation into
France of oil seeds and colonial and
foreign sugars.
The third day of the coal miners'
strike in Northern France finds 30,000
men idle. Socialists are trying to cause
riots, but troops arc at hand to prevent
disorder." '
KltlDAY, NOVKMUKIt 20.
V. J. Florence, the well known
aetor, died shortly after 9 o'clock last
night at Philadelphia.
A company has been ..organized to
raise black cats on an island in Puget
Sound. The animals will bo bred for
"their "fur.
Frank Almy who murdered Christie
Warden, has been sentenced at Ply
mouth, N. II., to be hanged on the
first Tuesday in December, 1S92.
K. K. Wise has sued the County
Commissioners of Reno County, Kan.,
for .$100,000. Some time Lago they
caused his arrest on a charge of em
bezzlement, but he was discharged.
There is an epidemic of small-pox
at Harris' Neck, Georgia, among the
negro population. U. S. Surgeon J.
II. White, who was sent to take charge,
reports S5 cases and 13 deaths. Active
measures are being taken to stamp
out the disease.
kohkiox. .
A tornado has passed over the
Phillipihe Islands, causing many
wrecks. .
The lVpc has fixed on December I t,
as the dato for the next Papal con
sistory. Finland is making an effort to sup
press the Salvation army within its
'borders.
SATUKDAY, NOVEMKKU21.
Fifty steam ships are under charter
to load grain at Baltimore during the
months of December and January.
The aggregate amount of cargo is
3.000,000 bushels.
Tho combination locks on the bond
vault in the Treasurer's office in Wash
ington, containing $163,000,000 bonds
deposited by national banks, got out
of order yesterday morning, and it
took a lock expert several hours to get
the door open.
The Northern Pacific express car on
the Missoula & Coeur Dalene railroad
was entered by masked robbers near
the Montana and Idaho State line on
I Thursday afternoon. The messenger
was covered by guns and obliged to
give up the contents of the safe, $2,020
R. G. Dun & Cc's weekly review of
trade says: Prices are settling down
ward, with the enormous production,
but the fact that such production con
tinues shows that the low prices are
not ruinous. The alarm about the
money market has passed, and no dis
turbance is apprehended this year.
Industries are, on tho wholo well em
ployed, and there is a better tone" in
the branches of trade which have been
most embarrassed. Failures for the
past week 285 against 291 for the
previous week.
FOREIGN'.
A slight outbreak of yellow fever is
causing some uneasiness in Buenos
Ay res. Two deaths have already re
sulted from the disease.
The , Russian Minister of Finance
has issued a decree prohibiting the
mixing of" more than eight per cent
of grain, the export of which and their
products is prohibited, with wheat
destined for export. -
SUNDAY, XOVK3I1IKU 82.
Four prisoners escaped from jail at
Lexington, Miss., on Friday night.
The number of coal miners now on
a strike in Indiana number about
4,000.
The Virginia Press Association,num-
bering 170 persons arrived in Mem
phis. Tenn., from Bristol, on Friday
morning and left for Texas the same
evening.
Hie White Star line steamer, Brit
tame, which has just arrived at New
York from Liverpool, reports having
experienced the roughest voyage in
her seventeen years of service.
A huge water tnan in Brooklyn,
N Y. burst yesterday in an excava
tion, in which a number of men were
working. Not one escaped. It is
thought that there were six of them.
t The Columbia canal, at Columbia,
S. C, has at . last been opened amid
great rejoicing, firing of cannon, etc.
The canal has been in course of con
struction for many years, and was
recently purchased by Boston capita
lists. FOREIGN.
One -hundred' children are down
with influenza in the Catholic Indus
trial School at Dart ford, near London,
England.
MONDAY. NOVKJIHKlt 23.
The Missoula' Hotel, at Missoula.
Montana, has failed, with liabilities
given at $120,000.
One of the heaviest snows ever re
ported in that section, struck Kansas
City at an early hour yesterday morn
ing. All trains were delayed from
one to three hours.
Cigar makers at Lancaster, Pa , to
the numoer of one hundred and five,
are out on a strike by order of the
Cigar Makers International Union.
Reduction in wages is the alleged
cause.
Paragould, Ark., suffered from an
extensive fire Sunday night. A heavy
snow storm probably saved the town
from entire destruction. The loss is
estimated to be in the neighborhood
of $100,000.
Over 3,000 bales of cotton were
burned at Paris, Texas, at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning, entailing a loss of
over $1,000,000. The fire is supposed
to have caught from a spark from a
locomotive.
The steamer Samuel Mather, from
Duluth to Buffalo, loaded with 58,000
bushels of wheat, came into collision
with the steamer Brazil, near Sault St.
Marie, yesterday morning. The Mather
sunk in twenty minutes. Her insur
ance valuation is $95,000.
FOREIGN.
M. de la II aye, the French political
economist, believes that there will be
100,000 idle workingmen in Paris this
winter.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle
from Tien Tsin, China, says: Official
information is given that all indemni
ties to Europeans are now paid, with
the exception of those arising out of
the Ichang riot. ' "
One hundred million marks is the
extraordinary credit asked from the
German budget for providing the Ger
man army with a new field gun.
TUKSDAY, NOVKJIHEK 24.
Half the business portion of Middle-
burg, Vermont, was destroyed by fire
Sunday night. Loss over $100,000.
Houses were unroofed and walls
knocked down by the gale yesterday
at Staunton, Ya. Much damage was
done to all kinds of property.
Diptheria is raging in Belleville, 111.,
and amounts to an epidemic. There
are nearly 300 cases in the vicinity of
that town. A large number of deaths
have occurred.
Washington, D. C, was visited by
a terrific wind and rain storm about
noon yesterday. The walls of several
buildings were blown down, some
damage being done to tho White
House. The damage in all cases will
probably amount to $150,000. ,
FOREIGN. '
The municipal council at Paris has
voted 120,000 "francs to assist the
miners in their strike.
The Presidency of Madras, India,
reports that the cotton crop in some
of the districts is a total failure and
in other districts the grain crops are
withering.
WKDXKSHAY, NOVEMBKU 23.
The De Soto Oil Mills, at Memphis,
Tenn., have been burned. Loss $60,000
Many points in Pennsylvania and
alone the coast of New Jersey suffered
severely from the recent heavy gales.
A cyclone swept over Lawrence,
Miss., on Monday afternoon, doing
considerable damage to property.
Several buildings were destroyed and
some lives lost.
Suit is being instituted in New Yo: k
by the Standard Gaslight Company,
against Wallace C. Andrews, its for
mer president, to recover $J,uou,uuu
of the common stock of the company.
Receiver Butler of the American
Wheel Company announces thatvthe
works at Fort Wayne, Ind , will again
be put in operation. This will give
employment to 500 men who have
been idle six months.
The steamer Bellaurie which is now
discharging a cargo of coffee at New
York, reports a fearful state of affairs
at Santos. They say that when thev
left that place on October 25th, the
yellow fever had been raging for some
time. On October 15th, there were
154 patients in Misericordia Hospital
in fcantos.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEBESTS OF SOUTHPORT AND BBUNSWICK COUNTY. . ' v v "
SOUTHPORT,
(U'K GROWTH.
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SOUTIIKKXSTATKS MAKE A
MAGNIFICENT SHOWING.
Porter on the Count ryU Growth. The
Ona Kaperfnte ndent Al!ree the
Commercial Club of St. Lou I.
The Inereaoe Over 18 SO.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 21. Robert
B. Porter, Superintendent of the
Eleventh Census, made an address
before the Commercial club 'of this
city, in which he gave an extensive
array of figures and facts concerning
the marvelous growth of the country
generally during tho last decade in
respect of its agricultural, commercial,
manufacturing, mining, and other in
terests. Following are extracts from
his address:
At the rate of growth of tho last
decade the metropolitan district of
New York will in twenty-five years
exceed in population the metropolitan
district of London, the area of the
two districts being about the same,
and the decade will bring the popula
tion of Chicago up to that of Berlin
of Philadelphia up to that of Vienna,
and St. Louis up to that of the world's
great emporium of commerce on the
Mersey, Liverpool.
Mr. Porter read from the division
of manufactures an interesting state
ment in regard to the woolen and
cotton manufactures, which is made
public for. the first time. The follow,
ing preliminary figures, subject to
future correction, are for 1890. The
increase is over 1880. The figures
show the advance of the woolen in
dustries in the United States during
the last decade:
. dumber of establishments, 2.963;
increase, 274. Number of sets of
cards, 9,110, increase, 1,519. Num
ber of combing machines, 866;' in
crease," 348. Number of spindles,
3,357,587 ; increase, 1,109,592. Num
ber of looms, 74,690; increase, 21,879.
Number of knitting machines, 39,130;
increase, 26,092. Value of rolls and
yarn, $35,906,387. Value of shoddy
and waste, $9,314,686. Value of
hosiery and knit goods, $66,205,942;
increase, $37,038,715. Total value of
all woolen manufactures 1890, $344,-
299,666; increase, $77,046,753.
The following advance statement
concerning the null manufacture of
cotton gives the figures for 1890 and
increases over 1880 and shows the
growth of this industry in the United
Sjtates during the last decade. These
figures are subject to possible increase
from the fact that in mills wherein
are manufactured woolen and worsted
goods a number of cotton spindles are
tilized, consuming raw cotton and
producing cotton warps for use in
mixed goods. The value of such ma
terials, of the products, hands employ
ed, and all matters connected with
these additional spindles will not ap
pear as cotton manufactures until the
textile industries shall be , tabulated
together, but nevertheless the spindles
are entitled to be counted as cotton
spindles: -
Number of establishments, 912; in
crease, lou. nanas empioyea, lil,-
982; increase, 48,323. Cotton con
sumed, 2,240,510 bales; increase, 670,-
166 bales. Value of product, $257,-
764,529; increase, $65,674,419. Num.
ber of spindles, 14,168,941; increase,
3,515,506. Number of looms, 316,-
057; increase, 90,298.
The Southern States may well be
proud of this magnificent showing,
which I present to-night for the first
time. These States are employing in
their cotton mills nearly as many
hands as Massachusetts did in 1870.
In the ten years just closed they have
more than doubled the number of per
sons employed and the value of their
product, and have nearly trebled the
amount of cotton consumed and the
number of their spindles. The in
crease in the amount of cotton con
sumed has been greater in the South
ern States than in New England.
The showing for the United States is
most satisfactory. . Nearly 50.000
more persons employed an increase of
$65,000,000 in value of product, and
of upward of 3,500 spindles is a decen
nial of progress we may all rejoice
over.
HE WILL NOT COMPLY.
New York, Nov. 22 Dr. Edward
McGlynn to-night replied to the letter
of the propaganda, published with the
approval of the Pope, which defines
the conditions upon which Dr. Mc
Glynn can once more enter within the
pale of the Roman Catholic Church.
"As Archbishop Corrigan has caused
to be published an account of a com
N. C, THTTBSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1891.
munication from the propaganda in
Rome concerning my case," said Dr.
McGlynn, '-it is due to myseif, to ray
friends, and to the public, tl at I
should make a public answer.
"The Roman authorities we are
told, are still disposed to- use , mercy,
but that a hearing of the case shall be
granted only on the conditions:
"First, that I must make the request
and state my grievances.
"Secondly, that I publicly condemn
all that I have said or done of an in
sulting character as against the arch
bishop, and as against the Holy see.
"Third, that I be ready to obey the
orders and submit to the judgment of
the apostolic see
"Fourth, that I promise to abstain
from any public utterance or assis
tance at any meeting on Ahe matter
under consideration.
"The penalties from which I may
hope to be relieved by complying with
these conditions are:
"First, suspension from my minis
try. "Second, excommunication.
"Earnestly as I should wish to exer
cise my ministry, and frequently to
receive the sacrament, it is not possi
ble for me to bring about so much
desired a consummation by complying
with the above mentioned conditions."
Applause.
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NORTH OAKOMXA.
News Clipped From Valuable Ks-iiuiin
From tlie Old North Stale.
D. M. Vance, son of Senator Vance,
has disposed of his interest in the
Charlotte Chronicle and will return to
New Orleans.
It looks now verv much as if Tar
boro is going to sell her two million
pounds the first year of her tobacco
existence. Farmers' Advocate.
.,,,1 va lnct ,.w.i.t !
in the Y. M. C. A. hall to a large audi-
! i
ence. His ?text was
"For he that i
toucheth you, toucheth the apple of
his eye."
The Carthage Wuh repoHs the
organization of a company who have
raised the nessary capital and incor
porated for the purpose of erecting a
cotton factory at Carthage.
Deputy Collector Masten made a
seizure of GO gallons whiskey, 2 mules
and wagon, etc , near the city the past
week, the property of P. A. Davis,
Conrads, North Carolina. Union
Itepublictnis. "
The bishop's discourse was an able
effort. lie is eloquent and fluent, and
holds the unabated interest of his list
eners. Several denomination were
represented in the audience, and , all
were edified and delighted with the
sermon. Charlotte Chronicle.
The man, Cloninger, who was arrest
ed on suspicion for wrecking the train
at Bostian's bridge, near Statesville,
and confined in Iredell jail, to await
the action of the grand jury, was re
leased last week. Sufficient evidence
to warrant a bill was not brought
before the grand jury. CharLtte
Chronicle.
Laurel Cotton Mills, three miles be
low Shelby, were totally destroyed by
fire Friday. The fire was caused by
the gearing becoming overheated, and
setting fire to the cotton in the pick
ing room, rapidly spread to the mill.
R. B. Miller, the proprietor, estimates
hisUoss at $30,000; insurance $15,000.
Ktxchern Journal.
Mr. Sam Thorne of Airlie, this
county, had the misfortune to lose
his gin and 40 bales of cotton by fire
last Friday. There was a small in
surance on the cotton. This is the
second time Mr. Thorne has suffered
such loss during the past two years.
Fire caught from a match in the cotton
it was thought. Scotland Xeck Demo
crat. .
The barn belonging to Mr. Peter
Glass, a few miles from town on the
Richmond & Danville railroad, was
burned on Monday night. The fire
was not discovered until it was too
late to save anything. Four good
horses were burned. Also a mower,
rake, feed cutter, and all the proven,
der. Mr. Glass' loss is estimated at
from 1200 to $1300. Concord Time.
The Presbyterian Orphanage at
Barium Springs was entirely destroyed
bv fire last Thursday afternoon. All
the orphans were brought toStates-
rille and taken care of. Within five j
minutes after the news reached States -
ville, the following message was sent throughout the StaU-s and tU promo
Dr. Rumple, the principal of the or- j ters say they expect to be fetrong
uhanace- "Statesville will give a free
a w
site for the rebuilding of your orphan
age, furnish brick at four dollars per
thousand and contribute liberally.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
ALL SORTS OV THINGS PRIN
CIPALLY POLITICS.
Meetlne of the Kepabliean National Con
vention. Itlaine I "In It." rrel
dent Folk' Ue-eleet ion. World'
Fair Official In the City.
Washington, Nov. 23,-. 1891. It is
a great misfortune to belong to the
class of men that are chronically im
pecunious, for if you do just as soon
you appear to be flushed with money
there are people who will take pleas
ure in hinting things not at all pleas
ant to hear about how yoa suddenly
acquiredjash enough to throw around
loose. This is precisely the plight of
some of the members of the Republi
can National Committee, which met
herej to-day to elect a chairman to suc
ceed' Senator Quay, who resigned some
months ago, and to name the time and
place for holding the National Conven
tion of, that fforty. The charge is not
made putright that the votes of any of
the members of the Committee were
absolutely purchased by the winning
city, but there is no mistaking the
tenor of the intimations and j hints.
All sorts of stories are told about this
or that man, whom everybody knows
to be always "hard up" having his
pockets full of money, and the ques-
! tion is significantly asked: "did he get
in on therouivd floor of. a good in
vestment?" This Committee, by the way, made
one sensible innovation. It held its
meeting with opened doors, and all of
the arguments made by the friends of
the various cities competing for the
convention had to be made openly and
in the presence of a corps of vigilant
newspaper men. Of course it will be
argued by those -whe believe in the
secret method of. doinir thimrs that
this public meeting of the committee j
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was merely iur eitect, ana to ouiciaily j
ratify what had been previously agreed
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the case, is it not the
bodies of men?
same with all
' . .
If any one doubted that Blaine was
"in it" up to his ears he only had to
circulate among those in attendance
at this committee meeting to have his
doubt swept away. It was all Blaine,
and the belief ,has becomegeneral
that Mr. Blaine will be the candidate
of his party next year unless some
thing now unforeseen shall occur to
prevent. He received and held politi-'
cal consultations with all the republi
cans ot prominence who were in atten
dance, either as members of the com
mittee or of tho delegations from the
various cities.
It is of course too early to predict
what effect upon the political world
will be produced by the conclusions
arrived at by the Alliance meeting
held at Indianapolis. At thVAUiance
headquarters here there is rejoicing,
and very 'naturally too, for the meet
ing was certainly a great personal
triumph for Col. Polk. Not only was
he re-elected to the presidency, but his
views, to the letter, were carried out
in dealing with the opponents of the
sub treasury and with the third or
people's party. The question which
is specially interesting the Alliance
men here is, how will the Southern
members of tne organisation regard
the action of the Indianapolis meet
ing, and to what extent will they en
dorse it? Col. Folk says he has no
fears of the South.
President Palmer of the National
Board, and Mr. W. T. Baker, presi
dent of the Chicago Local Board of
control of the World's Fairare in this
city, and will remain here the greater
part of the week on business connec
ted with the great exposition. To-day
the committee in charge of the awards
to be made by the exposition is in
session, and later the committee on
legislation will meet to take some ac
tion relating to its movements before
Congress- Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Nettleton, has just returned
from Chicago. He says the Kxposi-
tion buildings are getting along nicely,
and that the government space for
exhibits is ample for a highly crelit
able display.
Open war is to be made upon the
Cml Sen ice Reform law by an or
ganization just forme! in Washing
ton, known as the Anti-Cml Service
League, which is to be non-partisan
in its membership. Lodges -'of this
1 organization are to be formed at once
; enough by the meetings ot .he nation
al Political Conventions to get the
Civil Service left out of the platforms
of all the parties. They have not yet
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fully, determined whether to push
their demand for a repeal of tho pres
ent civil service law before the Con.
gross to meet next month or to wait
until thev show their strength next
year at tho presidential election, to be
held on the same day that Reprcson
tatives to the Fifty-third Congress are
elected. The head of the new organi
zation 13 C. Solon Stevenson, of New
York, at present employed in the
Government Printing Office.
The battlQ for the Speakership,
which was temporarily transferred to
New York City the latter end of last
week is once more going on here in a
desultory way, but present indication
are that Thanksgiving day is to be en
joyed before any real fighting is
done.
WORLD'S FA IK NOTES.
A Mead? Irorre of the 'Work In the
Various Department.
Leigh Lynch has been commissioned
by Director-General Davis to yisit tho
South Sea Islands.
Miss flarriet Monroe, of Chicago, is
writing the commemorative ode for the
dedication ceremonies, m October,
1892.
The Department of Publicity and
Promotion has received information
of the growing popularity of the Ex
position in Russia.
The Committee on awards has been
in session for a week, and ha been
chiefly occupied in considering the
recommendations of the chief of de.
partments.
The French government-, has deci
ded to appoint women uion its World's
Fair commiss'on to co-operate with
the Hoard of Lady Managers, and
their names will shortly be announced.
There is great activity among the
viticulturists of California and an evi-
dent intention o make as complete and
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One of the intcrestingexhibits f rom
Montana will be a relief map of Butte,
lle greatest mining camp in tho world.
It is reported that Montana appro
priation of $30,000 will be doubled at
the next session of the legislatuie.
A complete collection of Peruvian
exhibits will bo made from every por
tion of the country, and stortd in a
building at Lima especially erected
for the purpose, until the best method
of shipping shall be determined upon.
Fifty brick masons and a large force
of carpenters are at work on tho art
building. The lake bordering tho
building site has been pumped out,
and where the seat house stood last
summer, the masons have put in tho
brick and concreto foundations.
The building of steamers to carry
passengers to the exposition by the
water route is being very generally
discussed. The latest plan is "the
whale back," a . species of gigantic
steamer which is almost wholly under
water, and which can comfortably
carry 3,000 passengers at a trip.
The Woman's building looks from
the distance like a finished structure,
and the south end, with its staff cover
ing, looks like a marble palace. One
fourth of the shelve work is yet to bo
done, and the entire bui'ding will soon
be inclosed. The roof is complete
with the exception of the trusses over
the centralj rotunda.
The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
have recently visited Chicago, the
main object of their stay in the city
being the arrangement of an exhibit
of the cottage industries of Ireland.
Iady Aberdeen has done much to ad
vance the interests of Irish women,
and greatly aids in achieving the
great jiopularity attained by the Karl,
while Lold Lieutenant of Ireland.
A new edition of the circular
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foreign exhibitors of ten thousand
each, in English, Fretch. German,
Italian and Spanish to be illustrated
with views of the buildings and maps
is being prepared. Chief Fearn, in
co-operation with Chief Bucbanen of
the Agricultural Department is endear
oring to interest the forgn commis
sion to make a complete exhibit of
the animal of foreign countries.
An aM.lication ha been received
by Chief Samuels of the Horticultural
Department for one acre of space
outside the horticultural building,
from EilwengerA: B-rry, of Roches
ter, N. Y., one of the largest nursery
men firms in the world. This one
acre of space U to be devoted to fruit
trees and ornamental plants, they also
want fcpace for 400 tables of fruit in
the hall way of the .horticultural
building.
price five gnnrs.
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
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A COUItESPONDEXTS VIEWS
ON IIALKIGII AFFAIRS.
North Carol I aa u4 tho WorM Fair.
The Alllaaeo a4 tho m WTwat ry
I'laau U L. Polk mm Um Toinl
Party. liyrtwONit '
IULtioH, N. O, Nor. 24. Tho
question is often asked now, what
will the State do with regard to tho
exhibit at the World'- Fair. Not
many people ask this, for the general
public in North Carolina is not girea
to the asking of questions. Bat men
who have the State, best interests at
heart are trying to do something.
There are some good exhibits at Uw ex.
position here, which ends this week.
and many of these can be secured.
Your correspondent is told that it the
State does nothing some of the pro.
gressivo communities will hare ex.
hi bits. Of course I it was too much to
hope pr expect that a Narth Carolina
legislature could grasp a subject like
this.
Tho exposition, taken all ia all, hat
proved a success. There is no doubt
of tViis The people have been here
and while some people, in the. State
have been prompt in their effort! to
depreciate the exposition, those from
other States, who inspected it care
fully, were pleased and said to frankly.
This shows that more State pride and
greater unity of action and sentiment
are needed.
The long desired addrcsjr, to the
democrats fails to materialize., It is
like a fickle lover, and the people
really cannot understand the eanse of
the delay in its coming.
Tho split in the Alliance on. the tab
treasury plan is causing a great deal
of talk. Tho leaders have been trying
to keep the order solid on this ques
tion, but many of its members have
wavered for quite a while and the
keenness of the interest has worn off.
The experiences of tho South Ameri
can countries with plans more or less
like the one tho Alliance has favored,
has proved a grave warning. So in
the next State convention some mighty
interesting questions will come no.
Pro and con, that sub-treasury ques
tion will be a feature of discussion in
every political gathering in 1892. It
is safe to say that campaign will have
many novel features; hitherto nn
known here.
Will the third party be found hero?
Has it the 50,000 actual strength
which its ardent supporters claim for
it? There are many dissatisfied peo
ple upon whom the democratic party's .
claims now rest lightly. Some people
say next year -will be like 1884, when
it was thoughtto bo the correct thing
by many to be independent in politics..
Those who are not extremists per
sist in their assertion that L. L. Polk
is the true head of the third party
movement. His paper here keeps
very quiet concerning these matters.
Will ho come toJNorth Carolina and
create a commotion here?
People who stay in tho towns have
only a faint idea of the extent of the
feeling in the country among not a
a few Alliance men. They feel as if
they were isolated andit is this very
thing which unless there is admirable
management will lead to trouble. The
feeling of country toward town was
never less kindly.
The farmers in all this part of the
State are despondent, and say they do
not know just what to do. Old fash
ioned methods of fanning and the ad.
hesion to the one-crop idea have caused
much of the trouble. There are many
farmers who sneer at any improve,
menu. AU who have a variety of
crops find themselves in good plight;
certainly with enough to eat. .
The Supreme Court is now on the
Ninth district, and has made good
progress, as hardly any case have
been-put at the end of the docket.
The Court now files opinions Tuesdays.
All the Justices have been npon the
bench during the term. '
A very sad occurrence causes grief
here; the perhaps fatal wounding of
two bright lads npon whom a tree fell
yesterday. They are sons of promi
nent residents.
Now that the railway to Atlanta ia
so nearly completed by the Seaboard
Air-Line, there are many inquiries as
to the construction by thai system of
the link between Ridgeway, K. C? tad
Richmond, Va.t which seems to be a
necessity in order to enable fast trains
to be put on.
It is now a settled fact that the
Baptist State female university is to
be located here. There ia . much
jealousy of and some places in the
State ncTer lose an opportanitj ta
have a fling at it.