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ZJt'fi DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHPOET AND BBUNSWICK COUNTY. ' VOL. III. NO 11. SOUTHPOET, 3NT. C, THURSDAY MAY 5. 1892. PRICE FIVE CENTS. t f imi m bl i mm II v M II V i.; f; . THE WORLD'S XEWS. :o:- A CONIKNMI51 KU3IMAKYOP A WISE K'H DOINGS I.arK" Hre All 0er the Country. Hrre Cal la Kngjaad. I'nblle Debt Ja rrrKM, yerdla4Ward Ueleaaed. Valuable Hontea It u raod. THURSDAY. A Pill L Colorado Itcpublicaris in convention yes terday declared for a free silver man first niid Jnrut-s G. Blame second- The Virginia & Carolina railroad was "sold yesterday at public auction to-the city of Petersburg,' Va., for $75;000 President Harrison yesterday laid the first gmnite block to the mausoleum tole erected! n Hiverside Parle, New York, to the memory oflleneral V. H. Onmt. .In the lLasaclti setts House of Ilepresen tatives yesterday, the bill giving to women the right to vote on tlie liquor license question was rejected by a vote of 90 to 87 The Athena-urn building at Chicago was . partially destroyed by fire yesterday, to gether with a numlerof valuable paintings The total loss will foot up about f BO.OOO . Fire broke out last night in the Times annex building and the Central theater, at 'Philadelphia. The buildings were totally destroyed as were also about "a do7.en sur rounding structures. A large number of people were injured in a panic which oc curred at tho theatre. The. loss will reach nearly $1,000,000. FOKKKJN. The (lernian frontier -is -being strictly watched to prevent an influx of Anarchists from France, ; Italy is .making arrangements for the manufacture, in her own factories, of the new repeating rifle. A dispatch from Itio Janeiro states that the Brazilian Government has onlered its Consuls abroad to refuse to dispatch vessels to Mat to G rosso, the State which recently seceded from thy Brazilian lU'publlo fit I DAY. ATHI I. 30 T. Jeirersou Coolldge, of Dost on, was yesterday nominated by President Harri son to I Knvoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plcnlnotontlurv to France. ,.... ... T i...u..... . , ... ., , win umiMIful nluillt friiir milou from VVil Imrn I . , , , ' ' ... , , .... ,T ' Klu iivrilrultwl vfarnluir L-illincr llnnrv ,, . ' ' Fire insurance companies have increased iiu- rates in rusuviue. ienn., -m cents per fiou Heavy losses are Ktven as tlie cause. Attachments were issued vesterdav! umuuntimr to iOOO uirainst J. C. Marke & C., wholesale liquor und ctear dealers "1 ' of Dirmlnghnm, Ala. The rejsrt ooinus from Nashville, Tenn. that four negroes were lynched yesterday at Goodlettsville, a small place about twen ty-two miles from Nashville. The latest report in regard to the terrible lire in Philadelphia on Wednesday is to the effect that six persons lost their lives and several others were seriously burned. More than fifty are now lying in the has- pitals sulTering from injuries received. poiifcittK, : ' Tlw Bank of England has lowered its rtp of discount from 3 to 2 per cent. It is said that the German Government "i ouumioiMoii mi iH.K.uaic yi'jy M?.rt?e Pre1AY1?,Iay uiroiignoui ureai uruain anu ireianu. .uuch damage was done to shipping. .... - SATliltDAY.AI'UIL 30 j - , The ; tjijb trfasory nt lNoW:York 6as re- l eiveti orucra jor m.uw.uuuhi gom coin A 1 s f nAn '-- t Seventeen houses wtre destroTwl by fire yesterday at Key West, Fla.. entailine a loss oi f io.iiuo; insurance f io.oou. An earthquake shock occurred at four o'clock yesterday at San Francisco and other points in California. The shock was ..... ... . .1.. u1 ........ i: .1..... I r H age was done. ; ; ' : - fill 1 ' . . a 1 V .1 1 "f uintiorn or u.e aim uamer Bank at Auburn,. Me., have accepted from the landsmen of M. C. Percival. the de faulting cashier, $10,000 in full settlement of all claims against them. Percival stole $180,000 but surrendered considerable pnv Ir'.v. R G. Dun & Co's wwkly review of trade says: More favorable weather in many parts of the country has brought better "f i, - ..v - v t ti.,. ...... ...... i.....: Upg J'-'l!'!'! 'H lKtMJ'"!, 'i jreious ry , I'ords. In all paits of the country the sup ply of money is abuudaflt, although the demand is not specially active. Failures lorine past weeK, in the I mtetl Mates ""J Cnnsda, 2JI agjijnst 301 the previous - OHK10M, The building at Vicuna containing the immense panorama of the crucifixion was burned yesterday. The loss of this valun ble paintlug will amount to 130,000 florins. j Anarcjusts. continuetheir despicable , Vork in Pjuis, Berlin and. other places. An attempt was made yesterday to blow up the town hall at Dijon and their have been attempts made to destroy the Bourse I Extreme precautions arc being taken bv -i the authorities. ' t " ' I J Tjie pulMh tatm.ent for April will !ow an Increase of nearly $4,000,000. The Associated Banks of New York now 1 ill a4k AAA - -w,uaQ,uuu m e.xcesf of the require- MUi)!s uf the 25 per cent. rule. I orty -eight pauper immigrants from Caiie de Verde, liave been refused a land-, ing by the authorities at Providence, It. I. The ditching of a construction train on the Great Northern at Banner Ferry, Mont, yesterday, caused the death of fmir laliorers ami tlw? injury of several others. Ferdinand Ward, well known as the de faulting junior partner of the firm of Grant fc Wardj was released from Sing Sing prison yesterday after an imprisonment of six years and six months. " A six-story building at Pittsburg. Pa., occupied- by the Household Credit Com pan', was entirely destroyed by fire yester day, together with several other buildings. It is thought that the total loss will reaclj $00,000. KOUKIOX. The bread used in the German army of the future will be one-third corn meal and two-thirds rye. The Angelo-Scotia Mills and Lace Fac- -tories, located near Nottingham, have been destroyed by lire. All the valuable machi nery w as ruined. The loss will amount to 100.000. The dwelling of the mother of the Prefect of Police of Lousanne. Switzerland, was destroyed yesterday by the explosion of a ljomb. , No one injured. The Prefect had incurred the. enmity of Anarchists by the issuing of orders to prevent violence on May day, . MONDAY. MAY 2. Three-fourths of the West Virginia Re publican delegates are for the renominatiou of President Harrison. Chicago police yesterday raided a pro cessioir' and 'captured three Anarchistic emblems. Tlie bearers of the flags were taken at once to police headquarters, given a severe lecture and dismissed. The large barn of A. Smith McCann's famous! stock farm. Fairluwii, near. Lex ington, Ky., was completely destroyed by fire last nij;lit. Eight valuable trotting horses '-were- burned, valueil at $18,000. Tlw loss fn the barn is $13,000." Newark, N. J., has refused to accept the uew water supply furnished by tlie East Jersey .Ytater; Company, which bus spent nearly $4,000,000, on tho ground that the supply of water does not come up to that guaranteed by the Company - . Friday afternoon hist, a successful test of the new submarine boat was made by : J the inventor, George C. Baker, in the Itiver ' Itouge, a small stream which empties into the Detroit river iust below Detroit. Mr. Ikker wi now rocml to experiment in the much dwper water of tlie Detroit river Americans aro now in Pari to study the workings of the Monte Carlo gambling .v . 11. 1 a. . : .1.11 .1 . 5 ;i . rooms with a view to establishing similar ones in this country. A British force, consisting of fifty ma rines and 800 troops, lias captured Tonia- taba, in the British West African Colony of Gambia. One officer was killed and three others wounded. The enemy's loss was heavy. May-day in Europe was characterized by immense processions of vorkingineu, nearly al of which were orderly, Bombs were exploded in several French cities doing more or less damage, but owing to the extreme precautions taken very few disorders occurred. i rvt A 4 A lit a. it i S.iiare. New York, was opened yesterday a wiV'UV AA.wa a uajva a. aa v 4uii tv a bv t(K. Jefferson. There were 10. 000 neo - - . - . , - - i pe present- Ten houses at Mount Sterling, Ky.,were j.iteairuieH uy uiv un puimay, nivjiost .1 . ... I 1 O 1 T-l. .. ' t ofllce ami Gazette building were also 1 aB uurneu jxss a,uuu valuable horses from New York to Phila- delphia, were wrecked yesterday in a colli sk)n ftt Ar0nmouth Junction. N. J. Twenty- two of the horses were killed. Two rail hroad . employes were . killed and several others injured t : Thel . S- Goverimient bus fileil notice of suit in' th.il" H Court at Phthidflnhia nsmt the Suirar Trust, to orevent the consummatioir of the deal by which the Trust obtains jvossession of the Spreckels lit. lining C'-o., and sevend other refineries. The large, cotton warehouse at Norfolk, Ya-, occupied by Bassett, Nash & Co.,and 41ier merchants, was destroyed by fire last night with all its contents consisting of 1.200 hales of cotton, 1,000 bags of peanuts and 100 tons of fertilisers. The loss on building ami contents is $5,00a). I Ix usts are ravaging sections of country in South Africa Deemine the murderer, who confessed j0 of the Wlutech.ape. immlcrs. has been found guilty of murder by a jury at Melbourne, Australia, and sentenced to death WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 J. Bennett Bissell, a prominent citizen of Charleston, S. C, and for many years one of the largest rice planters in that State, died yesterday morning aged 56 years. 1 ' - ' - The farming community of Tevis. near Topeka,' Kan. was struck by a cyclone Monday night. Several people were killed and others injured. Buildings nm fences were demolihoil ami tretis blown down. - ... .i.' . The Iiouisville & Nashville' depot at Paris, Tenn., tlie hotel and a number of other buildipgs were totally destroyed by I t I r V freisrbt and valuable railroad recortls were d.vdmv.-l The loss will amount to man v I thousands of dollars. WASHINGTON NEWS. -:o: SHALL IT I$K 15L.AIX1: OK IIAKUISON. I Ki I'orftmajtter (irueral Ilktton Down on IHalne. Iiepabliean (iraiublinir at Coolidgt; Appointuiitut. Hard to Get a !norJiia. Washington, D. ('., May 3 Pres ident Harrison's friends profess to be lieve that he will be nominated a train with practically no opposition, but their acts aro not altogether in keep ing with their professions of belief, as the minister said of the brother with backsliding proclin'ic-i It is signifi cant that just as the talk of norm nating Mr. Blame without his consent began again to assume gigantic propor tions, ex-Postniaster-General Frank Hatton should have begun in; the Washington Post an editorial crusade against Mr. Blaine foi having agreed to tlie arbitration of the Bering Sea question. Mr. Hatton while claiming to edit a strictly independent paper has frequently bjon ni.ulj tho mouth piece of tho injudicious friends of President Harrison who believe that abuso of Mr. Blamo helps Mr. .Harri son. Without endorsing the claims of either 'gentlemen' or caring the value of a burnt match whether either of them shall le nominated by their party tor President, it may be re Inarked that so far as the Bering Sea matter is concerned it is difficult for unprejudiced eyes to see the sense in ; the other when they both occupied precisely the same position. Kither they are both entitled to praise fur agreeing to arbitration, or they are both deserving of censure for it. There can Ikj no iivision, and for Mr. Hatton to sad- dlo blame upon Mr. Blaine, while praising Mr. Harrison, in this connec tion, is but to place on exhibition tho prejudice that every one knows he has ainst Mr. Blaine. While everybody concedes the abil ity of T. Jefferson ('oolidge,of Boston, who has boon nominated to succeed Whitelaw Held as Minister to France, some of the Republican brethren- are disposed to grumble at tlie appoint ment, because Mr. Coolldge lias only been a Republican since M r. Qleve- and's famous tariff message Was sent to Congress. Previous to that time he was a leading Democrat, ai his son now is in Massachusetts. .':".; Members of the House are thinking so much marc about securing a ro nomination than about transacting the business for which they are paid that it is extremely difficult to get a quo tum together on the floor of the House, and seemingly impossible ' to keep &' together a week at a time. The Republicans, of course, throw all the blame on the. Democrats,; and as that party has a membership of sixty odd more ' than a quorum!' in -.-tho Housp, it will not be strango if the publio agrees in holding it responsible for the present legislative situation, which will inevitably result in much hurried and consequently bad legisla tions at the fag end of the session. There is much common sense in the proposition of Representative Bailey.of Texas, to "dock" the pay of members of Congress for the time they are ab sent, but there isn't even the slightest probability that Congress will see it in that light. The majority of the present House are ready to cut down anything but their own perquisites, and in this last respect -they do not differ from the majority of any House which proceeded it. Representative Cu.m.rai.Jgi of New York, who is a Tammany Democrat, put a new phase on the cutting down of salaries and the consolidations in the diplomatic and consular appro priation bill, now under consideration by the House, when he said: "I want to rebuke this parsimony. It means really, virtually legislating in favor of the rich against the poor. For. by reducing the salaries of ministers and consuls, the offices are placed in the hands of plutocrats and taken frpm the educated, honest, laboring or pro fessional man." "The Watchman," the national organ of the People's party, issued its first number here last week, it will be carefully read by the jroliticians of the old parties who arts ptiiazling their, heads no lit tlo in the endeavor to ascertain ust what the plans of the Third party are to be iq the coming National Campaign. Anion"; the callers on President Harrison' Saturday, was Senator Pal mer, of Illinois, and ho was subjected i to much good-natured chaffing by sev eral of his Senatorial colleagues who ! met him at the V hitc House. They wanted' to know if he had gone there for the purpose of making a critical examination of the residence ortion of the building, with a view to having alterations made in any thing that did not suit him before he moved in. He enjoyed the joking as much as any of them. The House has wasted so much time that the Senate has almost over taken it in appropriation legislation, and if it does not do better the Senate will have to adjourn about three days in each week, unless it decides to take up some other important legislation, which isn't at alU probable. In fact two months is a very short time in which to dispose of all the appropria tion bills and the present intention is to adjourn about July 1, but then you know, intentions seldom, count. NORTH CAROLINA. The building committee of the M. E. Church, in this city, has decided to erect a church buildingto cost $6,000. The location will be determined this week. Hickory Press Carolinian i Some of the street cars were be decked with blue and white ribbon Friday, the colors of tho University, and others with yellow and black, the colors of Wake Forest, in honor of the piesence of the base ball teams in the cily. Xeics- Observer. A mad dog caused mifch excitement in town last Wednesday morning. The dog came from somewhere up the Farmville road and passed through Pitt sWeet to the bridge, going across tho latter and disappearing. Near the office of Drs. ; O'Hagan & Brown the dog severely bit a colored womanaud was also kuown to bite two other dogs ! before getting out of town. Next day j subscriptions were taken to carrv the ' . " j woman off for treatment. Since the occurrence everybody is on the alert to give all dogs a safe distance. Greenville Reflector- ' Lightning struck and instantly kill- I ed Mr. Hosea T. Evans, aged 41, the superintendent of Mr. W.F.Kornegay's j farm near Neuse river, also one of his - - s- children a three-year-old boy, which j he was holding in his arms while standing in the barn to protect him self from the storm. Several labore rs who were near by were badly stunned by the same flash." Mr. Evans' body was terribly mutilated. He has been in Mr. Komegay's employ for the past four years and was an industrious man. A wife and three small chil dren survive him. Goldsboro Head. Vujld. Trinity college has fallen heir to another gift, second only to those of its princely patrons, in the shape of the library of the late Rev. Dr. Robert S. Moran, widely known in North Car olina twenty years ago, Mr. Moran leaves with slight exceptions, almost his entire library of philosophical.scien tific and theological works to the col lege at Durham. In the later years of his life he lived among his -books and kept well up with the progress of thought, making this gift especially rich in the works relating to modern research. Again Trinity is to bo con gratulated, Chronicle. Capt. James Lowell, conductor on the Richmond k Danville, tells of a wild-goose chase he had Thursday. As his train left Berkley his attention w'as called to a wild goose perched on top of one of the cars. The motion of the train set its wings in motion also, and as the speed of the train increased its speed increased and it fle just above the top of the car until the next station was reached, keeping up with the train, which was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. Capt. Lowell said he never saw anything fly so fast in his life and said he expected every minute to see it lag or drop, but not so. It left the train when the sta tion was reached and took another route. Charlotte Observer. The Charlotte Observer contains the account of a dastardly assault made Thursday night upon Miss Inez Sikee, a young lady of that city. Miss Sikes, while m the act of stooping to pick up a piece of wood in the yard, in the rear of her home, was felled to the ground by a blow on the head. The unknovyrj viaio who struck her placed his Hand over Miss Sikes' mouth, preventing any outcry, then with a razor, or scissors, cut off her hairv Becoming frightened.the wretch dropped the hair m the yard and es i-apod. The young lady is suffering greatly from the pam of the blow and nervous exhaustion. Should the f el low, to whom there is very little clue, be caught,he will prolably be roughly treated. LAST WEEK'S THADK. A G EXE U AL It EVIEW ALL OVEK THE COUNTKY. l!ulaea Good la the Kaatrra ami Mlttdl ! I . Stat. No ImprorraiFul wu the Pa- ciBc'CoaaU Kalarged Trade la the Koath. j . Business in the Middle and E&stet u divisions of the country during the last week nas been of good volume, although not active except in a few departments. Trade leports have I in dicated no improvement! in business conditions on tho Pacific coast, but there has been a moderately enlarged trade in some parts of the South. The .West, however, has continued in the van of the trade revival, as it has been ever since the great grain crops were harvested last year. Thecontinuanee of the gold export movement has ex cited little uneasiness in the financial world, as it is recognized as a usual feature at this season of the year.there are no present indications that it will reach anything like the proportions of the 1891 shipments. Exports of mer chandise have slightly declined, but exceed those of the corresponding period last year; though from unoffi cial figures thus far available it is pro bable that the excess of imports for the month will approximate that of April a year ago. The failures during the last .week throughout j the United States and Canada aggregated 21 1, an increase of 10 over the total for the proceeding week. 1 Prices of spot cotton have receqed of a cenMfrom the highest point, but are still 7 16 of a cent from the lowest recorded for this crop; which is a very substantial improvement in the face i i. . the large stocks here and abroad and a reduction of 2000 bales per weokfin English and "Continental consumption during the six months ended with March - Plantation: deliveries have ; i 1 .'; : fallen off, and the smaller movement, coupled with reports of decreased acreage, have maintained) speculative sentiment in favor of the staple, though business in actual cotton is dull at the higher cost. The cotton j goods trade has been only moderately ;active;while the recovery from the lowest prices: of cotton has imparted more confidence to hoiders,the market is without quot able change, and here and there.when stocks show a tendency to accumulate, the position favors buyeis. The wool trade has been more active, at steadier but not at higher prices. The sustain ed strength of values abroad and the i " near exhaustion of stocks of old wool have induced more confident buying by manufacturers. Supplies of wool below the grade have been vry closely cleaned up in all markets. Very little new wool hasbeen shorn except in extreme southerly localities. Mill agents have expenenced an active demand for fall dress 'goods, and nearly all makes are more; heavily sold ahead than at the corresponding per iod in any previous season. Business in men's wear fabrics has been com paratively quiet; but leading mills are understood to be better supplied with orders than they were a year ago, and there is strong confidencej in the pros pect for a large duplicating demand a little later in the season. Iron trade conditions have continued unsatisfac tory, and where there has been any change in prices buyers have had the advantage. i There has been a good export de mand for wheat; but neither the larger takings of foreign buyers nor a con siderable reduction in domestic visible stocks has had the effect of advancing prices. The latter are 1$ cents lower for immediate delivery in! New York. while the market for futures is about the same there as it was a week ago, but J of a cent lower at Chicago. The prospect that France wil restore the tariff rates , on June 1, that were abated last year to meet the exigencies of a short crop yield has stimulated demand for winter wheat. j Exporters have been hastening shipments in jor der to secure entries at French ports in advance of the exaction of the higher duties. Good orders have alo been received for spring wheat for the United Kingdom, which is usually a j buyer of this variety of wheat at this I season of the year. Spring seeding of wheat in the Northwest has been retarded by wet weather, ! but, accord ing lathe Cincinnati lrict Curren is in an advanced condition in a large breadth of the spring wheat belt. Winter wheat is making good pro gress in most sections, j A jnoderatel enlarged crop move ment and speculative liquidation in the May option have caused a decline! iu 1 1 Chicago corn price of ,1 j cents per bushel, and all markets are weaker for deferred deliveries of corn. But in New Yolk there has been a sharp squeeze' in the April option, the price of which had advanced 15$ cents per bushel. The rise is duo to an oversold market and poor grading. Corn has been arriving more freely, but there has been a deficient propor tion of the grade required to meet maturing contracts. Export demand for corn has been only moderate. Values of hog products have very slightly advanced; but trade is quiet, and the larger packing opeiations of the current week and expectations of liberal supplies during the next month have combined to discdurage specula tion. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. A feature of the Massachusetts Stato exhibit will be a facsimile repro duction of the old mausion of John Han cock. t Petitions for stock in the Woman's Dormitory, are coming in from every direction, showing the universal popu larity of the plan. An Arcadian exhibit, and a Creole kitchen are beinic arranged by the Lady Manager of I-rouisiana, as a por tion of the State display. A complete collection of Ohio birds comprising every variety known with in the boundaries of the State, will be exhibited at the Exposition. Mrs Millinger, of England, who manages a gypsy camp near Liver pool, has applied for space for a simi lar encampment on the World's Fair grounds. A cablegram from the Special Ex position Commission to the Phillipine Islands, announces the compilation of arrangements for a comprehensivo South Sea Islands exhibit. The construction of the building to house the floats, to be used in "Tho Procession of the Centuries" during the Dedication ceremonies next Octo ber, will be immediately begun. Hon. Thomas B. Bryan, e.x Vice President of tho Exposition, and Com missioner to Europe, returned to Chi cago on Saturday last; bringing a most gratifying account of ,the success of his embassy. In California special crops are being cultivated this season for exhibition at the World's Fair. In one county fifty varieties of wheat have already been collected. An exhibition will bo held in San Francisco in the early fall, and the collection then made will be sent to Chicago. The Woman's Board is in commu nication with the commissioners of labor throughout the United States, concerning organizations and associa tions, composed of, and controlled by women. This is with a view to coin, piling statistics for an , encyclopedia and to establishing co-operativote)a-tions with industrial women. The painting of the World's Ft ir building is an undertaking of such magnitude that an effort has been made to devise some method of doing it by machinery. A machine somewhat on the order of a force purnp invented especially for this purpose, .was tried on Saturday. It was hoped that the machine would distribute the paint over a large surface rapidly and evenly. The result was not what was anticipated and attempt will be made to erfect the machine. Tlie officials in charge of the New Jersey State World's Fair work are making early thorough preparation for a representative display in the Mining Building, for their State. They propose to show the great and attractive variety of tninerals,tn which ie State abounds, in a very compre- hensive manner. The famous Canfield collection, now at Dover, N. J., has been put at the disposal of the State Board. Prof. Smock, the State Geol ogist, and a gentleman eminent in his vocation, will undertake, in behalf of the State Survey, to make an elabor ate display of the New Jeraoy econo mic materials ore, . mineral, clays, marls, soils, etc., ail scientifically ar ranged and will illustrate their geolo gical and geographical distributions oy means of map, charts, and dia grams. The xinc mining industries in the State, will also be coranrt-hen- sivfcly demonstrated. All varieties of prepared and dried sands, used for making molds for fine castings are to be exhibited by private parties. The excellent clays of the State and its ex tensive pottery establishments are to be represented by an exhibit of a pot tery plant which promises to be one of the most interesting and creditable displays in the Mining Department. RALEIGH'S: BUDGET; A WUKKSlOXIEXTS VIEWS OX UAL.KIGII AFFAIRS. Tfc Pfgrmlw ramr thmt na a Tfclnl Party- Paper. Rrr4 Offered for ManUrrr. AM KmUI fr Pabil KdaralU. Uai.eioh, N C, May 3 The cal ' ia out of the bag now. The Progress ive Farmer is a Third party paper Your correspondent had for theso many mouths so believed. Not only were the newspaper people full of the Third party disease, bat the, officials of the State Alliance had it in a bad form. This ia the source from which the infection spread True blue Dem ocratic newspapers will at once array themselves on the side of their noble party and will fight the Third party workers as Tiard as they do the Republicans. The former are the worse to deal with of tho two. There is a great deal of talk about the now quite open violation of the law in holding '-secret political meet ings " If that law is enforced there will be some squealing. Some people know quite well that they are violating law, but think they enjoy immunity. Any sort of developments may bo ex pected this year. "" - The amazing proposition that even if the Third arty ticket is not voted for State officers it will bo voted m the National and Congressional mat ters, is made. Can u man be a Dem ocrat who votes for a Democratic. State ticket and a Third rty Na trona; ticket? No, uuqueslionably.no. And yet some people, whom ills really hard to class, have not the courage to resent even such a suggestion. It is satisfactory to know at least, just what the Democrats have to face. It is easy to see that the action of the Alli ance leaders will bring ultimate ruin upon that order. The elements of de cay are even now at work. Treachery and double dealing never pay. For months agents have spread over the State tho poison of dissatisfaction. Months ago your correspondent 'pre dicted a year of . political surprises." These are now forming, and that rapidly, The Governor has offered a reward for George Hopson, a white despera do, who in a cold blooded way assas sinated Martha Connelly, a young negro woman, as she sat in her hum ble home with her three children bo side her. " More and more attention is directed to public education. The State does not vet give one-third the aid it should to public schools. Major Finger, the State Superintendent is hopeful of more aid. This evening he mado an address before the University on the relation of that institution to public schools. The annual examination or inspec tion of the University is in progress. The board finds that dunng the past. year a great mauy improvements have been made. The great cotton oil trust is now broken up and smaller trusts have been organized in each State. These cover the mills operated in each State. There ia much opposition to trusts, so that word is dropped and "company" is used instead. The geological survey of theState is now in active progress. Quite a fine working force is in the field. Much will be done this year. Just now coal is receiving special study.. The insane asylum here is sadly crowded with patient.4 Insanity is on the increase, steadily ' and among both races. There arc 284 inmates now of the asylum.here, with only 204 rooms. There are over 500 at the Western hospital and nearly 300 at the colorod hospita at Goldsboro. In- sanity among the negroes is certainly increasing. The Commissioner of Agricnitoro gives the following figures as repre senting the values of North Carolina's leading farm products: Cotton and corn, $15,000,000 each; tobacco, $10, 000,000. The great reduction of the acreage in cotton, 25 per cent, at least, is as sured. Some of the farmers distrust each other greatly and these distrust ful ones are those who have canted the idea that there would be no large reduction to circulate among business men. It is pleasant to be able to state that the health of Associate Justice Davis of the Supreme -court has improved somewhat since hut week. The Baptists are celebrating in handsome style here tle centenial of foreign misaioDS.
The Southport Leader (Southport, N.C.)
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