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VOLUME 24.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE i, 1893
NUMBER 22.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tin; rsTKl'fiCSI.E rOK OFFICE STILL
CONTINUES.
Twenty Million Dollars a Year Saved lc
the Nation, an I tem Worthy Our
Hearty Approval.
Washington, May 29, 1803. Why
vhould democratic Senators and
Representatives insist upon haviBg
republicans retained in ollice? That is
a question that has puzzled the Presi
dent, the members of the Cabinet and
the heads of the important bureaus of
the Government, and also at times very
much embarrassed them. For instance,
a democratic Senator or Representative
goes to t lie head, of a department or
bureau and asks that a republican
chief of a division be asked to resign
and one of his -constituents, a demo
crat, be appointed to. the place. He is
confronted with a letter from a demo
cratic Senator or Representative, some
times with letters.from several of each,
insisting and in some instances actual
ly demanding that the republican
chief be kept in office. You may
imagine the em-barrassiiient that fol
lows. If this practice is kept up some
sensational disclosures may be made
when Congress "meets, by those demo
crats who believe that, positions as im
portant as chiefs of divisions ought to
be held by democrats, if democratic
ideas of economy and? reform are to be
thoroughly carried out in the work of
the Government in all its branches.
They claim that democratic Senators
and Representatives have no right to
allow personal friendships for repub
lican officials, which is supposed to be
the reason for their endorsement, to
stand in the way of "filling the impor
tant offices with democrats, to say
nothing of the bad effect the retention
of these? republicans will have on the
working democrats who have applied
for these places, believing themselves
entitled to them. These men make no
complaint when-a place they are after
is given to another democrat, but
they do nbt like to see republicans
retained in the places they think ought
to be filled by democrats.
Is a man who is able to earn a living
at manual labor and. who' suffers from
no wound or disability incurred while
in actual service entitled to a pension
from the Government? Sec' y. Hoke
Smith has decided by repealing a rul
ing of the last administration as to the
construction that the Pension Office
shall put upon the ''disability not of
service origin" clause of the pension
act of 1890, that he is not, and common
sense would seem to be on the Secre
tary's side. In future no man will , be
granted a pension under that law un
less he establishes the fact that he is
unable by reason of his disability to
earn a support by manual labor.
There will, of course, be a concerted
howl from the pension sharps over
this ruling because it will reduce the
pension payments something like $20,
000,000 a year, and their fees in a cor
responding ratio; but the tax payers
will not object to this saving, particu
larly when it is made without depriv
ing any old soldier who is unable to
earn a living because of his disability
of a pension..
Senator Voorhees, who has just re
turned from his constituents, says
t here is no complaint among the demo
crats of Indiana because of the slow
ness of President Cleveland in making
appointments; that they are perfectly
satisfied that he is doing his full duty
iii a wise and patriotic manner, recog
nizing the fact that then? are other
things requiring his .attention besides
partonage.
Amon; tli Gold Miner.
The gold mining industry of this im
mediate section has not shown much
activity of late, though a new spurt of
interest to all the miners roundabout
is about to be made. Salisbury will be
the centre of the new enterprise and
The News expetts to be able to give
the details in a few days.
The stockholders of the Baltimore
and North Carolina Gold and Copper
Mining Co. have .decided'- to pull out
from active mining operations for
iha present. The headquarters of the
company is at Baltimore, and the mine
is at Matthews, this county. Char
lotte News. '
A bad cyclone struck Ladenia, ten
miles west of Vandalia Mo,. May 25th,
killing one and wounding six. Five
business houses and as many dwel
lings were desroyed.
Why Pork Is High.
The New York Sun gives the follow
ing logical and satisfactory explanation
of the present high price of pork:
Present high prices for swine result
logically from the cessation of the in
crease of the corn area that occurred
about the middle of the last decade
and are likely to continue with fluctua
tions dependent for their range and
duration upon an acreage yield Of corn
upon an area constantly diminishing,
relatively to population, even should
such yields be always at the maximum;
and such prices are not likely to be
any lower by reason of the fact that
the swine supply of the United King
dom has declined more than 23 per
cent within the past year.
Cheap pork depends upon an in
crease of the number of pig growers
proportionate to the increase of popu
lation, and the increase of pig growers
dejiends upon an increase of the num
ber of acres of corn, which seems to be
impracticable, or at least wholly im
probable, and has, not obtained during
recent years. It is true that since 1885
additions have been made to the num
ber of farms, but almost wholly in the
northwestern region where wheat is
the one commercial staple and where
swine production hardly suffices for
home needs. We may, and probably
shall, continue to add to the number
of farms in the north-west, but in so
doing shall add only to the wheat
growers, and in the towns and villages
of that region, to the pig eaters, just as
in the last eight years there has been
no appreciable addition to th number
of pig growers, although there have, in
this period, been no less than 11,000,-
000 added to the pig eaters; and the
result, the inevitable result, is seen in
depleted stocks, ascending prices,
decreasing exports and some addition
to an adverse balance of trade.
The folly of the farmers in the south
who do not raise their own meat is
growing more and more costly. Un
less the production of pork is increased
its price will go still higher, as the
number of consumers is growing con
stantly. Hog and hominy is the sign in which
the sonthern farmer may conquer.
A Letter on "Wheat Culture.
Editor Press and Carolinian: I
feel it both a duty anil a necessity to
advise the farmers, so far as I can,
regarding the present condition of the
wheat market and wheat culture.
Present prices are far from encourag
ing, and almost induce despondency.
To the writer the situation is neither
strange nor unexpected, as low prices
in the West, and low freight rates
from there to this section made it only
a matter of time as to when this crises
would be upon us. It would do no
more good to devise plans to change
the present condition than to build
log fires under the moon in hopes to
attract its attention.
As this state of affairs has come to
stay we must prepare ourselves to
grow wheat at a less cost; some will
suggest less acreage, and no more fer
tilizers. But less acreage will not ad
vance the'price, our home market does
not control that, what is needed is to
reduce the cost per acre, and each in
dividual must care for his own case,
and nurse it according to circum
stances. For instance, if the land is
poor, improve it, take great care in
the harvesting, so as to have the
-wheat of good quality, for in propor
tion as the demand for highgrade has
increased, only sound wheat can be
used. Some have .advocated the
changing of the wheat crop for some
crop which will pay better. We can
not abandon the growing of products
which sustain life. Keep up the the
acreage, economise the cost --per acre,
sow high grades, harvest with care,
tuid your wheat will bring good price
in any condition of the market.
Respectfullv,
A. Y. Su; M ox.
Rev. Maj. Weston delivered his let
u re on Marshal Ney in Raleigh on the
night of the '23rd, and the Raleigh
News and Observer makes extended
notice of it. From it we infer that
Maj. Weston has proven to that excel
lent paper, of good judgment, that
Marshal Ney, of France, was not exe
cuted, but that Peter Stuart Ney, who
was a school teacher in North Caroli
na, was the identical personage.
In Hamburgh, May 29th, a death is
officially reported to have occurred
from Asiatic cholera.
GENERAL NEWS.
Two and a half millions in gold was
shipped Saturday last.
Ex-Secretary Foster, of Ohio, is re
ported, May 2Gth, as having failed
no particulars are given.
Fifteen thousand prisoners, besides
women and children, await transpor
tation, at Moscow, to Siberia.
More than $70,000 of the funds of the
Cincinnati Uuiversity are missing and
nobody knows anything about it.
Cotton in South Carolina is suffer
ing badly from cold nights and worms.
Much has been plowed- up and re
planted. A heavy snow fell at Ishpeming,
Michigan, May 25th. In the great for
ests thereabouts there still h.i two feet
of snow.
The great crevasse in the Mississippi
near lake Providence, is causing wide
spread destitution among the people
near by.
An alleged Nihilist plot has been
discovered in Warsaw. Forty-eight
students, eight women and sixty la
borers are under arrest.
Wm. E. Quinby, editor of the Detroit
Free Press, has been appointed Minis
ter to the Netherlands. He is a native
of Maine, fifty-three years old and a
life long democrat.
The Cumberland Presbyterians in
General Assembly, have agreed, by a
vote of 175 to 3, . to submit the question
of women being eligible as elders, to
the presbyteries for decision.
It will take a week of careful calcu
lation, from the many "indicators' at
tached to the steam cylinders on the
New York, to ascertain her exact rate
of speed on the late trial trip.
A new locomotive on trial for the
Ontario & Great Western railroad, at
Wilkesbarre, Pa., ran - mile in twenty
five seconds, May 2Gth, or at the rate
of two and two-fifths miles a minute,
or 144 miles an hour.
On May 25th telegraphic communi
cation with Moberly, Mo., was sudden
ly cut off on all sides, and it was re
ported that a cyclone had destroyed
the town. Five railroads join there;
it is a little north of the center of the
State.
U. S. Circuit Court Judge Lacombe,
of N. Y., has decided that that part of
Sec. G, of the Chinese law lately de
clared constitutional, was yet inopera
tive because it made no provision by
whom or how the Celestials are to be
deported to their own land. This is a
new question and not raised during
the previous proceedings. This will
be good news for the administration.
The Grand Summit mine on Palm
er's Mountain in the Okanogan min
ing district in Washington, rejoices in
the alleged finding of almost a solid '
body of pure gold at 200 feet depth.
A seven pound piece yielded about
two pounds of gold; worth, say, $500.
The place is guarded day and night.
The usual excitement prevails, and the
usual rush is made for the favored lo
cality. The Attorney General of the United
States has ordered the District Attor
ney at Chicago to apply to the Federal
Court for an injunction restraining the
directors from opening the Fair on
Sundays. This is the law as passed by
the Congress, and as the President and
his Cabinet have been sworn to exe
cute the laws, it is hard to see what
else the Executive or his advisers could
have done. The Congress did this,
not the President.
The next Congress will contain
twenty-seven citizens of foreign birth.
Ireland is. in the lead with eight Cla
ncy, Campbell, Cockran, Graham, and
Ryan, of New York; McGann, of Illi
nois; Weadock,- of Michigan, and 11c
Aleer, of Pennsylvania, Canada is next
with five Taylor, of Indiana; McMil
lan, of Michigan; McCleary, of Minneso
ta; Galiinger. of New Hampshire, and
White, of Ohio. Germany has four
Kiefer, of Minnesota, Bartholdt of
Missouri, 'and Barwig and Brickner,
of Wisconsin. England has three
Pasco, of Florida; Crisp, of Georgia,
and Jones, of Nevada. Norway has
two Boen, of Minnesota, and Haugan,
of Wisconsin. New Brunswick lias
two Simpson, of Kansas, and Step
henson, of Michigan. Austria lias two
Goldzier, of Illinois, and Hainer, of
Nebraska. Scotland lias Henderson, of
Iowa.
A ISloodle&s Revolution.
Paris, May 20, 183:). Let me say,
at the very start, that it is imperative
not to forget the dare has a significance
of the highest importance, for it marks
the opening of a new era. The politi
cal situation of Europe is today widely
different from what it was only yes
terday. Yesterday the entire world
turned an eye feverishly intent to
wards Belgium, upon the spectacle
thereof the decisive struggle between
an established government and an
unestablished proletariat. There was
to be seen in Belgium the constitu
tional authority of an entire realm,
backed by the force of arms, opposed
by a militant labor democracy. On
the one side, law, authority, armed
force; on the other, lack of authority,
of capital, and of arms; in a word,
vague nothingness struggling against
omnipotence. Yet it is the former that
has won the day. Omnipotence has
belied its name, and has been driven
to the wall; the defeat has been crush
ing. But more than this, it has been
significant. I repeat, it marks the
opening of a new era.
For the world-wide association of
laborers now comprehends that it
holds the Old World in its hands. It
has disco vered the invincible power of
the strike; in obedienecto the watch
word emanating from its irresponsible
leaders. Here is a force which is nega
tive, perhaps, but one against "which
nothing henceforth can prevail. Lo,
a silent word of command, and the
towers of Jericho fall! Before a gen
eral strike of this sort the Old World is
today powerless, like the child at the
breast to whom the mother refuses to
give suck. From "Europe at the
Present Moment, ' by M.de Blowitz,
in McC lure's Magazine for June.
Ah Anti-Trust Convention.
The convention to assemble in Chi
cago on the fifth of June was called by
the legislature of Minnesota for the
purpose of considering the coal com
bine and of trying to devise some
means of protecting the public from
the extortion of the coal bafdns.
By direction of the legislature Gov
ernor Nelson invited the governors of
the other States to co-operate in this
effort, and to appoint delegates to the
convention. Most of them have done
so. (xovernor Northen has named
eleven delegates for Georgia, one from
each of the congressional districts,
some of whom will probably attend.
The convention will consider, not
the coal combine alone, but the whole
subject of trusts, with a view to sug
gesting appropriate legislation, State
and national, and in the hope of arous
ing public opinion against the extor
tions which are now practiced by var
ious trusts.
Gov. Nelson, in his letter to the dele
gates, expresses the hope that the con
vention will mean business, and he
believes that if it goes at its work in
the right way much good may be
accomplished. Atlanta Journal.
Commencement Salem Female JLrademy,
Winston Salem, N. C.
On account of the above occasion,
the Richmond & Danville R. R. Co.,
w;ll continue the sale of reduced rate
tickets to Winston Salem N. C, and
return Mav 31st, good returning until
and including June 3rd, 1893.
ELQN college commencement, klon
COLLEGE N. C.
On account of the above" occasion,
the Richmond & Danville R. R. Co.,
will sell reduced rate round-trip tickets
to Elon College, N. C, .and return on
June 5th to 8th inclusive, final limit
June 10th. 1803. For further informa
tion apply to agents of that com
pany. ,
annual commencement university
of north carolina, chapel
HILL, N. C
For the accommodation of its many
patrons who will attend the above
occasion, the Richmond & Danville It.
R. Co., will sell round-trip tickets to
Chapel Hill, N. C, & return, from
points within State of North Carolina,
at greatly reduced rates, June 3rd to
8th inclusive, final limit June 0th,
1803. The following are rates from
points named; and from intermediate
points in same proportion.
CharlotU, N. C, $5.23; Durham,
0.75; Goldsboro, 3. CO; Greensboro, 2.40;
Henderson, 2. CO; Lineolnton, 6.30; Ma
rion, 6.85; Raleigh, 1.80; Rural Hall,
75; Selma, 2.90; Winston-Salem 3.30.
A cvclonc occurred near Anderson,
S. C, May 20th. Much havoc was done
among houses anu crops.
STATE NEWS.
The Mecklenburg Iron Works ships
mining machinery to Mexico.
Mrs. Maggie Jones is made post-mis
tress at Bandy's, Catawba county.
The Patapsco Guano company has
ued the Department of Agriculture.
Bladen county is to have a new
courthouse of brick, at a cost of $7,573.
George McCorkle, of Newton, N. C,
ets a $2,000 law clerkship in the Land
office. He had a Treasury chiefshipof
li vision before.
Associate Justice Walter Clarke has
aken up the task of compiling and
diting the old Colonial Records where
Col. Saunders left it.
The name of the liquor dealers or
gan will be The Plaindealer. It is
said they will have a big convention
and a full organization June 21st at
Raleigh.
Besides Col. Thornton, Gov. Carr
has appointed as delegates to the Coal
Trust Conference, Messrs. Donald Gil
liam, of Tarboro, T. K Bruner and P.
M. Wilson.
A convention of the liquor dealers of
the State is to be called to meet in Ra-
leigh June 21st. A monthly journal is
spoken of to be called The Wine. and
Spirit Journal. '
Near Pilot mountain, Surry county,
May 20th, the six-year-old son of Jas.
Haymone got at a can of whiskey,
drank a large quantity, and died in
great agony soon afterward.
The native born North Carolinians
residing in Atlanta, Ga. and vicinity,
organized themselves into a Society
last Saturday night in room 507 of the
Equitable building in "that city.
May 25, Postoffice Inspector Wm.
Conrad arrested Geo. O. Smith, assist
ant postmaster at Maxton, Robeson
county, for stealing from the mail.
The accused has been held to bail in
$500.
The Society for the Preservation of
Antiquities has been organized and is
on a good basis. People of the State
are requested to send relics to the Gov
ernor. They will be carefully pre
served. The Forsythe county grand jury has
presented the county commissioners
and magistrates for failure to build a
new court house, and Solicitor Barber
has been ordered to draw a bill of in
dictment.
"Buek" Kitchin (W. H.) gets an in
spectorship of customs, located in this
State, at $0 per day. After learning
the ropes he is to have a roving com
mission in the customs inspection ser- '
vice at $3,000 per year.
Col. John I). Whitford, B. M. Lacy,
Alex. Sprunt, W. C. Murphy, J. T.
Patrick, R. F. Hoke and T. H. Battle, .
appointed by the Governor, are the
committee to recommend the best
methods of securing immigration to
North Carolina.
Col. Beasley, of Oxford, N.- C, lias
invented a lock for. mail bags, express
safes etc., which registers so as to show
the man who left it -locked, whether or
not it has been unlocked and locked
again since he locked it. So if he can
find out who had access to it while he
was gone, he will be tolerably sure he
has detected a lock-picker. The Uni
ted States Treasury and several ex
press companies have adopted it.
The Asheville Tobacco works is not
a member of the Cigarette Trust, nor
does it use machinery belonging to the
Trust, so far as is known, A man has
Lately tried to bribe the watchmen to
let him into the factory at night, and
even to allow him to go through the
works blindfolded, so as to feel of the
machinery. He is supposed to be an
agent of the great Trust, employed to
find out who is using their methods or
machines.
The Washington correspondent of
Richmond Dejatch says, about the
postoffice here: With regard to Hick
ory, a eliange will be made there as
oon as Mr. Henderson can make ap
his mind as to who shall receive the
appointment; and he can be aided and
relieved from embarrassment as soon
as the Democrats there come to some
practical agreement concerning the ap
pointee desired. The Republican jost
mastergwill certainly not be allowed U
hold on any great length of time at
Hickory.