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GENERAL NEWS.
An insane man -visited ClausSpreck
es office and demanded $500,000.
Three deaths attended a fire in the
factory of the Improved ifatch Com
pany at Detroit. .
Judge' Richard Cave Graves died at
Versailles, Ky., last week at the age of
ninety-three year. ;
Three desperate men made an un
successful attempt to rob an Adams
express car near Morris villa, Pa.
Great Britain has managed to pick a
quarrell with another South American
republic: This time it is Colombia.
Official reports show that of the
8fls killed this season nearly all were
females, whieh argaeal an early ex
tinction of the herds..
It is reported that in the village of
Siras, where the Kurds have been be
sieging 4,000 Armenians, all the Ar
menians have been massacred.
Farther dispatches of a pointed na
ture have been sent by the British
Minister for the colonies to Guiana
concerning the Venezuelan question.
Eiht hundred people were massa
cred by the Mussulmans at Kharput
and eight of the American missions
sacked and burned. The missionaries
escaped.
Every lover of books will be glad to
hear that Mr. A. R. Spofford has been
vindicated by the investigation of his
accounts as Librarian of Congress.
There was no actual shortage at any
time and the apparent shortage was
due to defective book keeping.
Cease this unreasoning complaint
about the inaction of the Powers in
the Armenian matter. It is merely a
case of masterly inactivity a saving
of turkey,, until Thanksgiving Day.
However, it might be better if the As
sociated Press would, in the interval,
stuff Turkey rather than the newspa-.
pers with its apparently inexhaustible
supply of Armenian chestnuts.
A new invention for compressing
cotton was tested the other day at
Jackson, Tenn.. and gave satisfactory
results. It behooves the cotton States
to set their houses in such order that
there shall be much less business for
the cotton compress, companies, and
that can be done by "manufacturing
cotton fabrics in the States where the
lint is grown and in such quantities as
will leave little raw cotton for ship
ment to New England or to Old Eng
land. Napoleon said that Constantinople
was the capital of the world, and had
he been willing to surrender that city
to Russia the Czar would have been
his firm ally, instead of his most for
midable foe on the "continent. This
is a matter that England must decide
too, for daily it becomes evident that
the Turk will have to get out of Eu
rope. Will England surrender the
"capital ot the world" to the Czar?
And will the Czar surrender the "cap
ital of the world" to England? Con
stantinople will be the stake of Arma-
gedden.
Senator Hill is still pressing W. R.
Morrison for President. There was a
time when Morrison would have been
a very strong candidate and he would
make a great president yet, but the
American people have come to the con
clusion that the president ought to be
less than three score and ten years of
a?e. The late S, S. Cox used to say
that "when Bill Morrison gets to be
President there will be more honesty
and more bad manners in the White
House than were erer there before."
The richest man in the world today
is-satd to be Barney Barnato, the
Kaflir king. Several years ago, Bar
nato, who is a circus performer, went
to South Africa with a trick donkey.
While there he got a chance to make
a small speculation in the then recent
ly discovered Kaffir mines. It was
.-successful and he "pushed' his luck?
buying and selling Kaffir stock,intil
lie had amassed a considerable tort une.
With this he went to -London and en
gineered one of the greatest booms of
the century. Kaflir s' ocks have gone
np to unheard of values, men and wo
men fight on the stock exchanges for
them ninl Tinrnntn to ninnsnml II for-
J"ie. of 160,000,000 ' .pounds'- sterling.
'Hie "Kaflir King" is said to be so ig
norant he can scarcely write his name
but he livi like a prince a'nd is the
mo.-t Talked of and sought after man
in London society.
THE FAflOUS FOURTH.
Raster f the "Beya Who Wera the Gray"
la Cm B. ,
Company B (4th Regt.) was organ
ized in Rowan county. N. C, on May
1, 1861, and went into camp of instruc
tion at Rowan Mills for three weeks.
It was then ordered to Garysburg,
near Weldon, and was organized in the
4th N. C. State Troop, remaining
there 60 days, it was ordered to Manas
sas, Va. The following was its com
pliment of officers, etc. :
Colo SKI G. B. Anderson, Wake
county? Liect. Col. Young,
Mecklenburg county. Major Bryan
Grimes, Pitt county.
; companies.
A (Iredell) Iredell Blues, Capt. A. K.
Simonton. B (Rowan) Scotch-Irish
Gray, Capt. J. H. Wood. C (Iredell)
Saltilla Boys, Capt. J. B. Andrews.
D (Wayne) Goldsboro Rifles, Capt.
Whittaker. E (Beaufort) Southern
Guards, Capt. D. M. Carter. F (Wil
son) Wilson Rifles, Capt. Jesse Barnes.
G (Davie) Davie Sweepstakes, Capt.
Wm. Kelley, H (Iredell) Olin Guard,
Capt. E. A. Osborne. I (Beaufort)
Beaufort Rifles, Capt. Marsh. K
(Rowan) Rowan Rifle Guard, Capt.
Francis. McNeely. Artillery attached,
Capt. Reiley.
Ten companies- - - - - - 1,000
One company-attillery - - - 100
. 1,100
OFFICERS OF COMPAXY B.
Captain, J. H. Wood; 1st Lieuten
ant. T. C. Watson; 2nd Lieutenant,
J. F. Stancill; 3rd Lieutenant, J. R.
Harris; 1st Sergeant, J. F. Phifer; 2nd
Sergeant, B. K. Kerr; 3rd Sergeant,
M. S. McKenzies; 4th Sergeant, Jo
seph Barber; 5th Sergeant, John Hel
lard; 1st Corporal, B. A. Knox; 2nd
Corporal, D. Steel; 3rd Corporal, H.
Burkhead; 4tb Corporal, J. A. Cowan;
Color .Bearer, Thomas Jordan; Com
pany, Commissary, R. J. M. Barber.
PRIVATES, COMPANY - 3.
J.LV Alexander, Charley Anderson,
E. F. Barber, J. K. P. Barber, J. Y.
Barber, Thomas Barber, Hugh Baxter,
John Beaver, j. M. Beaver, Joel Bea
ver, M. M. Beaver, W. A. Beaver, M.
A.'Barnhardt, W. H. Baringer, Georgj
Belk, WD. Diggers, D. C. Brandon,
J. P. Burke, James Briggs, "Wm.
Chunn, D. S:4 Cowan, J. F. Cowan, N.
V. Cowan, John Y. Cowan, Wiley
Cox, A. J. Current, Ervin Donnell, A.
D. Douglass, D. A. Donaho, Alex Fel
ker, T. P. Gillespie, Richard Hall, J.
W. GuIlett,R. L. Graham, E. L. Hen-'
ry, J. B. Hellard, C. G. Hix, J. H.
Holdsclaw, J. C. Hyde, J. B. Kistler,
J. W. Kistler, D. C. Lype, E. L. Mc
Cormiek, Hiram McCormick, Silas
McLaughlin, W. W. MeKenzie, G. W.
Ments, H. C. Miller, Rufus Mills, W.
A. Moore, J). C. Moose, Thomas Pink
ston, W. F. Plumer, Allen Rice, J. W.
Sears, J M, Seitz, J. W. Shinn, N. J.
Sloo , Jeff Smith, L. A. Steel, J. P.
Thompson, J. M. Turner, Frank Nib
lock, Wilson Hall, A. W. Webb, Ja
cob Willielui. Elias Walter.
An experienced newspaper man re
cently expressed, this opinion in the
New York Sun. "I would not give
employment, at newspaper work, to
a man who did not possess the humor
ous sense in a,, high degree." The
Newspaper Maker adds: This is a sage
saying. The man who has the humor
ous sense well developed, must neces
sarily have pathetic sensitiveness in
corresponding measure. Such an one
can move his readers either to tears or
laughter at will and induce any emo
tion between these v two extremes of
the gamut of human feeling. It is,
perhaps, rather too much to expect so
much from all candidates for newspa
per work as this implies.
HOW TO PREVENT CROUP.
SOMK READING THAT WILL PROVE
INTERESTING TO YOUNG MOTHERS.
HOW TO QCAKD AGAINST THE DISEASE.
Croup is a terror to young mothers
and to post them concerning thecause.
tirst symptoms and treatment is the
object ot this item. The origin of
croup is a common cold. Children
who are subject to it take cold very
easilv and croup is almost sure t fol
low." The first symptom is hoarseness;
this is soon followed by a j-cul!ur
rough cough, which is easily re. -t..:
uizetl and will never be forgotten
one who has heard it. The tune t;
aft is when the child first beem
hoarse. If Chamlnrlaiu's Cough Rem
edv is freely given all tendency U'
croup will soon disippear. Even aflei
the croupv cough has developed it
will prevent the attack. There is w
danger in giving tliis remetly fir H
contains nothing injurious. For s.dt
bv O. M. Royster, Druggist. 4 4t
DR. DUUHAM'S
FUNERAL
Ceiiiflctei ly Sectors TJarler, Sttuer,
- Sims, Httfian ill fiTralliei.
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PRETTY FLOHAL OFFERINGS
A Larf Gathrix nt i tk Pirtt Baptist
Churck to Pay S&4 Tribute Rcwpt ta
the Mlssloaary and 5iS. Sacrttery mt
tha Baptist Stata CaavaaUvn.
Dr. C. Durham's funeral took place
in Raleigh last Saturday , afternoon.
From the Raleigh News and Observer
of Sunday we extract the following:
A large congregation gathered at
the First Baptist church yesterday af
ternoon to pay a last tribute of respect
to the memory of Rev.-Columbus Dur
ham, D. D. The services were con
ducted by Dr. Carter assisted by Dr.
Simms, Dr. Skinner, Dr. Hufhain and
Dr. Gwaltney.
DR. HUFHAM'S TRIBUTE.
Dr. Carter then said; Dr, Durham
had charge of tne State mission work."
Dr. Hufham who preceded him in that
service spoke. Dr Hufham is pastor
in the town where Dr. Durham lived
so long. f s
Dr. Hufham said when the telegram
came announcing Dr. Durham's death
it seemed as though the sky had been
suddenly clouded over. Every one
from the little children to the old men
mourned. An old soldier who wore
the gray took my hand and said, "Go
and tell them what Cleveland county
and the old soldiers feel." Everybody
grieved. Throughout the State for
weeks and months lj come there will
be weeping as the news is , told that
this good man is: gone,- He was the
most widely known oany,of us. - He
"Was the most lovebl, tJreindstc trusted,
and no man in the denomination had
such a hold upon the hearts of breth
ren and sisters, and I can say that to
day a Prince in Israel has fallen. His
death has brought grief to a hundred
thousand homes and hearts, such is
the affection tihat clustered- around
him. Years before the Revolution
Alamance Baptists were persecuted
and driven from their homes. This
man's ancestors were among them,
and among them, and among those
who in spite of persecution planted
churches and pleached the gospel.
He grew up in the region where the
morning and evening sun glorified
King's Mountain, where the traditions
of Cowpen's and Ramseur's Mill, with
their deeds of heroism and courage are
told, and the stories of the bravery of
our ancestors who fought for religious
and civil liberty. He could not help
being patriotic considering the blood
that was in him.
Then the war came, and the father
and sons went into the war, he the
youngest of them all. Two came out
to serve their country and their Lord.
At Chancel lore vi lie news came that
the father had died in another part of
the field. That boy said, "My father
ij dead, let me go look for his body.'1
Buttbeysaid, "You can do him no
good, and maybe by night the South
will need every man." He did not go.
Do you wonder men trusted a man
like that? That man got his educa
tion in the army, and he was a soldier
to the end of his life. His only ques
tion was, "What are the orders?" and
once he had gotten orders, he never
stopped to reason. His not to make
reply, his not to reaon why, his but
to do and die." He was entirely free
from seltishne? or thought of personal
gain. He did not seek promotion.
He had in him just those qualities
which command nieces, the qualities
of Wellington, Naindeon .and Wash
ington, mastery ot detail, rapid gener
alization, iustant determination, pluck,
cheerfulness and erseyerauce. They
would have made him a. great master
of railroads. r manufacturing or busi
l ess enterprise. Vet h- had laid all
these, powers at ti e feet of Jeu Christ
and spre d the knowledge of His truth
tij-t-ti ii'-: 1 :iu ih;nkful that God
',ve i7u:i us. anl though it is hard
fur us t : d- rstaud why tie is taken,
ne kiim- t at im! t-vit make no mis
takes. lr is pleasant o think that he
lias l-f i th t' Ik to take his
place, ami that they will be enabled
to follow the example of their father
an.! fill th p!aee that he has left."
Dr llufhatii i the father of our fel
low townsmaiA Mr. Thos. M. Hufham.
KINDS WORDS FROfl ADJUTANT SMITH.
Ha Appreciates Htekory. tha Sccaery mmi
tha Hospitality af tha Peeale.
We are in receipt of the following
letter from our friend Adjutant N.
Kemper Smith, which speaks for itself. 1
We wish Mr. Smith abundant succesa
in his business and we bespeak for him
the kind consideration of all good peo
ple: Reidsvillk, N. C, Not. 7f 1895.
Col. M. H Thornton, Editor Press and
Carolinian, Hickory, N. C.
My Dear Sir. As you were the first
person who so kindly extended to me
the hand of welcome to Hickory aud
the hospitality of your home, I beg to
express my appreciation of the many
courtesies extended to me, and also
please to give my sincere thanks,
through the columns of your valuable
journal, to my many friends and ae
quaintances who in numberless ways
added so much to the pleasure of my
stay in Hickory, and for the many
kindnesses shown me as a stranger.
For I verily believe that one may go
throughout the State and scarce find a
town with a more noble spirited, kind
and courteous Christian people than
in Hickory; and it is my sincere wih
that it will ever be my good fortune
to have my lot cast with such people.
The beautiful scenery, the healthful
locality, and many other natural
charms coupled with the above, makes
this a most delightful place to dwell
in. With best wishes and most de
lightful reinembrrances of the past
mouths, I am
Yours Very Truly,
N. Kemper Smith.
P,
S. -As I formed a business
relation in October with Messrs. Ber
ry. Gilliam & Co.. of Lynchburg, Va.,
I will represent them, in Western
North Carolina, Tennessee and South
Carolina, also part of Georgia, and
probably make Asheville uiy head
quarters. This firm it one of the lar
gest atd most flourishing exclusive
wholesale shoe houses in Virginia.
J K. S.
Where The Fur Flies.
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Feathers and fur are flying out in
Denver now, and the politicians are
having the highest old time of their
dear, sweet lives. The other evening
women were admitted to the County
Central Committee of the Republican
party, this being the first time they
had been granted the privilege since
they were enfranchised. The gather
was louder than ten calliopes playing
together and the slang slung would
have defied the ablest expert to con
strue into plain English.
The women brought their nerve and
tempers w ith them and when one dis
tressed tran rose and begged there
should be more moderation in the
presence of women one of the fair vo
ters got real mad and went home to pa.
She informed her father that the boil
er inspector who was Chairman of her
district, had appointed judges of elec
tion without consulting her.
The old man instanHy put on1iis
mitts, sunbonnet and war-paint and
sailed into the boiler inspector, who
j courteously remarked that his da gh
ter was ati economizer of the truth.
The gauge of battle being thrown
down the combatants clinched und
rolled over on the floor in the fashion
favored by our own comity states
men. After the spectators had en
joy ed the fun sufficiently tfiy separa-
i ted them and now both getif !emeu are
laid tin for rroair?. each vow inir a re-
newal of the conflict when restored to
health.
The State Baptist Convention meet
at Greensboro, December 3. Rev. Dr.
R. II. Marshe, of Oxford, i its presi
dent, and Rev. Dr. A. M. Simms ot
Raleigh preaches the opening sermon.
Danger Fraaa Catarrh.
The most important feature about
that very common complaint, catarrh
in the head, is ft tendency to develop
into tome other more serious and dan
gerous disease. The foul matter drop
ping from the head into the bronchial
tubes or lungs is very liable to lead to
bronchitis or consumption, that de
stroyer which cause more deaths in
this'country than any other disease.
As catarrh originate in impurities in
the blood, local application can do
but little jrood. The common etie
method of treatment is to purify the
blood, aud for this purjose there is no
preparation superior to Hood Sarsa
parilia. The powerful action of this
medicine uou the blood expels every
:m pari I v. a:nl by doinr cur ca
tarrh and give health to the entire or-
Agamsm.
8TJLTE NETfH.
The eleetion on the issue of $30,000
in bonds for street improvements In
Raleigh is ordered to b be held Janu
ary 14.
President Samuel Speneer of tke
Southern Railway was at Friendship
Guilford county, last week shooting
partridges.
At a tobacco warehouse In Winston
the other night somebody flred a pistol,
amnle heard It, got scared, jumped
back and broke its neek.
The survey of the Henrietta and
Spartan bar railway is to begin on
the 35th inst., and it is now certain
that the road will be built.
This week there is to be a confer
ence at Raleigh on the question of the
employment of about 100 convicts by
the Durham and Charlotte railway.
Philadelphia Manufacturers Club
was in Asheville the other day return-,
ing from Atlanta and was handsome
ly entertained at the Battery Park
Hotel.
At the penitentiary farms on the
Roanoke last year there were 2,500
acres in cotton. This year there are
2,900 acres. The yield will be about
the same as last year.
The sheriff prevented a mob from
lynching a fellow known as the Indian
Doctor at Concord last Thursday
night by secreting the prisoner outside
the ja 1 as the mob approached.
The Governor offers $100 reward for
the arrest of M. C. Cain, who In Davie
county, August 7th last, slew his
brother, M. F. Caiu. It appears that
the murderer has fled the State.
- .8. G. Mad dock, ot Caswell county,
got himself into trouble and jail at
Durham last Fjiday by forging the
name of Lea, Burch, Hutchings & Co ,
to two checks. He was detected at
the bank when he went to cash the
checks.
Governor Carr offers $100 reward
for D. W. Justice, a white mau, wio
in a drunken spree murdered a negro,
Madison Quick, in Richmond county,
November S. Justice is 40 years old, 5
feet 8 inches high, has blue eyes and
light hair, and h quick of speech. '
"I, Elias Carr, Governor of the
State of North Carolina, dv hereby
appoint Thursday, the 28thf day of
November, 1893, as a day of solemn
and public thanksgiving to God for
past blessings, and of supplication for
His continued kindness, and care over
us as a State and nation.
The Cleveland Star says that a little
eight-year-old daughter of Mr. L. E.
Dalton, of Waco, Cleveland county,
was in a cotton house alone and at
tempted to go down, headforemost,
into a hole In the cotton, which it did,
and was unable to get out. It re
mained in that position for half an
hour, when its mother found it dead.
Revenue Officer W. W. Krider tells
the Salisbury-World that he and two
other officers, one of them named J.
A. Bush, were on the Brushy moun
t tin Monday night searching for an
illicit distillery when Bush's hone
threw him. He was dragged some dis
tance, the horse kicking bis teeth out
a id breaking his nose. His injuries
are jwiinful, but not serious.
News reached Durham Thursday of
the horrible suicide of W. (1. Hall,
who lived on Little river, in Orange
county, about IH miles from there.
He took a loaded ahell and. holding It
to the side of his head, struck a match
and help it to the shell until it explo
ded. The entire load entered his
bead which was literally blown from
his body. He had been in a demented
condition for some time.
Hew They Returned Heme.
The JournabCourier. of New Haven.
Connecticut, thu note th return of
Southern visitors, one company of
whom took upjer in Hickory recent
ly: "When a New Haven troop come
into town with cotton ftickinr out of
the muzzles of their guns, Hhtt rebel
yell coming out of their mouths, and
Dixie coming out of the instruments
of the band, it i afe to say that time
have changed. Thank God that they
liave and that the North and South
are m fast coming together in real
friendship and a common iatriotLm."