North Carolina Newspapers

.State lAhmrj i.AliUESI CIRCULATION V N V l'APKR IN THE COUNTY Tins issvn. : 1 V?Y-. -'Sc. vV ".CONTAINS 10 PAG E8. PM4 n SAMPLE coiuia V ON APPLICATION. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895.; 1,1 ' .iu ilV' KUHBEfi 5 V fl t mtfrfi ft MR. A. A. SHUFORD. Mis l.x?Tienc At I he Atlanta ."Exposition Tii'-tv i an old Methodist hyrun v.l.i -ii runs Huuewliat like this in the 1 . i ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 ir : . -, ' ; t fii- i the wayI long have nought n mourned because 1 found it not.' W, found out something Thursday of i.t-t week which will do for - a Chri-tmas Idyl. , When the versatile Mr. Josephus D.Hiiei-. the live editor of the Raleigh 'v ;tnd Oberver was in Atlanta in im.iImt last attending arid viewing the H-hrv ia the Exposition he was ;inn-Tfd t a pay lunch booth by the viM-il rim:- and sonorous appeal of an t lur.'i!t old sc ;Ool gentlemen who cri l ut the welcome sound, "Aunt .I.-iiiiiiiV cakes:" Viewing the elegant uit M-hool gentlemen, who had met wit!) reverses in fortune ill. all of pti te, and clothed as he was in faded haijib'iiieiits, Mr. Daniels with his ehivalric young spirit concluded to pa'rouize the caterer for whom the old gentleman was the out court crier. r . During the time Mr. Daniels made a rough vkeich of the gentlmans pic ture. He took it home to Raleigh and had his boys make a nice cut of it. which he published in his paper to ether with a long article about the "Aunt Jimimy Pan Cake Restaurant. ' It seems to have brought the establish ment a largely increased business. There is a gentleman in Hickory who is the President of the lst National Bank, President of tm Granite Falls Cotton Factory, one of the Catawba County Commissioners and also Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Catawba County. He took his wife aud two or three daughters down to the Exposition, but it never developed in Hickory what a good time he dad un til last Thursday. In the afternoon rot that day we were standing on the street -talking with him when we saw Mr. Josepbus Daniels coming up the street. He accosted the financier, Mr. Abel A. Shuford. who at once proceded to re relate his experience at the Exposition It was as follows: Before leaving Hickory for the Exposition Mr Shuford placed a copy of that Usue of the Raleigh News and Observer in his inside pocket. When hp got out 011 the Expoition ground, at AtLuita he hunted up this place. From the picture aud the description given by Editor Daniel-, Mr. Shuford recognized the old gentleman and the lace as s.x as he came to ii at the Voii,ai.s Building, It wa about dsn Lier tiiue or lunch time. Mr. Shuford drew forth the newspaper and handing it to tiie attendant said something about. 'ther- now. I've got you." The attendant looked at it a luoiueut and ci id; " wait' I call tie The "I came and reading over the article and critically examining the picturt- of the old gentleman he aid; Yon and your people liave dinner wjt'h Come- right in. Tiiat ha brought rue lots of bu-iiiets. I near the .-ople talking about it. but I ii-vrraw it until now. You just have u;: t'.-ver yon want and all you want Th- -,tt-rr evidently mi-took the littik-r for the 'Editor and the author cut and the article. When Mr. rd ami hi- family went to depart -.. j ;.,u c-sUie ba.ck.heie tomorrow 1 ha e dinner with me again." -prij.g to- invitation, sure enough bick again the next day, The jt Vme ticket down O; tl e - givmg the ainonn? of the pur j 1 .g t:.d ---Ir;g !h"n grsvbred t :r,sa Mi- L&bl-f -ying no yoa t if- ; nothiug. h-re. Iiou -" t 1 e-er- J-ay trg a ?'a,y here." r iiuUjrd raid he got &hanjl ii-r wnT i.vrk th; tt-xt &&y or i ' vixi xLUiki Mr. Jtpho ti;-i Uzish! axd tt, Mr. SUw i--r;;- Uuzhl xd ut U Mr. i I yio to pay it n&tt nowS TLfr.u toJ at 'Uve ttorfv- f Ulv orr in hi part of ISorth J 'riS uilrr a threat fo ei biw la j h--r Kaxj rw t pa per, ' t-A t he Alitor ad th tua pj tiha th J rzi th kjzj. Mayor Jot- IK j Mr. hofotd wa rinind to ex- Piu the whole eai tul over to his. Then wej left Mr. Daniels wrangling for his claim of a dollar and a half on account of his half of what 'Mr. Shuford would have had to pay for his two dinners which he got on account of Editor Daniels, cut and article in the News and Observer. We Hickory people can sometimes have more fun than a mule can pull down hill with the wagon pushing. A Wonderful Story. The other day a tiny bird tapped at the window of Mrs. Hansen's home at Christmas. Instantly the window was opened nnd the w ife of the famous Arctic ex plorer in another moment covered the little messenger with kisses and ca resses.1 The carrier pigeon had been away from the cottage thirty long months, but it had not forgotten the way home. It brought a note from Nansen stating all was going well with him and his expedition in the polar regions. About two and a half years ago the Fram left European waters for a.trip to the north pole. From the day when she entered the Black sea of the north no word has been received. It is con jectured that the vessel is somewhere near the pole, but during two long years of silence the friends of the ex plorer heard nothing until a day or two ago. One day last month Hansen took a carrier pigeon, fastened a missive to it and turned the bird loose. The frail courier darted out into the blizzardly air. It flew like an arrow over a thousand miles of a frozen waste, and then sped forward over an other thousand miles of ocean and plains and forests, and one morning entered the window of the waiting mistress and delivered the message she had been awaiting so anxiously. We boast of human pluck, sagacity and endurance, but this loving little: carrier pigeon ia its homeward flight after an absence of thirty months has accomplished a feat to wonderful that we can only give ourselves up to the amazement and .admiration .which must overwhelm every one when the marvelous story is told. Mrs. Hansen's pigeon is one of the wonders of the world. Constitution. SUrtnoo' LnpublUhed Norel. 8t. Ives, the novel left substan tiallj complete, and unpublished, by Robert Louis Stevenson at his death, is described as purely a romance of adventure.) It is the story of a French prisoner captured -in the Peninsular war, who is shut up in Edinburgh Cas tie: there he falls in love with a Scotch girl who, with her aunt, frequently bit the prisoners. There is early in the story a duel under extraordinary circumstance, between St. Ives and a fellow-prisoner; after rarious episodes a dangerous plan of escape is decided upon, and the daring St. Ives Anally becomes a free man. The peril that he undergo while in hiding about Edinburgh, his adventure . on the Great Morth Road with strangers and robbeii. hU final ec-tpe aero the border into England, his subsequent return to Edinburgh, and many other jnrsdetjt of this splendidly conceived tory are told in the spirited, vivacious and wonderful tyle of which Steven -n wa.- master. Mr. Sidney Colviu hh'u--lf an au thor aud critic of rare abi!i.y and a iaa.-terof tyle ajof thU- norel that a a tae" of adventure, manners and tr- rtwl tic;j i- all it w- meant la b . it will ljr found a very p;rifei ui entertaining p: " Fn:a S. S. ifrCWBK. ImirM : I'ila.y-tte Pi.. e York. Kicuuoyv. Va.. D-- 21 Dr. W. p I.!nr. one of lLr r uti ri c.liis'U RihniOU'i. a:i -.i.:iatid-r of in llSchiii'j'd iljilzi iuntg li- jita war, while rocMiernstig Pr-iJeot CI-veUwd" Vetiijafi" m-age, ptiralyz-! and h. not teeu aol-- " peak inoe. Hi corKiiti i 1 cnt: axfl httle hope i entertain! of re citxerr. Ex Settlor 1L W. ILuxaom La writta to Hon. Kpe E2ti to procure hits pairs, home knit. Macon focatr. woolen oek for the aa of hi toci- Franklin Irw. Iokat the Mir.ter wear soda alio? ABSENT TWENTY-THREE YEARS. A Colored Min Rtd in Caldwell County Returns from Arkansas to See His 014 Home. . , One dayv last week" there alighted from the east-bound passenger train of the Southern Ilail way in Hickory a colored man who boarded the Daisy Line for Lenoir. He was born in Caldwell county about 40 years ago and left there 23 years ago and went to the; great State of Arkan saw where he now resides; has got .a good farm well equipped jjnd where he married and is rearing a family. He met us on the train coming down. He told us all about Arkansaw and what he has done these 23 years. He was formerly a slave of the Dooleys in Caldwell. His name is Albert P. Pow ell, but he says Dooley is his right name. He comes to see his old friends and acquaintances. lie is one of the landed proprietors out in Arkansas and told us about how he aurfuthe oth er cotton growers out there "laid low" this year whenthe hands wanted them to pay,?0 cents per 100 pounds for picking cotton and that they ultimate ly got their cotton picked at the old price of 50 cents per 100 pounds. Al bert said he had money and also had cotton in the warehouse of his cotton factors at Memphis and they begged him to let them loan him some money on it, bat he did'nt need it and would n't take it. He looked out at the car window and said: "1 used to ride across in the wagon from Morganton here to Lenoir and I know some of this looks natural. But, said he, this here down here towards this place what they call Hickory I don't know it. How does I git from Hickory to Lenoir. ! they got any good stables? But my ticket reads to Lenoir.1 He said he like to got hit hard last year iu his crops, but that this year he had hit it hard. Said, ,Tve made 3,000 bushels of corn on lesji tbau 50 acre of land, and I made more money ot?a les number of bales of cotton this year and got cotton in the warehouse. He made a little over a bale to the acre, and he has 130 'acres in cultivation. Said, 'BIess goodness! 1 don't see how dese people here live. I haven't seed a foot of ground cept over here on the river bottoms, where I would ticK my plow. He i rather sarcastic about farming in this country, but he says these are the best people in the world aud he just want ' to fte . hU youngHiaster. - i He Was Right. Irving Henry: My riAine i NorvaJd! And my father feed hi flock upon the grampion hill of ScotJaiid in the Neck. TammanyiUr: Hold Gif hUJ up right thair. I know r. V'r i i Mit Troat and you my i:,;t!ir fifty cent fer washin Irving Henry: Aint a man got rn showing in thL world or th i-n't I'll stab ye! The Er-x4ti tt rUlafs. ThCotton State awl lurr:ua a! Eiroitkn will dr-l;:-r tr o :i:a au 1 ii.eiI lef r- tr- r - if lr. which eni ou Dtaib "" -r i'o; a;:iounceiuet-t wa iu.vie ty !r :d-r; CoIi:er. and eori-:d-r?o.; ... : ' t:.e World Fair ti-d-. ?- trtJ: a ? deiivt-rrd yet, tt pr;:tft -- . , jury ( a tn v t tii i - r-j'i-ulvTi eX--;; ; - . ;'. ury erriij J :if- in ts-tr p'li- '"" rv i - f-a'-l t wfcl-ly rriule pin- The tola! t.uuil:-r ::? UU a-r.J-ri it i asvi hr nri:; r -f di;--ji l.-'VVl. The ii-t of liwr!' , il p 0)-ia iiiclude " dipVittja ol g- . . t -g nitioa to exhi'bff n.g S?A.r a l f-rgi coontriea amxa paxii-- I by g J irl al, ereo dfpJox2aif rt"?? r-rr niri n without n!!, i-i granl prixe gold Osdalj aid 4pa. 4!t dip locua of bouor w4th gid nt-la!. 44 tllrer tn-f 'iV agd d:;t-M of -xre-j-irt.ee arid -t dipkfca of hoiuraL4 ti-iaioa with taxsxe GENERAL NEWS. -, The President signed the Venezue lan Commission. It is therefore now a law. , The New York banks hold $17,0SS, ?K) in excess of the requirements of the 25 ier cent. rule. Gladstone cables that only comtnou sense is required to insun ieac be tween Englaml and the United States. Tlie Senate of Brazil has cabled Pres cient Cleveland a message of congratu lation ti pon Ii is mesnage regarding the Venezuelan puestioii. "' Kx Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson says there U -in the State Dapartmenta formal useut by England to the Monroe doctrine. There wasa somewhat leKs panicky feeling on Wall street, due '.largely to the denial of Rothschild that he would withdraw $25,000,000 of gold .from America Speaker Reed has announced the names of the- committeemen of the House and N. C. gets a tolerable good showing, but it seems that Maine and New York and Pennsylvania domi nates, Senator Squire of Washington has in troduced a bill to increase that-ffleieu" cy of naval reserve vessels by proyid ing that all engineers on thoe shall m full-fledged citizens of, the United States. e North Carolina had the severest shock last week she has had in ifiany years so far as catastrophe goes. A coal mine at Cumnock, formerly known as Egypt, had a coal mine explosion from fire damp, and thirty nine men were killed. The Raleigh, Charlotte, Wil mington and othf daily papers of the State gave full accounts of it, a also did many of the weekly papers but want of epace prevent our giving a full account of it. Suffice it foort un ate the catastrophe is.no worse than it is. .. '.' ' Practically Af reed Upen. The ways and means committee of the' house tufet in secret session Satur day night and the general outline of a measure was practically Agreed upon but- the details have jot been com pleted. The sentiment was unani mous that nogold bonds should I authorized but that a bill on the lines of Mr. Reeda amendment of last year should be drawn up, and with that should be coupled some tariff change for thf purpose of raiding additional revenue. Tlie details of the tariff change will furnish the mot difficult task in framing the bilL There in practical unanimity of sentiment,' o far as can be learned, among the Re publican members of the committee for a duty on wool and coin psnnat ing d u t ies ou woolens, The Western mem hers want the duty on wool to t at WHt eight cents per pound, hut th indication are that it will not excee-d five -ent There is some dicoion of a proportion to make a horizon r' iticrea.- ou all the schelule except sogr of from 15 to 20 per cent., but that it i- oppo-exl iu certain quar -t ai l-rg not on protection lio it iKtnus prolable, therefore, that wiol and woolen, lumber.. d ri.t oilier article will b --eleeted- J? nil e-'taiu tliat ther HI h tin. limitation of two year or thirt iu"tiTlt- u the life of the, tariff pro vi";Ti he bill. j The fK'jr-eof tlf S-!w'- t l we-k wiiS di largely, if i o entire!) . ujku ti fn whirh affair fi'I ui tt- llouw ll.tyx-pl io?eet. the wet ir,g f "i:p;rv li-, i ny 4 , arxl iaarri-l at h- ar y Tofirn. Th-y have fiai l-f.i' i m to f.i- Th-ir h--.r"h ti:- i:g threv thxir. All thl lu ZZ e tt. ti e !ir-t o:rth not oecirrjiig till 2 -sr atrr jurriage. Thi Ir-r n-ttrd tr wt are uirLeJ gi.too fieraJd irAt S-rtI How ta;.p; r- :Ij-y w ttj el prt lm t lilt kr. T! -re w a a big 2re on the M hi y at tie AtlaiAfa Expf.mil kn iiotoiay ixorii;ng at 4 o'clock,, aod ore tuai tia:rt Titapta few xuoi:h only fOij th-r ILt4 of Oyloo waa Ixxrzi to doUi. It waji the "lJiwoa CaXer rg ijo . tiildm next to the Mexican VilUg- whieh jnmU Tle other e ca pants i-a-rro 1 ea A wom.xi janj;J oat at the wixsdow aji lef l,COi U rath to be turned. HCREISTilE WCATIIfJR, ITkamlna It and Tak wjr C hncs. " During th winter w . will have " twenty t)ire sttow.storihs. CllritmaM promiff h to H very colvl thrttughout the Northern, Western and . Central regions, with colder weather thau umal to'th far South. The cdd prevailing in niut arta at the end of l05 wtll.lghi to moderate iu the Wetd nltout January!, ami on the 3d, 4th, 5th nnd Ch n great storm will prevail over th Southern States. , Blizzards and miow, followed ty cold wave. y . The sfond Mortu periol w ill run from the 10th to i:ith. Thunder and lightning to the Smt!)t - -tit great cold will follow. The third Monti fcriod is from the 15th to 1Mb. The fourth and fifth form periods nriffrom theCUt to 25th ami fnm .the 27th lo:lst. I The hfnruih stnrtitig the last diyn of January are aftt to lirenk into light uing and thunder on the southern flanks the first days of February. Rain and Jet. with heavy cnows to the north, will result, followed by a bitter cold wave. The ?th. Kth nnd nth are storm days. The 12th, li, 1t. lGth and l?th (institute a marked storm period. Lightning and thunder most likely. Do riot le, therefore, off your watch against the cold to follow. The lyth, aha days therenbouts,!; call for watch fulness. Watch ths 2Ctii 'to 20th; storms of great energy, if not cyclones, are ftOMdble. As will be seen from the above, the indications are for a hard January and February. We look for the hardest winter that we have had for years. We advise the people to prepare. Jan-' uary 27 to 31 will be the little ground. Vf Sllrar Is ia 54rtt. The condition of affairs confronting the treasury department waru fKianibly never more eritiraJ than at the present time. Tlat Secretary, Car I isle Is great ly alarmed lest gold should go to a premium aud the credit of the United State te partially destroyed abroad U no longer n fceeri-t. It Is now a' practi ral certainty that within the nxt few day the sixty-flrve millions of gold In the treaury will h deraandexl by New York banker for exportation. A more critical condition has nevsr existed ihv poibly In 1873, whn American securities were. Mld by Europeans in great quantities. Many member of Congress lehfve that it is ituw an opportune time to throw off the policy of Grt-at Britain with relation to a gold standard, and to step boldly to the front and throw often the American mints to the free and unlimited coinaeof silver as well as gold. We can no longer t ely upon the Rothschild to float our hot ds and supply us with gold. A rupture be tween the United States id England fueans tliat the Aujericaf' iiim4 t-ke rare of their own seeurif.'ei aid that all international stock today held ty f londou bankers will l iJumjed on f i.e in.! ket lor sale at any figure ob- ' t .?: ble. n HxplaJaed It, The Madison Adrc-rtlser ryi that two young caen cf iladiscn were Irkin over The C2titation oxieday this wtk and czjTiti 2kC7fAM an article in which was od tl following exj-Tejicn, 'Au" gkax&nixe jorrr VilnUt xsy friends. " "Well said Jim. "that's sr;?e prjirip-cin, I g. ttit what ca earth dots it mean. Bilir "('.ct.: S t',1. nan. wbre was jrrx niv!" rr; :t 1 BI1L TLat'sth? tlaux waj -j;:;g 'Go r,ff ar?d sk jucr bezflV AtJsta Cocititeticn. Ml llT OwL I aArziTs the rwr dawrJn .f te . zn'-ndiig her chic For p-aria earh tixne the cp"Tis her lips I dili.ert; . : ; I fciT-r at tLe coMnesa cf her tttmtitejg, I trow cf i20ir. When ligLtnir, tlazt frua her for ec-r tr do J go. Tne rsi'isigLt tlitlcnes cf her ta"r rtrii t Ht! tr r r-! TK rji'h fcn L-r e.f fwrtica Is try r--iy. weary gc-aL Chi cago New a j y-jr tiolr, .-u-rribe with tlm 2w Yr, et.d ur Job Pji.tir ttt- .iwkory ltiuisg iUAuMkUj. Y0UE SUESCEIPTIOir ' t$ fc3excTFt,u.r 3ouinxi.