VOLUME I. NUMBER -50.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY -14, 1893.
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR.
Table of Contents.
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A, iiiicxw to the poll of the fot.
utl ia the Xew York World there
4 tLior too wiu to ror id re-
...y ..f tM Sherman act, and 89 will vote
-t it.
iHike wf VeraguA teem to b In
h.rd luck. Whil playing the swell ia
V Tork. eojoying the hospitalitta of
tV Aaierx3 peopie, tls creditor bare
na-d hi bnoM and iu entire content
n Spain. How humiliating thw
tu i he to a full-blown dude, demoded
.1 mt!j from Columbus. Thus passe
rw .rj f this world.
Tms f.4 killer baa by do mean com
l .trJ t work. When the Ohio Popo
Lt mt ia Slate coo rentier the other
L. . .f their demand a-aa that Prea
i.J.r.1 Cleveland be Impeached. Geo.
r r l. who was the candidal for Viee
"ri.Ient 00 the Wearer ticket, deli wed
h la which he mad this brilliant
...rtra. Thl U a fair sample of the
ptf ulstic idea of oar gorerDmeot and
A GOOD tUD-THKASLRT PLAN.
Of all the plana prorjosed to benefit the
fanner and make him more prosperooa
Linker's Alliance, of Lafayette county,
Mlaa., baa offered the beat and most aen
aible. In the form of the following reso
lotioa: "That we will trj to make oar ub
Crcaury at borne, and try to store it with
corn, bar! oata, fodder, pork, potatoea,
praa, cabbage, tornipa, beeta, oniooa,
rice, Darsnipa, nolaaeea. pindera, and
then li we bar any time left we will pat
In one or two balee of cotton, and we ad
riae oor bmbren to do the same. We
beUere that thie ia the onlf way that we
will erer bare a aub-trwuury that will
be of any oae to na aa fanner.'
If the farmer of North Carolina would
pat thie rceolatioa into practical opera
tion there would not be enough discon
tent left In the Slate to run the Cauea
tian a month or furnish a corporal's
guard for the party. The farmers are
already beginning to realise that though
Uere are many bad law which are
making their lot harder and their bur
bene more irksome, yet the fault is
partly their own. Talking politics at the
erose roads does not hae the cotton, nor
does hoeing the cotton fill the crib. Our
farmers must first raise their supplies
and then look to their money crops.
FROM WASHIIIGTOII.
TH E SOUTH HOLDS Til E KEY TO
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
cases, thus selected jtbe pensioners are Winston up to about a year before its
notified, as before stated, to prove their failure (and who lost nothing and had no
total disability to the department or cases connection with the bank when it failed)
The Saerssaa Law Mat be Repealed
bat the Tat Mate Baaks Mmt Also
Ieasiea KefaraThe Secretary of
Africaltare PraposestoSaretajeGe-r.
erameat 9100,000 oaBee4Tfce IIIIIs
feara restadce The Coadilioa el
Affairs la Narta Carollaa Arrivals
aa4 Depart a re.
T TH easoaltiea of the lynching aea
n a U be added the banging of
BrfTO at rWdvelL Kentucky, for the
atard-r of two tittle girU and
tb vfl taking oS of Baum-l-rv-r.
the North Dakota murder
er. ho ht to extirpate the unfortu
rmte k'rridrr fASuhr. Although the
rnm. mhkh mtr a most atrocious ones.
h leva areoired and justice done,
i it as done ia the wrong way and
the U i unriodkated.
Wuia Mask Pacs. preaideut of the
V irr-nia Farmers Anianca, has written
s ttier in ahich he atstea that he can-
acce;4 the Topolistie nominatioo for
tfvernor of Virginia. His reason for
Wtioinjr in adiance this nomination.
btch would undoubtedly bare been ten
! vi him, b that it's acceptance would
ixfl the building up of the Alliance in
tuu tate. It b probable that Major
P iH be the next president of the
:oa1 Farmers A His nee.
A lea box erery day toothache brought
$ a wedding In Connecticutt last week,
TV voung man caught cold la hie tooth
tue courting his inteodca la the mooo-
from whkn fact It wouU appear
ilM their bps were not gtoed together
'.! the time. He started for the dentist's
st-nxspanied by the object of bis affec
tcu. but gKtlsg ease rvU, from a
taitard plaster she bad mixed, he with
mmodabte rraiitode. procosed and
acceptad, and the twain went instead
ia partoo who made them one. It need
cmlf be added that In the height of
th resoltins! kqr and exdtataent the
-h got weQ and the dentist was cheat
"i nut of his fee. It is wonderful what a
l lore has.
Taa Chhstiaa lad rarer Society has
to holding iu annoal meeting In Von
treaL Kiwo thousand delefatea were
ia atteodaace. bat eoese of theea sees to
hare stirred up the eJtiaeme of that city
lj some load verteaoea and some entirely
wtK3rd.for remarks about the Roman
:..4icb aad the Mrgin Vary. These
!-a.Ari veje Insultiae: to these people
V sr Ramantsta, holding the Virginia
v h rererence, and led to a tomolt
-acg the latholica. The mob became
'-nr bitter against these guests of the
' 'I aad the police had to guard the build
n where the meeting was held. This
" brmk though at ooee diss rowed by
t V Catholic clergy should terra as aa ob-
leeiMOQ to remind us for some time to
-ue of one of the grsrest danger that '
- Mild threaten this country In eaae of
-:r.ritk0.
ANOTHER WESTERN CYCLONE.
First it was Kansas, then Missouri and
now It is Iowa that is risked by the dread
cyclone. The list of dead and wounded
by the Iowa cyclone is simply appalling
and the destruction of property cannot
be estimated. It blew away everything
shore the ground. The very fact that
the little town of Pomeroy, with leas
than 1,000 inhabitants, furnished over
half a hundred victims on the dead list,
and orer three time that number
wounded. shows that the storm must hare
been terrific almost beyond expression.
It not only seems that the cyclones of
this year bare been more numerous and
destructive than In former years but
each succeasiTe one seems to take on
some new feature to add to the ghastly
horror of its predecee&or. The people of
the Eastern and Middle States are daily
thanking their stars that they do not live
la the wild and woolly West where
yclonee grow and pull up cellars and
artesian wells like carrots by the roots.
If the Western cyclone continues its de
struetire career the residents of the
cyelooe States who are not blown away
win soon be deposed to more away. '
IIICAf.O EXCURSION RATES.
The trunk line hare' at last come to
:'' nxKlosioo that it will pay them to
' " r inducements to people to go to see
rt- World's Fair, and they hare accord
!r'r determined to make one-fare ex-
rtu ratee to Chicago oa certain trains
- 1 BQder certain conditions. This is a
-!iUe more, and it wfll probably rin-
Ate itself in the result. Thousands
;-ras are anxious to see the expoai-!--u
to whom this reduction ia railroad
?r4 ui mean a great deal will mean,
'a fct, the diference between gratifying
iti-tr vhes and staying at home.
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Tke Ualrerslty arNarth Carwllaa.
It must be a source of both pride and
pleasure to the people of North Carolina
to note the growth and prosperity of our
State University. The palmiest days of
this .Institution bare . evidently not yet
been reached. Between 300 and 400
students attended last year, and it is safe
to say that a much larger number will
attend next semioD. President Winston's
success as a college president has been
very marked. His genius, his enthusi
asm, his liberal-mindedneas and business
qualities are just what the University
has stood in need of for a long time.
Among the recent Improvements in
this historic institution, which, under
its present policy, must soon stand side
by side with the great Unireraities of our
country, msy be mentioned the follow
ing:
1. A Chair el History has-been en
dowed by the elumnL This is now filled
by lion, a- P. BatUe, LU. D.
S. The Chair of Natural History has
been ditided, and two new chairs est ab
ed : the Chair of Eiolocry. filled by Dr.
H. V. Wilson, of Johns Hopkins Univer
sity; and the Chair of Geology and Min
eralogy, by Prof. Collier Cobb, of Harvard
University.
3. The establishment or a Chair or the
History and Philosophy of Education,
filled by Prof. E. A. Alderman of the
State Normal College.
4. A Iepartment of Engineering nss
been founded and a drawing room and
appliances prorided.
0. poms sjnrregaung nre or six thou
sand dollars hare been expended in pur
chasing additional apparatus for the
scientific laboratories.
6. The Chemical Laboratory has been
enlarged and refitted, making it one of
the largest and most convenient in the
South.
7. Several assistants and instructors
have been added to the teaching force.
8. The Library has been increased.
The Phillips and Woods donations and
others have added ' several thousand to
the number of volumes.
t. A large Gymnasium has been erect
ed and filled with gymnastic appliances.
An athJoue field has also been graded
and fenced in.
10. A complete system of drainage and
eter-works has been put in, furnishing
baths, closets and other conveniences.
11. The older buildinn have been en
tirely renovated and repaired, and every
thing has been done lor toe neaitn and
comfort of the students. t25,Oo0 has
been spent for these purposes.
IS. The scholarship of the University
has been elevated to a plane where it
compare favorably with that of the
leading Universities of America. Uni-
versitr rraduates hare won icuowsnips
and scholarships in the graduate depart
ments of Yaw, Harvard, Cornell, and
the Johns Hopkins.
IS. The attendance has increased in
two years from Its to 818 students.
14. The University endowment fund
has been increased . by gifts aggregating
147,000. .
COUNTY INSTITUTES.
PracrasiBse Tor PrwCM elrerte AJaress
the Teacher.
The State Superintendent of Public In
struction has gmn notice that President
Molrer, of the Normal and Industrial
School, will conduct county teacher's In
stitutes as roUows: Cnerofcee county, be-
enning July 10th; Swain, July 17th;
aeon, July S4th, and Haywood, July
Slat. All during the vacation he will
occupy himself in this work, which is of
great value. lie wui nave several assis
tant In other sections of the State,
Editorial Corrtrpondmce.
CoBjrai 13th akd K8ts.,N. W., t
Wasbinotoh. D. C July IS, '93.
The member of Congress from the
South hold the key to the situation. The
East and North demand the uncondi
tional repeal of the Sherman silver law.
The West demands a substitute that will
recognise silver as money and not as a
commodity. The South, languishing for
lack of sufficient money on good security,
has oo particular theory or plan. It is
not interested in silver as such. It has
been the strongest ally of the sever men
because free coinage of silver offered the
most feasible remedy against the evils of
contraction. We have no mines depend
ant upon the rule of silver. We want
sufficient money to secure the develop
ment of - our resource, and want every
dollar to be of equal exchangeable value
with every other dollar. An increase of
the volume of good money is the press
ing need of the South to-day, and our
Congressmen will be in a position to se
cure this desideratum if they are wise.
They ought not to tie themselves to the
silver men of the West who have a selfish
Interest in free coinage. Neither ought
they to' tie themselves to Wall Street,
which also has selfish, interests. South
ern members can force the North and
East to repeal the tax on the circulation
of State banks if they are true to them
selves. This would afford us more chance
for relief than could bo obtained now in
any other feasible way. The world needs
and must hare both gold and silver as
money on a proper ratio, but the day has
passed when we bare enough of either or
both to furnish sufficient money to do
the business of the country with. We
must bank on our undisputedly good
Federal, State, county, city and corpo
rate indebtedness to secure sufficient vol
ume. The Southern members must save
the country from the idea of the two
extremes in our national monetary sys
tem. We have the key to the situation
and can control the action of Congress.
Mr. Morton, the new Secretary of Agri
culture, is out in a flaming interview
stating that he will recommend to Con
gress the abolition of the system by which
seeds are distributed to the people by
members of Congress at public expense.
He says that this distribution of seeds is
simply a matter of political campaigning
at the expense of the Government and
does nothing to promote the introduction
of new varieties or. intelligent reports to
the Depart! ment on the progress of agri
cultural experiments. He calculates that
by this means he can effect a saving of
$100,000 a ye.ir and still have enough
seed to supply the experiment stations.
to draw pensions. Under Secretary Smith's
ruling the department holds that a man
who is able to work should not draw a
pension for total disability: It is osti
mated that about 1,000 pensioners have
received notice of suspension of payment I
since the board began its work. -
, - -t.
"North Carolina is not in S bad condi
tion from a material standpoint," sajd
Mr. W. C. Parker, a prosperous citizen
of that State, to a reporter of the iWat
the Metropolitan. . "In fact, the people
are well off, if they only realised it. I
think there is no doubt about the senti-1
ment of the business men there being in 1
favor of the repeal of the Sherman act,
but there is equally as strong a sentiment
in favor of the repeal of the tax on State
banks.; They are willing to swap one re
peal for the other. With the Alliance
element there is, of course, a strong ad
vocacy of free silver coinage.
m
"I got an object on silver that I won't
forget soon," said Mr. Ralph J. West
brooke, of Portland, Oreg., at the Ebbitt
to a reporter of the Pott, " It happened
recently during a tour I was making of
the maritime provinces of Canada. While
in a little town in Nova Scotia, I went
to the bank to get some change for a $20
bill and scarcely noticed that it was a sil
ver certificate that I handed to one of the
clerks. He took it up and looked at it
pretty dubiously. Then he walked off
with it and held a whispered consultation
with the president of the bank who came
to the front and, addressing me with
great pohteness, said he was sorry, but
that he wouldn't take a United States sil
ver certificate at par. He didn't want
the bill at all, but he thought a discount
of 40 per cent, would be about right.
"'No, you don't; was my answer,
and I reached out for -my certificate.
Then I pulled forth a $20 Treasury note,
for which the official smilingly gave me
the full amount of change.
"It seems to me that this ought to
show bow near the danger line we are. I
felt rather humiliated to think that any
form of our money should be regarded as
depreciated in a neighboring country,
and I left Canada more than erer con
vinced of the need of repealing the Sher
man act."
was here and had an interview with the
Comptroller of the Currency. He said to
me, before the interview, that he be
lieved the bank could be reorganized on
a'perfectly safe basis, and that its re
organization would be a great blessing to
Winston. I did not see him after he saw'
the Comptroller, but I ' understand that
terms were prescribed by which the bank
can be reorganized. . ' ' . . -
Mr. R. H. Smith and Miss Minnie E.
Dixon, of the Cherokee Indian country
in North Carolina, have been here this
week. Mr. Smith is one of the best Dem
ocrats in that section, and came here to
try to secure, the re-instatement of Miss
Dixon as a teacher. - She was removed
by Mr. Spencert who is the present Super
intendent cit the Indian schools. - There
was ncv cause, and Mr. Smith says that
she is the best teacher that has taught
the Indians in North Carolina and is
also the most popular. ' J. D.
A LONG TIME BETWEEN DRINKS.
ROASTED ALIVE.
EIGHTEEN FIREMEN KILLED AT
i -, THE WORLD'S PAIR.
Taer Jaasa Oae Huawrew Feet Croat a
Baralaa Tower to Bare Destraetioa
The Flaasiar Tower taea Falls aad
Bariea tkesa ia a Seethiag Faraaee-
Thousands of Agonized People Look
' oa bat are Uaable to Lead a Uelpiag
:. Haad. - 1 v - vW
were done by the firemen who perished
and those who . live to grieve over their
lost comrades.
The Columbian Guardsmen were not
lacking in bravery and devotion to duty
in the hour of danger and even in the
face of death. There is mourning with
irrthe White City, for the blackened rem
nants of human beings full of life and
hope so recently are lying beneath the
water-soaked wreck or stretched out in
the morgue outside the gates. The loss
of property . will probably amount to
$650,000.
WHERE NATURE SMILES.
THE SEASON AT CLEVELAND
SPRINGS FULLY BEGUN.
Attractions of This Favorite Pledateat
Resort A bseaceal Petty Eiactloaa
PlctaretaeSceaery aweMeal
Moaatala Breetes Maay '
DiMtsf a Whed People Here.
There have been a number of promo
tions in the Interior Department of late,
Mr. John n. Bell, of Newbern, has been
promoted from $1,400 to $1,800; Mr.
Sidney Jones, of Wake, and Mr. Jenings,
of Forsyth, hare been promoted . to
Special Pension Examiners which is worth
$1,700 or $1,800 a year. These promo
tions were made on the basis of merit! and
to correct the wrongs which Democratic
clerks have suffered under Republican
administrations.
Secretary Hoke Smith accompanied by
his father and mother, and by a few
other friends from Georgia, left Saturday
for a trip to the Yellowstone National
Park and other points West. This park
is under the control of the Secretary of
the Interior and his trip is designed to
familiarize him with the needs of the
nark, and the public lands. He will also
visit the Crow Indian reservation and
learn mdre of the needs of the Indians
and study the best methods of dealing
with the wards of the nation.
'
The great fight here this week is over
the Hillsboro poetofflce. There are three
candidates and all .make a hot fight.
Maj. Hamilton is backed by Mai. John
W. Graham who asks the administration
to appoint his candidate because he
(Maj. Graham) was a delegate to the
National Convention and voted for Cleve
land. Mr. Parrish is supported by Mr.
S. M. Gattis, Chairman of the County
Democratic Executive Committee. Mr.
Hassell is supported by C. M. and D. O.
Parks. Of course all the candidates
have other supporters, but I mention the
most prominent supporters of each can
didate: Hon. A. H. A. Williams has en
dorsed Mr. Parrish, so I hear, and it is
also talked that Senator Ransom favors
Mr. HasseU. But this rumor lacks con
firmation and I do not suppose that Sen
ator Ransom is taking any hand in the
fight-State.
She Has Nerer Tried lU
Ktvcbem Journal.
In one of our Western State a certain
girl has become almost insane because
she could not be a man. She nerer bad
to meet the rent, nor snare, nor serve
on the jury, nor pay a poQ tax, nor pay
If or the ice cream, nor fasten her suspen
ders with a shingle naU. be don i know
when she la wsa oa.
Electricity is the motive power of the
future. Steam is too slow. The plans
have been completed for an electric road
from this city to Baltimore.
Secretary Herbert, in speaking of the
financial situation and the extra session
of Congress says: "If Congress repeals
the Sherman law, as I hope it will, the
worst wiU be orer. Whether it will be a
Ion or a short session depends upon the
amqWoftime taken up in the discus-
sion iid adoption of rules. The rules of
the lt Congress gave altogether too
much iower to the filibusters. There will
be an effort to cut off this sort of tactics
in the next Congress, although, doubt
leas, a determined effort will be made by
the minority to keep the present rules in
force. The contest may consume several
weeks, and I should not be surprised,
therefore, if Congress sat on straight
through the winter. If it were not for
the question of rules, I should look for a
session of not more than two or three
weeks."
There U no let up in the work of Pen
sion Reform. The Pension Bureau has
notified a great many pensioners through
out the entire country who are drawing
pensions under the act of June 27, 1890,
known as the dependent pension act, that
payment of their pensions will be suspen
ded for sixty days, during which time
they should continue to draw pensions.
The testimony necessary to prevent their
being dropped from the rolls is the certi
ficate of a reputable pbysician,at tested by
two witnesses, to the effect that the pen- Supreme Court, removes one of the coun-
sioner is precluded from active labor try's ablest jurists. The talk is that
owing to injuries or disability not the re- either Frederick R. Codert, James C.
suit of his own vicious habits. In case Carter or Edward J. Phelps will
no attention is paid to the department's I bo his successor. It is
notification within sixty days the pen- that Attorney General Olney
aioner will be dropped from the rolls. On chosen, though it is almost safe to pre-
the other hand should the necessary cer
tificate, properly drawn up and signed,
be forwarded to the Pension Bureau the
pensioner will be requested to appear be
fore the local board of medical examiner
for examination as to his condition.
This action is pursuant to the recent rul
ing of Secretary Smith, which created
such a sensation, to the effect that a pen
sioner under the act of June 27, 1890,
drawing a pension for total disability
must be show n to be physically incapable
of manual labor. The board of review
appointed to carry into effect that deci
sion is now going orer ail the ceases of
June 27, 1890, probably 100,000 in num
ber, and selecting those eases which show
in the record that the man may not be
incapacitated for manual labor In tfte
Senator Vaaee Describes the later view
Between the Exeeatlees of North
aad Soath Caroliaa ia W hick this
Historical Say lag Was Emhb
. - ' elated.
' In the olden times of; our Statehood,
before the steam engine bullied the earth
with- thunderous stroke and reduced space
to a mere matter of time, when whiskey
with Bugar was live cents a glass and all
backs were turned as that glass was filled
and when at white man was considered
as good as the negro if he behaved him
self, the Governor of North Carolina took
it into his head one day to pay a long
promised visit to nis neighbor, the Gov
ernor of South Carolina. So be put a
clean shirt and a pair of socks in his sad
dle bag, mounted nis horse and rode away
through the pine forests toward the south.
Diligently following his nose in this dir
ection he came in due time to the home
of his brother Governor, where he was re
ceived with all the honors of genuine
Southern hospitality. When asked how
he felt his characteristics reply was,
"Thank you, Governor, I am tired, sleepy
hungry and sober." The lost cordially
assured : him that he could remedy all
these.
Next day dinner was served at 12
o'clock as the born blew for the hands to
come in. After it was over the two Gov
ernors retired to the shade of the long
back porch, where corncob pipes, with
long twists of home grown tobacco await
ed them,
There, in the long, soft afternoon, re
clining on easy bottom rockers, they loll
ed and smoked and talked the hours away.
Betwixt the twain, on the noor, sat a
brimmm? Ditcher of anole toddv. with the I coats.
mallow, roasted fruit imrjudentlr floating I and in
on the surface of the divine tipple, t rom
time to time this aided and enlivened the
conversation. They talked of the com
parative excellences and advantages of
their respective States, of the price of cot-
ton,of horse raising and run away negroes;
as they talked they smoked and as they
talked they drank, iney speculated on
the coming glories of the country, they
pledged eternal friendship to each other
personally, and vowed to preserve all
neighborly courtesies between the two
Carolina States forever and forever,
amen 1 Now and then they would doze
in their easy chairs under the mellow in
fluence of their happy surroundings, and
on waking up would indignantly deny
having been asleep and take another drink
to prove their wakefulness. And thus
things went on.
Now it happened that the Governor of
South Carolina had a wife as all good
Governors should have, on the principle
of the old maxim that he who aspires to
govern should first learn to obey and
her name was Betsey Jane. She well
knew the failing of her Governor and she
easily guessed that the visiting Governor
was tarred with the same stick, (juietly
watching proceedings she at length cou
eluded that these two old cocks were
about as full as they could well hold with
out slopping over, and it was tune to stop.
Watching her opportunity dunng a rath
er protracted doze, she slipped away the
pitcher, still half full, and inserted in its
place a piggm ot cool spnng water with
a clear, yellow groud hanging on the han
dle. But the instincts of nature are in
fallible. Though sound asleep ..the Gov
ernor of North Carolina felt that some
thing was wrong a lack of spirit as it
were every nerve in him cried ' out
against the presence of a hostile element,
and he awoke. His perturbed soul had
not deceived him. The pitcher of toddy
was gone. He immediately awakened his
host, who courteously inquired, "What
is the matter f" " Don't you see what is
the matter t" said the guest, looking in
dignantly at the piggm and the gourd.
V.lndeed, I nothing wrong," said the
now distressed host. "Please tell me
what is the matter, my dear Governor."
.Nothing wrong, in-
A most horrible catastrophe occurred
Monday afternoon at the World's Fair.
At least eighteen firemen were burned to
death or otherwise killed in an awful
blaze that destroyed the cold Storage
warehouse that stands just beyond the
Transportation Building. Nineteen others
were injured. . ;
At 1:80 o'clock the fire was discovered
in the tower of the building, and a gene
ral alarm brought to the spot ail the fire
companies from the Park and many from
the outside. At first the flames seemed
confined to the cupola at the top of the
tower, but - they rapidly spread down
ward. - Fire Marshal Murphy ordered his
men to a row of long windows near the
top of the tower, and they were rapidly
getting their hose in position when the
horrified spectators below saw tongues of
flame burst forth just below the windows
on which the firemen were standing.
Butler ia Ckalfeaas CoBBty.
. Chatham Record.
The notorious "Mary Ann1
) FLAMES ABOVE AND BELOW.
There they stood, flames above and
flames below. -
From their dizzy height, hemmed in by
flames, the cupola a seething cauldron
beneath them, the doomed men gazed
wildly down. The helpless men on the
roof looked upward in agony. But one
hose had been drawn to that altitude,
and now with a frantic cry one of those
above leaped forward upon it and slid
with lightning rapidity almost to the
roof, falling as he n eared it in a swoom.
Five men slipped down the smoking tube
and then it gave way. With this avenue
of escape cut off, the men surged back to
the north balcony. t
A rope was made fast to the chimney
and a fireman started to slip down.
Twelve ; feet from the balcony the rope
met the names and snapped, dashing the
poor fellow who clung to it to the roof.
With feet downward the first victim shot
through the air to the main roof.' He
turned partly over before he struck and
bounded up before lying as if dead. A
great cry of anguish and fear came up
from thousands on the ground.
The others huddled in a terrified group
close to the cornice and peered piteously
down. It meant death even to hang
from the cornice with body dangling in
the fiery billows below. It meant death,
too, to remain. The 35,000 people below
were nnable to render the least assis
tance. ; ''
The frightful jump of a hundred feet
was all the hope that was left. . Several
began to strip themselves of helmets and
: The garments fell in a shower,
the midst one of the boldest or
most despairing raised his hands above
his head and dived from the dizzy pina-
cle as if into waters far below. A shriek
of horror arose from the vast multitude
that gazed. The blood stood chilled in
every one's heart.
' ; TERRIBLE DIVE TO DEATH.
Twice the falling body somersaulted in
the air, and struck the hard roof. -Those
above must have thought him killed, but
they could only follow the two ropes on
the north side of the tower, where the
doomed men were huddled at the edge,
almost useless for -the saving of life, yet
for the first possession of the one corner
at least 10 fought like savage beasts. -
Three lumped simultaneously, striking
the jutting cornices below in falling.
They were tossed off in a whirling de
scent, i Twenty poor wretches had been
surprised in the death-trap, and one by
" The devil you say I
deed 1 I go to sleep with a pitcher of tod-
It is the warmest contest in the before me, I wake up and And a pig-
gio oi spring waier, aim lue uuvvruurui
South Carolina tells me in his own house
that he sees nothing wrong in that I Well
welll All I have to say, sir," said the
Governor of North Carolina, rising with
a very great but rather unsteady dignity,
" is that it is a damned longtime between
drinks." : "Oh," said the Governor of
South Carolina, as the situation flashed
There is no opposition to the re-election
of Speaker Crisp. The House will be or
ganized without trouble, and will rote to
repeal the Sherman act without doubt.
But there is grave doubt as to what the
Senate will do about it. We must have
the repeal "or something better."
The death of Justice Blatchford,' of the
on him. "1 see: that's Betsey Jane, She ,
means stop, and we re done for to-day.
I'm sorry I can't bring that pitcher back.
I humbly beg your pardon, Governor, but
maybe there's a Betsey Jane at your
house and maybe you know how it is
yourself." The offended dignity of the
Governor of North Caroli dissolved slow
ly into a genial smile of intelligent com
prehension, and, solemnly working one
one, as the scorching heat drove them to
the terrible leap, they plunged below.
The crowd shieked as they fell in turn,
women fainted and even men scarcely
withstood swooning. .
Some cried aloud for, God to save the
poor souls penned between flames. They
got on their knees and prayed that all
might not perish. A train, j passing the
fiery spectacle, had to be stopped because
some of the women, on board fainted and
became hysterical. ' 1.
i SIX LEFT TO DIE.:
Only six now remained, six unfortu
nates hemmed in and hugging the last
sheltering corner left them. : There they
stood in full view of the thousands be
low, the flames rapidly shooting up the
blackened sides of the .cupola. They
seemed rooted with terror, sure victims
of the flames. Frantic yells arose for
them to jump for God's sake. -
At last they seemed to awaken to
their urgent danger. With straining
eyes the crowd could behold them wring
ing each other by the hand as if in a last
farewell Two elaspod each other in
their arms and jumped together, and
thus fell from view. Below on the roof
lay all those who had jumped before,
mangled and crushed, dead ; and dying.
These fell upon them and mixed their
blood in the weltering pool.
Only one moved and he was the one
who had dived at first. He lifted him
self to his feet and with bloody face
started to descend the ladder to the
ground.
But one fireman remained aloft. He
had lingered to . the last and now he
seemed lost. He seemed to have lin
gered from duty. The firemen on the
roof had by this time begun playing on
the flames beneath. For a moment they
were driven back inside the walls.
Butler de
livered one of his demagogical harangues
at this place, on Tuesday, July 4. This
was his first appearance before a Chat
ham county audience, and notices of his
coming had been widely circulated over
the county so as to draw a large crowd
to bear him. There was much curiosity
to see him, and after seeing and hearing
him, very different were the impressions
made by him. His misguided followers
regarded him as a second Moses sent to
lead them into the "Land of Promise
(and if they contiue to be deluded by
him . he will undoubtedly lead them into
a land of broken promises), while others
regarded him as an unscrupulous dema
gogue. He is a younger man than most
persons had supposed him to be, being
hardly thirty years old. He is fluent in
speech and well educated, having gradu
ated at the State University in 1885, and
where he was known by his fellow-sen
dents as the greatest "wire-puller" in
college. After graduating he studied
law, then taught school and afterwards
became editor of the Caucasian. He has
the m.inner and air of one who thinks he
"knows it all," and his fox-like face be
trays his cunning nature. He has unu
sual powers of mimicry, and would make
a capital clown in a second class circus.
It bad been announced in bis paper
(the Caucasian) that he would deliver
an "alliance address." but he began bis
speech by stating that be would speak
"on the issues of the day" and forthwith
proceeded to make a political harangue
abounding in sophistry and fallacies,
such as is characteristic of all third party
speakers. In denunci tory language he
appealed to the passions and prejudices
of his hearers, and while gloomily por
travinz the 44 hard times." offered no
remedy or relief whatever except for
" the people to 6tand together," which,
as interpreted by him, means that every
body should unite in giving all the offices
to mm ana tne oiner leaaers oi me imra
party. He stated that politicians always
control political parties, and warned the
People's party against being controlled
by politicians. This was evidently a jest.
for he certainly would not have said any
thing so personally unkind against the
chronic office-seekers and politicians who
were sittirig so near him and are the
" bosses" of the third party in Chatham.
His attempted sarcasm and ridicule of
President Cleveland resembled the gram
aces of an o'possum at a lion, the king of
beasts. He ridiculed Cleveland s call for
an extra session of Congress, which he
predicted 44 would fasten the manacles on
the people still tighter." The whole tenor
of his speech was to embitter his hearers,
to ' arouse their passions and prejudices,
making them dissatisfied with everything
and distrustful of everybody. And thus
under the guise of his official position as
president of the State Alliance, this pes-
tiverous agitator and dangerous dema
gogne is traversing the State to stir up
strife among neighbors and to promote
his own personal interests. For we sup
pose everywhere he speaks, as was done
here an appeal was made to his hearers
to 44 help the cause" by all becoming sub
scribers to his paper ! Thus, while this
canvass of Butler's may be the making
of him and his paper, where or how does
it help or benefit anybody else I It cer
tainly does not help the Farmers' Alliance,
because under his presidency and mis
management that order has been well
nigh wrecked. ' .. .
WINSTON'S VOLUNTEERS.
man.
diet that a New Yorker will be the lucky
" . 1 '
Rich bond-holder raise a great row
ONE GOVS DOWN WITH THE CUPOLA.
The imprisoned fireman seized his last
opportunity. Crawling over the cornice,
he hung for an instant by bis bands.
The crowd saw him release his hold, but
bis body had hardly dropped its own
length when a blaze lit the whole cupola
from roof to smoking dome. Flames flew
ftwhm it- oil fwiinta onH with . fiwrnn.
possible eye, he fell either upon the neck of his doag lareh tower elL itseemed
may be &ost or upon tne porcn noor, irauiuon to chise the falling body.
i . aS b . a. ltwAiAtminf w ytb a . .
uun ea; nuigu-xwiauimijs, i The fireman, not yet insensible, must
oei, uiu uuj-t you uei.
And that's bow it eame about: i nrougn-
tradition has i
out all that Southern land
wickedly repeated and kept alive the say
ing of the Governor of North Carolina as
a convenient mode of jogging the memo
ry or stimulating the flagging hospitality
of a host, but has failed to embalm in
human memory the righteous prudence
and. wifely virtues of Betsy Jane, the
spouse of the Governor of South Carolina.
For near onto a hundred ; years the
saying has been a faithful one, and wor-
Among the North Carolina visitor this thy of all acceptation in our country-
Dr. A- A. Kent and wife, of rJj."
ffBDctafvaj SstACav sauiv aataavs UJ '""0
ed in response thereto has been univer
sally accepted, either straight or with
sugar,,;- .. " ' -v.
. Zebulon B. Vance.
against an income tax and say they op
pose it because it would be so generally
evaded. The truth is that they oppose it
because they dont want to pay their fair
proportion of the taxes.
week were
Lenoir; Donnell Gilliam and wife, of
Tarboro; 8. M. Gattis and C. M. Parks,
ofdlillsboro; J. 8. Carr. 'W. W. Fuller
and R. B. Boone, of Durham. -
.
have seen his destruction above him.
With a grand crashit sank over him, en
gulfing not only him, but all the poor
fellows who bad jumped beiore and lay
in a groaning heap below, j
Seventy-five square feet oi the root
were buried with it iu its fiery falL Fire
men and others assisting the injured
were entombed beneath it. An immense
cloud of smoke rose to the sky and all
were roasted in the seething debris.
j THE extent of the fibe.
Death has never done such swift and
ghastly work at a fire in Chicago since
the dark days of October, 1871. ine
horror of the spectacle will forever re
main as a hideous nightmare in .the
minds of many thousands of men and
women who gazed upon it. It was in
tensified by the dizzy height from which
the victims were seen to tail into a vast
AHrHiiu in ihn tfoKTVf CARnLrviAK. it
Mr S. n Rnxfnn who was oreaident I ho th lirrnut eircnlation in Wake and furnace of blazing timber and other in-
Af -EN xr.fW..l nnV nt I art loimn counties. . - . i nammauie nuueruu. vwus vt ucuoiu
V& VUV UUUUVV il.MV mmmm - f .
For the Dedication of the Holt Monument
at uuujora luiiue-urim na, jtuy , -vs.
This is the ground wherepatriots bled!
Wide scattered here are Guilford's dead!
Peace ! Come with slow and reverend tread,
And voices all subdued;
Break not their long, deep, love-engen-
j dered solitude. .
Where si lencereiems above this field
Once wild the thundering squadrons
wheeled;
Earth jarredand armies swerved and reel
ed;! . The thriilintr buttle blow
: Once called in vain for.heroes laid forev
er low! - .
I
They who then, as Gibraltar's rock,
Withstood the direst battle-shock.
And dared in death's bare face to mock,
Were not inuned to arms
Till then, had never known war's awful
leaden storms.
But thev were men born to be free.
Even though through death's dark gates
should be
The path that led to liberty!
Rather that sunless wav
Than slavery's galling, strong-forged
chain witn nie tor awe:
Yon granite marks where that tern band
v hen veterans fled took tnelr stand
'Mid thunder-dint, while levin-brand
Fell upon their breast
Enshrines the dust by all the brare rer
ered and blessed!
Me seems I hear that volley's roar,
And see but now I see no more! "
Lo! thro' the clouds of smoke they pour
Dragons and Hessian slaves! :
And Winston's level flayie rolls back
, their circling glaives!
But that fierce onset Is not stayed!
Thev front those leidons undismayed:
They meet, they mix, blade rings on blade
nil but the dead and be
. Remain: brave Talliaferro could die but
never flee!
Twas then that hand so red with guilt,
Holding with savage bate its hilt,
Struck last and its own crimson spilt,
Figuring the iron grasp
Thenceforth relaxing till the tyrant's
latest gasp!
Dead is that soul that does not flame
At sight of Guilford's deathless name
And her three children's heirs of fame!
- Bv Alamance's child
Graven on that fair memorial to their deed
up-piled! 0
What though for them no more shall break
ine long reveille, ana tney waxe
To trumpet's call nor cannon's quake
While with soft pace and slow
Across the world the solemn centuries
stealing go! -
They live who'die the world to bless
Though never their sod a footstep press
As they sink in forgetness
Out on the world s dark verge.
Oblivion's ocean-moan their only funeral
- dirge. . --
They die who live for self, although
Till time is o'er life's paths they know,
And never above their bosoms now
Lethe's unlearning stream
Long as the Wain circles the north's un-
railing beam!
And they still lire! When that proud stone
Is by the battering years o'erthrown.
And, mingled with their dust, Is blown,
Round earth's unoeooled shore.
They then shall lire, and on and on for
ever morei
. Hesbt Jerome Stocxabd.
Staff VrrtTKintUnr, ,
CLEVELAND SPRINGS, July 10,
In spiteof hard times Cleveland Springs
holds her own as a summer resort and
the hotel is rapidly jyWng with guests
from all parts of NorthCarolina and her
sister Southern States . There is no more
healthy and delightful place at which to
spend the hot summer months in all the
South. The country around it never look
ed more beautiful aud inviting. The
fields are green with waving corn or
brown with shocks of newly-cut wheat
The hill sides and valleys are covered
with forests which afford a 'thick canopy
of beautiful foliage, and the streams
laugh merrily as they rush foaming over
cascade, through meadow and pause for
a moment at the foot of shady fern-clad.
A fresh breeze, blowing incessantly from
the cool shaded hills and adjacent moun
tains, makes the warmest days pleasant
and the mornings and sights delightfully
refreshing and invigorating.
Here one has all the world and the
freedom of the whole country round. At
many summer resorts every where one
turns is a gate-way where toll is exacted;
a charge is made for taking care of one's
hat and umbrella and the waiters hare to
be regularly tipped, not so here. One of
the attractions Of Cleveland Springs is
the absence of petty exactions. Here are
all of nature's own remedies, water, air,
and scenery, but the best of these is the
water.
It indeed seems to bo a remedy for all
the ills to which the human flesh is heir.
Abundant in quantity, pure in quality.
it never ceases to flow. Gushing from
the shady hill sides amid rocks that hare
been here from the foundation of the
world, it brings with it health and strength ,
and happiness. There are springs of
White sulphur, red sulphur, chalybeate, v
and free-stone water, all bubbling forth
within a few feet of one another in such
an inexhaustible supply that one almost
feels impelled to say, "Truly here are
opened the fountains of life and health
for the healing of the nations."
Several springs have recently been dis
covered which have not yet been analys
ed. They contain, however, carbonate of
lime, sulphate of potash, sulphate of soda.
chloride of soda, carbonate of iron.
The following is the analysis of the
white and red sulphur and chalybeate
springs: one gallon of water from the
white sulphur springs contains
4.80 inches sul. by. gas and car. acid.
4.50 Grains ......... .carbonate of lime
18.70 Grains. sulphate of lime
4.80 Grains .muriate of lime
7.65 Grains muriate of magnesia
One gallon from the Iodine or red sul
phur contains
4.23 cubic in. sul. by. gas and car acid.
3.12 Grains. carbonate of lime
1 7. 42 Grains sul. of lime, iodine and mag. ;
One gallon from the chalybeate or iron
springs contains
12.50 Grains.. ..car. of protoxide of iron. 1
1.50 Grains car. lime, traces suL lime
and magnesia.
Hundreds of invalids have been per
manently cured by a season's use of these
waters and thousands of overworked men
and women have year after year come
here to spend a summer of rest and rec
reation and thereby regained their
strength and vigor and restored shatter
ed nerves and overworked brain. Mr. J.
B. Wilkinson has hundreds of voluntary
testimonials from persons in many differ
ent States testifying to the medicinal and
restorative qualities of these waters. -Among
those from Raleigh is the following:
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. l, 1800. The
undersigned have been greatly benefitted
by use of the waters of Cleveland Springs
and seen their beneficial effects on others,
desire to certify the same to the public.
We belie vo that for all diseases in which
the Liver and Kidneys are involved, for
Malarial Poison, for the various sorts of
Dyspepsia and the Prostration nervous
or otherwise resultant therefrom, these
waters are hardly to be equalled and cer
tainly are not to be excelled.
w. L. Saunders,
G. W. Sanderun, . .
D. E. Everitt.
The two mile drive from Shelby, the
railroad station, to the hotel is a most
lovely one. A large number of residents
as well as visitors may, in the cool morn
ings and afternoons4 be seen walking or
dn ing through its shady distances. While
at all times.may be seen groups of people
gathered about the springs, sitting in
the pavilions or lounging in the long,
shady upper and lower verandas, or on
the croquet or tennis grounds.
The hotel is a large brick buildingcapa-
ble of comfortably accommodating sever
al hundred visitors. It contains all mod
ern improvements for your pleasure and
comforts electric bells, mineral baths
bowling alley &o. The ball room is every
evening open to those who are inclined
to trip the light fantastic toe, where a
band is in attendance all the time. The
attendants are most polite and courteous
and the culHve excellent. The menu, con
sisting of the both the most wholesome
food and the most palatable delicacies, is
elegantly served. Mr. Marshall D. Mur
ray is the clerk, and by the way, one or
the most polite, obliging and experienced
hotel clerks we ever knew. Erery thing
possible is done to make the stay of each
guest here a holiday of pleasure and rec
reation.
Many of the very best people of this
and other States are spending the sum
mer here. . And every train brings new .
accessions to the number. II. B. H.
The X. C. State ;aard Camp,
Morehead Crrr, N. C, July 11.
The company and regimental quarter
masters and commissaries of the First
and Second regiments of North Carolina
troops arrived at Camp Bogart to-day.
The field officers will reach here to-mor
row. Extra trains have been put on
from Golds boro to this place. Transpor
tation contracts with the nil roads are
for 750 men. A military ballajwill be
given on Friday night, managed and
participated in by .North Carolina's Four
Hundred.
Taklag No Chaeees. ,
Washington Star.
He was a legislator, not because of his
pre-eminent fitness for the task, but be
cause some how or other be had gotten
there.
"SuDDose " said the nortlr caller.
that the free silver people should pro
vide a large amount of monev to influence
votes, could you be induced in any way
to exert your influence to keep silver in
circulation as the money standard f"
" Humph 1 I might. But you'd nave
to pay me in gold."