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THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
HOG'S LAUD VS. COTTON SEEI1
LAUD.
A Hearing and Debate on the Conser
Laril Bill Before the Agricultural
Committet--ronte-ted Election Case
in the House The Illair Bill in the
Senate.
Washington, March 5. Represents
tives Stewart, of Georgia, and Wheeler,
of Alabama, made brief arguments
against the Conger-Butierworth com
pound lard bilh before the Agricultural
Committee of the House to day! Mr.
Stewart read the following letter ad
dressed to himself: ,4Your valued favor
of February 3d is before me. In reply
will say that Mr. Harris has no authority
to say that the Alliance in Georgia wants
such a bill passed as you speak of. Of
course it would ruin the oil mill indus
try in the South and damage us about
forty-eight millions annually. It would
reduce the price of cotton seed and raise
the price of lard, so as to work great
hardships to our people. You can rest
assured that Georgia wants no such
measuie parsed. Very truly, v illiam
L.. fees, fresident farmers' Alliance
of Georgia."
Representative Morgan said that it
was the belief of people in the Southern
States that the passage of the lard bills
would take the bread and meat from the
mouths of a large number of Southern
people.
Mr. Stewart said if the Conger bill
were passed it would reduce the price of
cotton seed to thirteen cents per bushel.
ire people ot his section were worked
up over toe matter. By disposing of the
cotton seed the expenses of picking the
cotton were Cleared. In answer to Mr.
Hatch, Mr. Stewart said that if iard
compounds against which the legislation
was aimed were composed of lniurious
agencies, he was in favor of the bill; but
it had not been Droved that Hint tho
compounds were detrimental to health
tie understood that this was a fitrht
between hog's lard and cotton seed lard.
It could not be accomplished, he be
lieved, by Congress.
Mr. Morgan pressed Mr. Stewart to
know if he could state, as an authority.
wnat wouki oe the eneet on the manu
facturers of cotton seed oil by striking
dowa the compound iard industry.
Mr. btowart did not cars to answer
further than that he thought the manu
facturers would be injured.
Mr. Morgan stated that he believed it
would reduce the cotton seed oil indus
try one half.
Representative V heeler, of Alabama,
addressed the committeo in opposition
to tho Conger bill. He said that the
secoud paragraph of the bill was enough
to damn it so far as his section was eon
cerr.ed. lhe section he read as fello ws:
That for the purpose of this act any
article manufactured or compounded in
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imitation or semblance ot, or as a sub
stitute for lard, as lard is defined, in
section one of this act, which shall be
made of any ingrcdi?nts other than lard,
or which shall be compounded of anv
other ingredients in oil combination
with iard, ball be known as compound
iard, and it shall be unlawful to manu
facture or to export or import, the same
except in accordance with the provisions
of this act. This section, Mr. Wheeler
.. .
explained, would utterly ruin the small
farmers. He did not believe that the
people of the country would be in favor
of the complete destruction of the cot
ton teed oil industry in the South.
This would be the effect of the bill.
Mr. Fairbank had stated that at one
time when he could not secure cotton
seed oil to mix with his compound, his
customers had complained that the iard
'-vas interior to what he had been manu
facturing. Gen. Wheeler thought the
oiaie.i miuuiu ncivo ;uu jjoaci iu many
any legislation on the subject. The
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hearings on the lard question will be
concluded at the next meeting of the
committee.
Contested Election Case.
Washington, March 5. liouse.- The
Featbecstone-Cato Arkansas contested
election case took up most of tho time in
the liouse to day. Mr. Cate spoke in
his own behalf.
Mr. McKae, of Arkansas, defended
the people of his State from charges of
lawlessness, intimidation and violence,
and Mr. llouck, of Tennessee, made a
strong presentation of the claims of tho
contestant. Finally Mr. ieaihersrone,
Republican, was seated by a vote of 145
. ... r Mill i"
to Uo. une Kepuoiican, .air. iiiu, ot
Illinois, voted for Cato.
The liouse then at 5 o'ciock adjourned.
The Illair Educational Hill.
Washington, March 5. Senate. In
the Seuate to-day, at 2 o'clock, consid-
oration of the Educational Din was re
sumed. Mr. Barbour advocated the bill. He
spoko of the great interest which tne
peoplo of Virginia took in the measure
and said that it had been favored in thw
platforms of political parties in that
State. It was of the deepest and pro
foundest interest to the people of Vir
ginia who had done as much for the
sake of education in the last - fifty
years as the people of auy other State.
They had expended abont nineteen
million dollars for that purpose and had
given five millions dollars to educt tethe
colorod illiterates which the general
government had put upon them, not or ly
as citizens but as sovereigns. He ex
pressed his surprise at the lack of inter
est in the subject taken by the Senate,
aud was astonished at the opposition of
tho Southern Senators to the bill. He
had no Conditional doubts on the sub
ject ol the bill as he did not belong to
the splitting class of Constitutional law
yers. Mr. Plumb spoke in opposition to the
bill, saying that it was clear to him that
the people of the South did not want
this money, and it was certain that if
money was bestowed .where it was not
wanted, that it would not be wisely ex
pended. Within two years, if the bill
went over, every Southern St3te would
say they did not want it. The bill, if
passed, would e the Deginning of the
control of the educational system of the
country by the general government, and
ultimately the demoralization of the
great body of tho people on tho subject
of common schools. At the close of Mr.
Plumb's speech the Senate went into
secret session, and at 5:50 p. m., adjourned.
A GL0BI0USLY PLUCKY GIEL
StiF COMPLETELY HOODWINKS
A BLACK BURGLAR.
And Kills Ilim While He Thinks She
is Asleep lie Saw ller Later"
liut a Little Too Late.
Charlotte, March 5. Monday morn
ing about 3 o'clock, Miss Alice Kinney.
19 years of age, who, with her mother
lives alone on a far m in Sampson coun
ty, was aroused by the noise of some one
in an adjoining room. She at once real
ized thar, a burglar was in the house.
She took a revolver from under her pil
low, and holding it in her hand, con
cealed it under the quilt. Then she lay
as if asleep, and when the burglar en
tered the room he walked up to the bed,
and concluding that the young woman
was sleeping soundly, began looking
about the room. As he turned away
from her, she heard him whimper to him
self, "She is purty, and I guess I'll hab
to see her later."
When he turned his face Miss Kinney
raised herself in bed, took aim at the
man's head and fired.
Instantly the burglar whirled around,
and as he did so she again fired and - he
then fell to the floor with a groan. He
died in about five minutes.
The alarm was then given and a crowd
gathered at the house. The burglar
proved to be Sam Kerns, a negro who
cas given much trouble.
MUM NEWSPAPER MEN.
Shall They Be Imprisoued--F. r Re
fusing to Disclose Professional fee
cretsThe Question in the Secret
Session ol the Senate.
Washington, D. C, March 5. The
Senate in secret session, this afternoon,
discussed further the resolution of Mr.
Dolph, for the incarceration, for con
tempt of the Sena's, of the Newspaper
men who have refused to disclose the
source of information of the executive
sessions. The debate this afternoon
turned entirely upon the constitutional
question at issue, some of the Senators
holding that the Senate had no right ro
imprison the newspaper men for refu
sing to disclo.-o ptofessional secrets.
Senators Evarts made a long, dry
speecn, ;.nd Senators Edmunds and
Gerge also spoke at some length cn the
constitutional phase of the question.
It became evident before tho Senate
icors had been closed for half an hour
that the debate could not be closed this
cvening.and one after another the Sena
tors slipped away until, when the Sen
ate adjourned, not more than a dozen
w. re in their seats
Of those who spoke to-day, a Senator
said this evening that "no two agreed."
An effort will be made to bring the
discussion to a close to-morrow, but
several constitutional lawyers of emi
nence are anxious to be heard and the
whole matter may go over until next
week.
RAILROAD MEETING.
The Roanoke and Southern Land
Company Organized by a Wealthy
Syndicate.
Greensboro, N. O., March 5. A
meeting of the stockholders and direc
tors ot the Roanoke & Southern Rail
road was held at Winston yesterday.
There was a large attendance of promi
nent railroad men from Baltimore and
Roanoke, Va. The meeting organized
the Piedmont Land and Improvement
Company with a capital of a million
dollars. Mr. Stewart, one of the Roan
oke capitalists, presided over the' meet
ing. .
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THE GRASPING BRITISHERS
Seeking to Form a Soda Water and
IJeer TrustThey Want the Anieri
can Manufactures.
JlJoston, Marcn o. a morning paper
says a syndicate or Englishmen is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the four
firms in the United States now con
trolling the manufacture of soda water
and beer pparitus, and the raanufac
ture of extracts, syrups and everything
pertaining to the production oi soda
water and kindred beverages. The
amonnt of capital involved is said to
be between $8,000,000 and $9,000,000
HIGH WATER.
iHovinsr Jjive Stock out ol Danger
Effort to Prevent Crevasses.
Memphis, lenn., Marcu o. -ine river
level hre was last night within two feet
of the highest water ever recorded, and
was still rising. The levees for four
hundred and fifty miles below are stil
holding firm. The people of the valley
to the South are moving their live stock
The strenuous efforts making to protect
and strengthen, threatened points wil
probably be sufficient to prevent crevas
ses. The swollen condition of the river,
however, puts it uncomfortably near to
the top of a large portion of the levee
line exteuding more than four hundred
and fifty miles along the Yazoo front and
more than eight hundred miles along the
west bank in Louisiana and Arkansas,
between tho gulf and mouth of White
River
Weather Report.
Washington, Man h 5. Forecast for
Virginia, snow; northeasterly winds;
colder. For North Carolina, rain; north
easterly winds; colder. For Rale gh,
maximum temperature March 5th, 60
degrees. Minimum temperature, 35 de
grees; no rainfall. Forecast for Raleigh
and vicinity on Thursday, threatening
weather with rain; decidedly colder;
rain may change to snow to night.
The Davis Land Fund.
Jackson, Miss., March 5. At a meet
ing of the Directors of the Jefferson
Davis Laud Company yesterday, eight
thousand dollars, the proceeds of stock
sold, was turned over to the Trustee for
for tho benefit of Mrs. Davis. It is
thought that twice as much more will be
secured.
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Brazil Declares For America.
Rio De Janerio, March 5 Leases
havo been formed among the merchants
of Rio De Janerio, Baha, Para, Santos,
and Pernambiico, with the object of
boycotting British goods in favor of
American products.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
MEN OF RANK WILL STAND
SCOUNDRELS
BY
If Scoundrels Will Stand By Them
APlebian's,,llewardfor Adroitness
and Subserviency In Explaining
Away "Shady" Acts.
London, March 5. The indignation
and contentment at Mr. Labouchere's
suspension were pretty strictly divided
on party lines as might have been ex
pected, and now that the excitement
has in a measure subsided, the one
thing remarkable is, the determination
of men of rank to stand by scoundrels
of their order, no matter what their
crimes are, and the certainty with
which they ca,n count upon men who
have merely a brevet claim to associate
with them to help them out. These
men obsequiously come to the front and
bear the brunt of the battle for these
members of the nobility who have less
volubility or, pel haps, are still posses
sed of a remnant of shame; and odds
are freely offered in club circles that
Mr. W. H. Smith will receive a peerage
for hiccool, not to saj brazen, defence
of Loj Salisbury. It was the oppor
tunity of hia life, and it must be con-
fessea that he improved it to the ut
most. Mr. Smith's career has been an
illustration of the success which re
wards adroitness and subserviency in a
country like England, where a proud
order, which feels itself in a measure
compelled to be reticent, is profoundly
grateful for the assistance of a plebiau
ally not at all scrupulous, who will
take it upon himself at need to ex
plain away acts that are slightly of the
shady sort.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Assassination of Jno. M. Clayton
to be Investtga ed-FostoihceAppoint-meats--A
Naval Court Martial And
Other Matters.
Washington, March 5. Tee Election
Committee of the House has decided to
investigate the assassination of John M.
Clayton, who was the Republican candi
date ror Congress rrom the Second
Arkansas District, now represented by
Clifton R. Breckenridge, and will sub
mit to the House a resolution for the in
vestigation of the circumstances attend
ing the case bj a sub-committee of the
Committee ori Resolutions and Elections.
Washington, Marsh 5. J. W. Cumb
was to-day appointed postmaster at
Catawba, Roanoke couuty, Va.
w ashington, March 5. A Naval Court
Martial, with Commander A. E. Ben
ham as President, has been ordered to
meet at the Mare Island Navy Yard on
the 13th inst. for the trial of Comman
der J03. B. Ccghran, on charges of vio
laticgNavy regulations, and of conduct to
the prejudice of good order and Naval
discipline. Coghlan is the officer who
wrote a newspaper article reflecting
severely upon the Administration of
Naval affairs.
Washington, March 5. There was a
change for the better in the condition of
Ex-Congressman Taulbee to day. Dr
Bayne, tne physician in charge of the
case, stated to day that Mr. Taulbee had
a good chance for recovery. Unless
blood poisoning sets m, he thinks his
patient will rapidly convalesce.
PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
Majority and Minority Reports on
Custom Union The Minority Rejects
the W hole Matter.
Washington, March 5. The Pan
American Conference has finally adopt
ed the report of the committee on inter
national law. Majority and minority
reports were made by the committee on
Custom Union. The majority says that
the establishment of a Custom Union as
generally understood, would require not
only a partial sacrifice of the national
soverignty of the American nations, but
more radical changes in their respective
constitutions than they are willing to
accept. The majority therefore deems
the adoption of a Custom Union as im
practicable. They propose to recommend, how
ever, to such of the governments as
may desire partial reciprocity, to make
commercial treaties with one or more of
the American countries on such a
basis as may be accepted in each case.
The minority report recommends the re
jection of the whole subject.
WHY HE CANED HIM.
The Caning Causes Threats of Lynch
ingImminent Trouble Averted.
Charleston, S. C, March 5. Prof.
DeTreville, of Claffin University, who
caned Prof. Gardner (colored), yester
day, says the reason for his action was
that Gardner made certain remarks in a
class-room reflecting upon him. Serious
trouble was threatened for awhile after
the .caning. Several hundred negroes
gathered together, with the avowed pur
pose of lynching DeTreville. The whites
also assembled, and a conflict seemed in
evitable. President Dunton, of the col
lege, heard of the affair, and quieted
matters by ordering the students back
to the college. Claffin College is one of
the largest colleges for colored people in
the South, having upwards of three
hundred pupils.
THE DECREE REFUSED.
And the Cotton Seed Oil Tr ist May
Dissolve If It Wants To.
New York, March 5. Judge Wallace,
of the United States Court, handed down
a decision to-day in the case of vvm
Wall against Sami. 1 nomas et ai., as
resident trustees of the American Cotton
Seed Oil Trust, denying the motion made
last Friday, that a decree be made to re
strain the trust from dissolving until the
termination of 21 years, for which time
it was organized.
Rhode Island Democracy.
Providence, R. I., March 5.--The
democratic state convention to-day
nominated Jno. W. Davis for Governor,
and aiopted resolutions expressing the
tariff reform principles promulgated by
Ex-President Cleveland, demanding the
abolition of tariff.
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SHAFFER TO BE C0XFIKMED.
MAHONE IS TRYING TO ttl'ST
SERGE A S T-AT - A R n S C A N N AD Y.
Noble and Harrison i.ockinr Horns;
Over a North Carolina Appoint
mentPublic Kuildiius UilU Re
ported, &c.
Special Cor. to State Chronicle.
Washington, March 4tb, 1S90 It is
an open secret that the President's Poli
cy :s not in accord with that of some of
his Cabinet officers. OroTf.ui ago to dav
Harrison rvai i'lant'uratvd President.
and I have reason to. know that there
have been some stiff rights over appoint
ments, behind the scenes, of course.
For instance, thtre is a Renubliean
Judge in North Carolina, who h:is fcr
the past twelve months been expect if-'
au appoint meut to a good leg:d position
in the Interior Department now heldbv
a .North Carolina Democrat. The. North
Carolina Republicans made a strong ef
fort to get their man in and have the
Democrat ousted. I hear they arc about
to succeed but their success will be due
to Harrison aud not to Noble. It is
charged tlut Noble wanted to keep tho
Nonh Carolina Democrat in, and that
he is inclined to follow the raugwum
pian policy inaugurated especially by
Mr. Bayard d uring the last administra
tion in order to gain friends, and that he
aspires to higher houors, viz., the Pres
idency! Mr. Noble will not get a single.
North Carolina v te in a nominating
convention by this sort of policy. Evi
dently he does not kuow what kind of
people he is dealing with. lie has lost
caste with the North Carolina Republi
cans by holding off about one year, aud
has gained nothing with the Democrats.
Harrison has intimated plainly that he
will not countenance Noble's programmer
and the North Carolina Judg will get
his place in the near future.
I am told that Col. Shaffer will be
confirmed this week or next. If there
is any delay, it will be because the com
mittee cannot reach the ease conven
iently. A well known Republican poli
tician, who was present, tells me that
Loge Harris's crowd did not make any
material headway in their recent ar
raignment of Col. Shaffer. It is said
that Tim Lee who is well known in
Raleigh, and who was one of the chief
spokesmen on tho occasion, did not im
press the committee as was expected
and desired. This may be surface talk
however. The truth of the business is
Shaffer was endorsed by Safe cure War
ner and nominated postmaster by St.
John Wauamaker, two of the most con
spicuous "boodlers" in tins country.
Loge Harris may write well and indus
triously; Tim Lee may be au fait at
mixing a cocktail cr a julep, and this
accomplishment may pluc ; him ex sup
port with Pat Collins and all the big
Irishmen in the country; but "boodle'"
is the watchword of this administration,
and the sooner the North Carolina Re
publicans, both scalawags and carpet
baggers find this out the better. John
Wauamaker and Safe Cure Warner can
buy more votes than the united Repub
lican party m North Carolina, therefore
their influence here is stronger, especial
ly in the Senate. Shaffer will be con
firmed in executive session, bv ihe time
this is mrprint, perhaps. It' it were
done in open session, I could probably
telegraph it to the CimoxiOTE for its
first dailv issue.
Mr. Brower has had the three follow
ing bilip reported tr.vcrabiy irem the
Committee on War Claims. One for
the reliet of O. F. Adams: one. for the
dief of Richard Atkinson; oue lor
the
relief of Cuas. F. Bowers.
Mr. Skinner has introduced a bill to
clean out a channel five feet deep from
Pungo River to the town of Sladesville,
N. C.
Mr. Rowland has introduced a bill
for the relief of Calvin J. Cowles and
George B. Hanna.
There will be a vacaucy in Mr.
Brower's district to the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis this spring. Mr.
Brower informs rae that it will be filled
by the young man who passes the best
competitive examination.
A caucus of republican senators will
meet to-night to consider naming a
successor to Col. W. P. Cailnady, Ser-geant-at-Arms
of the Senate. The
trouble arises out of some per
sonal spite Mahoue has against
Cannady. I im told that Ma
hone actually had the audacity to try
to incite some of the rapid republican
Senators against Col. Cannady because
of his Confederate record! This is a
case of the pot calling the kettle black.
If this .is all they can bring against Col.
Cannady he will remain where he is.
So far as my observation goes Col. Can
nady has made a most efficient officr
He has always been courteous and
obliging, especially to people from his
own State. He lias performed his du
ties faithfully and he is peculiarly qual
ified for the position. If any republi
can is to have it, let it be Col. Cannadv.
I understand our Senators will stand by
him.
The pension and other appropriation
bills will leave no surplus in th Treas
ury. It is useless to agitate a reduction
of the tariff".
The appropriations t' r pnblic build
ings calls for over 8o7, 000,000. The
North Carolina list is as follows:
Greensboro, $30,000 additional;
Win
ston, $100,000; Reidsville, $25,000; Ox
ford, 8100,000, Henderson, 85,000
Wilmington, $50,000 additional; Fay
etteville, $75,000; total, $655,000.
North Carolina may nos get as
much as she did list year, because
she has no member on the Committee
of Public Buildings. Last Con
gress, Colonel Tom Johnston, the
able member from the Ninth district
was instrumental in sending several
hundred thousand dollars to the State
for the purpose. The splendid buildings
at Asheviile, St ate.-.viile j-.ud other points
were successfully engineered through
the committee by him. II is loss to the
State in this particular alone, is irrepara
ble. He wauld have been the most inflen
tial Democrat on the committee if he had
been returned to Congress. His reputation
here was a most enviablo one, and ex
perience whs all that he needed to make
him a power on the floor of the House.
Cenial, able, and faithful, he had many
attached friends, and he unselfishly de
voted his be t energies to his constitu
ents. His remarkable business tact was
atr,ther strong point in hi favor.
CITY SCHOOLS AND BOOKS.
Schools iu City and Country Ought to
Teach History Corrrctly.
Special Cor. of State Chronicle.
Pittsboro, N. C, March 5, 1890. I
send you for publication a wise and
tincely Jtttc-r from Maj. Finger. I think
the time has come for an earnest protest
against a growing evil. Publish the
letter now, and allow me a little
ep.'ce iu the near future for a few le
marks and observations of my own. Maj.
Finger's reply will sufficiently indicate
the character of the letter I wrote him.
A. H. Mkrritt.
Office of Scperistexdext of
Public Instruction,
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 20, 1S90.
Supt. A. H. Meruitt,
Dear Sir: I have your favor of 18th
int I reply as follows:
1. Nearly all of the city public schools
have special acts of Assembly which put
them solely under the control of Local
Boards. The State Superintendent has
no supervision of them as to courses of
study, text-books, nor in any other par
ticular. While the law does require all
the public schools in the State to use the
State list text-books, I think some city
boards disregard this requirement and
do not consider it applicable to them.
The County Boards of Education do
apportion to these city schools a part of
the general county school funds, and the
city boards and teach rs are required to
make the usual statistical reports to the
County Superintendents and such reports
to the State Superintendent as he may
for; but these reports are simply for
information and do not imply any con
trol on the part of the County or State
Superintendent.
2. There are many school histories
now used in the State which.in my judg
ment, are not proper books to be used
in our schools. I have examined many
school histories written by northern au
thors since the war and before the war,
aud I have not found even one that did
not do injustice to the South either by
positively false statements or by omis
sions For instance, th-3 last nonv nf
Barnes' History that I examined con-
ained no account ot the batileof King's
Mountain except a few lines in a foot
note nothing at all in the text of the
book about this very important battle.
do not think that you will find any
listories of Northern authorship that are
at all free from such omissions andXhat
do not in this way fail to give credit to
the Soutn for the part she performed
in securing our independence. Not only
so, but when they come to the late war
they are particularly unjust and most of
them teach that the Southern people
who were in and supported the Confed
erate armies were rebels or traitors. It
is to my mind simply remarkable that
such books are tolerated in our schools
by teachers, public or private,or by their
patrons. Holmes' and Stephens' Histo
ries are on our State list of text-bcoks.
and it seems to me they ought to be
used to the exclusion of such books as I
have alluded to. Teachers and school
boards have it in their power to do much
to have history correctly written, by re
fusing to use books that do injustice to
the South. It seems that fathers and
mothers concern themselves but little as
to the character of the histories their
children use. As a rule thev aro con
tent to allow the teachers and school
boards to select the books without any
examination or criticism on their part.
This being so, the greater is the respon-
siDiny upon teachers and boards.
Very respectfully,
S. M. Finger,
Supt. Pub. Instruction.
The Chronicle is glad to give space
to tho above wise observations which it
heartily endorses, and glad to know that
Mr. Merritt, the accomplished County
Superintendent of Schools in Chatham,
will favor our readers with a strong arti
cle from his pen shortly. Editor.
Death of Young Abe Lincoln.
London, March 5 Young Abraham
Lincoln died at 11.5 o'clock this morn
ing. Young Lincoln passed away quiet
ly. He was in a comatose state this
morning; his stomach rejected all nour
ishment. The attending physicians after
a careful examination expressed the
opinion that their patient's end was only
a matter of a few hours. For a time
previous to his death he was entirely
free from pain. All the members of
Minister Lincoln's family were present
at the bedside.
North Carolina Ahead.
From the Scottish Chief.
Who inveuted the telephone? If this
question is asked in any audience in our
land, the answer will be Edison! Yet
this is not true, for the first telephone
used in the United States was invented
by Dr. James Davis, of Fayetteville. He
also invented the first phonograph. This
matter was fully ventilated some years
ago in the Fayetteville "Gazette." The
original models are yet in the possession
of Dr. Davis' daughter. Dr. Davis was
a native of Philadelphia, but resident in
North Carolina for a long period prior
to his death.
Platinum Discovered in Moore.
San ford Express. j
J. M. Kelly, of Jonesboro township,
brought some metal to this office this
week, that has every ear mark of plati
num . This metal is found in a vein of
bice quartz five feot in diameter on Mr.
Kelly's farm and he says there is an
abundance of it. Platinum if darker
than silver, is the heaviest of all metals
and resists the action of all acids. Mr. ;
Kelly applied nitric acid to particles of ;
metal and no reaction took place. He
has sent some of the quartz's bearing
this metal to State Chemist Battle.
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