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THE PUBLIC LEDGER. BUSINESS AGENCY FUND- Statement From tlie Trustee, Mr. V A. Ci rail a in. (Correspondence Carolinian.) JMaCAPELAH, N. C, July 3, 1893 In answer to statements whiel Vmve iinnfiarfid in vour oainT a s communications or copied articles rminarrmicr flitt mjm.M sreilient oJ the Business Agency iHiml of the JNorth Carolina Alliance pi ease- grant me space lor a stau meni. Tli lfiKKMM from the md re- novftxl unifl with tho ILllDrOVfl of the executive cumurittee on the stateme nt sent to applicants is as follows: 1. Cotton baprgiuer, $ 8(51-00 2. Accts State Bus. agent, 050 10 3. Loan to Kx. Ooin'ie by order Siate Alliance, 1,220.00 Total. $2,731 10 1. Coiton Bagging The Alli ance resolved to use cotton bag ging in the tight with the jute bag in trust. The iHalo Business Agent in order to till the orders he had received made contracts with certain mills for bagging to be delivered in October. Novrni ber and December. From som cause the mills delivered most of their goods in lJecember. 1 he farmers could not wait, and using other ma'erial sold -their cotton. They declined to receive the cot ton bagging. Many ot them pro posed to take it next season if they could get indulgence. There was $3,300 in these accounts. Much of it was taken, but nearly all at a reduced price. I he rnat- tor was finally closed out at the loss stated. In ISO I $325, and "in 1892 $478.45, or a total of $803 45 had been repaid to the fund. This makes $ 1,675 the amount ihe N.C. Alliance contributed to the jute bagging contest. 2. Accounts of tho State Busi ness Agent By reference to sec tion l i of the B. A, F. article of constitution (which I annex) the duties of the Trustee has no con nection with the making of these accounts. Justice requires him, however, to say that some of them were occasioned from want of bond by sub agent, and some by bad bonds, goods not arriving in time for use, etc All these cases were reported to the Executive Committee for approval. Some of these accounts are nowm suit and a small amount may be realized from them. These accounts ap pear in the annual report of the Trustee. The manner of giving bond and of collecting "past due" accounts was changed in 1801, as will be seen by reference to oro ceeding of State Alliance. 3. Loan to Executive Committee At Greensboro, last year ihe Alliance adopted a resolution (see page 30) directing the Exec utive committee to borrow from the Trustee $1,220 for tho use of the Alliance, and to repay the same from, the recepts of State Business Agent and Secretary's office above necessary expenses. 1 applied to the executive com mittee lor the return of this money, they replied that they were unable to return it at this time, and that as ihu L-gihl !ure had taken from the receipts of the btate Business Agent and turned them over to the Trustee ho would have to manage the debt. This money was used to pay the mile age and per diem of the delegates and officers to the Alliance, Tin amount will be returned. Over half of it would have been repaid last May had not the attack of the Legislature rendered necessary unexpected expenses in the em ployment of counsel meeting of otiicers iu Raleigh, etc. I he losses from cotton bagging and Business Agent accounts will pro bably be repaid. The act ot the Legislature re quired the Trustee to get ready for payment in sixty days. There was no means of making them available as it may be seyeral years before payment is made. When paid they will no doubt, be duly credited. Not one cent has been lost by auv investment of the Trustee. As to the profit from the fund which some seem to be Haiming or expecting, the follow iug is from section 7: "Tho profits arising from said fund shall first be used to pay the salary of the Trustee aud all other expenses connected jvith said fund, and any remainder shall be used by the Executive committee in defraying the expenses of the Business Agency.'- The only profit promised was the cheapness of goods purchased. The annual report of the Trustee shows disposition of profits. The amount due each contiibu- tor is ninety two c uts on the dol lar. It is necessary to pay each fwrHhVattt Ms a unit so that proof of payment chu be preserved, hence 5 cents is deducted for pos tal money order, then all postage in sending the order or corres pondence concerning certificate is deducted in accordance with the law. I annex sections of Constitution relating to the sulnect: "Sec. 2. In order to condu' t the commercial business of Ihe North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance, and to protect from loss hose who deal with the lousiness Agenr, oi the same, the North C. Busfness Agency lund is hereby inaugura ted. Sec. 5. The Business Fund shall be managed by the Executive committee of the State A.hance No portion of it shall be used in the Business Agency unless re quired to settle the contracts of tho Agent made in conformity to regulaiions of the Executive com mittee, and when any portion is so used all money received from the cause of such use shall be re turned to the Fund f-ec. 12. In case it shall become necessary to use any of said fund in the Business Agency, the Exe cutive committee shall certify to the President the amount neces sary and tho cause of the indebt edness, and the Executive com mittee, with approval of the IVes sident, shall direct the Trustee to collect sufficient amount and set tlo the indebtedness. Respectfully, W. A. Graham, Trustee. A LONG TIME BETWEEN DRINKS Senator Vanee iexcriles Interview lietween tlie KxeentiveN of North hikI Sotitli Carolina. In the oldeii times of our State hood, before the steam engine bulli ed the earth with thunderous stroke and reduced space to a mere matter of time, when whiskey with sugar was five cents a glass and all hacks were turned as that glass was filled and when a white man was con sidered as good as the negro if he behaved himself, the Governor of North Carolina took it into his head one day to pay a long promised visit to his neighbor, the Governor of South Carolina. So he put a clean shirt and a pair of socks in his saddle bag, mounted his horse and rods away through the pine forests townrd the south. Diligently follow ing his nose in this direction he came in due time to the home of his brother Governor, where he was received with all the honors of genuine Southern hospitality. When asked how he felt his characteris tics reply was, "thank you, Gover nor, I am tired, sleepy hungry and sober." The host cordially assured him that he could remedy all these. Next day dinner was served at 12 o'clock as the horn blew for the hands to come in. After it was over the two Governors retired to the shade of the long back porch, where corncob pipes, with long twists of homegrown tobacco await ed them. There, in the long, soft afternoon, reclining on easy bottom rockers, they lolled and smoked and talked the hours away. Betwixt t he twain, on the floor, sat a brimning pitcher of apple toddy, with the mellow, roasted fruit impudently floating on the surface of the divine tipple. From time to time this aided and enlivened the conversation. They talked of the comparative excell ences and advantages of their res pective States, of the price of cot ton, of horse raising and run- away negroes: as they talked they smok ed and as they talked they drank. They 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 ! Now and then they would doze in their easy chairs under the mellow influence 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 Gover nor 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. Quietly watching proceed ings she at, length concluded that these two old cocks were about as full as they could well hold with out slopping over, and it was time to stop. Watching her opportunity duriner a rather protracted doze, she slipped awav the pitcher, still half full, and inserted in its place a pig- erin of cool snnng water with clear, yellow gourd hanging on the handle. But the instincts of nature are infallible. Though sound asleep the Governor of North Carolina felt that something was wrong- lack ot 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 mtcher ot toddy was - - J . gone. He immediately awakened his host, who courteously inquired, "What is the matter?77 "Don't yon see what is the matter ?" said the guest, looking indignantly at the piggin and the gourd. "Indeed, I see nothing wrong,1' said the now distressed host. "Please tell me what is the matter, my dear Gover nor." "The devil you say! Nothing wrong, indeed! I go to slesp with a pitcher of toddy before nie, wake up and find a piggm of spring water, and the Governor of South Carolina tells me in his own house that he sees nothing wrong in that! Well well! All have to say, sir," said the Governor of North Caro lina, raising with a very great but rather unsteady diginify, "is that it is a damned long time between drinks.71 "Oh," said the Governor of South Carolina, as the situation flashed on him," I see; that's Betsey Jane. She means stop, aud we're done for to-day. I'm sorrv can't bring that pitcher back, f 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 Carolina dissolved slowly into a genial smile of intelligent comprehension, and, solemnly working one eye, he fell either upon the neck of his host or upon the porch floor, tradition does not say which exclaiming, "You bet, old boy; you bet." And that's how it came about! Throughout all that Southern land tradition lias wickedly repeated and kept alive the saying of the Gover nor of North Carolina as a conveni ent mode of jogging the memory 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 on to a hundred years the saying has been a faithful one, and worthy of all acceptation in our Country that is to say, it has been faithfully repeated all that time and anything offered in response thereto has been universally accepted, either straight or with sugar. Zrmtlon B. Vance. MENTAL ENERGYIJL ARSAPARILLAI M. Ilammerly, a Vvrell-known business man of llillsboro, Va., sends this testimony to the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparilla: "Several years ago, I hurt my leg, the injury leaving a sore which led to erysipelas. My sufferings were extreme, my leg, from the knee to the cinkle, being a solid sore, which. began to ex tend to other parts of the body. After trying various remedies, I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and. before I had finished the first bottle, I experienced great relief; the second bottle effected a complete cure." Ayer's Sarsaparilia Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. CuresotherSyWill cure you hi. LKNI6R, -WITH- Frank M. Baker & Co., -IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP- Queensware, Glassware, Lamps, &c, 323 W. Balto. St. & 320 German St., bloM sueepL clear! nt (long SKIN i I LIFE j iii!!i;i';'::-iv. lisS i '""'-' I is. ju9-6m. BALTIMORE, MD. THE P UBLIC - GATHERS OF EACH WEEK FROM EVERY - SOURCE - AVAILABLE, AND Presents a complete picture of what happens from one publication day till the next. No reading person in Granville county can afford to be without it. If you care not for reading matter yourself, put it in the hands of your children. 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