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: HOXBOliO, NORTH. CAROLINA, Wednesday' Evening,: May '',' 1897..
.. No. 34:.
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HOUSE JO GET TUVVORK.
WILL TAKE UP THB-.BANK-
RTJPTOY-BILL SOON.
Chandler Offers a Resolutian Pro
viding for a Fifty Million Issue of
Certificates to Meet the Deficien
cy in Revenue. - ' " ' ' ' -
W ASHINGTO N May 3. Representa
tive DazeU, ha informed leader Bailey
of Texas?,that the committee on rules
is favo rable to considering: the bank
raptcy bill and will probably report
resolutions to the House for its con
sideration, soon. There is growing
oppositionjo the JelsonUDill which
passer the benate as a .substitute
the Torrey bill. - . . ' 1
to
Torreyx people claim the, kelson
Din is loo cruue. , ?
Mamoers ot the: nuance committee
deny that an agreement has been
reached to increase the. tax on beer to
one fifty. - Senator Allison s.ays sever
al propositions have been considered
but nothing has" been decided upon.
It is belieyed there will be a tax on
alcohol in malt liquors.
Senator Chandler has offered a res-
olution providing for an issue of fifty
million dollars in certificates to meet
the deficiency in the revenue. It was
referred to the finance committc
where it wiiL remain. . "
r Resolutions of Respect.
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J. ne ioi lowing resoltiotis were
passed bv the Roxboro Board ,-of
Trade. '
It is with deep sorrow that we have
heard of the death of Oapt. J. fci.
Lockhart; a most highly , respected
member or ,o:ir 15oard' of . Trade,
which ocenrred io Durham, -N. 0.,
May 3rd, 1897. - -r-c
Resolved, That -in the death of
Cbpt.NJ. S. Lock hart vve have, lost
one of our best citizens, a most esci--mable
(Jhristiau ' gentleman.; whose
influence among us has been as pre
cious ointment poured forth.
2; That our sorrow is greatly miti
gated by the fact that he was a most
consistent member of the Methodist
church, and, is was evident to ali,
had: become ripe by afiflietiou and di
vine grace for his Home on high.
3. That we bow in submission to
the will of the All-wise Father who
in love has called him from labor to
rewaid, from affliction to glory.
4. That these resolutions be spread
upon theminute8 of the, Board of
Trade, and a copy of them be sent
to The UopEiEB aiid Durham Sun
for publication. '
YY I. Newton,.- ,
C D. Ray; . VCom
J. 8. Mereitt.
Five Killed by a Waterspout.
M ontice llo , Ky . , 'M ay 1 .Abater
spout struck the house .of a farmer
Branders, near White Oak, r Tenn.,
demolishing the house and killing
the.larmer, his wife and one child.
Two fariu hantfs, who were sleeping
upstairs, were so badly .mangled that
they died in a few,hoursr,
Mrs. Sheridan Nut to Wed.',
Washington, May i. General
llucker, when asked to day as' to
whether there was any, foundation
for the published report to the effect
that Mrs. Philib H. Sheridan and Mr
Marshal Field, of Chicago, were, en4
gaged to be married, said that it .was
absolutely , without foundation. He
added that the story was a pure in-,
ventionand hadcaused extreme an-
noyance to bis daughter. -1 v
Knows 'Enough,
.The country editor may not know
it all, but'he doesn't liye long in' the
community without knowingaieuct
ed sight more than he publishes.
Sheldon Mail. '
Elizabeth City Carolinian' It 'is
stated that Mr. Thomas Sawyer of
Camden is th,e father of twenty-one
ehildren the oldest born sixty -years
ago, the youngest 2-years-old.' ,
;Make the devil let go of the; chil
dren and he will soon have to give up
the world. - ' ? -
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PLACES TO HE OPENED;
The Government,.. Pr?nfin w ' nmra
Will Probably be Preed 'From Mr.
Cleveland's Civil Service Orderl
Wash i ng ton Dispatch i n ; Phil ad el-
phia Times. '
The'.GoVefnment - Printing Office,
with its three , thousand places, will
probably be placed outside of the re
striction of the civil service law by
tl?e opinion ofthe Atlorney General.
In that event positions will be avail
able to many men who are now here
seekinsr patronage and findinyr it; not;
because of the obnoxious ci vil service
law.- Public Printer -Palmer ' has
caHedhe attention. of the Attorney
General to an actapproved January
12. 1895. which provides for the; em
ployment of workmen in the Government-Printing
Ofllce who are skilled
in their branches as 'shown "by trial
of their skill under the direction of
the Public Printer." "
This law has been referred to the
Attorney Teneral with the request
that he give an official opinion con
cerning the law, in order that the
Public Printer may be enabled to ig
nore thesweeping order of President
Cleveland, and hereafter under the
act quoted,, employ "i people after a
4ttrial of their -ekill-under the super
vision, of the Public ' Printer." -,?It
is understood T to-night that the
Attornev General believes - and will
officially say that.under the law quot
ed the Public Printer will beat liber
ty to make appointments regardless
of the civil service law and executive
orders of President Cleveland. There
are many men in Washington who
came there expecting high 1 positions
and have - been disappointed who
would
be, Veryiglad ' to -receive .aplina fewrdaya-iSend mtheopv-for
lents ae laborers or watchmen the annual'insurance repdrt. It will
pointmenti
in the Government Printing Office.
- Leasburg Locals.
; Since our last writing Leasburg has
been bereaved; apd not only Leasburg
but all the surrounding country On
last Friday, April 30th, at 1:15 o'clock
p. M. Rev. Solomon Lea breathed his
last draughtof earthly air, and his
spirit went away to breathe that pur
er air in the home above. Those who
were watching at the: last moment,
say; he passed very quietly away, not
a tremor, shook his frame. As a ten
der child falls into peaceful' slumber;
so h e "fell on' sleep." Mr. Lea was
nearly ninety yeors of age. His life
was so pure, so noble, so grand and so
influential in the world for goodf that
the pen of this writer can not but -fail
to describe it in all its beauty; so we
can only say what e have said, and
leave the rest to those who knew him
better , ' '' ' ..".
i yte extend our most sincere sympa
thies to the bereaved family; and we
cannot fail to notice'in. this, the ten
der manner in which Miss Willie cared
for her father all through his declin
ing years. Surely we can say that she
has fully obeyed the ' Divine" injunc
tion, "Honor thy father and mother
etc.??-- The funeral services were con
ducted by 'Re v. Rl H. Broom, assisted
by Rev. E. W. Fox, at 3 P. M. Satur
day. . AJarge number of people gath
ered to show their respect for the man
they had loved.. t . '
T h e lecture spoken of in our last
was not delivered, owing to the death
of Mr. Lea, Friday... Rev., E.W. Fox
the lecturer was here but as we have
stated did not lecture. He wilf lec
ture for us next .Friday evening at 8
o'clock. The public generally invitedJ
. Dr. R. J. Teague v and Miss' Mary
Stephens spent a day in Leasburg last
week. - Their presence among us was
inn fch ftnioved bv their many friends
here. : : . . : . ' '
" Mrs. Lillie Neal is now visiting her
sister, Miss Willie Lea. . We ,are al
Wavs glad to have her in our town.
;? Mis. Eugenia Lea and : daughter
Miss Julia" were here to attend the
fnnoml RArvices of Mrs. Lea's father.
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: Leasburg, N. C. May 4, '97;
Henderson Gold Leaf: It speaks
well for our jieighbors of old Warren
v. of Viorft la not an inmate of the
County jail, -' -
NORTH. CAROLINA PARAGRAPHS,
NEWS IN BRIEF : FROM ALL
r "OVER NORTH CAROLINA.
Condensed; News Picked up Here
; v and : There in - our ; Exchanges
Happenings of a Week in Reada
-' ble Form? " -
The Secretary ot State Qnds that-a
Virginia endowment company is do
ing business illegally in this State.
GoV.ernur Russell says the possibili
ty of an extra session of Legislature
is very remote. . ;
-The question is raised as to payment
of expenses of convicts to be furnish
ed counties for road work under; the
act of 189-3. ' , , -
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.'The labor commissioner; wants his
clerk paid out -of the general fund
instead of out of the ; $2,000 allowed
him for expenses. -" . ;
:8ouie grapfe growers assert that the
damage to the crop; by last week's
frost amounts to . 50 per cent1-Wilmington
Messenger.1 ,
' The total taxable value of property
in the. State is (by the last years tax
es) $257,437,000, The loss of 3 percent,
by.the decision of the Supreme Court
is over $75,0b0: , , .
; Tlje Winston Chamber of Commerce
has taken in hand the building of the
Winston-SalemBouth Bound Railway
and will press it. -Lieutenant Govern
or Reynolds says the road is a cer
tainty and that thtre will be little
delay in getting to workr : " .
, The Raleigh "cor. to Wilmington
Star says.-the -.Secretary; of. -Statu wih
show , 98 companies , licensed. Last
year there were 11, but some have
failed, - others were - granted ;by the
Legislate re exein ptioh from taxa tion
and some were refused license.
In five weeks the new building at
the insane asylum here will be occu
pied. ; Three of its four, floors, will be
at once r furnished. Raleigh Press
Visitor. r v
A New Berne claim agent is said to
be working a new scheme. He is
having negroes sigh a petition to
congress for a graduated bounty
to ex-slaves. , Of course it is no trou
ble to' get signatures. Wilmington
Messenger. . . ; :'
Ruff. Henderson, who was the, Re
publican nominee for State Auditor
and who withdrew, or was taken
down, Thursday shot at a lawer nam.
ed Hackett at ? Wilkesboro, but did
not hit him. . , "
The Rail w?,y commission allows the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail
road to increase its tariff rates; '- .
In Wake Superior -Court Engineer
Thad Pleasants is given a verdict for
$11,000 against the Seaboard Air Line
for the loss ofhis left hand in a rail
way .'accident. .'v . -
.The Governor appoints three, direc:
tors for the Morganton insane asy
lum." - - - - . . v
The frost here last week , damaged
the fruit crop a great deal, and a good
many have got to plant their corn
and cotton ' over. Klnston 'Free
Press. w ' ". r - " '".
I Fif ty sets of the Colonial Records
are ordered distributed by the State
library board There is a" great de
mand for them." -
Shelby Aurora: Smith's Mica house
is now filled with men and girls, all
busy . cutting, . ; sorting, , shaping
packing and shipping mica.
The Mercury, says: 605 V bushels of
potatoes were shipped from Hickory
to points in Georgia one day recent-
A Lexington party 'writes to fa
Winston" friend ; that; the1, "clothes'
line men" are in; Davidson county,
selling clothes for $1 that can : be
bouerht in any hardware store for 8
cents. ' , - : v .
f CONCERNING PIE.
Gudger, - Moody, Cheatham and
- -Dancy to be Cared for Butler
Has Seen a N6W Light.
Washiu aTOifj'May lKi Gudger
and J i hi; Moody will soon be provided
with good - places here. " . Ki ,Gudger
will probably get the deputy; auditor-
ship held by Dr. Sanderlin. , Dr." San
derlin will doubtless be glad to, get
bacl to the plantation in : North
Carolina, for he has been sick in John
Hopkins Hospital for six. or nine
inontns. ' Jim Moodv wants a large
place, but it is probable that he wil l
hay e to be . satisfied with the place
now held by M r. Walter Faison, 1 i n
tlliVS MtabO; XCpai bUlCUb. il) IB, UUCi W
the most desirable legal positions uu-
der the government, and Mr. Faison
has filled it' with signal 'ability. He
has resigned the place, . as stated: in
the papers and does not intend to do
so, . - ' -
Ex-Oongressman' Cheatman, color
ed, will certainly be recorder of deeds
for the District of Columbia. .-John
Daney will be collector of customs at
Wilmington. - ' ,
; Marion ButtIer is, keeping, .very
quiet - He is becoming far more con
servative than he used .to-be. He is
a thorough convert 6 theloiig ten;
ure.of office" theory, and says a man
.ughtjto staythere1 a long time to
learn the ropes and become effec
tive - - - ; ' :f"i " . " "
Clement 3rd Sunday v
... Instead of regular preach ing seiv
vices 'at Clement.on next 3rol Sunday
there wil 1 be ii Varitu-service in be
h a 1 i of t h e s t u dy a ud tac hi ii g.ol t h e
Bible in Clement "3ommunifcy. 'The
rcli firctT i ti wuif erenc'lSatuiayApr
I7tb, adopted tho lollowxng outline
for the i 3rd Sunday iu May. -
Reguiar lessou tor the day,; from
10:30 to 11 a. m.rl taught by . Mr. T.
H. ' Street,1.; Superintendent . of Mill
Creek, Sunday, school. .
Froni IV to 11:30, religious -services
will" be conducted' by Mr. W.
0; Pulliam, Superintendent of Ephe
sus - Sunday school, consisting of
singings praying, reading of; Scfip-
tnre, and short talks. - ,
.From 11:30' to 12:30, tW triple
su bject, the- history, : progress, and
need of the' Sunday school in , Clem
ent nelghborhobdi will be discussed
by Air. Ruffiu Woody, gi vingthe his
tory in 20 minutes; Key. . J. H. Ver
non',s in-the same " length - of; .time,
giving the progress; and Mr. G, t R.
Vernon, in the remaining time, prej
sentiug the needs of such, work in
the community 1 . , -
, From adjournment , till 2 p. m. for
recreationand dinner. - ' - T
- At 2 o'clock pL ;m; What;; are h the
causes "why all "the people in a com
munity: do, not take air active inter
est in the Sunday school work, led
by Mr. T. fl. Street, then : open : for
voluntary speeches.' V,;" .
From 3 p. m. till . adjournment,
What may be taught in .the j Sunday
schools? Open for suggestion by any
o ne. present. ."'.'..
: - 'Pastor.
Roseville Items. : -
We have been : blessed with
one
1 more shower."
Some of the farmers are quite busy
just now planting, tobacco.
Miss Lee U Brian t " went over to
Durham this morning to spend sev
eral weeks with relatives and
friends.' . -
Miss Maggie Scoggins of Bethel
TTM1 T . ' ' i. - CI. -A J: Ll L
nil i instiiute spent ounuay at
home. , ,
Miss Jennie Pleasant of Qaswell is
visitine,her sister, Mrs. R. : W.
Misses Sula Scoffgins and Haiti e
Russell spent several days in Roxbo-
ro last week visiting men u3 ana re
latives. ' V ; '
' Mr, R. W. , Crump ton has about
complete his pew residence, which i3
quite an -attraction to his home.
We are sorry to note, the illne3 of
our esteemed friend Uol. Jno. C.
yanhook
Jude.
May hW. . " "'
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J Celebrated, for its great leavening',
strength and healthfulness. Assurec
the food against alum., and all forms
of adulteration common to the cheap
brand a. ; Royai, ' Baling Powder
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Appropriate Gifts: . . .
-Editors, as a rule, are kind-hear ted .
an d liberal. An exchange tells of a
subscriber to a certain paper f paper
who died, and' left fourteen years',
subscription unpaid.; The editor ar .
peared-at the' grave as the lid was be
ing screwed dowp for.thV 'Jasfc'r.time,' s
andt put in a linen duster; a; thermom
eteter, a palm leaf , fan, and" a recipe -for
making ice.The, Herman r En- '
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