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No 16
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TOWN OFFICERS
ALDERMEN
J. D. Bulluck,
J. A. Clark,
J E Farmer
John Y. Moore,
J. Ed Woodard,
1st Ward.
2nd "
3rd "
4th "
5th
P. B. Deans, Mayor ;
Jno. R. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector,
police:
W. P. Snakenberg, Chief.
Ephriam Harrell.
James Marshbourne.
Frank Felton,
Geo, Munford.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
board of commissioner's:
Geo. D. Green, Chairman
Nathan Bass, , Jas. Raper
W. D. P. Sharp, Sheriff.
J, D. BardinClerk of Superior Court.
W. II Barnes, Register of Deeds
John Karnes, Standard keeper
L O Mayes. Coroner
Jas Taylor Surveyor
20, 1899:
CHURCHES.
St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Rev. Thomas liell fastur in charge
Services: Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7 30
p ni., Sunday School at 3 p.m., Week
days Wednesdays and Fridays at4p,
m. Holy days at, 10 a. m. Celebra
tion of Holy Communion on 1st
Sunday in each month at 11 a. m
other Sundays at 7:45 a. m.
Methodist Church, Rev- J. D, Hurley
Pastor; services at 11 A. M. r.nd 7:30
P. M. Sunday School, 5 P. M, J. F.
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:0.
Christian1 Mnirch, Rev - B, II. Melton,
Pastor; services every Sunday 11:00 a.
m.and 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night, .Sunday School at 3
o'clock, P. M.. Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian ' hurch, Rev. James
Thomas, I'astor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5 o'clock, P. M.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock.
, Baptist Church. Service as follows:
Preaching Sunday morning at 11
o'clock and at 8 p. m. Rev W. H.
Reddish Pastor, Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening at 8. o'clock. Sunday
School at s D. m. D. S. Bovkin, Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2nd Sunday by Elder Jas. Bass ; on
3rd Sunday by Elder las. S. Woodard;
on fhe 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser
vices begin at 11 A. M.
LODGES.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:3o o'clock P. M. each month.
J. C. Hales, W. M.
Regular meetings of . Mt. Lebanon
Chapter frTo. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock P. M. each month.
W. H. Applewhite, H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Commandery No. 7 are held in the Ma
sonic hall every 4th Monday night at
7:30 o'clock each month.
W. J. Boykin, E. C.
Regular meetings of W ilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the First National Bank every 1st
Thursday evening it 3:30 o'clock. P.M
VV. J. Harriss, Director.
Jr. O.U. A. M Meets every Monday
evening. All Juniors invited.
E. T. Peoples Councilor.
Post Office Hours.
Office opens 8.00 a. m. and close at
sunset.
Mails at day close for ' orlh 1 p. m.
" " " " " West 1 p. m.
" " " " South 1:30 p.m.
Mails at night for all points closes at
9 p. m.
transfeKMitcheM ."eoumy back to the
,8tfr congressional clistrielii'he ad'11
' yocates of this change sv th .M itch-
'pU djf lirn llv helnnca ir5fXih''-i'iflrhth.
This chanee will make the Si'nth' dis
trict gaiety' Pemocratic, htTwill add
Xiq theepuhlican ,majqirtty;'in the
chaDges fn the congressionidistricts.
::;8ut this -ill iiot beJthis with the
-judicial dTstricts if the mypinent to
add to'the nuinb'etkfjiid'es;;3s : suc
.ce'ssful. ' This vvilliesult inijgeneral
redistricting of the State. Vte' prop
osition to create new judicial-districts
is meeting with opposition,- however,
on the ground ; that thershoqld be
no new offices of any -kind .created by
this legislature, A number of the
leading lawyers in the counties affect
ed have expressed it as their wish
that the criminal courts be abolished,
as they are not of high enough grade
to relieve the dockets as is desired.
The report of the committee of
expert accountants that has been
examining into the affairs of the peni
tentiary revealed a state of affairs a
great deal worse than has been
charged. This report shows that the
liabilities, according to the books of
the tuperintecdent indicate that the
institution owes $96,429,96 more than
it is able to pay. One of the new
officials also states that besides this
there is a large number of outstand
ing debts, small bills, etc., that will
bring up the total indebtedness to
between a hundred thousand and a
hundred. and fif teen thousand dollars.
The investigating committee will go
to work at once to try- to locate the
blinne for this outrageous state' of
affairs, J t is? yet a question whether
the governor' new appointee, Supt.
W. F. Day, wiil be allowed to remain.
The Captain has a number of strong
and influential friends in the legisla
ture, especially in the senate, and it
is understood that they will make an
earnest effort to have him retained.
But a large number of 'he members
are against anything Russell has had
a hand in and are Je riuined that
some democrat not in any way con
nected with Russell shall be put at
the head of the instil ution-
Senator Harrison has introduced an
important bill regarding the chartering
and incorporation of foreign companies
and corporation, which is intended to
provide against the wholesale removal
of cases against sui h corporations from
the State to the Federal courts. A bill
requiring persona convicted of larceny
to iiiukefeslit ution to the amount of
the goods stolen was introduced this
week, and has caused some discussion.
It is regarded as entirely impracticable,
however.
Tomorrow, according to his promise,
the Governor-is to send to the Legisla
ture the evidence in the case of the
dismissal of the Wilsons from the Kail
road Commission. He replied very
promptly to the request of ihe commit
"reglmeahd 4?nev stone
ilf 'dtaili the"We
11 was- L'Uk:ii-'.u .
eral favori :6WbiWtejaj": will have
a ibeariiig;:rbii' .b4$ild;-'94iTbur8day
when: a hunber: iof iromirjentr jnanu
factuirera from every part thp1 S'ate
wjll be on hatid to testify jn -regard to
ita utility and tbe cost of majutalniiig
such an institution. ' ,V v
One amusing iucident of -the past
week came- up in connection with a
bill to repeal the charter of a little town
In Mitchell county called Redmond.
It appear that , the town consists of
one still where moonshine and regular
drains are distributed and a foot-log
and that the' place has been inhabited
by one.tnan and.by him only while he
was running the distillery.
Judge Purnell has -ouiiniied . the
sale of the Cape Pear and Yadkin
Valley railroad to the Atlantic Coast
Coast Line and the new owners today
began to make the transfer of the
property. There is a bill pending in
the Legislature now to charter a new
road to build over the route that the
Four O's railroad originally intended
to build from Marion west. Now it is
asserted that a large proportion of the
capital needed will be available.
The question of the division of the
school fund aud the revision of the
election laws continue to be the upper
most subjects in the public mind. The
senate has already passed a bid re
pealing the election I1.W8 of 1895 aud
1897. These will be wiped out entirely
and the Legislature will build up a
new system. Now opinion has not jet
crystallized on any definite plan of
restricting the suffrage, but the Louis
iana plan seems to meet the ideas of
most of our member? nearer than any
other scheme yet presented. There is
no probability that a constitutional
convention will be called as that would
be unnecessary to change a single
article of the constitution, which can
be done by the voters of the polls as
well as by a convention.
Miles and Eagan.
Washing, January 17. Following
is the text of the letter by General Ea
gan to the war commission today with
an amended statement in reply to the
charges made by general Miles con
cerning the beef furnished the army:
"Washington, January 1G, 1899.
"To Ihe Commission Appointed by the
President to Investigate the Conduct
of the War Departments in the War
with Spain.
'Gentlemen: I have the honor to
hand you herewith . my testimony
which is now le-s'ibiiu'ied and it
vised, in accordance with the views
expressed by you in your letter to me
of January I3H1. The objectionable
features and what is considered irrele
vant matter by you, in which opinion
I entirely agree, are eliminated. In
this connection I desire to state that
there w as never a thbught or intention
on my part of any disrespect whatso
ever to your commission, but in ex
tee whidi called upon him and asked 1 planation and in extenuation of the
for these documents. The discussion
on this subject will be interesting, but
not particular important, as neither
one of them has much chance of being
appointed on the new commission
which wdl in all probability be created
by thts legislature.
Dr. Cy Thompson, the secretary of
state, has since my last letter been be
fore a committee of the legislature to
testify regarding the fees he has re
ceived from the insurance eo'mpauies in
his capacity as secretary. He asserts
that the income from this source is not
nearly bo large as was supposed,' and
that his income as secretary is only
about $300. He is averse to having
this department taken away from him.
There is a movement to add the insur
ance and banking features to the rail
road commission.
The resolution to reduce the pay of
the employees of the legislature twenty
per cent has been passed. It will re
sult in a materialUaving to the "Suite.
The bill has bet! 1 passed to remove
the comer stone oh the uuildjiig at Uit! b
institution for lhj?3kf tbbn tl
Blind which1 Frshhtlame ofl.Tlm
Yuiiir,.tb.e colon
of the North. Cao-
language used by me heretofore, I beg
to invite the attention of the commis
sion to the fact that I have been ac
cused practically of feeding the soldiers
with poisoned beef which made them
sick 'embalmed beef" so-called; that
I have furnished meat to the army
under the "pretense of experiment,"
which charge ir effect is corruption
and worte, because it jeopardizes the
lives of soldiers sent to the front in
tropical climates and who were de
pendent on such food a9 wa3 sent
them; that these statements have gone
to the whole country uncontradicted;
that they have been published and I
have been pilloried in the press of the
country as a man who had fed the
army on poisoned meat aud corruptly
so; that for about three weeks time I
have kept silent, for the reason that I
was debarred, after talking with the
honorab e "secretary of war, fronr pre
paring charges because of ttuiminimU
ty k run ted by the president to witnesses
bef re your cominlsN'on, ntwitbstand-
uravity of the
unreasonable t
chan
lug the
that it Is
. -VLMinius
other . "thau
accusations,
believe that
l'-ve
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honorable man in such a wass .Jd
goad him to a species of . despatio
and that it was but natural wh&ftne
proper opportunity -was glveti hitP'. t0
meet and refute the chargesiifiat; - fee
should characterize them in tiitrsV lati
guageand in' terms tbat..-r9;j'em-l
improper, no matter what he prpyj
cation. 1 tnereiore wjtnaraw toe ' tan
guage arid matter so objectionable : and'
re submit to you now my? sworn state
ment with the abiding faith that your,
commission, having :,-alf the i facts be-'l
fore you, will decidBlthe.pointsat issue
justly."-. Very respectfully,
. I harles,-P. Eagan,
"Commissary General of Subsistence."
The revised statement is- about 35
per cent, shorter than that which was
ordered withdrawn because of its" vio
lent and abusive character'. The com
mission afier its receipt went into se
cret session to read the document aud
decide in its present form if it had
been expurgated sufficiently to permit
it to be made a part of the commission's
records, ,
In answer to a direct question Sec
retary Alger at the close of the official
day said that the war department had
taken no action in the case of Commis
sary General Eagan, but when the
inquiry was puiued he declined to say
rue word as to his Intentions In ', the
matter. It was apparent, during 'he
day that this matter was receiviug at
tention, and in fact the commissary
general spent some time with the secre
tary. Three distinct lines of action
wee talked of as within the line of
probability. The first was a strong
letter of reprimand to be addressed by
the president himself to General Eagan
stating that but for the immunity he
had promised all witnesses before the
commission, he would have court-martialed
him: The second li.ie was an
actual court-martlai, whi'e the third
was a court of inquiry." The purpose
of the latter would bs, it was said, to
place upon a military tribunal the re
sponsibility for deciding whether or
not General Eagan should be tried by
a court-mania!. Of course, the court
of inquiry might go a long way into
the matters which led up to the at
tack contained in General. Eagan's
statement, possibly in volving a deter
mination as to the c irrectuess of the
charges touching the character of the
army beef preferred by General Milas,
though this would appear to be up
pointing a second tribunal to investi
gate the methods and results of the
first already engaged on that work.
Comfort for Butler.
Washington, Jan. I7. The Naval
Personnel bill was naosed by the
House today with a proposed increase
of the marine corps to six thousand
men. The provision to make the
commandant of the csrps a major
general was bitterly opposed and was
stricken out, leaving the head of the
corps a brigadier general. The vote
was I27 to 64, which fairly represented
the strength of the bill in the House.
Mr. Butler presented in the Senate
today a memorial from Confederate
veterans of Muskogea county, Geor
gia, requesting the Senator to press
his bill granting pensions to Confed
erate soldiers, as by so doing "it
would show to the world that we are
an united people. They desire this,
ihey say, "not as mendicants for
pensions, but in response to the grand
and patriotic sentiments of our Presi
dent, and' as voicing the sentiments
of every patriot who loves his whole
country and respects the valor of
dead Confederate soldiers as brothers
of our united country." . '
Resolutions adopted by Confederate;
camps in other States against the pas
sage of the bill were presented by
Gorman, Jones and Berry. ' . .'
The Kansas City Times, which has
b en a staunch supporter of William1
Jennings Bryan, urges the candidacy
of United States Senator Francis
Marion Cockrell for the Denfbcratic
Presidential nomination in 1900, .
1
18. The laying
i .Week iflf Legislature. ,
-it. ; V'., f ',','.'' . -
fjfc billi'atf introduced making' basv
, tardy a qnasl-civll action. ' ,
:f llA,hill was passed to reduce the em'
I&yees of the Legislature 20 percent.
MAt bill was, passed to. allow the
Nvenaner of a will who cannot' give
bojrtd to sue as a pauper. -
v bill was passed to change the .
M,aie of Houston, Pitt county, tp
Xiden. "c, '.
I V.The Jaw appointing cotton and pea-
nut weighers for Edgecombe county
was repealed.' '
A resolution was introduced calling
on the North Carolina delegation in '
Congress to do all in their power- to
prevent the polygamjst B. H Rob
erts, of Utah, from taking his seat.
A bill was introduced providing the
putting M itchell county back into the
Eighth district. ''.'
A bill was introduced to repeal the .
act providing for local school taxa
tion elections.
Also one to provide the payment of
all school funds into the State treas
ury and a division of it among coun
ties according to school population.
A bill was introduced to largely ex
tend the powers of the justices of the
peace.
A resolution was adopted that no
bills shall be introduced after Feb.
loth without a two-third vote.
The bill repealing the election laws
of 1895 and i898 was passed.
Bills were introduced to repeal the
law creating county boards of equal
ization; to reduce from 23 to 8 the
number of preemptory challenges al
lowed defendants in capital cases.
Bills were passed in the House to
abolish the State board of equaliza
tion: to remove the inscription on the
Deaf in Raleigh and place in these
buildings tablets having thereon theN
names of the directors who planned
these buildings. ;' . .
The Hertford bill providing for
white government in that county tvas
passed. ' ; '
Governor Mussel's message giving
his reason why he discharged the
Wilsons from the railroad commission
reached the Legislature Tuesday and
was read in both bodies-
England Not to Trade for the Phil ppi:;;s.
London, lanuary 16. Diplomats re-:
fuse to take seriously the revival of
the report, cabled; from Washington,
that the United States are wilhug to
exchange the Philippine islands for the
ri'i-h West Indian .islands. A high
oilicial of the information office char
acterized the statement as absurd He
said that while the continental powers
appeared to be willing to permit the
United States to hold the Philippines
ns spoils of war, they would not be
likely to remain passive spectators of a
change in the balance of power in the
far eastv which would result from
Great Britain's acquirement of these
islandsparticularly so at this criti
cal tinijji' in the struggle for domination
In China, : the official further remark
ed thaVfce did , not believe Great Bri
tain or the United States courted' the
inevitable protesta and complications
which would result from the proposed
exchangBj;; ll euch negotiations are on
foot, the
embassy
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, Pa., Jan. 16. The great
'.ted States Senator will
st tomorrow with the
5rst ballot in the Senate
hi two houses will vote
I three o'clook in the
nd in Joint assembly on
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t is between Senator Quayt
the 109 Senators and inern
took part in the Republica
?' George A. Jenks, of Broo
viU" Jie candidate of the Democra
I (t'aa, and; a half dozen v'favo
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caucp
. Philadelphia, Jan
pf the keel of the new Jbatttsip -Aohs" nomluated by the
Maine has been'coinietM-atOa'mbRet'Mb'lican legislators. " VVih
ship-yards. She will w'-bamldny'D'emoterats and anti-Qiiayites
side the- Russian battleship and
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