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SMITHFIELD, N. C, AUGUST 13, 1887.
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NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Clioica Items Taken From Our Ex
changes And Boiled Down For
The Herald Readers.
Wake count y is shipping grapes
North in large quantities.
We learn that an evening daily
will be commenced in Charlotte
by an association of printer? to
be called the Dailu Hornet
The amount of deposits made
in the People's Five Cent Savings
Bank, of Greensboro, for the first
month, which closed on the 4th
inst., was $10,934.88.
A military company was or
ganized at Washington, IS. C,
Monday night, with a member
ship of G4, which is expected to
be increased to 75 in a few days.
Colonel J. T. Roper has an acre
of cotton, planted in rows five
feet apart, that is about five feet
high and is meeting between the
roAvs. It is the same acre on
which lie raised 104 bushels of
corn last year.
On Tuesday of last week, dur
ing the thunder storm, Mrs. W.
Giilis, while standing at the win
dow of her residence, near Bea
ton's Mills, in Richmond Coun
ty, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed.
The Pusey & Jones Company
have contracted to build for the
Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany an iron hull propeller, pas
senger and freight steamer, to
run between Norfolk, Va., and
New Berne, N. C.
"Governor Scales accompanied
Judge Schenk 'to the Guilford
Battle Ground latel-. The Judge
is working vigorously in the ef
fort to restore the grounds to
their primitive state, and we feel
assured of his success.
Track laying on the Tarboro
and Hamilton road is carried
along as fast as the grading is
done. Messrs. Hitch, Dickerson
& Co., have quite a number of
hands at work and say that to
them the work of building the
road is progressing satisfactorily.
Patrick II. Terrell, who was
convicted in Stokes last fall of
the murder of Bunk Dunlap and
sentenced to twelve years impris
onment in the penitentiary, died
on the 16th ult., of sunstroke.
Terrell was two or three times
the Republican candidate for the
Legislature from Stokes and was
well known in that county.
Rev. N. B. Cobb, of Lilcsville,
is a man of affairs. He preaches
most acceptably on every Sun
day, conducts a nourishing acad
emy, and is mayor of the pro
gressive town of Lilesville. We
don't suppose the Mayor's court
is thronged often, as the commu
nity is a la w-abiding one ; but
no man need expect to escape
justice who falls into Mayor
Cobb's hands. Lilesville is to
be congratulated.
During the month of July, just
closed, W. Duke, Sons tv. Co.,
shipped 41,000,000 cigarettes.
Since January they have shipped
185,033,340 cigarettes. No other
firm in the world has made such
a record. Durham can boast of
the largest smoking tobacco and
cigarette factories in the world,
and the goods manufactured in
Durham reach more people than
those manufactured in any other
city in the world.
Passengers who arrived on the
Richmond & Danville train re
ports a shooting affiair at South
Boston. A man named Ben Ter
ry shot and killed a man named
Carter. The murdered man was
a tax collector and had given
some offense to Terry. When
the two men met at South Bos
ton, Terry pulled out a revolver
and fired three time at Carter,
each shot taking effect. Carter
died shortly afterwards. Terry
was captured.
The Raleigh Tobacco Exchange
is bestirring itself with reference
to the State Tobacco Convention
to be held at Morehead on August
17th. At the regular meeting of
the Exchange held last week, the
f ollowi ng delegation was appoint
ed from Raleigh: W. T. Lips
comb, chairman ; M. A. Parker,
T. B. Mosely, W. C. Reid and T.
N. Jones. A 1 1 e r n a t e s, E. L.
Fleming, Joseph E. Pogue, E. R.
Aiken, C. F. Harvey and Geo. B.
MrGoheo. H. V. Roberts was
oh-cUd secretary to the delegation.
The Ears Will Stick Out.
(Raleigh Cor. Richmond Dispatch.)
The Knights of Labor elected
Congressman Nichols in this dis
trict. They thought they had
struck a bonanza,. It would ap
pear they are disappointed. A
free-spoken Knight said to your
correspondent that Mr. Nichols
was in some senses a failure.
This rather odd remark caused
inquiry, whereupon the Knight
said that hundreds of Democratic
Knights voted for Mr. Nichols
under the impression that he was
independent, and that he would,
if elected, leave the Republican
party. ''But," said he, "Mr.
Nichols lias even become a strong
er Republican than ever before.
Not a few Knights are sorry they
voted for him. Mr. Nichols is a
clever man and an earnest one,
but he used the Knights as a lad
der on which to climb to public
office. He got there and has
now kicked the ladder down."
A Human If art Clogs a Switch.
(West Chester ?"ews.)
"Yes,"
said Special . Officer
Frank Harrigan, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, "we railroad offi
cers have to look at queer
things some times and strange
occurrences fall to our lot, but the
most sickening event I ever ex
perienced was at Thirty-seventh
steet, Philadelphia. It was a
dark night, and I remember
well that the leverman in the
tower had to call up the station
agent to help him move the lev
er. A dispatch arrived about
that time from the depot stat
ing that a passing train had kill
ed a. man at or near the station.
Investigation revealed the horri
ble fact that a. man had been kill
ed there and that it was the
poor fellow's heart which had
fallen into the switch and clog
ged it so that it was impossible
for the leverman in the tower
to make the lever work."
Ulackuian Mill Koles.
Crops are looking very fine in
this section.
Rev. Mr. Moor, assisted by Rev.
M. Lee, (Freewill Baptists), have
been conducting a protracted
meeting at Shady Grove which
has resulted in the conversion of
several souls.
The school at Maple Grove,
under the management of Mr.
Henderson Cole, has more than
thirty-five names enrolled, and
the number continues to increase.
There has been a Sunday
school organized at Maple Grove
and it seems to be doing a great
deal of good. It is largely at
tended every Sunday afternoon,
Mr. J. C. Parker has moved in
to his new house near Maple
Grove school house. We are
glad to have him with us.
We are glad to note the im
proved condition of Mr. Charlie
Denning, who for the past week
has been quite sick.
We have heard that Miss
Betham Johnson, now teaching
at Johnson's school house has
more than forty students.
The Approaching Fair.
(The Progressive Fanner.)
Our -agricultural fairs are de
signed primarily to benefit the
farmers. They are agricultural
societies. They should be sup
ported and encouraged by farm
ers. Ordinarily the displays of
machinery, implements and
other manufactured articles at
all our fairs, have been fairly
creditable, but what must be
said of the displays of farm pro
ducts? It is undeniable that
the display in this department
at our State fairs is not what
could and should be made by a
single county. "And at our coun
try or district fairs, they could
and should be excelled by neigh
borhoods. We have often heard
farmers say while inspecting the
products in this department,
"Why, 7" could have done better
than that." Then why didn't
he do it? It would have won
him the premium it would
have added credit to the depart
ment it would have benefited
and . encouraged his brother
farmer it would have stimu
lated greater effort and rivalry
it would Lave encouraged the
managers it would have done
good in every way. We hope
our farmers in this "harvest
j year," when the earth groans
; beneath its rich burden of lux-
uriant crops, will all do some
I thing for the fairs.
A Louk Fcit VJ'anX.
(Rochester Union.)
Whv doesn't some enterprising I
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iurmture aeaier construct iluluiii
suited to that deformity known
as the bustle? When a woman
sits down with her good clothes
on the only way in which she
can get her back supported is by
having a pillow put behind her
shoulders to offset the hump that
she wears. A chair made with
an opening where the bustle
would fit would give rest and
support to a considerable part of
the sisters back. It would rest
the woman and it would also rest
many men who are very, very
tired of seeing their wives and
sisters sitting around on the
edges of the furniture and wish
ing for something to back them
up.
The Southern White Man.
(St. Louis Republican.)
Partial investigation int the
agricultural condition of the
Southern States make clear the
interesting fact that nearly every
case of increased production of
staple crop white labor is to be
credited with it. The sugar crop
in Louisana is raised almost ex
clusively by negroes and it
exhibits no increase ; there is not
as much sugar raised now as there
was twenty-seven years ago. The
rice crop in South Caroliua, cul
tivated almost exclusively by
negro labor, shows a falling off,
too, while the rice crop in Louis
ana, grown mainly by whites, is
increasing. Cotton is raised over
a large area in the South, and the
crops is now two-fifths (2,000,000)
larger than it was before the war
and the increase is to be found
invariably in the localities where
white labor prevails. Some es
timates place the proportion of
the Southern cotton crop raised
by white labor at one half. The
truck-farming, dairying and fruit
growing that are coming to the
front as features in Southern ag
riculture are exclusively in the
hands of white persons. These
facts are remarkable when it is
remembered that the negroes
have increased more rapidly than
the whites, and that until several
years after the war they were
the only farm-workers in many
of the Southern States.
Who is to Blaine?
(lcn. Pei ley Poorc.) j
The agriculturist often com
plains of the learned and profes
sional world of the contempt
with which they speak of the
farmer and his calling. But the
truth is undeniable that the
farmer by his own conduct and
profession often does more to de
grade his position than those
who are engaged in other profes
sions and industries. The out
ward dress and badge of the
farmer is no disgrace, except in
the eyes of fops and fools. The
sensible world knows he cannot
dress every day in fine linen, and
if he did they would at once de
cide that he could hot be trusted
at bank, and that rate mortage's
would soon swallow his .farm.
There are many errors in the ed
ducational . prejudices of the
farmer, even against his own
business, which are the children
of ignorance. Col. Scott, in re
viewing this subject, embodies
many trutlfs which it would be
well for us to ponder: "The
average filler of the soil lacks
faith in his calling. He is proud
to regard the earth and its season
as capricious, and wanting in
sympathy with his laborers; he
evinces this in his forebodings
to t.hft future and his dis
content with the present: He
imbues his sons with the same
feeling, and they forsake the
shop for a trade or for a profes
sion. His daughters take the
same idea, and they favor the
suit of fine-haired youth in fine
cloths, rather than that of the
bronzed and brawny young man
who faces sun and storm with
out fear or care. The children
follow the father in contempt
for the substance ?,rid admiration
for the shadow. He further
shows his want of faith in the
business of tillage by failing to
invesitgate its principles to note
carefully its teachings. Success
is too often regarded as the re
sult of chance-, and misfortune
is rarely imputed to aught else
than "bad luck." The lesson of
facts i3 unheeded ; a theory based
on credulity occupies the theme."
Close to Slieol.
(Denver Tribune.)
4 A Brooklyn man who was look- ! by Judge . Meares to be hanged
j"4g about Dakota last fall came j August 9th, 1887. Jones wasin
aeross a deserted sod house and j dieted for burglary in September,
on the door of which was written j 1886, for entering the house of
with chalk the following : j Mrs. Murphy in July. His case
Two hundred and fifty miles
to the nearest railroad, one hun-
dred miles o the nearest post
office ; six and a half to . wood ;
three miles to water ; six inches
from hell. God bless our home.
Gone to live with wife's folks.
Volumes could not say more.
And yet that man was a kicker.
Did lie, expect to have water
right in his door yard, and a
uniformed mail carrier to deliver
his mail.
A Story of John Randolph.
(New York Independent).
The Clay Hill portrait of Mr.
John Randolph, said to be the
finest likeness of him is now in
the Corcoran Gallery at Wash
ington. Long after Mrs. Tabb's
death Mr. Randolph still came
to Clay Hill. He was there one
day at a dinner given to a young
army officer. As the military
guest was giving a glowing ac
oount of the Mexican churches,
some of the fittest of which, he
said, had been under into bar
racks by the United States troops.
Why, captain! were you not afraid
to do it? asked ono of the ladies.
Oh, no ; for my part, the captain
replied, 1 have become so used to
such things that I could take my
dinner on an alter as. comforta
ble as elsewhere. An so would a
hog, sir said, Mr Randolph. In the
silence that followed this ter
rible thrust they say the very
air of the room seemed to tingle
as the nerves of the guests did.
For the I'l csci valioi: of Health.
SiaUsville Landmark.)
After a rainy season, such as
we have .just... had, whatever of
animal or vegetable matter may
be lying exposed is peculiarly
susceptible to the sun's rays and
d e c o m p o s e s rapidly. It thus
gives off its poisonous gasses
and they attack the human sys
tem which is not in the best con-
dition to resist them. The sea-
son is always a dangerous one,
whatever may be the character
of the weather, and perfect clean
liness is the best protection
against disease. Clean up all
refuse matter ; sprinkle lime or
copperas water under kitchen
windows and in your back lots,
keep privy vaults thoroughly
disinfected with lime, copperas
water or dry earth the latter
costs nothing and if you keep a
hog, which you should not do if
you live in town, keep the pen
well cleaned out and disinfected.
An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure.
"What Fcr? Cat Fur."
( ij9ston Herald.)
It is estimated that not less
than 9,000,000 " ar e annually
brought into this sinful world.
Of these the great majority are
miserably drowned a practice
which is destined to be done
away with by the recognition of
the cat as a fur-bearing animal.
Rugs of selected maltese and
tortoiseshell are already quite ex
pensive, and excellent imitations
of various kinds of furs are made
in this material. Taxidermists,
too, are advertising for kittens
by the thousand to stuff for or
namental purposes. At present
the only purpose for which they
a.re armled in this country is the
-
manufacture of carriage robes,
but vast numbers of them are
sent, to FuroDe. where they are
in great demand for coats and
hats, dressing gown lining, and
other garments.
The pelts come from all parts
of the country. They are gath
ered by professional collectors,
who supply them by the quanti
ty at regular schedule rates. A
common cat skin is worth 5 cents,
a pure maltese 10 cents, and a
black one 25 cents. The cheap
kind must be dyed before mak
ing' uo. but the black" and mal-
tese are prettier with their color
i unaltered. A carriage robe ot
! the best cat fur is worth from
I 40 to 50. There are always
I plenty of stray cats running wild
in rural districts. The Maine
; woods are inn or xneiu. uiey
i brpnrl wonderfully fast, and it is
good sport popping them off the
fences and stone walls along the
roadside.
little Tcchniealisi es ;f the law .
John Jone3 has b3en sentenced
j was continued till November
term. The verdict was guilty.
Ihe prisoner appealed to the
Supreme Court, and the judgment
of the Court below was sustain
ed. r.be Star says : "Afterwards
the Governor, proceeding under
the Act of General Asseinblyof
1887, chapter 193, issued a. war
rant to the sheriff of- New Han
over county, directing him to ex
ecute the death penalty on the
day named in said warrant. The
warrant to the sheriff was after
wards countermanded, there be
ing a doubt as to whether the
act would apply to the case of
the prisoner, the sentence hav
ing been affirmed before the pas
sage of the act. The prisoner
was accordingly sentenced by the
court under the old law."
The counsel has taken an ap
peal, holding : First, that the
Supreme Court has declared
that the late legislative enact
ment authorizing the Governor
to designate the time and com
mand the execution of sentence
in capital cases where the judge
ment of the Court below is con
firmed, has no relation to cases
brought up before the passage of
the act : and secondly, that the
Legislature having expressly de
prived by its enactment the Court
from pronouncing sentence, that
power is divested, by implication
of law, if not in express terms."
Are not such points one of the
causes of the law's delay ?
A Cure for Alcoholism.
(Connecticut Home.)
I was one of those unfortu
nates given to strong drink. It
reduced me to degradation. I
rvowd and strove long and hard,
but I seldom held victory over
liquor long. I hated drunken
ness, but still I drank: When I
left it' off I "felt a horrid want of
something I must have or go dis
tracted. I could neither eat, work
or sleep. I entered a reformato
ry arm prayed for strength ; still
I must drink: I lived so for over
twenty years ; in that time I
never abstained over three
months hand-running. At length
I was sent to the house of cor
rection as a vagrant. If my fam
ily had been provided for I
would have preferred to remain
there, out of liquor and tempta
tion. Explaining my affliction
to a fellow prisoner, a man of
much education and experience,
he advised me to make a vinegar
of ground quassia, a half ounce
steeped in a pint of vinegar, and
to put about a small tcaspoonful
of it in a little water, and drink
it down every time the liquor
thirst came upon me violently.
I found it satisfied the cravings,
and suffered a feelings of stimu
lation and ' strentrt?!. When I
was discharged I continued this
cure, and persevered till the
thirst .was conquered. For two
years I have not tasted liquor,
and I have no desire for it. Late
ly, to try my strength, I have
handled and smelt Avhiskey, but
I have no temptation to take it.
I give this for the consideration
of the unfortunate, several of
whom I know have recovered by
the same means which I no Ion
ger require to use.
Cut tins Donn Expenses.
f Dakota IJcll.l
"Pullem." said a Dakota real
p.stn.te a.irent. in a town which is
vr CP '
enjoying a boom to his parner
"1 closed the deal with that man
from Philadelphia."
"Is tliat SO ;
"Yes; he takes the five lots and
pays 10,000. Let us figure up
and see how we came out on
them."
"Yes, and it took about 200
to treat and entertain that man
from Chicago, whom we tried to
sell to."
"And I let the St. Paul man beat
mc out of 300 at poker in the
i hope of selling to him
; "I hen 1 caslied a
bogus check
: of 250 for that man from New
j York, and then he skipped out
without buying."
j "Then that Iowa man took up
; iwu uajts uiuui uuiciovjva-uaij
i "Yes, and said he wanted
to
think about it before buying.
And then the St. Louis man I
took home for dinner with me,
he stolcsilverware to to the val
ue of $15 and skipped like the
rest."
"And I paid a 10 drunk disor
derly fine for tho Milwaukee
man."
"We mustn't forget to figure in
about 50 for livery bills."
"No, nor $25 for spending half
a day to go to church with a Bos
ton man."
"And put down 100 for adver
tising and 50 that I have to pay
Jones for keeping still when he
accidentally overhead me tell
this man we sold to, that the
marishjust behind the lots was
an artificial lake but in by the
city at a cost of 30,000.
'"Let's see total 2,050 prof
its 7,950. That won't hardly do
we've got to make more than
that."
"Yes, we must cut down expen
ses on the next'deal somewhere.
I guess we better not spend time
going to church with any' more
men
What a Maine Drunk Coats.
(Lewiston Journal. )
Standing in the lobby of a ho
tel in Bangor, not long ago, I
got in conversarion with a gen
tleman who was representing a
medical apparatus with a lonir
reek name. It is not my in
vention to give the arrangement
for vapor baths a puff, but I do
want to describe a rather funny
incident that followed our con
versation. My companion had
just been describing to ine how
his process would sober off in
half an hour a man on the verge
of delirium tremens and how
many men never thought of go-
tg home to their families with
out having recourse to this mar
chine.
While we were talking, a man
evidently under the influence of
too much potent libations came
in, and leaning over the counter
began a rather thick conversation
with the clerk. We sauntered
over and soon were on the best
terms with the devotee of Bacch
us. Alter awime tlie man said
he wished he could taper off and
go Home. Here was an oppor
tunity, and the machine above
referred to was explained to
him. Five minutes later he had
staggered up stairs and stood
ready to be cured. His coat was
already off when a drunken idea
seized him.
"Shay, what er th' cost of a
bath ?" he asked.
"Two dollars," was the reply.
"Well, hie, this drunk cost 20
and no feller's going to get it for
2. I'll keep it first."
Mining Gciiis in 3forth Carolina.
Despite the talk about diamond
fields in Kentucky but few gems
of any sort have been found in
the limits of the United States.
The most celebrated diamond
beds are in India, Brazil and
South Africa, although single
stones have occasionally been
picked up in Virginia and North
Carolina. Mexico furnishes many
gems, particularly opals, but
North America, while rich in
gold and silver, appears to be
poor in precious stones. North
Carolina has furnished some in
teresting stone, particularly the
hiddenite, a grass green gem al
lied in chemical character to the
topaz, but of a color previously
unknown: It occurs in Alexan
der county, in the foothills east
of the Blue Ridge, and was named
for its discoverer, Hidden.
In the same region in McDow
ell County, where there are gold
mines, are also found in great
variety stones of more or less
value. The mining is carried on
chiefly for gold by the hydraulic
sluicing system, in which the
mountain streams are employed
to wash down the hillsides. The
earth is sluiced out from the gold
and all the stones which remain
in the sluices are carefully ex-
amined. A correspondent from
the mines states that valuable
rough specimens are often found,
and as much as the value of 4,
000 in opals, topazes and other
fine stones have bee found in
one day, and on one occasion a
j diamond worth 1,000 was taken
out. There are other localities j
in,tliat region that are without j
doubt equally rich. j
hn.il
sua n,VWn.hlfidamaireat Louis-
ville. Kv.. recently, five persons
were severely shocked by light-
ning. ' 1
RANSOM EAEINGS.
Newsy Items Which Are Gleaned
Prom Various Sources And Pre
pared For Our Readers.
Pittsburg, Pa., will invite the
President and Mrs. Cleveland to
visit that city.
In Georgia there is a twelve
year old negro girl under sentence
of death for murder.
W. J. McGarigle, the convicted
boodler of Chicago, has escaped
from the sheriff's custody. He
is under bonds of over 60.000.
Lee Thellenberger, cnarged
with the murder of his little
daughter, was taken from tlie
jail at Nebraska City, Neb., and
lynched by a mob.
The shooting of young wives
is becoming dreadfully common
in the North. The N. Y. World
of Tuesday reports two. Judge
Lynch is needed. Ex
Johd Pickett, a moonshiner.
shot and killed his wife on Wal
den's Ridge, fifteen miles from
Chatanooga, because she refused
to accompany him to his still.
The murderer escaped.
A dispatch from St. Thomas,
West Africa, says that letters
have been received at Stanley
Pool, from Henry M. Stanley,
announcing his arrival at Ain
twine Falls, on June 18, and
stating that all of his party were
well.
In Greenville county, S. C, a
negro girl aged but seven years,
killed an infant she was nursing
and beat nearly to death its lit
tle brother with a doorlatch.
She then tried to throw the body
in the vellbut was not strong
enough. She is in jail.
John Taylor, Brigham Young's
successor as President of the Mor
mon people, is dead. He was of
English birth and Avas 79 years
old. He had many wives and
with some his age may be regal
ed as remarkable. One of Brig
ham's sons succeeds him to the
Presidency.
The latest important item from
Europe is that Mrs. Frank Les
lie, widow, Avill not marry a
King in prospect named Prince
George Eristoff. She will not
marry beneath her. As publish
er of several New York week
lies and monthlies she is "a big
ger man" than any petty prince
iu Europe.
Slight earthquake shocks were
felt Tuesday at noon-day at
Huntsville, Ala., and at St. Louis,
Nashville, Chicago, Cairo,, and
throughout central and southern
Illinois. It was about this time
last year that the seismic troub
les began which culminated in
the memorable shock on the
night of August 29 May we
have no such experience this
year.
The night before the surren
der of Appomattox, Malioncsat a
long time in conversation with
Lee after the surrender had been
decided upon. "Well," said Lee,
in closing the conversation, "it
is ended, and forever. Slavery
disappears, never to be known
again. The wise thing is to ac
commodate ourselves to the new
order of things, and go lrome
and go to work."
The severest thunderstorm
known at Elizabeth, N. J., for
twelve years has prevailed there.
The first floors of houses along
the Elizabeth river were filled
with water. A new house on Reed
street was badly damaged by
lightning. A barge loaded with
stone and a schooner were torn
from their anchorage and dashed
against the Front street bridge,
breaking down the abutments.
Henry Saverbraum, fifteen years
of age, while trying to catch
driftwood, was swept into the
river and drowned.
While the battle of Gettysburg
was in progress the wife of Cap
tain Wyiin, who commanded the
Sumpter Light Guards . of Geor
gia, was greatly shocked on en
tering the parlor to find that a
large portrait of her husband
had fallen from the wall, and
that the face had been pierced
by the back of a chair which
stood beneath. She at once said
that she was sure that her hus
band had been killed. When
! the news of the battle reached
! her, among the first name
H 111 tilt;
list of the killed was that ot ner
i hus
band, who had been shot
through the face.
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