North Carolina Newspapers

ITTT m 1 m M -V 1 Morgan, Manager 1 1 CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S CLESSINC ATTEND HER!" Subscription SI. DO Per Year. -;i S- o it. SMITHFIELD, N. C, JUNE, 21 1890. : NUMBER 49. . . to x .Iff - 4 fcS J T, -2SC JL J I J I ll A ) il K o T t .'V.XALWFOHMATICN OF THE" WORLD ; i-5 Sources.. llci- v Smith wns hung in On t.;rv. f:r wife murder recently. v'i olera lias broker V.fcutia, Strain. Fourtcer in reporter k;v or.e stoic proo:so u tanuy s . 4 . : v . Il- 1 1 . i ':-: Sv."i'.". taiv ... . vei a; .I.'!;:!; t -IC . A :..'h wc: ; J: vr.'. :. V - vC'.i , -" i . !! an : ; rtl- . 1 y has t ii eo nt racls 1 o r c . i '. sc :s . b ici s i vT r corpus :n 14 1 l:as -r execr.tr on an ; e?: iiiiro.: ..;:-. as in to 3 r-t cost of the iu Wilniiuiilo'.i. Vubic Sorio-is riots are reported j a:r..m- the strikess in Silesia, ' Avs.Ha, ai.d the militarv had to?strcnr: devotion to the best in - called out to quell thedisUu b-' teiests of the govermuent, and " ; an CXaltcd regard tor individual s ot mtro-giy eenao ex-i ..dcd ;.t iii ills situated b Viie -iicck was iax iortv n;ilcs. A- . : -:;e was in t!;e factory at the t.rr.c, so no !ies were lost. The ?;;cn indicted in South C.-.. o-i:ia for lynching b,eapheart were acquitted. Tanny ladies witnessed the trial and congratu lated the defendants. The benate Committee on .Commerce lias acd-jd neatly tour r.iiliions of dollars to the river iiarOor ii v met vciil b .erortcc! to tiie Senate r.ext v.'ce.c. The "u'.or.-Lab,-." ;:r:v ol sas :r,ct :n caaveritian a. 1- Pvr i ttesftr-.v. ,tr.i nar.j nominati' r.s ior h tate .riicei not one iiait or tiic count - -r ot t State were ret: --reseated. 4. Rockford. 111 . is visited bv V'. rfi-.i tt.-.'-rv w i.irh IsO-M: :tv. tlrive. i-cs and L i. ; - S 1 ; t : t tl .4:1. roperty !!r:eet- Cica.- a-,d 1 f Xt 0!K Clt- napToycs the n-mibcr cf six tia!id.'c i ac iiratter wn 1 IHU.iftUi i y ted. " -v. . - f AT I The street car sinkers a Columbus, Ohio, are giving more trouble, and the situation is threaten r'c tohee force is ; liable to pre .-.we the peace, arm prcrosrd to. call out tnt ; i - n;r-is haye been made I i . . .mne- Cr i on the 2ni ot j . c v.ili racet at Cron- f eh- i-bnperor will re- j da with the C:ar. j V I i. , .-1 l in tbr a. is pxiu.a lo iiuuv Of1conk. vcho are coutin-iportar.ee, whichbiot .stanicy recent. v ncmmienn :I-juallv hcre frotn CYC: v ;;a :t minccessarv, but positi, 'iur,lt l. "1 1 -s ,:,,nn tl.e crlobe. brin-in cctioual)le. and antas ..tithcrities for the nonor corner-j . . , .- . - p - , .. - tl,, ! tiicn own corruni ar.ci r.iscirrteu our t.ot :nteiets. lne Oiv of th.e robbers of the Xorth-led ern I'aciric t; am at Xrw Salem, D on Sm.!ay, has been cap-. ment and personal Jihertv. and else to t e tounfi; with an ahun u;rcd; he .ells a story about the! arc, thciehne, 'incapable of intel-j dance and diversity of timber un cxploit. and savs there were five 'lircntlv csercisiug the rights of j equaled in the world ; with an men engaged hi it: the sheriff is ! American citizenship. j inexhaustible supply of mineral in oursuitTof the other robbers, i Another important reason that I wealth of almost every desenp- SouCip- t ' r'-r- Mr -chi- i wav be urced in opposition to j t:on. and with a climate unex Gutlirie l's pkkect in his garden j foreign immigration is found in j celled for its healthiness, this :s in this place seven bushels and S the fact that foreigners, who confessedly one vf the grandest ,e peek of bunch beans, three j come to this country, arc gen-: and most hig!ily-favc,red coun lAhels were picked.fn ;one-dav. erallv delicicnt.ni character. We tries. mle ab this is true, and Th beans wLrtowsh about U t get the best clement of naturally excites our pride and 4.ll...i.di.o 1 ..0o.-?r (.pubiton Xo rca-! admiration, there is no reason to iortv tt square o. gah bue Person wdi denv the j apprehend any fears that our The damage to tne :sj.camer ; ( intQ , popnlation will not increase with City of Romewhichs.ruckbast-: countrv v.;i (rru;t:t lllort. or I snibcietit rapidity, even if lmmi net tock last Stmay mornpg, is nfi"thercbv render the pro- i oration i suppresses entirely. mucii more serious -i nan --; r,r, -A wA-,-f,- w supposed aim, H?was;oa! ; tn , Xow, of course if the prompt closing , 'i,d! immigration we have to this .-ioorm the bulknead that connfc was cp the best charac was enabled to rcacn, Liverpool. c - .A.h K(nne rcat;ml A disastrous conflagration, ac- j companied with great loss of life, b reported from the mining d is- J immifestlvuol the case, and ior natural increase win oe sumcient triets of the Cral mountains; tiat reason, the only safe policy j to keep this country at its pre? than a thousand buildings t'ot. tlc o-oveminent to pursue, ft lent exalted position as a first v.rc destroyed, and forty per- fsceras to me, is to prohibit foreign -class power among the nations sons were Im.ned to death; cigh-. hnmigration altogether. . i of the world. There is. this ser tt a thousand persons are made Aain, owing to the high re-' lions objection to a very rapid in luimeicss. -ard this countrv has always ' crease of population. The country Prof Fd Hutchinson, the bal- j manifested for personal . liberty, as a result is kept more or less in -oi st t i from a height of foreigners coming into our conn- j an unsettled condition, while on . ...mist ui"" r t.tntt.enm, hotbed with ! the contrary, when the. increase about scventy-iiveiecrxcaieni, i.ear Knoxvib'e; when .picked up; !t WaS tllOU'lli. lit viii ' i i' , : c,-j !ip will i more to the oovertv and t i.i .'pn ivMf nt.;.ensnio" anc owiul ise so.on r"cV..f, nd .rtnicrhat have driven; mid development c ('-- tiii" s: n.ai wuiuiini -iiv. wiw. ...... . . :ui (... rn- u . - . , As proof d ihis view hase oi htc bouv was oroKcn, ctuvt - ... a.-,e Oi a... uv.vt ....i! 1rrr n rknr- ter. I - will call the doctors av ne -v inu'c ouiy unuwn, ""-"' " ' i-rr t ,iien.curs.a ; , , A t,0i r r -S rreat diiTerencebet vV u short time, - - . puovut.,. ,., . u.-itca stats ot rP;'::r .rr-itscn' " By request we publish beiov, . :he speech ot Mr. j. M. Turner, "nepareo ;or ine aerate acre ! ; Wednesday tls,dit of last wet: -1 t i no quest! -hetber thisov- cr::-merit sit or Id enooitra c foreign j immigration to the United ' tares :s one ot decided interest and importance. 1 niaintain thai ! it . J v.ld ::ot, and forse cral rea ilrst: because a Inre influx jple constantly pouriniuto - i -v.. count v- iron: ioreisrn binds i i ; ;,avc -i tjrnonrv tr. s.eriusi v ' oa. ahect, :. It does not utterlv de- -ew cojnbined with1 that iusati stroy. the dislinotirciy American i a'ic thirst for office 'engendered pectdiarity ot nureonntrv. There I 11 rcptiblkan form of govern wii" such a:; admixcuvc of tcr- ' ment. it is only a - qttesticn of eipi blood amo::s us a- to abso-:tic witii the character of immi lutely destrov everv character's- gt"t-ts wiio arc rapidly pouring tic that is pecriiariv and distinc-': 5t tl1 counti-y, when c as a tvelv Am-T'j.iii. It mav be in-1 Million will follow the example sis tec: lliat t: very I.O; cas;-:: t ai!:St 11 orescrve and ver tuatethc most i prominent irAitsVf the American I people, and those traits are a I i: - crry. i ne most successim t means ot ur Iusitn-i bnmirration. br in nv opinion i dependent government. Stop im it is cT matte-.- of importance to ! "iigi ation, and educate the pco- 1 . . I 1 can moreccrtnir.lv beaccomplih ed by keeping out all foreign elc ! meats, r.r.d imRresintr upon the masses cf Americr.n population a ci patriotic devotion o their countrv. F;at it will be almost lwp obe HOV t:c::s o-government, is to ;nst:li , L1 PIl"""-u' M into the Qteat bodv of the p-c-onle ! foreign eiement of the country, an nrdcar love of "their peculiar i T'"s of itself i sufficient to indi svsicm of qovermcnl a profovmd j e the situation and truth of regard for the individual rights ; American history. One other of man. Now. this desired end . reason 1 desire to cite in opposi- h this ! -"c;:ci . if tbcith. . i : ; ! i lito'-v: pc.;ie tr;;a world to rnvdm.' tht r ?.j - : Pvcr, natir . among tlC.lS Oi rO"Cni!;V jco, - iK . i WiuCii are, as r- on or a tm: iii- every thing thav is stricilv Amrr-; Ttie time has been in the his ican. It is a met that cannot bejtory of oi.r country when immi successfuliv contradicted, that gration was an absolute neces- iherc is no-, at tr.-e existimr in i hi:-; in,- f r-eputii" r.'i'i trovrnment which I tcri -:ed 1 ..;.r iotef?thcvs, and in mv opinion tins lack ofispect. and not tne contempt ot 'love and -re eren.ee for otir ir.sti-j other great .overs. Hut happily t;;n:i; 'rr.rrni"ieiit isittnOTi- i , , - , iait:, io trie tuous- ; .i . t nl'J III 111 i&zus oi government. The only j popular argument usually made sure means, then, of 'preserving in support of immigration is unimpaired that -patriotic, linerty that it is necessary to secure a iovingspirit which has always j more rapid development of the been a distinguish lag trai t among i miecpalle.l resources of the :oun mrtiean citizens is to diseo-'.ra'-e i trv. as though the world is rap- as jVir as possible all forei-m im-1 migration to this countrv. Be- i sides, as a rule, people who come j to countrv fr.-m toreiiru ! iiUi art forced to lo so by the i TK-rstcuuon ar.". op-prcs.s;or. 'vhicli : t h e y. receive in their oo. n countries. Thevaienot prompt-! by that patriotic inspiration , j that is instilled by b ee govern- ;n advocating :''the affirmative j si(je Qf this subject, but such "is j (.liVl w " f4fl,ri tl1(. npo- .:! r,i tif Tif ir!.-anc nri viicue ox ! .-- I . 'as took in tljo hands of corrupt and designing politicians: With the DaiSoi box in t :ul(j povertv staring f;XCC .prompted hvn :ru"ti';f tnfrr 5c iKci the Dailoi iiox in their hands,' iU them in the no patriotic lpulse. there is absolute danger ; q their iuvol vin the country in a state of misrule andcrcneralan- arehy, which may ultimately subvert and overthrow our cherished institutions of govern- UInt. It is a serious, an alarm ing tact,, that the number of purehaseable votes is rapidly on the increase in the United States, a?Jll vith the rapid concentration ,...,T;V. ;.,4-. .1.. 3., r v.nt. iiu niv. iuum ui tr of t:ie j-iomati binjure and utfcer ! !v cease ta. exist as a free and in- P'e Ulii country in all that the tcrra education implies,- and such a calamity ivili lo a verted, Itis a laCt weh established that most icf - domestic trouble that has bc5 mllieted upon our country " . cwi vj;oA'1'1 as strikes, has been in- 5 -1 u.. tion to foreign immigration, and that is, it encourages the growth and development of that greatly to be feared principle of religion know as Roman Catholicism. It it- ordv necessary for one' to upon the bloody conflicts ist that have been wag- ctvt Protestar.tism and !r -overnmcnt oil the one side, an.': ,o;nai'.!iii on tut.- otner. to p that s;, a a cabuity may . -Licv-wT befall ih.is free land of i : ours. da v s.itv, in order that, we as a na t'nat'tioa ..ucb.t reach the .strength form ; and nit'iutv of a first class power. Th;s was necessary, in order that we might command the re- tor us as a nation, we hav now . . .i a l t.i : attamea uio.o mat cnviiiuic uu- only renders rely ob- onistic to most idly Hearing its close, and it would be very unforttiatc for such a thing to occur with any tmn v-nexnaxisien. it is true that nature has been bountiful in making this one of the greatest countries tat heaven smiles upotf. With asoil oi ursurpass- ing tertility; with a variety of agricultural products no where listimates, based upon good au- thoritv. put our present popula tion, at about 70,000,000. which is no doubt, by far in excess of anv thing dreamed of at the beginning ot this century. With a population of 70,000,000 the I - --l 1- , il i "" t further-ipie more reanuy aujusi iiacixi-l.opprcs-1 selves to the . general progress f the country'. of the mat- attention , to the cen countries of rapid growth in population, and those of the opposite. Con fusion and lawlessness are more prevalent in the former, while in the latter, there is a higher re gard for law and order. Those who advocate a large influx of immigration .to the United States, do not, in my opinion, have that regard for the future of the country, that com ing generations are entitled to. With our population increasing about 40 per ceut durii-g every decade, as it now is, there will be in the course of a half century bc3ond all question of a doubt, a greater population under this government if it should exist so long than was ever,. "known to exist in a separate government. There will be also at. the end of that time a wonderful develop ment and exhaustion of the re sources of the American continent which will, necessarily result in great injustice to the people who are to inhabit this country in the future A proper regard for the people of the, future is one of the strongest evidences of an enlight ened and Christian civilization. The rapidity with which tfie timber of this country is being consumed is convincing proot that it will not be very many years before most of our valuable timber will be almost entirely ex hausted. It has been the pride and boast of this countrv, that in proportion . to population, there were more people in it, who had homes of their own, than in any other; and yet the tendency in the opposite direction is fearful ly and rapidly on the increase Annually the number of people who own their homes is diminish ing in our country. It is a prin ciple of polilical economy that the happiness and prosperity pf a people, and the stability ol civil government, depend largely upon the great masses' having homes of their own. . When vou view this subject carefully and from every stand point, it does seem to be the part of wisdom and statesmanship, that the gov ernment should suppress immi gration, and preserve this coun try with its matchless advant ages, for Americans and their descendants. SAM GREEN. Mr. Editor: . Once upon a time; there was an old man and that old man was blessed with a big crop of gals and after a while he was cursed, as he thought, to know how to marry them off and get clear of his burdens in his old age. "Nothing succeedes like success and nothing fails like failure." This is so, fore and aft. This old man had his gals on hand and he could not gtt them off. How ! yes, how, was he ever go- inr to marrv them i He did not know human nature well enough, and the gals nature, especially, to take advantage. There was brother Jones over there, his neighbor, who never had any trouble with his gals and here he was, could not even get one of them to have a sweetheart. The old man was troubled, he could not see into things at all and so one day he asked brother Jones, how it was, tht he had no trouble in marring his ga's off, while he, himself, could not have any success at the business? Says, brother Jones : I manage my crop of gals on the same plan that I do my vheatstraw, every rear. Now when I get thro' hav ing mj wheat thrashed out, I am very careful with the straw, save every spiig of it and by no means will allow the cattle and horses to eat it. I build a high fence around it, shelter it well and allow it to stay there the better part of the winter, away later on, I will give just a little to the stock and they cat it and love it better than the best feed I have got. I don't gorge them out on it but feed them only a little at a time and by the spring, I have some of my best feed and fooled the stock with my wheat straw and made thm eat il, while if I had givefi it to them on the start, as most people do. they would have run over it and put it, under foot and I would have lost it all, as 'tis a very poor, manure for a litter. And on this principal, I get my gnls off. When a youngster comes around I like and think he will do, I will not allow my gals to go in the parlor, I meet the young tn in at the gate and tell him he can pass on. This is sure to work. Thev meet at other places of course and the next thing I know they are engaged. I pretend to be powerful upset. I am won over of course by the old lad just in time to give a small wedding aud in this way I have married my thres gals and they are married well, - too. If there comes a fellow I don't think much of I give all the en couragement to the fellow I can and tell the gals he is all right and would approve of their mar riage to him. He. don't, call but about twice, looks as if he want ed to do something butcou'.dnot make it. ' iou see you must learn how the gals are first, then act accordingly. This is a right good advice and I have no doubt but that in a great many cases this plan would work the best. Go for the things you don't want and let alone and try to shun the things you like. I meet old friends in my travels and they all, with a hearty shake, tell me to go lor the no-fence question all I can. Arouse the people up, get their thoughts on it and it may be that all of the county will go into it. There ate a few people in every section, and their number is growing all the while, that know the fence has got to play and the sooner it plays, the better for the peo ple. Wrhy ? Because the increase of population, the general ad vance in agriculture and the pro gress of the people, will put the fence aside, as every other coun ty has done, as she becomes en lightened. There is no better evidence or surer markers of progress, that a people can show than to abolish the fences. I know 'tis a new thing and will give some trouble to a few parties as to fixing pastures and getting used to keeping up and looking after their own things but is there anv crreat wroner in this? Do we go on or do we go back ? Shall a man lie troubled with his own stock, or will their stock trouble somebody else ? Do we get near thepointof making and adjusting the laws of our country to every man and make every man attend to their own affairs? Do we hold up our arms, and ask the sun to stop," as did Joshua, and all progressive ideas must wait for the old fogies to die? Will the live progressive men allow the slow and lazv foeies of this countv to keep her in the dark and we be behind the whole State with Raleigh, Goldsboro and Favetteville touchinir our bordei s with their steps ol pro crress? Will we, I say? Give this your thoughts, you thinking men, use your influence in the right direction, and let us not be behind the whole state in this verv lraoortant matter. We arc blessed with railroads, with wa ter powers with good soil and plenty of pretty "gals" and with these advantages and the a- mount of uerly men old Johnston contains, I say, she ought to hold up her head, throw off the old coat of fogy ism, have her back scratched and do something, as a County, for her State and peo ple. Sam Greex. Come out of Radicalism. Messrs. Eds. After closely in- vestitratine the differences be- tween the principles advocated bv the Democrats and Republi " ' ... . cans, I feel that I must express to your many readers a few of the traits of the Republican par ty, . not that I hover revenge against them for being Republi cans, or hold any deadly hatred toward the principles they pro fessedly maintain, but becxiuse they fail in every instance to ful fil a promise to do good .and commit many more outrages up on the people than they had con tracted for. 'And knowing them as I do, and that there is so wide a margin between what they pretend to be and what they really are, it pains me much at times to see my friends and nrighbors march up to the bal lot box with as much and per haps inore zeal, and appearantly as great patriotic enthusiasm as any x us and cast their votes in favor of that party .which wotdd elevate the negro and set up a woolley headed race inprefetence to white Democrats to make laws for us and govern in their own ignorant and savage man ner a race of enlightened men and women. From mv enrlv lo-.'Viorwl T have gone to 6ur prccinctrEleva- tion, to hear the candidates speak. Like most of boys, I had not learned the necessity for knowing the ruth, having never realized the responsibility of citizenship. Sport and pastime were of more consequence to rae tuan the political question at issue. My chiefest employ ment on such occasions was to look around and see who were drunk, who were selling cider, wine, ground peas, and who were fighting. By the time I had gone the rounds and satisfied my boy ish curiosity the speaking had closed. But eight years airo. that is to say in 1882, I reached the age of majority and felt the man tle of responsibility of American citizenship Jailing upon and rest ing about my shoulders. As many express it, the time had come for me to choose letween rightand wrong. I had given that part of the question but lit tle thought and was tillable to go with either party and fully relieve astrongconscientiousncss to do right. Fortunate for me there were voters who under stood their duty and whose able judgement I could fully refy up on. I walched them and found that they were. Democrats and voted 'the Democratic ticket. I further sa w that the negroes and sorry white men voted the Re publican ticket. This was enough of itself to settle the main ques tion l so eagerly sought. I had never realized the necessity for two political parties. This wa another question of intense inter est io me, why was it? and how did iw come about? Of course it was all too much for mc at once, and for the time I could not do better than decide that the Democratic part was for the respectable white men and the Republican party was for the ne groes" and vagabonds. Agfdii there was something more that added to my bewilderment. Some white men who made con siderable pretensions to respect ability would get out of the line and vote for some independent occasionally for constable or the like. Just here light broke in up on the subject and I was convin ced once for always. 1 remcm that : "Little dro t water. Little ftralnB hi fliil. Mitkr the miftlity tr v n it Anl the woiulroitx In it. I." and inasmuch as it took the drops of water one by one to make the ocean, and the grains of sand one by one to make the earth, it took the negroes and sorry whit-: men one by one to make up the Republican party in theSouth. I felt and still hope that I was then and am yet willing to sup port whatever is right and tends to promote honest government, but I have never seen but ouctbing of the Republican party that 1 could support or say "amen"' to and that was when it was de feated in 1884. Their election is a true prophecy for hard times and their. administration is full of oppression. I have sometimes thought that if these men who labor so vigorously upon the characters of thtir sons and daughters to hammer them into Republicans could sec and know the truth as it is they would for sake the way they have gone and flee with all the household to the folds of the Democracy. But I have found my mistake. Before a man can ally himself to that motly gang he must abandon all regards for honest government, and write upon his frontlet Money makes the marc go." Sometimes it is a very little mon ey among these very little men. They are willing to yell them selves harse and then vote with the devil's party for a few drinks and a familiar shake ol the hand. They are willing for negroes blacker than the "ace ol spades to hold government over them and grow fat and rich out ol .their own pockets. They "re willing to have .these A frier-n mules made mail agents upon our railways, as for instance up on the Short Cut road, and also have them appointedpostmasters where thev will come in direct contact with the whiteladiesand gentlemen of the South. They are willing to have social equal ity, intermarriage between the races, mixed schools and every thing else they can construe "ci v il rights" to mean. There arc but few 'Republicans in this sections tu;d they are ashamed of the n-.n-e. If you call one a "rad" cxeem by way of a joke it gets his Irish" up and he is dangerous. Vou must treat him timidly as a physician would small pox if you don't want to fight or rtT. Thev can't bear it. There are some wbic men who will always be Kej-ublicafs for the sake of follower:; and they can't find them outside of the ne gro party, besides the negroes need some white black man to keep them together. In conclu sion let rnc say to the Democrats "Together we sdand, divided we fail." Asviui. Benson, N. C. STAT I i NEWS. NEWSY GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES. Wan-en ton Gazette: The wheal has been harvested and the yield is a poor one. 1 Mr. Henry Williams, of Shcco who keeps a daily record of the condition of crops, weather, etc., says the crop prospect is better now than it has been since 1881. The west-bound mail train on the Richmond and Danville Rail road, which left Ashevillcat 4.25 Saturday was derailed two miles west of Marshall. Ten persons were hurt, some very seriously. Information of the disaster is meagre, owing to the reticence ol the railroad authorities. A special train conveying surgeons went out bom Asbeyille to the scene of the accident. Monroe Enquirer: Our farm ers are still in the very best of spirits over the crop outlook. Cotton and corn r.evcr looked better at this thm . and this is not confined to one section or a small area, but is general. Good cotton and corn crops will go far to wards .getting our people out of debt aud maldngthem indepen dent. Sam .Mien, col., has leciJ farming on ihc 1 'blole place in Buford township bi six yer.rs. A few days ago v hSh- Sam was engaged in throwing off lumber he was approached by some officers from Sotuh Carolina, who ordered, him to bold out his hands and as he did so they snap ped a parr ot handcuffs on him, and hurried him off to the South Carolina penitentiary, from which he was an escaped convict. Asbeyille Citieir The Rich mond and Danville Raifroad Company rre now or will soon become the owners ot the Dan ville and X :w River Railroad in Virginia. Exactly what the Richmond and Danville wants with this road is not known, but it is supposed that it is to be used as a part ol the new line now building to Wilkcsboro, X. C, from Winston, and that the line from Wiikcsboro will becxtended to Bristol. This would give the Richmond .and Danville a direct line from Danville to Bristol, and it is believed by some that with such a bne built the Richmond and Danville would then buy up the Atlantic and Danvillcand get into .Norfolk and have an outlet to the seacost for the East Ten nessee. Virgin' and Georgi'i. Roxboro Courier: Last Satur day morning, the community near Olive Branch, was shocked to learn Mr. Stephen Melton, an old and highly respected cit izen of that neighborhood, had committed suicide by hanging himself. The particulars, as wc learn them, are as follows: Mr. Melton, who had for a number of years been a member of Olive Branch Missionary Baptist j churctf, dressed himself forchurch, aud at about 11 o'clock left home, as his family thought to go to preaching. It seems that he went to the barn and got a halter rein which he had made of hickory bail:, then went to a strip of woods between his house and ne of his ?.or., got on a stump, tied the halbraround his neck and then around a limb and stepped off, ami when found a short while afterward by two of his grandchildren, wr dead. Xo cause is given for this act, as his home affairs were in a very satis factory condition Insanity must have been the cause. Mr. Melton was about 05 years old, and was a good neighbor.