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J:1 J v A. M. Woodall, Editor. CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSING ATTEND HER !" Subscriotion SI.OO Per Year. VOLUME 12 SMITHFIELD, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1893. NUMBER 9. .XL .XL-Li lx f ijL YJA LL 1-1 -LL JJLJLL -Li lf J f I js J-L J-LJi f hi XJL ) 1 I 4 l O u I i 1 1 1 1 t - . li t 1 I 4 I! Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSQUtfirELY PURE DIRECTORY Ol STY OFFICEKS. SSktIIJ J- T Ellington. tuEc in Court s.i vcrior tV-irt . Icrk . .,-,. n 11 "-. IJosWtrr t lCC.I.- 1 . L . S. Stevens, of- Oliver. office In ..nrt House. In the store K J. Holt A 1 CoTon r-1.. 1.. Satr Srvev.r Uo.nu.uUil'rt. t Health Pr. K. J. Noble, office a svoml utreyt. Commissioner 1. I . iKtwyontt. hairman. jo, j. Yomis 1. . o.uVt'y noAr.V.t tiucsti.n j. it. iiarJce. F intrnr- .. fn.t. lra T. Turllnston. , . : ' j tows oFFicEKf. , iuyor-sotu wo.i:. , Trvasurtr Jinn r.. hw Tax Collector S. S. lnoock rulicwaa-J I". r.injrHaui. Town roatW-- A- Coats. . . I . .1 , . 1 rnrr.ciiF.s. wYiV rir- wfH; x . s ;S3 part ol the South was establish 1, Th:,p.rd . ed on Alamance Creek, a J h Vr r. n- ' four miles south of Graham, an 1 IITK -' . i Methoaut chun-h-Hn second .tnt . kt. Iacturers in central Xorth Caro- '., A a and ToS MtA'- ' lillO. -iKVr He afterwards built another ST'K nn tory at Haw Kiverdepot. two Auarecor uauyiuvitea to attend ; miie3 eaSt of Graham, and as- .urv,. So,.ona'sociated with him his son, .tr!irV.lu! Vl--:;fe 1 Thomas M.. afterwards Gover- r,rVKnay lnlVU tnonUiSuay i nor of the State. Snce tbe war r m Ssnt:nf a vra or nt-' seventeen cher cotton factories LateSuui tnv- have been built in Alamance, all lTimitiv.- iaitii lv fit" sumiay of which ai e in successful opera- tion. . The largest of these the ihwwrvu-w. i Granite Mills, at Haw River, PwbTtrrian ' h"'"!' -,,-vie, owned bv Governor Thomas M. bu'iMu; ivwyTuini V;uVn"i"i!"fhant i IInIt- has about 9000 spindles. rvrniniT. Sabbath school .vt-r Niou.uu . 1 , y;!. ouck m.. -0 looms, and gives eraploy- raent to about o00 hands. The schools. j next largest is the Oneida, at rnint "a-JJfV?1) SS! Graham, L. Banks Holt, Esq. j l. ivu, a. m.. (Trinity coii.-pp a- ( iiurlington has hve cotton fac nistant". rrof. t. ii. Crocker, ovak rorHt) torieSi Graham three, and Haw t .i t- Tait. B. LlTmh, Miihtary . r- n V.,antham. renraanship. Tactic a v, ioDTiiir. TebcrarhT. t. j. Latter j lu'rlu Primary Peirtintnt. Mm. lra : J. W tac T. Turlington. Music LODv'.ES. Ai,. Woo,l?:i. S.ti.. K.S Sn.lofj.A .lY, T" T A.l.ra Vn ST. I. O. O. F.. ."ii ivninff at f o'clock ir J oiu. jm-v . .--1 , ti.bl Fellows are cortlially invjtcl. Klno'vship Lods. No. H. A,.F'.nn'wX Hall on Swnd tret. Llia Koe. W. I ho R Thain. Secret arr. Meet t he wwon.l sa,'nr.iay an.l Fourth Tue-day nlsht m ff month. All Masons are respectfully mtei. COUSTY FAUMEKS' ALLIANCE. OFFICEKS: a. m. e. ciiur.cn ou Hancock street, Kev. j. b M10,?: tor. Services at 11 o clock a. in. and at o clorkp. m.onenchSecwnd Sunday cl each month Sum av scnoui n er ouu.. in " t-3i o dock. w. u. iioit snK-rinten- j dent. CIm rant tins every Thursjlay night , t h o'clock. All are cordially itvitcd to at- tend thee service. j MIslonarr Baptist Church (colored.' Kev. ; w. t. ii. Woodward, a. m. rator. service i .i ll nVlork a. in. and 8 p. m. on first and third Snndav in each month, l'rayer meet .... wlnViflxT nisrht ot each week at 8 n in. Sundav School every Sunday evening! t -.to o'clock. Williaui U. Sanders. Sup t. j Backlen's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Tetters, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Chaped Hands, Chilblains Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and pos-j itivelv cures Piles, or no pav re-! quired. It is jjuaranteed to jrive i perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 2o cents per box. For sale by Hood Bros. Smith field, and J. Y. Benson, at Benson, N.C. Send us Your Subscription. . We are ficquently asked by busy men what periodical will best give them the news of the day, boiled down so that, with the limited time at their com mand, they can keep abreast of the thought and progress ol the day. There is but one such The Review of Reviews. This oiagazine fills .the . bill exactly. Its illustrations alone, especially its portraits of promi- nent persons, are worth manv times its subscription price of; 5 J.5U per year. j We will furnish The Review i ot Reviews and The Smitiifield ukkalu ior Jo.uu. This is a model combination of j reading matter for any family. Address The Herald. i rn-ii'lenf K. 1- Snen.l. Secretary: It. A. el ; produced OnlV plaids, but re- VMcnJonTictV, cloth and demins rf . the .eeon.l Thursday in January. Apr.l haye hen ad6cd tQ thejr Q. bmithheld, N. C The Advantages Noith Carolina Cot ton Mills Enjoy Over those of Hew England. Graham, X. C, June 19. Un til recent years the Southern peo ple thought cotton could be con A - 1 . veneu into laones, on an ex tensive scale, only along the riv ers of Xe,v England. Could our . fathers come back from the land j of spirits and hear the -hum of the 50,000 spindles and the rat- tJe of the 500q busy ooms Qf Alamance county, X. C. they would be filled with wonder, Thc first cotton factorv in this bout d i is m wjic ui me smallest iac- tories in the countN-. It was j owned by Mr. Edwin" M. Holt. father of the Holt brothers, who ; are at present the leading manu- . t.'n r ii.. n . iier one. mere are nine at other points in the count v off the railroad, but Oil the river giving them the advantage ot water power. The factories rdong the rail road except the Granite Mills use steam altogether, and con sume great quantities cf wood and coal. The surrounding country affords wood in almost unlimited quantity, and the rev enues derived from its sale is of great help to the farmers. lor a lonjr time these mills ducts. The plaids weigh about four ounces to the vard; the demins nine. The profit in well . r , managed factories IS One-SlX- , - tcenth of a cent per , ncrrpif A Ol COUrse, a great Q yard, though. deal denends on cnr. vvith which flip r.nw . , . i r, materials arc selected. The pro ducts of the Alamance cotton mills for a single year will amount to millions of dollars, - ' and the wealth of the manufac- turers seems to be steadily grow i ing. Xews and Observer. The True Sardine. Sardines arc a small fish of the herring family that arc caught in vast quantities on the west coast of France and to a less ex- tent along the shores of Portu gal. Their flesh is very delicate. The sardines are salted or pre served in olive oil or butter and put up in tin cans for shipment to all parts of the world. The larger-sized sardines are called eclans in France and pilchards in England; their shoals are preyed upon by codfish and es pecially b v porpoises. Little fishes of many other genera of the herring family are called sar dines, among them being the "Spanish sardine" of the West (Indies. The menhaden, a little fish caught in great quantities on the coast of Xew Jersey, is called the American sardine. It is put up in oil and marketed as a substitute for the genuine sar dines first above described. But many of the socalled American sardines are vile things, preserv- sea in cottonseed oil. bt. Louis Republic, l Pay up your subscription. NEWS ITEMS' Thejurvin the Lizaje Borden trial iei'ie.id n verdict of not guilt atti i.: w.s released from jail. One bank a t Portsmouth, Ohio, and two at Los Angeles, California, closed their doors last Wednesday. The Hank of the Carolinas at Florence. S. C which closed its doors a few weeks ago, has re suined business again. The Infanta Eulalie and hus band with their suite sailed from Xew York harbor Satudav morning for Spain. There is said to be 440.000 Knurhts of Pythias In the Eng lish sneakim? world. 140.000 of whom have joined the order in the two last years. Sixty -seven clerks have been dropped from the pay roll of the General Land office in Washing ton at a saving to the govern ment of $90,800 per annum. The value of Edwin Booth's personal property is $605,000. He leaves $10,000 each to his cousins Charlotte Mitchell Bait- man and Robert Mitchell, of Xorth Carolina. Several persons were killed and much property destroved by a cyclone in Jefferson county, Kan sas, last ednesday. Also three persons were killed by one at Conception, Missouri, the ame evening. Two banks in San Francisco, one at Minneaoolis, one at Xew Whatcom, Whashington, and one at Xiagara Falls failed last Saturday. All of tnem lacked money to meet the demands made on them. Senator Lcland Stanford, who was found dead in his bed at his home in San Francisco last Tucsdav night was said to be worth $50,000,000. He owned 100,000 acres of land, and gave $20,000,000 to found the Uni- versitv which bears his name. His death was caused by paraly sis of the heart. Charles II. Conrad a promi nent banker and tobacco manu facturer of Danville, Va., was found dead on the Richmond and Danville railroad tra.k near Amelia Courthouse Friday lorning. He was supposed to have been thrown or had fallen from the train as he left Danville n the midnight train for Rich mond. Xews was cabled from London to Xew York Friday night that the Brittish battle-ships Yictoria and Camperdown had collided in the Mediterranean sea off Yictoria men on Tripoli, and that the had sunk with all her board and more than 400 of her crew drowned. &ne uad on board 718 men including the of ficers and of that number 430 were lost. The Camperdown was not injured very seriously. A dispatch from Ashland, Wis consin, ot last inursuav says: Reports from Iron River state that the fires there have been dis covered to be the work of incen diaries. Another attempt was made Wednesday to set fire to a house on the outskirts of Iron River. The fire department has been on duty night and day, and it is thought that the worst is over. The total losses by the fires during the past week will reach $2,000,000. United States Treasurer Mor gan received a cablegram from London last Wednesday stating that Baring, Magoun & Co.. of Xew York and London, had shipped $900,000 in gold to the United States. During the eleven months beginning July 1st, 1892, and ending May 31st, 1893, the amount of gold shipped from the United States to Europe, accord ing to the figures furnished by the bureau of statistics of the Treasury Department, amount ed to $105,9G5,950. During the same period gold was imported from Europe to the United States to the amount of $20,164,699, leaving a balance against us in that period of $85,000,000. Dur ing thefive monthsof the present calendar year, beginning Janua ry and ended May 31st, the amount of cold exported was $71,003,044, imports during the the same period being S10.749, 361. or a balance 'against us of $61,000,000 in round figures. JOHN WILKES BOOTH. How and Where the Slayer of Lincoln Diea. The following account of Booth's death is given by the Rev. Mr..Gairett,at last account pastor of the Presbyterian church at Maysville, Ky; "I have been requested to write a description of the death of John Wilkes Booth, the slayer of Abraham Lincoln. Though years have passed since then, and though your correspondent was a voutn at tne time, tne in cidents connected with his death are as fresh in my memory as if they had just occurred. To com prehend fully the details of his caoture I will have to give a short description of my fathtr's house and larm, where, he was shot. Our farm is situated in Carolina county, Ya.t a little more than tw'o miles south of the little village of ' Port Royal, on the Rappahannock river. Our house is on the right of the stage road leading from Port Royal to Bowling Green, the county seat, and about a quarter of a mile from the road. It was on the af ternoon of Monday, April 24, 1865, that Booth came to my father's house. He was brought there by two ex-confederate sol diers, Willie Jett and Lieut. Rug gles, and introduced to my fath er as James W..Boyd, a confeder ate soldier, who had been wound ed at the battle of Petersburg. It will be remembered that . Mr. Booth had broken his leg in jumping to the stage of the thea tre in Washington alter shooting the President. Mr. Jett asked rav father it he could accommo date Mr. Boyd for; a few days until he got better and could travel. You know a true Yir- lian never resists an appeal like that, and, of course, Mr. Boyd was "welcomed at once. Messrs. Jett and Ruggles then rode away toward Bowling tjrecn. Mr. JJoyd and my two brothers (who had just returned from Appomattox) remained on the porch talking until supper was announced. After supper Mr. Boyd complained , of his wound; said that riding had jar red it. He retired early. I slept in the same room with him that night and noticed that he had two handsome revolvers and a dirk with a pearl handle. The latter, he said, was a gilt of a friend. He slept soundlv, and when I arose in the morning he was still sleeping. I remember looking at him as I left the room, and I thought that I had never seen a finer specimen of manly beauty, and I still think that he was the handsomest man I ever saw. ile was verv lair ana nis jet-black curls were brushed back from a forehead rather low, but very broad. His glossy-black mustache shaded a mouth as soft as a woman's, while his square chin told of a resolute Will- Xothing of interest occur red during the forenoon of the next day ( Tuesday.) My broth ers went away in the mornng and aid not return until dinner. After dinner they amused them selves firing at a post iii front of the house with pistols. Mr. Boyd surprised us all, for he . . t- would striKe tne marie every time. "About the middle of the after noon another man came, whom Mr. Boyd called 'Davy.' This man was Harold who attempted to kill Stanton. They then ask ed my brother if they could hire the hoises to go to Milford . Sta tion, on the R. F. & P. R. R., the next dav. My brothers replied that they could not spare their hoies, but that there was a col ored man who lived near who would take them. They went to see this man and engaged him to take them away early the next morning. He didv so, but he only took the bleeding corpse of one and the mangled wretch who was so soon tp; expiate his crime UDon the gdllows. That night (Tuesday) Booth and .Harold proposed to sleep in the barn, as they wanted to make an early start and did not wish to disturb the family. My broth ers, fearful ot losing their horses, slept in an adjoining . barn. About 2 o clock ontne morning of the 25th mv father was awak ened by a noise at the door, and on going to answer the knock was confronted by a man, who placed a cocked revolver at bis head and led him into the yard, where he was greeted with cries of 'Hang the rebel!' 'Hang him; here is a rope.' &c. The whole premises were surrounded by a horde of excite l men, searching in everv house and corner. T hey soon found out that there were men in the barn, upen which they surrounded it, not forget ting to leave my poor old father in the yard in his night clothes, guarded by two men, who even refused to let him put on a coat, but kept him in the chill night air, old and feeble "as he was, without anything to protect him from the cold. At the barn more than fifty men were engaged in trying to persuade one man to surrender. Failing in this, thev resorted to the. idea of burning him out. The barn was fired, and then they seemed no nearer their object than before, until at last one man, morehumane than the rest, walked up to the side of the barn, put his .pistol through a crack and fired. Then my brother and a soldier rushed in and dragged him from the flames that were almost upon him, took him out and laid him upon the grass in the yard. Find ing that life still remained, they brougt him on the poich, where a mattress was spread lor him. A man was dispatched for a doc tor, who soon arrived, but too late, for human skill could not avail where death had already set his seal. The glazing eyes, the clammy brow, now ?ret with the cold dews of death told us that the faial bullet had done its work. Reviving for a mo ment, he asked to see his hands They were shown him. He look ed at them for a moment, and murmuring 'Useless, useless.' fell back upon the pillow. The thread of life that remained was parting verv gently. A few strands vet remained, but the tension was increasing. Again he revived and whispered, 'Tell my mother I died for my coun try. I did what I thought was best.' A gasp a shiver and the erring soul was before its Judge." SILVER FACTS AND FIGURES. mr. Carlisle's showing of the OPERATION OF THE SHER MAN ACT. The following is Secretary Carlisle's full statement in legard to silver coinage and purchases of silver bullion: The operations of the United States mint commenced in 1792 and from that time to 1873, a period of eighty-one years, the total amount of silver dollars coined was $8,045,938. In 1873 the coinage was stopped by act of Congress, but in 1878 it was resumed under trie so- called Bland-Allison act, bv the terms of which the secretary of the treasury was directed to purchase and coin into standard silver dollars of 412V& grains each not less than two million dollars worth nor more than four million dollars worth of silver bullion each month, and between the date of that act and July 14'.h, 1890, a period of twelve years, there was coined $378,166,793. In addition to this there has been coined from trade dollars $5,078,472 and from tbe signorage of bullion purchased and coined under the act of July 14th, 1891, the sum of $6,641. 10y, making the ag- gregate $389,886,374, in lull . . m 1- legal tender silver money issued bv the government since 1878. Of this amount only $58,016, 019 were in actual circulation on the first day of the present month, the remainder being held in the treasury as part ot the assets of the government or be ing represented by outstanding certificates. The act of July 14, 1890, re quired the secretary ol the treas ury to purchase 4M million fine ounces ot silver bunion a montn, and it provided that he should continue the coinage t f silver dollars at the rate of two million dollars per month until July 1, 1891 : and under this act there have been coined $29,408,461, which makes tbe total coinage of silver dollars tinder all acts since 1878. $419,294,845, or more than fifty times as much as was coined during a previous period of eighty-one years. In addition to the silver bull ion purchased by the govern rtiunt ctni IXK and nntnfri tic' above stated, the secretary of the treasury has purchased un der the act of July 14, 1890, and now holds in the vaults of the treasury uncoined, 124,292,532, fine ounces of silver bullion, which 1 cost the United States 114,290, 920, and is worth to-day at the market price of $103,411,386, thus showing a loss of $10,888, 534. Bv the terms of the act the secretary was required to pay for all silver bullion purchased with the issue of United States treasury notes payable in coin, and it provided that upon de niand of the holder of any such notes thev would be redeemed in gold or silver coin, at the discrc tion of the secretary, it being, in the language ot the act, the established policy of the United btates to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon- the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law. In the execution ol this declar ed policy of congress it is the dutv cf the secretary when the necessity arises, to exercise all the powers conferred upon him by law, in order to keep the gov ernment in a condition to re deem its obligations in such manner as may be demanded and to prevent the depreciation of either, as compared with the other. The records of the treas ury department show that dur ing the thirteen months begin nmg May 1, 1892. and ending May 31, 1893, the coin treasury notes isued for the purchase of silver bullion under the act of fuly 14.1890, amounted to $49,- 971,184, and that during the same period the amount of such notes paid in gold was $47,435, 173. It thus appears that all the silver bullion purchased dur ing that time, except $2,216,011 worth, was paid in gold, while the bullion itself is stored in ihe vaults of the treasury ind can neither be sold no. used for the payment of any kind of obliga tion. How long the govern ment shall be thus compelled to purchase silver bullion and in crease t'.ie public debt bv issuing coin obligations for it is a ques tion which congress alone can answer, it is evident that it the policy is continued and the sec retary of the treasury shall be compelled to issue bonds or oth erwise increase the interest bear ing public debt it will be done for the purpose of procuring gold with which to pay for sil ver bullion purchased under the act referred to, better known as the Sherman act. The First Lightning Rod. Almost everybody believes that Franklin was the inventor of the lightning rod ; and, in this one particular, neatly everybody is mistaken. The first lightning conductor was not invented by the genius who is said to have "caught the lightning wild and played with bolts of thunder," but bv a poor Bohemian monk bo lived at Seuttenberg, who erected his lightning catcher on the place of the Curator of Pre ditz, Moravia, on June 15, 1724. The name of this inventive monk was Prohop Dilwisch. His ap paratus was composed ol a pole surmounted by an iron rod sup porting twelve curved branches and terminating in as many metallic boxes filled with iron ore and inclosed with a wooden box like cover. This was tra versed bv t went v-se ven iron- pointed rods, the bases of which were connected with the ore boxes. This entire system of wires was united with the earth b' a large chain. The enemies of Dilw isch, jeal ous of his success, excited the peasants of the neighborhood against hirr, claiming that his invention was the cause of the . drv weather that was ruining their crops. When the inventor laughed at them and refused to remove it they put him in prison and destroved his work. M. Melsen used a triple-pointed rod years before Benjamin Frank- lin ever thought ot a lightning rod. St. Louis Republic. He Isn't that tiger a beaut v? She Xotv. vou mustn't talk that way. We are engaged now, and you have no right to cal anything teautiful except me. I Texas Sittings. if, KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Ita excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and plea ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. STATE NEWS It is said that tbe English sparrows are playing havoc with the grain shocks around the town of Goldsboro. It is reported that Maj. W. M. Robb'ns has been tendered the Consulship at Dundee, Scotland, and has declined it. It pays about $4,500 per annum. Only two Chinamen have registered in this State under the Geary Law, and one of these lives at Goldsboro and is trying to marry a mulatto woman. The Grand Lodge of Mason's met at the Oxford Orphan Asy lum Saturday, it being St John's Day, and by custom the Lodge always meets there on that day. The Liquor Dealers' associa tion which met in Raleigh last week elected Sol Bear of Wil mington president. The next meeting will be held in Charlotte. The city of Wilmington ha3 borrowed, from Xew York, $18, 810 at 7 per cent., to pay the coupons on city bonds due the 1st ol July, says the Messenger. Mr. Robert W. Sharpe, a voung merchant of Graham, was thrown from his wagon and received injuries fro.n which he died in a tew hours one dav last week. Work was commenced on the Burgaw and Onslow railroad at Burgaw last Thursday. Miss Mattie Taylor threw the first shovel of dirt. It will take four months to complete the road. ProfJ. Y. Joyner, Superinten dent of the Goldsboro Graded School, has accepted a.professor ship in the State Xormal School at Greensboro to fill the place of Prof. L. A. Alderman, who goes to the State University. The large saw and planing mills, dry killns, and about 40,- 000 feet of lumber belonging to Leavitt Hz. Jeavitt at Aberdeen were burned last Friday. Loss estimated at $20,000. Insurance $12,000. The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias met in annual session in Greensboro last week. The order now has 2 300 members in thij State. The Endowment Rank is the insurance dcpait ment of the order and last year paid death clains in the State amounting to $111,000. The next session will be held in Win ston on the 3rd Mondao in June. 1894. Reports comes from Asbeville that George W. Vanderbilt has just concluded the purchase of 20,000 acres of land in the "pink beds" section of Henderson and Transylv mia counties of North Carolina. The purpose of tbe purchase is to make one of tbe finest game preserves in the world. Game keepers are al ready in charge of the property and everv farm house on the estate has been torn down. The property is only a few miles trom , Vanderbilt's residence here.
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