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WADESBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895.
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The Work or a Business League.
The work of Ihe Young MWh Busi
ness League of Charleston illustrates
what can be done by an active organi
zation in aiding ihe business interests
of any town, This league has been in
existence aout three months. Writing
as to wlrU it has accomplished, Mr;
J. H. Hanahan gives the following
euir.mary of its work:
1. It devoted its. energy, with the
weight of -special committees, to bring
before the public and impress upon
them the necessity of a freight bureau.
' Charleston now has this important or
ganization. Through its instrumentality aline
of steamers between Charleston and
Philadelphia was established.
, 3. Freight rales from Northern
points have been reduced 25 per cent,
in . many instances, and unjust discrim
ination guarded against,
,4. jVcBtern packing and grain hous
ea brought in closer connection with
Charleston merchants, and made to
feel substantially the facilities offered
bjf a deep-water port.
5. The Nebraska relief fund is under
its management.
6. . South Carolina's corn crop last
year wan 18, 000, 000 bushels. Thousands
of bushels in the upper section of the
State are unable to find a market,
being kept out of Charleston by West
ern corn with a low rate. At the last
monthly meeting a resolution was ad
opted voting! I'Charleston the natural
market for every species of product
raised or made in the State," "guar
anteeing our people our support" and
appointing a committee of live to in
vestigate ',rates and thereby open ou
market. ' ' ; j
7, It is'.bidding for the State Fair'!
and ofl'ers to best the high 2st bid.
8. The Charleston exhibit at the
Cotton States, Exposition is in its caro,
Several railroad projects of magni
tude hold its attention, and many af
fairs of lesser importance have been
accomplished. With a long list of un
finished business the good work goes
on. Enthusiasm and interest char
acterize the league.
Public Printing Under New System
Kaleigit, j N. C Bids for the
public printing as opened Saturday
were as follows: E.iM. Uzzell,' 33
vents per thousand ems, plain matter,
and. 66s for!;, irle and fisurejyoill
' JidVurtis & -Bro'ughton, same for plain
and 52 for rnle and figure work; J. W.
Goslin, 34 for plain and 67 for rule and
hgure work;1 Barnes Broth es, 28 for
plain and 56 for rule and figure;
Stewart Brothers, of Winston, 27 for
plain and 52 lor rule and figure. On
Vdank books apd press work Stewart
Brothers bid far lower than any of
their coiiipetijtors but their Vil was
higher than other bids on some work.
Chairman Westmoreland, of the com
mittee, said the matter is not yet set
tled but that the impression of the
committer is that after the calculation
is completed, the Stewarts' bid will be
found to be th; lovest,t?den altogether.
.. No doubt they! will get the contract, V
The Publitj School Book Row.
IIichmond,1a. Governor O'Ferrall
and Attorney General Scott have issued
their second letter in reply to the
charges madje by the Norfolk Pilot
touching the j contracts of the State
board of education with the American
Book Company, for books used in the
public schools. The letter gives the
result of an examination to ascertain
whether the patrons of Virginia schools
are paying mpre for books than the
patrons of the schools in other States.
They present a schedule of; prices in
the various States and Territories with
which the American Book Company
and theJXJniversity Publishing Com
pany Jlffipt contracts. This list shows
only three books w hich reach the chil
r dren at lower prices than in Virginia
two , in Itfiivyliiml and one in West
Virginia ;i'd pi these they give ex
planation.
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Farmers to
Acreage.
Tennessee
Reduce
the
Washville, Tenn. A convention ol
fiolvt Tennessee farmers at Jackson re
Nesed to put the acreage of the cottpn
crop this year to 40 per cent, below
what it was lust Year.
The Reichstag Favors an Inter-National
Monetary Conference.
Berlin, Gebmany. The Reichstag
adopted by an overwhelming majority
a resolution favoring an inter: national j
monetary conference, in accordnrtce ,
with the views previously expressed
by Count Von Mirbach. v' I
It isgenerally .accepted a true . now
that Postmaster General Bissell will
leaye the Cabinet in about two months,
and that his place will be filled by Rep
resentative Tracey, of Albany. Secre
tary Carlisle, it is said, would not b
ject to Justice Jackson's seat on the
Supreme Court bench. Jucige Jackson
wishes to retire and a bill is pending
in Copgress to allow him to do so.J,
Perhaps the best general purpose
skiffs in the country are those used in
the Thousand Islands. They are twenty-two
feet long, rather narrow, but,
being heavy, arc quite steady, and are
rowed with long oars swung on, out
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riggers.
FREE BALLOT LEAGUE.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
FORMED WORK PLANNED.
Th People Must Kale by Their Ballots
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Have a Free Ballot and a Fair
Count.
It was with a purely patriotic feeling
that J.C.Manning, the Populist leader
of Alabama called the convention at
New Orleans for (he purpose of dis
cussing plans to secure a free ballot
and a fair count inj the south.
And that convention did not
allow
itself to be led awy from; Its patriotic
purpose, nor makeia partisan farce of
itself. ! . .
The convention assembled fa the in
terest of honest deletions for the bene
fit of all concernei without regard to
party, and though
should be credited
the People's party
with this effort, the
Populist "leaders aid not assume to
monopolize the convention, nor assert
that their voters were th6 only honest
ones in the south.
discussion by all
There: was an open
parties, and it is
hoped that much good may result to all
,the people of the
south; and to the
whole nation. The
election laws of the
south seem to be so constructed as to
' invite fraud, and it is but; natural that
dishonest men should take advantage
of them. A concerted efforfc will be
made to secure such election laws as
will in future prevent fraud'. The con
vention assembled at New Orleans,
Friday, Jan. 18; at 12:30 o'clock, and a
meeting was also leld in! the evening
to which ladies anl all public-spirited
citizens were inv ted. The meeting
was fairly well attended by leading
men of the south, and speeches were
delivered upon i the subject of citizen
ship and popular gc vernment by means
of the ballot. Ignorance and dishon
esty received both the x share of con
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Mr; fanning sai 1 in his Opening ad
dress: "It is not my purpose to charge
this condition pt things-inicn exists
not alone in Alabama, but throughout
the south solely to any political
party, but I "do!, charge it to a slothful
public sentiment, which it is, not a
partisam but aj patriotic duty
Jo, our cOuntryJlJ 4
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argy before reDUbUcanlf orrh: of; gover
ment becomes! I forever; lost! to us
coming generdtiions.'- i j; j
Helreognizetl:e fact 'that j some of
the greait newspapers of the south had
realized! the deplorible conditions, and
had fought valiantiiy f o a reform of the
and an indifferent' pubUc. At the
same tijme itl was evident! that some
of the papers niaco it policy to keep
the people in ignorance. H; i ,
Mr. Maiming cited as an example of
the situation that "from Dallas coun
ty, the ihomel; Of j Senator-Morgan, the
election officers' sert to the secretary of
state an alleged Vote of $517 as cast
in the state election. Of this number
6517, sworn evidence hasbeen . taken,
which I can ipoWe, proying that
5.000 of the votes returned as cast
were fraudulent vc tes and were never
cast by any votrj. Mwo members of the
grand jury of- Ipall is county asked the
probate judge tk; grant them the priv
ilege of inspdetir g the registration
books and also made an inquiry as to
how much moiey had been expended
in the registration. The county
judge refused
to grant the request
made, saying than he desired to ad
vise with the circuit pudge as to his
dutv in the matter. Finally the
grand jurors approached! Judge Moore,
thfe circuit judge, vi'ho irritably replied
that he didn't ipropose to be annoyed
by such foolishfciess. This, fellow
countrymen, is tthe situation in Dal
las county, Alja., and fourteen other
counties can be! found in "darker Ala
bama" of which Dallas is but an ex
ample."
"Ilerpetrations of gross and enorm
ous frauds, as
occur in Alabama and,
states, are not commit-
other southern
ted in support
oi white supremacy.
It is to use the! negro voting popula
tion, fraudulently counted, whether
they vote or . hot, to keep do;wn the
supremacy of the sovereign white peo
ple that actuate the enemies of re
publican form pf government to' com
mit these crimes a gainst their .country
and themselves. Five thousand fic
titious and fraudulently counted negro
vrotes in a
general election annuls
5,000 ' ballots
by such man
the voice of
lbnpstly polled. It is
pulation as this that
the people has been
stifled and revblu .ion has run riot
in many states! ian 3 in many congres
sional district j li le tjie Fourth and
Fifth in Alabama, and the Tenth in
Georgia, mj ' which the overzealous
counters of! Richmond county heaped
up 16,000 iotep
for Mr. Black, who,
enjormity of the steal,
appalled at) the
now demands j an
honest election be.
fore he will acce;
gress." ' 1 1 . j
Dt a seat in cone-
The questions discussed are broad
er than the jllfe or death of any
party. They jinvblve the question
whether our Tf publican form of gov
ernment shall; sand as the repre
sentative institution of a free people,
3r whether I it fehall become the prop
erty thieves and assassins o,f liberty.
The people must rule by their balots,
and in' order tSoi do that their ballots
must be fairly
counted.
Th negro Question teems to bo the
bugaboo of the south, but if the negro
was taken out of the hands of the poll
ticians, there would be nothing to fear
from him. The politicians! while cry
ing out against "negro supremacy"
are the very men who use the negro
as a tool to uphold the supremacy of
rascals. Crying out against "negro
supremacy," and at the same time
counting negro votes that are not cast
at all for their own dishonest ends.
"That is the kind of negro suprem
acy that it hurting the south."
After the organization a per
manent ballot rights league was
formed by the convention, with
J. C. Manning. ! president, and
the following executive commit
tee; L. E. Parsons, Birming
ham, Ala.; Thomas Fletcher, Little
Rock, Ark.; Walter D. Denegre, New
Orleans; A. S. Colyer, Nashville,
Tenn.; Frank Burkitt, Okolona, Miss.;
William L. Royal, Richmond, Va.;
Marion' Butler, Raleigh, Ni C. ; Clark
Howell, Atlanta, Ga.;J. J. Evansf, Col
umbia, S. CV; J. H. Davis, Sulphur
Springs, Texas,
The vice-presidents are G. B. Deans,
Calera, Ala.; T. S. Adams Baton
Rouge, La.; W. S. Morgan, Hardy,
Ark.; Sam L. Dodd, Kosciusko, Miss.;
Senator Pritchard, Raleigh, N. C;
James J. Hinds, Atlanta, Ga.; John H.
Regan, Palestine, Texas.
Over 175 delegates responded to the
convention, and more than 300 men
from southern states wrote asking
that their names be enrolled as mem
bers. A constitution was adopted and
the league will work along the lines
expressed in that instrument. Head-
quarters at- Montgomery, Ala.
SHERMAN THE SAVIOUR.
llohcst John Comes to the Ilescae of
tbe Government.
Now that "Honest John Sherman has
taken hold of the thorny problem and
and -kindly consented to save the coun
introduced a financial bill of his own.
try, it will probably be in order to
breathe freely. Sherman has proved;
such a success heretofore as the finan
cial guardian of the people, and so
many blessings have flown from his
marvelous performances in the world
of finance, it is not too much to pre
dict that his ,new;ll will either cure
or kill us oufuria Of course no
ihew.e could
S Inspected
from the
Loan' ssnarft f!rl inri nf Hhin thnt rUrl .
I Xot provide foJ fbond issue, as the
objective point of his whole existence
seems to be to get more bonds and
bigger, ones. His idea of supreme bliss
seems to be a country plastered over
two feet thick with interest-bearing
mortgages with himself and friends as
the manipulators of the coupons at
tached thereto. A fruitful crop has
been reaped by Sherman & Co. as the
result of this policy and it would be
unreasonable to expect him this late in
life to relinquish his hold on so good a
thing. Should your Uncle John ever
get to heaven the first proposition he
would make to St. Peter would be to
lay a bonded mortgage on. the peareiy
streets and adjacent angels and give
him the sole right of foreclosure.
Nonconformist. ! '
Meeting: of Reform Kditors.
The notice for the meeting of the Re
form Press Association at Kansas City,
Mo., Feb. 22, 1895, has already been
published. The headquarters will be
at the Centropolis Hotel, Fifth street
and Grand avenue, where reduced rates
have been secured.
As the meeting will be one of unus
ual interest it is urged that all editors
of Populist papers be present. The
following is a partial program for the
meeting:
PROGRAM.
'How can we get reliable telegraph
news independent of the monopoly
plutocratic Press Association?" Paper
by Hon. H. E. Taubeneck.
''Shall we have a national reform
press! bureau in Washington?" Dis
cussion. "The power of the press for good or
evil. "f-Paper,, Hon. J. H. McDowell.
'How unity of action with the reform
press jmay best be secured in, advocat
ing and defending our platform of
principled?" Paper by Gen. J. B.
Weaver.
How lr increase circulation and
sustain oif Ireform papers?" Paper by
Paul J, L
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"4Iow 4
secure advertising in re
?" Paper by H. A. Heath.
form pap
rne r
om press its possibilities.
Paper t
Prof. C. Vincent. !
r'lllustr
ons and cartoons." Hon.
Frank E.
"The i
Paper by
tchey. !
11 country jiewspaperi"
n. Lyman Nauglej !
"Special
atures of a newspaperi"
nt.
Henry Vi
"State
ss associations." O. F.
Domblazc
"Paragi
Jbhing." L. A. Stockwell.
"Ready
prints and plates." W., S.
Morgan
"The Reform Press Association
what are we here for? Discussion.
"Make up of a newspaper." A. Ro
zelle. !
After 12th of February address all
letters to W. S. Morgan, secretary
treasurer, Centropolis Hotel, Kansas
City, Mo.
' ! J. h. Mcdowell. Pres.
W. S. MORGAN. Secy.-Treas.
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Johnny's Theory.
Bobby Our dog's name is Cicero,
"but since my brother has been to coin
lege, be calls it Kickero.
Jotnny I s'pose that's the way-they
pronounce it at college. They're all
craiiy on football.
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THE IDEAL
BOOKS AND BULLETS.
THE INFLUENCE OF LAWS RE
LATING TO MONEY.
Some of the Books Which Have Shaped
the Destiny of Nations Books and
Papers Doing a Great Work To
day. Only one hundred and twenty years
ago the first book, the first earnest in
vestigation, on political economy was
written. No man had ever attempted
before to study out and wrrite down
the influences of laws and customs', re
lating to money, land and commerce
of a nation. That was Adam Smith's
"Wealth of Nations." Think howerude
would be the science of medicine, geo
logy, geography, astronomy and all
sciences if they had so recent start !
It was fifty-nine years later 1817 be
fore the next work of value appealed.
Since which time, however, works of
increasing value have appeared With
phenomenal rapidity. It is one thing
to discover a truth, but quite another
to get the people to understand and
act on it. But today the number of
books on money, land, 'commerce and
labor are multiplying like leaves of
the forast. It is nothing for me to
receive Waif a dozen new books, all by
men who think, in a single day's mail.
I hay one patalpgue which, though
printed several years ago, contains the
title to'1 several thodsand works of some
phase ofyj the social problem, and since
that time more books of greater value
have been issued. In all the blackness
and oppression, the apparent hopeless
ness of the masses, this one fact gives
me comfort and hope for the future.
The civil conditions could not be
changed until the people knew the na
ture of the ills and-the remedy; they
could not learn these until they had
books and teachers; these they could
not have until men had studied; wrote
and published. All these have been
done and men and women are teaching
the truths with the enthusiasm that
can only be bora of sincerity. These
books show that the educated, the re
fined, the well-to-do, become adherents
first. Every book reaches and appeals
to a certain strata of society and the
millions and millions of books are do
ing the work of turning the people into
thinkers into mere followers of sense
less and harmful customs, usages and
ideas. Books and papers are today do
ing the work of getting the people out
Of crude, barbarous ideas regarding
money, land and human rights, as they
have slowly been enlightened on other
subjects. Judging from the influences
at work, the advance made so far, and
the temper of the people. I cannot
think that most radical changes in so
ciety can be delayed beyond 1909. If
the conservative classes oppose it, as
kings opposed any change that any
wise affected their privileges (and a
large class is benefitted by the ignor
ant ideas on these subjects held by the
masses), I say if the tactics of kings are
adopted to suppress this growing intel
ligence, it will be carved out in a man
ner that our forefathers rid themselves
of kingcraft, or that latter sense of jus
tice and harmony wiped out chattel
slavery. One way or the other the
ideas that are at present gaining a
majority will find expression in laws
to some extent within the next decade.
If in the peaceable, sensible way it will
be little by little, feeling the ground
carefully at each step, but if this way is
suppressed, the other way will as cer
tainly result as our forefathers ap
pealed to it when the king spurned
their petitions, or as they wiped out
chattel slavery with the best blood, of
the north, and south, because capital,
represented by the slave, refused to
bow to the awakened intelligence of
human rights.- I am for a peaceful
solution, but I am satisfied that the
monopolists the real rulers of the na
tion prefer to chance the results of
hiring part of the people to shoot the
other half to death to making any con
cessions. That's what they have creat
ed a navy for, and that's why they are
howling for a greater standing army.
It is books against bullets. Coming
Nation. .
HOW IS THIS FOR A DEMOCRAT?
An
Honest
Democrat
Fallen Among
Thieve.
The following is an extract from a
speech, of Congressman McLaurln, of
South Carolina, discussing the Carlisll
bill, which was slunk before it was
developed:
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CURRENCY.
"Mr. Chairman, ! I rise to enter m
protest against the passage of this bil
There is not a line of democracy in th
whole measure, not a single Iprinci
of democracy in its entire provisions!
nor a solitary demand ever put fort!
by a national democratic convention
It is a fraud upon the name of demo
cracy, and bears upon its face th(
moral turpitude that now seems t
dominate that great, though somewha
shattered organization. The (jlemocrat
ic party for years past have asked th
people for a chance to bring peace anc
prosperity to their doors. Two years
ago that request wras granted, and wha
has been! the result? NoW a singh
pledge has been redeemed or a singh
promise kept, but the entire machinery
of the party has been placed in the
hands of that class of individuals wh
have been in the past and ar now th
abiding curse of the great plain pooplf
of this country. The people had i
right to expect relief from tjhe demo
cratic party, and the results of last No
veniber may be taken as a lively re
minder of their disappointment, an
I venture the assertion that if the pre
ent bill becomes a law the (people aj
the next election will wipe out the las
vestige of the democratic party."
BLOODSTAINED GREENBACK.
The Only Salvation of the Coiiuaoa Pe
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! pie fromr Bondage.
liad the government issued mone
through the banks and not direct to th
People during. thA:;riwarWe'.Xbjaii
would now be five billion dtol liars rich
and of course the people) that! muc
poorer. The banks see this and also
see that in the next thirty years the
must be deprived of five billion dot
lars profit if the government keeps itl
greenback money in circulation. Thfe
calculation is quite simple. Money at
ton oer cent comnound interest will
double every seven and two-sevent
years. There is now $346,!
greenbacks that have been cijitstanclin
ever since 186332 years ago. Thes
greenbacks were printed by the go
ernment and paid out to the jpeopje t
government owed, and for army su
plies. They were not issued to th
banks. They saved their aimount i
taxes or bonds. Had they been issue
to the banks the government would n
had one cent by reason of their issua.
The banks would have loaned them tp
the people at an interest tljiat woul
have averaged at least ten per cen
Three hundred and forty-six millionis
at ten per cent ;ompound interest
would be double that amount in sevett
and two-seventh years i602,OOO,OOf.
Six hundred and ninety-two millions at
ten per cent in seven and two-seventn
years would be 1,384,000,000. Thirteen
hundred and eighty-four dollars ifx
spvpti onrl twn.cAvontKc voard wiilH hi
$2,768,000,000. Twehtv-seven hundrerl
and sixty-eight million dollars at ttp
per cent in seven and two-seventri3
years would be J5,536,000,0d0 dollari.
Here are only four periods of iseven ank
tvo-seventh years each, or ia total ql
29 1-7 years. The greenbacks, how
ever, have been in circulation ovd
thirty-one years.
Is it any wonder that the great bank
ers are making a desperate attempt
have congress tax or bond the people tj
destroy the greenbacks and then issv
the money thfough the banks? Fiv
billions lost by the money power by
reason of the independent action of thj
government in issuing greenbacks i
the lasi thirty years. It is not at a
surprising that banks are taking ad
vantage of a friend in the pj-esidentii
chair to secure an act of cojngress re
tiring greenbacks. But is it not Strang
that the people are not aroujsed at th
matter with them? Are they stone-
blind from party prejudice?
unscious of the power of the
Are th
ballot aril
indignation meetings? If the people
would assemble at their various counts
seats and declare in, no uncertain tonaj
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iigaiuL me measure ineir manaac
would be obejred.
We presume, however, that the rea
son ot this silence is because) the masf
es of the old parties are yelt ignored
on the money question and the Popu
ists are giving the money power mof
rope so it will break, its ueck. Mit-
souri World
j Papa's Economies. j
Little ! bister I haven t seen pari
aruokin' a cigar since New Year's.
Little Brother I guess he's f ryin'
save up enough money to pay for tha
smokin jacket mamma gave him.
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PITHY NEWb ITEMS.
1" C. AI. Giggot, caehier of the' Uar.k
ofXexingtoh, Va., has Kkippd. a de
faulter to the extent of of $30,000.
i ! Mrs. Eliza Alford, nged about SO.
froze to death at her homr near Dy
sartrille, near Marion, N. ('., TuosilHy
nigM. Another, old lady whs found
frozen to death in her bed Tuesday
mdrnirg in the same vicinity.
The city of JjTischlmrg, Va., hr
OXllj abont 20,000 population. ,-yet over
$600,000 worth of new building have
been erected in live -yeans. Thi.; is a
good indication of the city V growth.
! Expert estimate i'3l,00'.) hvl
of Texas cattle will be shipped to
market this season
A factory is now in operation at
Spartanburg, S. C, making rdiuttle
bloclvs from persimmon end dWood
for shipment to France, -where they
aretmanufactored iuto shut t Ice.
- Companies have been organized iw
the following towns to. operate tele
phone systems: Norfolk. and
suburban town$; iVtersbur
Boanbke, Va., Staunton, Va., Union,
S ' C .
The erection of another water power
cotton mill at llbckiugham. N. C, is
f talked of, and Robert L. Steele, Jr., is-
interested. A fciou.ouu company is
proposed. i
Charlotte, N. (., is to have another
10,000 spindle cotton mill, it wili be
built by the gingham mill tbere, which
has 500 looms ruijcing. , ..
The German Ivjnli Works will expend
$1000 in making tests on the nuidy
i I'i ties. N . C . . to wo
witli worn-out roils.
A large tract of lknd i offered tor this
purpose.
The people of j Kehiw, S. C, nr
talking about buijldinga cotton factory
and will hold a meeting soon to take
action.
Itfis said tbjat before February
S.hall'Jiftve expijejd. ground' will lune
becujbroken for the new huge cotton
mill! kt Laurens, jK C. This project
has been prosecuted with vijior,. they
lealiziug that it ii best to strike whilo
the ion is hot, npd the people are cn
thused over the enterprise. The Lau-
CoUoji Mill ! will be operated by
I . .?,Xlie United States consul gouer.nl
toiTapan has brought about an agree
ment 8inong cotton manufacturers of
'ihfttfeountrv upon which they agree
td tajke 100,000 bales of cotton direct,
from tbe United "States to supply their
'mills, on condition that. the. Pacific
railway makes suitable rates for .over
land freight ia America.
e Tennessee L g'.slature ' has re
jected :i bill making women eligible to
thepHi'-' of school di lector.
Arcioit from Shelby, (hi., Vays ten
negfoes were drowned one lny last
weei i:i the Sntilla river, which wasoa
a bODTi). They were on a raft, which
became unmanageable, and were so
nearlv frozen that tliev could .not swim
to the shore.
Pr. V. P. riavto-i, of Columi)i,
S. C, lias found a new use for col ton
seed m 1. He is experiment i'ng with
it as food for human beings. It is said
that, mixed" with corn meal, it makesa
most )iiiatable Wead. Cotton seed
meal sells at about one cent per pound,
aud yet its nutritive value is nearly
twice tint of corn meal or wheat flour,
which costs twice as much.
1 --Ue noilllief U r,iuim uuncii im
I 6ld
'properties irom oue end to the
othejr. J'he .Virginia-Maryland gold
runs in a southwesterly direction
through the middle sections of those
States and continues its course irto
North Carolina, Sor.th Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama, and into. Mexico. Thin
belt covers at leant twenty counties in
Virginia, and quartz veins p.xist of im
mense size in Fauquier, Goochland,
Louisa au l other countries, quartz tak
en from veins t (liferent sections
showing by lire assay fromSlO to $1,000
gold to th- ton. Two years ago 600
ponnds o: ore were taken from a
vein near -Montgomery county, Mary
land, near the Virginia border, which
yielded $3( ,000, gold, this being a fiock
et. The ore of thb- v ein averaged $f;Q
to the' ton. at a total expeiiae not ex
ceeding ' ' -
A family n Durham, N. C, burned
its furniturt to keep warm.
The snow n Cherokee county, N. C. ,
fell to a de h of IS to 20 inches, and
in manv paces near the valleys it
drifted fron.12 to lo feet: ' " ;
The estab ishment of a large cotton
mill just south of Sulem,: X. C:f is now
almost assurid. Ahiout all of the stock
has been subscribed. The Messrs.
Fries will be large stockholders. They
have operate 1 cotton and woolen fac
tories in Sakhi for many years, and
have not been forced to close down a
single day di ring the penic-
U'he Coast bine Buys the C. S. & N,
Chablestck, S. C The Charleston,
Sumter fc Northern Railroad was 6old
at Sumter "ir $450,000, Col, W. G,
Elliott being the bidder. Col. Elliott
is the preside nt of the Wilmington &
Weldoa Rail-oad, and it is generally"
known that ii this purchase he repre
sented the Atlantic Coastline eystem.
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