North Carolina Newspapers

0 : ' - ft. .- ; : :: : ; , v. - ,i I ' .' - :( I . 1 J -Si' I j i f ' - : ' v. jp B-i MB v ... . . I ri ? PEACE ON EABTH AND; GOOD WILL TO MEN. VOL. II. WADESBORO. N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1896. NO. 32. mm prti i n- i 'A WHAT GENERAL GRIAIT . I " With l;ree and avI will Clear Away our' Public Debt Before the Close of the Centurv." ) '- ! 1 j These Were Uttered by the President &ad Signed the Bill Demonetizing Silver. Me did not Know that the Bill: which He ' jts Object the Destruction of One-half of Money of the Country. Yet Wall Street Wolves Tell ' Us the Demonetization Act was not Sneaked Through Con- v gress. by John Sherman and his Co-conspirators from England. . , 5 ITS THE PROGRAM. THIN KS A DEM O.C R AT ! C -.- -NEWSPAPER. fcajt that Gro'er Cleveland . and John Hjtrman Will Support Ihe Sme Can till late Th la Year Scxt President ' WU l)e a Fopalht. v rXfrom the Chicago Opinion.) , National politics have been taking such shape for the past few months that - the tariff question promises to be largely eliminated from the 'coming J -presidential campaign, through be I; Ing so completely overshadowed by the financial issue embodying the re roonetizaticn of silver at'16 to 1 and the i abolition of the national banks. I ; Many indications point to a general I r.aiashing of party linos and the union of men from all parties, who think alike on the financial question, under a new I . Dart y banner. That the cold standard f f r ldtrs,wJll control both the republie- anr.d democratic national conventions t'j uut.i uui jiuu I'l, uvuui, iiuu nuns 11 ,lhey may attempt to deceive the peoplcTf M as usual py. -a,-straddle, those old metn- f ;ds avIII no longer- be effective, and ? pht the lines, are fairly drawn it Is Ifi not improbable that Grover Cleveland lii and John Sherman' will be found stand- ihg Aipon the same platform and sup porting Governor Morton of New York for president, who is now reasonably ' sure to receive the republican nomina tion at the demand of Wall street, while the democratic party is liable to be.ab " curbed In the extreme west and south liv the noDuIist nartv. Since the meet- If lig, Jan. 22, at Washington, of the sil- . -- " 1 1 9 yer men matters nave maae rapia prog jess toward -the fitsion of all the ele ments who believe In a genuine double standard and oppose a surrender of this country to English domination In our financial management under the popu list banner. It was there decided to call a; national convention, to meet June 22, M at the same times the populist party is to fonvene, to select a presidential candi tfete,. when it Is expected that confer ence committees will arrange a plat form arid candidates that will easily Katlafy those two bodies and also all the republicans and democrats, who will be virtually driven -out of their respective national conventions, which will al ready have made nominations land 111 flinnted a crolT nlfltfnrm Iti thft-face f)f i strong and bitter opposition. All west ll'eni republicans and democrats also i southern deriocrats, who are opposed . i f tb reduction -In value of the silver dol- ' lar. will have ;no place to go but to tne ,n$w party, arid in most cases will con ftrol the party Machinery west of the p Mississippi and south of Mason and MMxpn's line: Consequently, in those ' I 8tatc3 . both, oj the old parties will , be vplaced in the attitude oi Doners ana the populist?' assured of every electoral vote in all of those states, thus making it incumbent Upon them only to carry Indiana and Michigan in order to win the.election, both of which states have aiwayftrtetained.a strong greenback sen timent. Republican and democratic aid, in those-states will accomplish that much. In Michigan Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, an ardent free-silver man, will H ttndoubtedly secure the republican il nomination for governor, and the gold $fc Btandaiid republicans will be compelled to bot. A fusion of the Pingree men, silver -democrats and populists jfor elec ;4 assured,' which means their elec-tiop.-- .Indiana the democrats will ; place thembcJyes squarely upon the sil ver jatform, and a fusion with the pop ulists and silver republicans assure a large majority in the state. InTlllnofe the populists williold their convention first, and the program is now to nomi nate Governor Altgeld and Attorney I General Moloney, ; with perhaps Hin- richsen,! thus paving the way for a fu- sidn'of jail the free silver men in the state, upon one ticket. , The candidates wbOyare to lead this formidable party comjrised or men who hare tired of th3 double dealings of both old parties up- on -the. vital interests that more than all others affect business prosperity! to-day. 'Hwe Senators Henry M. Teller-of Colo rado, long a leading republican,' for resident, ana senator Morgan or Aia- (mftma T?pnr r.ontaHvo Prion nt Clonrtrin t some such man for vice-president. Ir. Teller has alwavs. been a loval re publican, hut has never failed to place .he financial question above that of Ipariff. j Work on ; these lines has been tiSoing on for months, and 8,000 newspa per are already . prepared to eustala Unlimited Coinage of the silver party. T. H. Carter, chair man ot the republican national commit tee, must naturally stand by his avowed convictions and throw his influence in to the scale for silver. Tom Reed ha3. never taken a position on the question where he could be counted, while Mcr Kinley already scents the new arrange ment of party lines, iand Is speaking up on both sides of the! issue. The nomi nation of Governor Morton will make many heart burnings, especially when it It known to be at the dictation of Wall street, with ten millions behind it and double that amount if necessary, all of which was made by the syndicate who sold Cleveland's bonds. The head quarters of the Bimetallic Union is' in this city and is in charge of Edward B. Light, secretary, and Hon. II. F. Ear tine, editor of the National Bimetallism They are doing a vast amount of mis sionary work and ; disseminating the silver doctrine through an immense volume of literature, with which they are flooding Indiana, Illinois and Michi gan and educating the people. At the same time W. H.lHarvey (Coin) is still actively engaged In 4 making converts through his splendid organization of the . ... j a"l0is " America. ucaamg green backers like General Weaver jof Iowa, Jed Spalding of Michigan, and Robert Schilling of Wisconsin fully approve of the movement, as do the populist lead ers like Senator Peffer of Kansas. Poli ticians may decry the issue and ma chine men attempt to dodge and strad dle again, and once more fool the peo ple, but every move upon the checker board is forcing men who thiDk alike to bury all old prejudices and stand together for their own interests and a common country. Let the honest voter take notice and govern himself i ac cordingly. The next president will be a populi3t. ' NATIONAL LEGION. 1 - i CIRCULAR NO. 2. The Legion is now rapidly growing among the people; it is growing faster than any organization In the nation. The People's party must thoroughly organize. If it will not, it will meet with the fate of the Greenback and Labor parties. If they want to preserve the faith they have battled for on many fields, it is of the highest iinportance that they should unite at once in the Legion and seek converts iri af regular systematic way. It is possible between now and July 22d to convert the great mass of the people who are dissatisfied with the two old parties. We must provide a plan to educate and instruct thein in the faith we hold. If we had a Legion in every state, county, pref cinct and school district in the land, as has been constantly recommended, there would, be no I misunderstanding about our platform and vital principles. What we must do is to educate the peo ple; and we should at once, without a moment's delay, organize. 1$ is no use quarreling with each other; no use re viling at the faults and frailties and mistakes that may be made. ! What we want is perfect unity and organization. It is useless to criticise the action at St. Louis.. We must without i sacrifice of principle hold out the, olive-branch to .those who believe as we do' on fun damental questions, ! and keep our "doors open to the North, Sc&th, East and West" if we expect to win and re lieye the oppressed people. I have ever upheld the Omaha, platform, .and will loyally do so until the St. Louis con vention establishes j its creed. I be lieve that we will agree without the loss of 'our self-respect or the abandon ment. of our principles. In order tb hold cur faith we should organize into a compact, united band. And if the two million who have voted bur ticketj and the loyal following associated with, them Jn their households, will organ- ize and individually and by force of perfect organization go into , earnest missionary work'; we can convert enough voters before July to win the: fight. - ' - j ' ! From every quarter come the glad. tidings of great accessions to pur ranks In some localities it amounts to a land slide. ' We can never' gain in this grand contest If we are divided ourselve$. I have bad many grievances and have been burdened with a heavy task. I have resented bitterly unfair treat meat, but. I am willing to bury it all and; labor to organize for victory in 1896, The people should sustain their committees.' They should build up and encourage their newspapers. They should cheer the overworked; illy paid editors.' They should be willing, one SAID: Gold and Silver L ; , - ! . . Just After He ; In Other Words, Signed had for the Debt-Paying and all, to "divide their last blanket and last crust" with each other, and re member that no great cause has ever triumphed unless martyrs trod the hot plowshares and unselfishness was ever uppermost. We have adopted a , new form of membership If or those who de sire it and who wish to swell the fund for propaganda work. , j We 4 send the certificate of member ship, a beautiful token, and Legion but ton to "all sending $1.00; and with it we enclose a full set of supplies and com mission as Legion Scout if desired; and a sample copy of The Nation, which prints all orders and circulars. There is no red tape. Send for papers and organize at once. We want you in line now; and the moment you read this go out and drum up ten people and organize and send for charter. Always enclose stamps for supplies. We draw no i salaries, and labor as a freewill gift.. We are al ready burdened with a load of debt in curred in this work.; We want to es tablish a lecture bureau, and we urg your active co-operation.1 Our mail is constantly increasing and we need a typewriter for this great work. We, do not appeal to or beg '6f the people. It is their work and they should help sus tain if. " j This is a. great struggle for human rights. -No more sacred contest wn3 ever waged in all the ages. If we are alive, if we will awake, if we will arouse from slumber,? and each one do his whole duty if we are a band of freedom, united in fraternity we can restore liberty, and bring back pros perity. We are in the ruthless hands of aliens and traitors to our nation who sell our .birthright dally. Our rulers worship the golden image, and humil iation and shame, are the lot of our patriotic people. A new Declaration of Independence is demanded, and on our shoulders rests the sacred work. PAUL VAN DERVOORT. Boycotting th PopalttM. The "Times-Echo"of Eureka Springs, Ark., says: ' V "There is one peculiarity about all Populist papers that's very noticeable they run practically no advertisements. Perhaps advertisers think that a man who will read a" Populist paper hasn't money enough to buy goods that are advertised.". We can hear some did party merchant chuckling to himself as he reads that little squib. j The partisan merchant knows why Pcpulist papers have very little adver tising. It is a part of the organized boycott against, people against being robbed; who protest Populist papers have Just as large subscription lists, and often larger, than any old party paper .published in the same counties. Their; readers have Just as much money to buy goods as do the farmers and laborers of the two old parties, and they are; more intelligent and likely to see a good point In an advertisement. f j - But Populist papers are boycotted puily for partisan reasons. Most Populist editors do not expect any patronage from old party sources and some-are so independent that they fly at their masthead, "No advertisers need apply." It requires courage to run a Populist paper but Populist newspaper men are usually "built that way." In view of these facts Populists gen erally are beginning ip see the wisdom of "tit for tat," and patronizing only these business men who consider their trade worth asking for. By and by no Populist will buy anything at all from the merchant who boycotts his paper. We must do It In.self-defense. . A Don't Care Cltlren. Don't care how the cotton sells , . Takln' of myeale,'! i -Where the music of the bells i Jingles on the breeze, j J Don't care bow the country goes Roamin,:faraixlfree; . ' In the woods thereblooms a rosa Red an sweet far me! Don't care how the cities roll ' Thundering "along! ' f Streak o sunshine in -my soul -Twinklin .into son! ' Don't care where my life is led .Still it's honey sweet, Blue sky gmilin' overhead Green earth at my feet! Atlanta Constitution. '-.'! ANOTHER BEE AK. OUR FREE-SILVER FRIENDS ARE TOO FRESH. PopvlUU Are Not AM EatiUy Id by tb Koe a the Adherent ot the Two Old Forties Will Not Cencde Both Plat form sod Co&dldste. 5 We clip from a "Washington dispatch . dated Jan. 25. the following: "It is not expected! that anything will bo done about candidates 'for the silver ticket until after the refubilcan and democratic national conventions. Then a silver republican and a silver demo crat.will be. selected from among the most prominent member of the old parties willing to accept places on the ticket." ; j- . . In' view of the cbnteniplated union with the Populists j thai Is very re freshing indeed. Whererdo the Popu lists come in? They are expected to furnish the votes arid then sit en the fence and watch the procession go by, I suppose. ' I j v It makeB us tired. j j Hatch said the Populpts ougt to havef voted' the Democratic ticket ia Kentucky. ; I , , No doubt Teller thinks they-ought to have voted the Republican ticket In Colorado. j ! There are some tlilngs(doubtful and some things are very plain. It is doubtful if the rafck and file of the People's party j will) ever consent to make' any concessions;, at all to the silver people, if such talk as this con tinues. ' It Is plain that! they will not con cede both the platform and the can didates, under any j circumstances, at any time, or to avoid any kind of an anticipated catastrophe. The Populists would have more confidence in the sin cerity of the free silver people if they could "hold "one meeting that was not made up almost wholly of politicians, lawyers and place hunters. We are willing to admit that the action of some of our men who have been clothed with authority is not cal culated to inspire ; enthusiastic ad miration for us In ithe J&reasts of our free silver friends. They have been approached, and per haps bled, by an elemeat that is not representative of th$ integrity, sincer ity, and Inherent worth iand strength of the Populist party. Inltime this will4 be remedied by retiringlfciae of those V men to private life.l Ftfr the present f we have got to make thei best of the situation. ! While .we will make nqipredictions- as to the success of uniting the anti-gold bug elements on one presidential tick et, we do say that if it tyils it will be" principally on account of trigger mouthed Populists and free silverites whose egotism leadsjthem to rush into print with a lot of predictions, precon certed plans, and balderdash that is calculated to disgust the rank and file of the People's party. , - If the so-called leaders (PppulisU and free silver) are sincere and honest in their efforts to bring about this un ion, they should button up their lips, eschew newspaper interviews and saw wood. Already too much has been said and protests are coming; - from evry part: of the country. Thte is unfortunate at this time. Every populist should be actively at work organizing and edu cating the masses.j Instead of this, doubt and discouragement comes from these silly interviews. It is not suffi cient for the men whose interviews are published to try. to take refuge behind the declaration tha they are falsely represented. They are lways falsely represented, to hear jthenl tell it. Then why in the name of consistency ever submit to them? There j,is no reason in the yorld to be given but that to satisfy their inordinate egotism. If the plutocratic papers would pub lish the interviews might be no harm in correctly there it. But they never do. Then, we again ask, why submit to being intervieweci? When the national committee is re constructed, as it will bo this year, each candidate should be required to sub mit to a cranial examination, and only men who have the- bump of self-esteem ordlnarly developed should b placed In any prominent position. We say this in all seriousness. It is not so much the weakness ot our national committee and the silver men that is doing us harm as their in ordinate vanity. ! J Vanity should never benilstaken for self-reliance, nor; stubiornness for manly courage. j j. j, In the meantime, while, .the people will necessarily doubt, they should not relax their exertionsj The harder they work the more compact will become our organization, and the better able we will be to' withstand the storms from without and within. ; We admonish the people to relax their fears. Things are not half as bad as they seem. Almost all this troubl comes from a weakness to be inter viewed. There is no serious danger threatening the - Populistj ranks. Let us go to work and have an effective organization ja every township and county. Send your truest and best men to aU your conventions. Keep ycur shirts on and your heads cooL See th.at none but Populists are sent to the national convention "Trust in God and keep 'your powder; dry," and tha gates of hell cannot prevail, against t our cause. ' L ! . W. S. MORGAN. . Municipal ownership of electric lights is one populist idea that Fargo couli profit by adopting. North Dakota In dependent. There are others. CREATOR OR CREATED. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HUNGER AND IDLENESS. If the Crime of IT a man or Divine Origin Premature Death from llanger, Cold or Exposure in a Country Posiestlac Unlimited Wealth la Murder. From the St. Louis Evening Journal. Presidents, senators; high muck-a-inucks in the social and political world from home and abroad, including Scrof ulous heiress huntres from run-down estates In Europe, and upstart politi cians recently promoted from the gutter to the judiciary for devoted syco phantcy to the vested interests these and others of their ilk are now inter viewed and held up to public view by the dally papers, and their every re mark reported and every action noted so assiduously that the millions that is the very day fellows like you and me have almost forgotten that we exist. We ee the members of the official and social ring quoted so often that we have come to think that they are the country, he people, and when they say "we" or "us" or "cur," we common people get confused and think we are in it. They do the talking, for they own the sources of information. Wo the millions, have no organs and are dumb. So when when they are having a good time the country is prosperous, when they gorge themselves God is good, when they get into a senseless quarrel with the same breed across the water our country must prepare for war arY rne cf their youngsters has the stomach ache bad weather is prophesied. But we. the people who have been left out in the cold have a mouth-piece now in the Daily Journal, and we are going to speak through it and be interviewed ourselves. Those of us who have sor rows are going to tell how we think they came upn us and give any advice we wish, to others in danger of ills that may be prevented. A Journal man met an old soldier coming out of the postoffice yesterday JJMt God had given her a world of un and as he did not claim the title of cci-limited beauty and delight, which had onel interviewed him. "Have I got anything to say to the public?" he ejaculated in answer to the first inquiry. "I should think I have. I have enough to say that if the peo ple would listen to me and had hearts instead of grisley blood pumps they would rise against their present rulers before tomorrow. weT to tne v""ar as a neauny smart yunS man irom a pleasant nome ana even left my sweetheart, to give my life to save my, country. I generously laid my all on the altar of patriotism and when I returned home wounded and only a wreck of a man I found that the country I thought I was saving had been captured in the rear by a band of scheming traitors headed by Johnr Sherman. I worked hard, to make a living-but because I would not become a partner to the rascals who looted the public treasury to enrich national banks, I was refused a pension. "Last year my only daughter who alf ber life has been devoted to me and nursed me like an angel through every illness and who used to sit up nights to make me delicacies she was forced to work in a factory on Washington avenue. The boss' son took a liking to her and I don't blame him for she was the loveliest creature you ever laid eyes on. He told her how prettyshe was and she was fooled into 'foinftfng he was going to marry her. He came to our house many times, and I knew he meant to marry her. I knew he was a good-intentioned fellow and generous, but his grisly old dad said he would disinherit him if he did. My daughter used to tell me with her arms around my neck all the things she was going to do for me when she married Fred. But one day she came home as pale as death. She said she was sick. 1 knew she was sick in her mind and got her to tell me that her sheewheart was not going to mx ry fc er. I thought this was all, poor child, but one week later 6he did not return one night, and told me in a note that she was not worthy to live with me any more, and that I would never see her again. The poor youngster, I have been looking for her ever since, but she is gone, I am afraid, forever. I would not condemn her I would forgive her I would for give even the young man. Both are angels beside the prostitute editors and preachers who uphold a system of soci ety that makes Christian marriage im possible, and sells the love of both man and woman for gold. The young man had been sent away by hi3 father for fear I would kill him. No, I wouldn't hurt him; he was only weak; I know, he really loved my girl. But I would not object to killings few of the fellows who have made it impossible for me to get work and support my daughter, and who make social laws against men mar rying, those they love when poor. I would not object to shouldering my rifle the second time to abolish slavery, this iime of sixty instead of four' million slaves, whose eons are madedrudges, or criraiaalsv and whose daugMers areg'can-ele:ct president and vice president -regardedas.the natural game for the sport of the idle classes. , Oh. I just wish they would try to count out the people's choice for president this year, if the poor people elect him. I woull just like to get one whack at them. Curse their souls, if they keep on break ing the laws and spitting on the people they will find enough just such broken , hearted, simple-minded fellows of my stripe to make short work of them. No, I ain't got no more to say and if you publish half I've told you you've got more spunk than William Lloyd Gar rison." Muttering a few curses the old Wounded soldier walked away. He gave his blood to bave his country to-day his country denies him the opportunity to earn a living and drives his daugh ter to what is worse than death. Walking Into the postoffice the Jour nal man saw an. old woman writing on a postal card, but after she would write each word she tad to stop and wlp the tears from her eyes. 6 he first re sented being asked the cause of her sor row, : but after being assured she was talking to a friend explained that she had raised a family of three bright boys, but all were now dead, and that although they once owned their own home and store, doing a prosperous business, the millionaire's department store had caused their failure, and now she and her aged invalid husband were about to be separated and sent to two different charitable houses for the aged My youngest boy killed himself by ovcr-i work trying to make the business g4 and when he saw we were all going under in spite of his efforts, he lay right down on his bed and died In de lirious fever. And to think after los ing all our children and working hard all our lives we must now be spara?eJ in our old age and be sent to different institutions among strangers ! Oa! My God it is too much! I wish I were dead too!" When asked if she thought God was to blame for her misfortune she an swered: "Oh, no; He mude the wovH big enough and rich enough for all." "Then why is this world filled with so much pain and wretchedness?" con tinued her interrogator. "I don't know," she sobbed. "Is it not all the fault of those who monopolize the world and deny the poor tho right to "earn their living?" The poor woman looked up in blank amazement. She had been their in a church led by Pharisees, who had never suggested that God's King dom was possible on this earth, or that the present hell is the result of social and political crimes, and eo she only shook her old achlr.g head she could not understand. The idea that the benefit of progress and invention be longed to all alike, and that every man, woman and child in the world might enjoy an abundance of all the good things of life had never occurred to her. The. poor thing had cried, "Oh, my God!" in her misery, never realizing forcibly been taken from her by tho ruling classes; that these people waslf enough In one brutal feast to save the lives of a hundred hungry women and children; that singletfamilles squander in useless ostentation weekly what would give comfort, pace and plenty to a neighborhood and shat these things are crimes for which the pereptrator? mush hot onlv answeri to heaven but for whicn they shall very ebon nave to answer to an enraged and determined people. x The victims of social injustice will be interviewed from time to time by the Journal man and their suggestions pub lished as to bow existing social canni balism can be abolished, how each in dividual can be most useful in quench ing the flames of our earthly hell and overcoming the two-legged devils who nowjpoison the stream of human life. I j Alifgd Disreputable Action. The newspapers that believe that a high! tariff is the remedy for all our most important ills are berating the Senate finance committee because it re ported a free silver bill as a substitute for the tariff bill. It is asserted that the substitute bill is not germane to the Original bill. Well, let us see. The purpose of the tariff bill is to raise revenue, to get hold of some mono;, is it not? If it were passed it is al together problematical whether it would answer the purpose or not. Im portations depend upon a market for what is imported. When times are good and everybody has money to, spend a tariff will produce revenue. When nobody has any money, importations will necessarily be light and a revenue from a tariff will not be heavy. The government has asked congress to en act some sort of legislation that wiH relieve the financial necessities of the treasury. The finance committee had before it the simple question of how to raise money and it very wisely con cluded,! in our judgment, that the easiest and most certain wayot raising money was to provide for the. coinage of silver. It seems to us that it was the most sensible thing that the senate has done for ten years. It went about accomplishing a purpose in a direct, business-like, common sense way. The majority of the senate Is in favor of free silver. The majority of the sen ate next year will be in favor of free silvfer; and to charge that the free sil ver senators are obstructionists be cause they provide a way for raising revenue according to their financial convictions, is as silly as would be the charge that the house is an obstruc tionist because it believes in the tariff bill, and, not in the silver bill. When a majority of such a straight-back in stitution as the senate is in favor of free? silver, it looks to us as If the gold men ought to pause and ascertain where they are at. Chicago Voice. Seeing that by taking in the honest elements of all parties the populists . the7 Wall street wolves (that is all that will be left of the republican and dem ocratic parties after July 22) a're already planning to capture the presidency by force. Wonder if they know what sucb a course would entail? "We have thz gurs," they say, "the president is ours, the navy is ours, the army is ours. Just let them try and inaugurate a crazy populist president this country anrt we'll Kill them-like cattle." Gentle j reader, the above" " expression comes j from; a third-term advocate of Mr. Cleveland- He speaks for plutocracy, j Wall street has actually planned to steal I the presidency in March, next year. Would not the "pitchfork" make a pco'd and attractive addition to the plow and hammer as an emblem of the peo ple's party? ALL OVER THE STATE. Bill Nye Loft All His Property to Ills Wife. A special from Hendersonville, saja that Edgar Wilson Nye's will has been admitted to probate there. Ills very short, being written on two sheets ot note paper in Lis own hand-writing, signed sealed and properly witnessed. He leaves all bis property to his wife in fee simple and she is made execu trix t)f the will. Tho value of tho es tate is not estimated. . The .Mayo-Dan Cotton Mill. . The new Afa., o-Dan cotton' mill lo cated in Rockingham county, at the confluence of tho two rivers, Mayo and Dau, from which the name of the mill is derived, has started op its machinery, for the first rime. Only 15,000 spin dles arso in operation yet; bowerer, and the mili will have 22,500 or 23,000 spindles it operation when the fall equipment is 6tnrtcd up. The remain ing 7,000 or 8,000 spindle j are already ordered and will bo installed without delay. Tho Carolina correspondent of tho Industrial Record writes that this is particularly a first-class mill in every respect and has a bright future before it. Henry Fries, tho president, and all the directors are wealthy men, and most of them experienced mill men, Mr. Fries having, been identified with the business all his life. Y. 31. C A. Convention. The 20th annnal State Convention of tho Y. M. C. A. will be held at Char lotte March 19tb, aui will embrace Sunday. Tho programme promises to be very interesting. Among tho speakers are Key. Dr. Felix, Ashe villo; Rev. Dr. Lambeth, of Nashville, Tenu.; Messrs. F. S, Brockman and H. O. -Will iftinSj Secretaries of the In ternational Committee, and. Mr. L. A, Coulter, Stuto Secretary of Virginia. Mr. Walter II. Overton, of Raleigh, ill have charge of the masio for the C-onvention. Telephone War. The wur between the Bell and inter state telephone companies is getting pretty lively in-Wirihton-Salem. The Bell people are now putting busines and residence phones (2) for tho samo price ($3i) as charged by the Inter State for one business. Some time before the Inter-State began business, tho Bell charged $64 for business phones,' and refused to reduce tho prico until opposition came in. The. two companies have about ail equal number of-phones ii the two towns. z H'h. Ground Broken. Ground was broken Monday for the new shops which the Southern Rail road will build two miles from the town of Salisbury. The shops are to cost $225,000. The officials of j the railroad stato that they are to bo com pleted in six months. Salisbury is al most precisely midway between Wash ington and Atlanta, and this is an important reason ,for locating the Hoops there. The Southern Railway will build a town for its operatives and will name it "North Salisbury." An electric railway will connect it with Salisbury. . ' An Old Suit Finally Decided. The Landmark says that the case which" Wallace Bros., of Statesville, against ox-United States Marshal R. M. Douglas, have just won, was start ed in 1885. It was continued in the Superior Court innumerable times, as referred five limes, was in tho Stato Supremo Court three times, and was finally decided.. by the Supreme -Court of the United States. The sum involved is SI, 500 and the costs are enormous. , ' ; Cotton Slill Stock Sold. Twelve shares of stock in the States villo Cotton Mills, total-par vaiue 8120,000, were sold to satisfy a mort gHgo debt due the Wachovia Loan and Trust Company by Wallace Bros., of Sutenville. J. W. Cupeland, of the latter tdace, purchased it at 10,179. Lutheran Synod. The Northern Conferonce of the Lu theran Synod of North Carolina will convene in Hopewell churcbfive miles south of Salem, on the 20th in stant. The new church at that place will be dedicated on Sunday, the 22d - Laurisburg'sew Cotton 'Mill. Contracts have been made for build ing thn Morgan Cotton Mill at Laurin bnrg. The mill will have five thousand spindles an I will spin hosiery yarns. - Flour Mill Sold. The Salem Flouring Mills were sold to David Shore, of Yadkin county, for $7,000. , ' Salisbury people have bought for, $3,500 the telephone exchange of that s town, heretofore owned by Mr. C. N. McAdoo, of Goldsboro. C. T. Iiawles has been appointed re ceiver of tho Asheville Drug Company on application of B. A. Connor; one of the stockholders. , (Jther stockholders will fight the receivership. Judge Simontoa has decided, upon request of counsel, to hear the Cape Fear Yadkin Valley Railroad case March 19th, at Aeheville. MILITARY COMMISSION TO CUBA. Frcsldcnt Cleveland May Thus Gather Information. It ia possible that President Cleveland Will send a military commission to Cuba to report on the condition of affairs there. In this connection it is announced that Gen. Wesley Merritt, commander of the Department of the M.fsouri, and several other high officers el tho army bave been uuddealy summoned to WasJiiugton. ,' - The mills and factories estab'tshed in this country by th Salvation Army gives em ploymeat to 10t70J personjSt,.. -. J