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F T ' w - - ' ,,: TP iRSr Mr AV. 1 7?Vfv- Si't'iSrg 03 GOD, FORXOWTRY AND. FOR, TRUTH" f. ; '. PLYMOUTH, Ni C-i FRIDAY, MAY 22, 189ll i. 6V ft' 4 TTJI rtOVEIt?. SJ EST. . j,ot!s i:, Mi is, (.1 Aiimauce, , . . v.'tiri.ittry if State, Oetuyious Cote, of '. Vus - Treasurr, IX-vuM W. Bain, of Wake.' . ; - ' Auditor, C'A W. fc-inderiio, of Wayne! : f.uperiskr--it.-rt ff Public Instruction, C'Joey H. Vwif-.r.iCrttawba. " Attorney Genua!, Theo. F.'TJnv'idsbn, of , V - - ColXTY G -VKliSMEKT ' ' ' " ' -Sheriff IjctI Blount. ' r i ; Trtesurer, J-osd licrmhBi, -. -' ., , '' Kut-trinp O. urt CK-rk. 1 li'v. Mrriner. ' i r-t i; g'Bto? of r.'.-vd. j. p. nnnni.': -: J ri-vMi-ioiifM li. J. Kfftrr. vv: a Mr- Of .-.i.HCTS. II. Starr, VV' C. Ma 1.! Van), J.-, SliUUetJiatp oi .V ,Lfti:on, Tbos. 8.' Armislea fn'l. c: ta a;i4 . j. fiiercer.-- trim- -.dent t,t ilcaSllH Dr. J3. b- Voxr '-torerinten.lut of Pnblic IaBtruction, . " , ' v H. Lather E'oorn. , " , , , , . . , , , , Yri,iirtrt O. H Uarrisou. . -'; -', . . t-M . Ohiaf f-Police, Joneph Tncker. - ' " Conucilmen, E. U. I.atfcam, J. E Held, "-'",',: D"O..BrinkIey. G. II. . Harrison, J." VV-. '- -r"-. A. 5;.tiiJn, Joyenb Mitcbelt -ana ' - . 'ciiup'Jh siiltvicss.'1 - .: i"-. Mtikodlht- Ev t5, V;3i.bitiRfn,pft8tor " ' PenUcg evry ttitdsy at 11 a m . and 8 m- PraTer. lnet'.Uui CTery Vednefday ' nlfitdt lit 8. tsniiday school at 9 a: jpu, J- -'F; Gorman, Swj ffintei.dei t "- ;-'? "'L"V ' ', '-: Paptis! Rv. 3 r.'Tuttle ," parf'-r, scttI ' '- t-ry 2d ai-d 4h SucdayB at It a.; ; -, - atid , 7 ao p, iw. rtay r nwtit.g i'my TKadKj.toifeiit at 7:!'0. tin.dv - Kcbw ,!.-try 'i?jnday at 3, p - ".' 11 U- Chewa, w' auptjrintt ndt-tit. V V. Epiawpa 1 Ucv. l.n ' !:er F."ont- TtCtor. - ' . fV-Tict-i t-very SJ Sui.day t 11 a-' m. ' '-"1 13 p. ri-' . Hiimiv tlK-ol St 10 a-, vTU j IVjan eupcrliue ndent. , - - '"u.v';"' ". medical 80CIKTT.' j;;;; - .3 r nee!sT-d y aft. r tho first 'Monday; of . each jwooth, Vt. 11. 1. Murray,iCLairnjan; -J Dr. E L, Cox; airrtsr,;.; , - w i.nT.V. ' K.T?rf fl tynw.lli lodge Nit 2508-t-: ' turcts 1st and Sd rJ ladar LijcLtis in each .l,',r:.-mftth. Will. IUmpiou Dictator, v: f ' N. li. Yt'fiR r Fia. ;KlrU.; . ;jj.:'Ki L r-f II. Itffttv.k Ij-dp;e SlVfs i"l 4ti Tliurkduy uighls iuVarh luutirb I'i; 4.V tNormmt lotecr.. . ' r.Vj'''-' f Y-nL ?-tTetary s. O O F. Enperi.?a Lrt'4 N'v 2S meis , vry -I-it at d ."d Uts of fcl ' ; :oiiih, st Mau'a Ha'l. Knur t ttaj'uor . K. G., 1 li-- J ljtv rccrttaiy.1 ' - j ,; v G;--IL . HARRIS ON, ll'-r, V. .'' lELEft 1ST General Ucrcbandisc. - - rCoro, per Bs.v : ' 100 - Meal, . ," - ..:.101 0 K. Sides per lb ' J 8', t; ' Eacoa ' - , - '.SholJers EaoOQ . '!8.. ' , pry 6alt " . , Hrtakfast Bmpf . 10.', , llama K: C , ' ' '- - ":-lrdrtfined -1. v" . - Flour, per barrel, from LPO to $0,fitf - W. I. Mola-wtS, per f al., s ' . 3" ' ' 20, f; Ofsnr,Uted u-'itr, j.er LteHt brown " " " rJL-r CSrer n Cflfiee ' " Tel acc rr It fr-fcet " " . .'...! -. ' -V SO&85... 22 Aits' -. - 2r " ; ' n . 25 to I 00 v : SO to 73 V .Ccs!t).l v.hiie.HAftly 1.10, per ijal. 1.5 18 : so - . 10 v 75- I', -1. r.r.a irU-'U'fi, r i- lb r;clp- CucuiIh:'-, per If. 0, skew's Vis, ir 1V - a, -, t int. " 13 to 25 S -. f.0 : : : , '0'; ,T ' ALYL.:Tl:-EMEN'itf,;? Blount, WSSm i- - ::cr goods, ' u'.l H-ifa a'tid -. V7liit9 Good, it and bent afock of I f! tt thin plate. ' ! i )frgsptrenoe - filly, y. , -. N CV v , fcts?.' - - villi tl? f" 1 UiTToar 5.. ; ' $rod-si c t i. ij ' ; i tar ..n tl.s t t;" Thlsi It r.i i-- ; sr ti " " ' - - tot ';l o" ' r ' Apr.i li-- or lh I'.af of ncoTery. t3 ?!d f t--- - 1 p!.-a;1-t p ji iudiVed 3' tie UY3- BiiltretoiV '' .; "; 7c It W Through the dark vaUer thoa Y'llt paflt to ' . . night: - v ' To the d rearer Libyrldith of tronlslod yeftra, , The fruit lew aisrhs. tL mav.iii(? tears, , , ' At last th fad grows fcIo',vJy Into sight.' ' Itth doth bat wiiifc for day's retrentinjf light, For th-it ti-imcod hour when eve'a fit ht hea V t - COB JjUCM. . " ' ; ' - AAd ve?pT3 srcr.tljr fa!ls oa Ja!A ears, . To Ir thy snvl the si;cftl for ita ftisht. Thea.'wiih a brow uuuinTitlKl aa of old, -'. -i A hewi no loi)Sr i athed by Sorrow's scnrs. Out of Life's minis ft.'i-.l Viijxirs raanlfold, . . k Into that clime no shadow ver man : Thou wilt emerge!, and rapt communion hold - With th tc'ovtl,ltn.g gathered to the atarm V "-iWUIittmXoynheo, in Murray's Magazine, x -TIIEEE TIMES A BMDESMAID BT K.t,E FORREST GRAVES,' Angiista Vmanl why, what on eartij )t ftre yon crying about?" Vivian daaued the crystal drops jetulantly from h r yelafibtia, "t". :1Cryingf "Wliat nonsense. Tin." not , crying ' r-. 1 : -J.r f :- She sat there oa the low,' velvet cot . crwl diTan, ,wit!i the .exquisite : jtridcs iiriaid' dress in Ji -r lap ?biie tarletan, 'barred with tihini Bering lines of silver- fVhile just beyond lay tile wedding cards, tied together vith snowy, ribbon.;- like ; drifted bjiov. ; ; ,;. ,' : And Aunt .Bessie, agoing that rotuon trance and argument would aliko be.un-' tvelcome ' just at that moment, " went quietly ont of the room with the ivory, i iueadks case ohe hn i come to seek, leaving r Augusta alone once moi-e, " ' ; , ' . ".Three times a bridoernalcl and never a "tilde.1: ; . ; - . 'J'Was lt, thn, that, there was actual "truth in the words of the old saw which people quoted o! "list her with so much Bialicious fun? For the" third, time she was -to be a bride's attendant now and '; herself l ."Why clews no one come. to lead - her to tlie altar also, to fulfill a. woman's Sweetest, proiidost destiny I , '- 3? - ,v,: Vlt la "all eheer nonsense toeay thata '-'girljciucb rsc adniit risirns low and v matrimony into her head. . She would bo but a lifeless, lovel ' atatue otherwise r the vibions will como-unbidden, and ex . ittonce would le incomplete without their enchanting glitter. So it waa 'with AttgtiHta Vivian at eight and twenty. , Teopla were already beginning .to" speak of'lier aa "an old maid;" the young, six teen year old damsels thought her "shock iugly, old, and Lily, her married bister, .'.with : two .babies, patronized and pitied ,b.er. j ' i'. . ; ; -.l"Poor Gussie," f.aid Mrs. Lathrop, "it .isn't, likely ehe ;will: ever, marry now,: . Why, I was .' enf iged before : I V was 18, and Gussie ia Uv urly 80. : . Ilowever, I always wanted on otd maid sister to live with me and help about tho children and the housekeeping. " . ,. , . ' Yet Aiigit3t;i Vivian waa lovelier now than she had been at eighteen." ; Not a .wrinkle marred U.e marble smoothness ;of her browr the gold bright hair.wjived in luxurious masse i'rom her blue veined ( temples, and tho bloom on her cheeka was red and ripe as that of a peach and yet she never yet had had one offer.. . ' It was hard, too. August Vivian had all the wifely instincts belonging to every woman worthy of the name eho had her : aspirations, ' hopes, and dreams, and it was dispiriting to see them blighted one by one. V ' f Nobody cares for me," thought Au gusta mouinfully,- and not, without a epioe of bitterness in her dejection. V"Nq maa ever spoke to me of Iove--no homo over yet opened its portals to greet me as its queen. Why n.jt, I wonder ? Am I -unlike other women? Ami unworthy of the destiny that fate has reserved for them ? Here I live iu my little cottage among the roses, solitary and alone, save for Aunt Bes.si and the kitten, and here, for aught I can &ee, 1 am likely to drag 'out the monotonous series of my daysv I : wish I were' a man. Men - can go out into the " world and forget all personal trouble in that keen hand to hand con flict which invigorates while it occupies them; but "women can only sit at homo with folded hands and aching-hearts, waiting for the day to come which may never dawn" - .' . r And so it happened that Augusta Viv ian had let a bright teardrop or two fall upon the thlning folds of silver barred tarletan as she at there all alone, , " Augusts, " ftitid 2lunt Bessie, presently reentering and sitting herself down to .work in the sunny corner of the bay window, "how old is jour nihter Helen ?" c--"Sixteen next month,? answered Au . gusta ppiritlovsly, . "I thought so," said . Aunt' Bessie. eagely. "Do you know, Augusta, Tve (jot a new kink in my head I ? , . ' ; -"What is that?" iisked Augusta, foro i tejs heraelf at loiist to appear to take some sort of intcrcet ia the subject under discussion. - - . . "11a ior Culthrp-a next door --don't you notice day?' coldly. M!i:H la c"i ?.n L s J t tlu: lid comes hero every r fci." c-a !s 3 to n;e, " Jfeaid Augusta di t-- Trior. They were WpttHig;atth0; J3 I nn i-J!v l'iievehe. V n is pna w must. ' ' Ai- .u i i v. iCt a lit- accept him if r.e snotua Happen to pro- Iose, ana so i knan u-ii her. , AuguA'U dare not 'answer." ' Harrying tna fp.ve.ng m marriage how naturally they came tv every girl but herself. Here .was little IMen, wearing short creases trull, and scarcely out. of the schoolroom, and Major. Culthorpe,- one in a thou.cii.d, handsome as Apollo, and pousnefl as Unevaner liayard. had-al ready singled her out to be his wife! . A teen pan of envy shot through Augusta : Vivian's heart, none the less keen in, that ; ehe felt how base it was thus to grudge the royal crown of wedded liappiness to ber young sisters lover. . "Helen is the last of the flock, J added Aunt Uoahio meaitatively,' "except you. "Augusta, and 1 don't suppose - yon will ever many now I w - -. "No," Augusta echoed, looking down .drearily at the white tarletan, folds, "I shall never marry now. . , ,.s, v- : " And you'll be very happy, I dare say,n , went on Aunt Bessie in a consolatory tone. "People Out don't have anyups are' never troubled with downs..- Dear heart alive, I'm an old maid mysielf and ; I'm sure my life has always been, an easy net"- J . . '', -' Yes( but you had a lover once." "Of course I had I should have mar ried Hugh Revere if the Lord; in His good providence hadn't vseen tit, to take . him away the very month before the day set for our wedding; I felt badly about it. at the time, but I am reconciled to It " , But if you never had a lover?" - "Well, I don't know how thinajs would have seemed to mo then, 7 said Aunti .Uessie. "I've always felt more hke a widow than an old maid since, though Tve been Miss Vivian to the end of tho chaptei t just as you will be 1 " . , f And Aunt Bessie fell into such a reverie concerning old times '! that she never heeded when Augusta slipped out of the room. , - ..,!. i Down into the garden, through hedges ' of budding lilac, where "crocus blossoms f sprinkled the borders with gold and pale , ; Bnowdropg were already sending up their stars'of spring bloom, across the rustic .. bridge to the solitary walk among tho evergreens Augusta flittetl, along, ( scarcely knowing or heeding whithershe went, dome" new shadow seemed ' to have come over her life within tho last houi' some broodiug phantom of evil, she herseif knew not what. - Only -that she was very, very sorrowful, and longed to be alone, . - : . " - "Miss Vivian J" . ." . ' v , . ' She startled like a frightened fawn. . '" Major Culthorpe?" ... ' i? S. For he had met her at the little wiro i gateway which divided the Culthorpo estate from the less pretending grounds of tlie cottage. A tall, handsome man, with Spanish eyes, a rich, dark com' plexion, and a beard soft and long as floss silk. Major Cultliorpe's cheek was slightly flushed, as if in sympathy with the touch of ' crimson which suffuaed Augusta Vivian's whole face. - Did I startle you. Miss Vivian? V , "No, but I did not expect" 'J' , She stopped abruptly, not knowing wliat to say in her confusion. ' "Were you going for a walk?" . "Yes no I dou't know." " '-' And Augunta blushed more hotly tliaa ever at the thought of what a goose eho was making of herself. , But Major Cul thorpe did not seem to notice it; , "May I have the pleasure of walking a little way with you?" he asked. --. "Helen's up at the cottage, " Augusta answered impulsively. - ' i "Is she? I hope she is very well but you have not yet answered my questions" Of course ccrtaiuly I sliail be very happy," stammered Augusta. And. sho thought to herself, "Now he is going to make a confidante of me. " - I , t She walked along by his side in silence for "some distance, and then looked up with a forced laugh. . ' , "' - "You havo something to say to me, Major . Culthorpe, w she began, "so you may as well say on. : r ' . .. i ;r "You are right," he answered with a cmile; ."I have. . .r - "Well?" . . ' ' "Do you know how ' many years we have lived neighbors to each other, Miss Vivian?". - ' ; f. "Not exactly six cr seven, J believe." i:..," Sex en next November. ; And y did it" never occur to you that this constant companionship might suggest to me tho poatibiiity of a nearer tie ? " - -, , ' : ; "I supposed it v.-art popsible," answered Augusta almost inaudibly - t .'"' v". t . "Do you think J sm too old to marry?? "Certainly not." .--r. , - Auguiita, would you take me?" ' k; , "I take you. Major CulUiorpe?"' "Yes, you, Augusta. I have loved you all these years,- yet never until now have mustered courage to ask you to be my wife, I know it has been cowardly to keep silence so loug, yet when a man's whole destiny hangs oa the answer to a Bicglo q'u:t!"jL he cm but hesitate and tremble. Jly own dar one my' Au guiita oT;Iy t. Il r ie t'.r.t I Uavo the right to call jo rj, "! I '-'-aH auk no .dearer boon of fovtui.i1. " " : 'And w!j"-i 5" 4 Vivian came homo from her v i". r,.- wo'u her accepted l lover wsal-y s ..: - lr. j ; "SO it V-"- 1.1 ft-F an," said! itl tlie news.- i creatures "WvlJ, Hat 1 1.: c ; i t ". r. v-.ir.ie ettl). OF THE NEOBO ILS- ODUS- K0W A KrORO LAWYEB BSCaKft A COTTON tntsiligeneer( ' The other day soma -negroes who more' than a j ear ego left IUieiga- lor the far Soath. oa wht used to be termed the ' exodas," retarued. They tell a good story oa a negro who used to ba a lawyer at the capital. Ha U as intensely black and ag. gravaUd specimen of what is known as a Vbuck nigger." He was a very zealons advocate: of the exodnB, and by and by it began in . be rs serted that he was paid ro niuch per head for each n euro be induced to leave. . Be was a member of the exeeu. five committee of the State Emigration Association, sad ' once made a tour of the far south, an be said, to spy oat the land Ha finally Irft here with a party of 100, intending to dJirer ' them to a man at Vieksburg. v On the way there ooe of the agroes jumped from the train, so wbeu Victtsbnrg was reached there were only 100, including the agent The man who made the' contract appeared and Baid he was ready for his 100 . negroes The darkey lawyer begaa to explain. - when the man said. ' Who are you i" I am lawyer" was the reply. ' "Not much," Baid ihe mao; Yousre a d n black nigger, and "ke juot the right aainber." So with the rest the lawyer went, and he hub been doing the best work of his life ever since, - The fialeigh negroes eiijoy iiisdiscooifiiurevery mnch, I ki-t lawyer was examined seven times by the sttpreme court before he was liconsed, and this moved one of tue Jostioee to afck after the Jfiu examination and failure, if the statute of limitations did not ruu agiuatt him, . THE AMERICAN NAVY. Argonaut " Building a navy, each ' ns is demanded f . t modern naval warfare U elow wotk." it can't be done in a Year nor in a few years, Italy boasts of her ironclad-ships, but it took her twenty five years to thnseqtfp hfrsolf. The Cuited States- do not make ranch of a how ai a naval power hnt with the progrtss which we am now making,' it will not be many years before we will have aJ'navy tl:at cao hoid-itsown upon the water-. Iu refTeice to the work being done we guther tLe following .from thV ppeecu of the Astetant Heeretary of the Mavy, Moley, at tbe dinner m washiDgtOa. giveu . to the inventors, in reply to atoast to the navy He paid: "Nine years ago the navy or . the united folates was ecro posed of a collection' of rspfdly ' decaying wooden shipj, propcilfd' .by ant quated engiues ana arnJ&a with smooth bore. gans. So f .r from alvancicg, its condition since the war had been one of steady dttcriora tlon. Its "vessels and its gnns were a sab jsct of dengton at Louie aud contempt abrond. To day tbe Department is engaged in the building f twenty five modern bteef ships, three of them tattle ships of . 10,000 toiii disf laceiQMit, and two more will Khonly be addtd to tbe Ifat. In the-ve- sols every device has been put to Qm "that the Inventive lngeamty of the ace ronid inggect. The iriplMexpanMon engine, the dyuamn, the snb-divided Ktrnotnre and double bottom the moaeru poenmavie and hydraulic appliances the muUitade of contrivances for propnltuon, for disliltatiou, for steering, for Ventilation, for hointing. tir ,dt Inse auaitiKt projectiles, for excludinK the diiugcrotis inrush of wat' r, fjr iucrcas. ing tb efiiciency of the armament have made the modern war ship, with her ma. cbinery and her main and secondary bat tenee. a g' mature s oomp ex andso diver. nifled iu all its iouumrtble detail nn to call for the application of iuyentive ckill ia nearly eveiy department of ruethauica! science.'. Ana uacK oiall this ties lue vast advance which recent years have shown in the materials cf oouHiractiou. in the steel itself, by menus t f improved tools, improved processes of mnnnfautare,. improved com bmation of elements, iu frames and plates, in CHfctiugv ia armor, in gua forgings. When the bigh and exacting reqniremeuts of the Navy iepiirlr.ueat in the quality ' of steel which it called for were nrst made known it was doubtful if the manufacturers cou'd famish it, but the mecnaulcal skill of the country showed itself, tqual to the derortiid, und the result has been a' product which Has.-no superior in the world, v The progress tkua marked in materials and in mechanical devices, stupendous as it has been dariog the last few years, seems to be without bounds or limits thut man can fix. Truly it may be taid that in the field of the inventor working iu the applications of naval science there are no honzons," ; . LIVE TOWNS, V '-. . Afjhviile Las vr-trd $831,000 for 'city, im provements, of Vi Li;-U 5.K).())0 is to go for street p,hi; $10,000 f o r additional seweragp and f'.'.t.t-OO for pablio schools. ' Window voted f.iO.OtH) fr city improve, meats, Durham voted f.25,OoO for a. firat- class grade sehool and Graham $20,000 for ihe State Female fform&l and Industrial Colli no, STATE DEPARTMENT MEWS. In-lltaj)iCer. " ;,Tii Governor l&n offered a. reward of J200 f:r anpuUieoTiir.u of I). A. McDougald, of Laur ubwrar, who stood chaig:d witn the aMiiUKiiuit oi ha teuersb; uncle, biftn'oo Cxiisoiify, in, li.b'-sion county. . -Ti.e Slate Lcrd ef . KJticatjop met on Weh-esday ,t d dirCU-mtd the question as to the te-ar I'lisncs Wst lKndj presonoed for nss i s tL ' t-i.'.Jw fc-hooN.- Another rnTt:r v-l on the 25th lustantf wl.ea ins Mi:tf v !-I b dpMsdl of, i S'.b vv o'l i' -1 t' o.tiid will then give I.im o' iui'sit 1 t ,i t'.e V3H0US boots, atter a btojx: 'lher-iiB . .-.ii.i-i.i..ners have issued an c .1-r 3 Jaue 1st, t it. fua. I t ' - :ivi;g i):tr oripiu . !.,,t !. - ! !' H. ,t3tfl Wt't bv (,-'.,:-' ". ; - tr uud' r, -, r.... -- - '. - - t ;r S. GOME THIS TVAY. OBIw9W Ctt BtUSTETt BUT JTCST A rOISTEBS,' , rxw nurbam Sin. . - ' ' Tr Many have Iona been jJissatufiM. ; with the oold and stormy climate of the ' North. Printers' ink has been used of late years, to great advantage, in advertising the charms and attractions of oar lovely Southland, and, as a result, thousands are leaving tbe rigorons regions of the Sorth, to find homes under the genial sxies of the douth. ? Never since the stars aud stripes first waved . iu triumph over "the land of the free and the home of the brave' has there bead such a tide or immigration Soath ward. ; ' : -: -Farmers are coming to ooltivate the soil, miners to dig from tbe earth the Wealth it yields, manrjfitclarers for sites. VcaDitafbiia for profitable investment,, pleasure seekers to revel nnder bnzut Bkies and en tor " the bonntiful blessings dame nature has bestow. ed. and the sick and worn' out under the chilling northern buzzards, to sain ' health and strength. " . ' Uur Skies are Bright and sunny, ouri ca- mate is as healthy as can be found oa the glob?, onr trauHportation facilities, ' by ran, excellent, our land cheap and i easily Im proved, our manufacturing advantaees are unsurpassed aud our people proverbial for nospitality. uome and look over,, the field and we are snrs yon will decide to east your lot with as. People are constantly coming here, and We feel confident oar population will soon be augmented by many J rrom other states, attracted by our superior advantages. THE SOUTH. . , ; naa faospeiutt as sees bx a coxonxsa. St. lni Republic. v" A prominent Northwcf tern Congressman reached Washington recently after a months tour through the South. Unsaid: "j.ue prosperity oi wa ooata ssianwnes me. l loand tost the iaruiers are ia taaoh better condition in the South than ia 'tbe West ; that there is more contentment aJ roong tbe ptwple-; that money is plentier and that the people live better than they do in the West There is no comparing tbe condition of the poorer classes of ' sgiicuL turat laborers in Minnesota,r4he Dakutas or Nebraska with the ce.'ored men of the South ilw rolored ctifeeeivessatisfiiotorv wnsnt and has aTSftjs plenty of wholesome food at bis coniman is also well sheltered. I found that tbe right ot VbMH?.lored man to earb hss living, to enjoy the irmtr industry was everywhere ... recognised defended in the South, . I was convinced that, in a caa at law ia a oourt " between a white man and a negro, a white Jury wonld invariably give the benefit of the doubt to the negro. I found also thst the . negroes scarcely ever suffer for any thin? so Jong as their white neighbors .' hare ; anything ; to give, bat at the same time I f mad a uni versal disposition among the white people against negroes holding office or having control ia any way in government affairs.. This did not astonish me. It wonld be the same way in my State if the negroes at tempted to rule. I understand it is the same way in the new Territory of . Oklaho ma, wbme population was recruited largely from radical Kansas, - , Wlnstwa Sentinel. . 5 ' Iu the rush cf basmess big btutlues jWe mean," the small affairs that after all oiske a great total ere apt to be overlooked. Any sufficient Aggregation of capital can pay for tho tr&lued talent necoasary f o beciu a cotton mill, iron foundry or tobacco works and manage it suceasfully, and as U nato, ral these big nuder taking?., make a great uoise in the world, pat the smaller ones are very neoeesary and in proportion to the amounts put in. yield as large prodacU, often larger. We know of CJnnmg facto, ries in(Xirginis and North Carolina that pay 40 per cent, on the capital stock. The vine yards at Tokay and Uingwocd were local affairs tea years ago and , to.day they are making interests on a hundred thou si nd dollars. . ' A iwultry farm near - llaleigh made its dwom a comfortab'o living and was of great value to the town.' A shirt factory began in Troy 20 year ago ; ha started fif y of them in that piaee, a pants factory iu an upstairs room a few years ago madu one of Uhiulotte a most caterpttsing citizens a rich man. 'i he making of pat. anted articles if almost always followed by euocesa. To cite more exaaiplcs would simply bit to call on Hie memory and cats, logues of oianaftcttirers. The - places - are Dot all full ; tli re are many small things to ba done near ViDfl.oa-Salem that will bring money enough to the owners to keep,' tbe wolf from the door and store away some thing against a raiuy day. " PL a NT DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES. .. Gerald Mc "art&y, N. C, Esperitnent SwUoo. ' The North Carolina Experiment SUtioa has j8t issued a 20 page Bulletin, JSo 7C, on Plant diseases, illustrated by 11 engra vinps showioe tbe appearance of Uineaatd planU and the best forms of spraying p paratus. This BuJetiu contains a brief and poiuted chitpfer on vineyard and or chard hygiene, and treats io fall of the following dieu9es: Hot, mildoW and ak tbracnone of "the grape, peach rot, black knot c f plam and clierry apple pear and qninee soib. leaf blight of p-ar, fire b.igl.t vi'irr peach yellows, potato blighj, rust of cereals, bunt of wheat, smut of oats, smnt of com and t syc t of rye. . .. These di nn- cu? a yearly loss cf ever $1 000 000, to t.-i fi-n-.m Bud fruit grow. ea of tbu ti.ite, i c f which may be sove-i t.tr'y rrtr-jiion. Tlslt I'-i' " s.l i-1 M't free to nil naes on tUe ri';ri.-f i .-w ir- ii.-.t of the S'atiau ciji'i the Mtte who apply (or it. (J;..? z il-i number of copies will I'.e avC'oU: fr iliaUibUtlua OUtis.dj ,i ' '.'11 riit. 60 I'll'? 8 f ' . l.o ?ni".1i- C I9RASD SIASTEIt 32IlUTOli Chronicle. . ...'"j, ' ."' - . , ' The indr-por.dont Order ,4f Odd FeHows -la North Carolina is one of the largest, en " wost inilaeniial orpaoizations in the iStnv. la its met&beiELipit comprises men of alt ' Callingand conditions: promotes a spirit of fraternal and friendly feeling re'icYC -the widow and the orphan ; adoabUters to . the comfort of the afflicted members ; and When s member dies: buries fcfm wjrlwtn- " . or and drops the tear of sorrow over liiu grave. -In Worth Hirnlinal . - w w.uv. ti unci been in a more prosperoue eopdiiion r than now, and almost every week lortrr organized.. In Ibis itate cf 'growth and popularity of the order, every Odd Fehow to the State ought to eonratalaf that tbe Orand Lodge has shown . WisJ in tbe election of the Orsad Master f the coming year. Mr. Jno. IT, Braton, r Yf ilson, who has been honored b le as Grand Master, is a talented. hvn- and riling attorney of WilBon.'wLi wnug 10 ice nign oince;abilitie of af-: rior qaalities, crest love of the nrA - eloquence la. preseniinff -its-claims i.A public. We predict that'snder fch i - : ' istration the I. O. O. F. will er.-w . 1 flourish, aud demonstrate in lav-ger rr vs usefulness and the bemiUa ii. confers. , .. The ; Statute Ahout Alk.i. - - - .Drlaka and Kareattos. r Cor. News Bad ObiervBr. T-?. 'i. -I Inasmnch as there . fioems to ha anxiety relative to tbe statute which reni--"' " res the natare of aleobolie drinks anrt itaf. " - eotics and their effect upon the trairua system to be tacsht in the""sonmft& nr ' pablio schools,' I makathe-foUowing state- - meutr ...---v .-- .. . ,-. 1. The State Board of Education vn i J cofflpiy with thi law "and ciy fall effect-'' f to it by putting upon the list of text-bocls . two small books. ' sV.'"-?, . - 2. ; The smallest ef these hooks will ' abont twenty cents and Is not to 1m chased And used by; the- hildrea.'- bujs iu tended for the teachers as a guida to : tu'f oral jnin:tion to b aivea to the AifMrA - in-tbe primary gradasall children ho V mo uvh uKucea iqs loartb reader. . a.u mo viy ikboou u may oe round uCss of the papilb in the fourth and liisrhrr grades those who can rffad in the fourtli ;v and higher readers and is to be ased a mil completed, as are other text-books. Marv pupus quit scnoo neiare xaey advance Ir enougn to use this book.-it ;wiu cost, robably not more than -thirty cents, and isJi" oniy doox taut wui uave to fce pnr cbasedvLy-Sljy papil except - those - who -rem.ua i a tciio3i(,,'1 stu.ly "tb hiH.rr' brsncnes of the hiSrrikcoatse --,t c asses m such owner braD-iisfi! HyReaiorhyeiology Abridged,n at the ccm . Of 50 eenla. , The Board may possibly e. lect books at slightly higher figures, , bat st all events the cost will not be much more than the A.jures above r.amed.' - T " - 4. The books selec ted will. eoBta'la "teot only matt-r oa the 6BLjct" of . alcdbolio drinks aud narcjtied, bnt alsii Valaabla b. formniioD as to the preservation tf - health, etc. I think the ge:m!ae friends of pabiio education will be BatiuAed with ths.exeou tjon of the statutw, Of oonrae wamust' never lose sight of -the 'fact that-, if the children are to be taught the vsrriob ant.- jecis embraced ia the common school Uw, . . ... .. . . . . .i .r j ww iuum ws at sums expeuee rot tootts. The law does not g into tffvt uatii the first of iiext August. The State Board will take sufficient time- duly to consider the books presented by the different house. There i- some competition; and the'Jioard will secure the best possible pricca 6tat papers pleasd copy, "' J. . ?apt. cf pubiia ListrBetlgrjry - Ihe waltz c-- inated in Germany,1 - Tho peopivs ot Hawaii are caalOring, for v ' a republic. ' - t .i .-', "President BalmacedA, of Chill, is ia cba.' Etaat fear of poisoning, "-" .'4 A famous showman has at Inst succeeded " ta training the go03e to perform,,- . Earthquake phocks were fell oa Wednes day last at Concord, Keene and ContOcock, n. u, ..:... It is said that By ran Folej, who died in -Brooklyn, N, Y reoently . tacked but two weekfi of being 103 years old, , ' A thncdtfr bolt from ai, eppearcntly tlz-jf sky killed hetlmood Dwyer, a farmer, t-;' Emporii, Km., the other day.-His brothef was a witnesH of the atEiir,.",; A Kentucky c Jitcr died t, suddenly Inst, wek while biog a bath. It's no ess "p a Kentucky editor to fVl with water1; i can never get usui to it Lx. The fir.st r.h'p:cnt cf iron pips evr raa ! ? iu the South v.'-oi mda on the Cih iust., ; -a Beiisoaier, Al., tJ -n to Baltimore 'i : ' firm has a cottuci fr C.CC.0 ton. . " Out of fi,70 i iir.'.Ugr&nts landisd &t U -" , fax between Jtst of J:T.u-try aad tLa I : of April, 1,500 found their way ; into V-- country by tho rear rente, thus evading t; ;) immigratioa law. -'The IadiMiapolis Journal i."s..vt 1' ai!ton:iirjg information tUit dent JJor.ou idi abjuf. I'o-. Yonv I day in a i- " t ner,". Viee-i.'i' d) t'l!". i-fu mount ! bsrsj or --'!. of a Vk- r.. qtirt I biar, 1 '-- -ope I r- Lit 1- M..-: :.. - of a ill 1. liar., -i-t Tl5rro t!.-; tb ' a ana praciican e 10 have this book alaOimt' :' h in the hand- f the children. - .'"-. 'J htf other book i to be ia its hangar- .1.JWM - t "i. -J, T- iU.-.ome 1', in n