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a Year, In Advance.
'FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY, AND FOR TRUTH."
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VOL XII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FEIDAY MARCH 8, 1901.
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HILL A HP'S LJKTTIiH.
"An album's paijea tell or many a friend
Lost to the sight, but to the memory dear."
Those lines are the beginning of
some versos I wrote in a school girl's
album fifty-four years ago. The little
book is near me now. It is old and
war-worn and it makes me sad to turn
its leaves and read the pretty verses
that adorn , its pages. The authors
were her best friends and all are dead
but one the one now writing this
letter. "Friend after friend departs
who has not lost a friend?" This
album was captured during the un
civil war and carried away to Babylon
and kept a prisoner in a strange land
for twenty one years and then was re
turned through the mail. ;It takes
conscience a long time -to bring re
pentance to some people. That school
girl is my wife she is now sitting by
her window sewing, making a little
dress for a grandchild. Will she
never stop making little garments?
I asked Jessie last night how many
garments" it took fur her little Caro
line in each and evary year, and she
counted them up t ight little dresses,
ten petticoats, four A"air day drawers,
two pair night drawers and one cloak
say twent3r-five garments for winter
and as many more for summer, and
she makes most all of them herself.
My wife has done all thi3 for ten
children until they were fifteen year?
old. Fifty times ten makes 500, and
' 500 times 15 makes 7,500 garments
and she still keeps working on. But
she is not worn out nor thin nor pale
nor haggard nor is her eye dimmed
when she has on her gold-bound
glasses. Oh, these good old mothers
Mine did the same thing for her flock
and my wife's mother the same for
Jiers and so do they all except some
it
k -V grieves me sometimes that I did not
love her better, for I did not realize
how much she did for me and how
her very soul was wrapped up in her
children. Stop young man, stop and
think, when you are far away from
home rollicking and frolicking with
your gay companions stop some
times, stop and think of your good
mother and write to her a loving
letter. Hopeful and sad she waits
for every mail and never despairs.
But about albums. A friend has
left his with me for perusal one of
these old time mental photographic
albums with about twenty questions
to be answered.. I have seen them
before and was amused at the answers
but this one interested me for its
pages contain an autobiography of
many noble and notable men. It
tells a condensed story of their emo
tional and mental character.' When
a man of thought is asked to write
an answer to a question he is both
cautious and sincere. He knows that
he is making an exhibit of his inner
life to every one who reads it.
This album begins with Alex
Stephens in 1874 and then follows
wijlLItobert Toombs, Herschel V.
(Johnson, GeneralKirby Smith, James
K. Randall, Richard Malcolm John
son, Li. u. u. L,amar, luchara n.
Clark, John B. ; Gordon, Thomas M.
Norwood, Rev. -,M. Palmer, Henry S.
f'Foote, Logan E. Bleckley, Robert J.
f Burdette, ; Paul H. Hayne: Joel
' Chandler Harris, Wallace P. Reed,
.Mrs. Octavia Walton Le Vert, Judge
Hook, Richard A. Proctor, the great
astronomer, and others. Lveryname
is noble and notable, and their an
swers are indexes to their characters.
Stephens's favorite-jbooks are Milton,
Pope and Shakespeare, his heroine
Rebecca in "Ivanhoe;" - his hero
Washington; his occupation reading
and farming; his best trait in man is
truth, and in woman modesty.
Toombs' favorites are Shakespeare
and Tom -Moore, Gibbons and Ma-
cauley: his characters in fiction
Rienzi, in history Socrates; his fav
orite occupation building air castles;
best trait in man justice, in woman
charity; the sum of human happiness
is to make others happy.
Governor Johnson likes Pope, Mil
ton and Bvron and Swedenborg,
knows nothing of romance; his best
characters Washington and Jefferson;
his accupation reading and writing;
the highest traits truth, and benevo
lence; his watchword duty.
Kirby Smith likes Gray, Young
and Tennyson, Scott, Irving and
Macauley; his favorite characters Sir
Gallahad and St.. Paul; his favorite
occupation "making love to my wife;"
hi3 best. traits in man are truth and
honesty; the sum of happiness con
tentment. -
James it. Randall likes Shakespeare
and" Byron, Bulwer, Thaekery and
Macauley; his favorite character in
romance is Warington in "Penden
nis," in history Fenelon; occupation
reading and writing: the . highest
trait in man' devotion to principles,
in woman modesty; the sum of hu
man happiness is resignation.
R. M. Johson liked Byron, Scott,
K'i'jts and Mrs. Hemans, Macauley,
bulwer and Goldsmith; historic char
acter Aurelius; occupation scribbling;
sum of, happiness consciousness of
God's tavor.
L. Q. C, Lamar liked beet Byron
uml Burns, Macauley, . Bulwer and
Plutarch) best characters Greatheart
in "Pilgrim's Progress," in history
Washington and Hampden; his favo
rite occui .ition teaching in college;:
the sum of human happiness the lovej
of God. - 1
Rev. B. M. Palmer prefered Shakes
peare, Milton and Wordsworth,
Bacon, Bulwer, Scott and Goldsmith
best .characters William, Prince of
Orange, Washington and Lee; his
favorite occupation preaching the
gospel; best trait truth; sum of hu
man happiness a good conscience.
R. J. Burdette liked Mrs.. Brown
ing, Carlyle, Thackeray; his favorite
character Colonel Newcome and
Cromwell; best trait sincerity; sum of
happiness a home full of friends.
Henry S. Foote liked Shakespeare
and Byron, . Macauley and Tacitus;
his favorite characters Old Mortality
and Washington; the sumof .happi
ness, conjugal felicity. - (i
L. E. Bleckley chose Shakespeare,
Byron and Tennyson, Hamilton,
Mill and Pascal; his favorite characters
Don Quixote and Marcus Aurelius.
John B. Gordon preferred Shake
speare, Macauley and Carlyle; -his
favorite characters Washington and
Cato; his favorite occupation raising
fine stock; best trait in man, integrity,
in woman tenderness.
T. M. Norwood, , Shakespeare and
Byron; best trait in man honor.
Wallace P. Reed likes Shakespeare
and Macauley; best character is Na
poleon; best trait, justice; sum of all
happiness is a happy home.
Joel Chandler.Harris prefers Shaks
pears, Scott and Thackeray; best char
ters, Jefferson and Lincoln; favorite,
occupation, looking after my roses;
best trait in man is honesty; sum of
human happiness to be at home.
All of these men name the sweetest
words in our language and also the
saddest. Amony the last are lost
forever ' foutit might have been
friendless hopo ess forlorn, and
one says most of thern begin ivith. the
letter D, as disappointment, dismay
destruction, despair, debt, duns
death, damnation and the devil.
There are other writers in this al
Dum, hut space iorhias. These are
enough for a young man to choose
from. From these he can make up a
good library, for there is not a ques
tionable book among them. Shake
peare and Macauley are in - the lead
for authors and Washington for char
acter, truth lor the best trait m man
and modesty in woman.- About half
these men liked the early morn and
the other half the twilight, except
however, JL. Q. U. Lamar, who says
his favorite hour is 1 o clock at night
(I never knew before that he played
poker.) Of these sixteen notable men
just half are dead. Their record is
made up and the book is closed. Their
influence upon the present generation
cannot be estimated nor overesti
mated. JNo great or good man or
woman has an adequate idea of what
he or she ia worth to mankind. East
Sabbath we heard a very grand dis
course upon environment from Rev
Mr. Mumford, who has established
that industrial school near Macon for
the rejected children of the state,
those who are under the ban and
whom nobody wants and nobody caref
for the children of drunken or dis
reputable parents and whom no
orphanage will receive. The elo
quent and earnest preacher declared
in words that burned: "Men and wo
men are not born, they are made
Made by their environments, their
parents or their early associates.
He is going over the state gathering
up the friendless and pleading with
the good people to give these children
a chance. - "Give every Mnenaiess
child a chance," he earnestly ex
claimed. His text was "Bear ye one
another's burdens and so fulfill the
law of Christ.". It is a hardened
heart who can listen to him and not
give something. There should be an
other question in that album, what is
the worst and most prevalent trait in
mankind? And I would answer
"selfishness." Bill Akp.
Better. Let the District Alone.
Charlotte Observer.
The grotesque bill, apportioning the
State into ten congressional districts,
according to the plan as given in yes
terday's paper, was passed by the Dem
ocratic logislative caucus last night by
vote of 60 to 43. This is the bill
wbicb makes the ninth district consist
of Mecklenburg, Gaston, Cleveland,
Lincoln, Catawba, Burke, Mitchell,
Yancey, Manison, More groteeque is
the arrangement which constitutes the
seventh district of the counties of Un
ion, Anson, Richmond, Scotland,
Moore, Montgomery, Randolph, David
son, Davie, Yadkin. It is a far call from
Mecklenburg to Madison, but not fur
ther than from Scotland to Yadkin.
It 18 the avowed purpose of this bill,
as we are told from Raleigh, to make
nine Democratic diBtricta and one the
tenth Republican, but we are inclined
to believe with the gentlemen who are
ready to bet that four of them will be
found Republican and six Democratic.
The but having caucus approval,
however, will doubtless go through
without serious opposition.
Kdueatlonal Test.
The Superintendent of Schools
of
Spokane, Wash., desirous of testing the
powers of composition existing in a
claRB of 8-year-olds, requested that three
entences be written, each to contain
one of the three words bees, boye and
bear. A 8m all girl laboriously concoct
ed the following sentence; "Bojs bees
bare when they go in svrimming."
IETTEK FIIOIU SAM P. JONES.
Sam the "World Never : Needed Old
Vafchloned Mammies and Daddies
Like-It NecdcfThem Today.
The Alanta Journa . - '.
The pendulum of .human affairs
swings rapidly these latter days. Some
times a fellow has to hold bis breath, as
he looks on. ; The saying that "if you
let it alone it will let you alone" is a
great big' whopping lie, but it is a lie
that has been told so often "that the
majority of the people in this country
believe it is true( A fellow said to me
the other day that " if a , man will let
whiskey alone it will let him alone.
This is the whoppinest lie of all. A
many home and many a man" has let
whiskey alone and yet because some
body else drank it a husband has been
shot down and the widow and orphans
have been left homeless and penniless.
Sometimes a good mother that always
let whiskey alone finds that it is wreck
ing her boy and won't let bTer alone,
and this is true of the other deviltries
of life.
Tragedy and comedy.' - There are
many things to laugh at and others
that make your blood run cold. What
a tragedy the papers. this week report of
the gruesome find out near Bolton.
Tnese horrors are not accidents or the
mishaps of a day; they have their roots
running backward and running down
ward. Society ia getting more cor
rupt, modesty and purity are standing
at less premium, decency and sobriety
are spurned by many who would be
esteemed respectable. When & woman
loses her modesty 6he has already half
way lost her virtue. When a man has
a bottle of whisky in one pocket and a
pack of cigarettes in the other he has
very little move to lose except his soul.
Tui'o-KPrld never needed the old-fash
ioned mamrnies "ftcd daddies like it
needs them today. WehavtTouuS&itreOS
for them called mammas and papas
of which I am whom, and they are
sorry set.
Buggy and bicycle riding, ballrooms,
etc., however nice they mav seem, they
are like the old woman's collards when
she said, " "if you cook these old
blue stem .collards before frost bites
them if you don't put heap of grease in
them you will find after you have eat
them that they have got the very devil
in them." Buggy riding and ball rooms
need grace ins'.ead of grease and a great
deal more grace than goes to that phase
ot life. I tell you the young bucks and
buckesses are up to snuff these days
I noticed a report in the New York
World the other day of the woman who
dined at the fashionable restuarants in
New York, that 75 per cent, of them
took wine and whiskey with their din
ners. I said it and stick to it that
when a woman is full of wine she is not
able to take care of herself properly in
the midst of this crooked and perverse
generation. But while theyoung folks,
so called, are having a good time, there
are bleeding hearts behind them suffer
ing untold agonies, and I have said it
and stick to it agaiu, that the greatest
mvsterv in God s economy is that the
innocent must suffer with the guilty,
not perchance like the dig Tray who
went in bad company, for he ought to
have been licked for having gotten
with that cane, but the innocent, who
do not consort with the guilty. Mothers,
wives, daughters, husbands, suffer be
cause of the guilt of another whom
God has bound to them by ties of con
sanguinity.
If the devil does get his dues and
gives some people their dues, there is
going to be a picnic some day in Pan
demonium. I have long since aban
doned from my mind the thought that
the devil will get anybody whom he
ought not to get or that he will do any
more to them than he ought to do.
But I have laughed much tnis week
over the board of trade valentines and
the Georgia minstrels. That's comedy,
gentlemen, pure and simple.
The more I think about these things
the funnier they get. I don't how
funny they are, however, to- "Harry
Hunt" and "Joel Atkinson," and then
to think about Mayor Mims be hg
troubled like he is (when he came into
the mayoralty with a bottle of cologne
in bne hand and his curling tongs in
the other) and all about a 21 years'
franchise on a short street. You may
sav to Mayor Mims for me that his
trouble has juet begun, and that if his
hair is not naturally curly he will soon
have trouble enough to make it curl
naturally, and he will find that rose
water won't do to scald hogs in. He
must remember the other crowd had
the mayor last year, no matter who has
got him this year, and time about is
fair play, anyway. But them valen
tines my, don't they, go for Clark as
well as the rest of the boys. If I had
nothing to do but enjoy fun I would
move to Atlanta. A fellow can have it
there every day, and all he wants.
The constitution of the United States
guarantees to the people the right of
petition, but that's as far as the guar
antee goes, and it also gives people the
right to peaceably assemble. Why don't
one or the other of the street car com
panies employ Sister Nation with her
hatchet; she would open rp an avenue
like a Missouri, cvclora for the boys.
Would'nt she go for the mayor, though,
and if she just knew who cussed and
who didn't cuss, from the governor
down, she would exhort ttem allm the
language she used to the Topeka joint
iste, "my poor hell-b?und friends,' I
i have come to talk to you about the way
you live." But! think the office of
governor is too dignified for valentinepr
especially valentines with cussing in
them,. I wOflder if Mayor Mims cusses
If he is very much in the habit of cuss
ing I know be eusse& when that., big
petition came at him not from- wrsth,
but just from habit. Old Uncle Simon
Peter Richardson, used to say that "any
man who would cuss would steal." I
never agreed with him fully; jugt
most agreed with bim, But it is , so
nruch easier to catch a. fellow cussing
than it is tocatch him btealing that is
to say, he ia s much more 'private
about his stealing than he is about his
cussing. No gentleman will cuss be
fore a lady, and the average fellow won't
"take things" before a lady or a gentle
man, either. Some folks emphasize
what they say by pujtting in cuss words.
That's like a fool knocking- himself
down ev ary few minutes to show the
world he is a good boxer; or like a dog
biting himself to show that he is a
biter, but there are a heap of folks . in
Atlanta that cusb, and if the mayor and
governor do use a byword occasionally
they won t be ostracieea on tnat ac
count, but I wish they would quit it,
and jf the reporters would not report it
I- ..IJ 1 ' ' I a '
iew people wouia Know hdoui iu ,
' I am off again for ten -days through
Uhio, Indiana and Illinois and am no
longer a farmer. ,
With sore muscles and sore hands I
have retired for a spell. Yours, .
. ' Sam P. Jones.
P. S. I see where a preacher in St.
Paul 'says that Sister Nation is crazy. I
would love to see her run in on him.
He would do "like the the - Dutchman
saloon keeper in New Orleans said ' he
would do when the reporter asked him,
."Mr. Hance, if Mrs. Nation were to
come into your saloon to . beak ft up,
what would you do?" "I would go out
atlhe back door just as cawick as I
could." " ' - . H. P. J.
Thre Murder Cages.
Salisbury, Feb, 21. The Superior
Court finished the State docket to-day.
Three murder cases have been tried, ail
the defendants being colored. Joe Melr
cher, accused of killing his wife,pleaded
gu.ty of murder in the second degree.
He has not yet been sentenced. Jim
Alexander and and Abraham Gillespie
involved in the killing of Aleck McCon-,
nehaugh, at a festival at Cleveland,
also pleaded guilty 'of murder in the
second degree, and got 25 years in the
penitentiary. Joe Koontz was convicted
of manslughter this afternoon and sen
tenced to 12 months on the roads. He
was from Locke township and accident
ally killed Tim Miller, a comrade.
' Gold Hill express satisfaction with
the punishment given James Howell,
firebug and , terrorist. , Howell plead
ed guilty and was- sent to the
pententiary. He was put on the stand
as State s evidence against Whit Morgan
the boy whom be was said to have paid
to start the fire, but he was contradicted
by witnesses for the defense and Morgan
was acquitted, liowelrs object was to
get $300 insurance on bis stock of goods
and he was in fact paid $175 by the
adjuster. The feeling against him at
Gold Hill has been very strong.
Rich Oil Discovery Reported Near
KluE'a Mountain.
Word has been received that a rich
oil well had been found near King's
Mountain, the famous revolutionary
battlefield, and there is great excitement
in the community. The oil was dis
covered by Rev. P. R. Elam, a Baptist
minister, of a speculative turn of mind,
and without announcing the fact of the
discovery, he immediately get the min
eral rights for ten thousa nd acres in
York county. S. C, and the adjoining
counties of Gaston and Cleveland in
North Carolina. The oil has been ex
amined by the State chemist, who pro
nounced it of excellent quality, and
samples will be sent to Washington for
further examination. Farmers who
have been excited by the find are mafc
ing extensive borings in the hope of
striking rich gushers. The York re
ports, while not positive, indicate that
the further examination will Bhow a
chance for profitable returns.
New Book for Eaaitertide.
The Songs of Solomon have been ar-
raLged as a sacred drama by Mi-.s
Stockard. The romance of a king's
wooing a Bhepherdess in the golden
springtime of the East is a beautiful
story for Estertioe. Dr. Eugene Dan
iels, of Raleigh has written the intro
duction. Miss S ockard is an M. A.
graduate of the University of North
Carolina. Her work in literature has
been much praised. She is herself
taking subscriptions for this book of
Eastertide. It ie entitled "The Lily of
the Valleys." Spetial attention is
given to the material clothing of this
excellent thought of love and spring.
Bound in cloth, old Stratford paper,
gilt edge. ' Price 7o cents. Address,
Greeneboro, N. C.
IlUMband and Wire..
Husband What did the doctor say.
Mary?
Wife Not much. He asked me to
put out my tongue.
Husband les?
Wife And he said, "Overworked."
Husband (with a long breath of re-
ief) Then you 11 have to give it a rest.
That doctor knows his businesd.
UXIUAORDINAKY CASE
MISTAKEN IUKMTITV.
OP
How George Johnston Served i:izht
Years In PIae ofthrltitopher Iteteh
lerv Near Kftlclsh, N. C,
t RAleigii, N. O., March 2. An
extraordinary case of mistaken identity
has just been developed here before Jus
tice .Montgomery, of the supreme court,
in'the case -of George Johnstone a
white man, who has been unlawfully
cabined in' the penitentiary for the
past eight years.; ' ',.'.
- Fifteen years ago a young white man
by the name of Christopher Betchler
was convicted in Shelby, N. C, of an
aggravated case of stealing, -and was
sentenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary hear this city. Betchler was the
son of German parents who had resided
for many years in the town of Ruther
f bd top.'; "H is f ather--A ugustus Bet ch-ler-was
a" '-jeweler. ' After gold was
diecovfj-ed in4 Rutherford, Burks and
McDowell cpunueSj in 1S49; old man
Betchler was authorized by v 'act of
congress to coin, gold "dollar?, ;and he
bought the duat from the ' miners' and
f coined it into dolla.sas high ai -the
nrty dollar piece, i. "AiUetchier" was
siampea on eacn com and they were
worth five cents more in the dollar than
the-coins of the United States mintage.
These oins to this day, ire .known- as
the "Betchler dollars," and are" now
preserved by those who have tham as
rare coins. After the war the Betchler
family moved to Spartanburg, S.-C
There were several sons and daughters,
all handsome and . well educated,
' Chris," as he was called, turned out to
be the "fclack sheep" of the flock.
After he was sent Jo the penitentiary
he remained there two years and ; then
made his escape. , . ,
In 1893 Captain J. M. Fleming, who
was warden of' the penitentiary when
' 'Chris" Betchler was received - there.
and who held this position until 1895,
was In attendance on the superior coart
of Randolph 'coanty, at Afheboro, as a
witDess. While there a iuaa bnown. b
George Johnstone was the plaintiff in a
case which involved the title to 700
acres of land on. which gold in consider
able quantity had been found. Flem
ing saw this man and made inquires
concerning him, and found that be had
located in Randolph ccunty some time
during 1888. , It" was,. in 1887 that
Betchler escaped from the penitentiary.
Fleming was positive that Johnstone
was t'Chris" Betchler and so stated.
On the trial of the land case Johnstone
was asked if he was not "Chris" Betch-
1 r, and if he had not been convicted of
stealing in Shelby in '1885 and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for ten years,
and had escaped therefrom in 1887?
Of course Jonstone denied bitterly all
this and said he was an entirely differ
ent man from Betchler. The defendants
in the land case had Johnstone arrested
as an escaped prisoner. ' Johnstone
sued out a writ of habeas corpus but
could not produce any withes j beside
himself to disprove the positive aeser
tion of Fleming that he was "Chris"
Betchler, and the judge refused to dis
charge him and ordered that he'be re
turned to the penitentiary The arrest
and decision of the judge caused John
stone to lose the land suit. As soon as
Johnstone reached the penitentiary he
sent for a lawyer, but had no moaey to
pay mm. He gave the lawyer the ad
drees of a number of people in Mont
gomery county and that of a man in
Atlauta, whom he said knew him and
would swear be was not Betchler. The
law ver wrote twice to each of thees
parties and did not receive an answer to
a single letter that he wrote. The fail
ure tokhave his letters returned or to re
ceive an answer from either of the par
ties to whom he hd written did not
impress the lawyer in favor of John-
stoae and he gave no more attention to
the case. - ' - -
Four weeks ago Colonel Cebern L.
Harris, a man of 79 years of age, who
formerly resided in Rutherfordton and
knew the Betchler family well, went to
the penitentiary to examine the manu
facture of brick, which is carried on in
side the stockade. Wrhile in the yard
he saw a tall white man at work and
inquired who Le was and was told that
he was "Chris" Betchler. Col. Hams
then asked and was allowed to talk
with the prisoner. He stated to Col.
Harris the facts herein stated as to bis
identification as "Chris" Betchler and
asked Harris if he knew Betchler. Har
ris replied that he had known" all the
family for fifteen years before the war
and while they lived in Rutherfordton.
He was then asked if be, the prisoner,
was "Utms uetcmer, ana Harris un
hesitatingly declared that the prisoner
was not Betchler, A lawyer was then
employed and another writ of habeas
corpus was issued by Justice Montgom-r
ery and the prisoner was brought before
him. Captain Fleming Bwore that he
believed the prisoner to be "Chris"
Betchler, and that he had known him
as a prisoner in the penitentiary forihe
two years he was in the penitentiary.
That he had escaped and remained at
large until 1893, when he was arrested
al Asheboro and returned to the prison,
and that the resemblance of the pris
oner to lietemer was very sinning.
Col. Harris was then put on the witness
stand and told of theyoung boy "Chris"
Betchler be had known before the war ,
for fifteen yeaie; bow be bad seen him
grow up to be a man, and that he knew
him perfectly well and confd not be i-'-taken,
and that tbe prisoner belon? the
AN
court w rot "Chru.
that since he bad seen -
the. penitentiary be hi
matter over and bad tai
wife about the caee, and tt
a test that would certainly Bhdw
the prisoner was Bettihler. Hsrrif
asked the prisoner 'to exhibit his J
leg above the ankle for examine
The prisoner complied with this ref
and Harrid made an examinatiof
said that the prisoner was not "Cl
Betchler because Betchler had thef
of a bad dog bite on his right leg
he received when he was a boy pr ,y
ten years old, and thai Harris hadl,;d
the dog. -, On this evidence jatiee
Montgomery dijeharged the prisoner
from further imprisonment. - -'
The attorney of Johnstone is now
awaiting a 'decision of the Supreme
Court in another case as to whether the
State's prison is .such a corporation as
can be sued. If this decision is to the
tffect that -the State's piison can be
sued the attorney of Johnstone intends
to sue for a large sum in damages for.
the false imprisonment, ' which lasts!
eight years. ' . ' . ' " .,
. " ' . A State Sloclt law.
-North Carolina wUl have a general
stock law applying to every, county and
township in the State; . that is, if the
General Assembly passes the bill which
the Senate Committee on Propositions
and Grievances has decided unani
mously to report favorably.
1 This bill was introduced . by Senator
Speight, of E Igecqmbe, and, as stated
above, brings alL parts of - North Caro
lina under the Jaw, preventing' stock
from running at large."' .' - - - :
Senator Arrington, of thfe committee,
offered an amendment providing what
the commissioners of any county could
exempt their county or any part thereof
from the stock law, if tbey .so desired,
and authorizing the commissioners to
levy a special tax in any territory tbna
exempted to erect a fence around the
same. : This amendment was adopted
by the committee and will be reported
wiiLue bill i6 the Senate to-day.
Many of toe counties in JjMtprn Caro
lina are not now under the stoct law, -and
this bill will excite universal inter
est. 'Indeed the Senators would not be
surprised at a "flood of. petitions pro and
con. . - -
. The Kettle and the Pot.
A college professor, who prided him
self on his correct English, heard his
wife, remark; "I intended to tell Jane
to bring a fresh bucket of water."
" lou doubtless mean a bucket of fresty
water." corrected the professor.
wish you would pay'some little afTn
tion to jour rhetoric. . Your mistakes
are curious." A few minutes later the
professor said; ."My dear, that picture
would show to better advantage if you
were to hang it over the clock." "Ah,"
she replied, q'liotly,: "you doubtless
mean if I wtrf to hang it above the
clock. If .1 re p hang it over the
clock we c u.d not tell the time. I
wish you would be more careful with
your rhetoric my dear. YoSr mistakes
sre curious." And the professor all
at once became very interested in his
book. . .. . '
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State Sunday School OiUeers Elected
-At the State Sunday School Con ven
vention at High Point, the following
were elected aa officera for the coming
year, viz; President, Prof. Geo. II.
Crowell, superintendent pi the graded
schools of High Point, chairman execu
tive committee. N. B. Broughton,-of
Raleigh; treasurer; Joe. II. Weathers,
of Raleigh, statistical secretary.' H. H.
Suow, of Durham; recording secretary,
S; M. Smith, of Elon College. ,
Forty-seven counties were represented
with 215 delegates. The handsome sum
of $1,100 was received from the collec
tion Friday night. . The meeting as a
whole- seems' to have been quite a
success. ' .
Ills-Neck ttroken by Kicking at a
, - Dog
Deshler, NeD , Special. V
August Koerwith, a German farmer
living north of .hereV broke his neck
this .afternoon while kicking at a
vicious dog. Koerwitz had just come
to town and hitched bis team. He
started to cross tbe street wbon the dog
ran at him. . The farmer made & vicious
kick. The ground was icy, and Kofj
wiiz slipped and fell backward, break
ing his neck. Ue - died instantly.
Koerwitz was 50 years old.
Weaver on a Strike.
Gbeessboro, Feb. 26 -Dissatisfac
tion among the employes of the Revo
lution cotton mills culminated in a
strike of all bat eix of the weavers. The
dissatisfaction arose over a change from
day payment to payment by the piece.
e&vers have already been employed
to take the place of over one half the
strikers. There is no - strike amonsr
operatives in any other department of
the mill. "
Evangelist Fife is holding a meeting
in-the Presbyterian church in NavRSota,
Texas. He is having large audiences.
He said in his opening service that he
came not as a preacher, but aa a . busi
ness man ; that for ye rs be had travued
as a salesman of a n.- rtantile hov?c.
He was still drummii
had changed house3 0
however.
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was now druia
min for a
xcer
the road for Jeeua CLr
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